E3, which slumped in popularity as the economy soured in 2008 but saw a significant comeback last year, comes at a crossroads sort of moment for video gaming.

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But when we were stopped at a red light, that was the moment when I saw the homeless, hungry man who changed my life forever.

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One morning, she woke up and saw six Druids looking at her through her window. (She lived on an upper floor.) In a moment, they were gone, and that was the only vision she ever had, but she has no doubt that she truly saw them.

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