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    DLC for Dummies

    Much of the expansion of TF2 occurred before hats, believe it or not. TF2 continued to sell copies enough for the TF2 team to keep working. Hats now just help continue that cause four years after release. I'm okay with that. Considering I paid around $10 for over 500 hours, a hat or two seems...
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    DLC for Dummies

    1. They're cosmetic items. 2. Some of them are unlocked simply by playing the game. 3. Some of them are unlocked if you own them in TF2. Oh yes, this is horrible horrible dlc. I can't believe anyone would rage against VALVE regarding DLC. You know, the company that made Team Fortress 2, a...
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    Portal 2 Review

    Portal 2 was grander. Depending upon your point of view, that can be good or bad. There is full orchestration at points. Fantastic and epic spaces and animations. Bigger puzzles, more variables. This is not the quiet little game Portal was. Some people like that, and some people don't...
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    Portal 2 Review

    Valve self-publishes online, but they partner with EA for retail distribution. So they are an independent dev, but they aren't entirely independent in the publishing realm.
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    Escapist Podcast: DRM, Piracy & PC Gaming

    Wow that was SOOO awkward. But interesting.
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    Daily Drop: Robot Dog

    You spoiled the ending in the description!
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    Daily Drop: Teaser Trailer

    Zero Punctuation? Oh wait, I guess he tried that out once. Doomsday Arcade? Erm. ESCAPE TO THE MOVIES. Hah! I got you good, there!
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    LoadingReadyRun: Trivial

    am I the only one who DIDN'T think of Inception? Trippy video though. Tim's expression definitely steals it for me.
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    Team Fort... you're already sick of the this thread, aren't you?

    No kidding. Keep in mind, guys, that TF2 is first and foremost a hat simulator. It just happens to be war-themed.
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    Portal: Less is More

    I'm a little late to the commenting party, seeing as how this just showed up in the Related section of an article. Maybe it's just because I'm of a newer generation of gamers, but I rather prefer Half-Life 2's storyline. Half-Life was impressive in its time, but it lacks the emotional...
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    New MMO Brings Old Testament Online

    I would just like to point out that the murder of Abel and the Flood occur BEFORE Abraham, so these are unlikely events to appear in such a game.
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    LoadingReadyRun: Spoken Word

    Pssshhhh. An awful lot of bombs fell on London. But I do admire the British tenacity in the face of the German war machine.
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    LoadingReadyRun: Spoken Word

    I dunno... I'm pretty sure British airspace was invaded during the Battle of Britain :P But I don't really care. American English is different because there was a concerted effort to differentiate from the Queen's English (thanks Webster) and because of a cut in ties. It's kinda like Latin...
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    Escape to the Movies: The Expendables

    Wow... strong reactions. I had no intention of watching this movie anyways, because it looked like it was just what MovieBob said. Really, the only awesomeness of this movie would've been if they'd actually gotten all the greats to STAR and not just cameo. The A-Team was good because it was a...
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    Preview: Civilization V

    Redacted can also mean "to obscure or remove (text) from a document prior to publication or release" (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redacted) As far as I know, they axed religion. I'm sad too :/