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    Unskippable: Ace Combat 6

    There is an easter egg in the clouds from 4:20 to 4:33. Can you find it?
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    189: ¡VIVA LA R3V0LUC10N!

    Yeah, I'm pretty sure the right answer to DRM is a boycott, not a hunger strike or self-immolation. You wouldn't download those "FREE WALLPAPERS!" that you know are full of viruses, but that doesn't mean you can't have a picture on your desktop -- just get your wallpapers from someone who...
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    102: Cthulhu: Why so difficult?

    Just because no game has successfully awakened the Old Ones yet doesn't mean it's not going to happen. With respect to the issue of the cerebral path that the protagonist takes, hunting down clues and piecing together information, this describes the pure adventure game (Myst-style, not...
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    99: Whyville: Saving the Children

    Of course students should be evaluated on their performance. Feedback is essential for good learning. I only meant that students should not be able to see each other's test results (whatever form those tests may take). I realize that some students are fiercely competitive and thrive on...
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    99: Whyville: Saving the Children

    But because games are interactive, they can offer variable difficulty, adapting themselves to the varying ability levels of the students. Each child can play at her own level, so that no one has to feel either stifled or lost. The problem is how to let slower children hide the fact from their...
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    97: A Murderer Has Your Email Address

    Evidence: the Last Ritual is hardly the only game of this description. Alternate reality games, or ARGs, have been around for years; there have been ARGs tied to the respective canons of Halo, the Matrix, and Spielberg's movie A.I., to name a few among many. ELTR is neither unique nor pioneering...
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    Extra dialogue as downloadable content

    Alternatively, the added content could be quite worthwhile and meaningful indeed, for exactly the reasons you mention. If the ongoing staff writers were sufficiently competent (perhaps the same staff who wrote the original, boxed dialogue), then they could sustain a continuing process of...