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    8 Must-Have Skyrim Mods

    Skyrim Redone is also, as I recall, modular. The extensive changes on offer are broken up into appropriate sections to be installed as you please. It's a really great mod. A complete perk overhaul might seem drastic, but personally I found myself wishing I'd had it from day one. The extra...
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    HBO Reveals Game of Thrones Season Five Directors

    It's kinda par for the course with big dramas such as these, though I take your point. At least by having different directors no one of them is likely to suffer burn out, which could be more of a problem.
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    Jimquisition: EA & Ubisoft: A Cycle of Perpetration and Apology

    Stop feeding your dog treats dude. Little fella should probably have a waist line ;P
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    working in retail/service?

    I still wouldn't want to work in a call centre. Maybe it's because I'm part time (freelancing is my other job) but I haven't found retail too bad. People do treat you like crap sometimes, but they can also be really nice and put a smile on my face. As for being an expendable employee...
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    The Failure of 'Dark' Fantasy

    I understand your grievance, but dark fantasy can be done right. Dark fantasy may be particularly disposed towards the flaw you've identified of confusing mature content with maturity, but this problem permeates a lot of videogames, so try to keep an open mind I guess. As a side note, Terry...
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    Jimquisition: The Adblock Episode

    I've felt a little guilty about using adblocker recently so Bravo Jim, you spurred my apathetic rear into action. Also, I think I'm going to whitelist some sites.
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    Democracy 3

    Was wondering if anyone here has played this game, and what they thought. Any good stories to tell about how you managed to kill religion in America, or construct a police state in France? I was also wondering how people felt about the politics of the game itself (it tries to be neutral, but I'm...
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    XCOM Expansion to Allow Save-scumming

    Here in blighty its a reasonable £20 on release, I think its 17.50 atm. I did save scumm in XCOM but limited myself to saving at the the start of missions. If I screwed up/things didn't go my way I'd have the option to continue or sacrifice however much time I'd put into the mission and start...
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    The Stanley Parable Launches Today with a Trailer

    Definitely going to pick this up. I've never played a game as outright witty as TSP. Portal (with which TSP has a few parallels) is witty, and has better gameplay without question, but I found TSP outstripped it in the humour department (this is subjective, I know, but the...
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    Are there any college professors on the Escapist who might lend their opinion on this situation?

    Wow. American colleges are tough. I know it works differently in that you take a lot of classes rather than focusing on a major (we don't really have majors so much as the single area you are studying with modules), but wow. I sympathise with tutors who have to carry dead weight like I was...
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    Relationships and gaming

    I know it's lame to seek relationship advice on a forum, but this is a case where you guys could really help me out. My girlfriend recently moved in with me and my housemate. Before then, when we were both free, my housemate and I would have a game night once a week where we'd power through...
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    Escape to the Movies: The World's End

    Liked the movie, and like the review. Pointed out some things I might have missed that I think I'll look into on a second viewing. The whole EU thing interested me, but I think some context would be helpful. The whole EU issue (the UK is part of the EU (but not part of the Euro currency) and...
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    Ben Affleck is The New Batman

    Haters gonna hate. Affleck is alright - when an article starts by listing three of the worst films of his career it's hard to remember that the guy has actually done some good stuff. If the sequel to Man of Steel sucks, i'd bet on it being Snyder's fault more than Affleck's.
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    Gaming Journalist's Code of Ethics

    Nice idea. However, disregarding McCerberu's good point, you're also expecting higher standards from the gaming media (an increasingly broad and internet-dwelling beast) than most news outlets print or otherwise and that's just with the last condition.... here in the UK anyways...