Learning about my character

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Normally in a game everything's mapped out for you along the way, and you learn about the character that someone else created. Not so in Fable II, which has given me the only example I can remember of learning about a character that I created.

In dozens of interactions in the Fable II world you have a choice of how to react, generally in cardinal terms of good or evil: you can kill bandits to protect the village or join up with them to pillage in numbers. You can marry, settle down and have kids, or get drunk, sleep with prostitutes and catch an STD.

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September 3rd, 2010
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Metroid: Other M Tops Wii Sales Charts Worldwide

Released in Europe today

Samus's latest adventure Metroid: Other M finally finished charging this week, blowing a hole in wallets across both North America and Japan. According to sales data compiled by Gamasutra, the bounty hunter struck gold, topping the Wii charts in both territories.

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September 2nd, 2010
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Sony Expects Slow Move Sales at Launch, Word of Mouth Crucial

New peripheral to take a long tail approach

Although Sony has compared the Move launch to a new platform release, it's not expecting the first week figures to match those of a new console launch. Ray Maguire, Sony Computer Entertainment UK's Managing Director, doesn't think the initial sales will be massive but that momentum will grow as players get hands-on with the devices.

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You know what PlayStation Move needs? A roller derby game. This news post is my most popular work ever, sadly! http://bit.ly/cxOme1



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Shocking stuff - how things could have changed!RT @nintendolife: News: Rare Reveals Nintendo Wanted to Cancel GoldenEye http://bit.ly/9HHhe3



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Rare Reveals Nintendo Wanted to Cancel GoldenEye

The Bond title nobody wanted but everybody loves

Ahh, GoldenEye 007: so many wasted hours, so many headshots, so many arguments over Oddjob. It all could have been so different had Rare acted on a letter sent by Nintendo that pulled the plug on the shooter.

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