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Don't forget the other song in Portal 2.

I think playtesting specifically mentioned that no one liked the crushers.

MIND=BLOWN.

Also, for those of you have beaten it and didn't get to hear all of it.

Don't forget the other song within Portal 2. You can find it fairly early on (Chapter 2, chamber 3), but it's easy to miss. It's worth noting that this song was specifically written for Portal 2. That would be Ellen McLain, who also voices the Administrator in TF2 and the Overwatch Dispatcher in HL2. Her husband, John Patrick Lowrie, has had roles in Valve games as well - he voices the Sniper in TF2, Colonel Odessa Cubbage in HL2, and some of the citizens in HL2.

SO BRIGHT, IT RENDERS OBJECTS INVISIBLE. Holy shit I just figured out invisibility. Brb Nobel Prize.

Portal 2 is apparently sexist. Steam forums topic Source article I don't think these people have ever played Portal or Portal 2 at all.

The Robot Enrichment section has been somewhat buggy since release. Items disappear, reappear, then disappear again.

You're gonna be moving a lot more in ME3, from the sounds of it. Bioware is apparently reworking enemy AI so that they coordinate attacks and actively flank, instead of just hiding behind stuff and popping up to shoot at you. That's the weird thing. The enemies in ME2 don't just hide behind cover and pop out. They flank you all the time. Hell, they flank you so often that off the top of my head I can think of three or four notorious locations in the game where I'm extra cautious about it. Maybe Bioware means that they want the flanking to be less scripted or predictable. Maybe they just want the enemies to be more aggressive in general so that the player can put the new melee moves to use. To be honest, I thought the enemy AI was perfect in ME2. One enemy would lay down fire while another would move forward. The tough or fast enemies such as Krogan and dog mechs would rush you -- sometimes with a flame thrower enemy alongside them. Nine out of ten times when I died it was because an enemy successfully flanked and/or rushed me. I never really had that issue - maybe because I prioritized targets and killed those that I knew would try to flank me. That usually just left enemies who did nothing but hide behind cover, pop up and shoot, then hide again. I'm expecting Adept, Sentinel, and Engineer to get some love. Infiltrator, Soldier, and Vanguard all played very well, and the other three seemed to lag behind.

You're gonna be moving a lot more in ME3, from the sounds of it. Bioware is apparently reworking enemy AI so that they coordinate attacks and actively flank, instead of just hiding behind stuff and popping up to shoot at you.

The "really bad things" endings doesn't surprise me, considering how depressing DA:O's epilogue is. Heavy Melee? Oh man, I'm all over that.

Slightly off-topic here, but do NOT buy the Bionic Beanie from the in-game store. It's automatically awarded to you for completing the coop campaign. I JUST SAVED YOU MONEY.

There's a chat. You can also ping locations for your partner to look at or place portals, and holding the Tab key (by default) will show the Partner Cam, essentially showing you what they see. It's very well made for co-op.

Bioware working with DICE on weapon sounds? This game is practically going to be an eargasm (in addition to everything else).

Hey now, kudos to Bioware for creating an accurate videogame woman. "Good to see you, Commander." "Good to see you too, Ash." "OMG WTF YOU SON OF A BITCH AASDOADISFASDADKSRKJASD" lolol i maek joke.

From this article. "According to multiple reports today, Nintendo will reveal a new console at E3 this coming June. Game Informer first reported the details, saying the console is capable of running games at "HD resolutions." Our sources have said the the console is significantly more powerful than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and that Nintendo's intent is to recapture the hardcore market. Another source said it is capable of 1080p resolutions. Nintendo is reportedly showing the console to publishers to garner interest for a late 2012 launch. Additional sources tell IGN that Nintendo will release a pre-announcement this month with a full reveal expected at E3 and that the console will be backwards compatible with current Wii software. A report from CVG states the new Nintendo console will use an all-new controller - not an updated Wii controller - with sources saying it will have a built-in screen. Additional sources informed IGN the screen has touch capability." Something else that was also in the header (which I forgot to include) was a note that the new console will apparently be backwards compatible with all Wii software. Unknown if this will apply to Gamecube software as well.

High dragon in DAO didn't fly off to unreachable areas and it didn't spawn tons of baby dragons.

On another note, the Valve ARG is getting weeeeeeeeeeird. By weird, I mean some of the IRC users and members on the Valve ARG wiki started spouting random phrases and codes, and they all changed their names - they're part of the ARG now. I shit you not.

Ah, that's fair enough then. If it's ~$40 of content plus a video feed, then have at it. Not that anyone needs my blessing. Cheers for the info. Blizzcon is notoriously difficult to get tickets to, not to mention some of the other expenses for folks who don't live in California. The tickets will seriously sell out in under half an hour, if they even last that long. They're usually all gone with the first ten minutes. Completely kills Blizzard's websites.