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    what are you afraid of

    Wasps. I'm extremely terrified of wasps. Even thinking one might be around causes a deeply-rooted instinctual urge to shy away and flee. The wife is deeply terribly afraid of... Spiders Insects that crawl Dogs Aliens Being abandoned "Complete and total emptiness" Loud noises Complete...
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    Genre-preferrence Orgins

    First game ever: Sonic the Hedgehog. And while I love platformers, I also love FPS, RTS, Horror, RPG...
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    Gender in Gaming: Part 1 of 3.

    Now, in the old days, I used to play female characters for several reasons. The top ones however are simple. A: Nice to look at. B: Tricking myself into protective instincts. Yes, it's chavunist. I try to trick my mind into giving me that extra burst of protective urge to make my character...
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    Re: "Oh man, I totally hate those guys!" Solutions!

    Poison headcrabs: Learn to 'block' them, by that I mean learn when they lunge, and hit them with the crowbar in mid-air. Fast zombies: Shotgun. Secondary fire. To the head.
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    Whats your useless gaming trivia

    Well known trivia: Many of Doom's songs are slightly remixed midi incarnations of various rock and metal songs.
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    Deus Ex will come to Gametap's free games roster next week.

    Sweet. Gogo free Gametap games!
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    Poll: Profanity in video games: Enough is enough.

    If a character swears just to swear, they're being juvenile. If they swear because of aggrevation/injury/a real reason, like people do in real life, then it's perfectly fine. Simple as that.
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    The genre you want back

    Side-scrolling platformers. God, side-scrolling platformers. So much... Especially side-scrolling exploration games like the handheld Castlevanias, and the Metroid titles. That said, Freud tried to push his specific kinks onto everyone else. Just cause HE loved huge gazongas and his mommy...
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    Spore: the real controversial game of the year

    ...Um, Spore is supposed to be able to run on any computer that can run The Sims 2. And yes, Atheists are able to suspend our disbelief quite easily. The same goes for most religious people. There's some religious people who LACK disbelief altogether to suspend, and they're the ones who...
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    I will always remember...

    Spending hours upon hours playing Sonic 2 with my sisters, until I was good enough to (with their help as Tails) complete the entire game consistently without losing a single life. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. All of it. First win with Pokemon Blue over another player. Call of...
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    Games, three words.

    WH40k: Soulstorm: Worse. Than. Crusade. WH40k: Dark Crusade: Waagh! Da Orkz! C&D Generals: Fuck. Jarmen. Kell. Soul Calibur franchise: Impractical. Bouncy. Big. DoA franchise: Impractical. Bouncy. Huge. (Alt: HOLY GAZONGAS BATMAN!) Final Fantasy: Keep Pressing X. (Alt: Big Spiky...
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    the future of the platformer

    I always loved 2D platformers, not because of the exploration (3D platformers are built around giving you a false sense of exploration, really), but because of the pure gameplay. The handheld Castlevanias and every 2D Metroid... These games are incredible in their pure simplicity and in their...
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    G-Surfing. Is this the latest gaming trend?

    G-Surfing is...eh. The only time I'd ever do it is to watch a speedrun for hints on how to shave some time off of my own playtime if I were so inclined. Or watch some other nigh-impossible feat that actually IS possible without tool-assists, just bloody hard. (Such as, say, completing the...
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    What is your slang?

    Without too much ado, some of the more...Colorful slang I use or have used... Slang: Man tar bara ut kulorna och HEADSHOT, HEADSHOT! ("You just take out the bullets and HEADSHOT, HEADSHOT!") Use: In-joke I used to have with a few guys when I went to school based on a discussion on how to...
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    Zombie Strippers, perhaps?

    Zombie Strippers = You're supposed to find them hot. Anyone who finds zombies hot = Needs brain adjusted with 12 gauge buckshot. Ergo... Inventors of Zombie strippers = Needs brain adjusted with 12 gauge buckshot.