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Would you pay a quarter to leave a comment on PCGamer.com? Before you scream “no” at me in the comments for the bargain price of free, consider that the PC Gamer magazine readers of yesteryear were Built Different.<\/p>\n

Once upon a time, folks were so eager to mail their letters into the magazine that they’d pay for postage, which cost 30-50 pence per second class stamp in the UK circa 2010. Or they’d instead send the PC Gamer staff a text, at the cost of 25 pence “plus your standard network charge” for the 160 characters allowed in a single SMS message. Brevity’s the soul of wit and all that, right?<\/p>\n

Despite this being a feature of our UK magazine just 15 years ago, the idea of paying a quarter per<\/em> minuscule text message feels about as ancient and alien a concept to explain to today’s youth as floppy disks or long-distance phone calls. Or payphones. Or analog clocks. I think I might be losing the plot here.<\/p>\n

Back to the point: It’s quaint, but actually quite charming that for several years the magazine ran a column in the letters section devoted to reader text messages and even micro reviews. Here are some of the “best” ones from issues I’ve recently been re-reading, plus the PCG team’s responses.<\/p>\n

“Spk Ur Mnd”<\/h2>\n
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(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019m one of the 15 million people who are on Steam and I can\u2019t help noticing that there is a large lack of games. My favourite games are Blizzard ones such as World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo 2 and I would love if these games were on Steam. – Eoghan O\u2019Connell<\/p>\n

We think Valve, too, would love to have WoW on Steam. But Blizzard have their own digital distribution and patching system, and they\u2019re not about to let the fact that it sucks persuade them to change. <\/em>PCG<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Bloody hell\u2026 – Simon<\/p>\n

Quite. <\/em>PCG<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice result online email lottery. Here are your winning numbers: 52-6-39-15-36-1 – Mrs Saffira Musantu (Lottery Group Coordinator)<\/p>\n

Thanks! We\u2019ll have our 2 million Euros in cash then, please. <\/em>PCG<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Once again, congratulations from all our staffs on your consolation prize winning. Regards. – Mrs Saffira Musantu (Lottery Group Coordinator)<\/p>\n

Where\u2019s our bloody money, then? <\/em>PCG<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

They say PC gaming is dead or dying. – Aaron Whitehead<\/p>\n

They\u2019re not sure? <\/em>PCG<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Santa if you are there, next year I want you to kill every single member of SecureROM, destroy its headquarters and steal the money from their bank accounts. – Aaron Whitehead<\/p>\n

Oddly enough, we\u2019ve been wanting to kill Santa ever since he started doing those bloody Coke adverts. <\/em>PCG<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Anyone have 30 spare bottles of Nuka-Cola Quantum? – Martster123<\/p>\n

Anyone? <\/em>PCG<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

If there\u2019s one thing we can all agree on it would be that 80% of games\u2019 writing is toxic to the human physiology. If I see another hardcore marine with a dark past who, goddammit, just won\u2019t play by the rules, then I\u2019m gonna make someone pay. – Thomas Mayo<\/p>\n

What dark thing happened in your past to make you this way? <\/em>PCG<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Share your photos with Windows Live Photos \u2013 Free Try it Now! – Alex Overton <\/p>\n

Oh yes! A more complex and less popular version of Flickr! Ace. <\/em>PCG<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

For this abomination against the laws of thy universe, thy magazine muste pay a toll. – Anonymous<\/p>\n

It feels like we already are. <\/em>PCG<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Issue 198, p81 \u2013 the snipurl\u2019s are either deleted or private so I can\u2019t access any of them (Evacuation was the primary one I am after)… Is it a typo or have snipurl actually removed them for some bizarre reason? – Alex Branson<\/p>\n

They work just fine for us… no typos or removals we can find. Try the link again. If you still have no luck, go straight to www.foddy.net\/Evacuation.html <\/em>PCG<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Worms Armageddon is so wormalicous, I better geddon playing. <\/p>\n

Yipee! Worm out. – Si Ripe<\/p>\n

wormalicious, adj. As pleasant-tasting as an annelid of the order Haplotaxida, such as the common Earthworm. Archaic.<\/em><\/p>\n

Since the end of HL2 Ep2 I\u2019ve been so eager to play the next instalment. Do you have any inside info? – Bryan powell<\/p>\n

Yes.<\/em><\/p>\n

(A haiku for you!) TF2 now trades, Crates now clog inventory Alas have no keys – PhoenixDK<\/p>\n

Less of this sort of thing.<\/em><\/p>\n

I Am Jane Shepard. I am the Butcher of Torfan. I am Humanity\u2019s image. I am the First Human Spectre. I am the Saviour of the Citadel. Saviour of the council. Killer of Geth. Destroyer of Saran. Destroyer of Sovereign. One Thing I am God-Damn not is Cerberus\u2019 Bitch! – Jane Shepard<\/p>\n

This goes on for another 900 terrifying words. Please stay away from us.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for Captain Fizz Meets the Blaster-Trons? Time to dust off my A500! – BiggieD<\/p>\n

Pffft. Console gamers probably don\u2019t know what that means. We do, though. Obviously.<\/em><\/p>\n

Which would you prefer to have ported to PC, Metal Gear Solid or Uncharted? – Soteris Zannettou<\/p>\n

Imagine the mod community that\u2019d spring up around a Metal Gear game on PC. Those are some passionate crazies.<\/em><\/p>\n

There clearly aren\u2019t enough pseudonyms in your publication. – Lee Thaxor<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t really believe we have a writer called \u2018Graham Smith,\u2019 do you? Come come, Thaxor.<\/em><\/p>\n

IDEA! SPORE combined with POKEMON!!! – ShaunRattue<\/p>\n

\u201cPenis-chu, I choose you!\u201d Yeah. There\u2019s a flaw in this plan. It\u2019s called \u2018The Other People On The Internet\u2019. (Also us.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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I remember reading about Duke Nukem Forever in PC Gamer back in \u201997… Now it\u2019s finally here! – Andreas Blixt<\/p>\n

Yeah. Never mind, eh? On the plus side, Cleve Blakemore\u2019s Grimoire has been on the go since 1998 and is due out \u2018soon\u2019. Maybe that\u2019ll compensate. <\/em>[Grimoire didn’t come out for another six years<\/a>. – Wes]<\/p>\n

Dear sirs. I wish to complain in the strongest possible sense about this year’s Top 100. (GAME) is clearly more deserving than (OTHER GAME) and I feel PERSONALLY BETRAYED that you would think otherwise. I hereby rescind your membership in the human race and hope you drown in monkey faeces. P.S. I am too busy playing Skyrim to have read any of it yet. Please fill in the blanks yourself and feel properly chastised. Ta. – Julian Adams<\/p>\n

Hey, if you think Bikini Karate Babes is more deserving than Team Fortress 2, who are we to argue? Everyone, grab your Tipp-Ex and make the necessary corrections to issue 236. Or, indeed, don’t.<\/em><\/p>\n

Everyone\u2019s complaining about the recent trailers using something called \u2018dubstep\u2019. Maybe I\u2019m just not cool, but what is dubstep? Is it the sound of someone tripping over their front door, falling into a shrub, and not being able to talk properly at A&E? – Francis Abbott<\/p>\n

Dubstep is listening to a ZX Spectrum struggling to load a game, through a phone, while standing too close to a speaker, with someone next to you kicking a bin into scrap metal. Or so we are reliably informed by listening to far too many examples of it recently.<\/em><\/p>\n

They say the best things in life are free, so how do you explain Hellgate: London? – Graeme Worth<\/p>\n

They say the devil has all the best tunes. They never said anything about games.<\/em><\/p>\n

I want to eat Uwe Boll. What kind of sauce goes best with film director? – Anonymous Cannibal<\/p>\n

White wine, definitely.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Txt Ur Review”<\/h2>\n
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(Image credit: Electronic Arts)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our request to readers: Send us your reviews in 20 words or less \u2013 text, email or Twitter. <\/em><\/p>\n

Remember to add the game\u2019s name, a score and your name.<\/em><\/p>\n

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning – 88%<\/strong><\/p>\n

A banner flaps in the wind. Thud. It holds firm. Thud. The gates smash open. <\/p>\n

They swarm in! It\u2019s WAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH!<\/p>\n

88% – Patrick Low<\/p>\n

Sims 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

A lucky few games can be described as masterpieces, and Sims 2 isn\u2019t one of them.<\/p>\n

35% – Peter Kelly<\/p>\n

Diablo 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click on progressively more difficult enemies until they fall down.<\/p>\n

75% – Chris Rowland <\/p>\n

Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction<\/strong><\/p>\n

The enemies are slightly more difficult.<\/p>\n

76% – Chris Rowland<\/p>\n

Fallout: New Vegas<\/strong><\/p>\n

More gambling! More music! More cactus!<\/p>\n

More glitches! How do you play caravan?<\/p>\n

80% – Alexander Johnson<\/p>\n

The Ball<\/strong><\/p>\n

Its got balls. Big balls.<\/p>\n

78% – mrlargefoo<\/p>\n

Poker Night at the Inventory<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shows an appreciation for the game on the level of that of shellfish for linear algebra.<\/p>\n

(3x + 4y)\/z% – Hexapodium <\/p>\n

Dragon Age: Origins<\/strong><\/p>\n

How much free time does this game think I have?<\/p>\n

89% – Richard Mault <\/p>\n

Homefront<\/strong><\/p>\n

The love child of Call of Duty and Battlefield that was dropped as a baby. He\u2019s short, ugly and no one likes him.<\/p>\n

45% – Krazllvan<\/p>\n

Total War: Shogun 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, an excuse to wear a dressing gown and chase down peasants with cavalry. <\/p>\n

96% – Jonty the Irke<\/p>\n

World of Tanks<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m a can of death! Ooh, bad guy… steady, aim… <\/p>\n

BOOM! Huh, dead? Ah \u2013 artillery. Bigger tree to hide in! <\/p>\n

84% – Notquiteallhere<\/p>\n

Crysis 2 <\/strong><\/p>\n

If Crysis was a tech demo with wheels, then Crysis 2 is a scooter (the kind with no engine that\u2019s like a skateboard)<\/p>\n

75% – Unacomm<\/p>\n

Assassin\u2019s Creed \u2013 Brotherhood<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019d let Ezio stab me in the back with his hidden blades any day.<\/p>\n

93% – Aaronton<\/p>\n

Zork: Grand Inquisitor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Batshit insane and wonderful.<\/p>\n

80% – Delixe\\<\/p>\n

D&D: Daggerdale<\/strong><\/p>\n

A lot like Torchlight, but bad. Orgasmic Dwarf grunting doesn\u2019t help.<\/p>\n

35% – Ghostwoods<\/p>\n

L.A. Noire<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nice faces, shame about everything else.<\/p>\n

60% – Badbonobo<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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Would you pay a quarter to leave a comment on PCGamer.com? Before you scream “no” at me in the comments for the bargain price of free, consider that the PC Gamer magazine readers of yesteryear were Built Different. Once upon a time, folks were so eager to mail their letters into the magazine that they’d pay for postage, which cost 30-50 pence per second class stamp in the UK circa 2010. Or they’d instead send the PC Gamer staff a text, at the cost of 25 pence “plus your standard network charge” for the 160 characters allowed in a single SMS message. Brevity’s the soul of wit and all that, right? Despite this being a feature of our UK magazine just 15 years ago, the…<\/p>\n

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