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Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12271

Phil wrote:

Famitsu gave Kid Icarus a 40/40. They've been scoring much higher lately (and are reported to be paid to do this actually) so it doesn't have the weight it used to. Still, cool to see and I couldn't be more pumped.

There was something on gaf about getting free AR cards for that game from nintendo's site. To lazy to look it up again, but I'm sure you can find it!

Phil · **Posted:** March, 14, 2012 - 11:48am

Dante369 wrote:

Phil wrote:

Famitsu gave Kid Icarus a 40/40. They've been scoring much higher lately (and are reported to be paid to do this actually) so it doesn't have the weight it used to. Still, cool to see and I couldn't be more pumped.

There was something on gaf about getting free AR cards for that game from nintendo's site. To lazy to look it up again, but I'm sure you can find it!

Haha, already grabbed em. They are free for Club Nintendo people.

In the very least this game is a hell of a package. Apparently tons to do, online multi, free cards and a card game worked in, a free stand (ha) and free Kid Icarus NES 3D classic for preorders. Now whether its all good is a different story.

Nate · **Posted:** March, 15, 2012 - 1:13pm

Holy shit. CBS Interactive bought Giant Bomb. CBS owns Gamespot.

The whole reason Giant Bomb exists is because of problems at Gamespot. What the hell is going on?

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12271

Nate wrote:

Holy shit. CBS Interactive bought Giant Bomb. CBS owns Gamespot.

The whole reason Giant Bomb exists is because of problems at Gamespot. What the hell is going on?

Yeah, not sure how to feel about this. The Tested stuff seems like it will be crazy awesome though!

Frank · **Posted:** March, 15, 2012 - 1:56pm

so i read someplace that the ending of mass effect 3 is "awful" "shitty", "wrong", etc. someone care to enlighten me? i've never played any of them and probably never will. feel free to spoil it for me, but use spoil tags of course for anyone else who hasnt seen it yet.

Nate · **Posted:** March, 15, 2012 - 2:04pm

It's short, it isn't changed by the actions of your character in the previous games, and it boils down to a pick 1 of 3 choices type ending. However, all 3 choices are 90% the same. Characters die and you do incredible things to get to the end of that game, at which point it is all made meaningless. There is no "good" ending. You die in every option.

Phil · **Posted:** March, 15, 2012 - 2:25pm

Nate wrote:

It's short, it isn't changed by the actions of your character in the previous games, and it boils down to a pick 1 of 3 choices type ending. However, all 3 choices are 90% the same. Characters die and you do incredible things to get to the end of that game, at which point it is all made meaningless. There is no "good" ending. You die in every option.

Sounds massively effective. Derp.

Phil · **Posted:** March, 15, 2012 - 3:03pm

Bunch of lay offs happened at GiantBomb and 1up from what I've seen. Dante, is Patrick done at GB now? Looked like a big list but I wasn't sure if I read the right thing. What's going on over there?

Frank · **Posted:** March, 15, 2012 - 3:04pm

ok yeah i think i read something along those lines but i guess since i didnt play it it didnt mean anything to me. So:

you make three choices at the end all of which culminate to basically the same ending as well as your own character's death? i know the ME games are all about choices so is that whats causing the rukus? because none of the final three choices lead to basically the same thing?

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12271

Phil wrote:

Bunch of lay offs happened at GiantBomb and 1up from what I've seen. Dante, is Patrick done at GB now? Looked like a big list but I wasn't sure if I read the right thing. What's going on over there?

Giant Bomb was bought by CBS Interactive (GameSpot peoples), so they're moving over there. I think all of the actual GB dudes are making the move. Not super sure.

Phil · **Posted:** March, 15, 2012 - 3:21pm

Dante369 wrote:

Phil wrote:

Bunch of lay offs happened at GiantBomb and 1up from what I've seen. Dante, is Patrick done at GB now? Looked like a big list but I wasn't sure if I read the right thing. What's going on over there?

Giant Bomb was bought by CBS Interactive (GameSpot peoples), so they're moving over there. I think all of the actual GB dudes are making the move. Not super sure.

So Gerstman is right back where he started?
My god.

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12271

GDC Post-Mortem of Portal 2 (w/ the great Erik Wolpaw)

Nate · **Posted:** March, 15, 2012 - 6:17pm

Frank wrote:

ok yeah i think i read something along those lines but i guess since i didnt play it it didnt mean anything to me. So:

you make three choices at the end all of which culminate to basically the same ending as well as your own character's death? i know the ME games are all about choices so is that whats causing the rukus? because none of the final three choices lead to basically the same thing?

Yeah, it's pretty frustrating. The choices are different, but they all end almost exactly the same way. Also, it should be worth noting that at the end, you destroy the mass relays, which means that all these different races that came together to help you at the end are all stranded on earth, which is now pretty much a wasteland. They're doomed either way.

Nick · **Posted:** March, 15, 2012 - 7:58pm

I don't know what I make of the whole GB/Gamespot thing. It really looks like Tested is going to benefit massively from this, I don't know how this will work out for Giant Bomb but I really hope it works out well.

Phil · **Posted:** March, 15, 2012 - 9:40pm

BTW, sorry Nate, somehow I missed your post and Dante's follow up about GiantBomb before I posted mine.

Nate · **Posted:** March, 15, 2012 - 9:41pm

Phil wrote:

BTW, sorry Nate, somehow I missed your post and Dante's follow up about GiantBomb before I posted mine.

Lay off the sauce, man.

Nick · **Posted:** March, 19, 2012 - 7:20pm

Looks like they gave Max Payne his hair back. Good.

Phil · **Posted:** March, 19, 2012 - 7:22pm

He looks younger and doesn't have a beard either. Flashback sequence?

phantomspiker · **Posted:** March, 19, 2012 - 10:23pm

Phil wrote:

He looks younger and doesn't have a beard either. Flashback sequence?

Definitely looks like a flashback, because he is also in New York.

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12271

Invisible Swordsman · **Posted:** March, 31, 2012 - 3:19pm

Steve · **Joined:** September, 9, 2005 - 12:08pm **Posts:** 10353

April Fools?

Nate · **Posted:** March, 31, 2012 - 6:35pm

Almost certainly.

Invisible Swordsman · **Posted:** March, 31, 2012 - 7:06pm

Steve wrote:

April Fools?

I guess could be, but someone must've went to an awful lot of work for it....

http://fireflyuniverseonline.com

Nate · **Posted:** April, 4, 2012 - 12:27pm

Who likes Double Dragon??? Who likes WayForward???

Awesome!

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