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<p>I had a busy day of <em>ping</em>ing Achievements, unlocking several from a number of games: <strong>A Kingdom of Keflings, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean,</strong> and <strong>Fallout: New Vegas</strong>. When all was said and done&#8211;and by that, I mean when it was time to stop gaming and make dinner&#8211;I noticed that my Gamerscore looked kind of special. It read 23132. Here&#8217;s the moment frozen in time too:</p>
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<p>Oh boy! Zaaaany. There&#8217;s even a name for this crazy happenstance, and it&#8217;s called a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palindrome">palindrome.</a> Basically, a sequence of units that can be read the same forwards and backwards. It occurs a lot in life, and I can now check off &#8220;palindrome the heck out of my Gamerscore&#8221; from my bucket list.</p>
<p>I know, I know. It&#8217;s all rather silly, but I found it amusing, and it&#8217;s probably never gonna happen again, at least not like this because I&#8217;ll be getting the 88G Achievement soon from <strong>LEGO Pirates</strong> which will turn my &#8216;score back to a nice, even number. In fact, I&#8217;ll probably do some more gaming tonight, messing up my &#8216;score most certainly by morning&#8217;s time, which is why I&#8217;m pushing this post out sooner than later.</p>
<p>Another fun example of a palindrome? This phrase: <em>rats live on no evil star.</em></p>
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