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• i hate the clicking noise all the GH guitars make when you strum. the sound messes me up because the lou... : FrayLo
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  that's HOT - I love GH but one of my biggest complaints is that while I'm playing I'm constantly hearing ... : thetangent
  • The Rock Band controllers don't click, big plus. : Serpico74
• You can do that? Man... I should totally do that. haha : ThomW
• I'm totally trying this : meesterbill
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  To do it, just open up the guitar, unscrew the strum bar circuit board and the buttons circuit board (so ... : Drewus
  • sweet, it doesn't bother me when i do it but when i hear the other person clicking it messes me up : nandu666
  • I wonder if the process is the same with the 360 guitar... : DM7
  • Good to know. Is there any way to make the neck stiffer? It's bugged me since I first got GH1, but I wa... : smegmar
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  Too much time on your hands. : wytefang
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    I'm glad you found time in your busy schedule to make this constructive post. : dewdman
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      It took less time than modding a plastic guitar for a videogame, that's for sure. ;) : wytefang
      • u r stewpid : packav
• i put cardboard behind the buttons in my 360 controller so i didn't have to press them as hard to registe... : .ka`boom.zZz.

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  Gah, never mind. I'm a retard. : carrioN luggagE
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    :D : tomservo
    • Turned out I was wrong about explosives. Still never found the key, though. : carrioN luggagE
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  By the way, it's possible to save Lebedev. You should try to think about how to do it first, but if you d : BlackCat9
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    Holy. Shit. Ok, what are the ramifications of this happening? : carrioN luggagE
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      Very little actually, from what I can remember Alex Jacobson covers it up for you and deletes the logs. : SpaecKow
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        Yeah, but Anna also isn't waiting to ambush you in the subway when you go rogue and Gunter accuses you of : BlackCat9
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          Yeah but it's just Gunther at the the trainstation instead. And it's much cooler to off her with her kill : SpaecKow
          • I don't know about that, flatlander woman. : BlackCat9
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            Flatlander Woman! Laputen Machine! : Jumperus
            • is that a refrence to Larry Niven's Known Space books? : kenmis
      • Well, you get to know an INSANE amount of the plot right away if you kill Anna. You'll actually know your : GreatGooglyMoogly
  • Alternatively you can tranq him and carry his body around for half the game. : peanut-
  • i like the convos you get with lebedev, anna, and manderly if you do that, but i still kill him anyway so... : wetard

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• Haha gold : megarust32
• Hahahahah : omnova
• Oh god that's great hahaha. : TrptJim
• this really made me laugh : datoo
• LOL oh man. We need a modern XBLA and/or Steam version of this. : SolrFlare
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  Dude, that's God Hand's "POKE.... OF... DEATH!!!" right there : silentw
  • The best was how he went all "KITTY!" after it instant killed. : SolrFlare
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  did he just ram his fist up her vagina for a finishing move? : -=kodiak=-
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    No, he rammed BOTH his fists up her vagina for a finishing move. : Begawkiness
    • With index fingers extended. : SolrFlare
    • damn, what a slut! : -=kodiak=-
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  ahahahahah wedgie of death! : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Actually I think a more appropriate name for the move would be "The Violator" : SolrFlare
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  KANCHO! : SiW73
  • LOL that is totally what it was! : SeaLlama
• Boong-Ga Boong-Ga! : algernoN8
• omg I'm fucking crying over here... this is the funniest thing ever : TastyWheat
• hahaha omg : xsii
• this is the best goddamn thing on the internet : jackalope
• holy lollll : warpdude
• massive lol. I love how it even has a "stretching" sound effect at the completion of the move : mega man
• el oh el... I hate it when the shack makes me laugh at work.. : razorblade79
• Holy God when he pulled the "float into the air and them slam into the ground" (first seen at -1:45) I co... : Omaha
• ahahaha awesomeness : sirkne

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  stay below 3 http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=winamp : deviantpaul
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    I don't know why everyone says that. 5 is pretty great and I like the new interface they launched with 5... : melkore
    • yeah, I don't get it either. 5.5 works great. : deject
    • OH MAN ITS USING 5 MB OF RAM FUCK THIS BLOAT I ONLY HAVE 2GB : aeg1x
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      i dont like the new interface. i couldnt figure out how to close all the windows except playlist :( : dantastic
      • agreed. i kept 5.5 but reverted to the 'old' modern GUI : tangles
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        just change the skin back to modern and it behaves like the old winamp : aeg1x
        • yeah i know i was just saying that i dont like the new interface. its not like i was going to downgrade : dantastic
  • ^^^ what he said get album list also, v1.43 http://come.to/albumlist : Flynn
  • Winamp 3 was a POS but Winamp 5 rights all the wrongs. Go with the latest. : Schnapple
  • 5 is great. 3 was the worst thing ever. : guido anchovy
  • Only if you're a real stickler for RAM or you don't sort your stuff using some kind of media library. The... : Orange Pylon
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  I still love WMP, I don't see what's wrong with it :-\ : FushigiDenki
  • I use it too, playing music isn't that complicated, I don't like installing extra software when I already... : vynn
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  foobar2000... try out the beta version.. works really well and actually looks nice : wtf242
  • whoa new foobar is very nice. : NeoMoose
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    cool, didnt notice that!! ty : anthonybean
    • wow, this is hot : anthonybean
• songbird : lowpoly
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=49789#itemanchor_15495410 : paravis
• in before iTunes. seriously, it might not be the most minimal app, but it has kick-ass podcast support (... : Postal
• the new winamp sucks ass. I'm going back to 3. whatever. : oatmela
• i use the zune software : cpt_gloval

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  I bet her vagina felt like chocolate bars covered in silk. : pancake humper
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    Oh jesus what a scene that was (i filled the cup). To top it off that was one fucking awesome episode. : liqker
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      Yep, just finished watching it. Ice Truck Killer Part 2 : pancake humper
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        Next week should be interesting. I wonder if Doaks is really going to lay off, or keep going after Dexte : liqker
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          there's no quit in Doakes. Probably my favorite character on the show because he's so unlikeable. : trOmblyj
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            Erik King is such a good actor to top it off. I liked his stint on OZ as well. : liqker
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              i hardly remember him from OZ. : trOmblyj
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                heh, he was on death row. He carved a hole in the diving wall just to kill the white racist who called h... : liqker
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                  I could totally see Doakes doing that. : pancake humper
                  • If you like Dexter then OZ may be up your ally. The guy who plays Angel was a mexican gang leader, Doake... : liqker
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            Time to let Dexter kill him then. Honestly, it would be so fucking awesome : pancake humper
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              It would be interesting to see if Dexter would kill an innocent man (Doakes) who has done nothing wrong j : liqker
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                Dexter drew a line in the sand tonight. It seems like a very thin line between right and wrong with Dexte : pancake humper
                • I think he'll come to a point where he needs to decide to say fuck all with this code of conduct bullshit : liqker
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                I'm more expecting that he'll find a way to frame Doakes as the BHB. I suspect that given Doakes clear hi : Vincent Grayson
                • hrm... interesting... I wouldn't be surprised if they started down that path, but I'm not sure they'd go... : Kniggit
            • well i'm still holding out hope for the TV series to return to the novel storyline.... so if book 1 Dexte : smax
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    part of me was DEXTER NOOOOooo! but only a small part. : smax
    • Ya, my small part ended up being a huge raging boner after that scene : EagleSweet
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  so when are they going to touch on the topic that harry was his real dad already? it's so obvious. : dantastic
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    We already know that Harry isn't his father since that dude who left him the house last season was confir : JarEme
    • oh shit, thats right! : liqker
    • OH YEAH! : dantastic
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    I was thinking that as well, it would also make sense to why He adopted only Dexter, and left his older b : liqker
    • he left brian cause he was too far gone, that's it. dexter's real dad was confirmed via dna : Modica Sol Solis
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  btw, i saw some good news regarding Dexter and the writer strike. (season 2 won't be affected since the s... : smax
  • thank fucking christ : dopefish
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  I didn't see Sunday's episode yet. Can I click these? :[ : notd665
  • No. GO WATCH IT : liqker
  • no. : edgewise
• So cliche and predictable, where is he from Season 1, he should have damn well sliced that woman in 2 : abrasion
• Yeah, that episode was awesome. It's kind of sad that that was halfway through the season... though on t... : Kniggit
• Oh, and for all you horndogs who have fallen in love with Lila, you should check out Hustle, a BBC series : Kniggit

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  permission to say cock : Maarten Goldstein
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    OLIVEEEEER!!! :( : SilverSnake
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      Dude, I was all =( when it started to sink : action roommate
      • I went from happy that his patients was being rewarded to shouting "NO NO NO!" at my TV. : rosewood
    • ...how hard can it be? Don't. Say. That! :D Aw man, I want it to be Sunday again for another new e... : SilverSnake
  • hahaha, I love captain slow. : chazums
• ohhh I cant wait to the newest episode. : gummijoh
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  Oh man that episode was so fucking good. And I agree - the production values and entertainment factor of... : action roommate
  • Car shows produced in the US live in a large, dark shadow cast by Top Gear. Imagine how fat people wou... : rosewood
• The Beetle lurking around every breakdown killed me... it was like a lion stalking it's prey. : CrimsonHandHiro
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  I can imagine it, as I watched the extended limo episode of season nine today on BBC America. I was a to... : Hello Cthulu
  • lol, really? : chazums
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    Brits: Is there something else on the BBC that we Americans are woefully ignorant about that puts Top Ge... : rosewood
    • Not really. There are other good shows, but Top Gear is my favourite. The F Word is basically what hap... : rock elf
    • The BBC doesn't 'take a shit' on the show, they do get themselves in a fair amount of trouble with their ... : chazums
    • Nothing else has the same production values, no. : peanut-
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      bbc shits on top gear? what? by giving them millions of pounds of budget? : moshman
      • and then bumps it for snooker : rosewood
    • MOTD : Foxhawk
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    well English is a second language to most Americans. : CoRDS
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      increasingly, English is a second language to the English, wot wif der yoof say no t'skool n dat : johnsto
      • fookin yoofs : marmite
    • Hey, it was broken when you gave us the language. : BlackCat9
• Did you get the same credits as us over there, with Archbishop Desmond prefixed before everyones names, s... : Geordish

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• reboot the modem and router and computer?? What is your IP? : ghost hacker
• I'm still getting rejected by dell.com, dell.co.uk, dell.ca etc http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15... : meesterbill
• First thing to check is if the router is getting an IP from your ISP. Usually there's a status page some... : spazzium

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• Need new Boards of Canada and Lemon Jelly. I'd be happy with new Sigur Ros... but we need more of the ab... : stelth
• Yeah so could someone break down what they're releasing tomorrow : feek
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  its a new ep, 2 disks and contains a new version of their old song (von, if i am not mistaken) i think i... : Flynn
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    Yeah, that's where i was reading about it, but it didn't seem very clear to me. I'll check again : feek
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      From what I understand, the new EP, Hauf-Heim, is 2CDs. One is the acoustic CD, and the other is a cd ful... : Guypz0r
      • We have new songs on Hvarf along with a new version of Von and on Heima we have acoustic versions of old ... : gummijoh
• is this on itunes? : Mrc32

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• hott. : steelsamurai
• \m/\m/ : SockMonkeh
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  How could this not be badass? How? HOW?! : SpaecKow
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    Black Sabbath isnt in it? : Lightzout
    • wrong! the bass line just before the title display is from Iron Man. It's the bass part just prior to the... : Fyunch Click
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  Robert Downer Jr? WHAT THE FUCK : vynn
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    I hope this is an exclamation of how awesome RDJ is and will be as Tony Stark and Iron Man and not some s... : Modica Sol Solis
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      You hoped wrong. Sorry to disappoint. Also, Filter is so mid 90's, makes the movie sound dated. : vynn
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        you're retarded gtfo my internets : Modica Sol Solis
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          oh no, my opinion of him differs! I'll be happy to send you the link to this thread after the movie bombs... : vynn
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            why are you so defensive can't we just have a good laugh, a jolly brouhaha? why are you so angry vynn?... : Modica Sol Solis
            • anger? It's just a lot of laughs on my end : vynn
  • 1) Yes, absolutely 2) What sort of rock have you been living under? : action roommate
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    he is by far the best choice for tony stark and the only reason this movie has a slight chance of not suc... : pyide
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      Well pyide, obviously they should cast some random c grade Caspar Van Dien type or maybe a talentless pre... : SpaecKow
      • lol : pyide
      • Marc Dacascos! There's nothing that kid can't do. : cause&effect
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    he was born for the role, if you disagree then you like putting large vegetables up your butt to stimulat... : klearlyunseen
    • Hahaha : Evil Benius
• >:D I hope Iron Man 2 is as awesome or awesomer then Iron Man 1!!!! : Rauol Duke
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  Wow, they actually managed to make Gwyneth Paltrow look hot. : lightly inclined
  • Oh oscar where art thou : Mrc32

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  screw you hippy. you convinced me to go buy a cooler. >:( : Degenerate
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    Your love of rye would have made you do it eventually. >:( This is the process I use: http://www.by... : filtersweep
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      yeah I re-read that earlier. I wont brew for two weeks probably but I'm already planning. This is what I'... : Degenerate
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        next up for me is a borwn/xmas ale and then I'll use the yeast cake for a big porter. : hamachi
        • I brewed my x-mas ale on halloween :D I totally forgot to put the molasses in :( : Degenerate
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  i got hit in the dick with a soccer ball tonight, i bet that makes you feel better : fletch_
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    did someone kick it at you or were you trying to balance a pizza and half rack of PBR on the way to the s... : filtersweep
    • i giggled at the visualization of this misfortune. thank you. : biskits
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      someone kicked it while i was doing that, i have terrible friends, and now no longer a line to carry on m... : fletch_
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        woo i'm busting out the cristal : Mr.SEX
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          i'm going to go hit on your sister : fletch_
          • pics of his sister plz : filtersweep
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  What, like... this? $product1 = "Item ID: $itemID1<br>"; $product1 .= "Item Name: $itemName1<br>"; : action roommate
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    It's worse than that. It's an array of stuff like this: Array( [align] => [params] => clas : filtersweep
    • Yikes. :X Maybe there are some parameters you can pass to whatever functions you're calling to make it... : DOOManiac
    • Ouch. I bet the author of this though he was being real fucking clever, too. Now if we can just get w... : action roommate
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  I feel you, man. I am also wrestling with Zen Cart tonight. Hopefully for the last fucking time. As fo... : pointingdevice
  • Yeah. I haven't got time to make it work nicely. I'm going to have to hack up their tables. : filtersweep

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• we've been describing the awesome since day one! : Postal
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  welcome to the club.once finished go get beyond good and evil and vampires the masquerade. : Hoax
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    i hope you mean bloodlines and not redemption : jackalope
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      yep talking about the bugfest that is/was bloodlines. : Hoax
      • After you install the latest usermade patch the game becomes very playable. Still I must admit that even ... : omontero
  • BG&E was amazing on my first play through.. special place in my heart for that game. : cause&effect
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    2/3 ain't bad. Still want to finish BG&E, it hasn't really grabbed me yet though. :\ : node
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      I woudn't finish it. The end is such a cliff hanger bastard that for ever more you will wish there was a ... : marmite
      • To be fair, the game ends with a bit of closure. The cliffhanger comes after the credits. : RomSteady
      • the end is really nothing to speak off especially after the completely infuriating last bossfight memoriz : Hoax
• *slaps forehead* : marmite
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  Nope. Nobody ever mentioned that game here. I still remember playing the Milkman Conspiracy and sudden... : rock elf
  • I'm still in awe of the endless mass of mind-blowing raw creativity in that whole game. : node
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  http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/1368-Zero-Punctuation-Psychonaut... : SilverSnake
  • I was just going to post that : chazums
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  I still need to play this too. Should I just get it for Xbox or is it considerably better for PC with a ... : DinK
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    doesn't matter. looks better on pc and plays well with a gamepad. : Hoax
    • its probably more convenient on steam though. you can also buy it from the developer http://shop.doublefi... : Hoax

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  They are thinking it has some minigames they didn't think fit with the game, too easy, and a weak ending.... : sigpro
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    I read their review and know what they knocked it for. But when Cameo on the 360 gets an 8.7 and Perfect... : AndyGoin
    • the PDZ score was crap. Kameo is an 8 to me but they both got higher scores due to being launch games. I ... : sigpro
    • are you forgetting that a review is another persons opinion??? : godm0de
    • every reviewer is different. I doubt PDZ and Cameo were reviewed by the same people as R&C : byorn
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  I've pretty much given up on gamespot. It used to be my primary site for game reviews but I actually fin... : smacknca
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    Total opposite. I go to gamespot first and typically only. Gamespot has the best record imo of not over i... : lord cecil
    • realistically i pretty much dont rely on any of these sites anymore. its been awesome having the shack t... : smacknca
• well he's not gerstmann but he's fat : JINKY
• I played it at a friends house, seems about right to me. The graphics are awesome but the gameplay is so... : FushigiDenki
• ign>gamespot oh yeah...I said it. : klearlyunseen
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  I'm almost done with it, and I actually agree with a lot of what they are saying. The difficulty is a lit... : weaselmeister
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    Yea, I don't get why people think 7.5 is an awful score. : FushigiDenki
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      Because some real crap gets 7.5 . Any game that gets 7.5 to me is a must not buy I like Gamespot fo... : donjuancarlos
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        I think you are way too particular about scores. Would you buy a game that got a 7.6? What if it got a ... : FushigiDenki
        • if it got a 7 anything it would have to be in a genre I really liked and I'd have to talk to other people... : derelict515
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        And this is what's wrong with the 10 point scale. By using a 10 point scale the "average" games should b... : Prozium
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          oh, another point about the 10 point scale is that people try to associate it with school grades where a ... : Prozium
          • That's exactly what happens. The true range is about 60%-100% with average to good games getting in the ... : DinK
        • I hate hate hate the 10 point scale. A 6 point scale would be so much better. 6. Excellent 5. Great ... : Stage
    • in this world of inflated scores, 7.5 is pretty bad. : edgewise
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  Shacknews' reviews are the only ones you really need to read, fuck point scores. I should delete gamerank... : Magus
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    shacknews reviews such a small fraction of the games that are out there~ : JINKY
    • But most games suck : Magus
    • they review the ones worth buying :p : aeg1x
• blah blah it's just a number. what did the review itself say? :P : RikiTiki2
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  Yeah, it's pretty obnoxious. The game was avearging a 91 last I checked. And here's the xbox only folks... : Boxelder
  • Well comon "I played it for a bit at my friends house" clearly gives someone a legitimate idea of the gam... : Bantis
• I'm not sure that score is completely in line with the review, at the same time, I don't see how they wou... : MikkleThePickle
• Cocks. And Ive got a whole lot left if you want some. : Priest77
• I played the demo and don't plan to pick it up. After I got over the disco globe weapon (which was awesom... : nudel
• I beat it over the weekend and it's a lot of fun. I think the score was a little harsh. The pirate ... : ThomW

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  I lost my American one in Australia. It wasnt too hard to get a replacement. And I got to go to Sydney, w... : zanzares
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    yeah, but this is Spain, everything is harder in Spain : filthysock
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      no everything goes slower in spain :) don't try to get anything done between 12 and 4 :p : dfz0r
      • oh i know! its 1-5 now that its cooler but still. Its a tiny town so very traditional. : filthysock
• Make a run for the Pyrenees... bring a sweater : drucifer
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  Steal a Nazi fighter plane and fly across the border to safety. : Drewus
  • Entrap a guard bringing you food to escape your cell and then go on a rampage through the castle to steal... : SpaecKow
• print a new one! make sure you do it properly though or they'll jail you. : johnsto
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  You live an exciting life. : ieGod
  • this is not exciting, its very very boring : filthysock
• Both Fred Jones and Fernando Martinez? That's a tough break. : Alicey
• fuck!!! : smax
• did you call ms tech support : spaceless

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• theyre just for decoration to show where you died at, nothing else really : spaceless

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  minor niceties like a graphics card? : derelict515
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    it's a mac, it's not like I'm going to be playing games on it. : -Panther-
    • ok, I use mine for games though : derelict515
    • Well, you can put windows on a mac and play games :D Which is what I'm doing when I pick up either my re... : SolrFlare
    • you could.. i've played TF2, HL2-EP2, Crysis demo on my MBP when I boot to Vista, and then I also play W... : g0nk
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  Not really. I'm not much of a PC gamer, these days. I saved several hundred dollars. No regrets...althoug... : yellowtexan
  • I am in precisely the same boat. I still fire up the old laptop every now and then to play an Orange Box ... : sgtsanity
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    Will the GMA X3100 run the Orange Box? : dodob
    • horribly : johnsto
• The macbook is a great machine. I love mine to death as I get great mobility plus an excellent desktop m... : SolrFlare
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  so the question for all you mac watchers is how soon is apple going to refresh the macbook line or am I s... : -Panther-
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    http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#MacBook : Mmmmmoo
    • beautiful, thank you sir : -Panther-
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      So no word on them releasing the metal casing for the macbook, huh. for shame... : Modica Sol Solis
      • Nope. Possible new casing for a smaller Macbook Pro in January, but that's it as far as plausible rumors ... : Serpico74
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    I still think January. Last week's refresh was a minor bump. I reckon they're using the current Macbook a... : johnsto
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      Slightly? Arent there persistent rumours about a very slim flash-based laptop? : node
      • Well Apple will definitely reduce the profile of the next MacBook revision(s). That's just common sense -... : johnsto
• I got a macbook because for $999 (student discount) it's just such a great value. It can do everything I... : jackalope
• So I always said to myself that I wouldn't shell out extra for a Pro model, but then I ended up getting a... : maddy
• kind of.. it's too tiny for dev work : wtf242
• I love mine and use it every day. The size and portability = <3 - Laptop gaming is stupid anyway! : Bantis
• Ignoring price, I'd rather have a 15" Macbook Pro over my 13" Macbook. It's only slightly bigger, but it ... : aggressor

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  I tried this map last night and found myself annoyed by its use of Portal’s portal-friendly ... : Alicey
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    tut tut about texture misuse... mind, you, all the daryl's I know have been more concerned about looks th... : johnsto
    • stupid alien apostrophe. : johnsto

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  all you need are soldiers and medics : aeg1x
  • so true. I've never been on the winning side tho. The enemy team always seeems to work together with al... : austere01
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    1 scout + 10 medics = VICTORY : Nali4Freedom
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      12 medics + uber'd = UBER VICTORY : DHAvatar
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        wrooong. Can't cap while ubered. 1/2 medics, 1/2 heavies = win. Well...I dunno that cuz I've never got... : austere01
        • a few spies or snipers will fuck that up : aeg1x
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          That was meant as a joke if you didn't catch that. There's really no perfect/win-all combo. Having a di... : DHAvatar
          • three pyros, three heavies, six medics : Modica Sol Solis
• Oh no, people want to play the class that is most fun to them at the time! The horror! I see where yo... : TrptJim
• The problem is that people tend to play the class that they like best, without regards to the team. In... : ConfusedUs
• cant win every game. every once and a while a team just gels. for instance on well a minute ago blue g... : romulan
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  who cares about winning? I just like to explore the maps and experiment with all the different classes/we... : jackalope
  • Winning is fun. : Boxelder
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  Every team need leadership. Calling your teammates morons, is admitting you are incapable of leading the ... : [7]kami
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    But sometimes they are being morons : rosewood
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      True. In which case you don't need to preach or teach. Sticking to simple commands works well. Or setting... : [7]kami
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        I have been on teams where someone steps and explains the essential strategic changes needed to win and s... : Lightzout
        • Yeah, this is usually my role. Guess being a guild- and raidleader for 2 years pays off somehow. Last nig... : [7]kami
• In my experience people that are playing "the wrong class" can be persuaded to play other classes by just... : marmite
• I think many people join public servers and basically just go into team deathmatch mode. (Or decide they ... : DinK

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  Game written for x360 which only uses DX9 doesn't take advantage of DX10?!?!?! OMG stop the presses! : DarkWolf5
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    But the developers added a DX10 mode to the game. and the benefit is? : oatmela
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      they probably tacked on some motion blur and extra particle effects. Without building with it in mind wha... : derelict515
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        Imagine you are microsoft. You tell Epic you want this to be a flagship title. Epic tells you, "k, w... : oatmela
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          or it seems that, you are one of a very small percent of people with an 8xxx series card capable of reall... : derelict515
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            okay, so the developers add a DX10 mode to the game. Testers run it in DX10 mode and DX9 mode and see no ... : oatmela
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              Its just not worth the money to make or fix. And really, does it matter if its 'good for DX10'? No. In 3 ... : derelict515
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                That is what I am saying! Devs are building these "DX10" modes into their games, and they are the same, b... : oatmela
                • you continue to misunderstand. They can't make DX10 look and perform better if they just put 2 programmer... : derelict515
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      There isn't one. We as a consumer are probably not going to see the advantage of DX10 for a couple years.... : DarkWolf5
      • well that's the truth about every damn video card w/ some new fancy scmancy graphic update that requires ... : -=kodiak=-
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  I'm pretty sure DX10 was mostly a good marketing scheme to tie it in with Vista and an attempt to force p... : dkrulz
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    as usual, people completely forget that sometimes things change to make things easier on the developer. N... : derelict515
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      Once DX10 becomes the standard there will be great benefits, but it will take a while to get to that poin... : SpaecKow
      • but i want it now!!! : derelict515
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    10.1 will be a more mature dx 10 and have more "useful stuff". As for the performance cut back, I'm thin... : SolrFlare
    • and by useful stuff I mean useful for the consumer. A lot of dx 10's improvements were developer oriente... : SolrFlare
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    DX10 is not a stupid marketing scheme. Like new consoles, it takes a year or so before games come out th... : deathofrats
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      http://shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15433941 Who knows about Alan Wake (is it even still in development?),... : Felraiser
      • well Intel used Alan Wake to demo their quad core machines, so it may very well be one of them. : derelict515
      • Yes. Alan Wake is still very much in development. : SlamDunk
• Just like always, hardware will catch up to Vista and DX10 and people will start complaining about the sh... : Fred Garvin

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  See.. and if video games made kids violent he would have killed the parents himself. : K1Bond007
  • exactly, this is just proof that video games make you lazy. : klearlyunseen
• Stupid parents. Why call the cops on your own kid like that? If you think he's going to kill you, strike ... : SockMonkeh
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  If he can hire a hitman, why doesn't he just buy a playstation. lol playstation cost more then his pa : SpaecKow
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    Did you read the article? He offered the "hitman" (that looked him up) his dad's car as payment. The whol... : SilverSnake
    • Well see I made this post before I read the article and realized that it is in fact not "Exactly what the... : SpaecKow
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      wtf? And now they're charging him with attempted murder? That's ridiculous. I predict a "not guilty" sent... : daedraug
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        It does seem a bit strange, having a policeman turn up and say "Hey kid wanna commit a crime!?" I don'... : nudel
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          Probably, but this is just his mother fucking him over, she even wants him tried as an adult. She pushed ... : daedraug
          • Do you have transcripts of how the cop introduced himself and how the deal went down? Because otherwise ... : DinK
• http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/playstation-more-expensive-than-hiring-a-hitman-to-kill-your-parents/ : marmite
• Hahahaha fucking ridiculous : Chris Remo

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  a superb game : jackalope
  • Prefered the first one TBH, they completely changed the physics and damage model in 2. :( : node
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  http://www.pinnaclegameprofiler.com/ ? : Kniggit
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    looks like that's 20 bucks though... : Kniggit
    • I already tried that, it won't let me remap the axis. I can bind the axis to button presses, but that doe... : AgentPothead

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• CTRL+F5 to force shack.js to update. Sounds like you got a weird one. : ThomW