Edition 499 - September 11 & 12, 2012

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News, Events, & Reviews
On-LJ Content
rose_in_shadow tells us about ME3 MP Operation VIGILANCE failure. 
tersa tells us about a BioWare Community Site Improvement Survey. 
tersa links to an article: "9 Overlooked Technologies That Could Transform The World."

Off-LJ Content (provided by biowarefeed)
Mass Effect
GameDynamo with ME3 on Wii U Looks 'Just as Good.'
Gaming Illustrated and ME3 Leviathan DLC (PC) Review. 
Bit-Tech with ME3 - NZXT Switch 810 Build by mybadomen. 
BioWare Blog with Operation: VIGILANCE Failure. 

Star Wars: The Old Republic
SWTOR Online with Developer Dispatch - Terror From Beyond. 
Gamespy with BioWare Putting SWTOR on Six-Week Content Update. 
SWTOR Online with Game Update 1.4 is Now Live on PTS. 
Darth Hater with Dread Guard Armor Preview. 
Darth Hater with First Impression: Operation Terror From Beyond. 
TORWars with Podcast #100: Partying with the Party Jawa. 
Darth Hater with Game Update 1.4: A Look at the Moods System. 
Darth Hater with Game Update 1.4: Elite War Hero Weapons.
Darth Hater with Game Update 1.4: New Daily Relics.
Darth Hater with Coverage Guide: Game Update 1.4. 
TORWars with Smuggler Weekly: Long Awaited News. 
TORWars with Social Points: Getting Doen with the Music Makers of TOR. 
SWTOR Strategies with Interview of Gabe Amatangelo with SWTOR Life. 
TORWars with Ben Coombs and The Companion Project. 
SWTOR Strategies with While We Wait: Star Wars Shadows of the Past. 
TORWars with TORWars Gets Candid for its 100th Episode. 
Darth Hater with Column: PvP. 
Darth Hater with Maintenance: September 13th. 

Other Games
Inside Mac Games with Baldur's Gater: Enhanced Edition - Candlekeep Library Opens. 
Gamasutra with GDC Online Adds Ultima Forever Postmortem. 

Other News
SWTOR Strategies with Daniel Erickson is "Actively Looking for New Opportunities."
Kotaku with EA Exec Swears His Company Is Not Evil. 
Game Rant with Valve Employees: EA Attempted Buyout for Over $1 Billion. 
VG247 with BioWare Owns Its "Creative Culture," is Free to Make New IPs. 

New Communities, Challenges, & Community Updates
masseffect hosts Tactics Tuesday.
masseffect hosts the Insanity Round. 
mebigbang makes an Authors & Artists Drop Post. 

Fanfiction
Complete
Dragon Age
River Stone (Chapters 4-6; Completed) by loquaciousquark [F!Hawke/Fenris | M]

Mass Effect
She Said What? by _wist_ [F!Shepard/Thane, Liara/Feron | K]
Paint You Up in my Badass Love, Baby by _wist_ [Mordin/F!Shepard | T]

WIP
Dragon Age
Spire (Chapters 1-3) by loquaciousquark [F!Hawke/Fenris | T]

Mass Effect
Ghost in the Machine (Chapters 30 & 31) by smehur [Nihlus, Saren, F!Shepard, Garrus | T]


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