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Games Of August 2012: Darksiders II

It’s Zelda done to Death.

By John Teti • September 11, 2012

In case you missed it: Yesterday’s installment of The Digest covered Sleeping Dogs.

Drew and I just couldn’t get as excited about Darksiders II as Steve Heisler did in his review. I’ve heard the Darksiders series described as “Zelda for grown-ups,” and that description is accurate in its own way, depending on how you shade the term “grown-ups.” The trouble is that both Drew and I have Zelda fatigue to begin with, so our patience for Zelda knockoffs is even thinner.

The bubble tea flavor in this episode is taro. Here’s a behind-the-scenes glimpse: In a deleted scene from this episode, I observed that the tea “tastes like taro ice cream.” Not every sparkling insight makes its way into the final cut!

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