Gears of War 3

[TaraJayne]

I am a bit rushed today but I will make a post, in the plan a game forum, this evening for Friday nights game

[GamerMan316]

yay gears of war 3 

Missed playing with & against you on Gears mate, are you online this Friday night?

I am on this friday mate, and I've got gears 1 and 2 now so I don't mind whichever we end up playing.

Nice one Dave, i'll be expecting some drunken Eminem songs then too 

[BigDaddyDaveedo]

yay gears of war 3 

Missed playing with & against you on Gears mate, are you online this Friday night?

I am on this friday mate, and I've got gears 1 and 2 now so I don't mind whichever we end up playing.

Nice one Dave, i'll be expecting some drunken Eminem songs then too 

Will get my thinking and drinking cap on then dude, lol. ALready got the beers in for friday...unless I end up drinking them before then, lol.

[Failed]

I will have to buy some beer, the only acohol i have atm is some 43% Imported Brandy (lethal) and a bottle of Jagermeister (lethalerer) ... i think i'll buy a crate of stella instead, that'll soon bring my gaming ability down several levels.

[BigDaddyDaveedo]

I will have to buy some beer, the only acohol i have atm is some 43% Imported Brandy (lethal) and a bottle of Jagermeister (lethalerer) ... i think i'll buy a crate of stella instead, that'll soon bring my gaming ability down several levels.

I didn't think you could get any lower, lol  :

[Failed]

i've improved, i'm pretty good at most things i play. As you'll find out when you get a Failed two-piece stuck in your teeth POW BAM!!!!

[RedMaster11]

i've improved, i'm pretty good at most things i play. As you'll find out when you get a Failed two-piece stuck in your teeth POW BAM!!!!

You're only good at Gears when I play.

[TaraJayne]

i've improved, i'm pretty good at most things i play. As you'll find out when you get a Failed two-piece stuck in your teeth POW BAM!!!!

He is actually pretty good. I still suck after 3 years at it

[GamerMan316]

i've improved, i'm pretty good at most things i play. As you'll find out when you get a Failed two-piece stuck in your teeth POW BAM!!!!

The 'two piece' part completely devalues this comment 

[Failed]

i've improved, i'm pretty good at most things i play. As you'll find out when you get a Failed two-piece stuck in your teeth POW BAM!!!!

You're only good at Gears when I play.

That's becuase you have the super awesome ability to always be facing the wrong way when i find you

[Failed]

i've improved, i'm pretty good at most things i play. As you'll find out when you get a Failed two-piece stuck in your teeth POW BAM!!!!

The 'two piece' part completely devalues this comment 

i know, look at teh irony of it. i will just have to chainsaw him then

[RedMaster11]

i've improved, i'm pretty good at most things i play. As you'll find out when you get a Failed two-piece stuck in your teeth POW BAM!!!!

You're only good at Gears when I play.

That's becuase you have the super awesome ability to always be facing the wrong way when i find you

Takes practice.

[NeuroticSarge]

i've improved, i'm pretty good at most things i play. As you'll find out when you get a Failed two-piece stuck in your teeth POW BAM!!!!

You're only good at Gears when I play.

That's becuase you have the super awesome ability to always be facing the wrong way when i find you

Takes practice.

I think he had a typo...he meant toupe!

[Failed]

i've improved, i'm pretty good at most toupes i play. As you'll find out when you get a toupe two-piece stuck in your toupe POW TOUPE!!!!

You're only good at toupe when I play.

That's becuase you have the super awesome toupe to always be facing the wrong way when i toupe you

Takes toupe.

I think he had a toupe...he meant typo!

is that what you had in mind Sarge ?

[nCogNeato]

Cliffy acts coy about female cogs:

"You'll have to wait and see. It could be really amazing to see a girl crush a Locust head with her boot..."

I read a great article in GameInformer titled Gender Gap.  Within the article it dropped some insight regarding the female roles in the Gears mythology.  Here's an excerpt.



Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski offered several reasons why female Gears are missing in action when it comes to interactive avenues, but that hasn't stopped ancillary media products from crafting lore to bridge narrative gaps.

"We don't want to bog down our summer blockbuster pace trying to explain everything that is going on in the world," says Bleszinski when asked about how females fit into the Gears of War universe. "We want the player to hit the ground running in a Gears game and to feel like he's on a nonstop fun thrill ride."

Through two Gears novels and an ongoing comic run, it's revealed that women fought as fiercely as men on the frontlines of the Pendulum Wars. Emergence Day and the subsequent Hammer Strike forced humanity back into somewhat primitive roles, however. Individuals who aligned with the fragmented Coalition of Ordered Governments were promised some semblance of security – at a cost. Able-bodied men became Gears and fertile women were tasked with producing new ones.

"It was all men now, near enough," reads a passage from Aspho Fields, the Gears novel by Karen Traviss. "The Pendulum War days of women in uniform were largely over. As Hoffman left, a girl in a sober blue business suit stood at a filing cabinet with her back to him. When she closed the drawer and turned, he could see she was several months pregnant. That was a priority job now; not just replacing engine parts and weapon components, but replacing humans."

Neither station in life – an expendable asset or a reproductive one – sounds particularly appealing. But it makes for an intriguing story and something we'd love to see migrate into the interactive branch of the franchise.

Change may be on the horizon. In the most recent run of Gears comics, Epic and WildStorm introduced Alex Brand, a tough and believable female Gear with a surprisingly practical hairdo and impressive scar. Turned away from the breeding farms after being identified as infertile, Alex has helped to set a precedent for female Gears in the modern Gears of War timeline. Here's to hoping that she makes an appearance in the inevitable franchise follow-up. Remaining coy when asked directly, Bleszinski seems to share our opinion, "You'll have to wait and see. It could be really amazing to see a girl crush a Locust head with her boot..."



Read the entire article (including social psychology theories and other sexy sciences) HERE.