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Solution to A Puzzle with the Answer DRIVE MY CAR

Authors: Galen Pickard and Michael Pihulic

The first letters of the lines spell out ANSWER DRIVE MY CAR.

Each line describes two video game achievements. They are, in order:

MINECRAFT:GETTINGANUPGRADE :: GRANDTHEFTAUTOIV:POOLSHARK
HOTLINEMIAMI:TWOBIRDSWITHONESTONE :: ACHIEVEMENTUNLOCKED3:HAMSTERNATOR
PRINCEOFPERSIA:BEGENTLEWITHHER :: PLANTSVSZOMBIES:NOBELPEASPRIZE
BITTRIPRUNNER:GONEFISHIN :: REMEMBERME:HAPPYBIRTHDAY
MASSEFFECT3:MAILSLOT :: TROPICO4:YOUAREFIRED
ORCSMUSTDIE2:MAYIHAVESOMEMORE :: ALIENSVSPREDATOR:SERIALKILLER
BIOSHOCKINFINITE:AULDLANGSYNE :: TORCHLIGHTII:CASUALLYHARDCORE
DIABLOIII:ALLTHATGLITTERS :: LITTLEBIGPLANET:TRAVELLER
BULLETSTORM:REDBARRELS :: TOMBRAIDER:RELICHUNTER
FALLOUTNEWVEGAS:ONEARMEDBANDIT :: SPECOPSTHELINE:AFAREWELLTOARMS
DARKSIDERS:FULLPOWER :: DARKSOULS:FIREWEAPON
DISHONORED:BACKHOME :: TOKITORI:APPRENTICE
LANOIRE:ASPHALTJUNGLE :: RESIDENTEVIL5:SOLDIER
RAGE:WELLNESSPLAN :: SUPERHEXAGON:LINE
ROCKBAND2:GOTWHEELS :: GARRYSMOD:DOLLHOUSE
BORDERLANDS:GETALITTLEBLOODONTHETIRES :: THEELDERSCROLLSIVOBLIVION:PITDOGARENA

In each of these pairs, the first achievement has the same number of letters as the second game, and vice versa. There is exactly one letter of overlap between each game-achievement cross pair, e.g.:

Gettinganupgrade
Grandtheftautoiv

and

poolshArk
minecrAft

Taking the bigrams formed thusly spells GATHEREROFVEGETABLESORONLINEGOLD, so the title is FARMER.