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Under the Tree

The Year My Tree Tried to Kill Me

This article previously appeared at www.gamerswithjobs.com in December of 2005, under the title “Pine.” The day was December 24, 2004. Christmas Eve. In ...
By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorDecember 4, 2007
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Package Tactics

Ah, Christmas! It’s a magical time of year. The off-key singing of Christmas carols. The fire hazard of dry pine trees decorated with ...
By Andrew Eisen Legacy AuthorDecember 4, 2007
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Santa’s Game Shop

As you get ready for that second glass of eggnog, remember the poor independent videogame developer who tried to place a videogame under ...
By Guy Stevens Legacy AuthorDecember 4, 2007
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We Always Play Videogames

United around a singular fixation on videogames, my little sister, my younger cousin and I must have seemed inscrutable to the adults in ...
By Leigh Alexander Legacy AuthorDecember 4, 2007
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Holiday Rush

The last three months of the year tend to fit the Dickensian cliché as the best of times and the worst of times ...
By Kyle Orland Legacy AuthorDecember 4, 2007
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