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  I agree. I'll definitely give it another shot, but as soon as it went shooter, I got bored and quit. Prob... : Chunks
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    Indeed it does feel like more of the same, even though the atmosphere is clearly well-done and interestin... : El Guapo
    • I think it's awesome that you brought this up :P I don't hear this all too often. : phipple
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  I've grown to hate most first-person games... this is why I love games like WOW and God of War... a game ... : TPSReport
  • i guess you have no soul then :( : dewdman
• Signed. : Albemuth
• I think you're off base in calling the "shoot fest" portion generic. The demo offered a very small assor... : Boxelder
• you could put it on easy and just plow throught the enemies like they aren't there. and all while using t... : pyide
• I'm not sure that a different type of game would be able to give the kind of atmosphere a game like Syste... : pyros
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  It's always nice to see that someone has to reach really far to shit on a game. Good sign. In other n... : SpaecKow
  • So I thought Motostorm was really cool, but I sort of wish it wasn't a racer....during the intro I got a ... : erotic sock
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  I wish Bioshock could be all things to all people. I want Bioshock to clothe the poor and cure the sick i... : dirge23
  • it actually does do that just fyi i saw it in the achievements : JINKY
• If you wanted Myst, why not play Myst Online or something? : Matt Burris
• I loved the atmosphere and story but the action just seems out of place. It's kind of jumpy and cartoon... : Pettytheft
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  I feel this way about a lot of games. In Beyond Good & Evil, my least favorite parts are the combat part... : Chris Remo
  • ^^^^ new Post of the Moment right there : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Oh man you don't know how much I agree. Ico's combat was especially frustrating imo. I haven't played ... : aeg1x
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      I think this is a very good post. One of the main reasons that System Shock 2 is one of my favorite games... : aaarrrgh
      • But I found the combat in SS2 to be really satisfying. Especially if you are low on psi-hypos, or ammo... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    While the killing certainly persists in AAA console/pc titles, there are already many great DS games that... : Borzoi
    • True, although the majority of those games (with the main exception being Trauma Center) are essentially ... : Chris Remo
  • You left out the best (worst?) recent example of this, Dreamfall. : Orange Pylon
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    The problem with those games wasn't combat itself, it's that the combat sucked. : JINKY
    • Even sucky combat can serve a purpose if it's implemented properly though. See my post above. : aeg1x
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      Maybe, whatever, I just don't feel like killing shit in EVERY SINGLE VIDEO GAME that has any kind of stor... : Chris Remo
      • yeah. shit sucks, fuck shit. i want to kill it : JINKY
      • right, surely the first person perspective can be used for an RPG or adventure game... hell, an old sc... : Toraz Chryx
      • yes we do. : Lawgiver
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        Because most people enjoy it. Adventure games don't sell too well these days. : spdon
        • which is a fucking shame. I wish they would make a big comeback. : onji
      • In Thief and to a certain degree in Deus Ex (-2 or 3 enemies) you don't have to kill anyone. Thief even d... : razorblade79
      • amen to that, my sentiments exactly : speon
      • I would like for Developers to have violence as an option, just not the only option. : Rice-Rocketeer
      • Hear, hear. : SiW73
      • Two words: BEAUTIFUL KATAMARI However, I can't get into the game because of it's distinct lack of gore... : at0micgarden
    • Nope, most of them didn't even NEED combat. It feels like filler. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • totally agreed, this is exactly what In loved about shadow of the collosus. Yeah you had the collosus to ... : klearlyunseen
  • You're mixing 3 things in your arguments oddly. 1) "Story" 2) Combat Gameplay 3) Non-Combat Gameplay... : lord cecil
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    wish harvest moon had combat.... fuckers all of them..... : shavenewok
    • <3 harvest moon! : Orange Pylon
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      No milk again, Betsy? I think we are done here. *loads shotgun* : silent prophet
      • OMFG. I almost spit out food all over my work area. Jesus fuck, that's funny. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • I liked the combat in Sot and ICO. To me, it kept things from getting stale and sort of set the pace/mark... : jan0r pants
  • then you probably like harry potter games ? no ? I'm just playing one with my kids, and its very little... : BigT
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    I totally agree with BG&E but totally disagree with Ico. In Ico the attachment to yorba is built aroun... : marmite
    • Maybe POP with 50% less battles - I nearly quit that game when I got up to killing my father or her fath : abrasion
  • I ICO's combat fit in perfectly with the story. : ieGod
  • Combat is fine, if the only way to beat the game is by killing stuff. It's nice to have the ability to ... : Sixcos
  • 100% agreed on Ico, and in general. It's really a curious thing, that 90% of 'serious' (non-casual) game... : bipolar
  • Terrific post. I felt the same way about Sands of Time. It was a great platformer with sometimes-a... : ThomW
  • Of the games you listed, I've only played Prince of Persia and you are spot on. The combat was ANNOYING!... : FormerHPB
  • Damn, between this comment and your comments on the Shackcast you're really letting loose. Keep it comin... : mrwolf710
  • Agreed. If Ico had not had that combat mechanic, I would have liked it and finished it. If BG&E had no... : Ebu
  • I love the idea of a game with no guns, no crowbars, no kicking or punching, no arbitrarily inserted bad ... : kungfusquirrel
  • this post sounds like it could be an open letter to naughty dog concerning their "gay pirate jungle adven... : AroundTheFur1380
  • Agreed very very much on both those games too and psychonauts. : abrasion
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    One thing I noticed about the fights in POP and ICO was they just took too goddamned long. When I unders... : JINKY
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      In POP a lot of the monsters could be beaten with one or two blows if you worked out the correct sequence... : nudel
      • I remember that sequence where you could run and jump on the enemy then cut them, and doing that over and... : JINKY
  • Combat is padding in a lot of games. Sometimes it's overdone and sometimes it's done well so that the gam... : nudel
  • I completely agree on all fronts. Most of the time, I just want to explore a game at my own pace...soak i... : speon
  • I actually disagree regarding Ico. I didn't play the game until it had long been deemed a classic, and I : maddy
  • I strongly disagree. I loved the combat in POP:SOT, the combat in BG&E was fun as well. I haven't played ... : filthysock
  • while the combat itself sucked in Ico, the actual fighting off the demons added a lot because it put yord... : pyide
  • This is why I hope Alan Wake won't have much more than a pistol for you to carry, and only a few bullets ... : hardfl1p
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    Agreed 100%, this is what made Fahrenheit so good. Immersive story and no stupid combat to get in the wa... : boarder2
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      What? I thought the combat was people's big issues with Fahrenheit. Annoying button pressing minigames. : crummynz
      • You couldn't see what was going on when you were doing that button mini-game. : CrustaR
      • Oh, I guess I don't remember it being combat, I just remember the mini-game, which I didn't find all that... : boarder2
    • lol : Pink0r
  • The #1 thing holding games back is the notion that gamers want to have a gun glued to their hand througho : PenicillinX57
  • I agree, which I think is part of the reason I've always liked adventure games. Also, look to Planesc... : Anti_dentite
  • Not the only way to tell a story, of course, but likely the only way to recoup the investment in developm... : rudds
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    I don't think a game could be fun unless I'm fucking shit up. Racing games are different but besides tha... : dilutedq
    • and I loved the combat in PoP : dilutedq
  • So really what you want are more puzzle/adventure games with a great atmosphere like bioshock? I guess t... : treework
  • Yes, combat in Ico and PoP sucked. But there is a lot of combat in male oriented games, because it's t... : madspacemarinemustdie
  • Games generally use two major gameplay types to minimize player fatigue. Also games are sold to men. Li... : spiderfill
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    Right on Remo - I stopped playing Beyond Good and Evil because the combat was just plain boring and gener... : avatar_58
    • Let me reiterate here because I forget something - I stopped playing BG&E, but I haven't put it down fore... : avatar_58
    • That's kind of funny, I think a lot of people stopped playing BG&E because of the stealth (i.e. non-comba... : crummynz
  • And thats why the first iteration of Thief was such a great game. 1. FPS with the focus being to avoi... : derean
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    hehe woops, wrong reply :( : ovoon7
    • wait a minuite... : ovoon7
  • Dreamfall is another example. I think in a lot of cases we need the Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atla... : Vorlonesque
  • Yeah, some of my favorite games have no combat, like Katamari Damancy and Super Monkey Ball : Grumbeld
• When I explained it to my (very casually gaming) friend he was the same way - crazy about the concept, se... : 60days
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  interestingly enough, I went and saw Ken Levine talk a few nights ago. He talked about the challenges wi... : bagelcc
  • I've heard a few insider stories about the games development . The gameplay went through many iterations ... : Drewus
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  agreed. I wanted to be able to just freely roam around more and take it all in. : senseimoron
  • But, it's a demo......the entirety of which was a hand holding tutorial. : Drewus
• I would say you have a plethora of Zombies, El Guapo : kevp
• I hear what you're saying completely. I'm still going to enjoy the game as is though. Not that I'm going ... : red2lucas
• I think I'm just a pussy when it comes to shooters. Games like Gears, GRAW, and Halo don't bother me, I'... : Phearsome
• The demo doesn't really reflect the rest of the game from all that I've read. It's just like System Shoc... : FushigiDenki
• I miss real adventure games in general. they just kept on diving through the 90's and now they're full of... : thebigbeefsandwich
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  Had the same exact reaction. You start the thing off being amazed by everything, wanting to read every p... : SinistarX
  • Meh.. I'm just going to hack shit and have robots do my bidding while I wandering around aimlessly gaz... : walker270
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  everything except the physical weapons were great. The guns felt so weak and out of place compared to eve... : mista mista
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    The guns are upgradeable. So it makes sense that they'd start off weak. : Jonathan
    • I want one of those heatseaking rocket launchers fromt he video. I hope they aren't too stingy with ammo... : Boxelder
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      You also get over 50 plasmids, aswell as Tonics to upgrade character abilities. Combine that with the hac... : Drewus
      • And different ammo types, as sigpro just pointed out. : Drewus
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        Over 50 plasmids?! Do you get them all at once, or do you have to select a small number to use? : walker270
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          You keep them all but can only have like 6-7 active in slots at once. You can change the load out at anyt... : sigpro
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            Hrm... My other question is do you have to use all plasmids? If not, is there a benefit to playing wi... : walker270
            • I have no idea. I really haven't read too much or listened to a lot other than what's been posted here or... : sigpro
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              you get Adam from little sisters who you have to decide tgo either kill or let live - kill you get more ... : Boxelder
              • Sweet... thanks : walker270
      • Not to mention the ability to invent weapons/ammo apparently : VegasX
    • I didn't mean weak in terms of stopping power. i mean weak in terms of overall usage. The guns are freaki... : mista mista
  • Guns felt fine to me. Not too powerful but not really that weak either. Full game has different ammo type... : sigpro
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    Thank goodness they added a crosshair though. All the videos I saw had no crosshair (perhaps no HUD at al... : rock elf
    • and its a great unobtrusive crosshair : derelict515
• to me BioShock is like a Survival Adventure RPG : VegasX
• yeah, they said in the ads for the game that it wasnt going to a a firepower shooter thing...i wish ther... : ovoon7

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  Duke Nukem 4ever, EOT : Bean
  • it could shoot different colored flames out of my ass after every level and I still don't think DNF could... : qwpeoriu
• that's the correct order : elwood00
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  Rage : razlebol
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    0 chance of flopping, ID might not be known for great games, but they have yet to make a bad one. (and do... : locater16
    • Doom3 : MatzL.E.
• God I hope none flop, those are some of my most anticipated games right there! : Jayx77
• None of the above. I thought Too Human was going to end up a dud from early on though. : notd665
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  ET:QW : egg5hen
  • sad ditto. : thebigbeefsandwich
  • Yeah, unfortunately, that'd be my guess at the moment. : K1Bond007
  • 3rd in and agreed! : Skoal^Fyfan
  • ET though i wish it wouldn't : kill9
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    As long as there is a small, dedicated community I wouldn't mind if it wasn't too popular. Although, I... : snowwolf
    • The biggest thing it has going against it is the huge learning curve. Definitely more of a word of mouth ... : aeg1x
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    Yeah, based on Beta 2 and the kind of PUB players, I'd say this would be the biggest flop. The original ... : Matt Burris
    • RTCW multiplayer was really popular too, though. Those players would have purchased it, all the wolfens... : snowwolf
  • I just could not get into that beta. And I was really hyped for the game, too ;_; : Orange Pylon
  • sadly I agree : re4ctor
  • It's true, damn it. : spazzium
  • Ugg, I agree with this too : chungathebunga
  • This is one of those games I hated at first but I put some time into specific areas and found my niche. ... : TrptJim
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    it's really a fantastic game. it'll only flop because gamers these days aren't patient enough to really g... : yedrin
    • i'm actually wondering if there will ever be another multiplayer pc game that is really popular here. i e... : Mansmells
    • I think it will fail because it is a poor mixture. RTCW type team play combined with quake killing speed... : treework
  • Yep. : MatzL.E.
  • I have a terrible feeling that this might be the one I would pick. : pigvomit
  • I'm going to vote for this as well. : SilverSnake
  • I think it will be the competitive FPS of choice at every major gaming tourney. : aeg1x
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  Spore, though I really hope I'm wrong. : bipolar
  • Yeah I have a fear of it going Black and White on us, it will be cool but not deliver a 100%... will almo... : dael
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  Here are pics of the Bioshock I picked up this morning. Sorry no ([L|C]E), just the normal box. Pics ... : vital3d
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    AHHHHH, you motherfucker!!! : lookitzpancakes
    • Line em up! On with the motherfucking! : vital3d
  • I hate you but also want to be you : spiderfill
  • Motherfucker! : furiouscrak
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    when the fuck does this come out?!?!!? : klearlyunseen
    • "21st" meaning 22nd/23rd. : Majuju
• Of those three, i'd say Assassins. Although i hope it doesn't The Bioshock demo has already proven tha... : Drewus
• I'm sure Mass Effect will be amazing. : MoreVespeneGas
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  I'm gonna go with Assassins Creed on this one. : Toraz Chryx
  • Yeah. I was hyped for this one, but I'm beginning to strongly suspect that it'll end up being mediocre. : dirge23
• Do you mean flop as in "be a shitty game" or flop as in "be critically acclaimed but not sell enough unit... : Prozium
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  for me, Mass Effect. Then Halo 3. : g0nk
  • and as i read the full post, no, neither of these will flop. : g0nk
• I'm going with AC. Their seems to be an awful lot trepidation surrounding it. : shavenewok
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  AC was going to be a sucky rehash of an already sucky game (PoP) from day one. : snagger
  • You fool. Prince of Persia was great but I agree that I'm a little iffy about AC right now. : stump
• I think I'm going to like Mass Effect, even if I don't like it. : dirge23
• I think it will be Assassin's Creed and ET:QW. : freshyk
• I hope AC, because I've seen a fair amount of all those games and it looks the least awesome by a lot. H... : Chris Remo
• assassin's creed is going to flop like shit splashing into a toilet : fart
• you mean flop among the shack chatty posters or the general public? : Mansmells
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  Assassins Creed is the only answer here. The others may flop, but Assassins Creed will. And I will love e... : haiku
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    You can't just do that it's too easy. What if it delivers, you should have to do something to punish your... : qwpeoriu
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      If Assassins Creed delivers, meaning it gets pretty unanimous acclaim amongst major review sites as well ... : haiku
      • hahaha, yes that's perfect. ... i think the odds are in your favor by a wide margin though. : qwpeoriu
      • can you make it like a 3 day ban maybe, we can't have 30 days without Haiku hilarity : snowwolf
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        what if its just ok? : sexninja!!!!
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          That isn't how it works. "AAA" titles like this are either awesome fun games or they fail in pitiful ways... : haiku
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            Doom 3 was just ok : sexninja!!!!
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              Oh god here we go. No, Doom 3 wasn't "ok", it was a flat out bad game. For it being a successor to one... : haiku
              • basically.. Doom 3 "the first bit was cool, Hell was cool, the rest was meh" and Hell was only ONE ... : Toraz Chryx
              • i didnt finish it either :( : sexninja!!!!
              • Doom 3 was awesome. The atmosphere was fantastic, one of the best horror themes I've ever applied to any... : David Craddock
              • No, you're wrong here. :P : -efx-
              • Oh thank god. I hope you're wrong about Assassin's, though. : jan0r pants
          • Also that hobo was fucking awesome and i will always remember that story and possibly even steal it and u... : sexninja!!!!
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            how is this considered a AAA title? : pyide
            • and why are you so excited to see something new fail? it's just as ridiculous as someone wanting to se... : pyide
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            Halo 2 was just... ok : bradsh
            • oh who am i kidding halo 2 was awesome :[ : bradsh
      • This is gonna be good but I think haiku may have made a good prediction. : Tincan
      • Acceptable. I look forward to the results either way. : geedeck
      • You're a gentleman and a scholar. Your proposal is acceptable. : brickmatt
      • This just got a whole lot interesting! : warcrow
      • tagged: mike is wrong : Luminair
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    I hope it succeeds. The concept of free-running and climbing around a detailed medieval city, on almost a... : speon
    • Agreed, the concept sounds great. If it's anything like Sands Of Time then i'll be happy. : Drewus
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    I can understand thinking it might suck, but I'm not sure I understand why you're thrilled at the prospec... : Vincent Grayson
    • ...or the team of people (probably 100+, knowing Ubisoft) who dedicated years of their lives to the proje... : speon
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      Because I'm completely put off with the way games are being marketed, and Assassins Creed represents pret... : haiku
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        You didn't like Sands of Time, Two Thrones or Chaos Theory? : Lone Swordsman
        • Sands of Time was a very good game. Two Thrones was mediocre and Chaos Theory was mediocre as well. The S... : haiku
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        So what? Just be confident in your own opinion (however predisposed) about the game. Don't wish for it to : speon
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          clap clap clap you've done nothing to change my opinion here. update: still waiting with zealous anticipa : haiku
          • I'm not trying to change your opinion...just calling out your self-centered dickery. In any case, my f... : speon
      • Jade Raymond : Carnivac
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        Crap for several years? Farcry, Splinter Cell, Dark Messiah, BG&E, GRAW 1 + 2, Sands Of Time, Resi 4, ... : Drewus
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          Resident Evil 4 was published by Capcom and I hope a spider lays eggs under your skin for even suggesting... : haiku
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            Ubisoft published the PC version. : freshyk
            • Ah, ok, well still my point stands about them having little to nothing (in this case especially nothing) ... : haiku
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            your use of "everything they put out went to total shit" here does not mesh with the criteria you gave f... : a uberboy
            • well, what other alternatives do you have on the 360? those games are pretty much it. : dopeman
      • sounds like you need an e-hug. : PlanetPerfecto
  • I assume you've had hands-on play time? : Lone Swordsman
  • What are you basing this on? The E3 video, something else? Not that I don't agree, it looks like the game... : Deathlove
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    I really don't get your hate for this game. Did the AC dev team rape your only child and take a dump on h... : Drewus
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      everyone calling it AC:\ always gets me confused with asherons call. (which was much better btw_ : duncandun
      • I think you mean Alpha Centauri. : dirge23
  • all the preview trailers of that game look totally stupid : mr.sleepy
  • Gotta agree on this one. AC looked really cool until they showed actual gameplay. : ColoradoCNC
  • Suck or not, Jade Raymond's vagina is going to sell crazy units. (It's a lost level) : grayscale
• Mass Effect - meh I'll give it a shot, but I don't have any expectations for it. KOTOR was just OK to : speon
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  Creed for sure, I was so disapointed to hear about the time travel aspect : abrasion
  • There is no time travel. That has been confirmed multiple times. : mechanicalgrape
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    Time travel? wow, how did I not hear of this before. : duncandun
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      Spoiler much? : furiouscrak
      • its NOT time travel so why should he spoiler it? : klearlyunseen
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      The long story short was that all the cool footage from ancient times with prince of persia environments : abrasion
      • not true! reportedly, it's that they're scanning someone's past to see if the person would make a good c : Postal
      • I thought this was actually kinda confirmed true. Like at the end of the trailers there's always some ki : DinK
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  rock band : oatmela
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    ya thats what i think. noone in their right mind is gonna wanna store 4 bigass controllers for one game. : AMikaboshi
    • cause you have to buy all four contr...oh wait : Bantis
  • LOL'D! No way this game is going to fail. It's the game I'm most looking forward to. It's going to sel... : FormerHPB
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  Too Human, if it ever comes out. : Boxelder
  • I feel pretty confident that the consensus on Too Human will be "story is surprisingly interesting, but t... : Borzoi
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  Personally, I worry about Mass Effect since Jade Empire sucked fake Chinese ass. I'm also sad that Person... : Borzoi
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    There's been a bit of Persona 3 love here. I drove all over town last night trying to find a copy but no... : Prozium
    • I'm picking up my pre-order tomorrow....i'll give it a long loving post after a couple of hours of play. : Borzoi
    • Same here. Couldn't find it anywhere last night. I might order it online. : silent prophet
  • Yeah, I'm definitely most skeptical about mass effect because of jade empire. Assassin's Creed did look ... : JINKY
  • I ordered Persona 3 earlier tonight after watching my friend play it for a few hours. It's a lot like Noc : jan0r pants
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    The combat sucked, but everything else was okay. I thought the visuals were well done and seemed like the... : Fred Garvin
    • I agree. It certainly wasn't up to Bioware's normal insanely high quality, but it was good. Also, I'm ama... : Sexpansion Pack
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    I really enjoyed Jade Empire. The combat was meh but the setting of like a Chinese fantasy was fantastic ... : node
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      Pleased to meet you node, I'm the only other guy who liked it :/ : abrasion
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        Nah, I liked it too. : Arcanum
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          I'm convinced that the people who keep hating on the game are from that next level of gamer above us, the... : abrasion
          • (I also think a lot of gamers who wouldn't normally like RPG's might like it - but they haven't tried) : abrasion
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            The battle system in Kotor was so much better than the one in Jade Empire. : sigpro
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              I'm sure you found it so, it nearly put me to sleep. : abrasion
              • The 1st 4 hours of the game were pretty dull. Later in the game it opened up. I liked the ability to have... : sigpro
          • kotor is one of the best RPGs I have ever played. i put it up there with fallout, baldur's gate etc. i wa... : dewdman
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        I liked it, too. But it was RPG-lite for a Bioware game. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
        • Oh sure, but when Jade Empire is your "worst" game, I figure you're still pretty fucking shit hot as a de... : node
    • The dialogue was a crime against humanity and the plot was fairly wank. : spdon
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    Persona 3 will get more love from me when I figure out how to not end up fucking tired all the time becau... : Vincent Grayson
    • ugh! MUST. BUY. : silent prophet
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  I think Heavenly Sword has a high chance of flopping. From the previews it sounds like the gamplay just i... : Tissen
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    the demo isn't particurlaly fun : moshman
    • Oh, I fogot that the demo was already out. : Tissen
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  I'm going to go against the 360 trend here and say I'm looking forward to Metroid Prime 3. : henrych
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    you missed the point of the thread :) : moshman
    • Well I'm anticipating it mostly because finally I won't have to listen to Toraz bitch about the controls.... : henrych
  • Do you think it's going to flop? : marmite
• Warhammer Online. : [7]kami
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  DNF.... Sorry DogNose :( : voodooraze
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    It's okay dude. It has to come out to be a let-down. : geedeck
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      That explains why my brother that died at birth is my parents' favorite son. : Omaha
      • Hahaha. It reminds me of my dad, who always said I was his favorite boy. And even at like 6 I told him th... : geedeck
  • DNF will be the greatest FPS since wolfenstein :( : daedraug
• Assassin's Creed imo, stands as the most likely high profile title to flop, if not commercially then at l... : lightly inclined
• im thinking assasins creed. the game will probably be fun, but not as open and free as people might think... : maulla
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  none of those games are going to flop duncandun : mr.sleepy
  • your going flop : duncandun
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  Deus Ex II : Lightzout
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    You're a few years late : Izanaki
    • Screw the haters - I really liked the sequel >:[ : jbury
  • I welcome thee, traveller from the past! Your insights seem appropriate. : razorblade79
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  Spore and that Portal thing from Valve. : Silent Sorrow
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    I don't see how portal can possibly flop, to me it looks like a basic puzzle game like narbacula drop (wh... : abrasion
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      I expect people to complain about it being too short. : sgtsanity
      • My expectations are something like a cool tech demo, 6 hours, a very very mild storyline of 'escape the p... : abrasion
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  this whole thread is retarded. : boomstickah
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    why the fuck are you up so early? : mr.sleepy
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      The same could be asked to you, mr.sleepy! : CrustaR
      • there's no A.C. in my house at the moment, and whenever I get hot - i become very delirious. so, at about... : mr.sleepy
• The Assassin's Creed demo looked very rough at Microsoft's E3 press conference. It was painful to see som... : rudds
• kane and lynch. It looks worse every time I see it. Assasin's Creed is giong downhill fast. After seeing ... : mista mista

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• pretty neat. : nomaad
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  Can someone tell me what this is, since I can't watch at work? : sharkII
  • Software which determines least-important horizontal and vertical paths to an image and either adds to th... : Phearsome
  • Its a video of Smart Image Resizing : VegasX
• That was pretty damned wicked : Phearsome
• thats fascinating. this could be huge : epit
• Cool... I'd like to see what happens when they shrink the picture to near nothing though. : Edges
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  Wow that is really cool. Imagine having a brain capable of conceiving and programming that algorithm. Peo... : Dynotaku
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    i dont mean to knock it, its really neat and all, but its actually a pretty simple algorithm if you know ... : grimiv
    • just because it's not complicated programmatically doesn't exclude it from being mind blowing. Simple... : slickdoody
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      But you had to come up with it. Most great ideas are obvious after someone tells you about it. : hawke
      • image-based lighting and rendering come to mind - great, simple ideas, that produce stunning results : Mr.Fusion
• wah! My quicktime doesn't like this file. : SatansLilHelper
• This is just nuts! : c0bra
• Wow that's really cool : Barnahog
• Okay, I'll wait for it. : The Key
• That's some seriously cool technology! : cause&effect
• amazing : aurealis
• My god, that was amazing. : crummynz
• Don't be surprised if something like this fucks up very frequently. : FlatlineDixay
• i would love to see this in a future edition of photoshop. I've resized images like this before, but man... : jojomcbobo
• i guess it's interesting. but it could become a really horrible thing. i can see this being just as hate... : grifter
• Dude, holy fuck, that's unbelievable. Just erasing people like that. : lookitzpancakes
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  Fox News is going to love this. : mechanicalgrape
  • So will Microsoft! And The Free Masons! : Saman
• Where can I download it? That could come in handy! : dudehoyt
• Great now everyone on the internet will have a 4 foot penis. : voodooraze
• is there a photoshop plug in available now? oh god if they could get this working over video footage... : a uberboy
• jesus christ, the photo altering abilities are terrifying and awesome : fletch_
• From a journalistic standpoint I think it's abhorrent, but the technology, methodology, concept, and exec... : Odoyle
• shit son. that's awesome. : ventro
• damn, that's pretty sweet. : delataur
• that's really badass : action roommate
• absolutely mind blowing. : slickdoody
• Thats a really beautiful, elegant solution. Bravo. : GloriousCow
• That's amazing stuff. : megarust32
• WOW! simply amazing : sikander
• That was very cool, thanks for the link. : Goncyn
• As all powerfull technologies this is as amazing as it is worrying in the ways it can be used, and theref : pillzer
• that's beautiful, now i want to have a go. : johnsto

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• lol : NFXFSX
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  Go on... : edlin
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    ^^ has a wide-on. : creep
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      man I got a visual :( I'm sure it's nice Edlin, but my visual wasn't. Wide-on ewwwww. : red2lucas
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        You should give me more credit. : edlin
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          yeah, it was nothing personal. I just pictured random vag : red2lucas
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            Mine is sideways. : edlin
            • like a fly trap? : graceofdragons
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      more like ^^is inserting a can of mt.dew : not work safe
      • tell me how to get in on your wacky industry please I'm dying here : genjuro
      • you horrible drunken fuck, do you have an IM I want to talk to you help me out here my future is at st... : genjuro
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  Did you join in the mix? : Blackdawgg
  • Disregard my question, this is what we must know. : spiffymc
  • they were both guys. though i suppose the question still stands. : erotic sock
  • Nah. Got that out of my system when I was younger. : Chris Faylor
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  Pics? Was the girl hot? : spiffymc
  • What girl? : ChibiJosh
• Looks like your late to Quakecon. : notd665
• Were they playing Scrabble? : Afterglow
• i bet they were fucking. not sure though. : porp
• did you invite them back to your jacuzzi room? : lowpoly
• hope they weren't ugmos : RikiTiki2
• Some scenarios are perfectly sculpted for Shack commentary, fitting as tightly as a freakishly log-like p... : eldersveld
• Did you discuss photocopier insecurities with the naked couple while they humped? : liqker
• was it the hotels fault or were these two people room hoping to get laid in a free bed? : smacknca
• Were they playing cowboy and horsie? : Flying h4x0r
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  The other Chris would've done something more interesting : genjuro
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    Like jumping on the back of one of them and riding them like they were in the kentucky derby? : shavenewok
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      I don't know but whatever it was, it would probably make for a good photo http://picasaweb.google.com/... : genjuro
      • i reckon he's trying to pass a bowling ball by the looks of it : shavenewok
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    He would have written/performed a song. : trOmblyj
    • Funny thing, I just got done listening to "Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed" by Barry Manilow. : Orange Pylon
  • GIVE EM THE GAS FACE : filtersweep
• I can see how this would be a bit confusing for you, but I'll explain the best I can. See, when a man ... : Orange Pylon
• ahahahahaha. looooooooooooooooooool : afrochops
• Ive had dates that started out like that : VegasX
• Did they stop when they saw you? : Super Sparker

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  Humanity is part of the Earth's mass. We don't just spawn from the ether. : Arcanum
  • Maybe you don't. : MoreVespeneGas
• All of people's mass originated from the planet so there is no net gain. So no, we'll be ok. Until W... : omnova
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  We are probably included inteh weight of the earth. Keep in mind the stuff that makes us IS part of the e... : terath
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    but you see we came from space : duncandun
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      All our starships are in the hollow part of the earth. True story. : terath
      • Yeah. I've been there, I would have taken one but there was no way Out? wtf. Turns out I was right un... : duncandun
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  and each human takes approximately a 1lb shit every day, that's 7 billion pounds of poop added every day.... : edgewise
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    the earh will be covered in shit : duncandun
    • sorry, erf. : duncandun
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  arguably earth's mass is being altered all the time thus it's orbit is always being affected : mwasher
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    by trash from space, etc... : mwasher
    • yeah something like 200k tons of space dust every year : duncandun
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    the earth is REALLY big, what goes on on the surface is a tiny percentage of the Earth's mass. : spdon
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      why i said "arguably" : mwasher
      • "arguably" does not mean "I can say any shit I want". : spdon
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  M_Earth = 5.97x10^24 kg M_Humanity = 3.17x10^11 kg So Earth is about 13 orders of magnitude heavier t... : mockery
  • I'll make us matter than! *eats more hamburgers* : DarkWolf5
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    yeah but what if we all go on eachothers shoulders with all the fat people on the bottom of course and we... : duncandun
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      The Moon won't let us. : Fail_Safe
      • why is that bitch such a fat bitch : duncandun
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  we're made of the same crap that's been here on the planet since the way back, we just convert the mass t... : painangel
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    yes can't the earth basically be considered a closed system? : eeeealmo
    • No, the sun is involved as is the moon. : FushigiDenki
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      Creationists always try to use the second law, to disprove evolution, but their theory has a flaw. The ... : zakk
      • MC Hawking in da house! : Arcanum
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      No, it is very much not a closed system. The sun adds energy, and cosmic dust, meteorites, and the like ... : Arcanum
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        yeh but once the matter gets here its part of the planet, we dont just spawn from meteors and come walkin... : painangel
        • wtf i dont even know how this became a creationist vs. evolution thread : painangel
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          yea but we can create more matter from the energy the sun provides : eeeealmo
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            well you cant directly create mass from energy because energy is never created or destroyed only converte... : painangel
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              ... into mass : Mr.Fusion
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                First Law of Thermodynamics - Energy is never created or destroyed, it just moves from one place to anot... : painangel
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                  http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970724a.html : Mr.Fusion
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                    from ur own link: It's not possible, however, to collect these newly created particles and assemble them ... : painangel
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                      indeed, but matter is still created, along with anti-matter, if even for an instant : Mr.Fusion
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                        And then it promptly turns back into energy, well before it's actually useful for anything. : Arcanum
                        • yes, i know - this subthread is responding to painangel saying that we can't directly convert energy into... : Mr.Fusion
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                      it's still matter : FushigiDenki
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                        but irrelevant in reference to this topic..the mass of the human population. : painangel
                        • this subthread is not about human mass, it's about whether it's possible to directly convert energy into ... : Mr.Fusion
                    • Very strictly speaking, matter is energy. Photosynthesis is a pretty fantastic example of converting elec... : ieGod
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                    also: http://musr.physics.ubc.ca/~jess/p200/emc2/node9.html : Mr.Fusion
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                      humans are made from atoms though, not photons : painangel
                      • there is no mention of photons in the link you responded to : Mr.Fusion
            • we do pick up a good bit of junk though, like a dust buster in orbit around the sun : painangel
          • Not really, no. It can power chemical reactions, and yes, in theory mass and energy are interchangable u... : Arcanum
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          Yes? I don't see the problem. : Arcanum
          • me either : painangel
    • I'm made from moon cheese. : DarkWolf5

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  I liked that you have to be careful with offense now. The constant 80 yard passes a game for each side a... : JINKY
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    i can sort of agree, but the amount of interceptions and fumbles are pretty ridiculous. the games arent a... : maulla
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      There are two things I've seen that really affect this. One is throwing off the back foot really results... : jake
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        This is exactly what's changed. Momentum plays a huge part in performance now. No more bombs from the bac... : Tommy Toolbag
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          You're entitled to your opinions. I don't mean this negatively towards any of you. All I see though are... : Sylvanus
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            Thats just it. We don't see it as shoddy gameplay. Its a step toward realism. A friend of mine, who hu... : Tommy Toolbag
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              That's what is so funny about Madden. All these things (momentum, gang-tackling, using the pocket and pr... : cltcprd
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                2K8 actually does all of these things better than ever. The question is, it it better than Madden or jus... : Sylvanus
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                  well i haven't played Madden 08, but from playing every single madden before this year's I would say that... : cltcprd
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                    also, i invited you to the new APF 2k8 league so you better sign up! : cltcprd
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                      Gah! Why do you do these things to me!? ;) : Sylvanus
                      • because EA is stupid and can't implement a feature (online leagues) that we had over 3 years ago in ESPN ... : cltcprd
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                I never found 2k5 realistic in terms of the stats it produced though. I used every slider setting in the ... : Tommy Toolbag
                • Well, I played over 6 hours worth of Madden 2008 last night. Call it what you will, I'm keeping the game : Sylvanus
            • I'll admit this much; I'm torn between the two titles. I may wind up owning both for a time. I want the... : Sylvanus
• Try Gamefly or Gameznflix : Magus
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  I'm sad to hear of others' fumbling problems in Madden 08. I played it last night and probably had 4 fumb... : ckaps
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    It seems if you are doing juke moves, stiff arms, etc. you tend to fumble more, especially in a crowd. : jake
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      this is true, very true...hold down right button to cover the ball for even better protection from fumbli... : bling1bling
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        That's the second time I've heard that. I'll try again. The thread brings up a bunch of decent points. ... : Sylvanus
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          May wind up just selling both and sticking with 2K5 on PS2. : Sylvanus
          • I'm about to recreate the shack league. Are you going to keep APF 2k8? : cltcprd
    • Yeah, that has always been true of Madden, and I am okay with that. The game I played I really wasn't doi... : ckaps
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  What annoys me is that it's basically '06 with a few new features. I can't believe EA Sports continue to... : Matt Burris
  • The sad part is that it continues to get high marks for essentially beta releases. : Sylvanus
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    no way. 06 was terrible, the game plays incredibly well now with the exception of the turnover issues. be... : maulla
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      The game is the same. First time I picked up 06 and played I won 31-3 and it was the default teams (whoe... : Matt Burris
      • Your talking about the brothers of the same people that made Sims one of the best selling games ever. ... : stonedonkey
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        i cant agree at all with it. i played the shit out of all 3 versions, and this one is just significantly ... : maulla
        • you are such a madden fanboy. As a football fan I can't see how you can think the speed and control in m... : cltcprd
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        Your completely wrong, 06 and 07 on the 360 ran like choppy donkey ass, I bought both of them but continu... : shackwack
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          I guess that's it then, because on the PC they ran fine, so the whole performance thing you and maulla ar... : Matt Burris
          • oh you're referring to the pc version? then yeah, it probably is the same as last years. ea doesnt care... : pandastrong
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      Are there they crazy amount of sliders like they used to have? Can you turn down the secondaries hands sk... : jake
      • of course there are. That was the best idea Madden ever had. It simultaneously allowed for a very nice le... : derelict515
    • i agree - 06 was horrible. 07 was barely an improvement, and 08 is the shit. : virus
  • I have the fumbling problem in NCAA, however in Madden it seems to have gone away, but unfort. now I Can ... : mordaken
  • The Tiger Woods series is probably far worse in the "nothing changes from year to year" thing. And the s... : riptyde
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  so no one is tackling about their revolutionary gang tackling system? color me unsurprised : derelict515
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    I MIGHT have seen it happen once since I've been playing...but maybe that was my imagination? : bling1bling
    • well i only saw it once in a 20 minute playthrough on gamespot so that doesn't surprise me in the least. ... : derelict515
  • durr talking so tired : derelict515
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    i think its cool - it was surprising to me to see it actually working. every single play almost players ... : virus
    • Yeah I played for a few hours with a friend last night and there were quite a few gang tackles. I love wh... : h o s t i l e
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  thats strange, i throw across the middle all the time and rarely get picked : virus
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    He's probably using the bears and awful Rex Grossman. : FormerHPB
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      lol actually I'm playing as the bears. :D : virus
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        ahahah. Then the game is definitely broken. Rex should be throwing picks all over the place like in the... : FormerHPB
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          Hey at least the Bears didn't squander 21-6 halftime lead. : cltcprd
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            I honestly didn't expect the Pats to get anywhere near winning that game. The crap receivers they had la... : FormerHPB
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              that doesn't change the fact that they blew a 15 point lead in the AFC championship game. And I guarante... : cltcprd
              • as did most everyone else watching that game. : FormerHPB
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  Wii controls that I loved in 07 + online play = bought : rosewood
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    I've been waiting to hear from others how the Wii version faired. Have you already purchased and played ... : MuteMode
    • purchased havent played : rosewood
  • I was just looking at the screens on gamespot and jeez the Wii version is like the ugly duckling that got... : h o s t i l e
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  Wasn't the 07 version ugly as well? I haven't bought or played any football games since like 2000 and... : MuteMode
  • Grr meant for reply to ^ I suck at shacking BUT MY TEXT POSTING BOX THING KEEPS GOING UNDER OTHER THREADS... : MuteMode
  • Yeah I'm just saying in general the Wii version is hideous in comparison. Jaggies, low res textures, and ... : h o s t i l e

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  vortex got banned? harsh. he was being a bit of a dick but i dont think we should ban people so quickly f... : bradsh
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    no i AM vortex (as per the earlier CS thread), I understand haiku being pissed off cause it was a childis... : Jackass1233
    • haiku is more equal than you. He is not a fellow shacker. : steelsamurai
• hahaha I quit a while ago, but he seemed like an ok dude to me while I was playing. : Chunks
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  I had just joined, it was my first round and as soon as I spawned you shot me in the head for no reason. ... : haiku
  • I wouldn't mind this if all the admins did this. A lot of stupid things have been allowed in the past, s... : Moonbase Commander
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    I've never played this game. From the amount of complaining, it sure seems to be serious business. Do... : steelsamurai
    • CS is infamous for being almost unplayable on public servers. Think of an even more volatile Xbox Live if... : haiku
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    Well 24 hours is different, that is understandable and ill accept my punishment and act accordingly next ... : Jackass1233
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      Yeah, no problem and thanks for understanding. Like I said I would lift the ban if I could manually edit ... : haiku
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        sounds good, no ill will here, i gotta get sleep anyways. Ill just have to get revenge by killing you whe... : Jackass1233
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          Also I want to add that if I knew it was you I wouldn't have banned. I didn't recognize your name and the... : haiku
          • haiku what are you doing think of the children :( : zakk
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            why are you being so understanding : ShekkyBoy
            • he's on his anti period : FrayLo
            • this isn't the haiku we all know and love. : erotic sock
            • its refreshing, quite honestly. props to haiku : bradsh
            • it's actually not work safe doing an I love the cock post : .sticks.
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            fuck that, if it's really stupid/egregious/immature shit like spawn headshot TKs, all of you admins SHOUL... : snagger
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              I think people should be kicked (not banned, well, maybe for 30 minutes) for not using their Shack name : Fail_Safe
              • but you just suggested the kicking or short ban of JPB : pharoah mike
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      I don't play the game, but I can say that if you wanna go and be a goofball, go sludge through the pubs a... : Entity
      • dear god, serious play??? on the shack server??? : bradsh
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    ahahahha you are a damn pussy : mr.sleepy
    • ^^^ : yedrin
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    lol "counterstrike was mean and im special!" : bradsh
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      seriously the other day maddog tked me SEVEN ROUNDS IN A ROW for no reason : bradsh
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        no the reason is you're bradsh. : mrfunky3000
        • mrfunky3000 makes a good point. No one will be banned for TKing bradsh. : haiku
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    Maybe if it happened twice... but just once? I don't know, perhaps he accidently clicked while targetin... : thief
    • It was obviously intentional, I stand by the ban and any further TKing is going to result in the same thi : haiku
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  Use the time to fix your mic, son. : dopeman
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    Screw you, phoneman : AlexXdude
    • Man, I was getting my ass kicked and then out of nowhere I got that awesome headshot. What more can I ... : dopeman
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    dude i swear to god i dont understand what is going. I have like a 20 dollar pair of logitech headphones ... : Jackass1233
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      You've got your volume up too high or your mic too close to your mouth probably : Nali4Freedom
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        my mic volume? my master volume? my speaker volume? I tried with the mic at different distances from m... : Jackass1233
        • Turn off the amplification, it really ruins sensitivity. : geedeck
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          turn off the mic boost in Windows. for some reason nothing I do in-game affects how loud I am in CS:S. : mrfunky3000
          • I should add, this only happens with CS:S, all my other games (and teamspeak) are fine. : mrfunky3000
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    mouse4 for life son : fleabug
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      seriously who has time to push K in the middle of battle : Flying h4x0r
      • I know right?! If I had it my way, voicechat would be triggered with my mind, because I don't have tim... : fleabug
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        I rebound that shit to v. : mrfunky3000
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          I did this as well. V is close to my left hand configuration so I dont even have to think about pressing... : Galadriel07
          • joining the V club : pharoah mike
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  I got banned for 1 TK too long time ago. Cause someone was being a fuckwad with the awp. : graceofdragons
  • IIRC you switched teams and assassinated someone. This is hardly an innocent TK. That sort of shit should... : K1Bond007
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  Now if we could just ban a couple of the more obvious hackers...just watch for the guy with the 40/2 rati... : Vangoghs Ear
  • I go on runs like that all the time. Every now and then, i'm convinced that the order in which you joi... : Chunks
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    Ratio is not 100% indicative of hacking, nor playing ability I might add. : thief
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      *nor of : thief
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        Funny you say that. ARE YOU FEELING THE HEAT NOW? : AlexXdude
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          what name does thief play under there are really like only 4 guys I consider to really be "dangerous" ... : Jackass1233
          • thief plays as thief, and thanks for the compliment lol : kill9
          • lol youre funny : eeeealmo
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            I've been playing on the shack CS servers for a couple years now. I don't think my play style has varied ... : TrptJim
            • You're a hacker, you hacked in WoW and you hack in CSS! : lightsam
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              indeed. I have been playing CS for 7 years I think - maybe 6 - and my playing style has remained the sam... : Galadriel07
              • I was there and didn't even notice =( but uh.. at least I'm honest? : pharoah mike
  • yeah, I like to just accuse everyone who is good of hacking, but sometimes ill end up being like 25-8 and... : Jackass1233
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    That happens to me all the time. There was one map where I owned SO FUCKING HARDCORE, it was awesome. ... : Rice-Rocketeer
    • I hear ya, I'm consistently inconsistent at CS:S, sometimes I can hang with Biter and Dope, other times I... : pharoah mike
  • I don't understand it. I don't think anyone hacks, ever. I've seen everyone do awesome at least one t... : dopeman
• btw can i get the ip or messaged to me possibly? : rudius
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  after seeing the way you were playing last night, i can't really feel sorry for you. stop playing like a... : kill9
  • right, because your the picture of maturity when it comes to CS lol. When 90% of the server is tking/... : Jackass1233

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  yay to no size limits. now the shackgroups must merge : pyide
  • Yes, yay indeed! : crummynz
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    Sweet, someone PM me an invite. : thekidd
    • Me too! : TrptJim
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    our power GROWS : smacknca
    • Merge it up! : ctlaltl33t
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  Once I can log in, I'll start inviting people. If you want in, you should go to the chat room. Don't l... : K1Bond007
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    To get to the chat room go to our Steam Community page. Should be something like http://steamcommunity.co... : K1Bond007
    • I cannot get it to work. I clicked on the links and it still wont open for me : Galadriel07
• yep, i cant get to the community page : oHnOES
• I would like an invite as well!! Plz!! : Galadriel07
• invite to group 1 please! : shavenewok
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  Things like this, I just don't understand why they imposed the limit in the first place. What possible ... : Ebu
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    its beta :/ : oHnOES
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      Right, but at some point, a conversation was held and the developers decided to impose a limit on the pri... : Ebu
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        bandwidth supposedly. Private groups keep stats. Public do not. : K1Bond007
        • Ah-ha : Ebu
• Why does "Ratalon" Not have any love!! : Ratalon
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  Join the shack chat room for invites steam://friends/joinchat/103582791429521536 : Umbr
  • How do I access the chat room? Is it part of Steam? : Waverider
• Invite "Susterdi" please! : Jackass1233
• please invite Korban :( : Korban
• buzzbat : buzzbat
• rosewood likes to be a part of a group : rosewood
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  If you want an invite: go here: steam://friends/joinchat/103582791429521536 : K1Bond007
  • oh man this is sweet : AlexXdude
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    Not working for me, launches Steam but doesn't join any chats :( : spazzium
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      have you enabled the steam community beta in settings? : aeg1x
      • ^^ Most common problem. You have to go to your settings and enable the beta participation. : Tincan
• please invite bradsh : bradsh
• Please invite frkz : freak!
• Invite "SailorofFortune" for great Justice! I'll get in the chatroom when that's up too. : Fail_Safe
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  Did someone post an announcement in the second Shack group so that they'll know they have to ask for an i... : Bingo
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    Only person who can post an announcement for that group is the admin. They don't need to belong to both. ... : K1Bond007
    • I know, that's what I was saying. Sorry if I wasn't clear. The "someone" I was referring to was the admin... : Bingo
    • exactly, join the first and drop the 2nd and ill close the grp when everyone is moved. : anthonybean
• I love ShackChat. : ImageOmega
• shackgroup inviters : barichnikov : barichnikov

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  Blockbuster, but it only applies to the corporate stores or something. : Vincent Grayson
  • It's only for the corporate owned stores. There are still franchise stores that can do what they want. : Prozium
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  190k BR vs 90k HD DVD Those numbers don't seem significant to me. I think I read that 300 pushed 6 or ... : qwpeoriu
  • the 190k vs 90k of course is specific to 300 like my other figure : qwpeoriu
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    yeah and 3.7 million HD discs total between both formats since they launched is pretty weak. it's going t... : Mansmells
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      3.7 mil@ $30 a pop = $111,000,000.... 3.7 mil@ $20 a pop = 74,000,000... i'd say they can see a profit st... : GonzoRookie
      • The point is that one single release, 300, on DVD probably doubles all HD DVD and BR sales totals for all... : qwpeoriu
  • "To call this market nascent is to a degree to pay it a complement," he said. "The people who have bought : Jonathan
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  Thank goodness, one of them had to die. : Yanks
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    My sarcasm meter must be off, I can't tell if you're making a joke. : evildanish
    • ? : Ebu
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  HD players = $200, Blu-Ray players = $6000 : dognose
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    seriously, I would consider blu-ray a great deal more if the hardware was more affordable. I wouldn't ha... : Halen
    • And yet the Blu-ray discs are outselling HD-DVD discs 2-1. Doesn't really make sense to me. : Goncyn
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    ps3 is 499$ and you get a gaming console with it. But yeah, if you don't care about games, HD-DVD is the ... : razlebol
    • If you do care about games it's also a good choice. Premium + HD DVD drive is $530 : EvilDolemite
    • Yeah I have a HD projector but no player; I'd drop $200 on HD if I knew it was gonna be around a while. ... : dognose
• Walmart hasn't had it's say in all of this. All signs point to Wal-Mart pushing sub $200 HD-DVD players t... : mancide
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  There can be only none. May they both go the way of the laserdisc. : NexusOne
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    Fuck that. I want HD content and digital distribution won't cut it until we all have insane fiber connec... : Prozium
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      Seriously. HD over digital distribution is compressed garbage. Physical media is still the way to go ther... : Serpico74
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        obviously you haven't watched HD off of Xbox Live Marketplace : malloc
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          It's still compressed to about 5 gigs. Full hd-dvd/bluray allows better sound and picture. : sigpro
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            And it's only 720p. BR and HD DVD are both 1080p with support for lossless sound. : Prozium
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              its far from garbage. beats all broadcast media (at least from comcast) : malloc
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                Yes, but it still doesn't beat HD on physical media. Broadcast HD is compressed more than HD downloads... : Serpico74
                • and HD feeds from your cable company are compressed more then their over-the-air versions for the main ne... : Prozium
          • Hell, DVDs use more space than that. Granted, they use using better compression with those downloadable c... : Serpico74
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    laserdisc was awesome :( : Halen
    • iawtp laserdisc ftw : dodob
    • laserdisc was analog i didnt know that till recently and thats crazy : sexninja!!!!
• I bought a HD-DVD player so it will win the format wars. : gmd
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  I found this pretty convincing, particularly about the studio backing: http://www.thedigitalbits.com/art... : speon
  • Wow, good read. : Visceral Monkey
  • that was pretty good : sexninja!!!!