What Are You Playing This Weekend

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October 14, 2011 at 11:00 am

Folks – this is the moment where you envy me and, possibly, want to maim me with with the nearest blunt instrument. This weekend I am going to go home, and I am going to play the Batman. So, yeah, I’ll be playing Batman: Arkham City this weekend – but what will you be playing?

There’s a bit of an embarrassment of riches out there at the moment. Forza 4, Gears of War 3, FIFA 12, Dark Souls – the past couple of weeks have been pretty incredible, and it’s only going to go into overdrive from here.

To be honest – I’m a little bit worried about finding the time to play all these games.

I’m sure you’re feeling something similar. When are we doing the next month of shameless gaming – because my pile is going to be ridiculous.

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Glenn

October 14, 2011 at 11:02 am

Unless my copy of RAGE turns up at work by this afternoon, I’ll be playing Orcs Must Die! or Crysis (re-installed it on PC, tweaked the settings, looks and runs pretty sweet now)

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1. DG
  
  October 14, 2011 at 11:56 am
  
  order it from ozgameshop?
  Me do! i didnt know that the english got the game almost a week after everyone else, and it would be delayed for me too…
  
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  1. Nick
    
    October 14, 2011 at 12:49 pm
    
    I ordered from there too but I got the e-mail saying it had been shipped the same release day as here.
    
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Cephalxn

October 14, 2011 at 11:03 am

Even though I’m working all weekend, I’m going to try and slot some Rage and Dark Souls in. I suck at Dark Souls though 🙁

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1. McGarnical
  
  October 14, 2011 at 11:36 am
  
  Sounds exactly like my weekend, except I’m not working! 😀
  
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thxultra

October 14, 2011 at 11:04 am

Forza 4, Mortal Kombat, From Dust and counting down to Skyrim

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Bluemaxx

October 14, 2011 at 11:04 am

BFBC2 each morning followed by some uncharted 2 on crusher setting after that 🙂
Come Oct 27 replace BFBC2 with BF3!

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1. Bluemaxx
  
  October 14, 2011 at 11:06 am
  
  oh and Mark….
  
  I HATE YOU AND ENVY ALL AT ONCE!
  
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Meteors

October 14, 2011 at 11:07 am

Still trying to get 100% on just cause 2. Miles off at the moment, only at 61%, chipping away though.

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Aaron

October 14, 2011 at 11:07 am

I’ve got to finish Space Marine and Dead Island this weekend, and start playing Dark Souls and El Shaddai. Plus I’d like to checkout the adventure update of Minecraft I haven’t even looked at yet.

But I would eat tuna to play Arkham City this weekend. (I hate tuna)

And in a few weeks Skyrim is just going to sweep everything else away like a tsunami of pure time sucking bliss.

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XII:Horus

October 14, 2011 at 11:08 am

I picked up Xenoblade Chronicles Last Sunday and haven’t put it down since. I doubt that will change this weekend.

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Hugo the Hungarian Barbarian

October 14, 2011 at 11:09 am

Dark Souls and maybe finally getting around to finishing Deus Ex and Gears.
As for playing Arkham City, have I introduced you to Clubby yet? I know he is very eager to meet you all of a sudden 😛

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Ynefel

October 14, 2011 at 11:09 am

More Dark Souls – rung the first bell in the undead parish, and all but mastered parrying/riposte with my shield and dagger on my thief. Very, very satisfying.

Picked up Metro 2033 and Titan Quest off Steam the other day for like $5 each, probably download them and give them a bash.

Also, the inevitable Minecraft.

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Chuloopa

October 14, 2011 at 11:10 am

Hopefully finishing the SP componant of Spayce Maureeen!

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1. James Mac
  
  October 14, 2011 at 12:22 pm
  
  I don’t know if I can be bothered… I keep getting killed by the Orc boss.
  
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The Cracks

October 14, 2011 at 11:13 am

Damn you, Serrels!

I’ll be playing Dark Souls!

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TheLastQuestion

October 14, 2011 at 11:13 am

Just put Uncharted 2 into the new PS3 for the first time last night…

There goes my weekend.

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Rob

October 14, 2011 at 11:14 am

Oh Hi Mark.
Dark Souls for me. Bring on Havel the Rock’s Armour.

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D.C.

October 14, 2011 at 11:16 am

Mafia 2 most likely, my brothers been hyping it up for months. I plan on playing Batman on the PC, so I’ve had to come to grips with the delay, so no rage from me… Mostly…

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Steve

October 14, 2011 at 11:17 am

Fallout 3 and maybe New Vegas.

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GentlemanJ

October 14, 2011 at 11:18 am

Picked up Assassins Creed 2 last weekend for $18 so will probably give that a play.

Still going through Deus Ex trying not to kill anyone or set off any alarms but some people in this game are rather delicate.

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Mike

October 14, 2011 at 11:20 am

HOMM VI & “Find the exit at IKEA”

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1. Ynefel
  
  October 14, 2011 at 11:36 am
  
  Man I played that Ikea game the other week – first and last time. Went in knowing exactly what I wanted, and was silly enough to enter the labyrinth of the showroom. Took me 15 minutes to navigate and I came out the other end a nervous wreck. That being said, I got my chest of drawers, then went home and ‘assembled’ it.
  
  [shudder]
  
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2. redsh1rt
  
  October 14, 2011 at 12:20 pm
  
  I am weighing up between getting HOMM VI now or wait until the price drops a bit.. Almost pre-ordered it from Steam the other day but didn’t for whatever reason. Afraid that I might get disappointed as I read that it has been dumbed down quite a bit..
  
  On topic – FIFA 12 this weekend, and maybe a bit of gokart (real one, not the Mario variety)
  
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gunnie

October 14, 2011 at 11:22 am

I’m off to Perth for a wedding this wkend, but have loaded my ipad with Shadowgun and Dark Meadow for the 5 hour flight, so will be checking those out!

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ShiggyNinty

October 14, 2011 at 11:22 am

Deus Ex, Gran Turismo 5, Portal 2 and Red Dead!

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Vook

October 14, 2011 at 11:23 am

You don’t have to play them all remember?

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Stevorooni

October 14, 2011 at 11:23 am

On the chance that my Dark Souls order arrives today, I’ll be playing that.

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1. Stevorooni
  
  October 14, 2011 at 12:57 pm
  
  Postman drove past without even stopping. No Dark Souls for me this weekend 🙁
  
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  1. McGarnical
    
    October 14, 2011 at 2:29 pm
    
    Just hold onto that $15 you saved and let it comfort you to sleep. 🙂
    
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ndroste

October 14, 2011 at 11:25 am

Finsihing Gears co-op today in t-minus 2 hours! Yew! and then twilight princess on wii.

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Effluvium Boy

October 14, 2011 at 11:26 am

Ass:Bro

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1. James Mac
  
  October 14, 2011 at 12:26 pm
  
  I too will be playing with Ass:Bro.
  
  Wait…
  
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2. Aaron
  
  October 14, 2011 at 4:34 pm
  
  Really want to get the rest of the Ass:bro multiplayer achievements before Ass Revelations comes out.
  
  Need to get into some serious Assbro multiplayer.
  
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  1. N0NEoftheAB0VE
    
    October 14, 2011 at 7:40 pm
    
    Xbox or PS3? I’m only playing the Multiplayer on Ass:Bro so far while continue to work my way through the story in ACII
    
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Sha-Na-Na

October 14, 2011 at 11:26 am

Finish up Metro 2033 then burn some rubber in Forza 4

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Matthew K

October 14, 2011 at 11:28 am

My wife finally hassled me enough that I’m playing the Fallout New Vegas DLC – I’ve knocked out honest Hears and Dead Money. With Dead Money out of the way I’m feeling a lot more optimistic (I tried it once and it did not go well) so I’ll probably try and do Old World Blues tonight/tomorrow and Lonesome Road tomorrow/Sunday – then I might actually go finish the damn game!

We have Rage which I played for about ten minutes. I don’t know if I want to play it, to be honest. I’m not really all that interested in it. I might just bow out now before I earn any achievements.

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Adam Grabda

October 14, 2011 at 11:30 am

So jealous!!!

I’ll be playing Crysis (PSN), Dead Island and attempting to wrap up LA Noire.

I haven’t stopped shamelessly gaming since it started in July! Finished Portal 2 on Wednesday night, haha, loved the final boss battle!

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1. TheLastQuestion
  
  October 14, 2011 at 11:41 am
  
  That was one of the best boss fights ever. Loved it.
  
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jamesmacusedmyhandle

October 14, 2011 at 11:31 am

I’m going to be standing outside Marks house with a boom box held above my head playing Prince’s Batdance. 🙁

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Chris Crowe

October 14, 2011 at 11:32 am

Oh My Goddess Mark… I hate you, I hate you so much. FYI I am a parramatta lad too so if you ever want an endless supply of beer / pizza and a creepy bat-fan for company. You know where to find me.

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Jamesmag

October 14, 2011 at 11:48 am

Probably play some LoL if the guys are up for it. My friend is having a LAN at his house on saturday so I’ll probably hit that up, even though they’re a bit better than me at games 😛

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Jared

October 14, 2011 at 11:49 am

Playing the HSC, I heard that it’s not a very fun game and that your future can be decided with how well you defeat each exam-boss. I heard the ending’s pretty good though!

And I’ll probably play some FIFA 12 and NBA2k11. Finished Arkham Asylum yesterday and was all excited for Arkham City but…yeah.

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1. mccawsome
  
  October 14, 2011 at 11:51 am
  
  I remember that game. Make sure you get the schoolies DLC
  
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Joshy206

October 14, 2011 at 11:53 am

I’m going to EB Expo, and hopefully playing some Batman too! 😀

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Chris

October 14, 2011 at 11:56 am

NBA 2K12 – really good. Forza hasn’t arrived yet so I might also try to finish Deus Ex with the stealthy playthough.

And NBA Jam OFE if I have time – lots of fun and good memories there.

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Trent

October 14, 2011 at 12:02 pm

I finally achieved 100% on Arkham Asylum last night so I’ll just be twiddling my thumbs waiting for Arkham City next week. Curse you gaming journalist types who get these things early!

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Life

October 14, 2011 at 12:03 pm

Going to finish RAGE and try and do some of the last chapter of witcher 2.

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Space Bro

October 14, 2011 at 12:09 pm

Going to check out Stellar Impact. Cos it looks like the business.
Currently playing DXHR, Super Meat Boy.. got a hankering for a bit of minecraft also. Might even do a few more rounds of Syndicate, why not?

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Osi

October 14, 2011 at 12:11 pm

While I’m typically a BF player, I’ll probably play COD: Black Ops this weekend.. although I’m really tempted to walk down the street at lunch today and pickup Rage.

Another option I’m entertaining, is pick up Crysis cheap and see how my GTX 580 does with it. The first and only time I played it through was with crappy hardware.

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oggob

October 14, 2011 at 12:14 pm

Honestly don’t know, been playing alot of PSN games inbetween ICO/SOTC, finished ICO last night and will probably move onto SOTC this weekend.

Been playing a game or two of NBA Jam On Fire Edition each night, as well as a few levels of Mercury Hg also.

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1. Adrian Milano
  
  October 14, 2011 at 6:51 pm
  
  I did finisg ICO/Collosus on the long weekend (inc Friday night). I normally can’t stand being in the one spot but they are just so good I had to keep going. So different and subtle in the way that make it special.
  
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Mike

October 14, 2011 at 12:17 pm

No-one plays WOW anymore?

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Trjn

October 14, 2011 at 12:22 pm

I’ll be playing “Hunt The Scotsman”. If I succeed, I’ll then be playing Arkham City.

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1. jamesmacusedmyhandle
  
  October 14, 2011 at 1:42 pm
  
  I’m down for some multiplayer…
  
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CJ

October 14, 2011 at 12:32 pm

Wont be doing much this weekend with the extra work shifts and All Blacks game on. But It’ll most likely be more Assassins Creed Brotherhood as I race to do a quick 2nd run to refresh my memory before BF3 comes out (cause there wont be time then)

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James Mac

October 14, 2011 at 12:33 pm

Deus ex.

And I just recieved Portal Wombat from OS… christ that is an ugly game.

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1. James Mac
  
  October 14, 2011 at 12:34 pm
  
  Oh yeah, an Assassins Creed: Brotherhood.
  But only unitl I rebuild the town, city state, base thingy… as that’s my favourite part of the game.
  
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  1. James Mac
    
    October 14, 2011 at 12:50 pm
    
    And a competition tommorow.
    
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KRiSX

October 14, 2011 at 12:34 pm

FORZA!!!!!

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Jordaan Mylonas

October 14, 2011 at 12:40 pm

1 more week….
This weekend, EB Expo. Then maybe some MVC3 to sharpen up for UMVC3 in a month

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DeeK

October 14, 2011 at 12:43 pm

In between visiting family and doing an archery course this weekend, I’m thinking of taking advantage of the white tendency event in Demon’s Souls.

Oh and Mark, can I settle for knocking you out with a blunt instrument and stealing your copy of Arkham City? Only with your permission, of course. It’d be impolite otherwise.

Speaking of which, I really should get around to doing all trophies in Arkham Asylum. I’ve only got 3 or 4 left. Probably not this weekend, though.

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Steve

October 14, 2011 at 12:59 pm

I would be jealous but I’m going to be content waiting for the CE version 😉 It’s not just about the game Serrels!

Fiance’s hen’s night on Saturday so I’m anticipating an EPIC Gears3 marathon, much Horde & Beast mode methinks!

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Tigerion

October 14, 2011 at 1:07 pm

Hopefully some LOL if I can ever connect to the server.
As far as SP goes I might continue to play COH and watch band of brothers

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Chris Gander

October 14, 2011 at 1:21 pm

NBA Jam OFE…..Batman…Dark Souls….Uncharted 3….Skyrim…..I seriously might have to break up with my girlfriend to find the time.

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js

October 14, 2011 at 1:30 pm

NBA 2K12 and Dead Space 2.

Arkham City will have to be a down-the-track cheapie unfortunately – slipped it below a few other games in the priority list.

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Slyph

October 14, 2011 at 1:45 pm

Lucky, lucky Serrels. Hope you have fun 🙂

Going to finish Dead Space (great, great, great game, can’t believe I hadn’t played it before) and maybe pick up Mass Effect 1 again, if only so I can get to my latest playthrough of Mass Effect 2 😀

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Tom

October 14, 2011 at 1:51 pm

I’ll be finishing off Portal 2.

Fingers crossed DoW 2 Retribution is included in the THQ weekend deal on Steam for at least 66% off.

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AiHina

October 14, 2011 at 1:55 pm

A bit of Uncharted 2, Resident Evil 4 HD and Tales of Xillia because after 3 weeks, my Driver: SA STILL hasn’t arrived and seems more likely Batman will before that does..

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Shoitaan

October 14, 2011 at 1:58 pm

Fooooorzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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Milbo

October 14, 2011 at 2:09 pm

Off to the expo on the Gold Coast, courtesy of Game Informer. Woo hoo! I’ll be getting my grubby mitts all over Skyrim, Mass Effect 3 and the big shooters. I’m also gonna get my monster on in that Seasame street game. Win.

I’m also on a side quest to get a goony photo with Bajo.

Should be lots of fun. Can’t wait.

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garnet 23

October 14, 2011 at 2:28 pm

fingers crossed 2k12 arrives today. if not then probably finish the playoffs in 2k11 or finish off bastion

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Bigtones

October 14, 2011 at 2:56 pm

Mark, I know you probably can’t tell us anything about Batman:AC until closer to the release date, but any chance of your impressions sometime early next week?
I do expect awesome, but i suppose I want to live vicariously through you, can’t wait really 🙂

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mchaza

October 14, 2011 at 6:06 pm

My own game because no one else is going to test it and fix all the bugs and continually improve before mondays deadline.

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Brendo

October 14, 2011 at 6:22 pm

Fallout 3, those super mutant behemoths won’t hunt themselves.

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N0NEoftheAB0VE

October 14, 2011 at 7:43 pm

Damn jealous of Arkham City – still unsure whether to pick it up day 1 or pick up BF3 and leave Arkham for the inevitable price drop.

Will be playing Shadow Complex (it’s half price this week people) so far a lot of fun and dividing my time between GTAIV and Bad Co 2.

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Adrian Milano

October 14, 2011 at 7:43 pm

I will be playing Dark Souls and Fallout Vegas expansions.
Enjoy Bats Mark, I will be looking forward to getting my copy next week 😀

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AerintheADEQUATE

October 15, 2011 at 2:37 am

Rage probably. and maybe switching between some OG Tomb Raider and Oblivion on my laptop whilst not at home.

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Master911

October 15, 2011 at 9:26 am

Monster Hunter Tri and Build a Lot games

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RahRahReiby

October 15, 2011 at 10:04 am

Well, I’ll be spending most of the weekend in the library banging out some essays…but I’m hopeful to get in some Arkham Asylum, Assassin’s Creed II or L.A. Noire.

By the by, OH MY GOD. HOLY SMOKES! I just read a review for Arkham City. …can you marry a video game?

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NegativeZero

October 15, 2011 at 1:01 pm

Intend to finish Disgaea 4 if I can. Well, at least as ‘finished’ as you can be with that game.

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