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RandomSpoon - Star Trek vs. Star Wars

Ha, this is fantastic!

GameSpoon - Zero Punctuation: Star Wars

Watch this video, study the video and you too can learn the deadly art of random-shaking-fu!!

RantSpoon - The Force Unleashed Glitches

Ugh, I love this game, but the glitches are getting to me. I have been consumed with finding all the Jedi Holocrons, but I hit a "glitch" that has caused some headaches.

On the last two levels of the game, the "mission objectives" menu has somehow died on me. Strange. It will not keep track of my score, side-mission and - worst of all - the number of holocrons I've found. Ugh. This means, I have no idea how many I have found. Typically, I find all but one, then I have to go back through the levels to hunt down the last one. However, on these two levels, I can't tell how many I've found! Which is causing me to check EVERYWHERE on each of these levels, just in case I missed one.

The second major glitch I've encountered, was...wait, this is a spoiler...well, when I fought a major character in the end of the game, the game froze - except for me. I could move around, but my opponent just stood there, stopped moving. I could attack this character, but could not cause any damage. I spent about 20 minutes trying to get the game to trigger a different function, with the hopes that it will break out of the loop that caused it to freeze...no dice though. I just hope it doesn't happen again.

These glitches suck, but I secretly love it. It reminds me of the old days of the NES. Playing games back in the day where you could encounter glitches that would cause you to restart the game! Ha, those were the days.

GameSpoon - The Force Unleashed DLC

Fantastic news from Kotaku...well, at least I think so! The (amazing) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will have DLC available for it soon. What will this encompass?

New Campaigns and New Characters!!

This is fantastic news. According to Kotaku, LucasArts plans to release four new characters and a campaign mode that is set in the Jedi Temple. The DLC will be available for both the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3.

This begs the question, "when?" Answer: the coming months. I know, I know, but in the next month, LucasArts will be releasing some different content - new costumes and charater models that are fashioned after Luke Skywalker, "help me" Obi-Wan Kenobi "you're my only hope," Ki-Adi-Mundi and Kit Fisto.

Read more here and big thanks to Kotaku!

GameSpoon - The Force

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is selling fast...REALLY FAST. In fact, the game is the quickest selling Star Wars game ever! I know I am full of glee to know that I helped contribute to this historical event...is this an event??

So, how fast is FAST? Let's find out...

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has become the fastest-selling Star Wars game of all time, according to a release from LucasArts, with the title selling 1.5 million copies globally across six platforms in the first five days of sale.
Gamasutra

$$ Cha-ching $$
That's fast and I'm sure Lucas Arts is pleased with this. This game is fantastic though, I enjoy it very much and I highly recommend it.

GameSpoon - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

A Review: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
So, I've finally be able to sit down and log some quality time with this game; a game I've been waiting a long time to play. What are my initial thoughts? How do I feel about the game now that I've tried it? Are there any problems that I experienced? Let's find out:

This game is awesome. Really, this game is truly awesome. "The Force Unleashed" is just plain fun to play, period. This game is also about THE FORCE. I know some people are all hyped-up on playing this game on the Wii, because EVERYONE (self included) wants to wield a light-saber....on the Wii, as if the entire system was built only for Star Wars. I love that idea! But, this game is about kicking ass with the Force.

At the start of the game you find your first playable character to be none other than Darth Vader, with the extreme power of the force at your command. Experiencing the power of controlling the force through Vader for the first time literally made me say "wow," which was then followed by an uncontrollable urge to unleash "giddyness."

Okay, so back to the game. The point of the prologue is to setup the foundation of the game, which - as we all know - is about Darth Vader's dark, secret apprentice. So it's not long before the game passes the once mighty control you thought you finally had over Vader to his apprentice; no worries, he is pretty badass himself.

I am a huge fan of the "Knights of the Old Republic" series (KOTOR for short), so this game clicked for me instantly. I found many similarities between KOTOR and, believe it or not, Lego Star Wars - another series that I love. Due to these connections/similarities, I felt very comfortable with "The Force Unleashed"; I had a familiar sense of the game mechanics. "The Force Unleashed" may share concepts from those other games, but it is an entirely new game to experience.

Yes, I've been praising the game non-stop here, does that mean that it was perfect? No, of course not. I saw quite a few glitches during the game - loading screens would quickly flash various things across it, the cut-scenes had choppy transitions at times, and I even saw a twitching body of a stormtrooper that completely reminded me of Halo 2...anyone? I also experienced a strange visual issue, as if my Xbox/HDTV couldn't handle the graphics requirements or something. Lastly, using the Force Grip took some getting used too, but after a while, it wasn't so bad.

Would any of those pseudo-issues prevent me from recommending the game? Hell no. BUY THIS GAME - support the developers that put this out, it is fantastic. I really think that you'd enjoy this game.

TOTAL SCORE 8 out of 10

GameSpoon - Even the Minnesota Twins are excited for "Star Wars: Force Unleashed"

Star Wars: Force Unleashed is generating a lot of buzz these days. With today marking the games release, people have been seeing appearances by the series main characters all over the place.

Like here... The Tuedsay September 16th Minnesota Twins Game against the Cleveland Indians is brought to you by none other than Darth Vader.



You can see the full schedule at www.MinnesotaTwins.com

GameSpoon - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Star Wars: Badass-ness, aka The Force Unleashed, launches tomorrow (9/16)! If you are not already planning on getting this game, then you need help. Sorry, it's just the way it is. This game will be fantastic.

BUY IT!

Learn more at LucasArts.com

GadgetSpoon - PhoneSaber

Well I don't know about you, but soon, I won't have to think twice about entering a dark alley anymore. Why? Because I'll have my trusty light phone saber! Is the Force with you?

The ever popular PhoneSaber iPhone app is coming back and yes, it'll still be FREE!

Read on - MacRumors.com