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  wtf, 16 rockets now. no fucking way. : ant_hillbilly
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    yeah, for real. demoman needed the nerf (and i dont really think this is what should have been done), but... : feek
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      you guys are crazy if you don't think the soldier is an extremely powerful class : aeg1x
      • they could have dropped it to 24. But 16 common. : ant_hillbilly
      • it is powerful, but i dont think it needed a nerf? i mean, i guess it's acceptable, but why be nerfed... : feek
  • haha yeah I think that will go up to 20 at least : Downforce
• also, wtf dont nerf the amounts of the sticky grenades, just nerf the damage. : ant_hillbilly
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  They're clearly trying to cut down on the amount of explosives spam, which is a good thing imo. Too often... : aeg1x
  • My rockets are NOT RANDOM. : thief
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  uhm rocket what the hell I run out all the time as it is oh well guess I will STEAL FROM THE ENGINEER NOW... : thief
  • NEED A DISPENSER. Seriously! this won't affect me that much, actually; I can cut back on my rocket ... : thief
• Reduced SockMonkeh's ability to run the game from 1 to 0 : SockMonkeh
• Really? Steam's a shitbird for me right now, maybe because of this update they're pushing, but those a... : carrioN luggagE
• People will be swarming to gibspots to get those dropped weapons. : ahk-med
• 4 clips of rockets? interesting, anything that makes soldier dominate less is ok by me : stamps
• I anticipate some beautiful backstabs coming after a soldiers trigger goes CLICK CLICK CLICK! bwaha : Trips
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  I can't help but feel like I'm partly responsible for this. : NastyJack
  • You ruined TF2. : monkeygone
  • I really doubt that, I'd imagine that the most complaints would be formed from players on large pubs wit... : FlamingGimp
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  Added protection against voice command spamming. Dramatic reduction in teleporters needed hahaha : aeg1x
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    Full change list Added "Custom" tab to the server browser * Servers can now specify metatags de... : aeg1x
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      Added protection against voice command spamming. Dramatic reduction in teleporters needed LOL : askedrelic
      • Need a teleporter here!!! : askedrelic
      • :( That's sad : OverloadUT
      • Awesome. I love valve. : Horn
      • Worst change ever. Now what am I supposed to do for a minute before the game starts? : Pebby
    • timelimit fix is nice to see. lol at teleporters : re4ctor
    • tournament mode, huh?? interesting! : feek
    • The tournament thing looks like a nice feature, like for the Shack tournament. : Nitrium
  • lol ya thats funny. : ant_hillbilly
  • hashaha what does it really say that? : feek
  • that is hilarious and unfortunate. : thekidd
  • Oh hell no. I QUIT VALVE I WILL NEVER BUY A PRODUCT FROM YOU EVER. : snuff
  • haha awesome but also very sad :( : mikecyb
  • Wow, way to completely void the INCOMING! Heavy as a valid tactic, Valve. This is going to completely cha... : DrFlammable
• Kinda surprised. I like dropping the Demoman's, but.... 16 seems low. That means you really only get 2 fu... : K1Bond007
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  Rest of changes for the lazy: Added "Custom" tab to the server browser * Servers can now specif : indosauros
  • Added protection against voice command spamming. Dramatic reduction in teleporters needed Yeah I misse... : ieGod
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    * Fixed Engineer being able to detonate buildings that are being sapped Huh...didn't know that was an... : Modica Sol Solis
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      It's akin to suiciding right before you get killed to deny an opponent the points. It denies the spy his ... : aeg1x
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        it seems like a legit tactic to me. but whatever : feek
        • it's not really a tactic at all. It has no tactical benefit to the engineer, it just denies the other pla... : aeg1x
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        Meh. In my opinion it's an unfair change. In most cases the sapped buildings aren't even near the enginee... : ieGod
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          he waits 5 more seconds? : aeg1x
          • I'm whining, stop interrupting with facts. : ieGod
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          I agree, because I'd detonated my Sentry when it was sapped and out of reach so I could quickly rebuild o... : vynn
          • instead, they should have just given the spy a couple points for helping destroy it. : vynn
      • I feel stupid for never even thinking to do this. :P : K1Bond007
    • Yeah that's kind of crap in my opinion. Being able to detonate it was a good balance against spies, wh... : thekidd
• woooooohoooooooo : laurgasms
• I was just going to post about this. Engineers just got way more useful. : dmason
• This is awesome: Initial release of Tournament mode (mp_tournament) * UI for handling team naming, r... : K1Bond007
• probably want less spam. : Hoax
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  So that will definitely stop rocket spamming as every solider will run out of ammo in about 30 seconds. ... : Lionhart32935
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    Nah; you just spam near a dispenser and/or where this is ammo; most maps have ammo near enough to make th... : thief
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      if you actually kill people with your rockets you'll always have ammo. If you just spam random rockets yo... : aeg1x
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        not if you spam from the right spot. : thief
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          well they wouldn't be random then :P : aeg1x
          • oh oh oh are we really going to be so by the card?! I can spam random rockets from the ammo pick up lo : thief
• wtf! : re4ctor
• blah. soldier should be made to run faster or something. : Mansmells
• Other minor tidbits: Added "Custom" tab to the server browser - Servers can now specify metatags desc : omnova
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  Great. Crashes when I launch game. Tried rebooting Steam. Doesn't help. Error: RecvTable_MergeDeltas: Ove... : dmason
  • I am getting that same problem :( : Mmmmmoo
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    And now: GetDynamicBaseline: FindStringIndex (35) Failed. Hopwfully this is just me trying to join un-... : dmason
    • yep, i was only able to join Valve Test Servers they have running atm : deviantpaul
    • I guess so. I got RecTable too, and now FindString. : Nick Breckon
    • re-verse just updated hackedbychinese if you want to test that. : Arctic Fox
  • I crash too. : SockMonkeh
  • Yup, same. : omnova
  • I get an error too right after the map has finished loading that boots me back to the menu : vynn
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  Fixed Engineer being able to detonate buildings that are being sapped I like this. The building's non... : carrioN luggagE
  • I'm indifferent. : dmason
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    IN YOUR FACE, XEVO! : Felraiser
    • Hahah that was funny that game with all talk on and you and him kept going back and forth over that. : bcyde
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    I see nothing wrong with being able to blow them up while you're trying to sap them. : felicia
    • The building doesn't work anymore. It does nothing. A sapped Dispenser won't heal teammates, won't rearm... : carrioN luggagE
    • If it gave the spy a point when the building was destroyed, sure. Otherwise, it's just the engineer being... : Felraiser
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  so valve is anti spam.. but that's like half my kills lol : vynn
  • yeah I'll not be hitting my stat records for demo any time soon. : thekidd
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  soldier is now tougher to play on defense. i usually have to do a few full reloads when defending point ... : dantastic
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    well the ammo pack gave me 4 rockets... : deviantpaul
    • i thought it was supposed to give you half of your max total. so it should give you 8 :( : dantastic
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    Every time you kill someone you'll get 8 rockets from their gun (half your max ammo reserve). So unless i... : aeg1x
    • soldiers do a lot of killing from a distance though, and being slow it takes them a while to run just to ... : re4ctor
    • picking up ammo from dead bodies is often not an option. : thekidd
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  This hurts the Engineer too. Maybe they should make boxes of metal that only Engineers can pickup that a... : vynn
  • yeah, that's what I was thinking. For engineers this kinda sucks since ammo taken from the dispenser is l... : edgewise
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  My thoughts: I was actually really expecting my sticky clip size to be reduced from 8 to maybe 4 or 6 and... : NastyJack
  • I have run out of ammo as demo only once or twice, soldier approximately 20 times. Now, I think I'll run ... : re4ctor
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    Well you now get two reloads and its over. Its certainly gonna change things on forward maps like Well a... : MrLobo
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      Yeah monkeygonetoheaven just confirmed that. He says 8 in clip, 24 in reserve off the start to make 32. ... : NastyJack
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        That doesn't sound so bad if you ask me. : K1Bond007
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          No not at all and I gotta imagine it's easier to make a mistake in the release notes than the game code s... : NastyJack
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            any word on the soldier's ammo loadout? 16 in reserve sounds awfully low for them too. : edgewise
            • 4 + 16 in reserver is confirmed : MrLobo
  • The only class that ever really runs out of "ammo" is the Engineer and it's not really ammo. Running out ... : K1Bond007
• wtf. they did have alot of ammo but come on! : afrochops
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  Definitely makes the top of B in Gravel Pit pointless. : snuff
  • You can get a dispenser up there. : dmason
• 36 to 20 would have been better : Sailor of Fortune
• Can anyone else connect to Steam? I can't seem to at the moment. : melkore
• FUCK YOU VALVE : rosewood
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  Let us update one of the servers so we check all this new madness out. : monkeygone
  • update 69 so CT and F10 can play tonight! : xxiv
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  Why is nobody talking about the biggest change? Added options for servers who want to become custom games... : xjdrake32
  • how about no. : xxiv
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    i hope that removes the crits you get from headshots and backstabs, that would be fantastic. : DrFlammable
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      haha yeah spy would be awesome ineffectually slapping people on the back for 30 damage : aeg1x
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        That actually would be funny. Lets get rid of his knife and replace it with an encouraging pat on the ass... : NastyJack
        • Spy as buff bot/dedicated sapper/ranged shooter... actually kind of interesting. : Felraiser
    • It doesn't. : FlamingGimp
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      Spy shouldn't have any crits from the knife anyway if you ask me. It's bullshit. He gets a one stab insta... : K1Bond007
      • backstabs, be them perceived to be in the face, have a different graphic. it's clear which is which. : thief
      • spy knives are actually the only weapon that don't get 'random crits' like every other weapon. Sit at a w... : DrFlammable
      • Yeah. Spy knife crits and hitting from behind are the SAME thing. It never crits otherwise. Notice how wh... : Fayk
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    FUCK THAT. I hope no server admins seriously consider this. : NastyJack
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      Yeah, making players rely completely on skill... such a bad idea. How about all those times where you fin... : xjdrake32
      • yeah serious business. i've been killed by more crits than i've dealt and i still think it's comedy. ... : xxiv
      • I get just as many great kills with crits as I do terrible deaths so it all balances out. : NastyJack
      • RA3 is the game you're looking for, not TF2. : ieGod
  • that would be fine, if they didn't lower the ammo for soldiers and demos. : re4ctor
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    I wouldn't want to play on a no crit server. : edgewise
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      Agreed. Crits add a great unstable "X factor" to the game. I know some people hate that loss of control... : action wombmate
      • Yeah, exactly. I've been trying to get a feel for the engineer shotty and knowing a crit could pop out re... : geedeck
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    conversely, lets make all the servers 100% crit! : DrFlammable
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      Dude I smell a map mode! Get on it Docta! : itsjeff9
      • i've played on a server with that plugin, I don't know if you can do it via map inputs : DrFlammable
    • I wonder if snipers would even need zoom : ]pm[chem
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    Do this and you kill tf2 : rosewood
    • Yup, crits are awesome IMO. Even dying from them doesn't bother me : Drewus
  • WHO ARE YOU : c0bra
  • There will be lots of pubs for you to play on without crits. ;p : monkeygone
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    I really don't get the "omg crits suck" argument. How is it any different than assholes picking up qua... : Drewus
    • Don't you understand? You have to have the skill to kill players on the way to the Quad, and the presenc : action wombmate
    • Cause quad wasn't random, you could build actual strategy around it. : boredguy
  • No way. Crits are awesome. Sure it sucks being killed by a crit rocket but when you get to annihilate a... : Horn
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  This is a good and bad thing. On one handed, areas of action are more condensed/focused. On the other han... : darkT
  • er -ed. : darkT
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  tf2.hackedbychinese.com us Updated! : re-verse
  • <3 : xxiv
• [[Shacknews Midwest PUBLIC]] was updated but my net connection took a beating. I don't think I have the ... : melkore
• HWM updated. : electroly
• I have no intention of aiming, Valve, no matter how hard you try to force me. Not now, not ever. Nice try... : A Sponge
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  Why do they nerf the needed things in the wrong way? : alias
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    ^^^ Angry soldier boy. : NastyJack
    • It won't really fix things, just force players to be more conservative in a game that's already conservat... : alias
• Nerf Locks : slax0r
• The update info is wrong. I was just playing and demomen have 32 stickies in total (24 in reserve), 20 pi... : monkeygone
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  awesome all around. : hirez
  • shackwest has been updated. : hirez
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  Shack Midwest is up. Is anyone else getting random lag in games tonight? My server kept running everyon... : melkore
  • What kind of connection is it running on? 100 or 10 megabit? : re-verse
  • It was only bad for me on that server. : monkeygone
• moron, sourcetv and bball are updated : devnullgt
• HAHAHHA. I wanted the soldier changed, but that is NOT how I would have done it. I wanted them to have le... : Fayk

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  I remember in the mid-90's imagining what games would be like in ten years I wish I remembered what I ... : EvilDolemite
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    My wishlist hasn't changed in 10 years : dognose
    • oh man i set it up and you knocked it out of the park haha : EvilDolemite
    • <3 : omnova
    • *applaud!* : Demius
    • LOL : Serpico74
    • hahaha : pigvomit
    • +1UP : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • :D : DrWaffles
    • Poor guy. : hirez
    • Now that is a serious case of blue balls right there... : CRasterImage
    • <3 : mmaster_pw
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      Dognose .... wow. /bow : darkT
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        /bow wow : dognose
        • /chicka : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      What's this all about, my curiosity got the best of me, I'm happy to admit I have no idea what you are al... : theLephty
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        Dognose really really really really really likes Duke and 3dRealms is taking a very very very very very v... : darkT
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          One might say they are taking forever. : afty
          • ah, lol, thanks. : theLephty
  • Awwwwww! :( : Rice-Rocketeer
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  ^^^ Imagine how cute this post is going to be in 20 years :) : dognose
  • lets hope your reply won't be similar @ wishlist with an added 20 ;) : humbleone
• my dad busted out a laptop from the basement much like that Toshiba. Amazingly, it still works. : derelict515
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  I want to see the one from 2028 : ColoradoCNC
  • Someone call Val Kilmer and his far viewing machine. : pigvomit
• Oh that Hayes V-Series SmartModem 2400 is so hot : rosewood
• WOW, cool article, we have advanced in some technologies and in price. : cjcharv
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  Remember Packard Bell? How about AdLib sound cards? Gravis Ultrasound? Gravis gamepads? : EvilDolemite
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    we had a PB 486... but that was more a mid '90s thing. : cpt_gloval
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      They were around as early as 90 I believe. My folks had one in '92 : EvilDolemite
      • according to wiki 1986 was when PB began entering the PC market - the mid '90s remark was more 486-specif... : cpt_gloval
  • Remember the SpaceOrb or whatever that weird controller was called? : riptyde
  • We still have our gravis gamepad! : choppp
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  I honestly don't think there will be much difference. 2D hasn't changed much since 1998, 3D in the begin... : aethyr
  • I was only talking about games, obviously, didn't realize the article was about PCs. : aethyr
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    it becomes inefficient with the current tools and processes. That doesn't mean something like good proced... : derelict515
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      Wall-E looks pretty damn incredible, but it's not the same difference to Toy Story as Crysis was to Quake... : aethyr
      • At some point it becomes too expensive and/or computationally expensive to make things look better ...... : electroly
      • Pixar isn't trying to make Wall-E look 100% realistic. They might've just hit their target fidelity and t... : derelict515
  • I think graphical advances will definitely slow, but there is so much more progress to be made, particula... : MaxPete82
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  Interesting battery life has not grown much in 20 years... 2 hours to 6 hours seems pretty pathetic compa... : indosauros
  • the other specs are part of the problem with battery life ;p : cpt_gloval
  • Consider that they have made batteries soooo much smaller. If they had Li-ion batteries that were the sam... : MaxPete82
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  anyone want to take a guess of where we would be had the dark ages never took place? : mindshot
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    Isn't the "dark ages" really a misnomer? Science didn't stop during the Dark Ages: http://en.wikipedia.... : aethyr
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      If I recall correctly, the term "Dark Ages" came about because of the lack of historical records during t... : omnova
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        we also had some debates about dark/middle ages being jabs at the time periods when the church had relati... : xsoulbrothax
        • Well, the church certainly wasn't a beacon of civilization or enlightenment during those times. They were... : ColoradoCNC
    • Is it sad that reading that just makes me think about the Civilization tech tree? : SenorSpine
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  Why do journalists keep talking about Second Life? As far as I can tell, they're the only ones who care a... : yAak
  • I think Second Life is powerful because it is easy to create 3D content and reach a large audience. Plus... : LewDawg75
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  Regarding the future of technology I am not sure if we are allowed to link documentaries that belong t... : darkT
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    Many Americans Find Nanotechnology 'Morally Unacceptable http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/DyeHard/stor... : MagicWishMonkey
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      LOL Americans. Religion is holding back scientific advancement and critical thinking. I think Richard Daw... : darkT
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        i just don't get it. how can you have such strong feelings about something you have no fucking knowled... : MagicWishMonkey
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          You are right. I haven't written papers or done research on these subjects. Nor did I grow up in a Christ... : darkT
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            For someone so versed in this topic you sure do lay down some blanket generalizations : EvilDolemite
            • like?... : CRasterImage
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            I think he was talking about them? : indosauros
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              It seems that he is responding to me and not the people surveyed in the article. : darkT
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                Check out the quote in his profile : indosauros
                • I guess he was unclear in his reply. That being said my response was a general response to anyone who fee... : darkT
                • I've never liked that quote. Religion can also make bad people do good things. : aeg1x
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          Actually, they do have some knowledge of nanotech. They may not understand how it works, or all the scie... : exigence7
          • ^^^Excellent post that explores the social and psychological context of past technology advancement. : darkT
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      I have a friend who keeps predicting that the rise of nanotechnology will spell the end of mankind when i... : riptyde
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        It's a possibility but it's ultimately up to us how we want to use technology. The Plato story of King Th... : darkT
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          I mean, if we really wanted to end civilization we don't need any more technology to do so -- we already ... : darkT
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            Problems which will all be solved by Nanotechnology :-D : xxx2xxx
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              That's what we (the sane people) are all hoping! :) : darkT
              • It isn't insane to worry about unforseen consequences or accidents. People make mistakes, and making one ... : Colleton
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            You are missing a key ingredient: we haven't killed ourselves because it is not possible for the crazies ... : exigence7
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              I definitely agree that nano weapons are pretty insane. If we ever fought a interstellar alien race and n... : darkT
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                additionally, there are many uses nanotechnology that dont involve self-replicating robots... : yAak
                • You forget that robots will soon become smarter than us. If the lowest to highest form of intelligenc... : darkT
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              I always predicted nanotech death not as invisible but as a big gray mass of quintillions of nanobots com... : riptyde
              • Reminds me of the Macgyver episode featuring giant killer red ants. Scared the shit out of me as a ch... : darkT
              • Gargoyles had an episode like that. It was a cool show. : Tincan
      • Thats because people have been a lot of fear-based science fiction for the past century. Stories where t... : CRasterImage
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        I'm somewhat concerned about the potential terroristic uses of nanotech. Imagine if something like FoxDi... : omnova
        • i dont know... between bio and nuclear weapons, it seems like the bad guys already have a lot of crazy op... : yAak
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      Why are people so stupid? :( : ColoradoCNC
      • Religion and the media. : darkT
      • Fear of the unknown, fear of change from a comfortable status quo. : algernoN8
    • Where do you draw the line? Did early man consider building fires to be "playing God?" Probably some of t... : ArB
• Sex robots are going to be awesome. : pyros
• Flying cars would be a huge impracticality. Everything I've been reading for nearly 20 years on the futu... : action wombmate
• Ah, love these articles, thanks. I could fire up my old Atari ST (with 1MB RAM!) and it would still work.... : freezejeans

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  Screw the Shaman! Give us back our Lifebloom. If you don't, all 200 of us Resto Druids will strike. : Wyvern
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    which are you? efrem? i can't keep track of the people in GCR outside of acid and rustblade : multisync
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      Oddly enough, I'm Wyvern. : Wyvern
      • Thank God. Finally someone with some sense! : Phil
      • hahaha : TheRealBigDumbass
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    I can't wait to get tree form on my alt, but they really haven't worked out quite where tree druids fit h... : node
    • Tree druids heal 5-mans fine if they GET OUT OF MOTHERFUCKING TREE FORM AND USE FUCKING HEALING TOUCH YOU : walker270
• MS. Remind me. And shamans were long overdue a buff. I have no idea which talent branch this affects thou... : node
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  Do druids/hunter pets even get totem effects? I'm sure they don't get windfury. : Pink0r
  • Only Boomkins get weapon totem effects of shapeshifted druids (since they are the only ones actually usin... : SilverSnake
  • oh, now i'm sad panda again : multisync
• I like the mana shield change. A HUGE PLUS FOR MAGES! That's like 500 extra damage mitigation. : pigvomit
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  Are offensive totems really usable in PvP? I rarely do PvP outside battlegrounds, but in there I don't th... : SilverSnake
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    totems aren't hit by aoe or multi-target effects. pve dungeons they are extremely useful, i hope to god ... : yAak
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      or are you just talking about searing/fire nova/magma totems...... : yAak
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        In Battlegrounds I only see grounding and the fire AoE totems dropped really, and then mainly around flag... : SilverSnake
        • oh, shaman mobs. yeah, its pretty easy for players to dispose of totems. =\ this particular totem... ... : yAak
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  I'm not sure why every class seems to be getting MS effects now, though this particular one won't change ... : Mo__
  • Well, that's the current plan for WoW, I think. Buff all the classes until they're exactly the same. : Rotten Deadite
• I think you sound like a huge nerd. Oh wai..... : phate81
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  does this thread read like flim flam whop pow, or is it just me? : boomstickah
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    i'll try to make future posts in ebonics : multisync
    • you could try posting about good games mr. pc gaming is dead also lol @ tf2 for the 360 : boomstickah
  • Flimmy Flam'd : Phil
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  Totem buffs don't stack with rogue poisons do they? And windfury will still be > all for PvE melee. : jra101
  • no, they dont stack with rogue poisons : yAak
• that's just weird. ok wait, not weird, STUPID. : eskimo spy
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  And they continue giving MS to every fucking class in the game. So glad I quit due to their stupidity wit... : Evil Benius
  • as a whole pretty much every patch has made pvp better : JINKY
  • Because there should only be 1 class with the most pvp-game-breaking effect. : Charmplus
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  I swear, every time they do a shaman buff, it's something that nobody ever asked for. iirc Shaman are ... : Wombat Woo
  • You mean Improved Ghost Wolf? : SilverSnake
  • And yet, people still put points in that talent. How odd! : FlatlineDixay
• yeah thats just totally wrong. a healer class getting mortal strike? just no. : Slowtreme
• Totems do not effect pets. : Chod
• that actually makes me want to play again : Unleashed
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  the totem is going to be so lollin. the best part is elem/resto shamans don't even have a fire totem that... : JINKY
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    Any Elemental Shaman that doesn't spam Fire Nova totems is losing alot of fights they didn't need to. I r... : eskimo spy
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      well for elem i mostly meant arena. breaks a shitload of cc in 5v5 : JINKY
      • I've never seen the inside of an Arena and don't plan to. :( : eskimo spy
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  Does this mean they can make Mortal Strike a base Warrior ability and actually go in and fix the class, a... : Crimsonbeak
  • Oh now you know that's not going to happen stop being a big sillypants. : Ajax
  • LOL'd : DapperDan
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    yes warriors are broken in pvp which is why they're on every single half-decent 5v5 and 2v2 team : JINKY
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      You should take of your angry internet glasses and re-read his post. I think you may find that the two of... : Ajax
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        i'm saying that's why they're not broken! hunters were broken, ret paladins are kinda broken, but that's ... : JINKY
        • I just leveled a Ret Paladin up (because I needed an endgame healer and I couldn't bear the thought of tu... : Ajax
  • oh Crimsonbeak, you need to stop making so much sense. : creep
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    are you implying full fury with 'base' mortal strike makes sense and would be "fixed"? : Downforce
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      Yeah, that's a little overboard. They do need some attention though. : Nick Breckon
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        Warriors? not very much. all they need to do is squat a target until execute lights up, and they WILL hav... : Downforce
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          People overlook execute when playing as a warrior? Maybe incredibly stupid people. I have that shit mappe... : Nick Breckon
          • No, not during gameplay. The "warriors need buffs" discussion folks. They think they are gimped because t... : Downforce
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    Um what is broken about warriors? Best tanks? Check Awesome PvE DPS with good gear? Check Awesome PV... : SenorSpine
    • They want to be able to heal and do significant ranged damage, of course. : TreMetal
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      I'd be happy with my warrior if they were closer to other classes as far as their gear reliance. Not any ... : Psigun
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        You just feel that way. Having geared up other classes I can tell you it's exactly the same for everythin... : eskimo spy
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          You just feel that all the classes gear up the same, they don't. Making a sweeping generalization that ev... : Psigun
          • Level a hybrid. Enjoy getting four sets of entirely unique gear*. Or don't and try to fill fewer roles. S : eskimo spy
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    making MS a base ability would be a GREAT idea. Then you could play FURY in arena. I would make it a b... : ease one
    • They should make rend the MS ability. : Crimsonbeak
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  when is the new patch supposed to hit? i want my instant honor points : maulla
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    No shit. I'm waiting for the next patch before I go grinding for the boots, belt and bracers to match the... : Ajax
    • farm bg tokens now, since they are bringing back that old turn in tokens for honor quest again : creep
• having played a rogue and shaman for a LONG time. Shaman have always felt like a messed up class to ... : ease one

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  Everday Shooter, Super Stardust HD. They're not gradius-type shooters but they're still a lot of fun. : qwpeoriu
  • both of those look pretty neat. it's too bad they don't sell physical copies (makes it difficult to play... : skryte
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    Everyone knows my position on shootemups, but I think Everyday Shooter is really overrated. Stardust is ... : Omaha
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      How is Everyday Shooter overrated? : mittense
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        It's different for the sake of different. It's self-involved like, "look at me I'm so avant-garde and no... : Omaha
        • I think this is the first thing I've seen you post that I disagree with. I won't insert a snide comment f... : mittense
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          I don't think it was designed to be a score whore uberdifficult game like Stardust/Geometry Wars/most shm... : derelict515
          • rez is actually kind of boring. maybe i'm too much of a panzer dragoon fan. : skryte
    • why do you think its overrated? I've had great fun with it so far although I've only seen the first 4-5 l... : derelict515
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  Sounds like you need a DS. : FushigiDenki
  • i've lost two DSs and i have vowed not to buy any more because i can't seem to manage it. plus they don' : skryte
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  What 360 games fall in those categories? : SenorSpine
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    i think the situation is worse there, because there aren't even many on the horizon. 360 does have encha... : skryte
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      There are lots of puzzle games on XBLA and Civilization is coming out on 360 in June. : stump
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        PC ports, psh. i've already got Civ. anyway, i don't really care about 360. : skryte
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          It's not a port. : stump
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            yeah, they're modifying it for play on a console. but still, it's civ. since i have a PC, that's not a ... : skryte
            • They are reinventing a LOT of elements and speeding/streamlining a lot of components. : byorn
          • It's also coming to PS3. : Frank_Mackey
    • What about Lost Odyssey? People here seem to be friendly with that, I'm waiting for mine from Gamefly. : Sailor of Fortune
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      Eternal Sonata got pretty good reviews : byorn
      • a ps3 release is slated. : skryte
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  Disagea 3 is coming out in the fall for PS3. : Prozium
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    the future looks good. disgaea has a date now? so it does, Aug 8 according to rpgfan: http://www.rpgfa... : skryte
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      i hope it's not the rehash that disgaea 2 was. it seemed too much like the first game, to me. : skryte
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        It sure as shit looks like a PS2 game, which does not make me happy. I didn't pay $500 for a machine t... : Vincent Grayson
        • it's never really been about looks with these games. : skryte
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  If you want turn based strategy you HAVE to get the 360, just for Operation: Darkness -> http://www.game... : SilverSnake
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    interesting. : skryte
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      Worth noting though is that it's not confirmed to get an English translation yet (as far as I know). I re... : SilverSnake
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        Atlus is going to publish this game in the US!!! Good ol' Atlus! http://www.atlus.com/pressDetail.php?... : SilverSnake
        • atlus rocks : skryte
        • is it like disgaea? : Iwannaacura
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    Shit, wrong trailer, watch this one: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23144.html heh. : SilverSnake
    • Holy fuck. DO WANT. : mittense
    • i'll have to watch it at home later. i just went to IGN and skimmed the screenshots, though, to get some... : skryte
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      that looks pretty cool, when was the last good TBS game like that? Silent Storm? : derelict515
      • Well, there's a bunch on handhelds, but on PC or consoles there's a serious lack of good TBS that I can r... : SilverSnake
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      lol even the Japanese are making WW2 games : vynn
      • That was very very scary.... : Toth21
    • Oh my god YES. Someone made X-Com again! : OverloadUT
    • "Wage war against Hitler's army of werewolves, zombies, and vampires in this fresh new take on WWII." ... : xsoulbrothax
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    looks pretty cool except for the whole chopping on tanks with swords... that's just retarded. : MagicWishMonkey
    • only if it's effective. : skryte
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      Nobody did that in the trailer that I saw. Someone used a sword to channel their special attack, some laz : SilverSnake
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        well it looks fuckin sweet so as long as they tone down the gay anime crap i'll definitely pick it up : MagicWishMonkey
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          Lol tone down? How do you get much more over the top than japanese style protagonists in WW2 using swords... : Toth21
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            big busty anime style ladies sniping German soldiers. where is this game I demand it now : Downforce
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              i hope they tone up the anime crap! : skryte
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                You mean like Nazi dragons? Yeah they have that.... : Toth21
                • Doesn't imply that the dragons are on either side of the conflict. :) or did I miss a swastika on them? : SilverSnake
                • Japan better get godzilla : DarkWolf5
• sounds like you want a PSP : egg5hen
• There is a turn based RPG demo on the Japanese PSN that you can download. : Wombat Woo
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  Here are the games you are looking for in the categories you mentionned that are coming on the ps3. Ther... : razlebol
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    the waiting is what's killing me. that and that most of the rpgs are still TBA: http://www.rpgfan.com/re... : skryte
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      Someday the Dragon Quest for the Ds will be released and then we can all relax. : Boxelder
      • I prefered the old concept way more... They should have kept it as an action rpg. : razlebol
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  If you like turn based strategy RPGs you should get a DS. Jenne D'Arc, Final Fantasy Tactics +, and Disg... : Boxelder
  • um, I meant PSP, but DS works too, just different games. : Boxelder
  • That's on PSP, not on DS. : razlebol
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    too small and loosable for my clumsy hands: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16367232#itemanchor_16367... : skryte
    • plus, it won't play blu-ray in 1080p on my 62" screen. : skryte

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  Maybe not the best but up there: Kelly's Heroes : dudehoyt
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    that movie is awesome : fugu124
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      good but i dont think its the best : Relentles$
      • Hey if it weren't for that movie, SPR wouldn't have tanks or a cool run-down town setting for the last ba... : Lionhart32935
• Bridge on the River Kwai. Or maybe Apocalypse Now, if you consider that a war movie. : jason bergman
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  Band of Brothers. Not a movie, per se, but still the best. : fugu124
  • best as a series without a doubt : Relentles$
  • I agree. Having it in series form meant the story has more weight, and a real epic feel. : five_percent
  • ^^^ Agreed. Saving Private Ryan is also superb. I love the older war movies too, but they do a poor job a... : byorn
  • Winner winner, chicken dinner : rosewood
  • I agree with this, regardless of it's status as a movie or mini-series. : Psigun
• Full Metal Jacket : aeg1x
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  Bridge on the River Kway The Longest Day Das Boot Platoon Apocalypse Now : re4ctor
  • also, Der Untergang and Paths of Glory : re4ctor
• Full Metal Jacket : SockMonkeh
• platoon. : wetard
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  Hot Shots : gmd
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    Charlie Sheen: "All I need is my bike, and the open road." Srgt: "A loner, eh?" Sheen: "No, I own t... : oatmela
    • haha, fucking epic! : dedgecko
    • hahaha I love that movie. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• It depends on your stance on war, I think. I love Full Metal Jacket. Saving Private Ryan is good too, but... : das_runt
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  How is that a good point? : losder5000
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    excellent point : aeg1x
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      Guys....I just thought....what if my dick were an orange??? : losder5000
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        now i think u need to stop thinking you may hurt yourself : Relentles$
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          What is the best baby shoe??! : losder5000
          • Thats a good point! : Githyanki
• Platoon : nukewinter
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  stripes : qwpeoriu
  • funniest probably as is any bill murray movie : Relentles$
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  Forgot about Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War. About 2 brothers in the korean war. Easily one of the to... : fugu124
  • That movie was so dramatic, especially when they were forcibly drafted. : Sailor of Fortune
  • Oh, have you seen Joint Security Area? Not too much a war movie but it was a great military crime thri... : Sailor of Fortune
• Platoon. : daedraug
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  in the army now : Foxhawk
  • you need to be kicked in the nuts (says Rmabee) : Relentles$
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    That movie is entertaining especially basic training, everything about it is pretty much true. : Sailor of Fortune
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      best war movie though? maybe one of the funniest but the whole idea of one unit taking out an entire enem... : Relentles$
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        ok you guys can't be serious, we're talking about a movie with fucking paulie shore and andy dick. proba... : Foxhawk
        • Where is the best restaurant's!!!??! : losder5000
      • Propaganda? Have you seen John Wayne in "Green Berets"? In the Army Now is like a funny remake of many... : Sailor of Fortune
• Platoon : Yabrodan
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  Pearl Harbor : riptyde
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    o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o touche : Relentles$
    • Dude what, that movie was awful except for the explosions. : MaxPete82
  • awesome : Super Sparker
  • Kate Beckinsale MADE WWII. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• FMJ : bozer
• it wasnt really a movie but it would have to be Band of Brothers all he way : DrunkenWisdom
• Empire of the Sun : cpt_gloval
• I wouldn't say it's the best war movie, but I really enjoyed Jarhead. : datoo
• Serious: - Band of Brothers Funny: - Stripes : Sailor of Fortune
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  patton : j0nchan
  • same here : dromo5
  • wtf? Why wasn't this said earlier? It is clearly the only correct answer. : sanchez
  • Winner : buzzbat
• FMJ : thewriter
• Patton that or A Bridge Too Far : c0bra
• Johnny goes to war black hawk down : blindi0815
• since everyone already mentioned the obvious choices like das boot, platoon,bridge on river kwai, full me... : Hoax
• battlefield earth : focusdaily
• I have always liked When Trumpets Fade, it's a tad different. : shortbuscaptain
• i want to watch these, anyone seen em? God doesn't Believe in Us Anymore, Santa Fe, Welcome in Vienna ... : cpt_gloval
• Lawrence of Arabia is pretty good. : Jonathan
• Stalag 17 : RookieCAF
• Um, hello? Commando? : spiderfill
• What does "best war movie" mean? Most entertaining? Most dramatic? Most realistic? Regardless, most o... : Big Luke
• Starship Troopers : mindshot
• You and your friend are correct. : Cashh
• Uh, duh, Star Wars! : riptyde
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  Funniest war movie: Dr. Strangelove : MaxPete82
  • that or FMJ : re4ctor
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  Bah, no Lee Marvin movies? Can't have a good war movie without him! : alias
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    Big Red One was a good movie, has probably my most favorite line when they were in the mental hospital wh... : Sailor of Fortune
    • The Dirty Dozen as well. : alias
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=12684927#itemanchor_12684927 and http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?i... : angrytaxman
• Saving Private Ryan or Bridge on the River Kwai. : NastyJack
• Not the entire movie, but the Vietnam scenes in Forrest Gump I really liked. : stonedonkey
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  what, nobody has mentioned Red Dawn yet?! : timmie
  • idk decent but im not sure doesnt really fit up with these heavy hitters : Relentles$
  • Hahahahaha you can't be serious. : action wombmate
• red dawn : adambugger
• Apocalypse Now. : edgewise
• I'd go with Patton. : stump
• Hamburger Hill : Hizzow
• Attack Force Z : Degenerate
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  you are 18 dude... : Enigme
  • Who makes the best burgers?! : losder5000
  • what does that have to do with the price of eggs : Relentles$
• Nobody's said Black Hawk Down yet? Woah. Wouldn't have guessed that. : TShandy
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  Full Metal Jacket for sure, even though I hate the second part. It shows the true horror of war better, I... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Oooh, thinking of Apocalypse Now, I think it's a tie. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• It's a tie between When Trumpets Fade and Hamburger Hill : fatbeaner
• Iron Eagle : zakazi
• I seem to like the Dirty Dozen : Fox n Panther
• GI Jane : Rice-Rocketeer
• FMJ : tomservo
• damn kids. The correct answer is The Deer Hunter. : ]pm[chem
• Letters to Iwo Jima is up there for me. Did not get the recognition it deserved. I guess the disappointin... : wretchedradio
• I like The Thin Red Line : YamatoTwinkie
• another one of my dormates just brought up we were soldiers : Relentles$

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• RBI on the NES I think. It was the first video game I ever owned, not including Mario. : dltrem
• Pac-Man on the Atari. I'm just one of those people wired for games. : Grumbeld
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  super mario 3 where you could go behind the screen and disappear : mr.sleepy
  • Same, actually. : thekidd
• Tribes. So much epicness filled in every game you played. : Lionhart32935
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  I had always been a video gamer. As early as age 3 I was playing Super Mario and Zelda, but it wasn't unt : zerog83
  • -=DA=- for life! : newek
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  Pitfall II Atari 2600 : ewhales
  • ^^^ !!! : .frame
  • I listen to that theme every couple of weeks. I could never beat that game. :( : Super Sparker
• I don't think I had a clicking experience, I just enjoyed playing games in general. When it comes to vide... : MoreVespeneGas
• I played the NES nonstop when I got when I was 5 or 6. But I'd have to say the conscious decision where I... : Duffman8369
• Ant Attack on the spectrum, i was blown away by the amazing '3D' graphics : Baba Ghanoush
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  The Legend of Zelda. : Goncyn
  • This is the first game I remember completing. I remember being proud and telling my mom, who had no idea ... : dirge23
  • signed. i got an NES deluxe set for xmas one year and Zelda not too long afterwards. : FrayLo
  • 4th'd : kanix
  • this for me, as well. I recieved it on my birthday, early in the morning. By lunch-time I had not yet ope... : jaga
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    ^^Specifically finding the blue ring in the "second quest" : jlavrenz
    • For me it was sitting around with my parents, cousins, everyone taking turns trying to beat the first bos... : Goncyn
  • Yea I think this is probably true for me as well. I'm still a huge Zelda fan to this day. : dltrem
• Choplifter on the Apple II -after looking at pictures, I'd swear it was a IIc, but I'm not sure. I think... : mafu5150
• Decathlon on the C64 My arm still hurts. : [7]kami
• Playing Doom for the first time on my Turbo-enabled 486. I was hooked for life from then on. : Matt Burris
• Intellivision - Shark! Shark! : woodchuck70
• Transport Tycoon. Holy crap that game destroyed my life once I figured it out. : NeoMoose
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  I've always liked video games, but it was the games we got with our first PC that confirmed me as a gamer... : dirge23
  • Wasteland, too. : dirge23
• M.U.L.E. on my C64. Or maybe Bard's Tale, also on the C64. : asylumn
• I was 4 yrs old, sitting with my dad in front of a 13" black and white TV, playing Pong on the Atari 2600... : newek
• Probably sometime soon after I got my NES. I find the whole thing amusing because my parents bought me an... : Evil Benius
• Gorgon on the apple 2 : topkatz
• Playing Alley Cat and Sokoban in a XT and playing in my Philips Odyssey (Odyssey² for US) console... : Nitrium
• A host of Atari games. Tanks, planes, pitfall... I forget exactly all the games. I discovered it at my ... : phipple
• Duke3d +build, if I had to choose a "defining" moment. : daedraug
• Space Invaders : ThomW
• Super Sprint on MZ700/800(a system by Sharp). Circa 1983-1984. I lost the 1st game vs my dad and he l... : razorblade79
• Probably the first time I played Elite on my spectrum. : Jonathan
• A pin ball machine there were no video games then. But when video machines came out they were always near... : brutal
• Legend of Zelda. the whole shebang, but probably mostly when I got the red candle : RikiTiki2
• Combat - Atari 2600!!! : senseimoron
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  There was some old arcade game where you shot a sharks underwater.. have no idea what the name was, but i... : stonedonkey
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    Maneater? http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8611 : eldersveld
    • That must be it lol.. awesome. : stonedonkey
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  Doom or Tetris. : NFXFSX
  • Seriously. These were huge. : GrimmyD
• Text based online MUDDs. So much fun. I remember stuff like if you did not sleep in an inn and someone ca... : hirosushima
• Number Munchers! : invisible_kid
• Montezumas Revenge on the vic20 ca 1984.. I was just so drawn into the whole concept and it's been one of... : -efx-
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  King's Quest IV. I'd liked games up until then, but when I played that I think I understood the implicati... : Sexpansion Pack
  • It took playing a game as a girl to get you hooked on them. : Bull
  • All those Sierra games were great for that reason. Space Quest was the first time I realized that somethi... : geedeck
  • I had the version with 7 5.25'' floppies and I swear it asked you to change floppies on ever screen. Mad... : riptyde
• It was 1978, and on a TRS 80 I read these words: "I feel a breeze I hear bats I smell a Wumpus" : baron calamity
• Surprised no one has mentioned Oregon Trail on the Apple IIe:) : .frame
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  Magnavox Odyssey : zakazi
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    I had one of those too and played it but I just wasn't into gaming yet. : baron calamity
    • Yeah I misread the question, but then stopped and thought about it, and I've been obsessed with gaming as... : zakazi
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  Galaga. Also Shamus on Atari 800. : bombay
  • Galaga for me as well. Going to the arcade with my older brothers and having them school me was awesome. : stgulik
  • I never could beat Shamus. D: : GrimmyD
• Alley Cat or Lode Runner I think? I think Burger Time came later... : ImageOmega
• TRS-80, game "Artillery". How many barrels of gunpowder? what angle? Next was "Forbidden Forrest" for t... : dignan
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  this old vector based space shooter in a store. It had all blue lines and you were in the middle and had ... : dfz0r
  • Sounds like the perennial classic Tempest: http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10065 : eldersveld
• My parents bought an Intellivision when I was 8. If I remember correctly, my mom once flipped the boards ... : anhero
• wolfenstein : Fredrik S
• I was two or three years old and someone sat me in front of pacman. Apparently I was pretty good at it b... : Rag and Bone Man
• Mario and Duckhunt, just barely before Oregon Trail on the Apple IIgs. Although NetTrek on the old Monoc... : Crimsonbeak
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  Apple IIe: - Karateka - Hardball - Some driving game where it would tell you that you've reached th... : scythide
  • Autoduel? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoduel : eldersveld
• P layed a game called wizardry on an apple in elementary school. It was pretty neat. : mp7rox
• Centaurion on DOS was my first color PC game. i barely spoke english at that time so i didn't know how t... : vassili_zaitsev
• Probably Monkey Island or Doom. Monkey Island is when I knew a game could be more than just a "game", an... : ADSliv
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  Pitfall, Defender, Berzerk, and Combat on Atari 2600, I was probably 5 when I started. : SolveChrist
  • Pitfall is my first, but I'd also have to add River Raid. I discovered that I got higher scores in RR ... : SinistarX
• duck hunt : sjpeters79
• Space Invaders arcade standup my dad rented for a party. I was 2 years old and standing on a chair play... : pigvomit
• I'm not totally sure. I think the first one was a platformer way way back when I was living in Iceland..... : MacemanInTW
• Mine was on an Apple. I really liked this typing trainer where you played a little wizard on a planet in... : Pneum0
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  Probably DOOM. : SockMonkeh
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    I mean, there were others I played before that but DOOM was what really hooked me for good. That was the ... : SockMonkeh
    • I'm in the same boat. I've played games my whole life (Atari 2600, arcades, intellivision, coleco vision... : ezanga
• probably the Atari 2600 or NES... but I did spend countless hours on the original SimCity. :) : Shadowdane
• I dunno, always : d fluke
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  Sinclair ZX81 flight simulator : http://www.migman.com/ref/1980_civil/ZX81/ZX81.htm Yeah, I'm *that* old... : BigT
  • LOL it's even on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvY4roVg7YQ shit memories.... but this was t... : BigT
• The gaming experience where I knew I couldn't get enough of games? Super Mario Bros. on NES, of course. ... : sevogajre
• Duck Tales for the PC. Oh man, my father would bring a PC from work in the early 90s so that I could p... : kahuuna
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  No joke, it was Wing Commander on the Super Nintendo. : ejectorpod
  • I should say though that RBI and Zelda were both some of my earliest gaming experiences, and I enjoyed th... : ejectorpod
• I'm gonna make some of you feel old... I think my first games were tetris and super mario land on my c... : re4ctor
• arcade machines my dad brought home. ikarari warriors and life force. : xxiv
• Wings of Fury on the Apple IIc. I used to sit in a little bean bag chair with my walkman and listen to... : tomservo
• Communist bloc Nethack clone on a communist bloc PC clone. : MatzL.E.
• TI-99/4A, Munch Man and Parsec. To this day I think I'm good at shmups. I'm not. : Deathlove
• 1975 or 76. Pong. Cocktail version in a Pizza Hut. 10 cents a game. : Sludgehead
• Taipan on the Apple 2e, or video pinball on the atari 2600. : cerealSAM2
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  X-Wing and Tie Fighter : ochuxgoon
  • I always loved the LucasArts jingle from X-Wing: http://www.drgw.net/~nnthayer/lucasarts.mp3 : eldersveld
• Final Fantasy 2 (4) for the SNES. I rented it one time because I remembered having a game called Final Fa... : Orange Pylon
• Atari 2600, Moon Patrol, Pac Man, Pole Position, Solaris : FushigiDenki
• Hunt the Wumpus on the TI-99. Finding the Wumpus was scary, but I wanted to keep playing! : helvetica
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  Apple II games. Space Quarks, Lemonade, Apple 21, and a couple weird adventure games (does anyone rememb... : EvilDolemite
  • Oh and I also snuck Ikari Warriors on there behind my mom's back (because it was so violent). : EvilDolemite
  • SunDog maybe? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunDog:_Frozen_Legacy : eldersveld
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    I forgot about Lemonade, that game was pretty darn fun. Was it "Below the Root"? awesome fuckin game : dignan
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      Below the Root was a sidescroller. : eldersveld
      • ..i missed the 'top down' comment. Did you ever beat it? I got stuck so many times, never finished it... : dignan
• Frogger on apple IIe, aged 5. : filthysock
• Ernie's Big Splash - it's the first game I played (I think) and I was so young I have no idea what platfo... : OverloadUT
• I can't remember a time when I didn't play games. One of my earliest memories is playing Pac-Man on a Co... : Arcanum
• Either playing Duke3d online through TEN (Total Entertainment Network) or how involved I got with adventu... : atom519
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  Willy Beamish. Played it on my Tandy 386 SX 16mhz, with 1 meg of RAM! : SenorSpine
  • Fuck yeah, man. Loved this game, though the first time I played was on Sega CD. Eventually bought the P... : deadhorse
• doom/wolf for fps..also destruction derby..warcraft/cnc.. 'the realm' later hooked me to online rpg/mmos.... : jane911
• I remember playing on early consoles like the Odyssey and Atari 2600, but the real heyday was when we got... : Nixx2004
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  Putting my penif in my NES. It got stuck :( : baronzemo78
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    Should have had someone blow on it first :( : Orange Pylon
    • My penif of the NES? LOL : baronzemo78
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  playing descent in the computer lab in the 6th grade : rosewood
  • Of course my NES days pre-date that but who didn't get hooked on Mario? PC gaming started with descent f... : rosewood
• probably Hunt the Wumpus.. I also dug the spiderman game on the 2600, my brothers found that if we spraye... : GonzoRookie
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  Zork and Xenos - TRS80 model 3 : mace
  • hello fellow trash80 model 3 user! was the same system and Zork for me too : Frozen Pixel
• Lemmings on the Amiga. The day we got the Amiga I remember sitting with my dad trying to work out how ... : marmite
• Choplifter, Commador64 : walker270
• i think it was christmas morning with my new NES. i was i think 3 or 4 and i couldnt for the LIFE OF ME ... : oHnOES
• Lemonade Stand on the Apple II. I must have played that shit for a few hundred hours when I was a kid. ... : Ride-My-Rocket
• Super Mario on the NES is what got me into it. Sure, I'd played a bit of Lock n Chase on the intellivisio... : Entity
• whatever the first game I ever saw was. Probably Space War. : edgewise
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  King's Quest : Bull
  • KQ4 for me, and SQ3 : theamazingrand0
• Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, and most of all, Nicky Boom on 5 inch floppies. I played them mostly on our 4... : skankcore
• Where in the World is Carmen Sandiago. : Saman
• Chopper Command : Darkslayne
• Quake 1 dm. : lodit
• Super Mario Bros. I had seen and played one or two video games before but this is the first one I got to ... : ieGod
• Contra. : sesmaster
• Burger Time on my first console, the Intellivision. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Playing Deja Vu on an Apple. But then I discovered DOS and the commands. I remember finishing Red Baro... : Sailor of Fortune
• oregon trail, baby. duck hunt and tetris, and later ... street fighter II <3 : pointyelbows
• Mudpies on the Atari ST. : spazzium
• Eye of the Beholder 1, the first game I ever finished. : dael
• Quake and Mechwarrior 2 got me into pc gaming. But the game that made me want to try pc gaming in the fir... : NastyJack
• Smurf for the ColecoVision was the first game I ever played, but I really got into games when I played Ne... : mystifier
• When I talked my dad into getting us a ZX Spectrum 48k for "educational purposes". : Damodred
• Space Invaders & A-Maze-ing for my old TI-99 : suqur
• Tron. : skitzo
• The first Command and Conquer. Classic. : magistersmax
• Lemonade Stand (Commodore 64) : MatthewPhillips
• Beachhead on an Acorn. Fucking brilliant. : theghostofsmdever
• Zaxxon on the old TRS-80 Color Computer. : mikefr24
• I think I got all you wankers beat. I was somewhere around 10 years old (26 years ago) and my dad who wor... : romulan
• gertrudes secret on pc.. old school son! : agentlead
• The Sonic games on Sega Genesis. : ErikTehRed
• Playing Max's mansion on my atari. : Koral06
• i played bubble bobble on my nintendo until i had a blister on my thumb : spaceless
• Probably some game on the Magnavox Odyssey² when I was very young : wtf242
• the first games I can remember getting REALLY hooked on were Simcity 2000, TIE Fighter, and Outpost (stra... : thetangent
• seeing all the games on a friends C64 : tunis5000
• Wolfenstein 3D I'd played Super Mario Bros, Legend of Zelda, and Duck Hunt on NES before, but Wolf3D w... : Warrior5689
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  Bruce Lee on C64 : pimpium
  • such a great game. I love kicking the fat dudes in the stomach : wtf242
• Marathon. : headless
• I was hooked into games instantly. I have no idea what it was that I first played, I think something on ... : dedgecko
• Pitfall for the atari. . .swinging on the vines was awesome. : goatjc
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  Pong. yep. pong. I am old. : hirez
  • Me too. Can still remember my Dad brining it home and playing. Best day evar. : marblehead
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  Combat on the Atari 2400. I remember getting it for xmas and my brother and I playing it all damn day lo... : FirmButtstone
  • fucking 2600 damn it you tard! : FirmButtstone
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  Loderunner : AMikaboshi
  • Same here. : monkeygone
• Choplifter : sukabljat
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  commodore 64 - H.E.R.O. : captain hampton
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    great game! Spelunker was also really good. and Montazuma's Revenge : dignan
    • lol, montazuma. that stupid room where the rocks would land on you randomly. there were so many ways to d... : cygnus
• Final Fantasy II (nes), Command & Conquer (PC), Mechwarrior II (PC), and cemented by Half-life. : IHATEDUST
• Double Dragon II for the nes. so so so awesome : xsii
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  Thief. I can say without a doubt that Thief: The Dark Project is not only my favorite game of all time... : notd665
  • I agree, there really has never been anything like it. Bafford Manor is my #1 mission in a game, ever. : dael
• i think it must have been playing simcity 2000 all the damn time. : feek
• Pong, yes i'm that old. : boomdeath
• When I played Commander Keen back in elementary school. : Link.
• Catacomb by some guy named Carmack. : The Key
• Maniac Mansion on Commodore 64. It took hours to find the key to the house under the doormat. And I didn'... : Polysorbate
• I'm pretty sure it was Oregon Trail on the Apple2e at school. My parents then bought me an Apple2c and m... : stump
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  My father forcing me to play Kings Quest 1 when I was 6. He made it out almost as if it were a job I had ... : WaterSign
  • You dad was rosewood? : The Key
• http://www.consoleclassix.com/atari-2600/tank_plus.html : ultramega
• 1943 on the NES : cpt_gloval
• wings of fury on the apple ii e. or maybe quake demo on mplayer when i was in high school. that sol... : Wiley Animagus
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  Quake II, first 3d game I ever saw. I was 9 at the time and I just remember thinking wtf, how do they mak... : Nali4Freedom
  • so how do they make it so you can see an object from all sides? : re4ctor
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  The Secret of Monkey Island. : phokz
  • Same here! Sup? : Psigun
  • me too, that and the MI2 are easily my favourite games of all : disembodied potato
• I think it was playing metroid on the NES when I was 4 years old. : sparkly
• For PC games, it would be playing Conan on my friend's Apple IIe. For games in general, my answer would b... : Bold
• Extreme Paintbrawl : zerog83
• Star Raiders on the Atari 800 : sergeon
• I really liked all of the early arcade games e.g. Asteroids, Missile Command, Galaga, Joust, etc but the ... : malevolence
• street fighter 2 on the SNES. i've been playing since defender on the atari, but street fighter 2 seale... : X-GOUKI
• the first IBM machine, we had a typing program where a shark would chase you and you had to type faster t... : dahanese
• Strangely, Mario. Not a big Mario person, but a friend had a NES in Australia when they first came out an... : node
• tetris on my first gameboy started the addiction. quake 2 and quake 3 wasted me :) : blindi0815
• FF3 snes. : pauk111
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  Sierra's <em>The Black Cauldron</em> on a 286, punks : Postal
  • holy crap I've been writing HTML code too often :( : Postal
• Dragons Lair and 1942 on the C64 : shavenewok
• Arcade : IcomeINpeace
• Probably Pong (the old console game) or Frogger (Atari) or Empire Strikes Back (Atari) though games like... : trove
• Snipes : riptyde
• pirates and ski on the apple II, Then later Willie Beamish, Chuck Yeagers Air Combat, and "Indy 256" o... : gameagog
• Fort Apocalypse on C64 : cygnus
• Playing Quake 1 online for the first time. Amazing! : pun][sher
• Mr Do on the Coleco : FiReaNG3L
• The day my dad brought home the VIC-20 with Raid On Fort Knox. : timmie
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  Aces Over Europe I had a genesis and atari before that, but it was the first game to really suck me in... : shortbuscaptain
  • I fell out of my chair once trying to pull up so hard on the joystick when I was barreling towards the gr : cpt_gloval
• Console early kid years, atari 2600 w/ asteroids, omg ownage. PC young teen, X-Wing was totally into f... : shackwack
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  A Link to the Past or Total Annihilation, both for different reasons. Quake 2 for PC FPS though. : royalally
  • I guess I should say I played plenty of shit before those titles, but it was with them that I decided tha : royalally
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  JET on an IBM 8088 with a turbo button!! : g0nk
  • Haha, I remember playing JET on a 286! Trying to land on the damn aircraft carrier sucked. : Arcanum
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  1v3 victories in 007 license to kill, pistols only. : thief
  • + turbo mode. : thief
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    lol, I dominated in that game too 1 vs 3. On any weapon set up. My favorites was explosives so we never p... : Sailor of Fortune
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      the only way those poor competitors had a chance was pistols only license to kill turbo mode paintball mo... : thief
      • temple? : datoo
• It was in the arcade, but if you're talking home gaming then it was on the Atari 2600, and the game was p... : red2lucas
• http://enscreenshots.softonic.com/s2en/53000/53365/3_kingsquest005.jpg : felicia
• Probably Duke 3D : focusdaily
• Wolfenstein 3D. Until FPS games came along, I really wasn't interested in computer games. : Thresher
• Combat with mom and dad on the 2600 about 26 years ago. : abrasion
• I got addicted to the early Atari 2600 games, platformers and the like, but I reckon it was getting fully... : thewriter
• Mario got my attention but Zelda is what truly started my obsession. I still have a very strong love of a... : lolbotomy
• It was playing the Secret Agent shareware on my Dad's work computer. : freshyk
• Jump Joe (or Janitor Joe) for my 286 : yuiwork
• Dig Dug, I played that game for 6 hours straight at my friends house and wanted more! : sanchez
• The original duke nukems since I was young and could wrap my brain around them. I also loved watching my : great-white
• C64 - Mercenary: escape from targ. That game was so freaking good. : OwenButler
• Well I played lots of fun stuff on our old Tandy computer like Choplifter and Dr. Goodknight, but I think... : action wombmate
• dig dug : strandgeck
• Anyone ever play a C64 game called Hydrax? adventure style game with text commands. : dignan
• Super Mario Bros. : spectr3
• Sonic the Hedgehog. That, together with Jurassic Park, were the first games I owned, when I bought them t... : lausai