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• Driven to Distract: Elon Musk Tweets Tesla Pickup Truck Is Coming

  26-06-2018 23:51 via yahoo.com
  Crazy torque! Self-leveling suspension! But when?
  
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• Overwatch Update Makes For Friendlier Post-Matches

  26-06-2018 23:46 via gamespot.com
  
  The new version 1.25 update for Overwatch makes matches a friendlier place, along with a spate of balance changes and other tweaks. The biggest change comes in the form of Endorsements, a tool you can use after a match to recognize fellow players for their good teamwork, sportsmanship, and shot-calling. You can also endorse players from the opposing team for sportsmanship.The incentives to embrace the endorsement system work both ways. Endorsing other players gets you bonus XP, and the more endo
  
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• Italy, others to take migrants but fate of NGO ship unclear

  26-06-2018 23:44 via yahoo.com
  MILAN (AP) — Italy and at least three other countries agreed Tuesday to accept migrants from an aid ship that has been in a holding pattern off Malta for five days, but the vessel's destination remained unclear during Europe's second impasse this month over rescues in Libyan waters by humanitarian groups.
  
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• Rants by judge in Manafort case suggest interesting trial ahead

  26-06-2018 23:37 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow notes that even though Robert Mueller won a battle in court in the Paul Manafort case, the judge included in his ruling an extra helping of criticism for the special counsel.
  
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• Migrant kids could end up in already strained foster system

  26-06-2018 23:35 via yahoo.com
  Foster care advocates say the government won't likely be able to reunite thousands of children separated from parents who crossed the border illegally, and some will end up in an American foster care system that is stacked against Latinos and other minorities.
  
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• The Latest: Former student gets 50 years in slaying

  26-06-2018 23:30 via yahoo.com
  CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing hearing for a former Virginia Tech student convicted of killing a 13-year-old girl (all times local):
  
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• Fortnite: Battle Royale Adds Playground LTM Very Soon

  26-06-2018 23:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Epic Games is consistently adding new limited-time modes to Fortnite: Battle Royale, and that will continue very soon with the addition of the Playground LTM. This is a mode Epic mentioned a while back, but it has only just been confirmed by way of an in-game message."Let your creativity run wild on your own private island," reads the message. According to a blog post from around a month ago, Playground "will load you into the Battle Royale Map with some adjusted settings."The post continues: "B
  
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• Amazon Prime Video Is Adding Lots Of Movies In July 2018

  26-06-2018 23:24 via gamespot.com
  
  Looks like Amazon's streaming list is getting a whole lot longer this July. A host of new shows and movies are coming to Amazon Prime Video including oldies, newbies, and originals.A handful of new shows are being added like Burn Notice and The Closer, along with a few originals like Comicstaan. Amazon will also be adding new seasons of shows they already have like season 6 of The Americans. One notable addition is that the first two seasons of 21 Jump Street, the show that made Johnny Depp famo
  
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• The civility trap: There's a right and a wrong way to express dissent

  26-06-2018 23:19 via yahoo.com
  The calls for civility are a distraction. But when you have a group of angry people confronting an individual, the person targeted will fear for their physical safety, and rightly so.
  
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• Pokemon Go Will Have Global Challenges During Summer Tour Live Events

  26-06-2018 23:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Pokemon Go's Summer Tour 2018 kicks off this weekend with the Safari Zone live event in Dortmund, Germany, but even if you aren't able to attend in-person, you'll still have a chance to participate. The Pokemon Company announced that special Global Challenges will be underway during each of this summer's live events, with players all over the world contributing toward their success.Each weekend that an event takes place, players will be divided up into four regions: the Americas; Europe, the Mid
  
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• Play EA's New Game For Free On PS4, Xbox One, and PC

  26-06-2018 23:06 via gamespot.com
  
  Between June 26 and July 30, you can play a trial version of EA's new game, Unravel 2, for free on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The demo comes with the game's first two levels and lets you play for up to 10 hours. Just make sure you remember to close out of the game between play sessions to stop the timer.Unravel 2 is a side-scrolling puzzle platformer starring Yarny, a red doll made from--you guessed it--yarn. This sequel adds a second doll that can be controlled by another player over local co-op. T
  
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• Forza Horizon 4's Full Car List Seems To Have Leaked

  26-06-2018 22:57 via gamespot.com
  
  A racing fan appears to have accidentally discovered the close-to-finalized roster for Forza Horizon 4. The player pre-ordered the Ultimate Edition and found the Windows Store downloading it early. From there, he examined the game files to discover a listing of more than 450 cars. That makes the leak around the size of the entire roster.He posted the full list of the contents of the download folder, and another user compiled it into a working list of cars as organized by manufacturer (via Polygo
  
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• 18 A.G.s sue Trump admin over family separation border policy

  26-06-2018 22:56 via yahoo.com
  Maura Healey, Massachusetts attorney general, talks with Rachel Maddow about an lawsuit filed by 17 states plus Washington, D.C. against the Trump administration to stop the border policy of separating children from parents at the border.
  
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• Every Pixar Original Short Film Ranked

  26-06-2018 22:48 via gamespot.com
  
  There's little doubt that Pixar has changed the face of animated cinema, through both its technical innovations and brilliant storytelling. But it's easy to forget that the company had been making films long before Toy Story hit screens in 1995. The studio's first feature was the culmination of more than a decade of developing 3D animation technology, which was demonstrated in a series of groundbreaking short films.Thankfully, big screen box office success didn't change the studio's desire to m
  
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• Get June's Free Games On Twitch / Amazon Prime, Time's Running Out

  26-06-2018 22:33 via gamespot.com
  
  As the month of June draws to an end, so does your chance to download this month's free PC games from Twitch--that is, assuming you're an Amazon/Twitch Prime member. These freebies will be replaced on July 1 by a new batch of games, so this is your last week to grab them. To collect your free games for June, click the crown-shaped Prime Loot icon next to the search bar on Twitch. That opens a drop-down menu with links to the five free games.Kicking off the freebies is Strafe, a gory first-person
  
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• Texas inmate wants to be executed by firing squad or gas

  26-06-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for a 66-year-old Texas death row inmate say his health problems make him unsuitable for lethal injection scheduled for this week so they're proposing he be rolled in his wheelchair in front of a firing squad or be administered nitrogen gas to cut off oxygen to his brain until he stops breathing.
  
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• Border Patrol: Smugglers abandoned 57 immigrants in Arizona

  26-06-2018 22:31 via yahoo.com
  LUKEVILLE, Ariz. (AP) — An underage pregnant girl, a toddler and over a dozen youths were among a group of 57 Central American immigrants who were abandoned in the middle of the desert by their smugglers and rescued by U.S. Border Patrol agents late last week.
  
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• Move Over Steam Sale, Some Games Are Even Cheaper At GMG Right Now

  26-06-2018 22:29 via gamespot.com
  
  The Steam Summer Sale isn't the only deal in town for PC gamers. Green Man Gaming is also running a sale, and if you enter promo code JUNE20 at checkout, you'll get an extra 20% off most of the already-discounted games. That amounts to some serious savings on a number of worthy games. You can find the full list of games on sale here, or read on for the highlights.That extra 20% off bumps many of these deals in to best-ever territory. PUBG, for instance, normally sells for $30, but it's on sale f
  
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• Excellent Nintendo Switch And 3DS Deals On The US Eshop

  26-06-2018 22:27 via gamespot.com
  
  The Nintendo Eshop is running a new set of deals this week, with select Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS games getting discounts big and small. We've combed through the sale to find the best prices on the best games below. Or, if you'd like to see the full list of discounts, you can do so here. The deals end on different dates depending on the game, so grab them quickly if you see games you want.With the World Cup going on now, it's a great time to pick up FIFA 18 for Switch; it's on sale for $2
  
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• [Ending Soon] Stellar PC Game Deals In The Itch.io Summer Sale

  26-06-2018 22:26 via gamespot.com
  
  The indie gaming hub Itch.io is having its Summer Sale right now--but today is the last day. Between June 19-26, you can pick up a whole heap of independent PC games at discounted rates. Nearly all genres are accounted for in the sale, plus a bunch of games that don't fit neatly into any genre.What games might be worth a look? Necrosphere is on sale for $2.50. It's billed as a super-challenging Metroidvania with only two buttons: left and right. Before you buy, you can play a web version here to
  
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• Meghan Markle and Queen Elizabeth Cracked Up at Prince Harry's Self-Deprecating Joke

  26-06-2018 22:23 via yahoo.com
  Prince Harry made Meghan Markle and the Queen laugh in a sweet moment at the Queen's Young Leaders event at Buckingham Palace.
  
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• After Avengers 4, The MCU Has To Evolve, Marvel Studio Boss Says

  26-06-2018 22:20 via gamespot.com
  
  The future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is something fans are dying to know more about following the devastating ending of Avengers: Infinity War. After all, how can this massive franchise continue without more than half of its characters? With so many turned to dust--and a couple more dispatches of in other ways--the roster is looking a little thin.Naturally, chances are at least some of the deaths in Infinity War will be undone in Avengers 4--if not all of them. Still, as Marvel Studios lo
  
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• Steam Summer Sale 2018's 22 Best Game Deals

  26-06-2018 22:16 via gamespot.com
  
  With the start of summer comes Steam's annual summer sale. This time around, Valve has introduced a new theme, dubbing this edition the Steam Intergalactic Summer Sale. Despite the name tweak, you know what to expect: 2018's sale brings discounts on a massive number of games. Valve says more than 10,000 are on sale right now, which is a staggering total. That's far too many for anyone to hope to parse through, but that's where we come in.Rather than wade through countless pages of discounted ti
  
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• Free PS4 Game This Weekend With PS Plus

  26-06-2018 22:08 via gamespot.com
  
  If you have a PS4 and you're in the mood to shoot aliens, you're in luck: Destiny 2 is free this weekend for anyone with a PS4 and a PS Plus account. All you have to do is download this free demo and you can play the game between June 29 and July 2 without spending a dime.The demo comes with the full campaign, all game modes, and every piece of gear that's available in the base game. It doesn't have the Curse of Osiris or Warmind expansions, but that's to be expected. If you buy Destiny 2 after
  
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• Fortnite Physical Copies Are Selling For Wild Amounts Online

  26-06-2018 22:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite is a massively successful battle royale game that's free-to-play, but that's not stopping many people from forking over hundreds of dollars for a copy of the game. Physical editions of the PS4 and Xbox One versions are currently selling for up to $450 a copy online, even though the game can be downloaded for free and no purchase is necessary to play.Searches on Ebay and Amazon reveal tons of sellers offering up sealed copies of the game. Most prices hover in $100-200 range, but there ar
  
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• WWE 2K19 Pre-Orders Will Come With Former WWE Champion Rey Mysterio

  26-06-2018 21:59 via gamespot.com
  
  WWE 2K19 is available to pre-order, and 2K has announced a special bonus for anyone who buys early: Rey Mysterio. The "Master of the 619" will come with the game for anyone who pre-orders as a playable character in a move that's sure to delight many wrestling fans. But he's not the only extra character on the way."Since my WWE debut in 2002, 'Never Say Never' – the WWE 2K19 campaign theme – has been a big part of my career,” Mysterio said. "It is an honor to join the likes of K
  
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• Paw & Order: Squirrel Steals Doughnut From Cop and Takes Off

  26-06-2018 21:58 via yahoo.com
  The rodent is still on the loose.
  
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• Meghan Markle's Dad: If The Queen Is Meeting Trump, She Should Meet Me, Too

  26-06-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  Thomas Markle just can't stop talking about his daughter Meghan's in-laws ―
  
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• A White House proud of being tough is looking for more people to pardon

  26-06-2018 21:26 via yahoo.com
  When Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old grandmother serving life in prison for drug trafficking was granted clemency by President Trump on June 6, a phone call went out from the White House counsel’s office — the administration wanted more people like her.
  
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• Syria army widens southwest offensive, U.N. says 45,000 flee

  26-06-2018 21:24 via yahoo.com
  Syrian troops widened a major offensive against rebels in the southwest on Tuesday and Jordan said it would not open its border to tens of thousands of civilians fleeing the attack.At least 45,000 people have fled the upsurge in fighting in Syria's southwestern Deraa province, heading toward the border with Jordan, the United Nations said.President Bashar al-Assad is aiming to restore control over a strategically vital part of Syria at the borders with Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heigh
  
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• Fantastic PS4 Deals On The US PlayStation Store For PS Plus Members

  26-06-2018 21:23 via gamespot.com
  
  This week's PlayStation Store sale is live, with discounted prices on PS4 games of all genres. The sale this week is particularly filled with big, must-have games--but there's a catch. To take advantage of the best deals, you'll need a PS Plus membership. Some PS4, PS3, and PS Vita games are on sale for non-subscribers, but the killer deals are in the PS Plus Specials sale.What kind of games are we talking about? Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Gold Edition, which comes with all the 2015 game's
  
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• David Lynch rebukes Trump: 'You are causing suffering and division'

  26-06-2018 21:18 via yahoo.com
  Filmmaker David Lynch on Tuesday issued an open letter to President Trump to clarify a quote the president and his supporters have latched onto in recent days.
  
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• Call of Duty WW2: United Front Zombies DLC - Live Gameplay With Devs

  26-06-2018 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The devs from Sledgehammer Games join us to play "The Tortured Path", the new zombies map in the United Front DLC pack for Call of Duty WWII.
  
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• Top court decision on U.S. travel ban proves Trump 'got it right': McConnell

  26-06-2018 20:59 via yahoo.com
  The Supreme Court decision to uphold the Trump administration's travel ban on citizens from certain majority-Muslim countries indicated it "finally got it right," the Senate Republican leader said on Tuesday.The Supreme Court weighed in on the third version of the ban."There were several earlier iterations of the so-called travel ban.
  
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• PS4 Console Exclusive Games Of 2018: Spider-Man, God Of War, And More

  26-06-2018 20:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Only on PlayStation 4
  Last year was an amazing year to be a PlayStation 4 owner. On top of an well-rounded selection of multi-platform games like Prey, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, and What Remains of Edith Finch, you also had access to fantastic exclusives like Persona 5, Gravity Rush 2, Nioh, and Horizon: Zero Dawn. And for those with any interest in virtual reality, the release of PlayStation VR was the icing on the cake.2018 has been a pretty good follow-up so far. Iconoclasts and God o
  
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• Supreme Court upholds Trump administration’s so-called travel ban

  26-06-2018 20:46 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Donald Trump's controversial travel ban restricting entry to people from five Muslim-majority countries, delivering the president a major victory in a tortuous legal battle.
  
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• Why Suspiria Is A Horror Movie Classic Worth Revisiting

  26-06-2018 20:43 via gamespot.com
  
  The next film from Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino is a supernatural horror movie called Suspiria. Set for release this November, it’s scored by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, and stars Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, and Chloë Grace Moretz. The recent trailer reveals little of the plot, choosing instead to present only a series of nightmarish images showing panicked ballet dancers, bloody silhouettes, and ominous glances exchanged wordlessly while queasy strings and disto
  
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• Mitch McConnell Reaps The Benefits Of His Stolen Supreme Court Seat

  26-06-2018 20:20 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― The Supreme Court handed two major wins to conservatives on
  
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• The Latest: Police arrest 2nd teen seen running from car

  26-06-2018 20:18 via yahoo.com
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Latest on the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Antwon Rose (all times local):
  
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• Immigrant mother separated from boy : 'I dream of my son'

  26-06-2018 20:14 via yahoo.com
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — They came from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, with children in tow. Some were fleeing violence. Others were looking for a better life.
  
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• U.S. pushes allies to halt Iran oil imports, waivers unlikely

  26-06-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  By Lesley Wroughton and Doina ChiacuWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has told countries to cut all imports of Iranian oil from November and is unlikely to offer any exemptions, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on allies to cut off funding to Iran.U.S. President Donald Trump in May said his administration was withdrawing from the "defective" nuclear deal agreed between Iran and six world powers in July 2015, aimed at curbing
  
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• Israel may reconsider UNESCO exit: ambassador

  26-06-2018 19:59 via yahoo.com
  Israel's ambassador to UNESCO said Tuesday he was urging his government to reconsider its decision to quit the UN cultural body, saying it had halted its "anti-Israeli resolutions" over the past year.Israel and the United States both announced on October 12 that they would leave the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization over resolutions critical of the Jewish state."What I'm going to recommend to my ministry and my government is at least to reconsider our decision," Sh
  
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• Overwatch's New Hero Might Be Revealed In This Teaser Video

  26-06-2018 19:49 via gamespot.com
  
  Blizzard has been teasing something new for Overwatch lately, while staying ambiguous about what it actually is. The latest teaser does little to clear up whether we're getting a new hero, map, or something else entirely, but is interesting nevertheless. Taking place in the same back street (believed to be in the King's Row map) as the previous teaser, the six second video shows a large boulder rolling by very briefly.However, on closer inspection it seems there's more to this boulder than initi
  
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• Russia says February plane crash caused by pilot error

  26-06-2018 19:44 via yahoo.com
  Russian investigators said on Tuesday a plane crash outside Moscow in February that killed 71 people was the result of "erroneous actions" by the crew.The An-148 plane operated by domestic carrier Saratov Airlines went down 70 kilometres (40 miles) southeast of the Russian capital on February 11 shortly after taking off from Moscow's Domodedovo Airport."The principal version of the crash has been confirmed: it was caused by the erroneous actions of the crew," Russia's Investigative Committee sai
  
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• London couple who killed French nanny get 30-year sentences

  26-06-2018 19:44 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — A London couple who murdered their French nanny after developing a delusional obsession with a former boy-band star were sentenced Tuesday to at least 30 years in prison.
  
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• 21 Of The Best WWE And WCW Wrestling Segments Of All Time

  26-06-2018 19:34 via gamespot.com
  
  For those who are new to wrestling or who have watched it their entire lives, there are always moments from sports entertainment that are memorable and unforgettable. Whether it's one friend turning on another (which is usually the case) or something truly bizarre, professional wrestling can truly be wonderful at times. And that got the wrestling fans here at GameSpot wondering, "What are our favorite moments in wrestling?"While there are plenty of amazing matches out there, the most memorable
  
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• Cardboard-Themed Nintendo Switch Up For Grabs

  26-06-2018 19:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo is offering several Labo-themed prizes for the company's upcoming Creators Contest. The contest begins July 19 and continues through August 20. Some of the prizes are collectible Nintendo Switch accessories with custom cardboard paint designs.One grand prize winner will receive a collectable Nintendo Switch system with a cardboard-themed paint job, a Labo Creators jacket, and a framed award certificate. Four runner-ups will win a pair of Joy-Con controllers with a cardboard-themed paint
  
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• Iran says it can handle fresh sanctions amid national strike

  26-06-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  President Hassan Rouhani promised Iranians on Tuesday the government would be able to handle the economic pressure of new U.S. sanctions amid a second day of demonstrations in protest at financial hardship and a weakening rial.Parts of Tehran's Grand Bazaar were on strike for the second day running, state media reported, after traders massed outside parliament on Monday to complain about a sharp fall in the value of the national currency.Video footage posted on social media showed protesters set
  
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• The 20 Raddest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Toys You Probably Had

  26-06-2018 18:51 via gamespot.com
  
  The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures from 1988 to 1997 were in a class of their own. They were bigger than your average action figure from the time, and they were colorful, both literally and figuratively. Many of the toys had additional, gimmicky functions aside from the standard limb articulation.There was a sense of whimsy and humor to the whole thing; the heroes had smirking facial expressions and geeky outfits, and the mutant villains had an unusual amount of gross detail. Both
  
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• Opening Hour Of Nier: Automata Become As Gods Edition For Xbox One - Live Gameplay

  26-06-2018 18:46 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the best games of 2017 arrives on the Xbox One, with Nier: Automata Become as Gods Edition. Michael and Jean-Luc play though the opening of the game and gush about how great Nier is.
  
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