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    Today is the anniversary of the first Moon landing. It seems incredible to me that on 20 July 1969, as a 7 year old, I watched men from Earth walk on the Moon, live. Not a science fiction movie, not a TV show, no special effects: Just two truly heroic men, epically heroic, protected from a hard vacuum by just a few layers of mylar... We are decades distant from that even now, and everything seems to be spinning backwards. We're contracting in, focused on our affairs here on Earth, instead of our destiny among the Stars. I have faith that the pendulum will swing back, that the inquisitive nature of man, the need to explore, to learn, to grow, cannot be stifled for long. As men and women over the ages have always done, so will our children someday: Move on to find a new home. That journey began in earnest with one small step for a man, and a giant leap for Mankind 42 years ago today. Moving on...

• Modern Warfare 3 to have more party chat options. As long as it has a 'mute all' button...

 

Panic mode engaged!

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• [Preview] The first four levels of Bloodrayne: Betrayal. 
• Valve responds to pleas of handicapped gamers, adds custom button mapping to Portal 2.
• Acer announces pro StarCraft 2 pro team.
• Doom creator John Carmack fires back at devs with 'snooty attitude'.
• [YouTube] Tour of Bethesda Game Studios.

 

How are you supposed to drink it?

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• New 'Big Bang' theory proposed. 
• Evidence growing that massive black hole collided with Milky Way galaxy 10 million years ago.
• NASA releases new Pioneer anomaly analysis.
• Reddit co-founder charged with data theft.
• [YouTube] Apollo 11 moonwalk video.