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I try to be good, but I just get slapped in the face.

Well, a month or so ago I asked if they would please order me a CE edition of Mass Effect 3 on the PC (The DLC costs $10 so it's $10 for the bonus swag - that's OK with me for a CE).  They agreed and I put my $5 down.  I got in this afternoon (went during my lunch break) and my buddy who works there was confused as to why

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CCV No We're Not Ready for Next-Gen Consoles (except Wii U)

But do you really need that?  There are some who probably really do (well, need here is strong since nobody needs entertainment, but I hope I'm understood), but most people probably can't tell too much difference between 40 fps and 60 fps.  Screen tearing?  Sure, people can see that.  What about 2x AA versus 8x?

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Confessions of a previously exclusive to Xbox gamer

Growing up my family never owned a console - my parents weren't huge fans of video gaming.  But we did have a Mac with a color screen and for Christmas one year they bought a 10 pack of games and gave my brothers and me a few each.  They were tons of fun - some we never figured out how to play (we may not have read the instructio

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E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy Giveaway!

OK, so, there wasn't much interest in Bunch of Heroes, but maybe I can entice you with 3 copies of E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy to give away?  Just post your steam name in a comment below, add me (pofigster) as a friend on Steam and I'll send a copy your way.  First come, first serve (not in terms of comments, but in terms of frien...

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CCV pofigster's 2011 GOTY

Overall game of the year? That’s an easy answer – Gears of War 3.  Was it the most innovative game?  No.  Was it the best written game?  Probably not.  So why do I award it GOTY?  This is the game that got my wife more into gaming and the first shooter that she actually played and enjoyed.

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Bunch of Heroes Giveaway

I have three copies of Bunch of Heroes to give away on Steam.  If you would like one, please post a comment with your Steam ID and add pofigster as a friend on Steam.  I'll accept the friend requests and send the copies out tonight around 6PM EST. ...

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CCV Why I don't spring for CE of games

1) Quality While I'm certain this doesn't apply to every game (my sample is of convenience, not randomness) I've heard some disappointing things about many collectors editions in terms of the quality of the bonus items.  Batman: AA had plastic batarangs, Halo:Reach's figures had a cheaper s

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Gears of War 3 with my wife!

Others may disagree with this, but something I really appreciate about Gears of War 2+3 is that you can filter the language and gore.  I don't chose to filter the gore because I've never found shooters to be terribly realistic in their depicition, so it's just red splatter, similar to red paint/died corn syrup used at hallo

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Co-op with the wife

I've got Gears of War 3, which largely fits the bill, except that if she gets chainsawed it sets us back and I don't want her to get frustrated (so it fails requirement 2) - I'm thinking Halo 3 might be good since if she dies and I get out of combat it will respawn her immediately, but I've played Halo 3 so many times I'