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July 19, 2009
8:13 PM
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May 08, 2009
12:59 AM
VaneTrago commented on:
Totally '80s box art!
It's not the clingy pose in Vice: Project Doom that defines it as quintessentially 80's; it's the Mel Gibson stunt double.

And also, what's with the incredibly vacant stares?
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May 05, 2009
10:14 PM
VaneTrago commented on:
The 56 characters of Marvel vs Capcom 2
Zangief, Storm, Dan, Dhalsim, Rogue, Jin, Juggsy, Ken, MegaMan, Gambit, Guile, Iceman, Charlie, Chun Li, Amingo, and rarely Akuma.

Any three out of that batch, unless someone uses Cable. Then it's Amingo, Zangief, and Jin. I come at the overused, overhyped, cheap P.O.S. with such a fury a couple of my buddies stopped picking him. It's the same thing on SFIV and Ken. Everyone picks Ken online, and I still have messages in my inbox saying, "Well fuck you too," from when I pick Dan, taunt around the arena and still snatch up a win.

I simply can not be excited enough for this game. My Ps2 version still regularly receives play, and if they fix the infinite combos and various other small glitches then this will once again will be my favorite fighting game.
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8:52 PM
VaneTrago commented on:
The pathetic history of Dan Hibiki
Ever since his first incarnation, Dan has and always will be my absolute favorite character in the SF universe. Most people laugh at him and brush him off, but I'll give you a reason to respect him. More and more I've been showing this online in SF4, and if you truly doubt Dan's abilities to destroy all comers by all means, add me.

And don't shrug off his Gadoken, or you may perish by it. It's dangerous.

P.S. While CVS2:MF has a substantially fleshed out roster at 46 characters, MVC2 has 56, making it still the king.
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May 04, 2009
11:10 PM
VaneTrago commented on:
The Top 7... gut-wrenching choices
I had just arrived at Megaton in Fallout 3, and I was doing pretty good with the missions until I made the mistake of letting my friend play while I went to the store...

Upon returning, I pulled into my parking spot at my apartment and saw that I'd received a text saying, "Your town got blowed up. Sorry!"

I grumbled a little more than a little.
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10:27 PM
VaneTrago is now playing X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition (Xbox 360).
10:24 PM
VaneTrago has beaten Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360).
10:24 PM
VaneTrago now loves Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360).
10:23 PM
VaneTrago now loves Street Fighter IV (Xbox 360).
10:23 PM
VaneTrago is now playing Street Fighter IV (Xbox 360).
10:02 PM
VaneTrago commented on:
Confessions of a Game Store Clerk - Part Two
I've got a good one for you guys.

I started my work at Gamest*p when I was 16 years old as a seasonal. I'd worked my way from 5 hours a week to being a full timer in a matter of paychecks.

There was only one other employee I didn't get along with, for the sake of the story a guy named Jim, but besides that for the most part I thoroughly enjoyed my job.

I worked there for three years until I decided to join the Army, which I thought would help finance my ambitions of being a video game journalist. Now I ended up deploying to Iraq in July of 06, where I stayed until November of 07 where I was injured, rendering me useless to the military.

When I went back to the store to work, I was supposed to resume the same schedule I had prior to my deployment. It turns out things had changed in my old stomping grounds. The entire staff had changed over, gone to another store to work, etc., save for one other employee. Jim was the new store manager.

I went from 40 hours to 5. I understood that time was needed in order for me to be assimilated back into the regular rotating schedule, plus I had plenty of deployment money saved up so initially I wasn't annoyed so much as I was curious when this would be remedied.

Fast forward a couple of months and I'm working 12-15 hours a week, still far below where I was supposed to be sitting. I called Corporate to whine, but they brushed off my complaint as irrelevant. This didn't bother me; I'd picked up another job to suffice in the meantime.

Now total time worked I've been with this company for over 5 years at this point. Up until now I'd only been mildly annoyed at my treatment, but things were about to get a lost nastier.

On April 16th of last year, I was supposed to work a four hour opening shift on a slow day when there was already 2 people opening, when my wife had a miscarriage of our first child as I was on my way to the store. I call the store and get Jim on the phone. I tell him what happened and that I'm not coming in today and he tells me he completely understands, and that it's fine, for me to come back whenever I'm ready. A few days later I go into the store to see when I can work again, and he greets me with a,

"What the hell are you doing here?"

I am legitimately befuddled, ladies and gentlemen.

What had happened, was that when I called in to tell him what was going on, he wrote it off as a no-call no-show and fired me. I tried going through corporate to get my job back, but that became such a clusterfuck that I eventually became so frustrated at this company that I've refused to ever go back.
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