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  HAY GUYS BIOSHOCK AND STUFF! :P : warcrow
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    post this over at ttlg's bioshock forum and you'll get a lot of feedback : thewriter
    • Yea, just did...... : warcrow
• Downloading now! : Rag and Bone Man
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  So how did you guys do this anyway? Did you actually get in him in a room with you? Or is this over Skype... : SpaecKow
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    This was all done over Shype: Me = Los Angeles area Remo = SF Elizabeth and Ken = NYC : warcrow
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      Elisabeth should go offer Ken some favors for doing the podcast. : MurrayTheSkull
      • she already has : Postal
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        dude, ken asked me to marry him on my first podcast with him. : dahanese
        • You're going to have to move to Utah with all these dudes you're marrying. : ThomW
    • Ken is in Boston actually :P : mikecyb
• Wow. 100+ downloads and it hasnt even been up for an hour yet. :o : warcrow
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  I’m pretty sure Halo was not the first game that made you choose a primary and secondary wea... : SpaecKow
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    Far from it. The original Rainbow Six had it. : NFXFSX
    • And I don't think you have to look to a realism or war type shooter to find an instance, but I just can't... : SpaecKow
  • yeah it was definitely not the first, Rise of the Triad anyone? : judge
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  I'm fucking crushed. Ken doesn't like THIEF?!!? D: D: D: : notd665
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    Well, to be fair -he didnt say he liked Thief per se. He just isnt a big fan of steath games because of h... : warcrow
    • er, he liked Thief "he didnt like Thief" : warcrow
    • I have to agree with him. I need the option to go in guns (bow+arrows/sword) blazing as in Dark Messiah. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I feel exactly the same as Ken about Thief. What he said, apply that to me. : red2lucas
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    Awesome how he mentioned Sacrifice. That game was so amazing. : datoo
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      I brought up Sacrifice when I met Dave Perry. He was amazed I had ever heard of the game, let alone playe... : notd665
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        I love that game. It has some great tech in it, someone needs to make another game like it with crazy ter... : datoo
        • Oh totally. I lent my discs to a friend last month and he couldn't believe how long ago it had come out w... : notd665
  • Thief is very different from other stealth games. In Metal Gear, your objective is to be stealthy so you... : tedv
• Cool! Look forward to listening it at work tomorrow. : smoove
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  Did I miss the one with Chris Taylor? : theamazingrand0
  • I think that's next weeks. : Ecks
  • Everythings gone all inside-outsky just like some goddamned bolshevik picking up his orders from yegg cen... : thaperfectdrug
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    Chris's interview will air next week. : warcrow
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      psssst you should air it before tuesday as supcom is released on wednesday psssst. : Foxhawk
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        Actually, I think it comes out on Tuesday, right? : warcrow
        • ships then, so Wednesday, right? I don't know exactly. Also, you air part of your interview with Ken desp... : Foxhawk
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  Ken Levine: It's good to be back. GOLD Great job everyone. : notd665
  • Yea, that was awesome. He actually did a podcast (the official BioShock website's podcast with Elizabeth)... : warcrow
• Question: Is anyone a member of the Quarter till Three forums? If so, I would appreciate it if someone... : warcrow
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  Yay, one of my questions answered (Australian studio)! Working on something secret? I suspected as much... : megarust32
  • Just finished listening. Good stuff. Can't wait to see that X06 demo movie. : megarust32
• It's a little pint-sized Reemo! \m/ : datoo
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  Great interview guys. : chazums
  • Thank you! : warcrow
• Played, just the way I like to start my day. Downloading now. I'm download #639. : MatthewPhillips
• How 'bouts a transcript? : Subarushian

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• we get signal : freakord
• trash it a buy another : Prozium
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  I was just thinking about getting one today... but posts like these are whats holding me back. : evil-cow
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    If anything, I'll buy it from Futureshop and get the extended warranty or something, so it'll protect it ... : evil-cow
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      make sure that the extended warranty covers the original 360 and any replacements you get from them durin... : Prozium
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        Really? Why haven't they been sued over that? Any lawsuit against that shithouse Best Buy is one I can ge... : Blackdawgg
        • Yeah that sounds pretty wrong, morally at least. : abrasion
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    I paid $85 AUD for the EB 2 year extended warranty. Can keep swapping broken units as they die, over the ... : Drewus
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      http://msnemailchange.blogspot.com/2007/02/similar-but-not.html : abrasion
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        WTF, so you cannot just simply attach your original drive to your new 360 and away you go? What about ... : Drewus
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          Hence the outrage of my fellow Xbox live complaining comrade and many other usersd. : abrasion
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            Dude that is FUCKED. But surely all of your purchases are linked with your Live account. And once the ... : Drewus
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              yeah, everything is linked to your account. You can log into live from any 360 and redownload everything... : Prozium
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                I didnt even have to redownload stuff. I just popped my old drive onto my replacement 360, got my gamerta... : Tommy Toolbag
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                  yeah, but if you were to log out of live the games would revert to demo status and you wouldn't be able t... : Prozium
                  • Yup. But at this point, its the least of my concerns in regard to my 360 lol. : Tommy Toolbag
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                Alright, that i can live with. If my 360 dies, all i want is the ability to access all of the same shit i... : Drewus
                • You can, it's just more difficult. : abrasion
  • Posts like these just made me happily buy at Costco. My 360 has a small nagging issue but I'm going to w... : DinK
• have you tried the zebra cum method ? : smellslikefish
• Wrap it in a towel and leave it on for a number of minutes. You'll either burn down your house, fix the 3... : K1Bond007
• call some strippers, oh wai.... : orgcaptainnemo
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  lol : genjuro
  • Joke's on you, fag! I got a new October '06 manufactured 360 in like two weeks and you still aren't play... : rasputinreborn
• i elevated the power supply and its fine .. for now : jcutner
• It's just showing it's love on V-day. : marblehead
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  call microsoft :( Mine died on the 26th of Jan and I had my replacement yesterday, so you'll be withou... : n0v4
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    I think you got hit by New Year's falling in between. I had mine back within five business days. : jason bergman
    • new years in between what? : n0v4
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  Call microsoft, they'll replace it for free. They don't even "fix" them anymore, they just send you a new... : jason bergman
  • Hopefully with a BenQ :) : mojoald
  • I just got mine back and it was a refurb. : NeoMoose
  • They just reserialize refubed units. No one has actually gotten a confirmed new system to my knowledge. : Tommy Toolbag
  • Seconded; I was very pleased with the warranty process. : rasputinreborn
• Hold on to your ankles and brace yourself for the start of an endless cycle of "new" Xboxen : SolrFlare
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  IT DIED AGAIN : jcutner
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    wait, i raised the power supply again : jcutner
    • nope died again : jcutner
• Out of interest, when was it manufactured? : Drewus
• somebody que up seanisdabomb : peter
• That's what you get for calling me a noob earlier, lol! : geneshifter
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  the PSU is hanging off the subwoofer and so far so good : jcutner
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    Where was it before, on carpet or something? Was it overheating? : DinK
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      yeah carpet, i'd see red artifacts flash, then bam, frozen : jcutner
      • I have mine sitting up on a table with plenty of ventilation around both the 360 and the power supply. Tr... : Drewus
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  you got that thing for free from the pepsi doritos giveaway right? so i dont feel so sorry. : jono181
  • no... i bought it when they were somewhat easier available last april : jcutner
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  www.hidethelinux.ca/xbox pics of where my PSU is now : jcutner
  • you should just put it up on that desk there, that subwoofer is going to vibrate it right off while in a ... : n0v4
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  Fuck, I'm scared to get a 360 :( : someWayne
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    Just get a hefty warranty with it : Drewus
    • Yeah, gonna have to buy it at a Costo or something. : someWayne
• Im waiting for the box to replace my second 360. My first one died after 6 months of stellar performan... : Tommy Toolbag
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  * E Y E O F S A U R O N ' D * : Wolfanoz
  • i don't know exactly why, but i got a hearty chuckle out of this post : SockMonkeh
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  just played the crackdown demo for the 100th time and the 360 was fine... my friend was over when this wh... : jcutner
  • Maybe it's the power supplies causing problems......... : Drewus
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  Get the fucking error codes so you know what is going on. : sigpro
  • this time it was err 79 : jcutner
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  I've never had a problem but I'am starting to feel lucky every time mine turns on. : socksta
  • Your time will come : chazums
  • You better knock on wood till your knuckles bleed. :( : skitzo

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  TA: Kingdoms Dark Colony Zephyr : EvilDolemite
  • Wow I'm with you on TA:K and Dark Colony. I remember looking at the back cover of Dark Colony and thinki... : jigstah
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  State of Emergency. "OMG it's Rockstar, they're awesome." Oh how wrong I was. : Ctrl-Phreak
  • Same here. I was so excited for that game. : Prozium
  • Fell for it, Fat gangsta guy & "100s" of missions had me sold : Mondo
  • Same here. Even preordered it. :( : yoonix
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  In recent years or ever? Because I have a pretty big list lol. ET for the 2600 and Deadly Towers for th... : SolrFlare
  • ^^^ this man knows whats up..... and yes i had both of those... i also think the original shadowgate had ... : erebus
• Defender of the Crown - NES : davantalus
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  Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. Actually, i didn't buy it, but i got it from my friend who did. and god, ... : mindmann
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    I remember being so disappointed by that game. :( : davantalus
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      Wasn't that the FF game specifically made for the "dumber" US gamers? : Prozium
      • Tristan pwn :( : Mondo
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    I really liked it for some reason. Dunno why. : SenorSpine
    • You must not have been expecting FF2++ : davantalus
  • ^^^^^^^^^^ Without a doubt the worst Final Fantasy ever, if not the worst game ever. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic_Quest it was bad for a reason : videlectrix
• Begging my mom to buy me Ghostbusters for NES was probably the worst ever My personal worst purchase -... : Mondo
• Rise of the Robots, because the graphics looked cool and I was a kid who fell prey to the hype machine. G... : Bean
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  C&C: Tiberian Sun for full retail price. A bunch of us in college played a lot of Starcraft together and... : Zero|DPX
  • I remember those days. Many a night spent goofing off with Descent 1+2, Diablo 1+2, Red Alert, and Star ... : SolrFlare
  • Haha, it's funny how many times someone said a game would be the Starcraft killer :( : Zibro
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  C&C: Red Alert 2 : sanchez
  • Bought it because RA1 rocked so hard :/ : sanchez
  • I was considering putting this. I was in love with Starcraft and this just wasn't the same for me. : megarust32
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    If Red Alert 2 was the worst game you ever bought, I would love to have your luck. : pigvomit
    • Well it wasn't the worst game - but it was certainly a big disappointment considering how good RA was. : sanchez
  • red alert 2 is one of my favorite games. =( me and my ex-roomie played the shit out of that game on co... : mindmann
  • Oh, no you didn't, you cunt. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Bram Stokers Dracula for the gameboy. I saw : burning eye
  • it for the gameboy and thought the cover was cool. : burning eye
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  Soulbringer. came with Planescape : RikiTiki2
  • I got it that way too, the fake 3-d graphics pissed me off bad : Mondo
• Driver 2. I loved the first driver, played it very often. The second one had unbearable framerates and ... : megarust32
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  ultima online collector's edition, pre-order : judge
  • this is a sick fucking joke! : Bantis
• starwars galaxies, final fantasy (mmo) : hobosapien
• Creature Shock for the PC. The graphics at the time were awesome but the game pretty much sucked. : mechanicalgrape
• Madden 07 or Lego Star Wars II : Tommy Toolbag
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  Oh man that Dinosaur Half-Life 1 rip off game, I can't even remember the name I hate it so much : Mondo
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    Had a cowboy general on the cover.. : Mondo
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      Was it a half-life engine game? I think I know what you're talking about. : datoo
      • Yes : Mondo
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    Gunman: Chronicles. : bam87
    • Yeah took me forever to find a list of half-life 1 engine games. Apparently it's called the "GoldSrc" eng... : datoo
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      Yessss, godddd I thought it was going to be awesome I might download the demo just to shoot the Genera... : Mondo
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        You could try Gunman Central!!! : datoo
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          errr: http://www.3dactionplanet.com/gunman/ lol : datoo
          • Look at that smug bastard http://www.3dactionplanet.com/gunman/screens/shots/ingame/0065.jpg : Mondo
    • The best thing about that game was the brushwork in the maps. I dabbled in Quake-era map making, and som... : Enkidu
  • Trespasser? : Zero|DPX
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  In before Daikatana wait how am I the first person to mention this...? : fry975
  • Nobody here actually bought Daikatana. : Prozium
• i agree with TA kingdoms. 2nd place comes to maybe KKND (it was fun at first but got gay when i found out : sexninja!!!!
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  Tribes 2. I just loved Tribes so much, I did not anticipate what an abomination Tribes 2 would be. : uncle slappy
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    Seconded. I paid 70 bucks for Tribes 2 when it first came out. :( : cr00kedview
    • Same, I only played it for about 2 hours, same thing with DAoC. : sanchez
• Sin Episodes. Bought it because it was cheap and convenient. Holy cow was it bad. Naybe I've blocked out ... : Serpico74
• Shaq FU for SNES for 20 bucks. : ant_hillbilly
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  Outpost, Ultrabots, and Sewer Shark. : pigvomit
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    SHOOT THE TUBES, DOGMEAT. : Ely
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      "RELAX, PRETEND IT'S A GAME" I did... : pigvomit
      • Oh the memories... lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=941KBGS6nWQ : pigvomit
  • wtf ultrabots was freakin great :O : Nighteyes
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  C&C:Tiberian Sun. Liked Red Alert, thought it would be good as well. Never liked it. Barely played it. : Spezzer
  • woops, looks like I wasn't the only one in this thread who felt the same way : Spezzer
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  Black & White. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
  • ^^^yesssss what a fucking hyped up pos that game ended up being : Nighteyes
• Ultima IX, because it was an Ultima. But they had been wholly destroyed by EA at that point and the game ... : Ely
• Jak & Daxter, because everybody said it was good. : Chris Remo
• Star Wars Episode 1....the 3rd person action game on the PC. It was seriously shit...the jumping puzzles... : soggybagel
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  Fahrenheit, aka. Indigo Prophecy Bought it because i'd heard it was good. How wrong i was, and how bet... : Drewus
  • WoW aswell. : Drewus
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  Drakan: Order of the Flame - I just couldn't get into it. The environment was too simple, the dragon har... : Rich McNinch
  • that was a great game :( : bamb
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  Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny. What a piece of shit game. : freshyk
  • Mine too. What a great game the first Lands of Lore game was tho, must have been my 1st rpg on pc. : crazy ivan
• TA:K wasn't THAT bad of a game. It ran really slow at the time, but not even all that bad. The units fo... : Anti_dentite
• Nightbreed was pretty bad, but managed to be a little scary too. It succeeded in that at least. Clive Ba... : Rich McNinch
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  Invisible War. I bought it because it was $6 at Best Buy and I thought that I could wrangle at least $6 o... : kbnerd
  • I really didn't think it was that bad of a game. :| : Zibro
  • I thought it was fine... : MaJeStu
• Everquest, played for a week and couldn't stand it : cygnus
• A game called Athena for the NES. That was the first game I ever played that I just gave up on. : Iazu
• Sin Episodes. Bought it cause it was SUPPOSED to be good, hated it because it was a big, steaming pile of... : Bantis
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  Indigo Prophecy. What started as a promising adventure game turned into a simplistic game with stupid ... : Pink0r
  • But god, was the first two-three hours cool. : MaJeStu
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  I wish I was as good with my game buying as some of you guys. Most of the games listed in this thread are... : peanut-
  • I only buy new and I don't rent so I've learned to spend money on stuff I'm fairly confident in. Also th... : Chris Remo
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  Deus Ex fuck i hated that so damn much : CoRDS
  • Why you gotta start shit? : peanut-
  • lol : steve_o
  • ibn : videlectrix
• Dark messiah =( : dmaownsyou
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  Battlecruiser 3000AD. It just sounded so... good. ;-( : MaJeStu
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    MENUCRUISER 3000AD : zakk
    • BROKENMENUCRUISER 3000AD : MaJeStu
• heavy metal fakk 2 : AbortedFetusChristi
• TekWar, I bought it because it used the Build engine. Obviously the Build engine does not guarantee DN3D... : o0JediBeavis0o
• Kameo @ 360 launch man that game sucked it looked so good on the kiosk. : woodchuck70
• masters of orion 3. no idea. : Foxhawk
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  Outpost. : jonin
  • I remember the Sierra hype machine in full effect for Outpost. It was really the beginning of their down... : r_picmip 5
  • I barely remember playing Outpost as a kid but I had fun playing it. Probably because I was only playing ... : Tincan
• NoX - A friend raved about in non-stop, so I bought it. Played it for an hour and never picked it up agai... : zipper76
• Rescue Rangers for the NES. Beat it the first time I played it. ie: Not the first day, but literally t... : riptyde
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  Die by the Sword - Swords and killing and blood ... enough reasons to buy anything! : Salad Sammich
  • Die by the Sword was great for LAN parties! : DonkeyPopsicle
• NWN2. Turdalicious. : Visceral Monkey
• Matrix : PowerofA
• A LucasArts game called AfterLife. The premise was good, but I hated it. : Nitrium
• Delta Force. I bout it because back then all I did to pick out games was look at the box art and pictures... : Tincan

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  halfway through and it's already kicking my ass. : Mister Groin
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    I thought it was on at 9 pm EST. : dltrem
    • they showed last week's ep at 9. : Mister Groin
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      They already fucked me with that once. It's on at 10 now, but they show some other bullshit at 9 and cal... : DinK
      • Shit. I thought it was on at 9. I got from dinner with my girlfriend at 10, and we parted ways to do so... : dltrem
• It's still on. I'm about to go start it on the DVR myself. : DinK
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  Not over yet, but right now it's pretty kick ass. I like it a lot. I hope it doesn't drop the ball in the... : K1Bond007
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    Wow fucking great episode. : K1Bond007
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      I don't want to jinx it, but Lost appears to be making a comeback. Hopefully it keeps going. The last two... : K1Bond007
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        This was definitely a 1st-season style episode, which is what they need more of. : riptyde
        • we've already had one stellar episode this season before this one, it was the locke sweat lodge episode. : grifter
      • yeah, its awesome :knocks on wood: : Flying h4x0r
  • Well they didn't drop the ball and...score! : Nihilist
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  This is some trippy shit tonight. : riptyde
  • Whoa, now it's really trippy. : riptyde
• ummmmm......is anyone else seeing the oracle and neo reference? : Mister Groin
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  Desmond's adventures in the fourth dimension! Can you say spinoff series? (okay maybe not but it would be : getfrisky
  • Only fools are enslaved by time and space : theargent
• it's bizarro lost tonight : smoove
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  weee Charlie is totally * F I N A L D E S T I N A T I O N ' D * : Patch-e
  • ^^ don't read this people :( : Yanks
  • please spoiler that :( : Flying h4x0r
• Definitely, especially the ending : Rasnowl
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  Holy fucking shitballs. Big episode tonight, guys, big episode. : SockMonkeh
  • hell ya.. great episode! The end was awesome.. Desmond saved Charlie twice & he is fated to die appa : Shadowdane
• They should have shown this episode last week. Would have been a much better return. : Carnivac
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  Best episode of the season by far. Real far. : Yanks
  • I'd say this is one of the best of the show. I mean, fuck. This just takes it to a whole new level. : SockMonkeh
• best ep in a long time : t0ad
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  I didn't like it at all, but I feel like I should have based on the replies here :( : Bantis
  • Yeah, I don't understand why it's getting so much love either. It was just a Desmond dream sequence. : ripper9
• Did anyone else's audio feed keep cutting out for three seconds, every 5 minutes? (not my setup) : EvilDolemite
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  Who moron chose 10PM for Lost's new time slot? Also, cool episode but as usual nothing makes any sense. : bozer
  • and by who I meant what : bozer
  • They didn't want to compete with American Idol at 9pm. : glio1337
• I thought this was a great episode. <3 desmond : mr brown
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  someone please explain to me why it was so great? it was decent, but the only omg wow part was in the las... : maulla
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    it was great because it didnt involve Jack, Kate, or Sawyer : kikilupo
    • That's one reason. That shit is getting so tiresome. I hate to suggest it, but I kinda wish Kate would ge : K1Bond007
    • also was more like classic lost: interesting backstory, slightly creepy : t0ad
• i don't understand the love this episode is getting. it was alright, but last weeks was wayyy better, and... : feek
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  I thought this ep was entertaining, but was way too typical "hay let's introduce some really far out myst... : DinK
  • Yeah...thats every episode. I used to watch the show because it was entertaining. Now I watch it in hopes... : bozer
  • i don't know.. i thought this episode wasn't as bad as the first few in the season.. i felt really satisf... : Flying h4x0r
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  crap, did they show last week's episode before the new one? I think I recorded that instead of the new on... : byorn
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    aaaaand I did record the replay >:( : byorn
    • iTunes. $1.99 tomorrow for the episode in 640x480. : glio1337
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  I thought it was great, plus besides finding out charlie is fated to die at some point it's revealed that : classicfork
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    uh, when was that revealed? (the second part) : opengl128
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      nevermind, I thought you meant it was charlie's gf. I got it. : opengl128
      • I do wish they would return to that sooner rather then later, as that was a pretty big WTF moment. : opengl128
      • Last week's Entertainment Weekly had a great article on Lost. They discuss the declining ratings, the fi... : mitchwalker
• They're still lost.... : Tripps
• well it seems that they're starting to explain some stuff : tunis5000
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  Ok, but who was the old woman from the shop? How'd she know so much? : GeorgeB3DR
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    He didn't actually go back in time. At least I don't think. The concussion, the amount of magnetism going : K1Bond007
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      I think he actually did go back in time, and I'll tell you why. At the end of Season 2 when the hatch/... : jimmy-buffett
      • oh shi.. thats deep i completely forgot about those slackers in the arctic : Flying h4x0r
• oops, i dvr'd the wrong lost tonight :/ : burgertime
• Season 3 has officially started for me. : pebui