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Dragon Age

Dialogue Choices: When will they get it right?

April 9, 2010

For years now, games (mostly RPG’s) have advertised realistic dialogue. From humble beginnings, to the well-known KOTOR series, to Mass Effect and beyond, dialogue choices have made their home as a gimmick of the video game industry.

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Controversial Sci-Fi Writer Working on ‘Dragon Age’ Comics

April 1, 2010

Electronic Arts recently announced that the well-received RPG, Dragon Age: Origins, will have its own comic series. Famous science-fiction writer, Orson Scott Card, is set to be the main writer of the works. Card is the author behind Ender’s Game and the subsequent series surrounding that universe, as well as several other stand-alone works, sci-fi [...]

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The Myth of the 80 Hour Game

February 12, 2010

I have a secret to let you in on, most gamers don’t have any free time. We did once, really. I remember being able to devote 5 hours a night towards the 4th disc of Final Fantasy 8. The endless matches of Marvel vs. Capcom that lasted deep into the mornings and yes, the occasional [...]

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New Dragon Age Content Delayed, Then Announced

January 5, 2010

In a strange, pump fake like move, Bioware today delayed until further notice the release of Return to Ostagar, the downloadable expansion to Dragon Age: Origins, and subsequently announced a retail expansion titled Dragon Age: Origins -Awakenings, because one subtitle is never enough.

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This Week in DLC: Beatles and Dragons and Blues (Oh My!)

January 4, 2010

Whether you’re looking to spend all those Microsoft Points you got for Christmas, or just looking for some new tracks for your favorite music games, this week’s DLC offerings promise to keep your wallet hurting after the Holiday crunch.

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Top 3 Video Game Girls of 2009

December 26, 2009

Sex sells, and as long as there have been video games there have been sexy women in them to get adolescent guys to buy them. From the Atari’s regrettable Custer’s Revenge which saw Custer literally raping Native Americans to the JUSTIN BAILEY code to get 8-bit Samus in her underwear in Metroid, video games and [...]

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Dragon Age: Origins (Full Review)

December 15, 2009

My two little brothers, both Counterstrike champions, separately warned me not to play Dragon Age: Origins. “It’s too good – you’ll do nothing but play it,” they said. “It’s much better than KotR, and you loved that game,” they said. “Please, don’t spend the holidays playing it,” they begged. So, I’m playing it now, and [...]

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Dragon Age: Origins…in the begining there was Kevin VanOrd.

November 5, 2009

Watch what Gamespot is giving a 9.5, Gameplanet gives a 9 and Gamezone a 9.9… The game incorporates “origins” for each race and some classes. For example, a Dwarf Noble begins the game as part of the royal family in one of the dwarven cities, whereas the Dwarf Commoner origin story begins on the streets [...]

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