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    The State of PC Games: Paradox's 2011 Lineup

    PC gaming and niche gaming are not the same thing
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    256: The Magic of Spike and Timmy

    I'm a johnny with a dollop of spike. Years ago the I'd spend a lot of my afternoons after school building decks in front of the tv. I'd spend 10 hours or so week on my own, just looking at cards, researching possible strategies and most importantly working out what cards were in my budget...
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    Simulated Wood-Grain Gaming

    I had my moment of awe when I was 6, and I played a game of chess on my dads work laptop (this was 1992 so it was a hefty beast with a screen you could barely read). I remember thinking "not only can this box set up the game and keep me from breaking the rules, but its some kind of genius as...
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    Go Back To WoW

    As one of the unfortunates who stumbled into day one Age of Conan, I can attest that the relatively high number will at least in part be made of people saying "I'm just going to go back to wow"
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    The Isolation of Random Matchmaking

    Thanks for the reply Genuinely, my point was that while you may be bad, there are many people who are just as bad. Not exactly a rosy comment, but my hope (and expectation) is that enough people will be playing at that level where you will find plenty of people you can beat among the people you...
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    The Isolation of Random Matchmaking

    I know no-one likes being talked at, so I'll try and keep any criticism as nice as I can With my limited time with the starcraft 2 beta, I have been mightily impressed at its ability to match me with players who definitely can offer me a challenge, while still giving me a chance to beat them...
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    Alt+Escape: ImmorTall

    i didnt want to keep trying to block at some point. I could see the alien was dying and it felt more like i was forcing him to sacrifice himself than anything else p.s. war suxxxxxxx