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O my tiny geeky subculture, you ate the planet

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O my tiny geeky subculture, you ate the planet

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Published on July 27, 2008

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This is a billboard van, complete with LCD screen, driving around downtown San Diego.

 

It’s not just that Tolkien is now as masscult as Superman.  It’s that the game publishers can assume that everyone will recognize the West-gate of Moria. And be right.

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