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	<title>pseudo-macro</title>
	<link>http://stirlace.blogsome.com</link>
	<description>a blog on gaming against all odds.</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>So help me God, I&#8217;m a terrible person</title>
		<link>http://stirlace.blogsome.com/2009/12/01/so-help-me-god-im-a-terrible-person/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stirlace</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Rant</category>
		<guid>http://stirlace.blogsome.com/2009/12/01/so-help-me-god-im-a-terrible-person/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	I&#8217;ve done some terrible things in games. I&#8217;ve killed squads of police officers in GTA4, and killed hookers for their money after soliciting services from them. I tortured criminals in The Punisher. I beat people to death with a fire axe in Condemned.
	That&#8217;s all relatively tame, though, compared to &#8220;No Russian&#8221; in Modern Warfare 2.
	Warning: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s a pretty number and all, but noone gives a shit</title>
		<link>http://stirlace.blogsome.com/2009/11/30/thats-a-pretty-number-and-all-but-noone-gives-a-shit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stirlace</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid>http://stirlace.blogsome.com/2009/11/30/thats-a-pretty-number-and-all-but-noone-gives-a-shit/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	According to Gamasutra, analysts have determined that review scores are the least important factor (out of a potential eight) in game purchasing decisions.
	It was mildly surprising news to me at first, but then I could see where those survey takers were coming from.
	Back in the day, I was young, naive and highly impressionable. I took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t mention the (platform) war</title>
		<link>http://stirlace.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/dont-mention-the-platform-war/</link>
		<comments>http://stirlace.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/dont-mention-the-platform-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stirlace</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Console Gaming</category>
	<category>PC Gaming</category>
		<guid>http://stirlace.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/dont-mention-the-platform-war/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	If you didn&#8217;t already know, Steam is having a big weekend sale. Despite what people may say about it, I think that the platform works extremely well and is a great money spinner.
	I was just reading a thread about the sales and someone made the argument that &#8220;if they did this more often, there&#8217;d be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I </title>
		<link>http://stirlace.blogsome.com/2009/11/26/i-heart-yuo-lol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stirlace</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Rant</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	I read about Love Plus earlier this year. The game appeared to be your typical Japanese dating sim game, but proved to be a big otaku hit. It was so popular that even Hideo Kojima&#8217;s development team was losing productivity due to being so heavily engrossed in spending time with their virtual significant other.
	Then there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joystick Wrangling</title>
		<link>http://stirlace.blogsome.com/2009/11/24/joystick-wrangling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stirlace</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Rant</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Back when arcades were king, one of my favourite machines was Samurai Shodown 2.
	It was a Japanese import that was in my local games trader store. You would walk past rows of computer games in full A4-sized boxes and walls lined with SNES games that overlooked a set of tables where regular Magic: The Gathering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Everyone Talks With Their Hands</title>
		<link>http://stirlace.blogsome.com/2009/11/23/where-everyone-talks-with-their-hands/</link>
		<comments>http://stirlace.blogsome.com/2009/11/23/where-everyone-talks-with-their-hands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stirlace</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Update</category>
		<guid>http://stirlace.blogsome.com/2009/11/23/where-everyone-talks-with-their-hands/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	I just made a start on Assassin&#8217;s Creed 2 last night, and what everyone has been saying is more or less true - it is indeed a big improvement.
	The opening sequences in the game give you a nice refresher on what&#8217;s been happening, and let you take your first few steps outside of that damned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Collector&#8217;s Editions</title>
		<link>http://stirlace.blogsome.com/2009/11/19/on-collectors-editions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stirlace</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Rant</category>
		<guid>http://stirlace.blogsome.com/2009/11/19/on-collectors-editions/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	One of the more ingenious methods to make money from games is by releasing &#8220;Collector&#8217;s Editions&#8221;.
	Yeah, I&#8217;m guilty of buying some myself. It was only after I had purchased a couple that I realised it was an incredible marketing scheme that fed on a gamer&#8217;s pure ego. I mean, think about it in terms of [...]]]></description>
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