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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 5:10AM Its The Rocketeer said

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Do they even want us to like James Vega? So far they've given us every reason in the book to dislike him.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 2:54PM Captaindrek1 said

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@Its The Rocketeer

Hey, this dude married Buffy.
He can't be all bad.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 5:20AM FinalFantasyXIIIsucks said

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A douchebag voicing a douchebag?








Douche-ception!
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 6:33AM Miranda Lawson said

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@FinalFantasyXIIIsucks But he's delicious.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 11:21AM eat it said

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@FinalFantasyXIIIsucks

We have to douche deeper!
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 11:27AM eat it said

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@FinalFantasyXIIIsucks

I actually have no problem with him. He seems like a pretty cool dude. And it's great that he seems to be a genuine fan of the series.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 12:28PM Prakras TCys said

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@FinalFantasyXIIIsucks WE HAVE TO GO DEEPER

wait
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 12:56PM PedoJokerBear said

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he's the son of freddiy prinze, aint no way he's a douche.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 6:42PM Arcaria said

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@FinalFantasyXIIIsucks How's he a douchebag? Or do you just say that about everyone who's famous?
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 5:32AM Doctalen said

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He doesnt seem like a douchebag if you watched the vid
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 12:14PM A Sandwich said

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@Doctalen

Yeah, he actually seems pretty awesome.
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Posted: Jan 22nd 2012 7:23AM Miranda Lawson said

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@A Sandwich Who let you out of my mouth.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 5:33AM Doctalen said

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James Vega, I heartily welcome you to my crew
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 5:37AM My Prerogative said

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I can't help it. Nostalgia gets to me when I remind myself that this guy was Fred on Scooby Doo. :|
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 5:46AM henhowc said

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@My Prerogative Not to mention...he ruined what was an awesome character (when played by Mark Hamill in the games) in the Wing Commander movie.

That and he's mostly known for his 90s movies aimed at teen audiences. How can you not like "She's All That" though? :D
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 12:49PM RogueJedi86 said

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@henhowc

If it wasn't Freddie ruining the character, it'd have been someone else. They cast based on the script. It's not like it was meant to be Mark Hamill, then Freddie came in and said "screw what this character is like, I'm making him a young hotshot pilot like me!" and the entire script was changed to suit him.

But you also show love for "She's All That", so I can't be too hard on you. :)
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 6:08AM Gmail Calendar Rep said

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In the leak Vega bones Male Shep (if you romance him) and I mean he bones him bones him Shep is the receiver no matter what choice you make, after it crew members ask why Shepard is walking funny and EDI makes a comment about keeping a supply of lube onboard which Joker says is to make sure the airlocks don't have trouble opening...
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 6:20AM Qilver said

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@Gmail Calendar Rep well you just ruined both characters for me lol
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 12:07PM Dance Mofo said

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@Gmail Calendar Rep
Please tell me you were joking
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 12:13PM Dance Mofo said

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(I don't know if my previous comment got through because it should of shown by now) But I hope Calendar you are joking. If you're serious, how backwards is that? In part 2, we don't see Shepard drilling and dealing the females but the player will see man on man drilling each other?
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 2:06PM Gmail Calendar Rep said

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@Dance Mofo

I can see this being progressive for this industry, few games depict gay male relationships and none (to my knowledge) ever depict actual intercourse between gay male characters that isn't just a reuse of the animation for male-female intercourse. I hope the game will be tasteful about it while exploring the joy but also the challenge, pain and trust that love making between two male lovers can bring
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 6:08PM Liquidfingers said

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@Gmail Calendar Rep

hahaha...oh wow
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 6:15AM TUROK1134 said

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I've always liked Freddie Prinze Jr., don't know why. I'll probably add him to my squad.

The douchebag comment seems really uncalled for, he seems like a really nice guy and seems pretty familiar with the actual games.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 11:46AM Heisenberg said

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@TUROK1134

Yeah, I don't get the knee jerk negative reaction to celebrities voicing characters in games. I think people ought to watch the video before making a judgement. Mass Effect games aren't about two dimensional characters, so I don't know why people think this character will be a one note guy of dudebro-ness just because of his appearance.
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Posted: Jan 23rd 2012 8:20AM Atonnis said

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@Heisenberg In his younger years, FPJ was a 'heartthrob douchesack' that all the girlies all adored for the sole reason that all the other girls adored him, which rankled those people who despise the 'celeb' culture - plus there was a chunk of jealousy there as well. He did act like a bit of a douche back then, and it didn't help that the Wing Commander movie - and his role in it - both sucked really badly when many people had some high hopes for it.

In more recent years he's come into his own as having much more character and personality to him than he ever showed in his 'youth'. I was impressed with his character in 24, and he's showing a relaxed, much for identifiable personality these days, and he's much more likeable.

I shudder a bit at James Vega, but that's not FPJ's fault, the whole sparring bit seems to reek of homoeroticism, but in a creepy way.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 7:11AM DreamingDarkly said

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I probably won't use him, but I won't hate him, like most people do.

In fact, since ME 1, I've always used Garrus and the the other companion will probably be Liara (my love interest), depending on what new characters they add.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 11:55AM Vcize said

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@DreamingDarkly

Thanks for reminding me that my Garrus is dead and ruining my day.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 12:12PM DreamingDarkly said

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@Vcize

Well, that's your fault for not taking good care of him.

(I'm not sure why I'm equating him to a pet.)
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 12:58PM Crimsic said

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C'mere Garrus! Come on, boy! No! Don't run out infront of that missile! D:
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 8:05AM guitarman said

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Should've been, "James Van Der Beek, my n**ga."
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 8:12AM PooL said

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I saw the Rachni queen in that video! FINALLY. It was the only renegade option I couldn't bring myself to take in the first game...
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 8:54AM Ofmanynames said

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Miranda was annoying enough, he just sounds like the male equivalent of her. I will sacrifice thousands of lives if I can kill him...
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 9:29AM bustermachine42069 said

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I just don't get why they're trying to sell Vega so much. They never tried to sell Jacob Taylor, and he was the last games' Vega right?
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 12:09PM A Sandwich said

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Uh ... they literally tried to sell us on Jacob. You know, because of the iPhone game?
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 9:46AM Mujokan said

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I only have a vague impression of who this actor is (kind of a pretty boy with dark hair?) but I'd rather not know still. When I read Seth Green was playing Joker it kind of broke immersion a bit. Not that I have anything against him.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 10:23AM Foetoid said

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@Mujokan

Noooooooooo you just broke the immersion for me too. Damn you!

Now that i think about it, it is pretty obvious though.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 11:46AM PN04 said

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@Mujokan
I dont know how you could NOT know it was Seth Green I didn't even know he played a character in the game when I got ME2 and half the game I kept saying to myself "man why does he sound like Seth Green?" until I actually went to IMDB and found out it WAS him.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 12:10PM Mujokan said

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@Foetoid Sorry about that :(
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 10:09AM DokiDokiBawanga said

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well i will never use him. Only girls on my team get to got out.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 10:40AM sonofman said

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HULK SMASH FREDDIE PRINCE JUNIOR!!!!!!!!!!!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/seamy/HULK-WANT-FPJ.jpg
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 10:55AM rullers said

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He was alright in 24
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 11:06AM advancedcaveman said

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Oh boy, its another bald space marine. He's going to say "yea my drill sergeant was a hard ass son of a bitch, the intel was bad and I'm just here to get the job done, my space unit was deployed to the space LZ take down the Quake 3 aliens. I'm having a hard time seeing the space tango because because all the blue and orange bloom lighting is reflecting off my shiny Vin Diesel chrome dome."
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 11:30AM eat it said

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stay frosty charlie alpha niner!
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 11:23AM ShadowXIII said

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Welp, I see already who's got permanent latrine duty.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 11:33AM eat it said

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I'm not a fan of the first two mostly because I'm not into nerdy role-playing stories but is this one supposed to have an option where you can have it make the decisions for you and you can just play it as an action adventure movie/game? I might give it a try if that's the case

I think I read that in the comments here at some point but I'm not sure.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 11:54AM Vcize said

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@eat it

You are correct.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 11:42AM Cyclone Jack said

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James Vega, hopefully he won't be as bad as Jace in GoW. I wanted to kill him in the prequel DLC just so I could go the the full game without his stupid-ass, whiny, generic, useless comments. To bad they didn't code that in. :(

Then again, this is the same BioWare who gave us and entire cast of stupid-ass, whiny, generic, useless characters in Dragon Age 2. Couple that with Freddie, and I'll find a way to mod him out of the game.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 11:47AM PR0F3TA said

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kiss me
beneath the milky twilight
lead me
out on the moonlit floor,
lift your open hand
strike up the band and
make the fog lights dance
silver moon sparkling.
So, kiss me.
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 1:51PM captplut9465 said

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@PR0F3TA

I got a letter!
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Posted: Jan 21st 2012 7:30PM Slight of Ham said

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@PR0F3TA...Yup, Sixpence None the Richer still sucks.
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