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Unrelated announcement (maybe I do need to get Twitter or something):  New Fiction up in my Works section.  It’s the first part of a series I’ve been thinking about for a while.  Yes, it’s a vampire story, but I am going all Neal Stephenson on you and making you learn the lingo via context.  It’s rough, so let me know what you think.

Normally (i.e. the two other Rebounds) these articles are about games I played a while back and wanted to review to bring out a point.  This one is simply about an old game that I finally picked up recently… which brings out a point.

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“Rebound” is a term I just decided on for games that jump back on top of my playlist after months or years of shelf-time.  The associated posts may be reviews, nostalgia, or springboards for topics relating to the current gaming scene.  Each one will start with a blurb about the game.  When it came out, what systems, etc.

Def Jam Fight for New York came out in 2004 for the Xbox, PS2, and GameCube.  It is a fighting game with a heavy leaning toward the wrestling genre, and features the likenesses of dozens of rappers associated with the Def Jam label.  (Don’t ask, I know nothing about rap)

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