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It’s been way too long since we posted an edition of Trailer Madness. We guess that’s why we’ve got more than 10 videos comprising this post. You can always watch the videos as they’re uploaded on our YouTube account. Otherwise, we’ve got the latest recap of videos we’ve posted there, and highlighting this edition is Lost Planet 2‘s “Gears of War” video. Capcom also sent a Super Street Fighter IV promotional trailer our way. We’ve got two trailers apiece for Risk Factions and Shiren The Wanderer, and a whopping three videos for Blood Bowl. Things are rounded out this edition by new videos for bittos+, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for iPhone, Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll and Napoleon Total War. Enjoy!

Lost Planet 2 “Gears of War” Video

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#3 – Plants vs. Zombies (PC)

Publisher: PopCap – Developer: PopCap

Our Review

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Popcap strips down the tower defense genre so anyone can jump in, then level-by-level builds it up to perfection. Players place various plants to defend the house from waves of the undead. Everything’s got character, and it is damn near impossible to play this game not sporting a big smile. The pacing is perfect and is constantly mixing things up before any repetition sets in. Plants vs. Zombies is rounded out by a good sense of humor and a soundtrack guaranteed to get stuck in gamers’ heads. (more…)

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Jonathan, the winner of our Rockstar swag contest, was kind enough to send us a picture of his daughter decked out in the Chinatown Wars t-shirt, holding a Gears of War 2 soundtrack and and in front of an Onechanbara poster we sent his way. (We tossed in a couple of extra things!) That’s a lot of M-rated game products for one little girl, but she is holding a sticker of the child-friendly and very awesome Ninjatown game, so…yeah. He said he sent the photo of his 4-year-old because he isn’t exactly photogenic, which we can relate to. He also pointed out that her name, Natalia Rahne, is a reference to both Black Widow and Wolfsbane. We have a feeling Jonathan is checking out the Wolverine movie this weekend, and hopefully getting his daughter into the hobby. Thanks for sending in the photo, Jonathan.

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Title: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Platform: DS

ESRB Rating: M

Publisher: Rockstar Games

Developers: Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North

Rating:

Review by: John Gustafson

Imagine the sheer scope and immersion of Grand Theft Auto IV but without the irritating phone calls. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars takes the very best elements from its console brother, slaps it onto a DS cartridge, and then adds some inventive improvements bound to show up in the next console release. (more…)

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We’ve got a Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars t-shirt (size Large), some Rockstar stickers and maybe a few extra stickers tossed in from the personal collection to give away. We thought we’d see who is paying attention, put up a post at 3 a.m. and make it really, really easy for one person.

How does one win this prize package? Be the first eligible user to post a reply to this contest post. That’s it. One person will win this package by being the first to post a comment. Who’s it going to be? (more…)

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