Issue No. 17 (1Q2012) — January 2012 (33 pages)
- Feature: Mortal Kombat II tournament Round 5
- Feature: Classic Focus: Castlevania
- Ready, set, begin!: Forza 2 (Xbox 360), Mega Man X (SNES), Dungeons and Dragons Heroes (Xbox), Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 (NGC)
- Tech Geeks: Steve Jobs dies, MP3 Rocket, Scribefire, Samsung Propel, tech bits
- Retrograde: Mortal Kombat (SNES), StarCraft (PC), U.N. Squadron (SNES), Earthworm Jim (SNES)
- The Strip
- Property review: Ultimate Avengers (animated)
- Marvel character highlight: Cable
- Strip Talk: Let’s end the bashing of direct comic book films
- Otaku Corner: Tenchi Muyo Vol. 2: Doom Time
- Top 5: WTF Ultimate Avengers lines
- Strip Life: The band is breaking up
- Retro Game Corner
- Where in the world do fighting games come from?
- Pokémon: Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill
- DDR Spotlight: Paranoia Clean Mix, Captain Jack (Grandale Remix), Baby, Baby Gimme Your Love
- Torture of the Quarter: AD&D: Eye of the Beholder (Jamie Mosley review) (SNES)
- Animal Crossing Chronicles: October-December 2011
- Columns
- Cry of War: It’s not me, Nintendo; it’s you,
- Beat.Trip.Game: Castlevania soundtrack
- From the Dungeon: Getting a group to do what you want
