June 2011
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The Video Game Papers 1: Red Dead Redemption
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Red Dead Redemption is a sprawling epic of a video game, filled with high-octane gunfights, train ambushes, brutal deaths and more plot twists that you can think of. But beneath all of this is an enriching and complex plot, filled with allusions to classic westerns, hidden meanings and ultimately a brutally cynical ending.
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I don’t entirely agree with this...
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Anonymous asked: hey...i've had the biggest crush on you for awhile! i don't go on here a lot. but please message me on www.findersingle.com under the username "wishfulthinker". please don't get all weird. =)
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L.A. Noire -or- To Red Dead Redemption What... →
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I got a copy of L.A. Noire last week and have been having a great time with it. I love Noir genre stories (I used to write my own stupid detective stories when I was a kid). For some reason though, I’m enjoying it but I’m not head over heels for this one.
The issue is that LA Noire is a solid step forward, but it’s not the triumph we expected based on Rockstar’s track record....
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I just want to say Jack is the perfect protagonist →
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fuckyeahreddeadredemption:
And that Rockstar will probably never make another Red Dead Redemption because they have never made a sequel with the same characters.
I agree about Jack being a perfect protagonist. I really enjoy his character, despite so many others hating him. I also think that as far as the honor system goes, with Jack the...
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I just want to say Jack is the perfect protagonist →
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fuckyeahreddeadredemption:
And that Rockstar will probably never make another Red Dead Redemption because they have never made a sequel with the same characters.
I agree about Jack being a perfect protagonist. I really enjoy his character, despite so many others hating him. I also think that as far as the honor system goes, with Jack the freedom of it makes a lot more sense....
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This is a great description of John Marston →
fuckyeahreddeadredemption:
Main Character John Marston is an ex-outlaw who just wants his family back. Cole Phelps is ashamed of what he did in World War II and is one of the few straight-laced cops left in 1940s Los Angeles.
Personally, I like Marston a lot more. He seems more like the average person doing what any of us would do faced with our family being taken without our consent in the...
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When Red Dead Redemption Clicked
dibsonred:
Last year the critics slobbered over Red Dead Redemption so much you’d think the game was paying them to write their hyperbole-infused reviews: “ Rest assured that this is one of the greatest game we’ve played in 2010 so far, and possibly ever.” Choice quote from metacritic there.
When I popped in the disk only two weeks or so ago, needless to say, I was expecting to be let down.
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ginseng-and-honey:
Video Game Challenge: Day 2
Favorite character?
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I’m sorry, such haters exist? Please direct them this way so Marston and I can, um, educate them.
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Time for a shower and some RED DEAD!
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THIS IS A JOHN MARSTON APPRECIATION POST GUYSSSSS.
rainbowinyourveins:
I AM FUCKING IN LOVE WITH RED DEAD REDEMPTION.
WHY AM I NOT JOHN MARSTON.
WHYYYYYYYY
I don’t know, because I keep asking myself the same question.
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