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    Games Get Huzzah in Parliament

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    Image of Bialia Bialia
    03/29/09

    In reply to Games Get Huzzah in Parliament
    Well, since we're being all picky about spelling and shit, I'll point out that it is House of CommonS. :p
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    03/29/09

    In reply to Games Get Huzzah in Parliament
    That's the Queen's English you're sighing at, Mr.Good. Now do what's...good for you and learn how to spell armour and honour. As well as pout, like you youngsters like to do.
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    Image of Jackablade Jackablade
    03/29/09

    What kind of looney country spells recognise with a 'Z'?@ShadowOdin, representing the people of Malmö, Sweden: So a sulky look in Yankee land is caled a 'pot'? The more you know, eh.
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    Image of Hamsfork Hamsfork
    03/29/09

    @Jackablade: I'm pretty sure that the 'z' spellings in words like civilization are acceptable in UK English, but not widely used. Also I think ShadowOdin was joking, in America we spell pout the same way every other English speaking nation does.
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    03/29/09

    @Hamsfork: D: I've been had!

    You can always, y'know, remove the u from pout and read the sentence again,
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    Image of Luffay Luffay
    03/29/09

    In reply to Games Get Huzzah in Parliament
    So, um, what's the number 1 country for video games?
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    03/29/09

    @Luffay: Surprisingly, it's Lesotho
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    Image of Derek Rumpler Derek Rumpler
    03/29/09

    @ShadowOdin, representing the people of Malmö, Sweden: Where the *bleep* is Lesotho? *blinks*
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    03/29/09

    @Derek Rumpler: It's hiding along with Carmen Sandiego
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    Image of Hamsfork Hamsfork
    03/29/09

    @Luffay:

    According to [www.gamepolitics.com] This actually puts the UK at 6th

    1) USA

    2) Japan

    3) South Korea

    4) Canada

    5) China

    6) UK
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    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    03/29/09

    In reply to Games Get Huzzah in Parliament
    It's nice to see the British government holding out a helping hand to the industry. As the largest entertainment industry in the world, countries with large video game sectors should be supporting their local developers through this decline.
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    Image of Fallible. Fallible.
    03/29/09

    In reply to Games Get Huzzah in Parliament
    Proper English, in UK-land, calls for 'I-S' words to be spelled 'I-Z,' so really, no harm no foul Mr. Good.


    At the least, that was how I was taught, and my English teacher was no slouch. Although, in higher education it's often caused debate; my narrative in fiction lecturer claimed not to care, and said most writing authorities won't mind how it's spelled, proving you're consistent with the use of 'S,' or 'Z.'


    As an aside, though, 'Herb' most definitely has an 'H' which should be pronounced.

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    Image of bkchurch bkchurch
    03/29/09

    @Fallible:


    But then how does one differentiate between their Uncle Herb (H pronounced) and smoking herb (silent H)?

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    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    03/29/09

    @bkchurch: Easy. You don't get high from smoking Uncle Herb.
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    Image of Space Dust Space Dust
    03/29/09

    In reply to Games Get Huzzah in Parliament
    british government doesnt do jack about games, even though its the only business thats actually thrived through the economic crisis, we should have alot more games conventions based in england, and more developers being set up
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    Image of spacemonkey0 spacemonkey0
    03/29/09

    @Space Dust: ...thriving businesses don't lay people off.
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    Image of Rovient Rovient
    03/29/09

    @spacemonkey0: They do when a global economic crisis is a great excuse and cover to shed some deadwood.
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    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    03/29/09

    @Rovient: Yeah, there's gotta be a ton of companies looking at this crisis and seeing it as a means of tidying the books up.


    The heartless bastards!

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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    03/29/09

    @Space Dust: You'd think, but then you remember that Europe always get shafted when it comes to games.
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    Image of responsive gamer responsive gamer
    03/29/09

    @ShadowOdin, representing the people of Malmö, Sweden: Which would change if the government were more open to them. ammarite?
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    03/29/09

    @¡Helghans for Helghan!: Totally.
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    Image of Jimbotron Jimbotron
    03/29/09

    In reply to Games Get Huzzah in Parliament
    No need to sigh about having to spell correctly.
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    Image of cipotefello cipotefello
    03/29/09

    @Jimbotron: (sigh, here we go again) THERE IS NO CORRECT ENGLISH, EVERYTHING IS A BASTARDIZED VERSION OF SOMETHING.
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    Image of Adnoz Adnoz
    03/29/09

    @cipotefello: British English is the correct bastardised version.
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    Image of tsathoggua tsathoggua
    03/29/09

    @Adnoz: Why settle for bastardized? We should all be speaking Middle English, dammit! Wait, no, screw the vowel shift. We should all be speaking Old English! Wait, no, that's just a mixture of dialects. Screw vernacular, then, we should all be speaking Latin! Wait, no, that's just a descendant, it's no better than Sanskrit (though bitches do love Sanskrit). We should all be speaking Proto-Indo-European!


    That's as far back as my Linguistics 100 class takes me, though, so I say we stop there.

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    Image of denki denki
    12/14/08

    In reply to UK Minister Wants Kids to Play More Games
    If I lived in England I'd also be trying to get as many chavvy kids off the street as I could, so good fer him.
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    Image of excaliburps excaliburps
    12/14/08

    In reply to UK Minister Wants Kids to Play More Games
    He does have a point in games being more interactive and making people think more than most media...


    Personally I would relish a job like this! C'mon where's the place that'll pay me $20 an hour to play games?!


    I volunteer!

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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    12/14/08

    In reply to UK Minister Wants Kids to Play More Games
    "a Spanish dungeon somewhere" with a link to the Inquisition?


    Nobody expected that.

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    Image of Dayvie Dayvie
    12/14/08

    In reply to UK Minister Wants Kids to Play More Games
    I like how he mention that FPS are great if you want to be a good surgeon.

    Not only can you blow a guys head off, you can stitch them right back up again!


    (And your welcome!)

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    Image of Fonzythedog Fonzythedog
    12/14/08

    @Dayvie: (You're welcome!)


    E-


    See me.

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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    12/14/08

    @Fonzythedog:


    P.S.


    What the fuck, go eat some dicks Fonzy. So he didn't use the correct 'you're'. So you decided to make that your meaningful reply to him? Jesus. I guess if its not about Halo or a PS3, you're at a loss for words, mmm?

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