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He presents him with an unusual gift – a game offered by a company called Consumer Recreation Services promising that it will change Nicholas’ life. And it does! All sorts of bad things start happening. Not such a great birthday gift after all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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