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That fedora. So good.
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After giving Microsoft a purple nurple for the ages just about 24 hours ago—attacking the idea that game consoles…
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I'm about as old as Watergate and it has had a constant and vaguely Oedipal influence on me. Dad was a newsman; I'm a…
Cracked offers a spot-on satirization of the miserable buyer/miserable seller relationship fostered by video gaming's…
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by Kirk Hamilton
The Rockman/Mega Man franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary in December, and I can't imagine a cheerful observance…
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