Today we are pleased to announce the addition of a new weekly columnist to the Shacknews arsenal of wordsmiths.

Shack readers probably know Christopher Livingston best from his long-running Half-Life 2 comic, Concerned. But Livingston is also an accomplished writer outside of comic form, making his mark on blogs such as Living in Oblivion, 1Fort, and most recently, First-Person Shouter.

Livingston comes to Shacknews in the guise of The Demoman, a series that sees the writer reviewing the best, and often the worst, of gaming demos. We now present his debut effort, an amusing examination of the demo for GRIN's movie-turned-action game, Wanted: Weapons of Fate:

As we begin playing the demo, we are repeatedly insulted by this extremely unpleasant and sarcastic kid. We're even forced to choose the lowest difficulty setting ("Pussy"). Okay. This is a demo that clearly does not like us. Read more..

This weeks release of GRIN's movie and comic-inspired action game Wanted: Weapons of Fate brings with it the culmination of the game's pre-release marketing campaign, better known around these parts as the fabled "launch trailer."

The game ships to North American stores in PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 flavors tomorrow.

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