Evening Reading

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• Who needs an excuse these days? : midgetherder
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  'Amazing pic [PIC]' too... : Zakko
  • ...that links to ancient historical internet photo from the late 90's : drucifer
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  I stopped going to digg because of how retard-infested it has gotten. I'll reconsider if they change the ... : jhsellars
  • I pretty much just listen to the drunken fools on their podcast, and stay clear of the page. I just go th... : drucifer
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  http://digg.com/gaming_news/Internet_Expert_says_internet_is_flooded_with_top_10_lists : CoRDS
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    lol, everybody digg this. : aaarrrgh
    • Lets get this shit frontpaged! We did it with AYB. : yoonix
  • Dugg! : bozer
  • dugg! :D : jbury
  • digg'd : biskits
  • dugg'd'd'd'd : SockMonkeh
  • So dugg... We're going to get blacklisted for this.. lol : walker270
  • hahaha dugg! : voodooraze
  • i did dugg dat. : afrochops
  • [ lol ] + digg : sergeon
  • dugg. its on the front page now : hobbespanache
  • it's on the frontpage. haha. : aaarrrgh
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    Awesome it made the front page. : Horn
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      i love all the people who are confused by "internet expert" hahaha : SockMonkeh
      • SystmBetatester 19 minutes ago what makes you an expert? a college degree? owning every issue of [insert... : SockMonkeh
      • srsly. Amateurs : itsjames
      • Haha they're so stupid. : freshyk
  • dugg : Maddog_Delphi97
  • Hey, someone made a peters4life post on Digg. : CrustaR
  • I finally subscribed to digg specifically to reply to this + digg it : itsjames
  • so sad that this is my first digg'd story :( : drucifer
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    This is fucking awesome that it made fp digg lol : fluffy64
    • Not like it's all that hard to do, lol. : geneshifter
  • lol'd + dig'd : El Tigre
  • I love you guys. : Nick Breckon
  • Still on the front page.. lol : walker270
  • Dugg, but page 2 now. : FPSDavid
  • I saw this first on digg and was stunned when it brought me back here. lol. : silent prophet
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    hahaha its still going : CoRDS
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      :( : drucifer
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        you are now a world renowned Internet Expert. : CoRDS
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          I will get you. : drucifer
          • ...in bed? : ForkingAxle
  • This made my night. HAHAHAHAHA : suqur
  • hahahhaha oh my god that is awesome : warpdude
  • lol, I saw this on Digg and though "what a coincidence"... genius. : spdon
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    ahahaha, I've registered solely to dig this. : VinnieTheSquid
    • lol, me too! : Flying h4x0r
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  I don't like digg anymore. Too many images as well. : geneshifter
  • agreed, same thing happened with fark for me : fathertime
• What you hate is ordinary people, because ordinary people LOVE top ten lists : spiderfill
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  if i see another "[girl] having fun" on redtube again, im going to jerk off hell hard : not work safe
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    All of hell or just those around you? : Jonathan
    • all of it, that'll teach em : not work safe
• http://www.digg.com/druciferstoptenpetpeeves/ : mn3m0n1c
• It's been a problem for a long time. My review of Remo's review of CVG's review of the GTA IV preview vid : rock elf
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  Digg's pretty bad these days. Reddit is going downhill slowly but its still pretty solid. : Horn
  • yeah I noticed it too...it's pagued by images and grandma forwards of late too : cap n KRUNCH
• http://www.digg.com/gaming_news/Internet_Expert_says_internet_is_flooded_with_top_10_lists lololol : Maddog_Delphi97
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  We really need a Top 10 Drucifer Puns list : wtf242
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    He's made 10 that's worthy of a top10 list? : aaarrrgh
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      no pun in ten did :( : drucifer
      • arrraagggh! : kingfish
      • *grooooan* : aaarrrgh
      • hahahahahahaha : metralgia
      • out of the park : SockMonkeh
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        3rd time's the charm? : Kniggit
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          I repeat all my jokes, ad nauseam. : drucifer
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            Oh, there's nausea all right : geedeck
            • :( : drucifer
      • boo rinse lather repeat : moe6
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        http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14913218#itemanchor_14913218 : spaceless
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          bah, already called out : spaceless
          • I make no apologies. He set me up, I had to take it. : drucifer
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        What? : Maddog_Delphi97
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          read it out loud. : drucifer
          • OOOOOH /me blinks at you : Maddog_Delphi97
      • FLAWLESS VICTORY : manero
      • This one goes to the top of said list. Bravo, sir. :D : DOOManiac
      • /swoon : egg5hen
      • how do you do it?!? : hirez
      • you have really outpun yourself. good job : wtf242
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        That was pretty clever for a vegetarian :O : dognose
        • http://www.bustedtees.com/shirt/vegetarian : dognose
      • Jesus I can't believe so many people never saw the other time you tried this joke : Xevo
      • can't anyone make the pain stop :( : Daggoth
      • Hahahaha drucifer is the best. He reminds me of my dad. : dltrem
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  why do people honestly give a fuck about this digg site? : -=kodiak=-
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    because it aggregates and filters out popular articles/stories/etc from around the web? Why do people gi... : wtf242
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      it's all user submitted crap though and the self wankary that goes onto that site is just horse shit. : -=kodiak=-
      • Agreed most highly. : geneshifter
      • It's like slashdot for the Bubbas of the world. : Topaz
      • that's why i've switched to Reddit. digg is almost completely noise at this point. : electroly
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  you realize that digg itself is essentially a top ten list? : poppasp1ce
  • Holy recursive concepts, Batman! ;D : mn3m0n1c
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  Digg is horrible these days. Almost a parody of the internet. Thank goodness for Reddit, even if it too... : Athlon7
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    http://reddiggulo.us/ : the archvile
    • god... an aggregator of aggregators. : wtf242
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  ahahaha, it's up to over 900 diggs. : aaarrrgh
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    I don't know how it got in the Video Gaming category, but it's the top story in the past 24 hours :( : drucifer
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      You should wear your new title as Internet Expert with pride. : freshyk
      • I've seen things you people wouldn't believe; Goatse spammed repeatedly off the shoulder of Squabble. I w... : drucifer
• I just want to state that this thread is epic : razorblade79

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C6dYn0mTgw : metralgia
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  School of Fish, http://youtube.com/watch?v=_2rw_XDVfsg - they are from the early 90s, first BBS'er I m... : zagzig32
  • i never knew there was a video, its kinda bland but the song still kicks ass! : zagzig32
  • Good basic riff, but it doesn't do very much with it. I think if they either cut the song shorter or add... : Zero|DPX
  • Ah, I remember that song. That's a good one. : CrustaR
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAO4EVMlpwM : slickdoody
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  Twin Sister - a late 90's Star Wars tribute alternative/funk band. ALL the lyrics were direct quotes fro... : Kniggit
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    This is great, but I think you're mistaken about all the lyrics being direct quotes. Some of these are c... : Zero|DPX
    • hrm... the songs I heard were all quotes, and that's how they were described to me... anyway, it's all H... : Kniggit
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  The Lovemakers - dance rock awesomeness: http://thelovemakers.fuzz.com/ : Matt Burris
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    Very 80s, especially the lead vocal style. I would definitely check out a full length from these guys bu... : Zero|DPX
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      No, they have two full albums out. Newest is Misery Loves Company, I haven't checked it out. The debut ... : Matt Burris
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        MLC is a 28-minute EP, and even there two of the seven tracks are just different versions of earlier trac... : Zero|DPX
        • I just found out about MLC today, didn't know it was an EP. Times of Romance is 49.2 minutes long. : Matt Burris
  • Handomse Furs maybe? : pigz
• less payne forever : not work safe
• Women and Children eclectic French band. http://www.myspace.com/wearewomenandchildren http://www.yout... : wtf242
• Chuck Ragan - http://youtube.com/watch?v=pQTDCsfBNZA : nadasurf2
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  Twangorama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4WmEF9f0PE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ksyXEAbKM : industro
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    I love this band so much. I own one of their "They can have their guitars when they pry them from our co... : Rotten Deadite
    • Yeah I've got one and t-shirts as well :) I had to stop listening to it because it was driving me mad.... : industro
• Not too unknown, but I've only seen one or two posts by other people about The Velvet Teen. I dislike th... : thief
• Dala: http://www.myspace.com/dalagirls http://www.dalagirls.com/ Cute. : mulu
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  Nightingale. Seemingly only Vantage and I are very aware of this one. It's kind of a 70s-style aggressi... : Zero|DPX
  • Thanks. Now I have the Shadowman chorus stuck in my head again. That's wonderful. Excuse me while I ki... : Vantage
• Here's another: The Orange Peels. West coast indie/twee pop, not normally my genre of choice, but not on... : Zero|DPX
• shiner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2aGEikNykI traindodgem http://www.myspace.com/traindodge riddle ... : deathmuppeter
• http://www.myspace.com/delt09 : Fred Garvin
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  Holy Fuck - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tySwnm1I4lk&mode=related&search= : Fred Garvin
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    Holy Fuck is fantastic. : lplasmatron
    • I love that they use a film looper. It's a gimmick, but it works. : Fred Garvin
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    i saw them live at sxsw. really good band. can't wait for their 1st full length : wtf242
    • http://www.maplemusic.com/product.asp?dept%5Fid=3076&pf%5Fid=3075%2D01&lang=EN : Fred Garvin
  • they sound good. and they're dropping by soon, i'll have to check that out, thanks. : milksop
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  Shout Out Out Out Out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlqb1QfBGY8&mode=related&search= : Fred Garvin
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    you might as well tell us "half of what's in the CBC Radio 3 playlist" : Postal
    • also, Shout Out Out Out Out Out Out Out Out Out Out Out : Postal
    • Well, since only about 46 Canadians listen to Radio 3 I thought it was pretty safe. : Fred Garvin
    • i used to listen regularly, but that grant guys hour long show is just too long for my gnat-like attentio... : milksop
  • i love that cd. i thought i was the only one. : captain hampton
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  As Tall As Lions is pretty good: http://myspace.com/astallaslions : CrustaR
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    I think I like 'em--thanks, Crustar. : thief
    • Yeah, a lot of their songs are super catchy. I'm surprised (and glad in a way) that they don't get any r... : CrustaR
• The Ingredients. A local band in eugene. Kind of an interesting style. http://www.ingredientstheband.com/... : mindmann
• plain white t's : kydaimon
• Linda Strawberry www.myspace.com/strawberry : lord_omega
• Prick. http://youtube.com/watch?v=ppCyIdkoXGk : trOmblyj
• Ronald Jenkees http://www.ronaldjenkees.com : Daeadin
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  The Life and Times. http://www.thelifeandtimes.com/ : coldfusioncs
  • http://www.myspace.com/thelifeandtimes : coldfusioncs
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  can't find a youtube, but Liar - Invictus pretty much rocks. NEW BORN FIRE! : milksop
  • preview thingies here http://www.legalsounds.com/download-mp3/liar/invictus/album_55541 definitely wor... : milksop
• The Enright House; just came across them on MySpace. They're kinda Sigur Rós-ish: http://www.myspa... : Afterglow
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTmo2HsmwZs <--- Simian Mobile Disco. : spdon
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    Pigeon Detectives --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuyNnm0lwBw : spdon
    • MIA ->> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eLqp3OHJH0 Trust me on this one, it's an acquired taste. : spdon
• Enter Shikari http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uimfKXgdUCQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UWAzFOK4YA... : marmite

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  heh yea honestly i was surprised how many people on 4:3 didnt seem to complain. the widescreen top/botto... : smacknca
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    honestly, adding horizon FOV is industry standard and the accepted correct way to do it. removing vertica... : bradsh
    • oh dude they already did, i just assume you knew. http://dl.tocaedit.com/bioshockdFOV.zip http://w... : smacknca
    • 2k is apparently going to include an FOV-setting option in a patch. : Johnny Law
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  My guess is they used the lower FOV for Halo to make it a little easier to aim with the gamepad. : vynn
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    i doubt it. Halo already has the single best console aiming ever created. Their subtle autoaim lock on is... : bradsh
    • Well, for the first time FPS player on a console, with a gamepad, a slightly zoomed view could still make... : vynn
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  I think part of the reason some devs are going with lower than 90 FOVs is that it reduces the distortion/... : cannelbrae
  • This page has a pretty good example of the impact of FOV on image distortion, specifically related to obj... : cannelbrae
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    That, and also, it's a cheap and easy way to make your game run a little bit faster (if it's fill-rate li... : GreatGooglyMoogly
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      How would reducing the FOV help you if you're fill-rate limited? You still have to draw the same amount o... : tcs
      • It requires more power to draw larger scenes (in terms of geometry, shaders etc). Think that is what he's... : spdon
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  maybe this is why i cant play a lot of FPS games anymore, lately i just get motion sickness while playing... : sexninja!!!!
  • I seriously blame texture detail which has scaled at the same time. My first game had a few rooms with ex... : cannelbrae
• I wasn't gone for a week. : vigilante
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  Oddly FOV in any game has never bothered me. I don't even care. : EvilDolemite
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    i usually dont either, i only notice when it gets whacky like over 105 or under 80 : bradsh
    • Halo and the BioShock demo didn't bother me, either. : EvilDolemite
• they probably made FOV low so that there would be less graphics to render : gyokuro
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  As an aside does anyone find mouse movement really strange in bioshock? It feels like there's some subtle... : aeg1x
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    Yes, I have the same problem. It seems to be an Unreal3 engine thing because I had the same problem with ... : vynn
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      what is it with Epic and mousecode? They had it wrong with Unreal, did much better with UT, wrecked it w... : the archvile
      • Twas fine with Unreal. : ifallible
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    what kind of FPS do you get? Anything less than 30 can induce that for me in all games, especially certai... : bradsh
    • Haven't directly checked my FPS but I'm not noticing any choppiness except during big fire fights. This i... : aeg1x
  • To me there seemed to be something wiggy with vsync that was most obvious when mouselooking around. Ma... : Johnny Law
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    do this http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14981395#itemanchor_14981395 : smacknca
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      I actually tried those changes but the mouse is still real sluggish. It feels like someone turned on mous... : vynn
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        did you notice a difference at all with those two changes? : smacknca
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          The frame rate seemed a bit better with the lower anisotropy but the mouse steel feels really sluggish/la... : vynn
          • Don't change ReduceMouseLag to False, only DoubleBufferMouseLag. I found that this got rid of the mouse ... : Sapiens
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      That's great advice but there isn't a bioshock.ini file on my computer. I assume it's cause I have the st... : Dynotaku
      • I believe the file you have to modify is in steam/steamapps/common/bioshock/builds/release/Default.ini : aeg1x
      • C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\Bioshock : Sapiens
    • This helped the mouse feel a bit for me but it still feels accelerated. I hope someone finds some tweak... : Mo__
  • Epic has never made a FPS engine that felt "right". Playing a game that uses Unreal tech feels like kiss... : CRasterImage
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  the criteria for fov in a mp game vs a sp game is totally different. : Cygnus X-1
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    why? Most of us started playing FPS games with Quake and Unreal and those were always 90 FOV by default i... : vynn
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      In MP the combat plays a large part in how much the player should be able to see. SP games have much more... : Cygnus X-1
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        it's only a concern for consoles on smaller SDTVs, in my opinion. Which is why Halo and those games went ... : pyide
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          "it still doesn't make sense".. except for design decisions as I mentioned. Also a slight fov decrease ... : Cygnus X-1
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            I'd be surprised if there's really any worth while performance boost, if any, with a lower FOV. : vynn
            • "if any"...i think its time for you to re-take geometry class. here's a tip: less to render = faster : gyokuro
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            they said they designed it for widescreen, but didn't mention how far away from the screen your head woul... : the archvile
            • also forgot to mention: the "classic" SDTV distance can be in the range of 7 screen heights away. You kn... : the archvile
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              thats actually a very interesting point about sitting/viewing distance. I can see how that would affect w... : gyokuro
              • yeah, I had this thought. I measured again, and my head is actually more like 1.2 screen heights away. ... : the archvile
            • I played BioShock all weekend on a 50something inch Widescreen LCD TV with about 5 feet distance and it w... : Jonathan
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  You realize you are drawing attention to an issue they're already working on? Hey, did you know that T... : geedeck
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    no, i dont.... i was gone for a week... : bradsh
    • If you're impassioned enough to bring this message board pain train upon us, why did you not read the gam... : geedeck
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  did i miss something? I thought the problem wasn't the FOV, it was they aren't handling widescreen prope... : johngloid
  • It's the same thing... just depends on how you describe what is going on. : Johnny Law
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  BioShock}s Widescreen Fix That Doesn't Suck - http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=... : glio1337
  • I suck at ShackTags : glio1337
• bioshock made me feel ill within the first 5mins. Then I tried the widescreen hack and it completely fixe... : flasher 907

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  interesting read, although I think the criticism about the vita-chambers is really more player flaw than ... : chazums
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    Guns are less accurate than a wrench up close and have a cost (ammo). Early in the game, I found ammo li... : Masem
    • shock + pistol to the face takes them down real quick. : chazums
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    yeh really, ive just got to fort whatever and i have yet to die . : CoRDS
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      You are either a god or not playing on Hard. I thought I was doing well, only died a couple of times, unt... : nudel
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        Yeah you should be getting some bigger weapons soon, i think. Armour piercing ammo and electric shells s... : chazums
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          Electric shells stun them but don't seem to do that much damage, while they can kill me in one or two sho... : nudel
          • I think i got that one first. maybe thats why they don't seem that tough to me. : chazums
• -76/10 : gmd
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  I'm getting really tired of the take your weapons and don't give them back routine. : Jonathan
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    but you never loose you're weapons permanently, just for one fight where you get all your plasmids, later : snowwolf
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      For the weapons I got back a smattering of the original amount I've not reached the other part but ugg th : Jonathan
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        really? I got all my weapons back, did you grab them from inside the pnuemotube? : snowwolf
        • i did as well, but i'm pretty sure i had significantly less ammo : qwpeoriu
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          Yep it was pretty obvious because I was missing all my special ammo. : Jonathan
          • Also it should be noted that I am an ammo fiend on these sorts of games and that I had max ammo on most w : Jonathan
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  I thin an insensitive to change you're play style is that you where dying all the time, when my methods w... : snowwolf
  • wut ? : qwpeoriu
  • :O : Foxhawk
  • in response to revived at one, the only expenditure for dying is the loss of time it takes to get back to : snowwolf
  • jesus, today is going to be rough :( I think an incentive to change .... : snowwolf
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    snowwolf: HOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL GAMER : thief
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      Impossible is nothing. : gyokuro
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        It is not impossible to build a successful gamer on shacknews, it is impossible to build one anywhere els... : megarust32
        • that was my fav line in BioShock : gyokuro
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    The problem with the Vita-Chambers is that it isn't "death" in the normal video game sense, where you hav... : Masem
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      What did you think about the res-chambers in System Shock 1 and SS2? : famine101
      • I have to admit, there are elements of SS2 I cannot remember, and reading what I can find on the topic vi... : Masem
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      I kind of liked it though. I mean you respawn with half health on medium, so that's the penalty (you use... : mikecyb
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        This is going to be a little long, so I understand if nobody wants to read this, but here's how I feel ab... : qwpeoriu
        • I would note that on the 360 version I've not bothered to save unless I'm quiting the game. That's becaus... : Jonathan
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  Nice review, but I have to disagree on the vita chambers. I feel that the chambers allow me to experiment... : Fredrik S
  • it's almost like Prey, where you could arrow a few spirits and get right back in where you were killed of... : the archvile
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    I agree with what you're saying, but the balance of letting the V-Cs go free for gameplay experimentation... : Masem
    • How about giving a boost back to the enemy/enemies that killed you - no penalty for the player but does s... : Jonathan

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  Nothing worth a shit requires it yet, the games that support it look almost exactly the same, and when yo... : Sapiens
  • I know... and that's the issue for me. Why upgrade if it doesn't really do anything for gaming? : Maddog_Delphi97
• Right now it's just a gimmick and one not used very well at that. There certainly is no reason to upgrade... : Visceral Monkey
• Uh, don't go Vista for DX10. Not much there yet. : crummynz
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  carmack said dx10 is kinda useless, and i trust carmack a little more than Gabe "my fucking entire game w... : spaceless
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    Well, correct me if I'm mistaken, but don't they both say that "we're not impressed with Direct X 10"? ... : Maddog_Delphi97
    • It's more "DX10 being only on Vista is just fucking dumb." wtf spaceless lern2read lol :D : deject
  • And yet Source seems to be doing a little bit better than the Doom 3 engine ;P : aeg1x
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  Vista works great but don't buy it for just DX10. That would be insane. Bioshock does look a nicer than... : sheepraper
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    Even with 2GB of RAM Vista's only running decently, not really well like XP would with 2GB. I'm quite su... : Rotten Deadite
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      Well, here's the kicker: Windows XP doesn't support RAM beyound 2 GB very well (especially if you install... : Maddog_Delphi97
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        Windows Server 2003? :-P : the archvile
        • Windows Server 2003 supports more than 4 GB of RAM? : Maddog_Delphi97
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        by the time a game demands more than 2 GB of RAM we will have Windows 7 : lord_omega
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          Windows 95 = Windows 4.00.950 (upgrade from Windows 3.11) Trying to figure out what the internel build... : Maddog_Delphi97
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            XP is NT 5.1 Which pretty much by default makes Vista NT 6.0 : Toraz Chryx
            • Ah, so that means the next version of Windows is Windows 7! I hear things about the next version... Mi... : Maddog_Delphi97
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  is this verified as him actually saying that? or is it paraphrasing or worse, LIES? : RikiTiki2
  • What, are you saying that somebody used "gaben" as the password and claimed to be him? :) : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Wow does that mean the 360 version of HL2 is going to have soft shadows and stuff implemented? : marmite
  • yep : megarust32
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    The updates will eventually make their way to the PC though, don't fret. : ripper9
    • I intend to buy the orange box on 360 because I want to play through HL2 again and the achievements seem ... : marmite
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  Its like they made DirectX 10 and Games for Windows - Live Vista-only to promote uptake of the new OS, bu... : thaperfectdrug
  • Honestly if developers force upgrades to Vista it will be the end of PC gaming for me. I've been dicking... : midgetherder
  • Gears of War has live and will work on XP though. : oatmela
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    Who really cares about Shadowrun and Halo 2, though? My bet is it bothers most PC games about as much as ... : nudel
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      Yeah there hasn't been anything really worthwhile to spur people to upgrade. Shadowrun is somewhat intri... : deject
      • The bad thing with Shadowrun is that the matchmaking was pretty broken, on the PC at least. If you're a ... : Johnny Law
• hah finally a game will see steam release before retail! I also expect them to offer us some nice deals ... : smacknca
• I dont even care about DX10. I went with Vista for my latest machine, and I like it alot so far. : Tommy Toolbag
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  They should use OpenGL. : xxx2xxx
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    Does any of the console systems, like XBox360, PS3 or a Nintendo Wii use OpenGL? : Maddog_Delphi97
    • i think the N64 used opengl, which was why quake2 was ported to it : ballystix
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      they are all technically capable of using it, although it's most likely (ie supported) on the PS3. : dopefish
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        Why would PS3 be most likely? Just because it's a more powerful system? : Maddog_Delphi97
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          because sony didnt want to write a low-level graphics api from scratch? : grimiv
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            Well, given Sony's track record for being a greedy corporation bent on getting consumers to adopt a propr... : Maddog_Delphi97
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              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ps3#Development : Prozium
              • oh : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Short answer: Yes PS3 uses OpenGL : xxx2xxx
      • I figured as much from reading the wiki on ps3 development. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  MS using DirectX 10 as a means to sell Vista is just stupid. It's not backwards compatible with XP. Vista... : Topaz
  • not dumb, greedy : Unleashed
• GLide 4 lyfe : sexninja!!!!
• I don't know if I can give up mimic acceleration though : spiderfill
• he's the same dev that whined about multi-core cpu's when they came out. Now its unimaginable that game d... : gyokuro
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  This makes me not want to reinstall Steam. : Scrimbo Obeer
  • lol : Maddog_Delphi97
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  DX10 required OS level changes and is all the better for it. Everyone bitching about it now, even though ... : nudel
  • best post I've read in awhile =( : kelerian
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    DX10 required OS level changes? Really? I thought I heard something about somebody creating a means t... : Maddog_Delphi97
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      A shacker here explained them in detail awhile back while he was looking at programming in it might be li... : spazzium
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        Do you have a link to it? I'm interested in reading about that. : Maddog_Delphi97
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          Here's some of the info. There's more out there if you want to look for it: http://blogs.msdn.com/ptay... : nudel
          • Interesting read. Thanks! : Maddog_Delphi97
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        ^^^And guys have posted about getting DX10 running on XP, but no one's ever actually done it, as far as I... : mn3m0n1c
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          http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12983 : Maddog_Delphi97
          • Ah, so they've got something working- I hadn't looked into it in a while, since by the time anything "DX1... : mn3m0n1c
        • The "DX10" on XP things are just wrappers around a tiny subset. They might be enough to run some of the g... : nudel
  • Thank you. I was going to post something annoying and stupid, and probably end with calling Gabe a fag, ... : capt tripps
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    I seem to recall reading something about the only thing that took OS level changes was virtualized memory... : timmie
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      Wait, are you saying that Windows Vista doesn't have virtualized memory? : Maddog_Delphi97
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        No, virtualized video memory. : timmie
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          Ah, I see. Was it to swap to the hard drive? ok, I just realized that the answer is YES. But where e : Maddog_Delphi97
          • system memory But not only that, virtualizing the video memory means that PARTS of textures can be pag... : Toraz Chryx
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    meh; I'm waiting for a better, more lightweight, less annoying, less bulky OS to go with DX 10. Not that... : the archvile
    • I think the only operating systems by Microsoft that have failed are Microsoft Bob and Windows ME. Nei... : Maddog_Delphi97
    • I disagree, I think Vista is great. As usual with the anti-Vista statements, though, I can't actually arg... : nudel
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    what OS features? : steelsamurai
    • Read links I posted above. The big one is the one I already mentioned which is the ability to have multip... : nudel
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  that's right. complain about new features and threaten to not upgrade. in the end you'll all do as you... : sucko
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    Well he is just pointing out that only 2% of his users are using Vista. : stgdz
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      Actually, he's not. He's making blanket statementa about DX10 based solely on how it affects him. He's ... : capt tripps
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        The article also says he wouldn't use DX10 because the 360 and PS3 don't support it, so it sounds like he... : nudel
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          It sounds to me like if Valve were to be more serious about DX10, it would have to ported to the 360 and ... : Maddog_Delphi97
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            Eh? DX10 requires hardware features that the 360 does not have. : nudel
            • Well, maybe the successor to the 360 then. : Maddog_Delphi97
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    What's Vista like for gaming? : Maddog_Delphi97
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      it's great; but everything is great with 2 gigs of ram and a 8800 gts. I love the new interface. I lov... : sucko
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        I think I'm going to get 4 gigs of ram and a 8800 video card.. I think Vista would benefit more from the ... : Maddog_Delphi97
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          Vista 64? : capt tripps
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            Source games work great - didn't have much luck with Quake 3 or BioShock. Ran great, but trying to change... : thaperfectdrug
            • I get over 100 fps in the Counter Strike stress test & 63 fps in the Lost Coast demo. I think Doom3 go... : sucko
            • BioShock is fine for me in Vista x64 (after uninstalling GOM Player), so YMMV. Quake 3 works too, alth... : Johnny Law
            • (Vista 32-bit here.) I had no probs changing resolution but BioShock seems to misbehave if you alt-tab to... : nudel
        • I bought the cheapest 640mb model newegg sold (a Leadtek for 374.99 back in March) . I still haven't re... : sucko
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          Vista 64, 4GB RAM, 8800GTX. Runs very very well, no problems. : Colleton
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            Were you running the 64-bit version or the 32-bit version of Vista? : Maddog_Delphi97
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              I had no issues with 32-bit, but x64 has been more troublesome : thaperfectdrug
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                What kind of troubles? : Maddog_Delphi97
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                  Keep in mind that Vista 32 supports 4 Gigs of ram. More specifically, it supports 4 gigs of addressable ... : capt tripps
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                    When I was running Vista 32 with 4GB RAM I think I had ~ 2.9GB available. With Vista 64 I have it all. ... : Colleton
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                      Is there a 32-bit compatability mode? For some reason I thought that Vista 64 had 64 anbd 32-bit copies ... : capt tripps
                      • I'm guessing that the issues that Vista64 has is mostly from drivers. Of course, I can't tell without sp... : Maddog_Delphi97
                • Mainly changing resolutions - probably a video driver issue : thaperfectdrug
            • I've run both. Vista 32 from February until last week. Vista 64 for the past week and the foreseeable fut... : Colleton
• I love Vista, can't say I really care that much about DX10 tho : nukewinter
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  HOLD THE FUCKING PHONE: "The Orange Box console versions will also apply the new engine features, includi... : bradsh
  • :( : Maddog_Delphi97
  • They retroactively applied the 64-bit support so I'm hoping they'll get around to it with other stuff too... : aeg1x
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  not enough people have the os and the cards to go with it, but over time that will change and youll see m... : sexninja!!!!
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    Besides Bioshock, how many games require a SM3 card (DX9.0c I think)? : capt tripps
    • that new MoH does, ja? : delataur
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      Rainbow Six: Vegas, Splinter Cell: Double Agent : megarust32
      • Yeah I think that's the whole list. IE: GAMES I WONT BE PLAYING ANY TIME SOON : bradsh

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  You don't think the Serious Sam games had a comedy element? : Zero|DPX
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    I think the line "It's got two heads, but where does it fart?" puts Serious Sam firmly in the "No" column... : seven
    • Ah, I don't view "bad comedy" the same way as "no comedy". : Zero|DPX
  • The only one I played through was the first SS. It felt more like a light hearted Doom than anything els... : Wombat Woo
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    The first one (both parts) had some moments, but the second didn't. Also, NOLF2 wasn't funny either. : GreatGooglyMoogly
    • but it sure does kick ass : anthonybean
    • what the fuck both NOLF games are fucking hilarious : deject
  • Serious Sam 1 did, Serious Sam 2 was awful. Just awful. It shall be stricken from the gaming record. : bradsh
• Duke Nukem 3D? : PenicillinX57
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  You look like you need a monkey. : RevRaven
  • Unacceptable simian casualties! : seven
• The only FPS I can think of. Pyschonauts was rather funny, but that's obviously not an FPS. You don't rea... : K1Bond007
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  Shadow Warrior : bipolar
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    Who wanta some Wang!!?? : tavis
    • You want to wash Wang? Or you want to watch Wang wash wang??? : Moonbase Commander
    • That game cracked me up. : Porkasaurus
  • Confucious say "Baseball wrong, man with four balls can't walk." : slip42o
• It's the best example of comedy in a FPS I can think of, but I don't really think it's the only one. : qwpeoriu
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  high speed tricycle chase FTMFW : barichnikov
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    heh, yeah.. first time playing that sequence I was laughing so hard I got my ass kicked. : K1Bond007
    • everything is really clever and well tought-out, you're right it's probably one of the few genuinely funn... : barichnikov
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    more like Angry Kitty Proximity Mines FTMFW. *purrrrrrrrrrrrr* "Oh look it's a little kitten" : deject
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      Oh and I love it when you knock out a Soviet soldier and take their gun, and they wake up where you can h : deject
      • and the banana peel. I love how that shit actually works. :D : K1Bond007
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  Max Payne 2 : someWayne
  • not an fps : megarust32
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    not very comical : RikiTiki2
    • i dont know there were a lot of comics : spaceless
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      it's not an fps. but the bad guys made a lot of jokes. plus the TV shows. and the dialogue itself was hil... : pyide
      • hmm, I guess. the whole tone of the game though is pretty melodramatic though : RikiTiki2
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  More third person games like that: http://youtube.com/watch?v=4Sh_VuxYqBY&mode=related&search= http:/... : Fred Garvin
  • haha, I completely forgot about that one. I never finished it either. My 1ghz amd t-bird had a melt dow... : Wombat Woo
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  Postal and it's sequel? : Prozium
  • They did have their moments (especially Postal 2.) : wild falcon
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  Every game in the Timesplitters series, especially Future Perfect. I wish more people had played these g... : Begawkiness
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    They ARE making another one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TimeSplitters_4 Trust me, I shouted for joy... : Zips
    • Oh shit that makes me so happy, I loved all the Timesplitters, though by far Future Perfect was my favori... : Begawkiness
• I really wish there was an over-the-top parody fps game, I'd play that... : Kniggit
• There was the Southpark FPS on the N64 and PC. Yep, I remember them all. : enyakk
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  While not exactly an FPS, does MDK count? : Kaiser
  • Not an FPS, but this game was hilarious. : DOOManiac
• Giants: Citizen Kabuto and Armed and Dangerous were third-person, but pretty shooter-y for most of the ga... : BlackCat9
• Did you just call me a Moron? No I said Mormon : niceguynick
• Counter Strike has elements of comedy in players and gameplay. : kramweil
• Serious Sam >:( : Postal
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  Redneck Rampage : persecutor
  • Oh my god, I loved getting drunk and puking in that game. : wild falcon

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  I think Edward Norton, and Brad Pitt might disagree. I do think Leo is a very talented actor though. : seven
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    Edward Norton has done some really bad movies though. After Fight Club every movie he did sucked, The ... : Porkasaurus
    • There have been movies since Fight Club? :/ : seven
    • kingdom of heaven DC... : but why
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      You should have watched 25th Hour : vigilante
      • only made it through 23... sorry. did it get better in the last 2? : -=kodiak=-
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    only thing that kills ed norton for me is the size of his ego see the background story for american hi... : -=kodiak=-
    • There are a lot of great actors that are dicks in real life, shouldn't take anything away from their perf... : action wombmate
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      Do you have a link? : rossimo
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        There's a small amount of information on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_History_X#Contro... : rock elf
        • Is there any information on exactly what scenes with him where added in, because it certainly doesn't see... : snowwolf
  • Second'd : fluffy64
• Best, no. Good, yes. : Kaerof
• I believe so too really. : moe6
• He was really fucking good in The Departed. : Albemuth
• haha, yea, not so much. : Visceral Monkey
• Nah. Matt Damon is way better. : NastyJack
• Good one! : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  Ben Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms. : timmie
  • Phantoms like a maw' fucka'! : AlexXdude
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  I can't think of anyone who has been so consistently great in almost every role like he has... Matt Damon... : mikecyb
  • Agreeing with George Clooney. : metralgia
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  I think Ethan Hawke is extremely underrated. : bipolar
  • I dunno, I really don't think he has a lot of range. : node
• Ya, he's amazing in The Beach :p : vynn
• I gotta go with Robert De Niro : vynn
• CHRISTOPHER WALKEN : spaceless
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  Jack Nicholson : Nali4Freedom
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    Jack Nicholson plays Jack Nicholson in every movie he's in. : aeg1x
    • this is likely true. : Nali4Freedom
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  My favourite actors are guys like Hugo Weaving and Andy Serkis who are almost unrecognisable from one mov... : aeg1x
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    you totally jerked it to hugo in percilla queen of the desert didnt you? : -=kodiak=-
    • I imagine his priscilla body with the mask from V for Vendetta and the elf ears from LOTR while moans MIS... : aeg1x
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    Hugo Weaving simply is the best actor right now, but he shouldn't be mentioned in a thread like this wher : Hatta
    • His Megatron brought tears to my eyes. : midgetherder
• Agreed. His performances in The Departed, The Aviator, Blood Diamond, Catch Me If You Can, and Gilbert Gr... : Jabby
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  I will toss Christian Bale's name into this ring. : bcyde
  • yeah he's awesome. immortalized with american psycho and hes done plenty of good stuff since then. : prancing_jackanapes
  • He's really good, doesn't get the recognition he deserves. Loved him in Batman Begins, Equilibrium, The P... : tcs
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  This thread is lacking in Christopher Bale. >: ( : sgtsanity
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    i hate that guy. : prancing_jackanapes
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      no, he is a good actor...just hasnt had many good oppurtunitys....he did great in batman and momento. : bling1bling
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        i like him too. : prancing_jackanapes
        • sorry, being flippant, see two or three posts above this. i've probably had too many vodkas :) : prancing_jackanapes
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        Momento? I assume you mean Memento, and that wasn't him, that was Guy Pearce. He was good in American Ps... : Kaerof
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          machinist was pretty crazy. could not have been healthy for him. i look forward to seeing rescue dawn. it... : prancing_jackanapes
          • I heard he wanted to lose even more weight, but the filmmakers wouldn't let him. I can't imagine what he ... : Kaerof
        • oh shit, you are right, i never realized that LOL : bling1bling
  • He's good in The Prestige and Harsh Times : vynn
  • Loved him in Empire of the Sun . : ArtilleryMarker
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  I would put Willem Dafoe, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Christain Bale, Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes al... : Kaerof
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    i think i would have to put ben kingsley above dicaprio as well. but tom hanks? lets be serious here :d ... : prancing_jackanapes
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      Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Hanks is the best, but he's demonstrated more of a range than DiCaprio... : Kaerof
      • well i did like big :) : prancing_jackanapes
      • Hanks was awesome in Saving Private Ryan. I don't think his performance there gets enough credit because... : action wombmate
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  I'm gonna have to say Johnny Depp. He and Matt Damon have really turned out to be ACTORS after shaky star... : AxeMan808
  • OOO Willem Dafoe!! I forgot him till I saw Kaerof's post! : AxeMan808
• I watched The Departed last night and I thought DiCaprio and Damon were both excellent in it. That whole ... : rock elf
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  Good? yes. Best? No. Christian Bale. : -efx-
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    That's a stretch, too. Bale is awesome but he's hardly the best male actor currently working. I wouldn' : action wombmate
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      Bale and Oldman arean't of the same generation, Bale and Dicaprio are and although Dicaprio was surprisin... : yoshimi20
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        Really? You mean to tell me that a 49-year-old guy and a 32-year-old guy aren't of the same generation? : action wombmate
        • Yeah I saw what you meant as soon as i submitted, I thought you were suggesting Bale and Oldman was same ... : yoshimi20
      • although Dicaprio was surprisingly amazing in Departed he needs to do more performances of that type H : Modica Sol Solis
• gary oldman : hobosapien
• Geoffrey Rush is up there too -- and how Brad Pitt didn't get an Oscar for best supporting actor in Snatc... : Kniggit
• Denzel would take the top spot in my book. Then you could throw a mix of Pitt, Decaprio, Depp and Hanks i... : Pettytheft
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  Christian Bale and Clive Owen are my two favs... : TabsAZ
  • me too, those exact 2 : barichnikov
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  Gary Oldman is good, and one of the few actors that will make me watch a movie on his name alone. : drucifer
  • Oldman is one of those actors that's so good, you sometimes don't recognize him in the role. : Fyunch Click
  • I concur. Oldman is the man. : themelon
  • He's very skilled, very adaptable, but he always plays such oddball characters that have little depth or ... : Modica Sol Solis
• Morgan Freeman, Clint eastwood(I personally thought million dollar baby was a fucking amazing film), Will... : duncandun
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  I wonder how River Phoenix's career would have compared to DiCaprio's had he not died. Also; not of th... : alphane
  • Going to have to say Denzel, Damon, Depp, and Freeman. Those four all do there roles really well. Fre... : VectorJKL
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  This is going to come off as really gay, but yes, DiCaprio and Damon are actually my 2 favorite actors ri... : aaarrrgh
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    you are right. very gay. : drucifer
    • shut up >:( : aaarrrgh
• There are some older fellows in Britain that I would put head and shoulders above him. : eldersveld
• Ryan Gosling is really good. I watched Half Nelson recently and I was amazed by his work. Leo is great to... : freshyk
• To me "the best" means range. So you need to find an actor who can do drama, action and comedy and do the... : Topaz
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  Motherfucking Forest Whitaker. He's got crazy eyes. : EvilDolemite
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    Only one of them is crazy. : Topaz
    • but it's crazy enough for both : elwood00
• FOOLS. Gilbert Godfrey. : Nullzero
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  Thanks to Ewan Mcgregor, Star Wars 3 was tolerable. : xxx2xxx
  • You were the chosen one! You were supposed to bring balance to the Force, not leave it in tatters! : The Key