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  a cupcake the size of a small city. : mindmann
  • Wouldn't that be a.... CRATERcake? : TastyWheat
• Elisha Cuthbert on my lap. Now. : stump
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  enough land so I can get a siberian husky. : ant_hillbilly
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    you want to own Siberia? 0_O : Rigor Morts
    • that could be cool too. : ant_hillbilly
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      that's a bad strategy. 7 armies each turn, but you can never hold the damned thing. =( : mindmann
      • haha, took me a minute :p : Rigor Morts
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    I've been working on BanjoGirl for years to get huskies. A buddy of mine has a 150 lb malamute - http://w... : BanjoBoy
    • ya thats a little large for my liking. : ant_hillbilly
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      We need a picture that shows size relative to an every day object. Excellent dognose though. : themelon
      • I'll try to dig one up. : BanjoBoy
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        http://www.flickr.com/photos/11347174@N08/1272874514/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/11347174@N08/12728750... : BanjoBoy
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          that first picture is great. Such a beast of a dog. : ant_hillbilly
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            I've seen kids run screaming, "WOLF!!!" In reality, he's a pussy. All he wants is his ears rubbed. : BanjoBoy
            • I want to meet this dog. It looks awesome. :( : SilverSnake
    • Holy fuck what a cool dog : TastyWheat
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  Halo3 and Rock Band! : BanjoBoy
  • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : cookblaze
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  stump on my lap. Now. : notd665
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    Be gentle. :( : stump
    • I weight like 500 lbs. : notd665
• TF2. Yes. : Noobler
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  notd665 on my lap. Now. : MaJeStu
  • What the hell is going on in this homoerotic thread? : BlackCat9
• So do I. Well. Mostly Mass Effect. Actually. Only Mass Effect. : Rice-Rocketeer
• new job : shavenewok
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  Halo 3 looks actually better than I though from the last video I saw. I swear I could knock the commenter... : razlebol
  • i think we have seen very little good footage of Halo3. My gut says they are going to wait to begin the ... : smacknca
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    insert halo 3 footage here. Single player footage inserted. http://www.gamersyde.com/news_4868.html : ant_hillbilly
    • Parts of the first level, Sierra 117. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI9IO9pvzxY : jake
    • Wow those two single player videos make me very happy. That level looks like the best of the levels of H... : Begawkiness
• LittleBigPlanet most of all. : Boxelder
• I've played so many games since about when the 360 came out (not all 360 of course) I think I'm burnt out... : qwpeoriu
• After Bioshock, I'm afraid Halo 3 may disappoint me. I'm still in awe of how awesome that game was. Other... : Magus
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  i want CASH and Super Smash. that blog keeps teasing me everyday. I have never been so psyched for a game... : barichnikov
  • oh and portal etc. : barichnikov
• to finish Bioshock so I can read all the spoiler threads about it : afty
• Then. Now. : Nali4Freedom
• Max Payne 3 : getfrisky
• Those two, and Ace Combat 6 for some reason. : Sailor of Fortune
• Actually, I'm having a hard enough time with two big releases at once. I'm finding myself not enjoying th... : sharpie
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  Starcraft 2 I want to play that game so bad I can taste it. : InfoBiter
  • yes yes YES! : spiffymc
  • fucking signed : Jayx77
  • Oh yes. : five_percent
  • looking forward to getting crushed by shackers :o : Noobler
  • yeah I'm starting to get excited for it too :< : aeg1x
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  COMPANY OF HEROES: OPPOSING FRONTS : NFXFSX
  • oh god yes : Jackass1233
  • Awesomess : razlebol
  • Open beta starts on fileplanet tomorrow : aeg1x
• BioShock, Mass Effect, GRAW2, Stranglehold, Overlord, STALKER, Bomberman Live, DiRT, HL2 Ep2, Portal, TF2... : EvilDolemite
• Rock Band, Rock Band 2, and Rock Band 3. : DOOManiac
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  Presently the games I want the most are Rock Band, Halo 3, HL2: Ep2/TF2/Portal, and Asassin's Creed (thou... : Begawkiness
  • Oh yeah and Crysis on the first list too : Begawkiness
• A new PC :( For all the AAA title this and the next year ... : razorblade79
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  TF2, Wipeout Pulse and Wipeout HD : haiku
  • +Assassin's Creed : EvilDolemite
  • i didnt know you had a ps3 =/ : Break
• Max Payne 3, Warcraft 4, Starcraft 2, Syndicate 2*, Fable 2!, God of War 3. * There was NEVER a ... : abrasion
• TF2 sounds good : RikiTiki2
• Alan Wake. gimmie! : mista mista
• I'm really looking forward to Mario Galaxy actually. : SilverSnake
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  that consoles would go away : SlamDunk
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    what exactly would that accomplish? : pandastrong
    • Ruining others' fun is always an admirable goal. : Sexpansion Pack
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  That elitest PC users would go away. The only hardcore gamer is a multiplatform gamer. : marmite
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    How can you be a hardcore gamer when you play so many games for GIRLY MEN?! : SpaecKow
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      Never call God of War a game for GIRLY MEN EVER AGAIN! : marmite
      • A hairless, barely dressed Greek with glistening, ripling musculature just waiting to get into a big wres : SpaecKow
  • Signed x 1000 : ColoradoCNC
  • One day.... :( : nomaad
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    Consoles are dumbing down PC games, and I hate it. : SlamDunk
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      I think it is developers that are "dumbing down" their games in general. There isn't really any genre of ... : marmite
      • Well in 1998 game developers were still porting PC titles to consoles, now a days a majority of the games... : stgdz
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        if you've ever played halo on the PC and compared it to Quakeworld in terms of play control you would und... : boring gegtik
        • Control wise there is a difference of course, but gameplay wise I'll take Halo over Quake SP any day. : Fred Garvin
      • using the phrase "dumbing down" qualifies you as an elitest pc user So? I really don't care if you thi... : SlamDunk
    • It is cost of development that has dumbed down PC games, those big AAA fps/adventure titles cost so much ... : spdon
    • ... yeah, because you can't have good story and gameplay on a console... oh wait... YES YOU CAN. : Fred Garvin
  • the multiplatform gamer is a wealthy gamer : Fish_Bulb
  • I wish people would stop bashing PS3 users and PC users and act like the 360 is the only way to game. The... : baronzemo78
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  A 360 with Bioshock, Crackdown and Forza. And a large HDTV. : scottythejock
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    stupid women wanting their stupid holidays abroad, jebus. : scottythejock
    • It would be better if they wanted their holidays with broads amirite? : Fred Garvin
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  Falcon 5.0 : forktaileddevil
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    i'm still reading the manual for 4.0 : dfz0r
    • Haha, the last flight sim I bought all I managed to do was read the manual and do the first tutorial miss... : nudel
• Crysis and a computer to play it. : SockMonkeh
• A new Xcom : baron calamity
• Well I wouldn't mind Dell announcing it's new M1730 say Today... I also wouldn't mind having the funds t... : Jonathan
• Phoenix Wright, I want to play an adventure game so badly. : helvetica
• A new PC. And a muffin. : TastyWheat
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  Starcraft 2 offcourse. : [7]kami
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    You want it to be delayed? : Omaha
    • Fuck yeah. ...o wait : [7]kami
• Skate (comes out next week I think) Mass Effect COD 4 A new animal crossing to to come out : xtofuconsumerx

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• wtf? : Mad Brahmin Disease
• wtf? : .sticks.
• I'm eating Taco Bell with a really awesome French Bordeaux. Seriously, wtf? Fixed ;) : timmie
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  I once had two Totino's pizzas with a bottle of this: http://www.wine-club-central.com/detail.aspx?ID=... : eldersveld
  • ugh totino's is so fucking nasty i hope it took the edge off. : wetard
• If it's ok with Paul Giamatti, it's ok with me! : filtersweep
• that's just weaksauce. : hamachi
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  oh, and the Wine is Chateau Larose-Trintaudon 2002 Haut Medoc. Really delicious and pretty fucking cheap... : Matto357
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    At the risk of being accused again of channeling/kidnapping sgtsanity, The New Yorker recently had a grea... : eldersveld
    • halfway through, it's a great read. : Matto357
    • Haha. That's awesome that those rich snobs got hustled. : zanzares
    • You know, you'd think someone that constantly stumbles across large, previously unknown caches of rare wi... : Arcanum
• does it compliment the fire sauce well? : wetard
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  matto357 horrible fast food post >:( : genjuro
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    See, here's the problem. When I'm eating fast food I'm usually at home at my compy 9000. When I have an... : Matto357
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      you're a disgrace to your kind. : genjuro
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        meh, I got a raise today, I must be doing something right. : Matto357
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          you may be able to fool your work chums, but not the baron! : wetard
          • he's mexican? : Korban
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      do you get to go inside other kitchens and see the buzz backstage? : RikiTiki2
      • The buzz? Yeah, I tour lots of kitchens. : Matto357
• wtf357 : slickdoody
• Seriously! : CrazyPants
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  I could go for Taco Bell right about now, but I've had 4 Krispy Kreme donuts earlier today. Don't know if... : RikiTiki2
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    I miss Krispy Kreme. The company that owned all the franchise stores here in AZ went bankrupt about 2 ye... : Prozium
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      Funny story about Chick Fil A. My friend who moved from Georgia e-mailed the company through their site ... : randomnull
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        i don't get the chick fil a love. i mean. it's nice chicken but it's flavorless to me. chicken n a lightl... : [fry]
        • Bojangles. : Matto357
        • its called CHICK fila for a reason. You go there at lunch time, can't find a parking spot, all these wome... : boomstickah
        • man you're crazy, i don't see how you can hate it if you like fried chicken, it's like the epitome of fri... : wetard
        • dude, honey mustard or polynesian sauce ftw. : riptyde
        • I think it's a southern thing. Supposedly battered chicken with a pickle on it is a popular sandwich dow... : Prozium
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  crunchwrap supreme and a cheesy bean and rice burrito for the motherfucking win : NeoMoose
  • 7 Layer Crunchwrap Supreme and Soft Taco Supreme FTMFW : randomnull
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  Taco Bell opened here in Iceland a few months ago and I have never been there. What´s a good t... : gummijoh
  • Pepto Bismol. : coldfusioncs
  • i'm guessing its a different menu there, but lately all i've been getting is the chicken ranchero soft ta... : wetard
  • Steak or Chicken Grilled Stuffed Burritos are good, pretty much anything that doesn't use their ground be... : randomnull
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    their sodas are good. : drucifer
    • Except for that Mountain Dew Baja Blast or whatever it is. Foul. : riptyde
  • Crunchwrap Supreme, Double Decker Taco, and Soft Taco Supremes are all good choices. : riptyde
  • Chicken Baja Chalupa, Chili Cheese Burritos : MoreVespeneGas

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• That brass percussion thing tthroughout REALLY needs to shut the fuck up, and you need to make up so me v... : SpaecKow
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  new muuuusic : sparkly
  • maybe I just posted this at an awkward time. Anyone care to give it a listen? : sparkly
• grabbing and listening now. : Fredrik S
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  I like the mood and the sounds... But I'm having a real problem following the timing of the melody. : jvox
  • how are you having a problem with it? : sparkly
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  Thoughts: Needs more structure and variation. I like the theme of it and the floating feeling you got goi... : Fredrik S
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    I dont get what you guys are talking about with the timing. : sparkly
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      Well, what time signature is it? : Vantage
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        I don't have a clue. I play by ear and it sounds okay to me. : sparkly
        • I think the guitar strum coming like half a beat after the downbeat throws me off. : jvox
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          Here, I recorded what the people in this thread are expecting to hear in terms of phrasing/rhythm: http:/... : Vantage
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            Yes? No? Maybe so? : Vantage
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              I record exclusively in the time signature 2*pi*r / e : boring gegtik
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                where r is the rocking out coefficient of the song : boring gegtik
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                  As opposed to Def Leppard, who only rock out in 4/4 (the official time signature of rockingoutness). :P : Vantage
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                    other time signatures require the use of two drumsticks : boring gegtik
                    • lol : moshman
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            yep. that's it. : Fredrik S
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              sparkly sparkly sparkly : Vantage
              • sparklebutt? : Reverend Sinn
• I really like the sound and I like the melody, but I agree with the others in the thread. That ride-cy... : Vantage
• listen to me fag write out your music in guitar pro, that way you can at least put it to a solid time ... : lakren
• Sounds good, but I think you need to step up the percussion. It sounds a bit awkward with just the hi ha... : dopeman
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  I am going to listen to this when I get home tonight. You have other stuff? : pancake humper
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    why is listen in green : boring gegtik
    • I don't know. Probably a CSS issue. : pancake humper
    • and sticky : jvox
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      He's going to listen to it while working in his garden. : knitemare
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        My herb garden. : pancake humper
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          well, that concludes this sting operation. Mods, please ban this man for smoking the drugs. : boring gegtik
          • What? I have an herb garden! Basil, Parsley, Thyme, Oregano etc... : pancake humper
  • Indeed I do! here's the song I posted the other day (still working on it, however): http://sparklyfre... : sparkly
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  :( *sigh* : sparkly
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    Well, I thought it was good. Nice, easy listening kind of shit. Generally not my style, but it certai... : knitemare
    • I use a VST synth called Battery2 by Native Instruments. I play it with my midi keyboard and usually laye... : sparkly
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    Honestly, it's really good. I'm just confused by your confusion regarding people's comments on the timin... : Vantage
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      I just listened to it and I see what you're saying...but is it wrong that I really like how the current t... : sparkly
      • Yes, stop being stup... of course not! If you like it that's all that matters, but you should take the ad... : .sticks.
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    didn't you want feedback? : jvox
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      yes, of course, I'm just frustrated because I really like the way it is. : sparkly
      • Don't get frustrated. When I posted my song I cought a TON of shit about my vocals. I know that I was s... : knitemare
      • if you really like the way it is, then don't change it! it's your work. : ermac
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  That was cool; I had no problem with the timing. I do think the break should have been drums/cymbal+keys.... : AxeMan808
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    sweet. I've changed it now...reworked some notes I didn't like and made a different/faster beat towards t... : sparkly
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      The timing is fine, its not hard to follow at all but then again I'm used to listening to odd time signat... : Grim_Grom
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        glad you like it :D I was just making some weird background chill music. Did you listen to the new versio... : sparkly
        • I did just after I posted that and it does overall sound a lot more polished, and taking away the ride to... : Grim_Grom
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  NEW VERSION: http://sparklyfresh.com/audio/how-much-longer-v2.mp3 Most of the changes are towards t... : sparkly
  • Yeah! Now that's a BREAK! Would like to hear the high hat come back in @ 1:52 (i.e. 2 bars earlier - woul... : AxeMan808

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  and here are my impressions after 2 hours of play. It's fast and furious mayhem. Everything is so well... : razlebol
  • Apparently the game doesn't suck. haha. : TexaSTX
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    Does it have a BF2 feel to it (preferably minus jet rape)? If so, I'll probably end up picking it up soon... : Daggoth
    • It feels more arcadey and fast but yes it is close to it. The map is ui looks exactly the same. : razlebol
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    Speaking of the headset, can you set it up to recieve voice through speakers instead of the headset itsel... : Noobler
    • yes, in fact, it does it automatically when I disable my headset. : razlebol
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  razlebol how did you get your headset to work? I'm not using the one that came with the game but rather ... : TexaSTX
  • You have to register it in the ps3 os first. : razlebol
  • nevermind... got it to work. : TexaSTX
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  wait can you use any bluetooth cellphone headset ? : barichnikov
  • Not sure I just bought the Motorola h500 because it said ps3 compatible on the box... I'm not sure about ... : TexaSTX
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    Pretty much, yeah. : razlebol
    • oh man, that's pretty hot, go Sony. Looks like they did at least a few things right. : Hiro
    • that's really nice, i got one free with me phone last year, if i can use it with the ps3, bonus points to... : barichnikov
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      Can you use more than one? I'm gonna download the game, and buy a headset off of amazon, but I was wonder... : Chunks
      • 1 per ps3. Well at least in warhawk, I don't know about the other games. : razlebol
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  So far, there is 5 person in the clan and about 10 more invites waiting to be accepted. To receive you... : razlebol
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    Hey I sent you a SM but I don't know if it sent or not since my "SENT" box doesn't seem to be working. ... : MagicWishMonkey
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      You have to run the game at least once before I can invite you. It says player does not exist. : razlebol
      • ahh gotcha, ill SM later when i get a chance to play it : MagicWishMonkey
  • when i get home i'm on it. : chodog
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    Just accepted mine. Wow some of you are already moving up, I'm stlil a lowly recruit. Haven't tried any... : Rasnowl
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      have you seen this? http://www.us.playstation.com/Warhawk/warhawk_manual.pdf I've played 15 hours alrea... : Boxelder
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        Actually I still don't understand how the electricity weapon on the Warhawk works. : Boxelder
        • I do. Either you use it as a instant scan hit weapon by quickly pressing the trigger or you can hold the ... : razlebol
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  I'll likely buy the game this weekend, so I'll make sure to refer back to this post. : invisible_kid
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    I'm adding you to the friend list. : razlebol
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      can you add me as well? "kainen1" I'm down for this : kainen1
      • done : razlebol
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      Add me as well plz, getting this game soon. : AndyGoin
      • You are already on my list. Message me when you get the game so I can add you in the clan. : razlebol
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    My TV is coming back from a quick repair tomorrow morning and I will be getting the game that afternoon u... : jhsellars
    • whoops wrong tree, oh well. epic lulz : jhsellars
    • done : razlebol
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  Hey, razlebol, since you seem to be the most sane PS3 pimp around here, care to help add PS3 content to h... : mancide
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    I can add some stuff. I'll check it out. The only problem is that my english kind of suck. : razlebol
    • your english is fine, it's better than most americans : qwpeoriu
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    what is that site? like a place to find out achievements? : Break
    • Right now, mostly yes. The idea behind it is a wiki site to compete with gamefaqs since gamefaqs tends to... : mancide
• I'm weak and I bought the game. I'll be on tonight : bRAINsick
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  i wonder if any shacker with a PS3 and a fat pipe could host a server so we could practice on = ) or w... : Break
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    16 would be better. not sure how much bandwith it takes per player. You have to play on SCEA or SCEE s... : razlebol
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      i thought you just had to enable the rank thing in the options? i used to rank up creating my own server... : Break
      • I really ain't sure about that. Maybe you can enable ranking on dedicated server only. : razlebol
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    Working on it. 20 mgbit up\down just waiting for a ps3 to come in at work. : Grandmoff
    • wow : razlebol
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  Let's get a game going tonight? : phokz
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    I'll be on for sure. : razlebol
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      I have pretty decent bandwidth and my ps3 is plugged in (not wifi) so I can host if we want. I'll be home... : phokz
      • we can do some practice runs woohoo! : Break
• Boxelder Change server, your game is always full :( : razlebol
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  I just created a server called shacknews. The speedtest gave me a limit of 12 players. It is currently ca... : razlebol
  • I have a 24 player cap, I can host if I can ever authenticate : phokz
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  Every fucking server I try to join gets full before I get a chance to get in.. : razlebol
  • This happens to me a lot as well :/ : d3tached
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  And now it says the authentication server is down.. Anyone else is having problem? I just changed somethi... : razlebol
  • yup, its not you, Im getting the same thing... so mad right now. : phokz
• send me an invite to the clan, cant play tonight got a draft :( : chodog
• Holy shit, it's $49.95AUD on PSN. That's not bad at all. Must ... resist ... : Daggoth

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• its for a good cause, you will indirectly be helping starving children :( : Morgin
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  done http://brainsick.shackspace.com/fixed/a.jpg and done http://brainsick.shackspace.com/fixed : bRAINsick
  • bwahahahaahah : Reverend Sinn
  • Good job :D : DingoStoleMyBaby
  • I just sprayed my monitor with juice! LOOOL : RikiTiki2
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  Do you know what font that is? : pancake humper
  • optima : Morgin
• I can totally envision the full picture to that. If you add bodies below those faces, you can almost see... : pigvomit
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  http://aycu10.webshots.com/image/25969/2003043509537974567_rs.jpg http://aycu23.webshots.com/image/24422... : Fredrik S
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    thank you! : Morgin
    • np : Fredrik S
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  Fixed : http://gamewith.us/shackspace/law-show.png : ThomW
  • hahaha : Mmmmmoo
  • lol : CapnChaos
  • Nice! : voodooraze
  • winner : Morgin
  • hahah : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • omg I'm dying here :D : RikiTiki2
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  I guess you don't have the original so it's too late but that'd be so much better as a GIF or PNG instead... : nudel
  • i know but this is the copy of a copy i had... and it needed to get used today. its only for letterhead r... : Morgin
• fuck Law Show, bring back Med Show :( : Majuju
• aside from the lols, are you in your law school's show? getting back on my bass and hoping I get that par... : RikiTiki2

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  It's good see that the PS3 can achieve the same level of detail that we've seen in UE3 360 games like Gea... : tcs
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    It's actually a more advanced version of the engine than the one in Gears (faster, bigger, more). I'm su... : Boxelder
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      It'll look great, no doubt. I'll probably end up getting the 360 version for Live anyway. The PS3 comment... : tcs
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        If I get it it'll probably be for PC. My problem with UT has always been that the gameplay seems too clu... : Boxelder
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          I'm personally a total Q3/CPMA fanboy and never liked UT, but this is so removed from the original UT and... : tcs
          • warsow is for you : TheFatMom
      • I really can't believe anyone can be willing to play Unreal Tournament with a gamepad. It's just...wrong.... : Autocrawler
• The bubble vehicle looks cool. : razlebol
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  I've only seen the second video, and I swear I've played that before... in 2004... : DingoStoleMyBaby
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    wa wa wa.. For any sequels, people complains when it is too close to what it was before and people compla : razlebol
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      Yeh, but that particular video showed absolutely nothing new, gameplay wise. It feels like an exact repli... : DingoStoleMyBaby
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        Yeh the second video didn't show anything new, but they've added a lot to the game. The Necris vehicles ... : Bonestormm
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          The hoverboards sure appeal to the awesome mountain dew chugging extremist in me. : gnomish
          • I only want to use it if they have a Michael J. Fox model in-game... : Vangoghs Ear
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    I wonder why they chose Torlan to introduce people to UT3. It really sucked the excitement out of thin... : hawke
    • Same here, but I did like how they added fortifications around some of the more exposed nodes in 2004. : djkenohki
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  i cant wait to squirt goo everywhere : spaceless
  • why wait? : sandcrab
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  is there really enough new and different things to justify this game? i'm just a bit bored of the whole ... : Korban
  • It seems enough for me. It would not be UT if it was not similar. I never played 2k4 so a lot of stuff se... : razlebol
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    Does Halo? New Assault and Onslaught maps alone justify a new game. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • though i'm not looking forward to halo 3, don't give two shakes about it, in all fairness, it has a singl... : Korban
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  HOLY SHIT @ SLO MO FIELD! : Skoal^Fyfan
  • that's pretty cool, can see that causing all sorts of carnage : moshman
• This might give me Unreal Championship nostalgia from XBOX1! : Skoal^Fyfan
• This. Looks. Fucking. Awesome. I'm psyched. : mittense
• The game looks great, but the gameplay looks the same as it did in 2004. Think I'm gonna wait to pick th... : rastafar1an
• looks friggin amazing, but doesn't this come out around the same time as TF2? :( : lowpoly
• holy crap the 1st and second videos look like completely different games. : marmite
• wow, that guy had great control with the gamepad! I tried halo once and there was no way I could come any... : terath
• uggh, spider mines. i wish they would take those out. : Mansmells
• The stasis field looks sweeeeet. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  i have not watched the videos but let me guess.. soldiers with abnormally large body armor with crazy lig... : wtf242
  • but man those 2 weeks after release are going to be fun! : aeg1x
• Lens flare :( : Zero|DPX

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  What was the fantasy revival? Lord of the Rings? That's all I can think of. : pigvomit
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    That and Harry Potter, both of which made a fortune as movies. : Lone Swordsman
    • Chronicles of Narnia is also another example, possibly the Golden Compass as well. : Jonathan
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      ahh ok, well that still only 2 story arcs, hardly a revival. Aside from that, the only other fantasy mov... : pigvomit
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        Stardust and Eragon, too. And you could make an argument for Pirates of the Caribbean, especially the mo... : lechuck59
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          I don't really know if any of those would work well with the criticisms that Scott has about Sci-fi. Mos... : pigvomit
          • I think Fred just meant that Sci-Fi needs to become popular again, like Epic Fantasy movies have. Not ne... : Vantage
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    I can wait for the Song of Ice and Fire HBO series! : SockMonkeh
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      i hope it turns out awesome : yAak
      • When are they due out? All the books? : dael
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    Don't forget kids' movies. Bridge to Terabithia, The Last Mimzy. Then there's also Pan's Labyrinth. : SinistarX
    • Dont say Pan's Labyrinth. and kids movie in the same sentence. Children could be destroyed. : trevis
  • Fantasy books are flying off the shelves right now mainly due to the Lord of the Rings films and Harry Po... : K1Bond007
• I don't think this explains anything, most movies nowadays rely way too much on effects and don't have lo... : razorblade79
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/ *hopes* : yAak
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  I miss Westerns :( : Sacred Sperm
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    We have 3:10 to Yuma and The Assasination of Jesse James in Sept! : pimpium
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      September Dawn just came out also. Big year for westerns : grabbie
      • The reviews on September Dawn aren't too good. Sounded good, but the consensus is that the director did ... : pigvomit
    • Fuck. Yes. They both look great. : sgtsanity
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    Check out Seraphim Falls : knitemare
    • That one is a good movie and doesn't just devolve into a huge gun fight at the end. : Totenjaeger
    • and the proposition : kenmis
    • Seconded. Open Range was also a pretty good recent Western. : action wombmate
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  i know it's a remake but i'm excited about 3:10 to Yuma. bale and crowe, should be cool. : das_runt
  • Yeah, that one has potential, I'll be checking it out : asylumn
• sci-fi has such potential for amazing stories, but it usually is just lame-ass special effects films inst... : hamachi
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  Children of Men is Scifi, and arguably 28 Days later too. They just don't contain spaceships. : spdon
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    Gattaca had spaceships and was an awesome sci-fi movie. : Rag and Bone Man
    • Yes it was- I'd forgotten that one... : mn3m0n1c
    • yeah forgot about that. It's just big budget Sci-Fi that is lame. : spdon
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      I have it un-opened on my bookshelf. I need to watch that. :( : Ebu
      • holy shit, do : yAak
    • Actually, it wasn't. : Kerath
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    Two of the best recent 'SciFi' movies I've seen, too! I also disagree with the OP link's assessment of Th : mn3m0n1c
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      In anticipation of The Matrix 2 and 3, I thought of so many other ways that the series could have gone. ... : pigvomit
      • I wish somebody would revisit the 'original' unverse and re-envision the 2nd and 3rd with less pseudo-rel... : mn3m0n1c
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  i blame solaris : eldiablo01
  • i really liked solaris :( : yAak
  • I liked the soundtrack, the movie was kinda weird. But "Sunshine" was nice. : mulu
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    Nothing wrong with Solaris : Kaerof
    • indeed, have watched many times : dael
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  Same thing's happened to Science Fiction writing as well- the "SciFi/Fantasy" section at my local B&N is : mn3m0n1c
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    I blame World of Warcraft. : pigvomit
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      I blame Robert Jordan. Not that I'm complaining necessarily, but he singlehandedly resurrected the epic ... : Vantage
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        Gawd, I hated those books- such an obvious ploy to get readers 'on the hook' and suck them into buying al... : mn3m0n1c
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          So they were like Harry Potter books? : pigvomit
          • At least she wrapped up when she said she would (and didn't develop a life-threatening illness at book 11... : acheron
          • I can't answer this- I've never read one! But judging from the movies, at least Rowling had an original i... : mn3m0n1c
      • a lot of the fault of that goes to publishing houses actually, as they're more inclined to sign authors t... : kydaimon
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      It's been going on since long before that- Fantasy stuff lends itself to 'mass audience appeal', serializ... : mn3m0n1c
      • Probably about the same number as criminal investigation or reality TV shows you can watch, I would guess... : Bruzilla
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    And the 25% of it that is Sci-Fi is 90% shitty Star Wars novels. : riptyde
    • Yep- or 'gung-ho!' military series... : mn3m0n1c
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    Science Fiction really isn't about science as oddly as it sounds. It's about the human condition and alw... : Chod
    • Well, of course- I just didn't want to go into a whole 'theory of scifi' discourse; I really enjoy 'socia... : mn3m0n1c
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  It had nothing to do with the shitty way Fox promoted the show and how it showed the episodes out of orde... : baron calamity
  • That certainly didn't help, either... and they hadn't a clue how to promote it, from what I remember of t... : mn3m0n1c
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  Eh, they should make a movie from EVE Online's fan-fiction, hell, Breckon could write the script! I'm lo... : dedgecko
  • ...work around these areas and develop something intriguing and new without bashing a previously used con : yAak
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  time for the Gunslinger movie/ mini-series : nacatamale
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    That could be either great, or really, really horrible- I can't decide which is more likely! : mn3m0n1c
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      likely to be bad sorry to say... if they went Rated R or on HBO it could stick to the source material and... : nacatamale
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        Yeah whatever they do, they must keep it away from the SciFi channel! Please! : mn3m0n1c
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          If it is a movie, I wouldn't think the Sci-Fi channel would even touch it since it doesn't involve a gian... : Totenjaeger
          • If they go the movie route, I hope they stick to one book per film; I'd hate to see the writer/director t... : mn3m0n1c
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  War of the Worlds woulda been great had the ending not been what it was. When people started getting vapo... : bozer
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    You... are aware about the book right? : Jonathan
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      Never read the book but the part where the brother lived and the granparents greet him at the door was ju : bozer
      • The whole 'wretched dad/teen angst' subplot ruined the movie in my opinion. It had no place in the film- ... : mn3m0n1c
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        That one scene killed it for me too. There's no way that kid should've lived. I was overjoyed when he r : Edges
        • Yeah, I muttered "Good riddance, you whiny little shit." ;D : mn3m0n1c
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          I hoped he was coming back over the hill with his hair on fire : bozer
          • I hoped we would see the actual battle going on and him getting stomped on by the walker. : eldiablo01
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    Wasn't that the same as the original ending? : c0bra
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      i think he meant the sappy happy family reunion : yAak
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        yeah thats all I mean. Im fine with how it ended as far as Mogan Freemans words n' all.. just that incred... : bozer
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          I think the book also ends with a Family reunion but maybe not as cheezy although I know people who consi... : Jonathan
          • IIRC, he just gets back to his wife- there's not a big deal made of it- haven't read it in decades, tho. : mn3m0n1c
  • I got the sad end. Tom Crusie live, :( : baron calamity
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    Spielberg... A.I. ending... GRRRRR : yAak
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      yep, that movie would have been fucking great if it ended where it should have under the water. : -=kodiak=-
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        my favorite part was seeing the aliens/robots and the ice age n' all. that was really cool i thought : bozer
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          while cool, didnt belong at the end of that movie. aliens/robots excavating an ice age earth could play ... : yAak
          • I REALLY want to see a movie taking place in the distant future. Cinema has pretty much nailed 'near futu... : ventro
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      That wasn't really Spielberg's fault. It wasn't even really his movie. He only directed half of it. : Totenjaeger
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        The ending feels more like Spielberg move than a Kubrick, so I blame him, but have no factual basis for i... : yAak
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          Everything I've read has said the ending was Kubrick's. : Jonathan
          • * weeps * : yAak
          • I can back this up. There was an hour-long doc I saw a short while ago called "Spielberg on Spielberg" a... : action wombmate
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  I think smart sci-fi is exceedingly rare these days. Dumb blowin' shit up sci-fi is very common. DOOM, ... : EvilDolemite
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    I think Ridley Scott is talking about movies that happen in the future but they are actually other kinds ... : Totenjaeger
    • I generally give films two categories, one for setting, and one for type. Setting might be science ficti... : Arcanum
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    Yeah, and directors won't take the time to create a believable, detailed world anymore. Even in a goofy f : mn3m0n1c
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      Yes Serenity was a bit cheesy but the universe was very fleshed-out and believable. I think half the bat... : EvilDolemite
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        As long as there is an actual story line and not just a bunch of action sequences strung together loosely... : Totenjaeger
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          In the case of Serenity we got a seriously condensed version of the plot Whedon was writing for the FireF... : mn3m0n1c
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            No, I;m saying Serenity was good because it had an actual plot that sometimes led to action scenes. I'm t... : Totenjaeger
            • Sorry if I sounded like I was disagreeing w/you- I've heard others complain about the plot of Serenity a ... : mn3m0n1c
    • exactly. that's why i absolute love that movie. the world it's set in is so well done. it's unique and be... : mindmann
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    He means Michael Bay sucks : bozer
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      He does? : Totenjaeger
      • Yes, he does. : Kaerof
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    gene wolfe sends his regards. : lakren
    • I am specifically referring to film sci-fi, not written. : EvilDolemite
• You know what? Ridley Scott is a filmmaker. If he has a problem with what's being produced, he should jus... : Kerath
• Ridley makes him a good film, but he shore ain't no film critic. That said, "Sunshine" was the worst pos... : greendonuts
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  Jim Cameron's upcoming Battle Angel will own. : gmoney
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    I thought he already backed away from that idea? or did I misread that? : hamachi
    • Still listed in pre-production on imdb.com : gmoney
• yes, we do : kydaimon
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  We need a Sci-Fi Western, with elves and orcs! They can just say it's based off a game and know one will ... : Frozen Pixel
  • They could call it ShadowRun : The Movie. : Jonathan
• I think it's true, but these sort of things happen. The genre dies down for a bit then someone kicks out ... : K1Bond007
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  Not true if you watch some Anime that's out there. : kenmis
  • true, ive taken some flyers and found some decent stuff floating around, other than Akira, which is obvio... : kydaimon
  • I've watched alot of gay porn thats straighter than anime : boring gegtik