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    Street Fighter revisited

    That means I can stand proudly, looking at the horizon, I'm not advertising.
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    Street Fighter revisited

    Hi everyone, A french videographer (is that even the right term?) called Homardpayette revisited Street Fighter with hip hop dancing! I know this kinda qualifies as advertising, but since it's about video games I thought this might qualify as interesting news instead...
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    Behold the Cutest Game of Thrones House Sigils Ever Created

    French cartoonist Boulet (very very famous in France) also did a fan-art of Game of Thrones : http://www.bouletcorp.com/blog/2011/10/18/le-fan-art-kawaii-de-la-semaine/ If you search his blog you will also fan-arts of Breaking Bad, Firefly... ANd some steampunk versions of Star Wars or...
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    Escape to the Movies: The Sitter

    I giggled like a little girl when I saw Cheese from The Wire...
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    7554: Vietnam's Call of Duty Coming Next Year

    I'm French and I'm cool with it. The French have a lot of issues concerning our colonial past, it's still a taboo subject in 2011. I'm hoping that one day a major production like a movie or a video game will be the kick in the nuts we need to actually talk about it and face the horrors we...
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    Poll: Favorite form of alcohol

    High five ! -> o/ But if I had to say the name of my favorite beer ever, it would either be Karmeliet or Chimay Bleue... Or Malheur 12°c... Damn me I can't name my favorite alcohol...
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    Poll: Favorite form of alcohol

    Leffe, Chimay, Grimbergen, Karmeliet, Barbar, Malheur, Charles Quint, Delirium Tremens... In two words : Belgian Beers.
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    Bioware Social

    Didn't EA swore a a couple of years ago that they'd stop being insanely evil ?
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    Creepy Skyrim Serial Killer Keeps Heads on Shelves

    Tonight's the night. And it's going to happen, again and again. It has to happen.
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    Attention European Escapist! Why do you hate your country?

    I'm French and I don't hate my country. But I'm feeling way to detached from it that I can't have strong feelings like love or hatred towards it... As far as countries go, France is a nice one, but I would not have minded being born elsewhere, the UK, Ireland, Spain, the USA... Any countries...
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    Share the most intense, powerful music you know.

    You can't go wrong with the classics : Pink Floyd : Atom Heart Mother The Most epic and intense musical experience to me... John Lennon : Mother John Lennon using the Primal Scream technique in music to express the loss of his mother who died while he was a teenager and his...
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    Poll: Have you ever been emotionally connected to a character?

    One of my own character in Dragon Age's Origins. I made several playthrough in the games but I did only one through Origins, Awakening and a couple of disappointing DLCs I bought. Anyway, he was an evil mage and did a lot of horrible things, but reaching the far end with him, putting so many...
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    Do you think Remembrance day is a day that everyone should take part in?

    Sadly I woke up too late to go the kiwi celebration I talked about in another thread. But on this day I like to think about my ancestors. One of my great great grandfather was a lieutenant in 1st World War, I have a picture of him in uniform and he looks gentlemanly badass. On the other hand...
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    Something Important Happens on 11/11/11 (Not Another Skyrim Thread)

    I live near a town in France called Le Quesnoy wich was freed by New Zelander during 1st World War, every year on the 11th of November a delagation of kiwis come and do the Haka to honor the the soldiers who fought this battle. I'll try my hardest to be there on that day.
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    Trailers: Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Multiplayer Trailer

    Teleporting, Medieval assassins' favorite weapon.