A note on affiliate links

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How retailer links support our independent testing.

Affiliate Links 

We will always recommend the games and products we believe are the best available, always based on our own tests and research. The revenue from affiliate links—and of course you're encouraged to use whatever retailer you prefer—helps us convince the business folk upstairs to expand our test content.

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