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| Monster Madness: Grave Danger Hands-On |
| March 13, 2008 at 4:18pm |
Umm...Cat lovers may want to skip this
challenge.
We skipped work for a couple of hours last
Friday and paid a visit to SouthPeak Games for
an exclusive hands-on preview of Monster Madness: Grave Danger for PS3.
If years of watching TV and movies has taught us anything, it's the
fact that putting a nerd, a skater dude, a cheerleader and a goth
girl in the same room for any length of time can only result in a
zombie invasion. And that's exactly what happens to the four main
characters in Monster Madness: Grave Danger. Not only did we have to
contend with zombies during our preview, but we also faced all those
things that creeped us out when we were kids, like spiders, clowns,
and even a wrinkled old cat lady (Not a half-cat, half-lady. That
would just be weird. It was a lady who owns hundreds of cats.) We had to
escape her clutches and kisses to avoid draining away our lives.
We played in four-player co-op mode and found the controls easy to
master. Just point the right analog stick and your weapon fires in
that direction. We started out with automatic nail guns and picked
up a few others along the way, like a pipe shotgun and flamethrower.
Weapons can be upgraded by collecting parts from easy-to-find
toolboxes scattered around the neighborhood, or by visiting the
pimped-out trailer of Larry Tools. Character-specific melee weapons
and character-specific upgrades, like a pocket protector or Underoos,
are also scattered about. A quick check of the menu told us if we'd
missed anything.
We also played a few of the 25 different challenge modes. Reaching
your goal in a challenge mode will unlock costumes for your
character. We tried running over zombies in a souped-up hot rod, and
we also experienced the guilty pleasure of wasting zombie cats with
a flamethrower. We went back into co-op play just long enough to
ride a rocket-launching, swan-shaped paddle boat before we ran out
of time and had to head back to work.
Overall, we think you'll find plenty of monster-whacking fun in Monster Madness: Grave Danger,
which seems to be free of the control and camera issues that plagued its predecessor, Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia. In fact,
it seems to make good use of intuitive controls and the Unreal 3 Engine. It's scheduled to ship on Aprill 22,
and you can pre-order your copy here or at your local GameStop.
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| Trivia Quiz Answers |
| March 10, 2008 at 4:02pm |
The Spruce Goose on its first and only
flight.
Here are the answers to our impromptu trivia
quiz from Friday.
Q: What animal's eye is bigger than its brain?
A: The ostrich.
Q: Alan Hale, Jr. was famous for playing "the Skipper" on Gilligan's Island. What was the Skipper's real name? Bonus: What about the Professor? Bonus Bonus: What was Gilligan's first name?
A: Revealed over the radio on the first episode, the Skipper's name was Jonas Grumby, and the Professor's name was Roy Hinkley.
Gilligan was referred to as "Willy Gilligan" in a never-aired pilot episode.
Q: We know Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon. Or if you're a conspiracy theorist,
you know Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the elaborate Hollywood set known as the moon.
Who was the last man on the moon?
A: Eugene Cernan.
Q: What was the largest aircraft ever flown?
A: Howard Hughes' H-4 Hercules, known as the "Spruce Goose"
had a wingspan of 319 ft. 11 in. (97.54 m), the largest of any
aircraft ever produced. Its first and only
flight on November 2, 1947 lasted for about 1 mile, and it never
flew above 70 ft. in the air.
Q: How many ounces of gas does the average, healthy human release on a daily basis?
A: About 17 ounces.
Q: On what day of the week do most bank robberies occur?
A: Friday.
Q: What American historical figure has the most statues in his (or her)
likeness?
A: Sacagewea, who guided Lewis and Clark on their famous expedition.
All answers have been verified by watching countless hours of Gilligan's Island and Jeopardy. Give yourself 1 million points for each correct answer.
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