Justin Cox

Posts tagged with Video Games

A Confession

I have a confession to make. I like Grand Theft Auto. I know, it’s pretty much the sum total of everything wrong with the world: sex, violence, drunk driving, murder, etc, etc, etc… but it’s a lot of fun.

I first started playing the Grand Theft Auto series back in 2001 when the original, bird’s eye [...]

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Solid Snake in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

I’m not sure why, but Solid Snake from Metal Gear fame is in the newest rendition of Super Smash Bros. Metal Gear Solid is one of the greatest games in video game history, but it wasn’t even on a Nintendo platform. Why Snake is in the game doesn’t really matter, as his use in the [...]

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Rock that band a little harder… in July

I can’t really wait.
As if playing Rock Band wasn’t one of the greatest group gaming experiences to come along in years, it appears that a new accessory is set to amp up the fun even more by bringing an “interactive light and smoke stage show” to your already thrashing performances. Apparently you can already pre-order [...]

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Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Select, Start

While this article is from The Onion and therefore about as accurate as the Weekly World News, it sounds about right.

Nearly 50 percent of 26-year-old paralegal Philip Jenkins’ encoded long-term memories involve button combinations, game-playing experiences, and spatial-cognitive maps of various levels and worlds from Nintendo’s line of video-game consoles, a team of neuroscientists reported [...]

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Playstation 2: 2003-2007

Nearly four years ago I had an itch, an itch to play Final Fantasy X. I purchased the game used at EB Games (may they rest in peace) for a very reasonable price and couldn’t wait to enjoy my purchase. The only problem, of course, was that I didn’t own a Playstation 2. For the [...]

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