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Wolfenstein 3D VS Pariah

Hey all, and welcome once again to Versus. In the hopes that The Conduit (March 2009) will show people that the Wii can be a hardcore system, and in the spirit of the holidays, I’ll be examining First Person Shooters this time around.To be fair, there are tons of places we could start and end when talking about shooters. Shooters are today what platformers were in the 80s and early 90s, meaning there are a billion of them and they’re hard to tell apart. Never fear, I am here to show you the way.

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Excitebike VS Dirt

 

Remember the games that spawned so many copycats that it actually formed a new genre? Ever wonder how their modern successors stack up? Welcome to VS. I compare recent games to their original predecessor to see how new games hold up in terms of game play quality (because flashy graphics don’t make a game fun, kids!)

This time we pit the classic motocross game, Excitebike, against the newer rally cross game, Colin McRae’s DiRT. I know they’re not technically the same thing, but I figure they’re close enough. Let’s kick this off with some basic info to keep in mind. (Continue)

The Most Awesome Cube Controller Ever

Last week one of my friends told me about a curious GameCube accessory he had come into possession of. His friend had won an eBay auction of a batch of cheap 3rd party GameCube accessories. Most of this stuff was pretty much as expected, really generic and un-branded memory cards (seen below), controllers, and extension cables.

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I know what you’re thinking. “So what? That may be some boring packaging but it’s certainly not update worthy, even for Bomb-Omb!” Normally you’d be right, but there’s something a little odd about some of the other items that were included with this auction. The extension cables weren’t anything special either by the way. The controllers on the other hand, now that’s what this is all about. Check this out:

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XBOX Handheld #1 Review!

Forget every portable game system that has ever existed, or is yet to exist. File those memories and ideas in the trash bin brain cell and extract it with old rusty power tools! You won�t be needing any of that anymore! Why you ask? I�ll tell you why Mister!

Because the XBOX hand-held is here!

Not only is it here, but it�s here in the most impressive, most advanced, best looking, and most ergonomic package that there ever was! AND I present to you the most complete and comprehensive review of all its features with photos!

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Wii Report!

Finished! You can view the full report of the Fusion Tour and playing the Wii here!

Unfortunately they wouldn’t let my camera in so I don’t have any new video or pictures. They were mostly E3 builds anyway. This isn’t the place to read about what happened or what it was like!

You do that here.

One and a half months people, one and a half.

News from the Bleeding Edge

Today we have something special for you on Bomb-Omb. As some of you may know we have been growing as a media outlet, posting updates almost everyday for almost a week. News travels fast, and we travel faster. Our unique position in the media recently has landed us an exclusive, in depth article: The Next Great Leap in Gaming Physics. In this exclusive article we talk with the creator of the next great innovation in realistic gaming.

Clicking here is the fastest way to get to the full, exclusive, in depth and riveting article.