Morning Discussion

It's Friday and how great is that? Pretty great. So we've got a big thing going for the holiday, in the form of the Shacknews Holiday Contest of Doom. Just the act of submitting an entry puts you into a sweepstakes for a plethora of prizes, and well a Xbox 360 Elite for the best entry isn't too shabby either.

So other news, eh? Activision did spell it out that they want someone to pay for using their guitars in Rock Band. I guess it's just too bad that their guitars aren't available somewhere that customers could exchange currency for said instruments. Seems like that could be an okay trade off, maybe? So what is everyone playing over the holiday weekend? Some lucky participant in the thread will get a set of BioShock gamerpics and theme for the 360.

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    December 21, 2007 6:12 AM

    So what are you guys playing over the holidays? Wrangling family into Wii or Rock Band? Reuniting with that one cousin for Gears of War runs? Hiding in a closet with Dwarf Fortress?

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      December 21, 2007 6:14 AM

      learning how to enjoy my Gamecube! finally!

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      December 21, 2007 6:14 AM

      Eating homemade candy. Hanging out with family and playing as much tf2 as possible.

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      December 21, 2007 6:14 AM

      Some Crysis, replaying some older games on the new rig. Downloading COD4 demo right now ...

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      December 21, 2007 6:14 AM

      GODDAMN IT!

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      December 21, 2007 6:15 AM

      My wife decided to buy me a Xbox360 Elite and Rock band as my christmas present (without me asking really) and she gave it to me early so I plan on bringing that to both of our families to rock out :)

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      December 21, 2007 6:15 AM

      Closet, Dwarf Fortress

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        December 21, 2007 6:16 AM

        If I get some time today I'm going to begin my epic Dwarfurrat, done in the style of ancient Mayan architecture. It's going to be, in a word, amazing.

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      December 21, 2007 6:16 AM

      Tabula Rasa

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      December 21, 2007 6:16 AM

      Dawn of War and its expansions.

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      December 21, 2007 6:16 AM

      Rock Band, Mario Galaxy, and Ghost Squad.

      Mostly Rock Band, though. I hope they announce a full album for next week's DLC.

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      December 21, 2007 6:16 AM

      Lost of Rock Band for sure. CoD4, Wii Sports, and Mario Galaxy will definitely get some play time as well.

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      December 21, 2007 6:16 AM

      Watching my wife and mother play coop GH3 for maximum lols.

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      December 21, 2007 6:17 AM

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      December 21, 2007 6:17 AM

      I'll be sans computer at my parents, but will likely be playing Guitar Hero III, and some board games like Settlers, Carcasonne or Scrabble with the family.

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      December 21, 2007 6:17 AM

      Finishing off Vampire Bloodlines and then going back to the Witcher.

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      December 21, 2007 6:18 AM

      TF2, mythos

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      December 21, 2007 6:20 AM

      has been Supcom and TF2 will be COD4 and World in Conflict.

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      December 21, 2007 6:21 AM

      Going to start Bioshock and R6:Vegas. Maybe some more COD4 on Veteran if I feel like banging my head against the wall.

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      December 21, 2007 6:21 AM

      I will probably trundle the ol' ps2 to my folks house to keep myself entertained with guitar hero

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      December 21, 2007 6:23 AM

      Rock Band (my friend got it) and Mario Galaxy

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      December 21, 2007 6:26 AM

      DWAAAARRRRRFFF FORTRESSSSSSSSS! GRRRrRrRrrrrRRRAAAAH! \o/ \o/ \o/ also EVE

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      December 21, 2007 6:27 AM

      Wii, my 360 is in a box heading to texas.

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      December 21, 2007 6:27 AM

      I am going to sleep, play videogames and watch movies.
      It's what any self-respecting nerd should do.

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        December 21, 2007 6:41 AM

        (high five) Same.

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        December 21, 2007 6:45 AM

        Definitely. I'm going to mix that in with some partying too.

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      December 21, 2007 6:33 AM

      cod4,mythos,tf2,,,,,,

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      December 21, 2007 6:33 AM

      Going to show my younger cousins how to really play Guitar Hero \m/

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      December 21, 2007 6:34 AM

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      December 21, 2007 6:36 AM

      i'm going to finish phantom hourglass and then sink my teeth into curl up in the fetal position until new years after attempting to play Contra 4.

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      December 21, 2007 6:36 AM

      Duke Nukem 3d, TF2, Mythos

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      December 21, 2007 6:37 AM

      Nothing. I will not have a computer or console for 3 weeks. :(

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        December 21, 2007 7:27 AM

        OMG I'm really sorry :( Please don't kill yourself, maybe there will be new Duke media once you come back from that coma...

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      December 21, 2007 6:39 AM

      Farming gold/honor in WoW and getting further in Zack & Wiki.

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      December 21, 2007 6:39 AM

      I'm going to finish up Super Mario Galaxy.

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      December 21, 2007 6:39 AM

      taking my kids to disneyland. No games for me :(

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      December 21, 2007 6:41 AM

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      December 21, 2007 6:45 AM

      Eve Online and City of Heroes for me. I'm also going to try to put some time into Super Mario Galaxies as I've only got 30 stars at the moment

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      December 21, 2007 6:47 AM

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      December 21, 2007 6:55 AM

      I'll be watching my dad get pissed off in Wii bowling (he put way too much spin on it). We might Heroically Guitar, but I'll finally be getting a 360 (whether it was a gift or not) so I can cram in some Mass Effect and Rock Band if we can find it.

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      December 21, 2007 6:59 AM

      Depends on what I end up getting. Ratchet and Clank? Assassins Creed? Uncharted? Guess only Santa really knows. :-(

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      December 21, 2007 7:00 AM

      I'm probably going to play some counter strike source and cry.

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      December 21, 2007 7:03 AM

      It depends on what my wife got me for Xmas. I can't figure it out but it's something I'll want to "play with". It's wrapped in a small box, roughly 8"x6"x1.5", it's sort of heavy (like maybe six pounds), it comes from Circuit City (she screwed up and left the bag out), and it was expensive enough to make my wife take out a Circuit City Credit Card (also left out by accident) and make it a "combo" gift for both Xmas and my birthday (Jan 6th). I can't for the life of me figure out what it is. It's probably not a PSP since I think the box is too small and it's overall too heavy (I lamented the PSP possibility in a previous douchebag-post). It can't be a Wii because we already have one (and again, too small). No way is it another game system. I already own a DS. It's too heavy to just be miscellaneous games. I can think of a number of things it could be if we took Circuit City out of the mix. I'd say it could be an iPhone but the box is too big and I don't see an iPhone being that heavy (or for that matter, sold at B&M CC stores with Verizon there and all).

      It's driving me crazy

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      December 21, 2007 7:09 AM

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      December 21, 2007 7:10 AM

      Painkiller: Battle Out Of Hell, Perrgle, and H-L2 EP. 2!!!! :O

      Oh, and the Duke teaser video 50,000 times.

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      December 21, 2007 7:11 AM

      because of work, I am behind in my games. My list to choose from is:

      BioShock
      Finish Halo3 SP
      Mass Effect (just got last night)
      Orcs and Elves DS
      Orange Box for the 360 ... played already on the PC
      Akirdi Warriors (XBoxLive)
      Puzzel Quest (XboxLive)

      I think I will save Orcs and Elves for the drive to and from St Louis this weekend (going to see the Illini play Mizzou in College Basketball) ... I will probably end up playing Peggle Deluxe or something at the Casual Collective today and spend next week on the big games. Need to get some stuff done before the trip to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl!

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      December 21, 2007 7:14 AM

      A couple non-gaming friends visit us so I hope I find enough time for COD4, Fable, FF5+6, Halo3, Puzzle Quest, Overlord, ...

      I didn't even touch half the games yet. So far CoD4 eats all my precious gaming time!

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      December 21, 2007 7:19 AM

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      December 21, 2007 7:20 AM

      Warhammer Online beta.

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        December 21, 2007 7:23 AM

        Cock.

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          December 21, 2007 7:25 AM

          The game is so much better than what it was 2 months ago.

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            December 21, 2007 7:28 AM

            Is it any different than WoW or any MMO since Everquest for that matter?

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              December 21, 2007 7:29 AM

              No, it's pretty much the exact same as Wolf Quest

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                December 21, 2007 7:42 AM

                I've been applied since May and I have the "Newsletter Veteran" flag but no invite yet.

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                  December 21, 2007 7:45 AM

                  Same, I really still don't know how I got invited. I got invited pretty early into Beta 2. I think it was because of my system specs. The Newsletter Veteran flag will give you a higher chance but everyone who signed up before a specific date has that flag on their account. The change in beta methods is also a much welcome change. They were trying to blow their loads too quick!

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                    December 21, 2007 7:59 AM

                    I uploaded a new dxdiag file after I got my 8800 GT, maybe they will choose some fancy video card testers in the next wave :P

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      December 21, 2007 7:22 AM

      I really don't plan on playing any games over the holidays. If I do end up doing that it'll be something out of random.

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      December 21, 2007 7:22 AM

      Aquarius!

      can't beat ecco the dolphin meets metroid! Plus it has nice art direction!

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      December 21, 2007 7:40 AM

      All three of us brothers (white kind, not brothers) will be together for the first time in a year, so we'll probably play some Tiger Woods or Gears of War and Wii bowling.

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      December 21, 2007 7:40 AM

      Probably Peggle. I'm leaving my computer at home, so all i'll have is my gf's laptop, and it won't run TF2. =(

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      December 21, 2007 7:43 AM

      you mean there are video games besides world of warcraft still?

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      December 21, 2007 7:45 AM

      working :-( I only have Christmas day off, and we have to push a big application release towards the beginning of January, so I'll be apps testing.

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      December 21, 2007 7:51 AM

      Mario Galaxy, Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, MOH: Airborne, probably more R6: V... need to get back into Metroid, and also will probably spend some quality time in Source SDK on ye olde TF2 map.

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      December 21, 2007 7:54 AM

      HL ep 1&2, stalker, crysis, portal. I might give TF2 a try but I need to get learned so i'm not all wtf.

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      December 21, 2007 7:58 AM

      EVE ONLINE offcourse. Channel Shacknews.

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        December 21, 2007 8:06 AM

        Me too! also, Rock Band, and I know I'm getting GH3 for Christmas so I'm also going to try and blast through Medium on a single try

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        December 21, 2007 8:46 AM

        Deff getting some more eve time in.

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      December 21, 2007 8:01 AM

      HL2:E2 and COD4 for single player, COD4 and TF2 for multiplayer. I might buy Bioshock if I'm feeling saucy.

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      December 21, 2007 8:03 AM

      Space Rangers 2, X-Com UFO Defense, Fallout 2 and possibly some Star Control 2

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      December 21, 2007 8:05 AM

      Age of Conan if I can get it to connect.

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        December 21, 2007 8:51 AM

        How does the game stack up to other MMO's?

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      December 21, 2007 8:06 AM

      I definitely foresee some Rock Band 4 piece band action on Xmas day at my house. My wife's cousin is bringin over his GH360 guitar. Should be fun.

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      December 21, 2007 8:08 AM

      portal, cod4, mass effect, maybe some wow.

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        December 21, 2007 10:24 AM

        Nothing says "family" like grinding some bear asses.

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      December 21, 2007 8:12 AM

      I picked up Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company which contain the first 3 books in the Black Company series. Other than that, spending time w/family.

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      December 21, 2007 8:26 AM

      I'm gonna play through DOOM2 and DUKE3D again. Awwww, jeah!

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        December 21, 2007 8:34 AM

        I was doing a speed run through Duke3D and died somewhere in Episode 2. I hadn't saved it, and wasn't in the mood to restart the level with no guns :\

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      December 21, 2007 8:32 AM

      Going to finish up Bioshock for the first time (Yeah I know I'm late) and then get back into the Witcher now that the loading times are bearable.

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      December 21, 2007 8:34 AM

      Locking myself up in a room with a PSP and Jeane D'Arc to avoid family bullshit

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      December 21, 2007 8:35 AM

      I have picked up on The Witcher again, thanks to the 1.2 patch. Joy!

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      December 21, 2007 8:37 AM

      waiting for my laptop to be fixed

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      December 21, 2007 8:47 AM

      freecell


      :(

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      December 21, 2007 8:49 AM

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      December 21, 2007 8:50 AM

      Probably a lot of rock band since its just me and me wife and thats all we play these days.

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      December 21, 2007 8:59 AM

      WoW! And hopefully Mass Effect when my ankle heals and I can setup the tv

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      December 21, 2007 9:11 AM

      TF2, Rock Band and Assassin's Creed

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      December 21, 2007 9:12 AM

      Lots of Rock Band as I'm headed back to my home town and we have to continue our tour :)

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      December 21, 2007 9:13 AM

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      December 21, 2007 9:15 AM

      The Simpsons game! I'm trying to beat a late level. It's hard since I suck at guitar hero (yes, you read that right). Then, it's off to Bioshock land to resume where I left off.

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      December 21, 2007 9:39 AM

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      December 21, 2007 9:42 AM

      finishing EP1 so I can start on EP2 , hopefully i finish both so I can get back to COD4

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      December 21, 2007 9:45 AM

      Assassin's Creed if only just to get it over with. Then Panzer Dragoon Orta!

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      December 21, 2007 9:52 AM

      Mythos. But I'm kinda bored and feel like I need something epic to play/fill the void of my soul.

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      December 21, 2007 9:54 AM

      I will be forced to play Diablo II (LAN-style) with my cousins. I haven't played that game in ages and I don't want to.

      With my lone time, I will try to get the last 60 stars in Mario Galaxy. (with Mario. I have been spoiled by the Internet. I know you play the other 120 stars with Luigi)

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        December 21, 2007 9:54 AM

        argh, forgot the spoiler tag option. It should be "o" instead of "s".

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      December 21, 2007 10:06 AM

      I'm taking my Wii and my PS2 with me for the holidays. So it'll be GH3 Co-op, Rock Band with guitar and mic (no drums yet :[ ), Wii Sports, and Mario Galaxy. I will miss my PC dearly.

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      December 21, 2007 10:07 AM

      Rock Band! Myself on Guitar. Daughter on Drums and Wife on Mic! my son will have to be content with dancing to our mean rhythms until his hands get big enough to play a bass!

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        December 21, 2007 10:08 AM

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          December 21, 2007 10:24 AM

          I keep telling my daughter if her singing doesn't pick up, she's getting demoted to Roadie (I.E. the person that has to plug in all the instruments and sets up the game)

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      December 21, 2007 10:07 AM

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      December 21, 2007 10:08 AM

      Try to hit 70 in WoW and COD4 on 360

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      December 21, 2007 10:09 AM

      Rock Band on NYD with my family. Maybe on NYE if I can convince the friends of my wife to do it. I know one of them was a drummer so he might be down.

      Xmas is the loneliest time for me as a gamer as I'm the only one who does it up and I don't do Xmas with my family until NYD. :(

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      December 21, 2007 10:14 AM

      WoW, Fear, wife because my 360 red ringed.

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      December 21, 2007 10:20 AM

      ....Vanguard. Believe it or not.

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        December 21, 2007 10:22 AM

        I do NOT believe it!

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          December 21, 2007 11:19 AM

          Hush, I have a free month :(

          I've been tempted, several times, to buy cheap copes of EQ2 or Vanguard and ship them to you and Devil Dog.

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        December 21, 2007 10:38 AM

        Curious, did they actually finish the game and add content and items for 40+ or is everyone still hanging out in the arena?

        I heard they merged the pvp servers too meh

        I had a low 40s Dreadknight on Varking, don't even think that server is still around - it turned into a ghost town when I stopped playing. Maybe only 100 people or so on at any given time.

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          December 21, 2007 11:18 AM

          They big raid zone was finished and added. The PvP servers were merged into one FFA server. Performance is much improved, but I've only been playing for a day or so. I do have a free flying reindeer for the holidays, so that's kind of cool.

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            December 21, 2007 4:09 PM

            I was a cunt hairs width from really liking Vanguard, I really wanted to like it. Casting on the Move and Defensive Targets, just about sell the game on their own.

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      December 21, 2007 10:23 AM

      AC, ME

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      December 21, 2007 10:39 AM

      Call of Duty 4, Team Fortress 2, Crysis, Halo 3, America's Army

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      December 21, 2007 10:43 AM

      Maybe some Mythos. Otherwise I'll be working :(

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      December 21, 2007 10:48 AM

      TF2, Ep2, and maybe some Dead Rising.

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      December 21, 2007 10:49 AM

      I am headed home so I will load my laptop up with Civ 4 and Heroes 5

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      December 21, 2007 10:56 AM

      Doom by myself and a fuck load of GTA with my friend who is in town.

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      December 21, 2007 12:06 PM

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      December 21, 2007 12:07 PM

      APF2K8 and CoD4

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      December 21, 2007 12:36 PM

      I don't know. I just built a new box and I'm downloading demos like crazy. I know I'm getting Mass Effect and BioShock for the 260, but now that my computer can run things like Crysis and The Witcher....

      Too many games. :(

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      December 21, 2007 12:44 PM

      Completing COD4 on the PC, The Witcher and Mass Effect on the 360.

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      December 21, 2007 2:11 PM

      twiddling my thumbs, probably.
      Or reading a book or three.

      Spending it with my parents, who have no internet connection...
      And I have no console of my own to take.

      PC's too much of a hassle to cart

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      December 21, 2007 2:19 PM

      Fuck all that console nonsense. Oblivion, some TF2, a replay of HL2:EP2, Crysis... Maybe some Reality Mod for BF2 or whatever it's called etc.

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      December 21, 2007 2:40 PM

      I get rock band in 4 days... Hooray. Too bad its launch and the strum bar will probably be faulty.

      Till then, UO and replaying Hitman:BM

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      December 21, 2007 3:13 PM

      I'll be playing some Dwarf Fortress and some Mario Galaxy as Luigi, assuming that I don't get any games (which I'm sure is a false assumption).

      The newest Dwarf Fortress really helps the frame rate issue that I has and makes it run decently for me when before it was barely playable.

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      December 21, 2007 3:14 PM

      Super Mario Galaxy...finally. I was forcing myself to wait til I finished Metroid Prime 3...

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      December 21, 2007 3:18 PM

      Mass Effect, Super Mario Galaxy and FF XII.

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      December 21, 2007 3:32 PM

      Mythos and TF2

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      December 21, 2007 3:33 PM

      Super Mario Galaxy, finishing HL2:EP2...

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      December 21, 2007 3:41 PM

      SMG, Ass Creed, Mass Effect, Ikaruga, Link to the Past, Four Swords

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      December 21, 2007 4:03 PM

      I'm finishing Hellgate London, and then working on a little Battle Isle 2220 (aka 3), and then I dunno.

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      December 21, 2007 4:05 PM

      Call of Duty 4 MP, Halo 3 MP

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      December 21, 2007 7:33 PM

      I just got COD4 and HALO3 (I rented it before) so I will probably be playing those and some WoW.

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      December 21, 2007 7:33 PM

      Restarted The Witcher so I could make use of the 1.2 patch and my new video card

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      December 21, 2007 11:05 PM

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      December 21, 2007 11:14 PM

      lots of Wii games it seems

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      December 21, 2007 11:28 PM

      Aquaria... I'm about 8 hours in and it's getting really difficult.

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      December 21, 2007 11:38 PM

      TF2 won't run on my laptop so for PC I'm limited to like, Doom and stuff. So sad about TF2 though :(

      I have my Wii though so I'll hopefully finish Metroid Prime 3 :D

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        December 21, 2007 11:56 PM

        I told you not to buy it!

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        December 22, 2007 12:09 AM

        Hopefully you'll be able to burn and blow up people in TF2 soon :(

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        December 22, 2007 12:19 AM

        (I should clarify that I play TF2 all the time but I am at my parents' until the 1st with just my laptop which is not as powerful as my desktop)

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      December 21, 2007 11:49 PM

      Playing the original SSX for PS2.

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      December 22, 2007 12:05 AM

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      December 22, 2007 12:17 AM

      Duke Nukem Forever, Devil May Cry 4, Ninja Gaiden 2, and some Dragon Age

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      December 22, 2007 12:19 AM

      Finishing up The Witcher, then hopefully finishing Super Mario Galaxy

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      December 22, 2007 12:54 AM

      I went to Knott's Berry Farm on Thursday and it got me itching to play some Roller coaster Tycoon, so I'll be causing any small pixilated person foolish enough to ride my spiraling coaster of doom to expel the most recent contents of their stomach.

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      December 22, 2007 2:00 AM

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      December 22, 2007 2:21 AM

      EverQuest 2 and TF2

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