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  What is the MP going to be like in COD2? : stgdz
  • did you get permission to use that background music or is this a nonchalant way of pirating music on shac... : yqbd
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  Very well done. I love the punchline. P.S. - What's the music? : Fred Garvin
  • The tune is called Grudge off Lateralus from Tool. I had more footage but I figure it's long enough. : Cygnus X-1
  • Tool - The Grudge I believe. : nomaad
  • the song is The Grudge, by Tool : mikecyb
  • Tool - The Grudge. : carrioN luggagE
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  That's a really - really - cool vid. Couple of questions though: What kind of program did you use? ... : James T. Kirk
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    I captured with Fraps and edited with Premiere Pro. The system I used was high-end. 3.x with 2 gigs of RA... : Cygnus X-1
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      Thanks... I have been wondering if I should get an single core or a 'slower' dual core... I suppose runni : James T. Kirk
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        Fraps can capture at the res you're playing at which is cool because I was playing at 640 so performance ... : Cygnus X-1
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          but as he suggested, dual core would probably remedy that quite a bit. : rasputinreborn
          • Actaully, it's not the processor that hampers the framerates or playing while recording. It's almost stri... : 69shots
• nice, short and sweet! One of your better videos too. : Luminair
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  Awesome video, I think this just pushed me over the edge into getting it. : NexusOne
  • If my system didn't beg for mercy while playing it in the demo I would pick it up but I need to upgrade..... : melkore
• awesome : ballystix
• Holyfuckingshit this rules. You should post your old SOF2 piece as well. Good stuff man. : Phil
• nice stuff there!! : reflex33
• Cygnus X-1's demos always rulke : mr brown
• whoa, shotgun headshots!!! : edgewise
• fuck that was awesome. I want this even more now. : Degenerate
• This seals the deal, I'm getting this game TOMORROW. : nomaad
• Very nice dude, shows off the ragdolls excellently. : askedrelic
• Awesome. The music totally fit with that vid. Tool rocks. : shredder133
• Now i have to buy the game....wtf : sleepytea
• That last bit was great. : freshyk
• Just finished F.E.A.R tonight probably my favourite FPS, it's a must to play it on extremely hard difficu... : yourname00
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  this game looks great I should buy it, right? : mr brown
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    It is so awesome. The AI is fucking spectacular. They will flank your ass and know how to use grenades.... : vigilante
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      Actually the combat was the only thing about the game I really liked. The environments were cool, just WA... : Cygnus X-1
      • combat = meat story = dessert : vigilante
      • thanks for the info (and the movie) : mr brown
    • The AI is hands down the best I've seen in a game. They react as fast as you and they move tactically in... : trove
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    do you have a monster PC? mine's probably middle of the road and it ran horribly. : edgewise
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      Athlon XP 2500 Radeon 9800 512 RAM (need more, I guess) : mr brown
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        I dunno how that will run, but my a64 3200+, 9600xt and 1gb DDR400 didn't work so hot. didn't lookor play... : edgewise
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          you need some vid card horsepower with this one. : cpt_gloval
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            fuck. getting this game isn't sounding so hot anymore. : mr brown
            • my p4 2.4 w/ 512mb ram and 9800pro runs it like poo. 640x480 with fancy stuff off and textures on medium ... : lord cecil
• AWESOME DUDE!! I'm loving the game... just started playing this morning. : g.lee
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  Wow. Well I had no interest in this game really... but now I kind of want it. : tomservo
  • This is inspiring me to register a full version of FRAPS. I have so many ideas and I've waited much too l... : tomservo
• This should be the official trailer. Seriously. good stuff. : mikage
• So I had decided to get Quake 4 first instead of F.E.A.R. But this movie changed my mind. Thank you! :... : Gary the Llama
• dude, you make some of the coolest vids.. props to the skills : El Tigre
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  in before "you make rad vids!" : cpt_gloval
  • too late it looks like : sigpro
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  Wow seriously man they should have just used your video to advertise the game. I think I might buy it now... : eldiablo01
  • IAWTP100% : epit
  • IAWTP : Zero|DPX
• Well done video. You market better than the pub/dev did. : GeorgeB3DR
• I love the ending to that. Nothing tops hearing FFFFUCKKKKKK in slow motion with a follow-up rippling ex... : Vic Viper
• Wohoo that was fun to watch. Must have now. : ghost hacker
• HOLY FUCK THAT WAS RAD. : midgetherder
• sweet! : vassili_zaitsev
• Wow that was really well edited. The game looks sweet! : Rasnowl
• i seriously think you just sold me on this game. I wasn't planning on getting it, but now I'll at least ... : paulatreus
• Man, that is great stuff. Very well done. : thejm4n
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  Quake sp what? Yeah. KICKASS video. :] : jrock
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    Yeah, but Quake does have vehicles, and missions that aren't "Find Fettle", for 9 levels... : GeorgeB3DR
    • whoa i've never seen a game with vehicles before! : kill9
    • I'm actually enjoying the sp in q4. Looks fantastic, has interesting objectives and just feels right (as ... : TheTick
    • DNF will have lots of vehicles too, huh. : jrock
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      Guys guys guys... you can buy BOTH! : five_percent
      • Yup, and I full expect Q4 mp to blow away FEAR's. : jrock
      • No you can't! You pick one damn side of the argument and stick with it. Haven't you learned anything from... : -efx-
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      what does DNF have? : pyide
      • Don't bother, nobody is going to tell you, it's a secret! Pigcops :D : Amnesty_intl2
    • motherfucking spoilarrrrrrrrr!!!! : xphil
  • Don't knock it 'til you play it. Both games rock in their own way. : Vic Viper
  • I actually prefer Quake4 SP overall. I think the environments and enemies were cooler looking and had mo... : Cygnus X-1
  • Well that is some of the coolest stuff that's in FEAR. I've finished fear and I'm starting Q4 and Q4 actu... : xenoeye
• tell me multiplayer is fun : synack
• That was awesome. FEAR just went waayyyyyy up my buy list. : five_percent
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  jesus christ that was graphic. i actually felt ill watching some of those soldiers getting killed. : biskits
  • My first slow-mo shotgun kill literally split the guy in half, right at the waist. (something I didn't se... : Serpico74
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  That looked a helluva lot more impressive than the settings I ran the demo on. Is this going to be releas... : Popedispencer
  • No 360 version announced so far. : -efx-
• *applause* That fuckin rocked. : TastyWheat
• Well done! : Priest77
• Thank jebus the fighting/destruction in FEAR is so good. I was expecting MUCH more as far as variety and ... : Serpico74
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  THANKS EVERYONE. Keep in mind the video is god mode and going apeshit obviously. Not to say you cant ge... : Cygnus X-1
  • PS - Great ending :) : Serpico74
• Awesome. Awesome. Will definitly get this one as soon as I got my new computer! Also, does the dude sa : SilverSnake
• I just bought F.E.A.R. because of this video. Curse you, Cygnus. : mr brown
• Nice, real nice : ) : xZanU
• Wow, great fun. Great job bud. Everything about it exudes badass, including yourself! : sodomy
• VERY VERY cool! Love the use of the instrumental section of Lateralus, really awsome song. : suicidemachine
• very very nicely done. Makes me wanna stop work and play fear. : Silent1
• My purchasing decision was directly influenced by this video and its component awesomeness. : VinnieTheSquid
• Holy shit, that was an awesome video. I typically don't bother watching any fan made movies, but I'm gla... : sevogajre
• Holy shit. I'm buying this now. Why can't devs release videos this cool? HOt!. : Athlon7
• fucking awesome! : dionex
• usually I don't post but I have to say good job on that movie it was really hot :) : ApacheVE
• NIIIIIIICE. VUgames hasn't paid you for this goddamn already? : xphil

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• DAMN that looks cool. : themelon
• That looked awesome. I want to see it :O : nomaad
• Please don't suck...please don't suck... : omnova
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  Direct link to page with the movie: http://movies.aol.com/movie_exclusive_the_chronicles_of_narnia/trail... : SilverSnake
  • This is looking quite awesome. The animations of the animals talking is looking great. The Centaurs looks : SilverSnake
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  holy shit. wow. that just looks fantastic, I dont see any way that they can screw this up : Crimson
  • Easy, I said the same thing about the episode 1 trailer. I leant the hard way. I'm not saying this movie ... : red2lucas
  • ANythings possible, but given the short length of the book, it should be fairly easy to follow it very cl... : edgewise
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  looks like the peter jackson ethos has taken over the movie industry. : snackula
  • Fine with me. : moogle
  • good...at least now when they spend a fortune they won't make a pile of shit : graceofdragons
  • It doesn't really have anything to do with Peter Jackson. Richard Taylor has a lot to do with the art dir... : red2lucas
  • yeah I thought this too... its a good thing imo : cap n KRUNCH
• damn I need to read again, didn't recognize some scenes. : graceofdragons
• wow, that looks damn cool : Degenerate
• That looks absolutly awesome. Stoked! : Fredrik S
• hoping he does this one right, so he can work on filming the rest of the books. : deathofrats
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  Will there ever be a rated R movie with a sweetFX battle? : palewussy
  • matrix? lol! : pyide
  • Troy? Alexander? : byorn
  • uh, braveheart? : deathofrats
• SWEEET! I loved the books and the tv movies. Can't wait til i can get my hands on the original books that... : keroppi
• lots of snow : maru mari
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  WMP will let me view stuff full screen, why the fuck doesn't QT? >:-( : rasputinreborn
  • (embedded I mean) : rasputinreborn
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  Very nice... looks too scary for small children though. : sharkII
  • looks like they are shooting for the LOTR rating : byorn
• The movie better be 3 and a half hours long. : notd665
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  We're sorry, this feature requires the Mozilla ActiveX Plugin. Click here to install. Great. Let's ju... : Draugluin
  • just watch it in QT usin the yellow X-large button : byorn
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  Are they trying to do all the books in one movie? : Fred Garvin
  • The Beagle, The Gnome and the Desk Lamp is scheduled for 2007 release. : drucifer
  • no, this is all one book (a lot occurs in that book) : byorn
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10391463 : sigpro
    • Bite me, it was a serious question. I wouldn't put it past anyone to try and condense everything into one... : Fred Garvin
• I just hope Disney doesn't fuck it up. : RatBastard
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  I reread the first 4 recently. Wow what bad books. It is more like it was written BY children than for th... : TheTick
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    :-O : gegtik
    • 8~> : Luminair
  • Have you read any of C.S. Lewis' other stuff? He is an incredible writer, and a veritible genius. If ther... : c0bra

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  cool. I hope in halo3, they bring in the other spartans. : broly1718
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    if it stays true to the story in the books, they can't. All the other Spartans are dead... : Shadowdane
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      wait a minute, weren't there 3-4 left in the last book? they thought John 117 was the last one, but Linda : edgewise
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        I know the doctor took at least one with her when she left. And I'm pretty sure that a couple of Spartans : CSParsons
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          Linda is supposed to be with the Chief to Earth(I belive that is how they explain co-op) And the Doctor : Crimsonbeak
          • oh ok.. I couldn't remember its been a while since I read the books. : Shadowdane
• I forsee so many Spartan vs. Spartan only fights. : freshyk
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  I went in to a local EB Games after buying Batman earlier in the week. I wanted to know if they were goi... : rosewood
  • DOOM4 IS COMING NEXT WEEK I HEARD IT FROM MY NEPHEW : nomaad
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    ilovebees was so damn awesome. how could anyone that enjoys the halo story not check it out. so sad : jedi_27
    • ilovebees confused the FUCK outta me. I just said screw it. : graceofdragons
    • I have no idea what Halo was about and still thought ilovebees was awesome. : helvetica
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    haha I don't know what's worse, being an annoying game store employee or arguing with an annoying game st... : Zibro
    • I contend that it's the game store employee's JOB to be an ass like that, to take up such an activity wit... : cam3lt0sis
  • Wow. Please tell me you didn't cut into some guys conversation to correct him about his usage of "Master... : cam3lt0sis
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    it's a female spartan..check bungie.net. : dmiller
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      http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=weeklyupdateoct21 : dmiller
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        as if you know anything about bungie : Luminair
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          only what's on bungie.net :) : dmiller
          • good answer, troll defused :p : Luminair
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    That's a terrible reason to shop at Wal-Mart. Don't shop at Wal-Mart, ever. : Chris Remo
    • www.gogamer.com : Crimsonbeak
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  That motion blur is pretty slick, if overdone a touch. When did such qulaity motion blur in games beco... : SqueegyTBS
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    GTA3 had motion blur on the PS2 even, although it wasn't that great. Shadow of the Colossus does it reall... : ieGod
    • That was just layering old frames and adding a directional 2d blur though. The next-gen stuff is some new... : 60days
  • Per pixel motion blurring can be done on current low to mid range pc video cards. It's not something tha... : GeorgeB3DR
• female spartan huh.... kinda reminds me of this: http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php?date=2002-11-13&res... : reflex33
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  Interesting that the first time we see a 'next gen' spartan, it won't be in Halo 3. But since the mode... : Dynotaku
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    poo guy, those enhancements also have the side effect of lower the libedo. according to the books anyway ... : Tincan
    • err poor guy. : Tincan
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      I'm sure cortana can re-activate that part of his brain. : edgewise
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        whoa, that's a setup for some kind of crazy mind-threesome : Foxhawk
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          Cortana will trick him into wanting cock. : edgewise
          • Those Covenant swords turn him on every time. : nomaad
• This doesn't look like the chicks with the big tits in the volleyball game. : capt tripps

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• BUT IT"S A TEDDY BEAR WITH BENEFITS. Yeah, I agree. Scary. : notd665
• That guy fails at life. : TastyWheat
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  Sure you can. http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10956695 : dmason
  • oh, shi --- : dmason
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    What have you done. : nomaad
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      temporal loop : drucifer
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        How do you keep a shacker busy for hours? : Prozium
        • $1.69 worth of Jergens and a $50 Adult Pass Credit? : drucifer
    • he broke it : sigpro
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  i wish I could afford one just to freak people out with. : thebigbeefsandwich
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    I'd keep it in my boot, tied up and gagged. : TastyWheat
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      thigh high boots for the win! : byorn
      • When he says boot, he means the trunck of his car. : Fred Garvin
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  Hmm, can't find the site pass. : Fred Garvin
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    Just watch an ad to read the rest. : Amnesty_intl2
    • watch an ad start an ad in another tab/window and come back later : SilverSnake
• Really interesting read, thanks : d fluke
• I saw an episode of MTV's Cribs. Some dude (who was married, his wife trailed along on the guide) had a R : SilverSnake
• Actually, that guy's hair is creepier than the doll. : Fred Garvin
• "I was offended in so many ways," he continues. "He put her feet behind her head and reamed that doll wit : Fred Garvin
• This one's good: "He asked me if I could make him a silicone dog, because he was a breeder, and he did : rotten element
• what the fuck : sexninja!!!!

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  coke and pepsi buttons, they replace the TAB key on the keyboard : CoRDS
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    omg : dognose
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      ^^^ Hi, honey I have my voice back. Yeah the shot worked. o yeah the button is a button for paging up and... : keroppi
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        I'd like to take "Humor" for 500, please. : Crimson
        • That was the Dialy Double. : TheArtMan
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    CoRDS is my new god for today. : TotalFusionOne
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      He's gonna have me wanting to be Aussie instead of Asian if he keeps it up : dognose
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        some people consider australia to be part of asia (depends on who you ask, i dont care either way its all... : CoRDS
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          Tell me about Australian food then. And are forks involved? >:( : dognose
          • they eat with dijeridoos, silly : drucifer
          • Meat pies, sausage sangers + BBQ, beer, vegemite, egg and bacon rolls. See also: Takeaways and multicultu... : TastyWheat
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            forks are for fags, we use splaydes http://www.cordies.com/SPLAYD.jpg thats a fork +spoon +knife a... : CoRDS
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              we have those at Taco Bell : drucifer
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                no, those are sporks, spoon forks, these have blades on them. : CoRDS
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                  I can cut you with a spork >:( : drucifer
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                    Well we can cut down buildings with splaydes : TastyWheat
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                      http://users.swing.be/amazingslade/slade.htm ? : drucifer
                      • UNSEE! UNSEE! : TastyWheat
            • Looks like a SPORK to me... : Maddog_Delphi97
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              WTF YOU HAVE METAL SPORKS? I NEED ONE! : Luminair
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                You could be the coolest guy at KFC! : TheArtMan
                • I'm buying a set of these right now: http://www.splayds.com/ No thanks for the help cords, I'm tapping... : Luminair
  • Awesome. : Chris Remo
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    It seriously took me over a minute to figure out how the second part of this post related to the first. ... : Zero|DPX
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      It took me a few seconds, but one I got it, I groaned. Oh, how I groaned. : Helter Skelter
      • you groan at everything : CoRDS
  • hahaha hilarious : biskits
  • That's it. You win. Shut it all down. : brickmatt
  • Hahah nice nice. : TastyWheat
  • Two drums and a cymbal fall off a cliff... : ColoradoCNC
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    it's been 5 mins and im not getting it : strandgeck
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      Where do you live? In one of those Lucozade countries? : dognose
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        hay dognose I ate thai tonight and the waitress was hot : TastyWheat
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          you ate a thai waitress? was she spicy? : CoRDS
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            fucking racist : floated
            • when he eats out he eats out : CoRDS
          • I always wanted to get with an Asian woman to see if they tasted like the oriental flavor Ramen Noodles. : riptyde
  • You've been saving that one for a while, haven't you? : node
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    I still don't get it. :( : Gary the Llama
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      Geeez we gotta spell it out for you? :) TAB is a soda drink too. http://home.epix.net/~tjwagner/tab.html : Optimus Prime
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        But... That's... That's just not funny... I'm failing at the Shack a lot lately. :( : Gary the Llama
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          You're not alone - that post is overhyped and the funny never showed up. : PowerofA
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            Yeh, I'm not finding the humor in it either. Ah well. : slip42o
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              You probably don't like the Three Stooges either. : TheArtMan
              • Actually I do :) : slip42o
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            besides, they haven't sold TAB in the US for ages. : edgewise
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              i see it at the local grocery stores each time in there. i'm just too much of a chicken to actually buy i... : kbnerd
              • if it's anything like the old TAB (i.e. sweetened with saccharin) then it's fucking gross. : edgewise
    • http://www.gono.com/museum2003/museum%20collect%20info/tab/tab.ht94.jpg : d fluke
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    To start press any key. (reading screen) Where's the "any" key? I see Esc, Catarl, and Pig Up. There does : Rasnowl
    • funny episode! : creep
    • LOL i forgot how funny that was. thank you. : jonc
  • awesomely awesome : thekidd
• If nothing happens when you press them, then it's liekly you have to go into Mouseware to bind those butt... : edgewise
• are you talking about the little + and - on top and bottom of wheel? They change the dpi on the fly, maki... : notext
• Change the mouse DPI, thus sensitivity. Switches from 400, 800, and 1600. I think it always boots to ... : Freon