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    5 PC Games That Defined the 90s

    Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes! (I'd say the original "System Shock" though... still my fave game of all time. But its sequel is an excellent game in its own right.) I know plenty of people who'd say the same thing about "Half Life". As far as more...
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    Protagonists You Can't Get Behind

    Hmmmm, I like that one. And it wasn't always the case. I haven't played WoW, but in the original "Warcraft", the Horde were first summoned by a guy who technically I believe was human, although he was the son of an immortal divine being, so... not sure on that one. Anyway, the Horde appear...
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    Escape to the Movies: Lucy - It's Almost a Black Widow Movie

    Black Widow already had a movie of her own. It was called "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." (Seriously, why was Cap even IN that movie? Black Widow gets to drive the plot, gets the most interesting moral dilemma, and has the most interesting character arc.) Anyway, this at least...
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    The 10 Most Quintessential 90s Movies

    Eighties action movies had editing where you could tell what the heck was going on. Not something I noticed in "Bad Boys 2" or "Transformers". I can't speak for his most recent movies because I haven't seen them. The two I just named were bad enough, why go back for more punishment? Eighties...
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    The 10 Most Quintessential 90s Movies

    All of these movies are principally about the problems of privileged white American males. Even the one about the kid on the run from the authorities has the kid be a super-hacker with a Terminator as a surrogate father. I know you guys have to play to your audience, but is it really THAT...
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    Jimquisition: The Xbox One: A Lying Failure Machine

    Well I'm a PC gamer exclusively, and I come here daily. Yeah, I gotta go with Babinro on this one. I'd never ask Jim to stop pointing out horseshit like this, but I'd like to maybe see it balanced with more positive articles about current or recently released games. (I don't count previews or...
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    Minor Stuff That You Hate In Games That You Like

    This is an explanation, not an excuse... in "System Shock" and "System Shock 2", the story was told pretty much exclusively through audio logs. There were a few "ghost visions" in SS2 but for the most part both games told their story through audio recordings and logs. (And "System Shock 2" did...
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    8 JRPGs Better Than Final Fantasy 7

    Wait, FF7 and 8 are on steam? I had no idea! Thanks for the info. I'll check 'em out and have myself a retro-trip.
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    8 JRPGs Better Than Final Fantasy 7

    So much console, so little PC. :( Is there any really good JRPG that a PC gamer can get (without needing to use emulation, which is pretty dicey both technically and legally)? I've always been an RPG fan, from the old D&D games to the likes of "Fallout" and "Elder Scrolls". JRPGs are...
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    EA: Dungeon Keeper Failed by "Innovating Too Much"

    Now that I can totally agree with. Does a company like EA even see the difference between what you term an "expansion pack" and the likes of "on-disc DLC" from the consumer's point of view though? (Hell, do they see ANYTHING from the consumer's point of view?) It's weird how they fixate so...
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    EA: Dungeon Keeper Failed by "Innovating Too Much"

    Hmmm... I agree with most of what people are saying here, but let me pick you up on this specific point. Right now I'm playing through "Fallout: New Vegas"'s DLC, which costs about ten dollars in total, and has so far offered about two days' worth of play (in total, I mean - not "I've been...
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    EA: Dungeon Keeper Failed by "Innovating Too Much"

    Y'know I think EA might have given up any ambitions to *not* be voted the worst company in America (which is ridiculous by the way, there are banks who've been blatantly taking people's houses instead of letting them pay back their loans; but hey... it's the Internet... priorities are...
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    4PM Review - Go Home, You're Drunk

    Is it wrong that I kinda want to try this now? As someone who doesn't drink alcohol - is it in any way realistic? I get that it's unpleasant, but I'd imagine that that would be the case anyway if you were drunk enough to be vomiting on street corners, etc.
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    Awesome In Media, Terrifying In Real Life

    I think I've already answered this one in a similar topic before, but lemme say it again for emphasis: "Barney's Hide and Seek." A cute little jaunt across a multicoloured landscape where you, playing as the iconic purple one himself (not the jelly from MacDonalds, the other iconic purple...
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    Feed Dump: Idiot Loses Election to Robot

    You Americans think you got it bad? Look, at the very worst, you only have a robot occupying a minor Government seat. Over here in the UK, we managed to elect one as Prime Minister! Somehow!