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Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty – NYTimes.com

Posted on November 19, 2011 by fish
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Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty – NYTimes.com.

This was linked from the Rouge Forum this week.  Interesting premise about the popularity of War Games and the draft.

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