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Weekly Poll: Which game has you the most excited this week? (Redux)

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Despite all the Fallout New Vegas hype, it seems that most of my readers are more excited about Vanquish (or as I like to call it, Mech Bayonetta) than the post-apocalyptic game. I have to wonder if this is because of all the bugs that have been reported in the game or maybe Fallout isn’t as popular as advertised.

This week’s poll is a redux of last week, simply because October continues to flood the market with highly anticipated games. This month was supposed to be my catch-up month. Not sure what happened. It looks like December will have to become my catch-up month, because we all know how screwed our wallets will be come first quarter of next year.

Of this bunch, it’s a toss-up for me between Fable III and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. I haven’t even started the first game yet, but I really want to find time to. I think I need to stop buying games and guides first.

Nah, that will never happen.

Fallout New Vegas: Collector’s Edition Strategy Guide Comparisons

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Fallout New Vegas Collector's Edition Strategy Guide

Upon first glance, these two editions of the strategy guides for Fallout New Vegas don’t appear to be that much different aside from their covers. When you look at the specs from Amazon, they don’t seem that different either. Both are over 400 pages–which, by the way, is massive for a strategy guide–both have ginormous tear-out posters of the maps, but the Collector’s Edition sports what every Collector’s Edition should sport in addition to the classy and stylish hard cover: 32 bonus pages for Fallout fans. Why else call it a Collector’s Edition unless you’re going to make something just for collectors?

Amazon doesn’t go into great detail about what is within these 32 pages, but concept art and behind-the-scenes materials from the devs are part of the package. And honestly, there could easily be 32 pages of just that, and that’s all well worth the $10 extra.

Be sure to look for our review of the Fallout New Vegas guide in this next week!

Strategy Guide Cover(s) of the Week: Vanquish and Fallout New Vegas Collector’s Edition

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I know this is supposed to be about the cover (singular) of the week, but I love both of these covers too much to choose.

Print v. Online Strategy Guides: Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

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Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep IGN GuideI keep waffling about doing comparisons between print guides and online guides, but something that IGN Guides guru Colin Moriarty said on the PlayStation Beyond podcast about print guides swiftly changed my mind. He commented that no one wants to pay for print guides anymore when online guides are free. While I think that Mr. Moriarty has a valid point, I also think that print guides have a far higher value than online ones, and it goes beyond the fact that it’s easier to look at a book than a computer screen while playing a game.

So let’s take a look at IGN’s guide for Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, shall we? [Read more…]

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