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    You Can't Retry Failed Missions in Middle-Earth: Shadow of War

    This is more-or-less how it worked in the first game. Nemesis-related missions (red icon) could never be repeated - you just had to wait for another opportunity to come along. Of course, story missions (gold) were repeatable if failed, as were a bunch of 'collectible' (white) missions. (Side...
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    Poll: You have to fist fight the last game character you played as, how does it go?

    So... Faith just thoroughly kicked my ass. Ow... Though I count myself lucky that I didn't get kicked over a railing and off the edge of a building. But that insane-backflip-arm-wrench-face-punch finishing move was painful... I think my nose is broken. Couldn't even run away either. She's...
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    #124: Checkpoint

    Not a game - a TV series:
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    #124: Checkpoint

    Around now, aren't we due a spontaneous scene where the characters briefly act like they're in a medical drama? The medic saves some random bystander who isn't getting the right treatment...? Wait. Wrong universe-in-which-characters-sneak-into-a-government-facility-by-pretending-to-be-dead...
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    First Trailer Released for Five Nights at Freddy's Sister Location

    "Releasing this fall, according to the trailer"... Yeah... But this is Scott Cawthon we're talking about. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he released it just half an hour from now...
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    Watch the First Teaser for the New Star Trek Series Right Here

    Rumour mill says that season 1 will be set sometime between The Undiscovered Country and TNG. Though that's an unconfirmed (and also undenied) leak, so take with a pinch of salt. Still, I'd much rather see this in the original continuity.
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    Star Trek Online Headed to PS4 and Xbox One This Fall

    I found/find it quite enjoyable. I still dip in and out from time to time. The ground combat is worse than Mass Effect 1's showing, but the space-combat is reminiscent of the Starfleet Academy series and works very well. The space graphics look decidedly Trek as well. Sadly the plotting is...
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    #101: Hut Hut Hut

    Well... great. The unnecessary combat roll has me giggling. Though I can't see this ending well, especially with that tank there. Unless... Gunny to the rescue?
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    Zack Snyder: The Force Awakens Killed More Civilians Than Man of Steel

    Nope, Zack, the fact that the villains in another movie had a higher body count than your movie's hero (who just happens to be The Boy Scout, otherwise known as Superman...) is not really a valid defence of your movie. It *is* kinda a valid criticism of The Force Awakens though - for largely...
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    Ex Machina Questions. Spoilers within.

    Probably. That said, he's locked in Nathan's office and bedroom, so there might be a cooler fridge with water in there somewhere (Like there was in Caleb's room). If so, he might last until people come looking to find out what happened to Google Bluebook's CEO. Unfortunately for him, he isn't in...
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    Quantum Break Teases A Possible Alan Wake Sequel

    Colour me interested. ('Interested' is a reddish-orange colour, right?) Alan Wake was very atmospheric as games go, and remains a favourite of mine (even if the plot somewhat fell apart towards the end). The basic gameplay was also fun, with the focus on lighting leading to some very dramatic...
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    Snipers viable still in Xcom 2? Also general strategy talk

    Don't write off lategame overwatch traps entirely :) There's a hidden strength to KillZone - it'll activate even if you're in concealment. This allows you to break concealment on the enemy turn - pulling of an overwatch trap and then following it up with controlled shots on your own turn, all...
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    Snipers viable still in Xcom 2? Also general strategy talk

    If you don't have a timer, snipers are still practically OP. In combination with a phantom Ranger, you can use them to set up as many over-watch ambushes as you like. Just have your ranger providing eyes on the enemy pod, have most of your squad on overwatch *just* outside the LOS of the enemy...
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    How long was your longest gaming session?

    24 hours. Batman Arkham Knight - NG+, 100%, including Season of Infamy. Of course, this brings up an obvious question. I was moving fairly quickly through that playthrough, and only died once or twice, and I doubt that I could get a 100% playthrough to be significantly shorter... so how the...
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    "MissingNo" Remains in 3DS Release of Pokemon Red/Blue

    Ah, the Mew glitch. The curiously specific set of inputs (up to and including flying away just as a trainer sees you, and deliberately avoiding one specific other trainer battle early in the game just to fight them later) that enables Mew to show up in your game. I know that it's a glitch, I...