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• Hahahahahaha. :) That's hilarious. : Rice-Rocketeer
• that was just fucking perfect timing right there!!! : Jayx77
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  sounds like a bitch. : Silent Wolf
  • lol seriously. : judasen
  • haha, no kidding. he just upgraded his life. : -Panther-
  • I have to hope that it was just a show to entertain the eavesdropers on Live! : Ebu
• once again, I must LMAO!! : Megara9
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  That's great. Is there a followup to this story? : Serpico74
  • He came back about 10 minutes later after cooling things off w/ his wife, and we finished off the game. : liqker
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    They were fighting the last boss when she came back in, and he was saying, "Damn man, this bitch has been... : Ratsofatsorat
    • lol'd : liqker
• HAHAHAHAAHHA.. that's perfect! : dmiller
• That's so funny, lolololololol. : orgcaptainnemo
• Oh my god. hahahah. : rasputinreborn
• haha lol'd from the future : xsii

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  Here you go, feeds for NWS and INF comments: http://warmhat.com/projects/sn/nws.rss http://warmhat.co... : travan-
  • Haha, nice. : basketofkittens
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  thomw set some up a few weeks ago... +inf posts http://shackmap.com/shackrss/?query=&user=&type=i : El Tigre
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    Oh shit. hahaha : ThomW
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      Just go to http://shackmap.com/shackrss/ -- there's a nice form. : ThomW
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        You are god. Is this going to kill your site though? : low-g
        • Nah. Not that many people are using it, surprisingly enough. : ThomW
  • Shacknews RSS feeds? Schwing! : Ride-My-Rocket
  • sweeet! : unlurker
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    I see, ok then, mine have been removed : travan-
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      I don't mean to stifle your creativity. :( : ThomW
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        No big deal, I didn't know it was already done. Mine would have ended up being the same thing. Though ... : travan-
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          Mine caches the searches as well. I'm only hitting the Shack once every 15 minutes per feed. It's n... : ThomW
          • Yeah, full contents of the post for the description field : travan-
• nice. time to add one of these to my feedreader : ariakaz

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• Someone should go dressed up as Kratos and tear open their tents with a big sword. : Prozium
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  someone at worked mentioned campers in front of curcuit city today, and I very unwisely brought up the fa... : Ctrl-Phreak
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    You're a freak because you're dedicated to something you thoroughly enjoy? Some people just don't underst... : SwiftyPants
    • But videogames are for losers, don't you know? That's why the videogame industry generates more revenu... : Drewus
    • or stood in line for game tickets, or to get into IKEA on opening day, or to see star wars... wait... scr... : edgewise
  • Well, 14 hrs isn't quite the same as a few days : cam3lt0sis
  • yeah.. dumb move. : bamb
• haha, nice. Maybe I'll have to swing by my local store and have a look. : DinK
• There were like 3 kids camped out infront of a Target i stopped by too. At first i was like, wtf is that ... : trevis
• There were a bunch outside of walmart here, first one in line was a hot chick! No pics + divx though :( : sanchez
• Yeah, I was planning to camp out with my boss tomorrow afternoon at the Crestwood Best Buy, but it looks ... : BrodieMan
• I hope it's not like this for the Wii. : FushigiDenki
• Oh but you can mock them. Theres a large difference between 10 hours and 2 days. : skunk_ape
• Yeah, called the nearest Wal*Mart and kids were camping today. : SiW73
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  dude, that's like 15min from me : reverend~heresy
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    speaking of which, why is there never a st. louis shackmeet? i know damn well there's atleast 6 of us : reverend~heresy
    • One reason, Jedi_27. That is why my friend, there may never be a shackmeet in St. Louis. : Normality
• Hahah Nerd Huts. : RookieCAF
• Target out at Sunset still had no one. I am going to swing by the BEST BUY later and see whats up. ... : jedi_27

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• Well depending on how comfortable you are with pointers and a complete lack of native OO, it wouldn't be ... : merpaholic

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  amazon? : Patch-e
  • Shipping for free? You wish. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  play.com (maybe) : kbnerd
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    Nah, free shipping in Europe only. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • and the US actually (you just have to click the "international" button) : kbnerd
  • no for free i need price less games box : polansk
• Lik-Sang used to ship all their games for free wordwide ;-( : tcs
• wow priceless at play.com i think : polansk

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  solved! set "layout.word_select.stop_at_punctuation" to TRUE in about:config. : flibble2k
  • Thank you! This should really be the default : Kenshin_
  • Very nice, thanks! : loboca

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  The story sucks. : Ratsofatsorat
  • damn you!! : alnya
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  gameplay.co.uk says my order has been dispatched, this is good news! : Sabaki
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    Ditto for me with PC World STFU, they were cheap. Got something on in London tomorrow but you can bet I'm... : node
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      how much did it set you back? do they do student discount? : steve_o
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        37.99 for the collectors, no idea on student discounts, probably not through their online store. : node
        • wow thats pretty cheap, and their site is saying 35 for regular version. I cant tell if you can order onl... : steve_o
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  god damn Game lied to me last night and said it would be on sale today, so i tried to skip work and buy i... : flibble2k
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    The staff in there are amazingly random at what they know - I think they fuck with people on purpose for ... : alnya
    • If you do can you then take your copy down to Game in Bayswater and beat them around the head with it? ... : flibble2k
  • I'm going to have a look round town at lunch and see if anyone has it out early. : chazums
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    I went to Game yesterday and told them about my failed attempt to buy it early in the other stores then g... : SilverSnake
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      I think I may be "working from home" : alnya
      • My thoughts exactly. ;) Good thing the boss will be out of town all day. :P : SilverSnake
      • im suddenly developing a stomach bug! : Sabaki
      • If I didn't have a meeting tomorrow I'd blow the whole day off. And then I'm going to a Sufjan Stevens co... : nomaad
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  i have failed to find a place near my work selling it. stupid "on-sale" dates :( : flibble2k
  • There's a little indie games store near here that might break sale date, which I'll check out on the way ... : alnya
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  HIJACK: Where did all you UK shackers come from? Me and silentzero have been talking about maybe a ShackM... : node
  • Near brighton on the south coast, so london isnt totally out of the question but I got a pretty busy uni ... : steve_o
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    I'm in London, having moved here from Australia in July. : flibble2k
    • In Edinburgh, so a wee bit away for London, but not impossible : alnya
  • i dont mind heading down to London Village for a shackmeet, im up near Sheffield myself : Sabaki
  • Flying to london from most of central europe is dirt cheap =) : imperator

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  Yea mine locks up every so often, I've never seen an error code though. It only happens while playing ... : MagicWishMonkey
  • *wishes* : moe6

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• There can be some exceptions if they've done WE in the past but don't have the post count. : Ecks
• Question: Maarten has NWS unchecked? WTF? :) : Skoal^Fyfan
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  mine has like 17,000. lol. I'm worried i'll get him something he already has. : AMikaboshi
  • *insert how about getting him a life joke* : judasen
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    Yeah, I also got someone with an impressive number of posts.. : bad_fish
    • ^^^^ Rosewood's WE. : abrasion
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    send him a USB keychain filled w/ latestchatty archives. : Skoal^Fyfan
    • ya know, i might do just that. : AMikaboshi
    • hahahaha awesome idea : askedrelic
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  My guy has over 30k. I'm going to have to put some serious thought into mine. : rosewood
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    you got yourself? : RikiTiki2
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      That would be hilarious. : guido anchovy
      • I think cpt_gloval had that happen last year and fixed it : Halen
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        I got myself a hot foot massager and I am looking forward to using it. : rosewood
        • Calling it a "foot massager" isn't fooling anyone. : brickmatt
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      I got myself last year. :[ : Vantage
      • (But really, it just means he got Fred Garvin) : Vantage
  • You just nailed that down dude, there's not many over 30k - I'm 7 or something and I'm 29. : abrasion
  • Mine guy has over 10k and I'm fairly intimidated - good luck. : alnya
• My guy has more posts than me, let's put it that way. This makes me feel better. : basketofkittens
• mine has a couple thousand posts. i'll have to think about what to get. unlick last year, i wasn't really... : mindmann
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  mine hasnt posted in 2 years, lol. : broly1718
  • hahaha, wtf : chazums
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    send him a keyboard : aeg1x
    • lol : Merconium

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  And further LOL's from Second life - "WMD" used in game which took out a server. http://www.freedom-to... : abrasion
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    Griefing sucks, no matter the game. ;( Shit, I make 150 off of the game a month, and I barely log on. ... : felicia
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      wha? you make money from the game? explain how now!!!! : klearlyunseen
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        It's so easy. :( You could make anything, and people would buy it. I seriously think a flaming bag of ... : felicia
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          well I think I found me a new hobby, would you recomend it? : klearlyunseen
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            If you have the time? I don't see why not. I haven't put any money into the game at all, don't have to. : felicia
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              one last question, is it fairly easy to make and sell items within the game? also what do you use to make... : klearlyunseen
              • It's very easy once you understand how prims work. Prims are what you use to make anything. : felicia
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          Are you fucking shitting me? I think I'm going to have to give serious props to you. I hate to go ... : abrasion
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            9 times out of 10, it's males playing female avatars and pretending to be lesbian. As for making produ... : felicia
            • Ok you're just impressing me completely now, LOL fucking awesssssome, seriously. I feel like shaking y... : abrasion
    • Holy shit! : ghostnote
• The Passion Of The Dumblechrist hahahahaha : askedrelic
• somehow I ended up in this thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=d491e2b551e8007b9b1b... : 60days
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  This is fucking hilarious. They recreated 9/11 online and created a respawning object to crash the entire... : peanut-
  • If only Klerck were alive to see the 9/11 recreation.. He could have FRAPS'd it and set it to th : Toraz Chryx

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• Oh gee wizz people, this is classic stuff right here. : abrasion
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  I have one in my parents loft, got a whole load of tapes, light gun and even a few carts. : chazums
  • I don't miss the games or the joystick or the light gun. I miss me sitting behind a computer not knowi... : abrasion
• C128 was radder : freakord

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  how's the bond girl in this one? : -Panther-
  • Hot and intelligent, and there is a nice subplot involving her. : Krypt_
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  for reals? the trailer looked kinda crappy : Megara9
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    I will murder you : soggybagel
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      i will murder his corpse when you are done : trOmblyj
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        Megara9 is a GIIIIIRL! : SpaecKow
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          i've seen pics she's hot. : kbnerd
          • A giiiiirl on the interneeeet! Oh god it's all over! : SpaecKow
          • lies : bradsh
  • i thought the original trailer and TV spots looked really bad. But when I saw the new theatrical trailer ... : FuriKuriKilla
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  So would the comparisons to Batman Begins be accurate? I like the sound of a less silly bond movie. : pigvomit
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    That's a very good comparison. I'd say this movie is doing the same thing for the Bond franchise that Ba... : Krypt_
    • In before "The camera shook, I'm old, the camera movement made me pass out" : ArtilleryMarker
• Stoked!!!! Can not wait for Bond. : Lightzout
• Sweet, I'll probably see it this weekend if it's out. : node
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  Hopefully it is much better than GoldenEye . : MatthewPhillips
  • i liked Goldeneye :( the worst bond is moonraker for sure : Sabaki

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  gc or wii or what? wii will be out on launch day, gc on dec 11 : Patch-e
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    Wii will be out on launch day? You sure noone will have them earlier? I just picked up Red Steel yesterda... : lookitzpancakes
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      oh you are trying to get them early? no idea.. whats the point : Patch-e
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        making sure you aren't a really sad gamer come sunday? : Gauss
        • Precisely. : lookitzpancakes
• on a similar note, has anyone anywhere seen the controllers on the shelves yet? I don't have that part p... : zakazi

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• oh fuck no.. there goes me packing up and leaving.. : g0nk

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• What about waiting for The Hobbit? : lie bot
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  His Dark Materials will be epic. Motherfucking Iorek \m/ : Chrrs
  • They better find a PERFECT Lyra, that will not be easy. But yeah, hopefully that'll do the books justice. : node
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  We'll be getting a Wizard's First Rule miniseries sometime next year. Hopefully that will spawn regula... : fleabug
  • fucking awful schlock. : skryte
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  Don't crucify me. I'm not suggesting this is anywhere near the level of the LOTR trilogy. However that ... : graah
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    im a huge fan of the books (only the first 2 of the trilogy are out yet) so I'm definately looking forwar... : ravvy
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      I've got the first one sat here. "Farm boy becomes Dragon Lord" just doesn't grab me as a hugely original... : node
      • no. the books whole claim to fame is that they were written by a very young fellow they're not _bad_, ... : Gauss
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  Harry Potter? Don't hurt me : SwiftyPants
  • Hey, they're good! The last one was anyway IMO, looking forward to the next though fuck knows how they'll... : node
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  I'm looking forward to The Dark Is Rising, which may come out in 2007. A classic series that is better ... : persuxe
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    Holy crap, you just made my night... I loved that series, and would love to see it in movie form. : five_percent
    • Holy Shit! That is coming out!?!?! That could be fantastic if handled correctly. : senseimoron

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  Only movie I know of with exploding aboriginal heads. : ghostnote
  • hahahha : bradsh
• Ooh, that's the one written by Nick Cave... it's out already? will have to keep an eye out. : ThrillKill

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  Crazy. Does the whole movie play? : Ratsofatsorat
  • yeah it's the entire movie : mr.sleepy
• wow thats the first time ive ever used telnet in my life. : jcutner
• this is awesome : sonicdeathwalrus
• ascii star wars has been around a long time, although i think it wasn't completed last i looked at it. (... : skryte
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  holy crap, i never knew that was on my system : klearlyunseen
  • lol. : jcutner
• Fun. :) Thanks for the tip. : rasputinreborn
• hahah that's cool! : El Tigre
• needs more cockboat : e1ghtball
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  Can you say TROJAN : geneshifter
  • trojan : Gauss
  • tra.. trooaaaii... trnngguuu... noooooo : Foxhawk
• Haha, I love how some maniac spent so long on such a project for our enjoyment. Viva la geeks! : node

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  Kinda weird suggestion, but I'm pretty sure you could use PSP Video 9: http://www.pspvideo9.com/ It's ... : five_percent
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    i dont believe it can..... : ashkie
    • Frick. I think you're right... well, that kinda sucks. Sorry for the crap advice. : five_percent

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• Oh yeah, Sebastien Foucan, the guy that has the scene with Bond in Casino Royale is in here too. : ghostnote
• Awesome, who says we're not descendant from apes. : SpaecKow

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  I get a never ending stream of catch-phrases and joke to confuse my real life friends with so, yeah i lik... : chazums
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    Yeah the humour, catch phrases, bargains, up to date news, social aspect - totally awesome - fuck you nee... : abrasion
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      I hardly ever read either now. Oh and 'google will know' means that i never need to remember much anymor... : chazums
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        I think this is the internets biggest fault, or at least the fault that we humans are going to suffer as ... : ashkie
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          So true, the only thing which makes me the "smart guy" at work now is not what I know but how quickly I k... : abrasion
          • I'm the same way with finding info. I can essentially find out anything about anything very quickly by be... : ashkie
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          I don't see it as a fault. It's a tool that enables us to do more and be more productive (theoretically, ... : nomaad
          • I'm really glad you look at it optomistically like that, seriously - maybe there's some hope for some peo... : abrasion

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  It's in America in like 36 hours, why bother? : abrasion
  • because he doesn't live in the US? : kbnerd
• JDM for life! ???????!!! : not work safe
• Considering they sold out in Japan, how is he going to do this? Anyway, the PS3 is supposed to be regi... : SiW73
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  Btw, we may do this for the Wii too. Coz i want the Wii and he wants both (money hats). Since relea... : doomed
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    probably not if you are going to be importing region 1 north american titles? : jcutner
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      Hmm, games are region-limited? Our games would be always bought from Europe. : doomed
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        the european wii comes out early december, i'd import that : Maarten Goldstein
        • 8th in fact for the UK at least : chazums

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  apple has a cell phone ? : qwpeoriu
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    ahh, I see the ER story. hmm who knows. That market seems to be so saturated though (at least in America)... : qwpeoriu
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      don't underestimate the appetite of apple fanbois for white plastic. : smax
      • They are a drop in the bucket of the cell phone market and really have no credibility in the sector. I'd... : rasputinreborn
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  let me guess, its called the iphone? heh. : jarek99
  • haha oh shit. it really is. unoriginal bastards. : jarek99
• I wanna see one! and yeah, i think they'll knock people's socks off. They've always been good at design a... : edgewise
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  I'm sure it will be beautiful and functional but price might kill it. Most phones out there are super che... : Serpico74
  • That is a really good point! Also- Why is it that phone companies still dont subsidize the right phone... : PlanetPerfecto
  • ever seen many Sony-Ericsson phones? lots of features cost money. : Postal
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  It really depends. Apple has been good about keeping their products lean in terms of multi-use functional... : haiku
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    "A lot of cell phone makers are after the do it all mp3 player/camera/movie/organizer/phone device" Bu... : not work safe
    • also; movie - Quicktime, which some people hate, but its gotten a lot better in the last year or two. : not work safe
• oh god I hope so : Megara9
• apple can sell anything. they do not so much sell hardware as much as an certain image. now it it turns o... : Hoax

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• what, free shipping ok : not work safe
• I'm waiting till after Black Friday to sell my TMX. : freshyk
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  It got removed...thank goodness eBay is on top of this shit. : Waverider
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    Why did it get removed? Sure the seller is a capitalist greedy scumbag, but was there anything illegal a... : skunk_ape
    • Yeah. It raped my mind with it's fucking stupidity. I'm forever scarred. Emotional dmg compensation pl... : cam3lt0sis
    • No pre-order receipt. According to comments on the site, there must be a pre-order receipt for all unrele... : Githyanki
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  I see no problem with this. : ayesel
  • agreed. I hope you make enough cash off others' hopes and dreams to fill the hole your soul once occu : AMikaboshi
• supply... meet demand. nice to finally meet you : d0pamine
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  if there's one thing that i've learned this fall, it's that i very much disagree with kotaku's anti-capit... : skryte
  • Ummm right...did you just read something about Proletariats vs. Bourgeoisie? I just see it as a exercise... : soggybagel
  • kotaku is an all-around piece of shit website : Foxhawk
• Nobody is forcing anyone to buy anything. If some fool does buy it, whatever, I guess there was the deman... : Serpico74
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  I do not see what is wrong with this auction...? : melt_core
  • I think it's that he went out of his way to get 3 things that are hard to get just to ebay them, otherwis... : strandgeck
• haha auction has been taken down : El Tigre
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  There was nothing wrong with this option. Capitalism baby. : newek
  • sigh, option AUCTION. : newek

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  What the fuck. String them up by their balls. I caught a paedophile in my job the other day, it was da... : peanut-
  • seriously. whats the problem here? : AMikaboshi
  • Story please? : aeg1x
  • What, were you out fishing with a pole and toddler on the line? How do you just catch one? : askedrelic
• There's a difference between who you are attracted to and sexually abusing them, regardless of your kink.... : alnya
• Man that really creeps me out. Ugh. : nomaad
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  why would a non-pedophile sexually abuse a child? : strandgeck
  • Exactly my thoughts. : abrasion

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  doesn't look all that good does it? Maybe (hopefully) it's just screens of the new Halo2 multiplayer maps : moshman
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    Yeah they are a bit underwhelming. I didn't want to say anything because I'm not really a Halo fan so may... : aeg1x
    • I guess I'm real weird huh, I think they aren't too shabby at all. It's a fixed platform, so as we bec... : abrasion
• halo 3 instagib? : Foxhawk
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  HIGH RES VERSIONS http://www.halobase.de/screenshots.php?blam=4&c=200611 Wow, that certainly looks ... : aeg1x
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    WOW, i was initially disappointed, but the high res shots look alot better and show off the high res text... : bradsh
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      lots of texture repetition though, and i noticed the in game shots dont have FSAA... what happened to the... : bradsh
      • Yeah I noticed that too. Now that Gears has set the bar so high its hard not to be dissapointed. : aeg1x
  • Player models look ok, but those are some of the most bland looking maps I've ever seen. Are we sure t... : peanut-

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• i got a gary fisher marlin a few years back that i've used a ton. it's a mountain bike, but i did a shitl... : mindmann
• Leader? : ArtilleryMarker
• kona, cannondale, gary fisher, brodie, norco, etc : BobBarker
• i have a fisher... i like it : d0pamine
• I have a scott bike that I got for a what I consider a steal. It's not really a hybrid, closer to a real ... : qwpeoriu
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  You could get a full fledged mountain bike if you want to and slap some slick tires on it for pavement pu... : ghostnote
  • Oh and Kona is pretty good these days but I wish I had of spent more time looking for that Gary Fisher th... : ghostnote