If you believe Capcom’s ‘history’ of this downloadable title, then the company discovered this secret cartridge of a game that was in development for the NES. Supposedly, Capcom began work on the title only to cancel it due to the emergence of the Super Nintendo, only to rediscover it in a vault 2 decades later. Late Night talk show host Jimmy Fallon’s name is in the game as part of a supposed ‘contest’ that he won as a kid. Of course after seeing this game in action, I’m sure that most of you briefly forgot that this game was released in 2010 and not 1989. I know I sure did.
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Since the alphabet is the building block of our language, the Powet Alphabet is the building block of what makes us geeks.

In the short time they had been around, manufacturers took steps to make video games available in as many formats as possible. After their arcade origins, games were made available on home computers, and consoles. After making consoles which allowed interchangeable cartridges, the next logical step would be to make games that you could take with you on the go. From the tabletop electronic games of the 60s and 70s to the Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, and everything else in between, there has been no better way to pass the time.
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In order to justify the purchase of a keytar, you’re going to need some pretty good songs.

Rock Band 3 is coming October 26, and this is full list of every song you’ll have available in the box. From Amy Winehouse to Yes, there is a lot of variety.
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Nintendo has tried live action commercials for Metroid games in the past, and usually the effects are so corny they’re a disservice to the games. With spots for Halo raising the bar, I’m happy to see Metroid has a 60 second spot worthy of the franchise.

Wow, two great Metroid trailers in one week!

Preorder Metroid: Other M from Amazon by August 30 and get a $20 credit toward your next game purchase!

Portal was really cool, and I’m sure Portal 2 will be fun. However, there was this nagging feeling in the back of my head that the sequel couldn’t be as good, that nothing would compare the the exploration and discovery of the first game.

Thankfully, this video puts some doubts to rest. Also, robots. If you want to see a bit more GameTrailers dedicated nearly their entire episode to Portal 2 this week.

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The Terrordrome brings us new that Hasbro has issued a press release explaining the circumstances of the ill fated SDCC Sgt Slaughter variants on HasbroToyShop.com. Basically, so many people wanted these puppoes that they sold out quickly at both the show and on HasbroToyShop.com. So fast on HTS that most eager fans staking out the site for it go on sale never saw the site update with the product in stock. This caused quite a backlash. Hasbro is apologetic and will try to figure out a way to include the figure in a future multi-pack. Its not clear if its one version or both.

Press release is after the jump. Its a pretty decent read.
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Even though this is a crappy game and it is a maximum letdown, Jaleco’s Robowarrior holds a special place in my heart. It’s one of the first NES games i got. While it had an interesting premise (and the first level’s music was pretty catchy), all i remember about the game was that it was hard. Not in a Ninja Gaiden my-repeated-failures-want-to-make-me -try-harder-if-for-no-other-reason-than-to-see-what-comes-next kind of hard. Nor is it in a SWAT 4 I-have-to-think-very-very-carefully-about-how-to-approach-this-situation-least-the-whole-mission-ends-up-going-to-hell-in-an-instant kind of hard. Not in a Heavy Rain I-have-to-make-my-onscreen-character-do-things-that-should-be-second-nature-to-a-gamer-but-the-characters-and-story-have-made-me-catch-feelings-like-no-other-game-before-it-so-now-I-am-being-forced-to-make-my-characters-make-extremely-difficult-decisions kind of hard. Not even in a Super Columbine Massacre God-help-me-I-have-to-carry-out-what-was-one-of-the-most-horrific-acts-of-middle-class-suburban-violence-in-the-late-1990s kind of hard. No, it’s a there-are-so-many-idiotic-and-stupid-gameplay-mechanics-I’ll-be-lucky-if-I-can-make-it-past-the-first-level kind of hard.
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I’ve been listening to a lot of Top 40 radio lately, and this is at least as good if not better.

A little background on this video, which is already going viral like mad… Its the creation of Stand up comedian Rachel Bloom, who doesn’t exactly have a lot of credits yet. I have a feeling in about 2 months, she’ll be on TV.

In the mean time, she’s got a twitter and a facebook page.

Stalk away, men of the internet.

(Thanks BZ3!)