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Postal 3 (No, don't stop reading) is rumored to allow players to kill Uwe Boll in later levels of the game.

That alone might sell a few copies.
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Then if someone kills him IRL they'll blame video games.
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I'm fine with that.
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GORDON wrote:Then if someone kills him IRL they'll blame video games.
Not after they view a few of his cinematic forays.
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Then if someone kills him IRL they'll blame video games.

I'm fine with that.


In this case, I agree with TPR. I think instead of people saying "Video games are evil! They got this innocent person killed!", they'd be saying "Praise video games! They have saved us from the evils spewed forth by Uwe Boll."

Now if they could only insert the writer from the remake of Day of the Dead.
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