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It's time to retire the probe for another 15 years, then.","2025-01-19T09:22:25.687808-05:00",{"id":546,"logo":559,"name":560,"slug":561,"tags":512,"bluesky":562,"twitter":563,"youtube":563,"facebook":564,"mastodon":8,"muckrack":8,"claimed_at":8,"description":565,"website_url":566,"score_format":44,"average_score":107,"default_timezone":46,"last_review_date":8,"stats_updated_at":47,"headquarters_city":8,"news_editor_email":8,"platforms_covered":8,"claimed_by_user_id":8,"reviews_this_month":49,"active_authors_count":49,"headquarters_country":8,"reviews_editor_email":8,"editor_in_chief_email":8,"published_authors_count":49,"published_reviews_count":49},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FPure-Xbox-Logo.jpg","Pure Xbox","pure-xbox","purexbox.com","purexbox","PureXbox","The latest Xbox Series X|S news, reviews and features + some retro Xbox 360 & Original Xbox. 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There we were, running around as a little alien shooting innocent passers-by with a gun that reduces them to skeletons and all we could muster was a deflated sigh. It wasn't sympathy — we welcome our new alien overlords. It wasn't revulsion either because we love turning people into skeletons. 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