Sitting around a flask, topping up your drinks and eating buffalo chilli is a fine way to pass the afternoon.

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They also fill up as the player kills enemies, so as long as monsters are being defeated flask charges continue to become available, creating a fast-paced cycle of drinking and destruction.

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Maybe, patronising as it may sound, it is time to start telling people to wrap up warmly with hats and gloves, and if you are going on a long journey take a thermos flask.

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