|  | Heretic 2 StC: 0 seconds
 Notes:  Heretic 2 starts you off staring right at a
        large crate.
 Comments:
 Kevin: That's very bad.
 erik: Yes.  It's observably, undeniably bad.  It's
        as if the lead designer arrived at work on day one, sat down at his desk, sharpened a
        pencil, threw up his hands and said "well, I can't think of anything."
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        |  | Messiah StC: 0 seconds
 Notes:  Messiah starts you off staring right at a large
        crate before immediately crashing back to the Desktop.
 Comments:
 Chet: It's futuristic, but that's a crate.
 erik: I concur.
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        |  | Doom StC: 0 seconds
 Notes:  Doom starts you off staring right at two
        barrels.
 Comments:
 erik: I remembered this game being better than science has
        shown it to actually be.
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        |  | Die Hard Trilogy 2 (part 1) StC: 5 seconds
 Notes:  This is in the third person action mode.  
        Go down the corridor and take your first left.
 Comments:
 Kevin: According to these figures, Die Hard Trilogy 2 is the
        best game we've ever seen.
 Chet: We need to verify this.
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        |  | Die Hard Trilogy 2 (part 2) StC: 9 seconds
 Notes:  This is in the first person shooting mode.
 Comments:
 erik: Die Hard Trilogy 2 just keeps
        getting better.  It defies logic.
 Chet: I can't believe it's so much
        better than Doom.
 erik: Science is not about your
        feelings.
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