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The Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Soundtrack, Ranked

15. PAPA ROACH, BLOOD BROTHERS 14. BLACK PLANET & ALLEY LIFE, OUT WITH THE OLD 13. POWERMAN 5000, WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE 12. LAGWAGON, MAY 16th 11. MILLENCOLIN, NO CIGAR 10. CONSUMED, HEAVY METAL WINNER 9. SWINGIN UTTERS, FIVE LESSONS LEARNED 8. BAD RELIGION,

That Time We Got To See Mario's Dick And Balls

Between 1988 and 1998, manga publisher Kodansha released a series of officially-licensed kid’s comics based on the Mushroom Kingdom. Known popularly in Japan as KC Mario , each series is based on a classic Mario game, meaning there are titles for everything from Yoshi&

How A Video Game Is Released In 2015

In 2009, publisher Electronic Soft released BloodDeath , a blockbuster video game that won 306 “Best In Show” awards at E3 and went on to sell 3.2 million copies worldwide. In 2015, Electronic Soft released BloodDeath’s sequel, BloodDeath: DeathBlood . This is the

The Story Of Kyoto Sanga, Nintendo's Favourite Football Club

If you’re a fan of both football and video games you’ll no doubt have all kinds of fond memories of the two coming together on a team’s shirt, from Arsenal’s classic Dreamcast kit to Fiorentina’s shirts in the 90s. As

Kaiserreich, The Mod That Changed The World

I’ve played countless mods for countless games over the years, and few have been as comprehensive or enjoyable as Kaiserreich , a reimagining of the 20th century that takes everything we know about history and politics and throws it right out the window. A long-running mod for

Never Judge A Book, Or A Zelda Game, By Its Cover

My kids have started playing Wind Waker recently—for the record, my favourite game of all time—and it’s been a joy seeing them encounter everything for the first time. Gasping at Aryll’s abduction, laughing at the Killer Bees, screaming “this

Death Stranding x Techwear

Techwear at its most basic is a style where functionality is everything, but form is not forgotten. It’s about quality, performance and adaptability. The best brands look great, but with techwear, practicality comes first. Death Stranding is the first video game to finally get that. And it’

There Is No Saving Cyberpunk 2077

Were it almost any other game from almost any other studio, Cyberpunk 2077's disastrous launch would have condemned it to the sales bins of history. Big AAA releases dropping with some bugs is one thing; big AAA releases being taken off the PlayStation Store

Civilization VI: The Re-Review

Saying “history will not be kind to [thing or person]” is a practice that has always fascinated me. Who are we to judge the future’s thoughts on the topics of today? That’s the future’s problem. All we can do in the present,

PC Gamers Are Getting Angry At All The Wrong People

If you’ve been even remotely connected to PC gaming over the last year or two, you’d have felt some heat radiating off the community. A rising sense of frustration, that things are bad and just keep getting worse. Many PC gamers feel like they&