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Your Argument… (also on Xeawn’s Gaming Corner)

It's Invalid.

It’s Invalid.

HI EVERYONE!!! Guess what? I’ll be back from Vegas soon. I brought you all something. What did I bring you?

Interviews with Sega, Capcom, Zombie Studios, Nintendo, WB, Mercury Steam, the creative geniuses behind the Ouya and more!

I also brought you gameplay videos of Killer Instinct, Batman: Arkham City Origins Blackgate (as well as info on that one that I don’t believe has been covered by anyone else yet), Sonic: Lost Worlds and more!

I also brought you previews of the PS4 (hands on!), Warframe on the PS4 (hands on!), Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z (hands o–okay I think you get the point), Dark Souls 2 and more!

Aaaaand if you come to my two panels at Senshi Con next month I’ll have everything from posters of games to soundtracks to postcards to collectible bags to hats to a sword (inflatable, but its from Assassin’s Creed 4, so that’s cool, right?) to GAMES GAMES GAMES!!!

So, it’ll take me about a day to recover, but expect updates, including but not limited to previews, reviews, interviews, videos and pictures, as early as Monday! And, if you can’t wait, follow me on Instagram, xeawn, to catch a ton of my cool expo happenings!!!!

Yeah…I probably should’ve mentioned the Instagram feed before I left for Vegas…

My bad.

Xeawn, out!

P.S.!!!

That Killer Is Dead meme pic? I made it myself! I’m so proud of me šŸ˜€

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Are You a Hero or a Monster? (Originally featured on Xeawn’s Gaming Corner)

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I read an article the other day in which Hideo Kojima stated that Metal Gear Ground Zeroes might not ever be released, and if it is then it might be too controversial to sell well. He stated that gaming hasn’t done much to mature beyond “zombies and explosions”, and that he wants to push the limits and break every taboo that he can. He felt that it either would be too controversial for Konami to allow him to release it, or that gamers would be too put off by the controversy for it to sell.

I don’t know how I feel about that, as we’ve already had the capacity to see through a little girl’s clothing, take her out on a date, slap her around on said date and chase her while she runs crying in the last Metal Gear (Peacewalker), which cemented me not supporting the franchise any longer. Which is a shame, because up to that point even in spite of the whole “Every nation is evil except for Japan” thing Kojima had going on, Metal GearĀ was one of my favorite franchises.

Growing up, you were either a Metal Gear Solid fan or a Splinter Cell fan. The two campsĀ didn’t mix. Oh, there were also those Hitman kids, but, they were weird and we didn’t hang out with them (*cough cough* Wilkie *cough cough*). I found Splinter Cell’s controls to be all clunky and junk and so I was a Metal Gear kid. Me and my friends would play for hours, discovering all of the easter eggs, the hidden cutscenes, deciphering the deep and intricate story, working out the best tactics, beating the game without being seen and without killing anyone, including bosses, it was great fun.

But, slowly and steadily the series started getting creepy. I never finished the second Metal Gear because…Raiden…but a friend that did clued me in on the creepiness that was Otacon. I’m going to give a disclaimer right here and say that this article and the next two in this series are going to contain some spoilers, and also are going to be dealing with some less than PG themes that might make some readers uncomfortable. Please exercise your own discretion going forward.
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