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Review Addendum: I always jot notes down in my notebook before I write a review, but I realize now that I omitted from my review this week of The Saboteur something that I thought was a telling problem: It takes three button presses to go from in game action to a pannable view of your full game map.That's got to be a no no, no?Games I Got In The replica Breitling Windrider Chrono Cockpit Mail This Week But Didn't Write About (Yet?): Tekken 6 (PS3 with fancy fighting stick), Hello Kitty Party (DS).

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