2012 will in all likelihood be the last holiday season dominated by the current generation of console platforms and was another very strong year of gaming (uninspired box art trends aside). The survival of the Mayan Apocalypse means I now get to share with you some of my favorite games from the past year, especially …
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Dec 10
Dual Wielding 92: Mass Xenoblade Uprising Boxart
We continue our Game of the Year countdown by covering the months of March, April, May and June 2012. This includes major releases like Mass Effect 3, Kid Icarus Uprising, Xenoblade Chronicles, Journey, Max Payne 3 and Spec Ops: The Line. Along the way, we revisit old wounds, new delights and what it takes to …
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Apr 09
Dual Wielding 64: Mass Uprising To an End
The cast may be a bit gutted this week, but there’s a lot to be had here. First, after a month of petitions, “entitlements”, FTC complaints, the EA/Bioware/Mass Effect problem finally has a solution. Is it one we agree with? Find out. Kid Icarus Uprising has been bested, is it the game for you? And …
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Mar 26
Dual Wielding 63: Kid Icarus Uprising to the Normandy
Pit flies into action this week as Kid Icarus Uprising dominates the first segment of the podcast. The winged-angel’s return to the 3DS proves to be entertaining for Earl and Martin. Jason discusses his time with Mass Effect 3 multi before moving on to news. LittleBigPlanet Karting, Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two and …
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Mar 19
Dual Wielding 62: We Start a Petition
Mass Effect 3 is what’s on everyone’s mind. From Jason and Martin sharing more of their impressions/thoughts on the game, to the reveal that there was a Mass Effect FPS in the works… to of course the controversy surrounding the Mass Effect 3 ending and the community backlash (we manage to stay spoiler free for the …
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Mar 15
Review Shooter– Mass Effect: Infiltrator
Electronic Arts has barraged quite a marketing push for BioWare’s trilogy-concluding epic, Mass Effect 3. Among the usual stable of ads, space-travelling copies of the game, an art book (with DLC), action figures (with DLC), and two other iOS apps, Mass Effect: Infiltrator (released the same day as its console sibling) has one thing to say …
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Mar 12
Dual Wielding 61: Kinect’d to Mass Effect
This week’s episode kicks off with discussion of the biggest game of the month, Mass Effect 3, but while dancing around spoilers we give vague impressions. There’s also talk of CastleVania: Lords of Shadows and I Am Alive, and somehow talk about the Facebook game, Avengers Alliance. News has tons of news from MS including …
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Feb 13
Dual Wielding 58: Happy Endings and New Beginnings
This week’s Dual Wielding kicks off with brief discussions on the Mass Effect 3 demo and impressions of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, before breaking down into a non-fact checking fun. The news features talks of the down NPD, Guiness’ Top 50 Video Game Endings, the value of Gran Turismo and so much more. And we …
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May 09
Dual Wielding 31: Delayed Reaction
Its been two and a half weeks since PSN went down, and still hasn’t come back up so of course its the first thing on the gang’s mind, but we do move on to talk about the most shocking delay of Mass Effect 3 (Everyone saw it coming). On the bright side, Ubi Soft’s already …
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Feb 14
Dual Wielding 20: No More Hero Edition
Activision is once again in the eye of the storm this week on Dual Wielding between the cancellation of the DJ Hero, Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk games, and the announcement of even more studious focused on Call of Duty, it was a big week for the 3rd party developer. However, they weren’t the only …
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