Buying Star Wars: The Old Republic Via EA’s Origin Service Is Tragic
Imagine a thing that’s great. Awesome, even. Now imagine an agent that works to damper that, to make it worse, to totally destroy its goodness, like rain on your wedding day or a free ride when you’ve already paid. I’ve talked about how digital distribution was the magnificent future of video gaming, in which new games could be acquired on Day One without needing to visit a Large Room Full Of Boxes. On impulse, I decided that I should buy Star Wars: The Old Republic, because our good pal Rob recommended it, and since I could only acquire it digitally through EA’s “new” Origin download service, I figured that was a good start. Little did I realize what sort of hazy wormhole I’d have to trip through in order to acquire the game I paid for.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Guide – Companions And Affection (Warning: Spoilers)
One of the interesting Mechanics used in SWTOR is the inclusion of “companions” to the game. Now, when I say “companions”, I’m not talking about the kind that cost $400.00 an hour and require you to pay up front, I’m talking about the kind who travel the galaxy with you and do all of the tasks you’re just too busy to deal with.
One of the dynamics of the companion system is “affection” which relates to how much your companion likes you. The more they like you, the better they perform and more likely they are to succeed when given tasks. If they don’t like you at all, they’re unlikely to want to work too hard and that can be very frustrating.
It is for this reason that we have assembled this guide. To help you, the player, ensure that your companions love and respect you, and will do their utmost to help you succeed.
Read on!
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Windows Phone 7 (Mango Release) – Crave – Sell Out Spotlight
At FleshEatingZipper, we don’t want to clutter our site with ads, whether it’s pop-ups or full page ads that block content. We also don’t believe in pay-walls and want our content to be free forever. In order to do that we highlight sponsors that help keep us running and growing. Please take a minute and check out the video and if you are really awesome, share and leave us a comment! Read the rest of this article…
Star Wars: The Old Republic Guide – Datacron Locations
Star Wars : The Old Republic (SWTOR) has tons of hidden goodies and extras. Today we’re going to be talking about datacrons.
Datacrons are objects in the game which will boost your stats, permanently, for no cost or negative effect. These objects are found laying around in various places and on different planets so finding them can be a bit tough.
For that reason, we are proud to present you all with a list of the known datacrons, and their locations.
We will be doing this alphabetically, by planet. This information has been sourced from myriad locations, including IGN, various WIKIS, the SWTOR guide written by Dealenn from the guild Liberi Fatali and my own experiences during testing and playing the game, because NOBODY has this all in one place, at this point, so if there are any inconsistencies, please let us know and we’ll do our best to fix it.
Enjoy!
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Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol Review
You’re a high tech spy thousands of miles from home, disavowed. All you have left are three partners-in-crime and a train car full of your agency’s last high-tech goodies. You just allegedly bombed the Kremlin and you’ve got to prevent a nuclear holocaust. So what do you do? Anything you can. Produced by Tom Cruise (of course) and JJ Abrams (who directed the series’ last outing), the viewfinder has been passed onto animator Brad Bird, who made the excellent The Iron Giant and The Incredibles and has now made an incredibly slick action thriller in Ghost Protocol, his live-action debut.
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Galaxy Nexus On Verizon + Google Wallet = Leave Your Real Wallet At Home!
If you’ve read the site for a bit, you know I’ve been super excited about the advent of NFC-enabled payment and check-ins. While the latter’s still a little ways out, it’s possible, albeit on extremely rare hardware, to pay for stuff with a few taps of your cell phone, at least in North America. Google’s made a push toward NFC-enabled payments with Wallet, but so far, only one phone on exactly one carrier (the Nexus S on Sprint) supports it. Well, I’m here to tell you today that dreams do come true (if you have a Verizon Galaxy Nexus, anyway) and I’m more than happy to show you how this future of paying for stuff works!
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The Sims FreePlay Review (iOS)
I like to think that evil video game publishers meet once a month to discuss different possibilities on how to ruin fun. One brilliant idea they came up with is free-to-play, a concept where consumers don’t pay for the game up front, but have the ability to purchase items in-game. It sounds all hunky-dory, but when they mess with my favorite franchises like The Sims, I tend to get a little PMSy. Check out the review of The Sims FreePlay after the break!
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Star Wars: The Old Republic – The Review. Includes The Story, So Far.
I think that in order to understand what is going on in Star Wars : The Old Republic it is important that we understand the back story. The events leading up to the game and the time period it takes place in are important because those things also explain why certain thing are the way they are and why the story is – or ISN’T – any good.
Those things effect, in my mind, the plausibility of review scores because, let’s face it, if the game looks good but the story is bunk, that’s a big dent in a review.
So I present to you the review of Star Wars : The Old Republic, along with a very condensed version of the story that got us to where we are now…And even an explanation of where, exactly, we are!
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Scrivener-Mac Version Review
Verizon Galaxy Nexus – The Last Review You’ll Ever Need
Yes, I’m a liar. After ranting about Verizon’s poor handling of the Galaxy Nexus announcement I was bitter and, well, extremely bitter. But now that the phone is out in stores, me ditching Sprint in the process to get it on the Big Red carrier, even the most vile and grim of hearts will melt once you start using it. It may not win on a few fronts in the spec wars, but this is, end-to-end, the best Android phone money can buy. You may have read other reviews about the international version of this phone, but this is the first – and last- review you’ll need on the Verizon version. Let me explain just why.
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