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This week’s trivia: In the 1980’s, a certain coin-op game gained notoriety after two young men died within minutes of archiving a high score. Name this legendary game AND its smiling antagonist.
360
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast
Final Fantasy XI Online: Ultimate Collection
Hasbro Family Game Night
PS3
Buzz! Quiz World
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast
Wii
Arcade Shooting Gallery
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex
Harvest Moon: Animal Parade
NBA 2K10
Pop’n Music
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus
PS2
Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
DS
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized
Dragon Ball: Attack of the Saiyans
Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands
Jonas
My Baby First Steps
Petz Nursery
Phantasy Star 0
Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus
Style Lab: Jewelry Design
Style Lab: Makeover, System Flaw
TMNT: Arcade Attack
Wedding Dash
PSP
Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
PC
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Final Fantasy XI Online: Ultimate Collection
Star Trek DAC
WorldShift
DesertEagle’s Pick: While many of my industry contemporaries seem to be surprisingly apathetic toward Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, I’m eager to start dropping tangos. I’ll be continuing the violence on the streets of Kyoto with Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble, as beat-em-ups and portable systems make ideal couples.
SeanNOLA’s Pick: Phantasy Star Zero is easily one of my most anticipated handheld titles this year, and I’ve been dying to try it in English. So while the rest of the world is switching out their COD4 discs in exchange for Modern Warfare 2, I plan on spending some quality time with with my DS and a friendly band of RaCasts, FOnewarls and HuMars.
TideGear’s Pick: As a red-blooded male, I am obligated to be interested in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. I typically like my FPS games more tactical, but I’m sure it will be pretty intense. On the other side of the spectrum is Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands. I always mean to give the Harvest Moon games another try, but the regularity at which they’re released makes the task of picking one extra confusing. Lastly, I can’t deny that Phantasy Star 0 sounds fun, but if it controls anything like Monster Hunter, I’m out.
The game is Tempest, don’t know about the enemy.
MW2 for me.
Pac-Man killed people? WOAH!
I guess they really were GHOSTs in the game. LOL.
Berserk for the game.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for the pickup!
Space Invaders?
Wait a coin-op game killed people? Was it faulty wiring?
Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble sounds interesting.
Missile command is probably responsible for people dying on and off-screen.
MW2 for me this week.
I’d like to claim Qbert is responsible for arcade killing, but no…
Need a new Buzz game for the ‘buzz’ers!
Asteroids kills people, or is that hemmoroids? I always get them confused.
Oh, and Evil Otto was the bad guy. Too easy!
Dig Dug was the game, and the pooka was the antagonist.
I hear Modern Warfare 2 is already on sale on GS.
I think if I played the Jonas game it would kill me 😉
Phantasy Star 0 pickup here!
What the hell is up with the title this week?
I’m guesing Space Invaders, and the enemy are the guys in the third row!
Wow, interest question this week. Too bad I have no idea.
Still need to get Dragon Age:Origins
Tidegear’s gone missing. Quick, etablish a perimeter and find his picks!
Oh, too psyched for MW2, I guess!
Modern Warfare 2 for me.
No smiling guy there, though.
Nothing on the list interests me except modern warfare.
They keep putting out those Harvest Moon games, don’t they? Are they still people really into them?
Quote is from Duke Nukem. All the good ol days of gaming, when offering pixelated strippers a handful of cash was controversial.
Theres still a month fee for Final Fantasy XI Online, right?
TideGear, women like FPS’s too. Just thought I’d let you know.
I wonder how many million MW2 will sell.
Phantasy Star O, I’m on the lookout for you!
Might have to try that Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble
Some weird games are coming out this week. Jewelry design?!?
I’ll be waiting to see if MW2 offers the same shortass 6 hour single player campaign yet again.
I feel like I should be more excited for MW2. I have a gut feeling its just more of the same.
What do you guys think of Gamestop breaking streetdate and Infinity Wards response?
Do you guys have a copy yet?
I’d like to know how those nightvision goggles are!
I love how TideGear’s gives more pres to Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands than MW2! Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOYCOTT MODERN WARFARE.
Unless you think that killing civilians is fun and appreciate anti-gay bigotry.
SPREAD THE WORD
And this week offers the first double-colon game (that I’m aware of)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized
I hope that’s not a trend.
Nope. Everyone in the world will probably have a copy before us,making us review irrelevant. Thanks, Gamestop!
Seriously, I think the repercussions on Gamestop are surprising few. What’s Activision going to do, tell Gamestop they are not going to send them any more of their games in the future? Ha!
Yep, that’s why we love him!
Seriously, dude? Cmon!
Great site, I love your writing here.
As for me, I feel compelled to pick up Modern Warfare 2
I’m getting a kick out of the whole MW backlash.
Sorry, but the graphics for the DS Havest Moon game look horrible!
All this talk of CoD:MW2 is driving me crazy. Can we move on please?
Modern Warfare 2 here I come. Hoo-ra!
Hopefully I can pick up my copy of Call of Duty today.
I always through “legs” was the word!
Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble looks like it could be fun.
Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom? She’s teaming up with Indiana Jones or what?
Anyone think that Modern Warefare 2 will be the top selling game of the year?
I think you guys left off the Z in Dragon Ball: Raging Blast
It will be up there for sure. I know with both 360 and PS3 sales, it will sell at least 3 mill.
Will the runaway bride be playing Wedding Dash? You guys are free to use that pun in your review!
I’m getting DA:O after reading the review. What was the trivia answer?
Anyone play MW2 yet?
I kid, I kid!
I’m waiting for your CoD:MW2 review
I think 4 million
Still haven’t for my PS0 from Amazon.
Modern warfare 2 was really the only good game that was released that day.
Modern Warfare 2 all the way!
I really want to play Raging Blast (always have been a fan of Dragon Ball Budokai Tenakaichi games, even if it doesn’t have the same name it’s still the same way to play, but with new gameplay), but I can’t pass up MW2. 😛