Dragon Age: Origins was about saving Thedas. Dragon Age 2 is about living in it. For all its attempts at grit and moral ambiguity, Origins was a fairly conventional fantasy narrative beneath a patina of grime and blood. Though it took place in an unusually bleak setting, the narrative goal was fairly conventional: save the
Well, PAX East 2011 came and went. There were laughs and tears and — OK, so there were no tears. It was PAX, after all. But there could have been tears, if I weren’t such a gracious loser. Besides, I had to keep my mascara intact all weekend seeing as the camera guy for the
With the iPhone continuing to evolve into an almost everything type of device. There is one thing in particular that you always have to keep an eye on, that is Battery Life. I’m sure most of us have hit that wall where we couldn’t use our fav app without fear of not having a phone.
This week’s deal for XBL is all about the green! Get to the middle of the rainbow and grab the spare change! You’ll have better luck with thsese deals than catching a leprechaun. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and all Things Green. Keep from getting pinched with these lucky deals for this week for the XBL
Ahh, The People’s Court. Staple of my elementary school sick days and the original reality TV. Never would I think that a civil case over the installiation of a modchip would be featured. For Joseff Ben David, $160 is enough to take his “former” friend to the courtroom. That price for a modchip in a
Like survival horror games? Like indie games? Can’t afford to drop $20 on Amnesia: The Dark Descent? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you’re in the right place. A young artist named Lasse Nielsen has created and released Candles, a game that’s even indie-er, even cheaper, and…well, about the same amount of
If you’ve been following the site for the past few days, you have probably noticed all of the SW: TOR content that we discovered at PAX East. I wanted to give you some quick first impressions of the game. In short, the game has resurrected my interest in MMOs. I know for sure I will purchase
L.A. Noire is developer Rockstar Games latest attempt to break new ground in the video game medium. Set in Los Angeles in the year 1947 it explores one of the most violent eras of the cities history. I recently got to watch about thirty minutes of gameplay and I couldn’t have come away more impressed.
In the late 90s, with the popularity of the survival horror genre on the rise, RPG giant Square decided to throw its hat into the ring with its own take on the genre. The result was Parasite Eve, a survival horror/RPG hybrid based on the 1995 Japanese novel of the same name. The first Square