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Monthly archives for January, 2009
The Ring Has Chosen
The Ring Has Chosen Episode 70
Join Cliff, Squire, and special Corey the "dudeenriquez" as we rant about Exiles, praise home grown events, and gush about Super-Troopers. All this, and the top 5 cards we cherished in 2008.
Checkmate Arcade Ep. 36 – Awards At War
In what is our first and hopefully longest episode of the year, we give all you faithful listeners our picks for the greatest games of the year. Jason rattles off his stats for World at War and gives us his take on the new Resident Evil movie. Steven finds that the impossible is possible (barely) in Dead Space and heads off for a weekend getaway in The House of The Dead. We sprint past the news in less than 3 minutes and get the show on the Zune Marketplace. Tune in for the big reveal of our Games of the Year.
VSA's 2008 – Location of the Year
Another day, another poll. Make sure you hop on over to VS-Blog.com because Miguel has posted the latest VSA poll – Location of the Year
the ring Has Chosen Episode 69
Welcome to 2009. Cliff, Squire, and intern Joe discuss the Holidays, Exiles, and the future of VS. Top it off with Weapon X deck talk, and Starjammers review.
VSA's 2008 – Equipment of the Year
Another day, another category and another blog. That’s right, over at Lost Hemisphere, you’ll find a poll to vote for the equipment card you feel made the biggest impact in 2008. Remember, this category isn’t limited to cards printed in 08. It could be a card from Marvel Origins that tore up the BYOT format for example. Go check it out now:
http://losthemisphere.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/2008-vsas-equipment/
VSA's 2008 – Plot Twist of the Year
Just before the holidays kicked in during the tail end of 2008, I suggested that we, the Vs. System community unite around what is and has been, great in our game during 2008. I welcomed nominations in several catagories for your highlights of the last year and after a flood of responses both here and on VSRealms, I now have all the nominees lined up.
All that remains is for you to decide who walks away with the top prize in the catagory. Today we’re looking at Plot Twist of the Year.
To clarify, this does not have to be a plot twist that debuted in 2008, but a plot twist that you feel had the biggest impact last year. The nominees are:
Boatman Fighter
I know it’s not Vs. System related, but . . . damn. This is possibly one of the best videos I’ve seen on the interwebs!
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Marvel Evolution set review: Purifiers
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Today’s review is the short stack. The Purifiers team only has six real character cards to choose from, but some of them are pretty interesting. The team should seem familiar to anyone who saw X2. The Purifiers weren’t actually in the movie, but one of their head honchos, William Stryker, was the antagonist, so building this deck is as close as you’re going to get to acting out the movie! Plus, we’ve got some returning powerhouses that you might be interested in.
Read on to see if they’ve aged like fine wine… or like the beer that’s been in the trunk of my car for a year!
