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Eternal Sonata Preview

Eternal Sonata is a RPG about the final hours of composer Chopin’s life as he travels through his own dream world. Your party consists of three generic archetypes. Your brazen hero, Allegretto, sports all the necessary features a standard melee happy character should. The healer, Polka, carries a cute parasol that seems absolutely worthless but generally deals sufficient blows on the enemies we came across. Finally, the gun wielder, Beat, seems well fit to attack from great distances as his defense is weaker than the other two. Overall, the group is…

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GTA IV: Killing the Xbox 360, Boosting the PlayStation 3

For as much flak as Peter Moore got while leading the Xbox 360 team, it’s hard to deny that his penchant for adorning his arms gave gamers a couple of very memorable moments. I mean, before Peter Moore’s E3 2005 stunt, had you ever seen another executive get a (fake) tattoo for a key franchise (Halo)? And then, not to be outdone, walk into a second E3 with another (fake) tattoo for another franchise (GTA IV)? Seriously, Moore was Microsoft’s biggest publicity whore, and he did a dang fine job of it. But…

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