Irrational Games lit quite a spark when it revealed the official box art for BioShock Infinite back in December. The cover was rightfully maligned for boiling a beautiful, unique, and multi-layered adventure down to a generic shot of the protagonist holding a gun in a passive-aggressive stance. The prevalence of this uninspired box art tactic …
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Jan 08
The 7 Best Damn Games of 2011 (Adriaan’s Picks)
It’s fairly evident that 2011 was a great year for gamers, and although the myriad of titles available during the holidays are sure to occupy much space on many a gamer’s best of the year list, it’s important to look back a little further and remember the earlier blockbusters of the year. Although heavy-hitters such …
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Dec 29
Top 7 Games of 2011 (Jason’s Picks)
Yes, we are doing a Top 7, not 5 or 10 or any other “clean” number. What is the reason for this? Well, there isn’t really one. Often 5 can be not enough and 10 too many, but really we just wanted to do something slightly different. And really, what makes 5 or 10 better …
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Oct 03
Dual Wielding 46: Uncharted Battlefield of War
After a 2 week hiatus, the gang is back with their Fall tans. The Fall gaming season is upon us and that is quickly reflected in the first segment as we discuss Gears of War 3, the Battlefield 3 Beta and the SUBWAY Uncharted 3 promotion. We briefly discuss the latest Humble Bundle as well …
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Sep 05
Dual Wielding: Fall Preview ’11 Part 1
The fall gaming season is upon us, and that of course means a barrage of games is about to hit. We help you weather the upcoming storm as we discuss all the major releases of September and October. I still can’t tell the difference between Killzone and Resistance, we discuss the odd hype cycle of …
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Jun 06
Microsoft at E3 2011
Instead of bogging down the site with tons of content, we’ll offer our readers a simple recap/links to the major announcements for each of the big 3 press conference. Microsoft is the first one up, and it seems like they have quite the line-up balancing Kinect titles while leveraging some of their core IP into …
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Apr 25
Dual Wielding 29: Portal Generation
Portal 2 takes our focus through the Whatcha Been Playing Section as Daniel and Adam rave about the early contender for Game of the Year.. or the Forever. There’s also discussion of Sega’s summer line-up with Thor and Captain America on various platforms, and of course the Gears of War 3 beta. The news is …
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Feb 28
Dual Wielding 22: We Dare of War
The gang is back with impressions on BulletStorm, Marvel vs Capcom 3 and the demo of Dragon Age 2. In the news wrap-up, Nintendo has announced a new Pokemon DSi SKU, MS has announced a release date and details for Gears of War, and we discuss a trio of trailers with We Dare leading the …
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Sep 26
Gears of War 3: Bigger, Better, and More Badass Commentary
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September 26, 2011
We’re still prepping our Gears of War 3 review (no one wants to rush through it), but in the meantime check out Adriaan’s commentary during some multiplayer action. As he explains what he feels has changed/improved over the course of the series, and of course get to see the online in action!
Tags: Gears of War 3, Mercy, TDM, video commentary, Xbox 360
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