this is not a love story: 500 days of summer

This is a story of boy meets girl.

The boy, Tom Hansen of Margate, New Jersey, grew up believing that he’d never truly be happy until the day he met ‘the one’. This belief stemmed from early exposure to sad British pop music and a total misreading of the movie The Graduate.

The girl, Summer Finn of Shinnecock, Michigan, did not share this belief. Since the disintegration of her parents’ marriage, she’d only loved two things. The first was her long dark hair. The second was how easily she could cut it off… and feel nothing.

Tom meets Summer on January 8th. He knows almost immediately she’s who he’s been searching for.

This is a story of boy meets girl.

But you should know up front. This is not a love story.

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quite possibly the biggest backlog ever

I don’t think I’m joking when I say that.

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why i’m retiring from unboxing videos + the final ever unbox video

The dream is over.

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[repost] car crash: why vgas are in a serious need of change

Earlier this month, I posted a feature on VG247 based on the Spike Video Game Awards. What you may not have known was that the feature was actually meant to be posted here originally as a mere blog post. But when I was asked to write up my piece for the site, I had no problem in doing so. That said, it’s only right I repost in its entirety the feature that went live on VG247 a day or two after the show here on this blog, as it was originally planned to be.

Note: There won’t be any boxouts or anything in this piece, just the original text. If you want the boxout version, you’ll have to go to the original feature on VG247. The text has remained unedited from the original posting.

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why i’ve decided not to rank my top ten games of 2011

Johnny, you got some ‘splanin to do.

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2011 – what a year

Light, I have reached you. *collapses*

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the twitter elite follow list 2011 – gaming edition

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some features

Writey writey.

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saints and devils: the story of london – part one (games media awards)

Awe and shock.

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a love letter to eurogamer expo 2011

What can I say?

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