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I am increasingly worried about you. About us. About people who share our passion for interactive entertainment. About someone whose enthusiasm for video games--and, more specifically, Gears of War--has reached the cataclysmic point where they're ready to invest $549.99 in a 20-pound life-size bust of a Locust Drone, like the one being offered by the folks over at Project TriForce. You know, something to spruce up the home a bit!

The whole video game preoccupation doesn't always foster the most socially approachable image, but is there really a classy place to put this snaggletoothed, acid-faced nightmare man? Nightstand? Freezer? Top of the toilet tank? Under the Christmas tree? Granted, I was completely despondent when I discovered I had just barely missed an eBay auction for a full-scale commercial replica of the WOPR for $1500, so perhaps I'd best just fold my hands neatly on my lap and keep my trap shut.