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Obama was gifted The Witcher 2—and never played it

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Nothing projects international prestige quite like handing a sitting US President a gritty fantasy RPG famous for copious amounts of digital nudity and swearing. In 2011, Prime Minister Donald Tusk gave Obama the game because CD Projekt Red is viewed as a crown jewel of the Polish economy. Obama later admitted he never actually played it, proving that his back-log is just as embarrassing as yours.

Obama was gifted The Witcher 2—and never played it
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