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    Should Every Game Allow You to Choose Your Gender?

    The question is wrong put. The core of the matter isn't choosing your avatar's gender, but how gender differences are portrayed; even sandbox or female lead games fall deep into lazy stereotype territory. While it's true that you can gender-swap Lara, no amount of scenes from "The Descent" or...
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    Is It Really the End of the Iron Age for Marvel Movies?

    One of the most disappointing decisions in the MCU so far was stripping Pepper of her extremis powers at the end of Iron Man 3. Since they already estabilished that they can be controlled they missed the opportunity to create a brand new strong female superhero that had both an interesting...
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    Schwarzenegger Signs On for The Legend of Conan

    Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if that was a good movie or bad. Why we saw it, or why we liked it. All that matters is that movie stood against many sequels. That's what's important! Valor pleases you, Crom... so grant me one...
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    Previews: The Secret Appeal of The Secret World

    Ok Age of Conan was broken at launch and very shallow at the end but it was innovative for some elements like combat, guild wars and Aesthetic (the artbook and soundtrack in the limited edition are pure awesome). The Secret World is a gamble: it appeals much to a very specific type of gamer...