by Erik Kain on March 6, 2012
Mass Effect 3 launches to high expectations – does it live up to the hype? Oh yes…. Mass Effect 3 is awesome. I don’t mean to simply say that it’s a great game, though it is; I mean that it fills you with awe. Video games are becoming more and more like interactive films, and the [...]
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by Erik Kain on March 5, 2012
Mitt Romney? Rick Santorum? Forget these guys – Commander Shepard is back… The internet will be abuzz tomorrow with predictions of Mitt Romney’s doom as the candidates gear up for ‘Super Tuesday.’ Ten states hold Republican primaries Tuesday, and the lack of enthusiasm for either Rick Santorum or Mitt Romney this election cycle is painfully [...]
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If Star Wars had been set in feudal Japan, this is what a Storm Trooper would look like: That’s from digital artist Clinton Felker. See more amazing images at BuzzFeed. Now I kind of wish they’d extend the Star Wars universe into a more Far Eastern setting… See also: Star Wars Isn’t a Religion It’s [...]
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If Star Wars had been set in feudal Japan, this is what a Storm Trooper would look like: That’s from digital artist Clinton Felker. See more amazing images at BuzzFeed. Now I kind of wish they’d extend the Star Wars universe into a more Far Eastern setting… See also: Star Wars Isn’t a Religion It’s [...]
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Last week I wrote about the option in Star Wars: The Old Republic to torture a slave companion named Vette by shocking her with a shock-collar and making her watch as your Sith Warrior had sex with the widow of a man you’d just killed. I said this was a sign that games and the [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 3, 2012
I have no idea what being a female gamer must be like, but I know that girl gamers deal with a lot of sexism from other online players. I also know that games tend to portray women as scantily clad and unrealistically proportioned. Girls get plenty of this from media designed for them. just make [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 19, 2011
BioWare’s epic massively multi-player online RPG Star Wars: The Old Republic debuts tomorrow, December 20th, and is sure to sell more than a few copies. Despite some bugs and issues with wait-time on the game’s servers, the game is set to launch as planned. Over two million people joined in the beta testing. I was [...]
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I’ve been playing the tester version of Star Wars: The Old Republic for the past few days and I’m impressed. I can see why analysts predict the new Bioware title will steal away droves of World of Warcraft subscribers. I won’t say too much just yet, but so far the game is a lot of fun. [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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