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    Video Games Your first video game?

    Oooo, I remember a game by that name! I played it on Amiga, so if we're thinking about the same game, then it was released a year prior the release of PS1. But it was a blockbuster, so definitely they converted it to PS asap.
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    Other ↓↓ QUEST ↓↓ (survey on place names as words that build worlds)

    Noble Heroes, dare you take up the quest? I beseech your aid! I am an apprentice mage who seeks to understand how the magic of words and wondrous places works. If I can do that, I get to have a familiar (his name is PhD). I cannot do it alone, though. I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP. Will you spare a...
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    Food What is your favorite coffee or tea and why do you drink coffee or tea?

    Good to know! Currently a local type enriched with cornflower. And in general I also like Earl Grey with lemon, but that does not always meet my taste. Can't say why, tho. Some just cast the spell, and some don't :/
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    Food What is your favorite coffee or tea and why do you drink coffee or tea?

    Earl Grey is flavoured with bergamot. When I was a kid, I thought it was a pear. But you are right, indeed, it is a type of citrus. Though it seems to taste differently than lemons or oranges. As for the coffee, it's just a ritual. I got used to it (partially because it wakes me up), but I don't...
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    Food What is your favorite coffee or tea and why do you drink coffee or tea?

    Tea. Earl Grey, hot. And that should already answer, why I like it so much ;) But I also love morning coffee. Black. Hate the taste, tho... XD
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    Music What kind of music are you into right now?

    HEROES ORCHESTRA. They are a group of young musicians, who play their arrangements (done 'by ear') of the music from Heroes of Might and Magic by Paul Anthony Romero. They give regular concerts and start rising to fame, even more so, as they also have performed with the maestro himself! Here is...
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    Video Games Your first video game?

    It was an 8-bit Atari version of either Zorro or River Raid :D And on PC it was Desert Strike I think. But then quite quickly I moved towards Heroes of Might and Magic II and... I still play it sometimes :P
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    Introduce Yourself!

    Hello everyone :) I'm a big fantasy fan who is on a quest to grasp the magic of words. Currently, I'm just looking around, much like that Travolta meme :)
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