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• Canon 300D or Nikon D50 and some nice glass. : Toraz Chryx
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  Canon Digital Rebel XT. $1000 SLR, very nice : darklox
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    yeah, but that maxes his budget, he's better off with a cheaper camera and a better lens IMHO : Toraz Chryx
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      + the 350D is too fucking small to hold comfortably (for me at least) : Toraz Chryx
      • ^^ That's what I'd be worried about too. I haven't held an XT, but I know the 300D I have is pushing it,... : boarder2
      • Well Im not that big a dude, so its verrry comfortable for me. : darklox
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  You should be able to get a first version Rebel for $6-700ish I think. I got one when they first came ou... : boarder2
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    So the new Rebel is the XT, what are the older ones called? : jugglinmike
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      300D, or just Digital Rebel. First thing you should get is the Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens. It's cheap, pre... : boarder2
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        The 18-55mm kit lens that the Rebel and 20D come with is complete bollocks. Loose construction, poor cont... : ChibiJosh
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          meh, for the price, it's actually pretty damn good. better than any other $90 lens you can get. http://... : FrayLo
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            50mm f/1.8 (Canon or Nikon) >>>> those pieces of junk. : Toraz Chryx
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              you can't compare a fixed focal length lens to one that is meant to be an entry level, cheap, walkaround ... : FrayLo
              • Yay for L quality lenses http://homepage.mac.com/bostrov/.Public/lens.jpg : bostrov
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                I can when they're about the same price. : Toraz Chryx
                • you can't go wide angle with that 50mm lens. it's comparing apples to oranges. i like my 50mm f1.8, a... : FrayLo
        • Its not all that bad as you say it is. It doesnt have 'problems' focusing except in very low light, which... : darklox
        • it makes a pretty good lens to learn on before you really decide what sort of lens you want to work with. : cpt_gloval
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  my friend just got the $700 rebel and is loving it : ^tsavo^
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    Do you know which Rebel it is that he found for $700? Prices vary : jugglinmike
    • This is exactly what he got and where he got it from http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N8... : ^tsavo^
• just find the 300d and get it over with, there's really no competition besides the comparable Nikon. tho... : FrayLo
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  Just on a side note.... aperature and f-stop value refer to the same thing :) : darklox
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    Heh, I'm looking to learn :P : jugglinmike
    • lot of good tips on luminous-landscapes.com some good stuff on fredmiranda.com in the forums and stuff. Y... : darklox
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  Nikon D50! same sensor as the D70, almost all the features (some features are better, even!), and consid... : Postal
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    also, it should be better-built and easier to hold than a Rebel : Postal
    • agreed, D50/70 for the win. the 300D feels incredibly plasticky compared to either of them, IMO. : warpdude
• i have a digital rebel (300d) and it's awesome. i got it used, with the kit lens, in excellent shape for ... : cpt_gloval
• I have the Nikon D70 and love it. If you want to see some sample photos... go to: www.pbase.com/ninaz... : Awun
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  I use the Canon 20d, but an excellent buy is the RebelXT great value, get the kit lens too, for $100 the ... : adsriordan
  • Im a firm believer of Photographer > equipment. : darklox
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  Wow! This is all great input! I'm looking at all this stuff (mostly the D50 and Canon 300D) on Cnet, and ... : jugglinmike
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    body only = no lens included : cpt_gloval
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      Advantage - you can buy the lens you want and save some cash by not getting a "boxed lens". Disadvanta... : SilverSnake
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        i was thinking of getting a tamron zoom lens somewhere in the vicinity of 200mm... any recommendations? : cpt_gloval
        • ^^ for my 300d : cpt_gloval
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          Personally I'd go for the 70-200 F4 L lens by Canon. The tamron has a 2.8 for around the same price, but... : pdub99
          • Yep, my dad has that 70-200 F4 L and I borrow it all the time. takes incredible pictures, and has a grea... : FrayLo
        • I only got their kinda cheap 70-300 one for my D70. I'm still a n00b so it's good enough for me. I've tak... : SilverSnake
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    If you want a good web site for info on this (as well as definition of terms and general help) Check out... : Awun
    • This site is great! I filled out the in-depth camera search and the Canon 300D and Nikon D50 were both th... : jugglinmike
• Olympus Evolt 300 is $999 with 2 lenses. 8mp : adev
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  Get a Digital Rebel or a used Canon 10D, you should be able to find a used 10D for less than $1000. I so... : mattleexbox
  • why not a used 300d? : cpt_gloval
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  You might want to look at this new Sony camera that just came out last week. It's not quite an SLR, but i... : glio1337
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    Woa! What makes this not an SLR / not so expensive? : jugglinmike
    • It looks like it has an LCD in the viewfinder, rather than being an SLR where you are literally looking o... : Arcanum
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      Digital cameras also have terrible noise problems compared to SLRs, and you lack the flexibility of havin... : redshift
      • Cost, too. $900+ before lenses vs. $300-$400. : Arcanum
• I'd just like to point out that you can get control over those things without going DSLR. Depending on w... : Arcanum
• get a Nikon D70. I got mine for about $850 after rebates, but i dont know if the rebates are still going... : arizona bay
• Good thread...must remember. : cookblaze

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• It probably runs on 2K but they don't want to support it. Unless the installer is gay and says no I would... : ghost in my shell
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  I do think that win2k is a viable system but I would probably argue that most people have switched to win... : Crimson
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    what? I'm running win 2k, AMD 64 3200+, 1024 Ram, 6800 GT, 2000 rocks and really why would I pay to upgra... : Yabrodan
    • oh do think nevermind :-) : Yabrodan
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    what? xp is pretty much just a ui upgrade for 2k with a few extra bells and whistles unrelated to gaming. : cpt_gloval
    • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10213987 : cpt_gloval
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  I can't imagine they'd hang themselves by requiring xp... What? What's the likelihood of a machine wit... : PoopStewart
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    I don't really care about 98. 98 is far far FAR from a modern OS and should be expunged. 2k on the othe... : headless
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      98 only supports 512mb of ram so I hardly think they need bother with that. : themelon
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        I'M NOT ASKING FOR WIN98 SUPPORT : headless
        • Jesus, there is no need to yell. I was just supporting your cause. : themelon
• Find out when the demo is released. I think we're past the stage of the installer checking what OS you... : SilverSnake
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  Q: So the game doesn't really require Windows XP, right? That was just a typo. A: No, you read that ri... : atom519
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    If true.. there's no way in hell I'm changing my OS(W2K) for one game. : Wyvern
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      agreed. I've had nothing but problems when i have tried XP and 2k is a known OS that performs flawlessly... : headless
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        I think some of you guys just keep running W2k for some perverse joy in pointing it out when something li... : trove
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          nah, it's just because WinXP adds nothing we need. ClearType and the built-in tray manager are the only ... : Luminair
          • tray manager? eh? some kind of super-quicklaunch or some such? Cleartype has no use for me at all :( ... : headless
          • If you turn off visual styles, XP uses less ram and boots more quickly than 2k. It's also quite a bit mo... : batkiwi
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        I understand where you are coming from, but you have to understand that for most of us, XP has worked fla... : riptyde
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          Agreed. I've been using XP pretty much since release and have never had an issue with it that wasn't my f... : Ebu
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            Consider this, then; your experiences with XP are mine with 2k. And many others. And my experiences wit... : headless
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              you must know some weird people then. That's an unproportionally high number of problems compared to m... : Morgin
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                Whatever you'd like to guess is fine with me, but these people aren't clueless; 3 of them work in hardwar... : headless
                • you said "because XP simply fucked up constantly." Using more ram isnt fucking up constantly. You do k... : Morgin
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          It doesn't take much to make shit work on 2k and xp. 2k is not that big of a difference; all API's suppo... : headless
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            If they don't see it as worth the money then its a smart business decision not laziness. : D45hiz
            • it's only smart if they're RIGHT about it :) : headless
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  Hang themselves? While Win98 was a great gaming OS, it came over 7 years ago. If you can afford the hardw... : jackrabbit
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    It's not about 140$, i don't want XP on my box. it's bloated as fuck and offers me nothing that win2k do... : headless
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      um ok.. I had Win2k for a while I loved it and sweared by it for a while. But I finally upgraded to XP ... : Shadowdane
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        That's funny, my friend's XP box has been the same speed in all games we've played except for 2 in which ... : headless
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          yah I installed it post-SP1 : Shadowdane
          • yeah -- sp2 dealt with almost all problems (as xp sp2 has) but sp3 was when i made the switch to 2k. Pro... : headless
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      Do you have any benchmarks to back this up? XP is considerbaly faster in winbench and it boots in 25% of ... : Neech
      • not handy, no. We sat down and ran some timedemo's, etc when he installed xp. I agree, the ONLY differe... : headless
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      You do realize you can use the Classic interface right? : Fred Garvin
      • yup. When i did use XP, that was the first change made. Along with about 20 others, RIGHT after install... : headless
    • Win2k is about to become end of life with MS. I wouldn't want to support an OS the maker stopped support... : jjlaw
• iawtwtf. : silent prophet
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  well it requires pixel shaders so that cuts a lot of people out too : cryptical
  • pixel shaders are a hardware requirement; that's different than an OS requirement like this. NO other ga... : headless
• that's why we have www.ntcompatible.com , it won't be long before we know if it'll be hackable or not. : Luminair
• It may be time to move from 2000 and into 2005! : xocsida
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  i'll get to the bottom of this : mossbean
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    How's it going down there : MrLonghair
    • be patient : mossbean
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  can you blame them? it's gonna be a top-end game, no geforce 4, only win xp, stop complaining and get wit... : jcutner
  • exactly....there'll be someone on here next who wants win95 support :( : losimagic
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  I'm sorry, you may like 2K and 98 and ME and NT and 95 and 95SE and 98SE...but XP is better than all of t... : EvilDolemite
  • if Dognose can do it so can you! : kanix
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    2k is far from 98, 95, etc. Even splinter cell, and GTA: SA support win2k AND winxp. It is not a big ar... : headless
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      Going into detail about that stupid fisher price comment please. I'd really like to hear this. : Entity
      • You have SEEN what XP's default Luna theme looks like right? : Toraz Chryx
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      You're kidding yourself dude. ED is right. Hardware is to the point now that if you have a resonably c... : xocsida
      • And support for Win2k ends soon too. : Bantis
  • hahaha, way to lump 2k in with bug ridden OS's of the past. Why didn't you include OS/2 in that list? : slickdoody
• Who cares? Just like for the GeForce 4 thing, someone will have a wrapper exe made by the time the game i... : mojoald

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  bookmarked for later even though theres almost nothing in wmv-hd to watch. :/ : smacknca
  • http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/content_provider/film/ContentShowcase.aspx : SlamDunk
  • Only a ton of E3 coverage on the Shack. :P : SilverSnake
• Thanks! Gonna have to check this out.. and then maybe see if there's anything worth watching available ... : ]aratex[
• thanks : armybob
• Nice. Bookmarked for later (because my computer is a piece of shit). : Faluzure
• Now I wonder if I can watch T2 in WMHD : rosewood
• what the hell took them so long?! : carnivore
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  PLEASE UN-INF THIS. The install link for the first hotfix is not working :( : rasputinreborn
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    I got both installed chief : armybob
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      Sorry, we are unable to show you the page you requested. Please try again later. : rasputinreborn
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        weird. It's still working for me. I'll upload the .exe to my site for you gimme a minute : armybob
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          http://www.armybob.com/WindowsMedia-KB891122-x86-ENU.exe : armybob
          • thanks, snookums <3 : rasputinreborn
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        MS is blocking the links in FF. If you are having problems use IE : afrochops
        • thats gay : Shadowdane
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          worked for me fine in FF : twostar
          • works fine here too : porp
          • Interesting, it works fine in IE, not FF though : rasputinreborn
          • maybe it has to do with referrers? : Halen
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  Is there anything like this but for different players? I refuse to install WMP7 or above. Using MPC right... : sanchez
  • not that I know of. WMP10 isn't that bad either and you can still use MPC. : Prozium
  • I don't think it will work right now outside of WMP10, but the next codec only release might do it, I dun... : d fluke
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  hmm supports gfmx what about GFti4200's? : VegasX
  • nope, the Ti series exchanged better gaming performance for the video decoding. : Prozium
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  No x64 support makes baby jesus cry. :( : cajuncook
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    and you're surprised why? : Bantis
    • Not surprised, just disappointed. Means I probably have to wait a year for things to swing my way, espec... : cajuncook
• Why do you need that first hotfix before you can get the update? : rudds
• hotness! :D : Shadowdane
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  Here the important question: how much pr0n is encoded in WMV-HD? : spectr3
  • yes, we need some NWS to complement this post : sirkne
• Hmm, my CPU is still at 100% when I play WMVHD and I have one video here that's still choppy :/ This o... : nomaad
• Anyone know if this'll work in MCE 2005? I know it uses WMP10 to play it's video content so I don't see ... : Halen
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  Needs less xp and more WMP10 for 2k. : Wombat Woo
  • 2K is dead jim. : sharkII
  • http://www.creakyjoints.com/graphics/images/desktops/beatingadeadhorse_400x300.jpg : mojoald
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  it only works with WMV HD @ 30fps or less. the xbox360 vids are all encoded at 60fps : anthonybean
  • thats kinda lame :\ : captain hampton
• Why does it require a DRM patch? screw that. : Barbarian
• Cool, I've actually been having stuttering troubles decoding some of the shack stuff, hopefully this will... : Liquid

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• hahahahahahhahahaahahhahaha : Shadowdane
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  This could be the most brilliant movie ever. : Wyvern
  • I believe you're thinking of REPO MAN... : snuff
• give me my 60 seconds back. : aethyr
• what the hell was just presented to my eyes : mossbean
• lol : Neech
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  I want my 67 seconds back. : jayares
  • I'm with you on this one. Wut? : surround
  • You're just upset that his internet penis is bigger then yours. : mikage
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  hahahahaha @ "i love you with mouth" hhahahahahahahahahahaha oh god im crying here... : virus
  • i just took that totally out of context and emailed it to my girlfriend :) : cpt_gloval
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  That's pretty much the greatest movie I've ever seen, ever. : electroly
  • I just watched this four more times. : electroly
• *shun* : g0nk
• hahaha What. The. Hell. hahaha : boarder2
• that was amazing : roushimsx
• The first half was confusing. The second half was funny. : Zero|DPX
• haha hillarious shit : sanchez
• That was genius. : DKo5
• ok.. I could watch this a million times and still like it! lol : Shadowdane
• HAHAHAHHAHAHA!!! : omnova
• Some guy on SA created that. It's a damn funny toon. : MurrayTheSkull
• INTERNET PENIS! hahahahaha : askedrelic
• My life is complete. : Kresske
• I'm going to use SHUN as my next insult on here. : Dante
• Reveal your secrets! : Crimsonbeak
• That is terrific. Thanks! : ThomW
• That's great. : RatBastard
• this made my day : mystifier
• i don't know what just happened, but i want more : biskits
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  . . . : Ebu
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    SHUN! : mikage
    • . . . : Ebu
    • Ha ha! Dangly parts! : Ebu
  • iawtp : tigeN
• incredible : smax
• i dunno if i get it, but damn i love it. : shyguy74
• update: still laughing wife thinks I'm insane, but that's ok because I probably am : matrix
• now i've seen everything... : xphil
• LOL!!! Funniest thing I've seen here in a while. : Don Vito Corleone
• that was pretty awesome : JShadow
• I am... stunned. so pretty. so, so pretty. : hirez
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  I don't get the ending. : amrbean
  • email. : deviantpaul
  • i think what the author was trying to convey was the struggle between cartoon circle and his internet add... : burning eye
• that was sweet : spector
• Haha, that's hilarious. : ieGod
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  wow... I go to SCAD... first time Ive seen a link from a scad site on a nonrelated site. :) w00t. : phokz
  • me too. graduated 2 years ago. loved every minute of it. : docholoday

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• awesome looking. I only looked at the first four, now I have to avoid all future info about the game as ... : Anti_dentite
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  http://www.tilt.tv/acme_files/img/4d/39/4d3963b15ae3a2ead0d512ac15c955d5.png LENSFLARE! : AbortedFetusChristi
  • LENS HDR BLOOM! : aaarrrgh
• Wow that looks amazing : adsriordan
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  why can't GTA look this good :( : pyide
  • Lol, go shoot a Sony exec. : SpiderMonkey
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    According to Ken K from Sony, GTA3 DID look that good and GTA4 will be a life simulator - meanwhile the X... : abrasion
    • PC and next generation consoles is what the official site says. : pyide
    • George Forman's mean lean grilling machine will be in direct competition with ps3 so Ken is right in a wa... : spdon
• eggs and baccey : rasputinreborn
• Is this game ALL graphics - because those are fucking nuts. : abrasion
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  Hello forces of evil I shall thouroghly destroy you with my SCARF OF JUSTICE! : Crimsonbeak
  • FASHION ATTACK! AZBAY WAKE! : darweidu
• saw a few of those in a magazine already - didnt see the landscape ones though. very nice. : Flinz
• holy fuck : Stage
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  Somewhere, Ken Kutaragi mumbles and writes another rant : MrLonghair
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    "Remedy is trying to compete with Sony Pictures. Alan Wake is also trying to compete with Alan Wake, it i... : VegasX
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      hah, pretty good. ken deserves an E3 award all of his own, special consideration for hype or something : grimiv
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        Just "Special Consideration" would do the trick, me thinks. : SpiderMonkey
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          are you suggesting ken takes the short bus to sony? : ) : grimiv
          • Ken's the guy who washes the shortbus back at the depot. With drool >:( : abrasion
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  That must be where pies go to die : MONGOLOID
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    Thank god I wasn't the only person thinking Twin Peaks : vashts
    • I mentioned it in a thread a while ago and someone said the developers are intentionally making it feel T... : MONGOLOID
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  still brought to you by R520? : r1cola
  • at e3 they demoed the game with R520. these pics are from a e3 article. : SlamDunk
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  Is this an entirely new engine or is it a modified Max Payne/MP2 engine? : K1Bond007
  • entirely new engine. remedy's own. : SlamDunk
• I think HL2 just got beat in the breath-taking scenery department. Incredible stuff. : omnova
• the screenshots just SCREAM! excitment : ilem0n
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  Please excuse my raging hard-on folks. : aavenr
  • It's cool. Hey, let me help you out with that. *puts on rubber glove* : rasputinreborn
• Awesome. I want this game now :( : megarust32
• The best part is when every single piece of geometry casts a real-time shadow in those scenes...this game... : speon
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  Who is Alan Wake and why is he walking around empty landscapes with a hand gun o_O : DingoStoleMyBaby
  • He lost his mittens. : Crimsonbeak
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  when we saw this demo'd at E3 it just seemed super cool all the stuff you could do and go to, WITHOUT LOA... : Break
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    I beleive Half Life got it right with the seamless worlds to make it more interactive and feel like you'r... : abrasion
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      but half life had that little loading bar.... this game never did load besides the beginning. : Break
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        Loading bar? - IIRC the word "loading" came on the screen in white and that was it - and it was 2 seconds... : abrasion
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          in half life 2? didnt have life 1 have like a loading bar? then in part 2 they just put loadnig... and... : Break
          • Half Life 1 had no loading bar and it was 2 seconds for everyone back then. HL2 seems to have problems... : SpaecKow
• My god, the textures are enormous! And the polygons... perfectly shaped! : thebigbeefsandwich
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  What platform is this coming out for? : broly1718
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    360 and PC i think : UberChrist
    • awesome. Now if only the reports of the 360 being $299 are true. : broly1718
  • ng consoles + pc : SlamDunk
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  looks really boring, is alan wake the only person in that world? plus the lighting sucks, way too flat. : eggnoodles
  • I'm guessing these screens are meant to show off the expanse of the world and the textures. We haven't go... : genjuro
• that man looks like about to be defeated by hephaeste's thighs :D : dodob
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  http://www.tilt.tv/acme_files/img/93/24/9324c2ca28132189e7612a353640956c.png "Serve me a double choco- : laidback
  • I like it, I think we've had enough action-movie wannabe heroes. Hopefully it will fit the game. : darweidu
  • he looks a little bit like Steve.. lol : Shadowdane
• Ohh, hey sup nocturne, long time no see. : SpaecKow

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  Well, right now it IS running a modded version of Linux for the core OS. : sgtsanity
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    Where did you hear that? : batkiwi
    • They mentioned it during the keynote along with it using OpenGL. They toted how "open" it was. And Linux ... : sgtsanity
• That makes no sense. : Yanks
• them some good drungs he be on. : *metal*
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  He also claims it cooks a mean bouillabaisse. : EvilDolemite
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    http://g0nk.shackspace.com/lollerpics/ps3bbq.jpg : g0nk
    • I prefer www.ps3grill.com with him in the bg = GOLD : mystifier
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  It'll take out the dog, do the dishes and suck your cock, too! : nomaad
  • pre'ordere'd} : X Fuzion
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  You know, I'm still considering the PS3 more, just in terms of horsepower, but this is a bad idea. My new... : Ratsofatsorat
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    Horsepower on paper means nothing, wait till they both actually are running before deciding. (that is, i... : Awun
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      True, I will wait. But I'm betting PS3 will ultimately be more powerful. And typically that's the system ... : Ratsofatsorat
      • You really think the xbox is the most 'popular' system? I know us shackers find it to our liking, but I'd... : ieGod
      • I don't think it sounds all that much more powerfull. GPU sounds like it has more shader ops/sec but band... : armybob
      • lol.. from the numbers of units sold, I dont think xbox is globally preferred, even if sony had a headsta... : mystifier
• OS X or Windows? doubt it! or if they run, they'll be slow : Postal
• ugh, all this tech talk is all such bullshit. I just want to play games, period. Nintendo's new system ... : aethyr
• you could make up a ton of off-the-wall quotes from kutaragi and i'd believe them at the moment : grimiv
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  I was considering a PS3 but now that there is no HD shipped with the console, forget it. It's also the b... : classicfork
  • No you see you don't need an harddrive because it would eventually run out of space. It makes perfect ... : MrLobo
  • I wouldn't go that far, but lack of HDD does make it go down in my reckoning, and also makes me wonder ho : SpiderMonkey
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  Memory Cards can fuck off. If PS3 doesn't ship with some kind of way to save without having to shell out ... : Blackdawgg
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    Don't they also say you would be able to rip stuff onto your PS3, TV's shows, etc..., but I guess you'll ... : classicfork
    • But then you'd have to download it. And on typical consumer broadband a good quality TV show will take 30... : Blackdawgg
• The OS capability was mentioned previously in an interview from a PS3 rep about development. This is more... : laidback
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  said that the company's Playstation 3 console will not include a hard drive out of the box, citing that t : smax
  • its a dumb excuse, he's trying to fob people off : grimiv
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    i'm being perfectly honest when i say my launch xbox STILL says it has 50,000+ blocks free on the hard dr... : cpt_gloval
    • Same here. : NFXFSX
• Maybe he shouldn't include RAM in the PS3 either - seeing as, you know, you'll run out of RAM eventually. : surround
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  that is the dumbest explanation ever. yeah it'll fill up. it'll fill up just as fast as 312 64MB memory ... : edgewise
  • time to scrap blueray! : kelerian
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  Ok, that's odd. But I actually do prefer memory cards to hdds in consoles. : Ebu
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    I can tell you dont play sports games.... : Tripps
    • You can tell correctly. : Ebu
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    you mean you don't like fast loading games? : edgewise
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      Eh? It doesn't exactly take a long time to load a save off of a memory card. I'm not sure I know what... : Ebu
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        Cacheing to HDD ftw : j33uk
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          Eh, load times don't bother me. : Ebu
          • do you have an xbox? : edgewise
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            custom playlists for every single game! Very cool feature that needs a hard drive. Games like UC2 also ha : armybob
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              Well, I was referring to save games, with which I prefer memory cards so that I can make duplicates, keep : Ebu
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                that's cool. I certainly love how fast games load on my Cube but there is no logical reason to prefer a c... : armybob
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                  oh and custom playlists thing. My point wasn't that you may personally not use them but it is an extra fe... : armybob
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                    Except for some games whose saves don't fit on the mem card. It doesn't have to be common for a dev to ma... : Ebu
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                      ya that's rare and your right that makes me mad to. KOTOR for example has no need to need > 8mb of memory... : armybob
                      • Yea, if I could just use usb thumb drives, all would be well. :x : Ebu
  • or you can be like the xbox1 and xbox360 and have both. It's nice to have out of the box custom playlists... : armybob
• Disapointing :( I was really happy to find out the 360 will ship with the HD instead of 2 optional models... : armybob
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  You'd think the end of the world was coming because of this thread. : omnova
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    It's not, but when you consider how much the PS3 is going to cost, to go into it knowing you'll have to s : riptyde
    • Even if it cost the same as the Xbox 360 people would flip out. And my money's on that being the case (p... : omnova
• Then the empire dark side terrorists have already won...... If that thing doesn't come with a hard dis... : abrasion
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  THE PS3 It will sex up your girlfriend while you get your game on! : phlavor
  • Rez? : Ebu
• Apparently this is how you get serious about competing with Xbox Live. Ridiculous. : ThomW
• sony is turning into nintendo! : mista mista
• Whenever i read a Kutaragi interview, I always think of the scene in full metal jacket where the asian pr... : mojoald
• ship without a hardrive? is this the ps 2.5 i keep hearing so much about? : ilem0n
• Drucifer 2 to ship without pants! : drucifer

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  so coming out tomorrow tho, rite? : yakz
  • you mean 12:01 am tomorrow? : eldiablo01
  • thats what i've been hearing all along. : Steve Gibson
• YAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : g0nk
• Still no eta then? : Lightzout
• So....what time?!?! : stump
• i want to play now... : ant321
• I second the "tomorrow?" questions. I have work, dammit. :[ : Ratsofatsorat
• THE HYPE MACHINE IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE : Yanks
• They're the only site I go to for gaming reviews (apart from shackreviews, of course). IGN got way to MC... : batkiwi
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  Did you hear that, Steve just got off the phone with EA and the demo's on fileshack!! -Mossbean : Tincan
  • Funny, if a bit hidden. : Ratsofatsorat
  • no because Steve's post is in english not fucking dutch like that other site : mossbean
• i love you. but do you know of the time? : mossbean
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  how heavy is this bastard supposed to be : r1cola
  • im going to imagine 300-500 megs : Nighteyes
  • game's producer confirmed 500mb last night : mossbean
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  I don't get it, Steve. What is the point of having it "premier" on Gamespot, if it will be available eve... : riptyde
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    Marketing, sounds good to say that the BF2 demo premier'd on your site doesn't it? Sure it may not mean a... : Tincan
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      yeah pretty much. gamespot wants to show off their new gamecenter thingie... seems like a good way to ... : Steve Gibson
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        I heard its exactly like Xfire and that's free : mossbean
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          yeah... you really think xfire will always be free? i suppose if they make enough on advertising etc. ... : Steve Gibson
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            Yeah it seems to be the model these day: Introduce something nice and free, get a strong userbase, and th... : mystifier
            • lol not enough love for this post : Clay
            • heh yup its smart business. didnt mean to imply there was anything wrong with that. : Steve Gibson
  • There are a ton of people that are going to rush the Gamespot site for the demo before a mirror comes up.... : skruff
  • it at least allows them to say that they had it first. You gotta remember, 99% of the folks out there are... : edgewise
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    think about it. We are on shacknews.com talking about gamespot.com It's publicity. There are probably hun... : armybob
    • its all for the chicks, i knew it... : askedrelic
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      Nothing you've done has been popular. : CSParsons
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        I hate you : armybob
        • frag.com owned bob, don't listen to them :( : jayares
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          I saw a girl driving an S2000 the other day and thought of you. She had a little dog riding with her. : CSParsons
          • Leave Jedi out of this you bastard. : filtersweep
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            I saw a STi go fast today. Next time i'll take video footage so you can see what your missing : armybob
            • You go fast to know your alive. : CSParsons
      • hahahaha holy fuck!!! that's two decent posts from you today!!! damn : jedi_27
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  Gamespot's always been a classy place. It's the only other gaming site besides the shack that I'd even co... : edgewise
  • I guess they deserved to win that damn SpikeTV award, then. : sinistarfith
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  Any news on F.E.A.R. beta? :| : aggressor
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    still workin on it! : Steve Gibson
    • lol : askedrelic
    • >.< !!! : ghost hacker
  • Heh, I just got that from FilePlanet (for the second time); the game has improved quite a lot since the l... : mittense
• major props to gamespot for this : stgdz
• hay steve whats up : sexninja!!!!
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  cool news! I will probably sign back up for FILESHACK in a few. : jedi_27
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    you DO that : armybob
    • well i was torn . . . I really want the IGN/GAMESPY package . . . : jedi_27
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  The Battlefield 2 demo will be coming soon. http://www.gamespot.com/promos/bf2demo.html : Stage
  • OMG U HEARD IT HERE FIRST : mossbean
  • OH SHIT OH SNAPPLES CRACKLE CAKES : j33uk
• In a sea of shit conglomerates, Gamespot has kept away from it over the years, and my Complete membership... : Entity
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  "Stadler.EA just confirmed the demo is scheduled for after the developer chat tonite barring anything goi... : Ratsofatsorat
  • When is that? : mittense
  • Well this is encouraging : j33uk
  • the chat is going on right now on gamespy arcade : mossbean
  • What's the source on this? : j33uk
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    yes provide link plz : mossbean
    • Working on it. : Ratsofatsorat
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    Gamespot's front page is getting ready... : Postal
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      Oh shit... this might be going dizzown. : mojoald
      • Might be? http://www.gamespot.com/promos/bf2demo.html Do you hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the soun : Ajax
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    letdown #6? : pyide
    • Looks like it. "Gamespot will be debuting the demo, but not today. It'll be happening soon as part of... : Ratsofatsorat
• Is anyone in that chat thing being held? : mittense
• its a real :-( just because shackers have a huge following for BF1942. I mean look at the shackbattles ev : tomatoactivator
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  <[Admin]WolfBlade> and now the question that everyone has been wanting to know.... <[Admin]WolfBlade> *B... : festivalman
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    <ea-bsmith> right now the demo is in our final approval process (called CQC internally) <ea-bsmith> once... : festivalman
    • <eabsmith> zie germans already have it! : tomatoactivator
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      Bah, how hard could it be to approve the damn thing? They already approved the retail. :( Don't mind m : mittense
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        Well demos usually need different menus along with code to remove all the unused features. Also they pro... : MrLobo
        • Exactly. If it were as simple as cropping an image, or just deleting some folders out of the install, we'... : Ajax
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      The full chatlog: http://www.filerush.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=10077#10077 : festivalman
      • lol lol lol <ea-bsmith> BTW, zucot has asked me to tell the goons "lol" [<ea-bsmith> also, he hax. : MrLobo
  • awww fuck : j33uk
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    Was about to post this. Hahahaha. EA FUCKED US : Ratsofatsorat
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      Not really since nobody ever announced a date. Its all those crazy rumors that have been hyping up the... : MrLobo
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        Well, they never announced a date because they wanted everyone to be on the edge of their seat watching a... : Ratsofatsorat
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          ... No seriously you can't blame EA for this. They didn't announce a date because they didn't have on... : MrLobo
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            Look man, I'm bored on a Thursday night and SOMEBODY IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT : Ratsofatsorat
            • Go fire up BF1942 - it's still quite a fun game - it's better than posting about how angry you be :( Y... : abrasion
          • If I remember correctly that's what happened to Epic when they were slated to release the original Unreal : Ajax
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          no way, don't give anyone that credit. All the morons who hype such a stupid thing in such a stupid ... : Luminair
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            Eh, I do think it's a calculated move on EA's part to have a ton of PR shit before the demo release. I do... : Ratsofatsorat
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              we'll have to define "PR shit" here. Mossgoof and everyone else is hyping the demo release based on foru... : Luminair
              • Oh. I'm talking about the dev chat, the Gamespot stuff, yada yada. : Ratsofatsorat
              • its mossbean first of all, and its much much worse here http://forums.gamespot.com/gamespot/show_messages... : mossbean
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    sweet! Finally some official word. Take it easy from here on in. : Luminair
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      but is it SATURDAY or SUNDAY?????? : mossbean
      • He never said it wasn't coming out Friday, either. Just said he wasn't ready to commit to it. : mittense
      • http://www.chilloutalreadygosh.com/ : Ajax
  • geee a demo not making it out on time, didn't see that one coming. Guys the demo will be out when its ... : stgdz