Evening Reading

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• you couldn't make this up if you tried : JINKY
• Shill for BioShock 2 maybe? : carrioN luggagE
• Bioshock 2 Viral Marketing : Magus
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  ^^^ What's the connection to Bioshock? : action roommate
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    Just in case you're asking this seriously: BioShock's main characters and basic premise are based on / in : Bean
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      yes, I'm asking very seriously. Haven't played Bioshock (or Systemshock 2 for that matter) and never eve... : action roommate
      • In that case, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioshock#Influences and http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Ma... : Bean
  • Rapture, the Bioshock world, apparently was heavily influenced by Ayn Rand's philosophy. : crummynz
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    living a life based on principles and conviction? I don't know. : thief
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      I might have to follow up on Bean's post and read the book, I was just going on the intro video that was ... : thief
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        Really, do yourself a favor and just skip it if you're older than 20 or so. : Bean
        • As my friend said, "It's basically an elaborate justification for extreme levels of selfishness." : ChibiJosh
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          I would expect most people 20 or older would be able to relate to the philosophy expressed in The Fountai... : dopeman
          • Now I must at least peruse it throughout one week or two or three as a measure of self :\ : thief
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    "Is the shopper at Circuit City not entitled to the sweat of his brow?!" : HojuSimpson
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      No, says the evil security guard, it belongs to the manager. No, says the internet commenters, just sit ... : crummynz
      • fucking lol, I am cracking up here : thewriter
    • NO, says the receipt checker at the door. : pwnage1232
    • No says the shack. : thief
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    Read some Ayn Rand books.. specifically the Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. You won't regret it. : dopeman
    • we the living is intense as hell. : dahanese
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      Atlas Shrugged was amazing for the first 2/3ds of the book. The last 3rd was like o_O wut? Crime myster... : sludge vohaul
      • that's kinda how the fountainhead was too... the first 2/3, maybe 3/4 of the book was a pretty awesome st... : mikecyb
    • Yes, you will.. Read the cliffnotes version. The stories are interesting, but Ayn Rand's style leaves... : walker270
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      I prefer the Abridged Atlas Shrugged to the real thing. http://www.spudworks.com/article/66/2/ : Kaerof
      • I prefer the sequel: http://www.angryflower.com/atlass.gif : VinnieTheSquid
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      I can't believe I read most of Atlas Shrugged. What a terrible book. Once I got the the never ending John... : datoo
      • To be honest I actually skipped through a few of the monologues in the fountainhead because 1) i got the ... : dopeman
      • yeah that wasn't a monologue, that was a superlogue : Clay
    • You will absolutely regret it if you've got two brain cells to rub together. : c0bra
    • Anthem is also quite good for a pre-Orwell post-apocalyptic novella. : WaterSign
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  as much as i love ayn rand's books and would totally bang a real life howard roark, that man is a nut. : dahanese
  • NOOOOO! Dahanese is an objectivist! : TShandy
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  I'm still kinda baffled by the backlash the guy got. Aside from the kids being there, the guy stood up f... : stonedonkey
  • Well, the way I see it - there's "Making a Stand" and "Making a Stand While Being a Huge Dick About It". : Bean
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    The reason he got the backlash is because some people are very dense. "I don't get it *drool*, if he : abrasion
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      FWIW, based on everything I've read (and a little casual research of my own), I think the guy will end up... : Bean
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        Geez. I wrote like 4 lines and used "almost certainly" twice! My rambling just keeps getting worse and wo... : Bean
        • hence why you charge by the hour in : shavenewok
        • durrrrrr : ieGod
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        Yep I hope he makes some serious coin out of this, and makes a big 'fuck you' plaque to all the dipshits ... : abrasion
        • Well, due to the nature of the situation, he won't see "serious coin" out of this. I hope his lawyer has ... : Bean
      • I completely agree. I'm conflicted about him personally since he caused a bunch of grief for people inclu... : kingdok
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      To be honest I have a hard time believing this guy picked the fight because of his rights. Mostly becaus... : walker270
      • Yeah (see my post above). However, I'll admit that assholes have valid points sometimes, and while I've e... : Bean
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        Well even even if he did it just to pick a fight, the problem is................ he's still right. ... : abrasion
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          To be fair, what you don't seem to get is that he opted to take a stand against some corporation that has... : walker270
          • I never once disputed those facts and I agree with them completely. : abrasion
        • Stupid lawful neutrals, who think the law is always right no matter what it is! Ok, sorry for bringing... : locater16
      • Regardless of what his rights are, and what he claims his motivations were, the fact that he references A... : Rotten Deadite
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      No. Bean's post above yours is what most people think about it, actually. I'm not stupid. There's a : SiW73
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        both you and walker270 seem to be forgetting the key thing here, he showed the cop the receipt. At thi... : abrasion
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          Thank you for assuming I had forgotten something I didn't. I have, after all, just recently learned to b... : walker270
          • He's actually not all that well-versed in the law from what I've read on his blog. That's the most amusin... : Bean
        • it was too late at that point. he was hotheaded and being a jerk. It could have (but didn't) escalate a t... : Slowtreme
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      lol...oh abrasion, never change. : ColoradoCNC
      • ColoradoCNC reply to abrasion post. : abrasion
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  I agree with his principles, but honestly, he ruined a holiday weekend for himself and his family. Serio... : David Craddock
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    but your way of thinking is _exactly_ why he's making his stand. The obedient, get-on-with-your-life kind... : TPSReport
    • They look at me like some person being paid minimum wage to enforce a company policy they don't exactly g... : walker270
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      The whole thing is just retarded. He acts like the government came and demanded his receipt when it was ... : JINKY
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        see the thing is, it's easy for us to sit here and say oh what an idiot... he didn't do shit... But at th... : TPSReport
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          If you can't tell an idiot acting like a retard from someone actually standing up for something then you ... : JINKY
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            whether he is acting like a retard or actually standing up for something is still to be determined(in a c... : TPSReport
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              Allow me to clarify a few things for everybody involved in this conversation -- If you're going to co : Bean
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                The guy is wrong because he did not show his receipt. This is not a right he is entitled to while on that : Bold
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                  How is this ANY DIFFERENT than going to a movie? you buy a ticket, and then 7 feet later you have to show... : Slowtreme
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                    You have to show proof that you paid in order to gain access to the thing you paid for. Your example wou... : bipolar
                    • the movie analogy doesn't work at all anyway because the period after you have seen the movie doesn't mat... : mikecyb
                    • we used to have on of those stores, do any of them exist any more? : RobFlinn
      • But the government DID do that. HE called the cops and they turned on him and took the store's side, and... : DinK
    • I will say that I've refused to have my receipt checked at Best Buy, Circuit City, Fry's, and even Sam's : Bean
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      it's got nothing to do with having balls. you can just walk past them without saying anything most of th... : mikecyb
      • by "this place" I mean "shacknews" in case that wasn't clear :( : mikecyb
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        Ok, I guess I'll be the guy's advocate for tonight.... "i show the receipt usually because I don't rea... : TPSReport
        • right and wrong is right and wrong, and we can spend all day arguing it. my personal opinion is that che : mikecyb
      • But, at that point it is your personal property. What right do they have to go through it? Would you ob... : bipolar
    • lol what! I have never gotten that look by anybody walking out of a store. All you have to do is stop and... : Magus
• I wish him the best of luck and hope he wins, but I'm going to reserve the right to lol. : capt tripps
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  hahaha oh jesus that reminds me of a story. so i was in bed with this girl a while back. smoking body, no... : mallrice
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    She sounds awesome but you need to be in the mood for that shit. : abrasion
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      this was a one night stand : mallrice
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        mmmmmmm hard to tell, crazy yes but good in bed - can't tell : abrasion
        • we had a three way later. she was fine in bed, but the problem is in the span of one evening there isn't ... : mallrice
  • I had similar shit where a chick bit me and drew blood, and I was like WTF, and she was all, "Now punish ... : steelsamurai
  • After the first question, you should have put on your robe and wizard hat. Would have ended that right th... : BlackCat9
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  Whatever happened to that millionaire dude that refused to fly because he didn't want to show his ID? : capt tripps
  • He lost all his suits, but the TSA said that there was no law requiring people to ask for IDs, they're re... : Hiro
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  Congratulations, you're so cool Michael Righi. Seriously, somebody should write about his awesome expl... : Danny5225
  • Fuck that dude, he got arrested for not showing his ID. Regardless how much of a douche he is, it's st... : nubitup
• He's like the Cindy Sheehan of the internet : VegasX
• What a dumbass. Someone should tell him that Circuit City probably has enough money to string this leg : dopeman
• Oh shit, he's going to blow up Circuit City. : Orange Pylon
• Does this guy think he's really gonna win this thing? : jonin
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  Can somebody TLDR what the big deal about Ayn Rand is? I've heard her name thrown around quite a bit... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    She wrote political philosophy novels that centre around objectivism, which is basically an extreme form ... : peanut-
    • But the parasite came and sucked the marrow from the bone that was Rapture. Would you kindly...show me y... : RyDogg1
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      Wow. But yeah, I can see how that might appeal to a certain cross-section of people and professionals. : Ride-My-Rocket
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        That's one way to look at it. Not the way I would recommend, but yeah, that's one way. I'd suggest re : asylumn
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          Yeah if you like long boring books about dumb women characters read her books. Or just read the wikipedia... : baronzemo78
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            If you are the type of person that enjoys having other people tell you what to think, by all means, take ... : asylumn
            • Isn't that what her books are? Telling you what to think about how society should be? Objectivism is like... : baronzemo78
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        The fundamental flaw that most Internet Randian Men (IRM) overlook is that they are not captains of indus : ChibiJosh
        • *ahem* stfu commie! I keed, I'm a staunch libertarian but the Randian crew take things a smidge OTT : Toraz Chryx
• That explains a lot. I thought the main characters in The Fountainhead were bughouse nuts too.... : Arcanum
• wow.. this guy has a lot of unresolved anger-issues.. : bamb
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  Everybody wants to blame this dude for ruining the holiday weekend for his family and upsetting the kids,... : wasylm
  • you're wrong : boring gegtik
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    The cop is definitely a giant dick, but that doesn't make the dude any less of a dick. It's not like the... : Arcanum
    • well if you guy who's an idiot and a cop who's an idiot who arrested somebody unjustly, i'd have to side ... : Clay
  • It seems they both are. But then, he should have expected that when he called the cops to begin with. Thi... : CapnChaos
  • Yes, but the real question here is, is it right, or a good thing, to demonstrate your rights in a situati... : lookitzpancakes
• lolololololololol What an idiot. Good job putting up your house to prove a stupid point. : FormerHPB
• that's funny, umm but why didn't his father just start to drive away even with the door open so he could ... : Ziz
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  Is his name Andrew Ryan? : Fred Garvin
  • Hank Rearden : c0bra
• This guy, god damnit. What a fucking chud. : royalally
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  While it may seem like some great "injustice" was done here, it's Circuit City's property and they are to... : kaijuseijin
  • thanks for showing up a week late to beat this dead horse : boring gegtik
  • Just like they can search your wallet/purse/backpack because it's on their property right? Put another... : Sniper21
• Will someone please tazer this guy and post vids of it on the web? Bonus points if you can get him to yel... : baronzemo78
• i hope he wastes all of his money and ends up broke and humiliated : maulla

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• oh my....did not see that one coming :p : Rigor Morts
• looool : Foxhawk
• hahahaha.. awesome! : Shadowdane
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  I've watched this clip half a dozen times and it keeps getting funnier every time I replay it. : Ajax
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    yeah I'm on about #20 and I've passed it around the office. : Mustang|
    • I love how the AI skater doesn't react to the collision at the end. That totally seals it. : Ajax
• hahahaha awesome : nomaad
• hahahahah that is so awesome : Magus
• Hahahahaha : sgtsanity
• Haha, ouch! : helvetica
• Best clip I've seen yet. Stupid bitch fucking up his line. : sigpro
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  Has anyone seen this in stores yet? : speon
  • Everything I've seen says thursday. : sigpro
  • Everyone I've called today says Thursday as well =( : Werkin
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  Is this you or did you find it somewhere? This is hilarious : bRAINsick
  • I wish it was me, but no *watches 5 more times* : Mustang|
  • I've called a couple BestBuys and EBGames... the ones that didn't tell me Thursday told me they didn't ev... : paroxym
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    According to my local Circuit City ad, its guaranteed in store by tomorrow at 2PM: http://circuitcity.... : MisterPhoton
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      I saw that, but I have gift cards for best buy! I'm going to end up only paying $15 for this game. \m/ : FormerHPB
      • I'm going to try and get there right around 2PM with this week's ad, so if they don't have it I can force... : MisterPhoton
    • yeah, but its been delayed until friday, so hopefully CC honors their $20 gift card deal http://kotaku... : pandastrong
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  along the same lines: http://skate.share.ea.com/profiles/3507/posts/46135.aspx all these clips are cra... : burningtrees
  • holy shit : Foxhawk
  • ahahahaha : nomaad
  • tears of lol joy : speon
  • Hahahahahaha : sgtsanity
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    hahahahahahhah I love how the board in his neck collides with the ground properly : Mustang|
    • haha, that made it for me... : Hiro
  • fucking hilarious : pandastrong
  • would've been infinitely better if the head decapitated and blood spurted all over staining the concrete : romulan
  • It's dead quiet in here, so I'm trying so hard not to laugh. : helvetica
  • needs blood sprites : Merconium
  • haha, that colliding board sounds like a wounded duck or something : DaMojo
  • now that's extreem sports. : Boxelder
  • oh my god. fatality! : dopeman
  • hahahah I'm crying over here, roflmao! : warcrow
  • hahahahah, awesome : delataur
  • WHERE IS THE LOL BUTTON. : paravis
  • hahahaha I must play this : sanchez
• hahahaha, that was amazing : boarder2
• HOW YOU DOING! : rudius
• That's pretty freaking sweet. lol : ThomW
• Today is an awesome day for stupid internet videos : haiku
• a joy to behold. god i hope that wasn't intentional. : Deathlove
• hahaha ok - maybe ill check this one out :D : virus
• BAhahhaha. Faced. : royalally
• what did the switch method air say to the face? SLAP! I'm buying this game now. : eskimo spy
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  speaking of skate vids... I've linked my gamertag on EA's site, but when I login and click "find it", it ... : Foxhawk
  • is your gamertag set as your active persona? https://profile.ea.com/myinfoprofile.do : pyide
• oh god, cant stop laughing it hurts : AlexXdude
• obviously this is something ill have to check out tonight : kydaimon
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  And now that my productivity is shot here's a couple more clips! surprise! http://skate.share.ea.com/... : burningtrees
  • ahahahaha. I can't wait for this game. There will be TONS of great movies like this. : FormerHPB
  • Haha, that last one. Wow. : sgtsanity
  • hahah... that last one = XD : mystifier
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    They should take a cue from Burnout and have a running estimate of the hospital bill for each collision. : ThomW
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      I think they do in the full game. I remember seeing something like that in the videos from the game. : FormerHPB
      • yeah the "Hall of Meat" is whats its called i think : pandastrong
      • Yeah, and during the demo, I managed to get a "most broken bones" message once or twice. : Arcanum
  • that guy nailed the landing on that last one : qwpeoriu
  • That first one is my favourite. It's like he's surfing on that dude. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • That 3rd one i guess was just a random bug that some NPC guy flew across the map and landed there? : sigpro
  • Any skate boarding game would be immensely improved by gibs and snapping bones and Gears style bloodspray... : Dynotaku
  • hahaha omg that was awesome (1st one) : virus
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    the "sweet" one needs a "do not try" label :/ http://skate.share.ea.com/profiles/15173/posts/103055.as... : Foxhawk
    • hahahaha, I have so much fun in the demo just wrecking myself. : burningtrees
  • In the last one, I love the way he seems to look around in midair. "Huh... how about that." : eldersveld
  • aahahahaha : warcrow
  • hahaha at #3. incoming!! : delataur
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  I wish you could create a girl skater. That's the only negative I've seen about this game for me. Otherwi... : Frozen Pixel
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    Did they say you can't create a female skater? I didn't see that. : knitemare
    • yes, and it's also mentioned in the latest 1up show :( : Frozen Pixel
• You need to enter this in the shack clip shackbattle! : knitemare
• * F L A W L E S S V I C T O R Y ' D : ColoradoCNC
• http://skate.share.ea.com/profiles/12198/posts/102773.aspx Haha. I'll just ride right into your head ... : alias
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  WTF, it is prompting me to log on now. Fucking retarded. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Okay, wait. Only for alias' post... : Rice-Rocketeer
    • same here, weird. : sigpro
    • It's because it couldn't find the video. : Balboa
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  All this game needs now is the "Broken Arm" move. Land a trick rock, snap your arm in 3 places : VegasX
  • rock=wrong : VegasX
  • It does keep track of broken bones AFAIK : Drewus
• Deleted some of my best vids, but here's me no footing to rail over a 30 footer gap. http://skate.shar : Lunatic Angelic
• hhahahaha omg hahahahahaha : inc77
• So did anyone get the $20 gift card from CC? Im gonna head over after work and hope that they have the... : great-white
• This dude really wanted a piggy back ride http://skate.share.ea.com/profiles/15534/posts/103981.aspx : Judecca
• that is the fucking greatest thing i ever saw : eeeealmo
• hahahahhahahh that was so funny : El Tigre
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  Damn this game looks way better than I thought! : kainen1
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    did you not play the demo? all these videos were created with it. : pyide
    • didnt even think about that, good call. Been so assaulted with games (metroid prime 3, cod4 mp beta, bi... : kainen1
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  Hey I didn't know you could change the speed at different points during the replay. What an awesome feat... : Judecca
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    yeah it's really good, but not without it's problems. limited to 30 seconds, only 5 camera angles with no... : pyide
    • I had login problems myself until I set my default "Persona" to my xbox live gamertag. But being able to... : Judecca
• hahahah that's awesome : red2lucas
• hahaha awesome : jonin
• Anyone find Skate yet? : Dimmona

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  He's like Demetri Martin with a cowboy accent. : sgtsanity
  • Also, I think that end-shot of all the characters is new. The medic has a devilish grin and a giant saw. : sgtsanity
• Ohhh SHIT yes. : Orange Pylon
• If that don't work...use more gun. : ConfusedUs
• Thank you kind sir : Kaerof
• hahaha that was awesome! : Downforce
• GAH Stuck at work. I need a fileshack link. : hawke
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  Flash : http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=game&AppId=987&cc=US : dmason
  • Nice find dmason! : pieman
  • perfect. Thanks : hawke
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  These shorts are great. Each and every single character thus far has its own personality. Heavy guy w... : ConfusedUs
  • Amen. These are just great. : d0gbert
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    I wonder what kind of personality the spy has? : Maddog_Delphi97
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      The gameplay taunts paint him as French and snooty. : Serpico74
      • from what I hear he's french : AllYourBase
      • I was going to say he's French, too. : dmason
      • Sacrebleu! : ArtilleryMarker
      • Actually, he's French Canadian. : SockMonkeh
    • I almost imagine him in a silent role. : Vangoghs Ear
• AWESOME!!! Best one yet! : Serpico74
• Haha yes, fucking awesome. : sonicstorm
• That was the best thing I have ever seen. : pieman
• This one was the best one so far, love it. : lightly inclined
• goddamn valve. keep this shit up. 1 a week till its released, and you'll have a great lil marketing campa... : epit
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  Let me say this: The quality of these movies is insane. Valve has it's own standard for quality in gener : Cygnus X-1
  • ...but you do what these videos display. The engineer sits and lets his turrets do the work... just li... : dedgecko
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  Hah! From Bee Cave? That's right down the road. : Syixxs
  • DUDE! Shackmeet @ EvilDolemite's on the 29th! You're closer to him than me : RikiTiki2
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  That was great, thanks for letting us know. Next I really want to see the spy's video. : Begawkiness
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    More like Pyro. : alias
    • I'm assuming by pyro you guys mean scout. : thekidd
    • This is what I'm waiting for, too. : Syixxs
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      I expect the pyro to be some sort of fetish freak. : aaarrrgh
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        I hope he talks about an old potato gun with on-board fuel injection, chamber fan and stun gun ignition..... : Sanityjr
        • "When I was a wee little pyro, I liked to set things on fire. Army men [clip of burning Soldier], Barbie... : Arcanum
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      More like Medic : Frozen Pixel
      • IAWTP : Ajax
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      pyro was the most worthless and unused class in TFC. soldier ftw. : maulla
      • Pyro 4 lyfe! Burn mother fucker burn! : RyDogg1
      • It was pretty awesome in QWTF. They somehow managed to fuck it up and make it suck in TFC. : Arcanum
      • that's because TFC fucked up : RikiTiki2
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        I dont know. My dad still plays TFC with a few other die hard fans, and actually he uses the pyro. He nev... : great-white
        • I use it too. It's tough and barely rewarding, but it's fun! : RikiTiki2
• Sooo good. : Jiven
• Absolutely perfect. These videos really sells the game. It has me chomping at the bits for next week. : Matt Burris
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  Valve/Steam needs to fix this stupid "restart to see content" design system they use. Really dumb. : alias
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    Yeah, at this point it's probably the biggest flaw in Steam. : deject
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      That and the random crashing for... trying to launch a game, or loading it up, or trying to buy something... : pyros
      • I don't think I've had Steam crash on me since mid-2004. : Serpico74
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        lol QQ but seriously, have you done all the support things on the Steam website? What you're experien... : deject
        • I must have reinstalled windows a dozen times, moved to vista, and gone through 3 or 4 iterations of hard... : pyros
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    Restart to what? I have no clue what you're talking about. : graceofdragons
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      Restart Steam... : Shadowdane
      • I'm at work or I would. : graceofdragons
• This is amazing. : aaarrrgh
• I love these vids, and the voice work is awesome. : robotsincharge
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  Valve is simply on a different level than other game devs. : haiku
  • Between Chet and Eric writing and whatever film animators they hired to direct and animate these scenes, ... : Serpico74
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  Where will these videos be in the game? Long intro movie to the game? : pun][sher
  • I believe when you select each character for the first time. But that's a complete rumour! : dedgecko
• I like the copyright notice "LOLOLOLOL". : Chod
• Fucking nice. I love their new video player. : razlebol
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  Direct Download: http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/mtt_engineer.wmv : Shadowdane
  • Thank youuuuuu! : five_percent
  • awesome. thanks. : Fredrik S
  • Thanks! : BanjoBoy
  • excellent. thanks : sikander
• Yep. Awesome again. : Vangoghs Ear
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  Imagine a Magnificent Seven/Incredibles movie starring the TF2 characters. I would preorder tickets for t... : Albemuth
  • Machinima for the win! : Ajax
• COPYRIGHT LOLOLOL : bradsh
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  Oh god its hilarious. I especially like the clicking of the kill counter. :) : trOmblyj
  • yeah that made me laugh : deject
• Great video. :] : Magus
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  I can't decide which one I want next. The Spy, the Pyro, or the Medic. I hope the Medic is really hars... : ConfusedUs
  • God I want the Medic to have John de Lancie's voice so badly. : Ajax
  • What, are you hoping is like Doctor House or something? : Maddog_Delphi97
• That's the coolest / best game related video I've ever seen. : red2lucas
• i really hope they round it all out with a big movie of everything. : smacknca
• The engineer's little counter needs to be a part of his HUD in-game. Every time a turret kills someone... : ConfusedUs
• These videos are fucking amazing. I'm going to pre-order now! : Audhuml4
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  I like how he's drinking Blu team beer. :D : ripper9
  • i love how his counter is ajusted on the go. : barichnikov
• This one looked almost too good. Are we still sure they are using the game engine? That seems unpossibl... : treefingers1
• Hey, can I get an invite to the shack Steam Community group? My ID is: ConfusedUs go figure : ConfusedUs
• Haven't been able to see it till just now: AWESOME : RikiTiki2
• these videos are the greatest thing ever. : infiltrator`
• Very NOLF. Me likey. : Deathlove
• structurally superflous new behind, lol : oatmela
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  so far I've seen Heavy weps guy, soldier and engineer. Have I missed any? : edgewise
  • nope, thats all of them so far. : YamatoTwinkie
• Awesome-o, thanks : rosewood

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  man thats a pretty cool idea. you can yell shit like FUCK YOU MOTHERFUCKER and then some guy is like WHA... : kill9
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    see that would be cool! Real reactions to your OWN reactions! Obviously... we're aways away from that a... : paravis
    • well, the old text-parser adventure games had some limited reactions to text : RikiTiki2
    • someone did something like this recently. some sort of "real life" simulator where you were in some coup... : kill9
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  You're not alone in this criticism of Half-Life, I've seen others here with the same complaint, and it's : action wombmate
  • I think it works for Half-Life also because there was very little dialog that you would even respond to b... : Chod
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    I don't like it. Maybe if Gordon had been nameless I could get into that, but everyone already knows him.... : Havoc1c4
    • This. This is one of my many problems with Half-Life 2. : Modica Sol Solis
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      A player can easily "pretend" he/she is "Gordon Freeman" for the duration of the game. When your charact... : YamatoTwinkie
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        How can you pretend to be Freeman? You know absolutely nothing about him except that he's a scientist, hi... : Modica Sol Solis
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          exactly. He's an open book. When I play HL2, i feel I *AM* Gordon Freeman. If I had to hear him talk, ... : YamatoTwinkie
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            I guess I just can't adopt the mindset of a completely non-dimensional character. I have no way to relate... : Modica Sol Solis
            • Maybe you're meant to feel like an outsider? If games keep spoonfeeding B-movie stories to players, th... : johngloid
      • When Duke shot, it was me shooting. When Duke laid a tripmine, it was me laying a tripmine. When Duke ... : pharoah mike
  • Agreed. What irked me was that in bioshock, your character said that little blurb in the beginning and sh... : Unleashed
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    see imo that doesn't work at all. Given the fact that HL isn't some fantastic amazing story, I don't hav... : paravis
    • This begs the creation of an MST3K esque commentary track for the HL series. : hatelull
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      Why hasn't there been a good first person adventure or first person action game that actually has a chara... : Modica Sol Solis
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        imagine that... that would be pretty awesome. Like Ender's Game as a game, full story, full dialoge etc.... : paravis
        • Right. Sort of like Mass Effect, but in a first-person atmosphere. I would love to see some kind of film ... : Modica Sol Solis
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        Aside from the plague of bugs and some poor design decisions, The Darkness did a pretty good job with the... : dedgecko
        • I never had the chance to play The Darkness, but I heard wonderful things. : Modica Sol Solis
• I'm 50/50 on this. On one hand, I completely agree with you, it's just weird to when your character d : InfoBiter
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  I think Freeman redeems himself only because Valve themselves poke fun at the fact that he's voiceless in : hatelull
  • Voice of Duke.... wrong???!?!?!?!?!? :((((((((( : RikiTiki2
  • If Duke's voice was wrong, I don't want to be right : spiderfill
  • Duke's voice wrong? You better not let dognose see this, plus you should never post this again, it's bla... : Chod
  • Not sure if anyone else cares, but Duke's voice wasn't totally wrong. : Daggoth
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  You know what really irks me, when they make my character talk - I like him being silent - because I'm sa... : abrasion
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    which carry no weight, no effect, NOTHING into the game. It seems like a cheap attempt at trying to forc... : paravis
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      The point is that it carries no weight and has no effect. You're not supposed to react with "your" voice... : johngloid
      • your actions and "experiences"? Your actions have the same effect in game whether you reacted emotionally... : paravis
    • You may find it like that, I personally find it more immersive - different strokes for different folks. ... : abrasion
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    what if you can choose what to say ala deus ex? : pyide
    • Actually I was just making a point, I mean there's a case for - I like Duke's 1 liners and Blade's (Sin) ... : abrasion
• IIRC Manhunt had something along those lines. No real speech recognition but yeah. : TastyWheat
• Why should I talk if I have nothing to say? First person games are different than third person. It's : johngloid
• Yeah I'm the opposite. Maybe if dialog in game was of a higher standard I wouldn't mind it. But as it sta... : NastyJack
• I am totally, completely neutral on this issue. I don't care if the player character talks or not in an F... : Orange Pylon
• I feel the same way. : thejm4n