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Playground on the Battlefield – Making Your Own Fun in Battlefield: Bad Company 2

April 5, 2010

There’s something inherently fun about using objects in a way that is not intended. When you’re a kid, a cardboard tube becomes a telescope, a wiffle ball bat becomes a light saber, and the living room couch becomes a fort. Kids use what they already have to create new worlds and new games, and they [...]

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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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Will ‘The Sims 3: Ambitions’ Be Ambitious Enough?

March 22, 2010

Electronic Arts recently announced a second expansion pack for the hit game The Sims 3. Titled Ambitions, the expansion pack offers users the chance to impact their game in a way that hasn’t been done with this franchise before: through good and bad choices. The official website claims that players will truly be able to [...]

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A Renegade’s View on ‘Mass Effect 2′

March 15, 2010

Mass Effect 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to Mass Effect. It received rave reviews before it was even available to buy. Now that the game has been out for a bit, I thought I would share my gaming experience with Gamer Road. Was it worth the hype? Am I looking forward to Mass Effect [...]

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Digital Hors D’oeuvres: Demos to Whet Your Gaming Appetite

February 15, 2010

Sometimes, games are terrible. Sometimes they’re awesome. What’s the universally accepted way of telling which a game will be? PTDS, of course. That’s “play the demo, stupid.” There’s nothing like a good DEMOnstration to clue you in to just how good (or bad) a game will be. But it’s not always easy to stay on [...]

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Innovation vs. Familiarity: Which Side Are You On?

February 12, 2010

Dante’s Inferno was released this week. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 comes out next month. These two games in particular have brought an important issue to my attention. After reading several reviews of Dante’s Inferno, I noticed a constant criticism – the game doesn’t do anything new with the gameplay. It seems everyone wants Dante to [...]

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 single player trailer

February 8, 2010

You’d never guess it from any of the news coverage or Electronic Arts’ own previous marketing, but Battlefield: Bad Company 2 does in fact have a single-player campaign, and the trailer for it is now online and looks quite impressive. I’m glad to see that the developers haven’t forgotten about those of us who just [...]

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Heavy Rain – Innovation or Fad?

February 5, 2010

How far would you be prepared to go to save someone you love? Heavy Rain, being developed by Quantic Dream is receiving good acclaim from critics. However, I cannot foresee this game being a huge seller because of the fact that you won’t be shooting everything that moves. On a good note, this game is [...]

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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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Left 4 Dead 2: Thriller Night!

November 9, 2009

The dirty south just got even dirtier as the blood of the living dead flood the bayous of Louisiana. EA and Valve Software’s FPS looks promising and is getting positive reviews across the board. With the additional weaponry of baseball bats, chainsaws, axes and frying pans, L4D2 offers everything you want in a sequel: more [...]

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