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at least the following ones should be edited for clarity and brevity alone in my view:

"It's Been 26 Years And I'm Back To Playing Quake 3 At 16fps"... (a bizarre lift from a forum post)
"We've Heard About Stick Drift and We've Experienced It Ourse... (a "mystery title" written around a topical issue)
Yup, Oblivion Remastered Is Still Broken a Year After Release (a pointless leading slang word)

All articles have been created or co-authored by the newly re-arrived Will Judd.

from their editorial policy:

Digital Foundry actively avoids using misleading or inaccurate headlines, otherwise known as "clickbait". We want our headlines to accurately represent the body of the article to ensure trust in our reporting. We also don't want our headlines to appear boring or dry; therefore, sometimes our article titles may contain a question or other statement to entice a reader to find out more, backed up by the contents of the article.

Please try to keep your playfulness in chains and keep the headlines formal, descriptive and tight. I suggest editing the headlines mentioned above.

a-follower

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