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BuzzCap: Apocalypto.
Warning: spoilers below.
Apocalypto is the touching tale of an Indian a Mexican a Native American who changes colour. He comes from a small village that calls pigs “tapirs”, and hunts them with intricate booby traps that would make Indiana Jones jealous. The chameleone-sque Native American, named Jaguar Paw, is a practical joker, much like all [...]
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The old Starbucks logo is better.
Somewhat surprised were we when we came across a post decrying the old brown Starbucks logo in favor of the censored, common-place green one. In said post, author Maxator doesn’t so much mind the bare breasts that most people complain about, but instead doesn’t like the idea of the Starbucks mermaid holding her “mer-legs” [...]
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What did they call D&D in Rome?
Modern history tells us that Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson designed Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), and first published the game in 1974. Ignoring its geeky stereotypes for a moment, D&D is chiefly remembered for its use of polyhedral dice, which were used to resolve in-game event through chance-mechanics. In the basic game, a 20-sided [...]
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