Monthly Archives: February 2011

Daily Little Big Planet 2: gateway drug

Something is happening to me to more I play this game. Well, a couple of things. One is, I want to play this game more. When I started posting these dailies I was just popping in to try the community … Continue reading

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In Rift, the revolution will not be reset

For the first few hours of Rift, you might think you’re playing a polished if not unimaginative World of Warcraft clone. As you discover nice features like the translucent map display, the single button to sell all your vendor trash, … Continue reading

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The game Bulletstorm could have been

Given the spread of opinions, I finally broke down and bought a copy of Bulletstorm. I was hoping for Painkiller 2. I got Gears of War 2.5. While slogging through the rote combos and QTEs and humor [sic] and that … Continue reading

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Killzone 3: beyond warzone

I can’t get enough of the warzone mode in Killzone 3, which is spoiling other multiplayer shooters for me. It’s a great way to bring the maps to life without running you through the same wringer over and over and … Continue reading

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February 28, 2011: wallet threat level kind of red

You’d think this would be a slow week. New releases include a boxing game from Electronic Arts, an MMO from someone you never heard of, and an expansion to an RTS that isn’t Starcraft II. Wallet threat level green, right? … Continue reading

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Qt3 Movie Podcast: Drive Angry

It’s a 2 vs 1 split for Drive Angry. If you don’t want us to spoil this white trash muscle car rock opera wanna-be, fast forward to the 44-minute mark for this week’s 3×3: our favorite moments involving assassins.

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Daily Little Big Planet 2: 28 seconds later

Simon Pegg will not be amused. Meh. Eff that guy. I’m fine with fast zombies. Speed is not the problem with the zombies in today’s level, Zombie land! Part: 2, and its sister levels. I died a lot because of … Continue reading

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Daily Little Big Planet 2: sanding the floor

As Tom suggested, we’re leaving behind the random Lucky Dip levels for these dailies. At least for awhile. We’re playing the story in LBP2 a bit more, and dabbling in a bit of co-op. These things–along with the helpful direction … Continue reading

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Never lose track of your keys again with Ubisoft’s We Dare

I have nothing to say, so I’ll just let Ubisoft explain it themselves: We Dare is a sexy, quirky, party game that offers a large variety of hilarious, innovative and physical, sometimes kinky, challenges. The more friends you invite to … Continue reading

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Killzone 3: assassination tango

Warzone, my new favorite way to play a multiplayer shooter until Section 8: Intolerance comes out, cycles the teams through different randomized objectives. For instance, assassination missions. One team is informed that it must kill a particular enemy player whose … Continue reading

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There is no room in Rift

Well, that’s encouraging. Rift hasn’t even launched yet — this is just the headstart for pre-orders — and the player population on every single server is listed as “full” as of a half hour after the game went live. Well, … Continue reading

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New Elder Scrolls V trailer shows 100% more gameplay

I think I’d call this the second best trailer of the year. Stirring, gorgeous, epic, and it has Max von Sydow yelling the word “Dragonbone!” again, whatever that means. I could hear him yell that all day. In fact, I … Continue reading

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Trials HD developer announces a game that lasts 1,000 days

Heck if I know what Red Lynx is on about with this teaser. But I seem to recall trying to finish some of those Trials HD levels could easily take 1000 days, so this is par for the course for … Continue reading

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League of Legends: our collective wisdom, or “wisdom”

You may not have noticed, but we’ve been playing a lot of League of Legends over the past two weeks. So we have assembled here a collection of helpful advice — tips, axioms, hints, adages, what have you — for … Continue reading

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Daily Little Big Planet 2: nothing but net

Thanks to one of my new favorite levels in Little Big Planet 2, I finally understand sports. After the jump, I rock the gridiron

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