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"I recommend Scene It? Box Office Smash for Xbox," writes Ben Lyons on a Daily Beast "Smart People Recommend" page. "It helps me improve my movie knowledge, and it's a lot of fun to play either alone or with some of the homies when they come over.

"With Xbox Live it downloads new questions all the time over the Internet, so no matter how many times I play it, it always has new puzzles and questions. The material is sometimes really challenging, even for someone like me who watches about 300 films a year. Even if you're not as big a fan of movies as I am, the anagrams and games within the game are a lot of fun. I challenge anybody who dares to step into The Lyons Den to a game of Scene It? on Xbox... Let's get it on!"

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 7, 2009 at 7:51 PM

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Ethan says ...

Wait...he uses the term "homies" in a non-ironic way?

Posted by Ethan at February 7, 2009 7:56 PM

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Sabina E says ...

Oohhh wow!!!! a videogame that helps increaes his knowledge!!!! Even after a lot of big name bloggers have criticized him, he still gets paid to write nonseless, senseless blabber. Ugh.

Posted by Sabina E at February 7, 2009 7:57 PM

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corey3rd says ...

I'm so aching to take on Mr. Lyons in his den. I'm going to whip his butt so harshly that his father won't be able to sit on the center aisle. I'm going to make him cry like a child in a Norman Taurog flick.

Posted by corey3rd at February 7, 2009 8:01 PM

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scooterzz says ...

somebody got a complimentary xbox.......let's guess who....

Posted by scooterzz at February 7, 2009 8:52 PM

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Luke Y. Thompson says ...

"...on a Daily Beast "Smart People Recommend" page..."

Wait...someone dubbed Ben Lyons a smart person?

Posted by Luke Y. Thompson at February 7, 2009 9:33 PM

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dinovelvet says ...

Oh jeez...as a 360 owner myself, I can tell you that Scene It is not a remotely challenging game for any movie expert. You get questions about, say, the plot of Speed, or the titles of Eddie Murphy movies. Sure, fun for parties, but the only way it could possibly "improve your movie knowledge" is if you've never actually seen any movie, ever.

Posted by dinovelvet at February 7, 2009 9:50 PM

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scooterzz says ...

dino -- totally goes without saying....the lyons cub must die (virtually, of course).....

Posted by scooterzz at February 7, 2009 10:30 PM

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D.Z. says ...

http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/UpholdTheLaw
http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/collections/gallery/1432/were-just-not-that-into-them/fp#photo0

Posted by D.Z. at February 7, 2009 11:03 PM

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Renfield says ...

I pray he trashes the next Uwe Boll film on the air. That way, Boll will hunt him down and beat the snot out of him. At that point, Boll will have found his purpose in life and will gain new-found fans the world over.

Posted by Renfield at February 7, 2009 11:29 PM

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PhilVillarreal says ...

I've played that game and also like it quite a bit but I sincerely hope Lyons isn't serious when he says it "increases his movie knowledge." The questions operate on a basic level of movie trivia knowledge that could hardly stump my parents or grandparents. The only challenge comes in how quickly you can register your answers.

Posted by PhilVillarreal at February 8, 2009 5:02 AM

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K. Bowen says ...

Q: What's the greatest film ever made?

A: I Am Legend!

Posted by K. Bowen at February 8, 2009 6:32 AM

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George Prager says ...

http://www.news.yahoo.com/west/98472875/los-angeles-based-japanimation-buff-eats-litter-of-puppies.htm

Posted by George Prager at February 8, 2009 6:45 AM

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nemo says ...

Ben Lyons watches 300 movies a year? A long time ago I watched 300 movies a year for several years. But I was catching up on nearly a century of good to great movies from every decade and every continent.

What do you bet Ben Lyons spends all of his 300 a year quota catching up on popular American dreck from the last 5 to 10 years.

Posted by nemo at February 8, 2009 8:56 AM

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TVMCCA says ...

nemo wrote:
What do you bet Ben Lyons spends all of his 300 a year quota catching up on popular American dreck from the last 5 to 10 years.

I'm guessing he's also into B-movie dreck too. Maybe Ben's catching up on the cinematic canon of Maria Ford (e.g. STRIPPED TO KILL).

Posted by TVMCCA at February 8, 2009 11:50 AM

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George Prager says ...

Maria Ford was HOT!

Posted by George Prager at February 8, 2009 12:06 PM

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televisiontears says ...

The Lyons Den?! Good god, it sounds like something out of Dante.

So let me get this straight. You can "download new questions all the time over the internet"? This would have been useful information weeks ago. I've been trying to download all my new questions from my refrigerator. It was working fine, but something keeps getting lost in the transfer. Now, by the time I boot up the game, they're not so much questions, as sandwiches. Or questwiches Tasty, tasty questwiches.

I want to hurt Ben Lyons.

Posted by televisiontears at February 8, 2009 12:34 PM

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