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Elder Scrolls V Skyrim

Warning: This review will most likely contain a few spoilers. Read at your own risk. Status: Completed in 29 days (minus glitched quests), reached Level 62, 179hrs 17mins 37secs Achievements: 47 of 50 Gamerscore: 940/1000 DLC Purchased: None The fifth installment in Bethesda Game Studios’ epic role playing franchise, Skyrim offers players an exceptional adventure in the northern most province of Tamriel. …

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Book of Heroes

Yuriko Morisaki’s life does a major 180 one day when she is removed from class and sent home for the rest of the day. None of the adults will tell her what’s going on, and when she finally finds out, it is the worst kind of news possible. Her brother viciously attacked students in his …

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Gears of War: Aspho Fields

As a huge Gears of War fan, I was excited when Epic and Random House announced that there would be novels filling in some of the gaps and back story behind the award winning video game franchise. This first novel would not only take us back to the often referenced battle at Aspho Fields, but …

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Professor Layton and the Last Specter

Status: 1 playthrough of The Last Specter complete Total Time:  19hr 1min Puzzles Solved: 138  Total Picarats: 5048 Professor Layton and the Last Specter (or Specter’s Flute, depending on your region) it the first in a trilogy of prequels to the best selling puzzle series. Layton receives a letter from his old friend Clark Triton, requesting his help …

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Fallout New Vegas Honest Hearts DLC

Status: Completed Honest Hearts and unlocked all 5 achievements Achievements: 49 of 75 Gamerscore: 965/1655 After previous experiences with Fallout 3’s add on content suffering major release issues, I decided that I’d wait a while before picking up new quests for New Vegas. I didn’t want to be burned again with purchasing content on release day and being …

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Extra Life

Extra Life 2011 – Sponsor Me!!

October 14th Update: Many thanks to all of my friends and family members who helped me reach my goal this week. I couldn’t have done this without you. You will be putting smiles on faces and for that, you are heroes. Now onto my gaming schedule for the big event! I will be starting at …

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Project Backlog

Persona 4

Status: Finished Persona 4 once on Normal (107h 40m) with the Good Ending, started New Game+ on Expert The Persona franchise is one of my absolute favourites. It combines so many things that I love into one giant ball of twistedness, and I always go back in for seconds or thirds. Persona 4 is no exception …

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Gamer Scribbles

And So Turn the Gears of Our Lives

This September another video game trilogy comes to a conclusion. The Gears of War saga has a dear place in my heart as one of the games that helped me get through the long-distance leg of my relationship with my husband. These were games we played together for the cooperative experience, something to do as …

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Alan Wake’s The Signal and The Writer DLC

Status: Finished both The Signal & The Writer DLC Achievements: 41 of 67 Gamerscore: 740/1500 Months after finishing Alan Wake’s original content and downloading both DLC add-ons, I still hadn’t gotten around to actually playing the new episodes. I’d see the box for the game sitting on the top of my 360 shelving unit and think “Maybe this …

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