Better Business Bureau: ‘Mass Effect 3′ did falsely advertise

The seemingly never-ending saga of the ending of Mass Effect 3 has taken another odd twist.

The Better Business Bureau, in a blog post on its site, concedes that yes, technically, EA and Bioware are guilty of false advertising with the game.

However, the Bureau doesn’t seem overly concerned about it.

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Nine-year-old’s cardboard arcade launches college fund

When nine-year-old Caine Monroy spent his summer vacation building an elaborate arcade out of cardboard boxes found in his father’s used auto parts store, it was the sort of project that typically would have been remained a cute tale told at family gatherings.

But then filmmaker Nirvan Mullick stopped by the east Los Angeles shop. He was looking for a door handle for his car, but was captivated by the world Caine had created — and quickly became the first customer of Caine’s arcade.

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‘Doom’ creator making a new shooter

John Romero, one of the chief architects of the seminal first-person shooter Doom, is returning to the genre that made him a celebrity.

It’s been a dozen years since Romero has made a shooter, but in an interview with Eurogamer, he confirmed plans to return to making action games, though he’s not ready to divulge a lot of details yet.

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Eight great Easter Egg hunt tips

It’s a long-standing Easter tradition — and for most kids, the highlight of the day (once the chocolate bunnies are devoured) — but hosting an awesome Easter Egg hunt is a lot trickier than just finding good hiding spots.

If you’ve got a group of little ones headed to your house this weekend for The Big Search, consider spicing up the hunt with these handy tips.

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Arizona bill could criminalize Internet trolling

Arizona marches to the beat of its own drummer. But if that drummer gets upset and starts hollering on the Internet, he might get tossed in the clink.

After spending years targeting illegal aliens, the Grand Canyon State is turning its sights on obnoxious Internet users (commonly called ‘trolls’). A new update to the state’s telecommunications harassment bill could make the practice of harassing people online illegal.

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What to do with your old PC?

PCs are a lot like televisions: No matter how new yours is, there’s always something sexier hitting the market. And whether you’re on the bleeding edge or prefer to stick with a system until it coughs up dust, the time will come when you’ll absolutely have to upgrade.

The problem then becomes: What should you do with your old machine?

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Halo’s astounding numbers

In the 4.5 billion years the earth has been around, about 108 billion humans have walked its surface. In the 11 years Halo has been around, a small subset of those humans have killed each other more than 136 billion times.

As Bungie says goodbye to the franchise that brought it fame and fortune, the game developer has released some statistics detailing the dedication of its massive fan base. And the numbers are staggering.

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