Tag: Mavericks

Dorkly Bits: Chill Penguin is Chill

Dorkly Bits: Chill Penguin is Chill

When the original Mega Man X game came out, it featured a slightly odd progression for the series’ title character: it starts you off with X beaming down into the city, blasting anything in his way to smithereens. And then later, we learn he’s a pacifist who hates violence and fighting. What happened? Well, if […]

When the original Mega Man X game came out, it featured a slightly odd progression for the series’ title character: it starts you off with X beaming down into the city, blasting anything in his way to smithereens. And then later, we learn he’s a pacifist...
Dorkly Bits: Chill Penguin is Chill

The Truth Behind Mega Man X5’s Maverick Names Revealed

Grizzly Slash. Duff McWhalen. The Skiver. These were just three of the eight highly-unusual names which greeted fans when the Mega Man X series made its return to the PlayStation in 2001’s Mega Man X5, and which contributed to plenty of subsequent controversy. Some were okay with the names, feeling that they fit the recurring […]

Grizzly Slash. Duff McWhalen. The Skiver. These were just three of the eight highly-unusual names which greeted fans when the Mega Man X series made its return to the PlayStation in 2001’s Mega Man X5, and which contributed to plenty of subsequent controversy....