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    ?198 million pound footballer. Well Football (soccer) has changed dramatically in 15 years.

    Football is a sport where penniless, working class fools pay extortionate amounts of money to watch millionaire cry-babies run around a field and pretend to get hurt. It can't crash soon enough.
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    Bioware's New IP is Shared-World Action-RPG Anthem

    So, EA does Horizon Zero Dawn, just with power armour. And late.
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    The state of Games Workshop

    Depressingly, I was only exaggerating very slightly. It gets even worse when you consider that GW really don't give a damn about any market outside of the UK; they can survive and make profit on just the UK turnover. So the view of even European markets is a "nice to have", let alone North...
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    The state of Games Workshop

    GW's entire business strategy has always revolved around constantly getting new kids hooked on the game and milking their parents for every penny for 3 years. Their stores are set up to do that, and their rules for playing in store just reinforce it. They don't and have never cared about the...
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    Hearthstone's Next Expansion: Journey to Un'Goro Revealed

    Now just imagine an anti-aggro quest that reads: Quest: Take 15 damage Reward: Gain 15 armour for 1 mana, that starts in your opening hand...
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    The Long War 2 Mod is Coming to XCOM 2

    After getting my head handed to me for the better part of a year with LW, XCOM2 was a refreshing change of pace. I've been back playing LW recently (and the base defence mission just kicked my roster in the head) and I'm really excited to hear this!
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    8 Action Movies to Look Forward to in 2017

    "Prometheus was a decent reboot for the Alien franchise." What little credibility may have remained died a lonely, pain-filled, rasping death with that line.
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    MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Announced for 2018 Release with New Trailer

    Not to get all ranting fanboy, the Raven was developed in 3024 but the game is set in 3015; they really should have used a different mech. Other than that, really enjoyed MWO for a year or so, but I want more than PvP in a game so hopefully this'll scratch the mech itch.
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    Arrival - Aliens Are Here, Now What?

    It's semi-addressed; without giving too much away, the aliens have no ability to comprehend basic algebra but more complex mathematics is easy to them (and the reveal makes sense of why). Furthermore, and again there are reasons, the way "we" would go about attempting communication runs...
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    Mass Effect Andromeda Cinematic Trailer Shows Off New Enemies, Including Giant Space Worm

    ME1 was a Space Opera RPG, pushing boundaries and trying new things ME2, while sporting undeniable mechanical and gameplay improvements, scrapped the Space Opera in favour of generic 3rd person shooter. It pushed no bounds and it, along with ME3, are prime examples of how focus groups and...
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    Mass Effect - Andromeda's Main Characters Are Brother And Sister

    Ah, you were trying for irony; the font mustn't have installed properly in Chrome. I understand your point now, I find myself broadly in agreement, however my tolerance for bullshit from the publisher and developer is at an end. They need to actually work to win my custom rather than assume...
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    Mass Effect - Andromeda's Main Characters Are Brother And Sister

    So your point is...? You seem to have a very black and white view of the world, like everything exists as a binary choice with no nuance whatsoever; you're either 100% for or 100% against. Just, based on what you've written I can't even begin to tell which. I think you're saying we should...
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    Mass Effect - Andromeda's Main Characters Are Brother And Sister

    I'm not too sure what your point is? The game is coming from a publisher who's past corporate practices are despicable. The developer has, in my opinion at least, long since run out of steam creatively. The creator has demonstrated himself to hold openly bigoted, racist opinions. The...
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    Ghostbusters - It Has Women in It!

    That's odd, virtually every review I've read, seen and heard have said pretty much the same things: The action's lacking. The villain (and 3rd act) is weak. The 3 supports chew the scenery and steal every scene from the leads. It's funny, way better than the trailers made it out to be, but...