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Peter Gunn rides again..

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Remember Spy Hunter? Loved it as much as me? Always wanted to drive the car from the game when you were finally old enough to get a license? Cried all the way home the 10th time you failed your driving test at the age of 28? If so Pontiac has just the car for you.

 Go here to watch the Best Car Commercial Ever.

Watch it.

And it burns, burns, burns…

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If you love your XBox 360 as much as I do, then you are probably no stranger to this wonderful image posted above.  Recently, an independent company that provides warranty support estimated that 16% of all XBox 360 consoles contract the “disease” of video game death.

I personally, have encountered this issue twice.  I also have witnessed the incident in a roommates machine………..TWICE.  Either I am extremely bad luck, or these numbers are grossly underestimated.  I have to commend Microsoft for stepping up to the plate and paying for the repairs in full, plus S&H, on both occassions, although it took them about 3 months to cede.

For those of you who still maintain a sense of humor regarding this issue, here is a youtube link to tickle your fancy.

I’ve given Microsoft several chances with this issue, and they’ve corrected the problem.  Let’s hope they correct the issue with the 360 and any hardware they create beyond.

That’s how we roll…old school baby.

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I guess it’s like Mecca for us old school gamers who remember the smell of graphite and graph paper. Underwire has the first look at the new D&D Experience stat sheets. For all you WoW-heads, this is where it all began.

First Look: New D&D Stats Leak Onto Web

Gears of War 2 in November WOOOOO!

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Check out IGN for a whole bunch of news from the Game Developers Conference including the first video from Gears of War 2. Lot’s of great info coming out so jump on over and see the latest announcements.

And if you’ve never seen Lester Speight as Terrible Terry Tate (aka: Cole Train from Gears of War) the Office Linebacker, you should be ashamed of yourself and go to youtube now and watch them all.

Tuck those shiny balls away in your black suit.

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Mova is taking traditional motion capture and turning it on its ear with its Contour Reality Capture technology. Check out the story at joystiq. (Thanks for the link Cesar) :)

Devil May Cry 4 reviews

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Devil May Cry 4 should start popping into stores tomorrow and Wednesday and some reviews have started appearing online. From what I’ve read thus far if you’re a fan of the series you should be very happy. Check out IGN, Gamespy and Gametrailers.com for more images and reviews.

I won’t be picking this up as part of my FINISH THE DAMN GAME campaign. You know the one where I actually finish one of the dozen or so games I am halfway through. I’ll pick this up as soon as I finish Halo 3 or Bioshock or the Witcher.. maybe even Call of Duty 4 or Mass Effect… hopefully sometime this month… then again, I said that last month. Who am I kidding, I’ll likely get this over the weekend, play through 75% of it and then move on to something else.

Sigh. Someone help me.

Chuck however will not be playing this as it’s not coming out for the Commodore 64 or Colecovision.

The real return of Bionic Commando

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So they announced a full fledged 3d action Bionic Commando a few months back for XBOX360 and the PS3 and it looks like it can be pretty cool. However the one that is in this video looks infinitely better. It’s basically a 3d/2d remake of the original NES game that I played the crap out of years ago, and it’s being made for XBOX Live.