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Dec
30
2008

Games of 2008: Far Cry 2

Shortly after I started my first game of Far Cry 2, I was treated to an on-rails taxi ride where my driver pointed out some of the unique sites of Africa. There are groups of civilians wandering in hope of escape from their country, varied wildlife, the spreading of a flash fire spreading from a [...]

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Nov
17
2008

Mechanics 7: Heart of Darkness (Far Cry 2)

I just got another mission from the unnaturally quick-speaking warlord of the African UFL — one of two warring factions in Far Cry 2 — when one of my buddies gave me a call on my cell phone telling me to meet them if I wanted to make my mission take twice as long as [...]

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Oct
23
2008

Video Games

Fable 2 and Far Cry 2 were both released this week and, of the year’s releases, these two are amongst the top three games that I was looking forward to playing. Having them both at the same time is fantastically confusing. I started off the evening continuing my Fable 2 game because I wasn’t happy [...]

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