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  Yeap, it was a big bait and switch and I'm not pleased with it. : mancide
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    What do you mean by bait and switch? : Super Sparker
    • "If we didn't believe that when people hear the music they will want to buy the CD, then we wouldn't do w... : sketchuout
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      It was touted as "hey, we are not selling a CD, we are doing digital downloads only" Then it came out ... : mancide
      • Gotcha. Sucks. :( : Super Sparker
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        God damn you bitch in every radiohead thread. Give it up. I bought the mp3's for the music, I don't kno... : wykd
        • Maybe he already spent $20 on it thinking he wouldn't need or want to buy the cd if it came out. : pyros
      • It wasn't touted like that at all, was very obvious what they were doing, getting the music early to the ... : yoshimi20
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  If you guys knew beforehand that it'd be only 160kbps, would you have paid less? : TwiLyght
  • I wouldn't have paid 7 pounds, thats for sure. I would've probably bought the discbox because the digita... : wunderbred
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  NiN will show them how it's done! : Haku-Jin
  • motherfucking agreed : kydaimon
  • Yep, the rest of Year Zero is going to be one hell of a digital release. : Modica Sol Solis
  • Completely... He ran Nothing through TVT Records for the longest time, and certainly has the right ide... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • He's already come out and say he'd like to do something were on the day it's done in the studio you can p... : liqker
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  You *can't* do the same without a distribution plan that involves getting the CDs into high-street shops, : 60days
  • There's a big difference between the 4 top record labels and the music industry. They could've gone wit... : wunderbred
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    it's not about the fact that they're going to sign a distribution deal with one of the Big 4. they shoul... : sketchuout
    • I dunno, I'm only as big a radiohead fan as most people, but the only thing I see as questionable here is... : 60days
  • wrong wrong wrong theres plenty of distribution companies that aren't themselves a major label - or "labe... : pigz
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  the argument's a bit iffy, but it's true that it's more viable to offer a 48MB download than a 650MB one ... : Postal
  • They could have offered it at 192/kbps and it wouldn't have increased the filesize that much. Or even LAM : mancide
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    How about offering the consumer a choice? If you want to download a 48MB file and I want to download a 6... : Haku-Jin
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      legitimacy arguments aside, allofmp3 definitely got that right : cpt_gloval
      • Someone needs to buy them out or their backend and make it legit. Someone like Amazon. : DarkWolf5
  • It can't be that hard to get some torrents going if they were serious about it. I really hate that the : Ovate
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  Haven't had time to read the article yet, but you do still need a record label*--or something that in fac... : Silent Sorrow
  • yeah when i say record label, i basically mean the big 4, or at least a big indie basically, anything ... : sketchuout
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  where is their catalog available at 320kbps? i've never heard of that : FrayLo
  • Neither I. A lot of these big news sites seem to pull random facts out of thin air sometimes. : wunderbred
  • 7Digital.com : pyrogen
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  The answer, of course, is that Radiohead never wanted to do anything revolutionary like change the indust... : Sexpansion Pack
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    it's being handled as a business decision. you don't have your management making statements like "If we ... : sketchuout
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      You're right, it's not revolutionary. But as I posted above, it was never meant to be! Here's an inte : Sexpansion Pack
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        fuck that, these guys are weaksauce, i'm pissed i gave them any money :( : snowwolf
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          whine some more, call them fgts. : VegasX
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            I've never ever listened to radiohead in my life (oh they are soo goood....) But seriously, I thought wh... : snowwolf
            • Radiohead do most of their website themselves. : yoshimi20
    • Radiohead hardly hyped this at all! This was just announced a couple of weeks ago. When the best band in ... : wretchedradio
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    where is the artistry in this money grab? : kydaimon
    • people pay X amount of money to download a shitty quality album, Radiohead gets deal, now if you want a d... : kydaimon
• I agree, they botched it it big time. They should have provided the option of different bitrates, and an ... : pyros
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  160kbps is hardly low quality : JINKY
  • It's quite noticeably low quality, in comparison to a cd, on a low end audiophile stereo or with a good p... : pyros
  • it's not master quality : sketchuout
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    It depends on how it was encoded and the type of music. VBR at 160 is probably not so bad, but straight u... : terath
    • It's obvious they did. They don't understand that 128AAC is about the same quality that they put out with... : mancide
  • Lower than I'd ever encode a CD at. : Ride-My-Rocket
• I only bought it because Phil told me to. I'm not voting for Phil anymore. =( : Werkin
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  Good. Now I don't feel guilty about giving them nothing. I'll buy the CD when it comes out next year. ... : RyDogg1
  • yea, if this is how it was going to work that'd be fine as I also would like to know what I'm buying : kydaimon
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  oh boo fucking hoo, internet retards will bitch about anything, the album is good so just listen to it an... : randomnull
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    What? You can also buy the CD and get full quality without DRM. People are upset because they bought it t... : terath
    • If you clicked on the details portion for the download, it pretty much said exactly which tracks were inc... : Rag and Bone Man
    • That's bullshit. I'm a huge Radiohead fan and I did not download this to "support a cause." I bought it c... : wretchedradio
  • And internet trolls will deride others about anything. Did you see what I did there? You, sir, are the... : AhmNee
  • I totally agree people are idiots about this, and the article is stupid because I don't think there is a ... : yoshimi20
• All that matters to me (and what's also not clear to me) is if the money is going to the band directly. ... : Home Nugget
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  Phil, why hast thou forsaken us! We trusted yooooo! :p Glad to find this out before I took the plunge.... : AhmNee
  • Fuck Radiohead, fuck the British, fuck music, fuck conversion rates, fuck mp3s, fuck everyone. I'll c... : Phil
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  i cant tell the difference : ultramega
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    I don't think most people can either, it's just a small percentage of people who bitch and moan who get t... : randomnull
    • Or people bitching that the files are too big. Losers. : dltrem
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  THEY ALWAYS INTENDED FROM THE GET GO TO RELEASE IT ON CD!!! : digitalsneek
  • Yeah, why is everyone bitching? They said it was going to be released on CD NEXT YEAR! That's a while fro... : wretchedradio
  • I know! I thought anybody with half a brain knew that. Hell, I knew it was going to be torrented as soon... : smoove
• I would be upset if I didn't buy the discbox. Anybody who paid for it should just download a higher qual... : pyrogen
• Suckers!!!!!! : scorpiusman
• How many people in this thread applauded them a few days ago and now are ripping them? Did you not think ... : Phreakin
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  Looking to Radiohead to push a new paradigm is like asking Stevie Wonder about how to improve the color b... : pres589
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    Their paradigm pushing skills are laughable! : Sexpansion Pack
    • Totally implausible! : pres589
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    you've used that joke before pres. get some new material and reinstall css : electroly
    • Kiss my butt. : pres589
• with my cans/amp/dac I can tell the diff between 192VBR and FLAC; it's noticeably clearer. Had to rerip ... : paravis
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  /not a radiohead fan Before this started i said that lossy music isnt worth real money but everyone se... : trevis
  • they way i see it is compressed audio is a great way to get your music out to mass market, but those who ... : cpt_gloval
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  Are you fucking kidding me? Has anyone else listened to the album? It sounds fine. It's not a CD but... : dltrem
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    It's a lot better than what you would hear off the radio and it's very close to CD quality. 128 rips you ... : yoshimi20
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      If you listen to the album with good enough headphones a lot of the more delicate sounds, such as...oh fo... : wunderbred
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        Not to mention wav-ey sounds that start small and end big, like the drumbeat in Videotape. You start hea... : wunderbred
        • I get it you're rather fussy, I'm going rerip it as well when I buy the CD I suggest you do the same. But... : yoshimi20
      • I've been listening to it on my UE5 super.fi Pros and not once did I think "Damn this is lo fi. Fuck Rad... : dltrem
    • bleh people are going to always find something to bitch about, it gives them some twisted form of validat... : VegasX
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    The point is that there is no reason to release a 160kbps mp3 when you can release something much better ... : godwit
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      The main reason they didn't do it was because it was a pay whatever you want purchase. Radiohead do most ... : yoshimi20
      • Given the backlash, they should upload a better quality version of the album now for everyone who is not ... : godwit
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  The really fucking lame thing is that I can't think of a single good reason they didn't tell people about... : NastyJack
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    They did announce it before it was released. You could have refunded it. Some of the people complaining... : wykd
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      What 24 hours before? They was all was it not? Sorry but that isn't enough. And by the way... I didn't ev... : NastyJack
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        Didn't download, pay for it or listen to it? That about sums up the whining. : yoshimi20
        • Well at last count I owned 22 Radiohead CD's and had saw them live a couple times. Sorry if I didn't jump... : NastyJack
      • that's not enough? what, did people plan vacations around the assumedly lossless format this was going to... : cpt_gloval
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      Some people paid a lot more than $5 assuming that it would be in a decent format and have a decent bitrat... : godwit
      • Me neither. : NastyJack
  • It's MP3 format they did let you know. : yoshimi20
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    you thought it was gonna be lossless FLAC? take a gander at a few current digital distribution methods an... : cpt_gloval
    • First and foremost, all of Radiohead's previous albums were already available as MP3s encoded at 320 kilo : NastyJack
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  We're talking about a band that released a 43 minute cd and then pimped out another 30 minutes of singles... : capt tripps
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    Yep, so whorish they were giving away their brand new album before release for nothing. : yoshimi20
    • Purely altruistic, I'm sure. "Radiohead Fans Feel Duped By In Rainbows' Poor Sound Quality, Possible U : capt tripps

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• you have to jump before falling into the two holes : mirko1979
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  got to level 23 before I realized I should be working =( : nomaad
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    omfg level 24 halp ples : nomaad
    • yes plz to be hleping on 24 : fathertime
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  i beat it yesterday. : cltcprd
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    get a job hippy : Degenerate
    • clitprod : boring gegtik
    • i have one fgt! I should be starting next thursday :) : cltcprd
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  Shoot...i am stuck on 15... : CaptainDawg
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    If it's the one i think it is.. stay next to the exist and fire a portal next to the glass and then anoth... : cause&effect
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      Alright...anyone get past 28?? : CaptainDawg
      • yeah it was pretty hard: you have to open a portal above the box that is closed in when you stand on the : nomaad
      • Ok...so I got to 32 now...and stuck...more or less I am just tired of how annoying these get : CaptainDawg
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  how many levels are there? i'm on 26. : cause&effect
  • 40. Most of the later ones aren't so much tough as annoying. : riptyde
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  Yep, beat it last night. Pretty fun time waster. Lvl 6: Get yourself up on top of that platform. Shoo : riptyde
  • lol, the first time i played that level I didn't realize you could jump. I had some crazy method of port... : cltcprd
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  i'm stuck on 15 :( any tips? : jcupitt
  • /me refreshes the thread, d'oh : jcupitt
  • its funny everyone has issues with 15 in this game and the real game. Its the first one where it was actu... : Iwannaacura
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  I got to level 36 or 37 last night before I had to go to bed. It's pretty fun. : AhmNee
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    trying to get the box in lvl 34 is driving me nuts. picture of it here http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/... : handofthrawn
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      I can't remember how to do spoiler covers, so I'll PM you the solution to get the box there. : AhmNee
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        "o" then "[" for open ... "]" then "o" for close : Nation
        • Test : AhmNee
    • Leave the blue one where it is. Run past the blue death rays and fall down. Shoot a yellow one to end u : hawkeye
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  This would be a lot more fun if flash didn't suck so much ass :( : hawkeye
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    i love flash and refuse to get a phone until it supports full flash. redtube.com and flash games ftw : handofthrawn
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      I love what flash represents but it's just slower than shit on OSX and Linux (especially for stuff like t... : hawkeye
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        c2d + xp/vista. but yeah it can easily slow down without graphics turned down on mid range PCs. : handofthrawn
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          Nah, it's got nothing to do with system speed (this is on a MBP). Flash just sucks on non-windows (espec... : hawkeye
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            Yeah, I get the idea they didn't translate their video calls nicely to other OSes, likely relying too muc... : Entity
            • The next version of flash has my hopes up. The internet needs h264 video badly, I'm getting tired of blu... : hawkeye
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  9 is the one I am currently on ... not getting it. : Nation
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    post a pic and i can help. this lvl 34 is pissing me off so much. i cannot get that damn box out. : handofthrawn
    • put a portal over by the box then go back down past the blue electro-hallway, all the way to the bottom, : Kniggit
  • spoiler for #9: i think i saw a pic of it. get to the top platform and make two holes at the bottom. on... : handofthrawn
  • I got it out of random luck ... had to move the portal from the top to the floor after going through it t : Nation
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  Well, I stopped at 32 just because that last gun killed me after working my way through and I got board w... : Nation
  • You're not missing anything, from there on it just gets a lot more annoying. A lot of reflex/aiming test... : hawkeye

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• awesome, thanks! : metalremains
• thanks <3 : scorpiusman
• Cool, thanks man! : razorblade79
• This is incredible. Thank you. I predict an INF for your post, my friend. Congratulations. : treefingers1
• This music needs more love. :( : Sapiens
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  Sweet, thanks! I was actually thinking about doing this the other day ago. : bitter ego
  • Same here, Sapiens saves the day! : Tekmoor
• Thank you! : dmason
• Kick Ass. : mafu5150
• Awesome dude, thanks! : nomaad
• It looks like there were separate soundtracks, but they were bundled with packs of the game. Unless someo... : Portax
• Awesome. I hope they don't mind and you are aloud to keep it up (for at least another 6 minutes) Great Wo... : uglysad
• This is awesome, thanks! : skinlab133
• awesome - kick fucking ass! : Shadowdane
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  Thanks! My personal favorite it HL2_song20_submix0.mp3 : Simulacrum
  • I think this is my favorite from HL2 as well. :D : Sapiens
  • Dear God, that was fantastic. Thanks for pointing it out! : treefingers1
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  Does this include the ending song of Portal? : Edges
  • Yes. : NFXFSX
  • Yep, it should be all of the Portal music tracks. : Sapiens
• oooooh, goodies! : sparkly
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  Wikipedia has the track names if you guys want to tag them for MP3 players and such. : NFXFSX
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    I'll have to update the archive with proper file names and ID3 tags. Thanks for the info! : Sapiens
    • Please tell us when you do! Thanks! : ArtilleryMarker
    • yes I and update with ID3 tags would be great : Shadowdane
• This music is soo good. :) : Magus
• that gamestartup2 piece from tf2 is great. : jujubees
• I really liked VLVX_song22. It was perfectly used in EP2. Reminded me of the way old game music used to... : pigvomit
• tagged for awesomeness - also, many props to VALVe and Kelly Bailey : speon
• Thanks, these games have good soundtracks. : Orange Pylon
• fantastic, thanks for uploading this! : lowpoly
• I love you. : Damodred
• Waaaay rad : great-white
• You are the shit, sir. Will grab this later tonight. : Phil
• I'm gonna enjoy me some tunes later! : MurrayTheSkull
• dude.. awesome. thanks. also, does anyone else have to log into file shack repeatedly ? : sikander
• you = genius. I love that music. : johnsto
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  can someone just post the Portal credits song? : edgewise
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    http://loonyboi.com/temp/portal_still_alive.mp3 : jason bergman
    • thanks! : edgewise
    • Woohoo new ringtone! : voodooraze
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  how is this not informative? +INF! : ]pm[chem
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    because its a bit shady, copyright-wise : thaperfectdrug
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      No, or it would have been nuked. It's just that this is Friday and mods have the day off. : dognose
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        you guys have gotten word from Valve that these are public then? : RikiTiki2
        • I think that Shack Policy is that video-game music can be posted if it's not being sold as an easily avai... : BlackCat9
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          You can't buy the music anywhere and it's freely available for you to extract yourself if you own the gam... : Sapiens
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            Conversely I can imagine someone hearing, say, the Painkiller music and then running out and buying the g... : dognose
            • Ep2's trailers had some of the best music tracks in them. The soundtrack just made the videos that much ... : Sapiens
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            © holders aren't obligated to sell their stuff to keep the protection :P : RikiTiki2
            • I'm just saying that's why I don't think they'd have a problem with it. If someone from Valve asked me t... : Sapiens
• I love you, that is all- : NaklsonofNakkl
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  How do you get to the sound files? I want G-Man saying the "Helloooooooooooooooooooooo Dr Freemaaaaaaa... : Drewus
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    1.) Get GCFScape - http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=26 2.) Browse to the .\steamapps folde... : Sapiens
    • I guess i better finish Ep 2 first. i'm bound to dig up something that'll ruin it for me. : Drewus
• badass : diniboo

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  update the front page fgt. : creep
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    I will at some point this morning. : Crimsonbeak
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      http://www.gcrobots.com/ jerk : Crimsonbeak
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        so it took you two months from reaching him to downing him? lame. : Deathlove
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          We had some big guild drama, and alot of people burning out during that time. We basically rebuilt 1/4th... : Crimsonbeak
          • Exciting! I miss WoW. : Deathlove
          • those internet superstars sure are touchy! : azenmaster
          • lol, guild dram? Nooooooo, you don't say : Phreakin
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            I've never played a MMO, so what does guild drama consist of? People wanting to lead and not being able ... : Grimp
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              People not getting items so they don't think they're appreciated, people have differing personalties and ... : shred.
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                There's also "People who are great fun to have around but terrible players, so you can't bench them or in... : tedv
                • the sub group of hardcore versus more "casual" people. and casual people can play once every two weeks or... : handofthrawn
              • This is why MMO's depress me =(. Its why a year of everquest was enough to steer me FROM EVER joining a g... : Toth21
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          I'd say, on average, we got about one and a half trash clears on him per week because of issues including... : reign27
          • Drama update pls : fishbone
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          Heh that really isn't bad considering how long both gcr and bah spend on Nef. Man now that took a long t... : Chod
          • man, i was so sick of fighting nef, but when he finally dropped. holy crap what a moment. : reverend~heresy
      • haha, awesome headline. : slickdoody
• congrats! : xxiv
• racist!! : seven
• The cake is a murloc... : .sticks.
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  Grats Brewtown!!!!!!! : multisync
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    haha, so are you back with these fgts or what? : lightly inclined
    • come back vhaygar :( : creep
• grats guys :) : fluke
• go go robots! : eb9k
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  Congrats GCR, i hope there were phat loots aplenty. : Phil
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    come on phil, i'm xferring my lock tuesday for arenas, LETS GET ER DONE : multisync
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      agreed. needs more philshack : eb9k
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        i would be doing this fairly soon, i think. : reverend~heresy
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          dude yah needs more velarious : eb9k
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            posting in this ex-warlock thread. if I end up getting a new job I might be coming back : Kniggit
            • oh sonova, I didn't refresh, now no one will see this since we've all moved on to the new chatty... : Kniggit
• Congrats! My guild just downed Magtheridon for the first time tonight (we raid one night a week) and are ... : Evil Benius
• grats! : das_runt
• The cake is a lie. : coyoterys
• grats :D : reverend~heresy
• omg grats! : tedv
• lol, WoW : boarder2
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  Sucat here. Congrats CB! Who was tanking? Was the fight really interesting? : handofthrawn
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    xangorath (xanthe on the shack) tanked kael : grendel
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      and i drove a member of the guild to quit the game. : knightblade87
      • thats always a good run! : multisync

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• I've seen a few scattered people who said they disliked it, and then changed their minds within 5 minutes... : Helter Skelter
• agreed its the first game i played to completion since my gamecube or maybe n64 mario 64.. I havn't fini... : supermonkeyballz
• just beat it an hour ago, fantastic game. : klearlyunseen
• The credits song has become my most played song in itunes in two days. : peanut-
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  I disliked the voice. Does that count? : Shai-Tan
  • The voice is a pretty important part of the game, did it ruin the game to the point where you simply didn... : cause&effect
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    I was kind of disturbed by the fact that the voice was almost the perfect uni-gender voice I've ever hear... : Koral06
    • Really? I thought it sounded distinctly feminine... : DOOManiac
• I want more of it. : gmd
• A lot of reviewers are complaining about length, but if they are, they're missing the point of the story.... : Masem
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  Phil said he was going to wring all your necks. I'm not included in this because I finally had time to p : ThomW
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    He hadn't finished it at that point though, had he? : chazums
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      Correct. However, I beat Level 19 last night, portal'd out of the fires of hell, then kept going and goi : Phil
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        It's only a 2 and a half hour game. What do you want? : BlackCat9
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          That's how long it took me too. Great 2.5 hours though. haha I hope there's something to the challeng... : ThomW
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            Yeah, you really have to think hard to figure out how to beat some of those, it looks like. Check out the... : BlackCat9
            • I didn't really have any problems figuring out the puzzles - my problem is my old man coordination. ;) : ThomW
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              Err, they are overcomplicating things aren't they? You don't need to finish it like that, you can take yo... : avatar_58
              • It's not over complicating things if you are going for the gold medals. And the speed versions of complet... : OverloadUT
      • hahaha, not far now young padawan. : chazums
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        you don't play many video games do you Phil? : askedrelic
        • I was just tired as hell and wanted some closure :( I had to go to bed feeling all empty. Wrap it up al... : Phil
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        lol@ a man who got 8/8 nemesis complaining about how long Portal is. :) : kek
        • Haha that's a good point. I think I wanted it to be over mostly because all you guys finished it in abo... : Phil
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  I thought it was good. But i don't understand all of the excitement for it. : Drewus
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    I think the biggest part was none of it was leaked or spoken about. : supermonkeyballz
    • yah up until I actually played it the only thing I saw was that Teaser trailer from quite a few months ag... : Shadowdane
    • No shit. I was NOT expecting that at all. I thought by level 19 that it was ok at best, then all the sudd... : avatar_58
• how bout that tacked on afterthought ep2? : paravis
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  i couldnt get past like..chamber 8. I just gave up after that and played some TF2 Ill prolly never pla... : agentlead
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    I'm not surprised for some reason : redfive
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      I was never one for puzzle games. : agentlead
      • WHY CAN I NOT FIT THIS SQUARE PEG IN THE ROUND HOLE OH JESUS CHRIST HELP : multisync
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    will you even play HL2/EP1/EP2? I fear you wont : bozer
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      neg..TF2 FTW : agentlead
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        actually ill prolly just go back to halo : agentlead
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          way to not even try any of the games : bozer
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            I TRIED...i played some episode 2...i never liked any half life games so bleh at that...i played some por... : agentlead
            • Way to reinforce the stereotype of console gamers as simple minded. : stratedge
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          enjoy, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out : rosewood
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            Did you get past the fire pit and finish the game for real yet... : moz
            • lol : Kaerof
            • he beat the entire game in twenty-seven seconds! : mikecyb
  • WHAT. Finish it, now. : avatar_58
• I DO!!! best buy has zero copies of the Orange box for the 360! IT's f'ing sold out!!!! So yeah i... : jedi_27
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  I think it was alright. Not like, you know, fucking amazing n shit. It was clever and wasn't a disappoint : royalally
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    comment has been noted (ban time will increase exponentially (forever)) : redfive
    • Oh no! : royalally
    • It's a trap. It was a rhetorical question. : Koral06
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  could anybody who finished the game help me with a puzzle? i am pretty advanced in the game (i think) ... : mirko1979
  • there is a portable surface there on the back wall : redfive
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    You're supposed to use the portals to get a rocket to hit the crate tube above you so one drops out. O : peanut-
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      Everyone? The solution didn't take me that long. : avatar_58
      • it took me a long time but im stupid to not think of the stacking way : handofthrawn
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      ..it took one chair. : lakren
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        Took me 4 xboxes : snuff
        • 3 for me : deject
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      Now you're thinking with chairs : Judecca
      • Haha I'm cracking up here. It was was my first thought too, but as I was carrying the chair around I didn... : Geoffrois
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      my first idea was to use the rocket on the tube... not the chair. maybe im smart! : Chupa808
      • thx to all finished the game now :) loved it cheers : mirko1979
      • I did this too, but the Boxes stopped showing up afterwards so I had to resort to stacking chairs. : mordaken
    • I did the rocket thing. : NFXFSX
    • I thought about the former, decided "fuck it" and did the latter. No need to stack anything though. : SiW73
    • Hah I stacked a chair without even thinking there was another solution. : d3tached
    • hah, yeah thats what i did too... didnt even think about the rocket way : buzzbat
  • I just used a chair. I didn't even notice the other thing! : marmite
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    I don't think you're on level 18? : Deathlove
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      It's just after, when you are trying to escape. I avoided getting incinerated, and went down a big pipe : topkatz
      • no you can't lower those pistons... there should be a passage way you can get through. Look around you... : Shadowdane
      • pls be to attach screenshot, so I know where you are. With levels 18 and ESPECIALLY 19 being so fucking l : devnullgt
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  I really think its boring and qosj they would have just included de instead of that crap : dilutedq
  • how the heck did you come at 'qosj'? Did you mean to type 'wish'? : deathofrats
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  the last boss fight was really neat, I think it needed to have multiple rockets firing at you or somethin : AllYourBase
  • I still died twice on it :< Maybe not multiple rockets, but maybe some turrets. They did just introdu : Deathlove
• Are there transcripts anywhere of the Portal voice over thing? : dael
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  Peeps who finished: do you get to keep the Cake/Music menu background, or does it revert back to the regu : Deathlove
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    It was still cake when I started up last night to try out the bonus maps. : malevolence
    • fine seems to flip back and forth depending on if I'm logged into steam : Slowtreme
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    Question 2 for people who finished: when the ending cinematic started (with flying through the pipes and : Deathlove
    • just your pc i think, i saw nothing like that : multisync
    • that's from the paged pool memory thing that was causing crashes during the TF2 beta : deject
  • If you start a new game it reverts to the original background. : Colleton
  • little thing about that background: if you wait at the menu for a while, the camera eventually pans to th : Goncyn
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  wouldn't it be great if some of you traktor programmers wrote a vocoder plugin that made the effect of th... : Flinz
  • http://www.antarestech.com/ : mr.sleepy
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  I found portal to be well polished, witty, and quite fun(in fact probably the most fun I've ever had in a... : SolrFlare
  • I thought it was great! I hope we see some more levels from Valve in the near future. It's gonna be nea... : Haku-Jin
• I loved the little things, the icons, or how the random computer code on the screens was a cake recipe. : Annul
• Phil, just fyi, you're really close man, should have kept going! : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  My 5 year old thinks it's too hard. However, he loves shooting portals into places so that he runs in a ... : hoopfam4
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    I wouldn't call that strange. I'd say strange if he DIDN'T want to stare at the chick's butt. : devnullgt
    • Right it wouldn't be strange for a 5 year old to be sexually active these days. : semaphore
  • I thought the chick was hot personally...I'd completely fuck her. : Vorlonesque
  • Your 5 year old, huh? : stratedge
• I disliked how there weren't enough difficult puzzles. Also not enough of those sentries : RikiTiki2
• Completely caught me off guard, it was brilliant. That ending is possibly the best game ending, ever. I... : SiW73
• I would like to see the portal gun in a deathmatch game or something. They kind of built the game 'Portal... : jane911
• I'm stuck on the advanced level 18 trying to get to platform 3. Getting to platform 2 took me a while, so : Dante
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  Didnt dislike it but it wasnt that great. I got to about 17 and got bored with it. I'll play more after U... : mega man
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    lol at people quitting before the end. You don't know what you're missing. : pupismyname
    • yup. he missed about half the game. : hamachi
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    Dude, 17 is where it starts to get SUPER-awesome. Then 19 just makes it ULTRA-AWESOME! : Deathlove
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      I think 19 was my least favorite level (not really a spoiler but kinda) I liked the actual levels better : carazy
      • It wasn't supposed to be bright at that point. You're in the Bowels of Apeture Science. Tho I liked that : Solstice
• I liked it but I'm glad it wasn't longer. The presentation was what really stood out..the gameplay was f... : Boxelder
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  it was too short, needed more portals, maybe a third triggered by the f key. : Amnesty_intl2
  • lol'd : yAak
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    haha I wonder where the 3rd would take you : kelerian
    • to the cake, obviously. : Amnesty_intl2
    • Inside John Malkovich's head? : Haku-Jin
    • SHHH : yAak
    • The third portal would display goatse. : CRasterImage
    • Into your own room : EvilDolemite
    • To the third dimension. : zehh
    • level 1 : RikiTiki2
    • half in first portal, half in second portal. : askedrelic
• Has anyone else spent a crazy amount of time just fucking around w/ things? Like on one of the levels,... : DOOManiac
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  I have a friend who played and didn't really like it....this is how the IM conversation went: HIM: ju... : skunk_ape
  • Tell him he's not my friend anymore either. : coldumbass

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  oh yeah, my only gripes with the game were too many zombies. they just aren't any fun to shoot anymore. i : pyide
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    they wasted the Mustang sound effects on the buggy. What is it supposed to be anyway, a late 60's Pl... : the archvile
    • it's supposed to be an amalgam of boss-ass car : buzzbat
  • yeah i wish there were more combines to shoot. Those new blood FX are great : mankeroo
• Episode 2 and Bioshock aren't very friendly for those who fear bees. : the archvile
• Beat me by .3 hours! : Waffles!
• I absolutely fucking hated that part. : TastyWheat
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  My gripe with the guardian is that I thought I had to kill him and used up all my ammo. They could have : mrwolf710
  • the vortigaunt said not to kill him or the larvae would be useless or something. also, i wonder why lo... : pyide
  • Right before you go into his little house, they pretty much say exactly that. Your vortigaunt friend s : Finestaut
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  Orange Box is worth $100 easy. They could sell TF2 for $40 minimum, HL2:EP2 for $30 and Portal for $30. A... : vynn
  • Oh, and I almost forgot that it comes with HL2 & HL2:EP1 as well, so if you don't already own those, we'r... : vynn
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  The strider battle was wicked cool. : spazzium
  • That was my favorite part for sure. : ieGod
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  your spoilered part is the worst part of the game, the whole first section sucks so far : maulla
  • Agreed. I absolutely hate Valve's tendency to stick you in the bowels of hell and then have you work your... : lightly inclined
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    The stuff in the caves was a bit slow, but it was pretty different from everything HL2 that came before i : pyide
    • It felt just like the beginning of ep1, crawling through bland environments with a chance to fall down an : daedraug
• I think I even liked it more than Portal ..." Don't be ridiculous. : lightly inclined
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  Episode 2 is the best game Valve has made so far. They keep getting better. HL2: Ep2 > HL2: Ep1 > HL2 ... : Serpico74
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    the vortigaunt said not to kill him or the larvae would be useless or something. also, i wonder why lo... : pyide
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      They explain why Louis Gosset Jr. isn't the voice of the Vortigaunts anymore in the commentary. : freshyk
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        Okay, cool. I still need to check out the commentary. Was there a gameplay / story reason or was it outsi... : pyide
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          They felt the new guy fits their vision of the vortigaunts more. : freshyk
          • lies :( he's candyman! and his accent (?) was sort of all over the place. it'd be deep and gravelly and... : pyide
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    damn misreply. HL2 is way, way better than Ep1 in my opinion. I might even say Half-Life is better. I rea... : pyide
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      I felt that minute for minute, Ep1 was stronger than HL2. Less filler, just great action and boss fights.... : Serpico74
      • i disagree 100% HL2's many gunship fights were much more satisfying, the road, the bridge, the lighth... : pyide
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    HL > Ep2 > HL2 > Ep1 And Portal is the best game they've made so far, TF2 a close second. : daedraug
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      Dang, forgot to put Portal in there. I have to think hard, it is so far out of the realm of any FPS I hav... : Serpico74
      • Yeah I'm just thinking overall polish / focus / narrative / design... Episode 2 was good but still too lo... : daedraug
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    I don't know if I can rank them in order of which I like most, but I probably wouldn't put HL1 at the bot... : Orange Pylon
    • When I put HL at the "bottom" it isn't because it is a bad, it is obviously a classic and still one of th... : Serpico74
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  EP2 is the shit. Best game yet. EP3 is going to be like a gaming orgasm. : oatmela
  • And Orange box wasn't? : djkenohki
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  I'm not finished with Ep 2, but at the point I've reached, Ep1 > Ep2. I look forward to changing my mind... : SiW73
  • repost in this thread after you've finished it. :D : oatmela
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    I've beaten it and I think Ep1 > Ep2 : megarust32
    • I'd like to hear why. : daedraug
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  Episode 2 Gnome Adventure Part 1! May contain spoilers. http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7836/ep2out... : ArB
  • Needs teh Travelocity logo... : High-g
  • lol cute! Also huge spoiler. : daedraug
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    I heard you can find that little gnome guy under Kleiner's desk towards the end of the game, is that true : Magus
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      I intend to haul this guy through as I'm listening to the commentary. If there is another one later, they : ArB
      • That'll be hilarious to see : Waffles!
      • haha you must do this : GloriousCow
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        hahahaha. This is for you then: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2653647 I wil... : Magus
        • Holy crap: http://darkstr77.mirror.waffleimages.com/files/e3/e36e40d33b69e5c2cafba9676d71310c602b8540.jpg... : Serpico74
        • heh, good stuff. I found Gman's place but I don't think I can get him in there. Oh well. : ArB
• not even done with EP2 and its sooo much more fun than EP1. (just finished EP1 this morning) : yAak
• Seriously. I was a bit disappointed in HL2. I liked Episode 1 better... but Episode 2 just owned my face ... : GloriousCow
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  Oh my God I forgot about the sprint key. : Moonbase Commander
  • I can't function without it. Good stuff. : djkenohki
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  My memory is defective - what was the Guardian chase? : peanut-
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    in the cave where the massive ant lion is running after you and you have to sprint like a mother fucker a... : marmite
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      What the fuck this never happened for me. Was it supposed to be in that area where you have to repair : peanut-
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        twas just before that : moshman
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          Until the outdoor fight where you kill him, the only time I saw the Guardian was when he ran into a plank... : peanut-
          • weird. :( : moshman
          • you broke it. : marmite
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    in the mines near the end when the big antlion is going for you : steve_o
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      near the end?? : moshman
      • near the end of the mines bit i meant. : steve_o
• Ep2 felt like "The Two Towers"; it's stunning, but its all setup for what's to come. There were only 3 m : Masem
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  Is Episode 1 different from Half-Life 2? : fishbone
  • Yes, it's a continuation of Half-Life 2's story. Dumbest naming scheme ever. : mrwolf710
  • It's a bit more focused, if that's the right word, but it isn't vastly different. If you liked HL2 you'll... : nudel
• Just finished ep2. Utterly fantastic. 7.7 hrs logged for me so far, but I didn't rush and I did get som... : DinK
• Portal kicks the shit out of both of them :D : cdbeckman

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  The album was mediocre Radiohead at best even! : scorpiusman
  • ummmm what? it's great, i cant stop listening to it. : AroundTheFur1380
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  Yea, I'm glad there are other people that see what they did was dishonest. I do feel cheated on the whole... : mancide
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    how much did you pay? : deject
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      $5 USD and I feel ripped off for 160kbps without cover art or complete ID3s. : mancide
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        QQ more. seriously. You didnt even have to pay that much, and it's worth a lot more. I paid 9.80, and i d... : AroundTheFur1380
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          good for you, but it's ridiculous to assume everyone is as much a fan boi as you are : kydaimon
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            i am a fan "boi"? becuase i liked the album and didnt even spend 10 bucks? whatever. complain al you want... : AroundTheFur1380
            • ok i will, tosser : kydaimon
            • Mancide has been bitching in every radiohead thread since the release. Just ignore him. : wykd
• I don't understand the rant : aeg1x
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  what? who the fuck is this guy? OH NOES WE'RE NOT GETTING EXTRAS!!!!!!!!!! OH WOE IS ME! Never mind th : deject
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    They didn't tell anyone up front it was going to be 160kbps, then they say you can't get the same quality... : mancide
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      Wait, where does it say that it was a promotional stunt? i've never heard anyone from the band say this.... : Spezzer
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        The articles that were posted this past week from Music Week or whatever. The band admitted it was a stun... : mancide
        • Ah: http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=2&storycode=1031810&c=1 So nobody from *the band* ... : Spezzer
    • what the fuck man, it's not like iTunes songs are CD quality either. I really don't get why people are s... : deject
  • Phish is the greatest band ever, shut your mouth :( : Goncyn
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  lol. what terrible arguments. why did you link this? : Spezzer
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    what? he rambles and can be incoherent, but i think his point is spot on. they announced they were relea... : sketchuout
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      From an interview http://www.ateaseweb.com/2007/10/10/another-interview-with-jonny-greenwood/ : Q: Wha : Spezzer
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        its not about me personally getting the FLAC files :/ it's the principle. i could give a shit less abou... : sketchuout
        • ^^^^^^Exactly why there is a big stink about this whole "stunt". : mancide
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  I call BULLSHIT. Why are there so many goddamn whiny assholes in the world. Guess what? you technically d... : AroundTheFur1380
  • its not about the money! its not even about the fact that they were "dishonest" or whatever you want to c... : sketchuout
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    ^^^ Radiohead fan asking for fewer "whiny assholes in the world". : pres589
    • real clever. you beat me there. : AroundTheFur1380
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    There were even several people on here that paid almost the price of the discbox for only the downloads. ... : mancide
    • of course, becuase this is the fucking internet, and somebody somewhere will whine about anything. And ju... : AroundTheFur1380
  • Because everyone feels they are entitled and it validates their personal existence in the world by pissin... : VegasX
• people are getting so bent out of shape over this and its retarded. they said up front on the site that ... : opengl128
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  This guy is an absolute moron. The whole Radiohead thing is retarded. If people don't like it then st... : dltrem
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    so people that paid $10 or whatever for it will have to spend $10 again? it was their fault for paying so... : sketchuout
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      nothing of what you just said made any sense. nobody has to pay anything, at any time. there is no bait a... : PlanetPerfecto
      • Baby carrots are trying to make you gay! : Ride-My-Rocket
    • are you really as dumb as you sound? Take a break, go get some fresh air and relax a little .. then co : Nation
• wake me up when people start crying about real problems. : PlanetPerfecto
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  SHUT UP EVERYONE. 10/1/07. Even Billboard magazine was up to speed on what Radiohead was doing: http://... : adpalumbo
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    Agreed with your first point, but not your second. They could have released FLAC if they really wanted. ... : Spezzer
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      Valid points, but at the end of the day I wish pragmatic philosophies would prevail - a) Do the songs... : PlanetPerfecto
      • I'd like to believe in that idealism but it's never going to be that way. I'm just "defending" Radiohead : Spezzer
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    Um, Bleep.com has been offering FLAC for quite a while now. So don't say 'nobody'.. : deathofrats
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      Yeah, that was imprecise. He should have said "nobody anyone has heard of..." : ChibiJosh
      • or nobody with more than 0.02% market share : deject
  • lollllllllll : AlexXdude
  • and they are even bigger fucking morons if they paid money for it lol : -=kodiak=-
• well thats why spending a buck on it and doing a wait and see is a good idea! : Morgin
• Is it imcluded with the $80 "special" edition? : capt tripps
• What a great way for internet assholes to ruin a good concept. : slickdoody
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  Reading that was like getting my face sandblasted by a 5 year old. jesus fucking christ people should lea... : stuka
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    Do you really care about the age of the person that's sandblasting your face? : Ride-My-Rocket
    • Yes, absolutely. : stuka
• OH NOS, How will I ever find the bonus tracks I feel entitled too!?!?! If only there was this giant netw... : handofthrawn
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  lol internet : palidor
  • also that "rant" has to be sarcastic. it's not funny enough to be authentic self-righteous internet whine... : palidor
• oh just shut up already, citing more morons just not help the fact you were ignorant in the first place. : smoove
• i didn't think people would get mad, i just wanted to encourage music industry conversation :[ i'm not a ... : sketchuout
• i payed $0.00 : duncandun
• EXTRA : excess: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some ex... : CoRDS
• I AM ON THE INTERNET AND ENTITLED GRRR Radiohead pulled a moderately douchey move, but holy shit, Inte... : jake2000
• I thought they made pretty clear the disk versions would have bonuses. Did you all not read the website? : cdbeckman

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  eot: http://stoldark.com/Shack/oneshot/mega_game.swf : electroly
  • Man that was huge LOLs. : crummynz
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    what IS THIS!?!?!?! : sesmaster
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14172634 : deject
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    the best part is oneshot said it was close : deject
    • WTF i dont even remember responding to that. Someone haxed my shit! : oneshot
  • That was fucking awesome when it came out. So 'suddenly' too. God I loved it!!! :) : Optimus Prime
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    I don't get it. Is it just supposed to be one of those dumb things you try to figure out, but amounts to... : valael
    • oh, I get it. : valael
  • Still never fails to make me LOL : TastyWheat
• there's a lot more games coming out, this is kind of pointless : feek
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  I'm leaning towards Bioshock since it was such a polished single player experience although Halo 3 is a g... : Haku-Jin
  • Oh and I'd give Portal an honorable mention since it was such a unique experience. : Haku-Jin
• That is such a hard decision. I abstain from voting because I can't pick just one. : pigvomit
• With so many A+ (hopefully) titles still to come in the next few weeks I'm reserving judgement... though ... : losimagic
• They all are! :D : dognose
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  for me it was S.T.A.L.K.E.R. so much atmosphere that no other game was able to capture. Episode 2 is a ... : kill9
  • STALKER was looong. having just finished it, then playing EP2, everything happens so fast in EP2! the sto... : grimiv
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    Stalker was great until the end, for me it seemed like it was just a hack to finish the game. : tyrelhill
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      the end was my favorite part, so fucking epic : kill9
      • oh and did you get the REAL ending? the one where you are jumping through portals as the whole place is : kill9
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        the last few areas were just staggeringly awesome that reminds me, in the second to last area wtf w : Gauss
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          i think it was GET OUT OF HERE STALKER no really i have no idea : kill9
          • I'd laugh so hard if that was true : Gauss
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          There's a guy saying the lines in English in the game files for easy translation. I can't tell you which... : deject
          • fucking code tag >:( : deject
  • yep, STALKER is pretty much the best game that came out this year. i place it right next to deus ex 1 on... : X-GOUKI
  • yeh stalker was pretty badass i forgot that was this year too : painangel
• POrtal...duh! : Snif DeCrac
• There are still a lot of AAA games that will be released in the next 2 months. it's too early to decide. : razlebol
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  BioShock, P0rtal, or Halo 3. : lookitzpancakes
  • My three favorites this year too... all FPS, yikes. : rudds
• Bioshock better get it. : timmie
• Bioshock, TF2. Still gotta see about Mass Effect, though. : theamazingrand0
• Singleplayer - Bioshock, multiplayer - TF2. : High-g
• Depends if ToB counts as one game or not really. Although the only game I've played all year that comes c... : peanut-
• I think Bioshock, TF2 and Halo 3 are battling this one out. I dont know though, can you give "orange b... : Jackass1233
• Portal for me so far this year. I'm not voting for Bioshock, because they should have added some fille... : ghost in my shell
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  Episode 2 for single. TF2 for multi. : Chepito.
  • Episode 2 my arse. maybe in the year 2000 : usedillusion
• this year of all years, talk about a pointless distinction : Gauss
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  2007 > 1998 : Magus
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    no way dude : mr.sleepy
    • way : gmd
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    Not until I get my TIE Fighter sequel : theamazingrand0
    • *clinkg sound as beer glasses meet* I will readily drink to that. : Omaha
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    lol no : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15270317#itemanchor_15270317 : Magus
  • Denied. : walker270
  • I agree. : razlebol
  • Frankly, I agree. 1998 may have spawned a lot of classics but god damn if there aren't a lot of amazing ... : Begawkiness
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    I dunno about better, but at least up there with it. The year's not even done yet. Mass Effect isn't out ... : edgewise
    • I expect Mass Effect to push 2007 over the bleeding edge of awesomeness. : Magus
• Bioshock I'd say. : Grim_Grom
• Smash bros...oh wait :( i go with TF2. : knightblade87
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  TF2 won't get it. Theres no way a multiplayer mod with six maps can compete with the games that came out ... : tyrelhill
  • yeah people always seem to forget about the stuff from earlier in the year : kill9
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    Why are you calling TF2 a mod? It's not a mod of anything, it is it's own game. : s2jason
    • Name one full retail "game" that has only multiplayer and six levels. TF2 and Portal were always just ext... : tyrelhill
  • stop calling it a mod : hobbespanache
  • It's my most played game this year and the game I've had the most fun with - GOTY. : aeg1x
  • It's been almost 1 month now and I like it even more than I did at first. Definitely mp game of the year.... : razlebol
  • also invalid due to being 8 years late. : CoRDS
• System Shock 3 : Master Tonberry
• Halo3 will probably get it, but bioshock deserves it. : skunk_ape
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  If you judge a product as what's in teh box, that you pay for, then Orange Box is the CLEAR winner. : GeorgeB3DR
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    Duke Nukem Forever is my personal game of the year, I couldn't believe the part at the beginning where th : Amnesty_intl2
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      Holy crap... : GeorgeB3DR
      • lol NOOO, is this going to be like the hl2 sourcecode thing? I swear we'll forget :( : daedraug
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      this is clearly fake, because Duke Nukem would never not have weapons. : DrFlammable
      • His boot alone is a WMD : h o s t i l e
    • Duke Nukem Forever will rock so hard it will take all the previous game of the year awards. So yes, DNF i : skitfish
• Uncharted : slacko
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  So far it's either Wario Ware or TF2. : dmason
  • As in... Wii Wario Ware? Because it's one of the worst ones. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  P0rtal (Non-violent, funny, scary, I even cried during the credits, I NEVER cry during the credits for an... : Amnesty_intl2
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    Wait, how did you cry at the end of Portal? I don't see anything worth crying over. Nothing THAT emotiona... : lookitzpancakes
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      He really wanted that cake. : Omaha
      • lololol : razlebol
    • Nerdcore guitars + computer voice + BBS LOG IN SCREEN! : Amnesty_intl2
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      The design of the game is so simple, that I thought going in that I was just going to be playing a huge g... : Amnesty_intl2
      • i got a bit misty when she was all "i hope you can find someone else to help you" her voice was so sad... : oatmela
      • That's the reason I not only love the game but consider it a very good game. I think it really shows how ... : daedraug
  • How can you cry at the end of Batman Begins? He's going to get a new Batcave! : Sailor of Fortune
  • Batman Begins was a bore-fest. : razlebol
• Crysis ! : Cashh
• Masturbation. : pres589
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  I'd say Crysis. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    How do you think Crysis could get it? IIRC, it's going to come out very late in the year so there won't b... : Silent Sorrow
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      I don't know; the on the fly suit mod stuff could have significant impact on gameplay. Of course, I've on... : Conan
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        How is MP compared to other games' (from this year, of course) MP? : Silent Sorrow
        • I actually really like it. I wouldn't say it's incredibly different from some of the other task based stu... : Conan
    • Games of the year awards are usually a few weeks after new year though. : razlebol
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  I have to say Company of Heroes is the best game this year. Relic made an RTS that was both great and pop... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Ah crap, it came out in 2006, but I played it so much this year and just got COH: Opposing Fronts. I g... : Sailor of Fortune
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  We actually started compiling some of our choices today. So far, the list of nominees is BioShock, Hal... : notd665
  • I really can't backup Halo3...the SP campaign just wasn't good. I beat it coop with buddies, and went ba... : johngloid
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  The Orange Box is the game of the fucking decade. : filtersweep
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    This. Though if we had to do a single game from the package it would be episode 2. I really enjoy port... : blackscythe125
    • Both ep1 and ep2 are too long for what story there is imo. Portal has what I would consider a better rati... : daedraug
• puzzle quest : jayares
• I love TF2, but objectively Halo 3's probably the better game. : snagger
• I'm going to say TF2 if fun matters. Anything but Bioshock please. : Pneum0
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  Still too much to come out (Mass Effect, Uncharted, etc) but right now I'd vote for Orange Box. : EvilDolemite
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    What makes everyone think Uncharted will be that great? Is there a lot of cool exploration because all of... : h o s t i l e
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      when did you last look at the combat? : cowbs
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        the gameplay trailers on gametrailers.com : h o s t i l e
        • How old were they? There have been quite a few gameplay trailers/videos starting gamersday. Since then t... : cowbs
• halo 3 so far, mass effect will win in the end : maulla
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  it will be either mass effect or bioshock : mr.sleepy
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    Mass Effect is going to melt faces. The trailers for it feel like the most epic sci-fi movie ever. : h o s t i l e
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      That's good, except it's actually a game :) Let's hope all of that cool trailer stuff translates in. : johngloid
      • mass effect is a game? : mr.sleepy
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  So far it's The Orange Box or Bioshock. I haven't been blown away by games like these in years. : melkore
  • Mass Effect and Mario Galaxy are also looking like they will at least take top marks for RPG and Platform... : melkore
• If it counts as one game than The Orange Box is seriously the only choice. : NastyJack
• I don't see how The Orange Box doesn't win, hands down. : rosewood
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  Bioshock easily. : Drewus
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    It already won when it was called System Shock 2. The same game can't compete twice! : NastyJack
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      Bioshock was kinda similar to SS2 but not really. It was far more action oriented, and an overall better ... : Drewus
      • Yeah I was just joking... Bioshock was amazing but compared to the 3 incredible games that came with the ... : NastyJack
• without a doubt Chuzzle. : beastrabban
• Portal best song, anyway This was a triumph. I'm making a note here. HUGE SUCCESS. : walker270
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  DNF 12/25/07 : electroly
  • God damnit I'd be giddy as an 8 year old on Christmas if I could be graced with the Duke. : h o s t i l e
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  Candidates so far: Bioshock, Portal Portal wins. Hoping Mass Effect and Mario Galaxy are good. : locater16
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    Mario Galaxy is fucking amazing, preview on Monday : Chris Remo
    • This makes me happy! : tfboc
    • Why do you do this to me Remo? leak the article on my face please : rosewood
    • This will be the game to bring my Wii out of hibernation. : Drewus
  • I don't think portal will win because of how short it was : mr.sleepy
• Granted I have not played TF2 yet (will next week when I have some money), but Metroid Prime 3 own me at ... : Judicus
• That should probably go to Bioshock. : spazzium
• Bioshock. The Orange Box coming in second. Bioshock was just too well polished not to win. All of th... : valael
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  Bioshock, followed by Orange Box. : TastyWheat
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    Strike that, reverse it : Ebu
    • No thanks, I just ate : TastyWheat
• TF2 because we waited longer for it : scorpiusman
• Bioshock, Orange box, World in Conflict : Neech
• TF2, I didnt really like bioshock..just not my type of game : painangel
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  I think a lot of sites are going to give their game of the year award to the Orange Box just so they can ... : mrwolf710
  • Hopefully most will realize what a cop out that is. All three of the new releases in the box are more tha... : daedraug
• Guitar Hero 3 when I'm rocking all over people's faces. Also Portal and Picross. : aethyr
• Orange Box hands down. If it doesn't count as a game. Than TF2 is game of the year and pOrtal is the r... : razlebol
• Metroid Prime 3 or the Orange Box, but I think Super Mario Galaxy will be GOTY when all is said and done. : jabuck
• This year has so many good games coming out I don't know how any one of them could be picked as game of t... : Begawkiness
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  I loved Portal... but how on earth could someone say it is GOTY? 2.5 hours doesn't really qualify for GO... : sicko
  • (that being said, I would put forward the Orange Box as GOTY even though it is multiple games. Cost me le... : sicko
  • I would much rather play a 3 hour game than a 10 hour game. : Zero|DPX
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    It's incredibly polished, fairly original and there's not a boring moment in it. I've yet to see a 6+ hr ... : daedraug
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      it has very little replayability, in my opinion, on the actual levels. you can do time challenges and stu... : bradsh
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        it's got way more replayability than BioShock : empathe
        • I'm so surprised at how much I have replayed Portal. Achievements, challenges, advanced maps. I replaye... : handofthrawn
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      portal is not incredibly polished. sorry. : mr.sleepy
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        what wasn't polished about it? : GloriousCow
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          everything aside from the voice acting and direction was poor in my opinion - everything was square, cook... : mr.sleepy
          • no, i do not know what you mean. : GloriousCow
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            I know, I felt like I was trapped in some kind of test chamber! : rosewood
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              i guess i just am spoiled by bioshock? sometimes you'd see a big metal pillar and even with textures set ... : mr.sleepy
              • you find the strangest things to pick on sometimes : derelict515
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                are you seriously bitching because the cans of beans were repeated : GloriousCow
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                  no, i'll take some screenshots to illustrate! brb : mr.sleepy
                  • Make sure to get some shots of the cameras, turrets and radios. : daedraug
              • That is like saying you didn't like a techno song because it had this thumping sound in the background th... : rosewood
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                Portal had more original and innovative gameplay than any 10 hr stint of Bioshock. : Magus
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                  im not even talking about the gameplay im talking about the art direction thats what we mean by "polis... : mr.sleepy
                  • no sleepy, "polish" doesn't mean the graphics are good. You are very confused. A game can be extremely po... : derelict515
                  • where the fuck is your AA son : GloriousCow
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                    If "polish" means "art direction" why would you not just say "art direction"? : Chris Remo
                    • people should go through commentary mode before they yap, really gives you a good insight into what goes ... : GloriousCow
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      not really, I am saying that a short-story isn't novel of the year. :) its a great little diversion...... : sicko
      • Fair enough, opinions will differ as to what makes a full-fledged game. What I was trying to say was that... : daedraug
  • Uhh... I've sank 11 hours into it according to my Steam profile. The story mode is only 2 hours worth. Do... : K1Bond007
• So far my choice would be Prime 3. Portal, Halo 3, Resistance are all solid fun games. There is still a g... : MoreVespeneGas
• I thought Halo 3 was the most FUN to play, and I've certainly put more hours into it than Bioshock. Or... : Subarushian
• Orange Box so far, Bioshock is second, even though I have issues with it. : Boxelder
• too many good games are coming out in November. if it were today i'd say BioShock : gyokuro
• I can't believe you guys are talking Portal for GOTY. It's not even the best game in the Orange Box. ... : edgewise
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  S.T.A.L.K.E.R was awesome as fuck, even though I never finished it because I'm a pussy. NWN2:Mask of t... : duncandun
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    So NWN2 was good? I thought it got bad reviews at first? : sumo-hacker
    • I believe he is referring to the expansion pack. It is getting great reviews and shackhype : kelbane
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      NWN2 was good, I thought. Not great, but good. The expansion is fucking AWESOME though. : duncandun
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        do i need to play nwn2 before the expansion pack? : sumo-hacker
        • No, as it starts a completely new story, there are how ever alot of references to you're actions(mainly) ... : duncandun
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  portal hands down! : voodooraze
  • Certainly the most innovative as far as gameplay goes. : Thresher
• desktopTD : CoRDS
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  you know what. CRACKDOWN it was just ridiculous fun : CoRDS
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    yeah until you beat the game : mr.sleepy
    • But then they released additional content which deleted my savegame and meant I had to start it again, wh... : nudel
  • I agree, it was just the most fun I've had in a very long time and it was the perfect length. : randomnull
  • I dunno if I'd call it GOTY, but that game is really goddamn fun, especially multiplayer. : Helter Skelter
• Bioshock, no question. : snowwolf
• Definitely BioShock for single player FPS of the year, and definitely a strong candidate for GOTY. I real... : ovrlrd
• The Game of the year is: YOU man that was a stupid Time magazine thing : filthysock
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  Because it pisses me off that anything that comes out before August always gets gypped out of GOTY awards... : peanut-
  • heh, I did that same thing too and all I came up with was Crackdown. : edgewise
• GOTY 2007 = Crysis. Mark my words. : SlamDunk
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  I would series think Portal should win over Halo 3 & BioShock (barring anything that's yet to be released... : Masem
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    And if the developers of Bioshock and Halo 3 made a 3 hour game, it would also be epic. While portal is... : kingdepork
    • But we're not choosing game of the year based on what developers didn't make, we're voting on games that ... : Chepito.
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      Not really, neither game really puts forth something incredibly new. They do what they do well, and ther... : Masem
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        I don't think that's explicitly what Game of the Year is about. GOTY basically means "best game of the y... : Chris Remo
        • That is true, every outlet will use different metrics. At least to me, selecting a GOTY without consider... : Masem
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    Nowadays I'd rather play, enjoy, and finish a 3 hour game than get bored and give up on a 20 hour game. ... : aethyr
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      I still play them a lot, and I feel the same way. Aside from Persona 3, the only games I've finished this... : Vincent Grayson
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        Crackdown wasn't short if you went for all the hidden items and achievements, and doing both was fantasti... : nudel
        • True, but then that'd be true of a lot of "short" games, many of them have additional difficulty levels, ... : Vincent Grayson
    • I'm the same. I honestly find most story-driven games longer than 8 hours start to drag. 90% of the ti... : peanut-
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  I'd like to say Mass Effect, there's no doubting it will be a solid game - but it is coming out too late ... : dasampla
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    when's it coming out? : edgewise
    • wiki says nov 20th. Plenty of time for GOTY consideration. : edgewise
• Peggle. Yeah seriously. : baron calamity
• For me it is Half-Life 2 Episode 2 or the entire Orange Box. Bioshock is good and all but I have felt no ... : freshyk
• Ricochet : Pittst3r
• My vote goes to Team Fortress 2. : Maddog_Delphi97
• 3 way tie between TF2, Portal, and Ep2 : spiderfill