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Mass Effect 3 Demo Impressions


This weekend I was all ready to avoid the Mass Effect demo.  I didn’t want any spoilers at all, I wanted to walk into the opening of the game fresh so I could fully experience it as it was intended.  I was doing a good job of avoiding the demo too, until news came out that the PC version was available for download and my resolve disappeared.  Less than an hour later I was playing the PC demo and downloading the 360 version so I could check out the Kinect support as well.  Before I get into the meat of the demo let me just say that the opening sequence still has the same emotional impact on me after 3 playthroughs as it did on the first and I can’t wait to get my hands on the full game in a few weeks. Read the full story

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E3 2011: Mass Effect 3 or How BioWare Saved My E3


At E3 this year, BioWare Executive Producer Casey Hudson narrated a roughly 30 minute demonstration of Mass Effect 3, which is due out in March 2012, to groups of journalists and retailers.  While I will go on at length about the demo let me just say that I was floored by the presentation.  The theater looked like the shuttle interior from the previous game, they were running the game on a 72″ TV, and the audience was made up of people that loved the series as much as I do. Proper previewing environment, check. Read the full story

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About Marooners’ Rock

Everyone grows up; this is how the world works. Just because we grow decrepit and old, however, does not mean we have to forsake the things that make us happy, childish though they may seem. This is the core concept of Marooners’ Rock; we geek out on the things of our past, present, and future. Society and cultural norms be damned!

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