Morning Discussion

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 130 replies.

• toggle

  So yeah; I'm thinking about getting metal legs... : EvilDolemite
  • toggle

    He's fueled by vengeance and reinforced by space-age technology. : Deathlove
    • toggle

      He needs to break me off a piece of that exo-skeleton; some of that liquid-cooled hydraulics shit. : HojuSimpson
      • What a great show! : raspu2n
• toggle

  I interviewed this morning and think I'm going to be offered the position. I was all grey is the new bla... : sHugamom
  • toggle

    Did they hire you for you or for your boobs? Gotta watch those men. : askedrelic
    • toggle

      Well, I did mention that I Luv the Cock : sHugamom
      • toggle

        DAMMIT .... just stepped out a minute and some certain shacker is in beeg trouble! : sHugamom
        • hahahah : Patch-e
        • did shack mom just get ILTC'd?! : xxiv
        • hahaha oh my : mikecyb
        • Sorry, but Steve's existence outted you before this post. : cdbeckman
        • lol!!! it's stuff like this that makes the Shack what it is.. *hug* : g0nk
        • Kick his ass, Seabass! : Matt Burris
        • i read beeg as peeg thanks to helvetica : das_runt
        • who was it? : Omning
        • hahaha oh dear. : jonin
        • lol : Maddog_Delphi97
        • I don't think I have the balls to ILTC sm so lols : rosewood
      • Oh shit! : sigpro
      • lol : itsjames
      • Hahahahah! Hey shugamom thanks for that beef jerky included with those shirts btw, that stuff was maximum... : TastyWheat
      • lol : alarm cock
      • this is amazing. : cdbeckman
      • lol that's the last thing I would want my mom to say : askedrelic
      • Best ILTC post ever, there's no topping this one. : mmogger
      • excellent : sumo-hacker
      • toggle

        Post of the Year, 2007. : trOmblyj
        • agreed. Shut it down, we are done for the rest of the year with that one. : jonin
      • lol - no Thanksgiving seconds for you! : alnya
      • instant classic : PapaBoo
      • I'm telling. : pigvomit
      • toggle

        I believe we should retire ILTC posts from now on. Nothing can, nor should, top this one. : Fyunch Click
        • Yeah, I think I agree with this. Also, haha. : Grimp
      • Owe god there will be hell to pay for someone tonight : Cyco52
      • Hahahahahahah EPIC WIN!!!! : Solstice
      • OMFG! :O : g0nk
      • oh my : das_runt
      • toggle

        Whoever did that to sHugamom is getting SO banned >:( : dognose
        • Hahahah I await the ShugaMom revenge post :D Oh how Steve is gonna love teh Cock >:D : Solstice
      • oh daaaaaaaaang : king_darius
      • haha. : hirosushima
      • lol, poor sHugamom! : AllYourBase
      • A+ and a gold star! : Orange Pylon
      • *golf clap* : dopefish
      • oh my ! ahahaha : Phil
      • Oh my! : helvetica
      • O_o Oh my... : logik?
      • ok so... is this the best "<3 the C" post evar? I think it might be. : virus
      • wow i saw this on the front page and started laughing. : .ka`boom.zZz.
      • omfg ahahaha : action roommate
      • LOL : podizzle
      • ahahaha : derelict515
      • bwahahahahaha : manero
      • booyah! omglolololol : burningtrees
      • all downhill from here, folks : Deathlove
      • bwuhahahhaaha! : Fredrik S
      • oh snap !!! : qwpeoriu
      • what : sexninja!!!!
      • This is epic. : d fluke
      • Outlook good : TheFuckingMagicEightBall
      • posting in this sHugamom-luvs-the-cock thread : biskits
      • Posting to be part of this historic sub-thread. : bcyde
      • perfection kids. right there. bravo : epit
      • hahahahhhhaa : lookitzpancakes
      • Epic ILTC thread. Pure awesomeness. : digital_d
      • heyoooooo! : ant_hillbilly
      • well now that's a case of the Monday's right there : Downforce
      • toggle

        ThomW should really let us LOL certain posts more than once!!! : Jayx77
        • Don't worry. I think this post will do fine w/o Jayx77's multiple [lol]s. : ThomW
      • Oh geez. lol : freshyk
      • mommy why : xelencin
      • so priceless :D : laurgasms
      • Awesome. : lightly inclined
      • posting cause i'm trying to fit in. : mwasher
      • hahahaha oh man : sirkne
      • Bravo : lord warlock
      • Oh my. Mothers are so bold these days. :) : Optimus Prime
      • I knew it. : omnova
      • Stevie, yer grounded. : MatthewPhillips
      • Oh, dear. Epic-ness assured, gettin' in. : freezejeans
      • Damn, no one is safe! : Awun
      • toggle

        how do you ILTC shugamom :( : Theos
        • apparently there is no line some people won't cross : Clay
      • hahaha nice : sanchez
      • Oh, snap : asylumn
      • EPIC! : Waffles!
      • Ok, that's the best ILTC ever : deveus1
      • toggle

        this has got to end up a top 10 lol, and I havent even looked yet. : Slowtreme
        • toggle

          This could potentially make the LOL servers burst into flames. Such epicness to be had. : Lionhart32935
          • toggle

            it's only at 73 currently.. : g0nk
            • toggle

              http://lmnopc.com/greasemonkey/shacklol/museum-of-lols.php that makes it a top ten already I think. : Slowtreme
              • toggle

                ng needs to bump voodooraze's lame post. : g0nk
                • ng = something.. wtf dumbass keyboard.. : g0nk
          • The server should be fine. I added some quick and dirty caching to the site last week so you guys should... : ThomW
      • EPIC : creep
      • Whoa, I step away for a few hours and my thread has gone CRAZY CUCKOO BANANAS :D : Dave-A
      • What a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner discussion! : grandmasterlee
      • awesome. : thekidd
      • lol i luv her : supermonkeyballz
      • Best. ILTC. Ever. : Ride-My-Rocket
      • SockMonkeh, reporting in to this epic thread. : SockMonkeh
      • truly a classic : mechanicalgrape
      • I'm gonna have to ask for pics+divx plz. : ejectorpod
      • lol : Maddog_Delphi97
      • flawless : Merconium
      • toggle

        what's going on in this historic thread? : Dimmona
        • toggle

          I didn't start the thread. It was always going, since the shack's been online. : askedrelic
          • you need stabbed in the esophagus :) : synack
          • toggle

            Wtf, you suck at rhyming. Go directly to 3rd grade, do not pass go, do not collect $200 : slickdoody
            • I'm like the anti-Romsteady. : askedrelic
          • WE DIDN'T START THE SUBTHREAD. IT WAS ALWAYS POSTING SINCE THE SHACK'S BEEN HOSTING. : SockMonkeh
      • this is lol-worthy even though I discovered it like 5 hours after the fact : Goncyn
      • so what are you doing later? : synack
      • lol my oh my : grabbie
      • Hahaha, Classic! : eXcess
      • Mrs. Shack, why... why... oh my! : deviantpaul
      • oh my : smoove
      • haha, epic : Magus
      • Epic indeed. Best ILTC reply EVAR !! : ghost hacker
      • brilliant. a work of art. : Supine
      • this is still inf'ed 8 hours later, lol : Omning
      • nice LOL'D : mmaster_pw
      • fuck, how did I miss this post!? :D : thetangent
      • holy crap, epic. : chazums
• toggle

  You would if you had robot ears... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3dF_Z1uyk0&NR=1 : snuff
  • no video at that link : oatmela
• toggle

  First interview question: "How much do clothes cost in the matrix?" : skunk_ape
  • "I don't know. Ask Tank or Link. They do all my shopping." : TwiLyght

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 55 replies.

• well, it's true :( : drucifer
• hahahaha nice : NFXFSX
• What fags, http://rosewood.shackspace.com/tf2/cp_gravelpit0000.jpg crush that bitches : rosewood
• But you guys didn't have me on the team.. : noobja
• toggle

  Valve says we're hardcore. :D : helvetica
  • That makes everything I've suffered thru on this site worth it : uglysad
  • we told yous : Jayx77
  • I bet he's never seen the "HEY CHECK OUT MY NEW VACUUM CLEANER" posts. : aeg1x
• Damn it. ( : dmason
• toggle

  Oh Robin fuck you so bad on that one!! You played Shack like not even two weeks after the game was out, c... : haiku
  • toggle

    Oh I misread the quote. He is just showing that the nuances come out with experience which shows the dept... : haiku
    • self-owned : hamachi
    • toggle

      There aren't many nuances. At all. : alias
      • toggle

        I think the gap between good players and shitty players proves you wrong. There are plenty of nuances. : aeg1x
        • toggle

          I think more good players simply have better accuracy :\ At least it's my only redeeming point. : thief
          • Pretty much. : alias
          • for classes like the demoman, soldier, pyro where the biggest gaps between poor players and good players ... : aeg1x
          • I think good players are better than bad players. : Magus
• man, i wasn't there for that first match :( : thief
• toggle

  Wasn't this posted and inf'd once or twice before? : slickdoody
  • its worth a double inf, shack specifically mentioned by Walker in GFW:) : filthysock
  • toggle

    probably... but we have the attention span o : drucifer
    • Hell, I'm gonna post it next week. Stay tuned! : Dave-A
    • lo : askedrelic
    • IAWT : Magus
  • i just got the mag today, i've seen no +infs yet so i posted, sorry : g0nk
• the truth is out there! : ErneX
• toggle

  BULLSHIT FUCK YOU ROBIN WALKER i'll say it again. their pings were 5, our pings were 150-200. fags. : lakren
  • toggle

    i'd take a team of the better shack players and we'd crush them on a server where we have even pings, i h... : lakren
    • toggle

      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15211769 : dewdman
      • Exactly. : [7]kami
• Where are the rematch(es).... : Downforce
• toggle

  I don't think the Shack players in the Valve vs Shack game were hardcore FPS players, but that's my opini... : alias
  • toggle

    So you're saying that they are noobs? : Robotic Puppy Eater
    • toggle

      No. The Shack just doesn't have the same level of FPS gamer any more, even though most are still capable... : alias
      • toggle

        what do you mean any more? : lakren
        • toggle

          Quake/Quake 2 are like 10 years old at this point :P : alias
          • So they're noobs? :P : Robotic Puppy Eater
• It's funny cause it's true : Waffles!
• toggle

  have we played valve since? these days we've got some pretty hardcore badass players, i bet we could giv... : electroly
  • That would be epic and I fully support this idea. : NastyJack
• yeah but like a week later we tooled them. : windowpane
• I wanna see a rematch with all the elite shack spys representing. sweet lew can be their captain! : Jayx77
• toggle

  Lol shack is a fag. : lodit
  • *SHACKFAG'D* : slickdoody
  • Valve called us a bunch of fags, what more can they do? : RevRaven
• toggle

  Hardcore FPS gamers?! LOL. : spectr3
  • Also Valve challenged the Shack, not the other way around. : spectr3
• You know, someone should write to the editor/magazine and give the REAL report of what happened. I'm sure... : DM7
• I demand a rematch!! : nyranger66
• wtf i dunno if i wanna post here anymore... everyone thinks we're noobs. : infiltrator`
• hhahahha I love Valve : Magus
• toggle

  You guys suck at video games. : ThomW
  • Let's challenge them to Lego Star Wars! : FormerHPB

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 121 replies.

• also, i need to get a fucking microphone. im sick of wasting ubers. : virus
• toggle

  I think the trick to spy is just no be seen at all. Use the cloak to get behind your enemy, position you... : Rag and Bone Man
  • This is true. Don't treat the disguise as a free pass to the enemy base. Use it as a little extra camo wh... : SockMonkeh
• toggle

  You really need to learn spy on a server that isn't the shack servers. I love the shack servers, never ... : InfoBiter
  • Yeah. After spending time on Shack servers, pubs feel like they're moving in slow motion. : ChibiJosh
  • toggle

    Playing sniper on a pug server is similarly hilarious. People just hang out in the open waiting to be sh... : nurglich
    • Yeah for sure. On 2fort on pub servers you can literally just stand in the open and rape the enemy sniper... : JecksS
  • toggle

    This is the wrong way to go about it. Play against the paranoid people, in fact the more paranoid the ... : alias
    • toggle

      I mean to learn the basics of playing the class. To get used to cloaking, disguising, sapping, and backst... : InfoBiter
      • toggle

        Perhaps, though doing something like that can allow bad habits to form that are difficult to break out of... : alias
        • I agree with InfoBiter here. The things that enable you to succeed against paranoid players are extension : Felraiser
    • Also, be aware that no matter how good you are, spies are fairly obvious to spot for experienced players. : alias
• medic is definitely my favorite class. I play a little bit of pyro and spy, but i love healing people. I'... : mindmann
• toggle

  TF2 question: I want to use that rocket jump bind (with fire, jump, crouch, etc.), and i put that in v... : mindmann
  • toggle

    autoexec.cfg in your TF2/cfg dir. don't see why you need a bind to rocket jump though. i prefer too h... : pyide
    • toggle

      well. i'm a very crappy soldier, so i need whatever help i can get. maybe i just need to practice it a bi... : mindmann
      • Practice. Then practice more. Then do it in game to get a feel for usage. And always be on the look ou... : alias
      • toggle

        fags use scripts for rocket jumping... stop being a fag***. It's not that hard. Look down, jump, s... : dedgecko
        • toggle

          maybe i am one. =( i'm terrible at soldier. I hardly ever play it. I just remembered that a lot of peo... : mindmann
          • "maybe I am one. =(" Stand up for yourself man. You are a terrible soldier because you are being whiny... : JecksS
    • toggle

      you can still adjust your angle with the bind, it just automates the timing of the crouch and jump. : edgewise
      • toggle

        Whats the benefit of the crouch? : monkeygone
        • crouch jumping and the evil hell spawn that it generated - allowed you to sneak up onto those obstacl... : dedgecko
  • autoexec.cfg in teamfortress/tf/cfg / : Nihil ME
• toggle

  The key to being a good spy is acting like you belong. Example: Why the hell would a demo man hang bac... : ieGod
  • i love the bonesaw. It can really take people by surprise. I've definitely killed my fair share of people... : mindmann
• toggle

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-qD30EOO-o I think the dude in that video uses the basic control schem... : Shai-Tan
  • Thats a fucking sick spy vid. I would love to get better at spy, I just cant seem to force myself to give... : JecksS
  • toggle

    what an awesome video :D : virus
    • lol @ "yell at the medic uber'ing the enemy spy disguised as a sniper seriously what the hell?" hahaha... : virus
  • ah, old essobie! That's a name I haven't heard in a while. : redfive
• Just play sniper and get it over with. Owning the shit out of 7 to 12 people at a time feels like playing... : eldiablo01
• toggle

  I too find myself more and more addicted. I didn't want to stop playing last night. I kept wondering if... : mrwolf710
  • I find myself routinely saying that I'll only play for an hour or so and end up sticking around until 1 o... : ieGod
• toggle

  Lately I've only been playing as a Sniper. Like all the time.. even in cases where you don't need a snipe... : K1Bond007
  • Just for that, I'ma snipe you in the head. : Johnny Law
  • 2fort is decent for spies. What I really hate are those few legs in hydro that emphasize corridor battles... : ieGod
  • I hate you so much. : CRasterImage
  • toggle

    BOND PLEASE STOP PLAYING SNIPER. in 2fort i never even go to the sniper deck any more because i know i'm... : electroly
    • toggle

      that's pretty much how I play anyways. There's a completely viable way into the base via the tunnels so t... : edgewise
      • toggle

        yeah, i always go through the sewers. it's a good way to catch stragglers from the other team, too, and ... : electroly
        • toggle

          I love when the bridge is completely void of players because the snipers on each time are just that good.... : thief
          • Haha, that's always exciting. The other neat thing is shooting spies disguised as enemy whatever's. Great... : ieGod
        • Well be careful of that. Last night on 2fort I was holding down the sewer for a long time. I think you we... : K1Bond007
      • toggle

        Sniper vs. Sniper is the most fun part of playing a sniper though (aside from headshotting a doublejumpin... : JecksS
        • i hate getting sniped.. but it's fun when i immediately change class to sniper and snipe them back, then ... : das_runt
  • Hahaha, yeah I find myself getting into bases as a Pyro much easier than I do as a Spy and I'm not at all... : Modica Sol Solis
  • toggle

    Sniper is definitely the easiest class the play. You barely even have to move. : spectr3
    • Oh common.... : CRasterImage
    • toggle

      NOT TRUE AT ALL. Try playing sniper vs. the snipers who regularly pwn you. Its way harder than youd think... : JecksS
      • toggle

        And yet still useless unless you are godlike (which no one on the Shack servers is). Even then only ma... : alias
        • useless? what does it mean to be "godlike". I think that a sniper who is taking down heavies and other ... : hobbespanache
        • toggle

          What? : thief
          • toggle

            We all know you can't hit the broad side of a heavyweapons guy. ;) : DrFlammable
            • toggle

              Even the worse sniper can take out heavy weapons guys and engineers building sentries. Those are the eas... : thief
              • I was making fun of calling yourself godlike, which is apparent now that is not what you meant. :( : DrFlammable
    • lol. Whatever. You need to play with some better players. And if you're not moving you're not effective a... : K1Bond007
  • I just kill snipers. Doesn't matter where they are. : alias
  • toggle

    You got any Sniper tips bond? Feel free to PM me or whatever if you have any time and don't want to respo... : JecksS
    • All of the stats you post have no relavence to being a good or bad sniper. The real question is can yo : alias
    • It all depends on the map and the situation and I don't really have a whole lot of tips. The best advice ... : K1Bond007
• toggle

  I'm addicted to the demoman. I can't bring myself to play others classes very much. : NastyJack
  • I alternate between demoman and engineer. I get some satisfaction when I setup a forward spawn point w... : CRasterImage
  • I can only play demoman on pubs. On shack servers it's just too difficult. : edgewise
  • toggle

    You're a great Demoman. I've pretty much stopped playing Spy and Soldier in favor of medic when I see you... : adodric
    • toggle

      Sweet Lew right? Someone was saying the other day that you weren't a good medic, which I didn't understan... : NastyJack
      • That was a RL friend of mine. He was without his video card for a week due to the EVGA exchange and had n... : adodric
      • And yes, I'm Sweet Lew. : adodric
  • toggle

    any good tips for demomen? I'd like to start playing it more, but i'm pretty bad at it. : mindmann
    • Put 8 Sticky bombs on your face and then run into the enemy's base. Scream "JIHAD!" and press mouse but... : CRasterImage
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15571217 : NastyJack
    • toggle

      airburst a crit sticky on a crowded cap point, gibs everywhere! : drodver
      • toggle

        Oh god me and someone did that a few days ago. He was my medic. We stormed a point on Hydro that had 6-7 ... : NastyJack
        • On Hydro a guy was capping the enemy point, I was charging to help and had a powered up sticky shot. Came... : drodver
  • toggle

    Demoman and Spy are my favorite classes to play, with Heavy coming in third. So much versatility with th... : Rag and Bone Man
    • Also, playing Spy with high ping sucks ass. Getting backstab after backstab with no effect blows goats. : Rag and Bone Man
  • Yeah, me too. It requires the best combination of forethought and skill, in my opinion. I also enjoy pl... : brickmatt
• I'll make a list when I get home from school tonight. : dmason
• I prefer playing either pyro or medic. Just point in the general direction and click the mouse button. Th... : Mmmmmoo
• I've started to play less pyro lately, and have REALLY been enjoying scout and soldier. It's amazing how... : bcyde
• i'm terrible at everything besides medic. i find when i play other classes that i don't really know wher... : electroly
• toggle

  Talk to Thief. He had my number bigitme yesterday as a spy. : monkeygone
  • toggle

    thief was on fire last night. i started to walk backwards all the time while healing so i could be on co... : electroly
    • He then backstabbed the entire enemy time i{with one stab}i. : WaterSign
• toggle

  It'll click at some point. In the meantime play sniper or any class but the cowardly demoman. : thief
  • toggle

    Though when looking at how I play spy, I will say that I 90% of the time cloak and diguise immediately af... : thief
    • toggle

      Oh yeah. And remember to give up sometimes -- most times -- if you miss that first stab. Often you can ... : thief
      • toggle

        Oh yeah. And disguising yourself as a heavy amongst a group of 3 or 4 people about to respawn is amazing... : thief
        • toggle

          Anti-spy trick: if you see a teammate up ahead and you're going in the same direction, walk through them.... : electroly
          • i do this a lot as medic. i'll run behind teammates and make sure i can walk through them. if not, it's u... : mindmann
      • Ahaha. The other night I totally whiffed when I was trying to backstab Dr. Flammable. He was a pyro and... : dopeman
• I started out playing mostly sniper, then demo, now pyro/medic.. but i switch around based on my team. Li... : laurgasms
• I definitely prefer sniper. Sniper on Sniper duels are so much fun. Peering through the haze and fog of r... : JecksS
• toggle

  I haven't played Heavy much but last night I did and electroly and I decimated a team full of punching he... : sanchez
  • I love it when you get on those awesome streaks and just starting Pwning people. its such a great rush. I... : JecksS
• toggle

  Playing Spy on the shack server is very hard. Its about patience, sometimes you have to wait a long time ... : Jackass1233
  • toggle

    Yeah, also depends on the map. I think Hydro is the best map for spies, all but 2 or 3 versions of it (al... : sanchez
    • Well is most conducive for my style. Though I've had some excellent runs on hydro and in hydro an effect... : thief
• toggle

  I typically switch up my class to whatever the team needs the most, but I really dislike playing as medi... : ConfusedUs
  • I think being creative with engineers makes the class more fun. Evildolemite put a sentry in a place that... : NastyJack
• just watch me, i am pretty much the best at every class. except for thief, but he cheats. : lakren
• toggle

  Alright, my Spy guide here. This is not and end all guide. I don't follow my own rules half the time, : dmason
  • toggle

    Here's my spy tip: STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM PYROS : SockMonkeh
    • Good tip! : pyros
  • toggle

    Any tips on how to escape once your cover is blown (i.e someone is shooting at you and following you, and... : FiReaNG3L
    • toggle

      Use revolver. : thief
      • ps. recharge your cover more often. : thief
    • toggle

      I cloak and tend to stay put. So far people seem to "chase" me in a direction, for the most part. : dmason
      • toggle

        Yeah, but if you have no cloak left, staying put sucks. : thief
        • Yeah, then there's really no option other than engaging in a fight. : dmason
    • If there's water, get in it. Also, don't be afraid to use that pistol! : SockMonkeh
  • toggle

    I haven't played much, but I think I have the hardest time switching quickly between disguises, the weapo... : Sze Ior
    • toggle

      I think this was my initial problem; but I then got used to the 1, 2, 3 binds. I even tried binding w, a... : thief
      • I'd go with this. I don't really know what to recommend because my config is so fucked up - I use right c... : dmason
    • toggle

      Just play with WASD and use 1234 for weapons. : SockMonkeh
      • toggle

        he means EDSF. : thief
        • that's maddness : Waffles!
        • Wads. Q for quickswitch. That's all i need. Also turn on weapon Fast Switch. I haven't actually played a ... : DrFlammable
    • Turn on the quick change option. : Rag and Bone Man
    • Don't forget that hitting 'b' will automatically toss on your last disguise. Comes in handy more than you... : Modica Sol Solis

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 129 replies.

• Oh hell yes. I got so sick and tired of trying to convince people as a kid that they were full of shit. "... : avatar_58
• toggle

  White Dwarf Room in Final Fantasy 4 to get the item that revives Palom and Porom IT EXISTS : sketchuout
  • toggle

    I have never, ever seen a pink puff but I've read so much about them. : Omaha
    • toggle

      Ah, this one I call true. I've seen them and managed to get a full battle or two with them in the PSX por... : avatar_58
      • toggle

        OH you have to use the alarm? I know the room, and I knew the pink puffs were real (I read about them on... : Omaha
        • Yeah and I NEVER managed to get one after hours of trying. Fuck me thats irritating. Much like the *IMP a... : avatar_58
        • don't need to do anything special to get the pink tail. Just a ridiculously low chance of fighting one, ... : Finestaut
      • toggle

        I think it's pretty much random. Something like a 1 in 64 chance of them dropping the item, like those ex... : Orange Pylon
        • I got imp once, I think, that sounds familiar. : Omaha
    • In the PSX, GBA, and original Japanese versions, you can call them by using the "alarm" item. Still hard ... : Orange Pylon
    • they're located in one room in the final dungeon 1/64 chance of encountering a pink puff then 1/64 ... : sketchuout
    • I fought four battles against them... I never had a pink tail drop though. FF4 was the first game that I... : Grumbeld
  • Well they can be rejoined in the GBA one. Heh. I remember all the hype around playing as Leo in FF6 or... : avatar_58
• toggle

  I kid at my school told me that there was a tree that you could climb in Dragon Warrior. The tree suppos... : pigvomit
  • haha. I can't wait for dragon warrior to come out on NES. Last year I tracked down an NES cartridge ve... : flasher 907
• toggle

  All I remember is dozens of fake codes for NBA Jam for the genesis/SNES. YOU CAN BE BARNEY AND HE DOES A... : kingdepork
  • toggle

    Oh God let's not forget the FATALITY's that involved Sonya/Kitana/etc. getting naked on screen. : Omaha
    • Haha, oh god I remember those : the city
• toggle

  http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15557583 : trick
  • ahahaha those were the ones! : Omaha
• the Street Fighter rumor where you cuold fight as some other guy Finding the triforce and melting the fr... : AllYourBase
• Playing as Luigi in Mario 64. There were even screenshots of it in video game mags : phobium
• All the early cheat sites used to be rife with fake cheats. Usually they be something like "Beat the game... : crummynz
• The secret boss in metroid. : Wombat Woo
• toggle

  we had the golden lotus that would supposedly attack you if you flew around enough in FF1. I never did f... : bfzzzz
  • toggle

    Did you fight WarMech? He *does* exist in Tiamat's dungeon. Tough fucker, he's harder to kill than Chaos ... : avatar_58
    • yeah that one rings a bell. this was like 15 years ago or something though, i can barely remember last w... : bfzzzz
    • toggle

      Yeah, he's on the bridge leading to Tiamat's room. You can wander back and forth to fight him. : Grumbeld
      • toggle

        There are only three that come to mind. Two revolve around FFVI. One was that you can get a shadow espe... : Grumbeld
        • crap, posted in the wrong spot. : Grumbeld
• toggle

  My favourite was, about about the time of Super Mario Bros. 3, kids at school claiming they had played Ma... : stratedge
  • hahah, I used to love "I went to Japan and saw..." stories! I liked the one (initially) ridiculous rum : Omaha
  • dude SMB99 rocks haven't you ever been to japan? : Foxhawk
  • Hahaha I knew a kid who "had an uncle that worked at Nintendo" who played SMB3 right after SMB2 came out.... : pigvomit
  • toggle

    haha lol kids and lies. usually kids would just lie about having "conquered" a game in a single night and... : das_runt
    • toggle

      "I beat *impossibly hard game* last night but my mom turned it off before the ending" was my favorite one... : pigvomit
      • I beat Contra 4 last night but my... batteries died before the ending... :( although seriously, I di : Omaha
  • Haha man, I love that "Mario 12 in Japan" is such a universal schoolyard rumor. : jake2000
• Ugh, I heard so many rumors in elementary school about how to unlock Mew in Pokemon Red and Blue and of c... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
• street fighter 2 -- you can play as <insert boss here> Is there anyone who didn't hear that wildly ina... : itsjames
• naked lara croft : filthysock
• Naked _______ : SiW73
• Mortal Kombat 3: All those stupid fucking codes you could enter, I can't remember half of them that were ... : devi| dog
• You can play as Shen Long in SF2. : freshyk
• toggle

  how about in-game rumors? Arcanum and the monster rabbit was (is) the best :) : Foxhawk
  • toggle

    The Zelda 2 dialogue made it so easy to assume things were there that weren't. Simon's Quest too. I A... : Omaha
    • best character name ever. : mindmann
• toggle

  We were all convinced the Minus World in Super Mario was total bullshit. : Rauol Duke
  • level 1-2 jump while crouching and hit the corner! oh shit that was some amazing stuff the first time i s... : bfzzzz
• toggle

  the 24302348 mortal kombat rumors, including ermac in the first game : ermac
  • He was in the first game. >:( : skitzo
• toggle

  I think SMB Minus world opened the flood gates. Once people found that it was real, kids would believe an... : lowpoly
  • toggle

    Yeah, I thought that shit was fake as hell until my buddy in the Philippines showed it to me. : vov1n
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hINPcvVQq-w : CrustaR
• toggle

  it's not game related but since we're talking about lies kids make up... once when i was around 11 yea... : das_runt
  • toggle

    It would have been funnier if you told him it was fake and he said "nuh uh I'm going there this weekend a... : Omaha
    • haha recalling that story reminds of this too: http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF198-Secret_Mutant_H... : das_runt
• for a the smurfs on ColecoVision, if you used a splitter for the controller (so you could push left and r... : stgulik
• I tackled Bo Jackson in TecmoBowl!!!!!!! : Spoetzl
• toggle

  The only lies I've heard are #1) Playing some game that didn't exist yet; or #2) "Sega is making a Sonic ... : EvilDolemite
  • toggle

    Sega is making a sonic game for nintendo. : ryuuseki
    • *made : flasher 907
  • I've played some game that doesn't exist yet. : Omaha
• toggle

  wait what's this about DNF coming out next week? : cpt_gloval
  • toggle

    only the lower-resolution version : Spoetzl
    • it's cell phone only now : flasher 907
• toggle

  I seem to recall some kids SWEARING that if you ran fast enough off of the staircase at the end of a leve... : Schnapple
  • I think you actually can jump over the flagpole. But you're screwed if you do, because you can't run bac... : Omaha
  • you can jump over the flagpoles, but it's kind of annoying if you do since you can't get that high again : itsjames
  • yea but that happened though, and you fucked yourself over : -=kodiak=-
• toggle

  I've got all you n00bs beat. Mine's totally old-school. I'm talking about Battlezone. This was a "wire-fr... : Home Nugget
  • Man that was a cool game. : crummynz
  • Hah, I remember this. : Agrona
• toggle

  I heard someone actually beat Krusty's Super Fun House. Psshh, right. : d fluke
  • toggle

    I don't remember if it was this or the other NES Simpsons game but it was harder than TMNT NES and Ninja ... : spectr3
    • toggle

      i had NES simpsons game it was fucking hard. I think I made it to the third level twice. : flasher 907
      • I actually beat that game, "Bart vs the Space Mutants", without cheating. It was crazy fucking hard and ... : s2jason
  • I totally beat that game. Shit was fun. : sammyl
• toggle

  Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Select Start : Waffles!
  • It's not a rumah! : Omaha
• toggle

  Someone told me that in Zelda 2, Link has sex with some girl to refill his life and you get to see it. ... : slax0r
  • toggle

    Only on illegally modified copies of the game. The uproar with the ESRB and Senator Yee was totally unjus... : jake2000
    • I think he's referring to the women in the town that invite you into their houses and your life goes up m... : Omaha
• toggle

  What, no mention of the Secred Cow Level in Diablo? : Arcanum
  • Err, secret, secret cow level. : Arcanum
  • I was in the channel when that rumor was created. We were just fucking with a few people who asked "Wh... : walker270
• toggle

  I was told that if i beat Goldeneye for N64 without ever taking a hit on the hardest mode, you earned the... : JecksS
  • toggle

    It is true but it's the old money penny who was like 84 at the time :( : Omaha
    • Lol that is disgusting dude. : JecksS
• i remember hearing that if you open the N64 controller there was a cheat in there for Mario 64 : Korban
• toggle

  I guess there is the whole "uber diablo" one from Diablo 2. Funny that after a year of no one believing i... : JecksS
  • I thought they actually added UD to the game because of the rumors. : ChibiJosh
• There was nothing, and I mean NOTHING, like getting that new ish of EGM in the late '80's early '90's and... : RyDogg1
• toggle

  I'm also still ticked off that the original Megaman manual claimed the game was two player and that the s... : Omaha
  • Megaman Soccer kicked ass. : nurglich
• toggle

  There was a shower scene in night trap and it was going to originally be AO, so they took it out, but the... : skitzo
  • * HOT COFFEE'd * : Omaha
• toggle

  That you could bring back to life a certain someone in FF7 : stuka
  • Some of the methods on that one were straight hilarious. : zakazi
• Mortal Kombat 1 SNES - Code for blood and fatality using the game genie. Street Fighter 2 SNES - Play ... : razlebol
• There were a ton of "Play as Goro" rumors floating around my arcade when Mortal Kombat came out. It was f... : ChibiJosh
• Naked JC Denton : tomservo
• toggle

  Cow Level in Diablo : SockMonkeh
  • toggle

    but that was no rumour : filthysock
    • It was in Diablo. : SockMonkeh
    • toggle

      In Diablo it was, was it not? Diablo 2, however, did have a cow level. : cpt. ken
      • toggle

        Diablo 2 had the chat gem that didn't actually do anything, yet people said it did. : mtgDoofy
        • toggle

          if you clicked it enough times it would say "perfect gem activated." you're right though: it doesn't do ... : cpt. ken
          • That's the genius of it! : Omaha
        • toggle

          Man what the fuck was that thing? Was it really nothing? What the fuck : Chris Remo
          • A lot of people thought that activating a "perfect gem" would make more gems drop or make more gem shrine : cpt. ken
• I swore the Mega Man X 'fire ball' powerup was a gag until I saw a video of it recently. You had to jum... : deathofrats
• toggle

  I can't believe nobody has mentioned Akuma yet. : aethyr
  • lol, I lied to my friends in 6th grad that I got Akuma in SF2 and then EGM owned me when they revealed it... : Shai-Tan
• toggle

  I remember the pre UO hype. THey used to say shit like "The world is so interactive that if you start ki... : nukewinter
  • I remember that! I think that was originally planned for the game and just didn't happen. I think I r... : Omaha
• Wasn't there rumors about a UFO and bigfoot in San Andreas? : Dave-A
• toggle

  There's this Castlevania game, you have to play it, but when you fight the end boss, you don't kill him! : zehh
  • That's surprisingly like Dawn of Sorrow : Omaha
• Remember Romero's bullshit about Quake with the giant hammer, interconnected servers, free mouse control ... : GloriousCow
• Mortal Kombat 1: This druggie family bully type tried to tell me there was a button combination during a ... : Hello Kitty
• i bit pretty hard on the Shen Long photoshop for super street fighter 2 turbo in EGM magazine. : -=kodiak=-
• toggle

  My best friend swore that on the Chip N' Dale game for the NES, if you waited on a certain level long eno... : BlackCat9
  • that game was pretty sweet : spaceless
• If you get out of a minus world - Nintendo gives you $100. : zakazi
• This is why the "Game Genie" was awesome, there was some crazy things you could do with it. : shortbuscaptain
• lol. we had kids straight up make up games they "had at home" that simply didn't exist. I'd scour Nintend... : sixfoot6
• The cloaking device in Star Control 2. : Hansson

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 72 replies.

• definitely the 360 : MagicWishMonkey
• uh.... 360 : oHnOES
• you most likely have a phone, but you don't have a 360 : fletch_
• 360. The iPhone is cool and all, but the 360 has more value to me. : infallible
• 360 : FormerHPB
• toggle

  not iphone cause ATT network blows. and if you want to unlock it, you're going to be playing the cat n mo... : epit
  • toggle

    The ATT network is decent here in charleston (better than suncom, which I'm looking to ditch) I do have t... : uglysad
    • hey fellow Charleston shacker! : phokz
• toggle

  you can watch HD porn on the 360, the iphone has no such high resolution capabilities. : mavmavv
  • toggle

    But with the iPhone you can watch porn anywhere, at any time! : Zeeliv
    • Like on the can while work! : TwiLyght
  • toggle

    portable porn may be more valuable... : edgewise
    • Who doesn't sneak their 360 into the bathroom? : devi| dog
• toggle

  i like that you post such a question in a gaming board. : bakanoodle
  • I thought about that after I posted but people on here have both so I figured it couldn't hurt : uglysad
• toggle

  360... iphone = a bunch of shit you will think is badass for about 2 weeks then forget about : nukewinter
  • toggle

    Spoken like someone who hasn't even used one. I've had mine since launch and I still think it's completel... : Zeeliv
    • The only thing unique the iPhone has is the screen. And not having tactile feedback sucks ass. : the city
    • toggle

      Spoken like someone who hasn't used many other smartphones. The iPhone lacks so many features it's a joke... : nudel
      • toggle

        I've owned a palm treo 600 (palm OS), a windows mobile XV6700, and an iPhone. The iPhone was the easiest ... : cdbeckman
        • toggle

          While I agree that windows mobile web browsing is a little bit of a chore, playing music or movies on it ... : Bruzilla
          • toggle

            you, sir, are broken. Are you using the built in windows media? and does it have a headphone jack? : cdbeckman
            • toggle

              I am. It does. : Bruzilla
              • Well, at least that is a huge step up from what I was dealing with. Still hate that program though. : cdbeckman
      • toggle

        Spoken like someone who equates feature lists with value. The draw of an iPhone isn't what features it h... : DianeOfTheMoon
        • Exactly, and for the record I've used a PPC6700, Treo 750, and a new Centro. They all pale in comparison ... : Zeeliv
        • toggle

          Well clearly it's a great phone if you don't miss any of the features it misses out, but for everyone els... : nudel
          • Summed up eloquently. BUT IT'S APPLE : the city
  • wrong! Still love mine, it's literally the only device I need or take with me anywhere at this point. : cdbeckman
• I have both, and I have gotten MUCH more enjoyment out of my 360. : drgoozle
• toggle

  Get a Nokia E70! http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone : JecksS
  • toggle

    that was funny! : krillin
    • haha fuck ya. Maddox is the shit. : JecksS
• toggle

  The question shouldn't be product vs product, but which games are you wanting the 360 for vs what your cu... : Zeeliv
  • toggle

    I've wanted a 360 since launch. There are tons of great exclusives that I don't want to miss out on (Mass... : uglysad
    • Well it sounds like you're going to get both eventually, so it's really just which can you stand waiting ... : Zeeliv
• 360 : OverloadUT
• You're more likely to lose the iPhone, than the 360. And even if your 360 does crap out with red ring you... : Koral06
• toggle

  iphone : Silent Wolf
  • lol : bipolar
  • lol'd : FormerHPB
  • toggle

    Aw, you're like a preacher who's lost the faith :( : Dave-A
    • hahah. like that preacher in Caddyshack who got struck by lightning. Judge Smails: "Reverend, you're d... : edgewise
  • hehe : dewdman
• toggle

  I got a 360 recently and will hold out for a 2nd gen iPhone that will hopefully have GPS built in : Spoetzl
  • So much for lying about your whereabouts... : Malum
  • toggle

    This actually seems like a good idea : uglysad
    • You'll likely be waiting a full year then, possibly more. GPS would probably come with a 3G version which... : Zeeliv
• ipod touch : Sixcos
• iPhone, who needs consoles nowadays? : Geoffrois
• 360 and a rotary dial phone FTW! : Malum
• 360 : ant_hillbilly
• Are you serious? 360!!!! : Superbuick26
• toggle

  do you spend more time out and about or at your placing relaxing? : xxiv
  • I spend a lot of work time out and about (sometimes I work 13 hour days) but when I'm off of work, I spen... : uglysad
• PC : CrustaR
• completely different products, depends on your needs. I'd go for an iPhone personally, and did, but then ... : cdbeckman
• It would be a wast to buy a $300 edge phone when the 2nd gen will have edge and 3G support. The 360 is... : VegasX
• 360 and then a refurb iphone? : Unleashed
• toggle

  360 ... iPhone's bad points include: 1. ATT 2. first generation hardware 3. 2 year contract : Nation
  • you do not have a 2 year contract when you buy the iPhone. 1. It's purchased as a "Phone Only" 2. If ... : g0nk
  • aren't they so retardedly easy to jailbreak now this is kind of a non issue? : gokart.
  • Yeah, that first generation iPhone hardware is so bad. Definitely get a 360. : vigilante
• toggle

  I'd hold off on the iPhone, it looks like the 3G version might be showing up soon. : dravalen
  • toggle

    Depends on if you consider late next year soon. : Zeeliv
    • toggle

      I'm hearing as soon as Feb. '08 : g0nk
      • Jobs himself said "hopefully late next year" because they won't put it in until battery consumption is be... : Zeeliv
• Refurbished iPhone and used 360. : mallfouf
• toggle

  which were you going to pick before you changed your mind? : Break
  • I was going to get an iPhone. I actually went and talked to the ATT store yesterday and got everything I ... : uglysad
• 360 : Jayx77

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 78 replies.

• toggle

  christ I even searched to see if it had been posted how dumb am I : Deathlove
  • ah, don't be too hard on yourself. i think this warrants a repost or two anyhow. : cpt. ken
• toggle

  1) I want every book as an eBook 2) I want access to Guttenburg project / my own PDFs 3) Backlight is a... : rosewood
  • toggle

    you can mail your own material to it for 10c/item, I guess you could send a Guttenburg project .txt to it... : jcupitt
    • toggle

      I think you can transfer txt from the computer - it's seems that PDF and Word are the main two that need ... : Jonathan
      • oic, reading the user guide now : jcupitt
    • toggle

      You need a backlight to read in the dark, I imagine. : aethyr
      • I manage fine without the backlight, although I think the newer sony reader model comes with one.. : lakren
    • toggle

      I like to read in bed, that means I need a backlight. I used to love reading on my old Palm Vx : rosewood
      • do your hardcovers have backlights? : Slowtreme
  • possible with the sony reader, not sure about the kindle.. : lakren
  • toggle

    backlight = eyestrain = death of sony's reader : Deathlove
    • How does backlight = eyestrain? : rosewood
    • My friend has the eReader and it worked fine on an airplane at night with just the basic reading light th... : Awun
• it would be cool if i could get all my books for school on one of these things also 400 dollars = :( : Break
• \m/ it's about time! : Dimmona
• toggle

  doesn't look very pretty : AllYourBase
  • toggle

    srsly. Needs more Apple. : SiW73
    • toggle

      Like... the Apple Newton? : snuff
      • toggle

        Yeah, it looks like something that should have been released 15 years ago. : vigilante
        • I agree this thing is so damn ugly I just cant see how they thought it was a good looking device. On the ... : Washburne
• toggle

  that sounds awesome. newspapers delivered everyday? for free?? oh yeah and books : feek
  • newspapers are $12-$15 a month : tashtego
• $400!?! Well, I guess only rich people read books anyway : spiderfill
• For me, this thing needs a touch screen and stylus for digital highlighting/notations. : Tommy Toolbag
• toggle

  free wikipedia access? badass! : hax3d
  • I agree. Almost worth the $400 just for that. : willy359
• toggle

  wow, it has a full(-ish) web browser too, not clear whether you get free web access included : jcupitt
  • toggle

    if you read further down the page you do : AllYourBase
    • toggle

      you mean there's free no-strings 3G internet included in the $400? : jcupitt
      • The only things I see on the product page are blogs and wikipedia. : tashtego
      • If so, it's totally worth it the price : spiderfill
      • toggle

        # Unlike WiFi, Kindle utilizes the same high-speed data network (EVDO) as advanced cell phonesâ€Â... : AllYourBase
        • toggle

          but maybe there are separate charges if you use the wireless for general web browsing, rather than buying... : jcupitt
          • toggle

            Yeah, this thing doesn't have an actual browser at all, as far as I can tell. It's locked in to Amazon's ... : tashtego
            • toggle

              no, there's a full web browser -- from the manual: CHAPTER 6 Accessing the Web Your Kindle comes wit : jcupitt
              • toggle

                wow. could shack from anywhere at anytime. BOUGHT : wtf242
                • Shacknews is a really complex site, so I wouldn't bet on that working. : DarkWolf5
              • this is probably how they claim to download your favorite blogs. : Slowtreme
• toggle

  free wireless access is pretty damn cool : Enraged Pineapple
  • From what I have seen, only access to Wikipedia is free. The wireless is "Free" in that you don't get cha... : taronish
• toggle

  Cool, looks like they're using the e-paper technology. I'm waiting for the day when it's literally a she... : DHAvatar
  • Isn't 'E-Ink' different from 'e-paper?' : hawke
• toggle

  If they can get that down to about 200$, I'd be in. : jonin
  • yep, way too expensive as is. : das_runt
  • exxxactly : xxx2xxx
• toggle

  Dear shackers please stop calling me about said product! Over 150 calls today :( crying : Iwannaacura
  • toggle

    Im calling you again....right NOW! : pimpium
    • toggle

      seriously i have had a guy call me 3 times every time i tell him to log into his account but he wont. His... : Iwannaacura
      • toggle

        You know you like it. : pimpium
        • update: i turned my phone off! : Iwannaacura
• Hmm, if I get a chance to see one (specifically the screen) and it lives up to what it says it can do ...... : InfoBiter
• toggle

  There is a metric shit ton of scanned books online, the ability to convert them to a readable format for ... : Visceral Monkey
  • 10 cents is really reasonable, but it's still a bit shitty nonetheless that it has to be done at all. : the city
• toggle

  Needs: 1. full PDF/RTF support, no conversion bullshit. 2. Touchscreen. 3. Color screen. 4. Full feat... : Durandal07
  • toggle

    Why would you want a touchscreen on an e-book reader? : pyrogen
    • so he can touch the tentacle in the hentai porn. : Iwannaacura
    • toggle

      How about to remove the keyboard which I don't think I'll be using much of the time (if the device does i... : taronish
      • I'd rather have a keyboard and a smudge-free screen, personally. : pyrogen
    • to highlight important passages/add notations : Tommy Toolbag
• toggle

  Looks cool, but... not 399.99 cool. For 399 it should have a little more functionality... like color and ... : K1Bond007
  • toggle

    for $399 i expect a touch screen and colors : das_runt
    • I think all electronic paper displays are black and white since it really uses ink to display the blacks. : cltcprd
    • touch screen would have been killer. but can they do that on e-ink? : flasher 907
• toggle

  I want a product like this, but I have to say that I think it's not there yet. Here's why: 1. They wan... : taronish
  • toggle

    In their defense, it has subscription-free EV-DO support, so you don't have to be near a wifi hotspot to ... : jason bergman
    • Yes, but "subscription free" doesn't mean much since it's just a vehicle for selling me things. The lack ... : taronish
    • There is web browsing, apparently. : pyrogen
• Damn, that thing is ugly. : trove
• I think that this is way overpriced. Its neat, but I enjoy reading a book and this just doesn't seem the... : Jayx77
• Little expensive but otherwise pretty cool. Free 3G downloads is great. : Serpico74
• toggle

  it's an ipod for baby boomers. : flasher 907
  • toggle

    Baby boomers are one of the biggest adopters of iPods. Everyone's a big adopter of iPods, really. Thi... : the city
    • toggle

      wow really? i don't know hardly any boomers who own ipods...and most certaintly not my parents! : flasher 907
      • Oh, well, maybe my anecdotal evidence is biased living in Orange County. Baby boomers seem to all be in ... : the city
• Does it still have the page transition delay other epaper devices do? Really, the only thing that I don't... : Conan
• Seriously, how many books do you need on the go? 1 or 2 MAYBE. Even on long trips, you do not need that m... : byorn

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 61 replies.

• toggle

  I've stopped worrying about that for the most part. With gamefly it's easy enough to get a game and see i... : sigpro
  • Living in Germany. Can't put up with censored / dubbed games sold here, so renting is probably not an opt... : tcs
• toggle

  Are you reading the same reviews I am? : pigvomit
  • toggle

    I'm pretty sure! I got the Uncharted and Mass Effect impressions from the Shack. Quotes from the ME re... : tcs
    • toggle

      You could read more reviews for a different perspective. I've read reviews that complain a bit about com... : pigvomit
      • toggle

        I really hope so, I've been looking forward to ME for quite some time. It's the one of the three that I'l... : tcs
        • Eurogamer gives it an 8/10 saying: Forced to stumble towards a conclusion, I'd say that despite the niggl : pigvomit
      • toggle

        Gametrailers' review even says the combat could stand as a decent shooter on it's own legs, among other p... : yemeth
        • toggle

          That's an...enthusiastic comment. I can't agree at all, but different strokes. : Chris Remo
          • I take it you agree with Nick's review? : rock elf
        • Gametrailer reviews are fucking horrible. Lots of spoilers... Also, most people posting on this site ... : razlebol
      • toggle

        1up vid podcast was brutal on Mass Effect. The inventory screen is botched AGAIN! hasn't Bioware leaned a... : edgewise
        • toggle

          So inventory is the uni-list? I love scrolling through pages of stuff to find med kits. : pigvomit
          • no, it's weapons and armor and mods and stuff but it takes fucking forever to scroll through them. also w... : JINKY
        • Hmmm I thought 1up and EGM were the same thing essentially. EGM gave it a 91%. I guess not? : pigvomit
    • well, you can look at just the good-but-not-great reviews like shacknews and eurogamer and ignore all the... : JINKY
• toggle

  How was Gears not repetitive? Machinegun + Chainsaw - rinse & repeat + cut-scenes. : Skoal^Fyfan
  • I was thinking about that as well. For some reason I could put up with Gears repetition indefinitely. It ... : tcs
• toggle

  More games need to employ non-combat based objectives, even games that are heavily focused around combat.... : qwpeoriu
  • Amen to that. I really give developers a lot of credit when they manage to entertain me without showing m... : tcs
  • toggle

    Most of Mass Effect's non-combat stuff is great, I wish the game just had no combat and I think it would ... : Chris Remo
    • Please tell that kind of stuff to developers when you get a chance to chat with them at press events etc.... : tcs
    • toggle

      One of the best game ever had shitty combat. In Ultima 7 combat wasn't that important with most quests be... : razorblade79
      • toggle

        EXACTLY. Sometimes I feel like a damn fanboy arguing that games should be more like Ultima VII, but obvio... : avatar_58
        • toggle

          With todays production costs a game of that magnitude would cost a gazillion dollars I guess. Maybe this ... : razorblade79
          • Maybe, but thats assuming we need top notch visuals. I could easily make due with what the Witcher has on... : avatar_58
    • toggle

      you could not be more wrong. as far as rpg combat goes, really it's some of the best in a while. it doesn... : JINKY
      • toggle

        Wow, you're right. It's far enough away from normal RPG combat that I'm comparing it to FPS style combat. : Clay
        • yeah, i think that's why people would complain about it, is because in comparison to gears of war (which ... : JINKY
      • toggle

        I don't know what there is to be wrong about, I'm saying the non-combat stuff is great and I wish it had ... : Chris Remo
        • toggle

          Do you ever like combat in games? I think I recall you saying basically this about another game, "if the... : cltcprd
          • I agree with him there. Rapture is a place that was never fully developed. Instead of just logs we could ... : avatar_58
          • toggle

            Of course. I love shooters, I love a lot of third person action games, I love strategy games, I love cer... : Chris Remo
            • toggle

              I agree. Too many times action RPGs do a piss poor job of making combat fun. Hell even look at games l... : kingdepork
              • I liked Oblivion's combat, but frankly after a few levels and upgrades you are immortal and cannot die. S... : avatar_58
  • toggle

    Personally I think we need more games that flat out ignore combat, or have it as a secondary optional tas... : avatar_58
    • toggle

      Totally...I always come away from a Tomb Raider game (Prince of Persia series as well) thinking how great... : speon
      • toggle

        It can be hard though to guess what a game would have felt like if some part of it was gone. In Prince : Johnny Law
        • toggle

          I disagree. Most of the action parts fell flat on their faces. There were so many parts in Prince of Pers... : avatar_58
          • Your complaint sounds more llike "improve the action" rather than "remove the action". : Johnny Law
• toggle

  AC is awesome, yeah, it's not perfect but I've been playing it almost non-stop this weekend. : dravalen
  • toggle

    ditto, i was skeptical of the creed, but has owned my xbox for the last 6 hours of gaming. : fufux
    • Same. It's incredible. : logik?
    • toggle

      Me too. I almost skipped it after all the complaints but thanks to PA I played it myself and formed my ow... : Magus
      • toggle

        you needed a web comic to remind you to form your own opinions? : hamachi
        • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15564799#itemanchor_15564799 : Magus
• My advice is to stop reading perpetual negativity from critics and other assholes who just get off on shi... : nukewinter
• They shoulda had a special 4-player coop mode in AC where each of the four players controls one of Altair... : spigot
• toggle

  Uncharted is amazing. I thought the combat was great enough to where I never felt like I was sick of it. ... : smackpiece
  • Also, I think if they could find someway to make an online co-op mode in a sequel, I would take a banana ... : smackpiece
• I have decided to stop giving two shits about game reviews. I'll rent/buy it myself and form my own opini... : OverloadUT
• toggle

  tcs, you just have to realize that game reviewers can be horribly jaded, bitter human beings. : ultramega
  • this seems to be very true these days : mwasher
• toggle

  Mass Effect's combat isn't amazing, but the rest of the game is. And it's not bad either - I'm playing... : Clay
  • hmmm. to buy or not to buy... : edgewise
• Uncharted is an incredible game. The combat does not get boring. : needles eye
• Uncharted is really, really fun. I actually want to replay it on a harder difficulty setting, and I never... : sharpie
• ^^^ Good news, I guess I'll just have to take the plunge and buy the games ;-) : tcs
• i'm still pretty pysched about mass effect. in fact, i really like their TV ads. on the other hand, i... : dahanese
• Word of mouth and reviews are so overrated. If you're truly interested in something go try it and form yo... : Magus

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 67 replies.

• toggle

  I thought Resistance was a lot more fun than Halo3, personally. : MagicWishMonkey
  • toggle

    I thought Resistance was the most boring and bland shooter I've played in years, personally. : cltcprd
    • toggle

      I thought Resistance was the best shooter I've played in years with the exception of Metroid Prime 3. Obv... : MoreVespeneGas
      • toggle

        i like pie, personally : filthysock
        • toggle

          pumpkin? apple? be specific man. : MoreVespeneGas
          • toggle

            i like turtles : MagicWishMonkey
            • I like werewolf movies - I AM THE WEREWOLF : skunk_ape
    • ^^^^ I agree. I could not get into it. It doesn't feel "solid" to me. Or whatever that means... : pigvomit
    • toggle

      Really? I loved it because of the variety. The huge assortment of weapons and enemies was awesome, espec... : MagicWishMonkey
      • toggle

        I really liked how you unlocked a ton of new weapons after beating the game, makes playing through again ... : MoreVespeneGas
        • wow i didn't realize that, i'll have to play through it again sometime. : MagicWishMonkey
        • I really think Eurogamer's review was spot on. http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=70094 : pigvomit
    • toggle

      That's where I am with it. The graphics are totally washed out, the enemies die in completely unconvinci... : ThomW
      • toggle

        I think you just don't like bald people. : MoreVespeneGas
        • Picard rules. : ThomW
    • toggle

      Yeah, you and I have traded replies about this in agreement. I still plan on playing through it eventuall... : qwpeoriu
      • armybob sent me his copy, I eventually ended up sending it back to him since I just didn't get it. I w... : cltcprd
    • toggle

      so it is like halo 3 then? : plat2on1
      • Halo 3 was a lot of things, but it was never boring or bland IMO. : cltcprd
    • Its a lot of run and gun, but I'm enjoying it. Not sure how the story will pan out, but I find myself s... : itsjeff9
  • toggle

    Is it a different beast though? How is the group multiplayer online gaming? I always hear people co... : kaddar0
    • It is a different beast. I like them both. : MoreVespeneGas
  • Resistance: Overly literal FPS saved for some by it's weapons. Online functionality is good, and fun for... : Boxelder
  • ugh that fucking timesplitters movement feel completely kills the game for me. : gokart.
• The PS3 is shaping up pretty well lately, and to me so is the Wii. I'm assuming the 360 will remain my pr... : qwpeoriu
• Still not there for me yet. Maybe next Xmas. : Fred Garvin
• toggle

  I honestly think most would be satisfied if they picked one up with Warhawk, Ratchet, Uncharted and picki... : Boxelder
  • Yeah, when God of War 3 comes and blows the mind of every gamer in the world, then we'll agree the PS3 ca... : invisible_kid
  • toggle

    All of what I've heard of Warhawk was that it was sorta bland. I'd love to hear some impressions since i... : itsjeff9
    • I love Warhawk. Its nothing really new, but the gameplay is just so much fun. : gibolas1234
  • while I would certainly enjoy those games, they're not of the caliber that makes me want to run out and s... : derelict515
• toggle

  Now that the dust has settled and Xbox360 has been recognized as the winner of this generation, I think y... : rossimo
  • toggle

    What what...no. No. The PS3 is a seven to eight year machine. It's been one year. The 360 is peaking... : EvilDolemite
    • toggle

      ^^^^ Runs EvilDolemite's Psychic Hotline. : Fred Garvin
      • And just as good at predicting as most: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=12723013#itemanchor_127230... : Fred Garvin
    • toggle

      there is no way the PS3 is a 7 to 8 year machine... where do you think the power is going to come from t... : cltcprd
      • toggle

        The PS2 had games released on it up to 7 years after it came out. Why can't the PS3? : invisible_kid
        • toggle

          Because the PS2's installed user base will be 5 times higher unless Sony pulls it's head out of it's own ... : cltcprd
          • toggle

            Yup, it does seem like they are slowly heading in the right direction with the dev kit reduction : itsjeff9
            • Like someone else said, it'll help but it's not going to sway anyone much when the total budget is in the... : Fred Garvin
        • Just the fact that Rock Band is still coming out for PS2 is amazing. : Hello Kitty
    • 7 to 8 years is a long damn time : bozer
    • sales, titles, power? haha alright : the city
  • toggle

    Now that the dust has settled and Xbox360 has been recognized as the winner of this generation UH....n... : sexninja!!!!
    • I find it ironic that people were comparing the 360 to the Dreamcast because it came out first like the D... : Fred Garvin
  • I think this is one of the most retarded posts I've ever read : Bantis
  • lol hurrrrrr....... : eeeealmo
  • whew glad that's all been settled then : kill9
  • FRONT LINES ON THE CONSOLE WAR : tomservo
• Uncharted looks pretty stellar, watched a few coworkers playing it at lunch. The whole BC still bothers m... : dravalen
• toggle

  I traded Resistance into Gamestop for 17 bucks and was thrilled, if that puts it in perspective. : grandmasterlee
  • GOTY, got it! : itsjeff9
  • i never even bought halo 3, if that puts it in perspective : diddlyd
  • We need better tools for Shackifieds. No one ever goes there. You'd get $30 selling it to another Shack... : ThomW
• toggle

  I'll be getting a PS3 eventually... fucking sucks there will be no back compatibility when I do : dael
  • toggle

    The new ones have it software-wise right? My brother picked up one of the last ones in our area that had... : itsjeff9
    • toggle

      no, software bc will be phased out as well :( : dael
      • Even sony's software solution really isn't a 100% software solution. The euro models and US 80gb models ... : Prozium
      • the ps3 just keeps getting better! : the city
  • toggle

    are they phasing it out completely? : aeg1x
    • toggle

      Already done. The new 40GB models have no b/c whatsoever ... well no PS2 b/c. It has PS1 b/c. : qwpeoriu
      • but the 40gb isn't the only model they produce : aeg1x
      • but isn't Sony still keeping the 80gb model for people that want BC? I haven't heard anything about them... : Prozium
    • toggle

      I don't think even Sony knows at this point. BC is one of the big draws for me. I still pull out an... : ThomW
      • yeah I'd certainly be less likely to buy a PS3 with no bc : aeg1x
  • The fact that MS has put backwards compatibility on their back burner makes me wonder if the mainstream a... : Magus