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    Martial Arts That Aren't Useless

    My favorite is the ancient martial art of Legitsu(pronounce leg-it-sue). First developed in ancient times for use against woolly mammoths. It is the most versatile of martial arts completely negating your opponents strength, size, handheld weapons and skill with any other martial arts. The...
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    It's been confirmed; Xbox one wil block used games.

    This makes no sense whatsoever. Not even to stem used game sales. There is now nothing stopping people from buying the game used paying the fee then returning for a full refund. What I think will happen is brick and mortar games store will drop the full refund to a 75% refund. This will...
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    Let's say we had a choice to not use the white phosphorous (Spec Ops: The Line spoilers)

    I always thought it would be quite interesting if they did give you the choice where if you say no then you just see walker and co walking out of Dubai roll credits. Then I think I would do what most people would do in that situation and reload my save and see what happens. then I think I would...
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    Science Proves That Trolls Ruin Everything

    (excitedly pleased at the prospect of intelligent discussion)I actually kinda disagree with you. While I'll admit that the chance of actually changing someone's mind on the internet is slim to nil I whole heartedly disagree with the idea that I can not be done. There is not really anything about...
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    Best thing you have ever heard someone say?

    This is a transcript of what happened during a D&D game. DM: you come to a spiral staircase looking up you can see the same ethereal light the filled the room you passed through to get here and down below you see an unnatural darkness what do you do. Me: I think we should see what's down I...
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    Science Proves That Trolls Ruin Everything

    (In a calm helpful tone of voice)All you did with that argument is enforce his already held beliefs just as all his did was enforce yours. The real message of this study is that if you want someone to listen to you you need to be friendly. Using a condescending tone, excess hyperbole, veiled...
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    Science Proves That Trolls Ruin Everything

    To all those that don't see the point in the experiment I think the most important part of the result is that when someone presents their opinion in an inflammatory and tactless way all it does is make people hunker down and refuse to see other peoples opinions. This has a large number of...
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    Is singing your national anthem badly a disservice to it?

    I think the Australian anthem actually sounds better when its belted out badly by a hoard of off-key off-tempo louts. I think it is more in tune with our national psyche that way.
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    We want your ideas for a book on video game philosophy!

    Legions loyalty mission in Mass Effect 2 I think is a good one because of it looks at what it means to be human and whether the preservation of life is worth destroying what it stood for. Also To The Moon dear god you need to check that out. Very much what is important in life all the way from...
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    Is it always like a bad teen-movie? Highschool around the world, tell us of your experiences.

    My schools count be further from the movies. There are still groups technically but no one notices them because people only go near people they enjoy hanging around but this is decided on purely an individual basis rather than the other people they talk to. the acceptance level is also insane...
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    Poll: And so it begins: Subscriptions

    I'm having trouble following you train of thought. Steam makes them a bucket load already through charging companies to put their games up if they introduce subscription and subscription would just cause everybody to switch to free online distribution. As for the free weekend its not to let...
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    Poll: Sweeping Storyline VS Personal Conflicts and Complex Characterization and Development?

    I think that character exploration and growth is more interesting but if the story focuses solely around the protagonist and his companions it gets dull with no sense of progression or drive. Its dull when the whole point of the game is to help yourself because half the time character flaws are...
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    U.S. Navy's New MMO Wants Your Energy-Saving Solutions

    What about offshore refueling via floating fortresses connected via stealth piping on the sea bed. It would be safe from sabotage if you just build them in an area too deep for human divers hiding from sonar is easy. Would mean you only had to go back to shore for munitions vital repairs or crew...
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    Scariest way to die in a game.

    Dying in Notrium is pretty unnerving how it just's cuts to a picture of your animal eaten corpse the instant you drop to 0 hit points and to top it all off the "may you find peace in the afterlife that you never found on Notrium is just so maudlin.
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    Poll: Jim sterling VS Extra credits

    I was somewhat confused reading the comments as they where very heavy pro jim but the poll supported extra credits. Then I watched their latest article where they called out attention seekers as being the scourge of the gaming community. I wonder what that says about the number of people who...