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FPS Question 2

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:31:13 +0000

Due to issues with the first post, I had to make this question into its own post. Again, good luck! In one of the many vehicular combat titles, one in particular included this character, which had a special attack/weapon whose effectiveness was dependent on the proximity of its victims. It would expel an explosive shockwave from the “vehicle’s” platform, even being effective while in the air. What was the name of this character? The following 8 members got points for anwering correctly. The_Nmac Tosh mowmow Jcmdaddy Isli EdEN SubMonkey Abkanis

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FPS Question 2

FPS: For the Past Two Weeks

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:59:22 +0000

So, the past couple weeks have been rather hectic. As many of you know, the site was having server load issues, but we’ve managed to recently complete a server move, and the site seems much more stable now. However, the first question comes from a week of really bad back issues (yeah, this bout of sciatica is rather persistent), but due to Tosh dealing with the server, he was unable to get to Free Points Saturday during that week. Anyway, this is a duo week, so there are two questions. Both of which I have after the jump. Good luck with those! 150 points, 10 chances each! I’ll make at least one of them easy. This more recent series, at the time of the first title’s launch, held the Guinness World Record for having the greatest variety of vehicle types for its genre. What was the name of this series? This should be super easy. If you can’t get this one, there is no hope for humanity. The following 1 members got points for anwering correctly. Kane112 I will try to come up with something a little more creative next time! Good luck! EDIT: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the second question is now in a separate post.

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[Giveaway] More Instant Chances to Win The Marbians for the PSN

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:46:51 +0000

Here’s more chances for you to win the Marbians for the PSN! Just be on of the first four to answer the following question correctly and you’ll instantly win a copy of the game! (I’ll PM you a code here on the site.) In what year does The Marbians take place? The following 3 members got points for anwering correctly. dragon290513 Insomniac_24_7 Paul You can also win by watching our quick news everyday this week for more chances at instant wins; visiting our chat room for random code giveaways; and by following us on Facebook , Twitter , and Google+ , and watching for special giveaway posts/tweets to pop up. Follow the details in those posts/tweets, and you could be playing The Marbians for free!

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[Review] Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012, Deck Packs 1 – 3

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:45:09 +0000

Wizards of the Coast and Stainless Games have released one expansion set for Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012. (We reviewed the game and its expansion .) Since that time, they have released three sets of two additional decks (six decks total), bringing the entire list of decks to a rather impressive nineteen. I was disappointed that Wizards did not advertise these most recent additions. I’m here to bring them to your attention and to give you my take on what’s worth buying and what isn’t, as each of the three deck pack DLC is going for 3 USD on PSN. Deck Pack 1 includes the decks March to War and Ghoulkeeper. March to War is a white/red deck with soldiers and a moderate life-gain sub-theme. The deck’s tribal synergy isn’t terribly apparent, but this is probably necessary for deck balancing purposes, as a better-made soldier deck might well stomp all over the other Duels decks. Also, despite the deck’s red mana base, it is curiously lacking in damage spells. Nevertheless, this is a fun deck to play, and it is quite strong after proper sideboarding. The second deck, Ghoulkeeper, is a third mono-black deck (how many black decks do we need?) with a zombie tribal theme. This deck is slow to get started; for the first few rounds you may have to take some hits. Once you get going, though, you’ll be cranking out the undead like a fiend and supporting weak zombies with lord creatures that give tribal buffs to zombies. And you’ll be resurrecting zombies from the graveyard like mad. This is another powerful deck; it just takes some methodical planning to make a game’s tempo swing in your favor. All in all, Deck Pack 1 is a great buy with two strong decks. Deck Pack 2 features Forest’s Fury and Dark Heavens. Forest’s Fury is, amusingly enough, a mono-green tree tribal deck. Yes, practically all of your creatures are trees (like Ents in the Tolkien universe). I find this deck to be a lot of fun, but it’s not a very competitive deck. You have no fliers and very little flying control, few ways to remove enemy creatures, and a host of expensive, big trees. Still, the trees play well together, buffing each other in interesting ways. Dark Heavens is a white/black deck with a sort of angel & demon theme. It’s an odd deck, but it features lots of evasion (mainly with fliers), interesting defenders that don’t totally suck (defensive “wall” creatures typically aren’t worth playing), some removal, and a healthy smattering of lifegain. This is my favorite deck of the six new decks. It’s a bit tricky to play, but you can set up interesting combos and synergies, and whenever I pilot the deck, the game always feels fresh and new. All in all, though, I’d rate Deck Pack 2 as less effective than Deck Pack 1. If you’re mainly interested in buying winning decks, you might give this one a miss. (Though you’ll be missing out on one deck that’s quite fun and competitive.) Deck Pack 3 contains Beknighted and Trinity of the Elements. Beknighted is a deck that many are complaining about on the official forum as it is considered by some to be too powerful. Well, it is powerful. It’s a mono-white knight deck with remarkably strong tribal synergy (at least when compared to the other tribal decks in Duels 12, like the elves, vampires, and soldiers). However, the deck isn’t unbeatable, for its weaknesses include lack of removal and evasion (or ways of dealing with enemy fliers). Many consider this to be the strongest deck in the game now, so you might want to buy this pack for that reason alone, but the pack is only a couple weeks old, and I’m confident that people will become accustomed to playing against it soon enough. By contrast, Trinity of the Elements is, in my opinion, the weakest deck in the game. It’s only the second tri-color deck in Duels 12: red/green/blue. It has a lot of mana ramp, but the deck is severely lacking in expensive cards to ramp up to. The deck features a lot of cute combat tricks and bounce, and it likes haste creatures and sac creatures, much like the Ral Zarek DLC1 blue/red deck. I find it painful to play with this deck. Unlocking the cards is a real chore, and the three-color mana base is a terrible risk without access to reliable mana fixing. (Here’s a quick hint for anyone struggling with this task: Play against Kiora Atua’s Ancient Depths, blue/green ramp deck. Both of you will spend the first several turns ramping, and then you hope to get some threats on the board before she does. Most other decks will run you over before you have a chance to compete.) At any rate, you might buy Deck Pack 3 for what could be the most powerful deck in the game, but I, for one, find Beknighted to be too straight-forward a deck… easy mode! And Trinity is a terrible deck. Depending on your priorities, I’d be inclined to give this deck pack a pass. I’m happy to see Wizards of the Coast continuing to support the game with fresh, new material. If you love the game, buy all the decks. If you want to pick just one deck, though, the decision is tough. I’d rank Deck Pack 2 top of the list in fun factor, Deck Pack 1 for most powerful overall, and Deck Pack 3 for most powerful single deck. Review Pros Cons Six new decks! Some of the most powerful decks yet Price point is a bit steep for all six Some weak decks The most powerful deck may be too unbalancing Rating 70% This review is based on a retail copy of the PS3 version of Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012, Deck Packs 1, 2, and 3 provided by Stainless Games.

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Blu-ray Releases For The Week Of Jan 23rd

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:49:23 +0000

I heard from a friend that Real Steel has a funny Tekken reference. So I want to watch it at some point. Another classic movie from the 80′s is out this week called See No Evil, Hear No Evil featuring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. I actually watched this for the first time a month ago and it was hilarious. If you haven’t seen it before it’s worth a rent at least. Anything interest you this week? Highlights for this week: Real Steel, 50/50, Paranormal Activity 3, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Notorious, Godzilla (The Criterion Collection), Annie Hall, Manhattan, Wings, Rebecca, Spellbound, WWII in 3D.

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Risen 2: Dark Waters “Making Of” Video

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:35:14 +0000

Here is the first in a series of “Making Of” videos for Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes’ Risen 2: Dark Waters: In this first episode, developer Piranha Bytes talks about the creation of Risen 2′s worlds and the inspiration behind a pirate focused RPG adventure. This game is shaping up to look very good, and I can’t wait to see more. Gothic 1 and 2 were both very good, and hopefully Piranha Byte’s has just improved on those games.

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Free Points Saturday | November 19th

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:47:18 +0000

Saturday once again! This time, I am doing this a bit earlier for those who may not be able to get onto our site later at night (such as for our fans across the pond). I tried to make this one something to search for as opposed to some trivia. Just follow the clues! Once again, the first 10 people get 150 points! A good place to start for information This is a scavenger hunt, so you’ll need to go to the correct places to find the next clue! The answer is one word.

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MW3 Epic Fail

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:26:02 +0000

Adam freeman is an avid Call of duty player and never expected to be facing a gun in real life tuesday morning when he drove home with his copy of MW3. Here are a few quotes from this guy’s interview. I have to admit he is not the smartest guy putting his life on the line for a video game. “It’s the first time I’ve ever had any kind of weapon pointed at me,” “Guy jumped out at me with a 40-caliber pistol,” “I struggled with him for about 20 seconds or so, trying to get the gun out of his hand,” The would be robber is expected to get 18yrs behind bars. Did this guy do the right thing by standing up to his would be robber? Are you as shocked as I am how stupid this guy is for trying to keep his game? Source: NBC

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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Collector’s Edition Announced

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:55:54 +0000

Final Fantasy fans, rejoice! A new entry in the series is just around the corner (a corner guarded by old father time so baby new year doesn’t show up early for the party) and Square Enix has finally realized that while a regular retail release of Final Fantasy XIII was something we tolerated last time… this time we DEMAND a Collector’s Edition for the direct sequel. Turns out our demands have been taken into consideration and we now can look forward to an awesome Collector’s Edition for FF XIII-2. The Box and 4 CD Soundtrack are definitely worth the extra $20 (but I would like it if the artbook was at least 40 pages long instead of 20). Now, when you pre-order you can get different extras to go along with this (as is becoming the norm) and so far the best option is Best Buy since you get a free copy of the FF XIII HC Novel that helps bridge the story between FFXIII and FFXIII-2.

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The Father of Video Games Calls Current State of the Industry a “Disgrace”.

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:34:32 +0000

While today’s gamers sit in front of their televisions with our eyes glued to the screen and hands affixed to their controller we may forget just how video games all started. Long before PlayStation and the Xbox become house hold names in 1972 Ralph H. Baer , a.k.a “Father of Video Games” invented the first home video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey, which also pre-dates the Atari 2600. At the age of 89 Baer has witnessed the evolution of gaming first hand as video games have made the huge technical leap forward from Pong to Uncharted. And while players may be impressed with the changing face of video games over the decades, Baer isn’t too happy with what the industry has become. I think it’s a disgrace,” Baer stated in a recent interview. “What I created got abominated. You can see the same thing in music, literature, art — any form of art,” he added. Despite his dissatisfaction with the entertainment medium he helped create nearly 50 years ago, Ralph H. Baer is still proud of his contribution to the video game industry. In the late 80s Baer created the first motion controller for the Nintendo NES system ( which Nintendo rejected at the time ) that involved a camera mounted on a television which tracked a player’s movements. Sounds a lot like the Eye Toy doesn’t it? Via

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