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Link: For the Word on the Street, Courts Call Up an Online Witness

Courts are looking to Urban Dictionary, a crowdsourced Web site, as words on which a case may turn.

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• I hope those of you who are long time readers got the impression that I really like Borderlands. I mean, I did buy it for both for the PC and the Xbox 360. I even gave it a spot in my Top Five Video Games list for 2010. So when Gearbox announced that there would be a sequel, I was primed to play the new game. At least, I thought that I was.

• I suppose there was no way for it to live up to the hype. Nonetheless, I find myself disappointed that Borderlands 2 doesn’t have the same pull for me that the original did. The shooting feels familiar, the quests are just the same (though they do feel really spread out), the vehicles are just as fun. I’m not sure I understand why I like the first game so much more than the second.

• Okay, there is one way that Borderlands is undeniably better than its sequel: Lilith’s hearty laughter when she kills enemies or blows their heads off. It was infectiously joyous.

• But then, even though I’m not enjoying myself, I keep coming back to the game. Not because I have a hankering to hunt skags. It’s the keys. Golden Keys. It’s like I can’t get enough of them. If I don’t redeem the codes, they can go away and I’m out a key. Or several keys. I can’t just ignore them. So from time to time, I start the game, enter a few codes. And while I’m there, I might as well knock out a quest or two. That’s how they get you! That’s why they keep giving out keys!

• So I’m still playing Borderlands 2. At least, whenever I have to redeem some keys.

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I’m linking this because it is interesting. But I have to say that, I like being a gamer.

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Print advertisement for ATARI from 1982 featuring a young girl playing video games.

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Episode 29 FOV in Games part1 (by FZDSCHOOL)

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