Dragon Age Inquisition has arrived at last, riding a massive hype train last seen ferrying the likes of Destiny and Watch Dogs. Such hype trains can easily turn in to flaming wrecks when the game they’re carrying can’t deliver on its promise, so let’s see what Dragon Age Inquisition brings to the table in this First Opinion.

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Grand Theft Auto 5 was a crown jewel of the last generation of consoles. Released late in their life cycle, it brought an unpatrolled sense of place and purpose thought its beautifully realized game world. Now, with it returning later this month on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 (and in January on PC), you will get to experience it from a whole new perspective: the first person perspective.

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NBA 2K15 is here, and with it the promise of a new, competitive mode called MyPARK. MyPARK takes your custom player you develop in MyCAREER mode and tosses them out onto the blacktop to play other players in 3-on-3 matches. At least, that’s the idea. In my experience so far, on PC at least, there’s room for improvement.

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A long time ago (ok, so it’s only been like five months), I wrote up an article I called the Minecraft 256-Bock Challenge, in which I locked myself in a world with a 256 block radius limit. To say it didn’t go well would be an understatement. Back then I had to use a Bukkit server and a plugin to achieve this. Now, with Minecraft’s 1.8 patch out with integrated world borders, it’s time to try again, but with a twist.

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I’m playing The Sims 4 for review, but a standard Review in Progress would be too commonplace, so instead we’re going to follow the story of a house that I am playing. I’m going to play them for an in-game month and chronicle their lives in seven-day installments here for the rest of this week. Will they prosper or perish under my control? There’s only one way to find out, isn’t there?

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The Sims 4 is EA’s latest release in the long-running series, and now that’s it’s out in the wild, it’s time for us to look at it. With streamlining as its focus, is The Sims 4 a cleaner, leaner The Sims, or is it just a shell of its former glory? Let’s find out in our First Opinion.

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