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    What was the first game you adored?

    Nice :) yea pretty much the same as these.. thing is, half life and deus ex were both great, and along with hl2 they were probably the games that made me most interested in the actual design of games, but kotor was something else entirely in terms of healthy obssession - played through it 4...
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    What do people think about Bioware right now?

    I still think that bioware are a fantastic company - as one which has grown in a more usual way compared to say, Valve, it has done an impressive job of keeping the love of games and desire to persue ambitious objectives at the fore front of its business... However, i think perhaps their...
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    For those waiting on HL3, help me with HL2:Ep2 striders (also talk about tough parts of games)

    sorry for double post... dunno how it happened? Ah well, seeing as i already did - if you want to get the neighbourhood watch achievement (where none of the buildings are destroyed), it's also rather easy. The striders that walk like normal striders ignore all the other buildings on the...
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    For those waiting on HL3, help me with HL2:Ep2 striders (also talk about tough parts of games)

    Few tips - 1) hunters shoot and destroy the magnusson devices in the grav gun and on the striders - so make sure theyre all dead before finishing off. 2) hunters should go down at any range to the car when turbo is applied. Usually you need a substantial run up to kill them without the...
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    Webcomics

    moviebob, yahtzee, and critical miss are the three things that i regularly come to the escapist for entertainment from. Aside from reading about current events etc.
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    Witcher 2 Dev Defends Asking €1000 From Pirates

    Remember assassin's creed? the DRM that actually wasnt cracked for about a month? I'm afraid the argument of "it's ineffective" just doesnt cut it now. Nor do the people saying that this is going to "poop" on the goodwill they've earned themselves. They haven't punished honest customers with...
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    Ridley Scott Signs On For Blade Runner Sequel

    The first one i watched was the latest directors cut - not that long ago. From the large number of people that i've seen comment on the issue, i think the majority confirm that the last is also the most..."complete" of the films - but that they're all very relevant in different ways.
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    Ridley Scott Signs On For Blade Runner Sequel

    eugh...why.. why cant they just leave things alone in hollywood? Just make one successful, good film without the obligatory milking session a few decades later. Although that being said, if it were to come anywhere close to the titan of a piece that the first one was, i'll probably end up...
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    Escapecraft: The Big Build

    this was amazing :D great narration. Hope to see more in future.
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    Expert Says Blaming Videogames for Violence is Racist

    i can read... please READ my post. Summary of his argument; people make generalisations of what motivates people to go on killing sprees based on skin colour. In the case of the norway prick - he's white, and so people assumed it was video games. MY response to that theory is "bollocks". He has...
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    Expert Says Blaming Videogames for Violence is Racist

    don't think i've ever heard any thing so ridiculous as what this person is saying... being racist is the act of making assumptions about how people behave, on the basis of a strand of genetics that has nothing to do with behaviour. It has nothing to do with prejudice about video games. The...
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    Poll: Did the UN Just Declare War on Libya?! Yes they did

    Some libyan rebels actually captured some SAS and MI6 personel - and locked them up, because they didnt want "western" intervention sullying their strive for freedom. This should probably never be allowed to become a ground war.
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    Kid Becomes "Little Zangief" in Response to Bullying

    ah no i did read - but i think it is actually a constructive and healthy thing for physical force to be used in certain circumstances - this being one of them. Obviously however, violence is often the wrong path to take - even more so when people train themselves to use it as a routine response...
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    Kid Becomes "Little Zangief" in Response to Bullying

    actually, he was quite clearly paralyzed with nerves. You can tell cos when he was being hit repeatedly in the face, the only thing he could do was pathetically raise his arm. It's a common effect of an unprovoked, unprepared assault. Also i think it's futile to completely separate...
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    Kid Becomes "Little Zangief" in Response to Bullying

    i think people just occasionally like to celebrate an upheaval in the natural social pyramid. Underdog knocking the favorite on his ass etc. People do it all the time in sporting activities, and at the end of the day it was merely a school fight that didnt go very far. Hopefully this earns the...