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    The Big Picture: Polarity Contest

    *hears Bob is back on the Escapist* Guess it's finally time to blow the dust off the old account.
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    Your minor video game pet peeves?

    Giant monster boss battles that boil down to "run here, do a thing, rinse, repeat." Examples include the Leviathan from Resistance 2 and Cronos from God of War 3.
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    What movie, TV show, anime, or videogame is the most over-quoted?

    By sheer accident, Casablanca. That movie's quotes are so ingrained in our everyday vernacular people don't even realize they're quoting it.
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    do you have a job/hobby/knowledge in a particular field that allows you to spot mistakes in movies?

    As a future law student, it would be easier for me to list the things Hollywood does RIGHT in the terms of the law. End of Watch is one such example. The traffic stop the two main cops do in towards the middle of the film is the most legally accurate one I've ever seen on film. For movies...
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    OH GOD NOT THE EYES (And other physical injuries that make you cringe)

    Broken fingers. I don't remember the name of the movie, but there was one scene where Leonardo Dicaprio got tortured by having his fingers hit with a hammer. I literally had to sit on my hands AND close my eyes. Same with that one healing animation in Far Cry 3 where the player character...
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    Poll: How Big is Too Big?

    #6 wouldn't be so bad if it didn't have those horns for eyelashes.
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    Parents on Facebook

    My dad literally called me to tell me to delete a status where I swore. I blocked him from after I realized he also thought that the number of things I commented on was a fair measure of how long I stayed on Facebook.
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    Before clicking this, think of a game franchise. Any game franchise.

    God of War vs. Twisted Metal? I am fine with this!
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    Obvious things you missed in games.

    The day I learned about fast-traveling in Dead Island was the day my feelings on the game went from "boring slog" to "actually pretty decent."
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    Poll: The Last of Us Academic Poll (SPOILERS)

    Shot them all. I disagreed with Joel's ultimate decision and it was my way of venting frustration. (Also I thought I had to because it makes sense to in context).
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    Zero Punctuation: Killzone: Shadow Fall

    Why Mr. Croshaw! Intentional or not, I'm flattered that you would use Atlanta's skyline to illustrate this game's skyboxes!
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    Music videos with good stories?

    Without cheating, see if you can figure out what the plot behind the video for Childish Gambino's "Bonfire" is.
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    Bosses and Boss fights that make you go "F*** this, F*** that, I am not fighting him/her! I AM OUT!"

    This isn't a boss battle in the usual sense, but it's labeled as such in the game, so I'm counting it. Stage 4 in the Fight Lab in Tekken Tag 2, you have to beat three characters in a row using EXCLUSIVELY air juggles. It sounds easy, but me being the trophy whore that I am, I had to get an...
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    Favorite Mecha

    Gotta go with Striker Eureka from Pacific Rim. They can call them "Jaegers" all they want, they're mecha. She's fast, powerful, and can take down a Category 4 kaiju in eleven seconds flat.