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    Capt. James Kirk Takes Command of New USS Zumwalt for Sea Trials

    We could be in space right now. But nope, we're just gonna sit here and piss away billions on more efficient ways of killing each other.
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    Get Your Duct Tape And Pocket Knife Ready - MacGyver is Coming Back!

    'Thank you sènior McGuyver, you saved our village!' 'Don't thank me, thank the moons gravitational pull!'
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    It's About Time: Australians Finally Get Locally Hosted World of Warcraft Servers

    I have been playing on Dragonblight US since vanilla, along with my Australian/New Zealand guild, and I can honestly say that my 280ms ping has hardly ever been a problem in PvE content for any of us. Its nice that they finally got around to doing this but really, its too little too late for...
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    Warcraft III May be Coming to Blizzard's Battle.net Launcher

    If Blizzard is simply adding its back catalogue to the launcher, perhaps with the intent of adding support to make them more modern PC friendly (none of them are built with widescreen support for example), then I welcome this. It would be a logical move, given that the collectors editions of...
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    James Bonds' Jaws No More: Actor Richard Kiel Dies Age 74

    'Trying to reach the green from here, Shooter?' 'Im afraid thats impossible, sir' 'I beg to differ. Happy Gilmore accomplished that feat no more than an hour ago' 'Well, moron, good for Happy GilmOOOH MY GOD' R.I.P big guy :(
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    8 Amazing LucasArts Games We Shouldn't Forget

    Cant believe you snubbed both Full Throttle and Sam 'n' Max in favor of crap like the Force unleashed :(
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    8 of the Best Movies from Studio Ghibli

    No Nausicaa or Porco Rosso, i am disappoint.
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    4 Science Mistakes Star Wars: Episode VII Needs to Fix

    Need to get my nerd on and offer rebuttal on two of these 'mistakes' you refer to. Mistake 3: Space Fighters Use Aerial Flight Dynamics & Tactics You are correct regarding the dynamics of space flight of course, but you fail to recognize the tactical considerations of a dogfight in space...
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    The Millennium Falcon for Star Wars VII is Under Construction

    Part of me hopes J.J is secretly a massive Star Wars fan, and he butchered the new Trek movies on purpose :P But yes, the reveal of actual physical set pieces like this gives me a new hope (fnar fnar) for this sequel.
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    HUVr boards?

    http://huvrtech.com/ This years most elaborate trolling exercise or most awesome news ever? I don't know whether to get my torch and pichfork, or get excited.
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    Update: Hackers Bring Down LoL, DoTA 2, Blizzard, EA Servers

    Apparently SW:ToR servers are currently being disrupted by this crap. Big question is 'why?' but I feel there will never be sane, reasonable or justifiable answer to such.
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    Gearbox Asks What You Want To See In A Homeworld HD Remake

    You are getting that. Remember Hardware: Shipbreakers? Same people, and now thanks to Gearbox, same universe. ;) (just not in space this time)
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    So... Black Mesa

    Ahaha yes i forgot about that one :P
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    So... Black Mesa

    Anyone gotten their hands on a Snark yet and sat there watching the idle animations? Freakin' hilarious :P All in all, this mod is everything i hoped for, amazing set pieces and stunning re-imaginings of the most iconic Half life levels. The section where you move about the cliff side is...
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    Aliens Vs. Predator: Your thoughts?

    Played through the marine and alien campaigns, so far not bad. Still, i cant help but think from a single player story perspective, the old Aliens Vs. Predator 2* was a much better game. Each story (marine, Alien and Pred) was lengthy and enjoyable, and each was part of a much grander...