This week, everyone’s favorite fast-talking reviewer Yahtzee waxes philosophic on the Tabula Rasa beta, bashes MMOs (and the people who love them), and idly wonders just what drove Richard Garriott crazy in the first place. This week’s review also includes what Yahtzee calls "the worst sequence I’ve ever done." Coming from the man who created an image of Mother Theresa eating a baby, that’s saying a lot.
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