2000: Hasbro releases Action Man: Raid on Island X for PC in the US. How is it that you can tell a game blows just by the title? Is it a mystical sixth sense? Did we develop the skill over millions of years of evolution? Did the dinosaurs eat young caveboys who looked like they might play such a game?

2001: Codemasters releases Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis for PC in the US. We don't mean to be nitpicky, but the Cold War is sort of our war. And you don't mow another man's lawn, Codemasters! Your lawn is way over in the UK. The US will be "diplomatic" about this, but we can't speak for certain key political figures from the former Soviet Union.

2004: Funcom releases Anarchy Online: Alien Invasion for the PC. Adding aliens into the mix plummeted the entire MMORP into a complete state of...[fill in synonym of anarchy]. Mark Wilson

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