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What is ping, and why is it important?
I've seen the term used in many online games but I'm not sure what it means.
What does 'ping' mean? Is it better to have high or low ping?
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Does it make any difference if I choose the Bird or the Cage Brooch?
As I was playing Bioshock Infinite today, I was greeted by this fellow and lady shortly after busting Elizabeth from the confines of that statue. They gave us the choice of two brooches. One of a cage, and one of a bird. I simply wasn't thinking…
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How do I level up in ingress?
I am stuck at level 1 with 3000/3000 XM.
I can see XM but I can't collect it anymore. Is there anything mandatory to be able to level up?
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What does the full research tree look like?
I find myself constantly wishing I had some idea what the research tree looked like. For example, if I want to unlock plasma weapons, do I have to go down the laser weapon path first to unlock it, or am I going in completely in the wrong…
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How can I go to war without getting everyone else displeased in Civilization V?
I've had this happen a few times, where going to war caused some nations call me "dishonorable" and some others not being affected by my decision to go to war. I can't find a pattern as sometimes there are nations that were affected despite having…
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Is it worth connecting my cities with roads early in Civ 5?
Roads are expensive in Civ 5 (1 gold upkeep per turn), but I make some of that back when I connect my cities to my capital. Is it always still a net loss, and if so, is that money better spent elsewhere early in the game?
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How can I check if my computer's powerful enough to run a certain game?
Is there a service that I can use to check if my machine will be able to run a certain game?
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Is it common to die at work?
I downloaded The Sims 3 for my Android phone, and I've played through almost 2 Sim weeks with my character. My sim works Monday–Friday, and without fail, he will die every other day at work. If he survived work yesterday, he will die today. Period.…
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What do these symbols mean?
I'm seeing these symbols everywhere. Merchant stalls, houses, etc. What do they represent? Are there more?
Note: These are not unique to these locations. I have found the 4th symbol the most. On both houses and shops.
user9983
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What are the gaming references in these book titles in Doom: Eternal?
I saw this screenshot of a bookcase from the upcoming DOOM Eternal being passed around on a Discord I frequent recently (numbers added by me):
My Buddy Superfly
Why I'm so Great Pt. II by Dork Norkem
Devilish Daggers
LIANDRI - A Brief History of…
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Free Games on Steam?
Is there anywhere I can look at a list of all games steam is offering for free?
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How do I show my wounds to Robbie?
I have a quest that says I can get some more upgrades from Robbie. Now I went to the location and found him, however he wants me to show him my wounds I've gotten 100 years ago.
What exactly does he mean? How do I show him my wounds?
There is a…
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Is there a way to turn off the ad popup that appears when you close a Steam game?
After you're done playing a game on Steam, there's an annoying popup that appears advertising other Steam games. I'm perfectly capable of finding my own games that I would like to play. Is there a way to disable this popup?
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Where did the 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 number come from?
Reading about No Mans Sky, and hearing about the 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 planets there are, I'm curious, where did that number come from? Does that mean there are 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 unique planets, and if1 they're all found, the next…
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What is the best way to defend settlements?
I started out building defensive structure around my settlements. I've heard settlements can be attacked, I've been building the simple turrets.
What is an effective defense strategy?
In a raid, are those simple turret effective?
What are the…
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