Matt Hawkins
Matt Hawkins is an NYC based video game journalist, designer, consultant, and cultralist. He's been published in EGM and GameSetWatch amongst others. Matt also makes comics and zines, is obsessed with cable access, gets into arguments with homeless people all the time, and once had his nipple bitten off during a one night stand. But that's neither here nor there.
Articles by Matt Hawkins
Gaming
Forgoing a fatality is the worst thing you can do in ‘Mortal Kombat’
Believe it or not, it’s actually better to have your head ripped from your spine in Mortal Kombat than to be spared.
Gaming
Hey look, it’s ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 2′
What has been called one of gaming’s worst kept secrets has finally been unveiled. Behold the trailer to the next Call of Duty, and one of the 2012′s biggest releases, Black Ops 2.
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‘Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance’ continues to offend and annoy
The marketing machine for the Metal Gear offshoot, Rising, is officially in high gear. And, surprise, everyone is pissed all over again.
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‘Dead or Alive 5′ represents the next step in ogling virtual breasts
Dead or Alive has always been about one thing: it’s depiction of polygonal mammaries. And if you thought developer Team Ninja had run out of tricks for part 5, you’d be wrong.
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‘Star Fox’ for the SNES, redone in super slick HD
YouTube user “rickonami” is a guy who likes re-envision old school video games with today’s tech. And he always goes the extra mile, but his tribute to the SNES classic Starfox is far and away his biggest, and most impressive, production to date.
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Sony’s take on ‘Super Smash Bros’ is legit, rather dumb looking
Remember Sony’s take on Super Smash Bros from late last year? Guess what: it’s for real, and it looks just as dumb as it initially sounded.
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MIT students turn one of their buildings into a giant game of ‘Tetris’
MIT students are well known for their technologically inclined stunts. And they just managed to execute the so-called “Holy Grail of hacks” by turning one of the buildings on campus into a very large, and very playable game, of Tetris.
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When video games and mini golf collide
Call me a total dork (or something worse), but I happen to enjoy mini golf, or at least the idea of it. Sadly, trying to get the ball in the mouth of a gorilla or past the blades of a windmill lost its novelty factor when I was 13.
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The swimsuit for the girlfriend who enjoys the beach and ‘Tetris’
If you, for whatever reason, find yourself burdened with the task of helping your gal pal choose swimwear, and she happens to be into Tetris (or maybe just you are), this retro gamer swimsuit is the perfect answer.
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Finally, an a cappella rendition of a ‘Final Fantasy’ song
Believe it or not, these totally drugged out looking individuals are breathing life into a classic track from the Final Fantasy 7 soundtrack.
Gaming
Someone made a Zelda related ‘Sh*t Navi Says’
Well, it took over five months (which, in internet time, is around 8 years), but someone finally created a Zelda themed “Sh*t X Says” video. And does it star Zelda herself? No. her boy toy Link? Nope.