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Most anticipated November release?

Assassin's Creed II
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Dragon Age: Origins
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Something else










John Scalzo
Gaming Target Managing Editor

Email - john @ gamingtarget.com

John has been playing video games for close to twenty years now beginning with his trusty Atari 2600.

After those twenty years he has firmly entrenched himself into "old codger" territory by preferring old school game styles over these fancy new fangled graphics. Platform shooters, beat 'em ups, space shooters, this is what John is a fan of.

He is also a glutton for punishment as he loves any and all (OK, most) licensed games. The ability to play as James Bond or Buffy or Optimus Prime overwhelms his better judgement and causes him to seek out games featuring these and many other characters. He knows that many games based on movie and TV licenses are downright horrible, but dammit, Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick is a great game. And he thinks there are other overlooked gems in this misunderstood genre as well.

He joined Gaming Target in 2001 and has steadily grown from a shoddy writer into a somewhat less shoddy writer. His writing has been featured on other sites such as UGO, Slashdot, Game Girl Advance, Joystiq, Kotaku and countless librarian's blogs.

John writes The Video Game Librarian, a column that explores the growing relationship between libraries and video games. He also writes The Exclusive Arms Race, an analysis of the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii's exclusive offerings.

In the real world, John works for a library and spends his (non-video game) freetime reading, watching TV and movies, and listening to music, not necessarily in that order. The rest of his time is spent with his fiance, the lovely Miss Holly, who he's slowly teaching how to play video games.

Random Lists of Three

3 I'm Playing: Brain Age 2 (DS), Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition (Wii), Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2)

3 Random Classics: Contra (NES), Doom 64 (Nintendo 64), MDK (PSone)

3 I Want: Culdcept Saga (Xbox 360), N+ (XBLA), Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)

3 Random Reviews: Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (DS), Darkwatch (PS2), Fight Club (PS2)

3 Random Features: Here's To Our Gaming Girlfriends, Wii React, The Video Game Librarian: John Scalzi and the Old Man's War

Full Disclosure Time: The writer owns shares in Activision, Midway and GameStop. But it doesn't effect my judgement. If you don't believe me, you should see my harsh reviews and features.

Articles by John Scalzo

New Releases (Week of 11/23/09) [News]
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Unused Mortal Kombat concept art shows grittier take on the series [News]
MULTI 11/20/09
First 3D Dot Game Heroes trailer [News]
PS3 11/20/09
Black Friday deals for GameStop [News]
MULTI 11/20/09
Twilight: New Moon spoofed by The Sims 3 [News]
PC 11/20/09
Super Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, Pilotwings coming to Virtal Console [News]
WSC 11/20/09
Full broadcast schedule for Halo Legends on Xbox Live [News]
X360 11/20/09
Ubisoft not publishing No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise [News]
MULTI 11/20/09
Activision taps third team to create Call of Duty games [News]
MULTI 11/19/09
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 budget was $40-50 million [News]
MULTI 11/19/09
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney series coming to WiiWare [News]
WSC 11/19/09
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition coming March 9; DLC coming in February [News]
MULTI 11/19/09
No More Heroes coming to PS3, Xbox 360 [News]
MULTI 11/18/09
More Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sales numbers, Xbox Live usage stats [News]
MULTI 11/18/09
Amazon has new Dreamcast systems in stock for $80 [News]
DC 11/18/09
Halo: Reach to debut at Spike TV VGAs [News]
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Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days announced [News]
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Black Friday deals for Walmart [News]
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Gyromancer, Diner Dash on XBLA today [News]
XBLA 11/18/09
Atlus bringing 3D Dot Game Heroes to America on May 11, 2010 [News]
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Fall 2009 Dashboard Update is Live; Facebook support coming to PS3 too [News]
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Pre-order Lost Planet 2, get Albert Wesker as a playable character [News]
MULTI 11/17/09
Ubisoft's Uplay debuts in Assassin's Creed II [News]
MULTI 11/17/09
Where Have You Gone Super Mario? [Editorial]
Wii 11/17/09
Pokemon Rumble added to WiiWare; Demos now available [News]
MULTI 11/16/09
Black Friday deals for Meijer, Radio Shack [News]
MULTI 11/16/09
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 [Achievements]
X360 11/16/09
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 [Trophies]
PS3 11/16/09
Amazon's 'Spend $80, Get $20 Off' video game sale [News]
MULTI 11/16/09
New Releases (Week of 11/16/09) [News]
MULTI 11/14/09
Just Cause 2 gets PS3 exclusive features, new screens [News]
MULTI 11/14/09
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories coming to Wii on December 8 [News]
MULTI 11/14/09
Pandemic releases system requirements for The Saboteur [News]
PC 11/14/09
Reggie continues assault on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 [News]
MULTI 11/14/09
Black Friday deals for Toys R Us [News]
MULTI 11/14/09
October NPD: Uncharted 2 sells over 500,000 copies in October [News]
MULTI 11/13/09
Command & Conquer 4 coming March 16; Gameplay trailer released [News]
PC 11/13/09
Black Friday deals for Best Buy [News]
MULTI 11/13/09
'Masterminds of Final Fantasy XIII' reveal March 9 release date [News]
MULTI 11/13/09
Guitar Hero 6, Band Hero 2, DJ Hero 2 announced [News]
MULTI 11/13/09
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sells 4.7 million copies on day one [News]
MULTI 11/12/09
Black Friday deals for Target [News]
MULTI 11/12/09
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ships 3 million copies... in UK [News]
MULTI 11/11/09
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 smashes UK sales record [News]
MULTI 11/11/09
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 News Roll Call [News Round-Up]
MULTI 11/10/09
Criterion-developed Need For Speed coming next year [News]
MULTI 11/10/09
NBA Unrivaled coming to XBLA tomorrow [News]
XBLA 11/10/09
Dante's Inferno demo coming in December; New trailer released [News]
MULTI 11/10/09
Get Lego Rock Band free at Old Navy on Black Friday [News]
MULTI 11/10/09
See Call of Duty Classic in action [News]
MULTI 11/10/09
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