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The Contrarion: Madworld - Color Me Unimpressed

Am I the only one that isn't excited about this game? Yeah, I know it's supposed to be a bone thrown to the Nintendo Hardcore, and it proves that Nintendo isn't just for kids. Boy, have we been fighting that battle for over a decade now or what?

The way I see it, this is an average brawler with a bunch of goofy semi-interactive environments that allow you to inflict grisly damage. This sort of thing is usually fun the first or second time (Check it out, dudes, I just killed a guy with a giant gong!) Beyond that, you're going to long for deeper combat mechanics.

Furthermore, the visual design is a ripoff of Sin City and the plot is a ripoff of Smash TV. The trailer below features every action movie cliche in the book.

New trailer, and more ranting after the jump:

Fire and Brimstone: Pastor Advocates Game Burning

Well hell and damnation! Another church leader has called for a good old fashioned media barbecue.

Pastor Richard Patrick seems to focus his attention on hip hop, but he also targets video games. In his defense, he seems much more interested in making a positive impact in his community than stirring up scandal for attention. In other words, he's no Jack Thompson:

The problems ... are bad. I think they have got worse. Last year was pretty bad. ... Domestic violence is a big issue. A lot of the problems in this community are drug-related because it trickles down. I also think a lot of the problem is a lack of job opportunities in the community — hopefully that will change in the future. There is also a lack of outlets for youth. If you come here in the afternoon, you just see young people everywhere but with nowhere to go or nothing to do.

It Ain’t Violent, It’s Fashion

Peter Gronquist, the LA artist who turns the tools of ultra violence into Madison Avenue delights, just opened a new show at Gallery 1988. While I can’t deny the allure of a Louis Vuitton chainsaw, the most fetching item on display is also the one that hates ghosts the most. Pac-man grenades. That is just plain HOT!

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John Constantine, our superhero, was raised by birds and then attended Penn State University. He is currently working on a novel about a fictional city that exists only in his mind. John has an astonishingly extensive knowledge of Scientology. Ultimately he would like to learn how to effectively use his brain. He continues to keep Wu-Tang's secret to himself.

Derrick Sanskrit is a self-professed geek in a variety of fields including typography, graphic design, comic books, music and cartoons. As a professional hipster graphic designer, his recent clients have included Hooksexup, Pitchfork and MoCCA, among others.

Amber Ahlborn - artist, writer, gamer and DigiPen survivor, she maintains a day job as a graphic artist. By night Amber moonlights as a professional Metroid Fanatic and keeps a metal suit in the closet just in case. Has lived in the state of Washington and insists that it really doesn't rain as much as everyone says it does.

Nadia Oxford is a housekeeping robot who was refurbished into a warrior when the world's need for justice was great. Now that the galaxy is at peace (give or take a conflict here or there), she works as a freelance writer for various sites and magazines. Based in Toronto, Nadia's prized possession is a certificate from the Ministry of Health declaring her tick and rabies-free.

Bob Mackey is a grad student, writer, and cyborg, who uses the powerful girl-repelling nanomachines mad science grafted onto his body to allocate time towards interests of the nerd persuasion. He believes that complaining about things on the Internet is akin to the fine art of wine tasting, but with more spitting into buckets.

Joe Keiser has a programming degree from Johns Hopkins University, a tiny apartment in Brooklyn, and a fake toy guitar built in the hollowed-out shell of a real guitar. He writes about games and technology for a variety of outlets. One day he will stop doing this. The day after that, police will find his body under a collapsed pile of (formerly neatly alphabetized) collector's edition tchotchkes.

Cole Stryker is an American freelance writer living in York, England, where he resides with his archeologist wife. He writes for a travel company by day and argues about pop culture on the internet by night. Find him writing regularly here and here.

Peter Smith is like the lead character of Irwin Shaw's The 80-Yard Run, except less athletic. He considers himself very lucky to have this job. But it's a little premature to take "jack-off of all trades" off his resume. Besides writing, travelling, and painting houses, Pete plays guitar in a rock trio called The Aye-Ayes. He calls them a 'power pop' band, but they generally sound more like Motorhead on a drinking binge.

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