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- ↑ "GameSpy: Comics to Consoles: Part II - When Good Comics Go Bad - Page 1". www.gamespy.com. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ↑ "GameSpy: Top 25 Xbox Games of All-Time - Page 1". xbox.gamespy.com. Retrieved 2021-01-28.