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"Vietnam bans computer games"

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"Vietnam has ordered state officials to stop playing computer games at work and drinking alcohol at lunch," said this frankly bizarre report from The Gulf Times. Like, that's it. All we can think about now is crazed Vietnamese politicians getting battered on vodka and throwing up on their monitors during extended WoW sessions while they should be making laws and debating Vietnamese stuff. Quality journalism award of the day.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.
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