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Border House DLC: This Week in Videogames
Walkthrough Big releases: Far Cry 3, and “Dragonborn” DLC for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Also, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City has been born again as an iOS app. Eh, there are plenty of console-to-iOS reboots of much better games. Like … Continue reading
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Recommended Reading (And Watching)
Got a lot of good things to read on the internet, stranger! Issue 8 – Ctrl+Alt+Defeat. Our own editor, Gunthera, guest edited this month’s issue of Ctrl+Alt+Defeat, which focuses on diversity issues. A number of Border House authors (including yours … Continue reading
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Tagged cosplay, ctrlaltdefeat, Deirdra Kiai, fake geek girls, linkspam, noshowconf, recommended reading, satire
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