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Dragon Age: Leliana’s Song DLC Review

The newest addition to the downloadable content family for Dragon Age: Origins, Leliana’s Song, takes place before the actual Blight and has us following the…

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Review

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 inhabits the same vaguely-defined sphere of influence as Modern Warfare 2 in the hearts of many gamers; they’re both hardcore shooting…

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Dragon Age: Origins Return To Ostagar DLC Review Source Dragon Age: Origins Return To Ostagar DLC Review by The Game Reviews

In the Dragon Age universe, the battle at Ostagar is one that Grey Wardens will remember for ages to come. Since this conflict claimed the…

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Spoony Bard 8: Critical and Commercial Contradictions

Even the supposedly recession-proof entertainment industry has been forced by fiscal crunching into some fundamental shifts from progressive game design. But that hasn’t stopped some…

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Spoony Bard 7: The Problem with Progress Bars

We’ve all seen them. In nearly any game you play there will be a progress bar of some sort. Its implementation is varied, ranging from…

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Spoony Bard 6: Dragon Age’s Better Banter

Dialogue is hard, just ask any game writer. When it comes down to character interaction, the fine line between natural and contrived is one that…

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