Category: Lists

Top 7 Trash Talk References in Video Games

AlienLion Mar. 29 Article, Lists Views (520) no comments
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    If rap has taught us anything it’s that people love beef (unless they’re hindus or something), especially when it’s between two or more publicly recognized entities. So how about a list of some outstanding or notable cases of trash talk in video games? Here we go:   #7. Valve is a SiN _________________________________________________________________________________ [...]

5 Types of Achievements/Trophies That Must Die

AlienLion Mar. 23 Article, Lists Views (598) no comments
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If you’ve been with us for awhile, then you know that we love trophies and achievements. Hoarding aside, they are fun little incentives to spend some extra time with the games that we enjoy (and some that we don’t), or at least… they are supposed to be. All too often, game developers entirely miss the [...]

5 More Things You Never Noticed In Your Favorite Games

AlienLion Mar. 12 Article, Lists Views (771) 2 comments
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You know that TV show, Breaking Bad? After so many seasons, have you realized that the only black guy in the show sells fried chicken and meth? It’s one of those things that you don’t think about, until they are pointed out to you, even though they are in plain sight. What follows is another [...]

7 Disappointing Games That Broke Epic Promises

AlienLion Mar. 05 Article, Lists Views (1164) 4 comments
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2005 – 2013, or the seventh generation of gaming (let’s call it that), was certainly fun but it will probably not be remembered for its’ lack of disappointments. Plenty of releases did not live up to expectations, and others never happened at all. I bet that nobody is as bothered by this fact as the [...]

6 Worst Game Titles of the Seventh Generation

AlienLion Feb. 13 Article, Lists Views (402) 2 comments
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As the seventh generation of consoles nears its’ mud dive, we feel the need for yet another round up, as part of our send off. This time, we will provide six examples of the most regrettably titled games of the past seven or eight years. Again, we will avoid the more obscure titles, because otherwise, [...]

6 Biggest Bitches in Video Games

AlienLion Feb. 05 Article, Lists Views (506) no comments
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There is a magazine called ‘Bitch’, and as you have probably guessed, it’s run by a bunch of feminists who can, well, run an entire fucking magazine about sexism. As you have also probably guessed, the ads on their website look like this:   Well, Bitch claims that the word “bitch” is an offensive term that [...]

10 Movies That Must Get Video Games

AlienLion Jan. 29 Article, Lists Views (444) 1 comment
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Most movie-based video games are like modern musicians – everyone, but the most clueless, knows that they blow. Sometimes, you’ve got to feel for the developers though. Imagine being tasked with creating an action game based on the movie Jaws, in a limited time. I mean, what the fuck are you supposed to do throughout [...]

Our 6 Most Exciting Kickstarter Games

AlienLion Jan. 24 Article, Lists, News and Seasonal Views (637) no comments
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Tim Schafer’s Kickstarter success was the gaming equivalent of what E Online considers to be year’s top ten biggest stories, right up there with the ‘Colorado Shooting’ and ‘Miley Cyrus Twit Pic’ (I wish this were a bad joke but do click on that link and scroll through). We all know that his game will [...]

6 Most Pointless Celebrity Involvements With Video Games

AlienLion Jan. 09 Article, Lists Views (748) 1 comment
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When Kelsey Grammer hosted the Grammys, folks were surprised, since he is an actor and not a musician. Gaming folks, on the other hand, give no poop about the fact that we have the Video Game Awards brimming with movie and music stars, who have little to do with gaming. VGA X was basically an hour-long Sam Jackson [...]

5 Video Game Sequences That Must Go (Plus, a review of Rage)

AlienLion Dec. 26 Article, Lists Views (510) no comments
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We all like to complain about the lack of originality in gaming (well… we do) so let’s point out the things that we’ve been seeing too much of, as of late. That’s about it but it’s not like anyone reads these introductions so I will just get to it and elaborate as I go. Oh, [...]