If you follow me on Twitter or Google+, what I am about to announce won’t be news to you, but hopefully you’ll still be just as excited: today is my last day at Marooners’ Rock.

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Dull, drab, mundane: three words that don’t describe Child of Eden in the slightest. On the contrary, Tetsuya Mizuguchi and the rest at Q Entertainment deliver a stunning audiovisual experience with a wide spectrum of colors that would make any rainbow jealous, and music that is so heart-pumping that a raver would feel at home.

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2009 was a pretty horrible year for me. In the course of one weekend I managed to lose my entire family. One was through death, and the others were through a reason I won’t get into, but it was beyond my control and completely blindsided me. To then be only 26 and have no family, no identity… it shocked me to the core. To this day I don’t think I have fully recovered from it, as the loss seems to become magnified on special days like birthdays and holidays, but there is one thing that has been able to help: Assassin’s Creed.

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With less than 4 months until we see the end of Ezio Auditore, today Ubisoft released the trailer for Assassin’s Creed: Embers, an animated short film to accompany copies of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. While the trailer is a bit of a downer, it does answer some questions that I’ve had for a few months.

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If you’re a longtime reader of Marooners’ Rock, you know that I’m not a fan of MMOs. If this is your first time reading Marooners’ Rock, hello. My name is Lindsey and I am anti-MMO. Now, I’m sure that, based on this current admission, you’re wondering why I am writing an article about an upcoming MMO. The answer is simple: TERA kicks ass.

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For several months PS3 owners have been most jealous of their 360 counterparts as they’ve been the recipients of all the NinjaBee goodness. Fortunately for the Sony lovers, NinjaBee heard their cries and recently released Akimi Village. As a game that I like to call Keflings version 1.5, how does it hold up to previous offerings?

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It took a bit to compile everything but the results are in! Congrats to mom4everandever for winning the War of the Worlds poster! Aldo, Arthur, and Volcombrandon are our Hulkster t-shirt winners! Congrats to Spookygirl for winning the Cooking Mama oven mitt and to Josh Moore for snagging the Neverwinter tote! Finally, congrats to Yohan Kim for winning the Atari tee and to Granite_Grizz for the Aliens: Colonial Marines tee! Winners, please email your shipping addresses to [email protected] so we can get your goodies out!

Hey everybody! Today is my birthday and, sadly, this means that I am now on a daily countdown to 30 as I have begun my 29th year on this kooky planet. Now, I know the traditional thing is for people to be giving me presents and all sorts of amazing stuff, but we still have a bunch of E3 swag and I thought it would be nice to share the wealth. Want to see what we have? Scroll down!

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Random.org has spoken! Huge congrats to our 4 winners: Mark Litzinger, Volcombrandon, Wchillinman, and James Chodes! Please email [email protected] your shipping addresses so we can get these awesome prints off to you all!

Happy Friday, Assassins! If you happen to follow us on Twitter, you would’ve seen our tweets telling you all about this contest. If you aren’t following us on Twitter, shame on you, and get on that shit – @Marooners_Rock. So, today is the day and I gotta say this is a pretty sweet contest. Check out the goodies below!

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In addition to all of the crazy games debuted at E3, gaming accessories are a must-see. From the larger, well-known companies to the smaller ones ready to make a big splash, you never know what surprises are in store. I was thrilled when I had to chance to book an appointment with Nyko, as I absolutely love the Charge Station for our 360 controllers, and was excited to see what goodies they had to show off.

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Congrats to our winners! Andrew snagged Star Trek and granite_grizz will be receiving our War of the Worlds combo pack! Email [email protected] with your mailing address so we can ship your goodies to you!

Two contests in one day? Is this even happening? Oh I think it is! This time around we have some sweet movies for you guys!

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