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Come, sit on our laps and let us tell you a story!

Instead of romancing their significant others with chocolate, flowers, and back rubs, the Tri-Force PixlTalk crew instead spends Valentine’s Day talking about video games. This week, we go hard on story in games in part two of our Storytellers edition.

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Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios knocks this one out of the park.

It’s hard not be struck by deja vu while playing Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, as it’s an amalgamation of every major Western RPG of the last five years. The art style and vibrant color palette are heavily inspired by World of Warcraft, the loot system rivals that of Borderlands, and the character development is an interesting Dragon Age: Origins/Fable hybrid. While Reckoning is quite liberal in its search for muses, it expands beyond many of them to forge a unique identity. Reckoning is to the games it borrows from, as baseball is to itself from 40 years ago; the concepts are basically the same, but everything is on steroids, making it far more enjoyable.

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Jason gives a rundown on all 25 of the Vita Launch titles.

What counts as a PlayStation Vita launch title? Is it any game that released today or in the past week with the Vita First Edition Bundle? What about those games coming next week, with the original, "true" Vita launch? And how about those games available for download? Have no fear! This week's best ever PB & Jason covers all three categories, in vein of previous launch specials, like with the PlayStation Move and the Xbox Kinect. Click through to find the PB & Jason podcast player and download links!

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With a content pack set to release to the public, find out what Elite members have been enjoying throughout January and what you can expect.

Last month, Modern Warfare 3’s Elite service finally got up and running, much to the excitement of its members. Being a subscriber to this program allows gamers to receive a special piece of DLC every month that is exclusive to the Elite service. January marked the delivery of the first content, with plenty more to become available on a month by month basis.

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