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  if you had a burrito you just have 1k calories, good work! : fletch_
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    i always wondered why it was so much ... is it the meat? the tortilla? rice? beans? what if i made someth... : smalakar
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      cheese + meat + tortilla, making it at home would reduce the badness a lot, plus the sodium oh dear god t... : fletch_
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        I can't see how making it at home would reduce the caloric content if you used the same quantities of bas... : pigvomit
        • use healthier ingredients, whole wheat tortillas is a good start : fletch_
    • It's the tortilla: 400 calories, high fat content. Go for the Burrito Bol (and have them hold or at least... : Bold
    • WELCOME TO MOE'S chipolte is too much rice : Slowtreme
• Try LARDO's, tubby. :) : Silent Wolf
• They're basically the same thing. : ki11_viru5
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  Qdoba > Chipotle : cltcprd
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    your thingy is backwards. : Zeeliv
    • D=====8 ? :O : virus
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    I think so. Chipotle didn't have anything that could match Qdoba's Chicken Queso burrito. : Clay
    • Yeah, the chicken is much better at Qdoba. And the nachos with beans, salsa, cheese, mmm....sooo good. : cltcprd
  • this is absolute truth. : malloc
• I prefer Qdobas, their taco salads are good stuff. : asylumn
• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12385510 : digitalburro
• Too much white rice. : EvilDolemite
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  Chipotle is so disgusting. : c0bra
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    Perfect hangover food. : soggybagel
    • I'd rather have buttermilk pancakes, bacon, and eggs. : c0bra
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  I've never been, what should I order? Suggest something, Shack. I don't like sloppy substance burrito : Lunatic Angelic
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    Here's my order: Steak Fajita (means you get onions and greenpeppers on it), a drop of black beans, Hot (... : soggybagel
    • Ah, good. I like fajitas. : Lunatic Angelic
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  Mission Burrito and Thunderbirds are held in much higher regard in Houston. Bleck, chipotle. : p4ck3tloss
  • erhm.. ya, freebirds I mean. : p4ck3tloss
  • speaking of Mission, I miss "super california burritos" from any hole in the wall in the mission. The onl... : p4ck3tloss
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  Freebirds also white rice on a burrito? wtf? : wtf242
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    what's wrong with white rice on a burrito? : alarm cock
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      it's like ketchup on your pizza : edgewise
      • it's like rain on your wedding day : Sexpansion Pack
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    I miss Freebirds so much now that I no longer live in Austin :( That shit was dyno-mite. : Krypt_
    • MONSTER! Mmm yes, too bad for you. : phokz
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  Chipotle isn't that good. Baja Fresh is 10x better. : edgewise
  • I don't know if I'd say 10x better, but it is better : asylumn
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  Dude these people need to be shot for where they're taking you. No Nancys? No Jack & Bennys? No Zeta Empo... : geedeck
  • they were trying to take me to the Bob Evans next door. I asked if there was anything local :\ : Clay
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  pff. real men buy burritos from the back of a truck : cpt_gloval
  • signed : sexninja!!!!
  • real men buy burritos from the back of truck that consists of fresh dog turds wrapped in wet cardboard. : mindshot
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    If you don't have to order it in Spanish, it's not worth eating. : yonderboy
    • si! burrito con carne sin jalapeno por favor : cpt_gloval
• Chipotle is not very good. Had it several times, meh. : Zero|DPX
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  Chipotle is the Starbucks of the burrito world. 1. The local burrito places are usually better, if you h... : byorn
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    LOL @ Trendy. I go there because one is literally a block from my apartment, its relatively cheap and I ... : soggybagel
    • I am not saying that is the ONLY reason people eat there. I was just saying that both Starbucks and Chipo... : byorn
    • Liar, you love the Chipotle lifestyle with your free WLAN and your Spanish music blaring in the stores an... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Barbacoa burritos are the shit, with corn salsa and jack cheese. : oatmela
  • ^^ If you go to Chipotle this is the best option. : bcyde
  • Jack cheese? Since when? : king_darius
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    Chipotle is the white man's burrito. : rudds
    • Sorry meant to reply to OP. : rudds
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      Sublime : Reggae :: Chipotle : Mexican : EvilDolemite
      • sublime has more of a dub sound anyway ;p : cpt_gloval
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13899752 : oatmela
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  Do you like Phat Burrito here in Charlotte? How does it compare? I love the BBQ Chicken burrito there. : gargy
  • Phat Burrito is better : Clay
• chipotle makes quesadillas with those full size tortillas too, they're just not on the menu. and it's on... : dopefish
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  Honestly, the best Mexican is often in some shitty little converted house or doublewide in the Spanish pa... : EvilDolemite
  • Often should = ALWAYS. : mavmavv
• seattle shackers back me up on this: GORDITOS FTW : cpt_gloval
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  never had chipotle, do they not have any socal locations? : Jayx77
  • I know there is one in the San Fernando Valley. I think around Northridge. I used to eat there a lot. : bRAINsick
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  Qdoba's is a poor poor rip off of Moe's. : graceofdragons
  • Moe's didn't impress me at all. : Old_Fart
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  SAN LOCO!!!!! : tharger
  • lol, I love this San Loco shoutout. I love this place, I think it's only in NYC though :D : aethyr
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  Sometimes things said here on the shack make me so angry! I still think you are all swank and shit Cl : mace
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    I'm not saying I didn't enjoy it - i certainly ate the whole burrito and slathered it in that tabasco chi... : Clay
    • I've ate 2.5 of those bad mofo's in one sitting afterwards I was inches away from taking Christ deep into... : mace
• Lime flavored rice can suck my ballsack. I hate that shit. : Omning
• Same. I though Chipotle was shit. At least compared to the real mexican food we get here in Old Mexico : Phil
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  How do you pronounce that strange word? I see it posted here now and then and it makes my tongue get ang... : abrasion
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    I've heard "Chee-POAT-lay" mostly. : Phil
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      Is it a spanish word? I would've said chip-ottle :( like computer chip and bottle. :( : abrasion
      • That's right... chee-paw-ttle : Izakhar
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  Also while I'm ranting, a fucking burrito is a flour tortilla, smooshed refried beans and some cheese. I... : Phil
  • Who cares, it's delicious. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Git yur Tex-Mex outta here! : pigvomit
  • you are crazy in the head. Refried beans are gross and should die. It's all about black beans and carne a... : justsayno
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    i agree. rice is cool tho. : das_runt
    • you don't eat burritos crazy pants : justsayno
  • Do you hate freedom? : byorn
  • I like carne asada burritos myself. carne asada, carne asada, and some more carne asada with a little pi... : Jayx77
  • I've never wanted to kill a man as much as I do now. : filtersweep

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• Buck teeth. : suqur
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  Um, your face, shoulders up. Smiling. : tomservo
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13899065 : redfive
    • Hello redfive, I am enjoying video games lately. I usually pray over each Counterstrike round as I play. : tomservo
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  photoshop onto everyone: a top hat a monocle a tobacco pipe a bowtie optional wine glass when appr... : SockMonkeh
  • sup smdever I will always lol at that picture : Patch-e
• Everyone wearing eyepatches and pirate hats. Or ninja hoods. : genom
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  wear orange and hold a nametag up like a mugshot : FrayLo
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    This could work - coming up with a "crime" for each person could be fun. : thaperfectdrug
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      make sure to do one face forward shot and one side shot : FrayLo
      • also stay away from crimes like "rape" and "child predator" they don't carry the humor too well : SockMonkeh
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  does it have to actually be the person? : Clay
  • We'll probably need to be subtle. : thaperfectdrug
• http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/images/home/home_header_971.jpg : rosewood
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  Step 1) http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/1553/dsc00069gf9.jpg Step 2) http://img263.imageshack.us/im... : alarm cock
  • Step 4) Profit? : monikerdaven
• Grills and gold chains. Nuff said. : MagicWishMonkey
• Take a normal picture and submit it upside-down. : snagger
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  Don't do what CDW did! http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2331479 : bugsY
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    oh god make it stop. please. oh no theres page after page and they get WEIRDER....askjhdaolashfla : eskimo spy
    • Page 5 has a guy who looks like Shaun of the Dead! : The Key
  • haha this just gets better and better. Eventually the photoshops start, and then the made up conversatio... : DinK
• Get everyone to submit a stick figure drawing of themselves. : DrZettl
• get everyone to shave half of their head. : CoRDS
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  Yes, tell them you don't consent to your likeness being used to market promote company morale without agr : Lunatic Angelic
  • Every Hit steals a piece of your soul : zakazi
• we did that, my result www.fletchstudios.com/images/officephoto.jpg : fletch_
• Photoshop them into mugshots. I had to do the same thing, uh, 11 years ago, but instead of using the... : SinistarX
• get everyone to shifty-eye look to the left - or - get everyone to loop surprised : lowpoly
• use a back of the head shot so no face is seen. : retardhumper
• Something similar to this. http://cdn-09.cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users8/buzznasty/hombresaadmirar/Trey_Pa... : pigvomit
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  create them south park style : skruff
  • Yeah we wanted to use that or Mii's but I don't think they'd accept 'em. : thaperfectdrug
• time for fake mustache + mega-sideburns : melt_core
• http://pres589.com/random/unicorn.jpg : pres589
• rotating gif heads : drucifer

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• weeeee look at those counters go! : Smellsy
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  it looks like I'm peeing on NYC : drucifer
  • My ex-girlfriend lived near Grand Gorge, NY, where there is a resevoir that provides NYC with 25% of its ... : trOmblyj
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  Here's what I've got for bandwidth: http://www.speedtest.net/result/89888868.png 10042 kb/s down, 5... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    holyshit MD'97, that's like 10x faster than mine :( : drucifer
    • What is your ISP and where do you live? :( : Maddog_Delphi97
  • I was surprised by mine - 4.5mbps down/700kbps up. Thought my upload was slower than that. : Vantage
• This makes me miss when I had a ~10Mbps connection. Now I'm down to 1.5Mbps. : CrazyPants
• Woot, they give better stats now: IP Address: 205.234.179.82 Internet Provider: SERVER CEN... : re-verse
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  Damn you're making me sad at how shitty my connection is. http://tincan.shackspace.com/nolols.PNG : Tincan
  • http://www.speedtest.net/result/89892434.png : notd665
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  can you make it cycle an actual "lol" around for every 100 tests or something : Mansmells
  • Well, we are getting close to our 100 millionth test, and I think when that happens I am going to shower ... : haiku
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  I acutally got a much faster speed from Melbourne than Sydney (I'm in Sydney). http://www.speedtest.net/r... : aeg1x
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    Could be in your routing. That is the typical case. : haiku
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      Yeah I actually got a faster speed to Perth too, which is on the other side of the continent 2000 miles a... : aeg1x
      • Even faster to Canberra 8=====D http://www.speedtest.net/result/89898053.png : aeg1x
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    woah this shit is impressive haiku. You can browse all the way down to the city level, even outside of th... : aeg1x
    • Yeah, you can view bandwidth stats for almost every single city on the planet. And it took less than a ye... : haiku
• http://www.speedtest.net/result/89893660.png Lovin' that DSL latency :| : SiW73
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  Did you ever find a usable "flags" database? : MatthewPhillips
  • Yeah, that is for way in the future though. : haiku
• This can't be good for the tubes. : notd665
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  What hapened to STL? I enjoyed my d/l from it, KC seems to be about half of it. : devi| dog
  • STL was hosted by ISO Hunter if I recall. They are just moving data centers and said they would be back i... : haiku
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  So how exactly are you making any money on this? Did you just do the front/backend or are you the owner ... : RyDogg1
  • he's using the testing as a way to use everbodies bandwidth to transfer spam email across the planet in t... : mista mista
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    Ah nevermind I see how you're making monies: http://www.ookla.com/speedtest/licensing.php Any big c... : RyDogg1
    • A lot of the big projects are all internal stuff... things that companies have developed and never show t... : haiku
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  http://www.speedtest.net/result/89897130.png I thought my cable was much slower, I'm in Kennesaw, GA a... : jambalaya king
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    12mb down is quite great but man your upload sucks it : haiku
    • He's on comcast as am I. They don't understand upload too much. http://www.speedtest.net/result/89901... : RyDogg1
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    you have comcast? my speed just doubled. I was at 6Mb last week. something change, or is the site whacked... : freakord
    • Yeah man, I didn't even know it did. Doesn't matter though, I'm switching to Bellsouth cause I'm moving a... : jambalaya king
• so are you making money hats off of the adsense ? : sexninja!!!!
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  http://www.speedtest.net/result/89900578.png FiOS baby. : beastrabban
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    Curious - what is your rank? Go to the My Past Results page and there will be an image saying your global... : haiku
    • I couldn't find a copyable link for the overall page.. so I did this instead: http://img180.imageshack.u... : beastrabban
    • sweet looking page though. nicely done. : beastrabban
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    hello FIOS buddy! http://www.speedtest.net/result/89913884.png i got the middle package... not the hig... : El Tigre
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      Bandwidth aside, look at your latency. That is insane. That ping is the stuff counter-strike is made of. : haiku
      • yeah when I saw the 9ms latency I was like "damn where was this during the golden days of quake?" : El Tigre
    • booyah! I got the middle package as well but to be competetive they upped us all to 20/5 for free becaus... : beastrabban
  • i so fucking wish verizon was available where i live. or where i'm moving. or somewhere fucking relevant.... : mallrice
• Your speed test is incredibly well done. I hope it makes you ample compensation for your time, as its bri... : re-verse
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  haiku: Creating Internets.™ : tomservo
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    Haiku is Al Gore??? : Toraz Chryx
    • No, al gore invented the first internet. : re-verse
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  my account ranked faster than 82% of connections! yippee! : melt_core
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    http://www.speedtest.net/result/89915482.png woohoo! look at that baby go! : melt_core
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      haha why is your isp AOL? : haiku
      • It's cegetel actually but it's been bought by AOL recently : melt_core
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  Haiku you made the interface a million times sexier. It's awesome. Shacknews needs to look more like this... : ventro
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    one suggestion - use mod_rewrite to translate URLS so people can put URLs like: http://www.speedtest.n... : ventro
    • I think that was done but was taken out temporarily to monitor the site for a few days with the new conte... : haiku
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    Most people don't even notice the new UI, so thanks! It is a big compromise. There is so much I would lik : haiku
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      Please never flash though. For the love of god no flash. : Ecks
      • The whole shack in flash? Never. Small flash components here and there? Sure, why not! : haiku
• 11273/222 http://www.speedtest.net/result/89917486.png Fuckin Comcast and your stupid upload speed. : theamazingrand0
• HAHAHA that is AWESOME digg'd! : dodob
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  http://www.speedtest.net/result/89922537.png My upstream sucks :( : Toraz Chryx
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    Don't we know it >:( : rasputinreborn
    • If I could get an OC-12 plumbed in, I so would. : Toraz Chryx
• dude that site totally ripped off the shack theme! :p : dodob
• Top 10 digg of the day now! Tubes! : haiku
• 20244 down :) 720 up :( : lakren
• Just wait until I get to work. This was my result from work back in October: http://dump.basketofkitte... : basketofkittens
• 20734 / 712 http://www.speedtest.net/result/89935796.png : jbph24
• http://www.speedtest.net/result/89938465.png Cool linkies... : Scrimbo Obeer
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  what does the 100 millionth tester win : khaosman
  • A basket of lols : haiku

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  Redwood City, Calif., – February 23, 2007 – Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) toda... : MorrisatCNN
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    I hope this leads to a full blown game if it does well. : Tincan
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      Yea, with FMV starring Freddy Prinze Jr. **vomit** : AhmNee
      • That was the movie leave him out of it. If there was FMV it would be Mark Hamill. :-p : Tincan
  • This should be awesome! Too bad my 360's broken.. : -efx-
  • Holy shit! I can't wait =) : deveus1
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    but, no Chris Roberts. :( Well, I hope it doesn't suck, it'd be nice to have a good space combat sim. : Fyunch Click
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Roberts - too bad he's not making games anymore - we need more space g... : trOmblyj
  • Interesting with the Battlestar Galactica multiplayer XBLA game on the way too. : Carnivac
  • Wonder if they pushed the press release out because of the leak on the esrb website yesterday. : Carnivac
  • Incoming Shackbattles o' Awesomeness! : exigence7
  • color me aroused : Clay
  • Finally something I want to buy on Live Arcade! : Pink0r
  • Hopefully it's 3d and not sprite based. : pigvomit
  • YES! This is a great idea. : enyakk
  • HOLY SHIT! that's... that's just phenomenal news. really. wow : lowpoly
  • i love how EA makes everything its own : moshman
  • Hot damn! : FushigiDenki
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    Screenshots http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/sim/wingcommanderarena/screenindex.html?om_act=convert&om_clk... : Carnivac
    • Looks good for an XBLA game! Sign me up! : pigvomit
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      My pants feel tight. : MorrisatCNN
      • ^^^lol fatty ;) : Modulus
    • The big ships in the background look alright but the fighters don't look interesting at all to me. Seeing... : Tincan
    • Okay, my junk is now being touched. Liberally. : Ajax
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      i can't be the only one that thinks these screenshots look fucking terrible, right? : dopefish
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        Looks fine for an XBLA game (probably limited to under 50 megs). : pigvomit
        • that's still not an excuse for bad art. The use of color in these shots is appaling. I'm well accustome : dopefish
    • Fun! : bakanoodle
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      Yeah, that's not a 64MB game :) : Fred Garvin
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        It actually is. : Chris Remo
        • Impressive use of textures then. : Fred Garvin
  • only 16 players? actually that's not bad... 32 would be pretty awesome. : carnivore
  • Where on earth is the +INF this deserves? : abrasion
  • OMFG my life is complete. : ejectorpod
  • fap mode: engaged : Downforce
  • They need X-wing, or Tie fighter, or X-wing vs Tie Fighter for XBLA : red2lucas
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  where the F is worms? : maulla
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    I'm playing it right now on the dev network : MrLobo
    • i hate you to the max : maulla
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      Have you gotten Ikaruga to work mr. PartnerNet? : Yanks
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        Oh snap, it's on PartnerNet? AFK : deveus1
        • I hate you so much. So much. Apparently it's a bunch of Japanese characters but you'll be able to find it... : Yanks
    • hey we should play a game against each other some time on partner net : dopefish
  • I want to know wtf SOTN is. : cookblaze
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  What would be awesome is a Privateer MMO... but I guess that's EvE... : verbatim
  • Origin had it in the works around the time they released UO. : pigvomit
  • I think Descent would be out of this world. : kainen1
• Wow, I never thought another one would come out. This is amazing, awesome, news. : bombay
• God, I would love a new Starlancer or something - the full game on 360. Or Ace Combat on 360 :( : mankeroo
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  Just got back from EA, played this for a while. It's definitely not Wing Commander in gameplay (I'm sure ... : Chris Remo
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    You dog! So is there anything wc-like about it? : Rich McNinch
    • Well the gameplay is 2D and it's third person, so... it's mainly the universe that's WC-like. : Chris Remo
    • Yeah the title. And I bet there's giant cats flying them there ships. : Tincan