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Boxed Up Briefs

by Nick Breckon, Jun 13, 2007 4:13pm PDT
Related Topics – Blizzard, Activision, Electronic Arts, Bungie

Let's get one thing straight, guys. Nobody likes change. Not even us. For instance, as we speak, Steve is huddled in a ball within his sound-proof closet, gently suckling a Jamba Juice. Maarten has gone AWOL, last spotted leaving an appelflappen bakery somewhere in Germany. Chris and Chris have apparently fled the country in opposite directions. The truth is, we fear change. But in the interest of smoothing things over, of putting it all behind us, of turning over a new leaf, of moving on in our Shack-centric lives--let's see if we can go one single, solitary day without mentioning LNC. Okay? Oh wai

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