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Paddling

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Seven and eight

Final Fantasy VII opening 2 minutes of a minimum of 70 hours gameplay and it can easily be 120 hours. Final Fantasy VIII opening and this sequence is 5 times longer. Have a dance Lawyers make me do this.
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GAME, Peter Lewis and some small print.

On 22/04/2010 I got this in an email: Dear Customer, This email is to inform you that we have made some changes to our Terms and Conditions. Before you make your next purchase, we recommend that you read them carefully. http://www.game.co.uk/Help/~h3917/Terms-And-Conditions/ I sent: It’s lots of small print though and how do I easily find [...]
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Games teach.

Schools, Gee argues, are giving kids the manuals (text book) and asking them to learn for themselves, in an environment that doesn’t effectively cater to their personal needs and issues (see next heading) where the rules are unclear. In video game, the rules are easy to learn because they’re a part of your experience and [...]
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Started playing

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Uncharted Unwanted

Uncharted 2. Had no internet for the morning / early afternoon so I started this game. After quite some time I ejected the disc and it will be traded. It scores 96 at Metacritic. Some quotes: Playstation Official Magazine UK: Unless you’re born without thumbs, eyes or a sense of humour, it’s obvious that Uncharted [...]
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Short SOCOM clip

Caught just to check the quality. Like the video below used a flip HD, gorillapod, toolbox and this time the room lights were off. That probably explains the central glare. File taken from the machine was imported into iMovie then exported as Large. It was then uploaded to wordpress.com from where it is served. Not [...]
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Favela with a knife.

I usually do better on this map with a knife so it’s far from my best. First game too and it takes me at least one to get the reaction speed high enough. Filmed using a a Flip HD assisted by a large toolbox and Gorillapod to get the right height. It is remarkably abuse [...]
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Modern Warfare 2: game in progress

“Find Game” is not good enough. It should give 2 options of “Find new game” or “Find existing game”. And why won’t it? Because almost no-one would join the latter. If I get joined into an existing game the first thing I do is check the scores. If there is 1 death or less I [...]
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Dear Infinity Ward

Hi, I’d really like to play a game where there are big wide open places. Then when I’m in the middle of that big wide open place I can get shot by a helicopter, or a plane, or a jet. And when I die I’d like to come back in the middle of that big [...]
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