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It’s a Good Weekend to Try Tera for Free
Now that my review of En Masse Entertainment’s slightly game-changing MMO Tera is in the can, you might find yourself wanting to give the game a try. And like magic, Tera is now offering a seven day free trial. What can you do in seven days? With Tera‘s newly-launched seven day trial you can play…
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UncategorizedHitler Recaps the Week in Video Games
Godwin’s Law states that “as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.” As basically all video game discussion takes place online, let’s just cut to the chase and give der fuehrer’s take on recent topics of interest to gamers. It’s been a month since we checked…
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Backhanded Box Quotes: ‘Gears of War with Normal Size People’
Welcome to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of super pissed-off user reviews from people just like you! Whoa, whoa, don’t take that personal. Inversion Released: June 5. Critic: JayDeth (Metacritic) • “[S]ome things explode and suddenly your playing Gears of War with normal sized people. Yay?” • “[V]ery very bland and no one will ever…
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UncategorizedLessons in Double-Speak, from Native Speakers
The major controversies, disappointments and outrages of the preceding week all seemed to share one trait: They contained some eye-rolling levels of double-speak and ulterior meanings. The issues themselves have been gummed to death, and I really don’t wish to rehash those arguments. But we’re talking about debates that could have been better served, and…
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UncategorizedTwo Dozen All-Time Greats Available in Madden 13, with More to be Unlocked
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • Madden NFL 13‘s new “Connected Careers” mode will allow gamers to play as one of several all-time greats—rated according to their rookie seasons—or run a team as one of seven hall-of-fame coaches. There are 27 players and seven coaches in all, but some…
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UncategorizedA Handshake-Only Deal Pays Off for FIFA and an Unlikely Champion
EA Sports is well known for licensing partnerships, especially exclusive ones that command quite a premium from the publisher. Yet in one of its timelier, and more unusual ones, no money changed hands. The label, through its FIFA franchise, of course, is the official games partner of Manchester City, recently crowned champion of the English…
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UncategorizedThis is Only a Launch Trailer for Heroes of Ruin If You’re in Europe
Square Enix’s four-way online multiplayer Diablo-esque action role-playing game Heroes of Ruin is out today in Europe and the UK for the 3DS, so they can enjoy this launch trailer. North Americans are free to ignore this until next month.
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Return of the Revenge of the Week in Gaming Apps II: This Time It’s Portable
Now that E3 2012 is slowly fading to bitter, disappointing memory, it’s time to return to those things that consistently bring us pleasure, day in and day out. And when we’re finished drinking it’s time for some gaming apps. I wouldn’t say we skipped a week as much as we missed a week filled with…
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