Late Evening Reading

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  hm forgot to express one point of concern though... it doesn't seem like anyone is playing unranked matc... : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • I've noticed with Live! games and just about any game really once the hype dies down so do the players. S... : Pettytheft
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  i played that game WAY too much when i was in high school. enough to actually remember the brutalities in... : creep
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    i never really bothered actually doing brutalities, it was hard enough to remember all the moves, fatalit... : .ka`boom.zZz.
    • yeah well that and killer instinct is what made me master those ultra long combos :/ : creep
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    How many buttons did you have to press to start that, ten? : Grimp
    • more like 10 to 15 :/ : creep

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  Nah, XP:MC is essentially just XP Pro without the ability to join domain and with 2 or 3 extra windows se... : cause&effect
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    its "slow" with general desktop usage and Office. : baron calamity
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      as soulr said, it could simply be time for a re-install from scratch. alternatively as i said, a slow ... : cause&effect
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        yep HD makes a HUGE difference in the "snappy-ness" of Windows. : Shadowdane
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          Really? My laptop has a 4200RPM HD and it flies peformance wise. : avatar_58
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            I have a 7200rpm in my laptop and I've had a 10,000rpm in my Desktop - none of my systems fly :( Once ... : abrasion
            • What kind of apps? If they remain active and eat your CPU/Memory then maybe, but I've had my XP desktop (... : avatar_58
• Nope, you should be 100% fine with that PC. I would probably recommend a rebuild of the OS. : soulr
• maybe the HD is the bottleneck? is the HD branded? according to the spec it's only got 2mb cache on HD.. ... : cause&effect
• Replace the 'OS' hard drive with one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E1682... : fuzzydamnit
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  how much u pay? : abrasion
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    I bought it on sale last summer, it was ~$550 plus tax play another $275 for the 7900gt. It was suppost t... : baron calamity
    • I mis read your post, thought you only just got the 7900 which I was gonna say noooooo I know what yo... : abrasion
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  Reason I'd never buy a Gateway. It says right on that page that you have a 2.2 Gigabyte processor. Not ... : mrwolf710
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    it say GB. H is next to it, I'm sure the world isn't going to end on a typo on the "web" : baron calamity
    • There is not an H. But if they can't get a description of thier computer right at such a basic level and... : mrwolf710

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• sweet! Thanks! : zakazi
• lol you are turning into Toraz don't cry 10.4.9 means 10.5 is coming soon, go Leopard!! : askedrelic
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  not a mac man per se, but what does this raw camera support mean exactly? native raw image support in any... : OrkO
  • the OS already has RAW read built in, this just improves it http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?ar... : jcupitt
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  Well, I for one am glad they've finally fixed "Font handling". Because the Mac has always struggled to... : MatthewPhillips
  • I hear this adds support for Comic Sans. : SeaLlama
• Good on Rosetta being fixed, it was pretty messed up for me. : Yanks
• Hurry up leopard, I want to get a mbp! : Audhuml4
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  Hmmmm...I wonder what they mean by RAW camera support. : cookblaze
  • It means the odd bug fix, possibly performance improvements, and now supports RAW formats from new camera... : Toraz Chryx
  • It now supports UVC webcams (i.e. ones that conform to the USB video device class spec) http://en.wiki... : Hiro
• any word on what the mouse scrolling fix involves? : manero

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  oh and in before zebra cum. : beastrabban
  • Zebra Acetaminophen : DOOManiac
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  Several: hot water + orange juice: for the vitamin C hot liquid win hot toddie: whisky, hot water, suga... : thewriter
  • :( : thewriter
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  my wife (who was pregnant as well a few years ago) says to try those plug-in eucalyptus things for stuffy... : donlo
  • my wife used a drop or two of eucalyptus oil in a bowl of boiling water, put a towel over your head and t... : jcupitt
• Knorr brand chicken broth. EOT : VegasX
• My wife says Sudafed is pretty well-accepted, and she took it with both her pregnancies, and she's hyper-... : Deathlove
• there's some really awesome teas that i take when i get sick. highly recommended. : the_doctor
• http://kin.naver.com/knowhow/entry.php?d1id=5&dir_id=5&eid=boxFHXd/KB8GE8wQxUM9FsOgzOU9eUNQ&qb=uejB8yCwqL... : xphil
• i take it the doctor she visits often is clueless and asked you to turn to the shack for advice : porp
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  Hot water + 1 lemon + few squeezes of honey. : Edges
  • ^^^^ 100% agreed : DrZettl
  • this is what i did. my wife is 7months preg. and during the 3rd - 4th month she kept getting the flu and ... : X-GOUKI
• chicken broth with lots of garlic and pepper pure horseradish on a roast beef sandwich will open up your... : Old_Fart
• Pillowcase to the face! I kidd! : The Key
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  I had a cold + sore throat recently, and the best remedy I found (and believe me, I tried them all) was a... : Matt Burris
  • that's just mean, dude. : Bean
• When I was a kid, my mum would put some super strong Eucalyptus Oil (that my dad would bring back from Ch... : SwiftyPants
• Hot water + squeezed lemon + honey Hot showers (enough steam to clear sinuses) Chicken noodle soup/chic... : hadokennn
• Emer'gen-C - my wife took this for her colds when she was pregnant. Just vitamins, nothing else added. ... : hirez
• since there's no cure for cold i'd just stay in, relax, watch tv and drink hot drinks... tea or something... : dael
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  I eat a grapefruit a day and haven't gotten a cold this year... but I think that might be preventative :( : drucifer
  • I eat 3 a day. My room-mate's been literally sick for a month now, and he's pretty mad at me that I haven... : The Key
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    thats good, but you have to be careful with stuff like grapefruit as I have read that it can increase the... : PlanetPerfecto
    • I don't take medication, so that's ok with me. : drucifer
• gan mao ling. chinese herbal remedy : eggnoodles
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  FOR THE LOVE OF JEBUS : abrasion
  • whoops reply too early - AVOID the "hot toddy" or "hot totty" or whatever it is I tried that, thinking... : abrasion
• If she's really desperate, tell her you found some credible sources stating that your manjuices would be ... : lapskaus

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• I'm definitely getting a ps3 at some point, just waiting for some more games and for the next revision of... : -efx-
• I won't get one, not in the foreseeable future. I might get a Wii, but I'm not crazy about getting one ri... : nomaad
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  i will probably want one when the ps4 comes out. until then, wii is fine for me : ermac
  • and ps2 : ermac
• Honestly, the way Home looks, it appears they have their head up their ass still. Yea, it's a neat idea, ... : mancide
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  it has the most potential of all the systems out there for gaming goodness. I like mine, and I will love ... : ultramega
  • The only system that has the most potential is the one that gets Ninja Gaiden 2. : CrustaR
• Not much different. Little Big Planet looks fun as fuck but not enough to sell me on the console, still t... : node
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  Get the home brew scene working so I can use it as an HTPC, and I'm sold. : rosewood
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    It can't be pulled off through Fedora? : Wombat Woo
    • You don't have direct access to the GPU in linux on the ps3, only the frame buffer itself. : sigpro
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    If they port XBMC to PS3 with HDsupport, sold instantly. : abrasion
    • I agree with this kangaroo : rosewood
• Absolutely no improvement. If anything, I'm leaning more to 360 now. : Sgt_Boomstick

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• Bloodhound Gang - 3.14 : Wolfanoz
• Why eat @ 1:59? I'm guessing it has something to do with 24 hour time but I still don't get it : 2zero2

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  Does Rare or Nintendo own the IP? : Prozium
  • Rare does, you could see it on XBL. : orgcaptainnemo
• Can't have Killer Instinct on XBL without PRIMAL RAGE haha... oh how I miss all these fighting games... : .ka`boom.zZz.
• Glacius 4 life! : OverBurN
• "Thanks to Rare for making a fighting game even though they've apparently never played one." Wut? : Super Sparker
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  is that the arcade version? I don't remember 3d scenery in the N64 version. : DonkeyPopsicle
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    It was SNES. And yes, that's the arcade version. : zohar79
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      the N64 arcade-port had 3d scenary if I recall - remember the jungle/mayan chick with the boobs? : NastyNorman
      • That was Killer Instinct 2 : zohar79
• much ♥ for this game - it was retardedly insane, i loved using black orchid and jago : NastyNorman
• Killer instinct was good, but I would prefer a new one or a remake (in sidescroll 3d) rather then the ori... : razlebol
• Fulgore is my GamerPic. That is all. : node

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  i haven't done it for a couple years, but i can take a stab at it. what's up? : the_doctor
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    Basically, I've set up some registers and configurations to enable UART 8bit asynchronous transition on t : ieGod
    • Nevermind, I figured it out. You can't reset the UART RX interrupt flag after one occurs, it's set by har... : ieGod

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  how much is it going to cost? : Drewus
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    $5 : Prozium
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      is that 500 points? : Drewus
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        400 : pebui
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          You can't buy 400 points, though, so the cost is artificially higher. >:( : Ebu
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            You can buy 400 points via the Dashboard using a credit card. In-store cards are restricted to 800 and 1... : RomSteady
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              !!! : Ebu
              • Ack, I've been spotted! Better get out from under this box. : RomSteady
            • Man we get so ripped off. In stores here you can only buy 2100 points at a time. : marmite
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              Nope, it goes 500, 1000, 2000, 5000 in the dashboard. You're still forced to have leftover points. : n0v4
              • And it's bullshit >:( : Ebu
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      A fraction of what I paid to play TMNT games at the arcade. : pebui
      • srsly, I put at least $60 into it. : nyranger66
      • A fraction of what I paid to BUY the arcade game. I did get the Jamma board for Turtles in Time and anot... : guido anchovy
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  I'm downloading it now... how is it??? : MikkleThePickle
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    Takes me back to my early childhood. I remember dropping many coins into the machine at Peter Piper Pizz... : Prozium
    • yeah it's a good port... crazy to think this game is almost 20 years old. !!!!!! : MikkleThePickle
    • Hey Peter Piper Pizza serves up a good slice : drbriefs
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  Im at work, TELL ME HOW IT IS! : marmite
  • ditto, I'm at work too, how is it?, I thought this wasn't out until this weekend... oh well, I know what... : .ka`boom.zZz.
• I still have this for my NES I can get to the level after the snow level without dying. I still have some... : kbnerd
• I played it this AM it was fun but way cheesier than I remember. Funny how some games age well and other... : bagelcc
• I played it a little bit this morning. It's harder than I remembered, and you only get one life for each... : afty

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  Was it Ecks who was a developer? He had a pretty sad story about it... after Y! bought it it kind of went... : crummynz
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    yeah it's miles better than lamespy. : beastrabban
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      :( http://www.shacknews.com/jazz/search2.x?query=shark%40gamespy3d.com&user=shARKii&type=all&action=searc... : sharkII
      • uhm.. sorry, no offense meant there Mr. Sharkee. : beastrabban
• It works, it's just that filter and game lists aren't updated anymore. You can download custom ones from ... : Serpico74
• Development is dead, but it still works. Although the listings sometimes don't work right, for me anyway ... : jonas54
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  :( : Ecks
  • seriously dude, I LOVE ase and hate yahoo for fucking it up. you RULE. : beastrabban
  • ^ truly an american icon : crummynz
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  I reluctantly use xfire now for my server browsing needs : RikiTiki2
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    you aren't studying hard enough if you still have time to game. ;) : Bean
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      memo done last week + spring break = me being a lazy douchebag : RikiTiki2
      • Ah yes, spring break! how I forget what a wondrous time that be! In that case, game on! : Bean
• So why the fuck hasn't a new, good, game browser come out yet??? : romulan

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  I've escaped phone calls. : thief
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    I'm not sure it was actually related to the MBP offers - the timing is a little fuzzy but it's possible I... : Jonathan
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      I've register my cell phone with www.donotcall.gov should be interesting to see if they stop. : Jonathan
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        "Existing business relationship" The do not call list doesn't cover you here. That's one of the big rea... : Zakko
        • But who are you going to ask that if the calls are just pre-recorded messages? : SilverSnake
• I get so much spam in one of my google accounts, really obvious stuff. : node

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  I sure hope for Sony's sake it was GH2 that worked. : oldschoolbob-o
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    No, it was Eragon. : yemeth
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      ^^^ nuked? : sesmaster
      • Why even if they do look at the article its all in german. : oldschoolbob-o
      • Huh? Why would that be nuked? I posted the same article a few days ago, so I thought it was old news: ... : yemeth
  • It was Ergagon... : prfectjon
• what : abrasion
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  It cost a small fortune but I'm glad I picked up a PS3 the other week. My PS2 backlog is massive and onc... : Wombat Woo
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    it's likely, in order to maintain firmware uniformity that they will disable the existing onboard chips. ... : Fyunch Click
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      That would be the ultimate slap-in-the-face for people in Europe importing their PS3 from USA for the ext... : nosseman
      • They are taking the hardware out in the US at a later point as well. : Fyunch Click
    • You think so? That would truly blow. : node
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  five hundred and ninety nine Euros. : edgewise
  • ... take one down, pass it around ... five hundred and ninety eight Euros ... : SilverSnake
• So all these games just work on the US PS3? : node
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  How did they connect the guitars to the PS3? USB converter? : Tissen
  • There's a retro adapter thing isn't there? For ports and mem cards. : node
  • They could also test the game with the controller and see if it at least has any kind of bugs. : sigpro

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  Why does he look like the Punisher and even have the Punisher logo? : mancide
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    Because if you read the stuff below you will see that. The punisher picked up Caps mask after he was arre : sigpro
    • Ah, I didn't know. I stopped following this stuff a long time ago. : mancide
• I find it depressing that http://mightygodking.livejournal.com/tag/photoshopped+crap provided a better ve... : Jonathan
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  I think something on that page is not loading properly for me. Is there anything besides the banner at th : Evil Benius
  • same here. wierd ! : barichnikov

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• I would go nuts there. I'm very allergic to cats, plus I cannot stand them. Awful pets. : FormerHPB
• Buy a big ass kitten spider and bring it : imperator
• As much as I love cats I cannot see them working well in a work environment. Dogs on the other hand would... : Evil Benius
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  wait until you look up and see cat anus : rosewood
  • cats really do enjoy showing their anus with everyone : Clay
• dude, that sucks. i'm sorry. will you hate me if i get a weiner dog next year and bring it in? : dahanese

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  yeesh http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2006/07/winehouse270706_544x600.jpg : darcspeed
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    times are tough : fletch_
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      i know shes a hot mess, i think its her voice that does it : eggnoodles
      • yeah i've got a crush on kaki king, not really pretty per se, but she's so talented i just wanna mmmphh : fletch_
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    Is the skinny tattood pic the after? :( : abrasion
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      God I hope not... That's hideous. : FormerHPB
      • They do look remotely similar, it'd be awesome if she had tatts removed and gained the weight to be the c... : abrasion
    • Sadly yes - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=397803&... : Jonathan
  • This isn't a thread about dudes in skirts : tomservo
• *shudder* : scottythejock
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  this is my crush, http://www.americanidol.com/photos/top24/view/?set=29&seq=26 I dont know why. : mavmavv
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    she has nice lungs. : cause&effect
    • and boobs. http://www.americanidol.com/photos/top24/view/?set=29&seq=37 : mavmavv
• Lily Allen is cute. Amy Winehouse is a trainwreck. I like her voice and all, but goddamn the girl looks l... : godwit

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• what? : Slowtreme

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• arghfgjghsdsg : mystifier
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  http://www.hilariouscats.com/image488.html : boring gegtik
  • That pretty much sums it up. : CrustaR
  • hahahaha...yup...that does sum it up : byorn
• Christ I fucking hate the internet. : peanut-
• this sort of shit has never been funny : oHnOES
• http://www.hilariouscats.com/image882.html not funny : Slowtreme
• http://www.hilariouscats.com/image57.html : oatmela

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• Crap, just realized seattle shackers wont be up for another 3 or so hours... haha : zakazi
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  i hope you like grey overcast skies and horrible traffic. : kbnerd
  • Like Grey Skies, (wife LOVES rain... it's strange) and traffic, meh, don't love it nor hate it. : zakazi
• you're gonna have to wait a few hours, but if you search cltcprd, vegasx, cptgloval's history you can fin... : sigpro

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  *sign* i still need to play the first one. : kbnerd
  • i thought the story was gonna suck major balls but its pretty interesting i actually wanna know wha... : Break
• I'm only on the third level of RE4, and then I have this game on deck. Tough getting playtime on the goo... : FormerHPB
• When/where did you get your copy? : MatthewPhillips
• 300, GOW2? good times people, good times. : abrasion

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  What's funny is that pic is from the US or Canada. : abrasion
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    Australia doesn't have curtains? : redfive
    • That picture is from the classic "spider clock" set - we've all seen higher resolution shots of the spide... : abrasion
  • it was florida if i remember right, some type of banana spider? : kelerian
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  ^^^SPIDER^^^ :( : g0nk
  • Quick, someone post a spider on a MBP : Ebu
• If I saw that I'd poop my pants and then find the nearest shotgun. : h o s t i l e
• In australia the little spiders are the dangerous ones. : SpaecKow

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  I really hope they don't "hollywoodise" this film. : marmite
  • I hope they do, I wish the new zombies come from space and Will Smith will be there to welcome them to ea... : OrkO
• Can't wait for this, 28 days later is an awesome awesome movie. : aaarrrgh
• well they have muse playing, so it must be good! : askedrelic
• i thought all the zombie things we're dead at the end of 28 days slater? : chodog
• 28 days later was a pretty awesome movie. : sikander
• Sounded like Thom Yorke. I really hope this is good. :( : felicia

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  Have they used the two and a half years to make the SP campaign less shitty? I might pick this up beca... : peanut-
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    I wonder if it will run on an intel 945 on my laptop (which has vista) because if not, I won't be playing... : marmite
    • It's using DX9.0c, so as long as your Intel chipset has a semi-decent 9.0c setup, you should be fine. : RomSteady

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  There was a part in that chapter (i think it was that chapter) that almost ruined the whole game for me..... : drbriefs
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    I'm half way through chapter 9 now, so which part was that? : red2lucas
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      Shit I don't wanna spoil it, you're not there yet I think, it's actually halfway through chapter 9....a t : drbriefs
      • Just finished it :( I was hoping Melissa's mum would come back. Ah well, in the sequel maybe. : red2lucas

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  he has beautiful eyes... : boring gegtik
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    Yeah..you get lost in them right before he either kills you violently or fucks you violently. : pimpium
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      i love pullo and when i grow up im going to marry him : boring gegtik
      • Can we share? : pimpium
• he'd better not have to fake a US accent for this. Pity this isn't on HBO or showtime. I'm not convinc... : flibble2k
• My grandfather's name was Ray Stephenson. /sad. : critch
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  Pilot will be directed by Michael Cuesta, who has done episodes of Dexter and Six Feet Under - he has don... : trOmblyj
  • Also, the pilot was picked up by CBS, and is being billed as a comedy-drama. : trOmblyj

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• yai! with Niki from Heroes. Niiice. : naabster
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  Uhm,,, wow. Who knew it could actually get worse? : GodZilly
  • uwe bolls? : nandu666
• what happened to racoon city, i thought the game only took place there? why is this like mad max? either ... : askedrelic
• Didn't care about the second movie, but I dig the post apocalyptic setting. : aaarrrgh
• Hrm. Wonder if RE5 will be part of the movies story line in any way. http://www.xb360info.com/xbox/news... : Wombat Woo
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  that desert setting doesnt look interesting at all : Maarten Goldstein
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    plus they got rid of the only reason to watch the 2nd one "Jill" : Crimsonbeak
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      Jill was pretty frakking hot. I'll still watch this one though. It could still be decent despite what se... : pimpium
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        mmmmm jill sandwich : SockMonkeh
        • hmmm, sienna guillory http://images.google.com/images?q=Sienna%20Guillory&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&aq=t&rls=org.... : carnivore
• i liked the one where they blew up Toronto's City Hall : sikander
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  Check out the director. He did Highlanders 1 and 2 and then nothing but tv episodes and music videos. ... : smegmar
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    Highlander 2 does not exist..... : pimpium
    • Have you seen the Renegade version? : Jonathan
    • lol, correct. : abrasion
• ... and to seek justice! : deKaf