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Hard News 05/18/09


Today we talk about Wal-Mart adding gaming kiosks complete with prices that will make you sick, we announce the winner of the My Vids Don't Suck contest, and Cheapy D has the Deals of the Week on Cheapy D's Cheap Ass Corner.

Hrmm

I hope Bethesda's wii game turns out well. :P

Ditto.

Ditto. I wonder if it will have unnecessary Wii waggle controls like too many Wii games out there.

Morrowind Wii-lawl

Be prepared to poke and jab all day long.

How about...Morrowii?...

How about...Morrowii?... that was horrible, I'm sorry.

best hard news ever!!!

bethesda making a wii game and game over thinker winning despite using a bad video. i thought rockumentary was hilarious, but i'm such a game overthinker fan i had to vote for him. destin, you were a master of suspense, i was literally shaking

HELL YEAH GAMEOVER THINKER WON!!!

I knew the Gameover Thinker would win this round!

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Yesh!

Gameoverthinker ftw!
Also, Destin should die for teasing us, lol.

Yay

I voted for Overthinker. It's certainly an appropriate name.

Oh Navi...

u have annoyed us into making jokes about u 10 years later...

LoZ

what nothing about MM being finnaly realesed on the VC today?
Go Zelda :)

Is it really news worthy,

Is it really news worthy, though? I mean, why not include every VC, PSN, and XBLA game in Hard News? Now, if Hard News had a scoop that MM was coming out prior to its release, then yes, that would be newsworthy.

Why not?

Well, why not? Advertise Virtual Console, advertise Live Arcade, advertise whatever Sony claims to have, and you get happy companies. Happy companies invite ScrewAttack to special events. ScrewAttack going to special events means more coverage for us. More coverage for us means Craig, Destin, and Corey could be out of the office. Craig, Destin, and Corey out of the office means Jose runs the show...

...you ready to take it all the way? ^_^

In other news, great Hard News, great to see the nod to Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (my hatred for Capcom has lessened now), interested in that new Wii Game, holy moley I gotta get MadWorld for $30 now after I play the hell out of Punch-Out tomorrow, and big ups to the Game OverThinker for his victory. All glory to the Game OverThinker.

yay 4 over thinker!!

yay 4 over thinker!!

Congratulations

Congratulations, Game Overthinker!

Looking forward to seeing the next two competitors.
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Dusting off my Wii...

Well that's awesome news to start with. It was worth the wait. I'm also looking forward to TvC as I bet it'll be as awesome as MvC even if some don't know the Tatsunoku characters. I wonder what the other mystery game could be. And... WE WANT MULTIPLAYER... even if I'll get my @$$ kicked.

Madworld for $30? Oh crap! What a time to not have some cash! First 8-Bit Glory and now Madworld... T_T

O.O Wal-Mart with trade-ins? Oh crap! And double crap, now there might be a chance MGS will be on the 360. Hahaha! That was a close win for G.O., I was cheering for Rockumentary though.
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"You just got verbally owned!" - Jose

YES!!!!

I am so glad Tatsunoku vs. Capcom is confirmed! No need to import it for me!

Hm...

Is there a possibility of having multiple new features? I mean, you guys are passing up on some good stuff if you're just going with the sole winner of the contest. Is there some sort of monetary issue keeping you guys from doing so? It'd be sad to not see some of these cool concepts for shows not come to fruition. Just curious~

Wow, very informative today!

I hope they release MGS on the 360 so I can have a chance to experience the game cause I don't have a PS3. Walmart's used game system will fail. I wanted Rockumentary to win... I felt like GameoverThinker was just insulting the viewers just to prove his point. Oh well...=) Great Hard News Destin!

Sad face

I'm kind of disappointed. I honestly don't think a feature like GOT fits SA.

Also disappointed that Bethesda is going to make something for the Wii, after the massive success of FO3, I was hoping they'd finally give Elder Scroll fans something new to play. Oblivion just didn't have the staying power of Morrowind.

Pretty nice edition of hard

Pretty nice edition of hard news. i really enjoy the rockumentary humour , but , oh well. Waiting for this week announcemtns!! =B!

sweet

First post.
Also, Bethesda rivals valve in its awesomeness.

You didn't mention sims 3 leak though?

woah

Super-ninja'd on that post.
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There is a god!!!!

Fuck yes, oh fuck yes! A import I never thought it would seriously come. Also, I agree with Destin, ONLINE PLEASE!!! I owe moviebob for this one since he said and asked for it, can't beleive it came true.\ Also, sweet for Gameoverthinker, being a close one, I knew he will win it.
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i knew the overthinker would

i knew the overthinker would win XD
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Ah come on..... At least

Ah come on..... At least Rockumentary was good..... Well, lets hope that the next round (round 3) is gonna be an exciting one.... Phychotaku vs unknown - May 22. I hope Phychotaku will win the next round, because he will kick ass I am telling you. Oh yeah: The game overthinker will not make into the finals, I give it a possibility chance of a 50%.

I love it when Destin

...looks like he's going to break out laughing at the end of Hard News. ^_^

The Walmart trade-in kiosk seems pretty weird, but if it will cut out the lines at Gamestop I'm all for it. The last 3 times I was there to buy a game I ended up waiting 10 minutes in line because the people ahead of me were trading in stuff. Blah...

lol

fuck in the ass, so tru and a round of applause for the game over thinker but rockumentary was also cool too

bx-4-life

FANTASTIC

I already own a Japanese copy of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, however I've had to play it on a friend's modified Wii in order to play it. I'll be more pleased to play a version of the game that I can actually PLAY on a regular basis in my own home.

Ah. I am so thrilled. GATCHAMAN AND YATTERMAN TAG TEAM!

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Hopefully that Bethesda game

Hopefully that Bethesda game is good, more 3rd party support for my homeboy, Wii.

Nice Navi joke, and the used games joke is funny because it's true.

Konami... I officially hate them and also love them. Mystery is their specialty.

game over thinker

game over thinker wins fatalty

Kinda of boring

Not that you were boring, Destin, but the news today was a little lame. I guess companies are just getting prepped for E3.

If you ask me about the Kojima ad, I do think its a rerelease of MGS4. It might be for 360, but its probably just some Super Mega Ultra Gamer edition.

Fuck

Rockumentary was better.

Where is Unaware Steve?

Killaboy 3000 and the Quest for DESTRUCTION

I dont give a damn about this 2 vids...from all of the ones that have been showed, I prefer Killaboy 3000...I just cant see those vids as a series.

Your comment confuses me...

Your comment confuses me... If you're saying that only Killaboy seems like it could be a series, it's actually not going to be. It'll be a collection of other, shorter vids by the same people. Dunno if that changes your opinion at all.

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Hmmm...you touched me...I

Hmmm...you touched me...I know they are cool but, I feel something much bgger for Killaboy 3000

Tats vs. Cap.....meh......ZOMFG!!!!!!!!!

OMG I CANT BELIEVE THIS, TATSUNOKO VS. CAPCOM COMING TO US!!!!! THIS IS AMAZING, I CANT WAIT TO TEAM UP RYU WITH KEN EAGLE FROM GATCHAMAN, THATS ONE OF MAH FAVORITE ANIMES OF ALL TIME!!!!! THIS IS GREAT, AND THE MECHAS, HOLY SHIT, MEGAMAN GOING HEAD TO HEAD WITH GIANT MECHAS, ZOMG, I CANT FUCKING WAIT FOR THIS MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU CAPCOM, I LOVE YOU SCREWATTACK.COM, AND I'M GONNA BUY THE HORI WII ARCADE STICK FOR THIS GAME!!!!!!! FUUUUUUUUUUCK YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Friend: um yea, this is Jon, um GameBoi fainted, so uh, he'll be out for a while..... and im excited too.

Hyper
Awesome
Damning
Outragiously
Ultra
Ki
Energy
N'attack
.... this is, the way of life. I luv capcom.

Dammit Destin

The suspence was killing me!

Wal-Mart's used game system

Wal-Mart's used game system will fail. And I'm gald the Game Overthinker won. Rockumentary was decent, but just like the rhythm games they're based on, I can see the idea eventually going stale.

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I've never commented on anything before on here, but this is really important to me:
What is the source of the "fucked in the ass" pic??
Any help would be appreciated...

applause to both "vid dun suck" entry

Both did a great job, i voted for Rockumentary though. However, G.Overthinker did a good job, so congrats to Overthinker!

Still cheering for Rockumentary though!

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Congrats

To overthinker. Personally I wasn't fond of his reviews here or on The escapist but what one person wants doesnt matter. It's what the community wants and their voices were heard. So once again, congrats, maybe you'll grow on me.

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Tatsunoku vs. Capcom!!!

Tatsunoku vs. Capcom!!! sweet now i can kick ass with gottchaman!!!! fuck yea

Goddammit!

I really wanted Rockumentary to win... Hope they continue doing it, it seemed far more entertaining than the Overthinker... ...Photobucket

I am with you on this one, I

I am with you on this one, I voted for Rockumentary...

Am loving your sig

Uh, Rockumentary didn't won,

Uh, Rockumentary didn't won, tsk! tsk! (-_-)

Anyway, too bad but I guess its alright.

Congratulations to the OverThinker! ;)

i just hope he won because

i just hope he won because people liked him and were not afraid to not vote for him.

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Xylon's two cents on the Game Overthinker.

First, let me say this - I am a huge fan of the Game Overthinker. I find his relatively serious, intellectual videos to be a rather refreshing twist on the old classic of "game ranter". I have all of his videos on a playlist on YouTube that I listen to constantly whenever I'm doing something close to but not with my computer. That being said, I'm not entirely sure if I want him to win the entire competition.

Now admittedly the main reasons I believe this are mostly for selfish reasons. Should the Overthinker win, he would become a part of the ScrewAttack family, and invariably would increase how many people view his videos by a wide margin. However even if he loses, that will not stop him from making Overthinker episodes for the fans that he already has. If he loses, in the end it is a loss for ScrewAttack and the Overthinker, but not for the Overthinker's existing fans, who can and will continue to watch his videos no matter where they are posted.

On the other hand, some of the movies that have made it to the final 8 do not have the existing fan base that the Overthinker already has. In addition, without being a part of the ScrewAttack family, they might not have the motivation to post new installments to their series on a regular basis. By having them win instead, we may get a greater deluge of awesome content at a rate that would not be the same should the Game Overthinker win. For the fans, that may be the lesser of two evils.

I really am sad that Rockumentary lost this round, even if it meant the Game Overthinker got to move on. Out of the four videos I've seen thus far, it was the one that entertained me the most. (Sorry Moviebob. I think your choice of episode to show wasn't the best you could have made. I think showing off something like episode seven would have gotten a stronger intellectual or at least emotional pull from the people who are on the fence of your series. Sure it was a great episode, but the overuse of squirrel-voice kind of made it one of the weaker of your shows thus far.) I know that one of the reasons it went down was because it had to compete against something with an established fanbase. I believe it would have fared much better if it had gone up against the previous two videos. I still don't think the winner of the first week has enough material to keep his stuff fresh. It's kind of like Powerthirst. It's awesome once or twice, but you can't really follow it up with anything of substance. I honestly hope I am proven wrong. I wish nothing but the best for ScrewAttack.

In retrospect, especially after reading some comments under the Game Overthinker, I finally came to realize how polarizing his videos can be. Some people can find the videos to be a bit "preachy", or simply are not entertained due to the relatively low amounts of humor. That's not to say that the people who disliked the video were idiots who did not desire the intellectual stimulation that I feel Moviebob's series offers. Rather I think that plenty gravitated to what they found more to their tastes. The majority of people on this site are more likely to watch Comedy Central or Adult Swim rather than the History channel for a similar reason - they watch what they find more entertaining. While I find Moviebob's videos to be fresh and innovative, there are plenty who will simply not be entertained by the style.

I guess my whole point here is that while I would love to see my favorite series from YouTube become an official part of my favorite gaming website, I will not be entirely disappointed if this is not to be. I wish Moviebob and the rest of the remaining competitors the best of luck in the weeks to come.

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given the choice between the

given the choice between the winners so far, i would gladly take the game overthinker over some crappy adult swim show rip off. The game overthinker isnt bad, i just think hes a little dry at times, doesnt seem to be SA's style. im just hoping for some better options(go psycotaku!)

wha... adult swim rip

wha... adult swim rip off...? what exactly is killaboy ripping off? I don't take offence to you making this statement, but I'm honestly confused...

anyway, as for the competition in itself, I honestly don't think either one of the finalists would be a particularly good screw attack addition. Screw attack in itself is more of an entertainment medium and (however interesting, informational, and sometimes controvertial as game over thinker is) I don't think it really fits in with what most find "entertaining". on the other hand, killaboy, and Rockumentory both were verry humorous, and didn't even need to be watched all the way through to understand, or think they were funny. The reason I don't find killaboy a particularly good choice either, is that unlike the other humorous entry (Rockumentory) there isn't much chance in expansion, and the only likely thing (if the show is actually continueing the killaboy game... thing) is either going through "story mode" or just making a sequel, one of wich is already similar to a show already in progress (LIAG) and the other would get a bit tired after one or two more. There is a third option for videos that killaboy (no, I don't remember the persons name who made it...) could do wich would be make random videos and stuff, but that wouldn't be what the people had voted for, and while it still has potential to be funny depending on how well they turn out, people could still argue this fact.

go watch robot chicken(its

go watch robot chicken(its torture i know), its the same thing but killaboy puts in gaming refrences

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