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 [...]

Reviewing Metal Slug 7 has proved to be one of the toughest endeavors I’ve undertook since launching this here webbersite. Allow me to explain. I’ve been a fan of the Metal Slug series since its inception; the combination of cutesy, cartoon-like characters and mega-violence sang a song of love. Unfortunately, its debut was during the twilight [...]

This Memorial Day, the 2D-X crew pays respect to the courageous men and women who’ve bravely entered the line of fire by looking back at some of the more awesome videogame examples of soldiers at work. We’re not talking realistic first-person shooters like Call of Duty; it’s all about hardcore, near-mindless twitch soldiering that dominated [...]