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    Zero Punctuation: Portal 2

    I have no positive or negative things to say about the review-- It was solid enough, but... Am I the only one who is pretty sure the first corrupt sphere was a -direct- reference to Seven Days? "I ONLY WANTED TO GO INTO SPAAAAACE!" indeed.
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    The Last Board Game On Earth

    Hmm... Chess or Go for standard games. For stuff that is more cerebral, Risus by a LONG shot. Easy, technically requires no tools or parts at but basic dice (which can be emulated / removed) and the rules can be memorized by a child in under an hour. Plus, easily expandable.
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    Your favorite units of measurement

    Hmm... Single specific point of measurement-- the Yoctogram, AKA "One sextillionth of a gram." Because there are few funnier ways to call something "insignificantly small"
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    Games you wonder if anyone else has played...

    Shining Force II-- Sword of Hajya. And the very concept of the GAME COM-- I loved it, which foreshadows my immense love of the DS.
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    Burial/Cremation/Other

    Cremated, with half the ashes stored in the head of my hiking staff, and the other half added to my local Esprit Decor (rotational portion of campfire ashes+record of where it has been used). In re: staff, transparent container would be nice, tacky light-paper lined transparent container run by...
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    Things you did not know

    There are fungi that grow via spore-implantation into insects, growing through their bodies, forcing them to move to higher ground, and then destroying much of the body mass to release their spoors. These species specialize in insect-dominated to the point of being different classifications...