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    The Big Picture: Orphan, Black? - A Look At The New Annie

    Reading some of the groan-inducing posts here, I'll try to allay some misgivings: This isn't a "reboot". That I (think I?) saw this word come up is ridic'. Wasn't the Annie flick a self-contained one-off? How does one "reboot" a not-franchise? Even then, what's verboten about adaptation...
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    Zero Punctuation: Thief - Stealing a Classic

    Some big company is gonna get ahold of rights for Rouge, and they'll "reboot" it, and it will not be a rouge-like, and blood will be shed as the pillars of Trippleaye come shearing down upon us and the tongue of man warps gnarled by the abandonment of sense from this mortal coil.
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    The Big Picture: Ninetiestalgia Stinks

    Gotta pause, but the zoom-out to the pie-eating contest reminded me hard of something. I'll chock it up to Joe Loves Crappy Movies. Might be it, but I doubt, in the wee hours of the morning, I'd be able to figure just what it was. EDIT (Facebook copy-paste): This is one of those shows I...
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    Jimquisition: Why Do People Hate EA?

    Those faces...dem LIPS! But yeah, the kind of loops and hoops that EA and Bioware have saddled the latter with has been something with which I am familiar. My friend/to-be bro-in-law had two separate EA accounts (he figures to use a Hotmail address for anythign on Xbox, whereas his Origin...
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    Zero Punctuation: Resident Evil: Revelations

    Christopher Belmont ...That is all.
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    Jimquisition: Beneath A Steel Skyrim

    *thinks of FINAL FANTASY XIII's impersonal tunnels* Man, I hope slogging through that pays off with XIII-2. Here's hoping...while avoiding reviews of it.
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    You are going to be killed by the last weapon you used in a game. How are you feeling?

    Either static electricity (ElectroMaster) or an exploding, decapitated running bomb (Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack). This'll sting for a moment...
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    The Big Picture: Out of the Park

    Okay, that cutaway was olde news ta me, but the last part would've had me LOLing if I wasn't holding back a mouthful of mac & cheese.
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    Extra Punctuation: Game Stories Demand Focus

    That's the payoff I want my friend to experience, if he'd only get past his animosity for the PSP system. He doesn't like the randomness, and I have to bite my tongue so hard because of it.
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    The Big Picture: The Collar

    And it dawned on me as it was being explained. When the head-body connection problem was explained, it was around or when the tie was shown again that my mouth started opening in a strange twist of :O and :D.
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    What final fantasy game is your favorite?

    Maybe X-2, honestly. Yeah, there have been other great experiences (I've played, in various incarnations, I-V, VII, VIII, X, X-2, D/DFF, CC(7), EoT, MQ, and some VI, XI, XII, DoC(7), CC, EoT, with all the former but III and MQ to the credits (okay, I was at the final battles in VII)), but I...
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    Extra Punctuation: Game Stories Demand Focus

    For as cutscene-happy as Square Enix is, I really feel the ending of CRISIS CORE pulled off narrative-through-gameplay well. It was damn BEAUTIFUL, and what really hits it home is that, as the player, it feels like you're in that situation, all because you retain control of your character...
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    Extra Punctuation: Keeping Old Games Intact

    Agreed that every step of the way should be collected and preserved, both in physical and digital formats (with plenty of backups and failsafes for the latter). However, I still appreciate the redos and remasters that come out. FFIV: The Complete Collection is probably the least janked of...
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    Are people too hard on smokers?

    I would not get "physically involved" with a habitual smoker. However, as a cashier/clerk, I aim to please, and will do what I can to provide for their wants. However, I do hold a grudge against those and alcohol, especially with all the illogical varieties of the things ("Marlboro Light...
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    Things you just couldn't finish watching because of how disgusted you were.

    I'll read it to its end, because it doesn't affect me much (thanks, Internet...), but I may have to stop shouting out to Kodomo no Jikan if it stays at or gets worse than what it's shown this last chapter (74). I'd be apt to agree with the scanlation distributors on the impending vol. 11's...