From 85's WrestleMania, all the way into the beginning of the new millennium, 'WWE' was known as 'WWF'. The reason behind the gratuitous blurs is a lawsuit by the World Wildlife Federation, or WWE, which forced a major abbreviation change for McMahon's empire. The annoying result in the WrestleMania Anthology DVD's is the blotting out of every single turnbuckle, Jumbotron, sign, T-shirt and anything else you can think of with the letters 'WWE' on them; not the best way to watch Hulkamania running wild.
Lucky for wrestling fans, THQ has gone back to the WWE's WrestleMania roots with its latest offering. WWE Legends of WrestleMania is like a playable version of the DVD anthology, but without the impossible-to-ignore blurs. 'WWF' has artfully been replaced with just a 'W', which, by the way, retains the classic font that's still instantly recognizable to the longtime followers of the sport.
The HITC Tech team write about what they're playing this weekend, including XCOM: Enemy Unknow, Banished, and L.A. Noire.
Christopher Buffa (Prima Games): News of Ultimate Warrior Jim Hellwig’s death left millions of wrestling fans, including myself, in shock. I never knew the man, but I loved the character. His electric entrance, running to the ring full blast and shaking the ropes, was adrenaline personified, while the outfit (multicolored face paint, neon tassels, different colored straps for his title belts) embodied the 90s. Critics often remark that his promos were illogical, but to kids, they made perfect sense. Fill the spaceship with rocket fuel? Trampled by elephants? Might as well be Shakespeare to a nine-year-old.
Despite what Wee Jimmy Krankie and the agony aunt section of men’s magazines might say to the contrary, size matters loads. Just ask any of these hulking goliaths. While some giants in popular culture are more concerned with shilling you canned sweetcorn than grinding your bones to make a wholemeal loaf, PlayStation’s gargantuan folk just want to trample, scoff or suplex you. Regardless of whether it’s a fallen god scrapping with his football field-sized granddad or a Skyrim beanpole who can mess you up more than any lag, none of these brutes exactly scream BFG.
