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Postcards from Dungeon Siege III’s narrow path

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Since pictures are worth a few dozen of my most excellent words, I thought I’d illustrate my impressions of the Dungeon Siege III demo with some views from…whatever that country is called. As you might be able to tell, the lore in the demo didn’t make a huge impression on me. And the previous 2 games are fairly hazy in my memory.

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Does Battlestar Galactica Online have a plan?

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[Ed. note: Our man in the war with the Cylons, Wendelius, has jumped into the Battlestar Galactica Online beta. It’s a free-to-play, browser-based MMO. Ew, right? Maybe not. Read on.]

See the Undock button…? Once you are in a space station, you will be eager to press it. BGO is like an ugly duckling: all ungainly and clumsy in space stations, but quite graceful and much more fun to watch in space.

The stations do serve a purpose though. That’s where you get to sell the scraps you have collected in space and to buy and equip additional ship parts, weapons and ammo. It’s also where Adama Jr will give you daily missions to complete for more XP and rewards.

Read the initial impressions here and try the game yourself here.