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      <title>5 Rock Mash-ups That Might Change How You Hear These Songs!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[WARNING: YOU MAY NEVER HEAR THESE SONGS AGAIN IN THE SAME WAY! <a href="https://wgrd.com/top-5-rock-mash-ups-that-might-change-how-you-hear-these-songs/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[WARNING: YOU MAY NEVER HEAR THESE SONGS AGAIN IN THE SAME WAY! <a href="https://wgrd.com/top-5-rock-mash-ups-that-might-change-how-you-hear-these-songs/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The Top Five Craziest Twist Endings in Movie History</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In the tradition of ScreenCrush series like You Think You Know Movies and You Think You Know TV comes a brand new YouTube series: Top Five! Each week (or so; we’ve got a lot of other stuff going on), ScreenCrush editor and critic Matt Singer will count down a particular topic from the world of movies (and probably write these introductory posts in the third person). <a href="https://wgrd.com/top-five-craziest-twist-endings/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In the tradition of ScreenCrush series like You Think You Know Movies and You Think You Know TV comes a brand new YouTube series: Top Five! Each week (or so; we&#x2019;ve got a lot of other stuff going on), ScreenCrush editor and critic Matt Singer will count down a particular topic from the world of movies (and probably write these introductory posts in the third person). <a href="https://wgrd.com/top-five-craziest-twist-endings/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Metalhead Ned Shares His Top 5 SNES Games in ‘This Level Sucks’ [Video]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I have been playing some really hard games, and some games just suck.
Honestly? I am starting to feel a little burnt out! I love playing video games, so why do I subject myself to this torture?
Time to sit back and choose games from my all time favorite video game console, the Super Nintendo! <a href="https://wgrd.com/metalhead-ned-shares-his-top-5-snes-games-in-this-level-sucks-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I have been playing some really hard games, and some games just suck.
Honestly? I am starting to feel a little burnt out! I love playing video games, so why do I subject myself to this torture?
Time to sit back and choose games from my all time favorite video game console, the Super Nintendo! <a href="https://wgrd.com/metalhead-ned-shares-his-top-5-snes-games-in-this-level-sucks-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[Survival Horror is one of my favorite video game genres of all time. The anticipation, story, and the looming fear around every corner just attracts me to this genre more than any other game genre out there. My first Survival Horror experience was the original Resident Evil, and after that, I was stuck on getting scared. <a href="https://wgrd.com/five-video-games-that-scare-crap-out-of-you/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Survival Horror is one of my favorite video game genres of all time. The anticipation, story, and the looming fear around every corner just attracts me to this genre more than any other game genre out there. My first Survival Horror experience was the original Resident Evil, and after that, I was stuck on getting scared. <a href="https://wgrd.com/five-video-games-that-scare-crap-out-of-you/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[When you pop in a video game, there is always an intro level or a full motion video sequence that just 'sucks you in' to play this video game. A moment in the game that just makes you yell, &quot;YEA, LET'S DO THIS!&quot;
Here is a list of games that made that happen for me, and just MADE me want to play that game... <a href="https://wgrd.com/5-video-games-that-have-amazing-intros/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[When you pop in a video game, there is always an intro level or a full motion video sequence that just &apos;sucks you in&apos; to play this video game. A moment in the game that just makes you yell, &amp;quot;YEA, LET&apos;S DO THIS!&amp;quot;
Here is a list of games that made that happen for me, and just MADE me want to play that game... <a href="https://wgrd.com/5-video-games-that-have-amazing-intros/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[You ever play a video game, and a song just comes up and you just get this sudden inspiration to just dominate? 
I know you have! 
Here is a quick list of some of those great songs that are in video games that encourage you just to blow s**t up... <a href="https://wgrd.com/5-awesome-video-game-songs-that-amp-up-your-gameplay/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[You ever play a video game, and a song just comes up and you just get this sudden inspiration to just dominate? 
I know you have! 
Here is a quick list of some of those great songs that are in video games that encourage you just to blow s**t up... <a href="https://wgrd.com/5-awesome-video-game-songs-that-amp-up-your-gameplay/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Metalhead Ned’s Favorite Video Games of 2013</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I will be honest: I barely played many new video games this year. 
It was an insanely busy year for me! I got married, went on a cruise, got promoted at my job, etc. 
However, I did find some time here and there to play a few video games... <a href="https://wgrd.com/metalhead-neds-favorite-games-of-2013/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I will be honest: I barely played many new video games this year. 
It was an insanely busy year for me! I got married, went on a cruise, got promoted at my job, etc. 
However, I did find some time here and there to play a few video games... <a href="https://wgrd.com/metalhead-neds-favorite-games-of-2013/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[Say that you were to combine the insanity and creativity of video games, with the brutal world of metal, you would get some pretty awesome characters out of that. While browsing through some video game icons I figured it would be unique to create a list of the Top 5 Video Game characters that you would see ripping your face off
... <a href="https://wgrd.com/top-5-metal-video-game-characters/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Say that you were to combine the insanity and creativity of video games, with the brutal world of metal, you would get some pretty awesome characters out of that. While browsing through some video game icons I figured it would be unique to create a list of the Top 5 Video Game characters that you would see ripping your face off
... <a href="https://wgrd.com/top-5-metal-video-game-characters/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:05:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Everyone has their taste in music, but me personally, Heavy Metal is the genre that defines who I am! If you don't understand Heavy Metal and think it's all just screaming and hate....well think again...here is Top 5 Reasons Why Heavy Metal is Brutally Awesome!... <a href="https://wgrd.com/top-5-reasons-why-heavy-metal-is-brutally-awesome/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Everyone has their taste in music, but me personally, Heavy Metal is the genre that defines who I am! If you don&apos;t understand Heavy Metal and think it&apos;s all just screaming and hate....well think again...here is Top 5 Reasons Why Heavy Metal is Brutally Awesome!... <a href="https://wgrd.com/top-5-reasons-why-heavy-metal-is-brutally-awesome/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:14:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Helicopter crashes are wild.  One minute the copter looks fine hovering away without a care in the world.  Then suddenly, the little  whirly bird is spinning out of control and like a dizzying carnival ride (complete with grounds crew scrambling to get out of the way) the discombobulated uncertain dervish-like monster splays itself all over the ground... <a href="https://wgrd.com/top-5-helicopter-crashes/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Helicopter crashes are wild.  One minute the copter looks fine hovering away without a care in the world.  Then suddenly, the little  whirly bird is spinning out of control and like a dizzying carnival ride (complete with grounds crew scrambling to get out of the way) the discombobulated uncertain dervish-like monster splays itself all over the ground... <a href="https://wgrd.com/top-5-helicopter-crashes/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There were a lot of good games that came out of 2011, many will remember 2011 as one of the best years in gaming! Every year though, there is always going to be those few games that define the bad side of gaming. Amazingly in 2011, I didn't play any bad games....j... <a href="https://wgrd.com/neds-top-5-kinda-eh-games-of-2011/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There were a lot of good games that came out of 2011, many will remember 2011 as one of the best years in gaming! Every year though, there is always going to be those few games that define the bad side of gaming. Amazingly in 2011, I didn&apos;t play any bad games....j... <a href="https://wgrd.com/neds-top-5-kinda-eh-games-of-2011/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:00:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Every year, there has to be a time where I have to name the Top 5 Games. This year was MASSIVE when it came to gaming, so it was not an easy thing narrowing down the Top 5 Games of 2011....so instead....I named the games that I have played, not what I think should be... <a href="https://wgrd.com/neds-top-5-games-of-2011/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Every year, there has to be a time where I have to name the Top 5 Games. This year was MASSIVE when it came to gaming, so it was not an easy thing narrowing down the Top 5 Games of 2011....so instead....I named the games that I have played, not what I think should be... <a href="https://wgrd.com/neds-top-5-games-of-2011/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:36:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Seems you can't escape Christmas songs cause they're everywhere. On TV, the radio, the mall, hell they even pipe it over the loud speakers where I get gas.  Always the same songs too.    Ah, but alas my fellow tis the spirit haters, I have a sure fire way to rid ourselves of continuous holiday favorites.  We shou... <a href="https://wgrd.com/top-5-christmas-songs-you-wont-hear-at-christmas/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Seems you can&apos;t escape Christmas songs cause they&apos;re everywhere. On TV, the radio, the mall, hell they even pipe it over the loud speakers where I get gas.  Always the same songs too.    Ah, but alas my fellow tis the spirit haters, I have a sure fire way to rid ourselves of continuous holiday favorites.  We shou... <a href="https://wgrd.com/top-5-christmas-songs-you-wont-hear-at-christmas/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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