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    Jim & Yahtzee's Rhymedown Spectacular: The Quest Not Taken

    I'm liking this series more and more. I'm also trying to remain cautiously optimistic about Thief 4, at least until they show actual gameplay footage. The fact that the trailer was made up of sneaking and burglary and not sword fights and explosions was enough for me to give it a chance. And...
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    Valve's Making Up Half-Life Along the Way

    I've been afraid of this since Lost proved to me how much lack of planning can ruin a good story. At this point I can't imagine Valve revealing the Gman's origins without being a big disappointment. Still, we probably won't have to worry about these things for a long, long time. Also, kudos...
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    Ruin-A-Wish Foundation.

    Granted. You get the Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver, and he's none too happy that you've stolen it. I wish Thief 4 was out.
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    Ruin-A-Wish Foundation.

    Granted. It has Anchovies. I wish I could find a job.
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    Games that genuinely make you angry.

    The War of the Worlds game that came out on XBLA a few months ago got me pretty frustrated. I'm kind of a huge WOTW nerd, so the crapiness of this game was a massive disappointment to me. For the first half hour or so, I was enamored with the game, but as I played I realized the game was...
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    A Mass Effect question

    First of all, you really need to put a spoiler warning on your thread title, or place your question in spoiler tags, you basically gave away the end of the game without any warning. And second of all, I'm guessing it's the latter, it's not exactly like
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    Games That Aged Horribly

    Pretty much all the console Medal of Honor games fall victim to this. I went back and played Frontline again a while back, and it was bad. The aiming was awful, level design confusing, AI brain dead, and the graphics weren't too great either. The only thing that made it worth playing was, like...
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    Legend of Korra

    My roommate introduced me to Avatar over this past semester. My reaction after the first season: "Yeah, this is pretty good for a kids show." My reaction after finishing the series: "WOOO THAT WAS AWESOME TEAM AVATAR FOREVER!" So, yeah, I'm a convert. Legend of Korra is awesome so far, just...
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    Mass Effect 3 ending SPOILERS!

    That is true, it is at least consistent with itself. Still, I'm bothered by the fact that: I agree here. I'm not expecting "fixed ending DLC" like some people are, but I wouldn't mind if they at least posted an several-paragraph epilogue, going in depth on what their reasoning behind the...
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    Mass Effect 3 ending SPOILERS!

    Finished ME3 a couple days ago, still feeling the disappointment from the ending. Honestly, most of what bothered people didn't bother me that much. (Wall-o'-Text ahead) ME3 was an amazing game, it's such a damn shame the end left me with such a bad taste in my mouth.
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    Gabe Newell Acknowledges Frustrations With Half-Life 3

    Valve really is a shining bastion in the gaming industry, always focusing on staying innovative, keeping customer satisfaction high, and championing the philosophy that the most profitable product is the highest quality product. I totally respect that Gabe doesn't want to give out info on...
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    What if Obsidian picked up Mass Effect after ME3...

    "I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite store on the Citade-store on the Citade-store on the Citade-store on the Citade-store on the Citade-" ERROR: The instruction at "0x00d04350f" referenced memory at "0x0055901f". The memory could not be "read". Click OK to terminate program.
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    Zero Punctuation: Serious Sam 3: BFE

    The brief Half-Life Opposing Force reference made me happier than it really should have. Now I want to go back and play that game.
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    Poll: Alright guys, settle a bet for me. Half Life, Halo, or CoD?

    I'm kinda surprised how much love Halo is getting in this thread (the poll says otherwise, but still), usually the Escapist hates Halo. That said, I like Halo and CoD, but I've got to go with Half-Life. It's gunplay might be a little archaic compared to newer shooters (no melee, no...
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    Who are the good guys in Skyrim?

    The good guys in Skyrim are anyone and everyone who takes the fight to those filthy, pompous, genocidal Thalmor. I really wish I could tell Ulfric and Tullius to settle on a temporary truce to regain their strength so both sides can take the fight to those high elf bastards.