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  I bought it the other day but haven't opened it yet. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get my mario on. : Dave-A
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    I love it. Great to pop in for 10 minutes to beat a few levels. : brickmatt
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      i didn't even know you had a Wii. or did you just buy one? : Dave-A
      • I've had a Wii since launch. : brickmatt
    • lies! once you start it's impossible to put it down. that's how good it is. : j0nchan
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  yeah as you advance it becomes apparent that there are at least three hidden stars in many galaxies (the ... : mikecyb
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    120 stars total : MoreVespeneGas
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      that's pretty close to a billion :( : mikecyb
      • can't argue with your math-fu good sir : MoreVespeneGas
• I'm up to 80, and it's still fucking awesome. Still getting the "holy shit that was so cool" moments. I d... : Yanks
• yup, just keep playing and you'll start to see how you might obtain more stars... : MoreVespeneGas
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  I just finished the boss battle in the 2nd observatory and it was fucking awesome. this was the one wh : Prozium
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    that fight has such incredible music : alarm cock
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      The music in general is awesome. : brickmatt
      • Seriously, I think I would buy the soundtrack to this game, it's fucking awesome. : ovrlrd
  • That fight was great. : atom519
• It's currently the highest rated game ever on gamerankings. I don't know if I'd go that far, but I might... : Boxelder
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  Between TF2 and CONTRA, I'm not sure if I should pick this up because I don't know if I'll be able to fin... : dopeman
  • you're going to want to get this one. : derelict515
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    Unlike Metroid Prime 3, SMG is great in small bursts. Get it. : brickmatt
    • Agreed. I just got it, but I've been able to pick it up, grab a star, then go about my day. : ImageOmega
• It's really the greatest game ever. It's so good. : enyakk
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  You really can not say enough good things about Super Mario Galaxy. One of my favorite realizations came : ImageOmega
  • Sweet Sweet Galaxy was the first time things got hard for me, it took a couple of tries for me to get thr : brickmatt
• I'd like to see dognose playing this game : Drewus
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  I have a Wii, but I don't really follow the games as it's mostly for my 4 year old son. He loves the "Wi... : tunis5000
  • I meant to ask should I get this or is there something better for somone his age? : tunis5000
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    For all of its cuteness and bright colors Super Mario Galaxy has some hardcore platforming. I've died qui... : mmt681
    • you know, I remember super mario 64 still getting really hard in later levels, but i still enjoyed the he... : alarm cock
    • Mario Galaxy is 2 player u know. : Shadowdane
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  64 stars WHAT A DAY. It wouldn't let me go. : spazzium
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    Actually I started again, and my fevered mind was messed up. 64 was the number of lives I had. Which we... : spazzium
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      It's funny, I haven't reset the game since I first put the game in, I am perpetually stuck at 99 lives no... : ovrlrd
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        it gives a lot of 1ups because it reset you to 4 every time you quit. : MoreVespeneGas
        • yup.. hell you can get a 5-up instantly when you start the game from Mailtoad. : Shadowdane
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          whoa, wait, it does? What the hell? I thought it saved the lives you got. How come this was never ment... : deathofrats
          • It's probably in the manual. But yeah, back to 4 lives if you ever restart - hence the frequency of 1up'... : brickmatt
          • It's not a big deal. There are hidden 1-ups in the level select area (the observatory) and once in a whil... : MoreVespeneGas
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          I understand why it is, but I just think it's cool how the whole "game over" scenario not happening as of... : ovrlrd
          • It's a neat way to re approach a long running series. : MoreVespeneGas
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  I don't console, but I voted Wii in that amazon cheap price offer contest just because of this game. : dognose
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    You'd probably like it Dognose. It has some explosions in it! : SolrFlare
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      It does? :O I'm a pretty big Mario fan, except for I haven't played 64 or Sunshine : dognose
      • Yeah it does, there is one level, for example, where *spoilerish ahead just for the particular world* you : SolrFlare
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  I find it incredibly disorienting. Kinda fun so far but I need to wrap my mind around the whole gravity t... : [fry]
  • Usually it just makes it fun for me, but there's some instances when the camera is so askew and rotating ... : spazzium
  • This is my biggest negative for the game and what makes me not nearly as addicted to it. The large numbe... : Chod
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  THREAD HI-JACKED i played a bit 2 nights ago and went to bed and when i woke up, my Wii was glowing. : Korban
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    it's done that to me twice now the first time was amusing and cute but now it's just annoying. LEAVE ME ... : mikecyb
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      Wait until you get 70 stars and he starts calling! : FushigiDenki
      • Needy Girlfriend Toad : phokz
    • Everytime I stop playing Toad mails me... it's getting really annoying. : Grumbeld
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  I had nothing bad to say about the game until I ray raced. I hate that crap. : NastyJack
  • Really? I'm enjoying it so far. : brickmatt
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    So don't play that level : Chris Remo
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      What if he wants to unlock everything by getting all the stars? : MoreVespeneGas
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        Then he's got to be prepared to occasionally do parts that aren't exactly ideal. It's not very time-cons... : Chris Remo
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          Not everybody gets it on the first try like you Chris! I must have died 10 times on it myself and found i... : MoreVespeneGas
          • Fair enough, but I'm saying if you impose upon yourself the goal of playing every single possible bit of ... : Chris Remo
        • Ehh it's not a big deal. I was more just making the point that everything else had been so good that it s... : NastyJack
  • it wasnt great I agree, but if I assume correctly, there is 1 star there and that's it ? I did it, won't ... : barichnikov
  • I too, hate ray racing. I played three or four times and was so frustrated that I kicked my wii in anger... : mikecyb
  • I don't care for that part either..but I suck at it...so yeah. : MacemanInTW
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  I just beat the Beach Bowl Galaxy and it was beautiful. They did such an excellent job on animations and... : atom519
  • ugh, I hate hate hate swimming levels in mario games. Everything else is peachy. : deathofrats
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  fuck you all motherfuckers fuck you in the ass i dont have mario yet :( : doomed
  • when is the game being released in EMEA btw ? : doomed
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  I broke 100 stars! There were a few really, really hard ones. Can't wait to get 120! : Yanks
  • To infinity! ...and beyond : MoreVespeneGas
  • I just hit 60 and I can't believe that that's only "halfway" I just hope it's more of a halfway mileston... : Grumbeld
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  So turns out my roommate got me SMG for Christmas but was keeping it a secret. He lasted two days and the... : perstephanie
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    i pray for him. : porp
    • There are many many reasons to do so, but which one do you mean? : perstephanie
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  I got 3 stars last night, it was fun but not OMGWTF so fun everyone seems to say. Maybe its going to get... : grandmasterlee
  • It's gotten more and more fun for me as I've continued to play. : brickmatt
  • I guarantee you it will get better. I honestly think the game didn't sink its claws in me (like HOLY FUC... : sevogajre
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  I bought it today but I don't have a Wii. : dltrem
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    a little part of me is crying inside... i have a wii but no SMG :( : Demius
    • I know what you mean. At West Point we aren't even allowed to bring our consoles up until next year :( So... : gohan2518
• I "finished" the game with 60 stars today. This game is unbelievably WTF great. The levels keep getting : sevogajre

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  i don't understand any of this post : electroly
  • oh i get it. you're not talking about eating food when you're already high, but getting high from pot br... : electroly
• someone didn't make it right then. i once made brownies that fucked me up HARD. never again. : Mansmells
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  if you don't bake them correctly by heating the weed in butter first they don't work so well : gokart.
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    They were made properly, i watched them being made. The butter was clarified and melted, and the weed put... : JecksS
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      I love the vape, but you get a different kind of high from eating than from smoking, because the THC is a... : thetangent
      • The actual amount directly in the stuff i consumed was 2.4 grams : JecksS
• I made a perfect batch once, and never got it right thereafter. We had an apartment of 35 people high as... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I've heard of folks just plain smoking it. They eat later. : Vangoghs Ear
  • What the fuck are you talking about. : JecksS
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  Four words: Green Rice Krispy Treats. : RatBastard
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    Rat, would you be willing to explain your process step by step? I will try it and post my results if you ... : JecksS
    • Sorry. It's been too long. I gave it up years ago. : RatBastard
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  i made a decent batch once, but it had a big delay before hitting. we watched a movie and hung out for a ... : cpt_gloval
  • Thats cuz you had to digest it first. when you smoke, it goes directly into your bloodstream, when you e... : Galadriel07
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  what you were eating was probably made with way too little bud. To make good brownies, cookies, whatever,... : thetangent
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    how much did you use? The total in the brownies and the chocolate consumed in a 3 hour period added up to... : JecksS
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      I've never made it personally (I want to, but haven't had the chance) but I can tell you that 2.4 grams i... : thetangent
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        did a google search - here's what High Times had to say: http://www.hightimes.com/ht/grow/content.php?pag... : thetangent
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          "Then, just mix and bake as directed for delicious rum flavored pot brownies. Happy Holidaze!" hahahah... : JecksS
          • So don't go with that part - the rest of the recipe is still valid. Or find one of your own - google is c... : thetangent
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        No dude, the brownies i consumed literally had 2.4 grams in them. In the ones i ate. I directly consumed ... : JecksS
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          How are you arriving at that number? Did you make a single serving brownie or something? I'm just curious... : thetangent
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            I divided the total amount used in the cooking by the number of pieces, so you are right, its not exact, ... : JecksS
            • well, don't know what else might have been wrong with it. :/ Maybe just try it again some other time? : thetangent
    • didnt use enough unfortunately. : ant_hillbilly
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  You probably did it wrong. You have to have a decent amount, then you need to cook in some type of fat th... : Fred Garvin
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    It was cooked in butter Fred. And a lot was used. Thats what sucks. A QP went into the batch. : JecksS
    • Don't know what to say then. Worked for me in the past. : Fred Garvin
    • holy shiat i've used 1/4 that for a tray and a tiny square works grade A great. But it is about a 12 hour... : Jenings
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  I've heard that you have to eat them while they're still really hot. If you make them correctly, is this ... : Pittst3r
  • Totally a myth. That doesn't make any sense. The whole problem is the solubility of the THC, and the heat... : JecksS
  • definitely a myth : thetangent
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  Have any of you ever gotten super high and than tried to do something really important that required you ... : JecksS
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    One time I went camping with some friends and we got super ripped and then realized that we still hadn't ... : Pittst3r
    • I don't know about boosted IQ dude, honestly, I am a fucking mindless drone when I am high. BUT...being a... : JecksS
    • fucking lol what?! i{all thanks to my boosted IQ from the bud. It's true. There have been studies.}i : VegasX
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    You mean like installing a game and wasting 6 hours on doing nothing productive? : Galadriel07
    • No, I was busy coming up with cool names so I could better relate to the male chat community. Good Day. : JecksS
• I had some that pretty much immobilized me a while back, someone didn't do shit right. : Nihilist

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  YOUR ENTIRE TEAM IS BABIES : electroly
  • I HEAR SOMEONE BUILDING DIAPER CHANGING STATION! : deject
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  i don't know about death cries but the heavy is the funniest all around : Mansmells
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    Scout looks so weird as he is flying through the air though. Like some awkwardly lanky Canadian being cha... : JecksS
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      that makes no sense : dantastic
      • But it is funny. : Grumbeld
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  I think they're all good, but I like some the the beginning match lines. Like the soldier's "Last one ali... : Sailor of Fortune
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    i think my favorite line is the medic's "everybody, i am on fire!" : mindmann
    • PRDH VRDH DRRRH! : aeg1x
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  I love "MY SKIN IS BURNING" : crummynz
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    "Everyone, I'm on fire!" : Sailor of Fortune
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      Hahahhahaa ya, all of the on fire sayings are really funny. How could people burning alive not be funny? : JecksS
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        Ironically, in Germany, immolation is a huge no-no when it comes to games. : lplasmatron
        • Dude, so true. That is why they were not able to play Buddhist Monks online in Germany. Every time you se... : JecksS
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          man, i should post the list of things you can't show in a video game in germany some time. They are hilar... : deveus1
          • Really? Like what? : JecksS
      • http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8071980032717103869 : Omaha
• I THINK YOUR GOING TO NEED MORE MEN! : Visceral Monkey
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  TIME TO INFORM YOUR NEXT OF KIN! : Modica Sol Solis
  • "That was an amazing killing spree... by the other team!" I think you miss a lot of the audio if you don... : DHAvatar
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  I love the thick scottish FIYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH : boomstickah
  • I purposely prioritize demos first just to hear that. : boomstickah
• YOU GOT BLOOD ON MY SUIT >:( : Flying h4x0r
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  http://soundboard.com/sb/jerriblank.aspx : IcomeINpeace
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    what does the pyro say? : boomstickah
    • Mmmmf mmf mmmf!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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    love the scout. too bad I suck as one : RikiTiki2
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      holy shit lol @ spy "They should call you whiners Doctor NOOOOOOOOOOOO" : RikiTiki2
      • lol @ soldier: "I am going to strangle you with your own frilly training bra" : RikiTiki2
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    That's a lot of sniper taunts. (Silly Aussie devs.) : Johnny Law
    • the aussie marine in all the halo games was always my favorite : Dave-A
    • that's because the sniper ones are doubled, one set yelling one set whispering : RikiTiki2
  • I HEAR SOMEONE BUILDING DIAPER CHANGING STATION. Hahahahahaha! : omnova
  • "Would you like a second opinion? Also, you are UGLY!" : silentw
  • Demoman: "Oh they're going to find you all dead in the alley with cats lickin' at ya!" LOL, This gave ... : Sailor of Fortune
• the Heavy! even in death, he's funny : Postal
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  I like when the Heavy starts singing. Buuh buh baaah buh. Come! Sing with me! : Rag and Bone Man
  • Yeah, I love it when the heavy starts to sing. Some of those cheers go on for quite awhile. : Grumbeld
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  I like how everything the Pyro says is muffled. : action wombmate
  • buda buda buda : Visceral Monkey
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  I love gibbing scouts. They are so fucking cocky. It feels great. : EvilDolemite
  • Me too. pwning a scout as he is running across the roof of the bridge on 2fort, shooting him in the head ... : JecksS

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• Galaxy. It's just fun. : Boxelder
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  portal : yAak
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    Can I just say Orange Box? If there is more fun in 1 box it probably has a gap. : AgentPothead
    • lol : qwpeoriu
• portal : qwpeoriu
• argh it's too hard this year :( : mikecyb
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  CoD4 atm. TF2 is fun and all, but its just the same ole story. Not to mention lag is still a major issue. : VegasX
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    I'm around 30 hours into TF2 and have yet to experience lag. When/where does this happen for you? : Porkasaurus
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      He's probably playing it on his 360. The 360 version of the Orange Box isn't exactly known for being a go... : Autocrawler
      • Yep. And its kind of a piss off as it seems Valve decided to just cut corners and not bother with optimiz... : VegasX
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  Crackdown - it's the first game I've played in years that I played to completion and then kept on playing... : jbury
  • fuck god damnit. when i found the heat seeking rocket launcher i played until i had 4 star demolitions..... : oHnOES
• Peggle Extreme. : ant_hillbilly
• Portal : dmason
• I'm waiting till i play Mass Effect but if i had to pick right now it'd be Halo 3. : boredguy
• Right now, mine is going to Assassin's Creed. I've been really surprised at the entire package, and its d... : Quaunaut
• Portal. Nothing changed the way I think about gaming in the same way while being so goddamn fun, quotabl... : midgetherder
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  Way to difficult to choose. The year had some outstanding games. Crackdown, BioShock, The Orange Box, H... : manlyman
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    what? crackdo0wn came out this year???? : oHnOES
    • Came out in February. : boredguy
  • Yeah the year is not over and there are still some great things coming out...Mass Effect, UT3, Rock Band ... : Vorlonesque
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  TF2 for me, definitely. : electroly
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    that's not orange >:( : electroly
    • n squarebracket : d fluke
• Portal? Only cool new franchise launched this year with significant new gameplay mechanics, that for me i... : SpaecKow
• Portal, even though it was really short and I'll probably never play it again. : ArB
• Mine is TF2. A $30 game and I've got more fun out of it than everything else released this year combined. : aeg1x
• Portal. Only game that truly brought me joy in a long time. : shortbuscaptain
• Galaxy is the only GOTY nominee I've played, so I guess that one, but that's not really fair. : slax0r
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  Super Mario Galaxy. I want to pick Portal, but it was WAY too short. :( : stelth
  • I'm picking Portal...it was exactly the right length. : Dave-A
• TF2 for MP, Portal for SP : Arsenal
• COD4 : Edges
• STALKER right now but once i install Crysis that will probably change : kill9
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  portal, because thats the only new game ive been able to play due to shitty computer : oHnOES
  • er, for just the pc? or what? : oHnOES
• Seconding Crysis. : Autocrawler
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  bioshock : Dravenport
  • ^^^ bioshock > tf2 > portal > * : fufux
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  I would say Crysis or Portal but damn if we all haven't spent more time with TF2 than anything else. It'... : mrwolf710
  • the first time you fling your self using your own momentum in portal sold it as GOTY for me alone : oHnOES
  • For me I've had so many moments where I laughed out loud at something that happened in TF2. Plus cool mo... : mrwolf710
• Portal : flasher 907
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  Portal, it was a perfect 8 inches not to long and not to short. Fit nicely in my gaming butt and had enou... : .sticks.
  • this is the gayest game nomination I've ever seen : Postal
  • wtf : moz
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  o{Orange Box}o : Matto357
  • ^^ Fail. Dumbass. : Matto357
• pac-man championship edition. : pyide
• Definitely TF2. But then again, I've only played the Crysis demo. I decided that the demo was "all righ... : Maddog_Delphi97
• Proxy vote for Portal, but it might get blown away by Rock Band. : Deathlove
• I refuse to choose anything until next Tuesday when ME hits. : Vincent Grayson
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  Peggle, Bioshock, Orange Box : baron calamity
  • Sup Chris Faylor character account : trOmblyj
• now that I've played Crysis, I'm going with Portal. : oatmela
• Hmmm...this is a hard one...so many games to nominate.... I would say COD4...but the single player was... : unholydonuts
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  Portal as well, followed somehow by Stalker and Ep2. : shirif
  • I really wanted to say Stalker. I've followed that game since it was Stalker: Oblivion Lost and had a lit... : unholydonuts
• Cod4 : maulla
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  TF2 : [7]kami
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    And PO for single player. : [7]kami
    • POrtal even. : [7]kami
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  tenchu z : fletch_
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    ??? Is this game good? I liked the original Tenchu, but kept hearing bad things about everyone after the... : bcyde
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      i had a really good time playing it. its nothing ground breaking, but if if you like ninjas doing cool sh... : fletch_
      • Cool, I may have to check this out a little later as the gaming season starts to slow down a bit. : bcyde
• Orange Box : lokdown
• beautiful katamari : TheFatMom
• BioShock, closely followed by The Orange Box (Portal specifically, I'd say). : notd665
• The year is still not over.. Still have to wait for some triple A titles to come out like like Rock Band,... : razlebol
• I thought this said "animation" and thought there was another cool Shack competition where we place our v... : Omaha
• Orange Box : edgewise
• Super Mario Galaxy Or The Orange Box : melkore
• Orange Box : Nighteyes
• Crysis - best part of Crysis is no respawning enemies. There are a set number of enemies are roadblocks ... : festivalman
• Orange Box : MurrayTheSkull
• Orange Box. But I haven't installed Crysis yet but I don't know what can topple the greatness of Ep. 2, P... : freshyk
• Mass Effect : empathe
• I still have to to finish Crysis, and I haven't played Mass Effect or SMG yet. If the Orange Box coun... : re4ctor
• The Orange Box. : Magus
• Orange box or CoD4. I can't decide. : Albemuth
• right now i cant get enough cod4 so its that right now : jono181
• From what I've gathered, The Witcher could really be a contender : RikiTiki2
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  lots of nominations for a game that includes a bunch of games that are over a year old already..fuck the ... : agentlead
  • DDR with your fingers makes your GOTY? : oHnOES
  • i've logged almost 100 hours in TF2 since it came out, portal is incredible, and episode 2 is the best ha... : pyide
  • lots of nominations for a game that includes a bunch of games that are over a year old already i would : Deathlove
  • i stopped reading at "fuck the orange box" : [7]kami
  • nice fakepost : rangus
  • How does it feel to be wrong? : Magus
• Crysis : Priest77
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  Super Mario Galaxy : Yanks
  • i'd probably vote for this too. i'm not done it yet, but so far, this is the most fun i've had with any ... : Korban
  • I've gotta assume this isn't getting as many votes because its only just come out. But it will be getting... : derelict515
• orange box, stalker, crysis : spaceless
• If Orange Box can be considered in it's entirety then I vote for it. If not, then I vote Crysis from what... : majestik
• COD4 for me. : [fry]
• This year was amazing...I was thinking about this a month ago...and this year is one where its really har... : Vorlonesque
• mass effect : JINKY
• Crysis : thejm4n
• Orange box. Episode 2 was fantastic, same with portal, and TF2 has been the best multiplayer game of the ... : shred.
• This is a really tough year for this, but Super Mario Galaxy is definitely starting to win my vote. BioSh : ovrlrd
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  Bioshock then Orange Box. Loved both of them, but for single player, Bioshock is one of the best games... : Thresher
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    Yeah I am kind of disappointed more people are not picking BioShock. It might not have been as revolution... : ovrlrd
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      The problem is people only seem to remember the last game they played, so the later a game comes out, the... : Thresher
      • Yep, it's very true, and I almost feel like it influences release dates a bit too. I just wish people wer : ovrlrd
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        That's not true, not for me at least. I just wasn't blown away by BioShock, in fact I was downright bored... : qwpeoriu
        • It's hard for me to consider Bioshock is goty when I feel it's a backwards step from SS2, and that came o... : shred.
  • bioshock was great but it was hurt by the difficulty and death system : JINKY
• Crysis : shack_konto
• Bioshock : serenj
• A tie between Crysis and Portal. : slip42o
• I can't, I haven't played Mass Effect yet. : FushigiDenki
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  i'm stuck between Orange box, STALKER, and Mass Effect. : duncandun
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    STALKER is a love/hate kind of game. Loved the idea, hated the execution. I just didn't enjoy it and ... : Thresher
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      I saw they just released a new patch. Was considering buying it on steam. Did you try the MP? : Lightzout
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        they released a new patch?! O_o : DM7
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          4 days ago - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 1.0005 Patch http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/11029/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.+1.0005+P... : Lightzout
          • So where's the changelog? :( : DM7
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  For me its a tie between Bioshock and Portal. get out of here sorry S.T.A.L.K.E.R :( : daedraug
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    yeah ST.A.L.K.E.R. is a victim of its delayed release. If they had released the exact same game laster y... : deject
    • At least it got out before the real heavyweights, hope it sold well. Luckily I don't have to pick one gam... : daedraug
  • tie between Bioshock and Portal for me as well, but the year ain't over yet : MikkleThePickle
• Team Fortress 2 : Jackass1233
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  TF2 for me definitely. I'm so hopelessly addicted to that game. : mindmann
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    Right now TF2 takes it running away but I havent played Bioshock, Stalker or Portal among others. Definat... : Lightzout
    • portal is sheer brilliance. play it immediately : oHnOES
• Stalker, there, I said it. : happynoodle
• Orange Box wins hands down. : NastyJack
• OJ Box : Malum
• Uhh, o{The Orange Box}o is the ONLY choice. : Amnesty_intl2
• Portal. Bar none. : tomservo
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  The first hour of Bioshock. : BoKnows
  • you mean the demo portion : shirif
• Crysis, no doubt about it. : CrustaR
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  I can't believe so many people are saying portal. It's 3 hours, no guns, no enemies, one idea, and the f... : Boxelder
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    So a game has to have guns and enemies to be GOTY? That's news to me. : treefingers1
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      I think he's implying that the game doesn't have much content or longevity to it, though the latter opini... : CrustaR
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        I'm implying that it's just a piece of a game, and that the pacing of what's there is bad. It's just thr... : Boxelder
        • That's why the bundled it in with the Orange Box. :) : DM7
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          Uh no, the first two thirds built the sensation that you were actually a test subject, just doing these s... : daedraug
          • Moreover, it was necessary for people that weren't hard core gamers. I wouldn't have thought so, but the... : treefingers1
      • I'm betting that when the Portal stats are released we'll find out that a huge number of people didn't fi... : Kniggit
  • I'm pretty sure nobody is going to take you seriously after this post. Ever. : omnova
  • So angry : megarust32
  • haha natural criticism skills : not work safe
  • Someone has a pine cone in their butt. : NFXFSX
  • I was never anything other than completely enthralled by that game. It's easily one of my GOTY contender... : Chris Remo
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    Internet rage! Portal is awesome. Come on. : lplasmatron
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      I'm not really enraged, it's just more fun to talk like that. I like portal, I just think it's almost in... : Boxelder
      • It may be "simple" but it's a lot more entertaining than longer "AAA" titles. Length doesn't mean crap if... : lplasmatron
      • Different people have obviously had a different experience than you, don't take it personally : megarust32
  • did you play portal? it has enemies. length of a game should not in any way shape or form be a determinan... : MoreVespeneGas
  • Ya those indie synths killed it for me too man. I think I'm going to get INDIE SYNTH tattooed on my ... : forgottenzero
  • I actually agree with this post, to a degree. A game doesn't have to have enemies or guns or multiple ide... : Drewus
  • It was fun boxelder. You do remember fun right? : NastyJack
  • but dude its got the cake thing that never gets old and cute robot voices with internet humor and your ch... : mega man
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  I'm gonna say that I feel bad for game journalists this year. Picking a TRUE winner is going to be hard a : stelth
  • everyone has different opinions though, picking a single game is silly. for example only 3, maybe 4 o... : MoreVespeneGas
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    They should just declare it Year of the Game (YOTG) and gush all over the best games this year. I'm so s... : midgetherder
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      Fucking highlander. : crummynz
      • - Xian : [7]kami
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        highlander was a documentary and it was filmed in real time : Yabrodan
        • =D : MoreVespeneGas
    • I'm sick of it too, which is why at least we don't publish top ten lists. That said, stuff like that get... : Chris Remo
• TF2. My comp can't run Crysis in an acceptable setting. I'll play it in a year. : Vangoghs Ear
• I can never narrow down my favorites far enough to choose just one as GOTY... I love Bioshock, but I g : Noobler
• COD4 : MagicWishMonkey
• Portal & Crysis are BOTH GOTY in two very distinct categories. Portal is completely different than Cr... : killboy
• I think this year it's going to be very hard to single out a single outstanding game, more so than many ... : Dynotaku
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  TF2 for MP GOTY and The Witcher for SP GOTY. : hirez
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    I really wanted to play The Witcher but it has a crash bug on my ATI card that Atari knows about and has ... : midgetherder
    • thats sad. I hope they fix it soon. : hirez
• BioShock : Jayx77
• Bioshock for me. : Drewus
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  Stalker, with Skate a close second. : fen boi
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    Hi. http://afterglow.despayre.org/?p=589 : Afterglow
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      Interesting choices. PS finish Odium, TIA : fen boi
      • Get Ola to first fulfill my texture requests, kthxbye. : Afterglow
• How does The Orange Box not win hands down? HL2 Ep2 was a great SP game and could be in the fight along ... : rosewood
• Portal : Visceral Monkey
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  if orange box can be considered a single release : filthysock
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    Yea, I'd go that route as well if you consider it one item, which in the commercial sense (except I guess... : Visceral Monkey
    • granted the piece of the orange box that stands out is Portal. Really EP2 didnt change anything and is m... : paravis
• Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance > Bioshock = Orange Box = Stalker = Unreal Tournament 3 ....hey, we ne... : Skyburst101
• Crysis : glio1337
• 2008 or 2009 will be the year of really cheap great games for us cheap gamers. :-) I like to stay a... : sumo-hacker
• At this point, 1P belongs to Bioshock. Multiplayer? Probably between Rock band and Halo 3 (we'll see wh... : bagelcc
• portal : Fredrik S
• PORTAL : Schnapple
• Even before it's out.. Mass Effect! : Ravenkettle
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  I'm seeing a lot of votes for Crysis. But honestly I am not sure why. All I hear on the shack is how pret... : VegasX
  • Okay: its gameplay is great, and a much bigger draw for me than the visuals. : Chris Remo
  • i've seen a decent amount of both types of posts around here (commenting on the graphics as well as the g... : qwpeoriu
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    Gameplay is awesome, and it's been discussed quite a bit. : Conan
    • Guess I just havent seen much of it. Ive seen a lot of complaining about checkpoints and such, but I gues... : VegasX
  • I'm in a ways in Crysis, and the game is phenomenal. I absolutely love it. : Tripps
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    wrong. gameplay is fucking killer : eeeealmo
    • Exactly. Crysis is pretty much how all shooters should play: giant areas with multiple paths each, abilit... : Autocrawler
• Portal : locater16
• Persona 3 : TimeDoctor
• portal. : ventro
• Cake p0rtal : verbatim
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  Orange Box, hands down. : Flying h4x0r
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    orange box isn't a game though. It's a pack of games. : oatmela
    • Other game companies just aren't good enough to pack that much awesomeness into a box. : freshyk
• Portal : AMikaboshi
• well I havent played every game that came out this year but I have to go with Crysis. It really surprised... : mega man
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  Haven't played Crysis yet, but Halo 3 is my nomination thus far. Absolutely destroys most games released... : paravis
  • but anyhow I can't fathom how CoD4 continues to be gushed over after each of its rehashed-mediocre releas... : paravis

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  La Haine (Hate) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113247/ good movie : AlexXdude
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    Whoah, 100% rotten tomatoes score. : ieGod
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      Only 13 reviews though, but still..... : ieGod
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        Yeah, it's a really good movie. It was in IMDB's Top 250 too, but recently fell out. I highly recommend i... : AlexXdude
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          The local Blockbuster doesn't have it, shit. : ieGod
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            wtf you're looking for "obscure" movies at blockbuster : not work safe
            • They sometimes have the most unexpected things. : ieGod
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          I recommend it too. Fantastic movie. Black and white, all in French. : electroly
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            Yeah, if you watch it, watch it with subtitles, not the gay dubbed version. : AlexXdude
            • i can't believe there is a dub out there. first time i saw it was on VHS and was it was subbed. : pyide
  • I just watched that today, as a matter of fact. It was good, but it's a little dated. Way better than mos... : Borzoi
  • one of my favs : nandu666
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    I love the dj scene from the apartment window : zagzig32
    • hahah me too, it's pretty badass : AlexXdude
  • i saw this back in 1990something... pretty good from what i can recall. : jbph24
• Pulp Fiction : rosewood
• Johnny Suede : not work safe
• Throne of Blood : Haku-Jin
• George Washington http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262432/ : jujubees
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  The Story of Ricky : sexninja!!!!
  • o shit. /these mints are rotten today. : mrsparil
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  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/ once you get past the subtitles; this is a great movie : mrsparil
  • I don't mind subtitles at all. Some of the best films I've seen are foreign. : ieGod
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow : Omaha
• man bites dog : manero
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  Six String Samurai http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118736/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-String_Samur... : SockMonkeh
  • Good quirky movie. Although the bar scene was... a little weird. : Reavers!
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  Hot Fuzz. One of the funniest movies i've seen in a long time. The characters and dialog is hilarious. ve... : mindmann
  • the greater good : synack
  • The Shackhype on this movie is insane. I just watched it and it was one of the most un-funny hyped-to-de... : paravis
• Lila Says. Great movie. : Prototype
• Dumb & Dumber is a little known movie. try that one, I hear it's good : RikiTiki2
• Faster or Dust to Glory : Yabrodan
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  Fog of War - it was talked about here on the shack a little bit recently. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... : mXENO
  • ^^^ This is also the shit. : action wombmate
• Which Way is Up - Richard Pryor at his finest : Wolfanoz
• The Wizard of Speed and Time : grandmasterlee
• Murmur of the Heart. Beautiful Oedipus infused story. : Athlon7
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead : RatBastard
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  Hard Candy : oatmela
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    Oh jesus fucking christ not that movie! i was at a friends place last weekend playing poker and one of th... : sexninja!!!!
    • thats the beauty of it, you have to stick it out until the twist. : Haku-Jin
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      You're not even CLOSE to how bad it gets : noven
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        thank gd they changed the channel then! : sexninja!!!!
        • the end is crazy I won't even spoil it. It's a good movie. : oatmela
    • yeah it was really intense.. : wetard
• Even Dwarves Started Small : scottk
• Please god dont watch The Number 23 : Degenerate
• Frailty http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264616/ : mista mista
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  Brick. : action wombmate
  • ^^ my recommendation. : d0pamine
• A Man for All Seasons (1966) : eldersveld
• In the Mouth of Madness http://imdb.com/title/tt0113409/ : ghostmac
• idi i smotri : anthonybean
• Zardoz. It has Sean Connery in a orange diaper. Its awesome. : GloriousCow
• A History of Violence Lucky Number Slevin Running Scared Crank Collateral Little Miss Sunshine ... : tunis5000
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  My Friend Totoro (I think that is what it is called). Its a wierd fucking childrens anime movie will all ... : JecksS
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    My Neighbor Totoro. For that matter, anything by Miyazaki : GloriousCow
    • Yeah, honestly its all really weird stuff, buts it is also all pretty cool. Definitely worth watching if ... : JecksS
  • One of my favorite movies I watched as a kid. : glio1337
• The Player : thief
• Neighbors : Pittst3r
• Dead Man's Shoes : SonicSquirrel
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  In America , Pieces of April , Primer , Station Agent : zagzig32
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    This man writes this in every movie thread; somebody listen to him. Especially on Primer. : renegade732
    • i've gotten a few SMs thanking me for the first 2, I always reply with those unless i've seen something ... : zagzig32
• Easy Rider : freakynipples69
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  Memento : Sylvanus
  • ^^^ I figured any Shacker movie buff has seen this, but if not, SEE IT NOW : tunis5000
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  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113247/ R1 criterion dvd earlier this year. first time on dvd in the US. : pyide
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    join us in the subthread in the first reply to this post! :D http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15587163... : AlexXdude
    • haha, holy shit, can't believe i missed the first reply. i scanned the whole thread too :D : pyide
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  The Gods Must Be Crazy : rosewood
  • such a great movie, i wish the 2nd had been as good : zagzig32
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  A Tale of Two Sisters, fine (if confusing) film. : Lone Swordsman
  • Oh yeah, convenient link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0365376/ : Lone Swordsman
• Drowning Mona : Vangoghs Ear
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  fuck movies, help me.. I have two papers due monday and I have yet to start either. : lakren
  • relax. you have all night tonight, all day tomorrow, and all night tomorrow night. that is like 36+/- a f... : d0pamine
• The Quiet Earth : cpt_gloval
• Blade Runner.. I rented the directors cut yesterday :O : aeg1x
• rent im not gay : mystikal
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  Before Sunrise and Before Sunset : wtf242
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    ^^^ clever ILTC post !! : mattsull85
    • It's got Julie Delpy in it. How could that possibly be gay? : Haku-Jin
  • I'm going to agree. : AlexXdude
  • My wife is totally on your side on this one. : Rotten Deadite
  • good stuff here : ckj
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    I just read the plot to both films on Wikipedia. Nothing blows up :( : nyranger66
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      both movies are just two people talking.. that's all. 100% and 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. Pretty much the be... : wtf242
      • I like the cameo the characters make in Waking Life (also a great flick). : action wombmate
  • When we watched the first movie she completely fucked my brains out that night. When we watched the se... : [fry]
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    I love those movies. True romantic films. Realistic dialogue. : EvilDolemite
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      I think the ending to Before Sunset is one of the best there is : AlexXdude
      • Yup. Kind of bittersweet sad/mellow. Like they know they're different people than they were when they m... : EvilDolemite
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  Not obscure, but The Prestige is worth watching at least two times. : khaosman
  • yes.. this rocks. : jbph24
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  King of Kong : zagzig32
  • yay : dealie
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    if you like uber chick flicks that include monkies! I found King Kong to be pretty damn boring =( : paravis
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      "King of Kong" its a documentary about guys that try to conquer arcade game high scores , its freakin aw... : zagzig32
      • oh lol, I didn't see the "of" :p : paravis
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  HAPPINESS! : jbph24
  • this is a classic : smalakar
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099472/ : thetangent
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  Four Rooms, or Boondock Saints... : mordaken
  • did Boondock 2 ever come out? the documentary about the filmmaker is quite amuzing if you haven't seen ... : zagzig32
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  Iron Monkey!!! : dognose
  • The good one, with Donnie Yen. And not the sequel. Oh, and Ginger Snaps :) : dognose
• Return of the Killer Tomatoes Swimming With Sharks High Noon The Killer Those titles are all very d... : Grumbeld
• Must see Zombie Flicks. http://www.zombiediaries.com/ done in a Blair Witch style in colour http://... : ghost hacker
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  Izo! or Zatoichi (2003). : AxeMan808
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    all the Zatoichi (Blind Swordsman) films are awesome, so was the tv show, i've got them all. I started ... : zagzig32
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      Have you seen the Hanzo The Razor Trilogy? Also starring Shintaro Katsu, but he's no softie like Zatoic... : AxeMan808
      • I was talkign to someone the other day about the Sleepy Eyes movies (is that you Furkus?) , I don't hav... : zagzig32
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  The Squid & the Whale, if you're in the mood for a black comedy. : Link.
  • I don't remember anything about that movie except masturbation was involved : Koral06
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  Didn't see Equilibrium mentioned yet : Demius
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    There's a reason :) : Grumbeld
    • Reason: if he hasn't seen it already, he has to delete his account and never come back. : digital_d
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  Cashback. I Netflix'ed it after someone on the shack recommended it once. Kinda artsy but it has some p... : jahulio2
  • Yeah that's a pretty good movie. : lplasmatron
  • I guess if you want to look at tits it's alright. But I've seen some pornos with better story lines. Ther... : Koral06
• O god I just saw Demon Seed. This movie is so awesomely bad that one must see it. It has a computer rape : Koral06
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  City of God : Reavers!
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    FINALLY! Someone mentions it! Amazing movie. : wild falcon
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      i thought that movie was fucking awful and i'd only watch it again if it meant i got to punch the directo... : mr.sleepy
      • You saw the wrong movie. The one I'm taking about was stylish, violent, funny, involved drugs and street... : wild falcon
• bad boy bubby ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106341/ ) was pretty crazy if you want an all-out assault on... : wetard
• I've always enjoyed Tigerland. : Big Luke
• Also City of the lost Children is pretty good. : Koral06
• Fear and Loathing... ;) Depp's best film! : paravis
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  Stander : mindshot
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    what a surprising performance by thomas jane that was. : jujubees
    • it was a pleasant suprise. on demand ftw. : mindshot
• Wonderland , Salton Sea - both starring Val Kilmer : zagzig32
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  no man's land. saw it a few years ago, and it just now came to mind. it was quite good http://imdb.com... : feek
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    This is pretty good. I don't know a lot of people who've heard of it, but it's worth the watch. : Koral06
    • I remember it being presented as sort of humorous, and it was in the catch-22 sort of way, but I also rem... : feek
• the hustler, the color of money, poolhall junkies : bfzzzz
• Black Sheep, if its out to video yet. Me and the Missus caught it on comcast's on-demand service. : jasoncrowley
• *The lives of others*, jindabyne, der falscher , downfall : nrgXs
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  City of the Lost Children qualifies as obscure : MikkleThePickle
  • oops, didn't see Koral06 had already posted it above.... gg girl! : MikkleThePickle
• True Romance : Magus
• American Splendor : Klebold
• equilibrium if your a christian bale fan : steve_o