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    Zero Punctuation: Next Gen Buyer's Guide

    The only thing funnier than watching all the people who don't get that it's a repost is seeing how many butt-hurt console owners feel that they need to defend their decisions. I am pleased
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    Retailer's PS4 Preorder Ransom Illegal Says Trading Standards

    Wait, the American Congress does stuff? OT: This is one of those many reasons to never ever buy a console at launch... And I don't care if the distributor is a Mom & Pop games store (I really want to see a games store called that, btw) or if it's the biggest guy in the chain. Changing the...
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    New Study: No Link Between Games and Anti-Social Behavior

    While I do like that Video Games are a subject of such discussion and interest, I can't help but feel we aren't making the scientific progress in the field that researchers claim we are. I don't know of any studies that conclusively show one way or the other any actual social or psychological...
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    Nintendo Blames Retailers for Limited Console Colors

    I'm wondering why they need a different SKU for each color... I worked in retail for a really, really long time, and the very first thing that a good inventory system does is make sure you get rid of any redundancies that you can. In this case, the products are often given the same SKU...
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    Take-Two: MMOs Don't Work in the U.S.

    Huh... A CEO bitching about how the market is making the company fail rather than their own inability to compete... Where have I heard that before?
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    Chinese Gaming Expo Bans Booth Babes

    This bothers me for the same, but also different reasons from previous posters. Sure, this could be seen as a step toward getting rid of booth babes (a practice I myself have no real issue with, but I'll get to that.) Or it could be seen as a step toward punishing the wrong people for something...
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    More Sophisticated Games May Follow PEGI Enforcement

    So by what you are saying, you don't want people to follow blindly, but you do want to tell people how they should look at something. A touch of nonsense I do detect in your reasoning. As for a "neutral perspective", I could argue the vagueness of the term, but what it comes down to is that...
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    More Sophisticated Games May Follow PEGI Enforcement

    In order for your argument of us pessimists are just rolling around whining to hold any water, the things we're whining about would have to not hold any water themselves. In this case where everyone is stating that things won't change from this? They really have a good point. In order for change...
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    More Sophisticated Games May Follow PEGI Enforcement

    This seems all well and good until you start defining what makes an adult game. And then you have to take into account publishers that don't want their games sold alongside adult rated titles. It's pretty much how Nintendo pushed the already obscure adult game market out of brick and mortar...
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    Dark Knight Rises Shooting Leaves 12 Dead

    Because as we all know, rocket propelled explosives are the ONLY thing that can deal with body armor. And for the record, yes. People have the right to defend themselves. I doubt that armed civilians would have helped the situation much. It was a loud, dark room filled with tear gas. This guy...
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    Epic's Fortnite May Require Always-On Internet

    People are condemning the practice being attached to it. And rightly they should. Too many developers pile the most vile shit onto their best products simply because people can't go without their fix.
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    Dark Knight Rises Shooting Leaves 12 Dead

    To everyone demanding gun control: Fuck off To everyone demanding everyone be armed: Fuck off Now that I got that out of the way, I have to question how this is being handled. I know it's a young story still, and the details are scrambled at best. My problem is that with so little...
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    Are you boycotting any companies?

    TSA only regulates flights coming in and out of the US. That's why there's so much fuss about the TSA being in London right now for the Olympics. OT: I wouldn't say I boycott anything because to boycott something implies much much MUCH more serious implications than a simple consumer...
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    Epic's Fortnite May Require Always-On Internet

    Oh boy! I was waiting for someone to say something stupid! Also want to point out that because of stupid ways of thinking like this, developers have it in their minds that multiplayer is enough to sell a game. Otherwise, I don't have anything else to add. Deviate already did a good job...
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    Epic's Fortnite May Require Always-On Internet

    Sounds like a load of crap to cover their asses