Back before you were a gamer, we didn’t have the multi-button, clickable-thumbstick, solar-powered controller gizmos you have today. We used to have to invite friends over and work together to push down the A-button because it was too stiff to move on our own. If we were lucky, we’d get two, maybe three good presses in before it got stuck and Mario just had to hope the rest of the level was flat. ...

You thought Japanese game design was weird? Ha! ...

THE INFO BOX
Post date: October 16, 2009
T-Dar 73 length: 1:46:28
Intro song by: Anamanaguchi
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If you paid any attention to Comic-Con 2009 (and based on our experience there, about a billion of you did), you no doubt heard about Capcom’s amazingly generous giveaway: a remix soundtrack to Marvel vs Capcom 2, with music provided by 10 proven hip hop artists such as DJ Qbert, Talib Kweli and Raekwon. Oh, and it’s an actual, playable record ...

We’ve murderised millions of men, killed countless cuddly animals and run over a nursing home’s worth of OAPs. But nothing has ever unhinged us like the computer crappers in the following beastly bathrooms. Unhygienic, grim and often smeared in the sort of bodily fluids you’d associate with Kill Bill rather than the can these are the filthiest game bathrooms we’ve ever seen.

In a tight bind, when ...

Let’s pretend, for a second, that everything bad anyone ever said about videogames was true. Why, we’d all be suicidal pixel-junkies, protected from our desperate self-hatred only by our own slovenliness! The world would be safe from our sociopathic, car-jacking, handgun-happy death wishes merely because we were too busy installing an IV drip to provide us with the powdered-cheese sustenance necessary to gain another level in World of Warcraft! ...

You’ve experienced Brutal Legend’s heavy metal homage for yourself, and must now slake your bloodlust for collectibles! Leave it to the deliciously demented mind of Tim Schafer to give us the bondage-themed Bound Serpents. Removing the ball-gags from these bound serpents will give you a pleasantly unwholesome sense of release, and if that’s not enough will earn you gifts from the metal gods. ...

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We're used to being the good guys. But did you ever stop to think about it from the enemy's point of view? Wouldn't our heroes look completely different? 

Of course, just as in the real world, wartime imagery and alternative views of the enemy could undoubtedly be perpetuated with some propaganda posters… like these.

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Brutal Legend features a face-melting number of collectibles. In this guide we’ll cover the most important ones – the locations of Motor Forges where you can spend your Fire Tributes to purchase upgrades, as well as the less-obvious Tab Slabs that unlock Solos to help you conquer the tougher Stage Battles. ...