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Etrian Odyssey 3 gets rad new trailer

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0MgsjFQwIE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for Etrian Odyssey 2, and a big soft spot for Atlus. Underwater cities are pretty rad, too. So Etrian Odyssey 3: The Drowned City, Atlus’ future offering in the series, looks

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Etrian Odyssey 3 gets rad new trailer

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0MgsjFQwIE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for Etrian Odyssey 2, and a big soft spot for Atlus. Underwater cities are pretty rad, too. So Etrian Odyssey 3: The Drowned City, Atlus’ future offering in the series, looks

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Monetizing Failure

Metal Gear Solid 4 is a game designed to make it difficult to stop playing. The mechanics are much more addiction based than previous games in the series, specifically the ability to find and buy weapons. Metal Gear Solid 4

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Monetizing Failure

Metal Gear Solid 4 is a game designed to make it difficult to stop playing. The mechanics are much more addiction based than previous games in the series, specifically the ability to find and buy weapons. Metal Gear Solid 4

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Emergency Rations

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9ZYitN-QAg&hl=en_US&fs=1] Some days are slow news days. Today is one of those days. There are other days where we have no idea what we could write about. For these situations, we have random, extremely old mash-ups of *the* Cave Story

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Emergency Rations

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9ZYitN-QAg&hl=en_US&fs=1] Some days are slow news days. Today is one of those days. There are other days where we have no idea what we could write about. For these situations, we have random, extremely old mash-ups of *the* Cave Story

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The Friday Post: Subtitle

I’m too lazy for a subtitle. This week has been awfully lazy, on account of hell’s weather having moved to New England. On the plus side, it’s Friday! Which means it’s almost Saturday! Which means this horrible nightmare is slightly

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The Friday Post: Subtitle

I’m too lazy for a subtitle. This week has been awfully lazy, on account of hell’s weather having moved to New England. On the plus side, it’s Friday! Which means it’s almost Saturday! Which means this horrible nightmare is slightly

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The Last Story Got Its Cover Mechanic in My JRPG

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT0keV-P6nM&hl=en_US&fs=1] A long time ago, Hironobu Sakaguchi, famed man behind Final Fantasy I through X and designer on The Last Story, said he wanted to make a game like Gears of War. Let’s hope his version of Gears of War,

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The Last Story Got Its Cover Mechanic in My JRPG

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT0keV-P6nM&hl=en_US&fs=1] A long time ago, Hironobu Sakaguchi, famed man behind Final Fantasy I through X and designer on The Last Story, said he wanted to make a game like Gears of War. Let’s hope his version of Gears of War,

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Dragon Age 2 Announced, Good Day to Be a Bioware Fan

Yesterday, when EA announced that they were announcing something tomorrow Patricia and I, your intrepid editors and most frequent content providers, decided it couldn’t be Dragon Age 2. That made too much sense. We figured it was going to be

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Dragon Age 2 Announced, Good Day to Be a Bioware Fan

Yesterday, when EA announced that they were announcing something tomorrow Patricia and I, your intrepid editors and most frequent content providers, decided it couldn’t be Dragon Age 2. That made too much sense. We figured it was going to be

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Obsidian to Develop a Chrono Trigger Sequel?

Some days, you see a bit of news that makes you think, Wow, that’s awesome. And other days you see news that makes you throw up a little in your mouth. Well, yesterday’s news that Obsidian was in talks to

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Obsidian to Develop a Chrono Trigger Sequel?

Some days, you see a bit of news that makes you think, Wow, that’s awesome. And other days you see news that makes you throw up a little in your mouth. Well, yesterday’s news that Obsidian was in talks to

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Grind For This Content

The (not so) recent stink on the internet has been reviewing massive multiplayer games. Rock Paper Shotgun’s covered it extensively, in part because one of their writers got in on the act, and embraced the most dangerous topic in video

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Grind For This Content

The (not so) recent stink on the internet has been reviewing massive multiplayer games. Rock Paper Shotgun’s covered it extensively, in part because one of their writers got in on the act, and embraced the most dangerous topic in video

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The Friday Post Would Love to Be a Pepper Too!

Look at these fucking peppers. They look delicious. I want only a taste of them. But we don’t have time for that, because things! You can read! Must be posted! -This week’s big controversy around the internet was Japanese developers

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The Friday Post Would Love to Be a Pepper Too!

Look at these fucking peppers. They look delicious. I want only a taste of them. But we don’t have time for that, because things! You can read! Must be posted! -This week’s big controversy around the internet was Japanese developers

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Upcoming Games: July

Hey, it’s July! The long, abhorrent summer doldrums are…well, just about as long and abhorrent as ever. You know how it goes. Anyway, there are some games coming out this month. You might have heard of a couple of them,

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Upcoming Games: July

Hey, it’s July! The long, abhorrent summer doldrums are…well, just about as long and abhorrent as ever. You know how it goes. Anyway, there are some games coming out this month. You might have heard of a couple of them,

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