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    The Witcher 3 (Finally) Goes Gold

    Originally AAA games was business-term, meaning games that got an A (highest mark) in the three important categories; customer acclaim, critical acclaim, and commercial success. Basically games that can justify a "Game of the Year Edition". Though nowadays it simply means multi-million budget...
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    End of The Line is an Amazing, 14-Minute Long Fan Team Fortress 2 Short

    There is a 5 minute limit for all saxxy entries (except shorts, who have a 1 minute limit), so it wouldn't even have been able enter the competition. Also, awesome video, and very professionally done.
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    Bigpoint Lays Off 120 Employees

    For those don't know, bigpoint is probably one of the biggest online game developers/publishers around. They make a living from low-bugdet, micro-transistion funded games, and pretty much their entire lineup consist of knockoffs of more popular games. I quess what we can take from all this...
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    File-sharing Remains Legal In Switzerland

    Well, i should have said almost impossible, anyway i'll clarify. People who pirate software, are getting things conveniently from the internet with little hassle, and (usually anyway) completely free. While it's illegal, cases were people get charged for it (at least here in Denmark), are...
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    File-sharing Remains Legal In Switzerland

    Nope, it's black metal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Frost OT: Whatever ones views is on piracy, you have to admit, it's impossible to fight it. I'm not sure legalizing it is the best way to deal with it, but restricting access to the internet like several internet providers, and...
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    Rock Band 3 Will Have Pro Modes and Real Guitars

    Sounds great, but i'm not truly satisfied until they announce that you can play "Keeper of the Seven Keys".
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    Question of the Day, May 18, 2010

    Aquaman, ftw!
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    New X-Com Shooter Coming From BioShock 2 Studio

    Exactly. The only thing Enforcer had in common with the original games, was that ihad some kind of aliens in them, and that was it. And now that someone has finally decided to make another x-com game, it will be a shooter. Honestly, i often thougt about setting a X-com in a firstperson...
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    Dave Mustaine Hints at Megadeth Videogame

    I foresee hordes of Metallica becoming militant Guitar Hero fans. Anyway, does anyone rember the AC/DC pack released for Rockband? It contained about 30 or so songs, and cost around 20$. It's problably going to be something like that, if they release anything, since Megadeth doesn't have the...
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    Evony & Irony

    Chris Livingston wrote a review of Evony with exactly the same title, i think it's worth a read: http://www.firstpersonshouter.com/?p=577
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    DARPA Builds Cyborg Beetles

    Not suprised, chinese scientists already know how to mindcontrol pigeons, they learned it years ago. http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/27/chinese-scientists-control-live-pigeon-flights-via-brain-electro/
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    Escapist News Network: Nerd Flu

    Graham, you've done it again. Brilliant.
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    Iranian Devs Seek Western Support at Gamescom

    Not that i am an expert in Iranian politics, but i found this while searching on the subject: http://www.iranculture.org/en/provs/view.php?id=108 Apperently they do undergo some degree of censorship from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.
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    Alt+Escape: Little Wheel

    Actually that part took me less than a minute, but i guess i was lucky.
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    Top 5 metal bands!

    Another Sauerbraten player i presume? Anyway my list in no paticular order: Pantera Megadeth Lamb of God Marc A. Pullen Red Warsawa (but only because their music is so bad it's good)