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  • Retrograding Advance 01.14.03

    Before I start, let me say with all modesty, I appear to have had a good effect on the 411 staff. I mean, before me, there was NOTHING on the GBA. Now Ron, Chris, Bebito and that other guy are all commenting out. Good for them. And good for all of you supporting GBA news…

  • 411 Games Rumor Down-Lo 01.14.03 Part II

    411 Games Rumor Down-Lo 01.14.03 Part II 411 FIGURES LO-DOWN! AWARD Ladies and Gentlemen, your host… Bebito Jackson! Bebito: We all grew up playing with action figures. It appears some of us never grew up. Or at the very least, some of never stopped playing with those cool figures. The guys in the 411 Figures…

  • 411 Games Rumor Down-Lo 01.14.03 Part I

    411 Games Rumor Down-Lo 01.14.03 Part I LIVE! From Atlantic City, New Jersey. It’s the first ever annual, 2002 Lo-Down! Awards! With Special Guest Stars: Claire Flynn Boyle Scott Keith Triple H Ashish Mario Jason Masters The Scotsman Sifl & Olly Jeff Modzelewski Widro Avril Lavigne and many more! And now, your hosts for the…

  • The Gamer’s Conscience 01.13.03

    Conflicted. Now there’s a word you won’t read or hear frequently, especially in the gaming world. When it comes to judgment on a particular game, it’s usually pretty damned clear-cut: it either rocks your world harder than Bad Religion’s The Process of Belief (as of time of writing, an unattainable feat), or it sucks ass,…

  • The Box Score 1.11.03: Sunday’s NFL Playoff Games

    Thanks to Yip, Lucard, and Chambers for lessening my insecurities in regard to the concept of this column. I thought it was a dumb idea at first; everyone else thought it was gold. So thanks for the reassurance and, of course, keep ’em coming. That said, a little more about the purpose of all of…

  • Retrograding Mailbag 01.10.03

    Hey guys. This is really late. It’s about 10 days old. It’s been done for a while, but just not sent off. Still, it is just letters, so I guess being up to date on the mailbag is no big deal, right? But you’re here to read my letters, so let’s show ’em Most of…

  • The Box Score: Saturday’s NFL Playoff Games!

    Teaser: Can NFL 2K3 accurately predict the NFL playoff games this weekend? Santana Moss came into his rookie season with the New York Jets a feared player. He’d had quite a history at the University of Miami, but that’s not how he built his reputation as an NFL player. It wasn’t by playing in the…

  • Retrograding 01.09.03

    Okay, first up: what do you guys want to see reviewed more: Metroid Fusion, Defender of the Crown, or Lunar Legends? Let me know! Otherwise it’s Rocky and Pocky with Becky! If I reviewed the Hamtaro game, would you guys actually read it? I’m so tempted to get the game just to see how everyone…

  • 411 Games Rumor Down-Lo 01.07.03

    Now, I have lists and lists of why the game is bad, now that’s my opinion, you may have your own. It’s probably somewhere along the lines of “dRagonball RULEZ! i can be goku and vegeta and cell and trunks and i very good at button mashing and im a fanboy and i love dragonball…

  • Retrograding Advance 1.03.03

    Okay, since this is a crazy semi-FAQ/semi-review /semi-comparison to the old SSI version of this game, we’re going to not use the usual 411-review formula. Ratings will be at the end of the column though for you. I simply can’t put everything I’m going to say into the standard form here. Now, the original Eye…

  • 411 Games Rumor Down-Lo 12.31.02

    411 Games Rumor Down-Lo 12.31.02 bleh Chris Pankonin (His response after I told him that we miss tons of news here at 411 Games. – 12.25.02) (411 DOWN-LO ONLINE 12-31-02: BEGIN TRANSMISSION…) Hi, I’m Bebito Jackson, and my boss, Chris Pankonin, will most likely fire me by the end of next year. No, really. I…

  • The Gamer’s Conscience 12.30.02

    Sweet Buddha. You know, there are only certain events during a gamer’s tenure that he can look back on and with a serious feeling of elation and awe. I can remember playing Super Mario Bros. for the first time and being blown away at how damned fun it was to jump on turtles and angry…

  • Retro-Grading 12.27.02

    Okay. Bottom line, this is about bootlegging, using emulators, and the like. It make sense Retrograding should be the column to cover this aspect of gaming because 99% of the time, emulators are used for old games. I’m going to be fair to both sides however, and allow you the reader to come to your…

  • Retrograding Mailbag 12.27.02

    Hey everyone. I promised a mailbag edition if a ton of you wrote me, and here it is. I received nearly 100 emails from my RPG column, about two dozen from the Pokemon and Robotech column and about a dozen have come in for Phantasy Star. I’ve decided to mainly go with letter from my…

  • Retrograding Advance 12.24.02

    First I have a few things to say. Thanks to the 2 dozen who emailed me last week. I answered them all and I as very glad and shocked to see how many of you wanted GBA and import news. I’ll be keeping it up. Secondly, thanks to the zillions of you writing in about…

  • 411 Games Rumor Down-Lo 12.24.02

    Dragonball Z: Bukodai – 5.0/10. I gave it a 5.5/10 in my review but I’m making it lower just to piss you fanboys off, and if you keep bothering me I’m going to just keep making my final score lower. “¢ Ron Yip (SimColumn News Report 12.16.02) (411 DOWN-LO ONLINE 12-24-02: BEGIN TRANSMISSION…) Hi, I’m…

  • Review: Rocky

    Rocky System: Playstation 2 Genre: Boxing Publisher: Rage/UBI Soft Release Date: 11/20/2002 The first Rocky movie was released to an unsuspecting movie audience in late 1976. Its depiction of a down-on-his-luck boxer, Rocky Balboa, who gets the chance to shock the world was a masterpiece and earned the “Best Picture” award for its efforts. Rocky…

  • Retro-Grading 12.21.02

    Right. Welcome to Retrograding. I’m your host, Alexander Lucard. You may make the token Hellsing, Castlevania or random dyslexic Dracula joke now. I’ve heard them all growing up. :-P Retrograding is hopefully going to be something new here at 411mania.com. Where the other writers are looking at the current gaming situation, doing reviews of the…

  • Retrograding Advance 12.17.02

    Retrograding is going to be about old games, systems and other stuff. The other Columnists like Ron and Bebito are the people you go to for current US releases, news and rumours. I’m the guy who comes off like an old hermit raving about the Neo*Geo and how games are far too easy nowadays and…

  • 411 Games Rumor Down-Lo 12.17.02

    Interact’s Quantum Fighter Pad (Sega Dreamcast) One thing that Interact failed to mention was that despite having 6 buttons on the face, YOU COULDN’T BIND THE R AND L TO ANY OF THEM!… Try pulling off a dragon punch with Ryu or the raging demon with Akuma and you’ll see what I’m talking about! Arcade…