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There are classic lines from movies that have become a part of cinema history. These lines are often used in parodies and quoted in reverence.

I don’t have any problem with parodies or when a classic line is spoken specifically to honor the movie it came from.

But there are also generic lines, lines we have heard again and again that have become more than just clichés, they are an epidemic.

You know some of the classic lines I’m talking about.

The American Film Institution’s list of the top 100 movie quotes in American cinema puts this at #1:
 

“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

But my favorite would have to be #79:

Striker: “Surely you can’t be serious!”
Rumack: “I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley.”

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In my early years of gaming I began like many others, first watching my siblings and then trying my own hand at classics like Super Mario Brothers and Burger Time.

I eventually matured to the Final Fantasy series, Xenogears, Diablo, and Metal Gear Solid, and was just as willing to attempt the next RPG as I was a mindless excuse to kill things as can be found in most Blizzard Games.

Those styles of gaming all still exist, but many of them have something a little extra these days—a choice between good and evil.

What I mean by a ‘good vs evil’ game is this: A game where the storyline is directly affected by the player’s choices, which determines whether the protagonist will become a selfless hero or a self-serving bastard.
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I am a Trekkie. I admit that readily, prepared to take whatever teasing and low-blow remarks naysayers might think to throw at me.

My husband, John, is more of a Star Wars fan, however, which would usually mean we were set for a death match. Somehow we still manage to love each other.

The rivalry between Star Trek and Star Wars has been around for as long as both fandoms have existed. Both are science fiction themed, set in outer space on starships and alien planets in some distant future, but their universes could not be more different, and they each have a very unique following of fans.

Allow me to give you a quick history.
 
 
 
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