Edition 380 - April 18, 2012

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News, Events, & Reviews
On-LJ Content
logan_d_alt posts Is EA finally being hit in the one place it matters (to them)?
ashbet posts PC Gamer Article (aka "In Which Ashbet Writers a Tirade")

Off-LJ Content (provided by biowarefeed)
TORWars - Some Black Green Color Crystal Confusion
IBTimes - 'Mass Effect 3' Ending: Protesting Fans Banned from EA, BioWare Forums
Forbes - Mass Efect Wasn't Supposed to Sound LIke This
TORWars - Open TOR Policy - Patch .22
Kotaku - Why I Hope Dragon Age 3 is a Lot Like Dragon Age 2
SWStrategies - EA Denies SWTOR Job Cut Rumors
Darth Hater - Open Forum: Update 1.2
Darth Hater - Unscheduled Maintencance: April 19
BioWare Blog - The Alien and the Indra
Darth Hater - Character Transfers Available for Asia Pacific Players
SWStrategies - Server Merges Still Possible as BioWare Responds to Criticism
TORWars - Jedi Knight Weekly: A View from the Force
PC World, Australia - Mass Effect 3 Review
The Flick Cast - Changing the Ending of 'Mass Effect 3': An Outsider's Perspective
Gaming Blend - BioWare Says Mass Effect 3 DLC Was Always Free, But Contradicts DLC Pricing Scandal
IBTimes - 'Mass Effect 3' Ending: DLC Wasn't Meant to be Free; Did EA Slash Price to Subdue Fans?
Gaming Blend - Star Trek Teaser Trailer Looks a lot Like Mass Effect
ubergizmo - BioWare's Mass Effect 3 accused of being falsely advertised
GameSpy - Dragon Age Team Drops Dragon Age 3 Hints During PAX Panel
TORWars - Rakghoul Plague Outbreak to be Contained by April 24th
Darth Hater - Weekend Pass: April 19-23
SWStrategies - Devs Admit Players were Right on Warzone Scoring and Rewards
SWStrategies - TOR TV: Moves like Twi'lek
Forbes - Spoiled Little Emperors: Mass Effect and the Three Other Most Severe Cases of 'Gamer Entitlement'
Co-Optimus - Mass Effect 3 Goes on Sale for $40 as it Sells over 1.3 Million Copies
SWStrategies - Brand New SWTOR Website!
Darth Hater - Darth Hater Staff UI Layouts
BioWare Blog - Space Effect


Character/Story/Meta Discussion
funnel101 posts That Ending. (Mass Effect 3 Spoilers)

Modding & Technical Issues
yunafire posts "Many dead" ... Wait, what?

New Communities, Challenges, & Community Updates
rose_in_shadow posts ME Insanity Round at me_challenge
cassandrablue posts Dragon Age Main Party theme


Fanfiction
Complete
Mass Effect
Why My Brother is a Big Stupidhead, by Urdnot Mordin, Age 5 by foxfire74 [NOT RATED]
Dried-up Hopes (Tali "fix-it" fic) by baxaronn [Tali, mentions of Shepard/Tali | M/R ]

WIP
Mass Effect
What is Done and Yet to Come, Part II by rose_in_shadow [FemShep/Kaidan Alenko | G (Post ME3 Spoilers)]


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