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Comments (4)

  1. Hellmut says:
    February 25, 2009 at 8:36 am

    Awesome. If that had been our message last year, we would have won.

  2. ProfXM says:
    February 25, 2009 at 5:32 pm

    FYI, Microsoft isn’t playing friendly with homosexuals either:
    http://consumerist.com/5160187/identifying-yourself-as-a-lesbian-gets-you-banned-on-xbox-live

    I’m shocked by this one.

  3. Kullervo says:
    February 25, 2009 at 8:40 pm

    I posted this vid on my blog, too.

  4. Kullervo says:
    February 25, 2009 at 8:40 pm

    I posted this vid on my blog, too.

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