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  I've been off for a week, chilling at home burning some vacation time. Friday the whole family was home. : Slowtreme
  • Hooray!! :D : tomservo
  • Wow, nice WE there! : FormerHPB
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    Kiki's Delivery Service is such a cute movie, I love it! : helvetica
    • I was gonna say that! : romulan
    • That it is, as do I. : spazzium
  • holy smokes that's a lot of loot : industro
  • Very nice. Good to see this going somewhat strong. Mine should be delivered this week! : mavmavv
  • Niiiice. Glad my son can't read this, he's jonesing for a PS1 for his room :D : SiW73
  • Nice haul :) I recycled torn up flyers from my WE gift last year (what someone sent me; I still have the... : MatthewPhillips
  • That's a good haul! I sent my WE out this weekend. My only worry is that I wrote down the address correc... : bitter ego
  • Nice! Those anime dvds are really good actually. I think you'll dig 'em. What book is that (doesn't lo... : Vantage
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    That isn't just anime, those are masterpieces from Studio Ghibli! http://www.ghibli.jp/ Official site... : TroZ
    • Oh well that's really good to hear. I'll make them available to my boys to watch then. That way they will... : Slowtreme
  • sweet! NOTE TO MY WE: I'm going to be gone from dec 15 till jan so time accordingly! : boring gegtik
  • Imageshack blows dead goats. Pics r gone. : eskimo spy
  • Nice score with Xenogears. Hell of a game. : genom
  • Well, I'm glad it all got there just fine. Enjoy your new stuff! : Orange Pylon
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    Oops, dumped this in a subthread. If you need a mirror I'm happy to provide it. : re-verse
    • rehosted helvetica got them back up for me http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13335301 : Slowtreme
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  I must appologize to my WE in advance, I have loot in a box, it's unmailed as of yet. But if you are wond... : Slowtreme
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    Bah! It's only November 27. The WE sendings usually go well into January. I even said mine would go out t : tomservo
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      I was planning on sending mine today. It will end up going out on Thurs/Fri. I can't find a box I can u... : knitemare
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        Well it's a holiday gift and all, but SOME PEOPLE start really early. At least I'm packed up. : Slowtreme
        • Yeah, mine will be a while too. I'm trying to decide whether to bust open the blister packaging and fit ... : SiW73
    • Yeah, it's a little early, unless your victim is on the other side of the planet. I'm planning on sending... : mmogger
    • Even though I know it's super early, I keep checking my mailbox every day. I'm so curious as to what ran... : helvetica
    • I sent mine to another european county, supposedly guaranteed to arrive within 4 working days, it was 1$ ... : imperator
  • i'm the same.. i know exactly what I'm going to send.. got most of it gathered together.. just been super... : El Tigre
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  MIRROR PLS bandwith exceeded for pictures : kingfish
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    imageshack more like imagesuck, amirite : rookieone
    • Too many people browsing the shack.. ;) : pillzer
  • all I can really do is rehost them there, unless some has space. : Slowtreme
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    http://www.nflight.com/files/WE/slowtreme/100_0910.JPG http://www.nflight.com/files/WE/slowtreme/100_091... : helvetica
    • gj font. Perhaps you won't die in the final solution. : Orange Pylon
    • thats a pretty big box : jono181
  • I'll mirror for you. : re-verse
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  Xenogears - YOU WIN : megarust32
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    Omnova is going to kill me. : Orange Pylon
    • So fucking dead. : omnova

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  oh noes...please tell me you're kidding. i've been wanting a Wii mostly to play this game (and Zelda).... : changejar419
  • Don't worry, i'm sure you will like it. It just did nothing for me. I never really liked Xmen Legends, ... : pigvomit
  • it's awesome in an Xmen legends kind of game. you'll love it as I did ! : barichnikov
  • halo 2 for me : X-GOUKI
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  Doom 3. Kept hoping for something interesting, but after the first hour it really just seemed like more ... : Zakko
  • The Doom 3 expansion had a much better / cooler ending, IMHO. : Wolfanoz
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    Same here. I was ready to quit a few hours in but forced myself to finish it because I had been waiting ... : ThomW
    • agreed... biggest dissapointment evar : nacatamale
  • For me, Quake 4 was what Doom 3 should have been. Seemed to just have a lot more fun factor. : re-verse
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  Deus Ex Invisible War. :( : tomservo
  • Ditto. : lightsam
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    I couldn't even make it through the demo without getting angry :( : mikecyb
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      Part of me wants to re-play it because I'm even more masochistic now compared to 3 years ago. :( : tomservo
      • I kind of want to play it just so I can be angry at Ion Storm and have angst. I just want to fit in :( : mikecyb
  • I actually liked this game. Although I did think the ending was weak. : Iazu
• the expansion to the original freespace was horrible, but I plugged through it. earth 2160 had some ... : flagg209
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  Doom 3, Half-Life 2, Oblivion : Modica Sol Solis
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    one of these games is not like the others : buzzbat
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      yeah: HL2 was good ! : barichnikov
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        Oblivion too! So Doom3 doesn't fit then. : Bingo
        • haha Username! : buzzbat
• Lord of the rings, Return of the King. Enough bad things will never be said about that game. God I hate... : gakera
• recently: Superman Returns. luckily it took me under 5 hours to complete : pandastrong
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  Perfect Dark Zero, but only because it took like three hours. : evildanish
  • lol, yeah i think that this was also one of the least enjoyable games that i ever ended as well. I was c... : trevis
• ^^^ What actually makes me a little mad about this is that there are plenty of games that I actually want... : pigvomit
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  Destroy All Humans. Sorry, Pandemic shackers :( : SiW73
  • I thought that game was alright. I didn't finish it but I got some fun out of it. : unlurker
  • Can you play this on the 360 yet? Black was finally added, not sure about this one. : Wolfanoz
  • It had it's shitty moments (sup stealth?) but for the most part, that game was sheer awesome. : Entity
• Myth II and Myth III. Got bored with the gameplay but I wanted to see what the story was. : baronzemo78
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  Perfect Dark Zero. Fuck that game. : porp
  • signed. biggest let down in gaming history for me : bozer
  • I played through about 3/4 of the game, before I just threw up my hands and ejected this POS. WTF were Ga... : enyakk
• Yea, I've been thinking about sending this back as I beat Mephisto but I have been playing GoW and Tony H... : mancide
• Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny. I still regret buying that game. : freshyk
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  Halo 1, I got so sick of seeing the same level over and over : AllYourBase
  • ahahaha. Same here, but I didn't finish it. : FormerHPB
  • agree'd. : johngloid
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  Work for a year in QA and you'll see. :) : pillzer
  • yeah i agree :/ : ravvy
  • Agreed! : Derringer
• I played through the Da Vinci code. It's such a crappy game I just wanted to throw up, but I played it al... : SilverSnake
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  God of War. : walker270
  • why u hate freedom? : Frank_Mackey
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    Wut? That game was fucking awesome. : basketofkittens
    • No, it really wasn't... http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12477282 http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=... : walker270
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  Jade Empire- the worst game I ever played to the end. : Borzoi
  • Yeah I only made it half way though that one. IGN's review for that game sealed my distrust for their ga... : pigvomit
  • i was about to post this. i was so meh about the entire game, yet i had already put so much time into it ... : shyguy74
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    I'll vote this too, but I didn't really hate the game. It was just so meh compared to KOTOR. If I don't l... : edgewise
    • yeah me too, but I felt I owed it a full playthrough. By the time love was being declared and the night w... : Borzoi
  • I didn't really hate it either it had its moments but overall it was pretty meh. the characters and s... : ariakaz
  • That's funny, I didn't finish Jade Empire but played it for several days and never really liked it. Th... : Porkasaurus
  • Stop posting. : abrasion
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  I'm determined to beat FFX-2. : electroly
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    I've officially given up on that one. I just watched the endings on YouTube. :( I really wanted t : Ebu
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      Haha, same boat, I haven't seen the ending yet, I hold out hope that I can one day stomach the girly crap : pigvomit
      • The endings? Yea, exactly what you think they'll be. Seriously, I didn't even have to watch them. If ... : Ebu
• Gears of War. Okay, so I liked it and posting it in a "absolutely didn't like it" thread is misleading. ... : thief
• Titan Quest what? I couldn't get used to it :[ : someWayne
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  Diablo 2 is on top of my list. : baron calamity
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    wow : Omning
    • Yeah this subthread is nuts. : Ratsofatsorat
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    completely agreed. got it for like 15 euro including the expansion and thought that should make for a pre... : AbortedFetusChristi
    • what the fuck : sexninja!!!!
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  Silent Hill 2 or 3 : Pneum0
  • but those were awesome!!! : steve_o
• I was kind of sick with Quake 4 when I started to get near the end. : Omaha
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  SiN: Episodes : hatelull
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    ditto : smax
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      trito : mankeroo
      • quito : famine101
  • Man, I really enjoyed SiN: Episodes. I find it *REALLY* satisfying to shoot guys in the head with the pis... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Same here, the stutttering problem ruined it, and when it got fixed, I found out the game wasn't worth th... : Matt Burris
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  Halo 2. Jesus, I really didn't dig that game. : wild falcon
  • same here, finished it just so that ppl wouldn't give me shit if i ever questioned it's greatness... :) : fufux
• Tried doing that with Half-Life, Fur Fighters, and MDK2. Still didn't finish. : pobone
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  This is like you saying you don't like the precious air I need to breath in order to survive, but you inh : losder5000
  • hey, at least I got about 500 gamer points from it! lol : pigvomit
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  I don't even finish games that I love... : perstephanie
  • hahah well said. I sometimes have this problem : jigstah
• Quake 4 : rosewood
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  King Kong : Simulacrum
  • same for me as well, what an amazing lame game. I got so bored I cheated my way through the last few part... : qwpeoriu
• Jesus Christ. You must hate yourself. : Rice-Rocketeer
• I got really tired of Doom 3 about half way through and forced myself through it. : BrodieMan
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  Doom 3, Quake 2..both were good up to a point, but the whole game design had become painfully unfun and u... : needlez
  • i think that could be said about most FPS games. : grifter
• gonna have to say The Adventures of Rad Gravity obscure NES game : RikiTiki2
• Eternal Darkness <--- this game sucks ass. : K1Bond007
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  Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance and Onimusha, I suppose. I've played worse but I actually finished th... : omnova
  • How the hell could I forget fucking Xenosaga II? : omnova
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  Halo after the Flood showed up. It was all downhill from there. Yes, I spoilered something obvious, b... : Derringer
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    What did you think of the last level? :( oh boy. : abrasion
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      I will give credit where it's due, I liked the last level quite a bit. : Derringer
      • I detested it - the pacing was broken on the PAL version or all you people who like it are insane. : abrasion
• front mission - so fucking repetitive and a shit story, no wonder square didn't translate it. Especially ... : grifter
• Red Faction. I did get peeved at Halo post-Flood, but not enough to hate the game. : the archvile
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  Runaway. I don't know why I stuck with it. I didn't enjoy it at all. : Chris Remo
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    I played about 30 hours of Xenosaga. I don't think I enjoyed any of it. : Judecca
    • eh, meant for root : Judecca
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  Deus Ex. : sharkII
  • Lie! Burn him! : qtseng
  • :( : freshyk
  • your dead to me. : AMikaboshi
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    Wut?! No, really, wut!? Esplain yo'self. Please? : Damodred
    • I'm serious, and I've posted this before, if you want to dig through my post history. : sharkII
  • dude, tomservo is going to grind you into paste : grifter
• While I wouldn't say I didn't like Unreal, I was praying for each level to be the last well before the ga... : capt tripps
• I don't have time to finish games I like, much less ones I don't. If I'm not feeling it within the fi... : Ebu
• I'd say Blood 2 because everyone hated it, but honestly it wasn't THAT bad. and I love to hate on Halo... : abrasion
• FF8, I finished it simply because I liked the previous FF games and kept telling myself "it's going to ge... : armybob
• Silent Hill 4 - While I liked the demo, and the first part of the game was pretty good. Towards the last : Iazu
• Unreal 2... : Korban
• Still making my way through Gun on the Xbox. I liked the first few levels, but now all these side quests ... : DooBall
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  Unreal 1. Was nothing after that first level. : Tawler
  • i remember seeing the sky and the waterfall and being all "OMFG!!!" but then after collecting my 20th nal... : sexninja!!!!
• Ico, Deus Ex, Fallout, HL, HL2, and Zelda : sexninja!!!!

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  First off, there is a story. Yes, the game is a bunch of mini games but there is some connective tissue : rosewood
  • great review. you may have sold me on this game. : ermac
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    I thought Rayman supports 16x9 but not 480p? Everything seems to be in proportion on my set, anyway... : walker270
    • It appears to support 16:9 for me. Now I gotta double check it. : Simulacrum
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      There's no way it supports 16:9. I've scoured those menus so many times. Even the manual claims it's avai... : ieGod
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        It's a setting on Wii, not in the game. I've never set a Wii game to 16:9 but they all display that way ... : Chris Remo
        • But it is set to 16:9 and it still looks like pooop. : ieGod
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    Thanks now I have to buy Rayman : bozer
    • yeah, ditto : Megara9
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    To start, I'm not sure what my exact % is at the moment, but I'm very near finished with the story mode. ... : BoKnows
    • Have you gotten to some of the Part 2 and Part 3 dancing games? They are considerably more difficult. H... : rosewood
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    I have a question I haven't seen answered yet. Approximately how many multiplayer minigames are there? Ho... : nakedsavage
    • 75, I think? I've only been through 5 days thus far, but it seems like there's 15 days with 5 minigame... : walker270
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    GOTY? Isn't this a Wario Ware type of title? Certainly I wouldnt think it can compete with heavyweights... : bagelcc
    • Neither were GoW and Oblivion. : Derringer
    • Game of the year has already been decided and it's going to The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess. The... : walker270
    • Did you even read my review? : rosewood
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    I just wish I could actually watch the story. The sound hitches for me during ALL videos that aren't gam... : Turd Ferguson
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      Really? Mine is smooth as butter. What kind of setup do you have? : rosewood
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        It hitched when I had the audio running through the TV and still now with the surround sound. Just the ... : Turd Ferguson
        • I can detect little clicks here and there. I think it might just be poor audio on the videos. The rest of... : ieGod
  • Thanks for this review I'm having a hard time figuring out what games I want to get first, I think this w... : yay4furryanimals
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    Wow. Nice writeup, I think you solved my now week-long SMB vs Rayman debate. : FushigiDenki
    • I have both and I'd vote Rayman for a party game over SMB. They simply screwed up too much stuff with SM : walker270
  • I'm going to pick this up for sure. : Pneum0
  • ok, you and Boxelder sold me on the game. I will have to pick it up tomorrow so I can play with the women... : armybob
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  Every launch game for the system (as well as for PS3) has been in the ShackReviews database since their r... : Chris Remo
  • I must be retarded then. http://www.shacknews.com/reviews/overview.x?p=wii doesn't show any games. ... : rosewood
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  Has anyone played both Rayman and Monkeyball? If you had to buy one, as a fun multiplayer party game, wh... : Omning
  • Right now I would lean more towards Rayman, but I haven't really given Super Monkey Ball the fair amount ... : joesnizzle
• Stoner game : oatmela
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  Somebody please take my Rayman in exchange for another Wii title. I've already played through it. I wa... : [fry]
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    whoa hey slow down guys stop sending me all these messages where you want to trade me some other wii game... : [fry]
    • Fry, you are lies. Lies and deceit. : rasputinreborn
  • weird, I just bought trauma center tonight! : boring gegtik
• Have your tried monkey ball and how does it compare if you have? : TroZ
• wut?! It is a fun game, but on several of the mini games the controls are really lacking and just plain n... : byorn
• it is a pretty fun game! i had the wife, brother-in-law and his girlfriend playing this weekend and they ... : briaooon9
• Bunnies don't know what to do with cows. hahaha, best game EVER! the sound effects of the cow screami... : Korban

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  Don't stop at the crap dialogue and characters, please. There's shit camerawork, editing, blocking, lo... : Serpico74
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    Dear game devs: don't make shitty games plz : alarm cock
    • Gears is a great game. It's just the other stuff outside that actual game wasn't so great... : Serpico74
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    lol, c'mon, I mean if you're complaining about blocking in a game, I think you're really spending time wi... : aethyr
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      Why? If games want to use cinematics they should strive to do them correctly. There is no fundamental rea... : aeg1x
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        because film isn't easy? If they want to start hiring some professional film directors and cinematograph... : aethyr
        • A few companies do have people who have a strong visual "cinematic" sense. Not many but a few. Up until ... : Serpico74
    • I have no issues with the game itself (I love it). However, if you are a AAA game with cinematics (tou : Serpico74
• Agreed. Take a lesson from the subtractive design of ICO and Shadow of the Colossus: if you can't do some... : sgtsanity
• Zoiks... : omnova
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  For over-the-top and self aware cheese: see FarCry. : exigence7
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    I have Crysis has I'm gonna shoot you in the face! : freshyk
    • have = hope : freshyk
• I'm Goncyn, and I approve this message. : Goncyn
• ^^^^^ Burns with generic rage : TastyWheat
• Alternately: Please hire writers to write scenes/dialogue. You don't expect the artists to program, nor ... : Zhaneel
• I see a lot of people saying this about GoW but I am pretty much conditioned to glaze over at cutscenes a... : Mansmells
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  oh, for the love of god, gears of war had very little dialogue to actually worry about. I don't get it, ... : burning eye
  • I agree, I think Gears of War got it just about right. Some people complain that there wasn't enough stor... : red2lucas
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    There are quite a few unskippable cutscenes, many of which come right after checkpoints which is annoying... : Chris Remo
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      You can skip any cutscene, I'm not sure what button does it, I just run my thumb over X, Y, A, B and it s... : red2lucas
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        X button skips cutscenes, if I'm not mistaken. : Serpico74
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          X skips cutscenes where you are not in control, but several where you are forced to listen to dialog whil... : Ritual-MikeR
          • Right. I wasn't counting those "walking with hand to headset" pieces as cinematics but yes, those can't b... : Serpico74
          • Whoops, yeah that's what I meant. Thanks for pointing that out. : Chris Remo
  • oh, we mind. That's because we're fucking dorks. : sevogajre
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  Cry. More. Noob. : mavmavv
  • ^^^^^ : Cyntax
• Seriously :P If they just removed any pretense of actually having a story and just let the game shine for... : aeg1x
• haha were you expecting a character named "Marcus Fenix" that was pulled out of prison by the marines in ... : not work safe
• I guess this means that they didn't let you change your name. A clear case of the man keepin' you down i... : capt tripps
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  Cut scenes need to die, they add NOTHING to the game experience. : u sir name
  • Final Fantasy says you're wrong. >:( : Ebu
  • You couldn't be more wrong with that over-generalization. : omnova
  • The cinematics in God Of War were absolutely first rate. Not only were they well executed, but the way th : Serpico74
• I tried playing MGS3 yesterday. Good lord it's been 20 years or whatever and the writing is almost as bad... : tigeN
• informative : sexninja!!!!

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  I love those pics. They make me want to take the plunge into the world of digital SLR photography. Can ... : strohs
  • I have an awesome book by National Geographic that explains EVERYTHING: http://www.amazon.com/National... : jasonepowell
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  ME TOO! Are you sticking with the default 18-55 mm lens? : jasonepowell
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    I have so far, although I'd really like to get that something-200 lense (runs about $200, hair less) ... : Ebu
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      Buy the 50mm prime! Cheap and sharp as a tack! : yakz
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        http://www.nikon.ca/products/af-50-18d/ ? : Ebu
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          http://www.adorama.com/NK5018AFDU.html?searchinfo=50mm%20nikkor&item_no=2 : yakz
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            How reliable is that site? Not like that...other...photography site, eh? : Ebu
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              Adorama is very well known. : yakz
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                P.S. you won't find a similarly sharp lens for remotely near that price. It is of course a trade-off, it'... : yakz
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                  Oh, and buy a Nikon Speedlight (bounce-able flash, and perhaps an Omni-bounce or other diffusor). They're... : yakz
                  • Yea, speedlight is on my list also. : Ebu
                • great in low light too, for $150 cant beat it : optimistic
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    Yeah. That's all I can afford for now. I won't really have any more money until next summer, when hopeful... : asdf
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      Yea, that VR lense is the one that I want, but I don't have any rich, terminal relatives :( : Ebu
      • The damn thing goes for like $1,000 on Ebay, which is the only place you can find it since Nikon massivel... : asdf
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  Konica Minolta 5d http://www.flickr.com/photos/idesigner/ : hobosapien
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    Nice pictures.... any editing on them? (also hello fellow AZ shacker) : ckaps
    • mostly cropping and altering contrast ratios very slightly : hobosapien
• That skin/template makes me want to install gallery. : thief
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  http://ashkie.shackspace.com/debate.jpg http://ashkie.shackspace.com/debate9.jpg http://ashkie.shackspa... : ashkie
  • Wow, those are amazing. You took those? : Ecks
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    yeah those are nice, the butterflies is a great composition. what camera/lense? any post processing? : hobosapien
    • Camera was a stock Canon Powershot Pro1 and post was just exposure correction. I suck at Photoshop. : ashkie
  • Awesome, I'm really psyched. I've been wanting to get into photography for a while, now I can finally sta... : asdf
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  Some of my better ones: http://www.hackedbychinese.com/me/ : re-verse
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    i love the b&w stuff. what camera/lense? : hobosapien
    • Canon 20d... really shittttty tamrom 28-200 for some.. some the ef-s 10-22.. some just the 50mm 1.8 I ... : re-verse
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    Dude is that your job? Those are amazing. : asdf
    • Not my job - made a bit of cash with photoshoots and selling prints, but decided to go back to I.T., and ... : re-verse
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    what gallery is that? I like it. Also what did you use for the black and whites? I've been meaning to get... : ashkie
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      Garry is just flickr, I ripped out some of their code to make their slideshow of galleries appear on my s... : re-verse
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        Ooops - gallery , not garry. : re-verse
        • its pretty awesome, i like how simple it is. : ashkie
• I took this with my point-and-shoot http://oatmela1.shackspace.com/heic0615a%20(Custom).jpg : oatmela
• http://picasaweb.google.com/kbuchka/DSLRFavorites/photo#4993602719835095058 http://picasaweb.google.com/... : basketofkittens
• ^^ Fantastic Pictures Everyone! Here are two of mine that I like, although they aren't as clean as I'd... : snowwolf
• http://picasaweb.google.com/bencaston fujifilm 3800.. nothing special : industro
• I'm still learning to take good pictures, but here are a few I'm fond of: http://www.flickr.com/photos... : Goncyn
• http://tom.brabenec.org/gallery2/v/Belle/IMG_1345.CR2.html Nikon, pshaw! : Draco
• http://picasaweb.google.com/el.zakko/Favorites/photo#s5002269161489563666 All from the first week of o... : Zakko

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  who didn't see this coming.? : edgewise
  • Sony would be the correct answer here. : baron calamity
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    The question is, how many people will defend Sony like they did Microsoft, claiming people who can't affo... : walker270
    • did someone actually say that? It wouldn't surprise me, but damn, that's hilarious. : slickdoody
    • 65? Good lord. : EvilDolemite
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      if you can't afford dry ice to cool your console, you don't deserve a console. : edgewise
      • predictible for a ps3 : skobar
      • Dry ice is not recommended. Sony can't be held responsible if you use anything less than an industrial l... : Arcanum
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      Who said that? : pyrogen
      • I think it was TFO or -TK- (or whatever his name was), or one of the other hardcore 360 fanboys. : walker270
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    Heeellllllllllllz Nooooo. : Skoal^Fyfan
    • i see what you did there. : trevis
• shocking : thebigbeefsandwich
• But their launch was so well planned and executed, HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN!!? : darcspeed
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  What's funny is that the local boston news is doing a story on fires caused by the Xbox. Yes, the origin... : FormerHPB
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    I never got a replacement cable from them. :S :( : Super Sparker
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      Holy crap I forgot I signed up for that! I also never got the English thing for Civ4 now that I think abo... : pebui
      • i got 2, gave one to my nephew : Slowtreme
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      What's funny is that I got one, but I don't own an xbox! I'm still wondering how I got one sent to me. : FormerHPB
      • Send it to Super Sparker. lolz, name + post : node
    • Mine popped last week during a Psychonauts boss battle. I reset it and all was good, though, so who know... : Rich McNinch
  • I saw that commercial this weekend and lol'd! The xbox couldnt even fit on the tv because it was so big... : bagelcc
• IMAGINE THAT I will never buy Sony products at launch again... : sevogajre
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  So yet again, Nintendo has the only reliable hardware at launch? Nintendo fucking rock. : node
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    people have had problems with the Wii bricking iirc : bradsh
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      That was a dns issue and was solved almost instantly. Essentially the update was looking for files in ... : re-verse
      • Ya, software. The hardware, like the GameCube, seems rock solid so far. I have to much respect for Ninten... : node
    • Hardly any, search the shack. Most reports are of the update taking a while to download, I haven't seen ... : FushigiDenki
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    then again, theirs is the only "overpriced" hardware to begin with. (overpriced as in, they're not taking... : edgewise
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      Okay, I'm sorry, but that's fucking ridiculous... : walker270
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        yeah, I didn't really phrase that right. basically, it's not hard to get hardware right when you're n... : edgewise
        • That's accurate. Claiming any piece of merchandise is overpriced simply because it's not being sold at a... : walker270
        • I suspect that even if they were pushing the envelope that their hardware would still be rock solid. Thei... : Serpico74
        • Well, they could have screwed up the Wiimote. Make it slippery, so that people throw it all over the plac... : yemeth
        • BEATEN HOUSEWIFE : atom519
        • there were gamecube games that looked just as good as xbox1 games. so the gamecube was pushing the envelo... : eggnoodles
  • Except for where it puts holes in your HDTV : Slowtreme
  • they didn't exactly take a chance with cutting edge hardware to begin with. so if it was still overheati... : vassili_zaitsev
• Is their source PS3 demo stations in cabinets? Yeah, I guess they might lock up. : enyakk
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  dude, it's true though. i have only been using my ps3 for a few days but there are some noticeable heat i : [fry]
  • Is this the new PS3 commercial? : baronzemo78
  • hahahhaha : bradsh
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    oooh a fry story! : pigvomit
    • When I read these stories, I can only imagine the personal terror that you inflicted on your school teach... : pigvomit
  • Jesus Fucking Christ your posts should be auto-tagged NWS. : walker270
  • That's so fucked up. : Edges
  • precise instruments of gay lol : cpt. ken
  • Keep typing, I'm almost there. : tsuba
  • B.R.A.V.O. : g0nk
  • you've done better. 7/10 : wtf242
  • ever considered a career as gay hentai script writer : needlez
  • awesome : sanchez
  • P.S. I <3 your writing Fry. Never change! : baronzemo78
  • this reminds me of mr. garrison's romance novel : grifter
  • wait is this a true story : sexninja!!!!
  • I feel dirty. : Scotty22
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    This story is total bullshit. [fry] doesn't really own a PS3! : Krypt_
    • I feel so betrayed... : perstephanie
  • PSgay : askedrelic
  • Damn dude. Damn. : trevis
  • can you read this aloud into a mic and make an .mp3 of this? I want to listen to this while fapping to ga... : edgewise
  • Fry we need to compile your writings into a giant shack bedtime storybook shaped like a penis. : pigvomit
  • i feel so dirty from picturing the entire scene as I read it... but with such verbose wording like that w... : El Tigre
  • Hakan is back! : kingdepork
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    O_O : rosewood
    • iawtp : RikiTiki2
  • Beautiful imagery. : freshyk
  • our savior has arrived! : ermac
  • It's been too long, [fry]. *Sighs happily.* : Rice-Rocketeer
  • That was awesome. : tcxsnoop
  • I don't know how to reply to this, but I feel compelled to. : Megara9
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    why has this not been informative'd yet? : cockoftehwalk
    • would you really want this linked on the front page of YOUR website? haha : virus
  • that was so awesome, but so sick and twisted i don't even know what to write here. : afrochops
  • I love [fry]'s story time. Never forget disappoints. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Holy shit! <3 <3 <3 : romulan
  • Oh my god, never change [fry] : TastyWheat
  • This ranks as one of the best... : NFXFSX
  • can't stop pumping cum. [fry], your storries are fucking awesome. : snowwolf
  • *8===D~~ O:]* : virus
  • lol, oh fry, you're so awesome! : Daggoth
  • /jumping on the showering of cum praise bandwagon. : shyguy74
  • Well done good sir : shavenewok
• big surprise here, NOT : geneshifter
• Maybe they should cover the XBox 360, too: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13218694 : Ride-My-Rocket