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    Escape to the Movies: Zero Dark Thirty

    Kind of disappointed here. This movie's definitely "fixated" on something, but it's not the "facts." You're usually so good at bringing a reasonable voice to controversial subjects, but maybe it only works when the tempest in question is actually confined to a teapot. The backhanded brush-off...
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    Poll: Fake Geek Girl Meme

    I absolutely think this is a bigger problem for women than it is for men, but I don't agree that it is exclusive to (or more prevalent in) "geek" culture. Pretty much any interest-based subculture that develops in an insular, mostly gender-exclusive way produces similar situations (think...
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    The Big Picture: Depth of a Salesman

    I probably still have about half of the issues you showed in a box in my attic, and a similar formative connection story to match. I guess I just assumed it had gone under a long time ago. It's almost more sad to hear that Nintendo Power lasted this long, but still ultimately succumbed...
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    Jimquisition: EA versus Zynga - The Lesser of Two Evils

    I sure do love me some PodToid crossover. (caught the "Bad Dragon" reference from last week as well, you filthy tramp!) District Dafoe = Movie of the Century! On topic, I was starting to develop a kind of respect for EA a couple of years back, when they were taking chances on some...
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    Half-Life 3 Mistakenly Appears on Gamescom Listing

    For TGS: Don't forget the playable demo of Beyond Good and Evil 2!