Every six months or so, there’s a back log of Wii exclusive titles that release that make me stop for a half a second and say to myself, “Hmmm…I wonder if I should get a Wii yet?”. I then trundle down to my local electronics store with its ridiculously liberal return policy and “rent” a Wii [...]

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There’s been a bit of bubbapalooza the past couple of days concerning Wii games and how the more mature ones are faring on the shelves of your local Gamestop (short answer: they’re not). If you needed a bigger hint than that, Sega have decided they’re not making any more grown-up Wii games following the disastrous [...]

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This year was filled with a TON of tremendous titles. Miss the emphasis? I CAN TYPE IN CAPS ALL DAY. From Resident Evil 5 to Batman: Arkham Asylum to Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, 2009 was a banner year for the industry, at retail and on the downloadable scene. However, with the good, comes the bad. [...]

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Well, it happened once again.  The “hardcore” Wii fans kick and scream for a “hardcore” title for their little girly system.  A big boy M-rated title releases and receives generally good marks across the board from all the major reviewers out there.  Finally, the monthly sales numbers come back, and everyone is shocked at how [...]

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A month or so ago, just before GTA: Chinatown Wars and Madworld hit the shelves, I was a tiddly bit worried about how these games would perform on consoles that, to be fair, haven’t really been tailored towards mature audiences.
How have these games fared? Find out over the jump…

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PlatinumGames’ black-and-white brawler, “MadWorld,” is a rather bloody affair. Actually, I’m sugar-coating. The Wii exclusive is an orgy of violence that would cause Jack Thompson to immediately sh*t his pants. Players can slam enemies bum first onto spikes, throw foes into giant saw blades, and cut adversaries in half with a chainsaw. Ever wanted to [...]

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GTA Chinatown Wars is a very, very curious piece of gaming. It’s pretty much the unrivaled champion of controversy (what with the ’smashing prostitutes’ faces in with a baseball bat’ and that sort of thing) and as such has never found its way onto what you’d call a “family” console; pretty much anything made by [...]

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Yesterday, I wrote about mediawatch-UK, the British media watchdog, and the abuse of said organization by gamers over their comments on MadWorld. To summarize what I said in that post, the gamers who were quick to send John Beyer, the head of mediawatch-UK, a torrent of abuse and uninformed opinions and insults were wrong to [...]

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There’s a lot of sensible gamers out there. People like you and I. We’re able to string together coherent sentences packed with thought, genuine points and a good, healthy understanding of the other side’s point of view, all the while making our points seem all the better. We can be as mature as the next [...]

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Oh it’s a MadWorld isn’t it? Not really.
Crushingly poor jokes aside, a report on MTV Multiplayer has revealed that Sega are working closely with the ESRB to make sure that their monochromatic ultra-violent, blood fest, avoids an Adult Only (or AO for you hip youngsters) rating.
Funny pant suits, and new MadWorld video and screenshots, after [...]

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