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Slideshow: A Kinder, Gentler Type of War

is a massively multiplayer game, so you should expect some dying, but Blizzard has managed to make even that pleasant. Game review by Lore Sjöberg.
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Treebeard, Treebeard ... nope, never heard of him.World of Warcraft

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