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Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage,… Read more »

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Ian Dunt: 'To a non-player, 'play as' suggests an emotionally connective, voyeuristic experience with strongly vicarious overtones.
Comment: Liam Fox needs to play more video games

Liam Fox's angry rant against Medal of Honour demonstrates how little politicians understand about an important creative industry. By Ian Dunt Organising liberals is like herding cats, but there used to be one thing they could agree on: don't demand that a movie be banned until you've seen it. It was our little periodic controversy… Read more »

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Fox: 'I am disgusted and angry'
No backing down as Fox takes on ‘un-British’ video game

By politics.co.uk staff Liam Fox has refused to back down in his fight against an upcoming war-themed video game which allows players to control a Taliban fighter. The defence secretary launched into an angry tirade against the new Medal of Honour video game over the weekend, branding it “un-British” and “disgusting”. The new game, which… Read more »