The Borderlands Experience

Animal Crossing
reviewed!
How does Nintendo’s original
life simulator hold up after
12 years and two sequels?
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Fourth Quarter 2011
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
The Borderlands Experience
contents
25
15
11
MK II tourney — Round 4
Top 5 on The Strip
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 reviewed!
usual suspects
otaku
retro game corner
animal crossing chronicles
staff
GAMING
INSURRECTION
GAMING INSURRECTION REVIEW POLICY
editorial
Borderlands
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Inside
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6
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7
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‘I AM BECOME DEATH’
‘MAKE THEIR BRAIN HURT’
About
the
editors
GUNS OF PANDORA
OUR SETUPS FOR OUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS
ROLAND — LEVEL 69
LILITH — LEVEL 69
* WHAT IS FIND RARE ITEMS?
SHOTGUNS
SNIPER RIFLES
COMBAT RIFLES
REPEATERS
REVOLVERS
ROCKET LAUNCHERS
SMGS
ERIDIAN
GRENADE MODES
special thanks to The Gun Show for the gun cards.
ABOUT THAT 2.5 UPDATE
AND LEVEL CAP
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ANIMAL CROSSING
Call of Duty: Black Ops
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Marvel vs. Capcom 3
PAGE 11
Shinobi
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ready, set, begin!
MORTAL
KOMBAT
Established canon may or may
not make it through this, so
don’t hold onto whatever you
think you know about the
Mortal Kombat storyline.
See MK REBOOT, PAGE 14
Sonya takes on Jax
in the tutorial mode
of Mortal Kombat,
released in 2011 for
the Xbox 360 and
PlayStation 3./
photo courtesy of
Gamefaqs.com
2UP EVALUATION
See 2UP EVALUATION, PAGE 14
Call of Duty: Black Ops was released by Treyarch in 2010. Treyarch took over series
after the implosion of co-developer Infinity Ward.
PAINT IT BLACK
MOVING FORWARD
THE ONLINE EXPERIENCE
See BLACK OPS, PAGE 14
Ryu takes on Spider-Man in Asgard
in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 /Photos
courtesy of the official Marvel vs.
Capcom 3 website
See MVC3, PAGE 14
2UP EVALUATION
Photos courtesy of Moby Games
Sega released a version of Shinobi for the PlayStation 2 in 2002.
Animal Crossing
Chronicles
Animal Crossing was first released for the Nintendo 64 in
Japan as Animal Forest. The North American GameCube version, released in 2002, is an update.
PLAYING NES IN ANIMAL CROSSING
Nintendo
SHAPING YOUR LIFE
TOWN TUNING
2UP EVALUATION from PAGE 9
Photo courtesy of
Gamefaqs.com
Johnny Cage attempts
the Test Your Strike
minigame in Mortal
Kombat.
MK REBOOT from PAGE 9
MVC3 from PAGE 11
BLACK OPS from PAGE 10
MODE OF OPERATION
feature
II
GI’S MORTALKOMBATTOURNAMENT
INSIDE
* Thank you to MKsecrets.net for the MKII advertisement.
* Thank you to Gamepro, MK Warehouse and Retromags.com
FIGHTER
ROUND 1
ROUND 2
ROUND 3
ROUND 4
ROUND 5
FINALS
WHERE WE
STAND
MATCH 13— Kitana vs. Mileena
LYNDSEY
JAMIE
WINNER
MATCH 14— Baraka vs. Reptile
LYNDSEY
WINNER
JAMIE
MATCH 15— Scorpion vs. Liu Kang
LYNDSEY
JAMIE
WINNER
MATCH 16— Jax vs. Johnny Cage
LYNDSEY
JAMIE
WINNER
GAMING INSURRECTION’S MKII BRACKETS
UPCOMING MATCHES
WINNER’S BRACKET
LOSER’S BRACKET
VIDEO AND PODCAST ENABLED
Barbie
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retrograde
Final Fantasy
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Double Dragon
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Final Fantasy is literally one of
the best games ever made
despite its predilection for bugs.
MARVEL CHARACTER HIGHLIGHT: MARROW
9.0
HOW WE GRADE
TOP 5 ON THE STRIP — UNKNOWN BLACK SUPERHEROES EDITION
JOHN STEWART
JAMES RHODES
JILL CARLYLE
THE FIRST SLAYER
MISTY KNIGHT
tech geeks
ESPN 360 APP
Photos by Lyndsey Mosley/
Gaming Insurrection
The ESPN 360 app launched
Nov. 1, 2010, and features full
games and highlights from the
cable channel.
SAMSUNG STRIVE
TECH BITS
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See HA NDH ELD GAM ING, P AGE 3 0
ON TAP THIS QUARTER:
EDITOR’S NOTES:
ATTACK
TYPE
LEVEL
ATTACK
TYPE
LEVEL
ATTACK
TYPE
LEVEL
TACKLE
NORMAL
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HARDEN
NORMAL
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CONFUSION
PSYCHIC
12
STRING SHOT
BUG
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POISON POWDER
POISON
15
STUN SPORE
GRASS
16
SLEEP POWDER
GRASS
17
SUPERSONIC
NORMAL
21
WHIRLWIND
NORMAL
26
PSYBEAM
PSYCHIC
32
WHAT TO KEEP AND DELETE
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HANDHELD MARKET
ATARI
NINTENDO
HANDHELD GAMING from PAGE 28
SE GA
BANDAI
SNK
SONY
NOKIA
online this quarter
GI TV
VIDEO
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IT’S KOMBAT TIME
This quarter, we decided to show and tell about life
in Tokyo. enjoy our photo album ending Summer 2011!
July 2011
green
Jamie has Mario Bros. in his
Tom Nook was willing to pay
I made a payment on my loan
Jamie
has
awesome
wallpaper upstairs.
I managed to catch a
coelacanth while at the beach
living room so I went to play.
I visited with Ellie before she
left town.
a lot for fish and fossils.
at the post office.
Jamie snapped a photo of me before I left
his house.
My
upstairs
bedroom
yellow furniture until fall.
has
August 2011
Buzz came to visit Tokyo
I was lucky to dig up this
Catching grasshoppers is hard
Catching red snappers is easy
on a camping trip.
My basement is full of shirts,
and my fall clothes in storage.
I
usually
search
during the day.
for
treasure.
fossils
work!
and nets me 3,000 Bells.
A rainbow appeared over the waterfall after
summer storms. I made sure to get a picture
near it!
I decided to take a leisurely
stroll in town.
September 2011
Mailing
out
fossils
Faraway Museum.
to
The
the
Moon
was held Sept. 1 in Tokyo.
upstairs with fall brown paint!
owe on my house.
I caught a grasshopper, which
Talking with my neighbor, Rio
isn’t easy to do!
after a long spell.
The Icy Shirt goes well with the upstairs décor,
you
think?
Festival
My remodeled master bedroom
Paying off the massive debt I
don’t
Viewing
The
brown
wallpaper
is
available as a pattern in the Able Sisters shop.
Now all I need is a pond for the bathroom!
Outside
on
the
insects to catch.
prowl
for