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Summer's here! Beat the heat with sports, sun, and swimsuits, call in convenient video game form. Joystick Division looks at ten video games that offer up summertime fun.
"What made the game so fun? We think the swimsuits were the main reason, but here's a quick rundown of the game: In the main story mode, players select a woman to play as for the duration of their two week period. Since the volleyball matches in the game are always two on two, the player automatically begins with a partner."
"Now when most people think of sexually attractive characters in gaming, they usually assume it’s only female characters. Developers know that the men of gaming also have to “look good” too. That’s why we’ve sprinkled in a couple of the hottest men in video games as well."
"Videogames have long been a male-dominated hobby despite the fact that study after study shows a growing number of gamers are actually female. So why then is it that we see one horrible game after another being tailored to male gamers? We’re not talking about the action-packed warfare of Call of Duty and Gears of War. We’re not even looking in the direction of the intense and bloody goodness of God of War. Instead we’re looking at the shovelware that’s been heaved onto our game machines becau..."
"While we always try to change things up with a variety of different games and characters, one series always keeps calling us back to it. Tecmo's uber-popular Dead or Alive franchise is packed with some of the best looking characters in all of gaming. We've covered other DoA girls in the past and this week we've finally gotten around to the lovely Lei Fang. Lei Fang is a Chinese college student and T'ai Chi Quan prodigy from the Dead or Alive series, who made her debut in the first Dead or Ali..."
"Though some elitists may try and salvage their reputation by claiming it has never happened to them. Every one has played at least one terrible game in their life. At the same time, a large community of Achievement-Enthusiasts will play just about anything to hear that sacred “Ba-Bloop” from their TV."
"Video games are packed with a lot of outrageous and interesting characters. One of the most intriguing things about gaming is that male gamers never have a problem playing as women. Maybe that’s because the female characters aren’t designed to look tough like the male characters. We’ve picked the five hottest female characters in video games."
"This week we chose Ayane who just happens to be Kasumi's half-sister. She's a ninja too, but hates Kasumi. An expert in Ninjutsu, her deadly fighting style has given her the nickname "Female Tengu". She joins in the Dead or Alive World Combat Championship as an assassin in pursuit of her traitor sister, Kasumi, who left the Mugen Tenshin clan behind. Although she would never admit it, Ayane admires Hayate, her half-brother."
Go Fanboy has released their Cosplay Babe of the Week featuring the popular Tina Armstrong from the Dead or Alive franchise. They've posted twenty-eight images of various cosplayers dressed up as Tina. Also there's a mini-bio for the character of Tina for those unfamiliar with the fighting character.
"You may or may not be surprised by our list, but one thing is for sure the ladies from Dead or Alive are included. Check out our Top 10 and tell us what your top 10 is."
"With some games, ESRB ratings can be either too damning, or not restrictive enough. How many parents buy their children copies of games like Halo 3 and Grand Theft Auto IV, regardless of the warnings on the box, pamphlets shoved into their hands by concerned Best Buy employees, or simple common sense? On the hand, there are plenty of other games that the ESRB just rates poorly. Mass Effect gets an M rating for fictional alien violence, but Call of Duty (which is based on actual military event..."
What happens when almost everyone stops playing a game on Xbox Live? Do the real fans keeping playing? Do the noobs wander on? Well, you're about find out. OXM took a handful of older games from the Xbox 360 and tried to find some people to play with online.
One of the games was Smackdown vs. Raw, which saw 14 players in 30 minutes, not bad for an old game. OXM did meet a new-comer to the game called "THEBOSS6976".
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After slamming PS3 exclusive Heavenly Sword, Team Ninja boss Itakagi Tomonubu would be wise to rein in his criticisms following this piece of shallow marketing for Dead or Alive Xtreme 2. What a boob. Well, actually, there are around 8 of them actually. Shameless. Seriously, criticising Heavenly Sword when you're responsible for Dead or Alive Extreme 2 - what's the world coming to?
"Forget slogans like Do! Do! Do! using run of the mill boy pop groups or in-game pics of the damsels of DOA in teeny bikinis, just like the pic from DOA Extreme 2 above.
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![Box shot of Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 [Europe]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvWGJveF8zNjAvU3BvcnRzL090aGVy/dead_or_alive_xtreme_2_frontcover_small_01zg5dv3bnDWTjU.gif)