New Mass Effect?  Five Things We’d Love To See

New Mass Effect? Five Things We’d Love to See

Hmmmm…. “We’re in early stages of designing a completely new Mass Effect game. What would you want to see in it?”  This afternoon Mass Effect Executive producer Casey Hudson sent out a tweet that got the imaginations of Mass Effect fans working overtime.  While this is something we’ve discussed at length on our podcast Rated NA, we’re elated to hear that Bioware is hard at work on a next-gen Mass Effect title.  After a bit of stewing here is what we’d love to see.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown – The Nerd Appropriate Review

XCOM: Enemy Unknown – The Nerd Appropriate Review

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a bold take on a classic genre that hopefully brings new players into the fold. With a ton of depth and customization, players could easily find themselves spending hours upon hours tweaking their squads armor, colors, heads, and haircuts before sending their tiny soldiers out to face their inevitable brutal slaughter (unless you reload). But is it fun? (clicky)

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Borderlands 2 Halloween Skins – All SHiFT Codes Here

Borderlands 2 Halloween Skins – All SHiFT Codes Here

The fine folks at Gearbox Software have given us SHiFT codes to unlock Halloween themed skins for Borderlands which will be good for about two more days. If you haven’t signed up for SHiFT, it’s incredibly easy and can be done entirely from your console/pc’s in game menu. Once you put these codes in, be sure to check your character’s inventory to unlock them. Hope you had a great holiday!

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G4TV: Like A Phoenix?

G4TV: Like a Phoenix?

While both X-Play and AOTS may be going away forever in December, I doubt we’ve seen the last of the cast and crew. I do have to say that I’ll miss is seeing the X-Play posse storm into the tiny press room at PAX: Prime quite a bit. Like it or not, the loss of G4 (in its current incarnation) is a terrible blow to fans of video games and nerd culture everywhere. Perhaps one day we’ll see everyone back together under a new name, rising from the ashes like the proverbial phoenix. Best of luck guys, and thanks.

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