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  windows key + f ? o_O : chazums
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    ...doesn't search file contents. : phlavor
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      it searches inside text docs at least, also for files inside .zips afaik : d fluke
      • that it does, my bad. : phlavor
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        I hope they have it integrate w/ Firefox too. I never use IE. :( : Dr Van Nostrand
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          they do! : jonc
          • That's not exactly true -- it does not look at the site history for FireFox at this point, so the functio... : Kentor
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    yeah I don't really see why this is needed. the standard exploerer search function works fine. I can al... : Turd Ferguson
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      Because it's slower than a snail going backwards. : Hatta
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        I guess I don't use it all that much. : Turd Ferguson
        • I do and it's not that slow. I mean, I do have 200gb to search, I figure I can give it a minute to do ... : Ebu
  • this is a LOT faster, and it's integrated with google.com. : suqur
• neato : fluke
• I'll :[ you! : aaarrrgh
• wow that's impressive. works pretty well : wtf242
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  "...will search your hard drive, find Sarah Connor" <- part of Fark headline :) : Dimecross
  • closest thing to Skynet.. so far. *dun-dun dun-dundun* : d fluke
• I wonder how long it will take until google finds your misplaced car keys or your second sock : JohnnyDanger
• cool! : FrayLo
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  I'm telling you people, Google OS : phlavor
  • ^^^ : felicia
  • Yes pls. : nomaad
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    OS X > GoogleOS : BulletPro
    • You're preaching to the choir but Google OS is a fictional product so I’ll have to disagree. : phlavor
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    lies, i thought of it first : nyranger66
    • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8703119 http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8617114 : nyranger66
  • Google BT??? : SlamDunk
• I for one welcome my new Google overlords : redfive
• Holy shit, this is hot.. scary but, HOT! : stonedonkey
• Skynet undercover : dcooper2
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  * contractually obliged * http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/spotlight.html But seriously, I'm goi... : Toraz Chryx
  • contractually obliged I knew it!! : d fluke
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    Because we all know Apple came up with the idea and not anyone else. because they had snazzy banners sayi... : mojoald
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      Way to read way more into what I said than was at any point intended. Shoehorning a metadata database ... : Toraz Chryx
      • Ha, I say that last line to my GF at least twice a week. : phlavor
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        *sigh* BeOS. the only alt-OS i ever loved. =( : PUPSTAHS
        • yeah, that was pretty damned amazing. only thing that came close in the "impress the shit out of me" cat... : DoubleAught()
• Guide (tips and tricks) from O'Reilly books: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2004/10/14/google_d... : Carnivac
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  Google needs to stop fannying about with these onesees twosees and just release their whole OS suite that... : Dynotaku
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    I'd buy that. : xocsida
    • iawtfp : rasputinreborn
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    That would be sweet. Firefox should be integrated into the OS, too. : mofo
    • why, they own gbrowser.com : redfive
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  Handy if you use AIM and IE. Outlook has a good search tool already and I already have indexing service ... : rosewood
  • I use http://www.lookoutsoft.com/Lookout/ it's lightning fast compared to Outlook built-in search : ariakaz
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  So Google now logs your AIM convos? AIM doesn't natively log chats, correct? : Alec Matias
  • I assume its only from chat logs. I use trillian and I don't see any chat logs coming up in my search :( : celerity
  • No, but DeadAIM does, which I love. http://www.jdennis.net/DeadAIM/about.php : Ride-My-Rocket
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  NEEDS MORE GOOGLE MIND SEARCH!! : jrock
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    I'd settle for google pants search. : filtersweep
    • hahahahaha well played! :D : jrock
• wow... this is really cool : El Tigre
• 404 page not found ? : doomed
• When I get home I'm so downloading this. : orgcaptainnemo
• Cool stuff, but how much space does all this indexing take? I have over 60,000 emails not archived and it... : AndyBurnes
• i want to have sex with google :( : sexninja!!!!
• To vote for Firefox support!! Go to: http://desktop.google.com/support/bin/request.py?type=features&submi... : Dr Van Nostrand
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  it still seems really limited - it needs to be able to search for any file to get people to migrate from ... : grimiv
  • Not only that, but the 'within a web browser' UI is horrible. srly, tie that shit into the windows sea... : Toraz Chryx
• eh? this came out of nowhere. : abubu

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  please, god, xbox version sooner than the pc version. please please please please. : burning eye
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    Making snowballs in hell again? : -TKF-
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      meh, i just want the superior version. I may wait it out, i dunno. God i want this game. : burning eye
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        Ohh right right.. That would be the PS2 version then.. the best version is always the first one, unles... : -TKF-
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          I just like to eat from the plate of reasonable frame rates, decent textures, AA, and ingame sound tracks... : mojoald
          • Ohh sure.. i'm all for 60FPS games whereever it's possible and needed.. one of the reasons the PS2 is my... : -TKF-
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          I've played Vice City on the PS2, the PC, and the Xbox. The Xbox is my favorite. You get damn near the vi... : weaselmeister
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            does the xbox version of GTA3 run slow for you? like, the whole game feels in slow motion? its really str... : paganritual
            • hrm...You know, I just realized I got the double pack last Christmas, but I have never even put gta3 in t... : weaselmeister
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              that's very odd. I own both the ps2 and xbox versions of each gta game (save everything after gta 2), an... : burning eye
              • yeah i have pc, xbox and ps2 versions of both 3 and VC and they all are good except for the xbox GTA3 ...... : paganritual
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              Are those stupid visual trails turned on? They'll hit the framerate. Xbox version runs great for me. Pref... : nudel
              • yeah thats turned off. doesnt seem to affect it. its a pain in the butt cause i really wanted to finish a... : paganritual
        • That gif is awesome! : google
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          even though gta 3 and vice city were both better on the xbox? : burning eye
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            Exactly the same games You are welcome to go here and bitch about the difference in graphics quality a... : -TKF-
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              umm, they're definitely not the same game in terms of graphics. I don't need to read anything to know tha... : burning eye
              • No problem we both win : -TKF-
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              Beware of bitter PS2 owners. I think every review I've read on cross platform games over the past 2 years... : Noah Fecks
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                I compared them myself, side by side.. I was knocked back by the INCREDIBLE difference.. it was like n... : -TKF-
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                  so did i. Glad you agree.. although i actually own both consoles and both versions : burning eye
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                    i wouldn't wait a week for that slight difference, even the draw in was exactly the same. : -TKF-
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                      actually, that was one of the first things i noticed. On the xbox, everything fades in, while the ps2 eve... : burning eye
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                        I did, maybe your PS2 copy is dirty? or maybe you XBOX version is on a HD? : -TKF-
                        • um no. : burning eye
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          lol.... I prefer waiting a few months to have the better version. Come on, the pop ups in vice city (... : mystifier
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            Didn't you play on your pc with a GF2? : -TKF-
            • hey..... how ... did you know :$ Well yeah, but I quickly uninstalled it and patiently waited for the ... : mystifier
  • No chance of that at all, no matter how much you pray. : google
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  any word on when the contract with sony is over offcially? : mista mista
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    I'd assume summer 05 since thats when it says the xbox/pc versions will be released. :) : shotgun1
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      is summer 05 the official xb and pc release date, or are you just speculating? : edgewise
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        Thats just what the link says... "...will be available to gamers come the 26th of October for the Playsta... : shotgun1
        • with the last two there was about a 6 month gap between each version, so that's about right. PC version ... : mikecyb
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    I think they redid the deal somewhere after GTA3, don't think we will see another GTA game from the origi... : -TKF-
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      Where are the tech specs of the XBox2 vs PS3? : Ride-My-Rocket
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        I'd like to see this too. : freakord
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          It's in the cards, earlier launch cheaper hardware. : -TKF-
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            So the GameCube and Xbox are technically similar? : Dobbs
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              If you ask the people in the know, they will tell you that the difference in power isn't very big. Howeve... : -TKF-
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                Right... still doesn't account for one system's architecture being better than the other. Depending o... : Dobbs
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                  Well.. i would say the gamecube is the better console of the two. It's cheaper to make, it's pretty mu... : -TKF-
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                    You never quit do you? : Dobbs
                    • no : -TKF-
• 3 months ago I would have bought it straight away for the PS2. Now I'm not so sure. There's too many game... : edgewise
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  wake me up when the xbox version is out, i'm too lazy to hook up my ps2 again : Mansmells
  • This game's the only reason mine is still plugged in! I think this year I've played Silent Hill 3 for ... : nudel
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  *grinds hands together in evil manner* : atom519
  • Dont worry there are plenty of prostitues to go around. : smacknca
• You know half life 2 will be out soon Halo 2 is coming out soon. And I'm still going to buy this f... : freshview
• Wow, with this AND Ace Combat 5 coming out on the same day, it looks like I gotta go dust off the ol' PS2... : Carfaz11
• I'd get excited, except i didnt ever finish vice city. Seriously, it was basically just gta3 with a diffe... : Morgin
• GTA3 is not, by any means, my most anticipated game for the PS2. In fact, if they canceled it, I reall... : Ebu
• Arguably the most anticipated game for the Playstation 2, GTA: San Andreas is gold. LIES! EVERYONE kno... : sexninja!!!!

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• Halo2 HL² DNF and IL2:Pacific fighters anything with a 2 in it. Still itching to play r:tw and E... : chazums
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  Looking most forward to HL2, WoW, and San Andreas : gyvoji
  • same here : JohnnyDanger
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    Anybody on the WoW beta? Is it alot of fun? I've never known a Blizzard game not to be fun. : mr3dmax
    • I was in the stresstest and it was very cool. It has everything a good mmorpg should have minus (most of)... : JohnnyDanger
    • do you like MMORPGs? then you will probably love this. : byorn
• PES4 : Arsenal
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  HL 2, DNF, BF 2 : lonestar3
  • is bf2 a 2004 game? : JohnnyDanger
• Those are some pretty controversial choices there. : peanut-
• HL2, Scrapland : Fraxxxi
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  Halo 2 and KOTOR 2 : Bull
  • I hope KOTOR 2 is good. : mr3dmax
• For me it's HL2 and STALKER. Nothing else really grabs me. : SpaecKow
• HL2, San Andreas, Resident Evil 4, Paper Mario : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Wow, those three games certainly weren't predictable. : TwiLyght
• metroid prime 2 : pyide
• WoW, Mario Tennis, HL2 : zipper76
• I just finally got around to reserving Halo 2, and I've paid for HL2 already...but I'm more psyched for S... : Vincent Grayson
• HL2 and San Andreas - gotta love those GTA games for the amount of fun you can have just messing about :) : breal0
• Half Life 2 and Halo 2. I've Steam'd HL2 already and I'm debating whether or not to pre-order Halo 2 onli... : nomaad
• Counter-Strike Source, Prince of Persia 2, Halo 2 I'm excited about GTA:SA for the PC, but that's not ... : ThomW
• Half-Life 2, Pirates (preordered! woo!) : Megara9
• Bondage sex games on my honeymoon (21st Nov). Plus HL2 and KOTOR 2 : red2lucas
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  Halflife 2 Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines That's it really. : abubu
  • How the fuck could I forget Kotor 2? Blah. : abubu
• HL2, H2, WOW. That'll complete me for the rest of the year. WoW specifically. Little crackwhore of a : critch
• HL2, Halo2, GTA:SA, KOTOR2, I'm forgetting a bunch : jhopkins
• GTA:SA, Quake 4,Hl2,doom3 mods(fist shaking),MP2,nintendo DS launch,FF 1&2,shining force,shining tears,Ga... : krakhead420
• HL2, H2, GW and of course Mushihime : MrLonghair
• Guild Wars first and foremost. Also HL2 and Halo2. And umm...the new Vampire. : Salad Sammich
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  Sam & Max 2, Full Throttle 2, Day of the Tentacle 2, Space Quest 7, Grim Fandango 2, Monkey Island 1.5 ... : suqur
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    I <3 you, oh so much. : Bull
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      have my manbabies : suqur
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        You ever see the official trailer for Space Quest 7? I'm in the middle of replaying 4, then I plan on ... : Bull
        • what! no, i never saw that.. have it? : suqur
        • and, oh man, SQ4 is hard in parts. Like when you have to make those burgers in the mall.. is that optiona... : suqur
  • It's so true. :( Give us what we crave. :( : felicia
• HL2, GTA:SA, Bards Tale, Outlaw Golf 2, Halo 2, etc : Degenerate
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  HALO 2, FORZA, SC:Chaos, SC:Ghost : jedi_27
  • Holy Crap, yes! FORZA! : Salad Sammich
  • you better add Outlaw Golf 2 to your list : Degenerate
  • I wish SC: Ghost was coming out soon. I want that in a big way but I have a feeling it's a long ways off. : Bull
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  Gotta be DNF : retardhumper
  • Operative word here: soon. : node
• San Andreas, Battle for Middle-Earth : d fluke
• Halo 2, Half-Life 2 mostly now. I figure thos two plus my backlog of console and PC games will carry me ... : CA Flynn
• HL2, Halo 2, WofW : action roommate
• HL2, Vampire:blahblahblah, and Guild Wars. WoW sounds fun, but i don't think i'll be able to play enough... : deathmuppeter
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  The lack of DOA: Ultimate XBL enabled in this thread makes me sad :( : genjuro
  • Maybe it's because DoA is a shitty fighting game that would've vanished from the scene ages ago were it n... : Vincent Grayson
• HL2 and Driv3r. Still going to have to pick up games I missed due to not having a job, FSW, MP2, and Fa... : thejm4n
• HL2, Halo2, Vampire, POP: Warrior Within. San Andreas on Pc is miles away, but that too. : node
• HL2, WoW, LOTR:BFME : Reeves
• ^^^ you've all mispelled KOTOR2!!!! : digitalburro
• HL2, WOW & MxO in that order... : Str8Dog
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  F.E.A.R. : mr.sleepy
  • Correct. : Ajax
  • Yes! : xphil
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    ^Yes indeed. That's not out till next year, right? : nomaad
    • Monolith, the folks behind award-winning games like No One Lives Forever (1&2) are busy at work on F.E.A. : mr.sleepy
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    Fuck that shit. After Doom3, SS2, and Undying i'm not fucking with the horror games anymore :( : genjuro
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      i hear there's a new elmo's world game coming out : Deathlove
      • haha : ) : grimiv
  • that's not coming out soon... i think : SlamDunk
• what's the game about chernobyl? Stalker? Is that still coming out somewhat soon? : xocsida
• HL2, GTA:SA, Battle for middle earth. I probably missed a few because its hard to keep up with delays... : Turd Ferguson
• Half-Life 2 and BattleField 2. : Maddog_Delphi97

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  I think the HL2 Gone GOLD thread here will dwarf the Doom3 gone GOLD thread : SykelSeven
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    but will it beat q3? : snowwolf
    • No. Modding and PRL will prevent that. : cajuncook
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    Mostly because of people bitching about "TOO LATE VALVE" and shit. : lazarusb
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      I dunno. People's attention is divided by all the Halo 2 talk these days. Only so much time to write stup... : bargeld
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        Perhaps, but Halo 2 already went gold and won't be out for a month, so the stupid is kinda on hold for th... : lazarusb
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          It'll be even more funny once people figure out that the retail version of HL2 will in fact use the Steam... : bargeld
          • I think they did away with that, but who knows. It'll be hilarious either way. : lazarusb
  • i dont think so. there will be joyous postings, but more waiting to get the gamings. will people that p... : radula
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  STOP THE RUMORS GODDAMNIT DONT SAY IT UNTIL ITS GOLD VIA EMAIL DIRECTLY FROM VALVE : xilulus
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    But how do you know that somebody didn't log into Gabe's email account and send out the mail himself?? : Maddog_Delphi97
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      SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP : AllYourBase
      • Uuuh, ok. Didn't mean to get you upset. ;) : Maddog_Delphi97
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  From dubiousquality.blogspot.com (Run by Bill Harris of gonegold.com fame) The same source that told m... : uncle slappy
  • OMG EVERYBODY FREAK OUT : Magitek
  • ☺☺☺☺☺☺☺ : rasputinreborn
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    Yes, but both Valve and VUGames are embroiled in a legal battle -- which could delay the release of HL2 i... : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Valve and VU both want to make money. I don't think anybody's going to be delaying shit just because of a... : king_darius
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        Actually, VUGame may just want to do that in order to gain complete control over the half-life 2 francise... : Maddog_Delphi97
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          meanwhile the steam pre-orders are generating revenue for valve. : uncle slappy
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            I don't think it's considered revenue until they actually deliever on the product. : pulse2115
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              *deliver :( : pulse2115
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                I'm pretty sure they're charging CCs though aren't they? : uncle slappy
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                  Yes, I was charged so Valve's got my money, mine and the money of hundreds of thousand of other people :D : mystifier
                  • So, you're happy because Valve got your money? I mean, Valve probably deserves it and everything, but ... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    GAME POSSIBLY OUT SOON, GAMERS FREAK OUT. MORE AT 11, HERE'S TOM WITH THE WEATHER. : nomaad
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      BREAKING NEWS VIVENDI HAS DELAYED THE GAME UNTIL SOMETIME IN 2005. RIOT ENSUED AT VUG'S OFFICES. GAMERS... : mystifier
      • :O! : megarust32
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  Who cares? No matter when it goes gold we won't see it for over a month anyway :( And you can't say a gam... : red2lucas
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    And through it all, the game is sitting on our hard drives right now. Complete, paid for, and locked away... : Magitek
    • no... it's not complete. Just a good chunk of it. : rasputinreborn
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    Yes, but look at what the guy says on Tuesday @ 5:22 PM Tuesday, October 12, 2004 Half-Life 2 Update ... : Maddog_Delphi97
    • I mean, it's basically saying that there were only 3 show stoppers in RC4. I really, really hope it go... : Maddog_Delphi97
• Woo hoo! Flame on! : silent prophet
• So... it goes gold today, right? : Maddog_Delphi97
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  A current of information? Probably mean all those sites reporting the very same rumour : MrLonghair
  • iirc, afaik, fyi: irc : SlamDunk
  • Let's hope not. Let's hope that it does go gold. Please, VUGames... stop being a whiny bitch and let ... : Maddog_Delphi97

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  Chests of Fury : d fluke
  • I succumb to thee. : industro
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  Jesustittyfuckingchrist. : Vincent Grayson
  • mentalimage'd : chazums
• looks like she could use them as a battering ram. : genjuro
• Mama mia. Dems-a-spicy-meatballs. : Salad Sammich
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  Shy, she is not, about taking the girls out on the town. : action roommate
  • thanks yoda. : slickdoody
• Holy Sweater Monkeys, Batman! : Wyvern
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  she is fat and disgusts me : Degenerate
  • WORD BRAH : arizona bay
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    You'd love her if she shot cheap booze out of her tits. : genjuro
    • Coffee officially spat on monitor. THX! : Salad Sammich
    • oh man, I wish those were filled with IPA. :( : Degenerate
  • I completely agree with whoever supports your eventual drawing-and-quartering : Deathlove
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    She does look a little iffy with all that goddamn makeup on...stop trying to hide the face that you're a ... : sanchez
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      I discovered her secret. Much like Voltron, she is actually several Oopa Loompas combined! (2 being her b : Wyvern
      • so I could take a booby off and take it home with me? : Degenerate
  • ATTN GAY MENZ : cap n KRUNCH
  • FAT?!?!? So you like the crack whore look? Actually, living in georgia you are probably into someone li... : FormerHPB
  • b& for trolling : xocsida
• there are two reasons why I like her : cap n KRUNCH
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  For the record, I dont think she's fat and she does not disgust me. But you guys make her out to be way h... : Degenerate
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    I agree. Any one of us would do her, but she's not the HOTTEST WOMAN EVAR AUMG. : nomaad
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      totally agreed. She is nothing special at all. : rasputinreborn
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        she has big tits and like to show em. That's special in my book. : Prozium
        • Also, after watching mean girls...that dance sequence got me all hot and bothered. I bet she's a fucking ... : Vincent Grayson
  • one photo does not a woman make...Ive seen nice ones w/o all that caked up makeup... and come off it, ... : cap n KRUNCH
  • I'm gonna have to agree with Captain 1.0 BAC on this one : digitalburro
  • IAWTP on makeup. way too much. : FormerHPB
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  Aside from her truly awesome awesome tits, she's only so so, but she wears so much make up it's hard to t... : SenorSpine
  • this is the correct response, her boobs are nice an all omg pedo but her face is ... meh : OverBurN
• I'm guessing we've all seen the ever so slight beginning of a nipple slip? : jake
• http://www.horreur.net/dossiers/slashers/images/chucky.jpg : ShadeOGreen
• Hey, whats with this genjuro sized crap? Needs more Phil size. : rosewood
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  Weird... For some reason I see CHRONO TRIGGER when I look at her face.... :/ : Kaiser
  • A great game. and shacker : SykelSeven
  • You're right! It's Ayla! Villagers demand her in a barbarian catgirl outfit. : geedeck
• wow, have they gotten bigger? : prime8
• It's a bald man with a Barbie wig and huge fake tits! Wow! : jrock