Let’s cut to the chase. The entire point of Bulletstorm is to “kill with skill”. This involves dispatching your targets in the most creative, often the most gruesome ways possible. Doing so rewards you with skillpoints which you can use to resupply your weapons and unlock charged shots for them. Everything else is secondary to this. The graphics, audio, voice acting and story all act as backdrops to the skill-based shooting.

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If you played the original, the first thing you’ll notice about Crysis 2 is that you’re more confined. You’re not in the jungle anymore so the wide open space that was there back then is all gone, replaced by the urban landscape of a ravaged New York. There’s a plague spreading in the city and you find out early on that it isn’t man-made. You’re almost killed by its creators in the introduction.

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I wanted to like Green Lantern. I really, really did, but it’s tough to like something when nearly everything you know about it became unrecognizable onscreen. Was that supposed to be Hal Jordan? Was the movie supposed to be a Green Lantern story? Yes, obviously, but I shouldn’t have to ask those questions in the first place.

This post contains spoilers. You may want to stop reading if you haven’t seen the movie yet.

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Disclaimer: The text below is a 100% honest-to-goodness review of the above-mentioned guide. I do not earn anything from writing the review nor from providing the links below.

Here’s a review of The Ultimate Rogue Raiding Guide from PVE Rogues:

PROS:
• Has everything you need to know to get your rogue ready for raiding.
• Uses a friendly, easy to understand approach to explaining rogue concepts.
• Having all that information in one package is very convenient. The cheat sheet is a huge bonus.

CONS:
• The information is also available online.
• Very text heavy. Prep your reading glasses.

The biggest advantage that you can get from this guide is convenience. I mean, yes, the content itself is excellent. It has everything you need to know to get into raiding as a rogue. It tells you what enchantments you need, what glyphs to get and what specs to use. It even tells you exactly what your rotation should be.

The text and flow are easy to understand so the only requirement that it asks from you as a player is that you have a rogue at max level. While it’s arguable that the content is also available online, what it offers differently is that it bundles that information in one convenient package.

One last thing: the website offers free upgrades so I’m assuming that if anything changes with future patches, the guide will get updated as well.

Interested parties can get it here:
http://www.pverogues.com/products-page/

From the official Twitter account:

The first review of Mass Effect 2 on PS3 is out and it gets a 93% from Gamesmaster magazine! Check it out here:http://bit.ly/gD8wW5

So I just finished Lair of the Shadow Broker two days ago. Here’s what I can tell you guys about it:

The Shadow Broker is the most powerful information broker in the Mass Effect universe, a mysterious yet lingering presence capable of manipulating people, factions and perhaps even entire planets to do his bidding, all while remaining hidden in the background. Who he is and how he’s able to do allthis have been unanswered questions since the first game. Reuniting with former squadmate Liara T’Soni in the second installment reveals that he had a hand in recovering Shepard’s corpse and, somewhere in the process, earned Liara’s wrath. Lair of the Shadow Broker promises to take you to his base of operations and a chance to continue your relationship with Liara. Does it deliver? Read more… »

So you’re done with Dragon Age: Origins. You’ve slaughtered the Archdemon, saved Ferelden and paved the way for a new monarch. Now, the expansion is out. Will it give you enough reason to don the old armor and head back to the fray?

Dragon Age: Awakening is a strong expansion for the series. Almost everything that you liked about the original is retained here. The story and setting progresses in a logical sense and is ultimately satisfying. Players are given more specializations, skills and talents to further define their characters. Combat, while unchanged, is still a lot of fun.

Before we go on, note that my playthrough was with an imported mage from Origins. This means that I’m using the OP class and I’m more than familiar with the original. This isn’t a fresh look into Dragon Age as a whole, but I am writing this after finishing one playthrough of the expansion. Also, I do not intend this to be a full-blown review. I just want to highlight the good, bad and so-so points of the game. With that said, let’s move on.

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