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I know I’m not supposed to say this, but as an Android owner there are times late at night I find myself thinking about the iPhone. It’s not that I’m unhappy with my Android, it’s just the whole “grass is greener on the other side” kind of thing. Plus there are a plethora of features and programs my little Android just doesn’t have.

Though none makes me more green with envy than the ability to play Cave shmups. Oh how I longed for that day when I too could play the goodness of bullet hell shmups on my Android. Well those days of waiting are over because Cave has just announced it’s line of shmups currently out of Apple iOS devices will be coming to the Android OS.

As you know, Android has some difficult specifications limits, in terms of screen size, CPU and memory, particularly for our games. However, thanks to the achievements of our engineers I think we’ll have some good news for people soon.

- Mikio Watanabe-san from Cave

Currently there is no word on a solid release date, but for fans of Cave’s shmups who only own Android devices this is still amazing news! We’ll keep an eye out and update you as information becomes available.

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I’ve been more then a little excited about the announcement of both the Metal Gear Solid HD collection and the Zone of the Enders HD collection coming to the PS3 later this year. Though it’s just been announced at TGS, and confirmed via Konami’s Metal Gear Solid fan page, that both collections will also be coming to the PS Vita! This is huge news for me as the ability to play these titles portably sounds supremely epic. That and the possibilities of linking up with your PS3 via cloud saving to play on the go and at home makes me happy like a little French school girl.

Now before you all get too excited, this has only officially been announced for Japan. Though if I were a betting man I’d say these games will also be coming Stateside. Until then I shall pray unto the golden statue of Kojima.

BTW: If Sony can keep putting out great games for the Vita, I’ll be hard pressed not to buy one. Nintendo take note, this is how you get people excited about a system. Not gimmicks and gizmos but good games.

When I ask people what games they are hyped for this year, I hear a lot of the usual suspects. There’s Gears of War 3, Elder Scrolls Skyrim, Batman Arkham City, Uncharted 3, and Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword just to name a few. While I’m pumped and primed for a few games on this list, none of them can hold a candle to the atomic bomb of gaming goodness that is Radiant Silvergun. Radiant what you say? Well let me explain…

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It’s official boys and girls. Starting this Saturday, Boomzies will officially be a part of Blistered Thumbs! This will mark Blistered Thumbs’ first foray into live video casting and we’re excited about the possibilities.

Now not to worry my babies, nothing will change for those of you watching us on justin.tv or twitchtv.com. We’ll still be streaming live just as always, but we’ll also be embeded live over at www.blisteredthumbs.net. Archived issues will be up at Blistered Thumbs exclusively all day Sunday. Then on Monday the archived issue will be up on our YouTube page at www.youtube.com/jedahdoma.

A big thanks to Angry Joe and the crew at BT for giving us this opportunity and thanks to all of you who have watched us so far. A special thanks to MAN from MANvsGAME for his constant stream o’ pimping us out.

In Issue #3 we’ll be talking about the drama surrounding Capcom’s controversial permanent game save in Resident Evil Mercenaries for the 3DS. Then we’ll move onto our main discussion of co-op gaming. In a world of online co-op, is local co-op dead?

As always we’ll be taking your questions and comments live by chat and phone. So make your voice and opinion heard by joining us on Saturday @ 11pm CST on justin.tv, twitchtv.com, or Blistered Thumbs.

BTW: You should follow us on justin.tv if you haven’t already. C’mon, just click the link. Do it. DO IT! www.justin.tv/boomzies

Like the bone breaking punches from this trailer, Asura’s Wrath hit me from out of nowhere. Developed by Cyberconnect 2 (developers of the .hack series and laundry list of Naruto games) and published by Capcom.

The trailer itself looks epic with enough punching, violence, and teeth bearing angry screams to make Dragon Ball Z blush. You even face against a ginormous space Buddha who’s very finger is the size of a country. Sounds like a party to me.

The game will use the Unreal 3 Engine. I’m also really digging the art style and character designs.

No release date has been set, but I’m interested to see what CyberConnect2 can do outside the confine of RPGs and anime adaptations.

With the whirlwind of controversy surrounding the newest Devil May Cry, the consensus seems split on what to make of this new direction. While there have been some good points made on both sides, I think many glaring issues have gone largely unaddressed. First, let us cover the burning issues… Read the rest of this epic article! »