The joys of game abuse

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by camerhil

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I’ve always had a special fondness in my heart for games that can be abused; games that allow you to do things you’re really not supposed to do, and get away with it.
Anyone who has tortured a Sim until he expired in a pile of his own shame will understand what I mean. [...]

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Absent Friends: Oblivion

Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Tim Cameron

It’s been a month since I uninstalled Oblivion for the last time. It felt like saying goodbye to an old friend. The cruellest thing about removing this game is that you can’t just press one button and let the computer perform the euthanasia while you weep quietly and hug yourself; no, you have to delete [...]

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Level 1: Training Stage

Posted on May 12th, 2008 by Tim Cameron

Hello there.
I’m Tim Cameron, a struggling musician and freelance writer for www.cracked.com.
A couple of months ago, I decided to quit gaming forever. The epiphany came some weeks after I went to New York on a romantic mission to meet a girl whom I had only ever spoken to online. She turned out to be the [...]

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