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How Fallout 4’s greatest companion ever, Preston Garvey, will have a central role in upcoming DLCs

Anson Chan
February 18th, 2016

If you’ve played Fallout 4, then you probably already know of the greatest companion ever, Preston Garvey. To the enemies that you meet in the main game, he goes by many names: the Settlement Sergeant, the Colonial Crusader, the Boston Boy Scout, and on the list goes. That may be all fine and dandy for ...

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Tags: Bethesda, fallout, fallout 4

Can Fallout 4’s upcoming DLC live up to previous Fallout DLCs?

Anson Chan
February 17th, 2016

Following up on one of the largest game releases in recent history, Bethesda has just announced that Fallout 4 will receive a substantial amount of DLC content. Among other things, you will get to go to Maine (to exterminate some dirty synths, if that’s what you’re into), fight the Mechanist and his robots in the Commonwealth, and ...

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Tags: Bethesda, fallout, fallout 4

Homefront: The Revolution beta impressions: these are the times that try men’s souls

Anson Chan
February 12th, 2016

From time to time, a modern FPS comes along and presents an interesting story that doesn’t put you in the boots of some super secret special forces guy who has to kill all the terrorists to save the world. The original Homefront does that, whereby the United States is invaded and you are a resistance ...

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Tags: Beta, Homefront, the revolution

The Division beta impressions: It’s like Destiny, but with matchmaking!

Anson Chan
January 29th, 2016

When most people see a game title with the Tom Clancy name attached to it, they usually equate it to a fairly realistic, modern combat shooter with some gadgets thrown in to give it that extra “near future” feeling. The Division on the other hand, carries the Tom Clancy brand, but deviates from most of ...

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Tags: The Division, Tom Clancy's The Division

Aria’s Game of the Year Winners – 2015

Aria Maryn
January 18th, 2016

As we turn our backs on 2015, it’s time to round up our favorite games of the year. We saw a lot of excellent video games last year, and everybody has their own list of favorites. I thought that a fun way to start off the year would be to share my favorite games of ...

Is Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 good? Impressions from the open beta

Anson Chan
January 15th, 2016

(Skip to the end for an abbreviated version) When the first Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare was announced at E3 2013, it can be safely assumed that most people had a reaction that was a mix of delightful surprise and healthy skepticism. After all, it’s a game that is based on a tower defense mobile ...

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Tags: Garden Warfare, Plants vs Zombies

Can Bungie sustain Destiny’s (alleged) 10 year plan?

Anson Chan
January 15th, 2016

Many years and one generation of consoles ago, a developer called Bungie set out on one of the most ambitious projects of all time. Though people were anxious, they had faith that Bungie would bring about a new franchise that would last for years, the same way that Halo has become one of the biggest ...

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Tags: Bungie, Destiny

And the best Fallout 4 companion award goes to…Preston Garvey

Anson Chan
January 8th, 2016

Now that Fallout 4 has been out for just over a month, it’s entirely possible that you may have finished the main quest and are looking to complete your second playthrough. Maybe you want to experiment with a different playstyle, maybe you want to see if there are any major decisions or interesting locations that ...

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What might happen in gaming in 2016? VR…exists and microtransactions evolve

Anson Chan
January 5th, 2016

Now that the holiday season is over, and we are finally making some progress in getting through our backlog of games, it is only natural for people to think ahead and wonder what 2016 might have in store for games and gaming technology. After all, 2015 was the year when developers finally started to slowly ...

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Tags: 2016, AR, microtransactions, VR

DLC and microtransactions: have they become predatory, or is it all in good fun?

Anson Chan
December 15th, 2015

As yet another year reaches its conclusion, it’s only natural for one to look back and marvel at how far gaming has come. From the early days of Pong, to the modern era of online multiplayer, to the glimpses of the future where VR and AR headsets might have a place in the living room, ...

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Tags: Destiny, DLC, Halo, microtransactions, Star Citizen

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Category: OPINION PIECES

How Fallout 4’s greatest companion ever, Preston Garvey, will have a central role in upcoming DLCs

Can Fallout 4’s upcoming DLC live up to previous Fallout DLCs?

Homefront: The Revolution beta impressions: these are the times that try men’s souls

The Division beta impressions: It’s like Destiny, but with matchmaking!

Aria’s Game of the Year Winners – 2015

Is Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 good? Impressions from the open beta

Can Bungie sustain Destiny’s (alleged) 10 year plan?

And the best Fallout 4 companion award goes to…Preston Garvey

What might happen in gaming in 2016? VR…exists and microtransactions evolve

DLC and microtransactions: have they become predatory, or is it all in good fun?