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Virtual Vox Pop: Best console ever?

Virtual Vox Pop: Best console ever?

As media, gamers, and insidious fanboys speculate about E3 2010, there’s much chatter about a PSP2, PSPhone, Xbox 360 Slim, Xbox 720, and, sadly, Dreamcast 2. These systems, which currently live in the realm of fantasy, have got me to thinking of video game consoles of days past and present.

Virtual Vox Pop: What’s on your King of Fighters XIII wishlist?

Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s King of Fighters XIII. As a longtime fan of SNK Playmore various 2D properties, the gaming community’s eye-roll reaction to the recent  King of Fighters XIII announcement left me saddened. [...]

Virtual Vox Pop: Will you purchase the Nintendo DSi XL with the Nintendo 3DS coming down the pipe?

Virtual Vox Pop: Will you purchase the Nintendo DSi XL with the Nintendo 3DS coming down the pipe?

Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s the Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo of Japan let slip a press release that detailed the that the company is planning to release a 3D-capable verions of its mega-popular handheld (with an [...]

Virtual Vox Pop: What’s the most disappointing game you’ve played?

Virtual Vox Pop: What’s the most disappointing game you’ve played?

Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s disappointing games. As gamers, there are few circumstances in life more disappointing than ripping a highly-anticipated game from the shrink wrap, popping it into a console, and then sobbing softly [...]

Virtual Vox Pop: What’s the hardest 2D game you’ve ever played?

Virtual Vox Pop: What’s the hardest 2D game you’ve ever played?

Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s the hardest games ever. Games just aren’t as hard as they used to be. Don’t mistake this statement as one coming from a person looking to artificially give his gaming [...]

Virtual Vox Pop: Should SEGA return to hardware?

Virtual Vox Pop: Should SEGA return to hardware?

Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s Dreamcast 2 speculation. Ever since the pre-mature death of the legendary Dreamcast, hardcore SEGA fanboys have held on to a small, minute, glimmer of hope that the company would shift [...]

Virtual Vox Pop: What are the best and worst 2D to 3D video game conversions?

Virtual Vox Pop: What are the best and worst 2D  to 3D video game conversions?

Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s video game series moving from 2D to 3D. The news of Team 17′s new 2D Worms game, Worms Reloaded, caused the proverbial warm fuzzy, not only because I’m a massive [...]

Virtual Vox Pop: Can Street Fighter IV be successfully ported to iPhone/iPod touch?

Virtual Vox Pop: Can Street Fighter IV be successfully ported to iPhone/iPod touch?

Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s Street Fighter IV for iPhone. I’ll be frank: the internets can play home to all manner of bullocks. From Tommy Hilfiger dropping the n-word on Oprah to aliens plotting 9-11 [...]

Virtual Vox Pop: Are you hyped for The Behemoth’s Battleblock Theater?

Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s Battleblock Theater. When it comes to weaving 2D video game magic, very few indies or majors do it with such passion and love as The Behemoth. Starting with the run-and-gun [...]

Virtual Vox Pop: Should Capcom abandon sprites in its future fighters?

Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s Capcom’s stance on sprites. Street Fighter IV is awesome fighter that brought hardcore fighting back to the mainstream. Tatsunoko vs. Capcom is a a damned fine fighting game that manages [...]