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Our coverage of events and conventions. A GamingAngel is always on the go, so read about it here!
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07Mar
GameStop offers Chance to Live Forever & win a 360
GameStop has hosted some pretty cool pre-order events but this one is pretty awesome. GameStop is giving gamers a chance to be immortalized in Max Payne 3′s Cemetery Multiplayer Map. The Map is a GameStop exclusive pre-order bonus and lucky fans will get chosen to get his/her name featured on one of three tombstones in the cemetery. Can you imagine taking people out in the multiplayer map and see your name on a tombstone? Pretty cool…well and maybe slightly creepy. But it’s a great way to get in a game! There have been two missions already, but we’re here to say it’s not too late! Mission 3 has started now and you have until March 11, 2012 to enter. Here’s how: To Enter: Mission 3 (March 6, 2012 through March 11, 2012) Visit GameStop’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/GameStop to watch the Max Payne 3 trailer and answer a trivia question
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09Feb
Comic Con announces Lightsaber Run to benefit Make a Wish
What better way for a bunch of geeks to donate to Make a Wish Foundation than to involve the Force. Lucasfilm Ltd., Nerdist Industries, Octagon and Machinima have teamed up to create a lightsaber relay leading up to San Diego Comic Con. The relay will start from Santa Monica on July 7 and end in San Diego on July 11. At every quarter-mile there will be a new participate to hand off the official Course of the Force lightsaber to. This coincides with San Diego Comic Con which starts July 12-15. The relay will benefit Make a Wish foundation and there will be many ways for fans to get involved and donate. Any participants in the relay are encouraged to come decked out in their Star Wars gear, but they also want to encourage any cosplay or pop-culture themed gear. “The Course of the Force lightsaber run is a great
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24Jan
Visit the Vita Social Club for high end gaming
Last week, Sony invited GamingAngels to visit the new launch of the Vita Social Club. I visited the Los Angeles location. The Vita Social Club is the coolest way to experience the PS Vita for yourself before you buy. The Vita Social Club is in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Atlanta, New York City, Boston, Chicago and Austin. You can check out the official site to get more information on dates and address. At the event, go with friends or alone, you’ll get some serious one on one time with the PS Vita. You’ll get to choose from a menu of games to try like SoundShapes, UNCHARTED: Golden Abyss, LittleBigPlanet, Little Deviants, WipEout 2048, ModNation Racers, Reality Fighters, and Hot Shots Golf. I’ll be heading back this weekend to get more time with the PS Vita. I wanted to take one home with me at the event, but just so
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15Nov
Convention Beat: November 2011
Despite planning ahead, illness has made me late again this month. Once again, I am wishing I had an unlimited travel budget, along with no other job or family to tie me down to home. There are a lot of fun things happening! Note: I have tried to include information on a variety of science fiction/fantasy, gaming and generally geeky conventions, but I am not guaranteeing this covers everything. Please feel free to suggest other conventions, for this month or future months in the comments! Hurricane Who November 3-5 Orlando, FL Naoko Mori from Torchwood and Arthur Darvill (Rory) will be at this convention, which seems totally cool for a Dr. Who Convention. Also featured are Jeremy Bulloch, who played Boba Fett in the Star Wars franchise, and Paul Bradford from Ghost Hunters, who seem a bit more tangential to the theme (although Jeremy Bulloch has guested on Dr. Who),
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14Nov
Gaming Angels talks Diablo 3 with Wyatt Cheng and Andrew Chambers
At Blizzcon I had the privilege of speaking with Andrew Chambers and Wyatt Cheng about Diablo III. We had some brief discussions about the beta, Diablo possibly coming to consoles and release dates (SPOILER: “when it’s done”). They gave some promising answers to the console question, and some disappointing answers to the others, but I still had a great time interviewing them! Note: I apologize for the poor quality of the interview video. My good camera was in the shop
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01Nov
StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm interview Brian Kindregan
At Blizzcon, I had the chance to do an interview with Brian Kindregan, Lead Writer for StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. We discuss the transitioning story from Wings of Liberty to Heart of the Swarm as well as new units, continuing the story in novels, and some of his favorite characters to write banter for. It was a great time interviewing him and I can’t wait for Heart of the Swarm to be released! (soon….)
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29Oct
New York Comic Con: Final Fantasy XIII-2 Preview
Square-Enix’s Word to your Moogle Tour ended at New York Comic Con this weekend, and I was lucky enough to be in attendance to try out the sequel to 2009′s Final Fantasy XIII. The playable demo available–the same one gamers first saw at E3, is apparently a dated version of the final product we can expect on January 31st. XIII-2 hopes to flesh out the story of the original game, while addressing issues players had with it’s predecessor. The game opens with Serah, Lightning’s younger sister and our new protagonist, Noel battling a monstrous Titan named Atlas. After an intense, but brief bout with him, which utilizes the Paradigm system again, the party winds up in a city, inhabited with quite a few townsfolk and NPCs. One of my personal largest complaints with XIII was the lack of city exploration that gives the game a more humanistic feel, so it
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28Oct
Weekly Roundup: BlizzCon 2011 Edition
It’s the BlizzCon 2011 show! We welcome special guest Steph for talk on all things Blizzard, What They Play’s surprising demise and PlayStation Vita’s “First Edition.” And, as always, we go over what we’ve been playing as well as the usual banter. Download the file here! Please leave us positive feedback on iTunes! You can also leave us a voicemail at (209) 874-6555, and email us at weeklyroundup@gamingangels.com.
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11Oct
First Look – Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
I had played Dead Rising a bit, until the save system got me a bit too upset and I dropped it. This was unfortunate as I loved the rest of the game, but hated dying and having to start full missions over again because I couldn’t find a bathroom to save in. Well with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record my saving nightmare is over, and I had way too much fun playing the new challenge mode. Off the Record brings back Frank West, the hero of the first game. Meaning we get to take awesome zombie pictures again! This expansion to Dead Rising 2 seemingly enhances the game, and gives players new missions to play through with an old favorite. As I said, I got to play around in the more creative challenge mode, which is basically like a giant sandbox play zone where you can just relentlessly kill
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09Oct
PAX First Look: Asura’s Wrath
I had not heard much about this game before seeing it on the floor at PAX, however it initially sounded interesting. Set in an ancient world with a very anime-esque design, the game chronicles the story of Asura. Once a powerful deity, he was betrayed and stripped of his powers by the other gods. Filled with anger over the betrayal, he swears revenge and to resuce his daughter from the seven gods who usurped his own. And the only way he is able to fight back after losing his godly powers is by using his rage. It reminded me a lot of God of War. Once powerful, loses power and swears revenge? Check. Very angry over his situation? Check. Shirtless? Check. Is all of this necessarily a bad thing? Not really. The basic story hearkens back to that of Kratos’s, however that kind of tale can be found in several
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