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games_top5_090316_Guns[i-1].body = "<headline/></br><br>Guns and video games go together like portable electronics and batteries. Bonnie and Clyde. Yin and Yang. Even Oreos and milk. The two are virtually inseparable.<p>But guns don't only complement the medium, they enable players to save the world from invaders, thwart fascism and compete against other headshot-hungry marksmen in a round of multiplayer. And these are the baddest ones to play with.<p><br><a href=\"http://kristink.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/13/2544629-top-5-kick-butt-game-guns\">Which game guns are your favorites?</a> <br></br><P ALIGN=RIGHT><i>-- Blake Snow</i><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\" border=0></a></p>";

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games_top5_090316_Guns[i-1].body = "<headline/></br><br>Aliens have better weapon technology --the Farsight XR-20 is proof of that. Once acquired from extraterrestrials, players with the Farsight can kill rivals three rooms away using an X-ray guided infrared scope. You read that right: a gun that shoots through multiple walls. As if getting snipered by a sneaky foe wasn't frustrating enough. Life isn't fair.";

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games_top5_090316_Guns[i-1].body = "<headline/></br><br>Assault rifles have been in video games since the beginning. So have chainsaws. Why the two weren't combined until the release of \"Gears of War\" in 2006 is beyond me. The game's default weapon, the Lancer, is a beefy automatic with a mounted chainsaw for a bayonet, to mutilate enemies in close range. There's even a well-placed hand guard to protect your precious digits during combat. Now that's engineering!";

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games_top5_090316_Guns[i-1].body = "<headline/></br><br>\"BFG\" stands for \"Big F!@#$ Gun.\" It was the original must-have weapon for first-person shooters and set the precedent for all big guns that would follow. Capable of destroying almost any opponent with a single shot, you definitely didn't want to be on the wrong side of this \"peacemaker.\" But it sure was bliss when you had it for yourself.";

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games_top5_090316_Guns[i-1].body = "<headline/></br><br>It would be wrong not to include a Gatling gun on my list. A cardinal sin, perhaps. And the one from \"Serious Sam\" is the best. Though hardly the most powerful armament in the game, Sam's Gatling is undeniably bodacious. It unleashes an endless stream of annihilation when loaded, and thanks to the game's speed and open environments, there's no tight quarters to cramp your style. Just lock and load&#151;and down enemies like a bag of dirt.";

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games_top5_090316_Guns[i-1].body = "<headline/></br><br>If you're going to a have a protective space suit as a bounty hunter, you might as well have a gun soldered to your arm. That's precisely what heroine Samus got in \"Metroid.\" What's more, her Arm Cannon happens to be the most versatile weapon in all of games. It never runs out of ammo. It changes shot type with the push of a button. It can never be dropped. And it doubles as a rocket launcher. It's the mother of all video game guns. <p><a href=\"http://kristink.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/13/2544629-top-5-kick-butt-game-guns\">Tell us: Which game guns are your favorites?</a><br>";

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