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  epic thread? wut i miss? : reverend~heresy
  • epic boobage and man-ass : spigot
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  did they not have boobs/asses/cocks before today? : pupismyname
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    actually, prior to today all of you were beautiful nubian princesses with huge fucking jugs, and you were... : mallrice
    • now i'm just a cock on the wall : SockMonkeh
• I'm looking them all in the boobs or cock now : ColoradoCNC
• No. They're people. : freshyk
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  what thread did i miss : wtf242
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13384474 : lechuck59
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  It's too soon for that. Wait until we have time to regret it, or at least until there's a really awkward ... : perstephanie
  • "Your ass looked better in the pictures" : nyranger66
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    What percentage of active shackers have actually been to a shackmeet? I think there's only been one KC/M... : thief
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      two quakecons and two chicago shackmeets! : Deathlove
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        I was at one quakecon but was too shy, too young, etc etc etc. : thief
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          I've been to many quakecons but haven't ever really done anything with the shack. :( : DOOManiac
          • it's awesome and all kinds of fun. : kbnerd
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      I've now seen both dahanese and AskedRelic's boobies IRL and online. : Ride-My-Rocket
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        I envy you sir... I want to see AskedRelic's boobies : ColoradoCNC
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          i've got to start going to new york shackmeets : mattsull85
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            I've only been to one. They just keep getting better. : Ride-My-Rocket
            • what the fuck, when did I show my tits? Christ I get too drunk at shackmeets. : askedrelic
    • I've never been to one, although they seem fun. Don't think my wife would take too kindly to requests of... : bcyde
    • I've been to two and they were both awesome. : ColoradoCNC
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      I'd feel comfortable going to one now but I'm so broke at the moment. : SockMonkeh
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        We need to have a 40s and kegs party or something. : Ride-My-Rocket
        • Drunken shackers are hilarious : rasputinreborn
        • Yeah, I could afford to do that. : SockMonkeh
        • yes please : mattsull85
    • i've been to a couple lil ones. there's all kinds of shackers :) : the_doctor
• I met a ton of them in 2003, I'd love to do that again. : felicia
• nope, that's the beauty of the internet. : wetard
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  I wanna get mine in here too!! I missed the epic thread but here is a picture of my sister and I at the b... : Galadriel07
  • more w/o towel plz : GloriousCow
  • That light is weird, it looks like that was taken on Mercury or something :D : rasputinreborn
  • nice work. you look the least alike of any sisters ever. : pupismyname
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  That thread is nothing compared to some of the Quakecon antics. : edlin
  • Note to self: Go to Quakecon next year : ColoradoCNC
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    You constantly make me want to go to Quakecon. Seriously. : Ecks
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      it's worth it. seriously. : kbnerd
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        If they give enough notice next year I'm seriously considering it. I think I've become one of the more a... : Ecks
        • Seriously, it's awesome. it's a shackmeet with 80+ shackers. it's wonderfully epic (except last years sin... : kbnerd
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  Haha, I think I ruined Christmas. : Majuju
  • I'm glad I wait to see the responses to anything before I click. One of the inherent advantages of dial ... : thief

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• Gears of War just because of MP. I can't think of anything else, really. : aggressor
• Gears of War : 5150Joker
• Gears of War : -efx-
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  Oblivion represents and incredible leap forward in gaming and was cool to play. : gyokuro
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    I don't know how it's leaping forward in any way, unless the ability to recycle immense amounts of conten... : JINKY
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      What's your GOTY? : EvilDolemite
      • I liked Dead Rising, Gears of War, Company of Heroes, Guitar Hero 2, and Okami the most. Although I have... : JINKY
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      Oblivion wasn't a "game". They built a world. : gyokuro
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        Yeah, a world with a "game" in it. : Chris Remo
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          Pretty boring game, but to each his own. Here's to hoping they don't fuck up Fallout 3! : Modica Sol Solis
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            Boring? One of the most amazing games ever. Just traversing the land on horseback and viewing the amazin... : manlyman
            • gears Id say...Oblivion and NSMB are pretty close behind tho : godm0de
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              Again, to each his own. I found the landscape to be very repetitive and dull, finding the environments of... : Modica Sol Solis
              • I am just curious, but what makes you refer to the combat in Oblivion "shallow"? It's a real question,... : NoCopy
          • Boring? i come from an Ultima I-IV rpg background so I admit my opinion is a little skewed :) Boring/Rep... : gyokuro
• Oblivion. : abrasion
• Toss up between Viva and Gears. : locash
• Gears of War. Havn't had this much fun in MP FPS since quake2 and 3 and rocket arena and CS : supermonkeyballz
• Guitar Hero? Is that still this year? That or Shadow of the Colossus... : Modica Sol Solis
• Rayman completely blew me away. So did NSMB. : rosewood
• Oblivion, easy : Krypt_
• Oblivion. Gears is awesome, but not that good. We'll see about Twilight Princess. : snowwolf
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  Oblivion - I played that game for 24 hours straight, literally straight, out of the box. No food, no slee... : SockMonkeh
  • ^^^^ YES! I played the game non stop I got home after working a midnight shift and played the game from 7... : manlyman
• Oblivion : porp
• Gears of War. : orgcaptainnemo
• gears of war for me, no contest. : virus
• Twilight Princess comes in first followed closely by Gears of War and probably Oblivion after that. : FushigiDenki
• Gears for me. : Blackdawgg
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  HL2: Ep. 1. Haven't played Gears yet :( and Oblivion was a great game but over all I felt more satisfied ... : freshyk
  • Oh yeah, Company of Heroes is a close second. : freshyk
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  Sneak King : liqker
  • You mean Rape King amirite? : Barbarian
• Total War II : thief
• It's awesome we have so many great games :) : rasputinreborn
• Fuck me, I have no idea. I have played a lot of good shit this year. : Rice-Rocketeer
• Company of Heroes : bcyde
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  Okami : ghost in my shell
  • Okami needs significantly more love. I feel like I'm cheating on it with TP. : smegmar
• Can someone list all the good games this year that they can think of. All i can think of is Oblivion. : Sgt_Boomstick
• Gears of War : Holesinswiss
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  Zelda, Guitar Hero 2, Gears, in that order : Serpico74
  • Shit, stick Half Life 2: Episode 1 in between Zelda and GH2. : Serpico74
• Marvel Ultimate Alliance or Nanacrash. : losder5000
• I'd have to go with Oblivion just based on the 100+ hours I put into it. Gears of War is just a notch be... : stump
• gears and oblivion. : broly1718
• Gears of motherfucking War : NFXFSX
• Okami. my goty may change after playing portrait of ruin though. : pyide
• i'd probably say final fantasy XII : diddlyd
• GRAW for the 360 : takio
• it's either oblivion or twilight princess, out of what i played. : the_doctor
• Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I haven't played Gears of War, HL2 Ep 1, Company of Heroes, Guitar... : Jumperus
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  Oblivion. But it hasn't been a very good year for games in my opinion. : lechuck59
  • Actually, I take that back. Red Orchestra is my game of the year. It's easy to forget something you pla... : lechuck59
• Shadow of the Collossus. Completely amazing in every way. : ColoradoCNC
• oblivion is the best game ever made. : xil-reno
• so far Zelda: TP.. 2nd place would go to Gears of War : Shadowdane
• Zelda with runner ups Oblivion and Gears of War : Frozen Pixel
• Zelda, GH2, FFXII. : Omning
• Oblivion, I suppose... Feels like there weren't enough games being released this year. : rotten element
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  Company of Heroes by a very large margin. I suspect Zelda will be up there when I get around to playing i... : aeg1x
  • Zelda, Wii Sports, Prey. Yeah, I know... : Conan
• Oblivion followed by GH : echoinggreen
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  guess her age by how loud she screams! : vassili_zaitsev
  • Why do I always get the 17 year-olds? : ColoradoCNC
• gears of war : burning eye
• Gears no doubt : josecuervo
• I've only played HL2:Ep1, NSMB, and Phoenix Wright. They were all pretty awesome. : sgtsanity
• Zelda. Then FFXII, then maybe Gears just for it's graphics. Just for it's graphics though, so far. I'm... : Boxelder
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  shadow of the collosus : mr.sleepy
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    I think that came out last year, duder. : Krypt_
    • Space Rangers 2 and Dead Rising :D Mount & Blade is still on my HDD too. : Damodred
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    SLEEPY, GET WITH THE TIMES. : brickmatt
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      I DIDNT GET IT TILL A FEW WEEKS AGO >:( : mr.sleepy
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        how is the processor hunt coming? : kbnerd
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          it's this one: http://www.pricewatch.com/cpu/pentium_d_840.htm but i dont have any money : mr.sleepy
          • go bang a 20 fat chicks for $10 each! : kbnerd
• Is everyone going to ignore the 800 pound gorilla in the room? Dead or Alive Extreme 2. : skunk_ape
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  If HL2 Episode 1 came out this year, that'd be it. If not, I haven't played a single game released in 200... : Orange Pylon
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    I don't know. I played through HL2:Ep1, and while it was good, it wasn't going to make it up on my GOTY ... : dopeman
    • I really liked it. That being said, it's really no contest for my GOTY, primarily because I haven't playe... : Orange Pylon
• Oblivion. 134 hours just blasted right by. It just feels epic. You can do as much or as little as you wan... : Downforce
• Oblivion. Though, I'm hesitant because I played it hardcore for a month straight and then I just dropped ... : feek
• Half-Life 2: Episode 1 by default. See profile. :( : K1Bond007
• Gears, Viva Pinata, Company of Heros i guess. Might need a bit more thought though : chazums
• Gears, havent played Zelda yet. : jigstah
• HL2: Ep1 probably. Yoshi's Island DS a clsoe second, even if they are compeltely incomparable. : peanut-
• defcon for me : dmason
• HL2: EP1.. the only 2006 game I've bought this year. I'm mainly a PC gamer and all the good PC games come... : jonas54
• having only played 3 of this year's games (Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Guild Wars Factions, and Dawn of ... : RikiTiki2
• The only game I've really played this year was HL2: Ep 1 (I think it was released this year anyway). So t... : boseefuss
• Oblivion, Gears, Zelda, Viva : flibble2k
• Torn between Shadow of the Colossus and Gears of War. : godhatingatheist
• Oblivion. Not a shred of doubt in my mind :D : nomaad
• Sadly enough, I'm not in the kind of position to be able to be making a choice like that :(. I wish I ha... : Ecks
• Zelda/Oblivion : armybob
• FF XII wins, then Gears. : duka
• its a tossup between Oblivion and GRAW for me : Maarten Goldstein
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  Oblivion wins this year in time spent, but Twilight Princess is so freaking good. : spazzium
  • Correct sir! Oblivion, while so much more improved and enjoyable than Morrowind, is a victim of its ow... : sevogajre
• I'd have to go with Splinter Cell: Double Agent, though I may be the only one. : jackrabbit
• On the PS2 Bully On the XBOX Scarface: The World Is Yours On the PC: Half-Life 2: Episode 1 H... : MatthewPhillips
• Trackmania Nations and Oblivion. : jasonepowell
• Company Of Heroes, HL2:Ep1 or Shadow Of The Colossus, since it came out here in february. : aaarrrgh
• Oblivion / Company Of Heroes joint first IMHFO. : Toraz Chryx
• Space Rangers 2 and Dead Rising :D Mount & Blade is still on my HDD too. Misreply also ranks high. : Damodred
• Oblivion!! Man that game is so great. : helvetica
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  Oblivion by far. Anyone who says Gears is a marketing whore : Senor PoopyPants
  • marketing whore? Gears was fucking awesome. : burning eye
• Company of Heroes. The best RTS experience I had since Starcraft. : forktaileddevil

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• I hope so, I wonder if Colbert will get to make his own race : melkore
• its on, bitches. : Antilles_Prime
• Hahaha, "NERDRECTIONS." : soggybagel
• damn, way to stay on message, will. : stgulik
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  is it solely about Spore, or is Will Wright going into the future SimCity, the Sims, and other projects? : RikiTiki2
  • it was 50/50 sims / spore, but no future sims projects were talked about : TroZ
  • It was your standard fluff piece interview, though its nice to see Will Wright. I have a nerdrection. : soggybagel
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    the massively multiplayer aspect of Spore intrigues me. greatly. no rly. oh rly? rly. : Antilles_Prime
    • i know there was talk of a DS version, I wonder if the wii will have a version? seems like it would be pe... : boring gegtik
    • Hell yeah. Fuck Azeroth, give me galaxies. : eldersveld
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      Except that it is massively single player. At least that is how I heard it described. All the other cre... : TroZ
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        You are correct. If I'm not mistaken what happens is when you reach the galactic scale, other users crea... : soggybagel
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          Other people's creatures will also be randomly selected to populate your original planet, and they will c... : Modica Sol Solis
          • they will populate similar races based on the behaviour profile you've accumulated since you started play... : boring gegtik
        • Ah, see I'd thought you'd be able to interact with players and their creations online, creating a fucking : eldersveld
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  You know, Will Wright really understands video games. I mean he's not just any ol designer. He's like the... : K1Bond007
  • it's true <3 : jessipoo
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    I don't think Steven Spielberg really understands movies. But yes, you're right. I'd compare Will Wright : Modica Sol Solis
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      Spielberg understands movies better than King understands books. : soggybagel
      • Well, they both have a problem with the endings ;) : jessipoo
      • No shit. : Ratsofatsorat
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        Yeah but does Speilburg understand books better than King understands movies? FIGHT! : smegmar
        • Steven King didn't like Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining. CASE CLOSED : sgtsanity
    • I don't think you understand movies based on that ridiculous statement. : Serpico74
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      wait, what? King is Shakespeare, and Spielberg doesn't understand movies? : porp
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        Didn't call him Shakespeare, I don't like a lot of his books. But he knows the craft, he lives and breath... : Modica Sol Solis
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          What? Tolkien a great writer but a bad storyteller? I think you have that criticism backwards. : Ratsofatsorat
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            I agree with you rats, Tolkien possessed a great mind and established some wonderful ideas in the realm o... : -efx-
            • To me his writing is like the macaroni and cheese of literature. Sometimes it can bore me, and other time... : Ratsofatsorat
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          In addition to your analysis of Tolkien being entirely backwards, your point about King makes absolutely ... : Chris Remo
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            Perhaps we define writers and storytellers differently? I believe that a good writer knows how to set ... : Modica Sol Solis
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              How the fuck did my comment develop into a critical analysis of authors debate? It's like the Uwe Bol : K1Bond007
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                To veer back towards your original point (and Modica Sol Solis's response), I think it's far too early to... : sgtsanity
                • I think this is what I was trying to say and failed miserably at saying. Will Wright is, to say the least... : Modica Sol Solis
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                  I would say sandbox games in some form are the future. I'm talking games where you drop the main characte... : K1Bond007
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                    For sandbox games to take over, people will have to be eased out of wanting immediate feedback to their a... : sgtsanity
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                      What do you mean by immediate reaction? Example of such an event that possibly can't be done in a "sandbo... : K1Bond007
                      • That should be feedback... whatever. : K1Bond007
                      • Typically in games, you give feedback to player action to show its effects. In shooters this is the bad g... : sgtsanity
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                      Whoever doesn't like sandbox games gets killed. Simple as that. But joking aside, I don't think adjust... : Modica Sol Solis
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                        Can't they be though? Simple additions that have been around in games for a couple years would change tha... : K1Bond007
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                          I never said they couldn't, I fully believe that every genre can be sandboxed. I think adventure games ar... : Modica Sol Solis
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                            MMORPGs are aspiring to be this. : sgtsanity
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                              How do you figure? I don't see MMORPGs becoming anything like this, especially with the effect that WoW h... : Modica Sol Solis
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                                WoW is trying to bake the consequences of PvP into the world's makeup, and the other standard-bearer of t... : sgtsanity
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                                  WoW is definitely shifting the genre. In a genre that had been dominated by the Everquest mentality for y : Modica Sol Solis
                                  • Well, as of a few months ago, I didn't find Eve fun. That's probably a big drawback. :D I'm not as fam... : sgtsanity
                      • Deus Ex is a sandbox game. The levels may be enclosed, but they're sprawling and multiply-attackable. The... : sgtsanity
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          What? King a bad storyteller? WTF are you smoking? He's an excellent storyteller and a decent writer. ... : Zero|DPX
          • We see the truth! : kbnerd
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          With Tolkien I have the completely opposite view, he was a wonderful storyteller trapped in the body of a... : ColoradoCNC
          • i couldn't agree with you more. much like Bram Stoker. Horribly dry reading that actually contains a fa... : dopefish
          • This is why I think George R.R. Martin is the superior R.R. : SockMonkeh
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          Hah. Funny. Go read God Emperor of Dune and try to defend that viewpoint. Herbert started well, but man d... : Conan
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            Well, try reading the Silmarillion sometime. Although, if we widened the criteria to include that, we mig... : sgtsanity
            • That's just it, though, the Silmarillion in it's current state isn't really his. It's all edited. Not the... : Conan
  • Getting to meet him and shake his hand is still my favorite memory of attending E3 the past few years. Ev... : ColoradoCNC
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    What has he done that was that great? Serious question here, I'm not really familiar with his work (I pla... : Orange Pylon
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      SimFuckingCity. That game was revolutionary. : Chris Remo
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        Sucks to be me, then. I completely missed the SimCity boat. Haven't played a single game in the series in... : Orange Pylon
        • City Building. and that's it. It really doesn't appeal to me at all but a lot of other people love it to ... : kbnerd
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          The appeal is you build a city and it's really fun. Regardless of your personal genre interests, Wrigh : Chris Remo
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            It's fun for the first couple of hours. Then it becomes a pain in the ass...because your citizens won't s... : K1Bond007
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              The game is tough. The highest I ever got in that game, back in the 2000 edition, was maintaining a city ... : Modica Sol Solis
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                Haha.. I've downloaded pre-made ones in the past. Big cities too with a huge wallet.. and in no time I'll... : K1Bond007
                • I've long said if anyone can grow a million person city and keep it running till 2050 (effectively beatin... : Modica Sol Solis
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              It's fun for the first couple of hours. Then it becomes a pain in the ass... ... I really suck at the g : Chris Remo
              • I meant that for a city though, not the entire game. It is a hell of a hard game though, you have to admi... : K1Bond007
            • Sounds pretty true-to-life to me :) : PlanetPerfecto
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            Anyone who's made Civilization possible gets instant respect from me. Slacking off on my final essay in J... : Orange Pylon
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              Will Wright is so awesome that no body gives a shit if you respect him or not. He's just that awesome. : not work safe
              • Nobody gives a shit about who I respect anyway. Nor should they. : Orange Pylon
        • I've never played any Sim* game : Slowtreme
    • Pretty much everything he's made. His games may not always be universally appealing, as some of the Sim s... : ColoradoCNC
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      What the fuck, Pylon. : brickmatt
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        You ask that question a lot, don't you? <3 : Orange Pylon
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          In genjuro were awake, I don't think I could stop him from banning you. You got luck this time, cone. M... : brickmatt
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            Oh, I almost forgot. Did you see this post? http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13333237 Still haven'... : Orange Pylon
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              Shall I give you until the end of the year? : brickmatt
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                And now we have a time frame! Okay sir, you've got yourself a deal. : Orange Pylon
                • Sweet, a written contract. Signed!! : brickmatt
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      Turn in the gamer card now! : soggybagel
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        Dude, I've handed in so many gamer cards it's not even funny. : Orange Pylon
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          Clearly. Also the Nintendo you sold me doesn't work at all unless I put a sceond cartridge on top of the... : soggybagel
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            Jesus Christ, dude. I'm sorry about that. You could try opening it and tightening a few screws or somethi... : Orange Pylon
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              Nah, its cool. I mean it still works as long as I have something pushing the cartridge down the whole ti... : soggybagel
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                sounds like 50+% of nintendos one sees these days. : Foxhawk
                • Do you have to blow on the cartridges and such? I don't miss that. : Rotten Deadite
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      SimCity, The Sims, SimAnt, SimFarm, SimGolf, SimCopter, SimEarth, SimWhateverthefuckyoucanthinkof. : Modica Sol Solis
      • A lot of the more reccent "Sim" games unfortunately did not have any personal involvement from him. "Sim... : s2jason
    • To put in a broader perspective, he pretty much invented the entire sandbox genre. : aaarrrgh
  • him and Sid Meier. They can make pretty much anything fun : Clay
• I never cease to be in awe of the genius that is Will Wright. His GDC speech was a little underwhelming a... : lord cecil
• this thread is a trainwreck, here: http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/videos/celebrit... : aethyr

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• I think HL:E2 will be as immersing and captivating as the rest of them were, and people won't even think : Salad Sammich
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  Half-Life didnt inspire shit from other FPS developers, but I still enjoy those lesser games, so I imagin... : Maarten Goldstein
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    I don't really mean just the cover system. Other things contribute to its awesomeness - like 3D blood, th... : marmite
    • I didnt really experience it that way : Maarten Goldstein
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      I didn't feel that way either. Gears did less for me than HL2 / Ep1, Halo or even Rainbow Six Vegas. : enyakk
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        For me the cover system in Vegas seems completly useless especially in multiplayer because you can die in... : marmite
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          I feel the opposite. Apart from liking the controls for the cover system in Vegas better, I also feel ... : enyakk
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            Sounds the same to gears to me. : chazums
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              Well, Gears is more forgiving. Since a stray bullet won't kill you, being behind any kind of cover is goi... : enyakk
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                Thats the point in the cover system. In Vegas you might as well just stand behind the cover rather than "... : marmite
                • That doesn't even make any sense since moving away from cover is not a toggle, but a hold button. You rel... : enyakk
  • apart from the d3 gravity gun. : chazums
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  I think so, i love being able to get into cover properly and know that i'm safe. I'm also loving the vie... : chazums
  • oh and blind firing needs to be in every game. : chazums
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    The viewpoints are some of the best parts. I love how it's a mix of splinter cell style camera work. In D... : armybob
    • It's weird that you say that because I was going to comment about how the game reminds me of a mix of a g... : Mansmells
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      You know i can't think of a single time when i was killed or annoyed by the camera. That pretty damn ama... : chazums
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        How about that A button though. : enyakk
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          Once or twice but it was as much my fault for getting myself into bad a position where i needed to jump a... : chazums
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            I think those few A-button mistakes are a small price to pay for the elegance of this system. Handling ju... : tcs
            • In some ways I like the "difficulty" of the A-button. Knowing when you can use it for whatever action you... : ayesel
          • Also, I REALLY dislike the weapon selection on the D-Pad. I'd prefer just having two weapons Halo-style a... : enyakk
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  I know exactly what you mean and feel the same way. It feels really silly to just stand next to walls now : armybob
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    But playing something like hl2 is a totally different experience. Sure you lose the cover system but you ... : -efx-
    • I agree. I'm just saying it feels weird to get into a firefight and not being able to use cover. It's the... : armybob
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  Totally know what you mean. The cover system, the active reloads, the perfectly implemented CoOp and the ... : tcs
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    Is there a movie of this wacky active reloads business - people discuss it but 'I don't get it. : abrasion
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      It's just pressing the reload button a second time while the reload is in progress. If you time it right ... : tcs
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        That sounds simple but great indeed. : abrasion
        • It is a very nifty little touch. It's a tense mini game each time just reloading, pulling off a few greas... : node
    • It's like a golf swing bar and you have to hit in the right zone. You miss it, and you screw up your relo... : enyakk
• Not really. Run to cover, press duck. It's just a different way of doing things, and by no means perfect. : node
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  are you high? GRAW has a good cover system. : metalremains
  • Indeed. I really miss having your teammates viewpoint as an overlay window. : enyakk
  • in SP only....:( : echoinggreen
• nope. GoW was a very specific type of action game, but with the cover mechanic dominating, I really bare... : DonkeyPopsicle
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  Cover in R6: Vegas is pretty damn awesome. : Fred Garvin
  • yes, it is! And you won't accidentally use it when you want to run. : haokah
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    Too bad its so twitchy in some situations, and doesnt work on some objects. Argh that game annoys me so m... : Maarten Goldstein
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      Sure it's twitchy, but after a while you figure out what works well for cover and what doesn't. It's even... : Fred Garvin
      • Not always. Sometimes it just plain refuses to take effect when you seem to be positioned perfectly. And ... : Damodred
  • I am kind of disappointed the tagging system isn't available in MP coop. : enyakk
• I finished Gears and am playing through FEAR on the 360 now. Having lots of fun. Feels good to be playing... : PoopStewart
• No. 15 years of FPSs aren't undone by a single game, even a well done one. : Dynotaku
• GoW cover system annoys the shit out of me :( : Senor PoopyPants
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  I must reiterate my opinon that I think kill.Switch did cover really well and I loved the control scheme,... : Omaha
  • Have you played Gears? I think the cover system in Gears is better. It just works so well, and you really... : Sexpansion Pack
• I don't understand this love for a game mechanic that is essentially done for you. In better "traditiona... : crockroches
• i like the control you have over the graw cover system : takio

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  Hasn't messed up once for me so far. : freshyk
  • Me either. Just what extensions do you have? : SiW73
  • everyone's works fine before it dies : Mansmells
• I had a dreadful experience with Firefox constantly fucking up and leaving hidden processes in the backgr : DooBall
• I've noticed some strange hangups on my two C2D systems. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• I had the same problem, and then I disabled all extensions and enabled them one at a time. I found out th... : angrytaxman
• Aren't you the crazy bastard with like a gazillion extensions and toolbars? : rasputinreborn
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  I'm having problems on two laptops. They're both Dell 1505s. One's running Windows MCE and the other XP... : ThomW
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    One of my systems is a Merom laptop, XP Pro SP2. Hopefully someone will find out wtf is going on. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
    • We deployed it on 150 new Core 2 Duo systems at work a few weeks ago and haven't heard of any problems. : Dechter
  • I am having the same problem on a Presario V6000 (Turion64x2). The entire app won't hang, but individual... : riptyde
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  People never post their extensions and whether they've reset their profile. It's just a firefox bash-fes... : Draugluin
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    my extensions: Adblock Filterset.G Updater Adblock Plus delicious bookmarks Dom Inspector Firebug ... : wtf242
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      IE doesn't have extensions :) : rasputinreborn
      • Not true, there are a few, but far fewer and less diverse than Firefox. : nudel
    • The Toolbar, Tab Mix Plus, Adblock, and Web Developer extensions are the most likely of those to cause pr... : Zero|DPX
    • Here's something to TRY. Rename your profile. Load firefox for awhile. Watch and see. You can alw... : Draugluin
    • Don't use Tab Mix Plus : FushigiDenki
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      lol gee I wonder why its buggy. And you're also using an imported profile from an earlier version? stop p... : crazywigga
      • i'm not using an imported profile. the profile is 5 days old : wtf242
    • Does IE even use profiles?? : kbnerd
    • That's a lot of shit. On top of what Zero said, make sure you disable Firebug if it's the 1.0 Beta relea... : ThomW
• got fed up with it and installed an older version : Unleashed
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  Firefox is by far the least stable program I use regularly, with no extensions. It crashes on me once o... : Chris Remo
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    (1) Do you have Talkback installed? If not, install it, so you can submit crash reports to us. That's t... : Zero|DPX
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      I don't know, so probably not I guess. I'll look for that. As far as when, all sorts of times. About... : Chris Remo
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        Firefox always freezes on in-browser PDFs for me, yay for teachers only posting .pdf files on blackboard ... : thief
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          yeah. pdfs crash it 90% of the time. : wtf242
          • yes, so please do blame firefox for 90% of the time that adobe crashes it. : not work safe
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          In theory, the FoxIt PDF reader may work better for you. Lots of people prefer that to Adobe's pile of c... : Zero|DPX
          • FoxIt > Adobe. Adobe Reader is a major pile of shit x2001. : K1Bond007
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            if anyone isn't using Foxit they definitely should. I uninstalled Adobe as soon as I first used Foxit : derelict515
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              Does FoxIt work on Macs? : zuga
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                Apple ships Preview on every Mac. : Dechter
                • ^^^ Preview.app is FTW : Toraz Chryx
          • Thanks. : thief
          • I use FoxIt... it's awesome. So snappy to open and close. I don't have to brace myself when I click on .p... : aeg1x
      • The embedded media thing could be it. All the major plugins are horrifically unstable (though the latest... : Zero|DPX
      • /\/\ these things make it crash all the time. : PSYCHON
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      does talkback tell you when its reporting back? i turned it on when mine started to crash often but ive ... : smacknca
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        It does by default, but you can tell it to just silently submit reports. : Zero|DPX
        • ok this is definitely some sort of bug. i have to constantly keep reenabling talk back. any idea what c... : smacknca
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    javascript popup windows that I activate are what always ends my FF sessions in a crash. That session sav... : haiku
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      Agreed on the session saver. The Rhapsody plugin crashes Firefox about thirty thousand times a day, and ... : electroly
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        Rhapsody lol : kbnerd
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          Yes, RealPlayer sucks ass, but Rhapsody owns. And the plugin doesn't crash Firefox for me. : jonas54
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            This is on the Mac, which I'm assuming is much less stable than the Windows plugin. : electroly
            • ah, I see. : jonas54
  • I can't remember the last time Firefox crashed on me. I'd try a fresh install or something. Clean out... : aethyr
• Is it fair to say -- and I can't think of a better word -- it's getting too bloated? I use it occasiona... : thief
• Firefox is a memory hog on both machines I regularly use (2.0 may be less so than the older version), a l... : MC Kingsley
• Doing just dandy on my laptop with a bunch of extensions installed. : Helter Skelter
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  I use Firefox and have no problems with it at all since i upgraded to 2. I tried to use IE earlier tonit... : Galadriel07
  • IE7 lags on the shack, you have to move the mouse over to the scroll bar or something. If you're not re... : thief
• its not firefox, its windows. : CoRDS
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  It works fine for me. Honestly I'd probably switch over to IE7 if it had all the features/extensions I li... : Orange Pylon
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    You know you can customize the toolbars in Firefox. : jonas54
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      Shit, I could customize the whole damned browser if I cared enough. As it is, I barely care enough to ins... : Orange Pylon
      • yeah.. I know that, but just regular old vanilla Firefox lets you easily customize the toolbars through t... : jonas54
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  Yet you've probably never tried it WITHOUT the extensions by the sound of things. : DinK
  • No shit, I concur. People, firefox is very stable at this point. If it "stops responding", for you, th... : PlanetPerfecto
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  You know, quite honestly, even if it were just the extensions, it would still be Firefox's fault. Firefo... : eldersveld
  • I think that would be very difficult to do because of how intertwined with the base firefox install exten : kbnerd
  • I don't know of any browser that is capable of that. Also, that sort of thing is hard to detect. Even ope... : terath
• My #1 Firefox Bug:}g I enable the 'master password' option, and when I start up the browser and it's rest : boring gegtik

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  That was excellent, particularly what's happening to Peter. : Rasnowl
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    was that him in isaacs painting? when he was in the "dungeon". He had that 1 painting of what looked lik : broly1718
    • When Peter Absorbs powers from others he does not seem to know how to use them well. I bet he walks past : mikefr24
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  Bah I fucking missed this one. Don't they replay on SciFi at some point this week? : Ojalo1982
  • Yes, Friday nights at 7. They used to show it on Thursday nights on USA, but I dont know if they still d... : kikilupo
  • Should be available on NBC's site as well : s2jason
• Holy crap... what a way to end on a cliffhanger... : Maddog_Delphi97
• this show is fantastic. this and bsg (stargates dont start till april :( should make for a good january... : broly1718
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  Who was Calires dad talking to on the phone? Sounded like he was taking orders from someone else about Sy : pimpium
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    Yeah I always thought Claire's dad was his own boss...I bet he was talking to Lindermann or something lik : Rasnowl
    • Yeah. Thats true. We have only heard of Linderman. We havent seen him yet. lots of interesting things ... : pimpium
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  Fuck, my thread is better. It has shacktags. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
  • And temptation. Why do you mock me?! : Ojalo1982
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  i might start watching it. how much of that hot chick do they show? : jono181
  • I'm sorry but I can't get over her overbite. I know it sounds like I'm being shallow, but I can't stand i... : Ojalo1982
  • Shes pretty much in every episode and almost always in her cheerleader outfit. : pimpium
• easily one of the best : klearlyunseen
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  I have been watching this when I can. Epp 6 or 7 is the last one I have seen. What a fucking show. I am n... : ghost hacker
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    Hiro is easily my favorite character. When will he get the damned SWORD!!!! : mikefr24
    • HAHAH his face lit up when he was told that. HIROBLADEUH !! : ghost hacker
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      I hope not soon, because from the painting, it looks like he doesn't know how to use it. : Rice-Rocketeer
      • yeah but he has all the time in the world to learn : ghost hacker
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  Was that a Simpsons reference when Hiro said "What if I step on a bug?" -- the ep where Homer goes back i : K1Bond007
  • I saw it as a simpsons reference as well, though it is a fairly common thought. I'm happier thinking it's... : renegade732
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    I think it was originally from Bradbury's "Sound of Thunder" short story or something like that : Rasnowl
    • Yup the Simpsons was a homage to that as well. : Carnivac
  • It's from a short story by Ray Bradbury spoilers: There's a company that allows people to go back in ti : kikilupo
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  Damn right. It'll be interesting to find out why Peter is going to explode. My initial thought was radiat : Vincent Grayson
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    Regarding Peter I think this is some sort of secondary power that he has. Kind of like Jean Grey and t : eldiablo01
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      That would be kinda cool, although this show doesn't need more obvious X-men stuff :P : Vincent Grayson
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        I'm going with the idea that Peter can: absorb someones power entirely, like Sylar, and given that he do : neblix
        • He doesn't permanently absorb powers, although it is interesting that her being around him didn't seem to : s2jason
        • Now that I think about, Peter has been having those prophetic dreams all along. All the way back to the : s2jason
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    Peter is absorbing radioactive guys powers You could see he was sickly the first time you saw him in the : judasen
    • Hiro vs a fucking dinosaur!!!!!!! Holy shit this episode was fantastic. I can't wait for January! I go : taco_jockey
    • That building was still in Midland. Radiation Man was in California. I don't think Peter has ever bee : hawke
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  haha i love hiro. HOW DO YOU STOP AN EXPLODING MAN??!! : qwertymkonji
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13389584 : Bingo
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  My theory WAS I knew Eden would try to implement her plan and fail. I figured Sylar would take her power : hawke
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    Is having radiation man/Peter blow up really Sylar's MO? He seems to just want to get more powers and st : Rasnowl
    • I think this one wins. I'll sign on. : ra1n
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      Great thoughts, I'll go along with that! : railchu
      • Thank you, thank you...though I can't explain how they meet up in the city, or why the Haitian can't just : Rasnowl
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      I want to just throw out some ideas. Instead of killing Peter, I'm willing to bet Peter still survives : ejectorpod
      • Good point, I forgot about that. Maybe he will make it after all : Rasnowl
    • I'm also thinking that Peter's brother is eventually going to die, his character is really just screaming : s2jason
  • but I don't see why Sylar would want this nuclear explosion. After all, he doesn't randomly kill people. : Bingo
  • i think he looked concerned because he knew he wasnt going to get her power. : broly1718
  • I am so down with the idea of a Justice League type thing going on. I think that you would killer, maybe : taco_jockey
• Fuck it going on hiatus for a month and a half. FUCK IT IN THE EAR. : Deathlove
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  I guess my question now is how did Peter get a vision of the future? Did he steal that from someone, Clai : K1Bond007
  • That last bit there was obviously about Mr. Bennet. I didn't do the greatest writing job there. I don't p... : K1Bond007
• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13390944 : stygian_whisper
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  Ok maybe I am slow but did anyone realize The cover of "Activating Evolution" has the same design that is : bRAINsick
  • and in the pool at a crime scene. its all over the place. : broly1718
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    The same design is also hidden in the DNA shit on Mohinder's screen, and all over the place early on. I h : Vincent Grayson
    • it was also drawn on the bus stop where DL found Michah I wonder what it's significance is? It almost l... : bRAINsick
  • the tattoo only shows up when Jessica turns into Nikki. When its just Jessica, the tattoo disappears. T : ra1n
  • and on hiros sword : synack
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    Gonna have to say you're slow here. Sorry. (lotsa spoilers in link) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H... : hawke
    • Yeah, I noticed it elsewhere just not on the book. : bRAINsick
• sweet jesus this show is awesome. Definitely ahead of Lost in my mind now. Remains to be seen whether 24 ... : derelict515
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  Does the cheerleaders dad (i suck at names) have some kind of anti power device or something? Like to ja : smax
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    It's the Haitian guy, which is why he's always around Claire's (the cheerleader) father (Mr. Bennet). : K1Bond007
    • ah, ty. : smax
  • hahaha Are you WATCHING the show? : ThomW
• Interesting stuff with Peter. I'm not sure why he can see the future or why he's sick. Maybe he wasn't : brickmatt
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  ahh well, yes - time to freeze myself for 6 weeks :( : virus
  • yeah, this is gonna suck :(((( : freakord
• I love the show too. Somewhere near, as or better than Battlestar. : Sylvanus
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  my thoughts... 1. I think Nathan is ultimately going to turn into a bad guy. If you look closely as hi : g0nk
  • I'm with you on #3. Although now that she's going to jail let's hope things get more interesting. I'm p : darcspeed
  • I just skip her whole subplot. Indian guy's too. Having a DVR is great. : losder5000