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  • Well, I've been noticing game characters 'implausible clothes for ages -- none of the FFVII crew bundled up at the Icicle Inn, Solid Snake didn't mind lying belly-down in the snow at Shadow Moses and I've watched shirtless musclemen brave the elements for over a decade with nothing more than a chuckle and "that's video games for you."

    Archive 2009-01-01 SVGL 2009

  • Well, I've been noticing game characters 'implausible clothes for ages -- none of the FFVII crew bundled up at the Icicle Inn, Solid Snake didn't mind lying belly-down in the snow at Shadow Moses and I've watched shirtless musclemen brave the elements for over a decade with nothing more than a chuckle and "that's video games for you."

    Exposing Lara's... Equanimity? SVGL 2009

  • - If it's a black bear, lay belly-down on the ground, with your arms over the back of your neck.

    what do I do when I'm being chased by a bear? 2009

  • After a brief orientation, get suited up and climb into the glider with Bart, your bodies suspended belly-down in a kind of hammock.

    Jackson Hole Benjamin Percy 2011

  • - If it's a black bear, lay belly-down on the ground, with your arms over the back of your neck.

    what do I do when I'm being chased by a bear? 2009

  • The mermaid barely slowed her breakneck pace as she approached and ran herself halfway up a yellow beach, belly-down and arching her back so her torso was almost upright.

    PodCastle » PodCastle 93, Giant Episode: The Mermaid’s Tea Party 2010

  • And, not ten yards away, a young woman lay belly-down, her head and shoulders lifted studiously over a hardcover book, the pages of which she flipped at regular intervals with a finger moistened on the tip of her tongue.

    Here Comes Another Lesson Stephen O’Connor 2010

  • Without slowing his pace, he swept her into his arms and tossed her belly-down over his sodden shoulder.

    The Devil Wears Plaid Teresa Medeiros 2010

  • On an early evening last week, the image of Pensacola Beach near the Island Empress resort showed antlike figures, some very pink, swimming in the turquoise water or lazing belly-down in chairs.

    Gulf oil spill scares off some vacationers but prompts others to visit Andrea Sachs 2010

  • The mermaid barely slowed her breakneck pace as she approached and ran herself halfway up a yellow beach, belly-down and arching her back so her torso was almost upright.

    PodCastle » 2010 » March 2010

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