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    The Surge Is The Worst First Day of Work Ever

    The Surge Is The Worst First Day of Work Ever What happens when you show up for work, and then work is Dark Souls? That's The Surge. Read Full Article
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    With Vampyr, Life is Strange Developers Take A Dark Twist

    With Vampyr, Life is Strange Developers Take A Dark Twist For a studio that just finished a teenage drama, dontnod is going to some dark places with Vampyr. Read Full Article
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    What a Lovely Day! Apocalypse World 2nd Edition Kickstarting Now

    What a Lovely Day! Apocalypse World 2nd Edition Kickstarting Now Savvy up, wastelanders. Smoke on the horizon. As announced funding a print run via Kickstarter. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/140809-Apocalypse-World-2nd-Edition-Announced-by-Vincent-Meguey-Baker] An...
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    Escapist Podcast: 209: Is XCOM 2 Better Than XCOM: Enemy Unknown?

    Wanted to jump in here and ask what difficulty you're both playing on. So, which? Unrevealed pod behavior is different on every single one of them, it turns out. That could be the difference of opinion.
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    Google's "Project SkyBender" Will Beam 5G Internet From Solar Drones

    In a thousand years, a flock of metal birds will soar over a team tasked with salvaging resources from earth's past for the space colonies. "Huh," one of them will say, gazing suddenly skyward, "I have five bars."
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    New Conan the Barbarian Game is an Open-World Survival Game

    Oddly, this feels like the best idea there has been for a Conan game in a long time. You and your barbarian friends trying to survive, then getting attacked by raiders from more civilized or better organized lands trying to take your land/plunder your stuff.
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    Wargaming Board Building Question

    I once had a friend spray some cheap, off brand miniatures bases with hairspray and they just straight-up melted. Aerosols have some weird petroleum byproducts in them that'll happily combine with certain plastics to form a more stable solution closer to crude oil, their original form! <image...
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    Wargaming Board Building Question

    Oh, the cheap, nasty, and incredibly dangerous solution if you ain't got any money is a quick hit of hairspray. Do not do this, though because now your model is incredibly flammable and has a reactive chemical that might get weird with any plastics or paints you add in the future. But it does...
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    Breast Sizes and Complaints

    This thread has devolved into an argument about who is arguing about what and how and whether someone's anecdotal arguments are valid. That aside, it failed to adequately set up a thorough discussion topic. It is now locked.
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    Wargaming Board Building Question

    PVA/Water is great, but won't hold forever. It sticks, but loses moisture and will eventually fall off. What you need to do is close that shit right up with a matte sealer. Something like this [http://www.amazon.com/Plaid-6-Ounce-Craft-Acrylic-Aerosol/dp/B000XZXNU6] will do it. I have not...
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    8 Games That Improve When You're Drinking

    8 Games That Improve When You're Drinking Some things just go better with a drink or two, like these eight games. Read Full Article
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    8 Classic Webcomics You Should be Reading

    Are you reading Atomic Robo? Same creator! Same brand of dumb humor! SAME GREAT TASTE, NEW ACTION SCIENCE PACKAGING!
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    #081 - Every Journey Begins With a Single Step

    missed opportunity for mindless, moronic fanservice: other side of portal in final panel is not orange
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    8 Terrible Ice and Snow Levels in Gaming History

    I roflstomped my way through frigid outskirts without breaking a sweat, so... ?\_(&#12484;)_/?