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A few months ago at CES 2011 Sony demoed a Personal HD/3DTV, all bundled up into the form factor of a head mounted system. During its first demo the device was just prototyped without plans of sale however, Sony has announced that the device will now be released at a later time in 2011 with the title of the Sony Personal 3D Viewer or HMZ-T1.

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     Not long ago Bioware started a facebook contest to see which of the 6 lovely candidates would make it as the new default female Shepard. in the fist round the blonde adaptation of Shepard won by a considerable amount of votes, but in this reveal VIDEO hosted by Jennifer Hale (FemSheps voice actress) round two the redheaded Shepard won with a landslide victory, trumping all of the other contenders.

     This Shepard will be featured on the cover of the collectors edition box art as well as be included as the new default character model in Mass Effect 3. I'm glad to see fans share my opinion that this new Shepard is undoubtedly badass and thanks to their votes, I know who I am going to be playing as in Mass Effect 3.   

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-Christian "G+" Spring

From Dust is a game that has caught my attention and intrigued me since the get go with it's graphics alone. Overtime I began to watch for demos and trailers hoping to get a glimpse of what I was so excited about. The truth is I was both surprised and delighted at the direction and the content the designers had decided to put out there. 

In the game you are "god". We all know this has already been done quite successfully in the past and I'm sure you are wondering "what makes this game any different?" I'll tell you what is different…first off, the game has enough of a purpose that you can't just free mode it all the time. There is a strategy element to the game that forces you to act quick and efficiently to save the tribe of people that are at your disposal, and to make sure that you don't just dispose of them, the people in the game can impact the environment, make choices, and are directly effected by your decisions. Basically you can grow to like them and it will make you feel a whole lot worse when you watch them all drown in a tsunami. Additionally, the game plays like an RPG on some levels. Your decisions in the game effect the way you play the game and how people like you. This allows you to be a benevolent savior or a malicious deity to the poor village personnel…will you control them with compassion or fear? The choice is yours. In fact every single thing in the game with the exception of natural disasters is controlled by you. 

Overall the game looks beautiful and it seems to be a game that is worth pre-ordering. I already have. Oh yeah and if you pre-order through Steam, you get a free hat that looks really freaking cool. Just saying. 

If you haven't played this game, then shame on you. There we go, end of story. 

The gameplay was actually really fun and great for an NES title, it was a definite babysitter for my brother and I when we were growing up. The game is all PVE and all you get to fight are bosses. Every single boss character in the game takes a certain strategy and their own fun personality, and it is fun to play as the green gloved underdog as you try to beat Mike Tyson. To make the game even more cool, the referee is clearly Mario and your trainer is clearly overweight. 

This is one of those games that are required to have been played for your existence to be accounted for. Only spies and cutthroats have failed to play it. 

Random guy, “hey Colton, how do you like working at playxpert? I bet working on computers all day is boring as all heck!” Me, “well now random guy, it’s time I taught you a lesson in awesomeness.” Working at playxpert/metaxpert is literally the best job I have ever had, and I wish that I could have worked here sooner. To get an idea at the sheer supreme fun that is here, let me tell you about my average day.

First, I drive into town to go to my job and get to park at the beach that is maybe a block away, I then walk across a bridge that spans across a river that is parallel with our lake. Basically I have a beautiful walk on my way in. If I look behind me there is construction work going on for the new bypass, however it is not ugly and actually looks like a structure being built in Minecraft (seriously, there are lots of blocks made of dirt with grass on top). At this point I am about to walk into a very pretty looking building. Read More…

James Bond: Golden Eye, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Halo, Star Fox 64, Cave Story, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Super Mario 64, Perfect Dark, Pokemon Silver or Gold…what do all of these titles have in common? They have all been, or are being re-made into titles for current gen consoles. A lot of the time these remakes are just a polished re-cut gem. They were once priceless to you, but over time they grew less and less and eventually you just stopped playing them despite how much enjoyment they bring you. It's the job of the people who re-create games to spit shine it up, add some more content, and feed the nostalgic dragon lurking inside your dungeon of a heart. Now this actually isn't a bad thing, I personally love picking up old games and playing them (look at my daily game posts), it's just fun. Plain and simple. 

Now, since we have established my love for old games, and sat down and had a touching moment of remembrance together as our favorite games passed before our eyes in a string of fuzzy yet familiar memories and left us with a warm tingling happiness in our chest, let's think about some games that SHOULD be re-made.

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