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“250 Trackmania players racing round the same track.” Beautiful; unlikely the merged-replay videos, these are real simultaneous players – and there’s still that lovely, fluid flow to it. I need to play this more than ever.
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“…toilets are the mirrors of culture with their prominence for everyone’s life in the society. the design of toilets can be a powerful element in providing anyone’s happiness, a sense of wellbeing, or even a feeling of small everyday achievement.”
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“An unprecedented act of corporate postmodernism, it’s the game that allows players the chance to rewrite history, succeeding where the game’s creator failed.” Remarkable; hard to believe this saw release anywhere. But it did! Games are great.
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“the eminent linguist tried to spoof the idea of converting Chinese character text into a phonetic (e.g. Latin alphabetic) system… Since every word is pronounced alike (except the tone), the entire essay becomes utterly unreadable in Mandarin.”
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Haughey is right. Some of the worst offenders in this regard are delicious and Wordpress’ default templates. A useful reminder of what is, frankly, basic copywriting. Copy as interface, gang!
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“…no new water meters means, for practical purposes, no new houses — ergo, no more growth. You can see that in graphical terms via Trulia.” Trulia Hindsight being used to analyse and predict effects of peak oil based on previous evidence. Smart.