5 Reasons It Pays *NOT* to be an Early Adopter of the PS Vita

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Like the shadiest of ‘doctors’ in the uncleanliest of back streets, this week, I’ve been trying to hawk vital organs on the Internet (only my own, I can assure you).

On Twitter I proclaimed ‘who wants a lung? I’ll even give away a kidney, for a price!’ and such, multiple times, hoping, begging and pleading that someone with a screw loose would take a body part in exchange for money – money I wanted, no, needed, to spend on a PS Vita – which comes out today.

For the most part, I was joking (though I did come very close to offering plasma up on eBay), I’ve become so convinced that I need a PS Vita that I probably would have (and maybe still will) do anything to get my hands on that delicious, powerful, slice of handheld gaming heaven.

It may, perhaps, come as a massive shock to you that I am now providing you with a handful of reasons why you shouldn’t invest in Sony’s latest gizmo.

Click ‘Continue Reading’ to find out why you shouldn’t get a PS Vita (yet).

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New FIFA Street Trailer Teaches You How to Panna, Embarrass Opponents

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FIFA Street is probably one of the only games where a prerequisite for winning is to make a complete and utter fool out of your opponents – the old fashioned ‘dribble like a baby, kick like a beast’ method won’t work. If you can’t embarrass them, you’ll have a serious challenge on your hands if you want to win, like climbing a giant slippery slope of football terms and sports-based acrobatics.

This latest video for the game is the key to learning how to succeed, providing you with the must-know tips to scoring more goals in FIFA Street.

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Happy Presidents’ Day!

Like last week with Valentine’s Day, JSX is taking this day off, it being nationally celebrated in the US and such (related : JSX is UK based but yay world leaders!)

So go have fun, think about your favourite POTUS, hug a congressman or woman and sit and have a good think about all of the bills that are affecting your country and all of that good stuff.

Alternatively, if that doesn’t sound like a heap of fun, learn how to protect your country from terrorists effectively (in Call of Duty) in a post by yours truly, vote in the Nathan Drake vs. Lara Croft poll in the side bar, or even leave a comment on this here post with your thoughts on which American president would make the best video game character.

Also, if you’re patiently awaiting the next post of video game goodness from JSX, subscribe via email so that you don’t miss our next few posts – which are some of our best.

See you tomorrow reader!

Jasmine, Head Editor of J Station X.

Skyrim Lag Issues Solved, Xbox 720 and PS Vita Qs + More, Answered

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In the poll in our sidebar, we’re currently asking you who you like best – Nathan Drake from Uncharted or Lara Croft from Tomb Raider, but today JSX is taking a time out from asking you questions (though you should go and vote, the winner gets a special feature post!) to answer some of the qs that you’re burning to know the answers to.

Last time, we answered some cracking queries about Fallout 4, the next Call of Duty and GTA V. This week we’re answering your questions about fixing Skyrim, the PS Vita launch line-up and the Xbox 720.

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Skyrim Dev Reveals They Knew the PS3 Version Would Lag, Captain Obvious Strikes Again

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I hate to say I told you so, but yeah, we did – (what’s a little mockery between friends? Smile)

Last month, we posted some quotes from a pre-release interview that someone from Bethesda conducted about Skyrim, which all sounded a little suspect. Well, I say suspect, but what I really mean is that you’d have to be sans nostrils not to have sniffed out the rotten fruit in those answers.

Today, just a few weeks later, speaking at DICE 2012 with Kotaku, the director of the game, Todd Howard, he says that Bethesda knew the PS3 version of Skyrim would encounter a

Bad memory situation.

And states that

…We felt we had a lot of it under control. But for certain users it literally depends on how they play the game…

With that the blame is put on us, the innocent gamers who cared too much, who wanted to experience everything the a large, vibrant world, designed for exploration, had to offer -  so shame on you Skyrim player, shame on you!

I am kidding of course, though Mr. Howard’s comments are amusing in that they show off their incapacity to fix their messes – but what’s even more worrying is that it could happen in Fallout 4 too.

Still having trouble with Skyrim? Come back to JSX tomorrow to find out how to solve your lag problems once and for all – or better yet, sign up to our feed to get the post sent to your email inbox and guarantee that you won’t miss out.

5 Video Game Characters You Would Have Rather Spent Valentine’s Day with

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Two of these characters are in love - guess which two.

How was your Valentine’s Day? Did you have a wonderful evening spending time with your loved one, eating a myriad of clichéd heart-shaped foods, or was it an abysmal, depressing turn of events, that resulted in a lovesick mess of feelings?

Just imagine being able to trade in that terrible company to hang out with (or even romance) one of the video game characters of your dreams, in either a ‘best bro’ or a ‘future Mrs. Video Gamer’ sort of way…

Like an overbearing mother who cares too much about the company you keep (but ultimately means well!) I’ve put together a list of the top 5 video game characters who would have kept you in high spirits during Cupid’s own holiday.

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Happy Valentine’s Day JSX readers!

As it’s the annual Hallmark-ification mushy love fest, JSX won’t be posting anything video game related today – though we’ll be back tomorrow with a post-Vday feature.

If you want something to tide you over until then, head over to our ‘Ezio Auditore Guide to Being the Perfect Valentine’s Day Date’ to get some last minute prep before your romantic evening plans.

See you tomorrow!

Jasmine Henry, Head Editor of JSX.

New Max Payne 3 Screenshots Give Us Dual Wielding Galore

Max Payne is a raging alcoholic with depression who skipped the last couple of anger management classes to become a fool-killing jetsetter so obviously the best thing for him is not one but two, guns because this is a guy who is responsible with firepower…

You could tell him to put the second gun down but he’d most likely blast your head off with a shotgun and walk away looking dapper in slow-mo thanks to the game’s new bullet-time system.

Regardless, it does make for some very attractive screenshots.

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Hidden Gems of the Gaming World : Gotham City Impostors

Hidden Gems of the Gaming World is a new post series here on J Station X that talks about the games that you should buy (though will most likely overlook).Gotham City Impostors Cast Screenshot

How much money do I want to spend in order to show my devotion to my favourite superhero?

That’s a question that most comic book fans have to ask themselves before putting any faith into the notoriously prone-to-failure section of the video games market that is the superhero spin-off game. Many of these games fall flat on their buttock cheeks before they’ve even rescued a any cats from trees.

Considering that Batman Arkham Asylum and err…Batman Arkham City are effectively the only two games of comic book legends to have both played and sold well, so capturing lightning in a bottle with this genre for a third time would be an infeasible task, to say the least.

Somehow the 6v6 multiplayer mayhem that Gotham City Impostors allows may have done the impossible and Bats is only featured in it by name!

Click ‘Continue Reading’ to find out why Gotham City Impostors is worth your time.

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True Crime Hong Kong Renamed to Sleeping Dogs, Screenshots, Trailer, ETA Revealed

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First things first, this will be the first, last and only time that I use this line in my coverage for Sleeping Dogs because I am a sucker for the obvious cliché – …”let sleeping dogs lie.”

Okay, can we move on now? Good. Pun aside, I do not think we should let ‘Sleeping Dogs’ lie at all. Activision, on the other hand did, and canned the game in February, 2011 (back when it was called True Crime Hong Kong). Thankfully, Square Enix picked up the game from Acti, minus the name rights, hoping to give the market a gritty urban sandbox shooter set in the belching, crime-infested underbelly of Hong Kong.

Along with the new name, Square Enix have also released a trailer, several screenshots and a morsel of story info (which is in the video after the break, I shan’t spoil the surprise for you!).

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