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TIL that the Aliens : Colonial Marines video game was reviewed poorly because of the Aliens(enemy) did not attack the players, as it turns out 5 Years later the reason the Aliens didn't attack is because the coding misspelled "Tether" with "Teather", which was how the AI could identify the player

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