Master Control Program

CHUD.com’s video game column, chaired by Cav Gallagher and his staff of inglorious gaming bastards, MCP is where you come to discuss the very best the console, PC, and handheld realms have to offer with varying levels of wit, verve, and, occasionally, pure, seething, psychotic venomous hate. If you fancy yourself a gamer, you’ve come to the right place. Press Start To Continue.

MCP: DOCTOR, WHY’S MY WII GLOWING?

If you dusted off your Nintendo Wii yesterday and plugged it into the wall in anticipation of Super Mario Galaxy this week, you might’ve noticed its ominous blue glow. Yes, they’re here- Nintendo is trying to contact you through your television. They’ve got another new channel for you fools to tinker with until some games … Continue reading

MCP: VGXPO PART II

Yesterday, I covered convention floor of the Video Game Expo, which you can read here. This part covers the panel discussions and the movie Moral Kombat. The first panel was the video game journalism panel, featuring “the Video Game Doctor” Bill Kunkel, Ray Ledda, VP of Ziff Davis and Susan Arendt of Wired’s Game|Life. There … Continue reading

MCP REVIEW: MANHUNT 2

BUY IT HERE AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PLATFORM: PSP, PS2, WiiESRB RATING: M for Mature!PUBLISHER:: Rockstar GamesDEVELOPER: Rockstar (Note: This review is based on the PSP version) It’s funny how things work out. I was more pissed than anyone upon hearing the news about Manhunt 2‘s gutting by the ESRB and by forces overseas (see here … Continue reading

MCP: VGXPO 2007

It’s tough being a video game enthusiast living in the Northeast. Most of the video game conventions are on the West Coast, and the few shows that feature video games in the Northeast, like Digital Life* and the NY Comic Con, don’t come close to being true video game cons. After being disappointed by this … Continue reading

MCP: RANDOM SETTING 11.2.07

After a longer than expected vacation (quick question for all the Ohio State supporters out there, is there some sort minimum weight requirement? Seriously, lose 100 lbs., immediately.) I’m back in the saddle. Not so Solid on the release date One of the great joys of playing video games in my younger years was being … Continue reading

MCP: GET IN THE FRACKIN’ SHIP

If you’re any kind of TV fan, you know that Battlestar Galactica is the best thing around. No one expected a Sci-Fi channel show (of all things) to contain the best social commentary of our times, or the most exciting action sequences. No one expected a compelling story that completely destroyed the original, or for … Continue reading