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Back in June, I mentioned how highly impressed I was by Bethesda’s demonstration of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim at E3. So much so, a game I hadn’t heard about prior jumped to a day-one purchase and won my vote for Game of E3. Not only did the game look gorgeous, but Bethesda promised a scope that seemed unrivaled by any other game. Now, no game is ever as long as the developers claim, and Skyrim ...

What happened indeed.

At a little before 3pm EST on Friday the 10th, Chrian messaged me on Steam. I looked at his message, wondering why he was sending me one, usually he waits, with perfect timing, for me to start watching a movie or tv show, to fire up a game either on steam or on another service, then sends me several cryptic messages, usually involving minecraft, ragns being ragns, or some equally strange topic, but it never fails, its always during something. He told me, with ...

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I’m gonna level with you all.. As someone who loves being immersed in well-written and satisfying stories, I had a really hard time working on this review of Gears of War 3. It’s not that the Gears franchise is necessarily lacking in the story department, it’s just that it’s hard to hear over the clamor of a chainsaw cutting through the logic required to tell a coherent story. Still, there’s ...

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Whether it’s the fact that Ocarina of Time is the only game I own multiple copies of (four), or the fact that I spent the first twenty days of November celebrating its games and characters, or the fact that text messages and e-mails notify me with a familiar “Hey!” or “Listen!” respectively, I have made no attempt to hide what a huge fan I am of the Legend of Zelda franchise. It should come as no surprise ...

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Arkham Asylum was praised as one of the best superhero games ever produced (can you think of another that comes close?). Naturally, its sequel, which was touted as a bigger, better, more expansive game has been eagerly awaited by the multitude of players who played the first. Since it is a sequel though, there are a few important questions. Does Arkham City live up to its predecessor? How does the ...