Ryan always knew how to wring a smile out of you, whether you knew it or not. He had this infectious exuberance that he brought to everything he did. This is one of the reasons I admired him so much, because no matter what he was doing he always seemed like he was having a blast at the time. From playing games to making connections with millions of strangers through the power of his voice and his presence, I feel like Ryan was able to reach out and plant himself firmly into our hearts.

I was extremely lucky I had the chance to meet Ryan Davis once. It was during the Whiskey Media days and I didn't have the nerve to approach him. Drew was very gracious enough to bring me over to Ryan and break the ice.Ryan had no doubt been working all day and no doubt was exhausted by hosting the weekly Friday live show. Nevertheless he found time to ask my name and pose for photo, always willing to meet a fan of the site.

I take some solace that in looking for a picture of Ryan smiling, I merely had to go to the Jeff Gerstmann page where there is a literal flood of Ryan and Jeff having good times. In this hyper connected age it is a blessing that the numerous great times that Giant Bomb have had are commemorated and available.

There are several reasons why I grew so fond of Ryan Davis, but I think one image really encapsulates the spirit of how he lived his life.

Loving every minute of it, making everything him around him glimmer with excitement and brilliant.

The world is far less charmingly garrulous now and we are nothing but poorer for it. However, I will take comfort in a simple irrefutable truth.

The fact that we love Ryan Davis and that Ryan Davis loved you.

I've been sitting on this for a better part of a year now. Of course it would take something like Whiskey getting sold to finally get off my ass and post this. Part of it is that my camera took blurry pictures, but the larger part is I was just lazy.

In any case, here are a bunch of (crappy) shots from when Giant Bomb still had a bar in the office. To date this, this was the Pengwill happy hour! (Here's my Tested themed recap)

When I first arrived, Ethan let me into the building an gave me a tour. Everyone there was super graceful about letting some random stranger into their place of work! I got to see stuff like the Control Room, podcast room, the bar! They took me over to the engineer bay and Dave showed me some stuff he was working on.

Then I was shuffled into the intern area until the show began. It was cool speaking with the then-terns Corey and Ben. When the show began I was able to sit on the flea couch, which is way cooler than it sounds. I took a bunch of pictures during the show and had a blast. Once again, everyone was super kind. Daniel brought me beers, Corey chatted with me throughout the show, Drew introduced me to Ryan when I was way too nervous to approach him myself. Ryan in his infinite grace, only berated me a little given he had just finished a long hard day of work (its amazing he tolerated me at all). The Tested crew showed me around and Will gave me popcorn which I ate! It was an amazing experience all around and I am thankful they were the kind of company to allow me to do something so fun. I'd like to think of this as a time capsule because a lot of this freewheeling nature might be inappropriate in a corporate workplace, also a lot of these people are parting ways.

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Thanks to 38 special I've got the best posted score to "Hold on Loosely" for xbox 360.   I managed to beat the only two other scores posted at 5 am in the morning.  I wonder how far down I will have fallen when I wake up later today.   I'm sorry for making this thread, this isn't something I should be super proud of.
 

For the quest?
Edit: Yeah it was definitely for the quest

Jeff's 8 step plan to better texting
1.  Don't forget the apostrophe
2.  Spell stuff out, COME ON, type it all out.
3.  Good grammer, never goes out of style

Today was the launch of two Bioware game DLC content that I was really looking forward to.  The Shadow Broker for Mass Effect 2 and Witch Hunt for Dragon Age.  I purchased both and now having completed both, can give some thoughts.  (But really I'm just going to rant)
 

I will be ranting about plot points in the game, so don't read on if you want to avoid that type of thing.

For Funzies here's the old Spider-man wiki page before I started working on it.
 
 

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Story

Gameplay

Venom Wolverine? What will these kids think of next?

Other Versions

SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.

Overview and Basic Plot

Official PS3 box art Venom has returned to New York to infect the city with an army of symbiotes. S.H.I.E.L.D. has quarantined Manhattan to prevent the invasion from spreading. As a result, the entire city is cut off from the outside world. Spider-Man has to work with both heroes and villains from the Marvel Comics universe to track down Venom and stop the invasion before he too is overwhelmed by the symbiote attached to him. Spider-Man: Web of Shadows features a completely original story and is not related to any movie. The game features a wealth of popular Marvel Comics characters, including Kingpin, Luke Cage, Mary Jane Watson, Venom, Vulture, and Wolverine.

 

Detailed Plot Synopsis (Contains Spoilers)

This storyline describes players making the Red (Good/Light) decisions at every turn.

Bad Tidings Peter Parker, Spider-man, is in terrible peril.  All over the city, chaos and madness reign.  As New York crumbles around him, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the symbiotes wage a terrible battle in the background.  Peter however only has one goal in mind, to quell the symbiote invasion and rescue his city at any cost.  Peter, as Spider-man, leaves the broken rooftop battle ground and engages battle in the streets of NY against the seemingly endless symbiote forces.

Mary Jane Solicitous Desperately searching for any sign of his love Mary Jane, Pete encounters numerous S.H.I.E.L.D. convoys under siege.  After rescuing the soldiers, he frantically demands to know if they have seen Luke Cage or Mary Jane.  When the soldiers don't have the answer he seeks, Spider-man departs to continue his search elsewhere in the streets.  Eventually finding the pair after a near automobile collision, Spider-man implores Mary Jane to think of her own safety especially given her broken arm.  MJ rebukes Peter about still having the alien symbiote suit and demands it removal.  All the while a mysterious black figure approaches through the shadows.  Seeing this, Mary Jane begs Peter to flee, but to no avail.  The black figure sends out tendrils that envelop Spider-man and drag him into the darkness.

Venom Infects Four days prior, Spider-man is in terrible peril.  In the hands of none other than Venom ( Eddie Brock), Parker feels his life ebbing away.  In an unforeseen turn of events, the symbiote suit tries to re-unite with Spider-man once again.  Sensing Venom's grip abating, Spider-man wrests free from Venom's grasp but not before the symbiote reattaches itself onto Spider-man once again.  Using his newly found augmented Black suit strength, Peter proceeds to beat Venom into submission by viciously hurling cars into Venom's face.  While Spider-man is briefly distracted by checking on Mary Jane's well being, Venom absconds into the safety of New York's vast spaciousness.

Mary Jane is transported to a nearby hospital.  As soon as the ambulance arrives at the hospital entrance, a violent gang war emerges endangering everyone in the area.   Peter sets out to break up the gang war before the gangs can harm Mary Jane.  As Spider-man he busts up the Park Avenues and the Rolling Sevens gangs until more re-enforcements arrive than he can handle.

Luke Cage Is Not Amused Luke Cage appears on the scene to assist Spider-man in quelling the Gang war.  Despite the gangs' barrage of bullets, Cage is unharmed and quickly overwhelms the remaining gang bangers.  After the fight, Spider-man checks on Mary Jane's injuries.  She expresses concern at the reappearance of the black suit, citing the previous experience where Peter lost control.  Before Parker can decide, Powerman approaches Spidey with a deal.  Frustrated by the constant gang war shoot-outs in his neighborhood, Luke Cage enlists Spidey's help to arrange a parley between the two rival gangs.

During the night-time park parley, talks seem to be progressing well between the two gangs.  However, Spider-man discovers highly armed snipers taking aim at the peace proceeding!  Springing into action, Spider-man soundly defeats the numerous snipers.  He also uncovers a conspiracy to assassinate both gang leaders.  Rushing back to the parley, Spider-man unveils the terrible scheme and brings peace to the two gangs once again.

Come Hither Spider-man has a feeling who supplied the weapons to the sniper hitmen and decides to go visit the richest crime-lord in town, the Kingpin.  When he arrives at the building, Spidey finds no other than Black Cat exiting the rooftop entrance!  Cat is seen being escorted by Fisk goons to a local robbery.  While battling Fisk's goons, Spider-man is besieged by Moon Knight whom decides teams up to battle the Kingpin's cronies.  Spider-man ultimately chases Black Cat back to her rooftop apartment where he is propositioned to stay with her.  However, Peter refuses Black Cat's offer and leaves to continue investigating Fisk.

Acting on a tip from Moon Knight, Parker hurries to the Daily Bugle to foil a planned Kingpin robbery.  Pete arrives at the Bugle only to find the nearby courthouse under attack.  A violent shootout is taking place while The Kingpin's forces plant bombs on the court house,  Spider-man assists the bomb squad in removing them until a giant mech attacks the courthouse.  Spider-man pushes back the mechs and bombers until they retreat in failure.

After no sign of Venom and with no other leads, Spider-man heads back to Wilson Fisk's building to infiltrate and look for clues.  Upon entry, he finds his old nemesis, The Vulture, in the midst of building flying tech for Fisk.  Vulture, unable to contain his rage at being interrupted, slams Spider-man through the nearby skylights.  The two engage in a spectacular aerial battle which eventually leaves the  Vulture defeated and tied up for the authorities.

Looks bad out-of-context Afterward while patrolling, Spider-man is attacked by civilians with freakish powers.  In the midst of defending himself Spidey is seen throwing civilians off the roof of a 50 story building by several policemen.  Seeing as how the wall-crawler is the king of misunderstandings, the police open fire immediately.  Spider-man returns to Moon Knight and the two theorize that perhaps symbiotes are infecting the common people!  The two set out to stop the deranged civilian groups.  After defeating several groups of deranged citizens, the packs seem to be growing in number with no end in sight.  Spider-man then has a chilling thought, could the symbiotes be spreading?  Is this all a result of the fight between Venom and himself?

When Symbiotes Attack While investigating Hell's Kitchen, Spider-man is attacked by none other than Wolverine!  The duo battle it out while Wolverine quizzes Spider-man about details of his past.  Parker' s answers prove his identity but the two are interrupted by the infected citizens.  After the situation has calmed down, Wolverine helps Spider-man tune his spider sense to track down the infected civilians.  With Logan's help, Spider-man sets out to continue the battle against the growing symbiote horde.

Unsettling Pod In the midst of tracking down renegade civilians, Spider-man stumbles headfirst into Eddie Brock.  The symbiote Venom claims to have taken full control and no longer bows to Eddie. Venom then demonstrates how he captures innocent people and turns them into his symbiote minions.  Venom sends his captured servants to delay Spider-man and runs off to continue propagating his species.  Spidey gives chase to Venom all over the city discovering more and more pod hives that Venom uses to convert people into unwilling symbiotes.  After being soundly defeated, Venom slinks off while Spider-man resolves to destroy the symbiote pods and stop this madness.

At the shield blockade, Spider-man finds Black Widow leading civilians into a quarantine camp.  Black Widow tries to arrest Spider-man (for his misunderstanding with civilians on the roof) when Electro bursts into the scene.  Spiderman gives chase around the city trying to calm Electro, who is devastating several Shield quarantine camps.  Eventually Black Widow snipes Electro who was searching for his sister.  Unfortunately Electro's sister was infected with a symbiote who then spreads it to Electro.

With the infection spreading, Spider-man tries to contact the Fantastic Four and Iron Man for help but to no avail.  Even famous scientists Hank McCoy and Henry Pym are missing in action.  Out of options, Spider-man resolves to free the Tinkerer from Rikers island prison to develop a device against symbiotes and freeing the people inside.  Spidey heads to Rikers Island maximum security prison with the help of Moon Knight.  Rhino breaks free from his cell, but Spider-man uses it as opportunity and rides Rhino to smash through all the security doors.  Spider-man makes it to Tinkerer's cell and the two escape upon an elevator to freedom.

Tinkerer escorted After a terse confrontation with Black Widow and Kingpin, Spider-man and Tinkerer are taken to the command center at Stark industries.  In the meantime SHIELD destroys the only bridge exit, effectively isolating the city.  Spider-man only hopes they can save the city before its too late.  At the SHIELD compound, an electric barrier has been erected to keep out the infected.  While Tinkerer develops the weapon, Spider-man assists in SHIELD operations including defending the command center from waves of invading symbiotes.  Peter also escorts the rescue waves sent out to round up remaining civilians.

To fully realize his master weapon, Tinkerer demands parts located at Kingpin's Trask building.  Black Widow decides to commander Fisk headquarters to complete the job.  Black Widow sends Spider-man to infiltrate the building and make a deal with Kingpin.  Spider-man begrudgingly asks Kingpin for help, but Kingpin forces Peter do menial tasks in return.  Tinkerer then moves into the Trask building to continue development of the symbiote anti-weapon.

Gameplay Overview

Marvelous The game is set in the mainstream Marvel Comics universe. Like its predecessors Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3 and Ultimate Spider-Man, the game allows free-roaming web slinging action. Prior to release, Shaba Games stated that they wanted to blend web slinging and combat together to make this Spider-Man game, unlike any other to date. Using an upgrade tree, players are able to customize Spider-Man's aerial and ground combat abilities via experience points.

Quick Time Events   Boss Battle Q.T.E. Web of Shadows at times uses Quick time events to handle difficult tasks thereby increasing immersion.  An example is usage during boss fights where Q.T.E. provide special combos or evasion maneuvers to defeat Spider-man's foes.  Often times Spider-man already uses Q.T.E. prompts to save civilians from a grizzly falling demise.  The last example is to hasten the process of a certain enemy types (specifically the mech), where a Q.T.E. removes the mech's gun and pilot thereby saving the player from wailing on it for an extended period of time.

Suit Mechanics

Infection Spreads As a result of being infected by the Venom symbiote, Spider-Man has a black suit similar to that of Venom's, rather than the enhanced costume seen in Spider-Man 3. During the course of the game the player can instantaneously swap between the red and black suits with the press of a button, regardless of being in the air, running, or in combat. The double suit is an emphasis on the contrast between Light and Dark, with the game's new morality system.  Prolonged use of a specific suit also affects morality standing.

Red Suit Attack Black Suit Attack Gameplay is affected by which suit the player is currently using.  The red suit emphasizes agility and numerous webbing-based attacks. The black suit on the other hand, embraces strength rather than speed. In addition to being stronger, the black suit allows players to use symbiote based attacks such as springing tendrils from the suit to grab or smash enemies. This suit also allows the player to perform such feats as lifting cars in the air and throwing them at opponents. Also as a new feature, players can actually swim in water instead of either dying or being shown a cut-scene of climbing out on shore.

Spider Webbkake Even though the player can freely switch between the suits at any time, upgrades are completely separate.  Red suit upgrades only affect attacks and combos for the Red, and Black upgrades only impact the black suit.  However, by collecting the "Spider Collectibles" Spider-man gains levels (up to 11) which increase his overall speed and damage in both forms.

Morality System

Choices

Decide the Outcome Depending on where the player currently stands on the morality bar, the city will begin to see Spider-Man as either a hero or a rebel. This moral allignment will determine which allies Spider-man can call on for assistance in given missions. Should the city see Spider-Man as a rebel he will team up with villains to destroy Venom, but if the city sees Spider-Man as a heroic savior he will team up with other well known heroes to stop the invasion of New York City. At times the player is presented with a choice between Red Suit (Light) and Black suit (Dark).  The decisions the player makes will result in consequences, which impact the outcome of the game.  This also leads to a branching storyline where decisions change characters and missions available as well as multiple endings.

Allies

Ally Screen There are allies who can be called into the fray once Spider-man has a full special meter.  The meter is filled by completing objects and defeating enemies.   Based on the player's alignment, assists are locked to either Heroes or Villains to be called forth.  Once a player is over 50% alignment in towards Red or Black, the assist characters available change.  Also affecting which assist characters are available, are the players choices made during the story mode.

Red Side	Black Side
Wolverine X-man X-Attacks The angry canadian himself, shows up to help out Spider-man after he proves himself worthy.  Mostly does melee attacks with his claws and some lunges.	Black Cat Black Cat Call On again off again flame for Spider-man can be called on for assistance regardless of the outcome of their meeting.  Uses a whip like baton device to attack and travel.
Luke Cage Bad Mamma Jamma Power Man himself, is here to send your enemies packing.  He definitely doesn't take no Jibba Jabba, FOO!  Does a full on charge move as well as punching.	Vulture Vulture Soars The Vulture, found working for Wilson Fisk is a deadly foe and a formidable ally.  Capable of flight and using the individual wing pieces to attack.
Moon Knight M.Knight Chillin A pious follower of Khonshu, Moon Knight offers his skills and his technology to right terrible wrongs.  Has Moon shaped projectiles.	Rhino Dumb as an Ox A big dumb bulldozer of a brute, Rhino charges through obstacles with as much sense as a brick wall.  Much like the mission, when summoned Rhino is your personal bull in a china shop.
	Electro Scarelectro Not the brightest bulb in the socket, but he'll burn your foes to a crisp at light speed.  Hits with blasts of lightning, Bioshock style.

Other Versions

The DS and PSP versions of the game are Side-scrolling beat-em-up styled Platformers, featuring a large 2.5D world to Explore.

SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.

Overview and Basic Plot

Official PS3 box art Venom has returned to New York to infect the city with an army of symbiotes. S.H.I.E.L.D. has quarantined Manhattan to prevent the invasion from spreading. As a result, the entire city is cut off from the outside world. Spider-Man has to work with both heroes and villains from the Marvel Comics universe to track down Venom and stop the invasion before he too is overwhelmed by the symbiote attached to him. Spider-Man: Web of Shadows features a completely original story and is not related to any movie. The game features a wealth of popular Marvel Comics characters, including Kingpin, Luke Cage, Mary Jane Watson, Venom, Vulture, and Wolverine.

 

Detailed Plot Synopsis (Contains Spoilers)

This storyline describes players making the Red (Good/Light) decisions at every opportunity .

Bad Tidings Peter Parker, Spider-man, is in terrible peril.  All over the city, chaos and madness reign.  As New York crumbles around him, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the symbiotes wage a terrible battle in the background.  Peter however only has one goal in mind, to quell the symbiote invasion and rescue his city at any cost.  Peter, as Spider-man, leaves the broken rooftop battle ground and engages battle in the streets of NY against the seemingly endless symbiote forces.

Mary Jane Solicitous Desperately searching for any sign of his love Mary Jane, Pete encounters numerous S.H.I.E.L.D. convoys under siege.  After rescuing the soldiers, he frantically demands to know if they have seen Luke Cage or Mary Jane.  When the soldiers don't have the answer he seeks, Spider-man departs to continue his search elsewhere in the streets.  Eventually finding the pair after a near automobile collision, Spider-man implores Mary Jane to think of her own safety especially given her broken arm.  MJ rebukes Peter about still having the alien symbiote suit and demands he get rid of the black suit.  All the while a mysterious black figure approaches through the shadows.  Seeing this, Mary Jane begs Peter to flee, but to no avail.  The black figure sends out tendrils that envelop Spider-man and drag him into the darkness.

Venom Infects Four days prior, Spider-man is in terrible peril.  In the hands of none other than Venom ( Eddie Brock), Parker feels his life ebbing away.  In an unforeseen turn of events, the symbiote suit tries to re-unite with Spider-man once again.  Sensing Venom's grip abating, Spider-man wrests free from Venom's grasp but not before the symbiote reattaches itself onto Spider-man.  Using his newly found augmented Black suit strength, Peter proceeds to beat Venom into submission by viciously hurling cars into Venom's face.  While Spider-man is briefly distracted by checking on Mary Jane's well being, Venom absconds into the safety of New York's vast spaciousness.

Mary Jane is transported to a nearby hospital.  As soon as the ambulance arrives at the hospital entrance, a violent gang war emerges endangering everyone in the area.   Peter sets out to break up the gang war before the gangs can harm Mary Jane.  As Spider-man he busts up the Park Avenues and the Rolling Sevens gangs until more re-enforcements arrive than he can handle.

Luke Cage Is Not Amused Luke Cage appears on the scene to assist Spider-man in quelling the Gang war.  Despite the gangs' barrage of bullets, Cage is unharmed and quickly overwhelms the remaining gang bangers.  After the fight, Spider-man checks on Mary Jane's injuries.  She expresses concern at the reappearance of the black suit, citing the previous experience where Peter lost control.  Before Parker can decide, Powerman approaches Spidey with a deal.  Frustrated by the constant gang war shoot-outs in his neighborhood, Luke Cage enlists Spidey's help to arrange a parley between the two rival gangs.

During the night-time park parley, talks seem to be progressing well between the two gangs.  However, Spider-man discovers highly armed snipers taking aim at the peace proceeding!  Springing into action, Spider-man soundly defeats the numerous snipers.  He also uncovers a conspiracy to assassinate both gang leaders.  Rushing back to the parley, Spider-man unveils the terrible scheme and brings peace to the two gangs once again.

Come Hither Spider-man has a feeling who supplied the weapons to the sniper hit men and decides to go visit the richest crime-lord in town, the Kingpin.  When he arrives at the building, Spidey finds no other than Black Cat exiting the rooftop entrance!  Cat is seen being escorted by Fisk goons to a local robbery.  While battling Fisk's goons, Spider-man is besieged by Moon Knight whom decides teams up to battle the Kingpin's cronies.  Spider-man ultimately chases Black Cat back to her rooftop apartment where he is propositioned to stay with her.  However, Peter refuses Black Cat's offer and leaves to continue investigating Fisk.

Acting on a tip from Moon Knight, Parker hurries to the Daily Bugle to foil a planned Kingpin robbery.  Pete arrives at the Bugle only to find the nearby courthouse under attack.  A violent shootout is taking place while The Kingpin's forces plant bombs on the court house,  Spider-man assists the bomb squad in removing them until a giant mech attacks the courthouse.  Spider-man pushes back the mechs and bombers until they retreat in failure.

After no sign of Venom and with no other leads, Spider-man heads back to Wilson Fisk's building to infiltrate and look for clues.  Upon entry, he finds his old nemesis, The Vulture, in the midst of building flying tech for Fisk.  Vulture, unable to contain his rage at being interrupted, slams Spider-man through the nearby skylights.  The two engage in a spectacular aerial battle which eventually leaves the  Vulture defeated and tied up for the authorities.

Looks bad out-of-context Afterward while patrolling, Spider-man is attacked by civilians with freakish powers.  In the midst of defending himself Spidey is seen throwing civilians off the roof of a 50 story building by several policemen.  Seeing as how the wall-crawler is the king of misunderstandings, the police open fire immediately.  Spider-man returns to Moon Knight and the two theorize that perhaps symbiotes are infecting the common people!  The two set out to stop the deranged civilian groups.  After defeating several groups of deranged citizens, the packs seem to be growing in number with no end in sight.  Spider-man then has a chilling thought, could the symbiotes be spreading?  Is this all a result of the fight between Venom and himself?

When Symbiotes Attack While investigating Hell's Kitchen, Spider-man is attacked by none other than Wolverine!  The duo battle it out while Wolverine quizzes Spider-man about details of his past.  Parker' s answers prove his identity but the two are interrupted by the infected citizens.  After the situation has calmed down, Wolverine helps Spider-man tune his spider sense to track down the infected civilians.  With Logan's help, Spider-man sets out to continue the battle against the growing symbiote horde.

Unsettling Pod In the midst of tracking down renegade civilians, Spider-man stumbles headfirst into Eddie Brock.  The symbiote Venom claims to have taken full control and no longer bows to Eddie. Venom then demonstrates how he captures innocent people and turns them into his symbiote minions.  Venom sends his captured servants to delay Spider-man and runs off to continue propagating his species.  Spidey gives chase to Venom all over the city discovering more and more pod hives that Venom uses to convert people into unwilling symbiotes.  After being soundly defeated, Venom slinks off while Spider-man resolves to destroy the symbiote pods and stop this madness.

At the S.H.I.E.L.D. blockade, Spider-man finds Black Widow leading civilians into a quarantine camp.  Black Widow tries to arrest Spider-man (for his misunderstanding with civilians on the roof) when Electro bursts into the scene.  Spiderman gives chase around the city trying to calm Electro, who is devastating several S.H.I.E.L.D. quarantine camps.  Eventually Black Widow snipes Electro who was searching for his sister.  Unfortunately Electro's sister was infected with a symbiote who then spreads it to Electro.

With the infection spreading, Spider-man tries to contact the Fantastic Four and Iron Man for help but to no avail.  Even famous scientists Hank McCoy and Henry Pym are missing in action.  Out of options, Spider-man resolves to free the Tinkerer from Rikers island prison to develop a device against symbiotes and freeing the people inside.  Spidey heads to Rikers Island maximum security prison with the help of Moon Knight.  Rhino breaks free from his cell, but Spider-man uses it as opportunity and rides Rhino to smash through all the security doors.  Spider-man makes it to Tinkerer's cell and the two escape upon an elevator to freedom.

No Way Out After a terse confrontation with Black Widow and Kingpin, Spider-man and Tinkerer are taken to the command center at Stark industries.  In the meantime S.H.I.E.L.D. destroys the only major bridge exit, effectively isolating the city.  Spider-man only hopes they can save the city before it's too late.  At the S.H.I.E.L.D. compound, an electric barrier has been erected to keep out the infected.  While Tinkerer develops the weapon, Spider-man assists in S.H.I.E.L.D. operations including defending the command center from waves of invading symbiotes.  Peter also escorts the rescue waves sent out to round up remaining civilians.

Tinkerer escorted To fully realize his master weapon, Tinkerer demands parts located at Kingpin's Trask building.  Black Widow decides to commander Fisk headquarters to complete the job.  Black Widow sends Spider-man to infiltrate the building and make a deal with Kingpin.  Spider-man begrudgingly asks Kingpin for help, but Kingpin forces Peter do menial tasks in return.  Tinkerer then moves into the Trask building to continue development of the symbiote anti-weapon.  Once established, Tinkerer unveils a device that can generate a Colossal sound wave freeing the entire city from the symbiotes.  Using the Trask building's unique steel resonance the device's sound wave will be amplified enveloping all creatures within the area.  While Tinkerer readies the device, Spider-man is dispatched to handle new electric symbiotes preventing S.H.I.E.L.D. from evacuating the city.

Electro Symbiote Peter destroys many symbiote pods, but the numbers continue to grow.  The general consensus is to hit the symbiotes at their source starting with the electrical symbiotes, Spider-man chases a group of electrical symbiotes to a park where a large husk seems to be channeling massive amounts of electricity.  After defeating several spawning pods the remaining symbiotes channel their power to summon Electro who has been consumed by the symbiote.  The minions then funnel their power directly into Electro, causing him to go into a mindless rage.  Spiderman defeats several more pods and minions, thereby rescuing Electro from the symbiote controlling him.  Although severely wounded, Electro joins Spider-man in his quest to save New York.

In all the chaos, Peter receives a frantic call from Mary Jane asking to meet at the Harlem park.  Spider-man arrives to find Mary Jane and Luke Cage organizing a rescue attempt.  They plan to evacuate everyone in Harlem, but know that it would impossible to escape on foot.  They ask Peter to bring S.H.I.E.L.D. re-enforcements and to find Wolverine whom left to attack symbiotes in the area.  Mary Jane, armed with a shotgun and her arm in a cast, leaves with Luke to round up survivors.  Peter leaves to secure an evacuation zone, the nearby church where Wolverine was last spotted.  When he arrives at the church, Wolverine is using church bells to stun the symbiotes who are weak to sonic attacks.  The two set out to cleanse the church so Harlem residents can be saved.

Wolverine Symbiote Spidey and Wolverine clear the church so that S.H.I.E.L.D. ships may land safely.  As the evacuation ship is leaving with civilians, several brute symbiotes attack the ship.  Wolverine leaps off to handle them, but is quickly overwhelmed and infected by the symbiotes.  Being possessed by the symbiote, Wolverine is nearly consumed with blood lust and attacks Peter with no hesitation.  Spider-man and Wolverine then have a battle that leaves the entire churchyard in ruins.  After being handily beaten, Wolverine regains enough of his senses to attack the symbiote from within and claw his way to freedom.

Spider-man goes back to Harlem to check in on Luke Cage and MJ.  Mary Jane expresses concern about the black suit controlling Peter, but Pete promises to be careful.  While MJ and Cage guide the lead convoy to the safety zone, Spider-man leads the remaining S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicle convey out of Harlem through infested symbiote streets.  Fighting his way through block after block of ruined New York City, Spider-man makes it with his convey safety.  When he arrives with no sign of Luke Cage and Mary Jane, Peter starts to freak out.  He dives back into the streets desperately searching for Mary Jane (which took place at the beginning of the game).

Defeat Imminent Time shifts back to the Present, Peter is enveloped by black tendrils and at the bottom of a symbiote dog pile.  He bursts free from the pile in search of Felicia Hardy who has been possessed by her own Symbiote.  Finding her on a rooftop, Peter tries to save Felicia Hardy from what she has become.  Using a primal shriek Black Cat is able to command other nearby symbiotes to attack Spider-man.  Despite the overwhelming numbers, Spider-man turns the tide once Mary Jane arrives with a shotgun aboard a S.H.I.E.L.D. transport.  Enraged at the interference, Black Cat orders all nearby symbiotes to target Mary Jane instead.  With Mary Jane's help, Spider-man continues to eliminate the remaining symbiotes.  Black Cat, sensing her imminent defeat , attacks Mary Jane directly and almost succeeds in killing her.  With no other choice, Spider-man is forced to viciously defeat Felicia to save the life of Mary Jane.  Gravely injured, Felicia apologizes that should couldn't help defeat Venom before being taken away on a S.H.I.E.L.D. transport with MJ.

Vulture Symbiote Back at the Trask tower, Tinkerer is ready deploys his ultimate device when it immediately comes under attack by the Vulture who has been taken over by a symbiote.  Spider-man once again takes to the skies along with the S.H.I.E.L.D. fleet to save the device from Vulture and numerous vulturlings.  Spidey defeats the Vulture and ensures the device goes off freeing thousands of citizens from their Symbiote fate.  Being at ground zero for the sonic explosion has completely destroyed his Black Suit.

At long last, Venom is spotted piloting a captured S.H.I.E.L.D. heli-carrier flagship.  Having infected all agents on board, Spider-man and his allies prepare for one final battle.  Assaulting the ship, the plan is to destroy Venom by exploding the entire ship from within using bombs located in the hangar bay.  Battling his way through the symbiote army, Spider-man break several devices that prevent access to the hanger doors.  Forcing his way to the bomb armory, Spider-man places bombs all over the ship.

Lernaean Symbiote Once Spidey has planted the bombs, gigantic tendrils seize the ship. The symbiote form of Venom latches onto the ship and pulls itself aboard.  Using its accumulated power, Venom has taken on a monstrous five-headed form that is staggering in size.  Peter tries to appeal to Eddie Brock to end the madness once and for all, but the symbiote has taken complete control of Eddie's mind.  None too pleased with the actions Spider-man has taken, Venom tries to destroy Spider-man once and for all.

Eddie's Last Stand Frantically fighting for his life, Spider-man systematically destroys the extra heads of Venom.  Dodging various crushing blows, Peter calls out to the last shred of humanity Eddie has left.  Reaching out his hand, Parker tries to save Eddie one last time.  Eddie Brock, exhausted by his ordeal at the hands of the symbiote, decides to take control of his life back at any cost.  Refusing Peter's help, Eddie Brock drags himself into a nearby engine turbine, trapping the gargantuan Symbiote aboard the exploding ship.  As the ship sinks into the bay, it erupts into a magnificent explosion utterly destroying the terrible monster.

Sunset Ride Spider-man finds himself on a rooftop, shaken but not broken by the events of the past week.  Narrating to himself, Peter feels a slight sense of relief and believes that peace has finally returned to his city at last.  With Mary Jane in tow Pete web-slings off into the distance, happy that today starts a brand new day.

Gameplay Overview

Marvelous The game is set in the mainstream Marvel Comics universe. Like its predecessors Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3 and Ultimate Spider-Man, the game allows free-roaming web slinging action. Prior to release, Shaba Games stated that they wanted to blend web slinging and combat together to make this Spider-Man game, unlike any other to date. Using an upgrade tree, players are able to customize Spider-Man's aerial and ground combat abilities via experience points.

Quick Time Events   Boss Battle Q.T.E. Web of Shadows at times uses Quick time events to handle difficult tasks thereby increasing immersion.  An example is usage during boss fights where Q.T.E. provide special combos or evasion maneuvers to defeat Spider-man's foes.  Often times Spider-man uses Q.T.E. prompts to save civilians from a grizzly falling demise.  The last example is to hasten the process of a certain enemy types (specifically the mech), where a Q.T.E. removes the mech's gun and pilot thereby destroying the mech instantly.

Suit Mechanics

As a result of being infected by the Venom symbiote, Spider-Man has a black suit similar to that of Venom's, rather than the enhanced costume seen in Spider-Man 3. During the course of the game the p layer can instantaneously swap between the red and black suits with the press of a button, regardless of being in the air, running, or in combat. The double suit is an emphasis on the contrast between Light and Dark, with the game's new morality system.  Prolonged use of a specific suit also affects morality standing.	Infection Spreads
Red Suit Attack Gameplay is affected by which suit the player is currently using.  The red suit emphasizes agility and numerous webbing-based attacks. The black suit on the other hand, embraces strength rather than speed. In addition to being stronger, the black suit allows players to use symbiote based attacks such as springing tendrils from the suit to grab or smash enemies. This suit also allows the player to perform such feats as lifting cars in the air and throwing them at opponents. Also as a new feature, players can actually swim in water instead of either dying or being shown a cut-scene of climbing out on shore.	Black Suit Attack
Even though the player can freely switch between the suits at any time, upgrades are completely separate.  Red suit upgrades only affect attacks and combos for the Red, and Black upgrades only impact the black suit.  However, by collecting the "Spider Collectibles" Spider-man gains levels (up to 11) which increase his overall speed and damage in both forms.	Spider Webbkake

Morality System

Choices

Decide the Outcome Depending on where the player currently stands on the morality bar, the city will begin to see Spider-Man as either a hero or a rebel. This moral alignment will determine which allies Spider-man can call on for assistance in given missions. Should the city see Spider-Man as a rebel he will team up with villains to destroy Venom, but if the city sees Spider-Man as a heroic savior he will team up with other well known heroes to stop the invasion of New York City. At times the player is presented with a choice between Red Suit (Light) and Black suit (Dark).  The decisions the player makes will result in consequences, which impact the outcome of the game.  This also leads to a branching storyline where decisions change characters and missions available as well as multiple endings.

Allies

Ally Screen There are allies who can be called into the fray once Spider-man has a full special meter.  The meter is filled by completing objects and defeating enemies.   Based on the player's alignment, assists are locked to either Heroes or Villains to be called forth.  Once a player is over 50% alignment in towards Red or Black, the assist characters available change.  Depending on what point in the story the player is, assist characters are both unlocked and sometimes even relocked.

Red Side	Black Side
Wolverine X-man X-Attacks The angry Canadian himself, shows up to help out Spider-man after he proves himself worthy.  Mostly does melee attacks with his claws and some lunges.	Black Cat Black Cat Call On again off again flame for Spider-man can be called on for assistance regardless of the outcome of their meeting.  Uses a whip like baton device to attack and travel.
Luke Cage Bad Mamma Jamma Power Man himself, is here to send your enemies packing.  He definitely doesn't take no Jibba Jabba, FOO!  Does a full on charge move as well as punching.	Vulture Vulture Soars The Vulture, found working for Wilson Fisk is a deadly foe and a formidable ally.  Capable of flight and using the individual wing pieces to attack.
Moon Knight M.Knight Chillin A pious follower of Khonshu, Moon Knight offers his skills and his technology to right terrible wrongs.  Has Moon shaped projectiles.	Rhino Dumb as an Ox A big dumb bulldozer of a brute, Rhino charges through obstacles with as much sense as a brick wall.  Much like the mission, when summoned Rhino is your personal bull in a china shop.
	Electro Scarelectro Not the brightest bulb in the socket, but he'll burn your foes to a crisp at light speed.  Hits with blasts of lightning, Bioshock style.

Other Versions

The DS and PSP versions of the game are Side-scrolling beat-em-up styled Platformers, featuring a large 2.5D world to Explore.

 I hope this is enough for the nuke quest.  Some of this existed, but I added a bunch of sc2 stuff.  This is just a back up in case I need to come back and re-submit changes or something, I don't know.

This is Jimmy

James “Jim” Raynor is one of the central protagonists in the StarCraft universe. He was created by Chris Metzen and James Phinney and made his first appearance in 1998’s Starcraft. Raynor is a backwater marshal that, over the course of the game, becomes a galactic hero. He is voiced by Robert Clotworthy in all the Starcraft games.

Personality

Raynor is perhaps one of the few Terran characters in StarCraft that remains fundamentally good and uncorrupted throughout the game. Though he is at times depicted as a sarcastic and laid back character, he has a huge sense of justice, and has always tried to do the right and honorable thing.  Raynor is also one of the few Terrans that the Protoss trust, even forming a strong bond with the likes of Praetor Fenix, a great Protoss hero who was encased in a Dragoon due to serious injuries sustained in the first game.  Although often drunk and embittered as a result of his long struggles, Raynor still clings to his strong sense of justice in hopes of rectifying his past mistakes at any cost.  Fiercely loyal to proven allies, Raynor commands respect and demonstrates a willingness to do the right thing in the face of peril. 

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The marshal, Jim Raynor, as he appears with his Vulture bike as concept art.

Making his debut in the very first Terran mission, Raynor is a marshal of the backwater planet, Mar Sara, and was stationed on the planet when the Zerg suddenly invaded it. While Raynor fought valiantly to protect the colony, he was eventually arrested by the very confederacy he was trying to protect due to his destruction of a confederate owned Command Center which was, at the time, infested by the Zerg.

Jim Raynor as seen in StarCraft

During his time with the group, Raynor develops a bond with the female ghost, Sarah Kerrigan. Near the end of the Terran campaign, the Sons of Korhal mount a large offensive on the Confederate capital of Tarsonis with the Zerg, luring them with Psi Emitter technology. However, during this offensive, Kerrigan and her contingent of Terran forces are assaulted by the Zerg, and Mengsk abandons them to their death. This infuriates Raynor, causing him to leave the rebel group by force, hijacking Mengsk’s flagship, the Hyperion, in the process.

Raynor soon hears telepathic messages from Kerrigan in his dreams. Believing her to be alive, Raynor travels to Char only to find Kerrigan completely infested and controlled by the Zerg. Destroying his camp, Kerrigan allows Raynor and his troops to leave, though they are still stranded on the planet. Raynor and his troops eventually encounter Tassadar and Zeratul, great Protoss templars. In the Protoss campaign, a force lead by Executor Artanis rescues Raynor and Tassadar from Char. Raynor and his remaining forces then aid the Protoss in the final assault on the Zerg Overmind which recently nested itself on the Protoss homeworld of Aiur.

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Memorable Quotes

Lt. Sarah Kerrigan

Dr. Ariel Hanson

StarCraft II (General Plot Spoilers Ahead)

This is Jimmy

A Simple Broken Man

Matt Horner

That's DOCTOR, Ariel

Tosh

Zeratul

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Trivia

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  Jim's famous "This is Jimmy" line is not said by Raynor when selected in Starcraft 2.
• He still has the badge from his days as a Marshall on Mar Sara
  
• In all Jim's time as a Marshall on Mar Sara, he has never had to shoot anyone.
  
• However, he always carries with him an old Revolver.
• Raynor used to be an outlaw and rob trains on his Vulture with Tychus Findlay.
  

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This is my take on the second level of Scott Pilgrim Vs the World: The Game.  I did it much in the style of Jeff's old Skate 2 quicklook aka solo.  Its the second level in its entirety, from selection to Boss.  Watch me do horribly at the game and even worse at the commentary!  You can watch if you're on the fence and see some additional game play. (Youtube options are 240p or 720p, how odd)
  

Hey everyone its a video THANG!  I unearthed a rare (FAKE) Giant Bomb Alpha Version Quick Look Throwback featuring Ryan Davis.  All they need to do is edit out the annoying guest and they can throw it on the site.
Edit:  The most worthwhile thing to see from the video is this.