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MIT pranksters impressively dressed up the statue of John P Harvard on the Harvard campus as Master Chief from Halo.

This is a fairly large update with many new additions. So definitely backup all your stuffs before upgrading. I will be doing so after this post!

(I’m fearful of my tag migration!)

edit: success!

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Well, it looks like the release of Team Fortress 2 after being initially announced in 1997, is upon us. I am pre-loading as we speak, and the beta release will be on Monday. It looks to be a hell of a game, and a worthy successor to the original mod.

In retrospect, I think fondly on my most favorite Quake mod and what it has become today. And this video will show what most of you never experienced in the glory of the original Team Fortress. (Please please do not say that you thought TFC was the first Team Fortress!)

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The game looks pretty good, but this promo is perfect.

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