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    Eidos Exec: People Still See Games as Porn

    I'm not sure, I'd have gone with England, but as this article talks about the UK as a whole I'm not even sure that's correct. Seriously though, when one of the UK's most valuable developers, Rockstar North, is based in Scotland, using England as a synonym for the UK is incredibly sloppy. Note...
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    Age of Conan Penalizes Female Characters

    Given that Funcom were responsible for the characters of April Ryan and Zoë Castillo, I'm inclined to believe it was unintentional. Still, it shows poor quality control, although judging by some of the reports I've been hearing the release version was a bit of a mess overall.
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    69: Is Rape Wrong on Azeroth?

    @KeithBurgan Right. And you didn't read the article did you? How do I know this? Because other than the mention of Azeroth in the title, the article never even mentioned World of Warcraft. So in future, if your going to troll, at least put a time investment in so you can do it believeably. This...
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    142: The Myth of the Media Myth

    Its interesting that you mention the effect that the term 'video games' has on people's perception. In the UK, the gaming revolution began largely on the home computers, most notably the Spectrum and the C64. It was only really with the SNES and Megadrive (Genesis) that the consoles began to...
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    Postal: The Movie Coming in May

    I keep reading this news item as "Portal: The movie" and then spend a brief few seconds trying to work out how on Earth they'd work that one out. (Especially as given Valve's expressed reluctance to turn Half Life into a Movie)
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    Poll: How often do you get games?

    Too many. I have a horrid habit of buying more games than I truly have the time to play. I then stick a moriatum on myself, forbidding me from buying any more until I finished the ones I've got, then go ahead and buy something anyway. Steam is bad, as are charity shops. In some way the small...