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Just flirt with him a little, he'll unlock his heart for you! Read more

Scarily similar to Mass Effect 3, I get the feeling the rushed and botched ending overshadowed a fairly fantastic main body. Both games tackle a lot of interesting subject material (Kreia's teachings from KOTOR2 are in glorious shades of grey, and seeing the home planets of other races under siege in Mass 3 are far… Read more

Let the "NOPE!" images begin. Read more

Phil Owen: Mutant Reporter Read more

To a lot of fans, Star Wars is far more than just the movies. The "Expanded Universe" includes novels, comic books and video games that, to many fans, define Star Wars even more than the films that started this phenomenon. Read more

I liked the Sun Crusher. Mostly because on the very top is just a little laser turret Read more

I could be completely wrong but I doubt it will ever really be confirmed or denied. I think it's one of those things that, because it exists so far in the past at a point the movies will never touch, that they won't bother saying if it's canon or not. Which I think is actually a good move. Technically none of it has… Read more

That wasn't the author's point. Read the paragraph again; Phil is referring to how the character had a significant role in the games that was never mentioned in the novels. His exciting stories existed on PC, but not on paper. Read more

I think I'm one of the few who actually liked the EU. Admittedly, some of the earlier stuff was a bit weird. I will never deny that. But I really enjoyed a lot of it. Thrawn, the Jedi Academy, and the excellent "I, Jedi." The Yuuzhan Vong War. Basically all of the New Jedi Order, Legacy of the Force, and Fate of the… Read more

Good writeup. Though I still say the Lumiya thing isn't necessary a complete and total retcon. After all, can you really trust 100% anything a Sith tells you? Read more

Frankly, all that bad you listed looms so large that it's very nice to see it all get axed, and all that good can (and probably will) be reintroduced in the context of the new films. I won't miss the EU at all since, as you mentioned repeatedly, there is so much poorly-written schlock that it's laughable how any of it… Read more

X Wing vs. Tie Fighter. Read more

I have been in the "institution" under legal hold 3 times for attempts and would have died if the police didn't find me bleeding in front of a court house. (what irony, I was lost and pulled in there because they had an APB on me). I never got treated right in these places. I wasn't given water, I wasn't treated to a… Read more

Really good content. English isn't my first language but I need to so say: we need more of this readings. Reviews are missing this kind of view about games. I know it's kind of particular view, but the bulletstorm booze thing for instance, in a regular review it would be looked at as a collectable that makes the… Read more