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  HOLY FUCK YOUR COUSIN IS ZIM?! : SiW73
  • ^^^ya, that. : p4ck3tloss
  • Have you the BRAIN WORMS?! : Balboa
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    ^^^^^ O_O O_O!!! +250 DKP just for being near ZIM! : Damodred
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      I...I didn't realize Invader Zim was that popular. It's been awhile since I've watched TV, and even long... : exigence7
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        it's got a pretty strong cult following, not really popular but has a small group of zealous fanatics : alexthegreat2
        • It's pretty damn popular with the geeks. : unlurker
      • Your cuz is one of my favorite voice actors. Daggett and Zim are two of my favorite cartoon characters :o : BenMurphy
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      Are you Fucking Kidding me?!?! I looooove that cartoon. Especialy Grrr. : voodooraze
      • It's not broken! It's advaaaaaaaaaaanced. : Damodred
      • I LOVEDED THE PIGGIE :( :( :( : Deathlove
      • GIR. He's a broken SIR. : Fredrik S
      • GIR for the motherfuckin' win! RIP Invader Zim. Curse you Viacom!!! : prfectjon
      • One of the best cartoons ever. A friend of mine has an Irken army symbol tat on his shoulder. : unlurker
      • <3 GIR, my favorite cartoon character EVER! : Frozen Pixel
      • I have Gir floormats in my CAR. "Ride the piggy!" Greatest. Character. EVER. : TastyWheat
      • Zim -- "Gir, why is there bacon in the soap!?" Gir -- "AH MADE IT MAH SELF!!!" : Ride-My-Rocket
  • haha ya wtf that's awesome. And he's the voice of Billy off of Billy and Mandy Grim adventures! : kevp
  • second this, tripling incredulity : Deathlove
  • SERIOUSLY AWESOME (and I always thought that Zim and Raz sounded *very* close) : zakazi
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  What the fuck?! You just mention that in casual on THE SHACK? That's awesome! I loved that game, Raz was ... : node
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    I hear they've practically got it down to a science. It's scripted and everything; very little is improv... : Rotten Deadite
    • Oh sure, but the actors are local improv actors for some reason. I guess because they're used to doing wh... : node
• well, that is the main character and the character sounded good to me : Patch-e
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  You must... nay.. MUST record him doing Invader Zim saying that he will annihilate the shack and fill it ... : Fredrik S
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    You know, he's a really cool guy. I could do this. Unless there's some sort of legal reason or somethin... : exigence7
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      if you can swing this it would be so awesome I would actually have a brain meltdown. : Fredrik S
      • Yes yes yes, I would even send you tasty MEAAAAAT! : Damodred
• My kids and I love his voice work. XD Let him know he has fans here. Summer school was one of my favo... : Stoned Gargoyle
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  I love that movie. Your cousin has done a metric fuck ton of voice work. : sigpro
  • <3 for my favorite unit of measurement. : steelsamurai
• He did a very good job. I really liked that game. : sharpie
• omg..your cousin has brought me hours upon hours of joy. no lie! all i watch is cartoons. especially shit... : oggypip
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  You ARE an Eakian! So, did he get it on with Courtney Thorne-Smith? : Bold
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    Lol. No, he ended up marrying my cousin, who strangely enough is Armenian. (I'm not sure if that technic... : exigence7
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      This is your cousin? http://www.netspace.org/~icwp/klazarian.html : SinistarX
      • ^^^^ stalking skills : SiW73
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw6luwiDcmU Shut your noisetube taco human! : Fredrik S
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  How much does he make? I always wondered how much these guys make. : Edges
  • He's not wealthy, but from the looks of it, he makes a decent enough living. He has a house in the Los A... : exigence7
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  My Tallest! My Tallest! Hey! Hey My Tallest! My Tallest? My Tallest! Hey! Hey! Hey! My Taaaaaaallist! My ... : Fred Garvin
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    Fred Garvin I would not have pegged you for a Zim fan. : Deathlove
    • Shows what you know about me (and the other 99% of Shackers that make the same assumptions). I love Zim a... : Fred Garvin
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  Btw, he completely upstages the main character in Destroy All Humans, too. : SiW73
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    I hated that "I'm Jack Nicholson" crap from the main character. : pigvomit
    • God yeah. I almost wonder if Pandemic didn't want Horvitz to do Crypto but someone pulled back at the la... : SiW73
• Your cousin is one of the greatest voice-actors of our generation. And I LOVED HIM in Summer School ... : treefingers1
• His website: http://www.richardhorvitz.com/home.htm Sorry if already posted. : SinistarX
• Thats awesome. I have a famous cousin, too. Well, 2 of them that are actors. http://www.imdb.com/name/... : johnny skidmarks
• My cousin has written 2 books! It's fun : Mustang|
• holy crap he was alpha 5, im so jealous. : chodog
• Raz was excellent, his work captured the character quite well. Actually most of the voice acting in that... : bakanoodle
• that's sweet. Please tell me he fondled Allota Fagina's titties when she was in Summer School. : edgewise
• Holy crap he was on an episode of B5. Sweet. : acheron
• OMG HE WAS ON "THAT'S SO RAVEN"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COOL! : Orange Pylon
• I secretly want to do voice work on teh side :( : Omaha

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  I went in on a routine stop to EB Games to reserve a copy of Gears of War...and, lo and behold, I saw a W... : lookitzpancakes
  • Haha, wow. Thanks for that :) : king_darius
  • :o : cdbeckman
  • :o : joe.gonzalez
  • and so the hype begins : chazums
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    WOW. selling the 360 without even player gears of war. wow. : bakanoodle
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      On the flip side: Let's hope Gears isn't Perfect Dark'd. : Derringer
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        I liked Perfect Dark =\ : cam3lt0sis
        • I liked it to, but it was hyped like mad and then didn't deliver according to the all-important reviews. ... : Derringer
  • lookitztheWIIIIIiiiiiiiii! : askedrelic
  • :O : stump
  • hahahhaaha, holy shit. Way to go. : crummynz
  • awesome! THanks man, I'm going to have to hit up an eb so I can try one out! : snowwolf
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    I can't tell if this post is real : Chris Remo
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      Engadget has pics of the Wii in the EB. Its real. Lucky bastard... : fusionrx
      • That's not what I meant : Chris Remo
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      why, is your experiance differant? : Nation
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        Well it's really fun, it was the selling the 360 part that got me : Chris Remo
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          so, you have played it .... you should post your experiance in a reply to this one. : Nation
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            Well most of the times I've played it I've put impressions up in articles on this site. I haven't played... : Chris Remo
            • oh, ok. I was hoping for something new. : Nation
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          I'm keeping my 360, buying Gears of War and picking up the Wii when it arrives. I have two more empty spo... : bstrad
          • SOme of us (pancakes) are young and poor. Others are old and poor (me :( : rasputinreborn
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          I can see selling the 360. I'm not really sure why I bought mine now in the end. I don't know how you'd c... : Bantis
          • Actually, the Oddworld people are working on a new game + movie- I'm sure it'll show up on multiple platf... : Borzoi
        • He can always buy another one when they start making the reliable ones early next year. : abrasion
  • for the Wiin : elwood00
  • :O : Rasnowl
  • Sweeeet : loboca
  • yes! i wonder how long the lines will be to play this at the nintendo world store tomorrow : burgertime
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    I cannot stress enough how perfect the controller feels in your hand. It is a truly near-flawless experie... : lookitzpancakes
    • looks like someone thinks you're pulling our legs. but i believe! : burgertime
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      I hope you're fully serious. I've been trusting nintendo all along with this controller deal because the... : DinK
      • I wouldn't take anyone seriuosly if they walked into a store to put down money on Gears of War for the 36... : ease_one
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      People are going to surprised at how ridiculously precise and responsive the controller is. : Serpico74
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        I'd love to beleive you but the fact is a lot of media guys like Chris and other such chaps in magazines ... : abrasion
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          I'm also talking based on personal experience. I've played Wii Sports (tennis only), Mario Galaxy, Excite... : Serpico74
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            I should also say that my main reaction wasn't "wow, this is really accurate and responsive", which is wa... : Serpico74
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              but I take it you stand by this http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13176395 I kind of want one and I ki... : abrasion
              • I completely stand by that. The pointer demos (table tennis, duck hunt, etc) weren't sensitivity tune... : Serpico74
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          The doubts to which you refer have been in regards to first person shooters. The "dead zone" is used in : Chris Remo
          • I agree with that. I thought Red Steel at E3 was crap. I was crushed after I saw it. I wonder how the fin... : Serpico74
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            We've nailed it. : Jack Mathews
            • Hawt. :D : fechols
            • Liar, liar, pants on fire! :( Please be true. : d fluke
            • Oh god this post turns me on. Metroid LUST! : yAak
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    Shill!!!! Damn I can't decide if I should buy one now, or wait till Metroid and Galaxy come out next y... : persuxe
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      i have the exact same problem. especially since i love zelda : elwood00
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        Yea, besides zelda, nothing else grabs me as a must have game. Red steel seems very short, and I haven't ... : persuxe
        • WarioWare, dude. : Borzoi
        • TRAUMA CENTER!! : Iwannaacura
  • shill! i want one too : Toxy
  • well i am glad you had fun with it, but to sell your 360 for it is a little absurd.. its only $250... wh... : jeffmace3917
  • hot!!!!!!!!! There's only one store around here with one and it's not on display until tomorrow "at the ... : FushigiDenki
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    Cool. I'm going to hit up my newly opened Gamestop and see if they have Wii. : freshyk
    • You can hit that up in a public toilet. LOLLERZ! : Drewus
  • I liked it a lot when I played it but your love for it easily exceeds mine. :) : Serpico74
  • sounds like fun! woooo!! (oops, i mean wiiiiiii!!!) : virus
  • it has begun.. : eggnoodles
  • exciiiiiiiiiiiiiite TRUCK. Entertaining story ,but I choose not to believe it. Yes Im buying wii ,but ... : Cashh
  • Tha'ts awesome, but comeon - selling your 360? No GOW? :/ : kainen1
  • and still I am still not ready to plunk down money cause I think I will bore of that after 15minutes. : notext
  • Wow.. that's awesome. I had a feeling it was going to be good after seeing how great the gameplay was wi... : Pneum0
  • So, it's 11:00, and the glow I have from the Wii has still not gone away. Every time I think about the po : lookitzpancakes
  • So do you not like current 360 games or what? This post seems over the top considering how different bot... : PSYCHON
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    Exactly why did they want your drivers license? : snagger
    • So he wouldn't run off with the controllers : PSYCHON
  • Excite Truck was pretty horrible when I played it. Other than that I utterly loved my time with the wii a... : node
  • Selling the 360 eh? I'd hold off on that for a little while, I think you might just be jumping the gun. : Dan 101
  • knee jerk reactions ftw : kydaimon
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  sounds awesome, but why on earth would excite truck make you ditch a fps on the 360? If you aren't a shil... : hunterkiller
  • (GOW isn't an FPS) : Chris Remo
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    I don't have the money to buy a Wii, and I am perfectly happy to sell my 360 to GET the money to buy the ... : lookitzpancakes
    • how are you going to sell it to afford a Wii? : byorn
    • makes sense. I guess I'm skeptical, but this sounds pretty damn cool. : hunterkiller
    • you should sell it now before they decide to lower the price and before wii/ps3 come out. : alexthegreat2
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    Because he had a lot of fun playing the Wii, who are you to decide that for him? : FushigiDenki
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      I didn't decide anything, just asking a question. Sorry to piss in your cheerios. : hunterkiller
      • The are honey nut so they already smell like pee. : FushigiDenki
  • Because he chooses an exciting new way of playing games over a graphics/hardware upgrade of the same kind... : DinK
  • Because he hates freedom : Drewus
  • lol indeed he should. grade A : cam3lt0sis
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  God, posts like this make me want to go to the mall, but the other side of me wants to be surprised come ... : Bantis
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    Playing Mario 64 for the first time on the TRU demo unit is still possibly the most memorable gaming mome : Serpico74
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      Oh man, the first experience with Mario64 in the store is one of those gaming moments burned into my memo... : DinK
      • my first experience with Mario 64 was in our hotel room in Japan after picking up an N64 from Akihabara e... : warpdude
  • Yup, i'd spend hours there playing Mario 64. I'd let other people play, and the second they left I'd play... : Bantis
  • I played it at Toys R Us as well when I was 8 or 9 i think. God damn that is probably one of the first ga... : h o s t i l e
  • haha I skipped class during high school to go play the N64 @ ToysRus with one of my buds. We played Mar... : Shadowdane
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    I remember when the NES display at Sears was the hot item. The display had a switchbox that let you push... : guido anchovy
    • No way, when it comes to buying your original NES, Consumer's Distributing for the win. : V3N0M
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    Best Gaming Experience Ever: Quake 3 Arena Bus Nothing will ever top that. Omg. I filled twelve cups... : cam3lt0sis
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      I did the Quake 3 bus three times, won first place each time. MEH. I can't even begin to compare th... : Serpico74
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        Meh for Quake 3 bus = gamer card revoked. : cam3lt0sis
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          Big giant meh. It was so fucking easy too. It's all coming back to me now, the map was DM4. You just get ... : Serpico74
          • Well, I had good matches when I went. It was close every round. I got first on a couple rounds, second ... : cam3lt0sis
        • Q3 bus = boring in comparison to Mario64 demo at Toys R' Us : Korban
    • Hell yeah. I was an embedded journalist on the tour from Dallas (QuakeCon) to Austin. Had a great time... : jason bergman
    • Drove from Las Cruces, NM, to El Paso, TX to play on the Q3 Arena Bus. Played twice and won first both t... : xoque
• From my brief time on one of the Wii games a few weeks ago, I completely agree. The system is awesome! : ColoradoCNC

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• LOL!!!!! :D : bitter ego
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  Martin Lawrence would be a great fit too : d fluke
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    James Bond is not batshit crazy. : mrfunky3000
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      Yet. : Stoned Gargoyle
      • dude, I snorted. lol. : sharkII
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    Chris Tucker! : -efx-
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      As Ruby Rodd playing James Bond. : Stoned Gargoyle
      • That'd be so green. : -efx-
• Of all the great black actors, he is not one, and I would never consider him a good fit for bond. Ever. I... : Stoned Gargoyle
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  I' all for a black Bond, but P-Dipshit is just suck a fucking joke. : Dan 101
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    hmm, who would make a good black bond? : Mr.SEX
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      Colin Salmon EOT. : Jonathan
      • oh shit, is that teh guy from keen eddie? he was awesome in that show : Mr.SEX
      • Well, he's a damn good choice. But he's already appeared in three Bond films. :( : bitter ego
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      Kanye West will not stop until he is the black Bond. : filtersweep
      • "i jumped over canyons and shit!" : lokdown
    • Cedric the Entertainer : kingdok
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      Chiwetel Ejiofor, hands down. : FushigiDenki
      • *the agent from Serenity : FushigiDenki
      • I really don't know how I missed this post. I loose. : Stoned Gargoyle
    • Mr. Eko. : stump
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      Bernie Mac : bad_fish
      • Wait, I change my answer to kid'n'play : bad_fish
    • Sidney Poitier would have, but he's getting kinda old. : smax
    • denzel : klearlyunseen
    • Chiwetel Ejiofor, the Operative from Serenity. : Stoned Gargoyle
    • Obama : pilgrimage
    • The guy who plays Tyrone in Snatch. : freshyk
    • Levar Fucking Burton : sammyl
    • Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje!! (Mr. Eko from Lost) I mean, come on... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:... : MaxPete82
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  Denzel Washington would make a better Bond : Wolfanoz
  • Can't imagine him doing the accent very well :( : dopeman
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  Mos Def could do it too. No problem with Bond being black, more of a problem with him not being English. : bakanoodle
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    Mos Def is awesome and yeah, this has nothing to do with Bond as a black guy but more of P-Diddy being a ... : -efx-
    • yeah, the whole article is just to raise controversy and give a fading star some needed publicity. : bakanoodle
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    i was tempted to say mos def, but he seems too jovial for a guy like bond. maybe if i saw him in a more ... : Mr.SEX
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      yeah, I know what you mean. I though he did a good job in Hitchhiker's, I'm sure he could pull off the s... : bakanoodle
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        Watch Something The Lord Made; it's Mos Def in a serious role. He did pretty good, IMO. : yoonix
        • I was just about to respond with this. I thought he was very good in this one. : Zeeliv
• My List of Black James Bonds: * Will Smith ("Did you stir my martini? AWW HELL NAW!!") * Dennis Haysb... : MisterPhoton
• Stupid Diddy, that's what Undercover Brother 2 is for. You and your talentless(acting) ass. : pobone
• Colin Salmon is the only acceptable choice as far as black men go. I would have been open to it anyway. W... : K1Bond007

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  Speaking of which, how do I connect my 2001FP to the Wii? : Athlon7
  • Vivo card, tuner card, etc : Bantis
• yeah :( it's not 'next-gen' etc etc : chazums
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  Dang man. Ugh, I have to figure out what to do with only one set of component inputs on the tv, and I alr... : loboca
  • component switch? : whore
• Euro gamer now says they will be available at retail http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=6946... : Turd Ferguson
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  even with the cables it won't look that sexy on you HD TV.. 480p is just plain ugly on HD LCD, DLP, Plasm... : jeffmace3917
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    I play far more 480p (or even 480i) games on my HDTV than I do HD games. I hardly ever play retail 360 g... : Chris Remo
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      that doesn't mean it's not ugly as hell to some of us. : sigpro
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        However, it does mean that it isn't ugly as hell to others of us. : Chris Remo
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          it's just something we will agree to disagree on. : sigpro
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            that goes without saying... Are you going to bash Wii graphics for the next 3 or 4 years or what? : FushigiDenki
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              i've actually never bashed a games graphics outrite. I've stated that i'm disappointed by only 480p , and... : sigpro
              • Nope, I'm probably getting GoW and I'm enjoying a few features from the last update. : FushigiDenki
  • widescreen and progressive scan is better than not widescreen and progressive, eot : FushigiDenki
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    Yes, because the original X-Box looks godawful on those sets... Wait, what? : walker270
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      low poly textures, no AA, low res and bland washed out colors do look bad on a nice big LCD. Doesn't mean... : sigpro
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        You know, I'm really, really annoyed by people like you. You sit there and act like if something isn't s : walker270
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          lol, ok. Excuse me for having an opinion on how something looks. Ever watched normal non HD tv on an LCD?... : sigpro
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            SD tv looks much much worse than 480P content though : rasputinreborn
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              I Repeat: 480P = DVD not SDtv : rasputinreborn
              • edtv : Halen
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        but the mass majority of Nintendo's projected audience DOESN'T have an HDTV. They DON'T care about GeeWhi... : Bantis
        • never said they would. I understand why they made the wii the way they did. Good for them. : sigpro
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    480p looks just fine on my HDTV... : Serpico74
    • yeah zelda ww and metroid prime look sharp as hell on my 2405 through component. : eggnoodles
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    My GC in 480p looks fantastic on my HDTV. : timmie
    • Same... I'm starting to think his TV just has a really shitty upconverter... : walker270
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  Does the Wii support HDMI? I'm thinking it doesn't, but who knows.. : mystifier
  • Definitely not, heh. : FushigiDenki
  • Nope. Why would it? The only compelling reason to use HDMI is for the additional bandwidth offered for tr... : ieGod
• yea its weak, but there will be third party cables available in stores....eventually. : maulla
• wow that is craptacular : virus
• I'd be shocked if you couldn't get them at the Nintendo World store. : Yanks
• Goddamn, that is fucking stupid. : TastyWheat
• ok, theres something i just dont understand...if their letting retaileers like best buy, circuit city, et... : klearlyunseen
• Fucking cunt, I was hoping they'd sell the component cables before it goes on sale in stores. I held m... : abrasion
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  where are these for sale? I couldn't find them on any site so far... : hamachi
  • I'm sure word will spread fast once they're released. I really hope I get one for when the system launche... : Serpico74
• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13080693 : low-g

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  glad i havent bought it yet. but im not sure my system can handle it.... p4 2.8 HT, 1.5 gigs ram, 9800 ... : oHnOES
  • easily can handle it : jaga
• The UI wasn't exactly "good" in the first one, either. Missing animations, though? That's pretty absurd... : Arcanum
• I'm enjoying it so far. UI is a mess though. : trove
• Gah! I don't want to hear this. The NWN chain is infallible! : tboomer2
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  Has anyone taken a Bioware/Black Isle property and properly run with it? KOTOR II: Mess of an ending; ... : EvilDolemite
  • Well those were both made by Obsidian (oh snap) : deKaf
  • Obsidian is the same group of people as Black Isle? I don't think anyone's worked on a Bioware game other... : Jonathan
• Well, we now know Obsidian != Bioware. They are 0 for 2 on sequels to Bioware games. : johnny skidmarks
• They're overly melodramatic and whiny. Read http://www.octopusoverlords.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=40958&... : LordPall
• I think it's an awesome game with issues. I'm having a blast. : wykd
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  The game isn't nearly as bad as the haters are making it sound. : trOmblyj
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    exactly. The game has bugs, just like about every other game that's initially released. I don't think its... : Bantis
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      i agree, seems to be getting harder than it deserves, but i havent had significant problems. The ui/cont... : stgulik
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        You have 120 use slots for each character that map to keys "1" through "=" over multiple pages. I don't t... : project13
        • he means binding engine/control commands. I'd love to be able to use q and e to rotate the camera. : Bantis
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          hrm. went and looked at the manual and the pages switch like i want them to. Wierd, dont know why it wasn... : stgulik
          • also, since i missed that shortcut, does anyone know a way to detach the camera from a character? drives... : stgulik
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  I picked it up, wish I hadn't. It's overall not polished, voice acting is just horrible heh..it's like t... : judge
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    Can you auto level your party members? (Like Kotor style) I don't mind getting involved with one characte... : lokdown
    • yeah, and in fact you don't choose the npc's classes, you just have to select the skills, feats, spells : judge
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  Holy shit, the NWN2 forums are just fucking brutal right now. : mr.sleepy
  • thats what he said : boring gegtik
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    Holy shit, the NWN2 forums are just fucking brutal right now. : judge
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      Okay, but what are NWN2 forums like right now? : Bold
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        I think he means his video card can't take it. : ann thracks
        • thats what he said. : ShekkyBoy
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    Holy shit, the NWN2 forums : Solar Jetman
    • are just fucking brutal right now : PlanetPerfecto
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  oh it's not that bad : Clay
  • I'm still on the fence about it myself. : Visceral Monkey
• All of that stuff is pretty standard fare for a PC RPG. Except for recycled music, hahahah : JINKY
• Buy the game, I don't think you will regret it. I'm sure they'll patch at some point. It really is good... : wykd
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  for those that do have it - what class/race are you playing as? : Clay
  • Wood Elf Ranger (currently level 5), going for Arcane Archer Prestige Class. : trOmblyj
  • Rogue, going for Duelist. : trove
  • Human Fighter going for Weapon Specialist. : -efx-
  • Human fighter/weaponmaster at the moment. Thinking about going back and playing as a rogue/warlock/assass... : stgulik
  • Human Paladin : skynet
  • Sun Elf Evoker. I'm pretty much focusing on getting as many crazy damage spells as I can. It's nice to ... : Krypt_
  • Half-elf Feral Druid : wykd
  • Aasimar paladin : Matt Burris
  • halfling/rogue : hirez
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    Human forum whiner. : Sexpansion Pack
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      lol is that a prestige class : skynet
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        epic track for that is Forum Troll. : Fyunch Click
        • Wow - when you meet the requirements YOUR RACE CHANGES TO TROLL : trOmblyj
  • Drow Ranger : Ariakus
  • I'm playing a Human/Warlock. It seems to have a decent balance between melee and perty spells... But I'm ... : mittense
  • Human Eldrich Knight!!! : SockMonkeh
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    went with human fighter, didn't realize they would stick you with decent human NPCs fighter right off the... : judge
    • Don't get too attached to that guy. : SockMonkeh
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  lol please. it's just fine. : skynet
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    seriously, what the heck.. i don't get why everyone is jumping all over it, the game itself is so much fu... : lakren
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      It's the same problem with anything. You don't hear about how great it is for people, you only hear about... : Bantis
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        i think game tech support forums attract retards like moths to a flame : skynet
        • exactly. Hlaf of the threads on there not having to do with performance are from idiots who don't realize... : Bantis
    • i've seen a few glitches here and there. but nothing to declare it "a disaster." : skynet
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  I think this is one of those cases where a game has a few major issues on launch that start a huge, unsto... : Krypt_
  • yah oblivions forums were the same way. : italiano3d
  • The best part of that NWN forum was when one of the lead programmers actually showed up and offered to lo... : -efx-
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  One of the developers posts on another forum I visit. According to him they were pretty pressured by the ... : d3tached
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    * K O T O R 2 ' D *"r]* Seriously, Obsidian just can't catch a break. : yoonix
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      FUCKING SHACKTAGS :( : yoonix
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        LOL http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13168178 we both suck : sigpro
        • It's just not meant to be. :( : yoonix
  • No surprise there. Atari isn't doing so hot these days. : Fred Garvin
  • I just really don't think it's as bad as people are making it out. Look at the stuttering problem with HL... : Bantis
• I'm having fun, for what its worth. : hirez
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  Nothing beats WoW. Nothing. : Wolfanoz
  • www.porn.com any day. : joe.gonzalez
  • Except for everything else. I'd rather play FFXI, AO, freaking GT4 than play WoW. : Ebu
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    You couldn't pay me $14.99 for me to play that joke of an RPG anymore. NWN2 is giving me much greater ple... : -efx-
    • It's called depth. Something all MMO's lack (storywise) compared to Single player RPG's. : coyoterys
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  I really wanna get this this weekend. With an nvida 7950 gtx, how likely is it that I won't be able to w... : cheshirecat
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    just follow the whole shadow/turn off water refractions/reflections till patch and you'll be fine : Bantis
    • I can live with that, thanks =] : cheshirecat
    • I'm running a 7950GT and it runs great with everything turned up to high aside from these few tweaks + tu... : Krypt_
  • I keep posting this but just to make sure turn off water reflection and water refraction and you should b... : -efx-
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  Well, if people with super fast PC's are dropping to 10fps, then I can forget about running this game :\ ... : valiance
  • runs great on my piece of shit. There is just a random bug; and there are workarounds. : Bantis
  • acutaly runs really well on my pc, you just need to not put all the fancy effects up to max. It should ru... : spdon

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• beat me by a little 2200+XP,128MB 9600XT,1024MB PC2100 : Jayx77
• I got a athlon xp 2100 1gig ram x1600 card : Ziz
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  Damn, I don't feel so bad about my rig now :( : EvilDolemite
  • hehe, probably in spring '07 im gonna upgrade to a quad core + dx10 vidcard. should be quite the upgrade.... : diddlyd
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  800mhz Duron, 512mb ram, Radeon 8500LE 128mb I mostly play starcraft, Diablo, and emulators :\ : TotalFusionOne
  • we need to bring starcraft games back in... : tomatoactivator
  • That's a lot closer to my system, but mines a bit better :D : datoo
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  i have an 8086 : sexninja!!!!
  • its what im posting on right now actually : sexninja!!!!
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    http://www.cse.uta.edu/TheMuseum@CSE/images/Atari%20800XL.JPG : Wolfanoz
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      no this is my computer: http://www.f-knieper.de/Computer/pc-8086-xt/foto.jpg i have watercooling and ... : sexninja!!!!
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        http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/ENIAC.gif : Wolfanoz
        • hey guys want to come over and play some co-op differentiation on my rig? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Im... : GloriousCow
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          Except that I actually have one of these three feet away from my PC at home (beats out sexninja's 8086 fo... : eldersveld
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            yea but yours is an apple and cant really play any games other than myst and warcraft, whereas since mine... : sexninja!!!!
            • Except it's an Apple II which once upon a time had more games than anyone else: http://www.shacknews.c... : eldersveld
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  Athlon XP 1700+, 1GB RAM, 9800PRO - as of last week. Prior I had Athlon XP 1700+, 512GB RAM, 9600PRO. : sharkII
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    I'll mail my older 9600 pro to whoever has the rig with the worst card. Looks like TFO atm. : sharkII
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      ... Sweet.. My ex stole my other card :o : TotalFusionOne
      • heh, also let me clarify for future posters.... I'm looking at your "main rig" video card. Because lin... : sharkII
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  Athlon XP 1800 1gb ram and GF4 Ti 4600. Ugh, I can't wait until Feb to see if I'm upgrading to R600 or G... : baronzemo78
  • Is this video card older then TFO's 8500LE ? : sharkII
• An old Toshiba Tecra 530CDT, a tank of a laptop. I have switches in place for my speakers, monitor, and ... : eldersveld
• Did D0gnose ever upgrade? he was holding out for DNF yeah? : loboca
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  Does turning it into a Linux server count? : Arcanum
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    \ m / I used to review the hottest games on my linux server. P3 700 :D HOTTEST. : Damodred
    • Once upon a time my P3-850 was smoking. : Arcanum
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=6810473 : diddlyd
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  Is this as a main system only contest? : johnny skidmarks
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    well, no rules really. but my rig is my main (only) system at home. and it is playing relatively recent g... : diddlyd
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      I've got 500 MHz AMD K6-2 with 384 megs of ram that is a vent server. I've also got a 1.2 GHz AMD Thunder... : johnny skidmarks
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        ahh I should throw up my old 500 celery box as a ts/vent server : Jayx77
        • It works perfectly in that capacity. I also use utorrent on it and access it with the webui. To log in re... : johnny skidmarks
  • that's the only one that really makes sense. otherwise i could just bring up some really old backup compu... : carnivore
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  I have a slot A Athlon 650 and a P2 350 that my kids game on and I use for my DOS games. : Fyunch Click
  • each with a tnt2 vanta 32 meg card. : Fyunch Click
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  For the longest time I was using a P2 300, 196 of ram. After it died, I "upgraded" to a Celeron 466. So... : bugsY
  • Your everyday box is a celery 466? : sharkII
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  commodore c64 : mr.sleepy
  • i hooked up the old C64 and disk drive not too long ago. everything worked! tried some old games and then... : kingfish
  • Mine still works just fine. God I love that machine. : Stoned Gargoyle
  • mine also works fine. I fire up Impossible Mission every now and again. : bakanoodle
• athlon 2000+, 256mb ram, with a cheap radeon (forgot wich one and too bored to look, but you'dd laugh..).... : melt_core
• I'm running the same rig, but with a 6600GT. : DrZettl
• My PC that I built in May just died. The motherboard is reporting that it is an issue with fast booting ... : Crimsonbeak
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  Mines coming up on 4 years old. (in March) Athlon 2700+ 1GB RAM 9800 Pro However, it still pla... : hawke
  • I have the same specs. Didn't realize it's been 4 years already :( : stump
• for what it's worth, my 21" CRT is about to celebrate it's 8th birthday next month. Fuck, 21 inch monitor... : lowpoly
• http://img129.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p30600105fy.jpg Still hooked up but I don't play it much. At... : mikefr24
• My home LAN has: 4 PCs with Athlon XP 3200s, 2GB RAM, & Radeon 9800 Pros 2 PCs with 3.2GHz Northwood ... : buroja
• Desktop mobo will be 5 yrs old in March, as will the RAM and HDD. Upgraded the processor to a 2400+ last ... : PoopStewart