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    Poll: Anwar al-Awlaki's Death: Justice or Assassination?

    It's NEVER justice unless there is a trial, a judge, and a verdict. No amount of "justification" negates this fact. Assasinating citizens puts the US on the same moral pedestle as the raving assholes who fly planes into buildings. Congratulations. The Terrorists won.
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    Duke Nukem Forever Hands-On

    Resounding 'meh.' DN3D already did most of these gags; and while they were funny when I was 17, I need a bit more substance in a game. Or am I the only person in the world (except for maybe Yahtzee) who doesn't think that graphical superiority translates into a game worth playing? 'Cos...
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    Scary games. Can they keep up?

    Interestingly enough, there's a tool that a fair number of horror films use that almost never appears in video game horror--but which is used to great effect in movies. Jacob's Ladder AFAIK pioneered the technique in which characters in the movie are made to move unnaturally quickly, slowly...
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    Scary games. Can they keep up?

    Actually, yeah... I remember the cut-scene from Half-Life when the leviathan comes up out of nowhere to swallow Gordon before being teleported RTF out of there... I swear, I almost **** out my heart the first time I saw it. There is something to be said about massive creatures... The distant...
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    Scary games. Can they keep up?

    For me, there have been some great scary games--or that is to say, some great concepts. Execution of which varied considerably... 1) System Shock. Deep, DEEP atmosphere combined with the classic "Who the hell am I, what am I doing here, and OMGWTF WAS THAT?!?" Conquering your fear as you...
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    Why don't we have a sequel yet?

    How about a modern sequel to Elite that doesn't sacrifice fun for quantum-realism? Actually, scratch that. I'd be happier than a fat-kid with a super-sized big-mac combo to play ANY space-trading game that features a) faster than light travel, b) entertaining space-battles, and c) the ability...
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    "Survival game" Is it made?

    You mean, like Robinson's Requiem? Absolutely brilliant concept, crippled by total lack of technology available at the time to produce a playable game, brutal control setup, and a difficulty curve shaped like an oncoming bullet-train with a rusty cow-catcher. I for one would like to see...
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    Robot Apocalypse Survival Guide-just to innovate

    Easy: Lure the robots into a very, VERY large parking lot with only two roads in/out. Fashion 2 official looking signs with the following captions: 1) NO EXIT 2) USE OTHER EXIT Sit back and watch the sparks fly.