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Even Maarek Stele (TIE Fighter's protagonist) doesn't escape the misunderstood bad guy treatment in the expanded universe [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Maarek_Stele], though.

True, which is why that statistic is only a part of the issue. The main issue is that it's too easy to skew the case in favor of the prosecutor. In other jurisdictions, the stated principle to err in favor of the defendant dissuades prosecutors from proceeding with flimsy evidence.

Actually.. You can do four of those.

I chose Horde to try out a few character concepts that I had in mind. First, there was a Forsaken priest, who was basically an innocent victim of the plague who woke up in a world where everything either hated or feared him. I wanted to find out how long I could plausibly maintain his good...

Of course, sometimes even quick reflexes that border on precognition afforded by the Load Game button cannot prevent bad outcomes, especially in the case of the . From what I've understood The Witcher takes unforeseen consequences to a new level by . Personally, I love these kinds of stories...

Batman: Let her go! Joker: Ooh.. very poor choice of words. *lets her fall* See? It works!

But then again, even that might not be enough. Sims has only Barbie-doll physique models in-game, and that didn't stop Maxis from getting blamed for third-party nude patches. Also, I bet that the censors will be quick to point out that age checks can be circumvented, and they sort of have a...

But as Hot Coffee showed, having disabled content on the installation media is not enough to avoid the censors' ire. And then there's Sims' official Barbie-doll physique and the third-party nude patches..

When I saw the lone guy in the skyscraper, I immediately began thinking of Canabalt [http://www.adamatomic.com/canabalt/]. A big city, giant robots, alien fighters and an overwhelming sense that something terrible is about to happen..

Considering that Evony is being marketed using have been sued for click fraud before [http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/11/19/kingory-nap-war-evony-empire-craft-lords-online-what-is-going-on/], it's not that difficult to put two and two together. Getting people to visit the site is enough, but if...

To me, it seems that Infinity Ward's relying on gamers to bail them out from the ensuing controversy by pointing out that: a) free speech b) this is a small part of the game, with the rest being apple-pie-patriotic terrorist-killing c) games are a maturing medium, and thus can and should...

To me, what kept Bullet Time interesting in Max Payne was that it was very limited. It did give you a momentary edge in reaction time when you needed it, but the dynamics of combat remained the same: all bullets took their time reaching their destination, Max didn't move any faster than the...

Of course, cartoony doesn't necessarily equal cheery. The early screenshot of Lakeshire, Plaguewood, Stratholme, Blackrock Spire and Icecrown architecture show how to keep it gloomy and cartoony at the same time. But the problem with dark (and this was re-iterated by Blizzard in the Diablo 3...

Actually, the main beef is with skeletons, which are apparently taboo in China: They already had to put some meat on the existing skeleton models and use gravestones instead of skeletons to show where characters have died. But because WotLK is heavily undead-themed, skeletons and bone motifs are...

Why do I keep thinking about Haloid? In any case, I don't mind Samus being agile. Dashing, wallclimbing and backflips were things that were consistently in her repertoire, but I've never seen her as a close-combat brawler. And the running towards the screen scene woke up some bad memories of...