Elements of Madness

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Posts Tagged ‘star wars’

No Ordinary Week(s)

Posted by sprzzatura on November 8, 2010

Been a crazy few weeks. Two trips to Roanoke, had two impromptu interviews, nailed down some wedding details and became the baddest man in the galaxy.

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Like Choosing A Favorite Child

Posted by sprzzatura on October 15, 2010

How can you do that and not feel dirty? How do you decide which one you prefer over another when, truly, there is no choosing between children. Or, at least, I assume it’s how I’d feel if a) I had kids and/or b) the issue at hand was really about children.

So here’s the dilemma: Dead Rising 2 or Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2?

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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 (Demo)

Posted by sprzzatura on October 13, 2010

Premiering to Xbox 360 Gold members late Monday night, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 demo brings the Sith(Jedi?) secret apprentice Starkiller back the dead. I played the original Force Unleashed on the 360 and loved it. Thought he camera was a little irritating and the force grip controls buggy, as an avid Star Wars fan, I could feel it flow through me with every button push – which was great because that meant I was either electrocuting someone with lightning, moving them out of the way with force push, or chucking them for distance with force grip. I didn’t care if my lightsaber was red, blue, green, purple, gold or black – it cut through AT-ATs, stormtroppers or rogue Jedi with precision. The demo for The Force Unleashed proved that the designers knew what worked and focused their energy on that.

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