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D&D Tips from Mass Effect 2

March 5, 2010 by Mike Shea

Today we’re going to take a look how the action RPG Mass Effect 2 can make our games better as well. I will warn that, while I don’t plan on any direct spoilers in this review (omg, I can’t believe they blew up the Citadel!) I might step into the story just a little bit. If you want to be 100% spoiler free (Woo! You sleep with Miranda) you may want to read this when you’ve finished getting most of your crew killed by giant Aardvarks.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Video Games Tagged With: 4e, dragon age, mass effect, mass effect 2

Review: Mass Effect 2

February 26, 2010 by Vanir

Mass Effect 2: It’s like Breakin’ 2 – Electric Boogaloo, but without all that messy breakdancing. You can’t do that in a vacuum. Turbo and Boogaloo Shrimp would implode. That is, unless Special K can discover her biotic abilities in time.

Filed Under: Humor, Reviews, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Video Games Tagged With: bioware, frustrating game elements, mass effect, mass effect 2, miranda lawson, sniper rifles, stupid mining, wang dang space poontang, warp bullets

Cooties

February 16, 2010 by Vanir

For some guys, talking to girls is difficult. A look back upon mistakes made, and hopes for the future. Also, boobs get mentioned.

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Humor, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Video Games Tagged With: adolescence, burlap, cinemax, clueless, cooties, dragon age, girls, hitchhiker's guide, mass effect 2, neo-otyugh, red sonja, relationships, space gonorrhea

From Talking Heads to Downloadable Endings: Modern Console RPG Trends

February 11, 2010 by guest

Video games have been found to be such a tappable market for moneymaking that EA having a bad fiscal quarter affects the entire Dow Jones. It’s not a few guys in a basement anymore, its a CEO and boardroom environment now. The “suits” making the decisions on the games you play aren’t pushing the limitations of anyone’s imagination, instead they only care about how a game affects an earnings report. Because of this sad fact, there are too many questionable trends happening in gaming, and this year doesn’t forecast to be much different

Filed Under: Editorial, Video Games Tagged With: borderlands, chrono trigger, earthbound, fallout 3, final fantasy, final fantasy tactics, mass effect, mass effect 2, Rant, spore, sports games

Two Scoops

February 9, 2010 by Vanir

In the immortal words of Muse, from the book of Cydonia: “Don’t waste your time or time will waste you.”

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Video Games Tagged With: atari 2600, bioware, elcor, fun factor, lolelcor, mass effect, mass effect 2, xenofeces

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