Edition 418 - May 31, 2012

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News, Events, & Reviews
On-LJ Content
pkbitchgirl lets us know that X-Box Live Gold is free for everyone this weekend!

Off-LJ Content (provided by biowarefeed)
Mass Effect
Gamespy - Mass Effect 3 Patch 1.03 is Now Live
The Mary Sue - BioWare to produce Christine Schotty's awesome Mass Effect character hoodies
Kotaku - BioWare to make fan-designed Mass Effect hoodies a reality
PC Gamer - Mass Effect 3 patch fixes freezes and bugs, obliterates exploits
Shacknews - Mass Effect 3 ending unexpected, says voice of male Shepard

Dragon Age
Examiner - Anime review: 'Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker'
The Detroit News - Review: 'Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker' falls back on cliche
Gameranx - Dragon Age 2's failure caused the cancellation of Exalted March DLC

Star Wars: The Old Republic
SWTOR Strategies - SWTOR: Deceived Now Available in Paperback
Joystiq - BioWare responds to SWTOR layoffs
Escapist - BioWare Dev: MMOs are the 'Toughest Part' of the Industry
Gaming Examiner - SWTOR Talk Update 1.3 and free trials at London Comic Con
TORWars - SWTOR Community Team Update: May 31, 2012
TORWars - TORWars Podcast: Taking Your Questions Here
VG247 - The Old Republic still has 'one of the biggest' dev teams in the industry
Darth Hater - Community Update 5/31/12

New Communities, Challenges, & Community Updates
It's Boot Camp Thursday at masseffect!
There's a new Insanity Round at me_challenge!

Icons/Headers/Wallpapers/Graphics
be_lanna with Garrus wallpapers [Unrated]

Fanart & Creative Endeavors
inversereality with the comic Marauder Shields 24: Never Alone [Unrated]

Fanfiction
Complete
Mass Effect
aldebaran4565 with The Dreamworks [T | self-insert, original characters]
be_lanna with Bonded [PG-13 | Shepard/Garrus]

WIP
Mass Effect
tijil with Interstitium, Chapter 22 [T | Tali, Shepard, EDI, Ken, Gabby, Joker, Jack, Kelly, Zaeed, Jacob, Garrus]

miryai's Bonus Link(s)
Space: The Private Frontier.  That's right peeps, on 25 May the first private company launched a rocket into space.  Could we go up there one day?

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