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We're back, baby! Saint and Jim's summer sabbatical is over, and they're tanned, rested and ready to tackle another timely topic: gaming console exclusives. We've long known that game hardware itself is often a loss leader; i.e., a financial hit that the Sonys, Nintendos and Microsofts of the world are willing to take in order to deliver the games. And that means one thing: exclusives. They're divisive, engender tribalism, and frustrate gamers who often have to decide between so-called killer apps like "Halo" and "Horizon." Plus, with the biggest players buying up third-party developers like big bargaining chips, it's only getting stickier. So let's dive in and kick it around. Also here: the latest superhero casting news, the strike of the whole damn entertainment industry, and trouble on the "Borderlands" film. EARHOLES NOW.