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By Henry Gilbert published 12 February 2011

Guitar Hero's over, Duke Nukem exists, and a woman hosts the cast this week. Has the world gone topsy-turvy?

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Above: Feast your eyes on a rare GR UK/US meet up as Tyler Nagata and Dave Houghton ran into each other at the Duke Nukem event in Vegas

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Above: Capcom got some pretty big celebs for the MvC3 launch event


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Above: And k1ng94 casts the TDar crew as characters from the UK series Misfits

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