I wonder why Bayek & Basim, despite both being from desert cultures, have opposite approaches to dressing up for the hot desert climate. Ancient Egyptians often bore their skin outdoors while Arabs covered up to retain moisture & protect their skin. Why the opposite approaches for the same biome?

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Snapped this pic in Forbidden West

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Playing Assassin's Creed Unity when I unexpectedly stumbled upon the dead body of Revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat, depicted exactly as the famous 1893 Jacques-Louis David painting.

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Chinese people do care if you wear their dresses wrong

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Driving around in Forza Horizon 4 & I come across the Windows XP Desktop

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This picture I took Assassin's Creed Origins looks like an Old Spice commercial

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Took this photo of a Sunwing gliding over a cresting wave in Horizon Forbidden West.

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Took several years, patience, & taking breaks in-between to achieve this & just added Valhalla last night. Still have a ways to go.

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A Sunwing gliding over a wave

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Playing a PS5 inside a car would still be cool today

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If a Princess can do it, so can you! - Some CEO probably

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Some gamers are asking what's the point of Battlefield single player? I believe Battlefield can have some truly memorably Single Player moments when they put in the effort.

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2020 was tough on everyone.

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Aloy taking flight

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Took this photo of Aloy enjoying the rain in Forbidden West

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Driving around in Forza Horizon 4 & I come across the Windows XP Desktop

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When I visit my grandma and she asks me what my favorite Bible Verse is

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The first Assassin's Creed goes somewhat unappreciated for its cityscapes. Ubisoft did a beautiful job bringing Jerusalem and Damascus to life with its beautiful Islamic architecture.

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African savannah sunset in Far Cry 2 from 2008

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I always thought it was fascinating how these two great games are only set 4 years apart from one another (1911-1914)

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Vogue

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One of the best pics I've taken playing AC Odyssey all weekend. In the sea swimming back to my ship when suddenly a massive Sperm Whale swam near me!

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Playing Assassin's Creed II. The graphics on XBOX are extremely life like

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Cause I don't want to lose this feeling

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Iraq 1,162 years ago. [AC Mirage]

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Contagious Laughter

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My attempt at recreating the FarCry3 cover in FarCry6

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Rockstar put this Confederate monument in RDR2 with a defacing already on it

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How many times have YOU seen it?

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Playing Assassin's Creed Unity when I unexpectedly stumbled upon the dead body of Revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat, depicted exactly as the famous 1793 Jacques-Louis David painting.

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My attempt at recreating the Assyrian relief of The Lion Hunt of King Ashurbanipal in Assassin's Creed Origins.

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58 years ago on this day, Soviet Sleeper Agent Alex Mason assassinated President JFK [BO]

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Serenity

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Make it bun dem

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Jeep! The only brand tough enough to withstand the civil war landscape of FAR CRY 2. This is the only game in the entire franchise with a vehicle license!

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Aloy Despite The Nora, Alpha Prime, Ancestor Reborn, Anointed of All-Mother, Champion from the East, Champion of the Kulrut, Chieftain, Girl, Easterner, Flame Hair, Hekkaro's Champion, Huntress, Nora, Outcast, Outlander, Red, Regalla's Bane. Spearmaiden, Savage, Savior, Seeker, Thrush, Wall Breaker

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An American couple headed straight to work after the birth of their child because they don't have Paid Maternity Leave (1974)

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The gun range rules in FarCry5

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The casting of Sophia Taylor Ali as Chole Frazer in the Uncharted movie is what perfect video game casting looks like.

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Took this shot approaching Athens in AC Odyssey

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Snapped this photo in Horizon Forbidden West

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It's still the best finale to any Call of Duty game to date

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Got a nice message playing Apex. Random player I was teamed with thanked me for rescuing him when he got left behind in the storm. We ended up winning the match.

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Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker on video games

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Snapped this photo mid action in Ghost of Tsushima

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Snapped this in game photo of Aloy in HFW

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Took this picture of a lioness in Assassin's Creed: Origins on my XB SX

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If you are disappointed that The Middle Passage, A-Train's fictional GOTY video game about the African slave trade isn't real, Ubisoft already made it years ago, it's called: Freedom Cry

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Finally decided to play Assassin's Creed II. These graphics are so life like.

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Love how Lara redoes her pony tail when she comes out of the water in Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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AC Origins actually has two species of Hyenas. The Striped Hyena is actually Egypt's indigenous species but are used solely as boss animals. However the Spotted Hyena, found more commonly in Sub-Saharan Africa, are the main species found throughout the game.

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I love both, seen both, and they've both evolved styles, but I want to live in a world where its not shameful for a DJ to admit you had a massive hit & nod to your OG fans by dropping a classic every now and then.

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Photographed these lions in Assassins' Creed Origins. The vivid African wildlife featured in the game is really wonderful.

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Total noob here. Never played a single ES game in my life, so I decided to start with the 1st one ported to console, Morrowind on my XB Series. Any non sp0iler tips you can throw my way?

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Snapped this pic of Aloy taking out a bandit in Horizon Zero Dawn

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Messing with photo mode in HZD and I think I took a neat shot of Aloy

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Snapped this photo of Aloy

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Sea & Sand

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Aloy in the water

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Took this photo of Aloy in Forbidden West

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Photographed this moment with the amphibious Waterwing in Horizon Burning Shores

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The Stalker machine from Horizon Zero Dawn is one of my all time favorite video game creatures.

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I just realized the bank in Grand Theft Auto is literally Spanish for Giant Corrupt Bank

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Hellblade was one of the greatest games I ever played. I loved it so much I commissioned professional artist Michael C Hayes to create this original portrait of Senua for me.

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The frozen North Atlantic of Assassins' Creed Rogue

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Snapped this shot in Forbidden West. The amazing rendering on the PS5 combined with Guerilla's great photo mode features really lets you go all out with the photography.

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Hunting lions from a chariot in Assassins Creed Origins

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Plus that grandma handing out flower seeds

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Tropical Breeze

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Ten years apart and Hardwell still hasn't changed his opinion about UMF. Personally its why I'm biased for this event over all the rest. For a DJ who has played everywhere, he recognizes the audience energy meter at UMF Miami can always be counted on for being in overdrive year after year.

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Snapped this shot of Aloy looking dapper in Forbidden West

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Took this photo of a Kassandra swimming with a Sperm Whale in Assassin's Creed Odyssey

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As far as PS games go, HFW has the most realistic looking water of all.

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Took this portrait of Aloy

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Ten years apart and Hardwell still hasn't changed his opinion about UMF. Personally its why I'm biased for this event over all the rest. For a DJ who has played everywhere, he recognizes the audience energy meter at UMF Miami can always be counted on for being in overdrive year after year.

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Snapped this pic in Forbidden West

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Tropical Serenity in Horizon Forbidden West

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In Peter Parker's bedroom in Spider-Man 2, his globe shows California as an island, a misconception of 16th Century map makers, which is most likely the time the map on it is from.

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Such a cheeky smile

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How many times have you seen TWOW already

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The Hebrews were able to escape Egypt when God sent down a wall to cause Pharaoh's chariot to desynchronize

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Horizon Zero Dawn/Forbidden West demonstrates Arthur C Clarkes 3rd Law in action

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Hey Rockstar, did you know its perfectly possible for you to publish a remaster of your games without permanently removing the originals from digital storefront like they never existed?

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Snapped this pic in Forbidden West

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Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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I tried my best to try to recreate this shot of Neytiri from AVATAR with Aloy in Forbidden West

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When the Superintendent comes over

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Chinese people do care if you wear their dresses wrong

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I love how the Kronos outfits in ACODY are reminiscent of Achilles armor in Troy.

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Took this pic while exploring Ireland in AC Valhalla

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Took a photo with a hippo in AC Origins

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The Order of the Ancients operating in Baghdad, as featured in Assassin's Creed Mirage, base their look on Akkadian art such as the Sargon of Akkad mask. The Akkadians were the 2nd great civilization of Mesopotamia who ruled the area near Baghdad over 3,000 years before the events of the game.

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Assassin's Creed Origins recently turned 5. The Sahara Desert of Egypt is the most beautiful video game desert I've seen.

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Greetings from San Francisco [Horizon FW]

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How James Wan filmed 2019's Aquaman with actors pretending to swim on cranes suspended in air compared to how James Cameron filmed Avatar: Way of Water with the crew submersed in a tank to capture real physics and muscle resistance against water surfaces

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Next to the horses in Red Dead 2, the Jaguars in Shadow of the Tomb Raider are some of the most impressive realistic animal models I've ever seen in a video game. Hats off to the dev team for making an outstanding creature.

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Protecting an albino crocodile in AC Origins is easily one of the best side quests the franchise has to offer.

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Snapped this pic in Assassin's Creed Odyssey

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I'm amazed that Ninja Theory took the crazy risk making a game about a woman living in the Dark Ages who suffers from a mental disorder. It's such an outlandish premise & it's one of the greatest games I've ever played.

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The Hebrews were able to escape Egypt when God sent down a wall to cause Pharaoh's chariot to desynchronize

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Instead of killing them, it's a refreshing change to just sit around the campfire at night & hear the soldiers talk about their lives, hopes, & dreams.

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After 98 hours playing ACIII I've finally taken my best picture

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[Image] The Hel-Walkers from God of War and the Nightbrothers from Jedi Fallen Order look exactly the same

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Happy Birthday to two of my favorite warriors in video games. Born over 12 centuries apart in the same day.

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About to finish playing Red Dead Redemption for the first time & I just want to say thanks to the XB team for letting me experience it in 4K.

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This 'Merica gun in FarCry5

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Synin & Eivor

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I know I'm late to the party, but I literally just beat Grand Theft Auto Vice City for the first time and felt that moment.

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Cool to see that Varl from Horizon Zero Dawn is now a secondary character in Forbidden West. They gave him a nice glow up.

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Why you gotta throw dirt in my eye Ubisoft?

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I find the whole its a reskin argument so empty. If the game is fun its fun, simple as that.

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Ran into a Sea Lion in AC Origins

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That's a good boy!

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58 years ago on this day, Soviet Sleeper Agent Alex Mason assassinated President JFK

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Playing the XB1X Exclusive Enhanced Edition of the 1st Assassin's Creed game. I'm really impressed with the way it all looks.

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After Don Mattrick left Xbox in the hands of Phil Spencer back in 2013, Phil had to turn the ship around from the disastrous Xbox One launch. This was his 3 point plan.

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This Tenakth rebel warrior in Horizon Forbidden West

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I hired professional artist Michael C. Hayes to create a commission of my favorite female game character, Senua from Hellblade

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One of the biggest lies in gaming

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Guapo the crocodile is really handsome

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The journey to liberate Japan from the Mongols has begun. It goes without saying, this game is beautiful.

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On this day 2,065 years ago Julius Caesar was assassinated by Aya of Alexandria

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Only by complaining each time do we win

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AC Origins actually has two species of Hyenas. The Striped Hyena is actually Egypt's indigenous species but are used solely as boss animals. However the Spotted Hyena, found more commonly in Sub-Saharan Africa, are the main species found throughout the game.

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1191, Altair gazes over the Crusader port City of Acre. It is here where the Templar William de Montferrat, will meet his end.

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If you want to play a video game with a strong female lead having to deal with the devastating repercussions of family loss and struggling to maintain her mental sanity in an emotionally satisfying story, play this instead of TLOU II

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Far Cry 2, set during a civil war in an unnamed African country, is the only Far Cry game in the franchise with an official license from Jeep.

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Killing Nazis with a hatchet in Wolfenstein II

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Just an observation, wearing food stickers and tiny plastic branches all over is a thing now I guess?

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I know its not Spider-Man, but Far Cry 5 photo is pretty neat too.

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Started playing Assassin's Creed for the first time & was a bit awestruck upon arriving at the Damascus city gates

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Love the way this portrait shot came out

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Aloy enjoying the tropical ocean breeze [HFW]

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Ghost of Tsushima in Kurosawa mode is neat.

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After much fan feedback & criticism, AC Valhalla finally added one handed swords. I've been waiting 9 months since release to go into battle like Bjorn Ironside with a sword in one hand and an axe in the other.

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Mexico, Red Dead Redemption

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Aloy can pose really well.

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This Puerto Rican Christmas Dinner in the new Spider-Man game is legit!

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Whatever your opinion on AC Origins is, we can at least agree that Bayek is the manliest video game character of 2017.

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Discovered an easter egg in AC Origins. In the bottom of a hidden pond in Egypt's white desert lies a fossilized whale skeleton. Millions of years ago, the white desert was once a sea bed.

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HZD's Frozen Wilds makes me feel like I stepped into Narnia

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The photo realistic lighting in this game is incredible.

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Aloy in the jungle.

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Aloy being joyful in HFW

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The sunlight in AC Origins is incredibly lifelike.

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Snapped this photo of a statue of Skehmet in AC Origins

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RDR2 horses are Brazilian in spirit

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Wrapping up my first playthrough of Red Dead Redemption just before the new one comes out. I'm amazed this 8-year-old game has amazing draw distances & a large open world that doesn't need any loading.

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