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games_top5_080805_Aliens[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Introduction</b></FONT></br><br>Since video games began, we&#146;ve had creatures from outer space either trying to befriend us or trying to eradicate us from the face of the Earth. But regardless of what they&#146;re up to, you&#146;re bound to have a good time whenever extraterrestrials are around.<br></br>These are our Top 5 favorite aliens. Check out the list then <a href=\"http://wbenedetti.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/05/1723405-which-video-game-aliens-are-your-favorites\">tell us</a> which ones you dig the most.<br></br><a href=\"http://wbenedetti.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/05/1723405-which-video-game-aliens-are-your-favorites\">Tell us: What are your Top 5 favorite video game aliens?</a><br></br><br><P ALIGN=RIGHT><i>-- Ken Smith</i></P><br><p ALIGN=LEFT><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25128965\"><img src=\"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Interactives/_swf/tonytesting/gamewidget/Grab_top5_widget_button.gif\" /></a></p>";

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games_top5_080805_Aliens[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Crypto from the 'Destroy All Humans' series </b></FONT></br><br>If there&#146;s such a thing as the quintessential alien, it just might be Crypto from the &#147;Destroy All Humans&#148; games. The foul-mouthed fella sounds just like Jack Nicholson, and looks like he was ripped straight out of a &#145;50s B movie. Plus, the little guy has some nifty space-alien toys, like the anal probe &#150; which is really a device for stealing people&#146;s brains! ";

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games_top5_080805_Aliens[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Headcrabs from the 'Half-Life' series</b></FONT><br></br>Just like there are many different breeds of dogs, there are different kinds of headcrabs. But these vicious little parasites all have one thing in common: the desire to latch onto your body, tap into your nervous system, and turn you into their zombie puppet.";

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games_top5_080805_Aliens[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>The Chimera from 'Resistance: Fall of Man'</b></FONT></br><br>In &#147;Resistance: Fall of Man,&#148; the Chimera are ugly, multi-eyed creatures determined to destroy humanity. But they don&#146;t merely want to kill us. No, they want to infect us with a virus that causes humans to slowly mutate and transform into more Chimera. What a gruesome way to grow an army.";

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games_top5_080805_Aliens[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>The Arbiter from the 'Halo' series </b></FONT></br><br>Not every alien is bent on ending mankind. Actually, if it wasn&#146;t for the Arbiter stepping up and helping the humans, all life in the &#147;Halo&#148; world would have ceased to exist. Okay, maybe in the beginning this alien soldier wasn&#146;t so human-friendly, but in the end the Arbiter more than redeemed himself.";

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games_top5_080805_Aliens[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>'Space Invaders'</b></FONT><br></br>No list of video game aliens would be complete without mentioning the granddaddy of them all: &#147;Space Invaders.&#148; These blocky creatures, who moved across the screen in unison, may have only intended to attack Earth, but what they accomplished was to steal all our money - one quarter at a time.<br></br><a href=\"http://wbenedetti.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/05/1723405-which-video-game-aliens-are-your-favorites\">Tell us: What are your Top 5 favorite aliens?</a><br></br>";

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