Dragon Age Xbox 360 Hands
2009-09-26 00:00:00
One of the lingering questions about Dragon Age was how it'll play on a console.
Primarily developed for the PC, the game features plenty of World of Warcraft-style action buttons across the bottom of the screen in that build of the game. Porting that directly to consoles would seem a challenge. After getting my hands on the Xbox 360 version, outfitted with a prototype interface, that question was answered soundly: it plays fine. Three of the face buttons are mapped to spells, and the left trigger acts as an alt-toggle, offering six mappings to the PC version's ten. One bumper key takes over healing duty, leaving only a three-button disparity between the two builds.
Unfortunately, beyond the controls, I came away from the Dragon Age E3 demo feeling oversold--particularly on its sexuality--and ultimately underwhelmed.
The presentation began with lead designer Mike Laidlaw spending ten minutes explaining how players can have sex in the game. There was no lead-up to this segment, mind you. This was the headline topic. This was the new shit.
Laidlaw loaded up the "party camp," essentially a bonfire where yo...

Review of the Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind
2009-09-10 00:00:00
With everything seeming to be going downhill in the world right now, one thing is looking up. Video Gaming. 2009 is going to lead to the birth of some of the best game titles in a long time. We've been waiting for Starcraft II for a while now and that will be popping up this year. Diablo III, the expansion on the best selling adventure game series will be making it's debut in 2009, and we're going to see a new Final Fantasy game. It's shaping up to be a great year for gamers worldwide in 2009. Let's get started!

Final Fantasy XIII

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