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Several days ago, I got into a very brief argument with a new GameSpot user.  I didn't think much of it, until he sent me a ridiculous message, threatening to hack my account.  I found o

If you haven't already, read yesterday's issue, so you know what I'm talking about.

So, that guy sending me messages on GameSpot, threatening to hack my profile?  That's not a fluke, because apparently he's doing it to other people.  He got into an argument wit

I recently got in an argument on a forum about...  Well, you know what?  It doesn't even matter what it was about.  I got into an argument on a forum (unbelievable, I know).  The thread died off, and the guy I was arguing with sent me some private messages continuing the argum

On a forum recently, someone asked what the best vehicle was for off roading.  People gave various advice, mostly suggesting a Jeep or other SUV.  I posted the following...

Yeah, you could drive a Jeep around like everyone else...or you could grab your balls and $3

Sometimes the oddest things remind you of how blessed or lucky you are (depending on whether you believe in the supernatural or not, respectively).  Someone on GameSpot recently posted in the off-topic forum, "What's the most you've paid for a cellphone?"

Following is my

Some games have obnoxious achievements.  I define “obnoxious achievement” as one that A.) Exists for its own sake, deriving from no in-game mechanic (flags in Assassin’s Creed), and B.) Isn’t hard, just time-consuming (Seriously 2.0).

I just got a

I originally published this yesterday, but decided to take it down to celebrate the Moon landing instead.  Here it is again.  A couple of people have written to tell me that I can post more than one blog per day.  To that I have two responses:

I removed the blog I originally published today, and I'll be reposting it tomorrow.  I forgot about something that I'd like to share with you.  So far, half the people I've asked knew the answer to this question, the answer I was looking for, anyway: What happened 41 years ago?&nbs

Hey, GameKrib had a Hurt/Heal game.  Lookie:

http://gamekrib.com/forums/display_topic/id_14 51/page_1/

And no, I can't be bothered to linkify that.  But I get 6 XP for this "blog"!

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No, I'm kidding.&

Sixty-six years ago, British and American soldiers stormed the beaches at Normandy, following airborne units that had parachuted in the night before.  It was June 6, D-Day.  This event has been memorialized in one of the hardest levels ever to appear in a shooter campaign: Point-du-Hoc