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  • Do Video Games Need Movie Stars?

    Do Video Games Need Movie Stars?

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    Ashley
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    I’ve been watching a lot of the pre-release footage of Halo 5: Guardians, which comes out tonight. I also just finished playing Until Dawn. One noteworthy feature these video games have in common is that some of their characters are based on real-world, recognizable actors. Not just their voices — their entire faces. In Halo 5, the character Buck looks just…

  • Bullet Point Comparison of the “Gears of War” Games

    Bullet Point Comparison of the “Gears of War” Games

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    Ashley
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    This past six weeks, I’ve become kind of obsessed with Gears of War. I played the first game remastered on Xbox One, then proceeded to play the second and third games on my Xbox 360 — all co-op. Each game has strengths and weaknesses. Some missions were really hard to get through. One game in…

  • The Trouble with Tedious Boss Battles

    The Trouble with Tedious Boss Battles

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    Ashley
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    I finished Gears of War 3 over the weekend, and it was amazing. I’m totally in love with this series now. All I have left to play is Judgment, which I’ll probably start on tonight… But there was one thing about Gears of War 3 that drove me a little nuts: the final boss battle.…