Archive for November, 2008

This Is How Many Headshots It Takes To Kill Somebody In Fallout 3

Tweet I haven’t played Fallout 3. But please, somebody who has, please tell me: do all the NPCs have bulletproof adamantium skulls? I understand every action in the game is determined by stats and behind-the-scenes dice rolls, and that the game isn’t an action game or a shooter, but this is pretty ridiculous, and if [...]

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Should We Be Able To Kill Kids in Games?

Tweet Call me sick, but in my time with Fable 2, I’ve tried to kill kids. Multiple times. You see, my character’s evil. He’d do that. He seduces men and women and takes them under the bridge and puts a flintlock rifle in their faces and pulls the trigger without remorse. He soaks up the [...]

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Riccitiello: “There will be a Mercenaries 3 and … a Mercenaries 10.”

Tweet Pandemic’s sandbox destruction plaything Mercenaries 2 is apparently getting an additional installment (and then some), according to John Riccitiello. The announcement reared its expected head during a post-earnings conference call, in which Riccitiello said: There will be a Mercenaries 3 and, if I have anything to do with it, there will be a Mercenaries [...]

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The Watercooler – 01 November 2008

Tweet The Watercooler is a daily Ripten feature that basically gives people something to talk about. It is the best thing you will see on the Internet today, mainly because it is the best thing I saw on the Internet yesterday. “Hey, did you see that video on The Watercooler today?” This will ultimately be [...]

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