Edition 463 - July 24 & 25, 2012

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News, Events, & Reviews
On-LJ Content
tersa posts about ME3 MP Operation OVERWATCH (July 27-30). 

Off-LJ Content (provided by biowarefeed)
Dragon Age
Forbes with 'Dragon Age: Origins' First Impressions (PC). 
Forbes with 'Dragon Age: City Elf Origin' First Impressions (PC). 

Mass Effect
Kotaku with The Mass Effect Movie's Script Sounds Done, But, Well...
Gameranx with ME3 Single-Player DLC to Focus on Commander Shepard. [Possible Spoilers]
Kotaku with Man Builds a Real ME Gun, it's Used by the Real Samara. 
VGrevolution with ME: Homeworlds #3 Review. 
io9 with 10 Criminally Overlooked Characters in the ME Universe. 
Examiner with New ME: Paragon Lost Artworks Feature James Vega and More. 
Chip Chick with Your Data's Single and Ready to Mingle with ME's Liara Mimobot. 
PlayStation Universe with Heavy Rain vs. ME2 - The Ultimate PS3 Showdown. 
Nerdvana with Naughty Suit, Indeed. 
BioWare Blog with Operation: OVERWATCH. 

Star Wars: The Old Republic
Darth Hater with Column: PvP
Darth Hater with Community Q&A. 
TORWars with Smuggler Weekly: In Defense of the Gunslinger. 
SWTOR Strategies with 1.3.4 Patch Notes. 
Darth Hater with Column: OpsCom.
TORWars with Social Points: Building a Server Community. 
SWTOR Strategies with TOR TV: SWTOR Explained: Sith Triumvirate (Pre-KOTOR 2). 
GameZone with SWTOR: Unscheduled Maintenance Planned for Tomorrow. 
Darth Hater with Watercooler: A Six Month Retrospective. 
TORWars with Open TOR Policy - Manual Stimulation. 
TORWars with Galaxy of Guilds - Stonewall Council.
SWTOR Strategies with Alloy Inc. Pursuing Copyright on SWTOR Videos. 

Other Games
Examiner with Ultima Forever Has Been Keeping Me Busy. 
Ubergizmo with Ultima Forever Reinvents Ultima World, says BioWare. 
Escapist Magazine with Baldur's Gate Countdown Begins Again. 

Other News
BioWare Blog with BioWare Goes to Camp!
GameSpot with More Turnover at BioWare. 

Modding & Technical Issues
misteranderson is experiencing some ME3 MP problems. 

New Communities, Challenges, & Community Updates
mebigbang announces that author sign-ups have closed. 
mebigbang reminds authors that it is time for mandatory checkpoint #1.
masseffect hosts Tactics Tuesday!
me_challenge hosts this week's Insanity Round. 

Fanart & Creative Endeavors
Kaidan & Liara: "Live" by metaraymek [Fanart]

Fanfiction
Complete
Dragon Age
To Bleed the Mage by rubypop [F!Hawke/Fenris, Anders | M | Rape/Non-Con]

Mass Effect
Malfunction by veraliana [F!Shepard, Miranda | PG]

WIP
Dragon Age
Jazz Age (Chapter 6) by mongoose_bite [M!Hawke/Jethann, M!Hawke/Isabela, M!Hawke/Fenris | M]

Mass Effect
Ghost in the Machine (Chapters 27 & 28) by smehur [Nihlus, Saren, F!Shepard, Garrus | T]
Deliverance (Chapter 11) by ladyithildiel[F!Shepard/Thane | M]


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