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    Image of godot godot
    12/01/09

    In reply to Mass Effect 2's New Blue Girl Kicks Ass
    In the words of Subject Zero:

    "Now who's the badass biotic, bitch?"

    [kotaku.com]
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    Image of mcderek3000 mcderek3000
    12/01/09

    In reply to Assassin's Creed II DLC Raises Questions, Possibly Fills Gaps
    So no DLC for the PC. At least I know enough to cancel my pre-order for the already delayed port.
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    Image of Gortexfogg Gortexfogg
    12/01/09

    In reply to What Marketing Can And Can't Do With Microsoft's Avatars
    "- Do not show Avatars interacting with the Xbox 360 Sphere."

    It's almost as if Microsoft came up with the first few rules and then set the ad dept at it - and then Microsoft needed to make more specific guidelines until the work the ad dept sent back wasn't crazy or dirty ...

    I think I would like to see what ad made them put the 360 sphere off limits ...
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    Image of Eltigro Eltigro
    12/01/09

    In reply to Assassin's Creed II DLC Raises Questions, Possibly Fills Gaps
    Isn't Caterina the one he rescues off the island and then gets him passage on the boat to Venice? She does say something about him coming back or something...

    Sorry, don't mean to spoil anything... just trying to remember...
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    Image of Eltigro Eltigro
    12/01/09

    In reply to Changing Video Game Cases Go For The Green
    Me? I'm going to hand weave some natural hemp fibers into little decorative disc covers...

    I saw it in my Assassin's Creed II case. Figured they were trying to save some money. I'm okay with that. It's a recession. Cutting costs is okay. If it just happens make sense ecologically as well as economically, that's fine, too.
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    Image of superberg superberg
    12/01/09

    In reply to What Marketing Can And Can't Do With Microsoft's Avatars
    I see that list, and all I think is "Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball."

    Whoops. It's not super. [www.nbc.com]
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    Image of starscar.exe starscar.exe
    12/01/09

    In reply to What Marketing Can And Can't Do With Microsoft's Avatars
    " - When Avatars are used in a group of three or more, consider including different ethnicities."

    Why not just make different ethnicities like a Benetton ad?

    " - Avatars must be playful and mischievous, not devious or inappropriate.

    - Do not show Avatars using any hand or body gestures other than those provided."

    What possible avatar animations/gestures are considered 'devious or inappropriate'? Jumping and twirling?

    " - Do not show Avatars interacting with the Xbox 360 Sphere."

    It's Microsoft's property! Would you rather they hold a PlayStation logo?
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    Image of Killer Toilet Killer Toilet
    12/01/09

    @starscar.exe: Or worse!

    The Apple logo!
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    Image of starscar.exe starscar.exe
    12/01/09

    @Killer Toilet: Yes! You should be starred for that.
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    Image of Americo Americo
    12/01/09

    @Killer Toilet: I'm pretty sure just a hand up like we use for "hello" is bad somewhere, I just don't remember where.
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    Image of Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition
    12/01/09

    In reply to What Marketing Can And Can't Do With Microsoft's Avatars
    Expect Avatar Hero January 2010.
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    Image of RockyRan RockyRan
    12/01/09

    In reply to What Marketing Can And Can't Do With Microsoft's Avatars
    "- Do not show Avatars interacting with the Xbox 360 Sphere."

    Uh, can I ask....why?
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    Image of Atomsk88 Atomsk88
    12/01/09

    In reply to What Marketing Can And Can't Do With Microsoft's Avatars
    I guess that means there's no problem with marketing a group of three or more entirely made of females?
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    Image of Boomsta Boomsta
    12/01/09

    @Atomsk88: Males are the Xbox's target audience. It's probably encouraged to make it seem like there are more women on Live, to attract more men.
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    Image of Atomsk88 Atomsk88
    12/01/09

    @Boomsta: Yeah, but they might want to reword it to "at least one Avatar must be of the opposite gender."

    That way it's a uniform guideline.
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    Image of GeneralBattuta GeneralBattuta
    12/01/09

    @Atomsk88: Presenting an impression of male exclusiveness is problematic because women often cannot achieve access to groups men are privy to. Men as powerholders, on the other hand, are not generally threatened by all female groups because they can generally achieve access or outpower them.
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    Image of buddhathing buddhathing
    12/01/09

    In reply to What Marketing Can And Can't Do With Microsoft's Avatars
    If you ever feel like using Google Image Search and the search term 'sausage party'... Safe Search On. Safe Search ON.
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    Image of Futurexrisen Futurexrisen
    12/01/09

    @buddhathing: Safe Search moderate did not work :/
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    Image of Communist Pope Communist Pope
    12/01/09

    @buddhathing: Same goes for lemon party. The more you know...
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    Image of buddhathing buddhathing
    12/01/09

    @Futurexrisen: Now, I often search for an image to go with my comment... and I love Google Image Search. It's my friend. But you would think I would no better than to search for something like sausage party...

    Bonus protip actually somewhat related to the article: do not add 'interracial' + 'sausage party'.
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    Image of buddhathing buddhathing
    12/01/09

    @Communist Pope: 30 Rock actually got me to google Lemon (as in Liz) party. Unfortunately, what I ended up seeing had nothing to do with Tina Fey or Parti Citron...
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    Image of perry570 perry570
    12/01/09

    @buddhathing: interracil + sausage party.... hahahahahaha hahaha ahahhaah ahahah omg that made me laugh so hard just immagining the terrible things you just witnessed
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    Image of buddhathing buddhathing
    12/01/09

    @perry570: For the record, I never searched those 3 words together, it's just something (apparently, a film) that came up in the general 'sausage party' search.
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    Image of Americo Americo
    12/01/09

    @Communist Pope: @buddhathing: I hope you're happy. I searched them both. THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS.
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    Image of TRT-X TRT-X
    12/01/09

    @buddhathing: For some reason I hear the following music in my head when I see this...

    [www.albinoblacksheep.com]

    People with epilepsy should not click this link
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    Image of buddhathing buddhathing
    12/01/09

    @Americo: Didn't I specifically say not to do that??!?
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    Image of Bouchart Bouchart
    12/01/09

    In reply to What Marketing Can And Can't Do With Microsoft's Avatars
    Were it not for bloated, needlessly detailed branding guidelines, marketing "gurus" would need to find real jobs.
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    Image of UltimatePancakeSensation UltimatePancakeSensation
    12/01/09

    In reply to Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned Micro-Review: Brains Optional
    Borderlands is a great game, but I feel like they had no idea what they were doing with this DLC. The core fun of the game is the RPG loot grind, and there is no new loot to grab in this DLC. I myself had already played to level 50, so all they're offering is a new area with new enemies...new challenges, in a game that bases its fun factor on rewards.
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    Image of Hi-Im-Asylum Hi-Im-Asylum
    12/01/09

    In reply to Mass Effect 2's New Blue Girl Kicks Ass
    I don't know if I want to use my female Shepard or my male Shepard for ME2. An admittedly perplexing conundrum.
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    Image of Orionsaint Orionsaint
    12/01/09

    In reply to Changing Video Game Cases Go For The Green
    Pretty soon the cases will be made of paper.
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    Image of Altima NEO Altima NEO
    12/01/09

    @Orionsaint: You forget the days of Genesis/SNES where games came in cardboard boxes
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