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Jun 16, 2008

The Top 7... Worst Parts of Best Games

360 Feature | Dead Rising

Nothing's perfect. Stare closely enough at anything - even a masterpiece - and you're bound to find flaws sooner or later. They might be small. They might be insignificant. They might not detract from the overall quality of the piece at all... Except when they really, really do. With these seven games, in fact, you don't need to stare. Their flaws are so huge, so obvious, so frustrating and so effing obnoxious that you can't help but ... » Read More

Mar 31, 2008

The Top 7... Nudity You Didn't Notice

360 Feature | Dead Rising

Your parents and politicians are right. Gaming is a filthy pastime. Sex! Perversion! Nudity! The stuff is pretty much everywhere... even in the places they - and you - never thought to check. What do we mean? Well, developers have been sneaking smut into their games long before, and after, the infamous Hot Coffee scandal. No genre, from racing to side scroller, is safe. No generation, from 8-bit Nintendo to today, is innocent. ... » Read More

Jan 28, 2008

The Top 7... Damsels You DON'T Want to Save

360 Feature | Dead Rising

You know the formula. A pure-hearted beauty falls into the evil grasp of some snarling, spitting, mustache-twirling megalomaniac. A noble hero, driven by honor, courage and - let's face it - hormones, rushes to her aid. A brief kiss ensues and, before you can say sequel, the hapless lady has stumbled into imminent danger all over again. Tale as old as time... classic "damsel in distress." Except sometimes, the damsel isn't worth the damn trouble. ... » Read More

Jan 16, 2007

The Top 7... games that are cheaper than therapy

360 Feature | Dead Rising

Let the haters and the old ladies complain about how those newfangled video computer games teach us to be killers; we've always taken the view that violent games are a pressure valve for blowing off steam in a harmless way. Don't believe it? Play something fierce and bloody the next time you're in a really bad mood, and then try telling us you didn't feel better afterward. But why stop there? If games can keep you from climbing a clock tower and expressing your inner pain in the form of ... » Read More

Sep 7, 2006

Dead Rising: Signed, sealed, developed

360 Feature | Dead Rising

Thursday 7 September 2006 How many ways can you kill a zombie? We have no idea, but the brilliantly blood drenched Dead Rising offers a multitude of amusing and gloriously gratuitous methods to dispatch, disembowel, dismember and decapitate decomposing deadweights. Chainsaw? Lawnmower? Scyth? Bowling ball? Cactus? It's your shout. With Dead Rising's development deadline now dead and buried - it's out for Xbox 360 tomorrow - we scrawled 10 bite-size questions on a hunk of rancid flesh and sent ... » Read More

Aug 30, 2006

7 Dead Rising Weapons To Die For

360 Feature | Dead Rising

In a game where nearly everything can be used as a weapon - even the remains of your enemies - it's hard to know which objects are the most effective dealers of pain. The smorgasbord of killing apparatus in Dead Rising can fill up your valuable inventory slots all too quickly, but which are the most worthwhile of your limited space? Allow us to help. We've identified the seven nastiest items in your arsenal, along with exactly where you'll find them in Williamette Mall. And if you still aren't ... » Read More

Aug 4, 2006

Undead armada

360 Feature | Dead Rising

This Friday has seen a ridiculous pile of Dead Rising goodies storm the GamesRadar offices as this game approaches critical mass. While you're downloading the new demo from the Xbox Live Marketplace (available today, woohoo!), rifle through the grab bag of risen-dead treats we've assembled. First off, our generous sister publication Official Xbox Magazine has provided us with an exclusive look at zombie dismemberment on a massive scale with their short film entitled "60 Ways to Kill a Zombie" ... » Read More

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