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By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 13 Jan, 2010 At 03:07 PM | Categorized As Geek Culture, Virtual Vox Pop | With 2 Comments

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 violent video games. At CES 2010,  Ron Jeremy, the male face of the adult film industry squared off against anti-porn activist Craig Gross. According to PC Mag he performed verbal [...]


By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 30 Dec, 2009 At 01:28 AM | Categorized As Virtual Vox Pop | With 2 Comments

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 2D games of 2010. 2009 proved an absolutely amazing year for 2D games with strong showings in virtually every genre conducive to the style of play.  However, the calendar [...]


By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 23 Dec, 2009 At 01:50 AM | Categorized As Action, Virtual Vox Pop | With 2 Comments

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 neo-retro games (potentially) gone wrong. Never let it be said that Capcom doesn’t know how to capitalize on a hot property. Much like the multiple incarnations of Street Fighter II, [...]


By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 10 Dec, 2009 At 05:03 PM | Categorized As Run and Gun, Virtual Vox Pop | With 0 Comments

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 your favorite Metal Slug game. Metal Slug XX, the upgraded multi-player version of the underrated Metal Slug 7, is headed to the Japanese XBLA sometime next year as SNK Playmore’s [...]


By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 30 Nov, 2009 At 12:51 AM | Categorized As Beat Em Ups, Fighters, Virtual Vox Pop | With 2 Comments

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 future of the Final Fight franchise. Cody and Guy are back! Not in Final Fight, but in Super Street Fighter IV. That’s not a slight on Super Street Fighter [...]


By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 17 Nov, 2009 At 10:35 PM | Categorized As Fighters, Virtual Vox Pop | With 2 Comments

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 shocking video games. Left 4 Dead 2 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii have made big splashes over the last few days, but no game has been in the mouths [...]


By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 12 Nov, 2009 At 12:30 AM | Categorized As Consoles, Virtual Vox Pop | With 1 Comment

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 iPhone and iPod touch as a gaming platform. Earlier this week, DotEmu announced that the original R-Type, the IREM shooter that simultaneously caused gamers as much glee as it [...]


By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 4 Nov, 2009 At 12:04 AM | Categorized As MMO, Virtual Vox Pop | With 2 Comments

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 pay for virtual items in free-to-pay video games. On October 31st, Techcrunch‘s Michael Arrington proved himself the scariest beast this Halloween season as he accused Zynga (the masterminds behind the [...]


By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 28 Oct, 2009 At 12:55 PM | Categorized As Virtual Vox Pop | With 2 Comments

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 imports. Human beings are a fickle bunch. In our never-ending pursuit of good times and warm fuzzies, we often overlook just how good we’ve got it. Allow me [...]


By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 21 Oct, 2009 At 12:32 AM | Categorized As Virtual Vox Pop | With 1 Comment

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 other games that could use the Half-Minute Hero treatment. Half-Minute Hero, as detailed in our hands-on time with XSEED’s RPG on speed, stripped the tediousness out of the role-playing genre [...]