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Is there locational damage in Skyrim?
In Skyrim, will striking an enemy in certain areas do more damage (e.g: headshots = x2), or produce any other effects, such as stunning/crippling?
I understand that sneak shots do more damage, and that the damage from those/attacks from behind can…
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What is this dimly lit dungeon filled with corpses I moved to via the console?
My character in Skyrim is a terrible smither who unbelievably still killed Alduin. But now repenting for his inexperience, he wants to learn from the best, Eorlund Gray-Mane. But having searched far and lo for him in Jorrvaskar and Whiterun as a…
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How to move a fullscreen game to the second monitor?
I have a Windows 8 laptop which I play Sins of a Solar Empire on and I want to move it to my second monitor which is connected via a VGA cable. How would I do that? Windows + shift + ← or → does move normal windows from monitor to monitor but it…
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What are the popular build orders for Protoss in StarCraft 2?
I've played a lot of Protoss in the original StarCraft, but I thought I might try to play it in StarCraft 2 also. What build orders are being used competitively?
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Where does the concept of "Mana" as a resource come from?
In today's field of gaming, the humble mana bar has become nearly as widespread as the health bar. Everywhere from MMOs to flash games, to traditional turn-based RPGs, Mana exists as a finite consumable resource (often a blue bar) used to cast…
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How can I tell if a Steam game syncs my saved games to the Steam Cloud?
I've already seen this question and this one, but neither explicitly tells me whether a particular game syncs saved game files to the Steam Cloud.
Do all Steam games with Steam Cloud enabled automatically sync your saved games?
Are there some games…
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What is kiting?
What does the term 'kiting' mean when used for games? I've seen the term thrown around here and there in reference to a few different games. Are there specific types of games that it applies to?
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My wife is stuck in a wall, can I save her?
My wife, Lady Gray, is "stuck in a wall" in Fairfax Gardens, our Marital Home. I can't actually see her, but the glowing trail leads me to the guard house (on the left when facing Fairfax manor) when I set my family as my target. Is there any…
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How close should cities be built in Civ 5?
In Civ 4, it was easy to figure out how close to build cities to maximize my territory, because the number of tiles they could use were very limited. In Civ 5, cities can use many more tiles (more than they'll need until they're huge), so I'm…
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What are the Key Gameplay Differences between Valve's DOTA 2 vs League of Legends?
Valve's new game DotA 2 is a sequel to the popular Warcraft 3 map of the same name which is nearing release. The game follows the same paradigm of a similar game, League of Legends which was inspired from the original DotA map.
Both games follow…
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What's the difference between "Bug" and "Glitch"?
I heard about 2 terms defining a game error: "Bug" and "Glitch".
What's the difference between them?
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What additional features do you get after spending five dollars on Steam?
Spending more than $5 on Steam upgrades your account from a limited one to a premium one. I know there are a few benefits and privileges enjoyed by premium account holders, such as adding friends.
What other features do you gain access to as a paid…
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Can I sort my Steam games by installed size?
Apparently my puny hard drive can't handle the awesomeness of Payday 2, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and Fallout: New Vegas all being installed on my hard disk at the same time.
I spent all my money buying Payday, XCOM and New Vegas so now I can't afford a…
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How do you force Steam to use a different account for each Windows user account on the same machine?
I just built a PC because my son wants to play PC games. I installed Windows 7, and created 2 user accounts, one for each of us. Within my Windows user account I installed Steam, and downloaded some games from my catalogue.
I was expecting that…
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I'm on fire. So?
In Overwatch, there is a meter at the bottom left corner that indicates how "on fire" (as in, doing well, I'm guessing) you are. When it get over an indicated point, your portrait on the tab screen/scoreboard is shown with a fiery background.
Is…
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