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    Spectre - How to Ruin the James Bond Franchise

    To me, the film can be best summarised with two consecutive lines of dialogue. The first is the funniest one-liner of the film, and the second immediately does its best to utterly nullify that humour.
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    Disney May Ban Leia's Gold Bikini From All Star Wars Merch

    Yeah, this is a more worthwhile discussion. I actually have a few of the OT 6" Black Series figures and the biggest thing I'm missing is a Leia. I'd snap up an ANH, Hoth or Endor version in a heartbeat, but the only versions they've released are the Boussh disguise, which I have no interest at...
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    Disney May Ban Leia's Gold Bikini From All Star Wars Merch

    Why are they still making action figures of Hoth Luke [http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Series-Skywalker-6-Inch/dp/B00XK8X13C]? I mean, that was only a small part of a single film that screened decades ago. Why are they still making Bossk figures...
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    Don't Get What's So Great About Mara Jade After Finishing Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith

    You've got things a bit backwards here. She's not well liked because she's in Mysteries of the Sith, she was in MOTS because she was already well liked. Read the Thrawn trilogy and the Hand of Thrawn duology if you want insight. You might not like them, you might not like her - there are...
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    XCOM 2 is What Happens When You Lose Enemy Unknown

    Far Cry 3 has nothing to do with Far Cry 2 which has nothing to do with Far Cry. The only things they share are mechanics and basic themes. Before DLC, Left 4 Dead 2 had nothing to do with the story of Left 4 Dead other than the initial premise, setting and mechanics. Grand Theft Auto IV has...
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    XCOM 2 is What Happens When You Lose Enemy Unknown

    What corner? Why is there this assumption that just because there's a 2 on the front of the box, the game has to be a direct, linear continuation of the plot? X-Com: Enemy Unknown/Within is a single, self contained story. That's it. That's all there is to it. The setup for X-Com 2 is just...
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    Your Firearm Bucket List

    *Ahem* I believe you mean Power Packs [http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091210012719/starwars/images/f/f4/DL-44_tech_drawing.jpg]
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    Your Firearm Bucket List

    Broomhandle Mauser. I want to be Han Solo, damnit. I'd settle for being able to make an M1 Garand go ping, or going full auto with an AK series.
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    The Reason You're (Not) A Console Gamer

    It's an interesting breakdown, Shamus, and I agree with you that this argument never gets anywhere because people ignore the broader, more personal factors. However, I'm not sure that really matches up with my experience. Basically, I was a console gamer during my teens pretty much purely...
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    8 Terrible Video Game Villains

    FFS, shooting Guilty Spark is not a 'boss fight'. With the exception of some fairly out of place moments in Halo 2, Halo doesn't have boss fights. You get to shoot Guilty Spark with a big fucking laser because after pissing you off for three games, it would have been really unsatisfying for the...
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    Batman is exactly why I don't PC game

    Didn't you read? He doesn't use Windows Media Player! This guy's a fucking PC genius. I've been trying for years to change my PC so I wouldn't have to use Media Player. I've tried everything. I've tried throwing rocks at it, I've tried jumping up and down on my chair screaming at it, I...
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    The Plight of the Mary Sue Character in Games

    This is the possibly the most nitpicky quibble I've ever committed to the internet, but fuck it. He carries two swords, he only ever uses one. To use Yahtzee's plumber analogy, it's like calling a plumber a cocky nobhead for using a wrench and a plunger (alright, alright I know nothing about...
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    The HairWorks Debacle Explained

    I get that this is summarising the issue for an audience that is perhaps less up to speed on the intricacies of GPU politics, but it seems like you've missed or at least brushed over some of the key points in the debate. In the interests of disclosure, I'm an AMD GPU user so you can judge if you...
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    Game of Thrones - Who do YOU want on the Iron Throne?

    I'm actually kind of hoping for Dany to end up on the Iron Throne. BUT, with the major caveat that what she ends up ruling is a tiny fraction of Westeros. I'm hoping that she ends up being some weird mirror to Aegon the Conqueror: the Targaryen dragon rider from across the sea who comes to...