• 21Sep 09

  I Love Japanese TV

  Our TGS coverage will be kicking off in earnest a bit later in the week but, in the meantime, the GameSpot crew is embedded in Tokyo and have been prepping for a fun and exhausting week. Here's a taste of one of my favorite things--Japanese television, which is endlessly fascinating to me. I took these mix of clips this morning from a variety of different channels:

  Sorry for the low volume level, but it was early and I didn't want to wake up my neighbors.

  • Posted Sep 21, 2009 5:20 pm PT
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• 8Jul 09

  Alec Mason vs. Cole MacGrath: The Facts

  Lately, I've been having a great time with both Red Faction: Guerrilla and Infamous. And while both game's plots share similarities--a lone protagonist taking up against an overwhelming enemy--it's the differences between Red Faction's Alec Mason and inFamous' Cole MacGrath that stand out to me. Thus, I present for your consideration, my careful scientific study of the two heroes of each respective game.

  Alec Mason vs. Cole MacGrath

  Tale of the Tape

  Last Name

  Cole MacGrath: MacGrath

  Alec Mason: Mason

  Winner: Mason

  Occupation

  Cole MacGrath: Bike messenger

  Alec Mason: Space miner, explosives expert, rebel

  Winner: Mason
  

  Powers

  Cole MacGrath: Controls electricity

  Alec Mason: SLEDGEHAMMER

  Winner: Tie
  

  Weakness

  Cole MacGrath: Water balloons, water pistols, showers/baths, humidity, sweat

  Alec Mason: Falling buildings

  Winner: Mason

  Haircut

  Cole MacGrath: Close-cropped, blond

  Alec Mason: Close-cropped, brown

  Winner: Tie

  Outfit

  Cole MacGrath: Black and yellow leather

  Alec Mason: Sweet-ass green trenchcoat

  Winner (for Pittsburgh Steelers fans): Cole MacGrath (for everyone else): Alec Mason

  Hygiene

  Cole MacGrath: Hobo filthy (see Weakness, above)
  

  Alec Mason: Slightly dusty, in need of shave

  Winner: Alec Mason
  

  Significant Other

  Cole MacGrath: Trish (doctor)

  Alec Mason: SLEDGEHAMMER (sledgehammer)

  Winner: Alec Mason

  Additional scientific facts about Alec Mason and Cole MacGrath (with assistance from fellow scholar Chris Watters):

  • Alec Mason is only afraid of falling buildings. Cole pees himself when he thinks of lawn sprinklers.
  • Also, Cole pees himself when he thinks about peeing himself. Then he dies anyway.
  • Cole can't go outside if there is a chance of showers. Alec drives a ATV off a sweet jump then explodes the clouds to make it rain
  • Cole hasn't taken a shower since the explosion. Alec Mason showers in the tears of Jesus.
  • Cole stays hydrated by licking a moist washcloth. Alec wrings water out of Martian rock, EDF rebar, and the air.
  • Cole can't use moist towelettes after enjoying BBQ. Alec Mason can.
  • Cole's fans ask him to charge their cell phones. Alec's fans ask him to sire their children.
  • Cole spent three days in a coma after touching a dog's wet nose. Alec Mason has genetically engineered Martian wolves from dust.
  • Cole's hair is short because he is in a constant state of electrolysis. Alec's is short because the follicles have unionized.
  • Cole's jacket isn't leather, it's insulated rubber. Alec Mason's trenchcoat is made out of unicorn pelt.
  • When a building gets in his way: Cole clambers over it. Alec breaks it and the laws of the physics by destroying its very matter.
  • Cole can't climb fences. Alec Mason doesn't BELIEVE in fences.
  • Cole has nightmares about the ocean. The ocean has nightmares about Alec Mason.

  Got your own Alec vs Cole science you want to drop? Let me know in the comments below.

  • Posted Jul 8, 2009 12:14 pm PT
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• 26Feb 09

  Ted "Million Dollar Man" DiBiase vs. The Recession

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