First Post!

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 36 replies.

• I want this but I already have a 628 and find it hard justifying the purchase of this one. : cookblaze
• I highly recommend. I bought the 880 @ $150 USD last year and it was worth it at that price. : riptyde
• toggle

  want. but Canada :( : Trepex
  • $151 @ amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Harmony-880-Remote-Control/dp/B00093IIRA/sr=8-1/qid=116784... : Shadowdane
  • get it shipped to americaland! :D : OverBurN
• toggle

  $129 CAD for a freaking remote? I can think of at least a few dozen better things to spend that kind of m... : avatar_58
  • toggle

    Then I'm going to go out on a limb here and say this remote is probably not for you. For those folks wit... : asylumn
    • Exactly! THis is easily the best remote control I've ever owned. It's great. Setting up on the compute... : FormerHPB
  • blow-up dolls? : Trepex
  • toggle

    Once you've pressed "Watch DVD", and your remote turns on your TV and receiver, sets the TV to video 2, s... : riptyde
    • toggle

      You misunderstand, it's sweet and kickass but I just don't think $129 is justified for a device to turn o... : avatar_58
      • toggle

        If you ever used a $50 remote and then use the Harmony 880, especially setting them up, you'd easily reco... : FormerHPB
        • toggle

          I was wondering, since I don't have a receiver and use my Logi Z5500s for surround sound.... surely the H... : Trepex
          • toggle

            I bought the xbox360 one about 2 weeks ago for $50 its amazing. I also have those speakers and it works ... : carazy
            • this one, but when it was $50 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CCXCYC/103-9477997-0100615 : carazy
            • that would probably make a lot more sense for me too... having the dedicated 360 buttons would be nice... : Trepex
        • For $129 that remote would have to turn on everything in my house while felating me and making me breakfe... : avatar_58
        • Hell, I don't think I ever even use the LCD unless I fucked something up, since most of the important com : riptyde
  • i used to think like you until i needed 5 remotes to watch my setup : FrayLo
• toggle

  Man, that looks pretty damn good but I already have the Harmony 520. Mind you I always found them a littl... : carnivore
  • toggle

    The 880 doesn't have lag, per se, but since it executes it's commands in sequence then you do have to kee... : riptyde
    • toggle

      what happens if you have the TV in one direction and your av stuff in another? Guess this wouldn't work t... : Patch-e
      • toggle

        nope, that would be a recipe for frustration : riptyde
        • toggle

          He just has to learn the sequence that it sends the signals and then quickly point the remote at the righ... : carnivore
          • toggle

            OR: get the Harmony 890 w/ the RF adapter. although it's heinously expensive. : dopefish
            • Nah, the idea of him pointing the remote this way and that like a ninja with a remote is much funnier. : carnivore
  • toggle

    You can tweak the speed settings for each device--with 20min of work you can remove 95% of the lag on any... : Merconium
    • Sweet... time to go fuck with some settings. : riptyde
• Lame, on 3+ weeks shipping now : veras
• toggle

  Will this work with an xbox and/or a 360? : SenorSpine
  • Check out this one http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CCXCYC/103-9477997-0100615 : carazy
  • Yup, it will. You shouldn't need to buy a remote to learn, either, as you can tell it you have a 360 and ... : nudel
• toggle

  gone already? :( : alexthegreat2
  • toggle

    Looks like it :( : SenorSpine
    • Damn it! : Edges

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 72 replies.

• toggle

  I love the game, I really don't have much in the way of constructive criticism but they have to do someth : marmite
  • toggle

    The speech is one of the my favorite things about OFP/ArmA, it's just so unique, yet also bloody clear : j33uk
    • toggle

      Yeah, I love it. OH NO! 3 is down! Man.. is history! I GOT HIM : nyranger66
      • 4... go to the ... BUSH ... at 3 o'clock! : pebui
  • toggle

    I think the speech is unlikely to change (meaning, the structure of it). I have some ideas of what th : Dslyecxi
    • I love the way it works, i'm just sure they could make it a little more natural by at least having the sa... : marmite
• Oh, and for the record: Many of the suggestions and comments in the last thread were passed higher up. : Dslyecxi
• toggle

  I really want to like armed assault. The little bit I played of OpFP was great, but its just so overwhel... : snowwolf
  • toggle

    There are infantry and helo tutorials in the full version - hopefully they can be convinced to include th... : Dslyecxi
    • that would be excellent. : snowwolf
• can they change the name to unarmed assault and remove all of the weapons from the game and have ninjas i... : deep gray
• toggle

  Please be sure to tell them what I told you about the controls last time. http://www.shacknews.com/ja.... : DOOManiac
  • toggle

    I'm bringing up #2 with them right now. Even if it isn't an "official" BIS video, I intend to do a traini... : Dslyecxi
    • You do such a good job w/ it too that you deserve some cashes. Show them this post so they know we're : DOOManiac
• toggle

  Get them to look into optimising the engine. It runs at an absolute crawl on my system (AMD 3000, 2 gigs ... : Drewus
  • toggle

    It's the 6600, I'm pretty sure they're aware of it. I'll reiterate it just in case, though. : Dslyecxi
    • just adding to the same comment. OFP ran would run excellent on that rig AND look much better than ArmA.... : noven
• toggle

  Change the sound of vehicle engines. Good lord they sound like crap. : Modulus
  • toggle

    Is it possible to tell an AI driver in another car to shut of the lights on the car? I tried to drive ... : maxmc
    • Yes, if you set his "Combat Mode" to "Danger" or "Stealth" he will kill the lights. If he's on "Safe" he ... : Dslyecxi
• toggle

  I think I need to play it more, and I haven't played OFP in a while, but, a CQB Toggle button? For exampl... : nyranger66
  • toggle

    You can adjust the freeaim if you'd like. Options -> Controls -> Floating Zone. If you turn it all the... : Dslyecxi
    • toggle

      Well, I like it the way it is for everything else but CQB and I think it's too clumsy to change freeaim i : nyranger66
      • I see what you mean, but I don't think they're going to be open to doing that. The idea is to give "no fr... : Dslyecxi
      • toggle

        okay, sidenote. what the fuck is going on with your name, stonerboy? : dahanese
        • lol : nyranger66
• toggle

  playing mostly in coop, I've noticed there seems to be a 3-5 second loading period between checking the m... : contentious roy
  • I don't know why that pause is there, but in MP, you can hit "Esc" to bring up a mini-map that can be zoo... : Dslyecxi
• toggle

  ping not graphical representation, ability to turn off HDR (I get a lot higher fps in BF2 and I think no ... : spdon
  • I wouldn't worry about the ping display, it'll be addressed. The interface will almost certainly be rewor... : Dslyecxi
• toggle

  Been playing demo coop with my team and we all think that the controls and movement are needlessly clunky... : d3pr1ved
  • I quoted you exactly, in full. I think that some of those issues are related to the animation system they... : Dslyecxi
  • toggle

    Two things that bugged me about OFP. The fact that every single action required you to be stationary in o... : Drewus
    • Apparently they had looked at ragdoll or more in-depth physics and found that it wasn't practical at the ... : Dslyecxi
    • toggle

      I think the latter is actually the bullets taking time to hit, perhaps done way too exaggerated though. S... : spdon
      • toggle

        No, it's actually an animation issue. The velocity of bullets is basically right, but if a unit is in the... : Dslyecxi
        • toggle

          was speed of sound actualy in ofp or was that marketing bs? : spdon
          • toggle

            Speed of sound has always been in OFP, and it actually has gameplay ramifications. Just the other day ... : Dslyecxi
            • Speed of Sound Illustrated: Being shot at by a sniper Here's footage from that game. I've used text to... : Dslyecxi
            • toggle

              stop shilling, you can do that in any shooting game except you hear the gun shot at the same time. : spdon
              • toggle

                Crazy concept, how about you try reading what I said, and then comprehending it, before making some jacka... : Dslyecxi
                • toggle

                  Furthermore: If you ask a question (albeit with hostile wording) and I take the time to give a detaile... : Dslyecxi
                  • His post history doesn't show any ability to post comments that aren't simple negative reactions to somet... : Lightzout
• toggle

  streamline the key binding options for newbies. I've played hardcore space sims with less mappings. un... : cell9song
  • toggle

    Do you have any specific suggestions in that respect? I'd like to suggest a detailed makeover of the keyb... : Dslyecxi
    • toggle

      I was thinking maybe they should have Alt+ and Ctrl+ key modifiers to give more options on how to customi... : Lightzout
      • toggle

        They have CTRL modifiers, double-tap keys, and press/hold (for the mouse). I don't think alt-keys are bin... : Dslyecxi
        • I just noticed that when I tried to play the CTI part of the demo. The splash screen showed it briefly. O... : Lightzout
    • I think a sort of toggle from a basic keyset to an "advanced" tab for secondary/tertiary functions. It's ... : cell9song
  • yes... key binding was such a bitch in the demo.. why cant it be as simple as any other game or even in t... : ballystix
• toggle

  The ability to turn off the 3d menu background : byorn
  • I seriously doubt they'll do that, since that was a characteristic of OFP from the start. : Dslyecxi
• toggle

  That demo was ridiculously poor. The graphics are good, and there is potential there. I'd never thought s... : TimeDoctor
  • toggle

    Thank you for not helping at all, in any way, shape, or form. The intent of this post is clearly stated. ... : Dslyecxi
    • toggle

      I did have a specific suggestion, improve the UI! : TimeDoctor
      • toggle

        also, when I press forward (w) I don't mean go to prone and then stand up in a loop. This after buying op... : TimeDoctor
        • toggle

          Re: #1, what? Check your binds. Re: #2, http://www.flashpoint1985.com should have a contact address, a... : Dslyecxi
          • toggle

            I did check my binds, I also saw other people on the same server having the problem. Whenever I respawned... : TimeDoctor
            • toggle

              Were you on sloping ground? Were you wounded? : Dslyecxi
              • toggle

                no, and I had just spawned, as had the others with the problem. : TimeDoctor
                • toggle

                  It's not just TimeDoctor. Now that me mentioned it I remember running into this as well. : DOOManiac
                  • toggle

                    Did this only happen on a specific mission, or when you spawned in a specific spot? : Dslyecxi
                    • I do remember that it was on the default mission where you have to go into the town and kill the AI. It w... : DOOManiac
          • Awesome, BI's site pointed me back to codemasters. However they had a different e-mail address now, so I ... : TimeDoctor
• they need to be more liberal with their default graphics settings. the default settings looked like utte... : manero
• toggle

  The menu system holy shit I couldn't even get in a game. I didnt understand the ping icon either. I wasn'... : feek
  • toggle

    seconded, the UI was fucking horrible : kill9
    • toggle

      I thought the UI was WIP right up until they released the demo, at which point I did the "Wait, what?" re... : Dslyecxi
      • its been a couple weeks since i played the demo, so i might be remembering this wrong, but when you bind ... : kill9
• I've been playing the co-op portion with the AI, and my main gripe is that the enemy AI is way too diffic... : Languid_Heap
• My suggestion is that way too much crappy sound is in the game and to change that. The helo's.. great.. s... : jriegel

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 103 replies.

• Clearly, the PS3 is for you. : Lunatic Angelic
• I'm also not interested in replies. I don't think I'm buying one in the next couple of days. I'd hate ... : Chunks
• toggle

  Rainbox Six: Vegas, Project Gotham Racing 3, Condemned, Oblivion, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance would be m... : pandastrong
  • toggle

    I have Oblivion for PC But, yea, PGR3 was on my list. It's not too "sim" is it? I like my racers like ... : Ebu
    • toggle

      i know shit about racing, and i picked up the controller and did well in it. can't be that simmish =] : cheshirecat
      • toggle

        I suck at racing games. But never before has sucking been so much fun! Wait, what? : Ebu
        • toggle

          i definitely suck at racing games, and it's still really fun. really good sense of "omfg fast zoom!". : cheshirecat
          • toggle

            Which is the racer that models NYC somewhat-accurately? I read about it somewhere. Was that PGR3? : Ebu
            • toggle

              yep, thats it... test drive unlimited does a lot more modeling though, in a more interesting location : re-verse
              • toggle

                DAMN YOU FOUL BEAST OF TEMPTATION closest I'll get to NYC in the near future :( : Ebu
                • toggle

                  Do shackers still play this with any regularity? :( : Ebu
                  • toggle

                    Think so, as with test drive.. the thing about the 360 is you're always so close to online gaming.. reall... : re-verse
                    • Pubs hold no interest for me. None. Shackers or 'real life' friends only. : Ebu
    • PGR3 is more arcade than sim, but not super arcadey - it's pretty simple + straightforward : veras
• lol GoW Dead Rising GRAW THP8 PGR3 NFS:MW Burnout:Revenge BF2:MC Oblivion CoD2&3 : Jayx77
• toggle

  not a whole let, yet. RB6, Viva, Chromehounds (although it's pure multiplayer, and that's died off), PGR... : cheshirecat
  • toggle

    Lost Planet also seems like it may be great. Shrug. : cheshirecat
    • Indeed it is an awesome game. : 5150Joker
  • toggle

    I enjoyed the hell out of Dead Rising. Geometry Wars was #1 for me until that. Gears of War is cool as ... : khaosman
    • Dead Rising is why I love the next gen : j33uk
    • Yeah, somehow I forgot Gears O.o Gears is what I put on when 360less friends come over, and then watch... : cheshirecat
• 1. Lost Planet (must have game, I'm borrowing a buddy's jap version and love it) 2. Dead Rising 3. Burn... : 5150Joker
• toggle

  And for the people in this thread: When did you buy your 360 and has it died yet (and how long after ... : Ebu
  • Launch day. She lives! : j33uk
  • launch xbox with no problems, and i've played the shit out of mine. : pandastrong
  • June this year, not dead. : cheshirecat
  • Bought mine around July and its been working perfectly. : 5150Joker
  • get a warrenty or use MS's : byorn
  • I got mine on launch day and it died a few months later. I called up MS and they had a new one at my door... : angrytaxman
  • March (for Oblivion), never looked back. And no problems wid it. : thaperfectdrug
  • Launch day, still works fine. : pigvomit
  • Launch, works great, and hasn't frozen once : veras
  • Purchased in August 2006, Made in May 2006. No failures, but a few lock ups. : aggressor
  • I got mine at launch but that one died, so I sent it back to MS the following Monday and got a new launch... : pebui
  • April and still running strong. : ki11_viru5
  • Launch Day first one died in Nov 06, my replacement was manufactured in April 06 -- no problems with that... : Shadowdane
  • Launch unit, still works great, and it's been taken across the country a few times. : mattleexbox
  • I'm on #3 (or 4 if you want to count the dead box they sent me by mistake) : edgewise
  • I'm covered in disease. : tacocat
  • Bought in July 06 and still going strong. : randomnull
  • Launch day.. still no problems. I only know one person from real life land (not the internet) that has ha... : bozer
  • Launch unit, still working fine, knock on wood. : Serpico74
  • 2 Launch day systems, still zero problems : sharpie
  • Launch day from Costco, no problems ever except for 2 crashes I can remember, 1 in PGR3, and one in Ultim... : MikkleThePickle
  • 11-28-06, no issues yet, lots of use. : EvilDolemite
  • got mine last January, still works. : contentious roy
  • This Christmas. It's crashed like 10 times already. Fun times. : Ojalo1982
  • Probably 1 month ago, 4 disc unreadable errors on GoW -- no real issues other than that. : moz
  • Bought it in march, have had no issues. : re-verse
  • Launch Day. No Issues. : skinlab133
  • June 2006, no problems yet. : mockery
  • Launch. still chuggin along just fine. : dopefish
• UNO : Snif DeCrac
• toggle

  I'm not getting a 360, but I want to play Viva Pinata. But then there's this red ring of death thing and ... : perstephanie
  • toggle

    I shyly admit that I want to play that, too : Ebu
    • guilty pleasures. Don't worry, guys like it too :) : perstephanie
  • look slightly above.. seems the ringers are in a tiny minority, most work fine. I know about 10 people wi... : re-verse
• toggle

  If I could only own one console that was available right now, it would be the 360. : Simulacrum
  • toggle

    Nah, DS easily wins that fight. No contest. : Ebu
    • signed : Jayx77
    • toggle

      That's a handheld. : Simulacrum
      • A handheld gaming console. (END OF THREAD SERIOUSLY) : Chris Remo
      • A handheld console. : Ebu
      • I know, isn't it awesome : geedeck
      • toggle

        I'm with you dude, console ! = handheld, it's a very specific distinction (REMO I'M NOT BAGGING THE : abrasion
        • silly is not the word you are looking for. : ki11_viru5
        • I fear you have gazed too long into the technological beast my friend. Did no one tell you that it also ... : vigilante
        • I hate to admit it, but I agree wichoo. : rasputinreborn
      • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13497474 I think this is somewhat relevant. : eldersveld
      • Correct, that is one of the reasons the DS dictates. : vigilante
    • toggle

      Wait a sec.. DS doesn't count! It's a handheld. Stop fighting it... look at this entire thread. You k... : laidback
      • toggle

        No. The PS3 is a slick piece of hardware and I have no moral qualms about "supporting Sony" (although : Ebu
        • toggle

          Speaking of jRPGs on the Xbox 360.. Where is the Squaresoft support?? I think back to E3 2005 and their ... : laidback
          • toggle

            yah.. Square really should be doing FF on both platforms! How awesome would that be to have it on PS3 &... : Shadowdane
            • toggle

              At this point, I see the status quo will not change for them. I get it. I just want them to at least con... : laidback
              • toggle

                The status quo is changing ENORMOUSLY for them, just not to the 360. Putting Dragon Quest IX on DS (alon... : Chris Remo
                • toggle

                  A surprise how? I might be a bit naive here but it seems to me that the general creed for publishers/dev... : eldersveld
                  • Oh, I see it's exclusively DS according to Wikipedia. That does change things. : eldersveld
                • toggle

                  That's what I mean. Their triple AAA titles like FF, DQ, Kingdom Hearts are all on Sony and Nintendo cons... : laidback
                  • My guess is their reasons are more economical than philosophical or whatever. : rasputinreborn
                  • I understand what you're saying, I'm just saying that having their huge titles on "Sony and Nintendo" con : Chris Remo
          • toggle

            The only jRPGs that I know of that are coming out in 07 are Blue Dragon and Eternal Sonata : melkore
            • Hopefully Lost Odessey is released in the US this year.. The screenshots are amazing: http://games.tea... : laidback
• toggle

  If I hadn't received one at launch, Viva Pinata and Lost Planet probably would have been the first games ... : Chris Remo
  • toggle

    As it stands, though, you've been able to experience a lot of what the system had to offer without the co... : eldersveld
    • toggle

      Well yeah but I'm saying if I had to buy the machine personally, I would have waited quite a while. Hone... : Chris Remo
      • Oh yeah, I understand. Just saying you're lucky, punk. : eldersveld
      • toggle

        If you didn't have one, would you buy one now? - your own cash or still not yet? : abrasion
        • toggle

          No. For what's worth I've never bought a console within two years of its release, except PS2 I think. : Chris Remo
          • toggle

            Hah, you're as tight with your cash as I am : abrasion
            • Well, until relatively recently I spent more money on other things, mainly music-related. : Chris Remo
  • toggle

    Early Lost Planet reviews are not looking so hot... : PenicillinX57
    • toggle

      Famitsu gave it 9's. That's all i care about. : Drewus
      • toggle

        I'm looking forward to Lost Planet but seriously Famitsu scores are next to worthless. : Chris Remo
        • I tend to agree with their scores, so personally 9's are a good sign. That, and the game looks like my ki... : Drewus
      • I tend to trust Famitsu less than other sources. I've disagreed with their reviews many, many times. : EvilDolemite
    • That's because GamePro (crappy mag) gave it a low rating. Gamebrink and Famitsu gave it very good ratings... : 5150Joker
    • toggle

      These days I only trust Shackhype : DOOManiac
      • "Big Mistake" : nukewinter
• I keep thinking I want one until I get to buying games. GoW and Dead Rising are the only two that I coul... : melkore
• Gears of War is amazing and I hate console shooters. : SockMonkeh
• Viva Pinata Hasn't gotten nearly enough love/pimping in this thread. Seriously. An awesome game. : Zhaneel

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 93 replies.

• toggle

  Sisters mode uses the touch screen. : pigvomit
  • toggle

    Yeah, but that's a) not part of the main game and b) worthwhile, unlike the stupid seal system I *like... : veras
    • yeah seals for crap, but there was plenty of grinding in PoR if you finished all the quests. The holy we... : pigvomit
• Honestly, there weren't any notable surprises. Everything that was going to be good was either good or a... : PenicillinX57
• toggle

  Viva Pinata. When I first heard the premise, I was pretty dismissive of it. I think shackhype worked in... : digitalburro
  • same here for sure. : paravis
• toggle

  guitar hero for me. : [fry]
  • toggle

    and i know it was hyped but i honestly thought it seemed silly and that i'd hate it but ended up loving i... : [fry]
    • Have you tried the bonus songs for GH2 yet? There's a sort of bluesy one that has some really great soloi... : ki11_viru5
    • toggle

      Same here. I didn't believe the hype until I played it at Best Buy. : Zakko
      • Me too. £50 seemed too much for a game, but the moment I finished Smoke on the Water in store I b... : node
  • I'd have to go with Guitar Hero too : red2lucas
  • I'll join this GH lovefest. : DinK
• toggle

  The DS Lite blew my mind this summer. I received a Game Boy when I was a little tyke, and playing Supe : sgtsanity
  • toggle

    As someone who just got his DS Lite a few weeks ago, I love this post. : tomservo
    • and as someone who's read so many of these posts, i finally found a ds lite today (bought 3 in fact, 2 fo... : greydog
  • toggle

    I'm with you on the DS Lite. I haven't had a handheld since my Game Gear, and was totally annoyed that th... : perstephanie
    • toggle

      If you don't find it, let me know. I probably won't play it again, and would let it go cheap to a Shacke... : Wadmaasi
      • toggle

        Seriously? I haven't seen it anywhere. You'd be selling to two shackers at once since the boy and I semi-... : perstephanie
        • toggle

          Seriously. I loved 80% of it (dragged in the middle, and by the end I wanted to be finished due to backl... : Wadmaasi
          • toggle

            Sounds great. Do you live in Virginia? If so we could probably skip the mailing it part, since I'm in MD.... : perstephanie
            • Sure thing! Yes, I live in the DC metro area of VA. : Wadmaasi
  • 2nded/3rded/4thed/whatevered I only got a GBA for Xmas 2005, and I rarely played anything on it. For ... : Wadmaasi
  • My black DS Lite is the best gaming item i've spent my money on this year. : tcxsnoop
  • Pretty much the same story here ( I also played SML2 to *death* )... After the the original Gameboy, I ne : Lightbulb
• Gears of War lived up to the hype and then some for me. : Holesinswiss
• toggle

  That I enjoyed Oblivion and it wasn't too big and daunting for me. : abrasion
  • toggle

    Oblivion was a major win for me too, even though it could still be so much better. : DinK
    • toggle

      I know the Morrowind fans and hardcore RPG folk were sad but I found it a good compromise between hardcor... : abrasion
      • I enjoyed Morrowind greatly but Oblivion was much better. The quest system alone is fantastic. : helvetica
• toggle

  Rogue Trooper. It was too easy on Normal (headshot city) but kicks ass on Hard. It's not remarkable in an... : node
  • I thought you said Rogue Warrior and I was like "wait, that's out zomg." : mrfunky3000
• Oblivion. I had no idea whether I would like it or not, I bought it on a whim and it turned out to be the... : nomaad
• Playing games on a 20" widescreen monitor coming from a dinky 17". Holy cookies what a difference. : helvetica
• toggle

  Nothing memorable, to be honest. I think it's been a pretty shitty gaming year, next generation consoles ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Oh wait I take that back. HL2 Episode 1 was the only pleasant surprise I can think of. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• toggle

  Probably Half-Life 2 Episode One. It definitely wasn't unhyped or unknown, and I always expect quality f... : Chris Remo
  • toggle

    GET OUT OF MY HEAD!! : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • no u : Chris Remo
• Evil Dead: Regeneration. Such an underated title. Has a few flaws here and there but it's a helluva lotta... : Magus
• toggle

  God Hand. I'd seen a video or two, and was pretty interested, but it ended up being one of my favourite g... : missylu
  • Yeah! : Chris Remo
  • \m/!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : dmiller
  • toggle

    you jerks are gonna make me buy god hand : veras
    • non-shackhype wins again! : spazzium
• the big N stealing all the console thunder. : thebigbeefsandwich
• Gears of War honestly, I didn't expect it to be anything but "another shooter". Boy was I wrong. : FushigiDenki
• DS Lite was the biggest surprise. I bought it in a moment of weakness, thinking it would be a waste of $1... : mattleexbox
• Space Rangers 2. I am really loving this game, more than I ever expected. I would also like to add Obliv... : Stoned Gargoyle
• toggle

  Company of Heroes. I know it's difficult to believe based on how much I shill this game but I was actuall... : aeg1x
  • It sort of came out of nowhere for me too. I had heard the name before but I assumed it was a WW2 shooter... : aeg1x
  • CoH for me too. I was focused on the next great RTS to come out (SupCom) but this game made me completel... : Concrete
• I'd say Oblivion. Before that my interest in spending lots of money on another PC was waining. I mean I... : spazzium
• PREY, gears of war, NHL07 with stickhandling (360) : virus
• okami. i didn't think it would be a letdown, though i did think it would be more fun on the wii. anywa... : pyide
• Final Fantasy III, but that's mainly because I had forgotten early early Final Fantasy games were actuall... : walker270
• Not so much a letdown but it kinda flew under the radar for how freaking excellent it was: Total War 2! ... : -efx-
• biggest surprise=Shadowrun was the best game I played at E3. : Borzoi
• definitely UD. started playing early on, but didn't quite get it and let it sit for a while. finally fi... : burgertime
• Elite Beat Agents being so much gay fun! : Dimmona
• Gears of War looked pretty lame up until I saw the first multiplayer videos. But even then it just looked... : Sexpansion Pack
• toggle

  2006 Gaming Surprise: My CS:S Skillz : pres589
  • which? : hobbespanache
• Sin: Episodes I really enjoyed it. : Thresher
• I'm usually not pleasantly surprised much by games; if it's good I probably hear about it ahead of time, : Johnny Law
• toggle

  Going back to Gran Turismo4 after playing PGR3 and other super high res omg in your face games on the 360... : not work safe
  • I hope they make GT5 awesome : veras
• HL2. Yeah, I'm real late to the party. But damn that is one fine game. : jforman
• That I bought a 360 and loved it! : mr brown
• toggle

  Dwarf Fortress! :< : Rampancy
  • DF is fun and tedious, all at the same time! : guido anchovy
• toggle

  Cubophobia : SlamDunk
  • + Cloud game : SlamDunk
• R6:Vegas multiplayer and XBLA : Rauol Duke
• im surprised the wii is doing that well. 1 year ago, people were begging them to drop out of hardware ... : eggnoodles
• Prey. Other games blew my mind more, I enjoyed others more, but I wasn't expecting to enjoy Prey as much ... : Serpico74
• Urban Dead. I was totally hooked on such a simple game. : ieGod
• Repost from yesterday's attempted threadjack: Twilight Princess didn't (doesn't?) suck. I loved the... : RevRaven
• Nexus Wars i'm addicted to it :< : AMikaboshi
• To agree with a few others UD never had a more rewarding gaming experience. : snowwolf
• HL2:episode1...i thought it woudl be totally lame but it rocked. : gyokuro
• Wii was even better then I thought it would be. : rosewood
• toggle

  FF VII on PSP : snoozy
  • toggle

    what? : VegasX
    • Time travel. Just like the rabbit told me. : FushigiDenki
• toggle

  I was suprised with how exceptional Prey was. Really really awesome stuff. : DOOManiac
  • Wait, I change my vote. It was definately getting a nice LCD monitor from the CRT I had always had in the : DOOManiac
• FF XII, easy. I wasn't expecting to like it this much! : brickmatt
• Urban Dead. Being a member of the horde was a ton of fun. : BanjoBoy
• Finding out how much better the DS is than the PSP. : BlackCat9
• Company of Heroes. Never even heard of it till a couple weeks after it came out and even then it was here... : feek
• Wii I'm really buying into the control scheme. : Freon

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 42 replies.

• Good luck dude. : ThomW
• toggle

  Stay away from Houston : genjuro
  • toggle

    Ugh, No. Why do you even live there? : not work safe
    • Couldn't swim to California : genjuro
• toggle

  Where are you moving to ......................................? lol I can read just being stubborn : boomstickah
  • toggle

    I don't understand the secrecy. : feek
    • He's moving to Kansas and doesn't want to be made fun of yet. : pres589
• toggle

  havent any of you faggots moved cross country? : not work safe
  • toggle

    I have. It sucked. : EvilDolemite
    • ^^^^ I would reconsider driving. : ctlaltl33t
  • i'm about too... i'll uh, let you know how it goes. : sparhawk
  • toggle

    WHERE ARE YOU MOVING FUCKO : filtersweep
    • IAWTP - plz tell us : Mr.Fusion
    • toggle

      I bought this ridiculously cool house and it is huge and not work safe is a friend who has expressed inte... : haiku
      • toggle

        Dude is going to have bike shit all over the place, I bet. : filtersweep
        • toggle

          Like it matters; there is a bazillion square feet. He can go set up a bike factory for all I care. : haiku
          • toggle

            Awesome. Is this your first house purchase? : filtersweep
            • toggle

              Pretty much. I've been involved in the purchase of new homes before, but never one entirely by myself. : haiku
              • toggle

                Is it brand new or just being remodeled? : filtersweep
                • toggle

                  The exterior of the building is 100 years old but the inside is being gutted for modern architecture and ... : haiku
                  • toggle

                    Sounds awesome, pics of it when your done? : nyranger66
                    • you're : nyranger66
      • Chicago looks like a really fun city. I am a Bay Area native and went to Chicago for the first time a few... : Lightzout
      • toggle

        you dickhead, i wanted to build suspense for the next 3 months. : not work safe
        • I predict you will be dead or disfigured within 4 months. : zakk
        • Dude, we would have been all like Not Work Who? way before then. ;) : ThomW
      • Lol, what do you mean terrible? It's a GREAT idea, at least when it comes to the laughs we'll have 'roun... : rasputinreborn
      • dear haiku, please let us keep tabs on your life, it's not as interesting as some of our lives, or at... : nyranger66
  • I'm moving to San Fran just about a month or two before you move and I live on the Ease Side. I've done t... : Frozen Pixel
  • I did. I grew up in Ohio, went to college in Georgia, then briefly went back to Ohio. After a few weeks I... : Ben Barker
  • Not really. Stayed with at my GF's moms house for months at at time in eastern PA. It was awesome, and fa... : feek
• why are you doing it? : virus
• Dude! :( Everyone is moving away... Best of luck to you, sir. : mofo
• I think there's several things that you simply don't need to give away or sell. Just ship them with ... : abrasion
• Ratalon and I moved from NJ to CA. We fit all of his belongings (two full desktop computers with CRT mon... : Galadriel07
• Advice: 1. Don't count on the room. Unless you _really_ know the person, the friend you live with ma... : DianeOfTheMoon
• toggle

  Plan on getting a U-Haul, you always have more shit than you anticipate. Also, it'll free up room for a ... : brickmatt
  • toggle

    But don't get an actual U-Haul...a friend of mine ended up in a 4 year long lawsuit across three states b... : DianeOfTheMoon
    • That's nuts. Getting a trailer from them is the way to go I think. : brickmatt
    • fucking uhaul. Most of their problems is that they franchise out to every lowlife fucknut on earth. I ren... : GloriousCow
• My only advice is start looking for a job as early as possible, depending on what field you're in. I jus... : DinK

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 65 replies.

• toggle

  Hehe, I guess cheerleaders figure if the athletes can get away with it, why not them? : Fred Garvin
  • toggle

    because women enjoying sex is a sin. : spdon
    • Nothing to do with that at all. I was refering to the bulshit attitudes and people letting them get away ... : Fred Garvin
  • http://withleather.com/post.phtml?pk=1846 : CSParsons
• toggle

  where da pics at?! : industro
  • IAWTP : khaosman
  • agreed, someone get on this stat! : baronzemo78
  • ^^^ : NFXFSX
  • toggle

    I bet Phil is reading this and saying, "Oh, NOW you guys want to see undeaged girls in bikinis... ungrate... : edgewise
    • ^^^^^^^^^^^^ : rosewood
    • now is the time for his triumphant return : veras
    • toggle

      I can't believe he left :*( : classicfork
      • toggle

        Until reading this post, it had not dawned on me that I haven't seen him post in a while. Upon searching,... : Stoned Gargoyle
        • This thread has been a dissapointment. : jonin
    • I miss that guy - he was alrite. : abrasion
  • supporting this. enough blog shit, more pics. : Downforce
  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/36111795@N00/sets/72157594457655744/ http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c86/... : Fred Garvin
• toggle

  I never understood why people post pics of themselves on myspace or facebook or whatever when they're doi... : basketofkittens
  • toggle

    well, unless they're underaged, it's not illegal right. : ki11_viru5
    • toggle

      Well, considering that they're in high school, I'd say that the odds of them being under 18 pretty large.... : basketofkittens
      • toggle

        the sex would only be illegal if the age of the other party was high enough. The way I understand it i... : themelon
        • toggle

          my 17 year old babysitter... You know the drill. : Kaiser
          • toggle

            You have no idea what I want to do to this girl.... Actually you probably do. And if you were to just... : themelon
            • toggle

              There is no age limit, go for it! : TreMetal
              • toggle

                My wife has already asked her(the sitter) and she is ready and willing to participate in some recreationa : themelon
                • toggle

                  pics. plz. : FrayLo
                  • +divx : NFXFSX
                • toggle

                  wait, your wife asked your babysitter to have sex with you/your wife? : Omning
                  • less discussion, more jpg : FrayLo
                • toggle

                  Your wife is a keeper. : abrasion
                  • toggle

                    Yes, she most certainly is. : themelon
                    • No really, I want to shake your hand - good work man, good work. : abrasion
                • toggle

                  http://ajax.shackspace.com/Pictures/darius_approves1.jpg : Ajax
                  • This is the approval I was looking for. I love you man! : themelon
                • toggle

                  ! : rosewood
                  • my thoughts exactly : AbortedFetusChristi
            • I feel ya, man. Went to a NYE party on Sunday, and one of the host's daughters, who is back on college b... : riptyde
  • toggle

    how is it illegal for girls to be skanky? i don't get it. so a sixteen year old is deep throating a ca... : dahanese
    • ps oh yeah drinking is bad news bears. : dahanese
• toggle

  I could care less about these girls after reading that article. : Spoetzl
  • oh : FrayLo
  • toggle

    i never understand "i could care less." shouldn't it be "i couldn't care less" if the intention is to ... : [fry]
    • toggle

      It is supposed to be "I could not care less." People just do not say the phrase properly and it drives me... : Evil Benius
      • Here here! Your definatly right how rediculous there writing is : spiderfill
    • yeah it's pretty rediculous. : riptyde
    • toggle

      Too lazy to type the "n't". I could care less = you care (to some degree), but could possibly care les... : TreMetal
      • But people actually say it that way. I doubt it's just from people being too lazy to type a couple lette... : DinK
    • toggle

      I REALLY <3 you man >:( http://www.google.com.au/search?q=%22common%20english%20mistakes%22%20%22could%2... : abrasion
      • toggle

        From the first link: http://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/scrapegoat.html In early English translations co : TreMetal
        • so he was correct if we take the historically correct meaning :P : aeg1x
      • http://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/farther.html That's a good one. I always confuse the two. : basketofkittens
    • It's apathy. : Ajax
    • toggle

      I say couldn't care less, my gf always says "could care less", and now when we argue she says could care ... : re-verse
      • you should slap her on purpose : SockMonkeh
    • toggle

      The worst is when you read "I could care less" in books, newspapers, etc. I sazw it in one of Dan Simmon... : Anti_dentite
      • It's in the opening scene of Deus Ex - I'll never forget that >:( : abrasion
• toggle

  "Quite frankly, I personally found it 'creepy'." Hot chicks are 'creepy' ? : tcs
  • he realized he's a dirty old man. he's the creepy one. : pyide
• toggle

  This is so stupid. The drinking is the only thing that's illegal and even then it's not a big deal. Drink... : SockMonkeh
  • toggle

    the overall maturity of a 16 yr old vs a 21 yr old is quite different. Jesus, if my friends had free reig... : Bantis
    • toggle

      They didn't? It's pretty easy to get whatever alcohol you want when you're underage. : SockMonkeh
      • not nearly as easy as legally. Not to mention having to plan ahead for where parents were, etc. : Bantis
      • *thinks back to the time his friend had to call his little brother for a booze hookup* Yup I think I have... : DarkWolf5
• ok pictures of girls with cloned bones, acting like dorks is exactly harmless hijinks. and yes i know i w... : cpt_gloval

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 58 replies.

• im not sure you have the right forum... : the_doctor
• toggle

  oh boy.. : g0nk
  • toggle

    You're the new Phil, you know. : spazzium
    • toggle

      I thought he was the new TFO. : perstephanie
      • Would you really foist such an onerous title like that? :) : spazzium
• lol... : freshyk
• toggle

  OK SO WE'RE CLEAR THIS IS NOT FOR YOU RIGHT? : diddlyd
  • yeah it's some 'she' lmao riiiiiiiiiiight : Downforce
• toggle

  I always find this fascinating since I don't have this type of relationship with my mother. ;) : i am the baker
  • * golf clap * congratulations on the splendid burn! : Toraz Chryx
  • toggle

    Mother jokes are so 1980 dude, wait till you've delivered one and someone's mom is dead (I have, not know... : abrasion
    • I have, and i actually laughed :( : Drewus
    • toggle

      I once told someone to stop sucking there Dad's dick [didn't really know them], and they then told me the... : Grim_Grom
      • Yeah, fuck that bitch. : Liquid
    • One of the guys who works for me has a dead mother and he loves my "yo momma" jokes! :D : jessipoo
    • "My Mom is dead" is the standard comeback to all yo momma jokes on the internet. I usually follow up with... : sharpie
• Well, that is the weirdest shit I heard today. : Utopia
• Yesterdays responses were actually useful :/ http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13575241 and no, it... : abrasion
• toggle

  Lets just say I knew... is she looking for torrents or something "official". : Rauol Duke
  • toggle

    Well anywho... adultsins.com for torrents, kink.com for a pay site. : Rauol Duke
    • Or maybe .net on that first one. Im not checking on the girls computer my first night in town. >:/ : Rauol Duke
  • I'd think torrents, I'm like the one to be hunting this stuff down for her. : abrasion
• toggle

  HIJACK: Do you guys think this is an indication that she was sexually abused? : exigence7
  • toggle

    Uhhh? Ladies speak up. Men get into harder porn all the time. Womenz? I dunno. : spazzium
    • I don't think so, honestly, but only because so much stuff is mirrored in media & culture. I mean if a gu... : perstephanie
  • toggle

    Jesus fucking christ I find posts like this make me so angry I want to stab some fuck in the eye >:( H... : abrasion
    • The term playrape makes me laugh. : soggybagel
    • toggle

      Dude, you post some off-the-wall request and you get pissed that people are asking questions and poking f... : i am the baker
      • fetishes are serious business. : sammyl
      • It's a really ridiculous naive question, I've seen them here before - such sheltered thinking that anyone... : abrasion
    • toggle

      hot shoes? are you SURE she wasn't abused? : perstephanie
      • I love my hot shoes too damnit. : abrasion
      • ok: what are hot shoes? : proclone1
    • Hmm yeah sounds like she was abused. : 5150Joker
  • lol : thebigbeefsandwich
  • what : jessipoo
  • toggle

    It shows she trusts the guy, because she'll feel safe even in a very submissive position. : helvetica
    • toggle

      she also leaves her drink unattended around him (haiyo! I don't even really know what that gag was about) : BenMurphy
      • origin of joke : http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13371988 : Toraz Chryx
  • toggle

    Oh yeah, any time a girl is open about sex, thats what it is. Ask Dr whatsisface the pop-psychology schmu... : 60days
    • It's true! honest. : abrasion
  • Nope, just a confident woman who knows what she wants sexually and is not afraid to tell her man. : edlin
  • toggle

    Does a bear poop in the woods? : rosewood
    • no, they just walk up to poop : Frozen Pixel
    • do bears get wood? is the pope a poop? : jcupitt
  • No, this does not seem like she was raped. This seems like she is completely normal. About 36% of wom... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • lol...no offense, but this post is about as logical as the posts that claim that all strippers were sexua : ColoradoCNC
• toggle

  i recommend Fashionistas (movie). has a good variety of stuff, fetish stuff but not to far out there (if ... : stgulik
  • toggle

    Way too much talking. : Rauol Duke
    • that's why god made the fast forward button (i agree) : stgulik
  • puretna has part two of this, although I'm thinking even this flick may be tame. it's basically girl g... : p4ck3tloss
• toggle

  usenet? they have newgroups devoted to all kinds of fetishes you didn't even know existed. : headbone
  • Oh I know about usenet, problem is it's badly sorted, full of trojans / illegals / no previews / mainly p... : abrasion
• cheggit is the one everyone uses for porn these days. dunno if they'll have what you're looking for but ... : adsriordan
• this post so clearly begs for comedy. : skryte