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    #123: That Old Trick

    I took it to mean she's actually tried to poison herself before, or at least that she's used to medication/treatments that have significantly painful 'side effects'.
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    Five Rules for Being a Good Dungeon Master

    I have to somewhat disagree with the negative connotations about rules lawyers. In most games I *am* the rules lawyer, mostly because of my better than average memory for trivial details, but also because I have no problem arguing either side regardless of my own character's stakes in the...
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    WildStar Beta Weekend Code Giveaway

    Yeah, I was a little disappointed with the settler path myself. It's probably the most 'grindy' of the paths that I've tried so far (and my reading seems to reinforce that idea) in that your primary task is collecting materials and then bringing them to a certain location to build something. The...
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    WildStar Beta Weekend Code Giveaway

    I strongly recommend giving it another look. The intro areas ARE pretty basic, but that's to be expected.. they're the 'tutorial' areas that help newer players familiarize themselves with the game and its approach to certain mechanics. There are going to be some basic tropes that are common...
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    The Elder Scrolls Online Fails - Working as Intended

    You may have an elevated sense of self-importance if you think anything I wrote was even remotely an insult. It's also possible that you may not be a very sophisticated reader if you assume that not explicitly naming the title means the idea behind it was never addressed (see the parts about...
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    The Elder Scrolls Online Fails - Working as Intended

    You're absolutely right, there were no cutesy tongue-in-cheek articles for those games when they fell down during launch. They were completely blasted with both barrels for their transgressions, rather than given the softball treatment that ESO has gotten here, but there are plenty of articles...
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    Star Citizen Hits $35 Million in Crowdfunding

    Nope, I'm a deacon so I don't have to tithe any more. See you in the next thread! :)
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    Star Citizen Hits $35 Million in Crowdfunding

    Oh hey, you're back. Have you given up pretending to not have a personal beef with Chris Roberts and the SC supporters? Or is this still a crusade against Kickstarter in general and their insidious "interest-free loans"? Just in case you 'forgot' your earlier statements...
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    Star Citizen Dogfighting Module Delayed to Early 2014

    For someone who claims not to have a problem with Chris Roberts or Star Citizen you're awful quick to insult their supporters and make statements that seem to hope for their failure. If you're not a backer then what are you complaining about? If it's really about the funding model (as you...
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    Star Citizen Dogfighting Module Delayed to Early 2014

    If your beef is with Kickstarter then why attack Star Citizen and Chris Roberts? He didn't invent Kickstarter or crowdfunding, and the idea of giving something up in the short term for the CHANCE of greater return in the future (whether it be physical, financial, or even just psychological) is...
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    Star Citizen Dogfighting Module Delayed to Early 2014

    Ah, the bitchening has begun. I'm going to go out on a limb (not really) and guess that most of the complaints will be along the lines of "Just throw money at it!!" even though history has shown time and again that money is not the ultimate guarantee of success. Aliens: Colonial Marines is...
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    Unskippable: The Last of Us, Part 2

    The fight in They Live was not an exception since it took place in a well-lit alley. Though I guess the homage in SR4 WAS in a dark alley so that might count.
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    John Carmack Departs Id Software

    He's going to be concentrating on Oculus and probably spending more time looking for backers to get Armadillo up and running again. I wish him luck.
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    Star Trek Game's Producer Leaves Paramount

    "Personal projects" such as employment, perhaps?
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    Rockstar Confirms GTA Online Microtransactions, Other Details

    The cynic in me expects one of the microtransactions will be a 'car retrieval service' that recovers customized cars that currently vanish without a trace due to a 'bug'.