Scraps: Long Island is full of monsters confirmed (7/30/08)

Little know, but fun fact: I grew up on Long Island, New York. I moved away just in time to miss this thing allegedly washing up on the shores of a Montauk beach.

I think I went to high school with that thing.

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• Ken Levine is a pretentious tw*t. He said it, not me. [Videogamer]
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• Now nerds can watch nerds nerd around at BlizzCon 2008 via DIRECTV. [Eurogamer]
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• Ludlum Entertainment kicks Vivendi while they’re down, snatches back Bourne license. [Gamasutra]

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