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Games: Review:Dragon Age: Origins
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Your character’s journey through the world of Dragon Age: Origins is a bloody one. Battles and cutscenes are filled with spurting gore, and the trail your party takes along the world map is colored by sanguinary splatters. But the gratuitous pools of red your enemies leave on the battlefield helps paint the bigger picture: Whether you’re fighting ravening monsters or desperate refugees hoping to kill you for coin, everything bleeds, and everything dies. Players must decide how to make their way through such a violent world. After completing one of six unique, multi-hour origin stories determined by your ... »
Games: Review:lego Rock Band
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Remember when rock was dangerous? John Lennon claimed The Beatles were bigger than Jesus, and it caused a massive shitstorm. A few decades later, their legacy has been immortalized further with this year’s highly celebrated The Beatles: Rock Band, which also further legitimized the videogame series as a pop-cultural touchstone. The Beatles are a tough act to follow, and Lego Rock Band has that unenviable task. Problem is, The Beatles: Rock Band is a huge exception for the franchise as it currently exists. Rock Band games are pretty much all the same: What makes any particular title worthwhile is ... »
Games: Review:dj Hero
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Activision’s DJ Hero celebrates the origins of turntable-based music in appropriate fashion: It pushes the rhythm-game craze forward by swinging back around to its roots. Before developer Harmonix dropped the first Guitar Hero, the company created games in which little robot DJs flipped between rails of light, activating and essentially remixing songs by acts familiar and obscure. DJ Hero, by Freestyle Games, modifies that concept with a unique turntable controller. The experience of playing captures the DJ’s allure and gives players a glimpse of hip-hop’s origins. The controller features a turntable platter and mixer inputs. Onscreen, three ... »
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