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The Daily Grind: Leaving your last love behind
Let's face it - we invest a lot in our characters over time. Maybe you have that one devoted main that you come back to, no matter what happens. Perhaps you've spread your love over a series of alts. Whatever the case may be, the truth is that many of us tend to get emotionally invested in our characters as time passes. We've worked hard, gotten them nice gear, picked up a nice mount, gotten an in-game house, etc. (depending on game). So, when the shine has worn off your old favorite game, and you're at the point where it's time to move on, how do you say goodbye?The team here have done everything from visiting favorite zones one last time; logging out in a particularly pretty area; throwing a party with friends as a way to burn off back-stocked food/drink; or logging out in the place where we felt we had the most fun in the game. There again, others on the team just logged out and didn't really care, although it seemed like more often than not, that was the case in games we didn't really click with anyway. This morning we thought we'd ask you - when you've moved on from game to game, retiring your old adventuring 'friend' as it were, did you do anything special before you signed out and shut the account down? Or did you just sign out without a second thought? If you did something special, what did you do?
X3F scores Gears 2 COG tag, numero two
With only 1000 in existence the Gears of War 2 COG tags are some of the most sought after bonus items to acquire for any Xbox 360 game, and now X3F now has two. This tag, coming from a small stockpile of only 30 in Canada, comes straight out of Toronto and enjoys hockey, Tim Horton's coffee and the Toronto Maple Leafs -- as bad as they are, unfortunately. Want to unlock its secrets? Check out the Gears of War 2 COG tag 'Last Day' site to find out what this tag reveals. Punch in the CSID #: 777150-V2V3U-EL and unlock the mystery within ... spoiler, it's a rad wallpaper image of Marcus Fenix pulled from the Last Day trailer.Make sure to check out our hands-on with Gears of War 2 Act One today!%Gallery-35591%
Gears of War 2 'Last Day' ad as haunting as 'Mad World'
We're sure it'll be endlessly debated, but the Gears of War 2 ad "Last Day" may have just topped the moving and oft-parodied "Mad World" ad for the first game. The 60-second commercial features the track "How it Ends" by DeVotchKa (available from your preferred online music store).Before screaming that the ad "totally rips off" the original Gears ad, it's probably good to know that it was created by the same team that designed the first. Check out "Last Day" after the break. Now, if only the game can pull off the ad's emotional tug ...[Thanks to everyone who sent this in.]
