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Blow Sh*t Up On The Internet With This Sweet "Stupid Game"
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Christopher Robbins
Published Apr 4, 2012
Modified Apr 4, 2012
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Christopher Robbins
Published Apr 4, 2012
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This particular "stupid game," (as Times Magazine writer Sam Anderson calls them) is called Kick Ass and comes from Rootof Creations, but apparently a better one is in the works. We'd tell you what Anderson's 600,000 word article is about, but we never got past the first page.
Next stop, Westboro Baptist Church / Chris Brown fanpage!
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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