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  video: ftp://ftp1.hg-computer.de/ingame/planetquake/wolfenstein/movies/toddh-interview.zip : siobahn
  • thx! had no sounds but media player classic = problem solved : SlamDunk
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    can we get an Enemy Territory 2 plzzzz : flasher 907
    • ET SUCKS!!!! Why the HELL would they make a sequel to that abomination?!?!? That game is for people that... : hawkofkp
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    I don't remember it sucking either!! Both games wrote VOLUMES for the FPS games! : hawkofkp
    • Shit......that was supposed to be a reply to RtCW and the original Wolf3d and Wolf: Spear of Destiny suck... : hawkofkp
• oh shi.. awesome : itsjames
• Now I wonder what the new id game will be. : slax0r
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  I wonder if we will get to fight hitler this time : stgdz
  • Only a robot-zombie-ghost-Hitler will do. : aaarrrgh
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  Sweet, let's hope this one doesn't suck. : roushimsx
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    and has co-op, am i rite am i rite ;) : MrLonghair
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      Hell even if it's as bad as the first, if it has co op that'd make it suck infinitly less. or something. : roushimsx
      • Shared pain is good pain : MrLonghair
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        the xbox version had some pretty decent co-op action, but i know that's not what people want to hear :/ : silentzero
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          Arrghh ^^ was meant to be in reply to 2094. IE on my laptop keeps screwing up! (or maybe its me... its pr... : Darth Jalt
          • LMAO Jalt.....MUST be the user!!! ;) : hawkofkp
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    Funny I don't remember the first one sucking... or the one before that for that matter. : Darth Jalt
    • yeah ignore them jaded bitches. RTCW was great. : eskimo spy

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• jdoom sucks. : Cpt. Baseballbat
• No idea. Pretty strange problem to have... : TastyWheat
• Try both OpenGL or D3D. : SlimJim

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  I think the tech used to get two cards SLI'd can be used with any card. : moshman
  • Not sure how you can say that. Apparently, SLI support is right on the silicon and requires an internal c... : Fred Garvin
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  ATI is going the dual-core route. They have been since the Rage Fury MAXXXXXXX : yonderboy
  • The Maxx was dual chips, not dual core. : Fred Garvin
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  An elegant solution would be to create something integrated (i.e. on a single card) for a respectable pri... : galvatron
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    I kinda' like the two-card approach. You could get one now when it's still new technology and mongo expen... : Bold
    • ^^^ IAWTP. That's what I did back in the day with 3dfx. I double'd my speed with SLI once my setup got a ... : Topaz

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• Sometimes the human race scares me. : Matto357
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  all you had to say was 'dallas'...lived there for a few years, met more racist people than i've ever met ... : deathofrats
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    We've got to get out of this damned city. Austin sounds nice but I don't know if even that will be much ... : AtaR1
    • Trust me the difference is night and day. Austin > Dallas..EVAR. : deathofrats
• geez, if they still can't accept that skin colour <> inherent behaviour, then they really have no busines... : Postal
• And this is in a Jazz cafe? hmm And yeah, that's just fucking sad and pathetic and those people should... : -efx-
• With alll due respect to people living there, I can't believe such terrible things are still happening. : xphil
• Where do these people think Jazz comes from? That's retarded. : seven
• I hated working in customer service because I got a lot of comments like this from customers to my boss o... : Silent Wolf
• Never heard of anything like that. Is it just Texas? : johngloid
• I fucking hate ignorant people. : FrayLo
• One time at work, an irate customer called my (black) supervisor, a fat chinaman. And that he was racist.... : jane911
• dallas and vicinity is the most racist city i've ever spent a substantial amount of time. even though Lub... : jet-poop
• Maybe they just dont want to get mugged? : sharkII
• I live near dallas & things are about to change. The number of minorities in our area has increased at LE... : byorn
• Maybe they're more racist because of the influx of other races. It's easy to hide racism if they're not c... : schneee
• Because it's America? : Leroy Da Playa

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  I dunno what the big deal with the iPods are anyway... I'm waiting for the Commodore eVIC musicbox instea... : SilverSnake
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    Buy an iPod and stick a C= sticker on it, because it'll be a lot better, and as much a Commodore as one o... : Carnivac
    • And you know this because you have tried both out I assume? : SilverSnake
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  I got the ipod primarily because of the BMW connection option. I'd probably have bought a Rio Karma othe... : xocsida
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    I am excited about the Alpine iPod deck, myself. http://www.alpine-usa.com/ipod/ : Deathlove
    • woah, that's pretty cool : DapperDan
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  consumer whores? : NodTerrorist
  • and how!! : Matto357
  • and what're you? : xxiv
• because it's not something i expect to have to replace very often, and i like the menu functionality more... : xxiv
• Some people place value on things other than the megabytes-per-dollar ratio. User experience, baby. : avixe
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  Please find me a decent 20gb for "hundreds of dollars" less than what the iPod and similiar mp3 players c... : Delithio
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    dell dj is inthat price area love mine : nurall
    • Please read my post. Dell.com has the 20gb player for $279 normally, $251 with the discount. The $20-$40 ... : Delithio
• Call me a sell out, but I've always liked apple's design principles..very sleek machines, even though i'v... : deathofrats
• Some guys bang cheap hookers, others like to spend a little extra on luxuries like smooth functionality a : Lunatic Angelic
• Because no other music player I have tried comes even close to the ipod? /Obvious : Serpico74
• The ones that are hundreds of dollars cheaper are either a LOT bigger - a different form factor altogethe... : schneee

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• Have you read any of the comics? : Haku-Jin
• yes the comics r infintely better. This also goes for the League of Extraordinary Gentlemenz : cockoftehwalk
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  What bothers me most about that movie is the first fight is bigger than the "end battle." : Dechter
  • yeah, that deffinetly let me down : byorn

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  http://www.easports.com/games/ncaa2005/onlineplay/statbook/home.jsp?platform=xbl&playername=ZombieNormali... : Normality
  • So are you good or bad? : rosewood

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• Ahh yes, thank you.. I had seen it here: http://www.quake.de/files/doom3/videos/ But the download ... : jason e
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  The guy at the end is a bit of a knob. "PLEASE, don't let that game suck..." : protozone
  • yeah, a bit of an anti-climax. Some of the best game footage I have ever seen then all of a sudden that g... : silentzero
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    Captain Immy isn't a knob! : Carnivac
    • Yes, he is. Knobs can still be funny. : jason e
• Why is this version so jumpy? It seems like the frames are out of order or something. (things move forwa... : CRasterImage

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• don't go to the website. problem solved : nadasurf2
• yo! : AtaR1
• yeah man..sucks ass! : IcomeINpeace
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  y u type lik this? do u talk lik this in rl lif? : xocsida
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    omghi2u!!! : Rauol Duke
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      OMG ASL PLZ : xocsida
      • yhelothar butsekz?? LOLOL : NodTerrorist
  • yeh i do : mx2323
• i thing it cool muhself : cap n KRUNCH
• DOOM3 IS CRAPPY CUZ MY COMPUTER TAKES 4EVER TO LOAD FLASH LOL wish i had a bullet : jane911

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  The extension cable method is the way I do it. Got a Y cable to hook up both my speakers and the headphon... : Silent Bob
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    And I could find something like this at Radio Shack, perhaps? : edlin
    • WalMart as well. Don't ask me how I know this. : Jumperus
    • Yes, you can. That's what I do. : dognose
• That's it! A simple stereo extension cable. May need to get 2 (1 for mic, 1 for headphones). : Prozium
• There are 10,000 different brands of audio/video switches. Look in your local electronics store. Theyt ... : RatBastard
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  Step 1: Stop using a headset. Get a $10 labtec mic from Wal-Mart, and a nice pair of Sennheiser's onlin... : jimmy-buffett
  • Only thing I don't like about headphones is that I can't hear the phone ring, the door bell ring, etc. : SlimJim
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  Plug the headset into this and make it a separate USB audio device: http://forums.somethingawful.com/mis... : Helter Skelter
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    Ok, I'm assuming that's the wrong link. : edlin
    • Correct you are! Here's the right link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006BAOZ?v=gla... : Helter Skelter
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  Get this http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F004%5F002%5F007... : randomnull
  • Awesome. That is *exactly* what I want. : edlin
• My Logitech 580's come with a separate stereo plug on the volume box so I plug my head set in there and l... : redfive
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  you all are crazy. just mute the microphone playback (NOT input), and you can use external speakers and ... : DoubleAught()
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    oh and btw, you must use push-to-talk in order for this to work. (I prefer that anyway since then I can ... : DoubleAught()
    • she probably wants to use the headset earphones instead of the speakers.... : alexthegreat2
• http://www.gamevoice.com/Features/feature.asp?Page=8 : fleabug

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• scroll down like 1/2 a page : tomatoactivator
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  modplzenuke : inchwide
  • why? : Matto357
• sweet... don't let it suck don't let it suck don't let it suck don't let it suck don't let it suck don't : sabadog
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  http://fastanddanger.com/goods/images/wookies.jpg haha is that the chewbacca family or crew or somethi... : mikecyb
  • oh come on I almost spooged myself when I saw that picture! In a good way! There are gonna be more than 1... : cockoftehwalk
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  That wookie shot is comedy gold. : c_man_tmt
  • Looks like the Wookie, top row, second from the left with his arms crossed, is about to start dancing to ... : Wombat Woo

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  what do you use to add the border, and what dimensions do you use for it? : FrayLo
  • I usually just resize the canvas of the highest resolution image (ie. the one before down-sizing for the ... : spl
• You're a great photographer! That cheetah pic is awesome. /right click set as background : xocsida
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  That cheetah pic is great, nice depth of field. If you wanted to take it up a notch, flip it across to... : seven
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    Thanks a lot! That means a lot coming from you. I'll give it a shot. : spl
    • If you want to get the most impact with your shots, switch 'em up to b+w, or if you're doing colour, stic... : seven
• WHEN WILL THE CHEETAH GENOCIDE END? : Debased
• Good stuff. I dig the Cheetah. : project13

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• Indeed! STOP POSTING HERE. : Zero|DPX
• oh shi....... : xphil

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• Also some spoilers, naturally : j33uk
• actually, that does look interesting.. but I know that Lucas will fuck it up. I know that all the actors ... : fatman
• Wow, the space ship interior photo labeled "13" actually has the look and vibe of the older movies. I wis... : bargeld
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  http://fastanddanger.com/goods/images/wookies.jpg hahaha, awesome : jrsX
  • Hhahaha I was about to post this. GOld! : Omaha
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  I notice therer are a lot of blue and green screens. What ever happened to using real life sets? :( : jrsX
  • Most of those scenes looked like council scenes...so, maybe they're in that huge council chamber from Ep2... : Vincent Grayson
  • lucas went all digital. : tomatoactivator
• OH HELL YES!! Anyone catch that? haha : mastarp
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  WOOKIEES! : PoopStewart
  • Their fur is sooooo lustrous!!! : Dr Van Nostrand
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  The lack of real sets annoys me to no end. : Silent Wolf
  • thats probally why the new star wars suck :( : jrsX
• I almost came when I saw the "Oh Hell Yes!!" picture... he looks so much like Luke! : iamgoat

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  seriously, slapping of naked bongos. I recorded this specifically for the shack, proof that the fabled... : seven
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    I've been interested in the game, thx for the vids! :D : AtaR1
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      When you're clapping, is that just for you to keep rhythm or does it actually know you're clapping someho... : AtaR1
      • There's a mic between the bongos. You have to clap or click to register. It's a lot like DDR. You watc... : seven
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  billy corgan must be really hard up for musical instruments lately..poor guy. : deathofrats
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    I totally checked the vid out before I posted it, because I thought "I don't look like billy there, they' : seven
    • Just deal with it...you look like him, but it's a complement. : deathofrats

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• if this is true, i'll ditch my 2G and upgrade that day. i broke my 2g so that's not saying much, but hey ... : xxiv
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  so it's 100$ cheaper? maybe i'm a cheap mofo but $299 still seems like a lot for a simple mp3 player. ... : pyide
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    wish they didn't discontinue the 15gb's and made them even cheaper like 250 or something. it'll be a long... : xxiv
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      or better yet made a 5gb version. i have over 60gb of music but i don't forsee myself ever carrying arou... : arizona bay
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        the mini is 4gb : pyide
        • perhaps he had a typo and meant 15 : carnivore
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          i don't like the mini : arizona bay
          • it likes you http://img15.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img15&image=mini3.jpg : pyide
  • no, they just shifted the 2 higher end models down in price and got rid of the 15 GB, so they still start... : ttyRazor
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  very cool.. but the led lights r kinda gay : mx2323
  • i don't see any red lights in that pic? are you talking about the 3rd gen ipods? : xxiv
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    We all know ipods are a gay tool of the devil. Can I get an amen? : not work safe
    • the new ones r gunna be blue : mx2323
• Anyone know if it will be released in Canada at the same time as the US? : cookblaze
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  When is it coming out? : deathofrats
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    I need the answer too. : dltrem
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      I need this answer as well. ^_^ : wishfulthinker
      • I've looked around and this is the best I can find: http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/archive/topic/36712-... : dltrem
  • TOMORROW! : troublefree
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  Looking pretty good, really too bad about the lack of a 60GB model though. I assume they'll price that on... : yoonix
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    Do you think this will be availible in Best Buy tmrw? I have the 15gig iPod that I bought 3 weeks ago and... : lakai skater
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      No, I highly doubt that there's any immediate availability. : yoonix
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        Does anyone know if Best Buy's 2 year warranty on iPods covers exchanges. Like if I wanted to swap the 15... : lakai skater
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          Doesn't cover exchanges, but chances are that when your current iPod breaks, they'll give you one of the ... : yoonix
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            Dammit. I don't know if this thing is going to break though :-/ Anyway of getting around it when the new ... : lakai skater
            • Your battery will fall below 50% soon enough. : yoonix
  • we don't know whether the 60 GB will be there or not - the article just doesn't say. depends on whether ... : Postal
• The ipod mini style scroll wheel is enough for me to upgrade from my 30gig 3G ipod to the new one. The di... : Serpico74

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• I'm in the same boat. I definitely want a new iPod, but upgrading for Doom 3 is tempting. I think I'll ... : dltrem
• You better finish up doom 3 before your classes start, or there goes your college career. :) : unlurker
• yes, nerds often expirence boners when thinking about video games and sexy hardware. : sabadog
• I want to buy a laptop and an ipod. : deathofrats
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  Im going on a vacation! : rosewood
  • maybe i'll just stay off gaming for awhile... and then come back to it when i'm more comfortable in schoo... : mx2323
• yeah i want a new ipod, d3, a new vid card, a new car, home theatre components.... except i'm getting ... : xxiv
• Start filling out lots and lots of credit card applications. : Slybonimh

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  says win95 and nt on my sc disc, never mentions anything about mac reqs. : xxiv
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    hmmm I could have sworn they shipped both versions on the same disc. damn it. : smackythefrog
    • They did (I have a Win/Mac SC disk). It just took them a while to port SC to the Mac, and until then it ... : ChaosTheory541
• I believe every game since the Diablo 2 expansion has. SC though, no. : Zibro

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  IAWTP. Cpu's too plz k thx. : seven
  • And since both Intel and AMD are now off the mhz ratings, why can't they both use the same fucking rating... : Dechter
• thank marketing : sanchez
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  Xtreme cards are here to stay. I think the more random letters the card has after its name, the better it... : Delithio
  • Seriously though, 'x800XT Platinum' or 'x800 Pro' What the fuck? : seven

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  http://www.shacknews.com/jazz/options_nuked.x : carnivore
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    thanks, wish this was located in our account settings or something. not fully supported yet or what. : xxiv
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      Keep the link in your profile. That way if you lose your bookmarks, or if you're using someone else's com... : Caboose
      • Edgewise has it in his. I just go there. : redfive

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  oh and when is the next generation of video cards coming out? is it next summer? : nivorous
  • Will it run? Yes Will it run good? No, very bad. Im in the same situation, Have a P4 3.4, 2 gig Ra... : nosseman
• that is a bad bad card, dont get anything MX. second hand cards, perhaps? : grimiv
• Also, im pretty sure that the GF4MX is only a GF2 with a namechange. : nosseman
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  argh, well i can't justify paying $300 for a good card, and I can't justify paying less than $100 for one... : nivorous
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    9800 at best buy is 179.99 this week- 250-20instant-50Mail in rebate=179.99 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/... : snowwolf
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      is a 9800 comparable to a 6800 at all? : nivorous
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        not really, its the last gen, let me see if ic an find a camparison in far cry. : snowwolf
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          Heres an XT, best i could find: http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20040705/farcry-05.html#level_r... : snowwolf
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            thanks, looks like I'll be getting a 6800 gt : nivorous
            • Be sure to OC it to ultra speeds when you have to \m/ : lakai skater
• You're going to be waiting a long time for "the next generation" when the current generation came out not... : Blackdawgg
• I'd honestly look at the 9800's. Those cards at the moment would seem to be a good compromise between spe... : Delithio
• you have to understand that waiting for the 'prices to drop' or the 'next generation' will result in a lo... : redfive

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• I can only describe what I played in the alpha. : redfive
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  the pc gamer review mentions PDAs with info to read and a few NPCs you can interact with. : pyide
  • Yup, red, blue and yellow PDA's. : aaarrrgh
  • And stupid email spam jokes... : Sebastian Sylvan
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  They've said you have to make a short excursion outside onto the surface of Mars. : malevolence
  • Yeah, with only limited air supply... : Sebastian Sylvan
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  You will be walking. There will be crates. Something scary happens and you have to quick save because y... : rosewood
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    Has quick save been confirmed? I hope not... Should be check points... : SilverSnake
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      Fuck no...quicksave should be a feature in every game. "Checkpoints only" piss me off. I hate playing a... : xocsida
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        Well, as Doom 3 is said to be a scary game quick save ruins a lot of it IMO... If I only have to fight th... : SilverSnake
        • "And don't pull the "don't use it then" crap, because if it's there you use it, it's as simple as that...... : jet-poop
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          Don't use it then. Why penalized me, when you don't have the ability to not hit Q or whatever? : xocsida
          • The thing is that I normally don't use them, but instead I save too rarely, or not at all. That's why I p... : SilverSnake
        • Send me your keyboard and ill break your F10 key off : rosewood
    • I had no problem in Far Cry with the checkpoints. Not once. Sometimes I think there is a strong argumen... : dltrem
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  There's this bit where you're walking up a dark corridoor, the lights go out, a guy busts in through a wa... : seven
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    I hope there's an Ice level! Every game needs an ice level. : AtaR1
    • hey, and when you walk forward, you start to move without wanting to, so you have to press backward, and : seven
• they've mentioned a physics puzzle or two. one involving some sort of electromagnetic crane or something. : jet-poop

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  is that the 256mb or the 128mb card? : hxman2k
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    Its the 128 meg all in wonder, has cable in for TV on PC, and other video in's / out, remote control, on ... : lance22
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      You could get a new one for what you're asking. : Kerath
      • mine is 1 month old, i know its going for 280 at newegg...your saving on tax and all that other bs...OBO ... : lance22
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  bozers wacom tablet item reminds me how I hate that every other input device on the market has gotten bet... : eskimo spy
  • i really enjoy my 9x12, its usb version, my dad found a really nice deal on it, on ebay and picked it up ... : lance22
  • Yeah, you definitely are better off getting a used/refurbished one. : iamgoat
• make me happy, buy my shit! =\ : lance22
• good morning bump : lance22

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• I was like, 'Tone down the boobs, please! How often has that slack jawed sentance been uttered in the h... : Rauol Duke
• Socially inept video game developers modelled a female character in an unrealistically enhanced manner? ... : seven
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  Tone down the boobs and fix the face, amirite? lololol : xocsida
  • Thats a face id like to fuck : rosewood
• Her previous suggestion to kill off spiderman makes all her opinions/complaints null and void. : Wombat Woo
• pics + divx of original breasts plz. lol : d0pamine

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• Control Panel -> Input -> Make sure "Disable Y axis" is set to "no" ?? : SilverSnake
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  Go to the options screen, then select mouse options, check enable mluselook. : Haku-Jin
  • errr...mouselook : Haku-Jin
• Okay Y-axis is set to "No", I go to mouse options, I turn on mouse look. I no longer move forward and bac... : Jackass1233

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• fallout 2 kicks ass tactics i heard sucks ass : nurall
• Tactics is like a dirty halfbreed spewed from the loins of Fallout 2 and Rainbow 6. Two hot parents, but : Rauol Duke
• you can spend loads of time in fallout 2. plus you can get married and then pimp your wife. oh and tac... : kbnerd
• You'll probably want to play Fallout first if you haven't played a fallout game before. : JINKY
• Play Fallout 1 then 2, Tactics is just a turn based strategy game, not much rpg to it, all you do is kill... : sanchez

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• mini plastic money cowboy hats : pyide
• That will happen after the IGN buyout. : darweidu
• McShack. Would you like a side of NWS with that? : Wombat Woo