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    The Big Picture: The 90's Didn't Suck

    What I remember most about the 90's was disaffected-ness. That was what grunge was about, that was what Reality Bites was about, that was what DARIA was about. Dissatisfaction with the establishment (cultural, political, whatever) and having no real recourse other than to say "screw that". It...
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    The Big Picture: Silly Billy

    Bob, I'm really glad you specified that the points you made weren't necessarily the intent of the show's creators. I think a key difference between over-analysis and and good analysis is the difference between "what was the author really trying to say" and "what can we learn from it." This was...
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    You now have a Army of the last thing you killed in a videogame.

    A whole bunch of weird tentacle creatures from Lotro...
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    If a videogame character could be your best friend.

    Is this a friend with or without benefits?
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    How to please a girl, non-pysically.

    Three words. Learn. To. Cook. Everyone loves when someone cooks a meal for them. Especially when it's well done. Learn what she likes, invite her over, and take a stab at cooking something she really likes. Especially if you put a unique twist on it.
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    Escape to the Movies: X-Men: First Class

    Saw the movie on Tuesday. Gotta say, it's f**king GREAT. Good writing, good acting, deft handling of the characters. Bacon was a great villain, and McAvoy and Fassbender were absolutely fantastic. Both characters grew up over the course of the movie. As did Mystique. She felt like a...
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    Why do so many marriages fail today?

    A lot of the reasons that people used to marry don't apply as much anymore. There's no linking of families, no marrying off of daughters because women need husbands to be able to eat, and no high infant mortality requiring that a woman have 7 or 8 babies in her life because only 2 will survive...
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    The Second Escapist Community?s Top 100 Games [Voting Closed]

    StarCraft Chrono Trigger Dynasty Warriors 4 Megaman X4 Super Metroid Runner ups: Dragon Quest 4 Final Fantasy 7 and 9 The Legend of Zelda and A Link to the Past
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    Anyone else tried this new Black Prophecy free-to-play space combat MMO?

    The ridiculous amount of cutscenes to get through the tutorial turned me off. I'll give it another go, but my first impression was not particularly solid.