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Weekly Onion Round-up 2/12

Let's do an early round-up to make up for being a day late last week. I got a little bit more fodder to work with this week... Or rather, less things that I have more to gab on about. — Music for Relief released 4 more tracks — The "Download to Donate to Haiti" album has been given four more tracks which can be downloaded, free of charge, at the Music for Relief website. This includes "Butterfly" by Weezer, "Slipstream" by The Crystal Method, "Gold Guns Girls" by Metric, and "Times Like These...

Weekly Onion Round-Up 1/30

I can't say there's a tremendous amount that has interested me this week. It's probably from all the work I've continued to amass, and that the few remaining hours left unsold to my employer have been consumed by Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom. Then again, maybe some things DID pique my interest, but the Bloody Marys coursing through my veins could be suppressing my short term memory at the moment. Regardless, I didn't want to miss my onion round-up on its one week inception-versary, so here's SOMETHING f...

Weekly Onion Round-Up 1/23

I haven't been writing a tremendous amount lately considering my 50-60 hour work weeks. (Hey, Papa needs a new computer.) For that, I do apologize. I wanted to start a sort of weekly wrap-up thing-a-ma-bob for quick little tidbits I've collected throughout the week (mostly gaming-related) that I find particularly interesting. I call it the "Weekly Onion Round-Up." For its debut however, everything is going to be fairly... outdated. So if any of this is old news (for, you know, the three peopl...

With Mega Man 10, Capcom reminds us that they don’t know when to quit.

UPDATE 12/12/09: Thanks to The Mega Man Network, we've got more details. Head on over for all the details, as well as an image of another Robot Master known as Commando Man. The article also notes that there won't be a female Robot Master this time around, obviously because Commando Man is emitting an excessive amount of manliness. Well, it's definitely not ground-breaking by any means, but after the lazy travesty that was Operate Shooting Star, it's nice to have a Mega Man title to look forw...

Initial impressions on EXE: OSS…

Hopefully this will be the last time I feel compelled to write about what may possibly be the most disappointing Mega Man title ever (which released yesterday in Japan). I'm almost writing this entry out of obligation. I'm thinking of retro-timing the entry so Beyoncé can stay at the top of the page... While I have not played the game myself yet, I've gotten a lot of reports from my peers that I can basically summarize in three words: Waste. Of. Time. ・ Aside from a couple of underwhelming...

There’s at least one good thing about OSS…

And that is the renewed interest in the EXE franchise... Even if the first revival effort is piss-poor. Looks like we're getting an "Official Complete Works" art book for EXE. This'll go nicely alongside the Zero, Classic, X, and Star Force books that are already out. If you're new to the OCW series, it's basically a book chock-full of promotional and concept artwork and tons of nifty fun facts that you couldn't find anywhere else. EXE easily has the largest cast of any Mega Man spin-off, so ...

Now you can watch YouTube videos of instruction manuals instead of reading them yourself!

You mean gamers can get a hold of this D-list Mega Man remake early, but I can't have Lady Gaga's new album yet?? (Leak already, damn you!) The only thing that interested me was the fact they redrew that render of SF Mega Man from the first game to remove Omega-Xis and put his Star Force 3 buster arm in instead (since OSS takes place after SF3... sorta). Remember, kids, this is a D- effort, so heaven forbid they actually draw a new promotional image of SF Mega Man for this game. (Gripe...

Word around the block is that OSS is total fail.

Ol' Dude-o-Proto is reporting that the upcoming most underwhelming RPG remake of all-time—Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star—is netting a measly 6.0 out of 10.0 points from Japanese mag Dorimaga. Some may consider that "above average," but I don't remember when 5.0 became average. When I was in grade school, a 60/100 was a D minus. When I was in high school, that was a high F. Low F sounds more like it. They're reprinting an 8-year-old GBA title on the far-superior DS with the faintest of bells ...