Evening Reading

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• Nope. : ventro

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  Actually there were pictures of a guy taking a piece of steel wool to a blu-ray disc and it coming out un... : JINKY
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    hooray found em http://www.blu-ray.com/images/ifa2005/tdk_06.jpg http://www.blu-ray.com/images/ifa200... : JINKY
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      wow... that's really amazing. A big plus for Blu-Ray in my book. Do you know if HD-DVD will be similarly ... : James T. Kirk
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        I don't think so. The coating for that disc might be exclusive to the tdk brand now that I read about it... : JINKY
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          Blu-ray discs aren't in cartridges : Chris Remo
          • I saw some of the original concepts some time ago that still showed blu-rays in cartriges, and thought th... : James T. Kirk
          • They used to be! back in my day : JINKY
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        I remember people doing that with CD's back when they were emerging... :( "Even when scratched, they play... : Halen
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          this is an actual new coating for BD because the discs are inherently more fragile. they were required t... : smacknca
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            exactly. Its a requirement for Blu-ray since the laser sits at something like .1 millimeter from the dis... : rasputinreborn
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              $1600 players and $25+ discs FTW!!! : ^-SeaWolf-^
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                I'm probably not with the majority here, but I'd pay 25 bucks for a movie if the disc was truly scratch r... : James T. Kirk
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                  no way, if movies are on sale for $15 on release day there's no way i would consider buying one for $25 e... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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                    how much were DVDs when they came out? : James T. Kirk
                    • being a radically different technology than VHS, $10-15 more now VHS doesn't exist. i wouldn't dr... : ^-SeaWolf-^
                    • The price of the medium is nothing compared to the price you pay for the movie itself. Look at DVDs now. ... : Bingo
            • Count down to people tilting their blu-ray players and scratching the disc. : Blackdawgg
• Some more info: http://www.physorg.com/news9607.html http://cnet.com.au/desktops/storage/0,39029473,4... : Ride-My-Rocket

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  I was actually just flipping three the NYC Shackmeet '05 pictures. Good times : notd665
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    Wasn't nyranger66 thinking about getting the band back together again for another meet sometime early thi... : Ride-My-Rocket
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      http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=2636 :( : mikecyb
      • Doh. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  lol, who the fuck wants to go to VA ? Schedule it somewhere cool like DC and I'm sure you'd get people to... : qwpeoriu
  • Ok, maybe I should have said VA area. Not all parts of VA are ass backwards parts of the world, though. H... : prfectjon
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  I'm not a Bum. : Matto357
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    No, you're a "Shackmeet Attending Bum." It's a whole other species. : prfectjon
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      I've only been to like, three or so. Which isn't that much considering how many ATL area shackers there ... : Matto357
      • More than I've been to. : prfectjon
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  you have a south east VA shackmeet, and I'm there. : thekidd
  • I'm sure if we incorporated DC/Richmond/Hampton Roads/Raleigh-Durham (since that's no more than 3-4 hours... : prfectjon
  • That would be most convenient for me too, but too bad SE VA pretty much sucks. : dkrulz

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  a: Take an asprin b: go to the doctors asap. : baron calamity
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    yeah, take an aspirin once or twice a day until you see the doc ASAP! : Luminair
    • Thanks, aspirin taken : rosone
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  Don't be dumb. Go to a doctor and get cheked ASAP. Tell them about chest pains. They will make you do ... : GeorgeB3DR
  • also tell em GeorgeB sent you. : CoRDS
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    Yea, I'm not planning to mess with this at all. I had such test before but that was ~10 years ago. Thank ... : rosone
    • None of us know anything about this, but there may be reason to go to the emergency room, and maybe you s... : Luminair
• Uncomfortable pressure, fullness or squeezing pain in the chest, often also in neck area and down the lef... : fluffy64
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  Couple years ago my boss blew off his chest pain. He worked all day with the pain and finally about midn... : quietb0y
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    ...went TO THE DOCTOR, I mean :) : quietb0y
    • Yeah, that little omission really changes the context! :) : rasputinreborn
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  It could be a hundred different things with an embolism and heart attack being the least. Tell me more a... : midgetlover
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    I'd rate it 2 max. It doesn't really hurt, it only bothers me. It's pretty uncomfortable, I feel some pre... : rosone
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      The reason I ask about the spicy food and lying/reclining down is that it can be a gastric issue (i.e Pep... : midgetlover
      • Well, the symphoms started right after new years eve, I had some food there that I'm probably not used to... : rosone
• I am not a doctor, nor do I play one on the internet. Go to the doctor. Go directly to the doctor. ... : ThomW
• The reason I ask about the spicy food and lying/reclining down is that it can be a gastric issue (i.e Pep... : midgetlover
• Drink a couple beers, play some video games, lounge around for a while and if you aren't dead by then, go... : boomstickah
• My dad had been having chest pains off and on for a couple months. He'd get winded when working outside ... : pres589
• I have the same symptoms since 1 month ago, some days the pain isn't there, some other, it happens 2 or 3... : Zorgblub
• You'd be a fool to not go to a doctor. : mr.sleepy
• I've had that, too, turned out it was only stress and my nerves around my heart were temporarily effected... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Have you been lifting or doing anything particularally strenous with your chest muscles, I got something ... : Yabrodan
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  Alien Gestation Period is 72 hours. So that's out. : freqq28
  • Thats exactly what I was thinking. : byggdaddy
• I had chest pain at one of my sister-in-laws Christmas parties a few years back. I was drinking (though ... : Force[FED]
• have you ever tried taking a tums? I get similar pressure but tums relieves it. i can't burp, like i phys... : get_navi
• After seeing a doctor... http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11410337 : rosone

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• oh man, and i thought connecticut was bad... : Koba1t

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• there is going to be a wall of shame this year. Wonder when its going up. : suicidemachine
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  cpt_gloval should put up his wall of shame so you know who you are supposed to hate. :) But in the end, y... : SilverSnake
  • I sent out my 2004 and 2005! but no neither has said anyhting in return. : Ratalon
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  People these days :( If you're not going to send anything, don't sign up! This isn't some free loot eve... : hadokennn
  • I was worried I'd be lazy so I sat it out. Although honestly if I had signed up I would feel too guilty ... : uncle slappy
  • 26 people haven't sent theirs yet! Come on people, send them out! : fugu124
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  their names should be announced and everyone should send them boxes of coal and poop next year. : quietb0y
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    nah, they should just be excluded next year from participating. : Matto357
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      it sucks being in the ~9% ppl who didnt get theirs. it was a pretty good participation % i was surprised,... : barichnikov
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        Yeah, but perhaps we could set it up so that those that didn't get something this year but sent something... : Matto357
        • and i agree ! : barichnikov

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  Also, how the hell do you recycle stuff? I'm throwing out like 30 Xbox-huge computer reference books alon... : yoonix
  • Damn it, fuck the trees. There's nothing nearby, so this paper is just going with everything else. : yoonix
• Any of you want some Athlon XP watercooling stuff? All Danger Den. Good pump (unused), TDX AMD cooler (un... : yoonix

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  what is this game? I have a DS I never use and this intrigues me : uncle slappy
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Crossing It's a single/multi-player game where you live in a town ... : jimmy-buffett
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  bump : jimmy-buffett
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    I'm looking - can't find ya (0816-6682-7162) : hmesser
    • just added you : jimmy-buffett

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• trauma center is fun but can be frustrating. partners in time is fun and rarely frustrating. good gamep... : sting7777
• Meteos is awesome -- especially head-to-head. You only need one cartridge. : ThomW

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  P3. More L2 and early AMDs were shite? I think. : node
  • K6-2 AMDS were shite. Athlons were the shit. : boomstickah
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  http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2004.html?modelx=33&model1=52&model2=109&chart=26 :) : nosseman
  • good stuff thank you. : IcomeINpeace

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  shit. : sabadog
  • shit wut? : Matto357
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  Crap. Dante and I will both be busy from 1:00 until at least 7:00-ish on Sunday. Maybe we could stop by a... : UtilityMaximizer
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    Got your D20 game on? I forgot which one of you GM's but whoever it is should suddenly have a meteor k... : Matto357
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      It's our last game session, and we're going out to dinner afterward. Although I could kill them all with ... : UtilityMaximizer
      • hehe, come on, that would be solid awesomeness! : Matto357
• bump for the morning ladies. : Matto357

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• err all times EST not MST.. I suck : Solstice
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  GO! Leafs! GO! : IcomeINpeace
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    LOL!!! Didja enjoy last night's game? : Solstice
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      didn't see it...after pushing a full size Suburban into the garage I fell asleep :(( : IcomeINpeace
      • Well you only missed one goal. By Robyn Regher :D Tho give the devil his due, Eddie fucking stood on h : Solstice
• Can't get "Hockey Night in Canada" anymore where I live in Michigan. 8( Don Cherry was funny as hell. : byggdaddy

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  Signed and posted on IMDB. : happynoodle
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    where on IMDB did you post it? : mr.sleepy
    • Type in Uwe Boll.. it should be on his profile at the bottom. : happynoodle
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  hahahah signed : askedrelic
  • wait, what did I just sign? : askedrelic
• Better off writing letters to the people that actually matter. If not Boll himself, then Konami, or whoev... : Orange Pylon
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  Do these things ever work? : suicidemachine
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    Never. :( : AlexXdude
    • lies, TTT petition got major media coverage!!11!11!1!! : ^-SeaWolf-^
  • Yes. Vivendi let some guys continue to make a Kings Quest game after enough people had signed some online... : James T. Kirk
• This is NOTHING PERSONAL against Uwe Boll!! Where is the one that is something personal against Uwe Boll... : reign27
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  We are up to 11, hopefully that is more than the amount of ppl that will see Blood Rayne and Uwe Boll wil... : skitzo
  • This petition goes up to eleven : riptyde
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  why do people still care. does a bad movie somehow taint an awesome game? is Doom suddenly a shitty gam... : mikecyb
  • because there will always be that oh there's that shitty movie or whatever. hay did you play doom3? n... : ^-SeaWolf-^
  • Also, people prefer to watch good movies more so than bad movies. : Anti_dentite
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  I'd love to see a list of online petitions that have worked. Anyone have a link? : Porkasaurus
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    here you go: : mikecyb
    • Don't forget these: : Fred Garvin
• hey, if he does a MGS2 movie, it will automatically be better than the game. /not signing. : pyide
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  If Konami/Kojima let this happen, they deserve it. : GeorgeB3DR
  • ohhh my.... I don´t think it will happen, I mean Kojima always stands for quality and he should ... : PnCia
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    Duke Nukem: The Movie directed by Uwe Boll, coming summer 2010 : empathe
    • When it's done : uncle slappy
    • Ahem, i'd expect the movie to come out after the game, no? : disembodied potato
• Jack Thompson to the rescue! (#22) : o0JediBeavis0o
• Why do people care? there has already been an MGS film, it came out before the game and its still awsome!... : disembodied potato
• lol... i would sign a petition to hire a hitman to assasinate boll. : SlamDunk

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  IP spoof : qwpeoriu
  • is there an idiot proof way of doing that? : James T. Kirk
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  Couldn't you go through one of those anyonomizers, there like online proxy servers : hube
  • I tried that just now, using the site http://anonymouse.org Didn't work though :-( Currently, the p : James T. Kirk
  • http://www.proxyking.net/ WORKS!!! Woot! : James T. Kirk
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  wut? what kind of crazy country wont let you use google video? : CoRDS
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    Germany. Don't ask me why though. I can't get a @gmail adress anymore either. My new gmail address ends i... : James T. Kirk
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      time to move to holland yo : CoRDS
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        I thought you guys were running out of space up there. Seriously though, if I'd have the cash I'd do that... : James T. Kirk
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          im not there, but i would be if i could : CoRDS
          • I'd improve your nightvision, no doubt : James T. Kirk
• copy the google video url, goto google translate, pop in the url and tell it to translate it. : Blackdawgg

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• by not bad you mean incredibly corny and god awefull? :< : dilutedq
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  a guild from germany made not one but four hiphop style songs about WoW in general and an opposing guild ... : AbortedFetusChristi
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    what's with the burning hatred ? music is music. : qwpeoriu
    • music is music as long as it is contained safely within the confines of a physical medium, like the artis... : AbortedFetusChristi

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  Sony Ericsson K750i is the perfect phone for you. 2mp camera, and the most responsive interface of any ph... : peanut-
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    Yeah that phone is good, its my girlfriends phone, so i technically need to get one better so i retain so... : disembodied potato
    • THere is no better phone though :( Steal hers and buy her a pink RAZR to replace it. She'll be too distra... : peanut-
    • The OSX/Sony Ericsson integration is really nice. SMS from address book and so on. I'm sure other phoes a... : gingerninja
• samsung z500 is nice. but its a wcdma 3g phone and as such prolly wont work in backwards tech countries : CoRDS
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  Who do you have service with? : uncle slappy
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    02 (i'm in the uk) : disembodied potato
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      Motorola PEBL : uncle slappy
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        yeah i was looking at the pebl too, had any experiance with it? whats it like? : disembodied potato
        • A little experience at work with the demos, I plan to get one. : uncle slappy
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        The interface on the PEBL isn't the greatest in the world, and the 1.3MP camera isn't up to current stand... : ShekkyBoy
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          1.3MP is plenty for a phone IMO. It's got bluetooth, and it's small and sexy. What more do you want? : uncle slappy
          • I might go for that one, i'm not after a phone thats top of the range, just one that works and isn't over... : disembodied potato
          • Well, a better interface for one. I used my friend's PEBL for a week and it was pretty annoying how cumbe... : ShekkyBoy
• nokia 6280 looks good, compact, 3g, new generation qvga menus with new cpu, should be faster and responsi... : Gaurav Sharma

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  I hear that the heat generated from using a P4-m laptop can make your sperm count drop to zero if you use... : Prozium
  • pro and a con. : jcutner
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  anyone else have opinions on this thing? : IcomeINpeace
  • We need more specs than that. : TwiLyght

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  What? : Bean
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    I KNEW YOU COULDN'T STAY AWAY! HAHAHAHAHAHA! : Rice-Rocketeer
    • Hmm...looks like this is old news. I quit. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
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  where the hell do you work?! 0_o : -Panther-
  • Shack server-room : TastyWheat
• Went to the Sands, eh? : Reptile
• Dude, you do NOT know where that hand has been Well, maybe you do. In which case, DUDE, you DO know wh... : Deathlove
• That settles it, I'm moving to... Nevada? : tomservo
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  So you gave 3 girls pneumonia? :( : dognose
  • Dudes, pneumonia :[ : melkore
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    Possibly. : Poor Yurik
    • lolz : tomservo
    • -- but highly unlikely. I'm several days into meds + I was careful to try and not get them sick...so no ... : Poor Yurik
• "Poor Yurik" indeed. :( : Halen
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  Isn't CES underway in Vegas now? O_o Or did they merge the Adult Entertainment Show with the software ... : dodob
  • No, both shows are separate...but they do go on at the same time. : Reptile
• You HAVE to ask him about this: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11407937 I still don't know if th... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• When I had pneumonia I was on the floor in pain coughing so hard I thought I was going to die =( : Hello Kitty

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  You know, I have Ninja Gaiden and Ninja Gaiden Black still in the shrink wrap. I believe I am afraid to p... : ez054098
  • It is the best 3D action game I've ever played, and one of the best games overall. Unwrap it and play it... : omnova
  • If you won't play NG: Black, send it to me! I'll play it for you! : AlexXdude
  • you are crazy like a... thing. Open! Play! : BenMurphy
• That motherfucking Red Dragon : TastyWheat
• I think I stopped after the second mission on Very Hard. I love the game but twice through it is enough : omnova
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  MASTER NINJA THEME SONG!!! : Omaha
  • wukkachukkawukkachukkawukkachukka : SiW73
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  I just started playing this game and i got to the flying purple/pink chick/thing in the altar room. I ha... : paravis
  • On hard in the original Ninja Gaiden I had to load an older savegame and grind out enough money for some ... : yemeth

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• Now playing: Springtime for Hitler : uncle slappy

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• I love them. I GUESS THIS IS WHERE WE DIFFER. : sgtsanity
• They actually Anger me as well.. I can laugh at stupid shit.. but that is just STUPID. : Ratalon
• They are some of my favorite commercials. Fricken hilarious. : dilutedq
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  the commercial obviously worked becuase youre thinking about the product while the ad isnt being played : eeeealmo
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    they worked in that i will never ever even consider contemplating purchasing a psp. i have enough hate t... : ^-SeaWolf-^
    • I'm going to buy one now because you hate the ads so much! : Krypt_
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  I'm starting to think that marketing people (what are they called anyway? Marketeers? Marketoons??) live ... : genjuro
  • Actually, as I understand such things, the really clever marketeers are clinical psychologists who turned... : algernoN8
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  PSP: Hells yeah. : Judecca
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    "Hells yeah" is one of my least favorite phrases at the moment. I can't fucking stand it. : dltrem
    • hells yeah! : deKaf

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  Butterfly in the sky : TotalFusionOne
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    I can fly twice as high! : s2jason
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      take a look, it's in a book : ^-SeaWolf-^
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        I can go anywhere! : mourningstar
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          Friends to know and ways to grow - Reading Rainbow. : mourningstar
          • Du hast mich gefragt und ich hab nichts gesagt : BenMurphy
• Lavar Burton in the man! But you don't have to take my word for it. : mrfunky3000