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The 100 Hardest Video-Game Levels of All Time

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Dizzying shooters, agonizing puzzles, and water stages (ugh) that raise the question: Continue? Stage Fright Not all video-game levels are created easily. Illustration: Diego Patiño Stage Fright Not all video-game levels are created easily. Video games are natural predators. In the earliest incarnation of the art — the arcade cabinets scattered across movie-theater lobbies and dentist waiting rooms in the ’70s and ’80s — you’d exchange a quarter for three lives and a dream. Read More...

Why Omit the 'Suicide' in Songs?

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Sean Kingston's hit single titled, "Beautiful Girls," plays regularly on MTV — except for two lines that were edited out. The lyrics go: "You're way too beautiful girl, that's why it'll never work. You'll have me suicidal, suicidal, when you say it's over." MTV and some radio stations have chosen to omit the line that references suicide. But Kingston's song is not exactly dark and foreboding — it is an upbeat, reggae- and soul-inspired tune, that is easy to hum along to. Read More...

Tupac's 'M.O.B.' Ring Being Sold for $95k

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Getty Composite It's no secret, Tupac Shakur was gang-affiliated -- and a piece of his own jewelry collection confirmed it ... one that's now made its way back to the marketplace with a fat price tag. The rapper's very own gold 'M.O.B.' ring -- as it's known -- is hitting the auction block this week, courtesy of Moments in Time ... but it ain't really gonna be up for bidding, but more so . Read More...