It really seems to be quite popular to hate on Activision and Infinity Ward nowadays.  Honestly, I have no idea why.  I mean, it’s not like the CEO acts like a complete jackass to his customers’ faces or that they decide to jack up the price because millions of lemmings would gladly give their bank [...]

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Is this really what we’ve come to? Getting offical responses from EA and DICE about their server issues that say, Turn your Xbox 360 off and then on to fix the issue? Seriously? Shouldn’t we be past this now in the fifth iteration of the Battlefield franchise?
I’m no tech guru, but when the issue is [...]

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We’ve already reviewed Battlefield: Bad Company 2’s single player offerings and found them to be good, but not great. That’s okay, because, since when have you ever bought a Battlefield game for its single player offerings? If you said anything other than “never” then you and I can’t be friends. Sorry, it has to be [...]

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We’re back with our tightest show yet! Havok Saunders joins us for an in-depth look at Heavy Rain, filled with spoilers and more uncanny valley breast jokes than a Heidi Spencer roast… We also take a brief tour of Battlefield Bad Company 2 and learn how 8 Bit Bass REALLY enjoys Oscar Night on this [...]

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Sweetwater, Marlowe, Haggard and Sarge are back! Having just crashed through the single player campaign for Battlefield Bad Company 2, I wanted to get my impressions of the single player portion of the game up.  Lono will be providing a comprehensive review on the multiplayer portion of the game tomorrow.
I really enjoyed the first game’s [...]

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 or BFBC2 for short is upon us. The sequel offers more game modes, maps, weapons, vehicles and terrain types than ever before. The question is: How will you survive and thrive online?
I have ten helpful tips to keep you alive and leveling up.
10. In any gametype, stay close to the medic. [...]

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Editor’s note: I received this in my email inbox today from faithful reader Odwalla. I thought it was hilarious and I hope you do too!
From: Shepard, Commander
To: <alias>Normandy – Female Crew
Subject: Want to clear the air before we go through the O4 relay
Ladies:
I am getting increasingly frustrated with the amount of time I am having [...]

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In breaking news, Electronic Arts announced that Mining Hero, based off of the extremely successful RPG/shooter Mass Effect 2, will be coming to Xbox Live arcade for a mere 1600 Microsoft points next week.  This comes in response to what the company is calling “massive demand” for an outer space mining simulation.
“We’re really happy with [...]

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Editor’s note: This is a first in what could be a weekly series that will pit two games, with not so similar gameplay, against each other to determine which has the better Firefight!
Two of what could be Game of the Year contenders have already been released. Mass Effect 2 is a sprawling RPG with fantastic [...]

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There certainly is a lot going on in Mass Effect 2. Lots to see and talk about. And talk about, and talk about and talk and talk and talk… There’s so much dialogue that some people might skip over things. If you’re a skipper, here’s some things you might have missed in Mass Effect 2.
Liara [...]

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