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Game characters that deserved to die (Resident Evil)

23/10/2009

Death and video games go together like a big heart attack-baiting burger and an extra five slices of cheddar. But just because they’re the best of mates, it doesn’t mean certain characters should go looking for the Grim Reaper through their own reckless actions. Sadly, that’s exactly want the following group of death-wishers all do. And whether it’s through their own stupidity, being huge wimps or just dying in embarrassing fashion, these guys ...

The Top 7... Deadliest shark attacks (Resident Evil)

3/08/2009

In real life, everyone knows sharks are perfectly lovely creatures that hold down good jobs, drive responsibly in hybrid cars, and almost never prey on humans. In popular media, however, they’re vicious aquatic bastards who like nothing better than to sneak up on unsuspecting swimmers and devour them as gruesomely as possible, preferably in front of an audience. ...

8 games with disastrously botched rescue missions (Resident Evil)

30/07/2009

Generally, the first rule when it comes to rescuing hostages is ‘don’t let everybody get horribly done in.’ But sadly, this proves too much of a stumbling block for many game heroes. Be it accidentally killing geriatrics with a killer virus or letting the damsel in distress get crushed by a cow, the following rescue missions all get botched. Spectacularly.

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Revealed: the games your girlfriend HATES (Resident Evil)

24/03/2009

Contrary to popular belief, most gamers are not sniveling, sweaty-palmed Towers of Awkward roaming the streets in search of any woman who will have them. In fact, most of us find a girl who’s willing to put up with our gaming habits, and forgive the many hours spent saving the world from glowy-eyed zombie Nazis.

But guess what – there’s at least one game that’s driving your girlfriend batshit insane. She might ...

RIP: The Resi characters that croaked it (Resident Evil)

12/03/2009

Unless you’re a rookie cop on his first day on the job, a woman in a comically inappropriate cocktail dress or an ex con with nothing to lose, chance are you’re going to die in Resident Evil. Horribly. Want to know about every significant death in the Resi series? You’ve come to the right place. The following list of big, fat death reveals how each character met their maker, whether it was by zombie, tyrant or erm… ...

Gaming's fittest fatties (Resident Evil)

13/08/2008

Video game characters are increasingly becoming the poster children for gym membership. With most of gaming’s heroes and heroines being chiseled, pert and with cheek bones you could grate cheese on, there seems to be less and less room for the more gelatinous gentleman in the industry. ...

Gaming's Most Revealing 'Oops' Shots (Resident Evil)

10/07/2008

Pixels, polygons and pants. Game ladies' indiscretions caught in still-frame. ...

Kick-ass powers that game characters forgot they had (Resident Evil)

18/06/2008

Cutscene after cutscene, they exhibit planet-shaking combat abilities and a level of indestructibility which would make God himself jealous. But as soon as you pick up the controller? The Incredible Hulk turns back into Bruce Banner and all of those showboating tricks and superhuman powers disappear into the ether.

Just why do game characters save their best tricks until we've already done all the hard work for them? Here are the worst offenders. ...

Video game movies don't need to suck (Resident Evil)

21/11/2007

Nov 21st, 2007 To state that most movie adaptations of videogames thus far have been crap is akin to pointing out that napalm doesnt make a very good sandwich filler. It just doesn't need to be said. People don't even try to defend Street Fighter: The Ultimate Battle and nor do Subway do a footlong Vietnam Special. But it didnt have to be this way. Not the napalm thing you understand. That stuffs always been a bit too spicy. No, the fact of the matter is that in several cases brilliant movies ...

The games that shaped a generation: GameCube (Resident Evil)

30/03/2007

10. Resident Evil Capcom | Capcom | 2002 Affectionately known as "REmake," this horror classic was the first game to show off what the Cube could really do, with visuals that literally made our jaws drop What made it so great? In a word: zombies. Big, beautiful zombies with hyper-detailed ribbons of flesh dangling off their leering, glassy-eyed faces as they lurch forward to clutch at your throat. In 2002, Resident Evil was the best-looking game to appear on any platform, ever, pumping out a ...

The genesis of Resident Evil (Resident Evil)

8/02/2007

As we await Resident Evil 5, there's just enough time to take you through the viruses, monsters and mutations that are the true stars of this amazing survival horror saga. Join us as we link and untangle the most knotty of gaming's histories. Bring some scissors. Resident Evil 0 Released in 2003 (and so after RE 1, 2, 3 and Code Veronica ) this chartered the events leading up to the Spencer Mansion incident, as the S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team are sent to explore the Arklay Mountains where a series ...

10 great Japan-only PSN games and how to download them (Resident Evil 2)

15/09/2009

North American gamers have it pretty good. We pay less for our games and often see them on store shelves earlier than our European and Oceanic counterparts. We’re spoiled, really. But despite our privileged geographic position, we always want more. We envy Japanese gamers, the ones who play the real thing on day one and don’t have to wait for the localization of highly anticipated titles like Final Fantasy XIII. ...

11 hot women that have played game characters in movies (Resident Evil 2)

2/04/2009

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High attraction.

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Classy Raccoon City looker.

Cheap Raccoon City hooker.

Assembled by the Gods.

Poorly assembled polygons.

Femme fatale.

Naked ...

The genesis of Resident Evil (Resident Evil 2)

8/02/2007

The genesis of Resident Evil (Resident Evil 3)

8/02/2007

The rise and fall of the mine cart level (Resident Evil 4)

2/11/2009

The art, science, and tragic history of the greatest gaming innovation known to man. ...

The 37 greatest zombie triumphs (Resident Evil 4)

27/10/2009

You don’t have to see or play absolutely everything on this list to be a proper zombie connoisseur, but you should at least know them. These are the genre’s defining relics. Some are responsible for the very creation of the zombie mythos, others adapted and advanced it, while the rest simply encapsulate it so exquisitely that they must be experienced. This may not be everyone’s definitive list of zombie lore ...

The Top 7… shameless rip-offs (Resident Evil 4)

31/08/2009

If imitation is the greatest form of flattery, then the following games are the biggest kiss asses of all time. Whether photocopying the entire structure of a monumental platform game or cloning every character and move from a beloved beat 'em up, these titles have no qualms about knocking-off other developers’ work

7. Banjo Kazooie

Ripped off: Super Mario 64

The photocopied premise: A fat character jumps through portals into a ...

How to Survive a Zombie Invasion (Resident Evil 4)

17/07/2009

Fact: zombie invasions suck. Just ask anyone who’s been through one, and he’ll tell you: “bluurble gurrble braiiins.” Does that sound like the guttural moaning of someone who had a good time? No, it sure as shit does not. ...

Before and after: the games that changed during development (Resident Evil 4)

15/06/2009

Splinter Cell Conviction

Sam Fisher’s gone through some midlife crisis-sized changes over the past couple of years. One minute he’s a tortured emo agent on the run, with as little respect for the law as he does for kept facial hair. The next he’s a malicious murderer, who makes Jack Bauer look like Jack Osborne.

Above: From badly groomed to just plain bad

The Conviction of 2007 has heavy influences from ...