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• ug. I thought they said they weren't doing this :( : chazums
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  Son of a bitch. I was hoping the pokemon games would be the second coming for the DS/Wii. A slip like thi... : avatar_58
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    Why would an obscure friend code system make Pokemon games any less appealing? I am assuming that most : inarius
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      If you haven't played, then it doesn't matter to you. Friend codes hurt all online games because it makes... : avatar_58
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        yes there are good games, i also find odd that the ds pokemon dosen't have friends codes at all. : knightblade87
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          I thought it does both? There were reports it uses friend codes for ease of use, but you can also go with... : avatar_58
          • as far as i know friends code is mainly use to have a room for you and your friends i.e. chat room. you d... : knightblade87
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  It is so simple jesus christ. Just copy Xbox Live and be done with it! Why are the Japanese console maker... : Evil Benius
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    Friend codes in general are shit. I can understand a friend list, but for some games it makes them unplay... : avatar_58
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      Friend codes are not that bad if the system would at least notify you that someone added you so that you ... : c_man_tmt
      • Yeah theres that. Adding people to FFIII's list was confusing as well. They have redundant menus and list... : avatar_58
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    If you really want the answer, search Chris Remo's post history. He's mentioned it quite a few times in ... : walker270
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      Oh I know that they did it because it allows people to get online with games easier and without hassle et... : Evil Benius
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        Not only that, but they also wanted to protect people's identities. They tried to create something kid f... : walker270
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          Well registering a username could easily be tied into the parental controls on the system. I understand t... : Evil Benius
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            I honestly don't think they care. Nintendo's strategy is to expand the game market in the same way the... : walker270
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              That's where they hit a roadblock. They say they want to expand the user base and want more people to pla... : pillzer
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                I honestly don't see how they're losing customers with this. Or, at least, a large enough number of cust... : walker270
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                  Yeah, they're not 'losing' customers, but they're not gaining new ones. Online stuff = new functionnality... : pillzer
                  • How can you possibly say they're not gaining new ones, when it's clear people who have little to no inter... : walker270
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          Why couldn't they just implement usernames and friend codes and then have the option (which could be enab... : jonas54
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            They could, but that would require them to think it was necessary for their projected primary userbase. ... : walker270
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              Sounds like Sony-style arrogance :( : jonas54
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                No, it sounds like a financial decision. Sony's attitude is "you'll like what we tell you to like," wh... : walker270
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                  It just seems like it wouldn't be too much extra development in the grand scheme of things and would make... : jonas54
                  • Actually, we don't know how much more work it would take. It all depends on how ingrained the friend cod... : walker270
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          I'm all for protecting identities if that's they're main reason but that doesn't mean you can't add some : armybob
          • I'm going to add a reply here late with some examples just to keep this bookmarked for future inevitable : armybob
    • Well for the record I do think they should institute an invite-based system that can be limited via paren... : Chris Remo
• You just have to have a 360 if you want to play online console games. The Wii is for partying.. theres no... : bozer
• My redundant Friend Codes, let me show you them : SiW73
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  Might be a protection thing for the young ones. : ieGod
  • The Wii's code is protection enough. : SiW73
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  The way I see what N has done with DS WiFi and Wii online is that yes, reducing your system or game and ... : Masem
  • Exactly, one number to rule them all dammit. Also notifications would be nice when someone adds you as a... : c_man_tmt
  • You are so completely right, it's hurting me right now. : Hiro
  • One problem - it was always a Wii game because it was meant as the companion to diamond and pearl. So tha... : avatar_58
• Is it really that fucking hard to setup a single, consistent set of online play standards? Not even like ... : node
• i dont give a shit what nintendo's kid friendly reasoning is, they were not thinking about gamers like us : bradsh
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  Looks like I sold my Wii at the right time. Might pick it up later for shits and giggles, but for right n... : lookitzpancakes
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    Yeah, the first month of a console's life is the sweet spot. : brickmatt
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      Don't worry, he'll sell his 360 and buy a Wii once Metroid Prime 3 comes out. : walker270
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        Then sell the Wii and buy a 360 for Halo 3! : brickmatt
        • Or maybe his parents will buy him a Wii next year.. : dopeman
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    Anyone who sells a Wii or PS3 in the first year obviously wasn't thinking clearly when they bought it in ... : avatar_58
    • It's ok lookitzpancakes got a 360 sold it, got a wii sold it, is getting another 360, Im sure this will ... : Chod
  • At the rate you are swapping consoles I would have to say that any time would be the right time. I don't... : dopeman
  • messy? hahah, youre crazy. I think you overhyped yourself. : maulla

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  I just ran around for all my points looking for ways to get XP. I have the lockpicking skill and every d... : knitemare
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    combat and healing are the only decent ways to gain XP quickly. Combat moreso than healing, since you've ... : ghale
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      fighting can be really frustrating though... I've spent 26 AP over the course of like two hours on a leve... : AbortedFetusChristi
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        I saw your post yesterday about the difficulty with attacking people. Do you have to be a full on attack... : knitemare
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          if you take hand-to-hand combat initially, you start with 30% hit chance and brass knuckles to raise your... : AbortedFetusChristi
          • Don't pick Hand-to-Hand over Melee just for convenience. You can find an Axe or Sledgehammer that both do... : Alf Alpha
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        and now my engineer is without a portable toolkit. it broke when somebody kicked at my head. where the fu... : AbortedFetusChristi
        • Make/find a new one. http://wiki.nexuswar.com/index.php/Portable_Toolkit#Portable_Toolkit : Alf Alpha
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          I totally just dropped one of those because I didn't need it and it was taking too much space. It'll be r... : perstephanie
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            I will keep that in mind, but I just deleted that character again (had like 11xp, no loss) and went for a... : AbortedFetusChristi
            • Awesome, you will level quickly that way definitely. I kind of should restart my shacknews character but ... : perstephanie
            • It's not just claws that benefit from hand-to-hand, it is all innate touching attacks: Dark Heart, Defile... : Alf Alpha
        • LOL good point. Ive had things break when killed by all sorts of methods. How does a scimitar get da... : void_walker
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      i had one of my characters holed up in the library in paradise for a few days. got quite a bit of xp the... : stgulik
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        I thought you lose points if your not an angel in paradise? : bling1bling
        • hit points that is. : bling1bling
        • That is what Planar Protection does for you. : Alf Alpha
      • My guy found 7-8 books in the Vaults of Enlightenment. None of them granted XP. Later a Lich came in and ... : Alf Alpha
• Thought I'd make another character to join Shack Hype. Started 2 squares from a hospital; most people wer... : Balboa
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  Official Nexus War thread. www.nexuswar.com Sign up on the ShackMap: www.shackmap.com/finder/nexus-war... : Nixx2004
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    Is there a full map yet? I can't figure out where I should be going. : knitemare
    • http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3476/nexusmapfinal0gw5ak.png : AbortedFetusChristi
    • Shouldn't be going to any specific area really. Certain characters do want to find specific buildings ... : Nixx2004
    • I use http://www.users.on.net/~rabbithole/ubermap/ Shows locations of portals too, and clicking on them ... : captfarrell
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  We're seeing about getting more alliances with groups that have been helping us in Urban Dead, like the R... : Nixx2004
  • Not on my Shacknews character, but my Appleflappen character will be a Wyrm Master. I'll help out as I ca... : AhmNee
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    I would actually like to have a character that does the pets thing, dunno if my shacknews guy is even rem... : perstephanie
    • Forget about that raid, it's not going to happen until we get a stronghold. Kind of annoying, but I gu... : Nixx2004
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  Oh shi My bad dude, I got carried away with the demonslaying. I didn't even realize the colors denote... : VinnieTheSquid
  • that's it... no appelflappen for you. Bad Vinnie! : captfarrell
• I've been killed so many times in the last two days that I now have the second 'you got fucking owned' ba... : Gauss
• I hate the random respawn location, makes organizing things hard. Pretty much required to have a strongh... : Nixx2004
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  i'm hiding out in a cottage in paradise, and someone said this: * Blizzard the wizard said, "ok g... : mattsull85
  • oh, ps: i'm going to kill him when i am back at full ap. : mattsull85
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  so how exactly do I learn spells? I'm confused the wiki says to open my spell book, but there are no spel... : hirez
  • Find a book that has a spell in it. Or. Get a Sorceror to transcribe a spell (that they already kn... : Alf Alpha
  • There are two important points that should be made: 1) Learning a spell costs Character Points (which ... : SwiftyPants
• We haven't been posting explanations of what the colors mean in our tips for new players, so people aren'... : perstephanie
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  General Tips -- Revised This is a work in progress. If you see something confusing, or have some tips : Alf Alpha
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    Couple things that could be added. How about a glossary for the main abbreviations. AP = action poi : Nixx2004
    • Thanks! The document started out as a 'quickstart' for experienced UD players. So I have omitted some... : Alf Alpha
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    Move this: The main Shacknews faction is evil. You don't have to choose a demonic class. You can choose a : Nixx2004
    • You may want to add that a neutral class character can be any morality in any faction. You can be +40 ... : void_walker
  • Do we have any idea what we'll need for long-term dominance? We'll certainly need damage dealers, and I ... : Toxy

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  Once again I draw up the list of games that I liked and games that I was disappointed with. 2006 was a bi... : baron calamity
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    fuck you, DEFCON is awesome.. : g0nk
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      no, he's right. boring : elwood00
      • No, your wrong, your just bitter from the backstabbing! muhahaha. : cdbeckman
    • The only game I could play asleep. : baron calamity
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    No Gears? Damn, that game is so polished and well-made, it's gotta be on there. : lookitzpancakes
    • Didn't play Gears of War, not interested in it either. : baron calamity
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      I wouldn't say Gears is polished, fun yes, but certainly not polished. : bakanoodle
      • you would be wrong. : Silent Wolf
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    Call of Juarez? : MatthewPhillips
    • (I thought it was out already) : MatthewPhillips
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      Its not out in the US yet. They are spending another 6 months developing it so it may be a different game... : baron calamity
      • Interesting. I enjoyed the demo, much to my surprise. : Damodred
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    I believe that you are missing supcom there, good sir. Also, chromehounds in your face. : Foxhawk
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      supcom wouldn't count :( : cygnus
      • oh upcoming, my bad : cygnus
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    Oblivion, RPG of the century? You do realize that century includes every RPG every developed? I realize i... : avatar_58
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      If he's talking about the current century, it only includes games developed after January 1st, 2000. : silent prophet
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        I was thinking in terms of measurement "a century" but I guess I can see it that way. However what about ... : avatar_58
        • I'm just the opposite. I see both those games a mainly FPSes with RPG elements integrated into them. I th... : silent prophet
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      I think it is one of the top rpgs ever. Its hard to rank Oblivion with say Ultima 7 or Fallout. Fallout 2... : baron calamity
      • Well one look to Fallout's style, level of choice and character responses I could easily rate it above Ob... : avatar_58
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    you must not have played Amped 2. i weep they felt they needed to dumb down the unique controls. : gokart.
    • Hated Amped 1 and 2. To hard, not fun. : baron calamity
  • ^^^^ More Shackers should do this. : buroja
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    you do know that Sam n Max season one is already out do you? : skobar
    • pilot episode is but most of the season isn't. : baron calamity
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    company of heroes??? : the rizzo
    • Looks pretty but found it too hard. RTSs generally aren't my bag. Especially WWII themed ones. : baron calamity
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    No Crysis love? : speon
    • I'm interested, just not so much. : baron calamity
  • Skipping over the obvious things that people are going to comment on, I'm going to chime in with addition... : Johnny Law
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    NWN2 has been a blast for me so far. I haven't run into a single bug and it's being regularly patched. ... : melkore
    • agreed on this end. I have only *once* run into a bug, and it was while joining a 2nd multiplayer game. ... : Crimson
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      I've put in ~26 hours into this game when I ran into my third game stopping bug. I'm going to wait a mini... : baron calamity
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        Have you tried your save since 1.3? It seems to have ironed out a lot of problems for players. : melkore
        • I tried 1.03 with my last save but all the npcs are still flashing red and black. : baron calamity
  • i honestly liked sin episode one, and am really looking forward to #2. also, Sim City Next plz : AMikaboshi
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  He obviously doesn't have a Wii. : manlyman
  • Which would add Zelda and little else considering how early it is for the Wii so far. : -efx-
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    for very good reason. The controller just won't work for him. : sigpro
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      It's game specific, but for the most part, yeah. : ieGod
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        any game that uses the nunchuck wouldn't work for him. : sigpro
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          is he missing a hand or something? : datoo
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            right hand is paralyzed. I've learned to cope with the standard controller and using just my left hand bu... : baron calamity
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              Might want to talk to this guy: http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/03/ben-heckendorns-one-handed-xbox-360-c... : genom
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                I don't have a problem with the 360. Its the wii that is a huge problem. : baron calamity
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                  Are there any specific games you find tough to play on the 360? : DrZettl
                  • Generally FPSs are really hard since I have to use bother analog sticks, face AND index buttons at the sa... : baron calamity
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              Sorry to hear about your hand, man. That's a tough one. But I'm curious--how exactly do you play any of t... : Silent Sorrow
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                Mind Control. : DrZettl
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                  only when killing yaks. : baron calamity
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                    But at what distance? : Bold
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                      Wii distance X box = yak death : baron calamity
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                        Ooooo, sorry--we were looking for "200 yards". That's "200 yards". We also would've accepted "MIIIIND BUL... : Bold
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                          Sorry, perhaps you were thinking of wonder boy? : baron calamity
                          • But if you're not Wonder Boy, that means you're... Nasty Man?! : Bold
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                For pc games I use an 8 button Logitech MXlaser optical. 8 buttons and a wheel help a lot. My general lay... : baron calamity
                • Holy crap, I'm amazed you play 360 games like that. That's pretty awesome. : crummynz
                • :O That's awesome. : cdbeckman
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  i really hope by "century" you mean the past 6 years : wtf242
  • Well yeah but its close to the top of the genre no matter how you slice it. : baron calamity

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• wut : Degenerate
• ....what? : Evil Benius
• yeeesh... that's bad. : carnivore
• I thought I heard that during the trailer at the awards. I wasn't sure. I was like "naaaaah couldn't ha... : judasen
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  ON THE THIRD DAY, THEY STOPPED STOPPING SCIENCE : Chris Remo
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    ON THE FOURTH DAY, POT-SPOTS STOPS TOPS' TOSSUP SCIENCE. : sgtsanity
    • STOPPING SCIENCE, NO MATTER WHAT THE COST, WAS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP SCIENCE : ezanga
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      ON THE FIFTH DAY, SCIENCE STOPPED SELLING SEASHELLS BY THE SEASHORE : Chris Remo
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        ON THE SIXTH DAY, THE PRETENSE OF SCIENCE'S LICENSE FOR BISON INCENSE WAS SEVENTY CENTS. : sgtsanity
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          ON THE SEVENTH DAY SCIENCE STOLE ALL THE TOILETE PAPER. : voodooraze
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            ON THE EIGHTH DAY, SCIENCE DIED OF CHOLERA AND A WAGON AXLE BROKE. : crummynz
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              ON THE NINTH DAY BOB LOBLAW'S LAW BLOG WENT LIVE ON LIVELAWBLOGS.COM : get_navi
              • I haven't laughed this hard at a subthread in years. I needed that. : Vincent Grayson
• EVENTUALLY, SCIENCE JUST STOPPED GIVING A SHIT. FULL STOP. : enyakk
• Am I retarded or is there no video in that link? Oh, its down under GAME MEDIA? man that site is terri... : not work safe
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  IN A WORLD WHERE STOPPING SCIENCE WAS THE ONLY HOPE THEY HAD, ONE MAN STOPPED STOPPING SCIENCE AND STARTE : tashtego
  • hahaha thats great : hobosapien
  • That second-half is grammatically awesome. : sgtsanity
  • Hahahaha well played. : Evil Benius
  • I'm walkin on suuuunshine! Wooooah! : owly
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    i think you win the prize as favorite. : dahanese
    • review copy plz : tashtego
  • TIME WILL TELL, SOONER OR LATER, TIME WILL TELL : pebui
  • You have to imagine the Movie Voice Guy saying that. But um, yeah, someone spun the dials on Drama, Su... : Damodred
  • Someone get this man a 6-figure salary and a corner office, stat! : ChibiJosh
  • lol...this sub-thread delivers. : Mister Groin
  • awesome. : lightly inclined
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  Jesus. From most games that wouldn't bother me, but from the spiritual successor of SS2 I expect more. : brickmatt
  • I recon the game will be good, but I haven't seen anything else text-related from the guys than cheesy li... : zehh
• Bioshock: playing Susie Homemaker all day with Captain Conundrum. : Kentor
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  IN A WORLD WHERE SCIENCE RULES, ONE MAN, FROM SOVIET RUSSIA, RULES SCIENCE : mr.sleepy
  • In Soviet Russia, Science stops you! : Moonbase Commander
• SCIENCE COULDN'T BE STOPPED .. LIKE THE POO FROM MY BUTT. : virus
• THERE WAS A TIME WHEN SCIENCE STOPPED ALL, UNTIL SCIENCE WAS STOPPING AND WAS FINALLY STOPPED STOPPING. : hobosapien
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  HOW MUCH SCIENCE WOULD A SCIENCE STOP IF A SCIENCE COULD STOP SCIENCE : Krypt_
  • ^^ I like this one. : felicia
• SHE SAID 'BUT I STOP SCIENCE FROM THERE!' NOT RIGHT NOW, SHE DOESN'T! : eskimo spy
• Science stopping aside, I liked the trailer. This game will be the best game of next year. : megarust32
• IN THE CITY, SCIENCE WAS UNSTOPPABLE. UNTIL CHRISTIANS PUT A GOD CLAUSE IN IT : ihya
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  this thread is blinding me : skruff
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    with science? doo doo doot : judasen
    • From my heart and from my hands, why don't people understand my intentions :( : felicia
• Head Assplodes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG_-QsMtvSo : Stoned Gargoyle
• IN A WORLD WHERE SCIENCE WAS IN YOUR SCIENCE....DOING YOUR SCIENCE : get_navi
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  rI emailed 2kgames and got this Hi Mike, To better re-state that phrase let's say that Science was... : AllYourBase
  • Unstoppable force moving constantly onwards and upwards, until one day it spun out of control? My Geig... : sgtsanity
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    ahaha. i wrote you that response. how about how amazing the plane crash is, people? give me some love. : dahanese
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      So sign your bfs name on all your emails? : boomstickah
      • hah. different eric. he fielded the email. i just told him what to reply since i was the one crackin... : dahanese
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      So your name is actually Eric? I've been addressing you incorrectly in our podcasts. : Chris Remo
      • he's got a really feminine voice too : Mr.SEX
    • The truth comes out that dahanese is really a man :( : Krypt_
    • preemptive damage control. excellent. : ki11_viru5
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      Hahahah this is too funny! It would have been even funnier if you had posted the email/answer before A... : MrLobo
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        well i could tell you that the original thought for the sentence was: In a world where science was sto : dahanese
        • How's that Ken Levine Standing Behind You simulator coming anyway? Did Ken gush at my comments? : DrZettl
        • haha thats even better : hobosapien
    • oh wow, this thread is all kinds of awesome. : crummynz
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      did you develop it? made art? I give love to developers, not publishers. : Fredrik S
      • she's gets coffee and gives backrubs. : askedrelic
  • this is absolutely hilarious : mattsull85
  • This thread is overloaded with awesomeness, it's overloadedness is awesome! : Hiro
  • hahaha thats so funny : virus
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    did you really need that spelled out? : cpt_gloval
    • yes clearly I did. That was my sole reason for emailing them : AllYourBase
• IN THE CITY, SCIENCE WAS UNSTOPPABLE. UNTIL ONE DAY, SCIENCE COULDN'T BE STOPPED. THEREFORE THE STATUS ... : Dynotaku
• Science H. Logic! What a trailer... :P : K1Bond007
• Wow. That is completely retarded. : NastyJack
• I'm still gonna buy this game the moment it comes out. It looks like a more interesting game than even Ma... : Subarushian

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• I'll be there. : josecuervo
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  if i'm up and running by 7, yes. of course. i'll never have played the game before... : dahanese
  • If you want to get some co-op on let me know as I do not have any of the Dom acheivements : Yanks
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    that's 10 NY time, girly.... : freakord
    • oops. well, those three hours are still not going to make me not suck at the game, i assure you. : dahanese
• I'm probably down gamertag: MasterJeef : Yanks
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  If steam is still down by then and I can't work on my map then I'll be there, commando style. : -efx-
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    That battle armor chafes without boxers on, bro. : ChibiJosh
    • FIGHT THROUGH THE PAIN! : -efx-
• FreakordX ------> : freakord
• Nihiliste - I'll be there if I at all can : Postal
• FushigiDenki : FushigiDenki
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  SailorofFortune : pebui
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    HAHAHA : Turd Ferguson
    • That's not funny, it's been tough finding work these days. : pebui
• SirRockALot. I won't be able to play for a week or so, but feel free to add me for the next time. : tcs
• McLoseAgain : McLoseAgain
• snakeonaplane (i'm a maybe) : afrochops
• If my nap doesn't last too long, then yeah, I'll be there. : Goncyn
• astrowhip : whippy
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  I'm home and ready for some pre 10pm PST co-op. Let's play! : Yanks
  • PST EST : Yanks
  • invite me, mallrice : mallrice
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  bump. it's 7 PM - do you know where your gamers are? : Postal
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    it's not 7 PST. : sigpro
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      well us East-coasters can still play :( : Postal
      • i'm on, are you guys running a game? send me an invite, mallrice : mallrice
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  anyone ever play after 10pm PST? I feel so alone :[ : lowpoly
  • i did all the time back in college. : newportgeek
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  gears multi is not fun : mr.sleepy
  • What?!, Que dices?! : Izakhar
  • Weird that it is the #1 xbox live game being played. : TreMetal
  • Yes, it is, but it's got a learning curve of a few hours. Also, you have to be with fun people. Assho... : EvilDolemite
  • I hate to agree do not have a problem agreeing with Mr. Sleepy. It did not 'catch' with me the way Vegas ... : eskimo spy
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    I don't like gears multi either... the standard weapons take way too long to kill anyone since your targe... : ghost in my shell
    • 1 lancer shooting at someone in the open wont kill them easily, but if you have 2 or 3 poeple shooting th... : newportgeek
    • ever been hit by a torque bow in the right situation? or a sniper shot (thankfully, camping is hard in G... : Postal
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  Slengteng invite plz : Mansmells
  • are you online? : mallrice
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  Playing NOW! Player match on mansion, MasterJeef GO GO GO : Yanks
  • bump we still need YOU! : Yanks
• Hit me up if you need another. Uponanend : getfrisky

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  They just need to make more games with that red head. : pebui
  • yes! : tacocat
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    And take pics of that real-life look-a-like. Oh boy, she was a hottie. : Matt Burris
    • Video: http://www.3dgamers.com/dlselect/games/sinepisodes/sin_episodes_at_e3_2006_high.wmv.html Picture... : pebui
• Shit yo. I enjoy SiN. :( : Super Sparker
• doh. that's too bad. I was hoping for improved gameplay in episode 2 =/ : hirez
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  Good, the first one was awful. : Vincent Grayson
  • completely agreed. And I still can't believe the stupid stuttering bug cropped up again : Bantis
  • Disagreed, it was good fun. : rasputinreborn
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  Who is Jeff and who is Shawn? It sounds like they both work for Games for Windows... And if that's the ca... : SilverSnake
  • Yeah, this is just editor gossip, not news : Balboa
• so i played the first one for nothing? :( : moshman
• as poor as the first one was Im not surprised. : cap n KRUNCH
• Fuck... : NFXFSX
• That sucks, I did enjoy the game. : Lawgiver
• What?! I thought it was fun. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
• <vader> Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo : NeoMoose
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  Screw episodic content. I would rather play a full expansion or game that wraps up the story rather than... : pigvomit
  • /Signed. : Sgt_Boomstick
• Moral of the story? Don't count on a crappy autobalance 'feature' to fix poor level design. Sorry to the ... : lord cecil
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  Wtf, it's episodic. Do they not realise that the next episode can be released whenever the hell they feel... : Drewus
  • Having said that, i never played the first episode, and i heard it sucked monkey nuts. So wtf do i car... : Drewus
• It's probably cancelled, but this isn't any more news than there already was following the recent Ritual ... : Chris Remo
• That'd be a damn shame : -efx-
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  I really wonder if episodic gaming will ever "take off." It doesn't seem that way. The only game out th... : alarm cock
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    The fact that Sam & Max seems to be working (their second game is already done, and the first one came ou... : Chris Remo
    • At the very least, if a company is bent on doing things episodically, it'd be in their best interests to ... : alarm cock
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      The fact that Gametap is paying the bill for season one helps. : baron calamity
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        That having a publisher helps you fund a game is not new news and is not applicable to episodic any more ... : jake2000
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          Yes but Sin was going it alone and were self publishing. : baron calamity
          • Ahh ok. I thought Valve was somehow involved in that. : jake2000
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  i know alot of you liked the game but I really found it to be mediocre at best. the levels were bland an... : smacknca
  • Well, it wasn't the most innovative game ever, but the combat felt really, really solid. : Rice-Rocketeer
• That sucks. I liked Emergence and would buy another. : EvilDolemite
• Wow I was giving it the third or fourth one... : ghost in my shell
• I really, really loved Arena Mode. :( : wild falcon
• Fine. Episode 1 wasn't good and I'm not surprised that it didn't do very well. I just hope that that game... : Serpico74
• I was seriously doubting that I would have bought Episode 2 anyway. : Mad Brahmin Disease

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  lol!! http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=623af75c3ea3bee0fab7fe7G06121508 : g0nk
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  • Hahaha hillarious : bcyde
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• LOL : Shadowdane
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• http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=7698fd0d7b257f47510c26bG06121508 : Ziz
• hahaha that could not be more perfect : ThomW
• this needs an +inf : eeeealmo
• Marvelous, simply marvelous. : angrytaxman
• that's great : jvox
• How long before penif head elf? : knitemare
• Wow. I wonder how long till he sees it : proclone1
• ahahahaha : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  no words... they should have sent a poet : OverBurN
  • what is Contact : jvox
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  wtf I did this days ago and nobody even replied http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13454931 : smoking pets
  • the shack can be a cruel mistress : proclone1
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    you should sue : jvox
    • For real! : smoking pets
  • It's the O face that made all the difference. : cdbeckman
  • owned :( happend to me a couple of times as well : atom519
  • Welcome to the internet. :( : sgtsanity
  • You need to use ATTN GETTING TEXT! : marblehead
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  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13454356 lol : jrock
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    Insert "female" under "sex" in your profile. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • The secret to online success. : Dynotaku
  • it was buried in a thread : El Tigre
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• work productivity: dropping : smoove
• http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=973ac95bf5e54783548afeeG06121510 : paulatreus
• I would make a goatse dancing elf if I wasn't at work : El Tigre
• ahh haha insert B=D http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=a8ecddbd807c59ad635edf1G06121510 : skanky08
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  WangFace (NWS?): http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=973ac95bf5e54783548afeeG06121510 : losder5000
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    Didn't you just link to mine? : paulatreus
    • Of course I did, wangface. lol, where did it go?! : losder5000
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  Is there any way to save this? : helvetica
  • Send to friend -> email to yourself. : paulatreus
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  http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=a0af65787de1fb836183ffdG06121510 i'm going to hell, my buddy fell o... : buzzbat
  • I tried not to laugh but I did anyway :-( : smoking pets
  • A++, will lol again : vassili_zaitsev
• AAAAhahahaahaha work just got a lot easier today with this. : Ulfie
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  Loading Photo..... Never loads. : Nixx2004
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    IE Tab ftw : tunis5000
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      ..it's . . flash. I'm confused by your advice. : tacocat
      • yeah whenever a flash page won't load for me in firefox it'll work in IE Tab 9 times outta 10 : tunis5000
• its funny cause its steve but this is one of those things that only old people would laugh at, kinda like... : sexninja!!!!
• sounds elfy http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=3fc43f62f227ff72ffef00fG06121516 : nandu666
• http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=3fc43f62f227ff72ffef00fG06121516 WHOO! : nandu666
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  http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=3fc43f62f227ff72ffef00fG06121516 last one this is grgpoopster : nandu666
  • wtf they are all the same thats not right, those fuckers fucked me damn! : nandu666