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So, Paul Miller of The Verge, decided to quit using the internet for one year.

To replace his gaming needs, he decided to try a form of "IRL" gaming...

Check It Out.

Ugh. I'm not even sure if I can get to the 'IRL' part yet.

This guy comes off as... well, kind of a tool. He's going to quit the internet. OK, commendable. In order to replace Wikipedia (...ok), he's going to go to a library (which, apparently, surprises him).

Which he uses Yelp to find. Seriously?

Also - 'This is like playing Starcraft... against Warcraft.' Ok, that's both funny and sad.

I am suddenly and profoundly more dissapointed in the human race today.

Theres also this thread in ot, about the same thing afaik:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/446735.page

Whoops.

Well Games Workshop related happenings surely isn't Off Topic here on Dakka.

No matter, the majority of people on dakka dont venture into OT anyway.

Sounds like there's already another thread in the OT Forum about this 'news'...

Please go there for the continuing discussion - thanks!