Evening Reading

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• I thought we fixed the old chatty issues? : SockMonkeh
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  I'm almost done season 4, love this show. : opengl128
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    Season 4 is basically perfect television, and probably the best the medium has to offer so far. : sgtsanity
    • Oh man I can't wait to get through this. I guess Homicide will have to wait a little longer, but I'm okay... : tomservo
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      Hey thanks, I worked on season 4. Not on the creative side mind you, but it was still cool. : mechanicalgrape
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        s4 is with all the new youngins, right? : dignan
        • yeah : mechanicalgrape
      • You, sir, are awesome. Not only did you work on The Wire, I also heartily approve of your reading list. : TShandy
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      I dunno Season 5 was pretty amazing : tunis5000
      • It felt kinda rushed due to the ten-episode order, and didn't really have anything as awesome as the kids... : sgtsanity
• Awww yeah. : sgtsanity
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  Best show ever. Next to Arrested Development. : freshyk
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    It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia >:( : sKetchflow
    • DAY MAN! : losder5000
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    The Shield trumps the wire handily for greatest TV drama of all time. Comedy? Yessir AD for sure... ASi... : paravis
    • The Wire is authentic, and re-invents itself every season. The Shield is so jump-cutty, gay CSI Hollywood... : heartsauce
• I just finished reading The Corner. It took a lot of the sheen off the wire for me. : losder5000
• Doh I gotta start watching this again. : afrochops
• Hopefully I can start season 1 next week. Have to finish up I, Claudius first. :( : Afterglow
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  i gotta say this, Shield > Wire : dignan
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    but i do rate Wire as the 2nd best cop show i've seen. : dignan
    • what about the commish?! : synack
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    haha if it wasn't april fools I might believe you thought that. : NastyJack
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      im serious. Shield had more to it, didn't spend 1/2 the show with politicians , great story lines and ac... : dignan
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        That's because The Wire isn't really "a cop show." Sure, it plays that way for the first season, it shoul : sgtsanity
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          so its a mockumentary about Baltimore ? I just made it to s4. seems like a cop show to me. : dignan
          • Season 4 is the most un-cop-show-like season, and I think you'll be surprised. : sgtsanity
          • Do you even know what "mockumentary" means? Your use of it is wrong for at LEAST two reasons. I'll see if... : sammyl
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        Well if anything related to politics bores you then you'll definitely hate those parts. I don't see how y... : sanchez
        • i can't think of one example where Wire trumps Shield. : dignan
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        the wire was never supposed to be just a cop show though, the intent was to explore the inter-workings of... : snowwolf
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          you REAAALLY need to watch all of the The Shield. : paravis
          • i will, i have all the seasons, just no time :( : snowwolf
      • The Shield is insanely intense and fast paced (BRILLIANTLY acted I might add, and yeah best writing in a ... : paravis
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        didn't you say you fast forwarded through the 'politics' parts? lol : JINKY
        • for the first season yea, i didn't expect all of it , i expected a grittier 'hbo style' shield. I quit w... : dignan
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  Netflix is pissing me off! I have had Wire Season 1 at the TOP of my queue for several months now and st... : AltZero
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    I had the same issue. I eventually gave up and obtained it from less reputable sources. : nurglich
    • ps. I am using Blockbuster, but same concept. It's interesting that both services can't seem to provide ... : nurglich
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    I had no idea Netflix had 24/7 phone support! I decided to check their website for a contact email so I... : AltZero
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      It's just an elaborate April fools joke on their part. : mechanicalgrape
      • It's a damn good one if it is. I just checked my queue and it's now listed as "Shipping Tuesday". Yay... : AltZero
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  should i watch this show y/n : sexninja!!!!
  • yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes : sgtsanity
  • y Anyone who says n is an idiot. : freshyk
  • a resounding y : Sirus2400
• I'm on ep 11 of season 1. :( : edgewise
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  protip: do not go to IMDB to look up The Wire just to see who's acting in it. The # of episodes they're i... : edgewise
  • ty for the headsup. : thewriter
  • The focus of the show shifts and bobs around, so don't take it as a listing of lifetimes or anything. : sgtsanity
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  stuff white people like! : dodob
  • But black people like it a lot more, ergo it being on BET. SWPL has jumped the shark. :( : sgtsanity
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  Everyone tells me I should watch this. What's the premise? : Fred Garvin
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    Cops vs. Drug-dealing gangs in Baltimore, but the situation is steadily more complicated through politics... : sgtsanity
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      Sounds interesting. For some reason I thought it was about terrorists. : Fred Garvin
      • "All those mopes in bracelets and not one of 'em named 'Osama'" : heartsauce
• It's one of the most intelligent series around in understanding systems. : kramweil
• You bought a PS3 instead of a 360, I don't trust you any more. : brickmatt
• oh yeaaaa best show ever. almost : xsii

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  why is qwantz associated with those fgts :( : nyranger66
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    seriously. what a huge letdown, i don't think i can read qwantz anymore : JINKY
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      xkcd is way the fuck better than qwantz : papaskot
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        xkcd is trash. i hate xkcd. don't tell me about xkcd this is my wow character: http://armory.worldofwa... : JINKY
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          DEADY HONOR TECHNIQUE you faggot : SockMonkeh
          • don't be jealous just because you don't understand true honor : JINKY
        • they're all fucking garbage : megarust32
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          I think you are taking your hate of some stick figure drawings way to far. : uglysad
          • Don't worry, not even other pieces of poop like JINKY. : SockMonkeh
      • my webcomic is better than your webcomic is at least better than his webcomic then someone posts elect... : thewriter
• I must say this one is actually clever! : Lionhart32935
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  wait, wtf is going on here? : Perturbation
  • Today is going to go badly for you. : cerealSAM2
• and those just happened to be the 3 webcomics I checked for updates a few minutes ago. they're adjacen... : ttyRazor
• hahaha : opengl128
• took me a while : dearjamie
• April 1st. : pancake humper
• hahahah : delataur
• oh, those jokers. fuck the internet today : manero
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  man, that questionable content comic is terrible. it's like juno if it was made into a comic. honest to... : nutop
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    QC is good, but it relies heavily on continuity. If you haven't read all 1000 comics, you'll be completel... : Ebu
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      Wow your post is basically the exact opposite of what I would write. QC is horrible, because it relies : rgoer
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        dude its a comic, nobody talks like they do in comics, or are you implying that dinosaurs speak english, ... : snowwolf
        • Dinosaurs speak Old English. : SockMonkeh
      • I love you let's run off the vermont and get married : mikecyb
      • I doff my hat to you sir. : mechanicalgrape
      • This post carries too much truth for mortal ears. : sgtsanity
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        I think the internet ghost of Remo is standing off to the side of this post with ghost-Yoda and nodding a... : algernoN8
        • I bet they carpool together in a yaris. : mechanicalgrape
      • i agree with thist post : JINKY
      • Jealous are we? : GodZilly
      • truth overdose : mr.sleepy
      • you would like Megatokyo : Magus
      • QC is quite possibly the worst thing I have ever seen on the internet in 15 years. Seriously, it is horri... : crazywigga
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        QC is like the internet equivalent of Funky Winkerbean. It's never funny and you never have any idea what... : sexninja!!!!
        • because i can't stop now it's actually DOING something : Deathlove
      • you are my internet hero : Yanks
      • Haha Internet rage. God forbid someone like something that I don't and that I never have to see unless I ... : OverloadUT
      • I saw an excerpt of this on the front page and thought you were talking about QuakeC... : SantaClaws
    • yeah, i like QC, but it's definitely a serial comic. : mindmann
    • I spent an evening reading through the entire thing a few years ago only to realize that I hated every si : tomservo
    • And by "this comic" I mean this particular instance of Qwantz. They have their good comics and their b... : Ebu
  • Hey, screw you, too : Juno
  • It's almost as bad as XKCD. "Hey, look, I know math and I have a girlfriend." Well, you're not the only o... : Micand
• Wow, they really are interchangeable. : algernoN8
• haha thank god for the shack. Normally all normally get to experience for April fools jokes internet-wise... : WhiteHatVeteran
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  I don't understand what is april food's about these comics. : slax0r
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    Oh, I see. : slax0r
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      lol. i didn't even realize this. i just opened all three in a row. : mindmann
      • Yeah, that's exactly what I did. I was looking for some kind of connection within the comics themselves. : slax0r
• Not bad not bad : Begawkiness

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  Half-Life 1 final boss : Nighteyes
  • Seconded! : kallanta
  • you mean xen : cdbeckman
• GTA games have a lot of that I think, where the game is very open-ended. But you get these fuck you missi... : qwpeoriu
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  Pretty much every boss battle ever. I hate boss battles. : SockMonkeh
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    Games like The Darkness and Condemned 2 would be good for you. It's not that the boss battles are easy, b... : qwpeoriu
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      Yeah, maybe. It's not boss battles in concept that I hate. It's the fact that they always have some dumb ... : SockMonkeh
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        i really hate the new trend of boss 'battles' being nothing more than press the button as it appears on s... : pandastrong
        • The best kind of boss battles are ones that just throw a shitload of the most badass enemies at you while... : SockMonkeh
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    I couldn't agree more. It is my "embarrassing secret" as a gamer, but I hate almost all boss fights. Ther... : sicko
    • I hate boss fights where it's not clear you're doing something wrong, and where the boss is given insta-k... : Arcanum
  • I like the boss battles where it's basically you vs an enemy with hundred more hit points than a standar... : shirif
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  Shadow of the Colossus just kidding, I've never even played it :) : MikkleThePickle
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    This is kind of true actually. I hated the last Colossus. He had no character compared to the other ones : moogle
    • yeah the last one was pretty much a platforming level shoved at the end of this epic boss fighting game. ... : mikecyb
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  In Space Quest II there was this section where you had to use a rock and your underwear as a slingshot to... : riptyde
  • Sounds like the Babel fish section of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." http://everything2.com/e... : RomSteady
  • all of those text based adventure games by sierra were fun yet infuriating because of this : FrayLo
  • Text parsing on that sentence aside, you didn't have to do that. It was possible to distract him by hidin... : Daggoth
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  Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy : SiW73
  • OMG, so true! I loved the book(s) but FUCK this game and the asshole that made it,. : hoopfam4
• In a way, Oblivion. I loved how open ended it was, but then eventually, it funneled you into 1 ending. : ADSliv
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  some of the kings quest games. god, if you didn't do that one insignificant thing right in the beginning,... : mindmann
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    Yes. Kings Quest 5. Oh, your didn't throw a shoe at a cat chasing a rat? Guess what? You just lost the ga... : hellspit
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      Hope you didn't eat that cheese! : electroly
      • P.S. Second greatest game ever, runner up to KQ6. : electroly
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      That's got nothing on Return to Zork - that game had a plan on the very first screen that you had to dig ... : Schnapple
      • plan plant : Schnapple
    • LOL, so true. That's why I always played it with a game guide. :/ Still loved it though. : thetangent
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  Gonna go with Chrono Cross on this one. That was seriously a WTF end boss. : kallanta
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    That was frustrating, especially since the trip to the end of the game was amazing. The absolute vaguene : omnova
    • What the fuck sentence structure? : omnova
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  Slightly offtopic but I've been wondering what yours thoughts on the current Creative drivers issue. I k... : Optimus Prime
  • wtf hahah : xsoulbrothax
  • That would be a heavy reply that I don't have time to make (need to be in bed in 10 minutes so I can get ... : RomSteady
• Pretty much the entirety of Comix Zone : WhiteHatVeteran
• Nice ZP reference there :D : Demius
• the puzzle that had to do with the light up tile floor in KOTOR. i had to resolve to gamefaqs. looking ba... : giantshift
• Assassin's Creed was really bad with this. They'd make it seem like I had all these options on how to ki... : Begawkiness
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  Zakk and Wiki is like that. : Karnov
  • I stopped playing at the last boss. That thing had something like 6 different forms, each one an exercise... : hellspit
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  Does Quake 4 count when you have to die against the boss encounter - the first time. That's fucking lame. : K1Bond007
  • funny thing is that you could actually die if the boss didn't get enough damage; I got it right the secon : shirif
• willie beamish...so many places where you needed to have picked up an item at the beginning of the game, ... : davislovestacobell
• ico ducks : skryte
• I'd say in the basic form of what you're asking, Mega Man takes the cake : SolveChrist
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  God of War - spinning blades in hades. Most boss battles with non-standard and not-obvious new gamepla... : dedgecko
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    I'm convinced the only reason people have problems with those blades is because they have the patience of... : Arcanum
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      eh, they were just a complete pain in the ass and killed the flow of the game - it's a shitty platforming... : dedgecko
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        I found them to be pretty easy as long as I paid attention and didn't try to blaze through them. I've he... : Arcanum
        • yea, it was definitely easier on my second play through - however the fact remains that the mechanic was ... : dedgecko
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  RAAM in Gears of War was sort of like that. Fuck RAAM, fuck that fight, and fuck whoever thought it was ... : Arcanum
  • Oh agreed, that was just silly. : peetabix01
  • yea, I spent several lives looking around for some special weapon that I was going to harpoon him with or... : dedgecko
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    wtf was that mounted gun even for? You get to it and get killed by bats within 2 seconds. . . : YamatoTwinkie
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      That's a great question. As far as I could tell, it was a complete red herring. : Arcanum
      • yea, I spent a lot of lives trying to get the timing down so that I could get to the turret, take some sh... : dedgecko
• That Gabriel Knight game where you had to make a disguise from honey and cat hair or something. You had ... : peetabix01
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  Otherwise know as shelf moments. : GeorgeB3DR
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    shelf moment? : dedgecko
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      When you put a game on the shelf and it stays there for good. : GeorgeB3DR
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        How many shelf moments have you had during the development of DNF? : SockMonkeh
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          How many girls have you touched? : GeorgeB3DR
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            Sorry, George, I don't make those kinds of posts very often. :( : SockMonkeh
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              He totally left you an opening for a very snarky comeback and counter-dig, yet you let yourself get flumm... : Bean
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                No, I felt bad after I posted it before he even replied and then when his reply was so harsh I frowned an... : SockMonkeh
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                  The fact that you feel guilt at all shows you are weak and need to be exterminated. : Bean
                  • Get out of this subthread, lawman. >:( : SockMonkeh
                  • you suck. : focusdaily
                • The harshness of his reply is the soft fleshy gap in between the armour... stab it! STAB IT! : thewriter
          • hahaha : freshyk
          • Well played. : MacemanInTW
          • The only one who matters....Mom! : pancake humper
          • haha oh man the kid gloves are off : mikecyb
        • It needs to be on the shelf first to put it back, doesn't it? : thewriter
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        That is pretty unforgiving George. You mean to say that if an otherwise good game has a segment of frust... : EvilDolemite
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          Duke didn't. : daedraug
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            Sure it did. Some of the spaceport levels dragged on. : EvilDolemite
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              I disagree. : daedraug
              • And your opinion is correct. There were no boring parts in that game. : dognose
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  I love the Ace Attorney series to death, but goddammit if it isn't like that to an extreme. I had to hit ... : jan0r pants
  • Yes, that is a perfect example for what he's looking for. There were a bunch of things I could logically... : omnova
• I believe every boss battle on Sonic Rush is that... If I'm catching your drift that is : Malku
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  assassin's creed: I spent 20 minutes painstakingly killing a group of guards out in the wilderness, one b... : stamps
  • Um...if they're on the road, you can just ride past them. They'll chase for a bit, but you'll leave them... : Arcanum
• Every song in guitar hero? : rosewood

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  If you have any interest in MGS4 I'd wait until June and get the new 80GB bundle with a dualshock 3 and M... : melkore
  • I'd wait for this one too. : Magus
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    I wish they would just confirm this for US :( : pancake humper
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      I thought it was confirmed already Jun 12th-ish for $499 I think. : melkore
      • yep. They weren't too clear about the actual release date, however, they just stated it'd be out to coin... : ttyRazor
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    Yeah I tried to wait for that, but I'm weak :( : afrochops
    • Me too, bought a 40 yesterday=) : Sirus2400
  • The Japanese preorder for this bundle sold out in like five minutes...so a preorder if this is your inten... : Boxelder
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  The only issue i've had with my 40 gig is the two USB ports, which for 5 minutes was a problem when we al... : Ellissd
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    Doesn't Rock Band come with a USB hub for ps3? it does for 360. : jimmy_legs
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      It doesn't for the PS3 because Rock Band ended up being released just after Sony announced the 40gb model... : Prozium
      • Ah ha. Thanks. : jimmy_legs
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  Aren't you worried about an inferior experience? : Fred Garvin
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    Fred. Stop trolling my posts. Think whatever you want to think, but shut to fuck up about it because yo... : Pneum0
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      I do get the point and you are the guy that said last night that the negatives of the 360 outweighed any ... : Fred Garvin
      • You do realize that the only difference between you two is the side you're on, right? You could have lef... : omnova
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        This is about the PS3 genius, you're just putting shit in the game. What I said about the 360 isn't trol... : Pneum0
        • I won't bump the truth? LOL. I replied plenty last time we had this discussion. : Fred Garvin
  • <3 Fred. You remind me of somebody in real life :) : Malku
  • I used to think you were a shit poster, but recently, you've become my favorite. Post more. I love it w... : mourningstar
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    Jesus fucking christ, Frederick, you haven't changed a bit! : tomservo
    • You keep saying this? Was I supposed to change? Did we have a deal or something? : Fred Garvin
    • lol. Perfect : moshman
  • Like reading one of your posts lmao : Magus
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  I have heard that the 40GB uses a 65nm processor(s) so that it runs cooler & uses less energy, but I am n... : jimmy_legs
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    i don't think any of them have SACD support, do they? : cltcprd
    • 20gb, 60gb, and 80gb models support SACD. : Prozium
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ps3#Retail_configurations : Fred Garvin
  • I can vouch for this when i brought my 40g i played (with friends) for like 12 hours straight, and it was... : Vincenoir
• 80gb for media and installs... also its nice to have a backup for the old ps2. : adsriordan
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  do we really freakin need 5 versions of the same damn console? im a gamer and can't even keep up with al... : dignan
  • sony only ever distribute 2 at any one time afaik. They've phased out a few of the models but some people... : aeg1x
  • Yeah, if there is one thing this generation will be known for is an over abundance of iterations of conso... : Fred Garvin
  • It really is not all that complicated if you do about five minutes of research. The main difference is th... : Evil Benius
• I thought about the 80 GB for the MSG4 but I kind of want to try the beta out and also, if I want to play... : Sailor of Fortune
• DUDE go to the PSN store and GET Warhawk, its on sale! : raspu2n
• Get the version that has the 4D graphics enabled : ErneX
• I'm waiting for the 80GB version. I want PS2 backwards compatibility. I would have bought a 60GB if they... : Modulus

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• EVIL! : Haxim
• omg rick rolled : disposition
• ahaha, I love it : action roommate
• APRIL FOOLS! : disposition
• That is beyond awesome. : ventro
• haha thats awesome : sexninja!!!!
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  That's awesome. haha :D : stelth
  • http://www.youtube.com/user/YTRickRollsYou We've been owned : stelth
• har! : thief
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  everytime I click on a link that leads to Rick Roll I have to listen to the whole thing. It's kinda c... : zakk
  • lol exact same here : AlexXdude
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    So, how many of them did you click? : action wombmate
    • I clicked 2 of them and listened to both in full. :( : freshyk
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      I'm still clicking : zakk
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        We should have someone come by later and make sure you have water and change your diaper. Any shackers l... : action wombmate
        • help : zakk
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    It's definitely my favorite Internet haha-tricked-you-into-clicking meme. Mostly because it's 100% harmle... : DOOManiac
    • where the hell did it start? how did it start? its so random. : dignan
    • probably the only redeeming thing to come out of 4chan. that and pedobear : RikiTiki2
  • the best part of the video is when the bartender sports his short shorts and jumps at the fence. that's ... : tunis5000
• so excellent : jessipoo
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJkxilXekyI ahahah awesome. : AlexXdude
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    did anyone else in that class get the joke? it was awkwardly silent : Mmmmmoo
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      thats the best part : AlexXdude
      • yeah, the one guy giggling is the best part : RikiTiki2
    • Probably not, most non-nerds probably wont find it funny. : two50six
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  man, i love that song. : slax0r
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    The more I hears it, the more I likes it : RikiTiki2
    • I liked it before I even heard of the whole rick rolling thing. : slax0r
• haha, that's awesome : joesnizzle
• http://shackpics.com/files/6_ozpwfg31q1ez15byhpd5.jpg : shavenewok
• fkn lol : FrayLo
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  Best ever. Done. Ship it. : GeorgeB3DR
  • come on you have to make your april fools posts believable man : aeg1x
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    you need to have that video come up right before the end credits. that would be great, right after the fi... : mindmann
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      Or right after the game loads. : GeorgeB3DR
      • The DNF theme :O : RikiTiki2
      • Trigger it to happen on April 1st of every year. : Prozium
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        Or release a "demo" that's really just the video in uncompressed 1080p format. : timmie
        • So you wait 10 minutes and download a few hundred megs to find out you've been rick roll'd? heh : Robotic Puppy Eater
      • this made me lol : action roommate
      • hahahaha do this. : Vantage
      • OMG so fucking do this! : sesmaster
      • Haha. C'mon hack together some demo and release it. : DinK
    • should've released that video as a "new DNF trailer" : Mmmmmoo
• lol. that's great. hahah. : mindmann
• Ahh the Shack.... : Malku
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  Rick Astley needs to start a service where he will come and rick roll you. Kind of like a singing telegra... : AlexXdude
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    Actually he said he'd never capitalize on it because he's too old and it'd be cheap. Awesome guy. : terath
    • awwww :( : AlexXdude
• Knew it was coming. It was just a matter of how and when. Bravo youtube! : WhiteHatVeteran
• Kudos to them haha : Begawkiness
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  anyone notice the view count is NOT increasing? 63,291. what's the significance of that number? : RikiTiki2
  • that's how youtube works. only hourly updates. : aaarrrgh
• This will probably be the first time Rick Astley makes money from a RickRoll. : woddemandred
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  This is so fucking perfect. There are no words. : sammyl
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    I think the only thing that could be better is if the AP transitioned every story today into the lyrics t... : sammyl
    • that would be amazing, haha. : strider_
• hahaha too awesome : xsii
• fucking lol : razorblade79
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  This rickroll thing, I mean why is it bad to be sent to that video? I got why being goatse'd is bad, but ... : xxx2xxx
  • Mob mentality. : paravis
  • It's ironic. It's like being goatse'd, but harmless, silly fun. : rock elf
  • It's just goofy. Not everything has to be bad or mean. : nurglich
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  really old and stupid haha its funny cuz its lame internet obsession spammed on some site for the billion... : paravis
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    IM SO JADED : nomaad
    • J-J-J-J-JADED : moe6
  • Don't you dare place that ephemeral gag in a back alley that is Chocolate Rain along side the awesomeness : seven
  • MUSHROOM! MUSHROOM! : Old_Fart
  • thank you. : boring gegtik
  • Ok Hitler. : ateam311
• Does anyone know why Astley and that song were chosen for this 'prank'? I don't mean Google, I mean the : losimagic
• wow, youtube pwned us all : El Tigre
• history : ghostnote
• so i sent my best friend to watch the chiuahaha video and cant wait to see how funny it is.. then proceed... : supermonkeyballz
• whoah. surpriseGOLD. : SlamDunk
• lmfao. : ateam311
• Okay that's the best yet. : Rotten Deadite
• just got rick roll'ed : soapland

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  Thanks Maarten! You can go to bed now, it's getting late for you! It's gotta be like 5 am by now. : Lionhart32935
  • I'm in the US, so its all good : Maarten Goldstein
• BOOYA! : CrustaR
• yay! : smax
• lol, congrats : thewriter
• And Maarten said "Let there be search". : Thresher
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  Holy jebus. Did you completely rework the search or something? : Arcanum
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    no but we moved to a new SQL, and we lost all related files because we are dumb. thankfully sander had a ... : Maarten Goldstein
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      lol keeping it classy : fletch_
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        there is no doubt that we are absolutely stupid. we reconfirm this every so often. it is for certain. ... : Steve Gibson
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          will you guys just gmail yourselves the code so you can find it next time? : fletch_
          • hey don't tell them my secrets! : metalremains
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          Version control? : sumo-hacker
          • AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH : themelon
          • lololol : Maddog_Delphi97
          • The what now? : Begawkiness
          • wat : [7]kami
          • ololololo : Ride-My-Rocket
          • Crazy talk : rosewood
          • Crazy talk : rosewood
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      man how this place doesn't explode on a daily basis I'll never know :P : mikecyb
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        shacknews is like a duck on the pond : Deathlove
        • http://aduck.ytmnd.com/ : the archvile
    • What's Frenchie up to these days, anyway? : timmie
    • Sweet on the new SQL. I won't comment on the lost files, since fletch_ and Mike already did. :) : Arcanum
• And there was much rejoicing. : uglysad
• ♥ : dognose
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  rabble rabble rabble! : thekidd
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    Standing around yelling "rabble rabble" isn't going to get anything done! : thetangent
    • But we don't know what else to do! except call Valve a fag online : woddemandred
  • SHUT THE HELL UP HAMBURGLAR : Ride-My-Rocket
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  oh boy this is always fun, looking through all your old, dumb posts :( : nyranger66
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    oh boy this is always fun, looking through all your old, dumb posts :( fixed for you!! ba-zing! : mikecyb
    • ~caliente!~ : fletch_
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      I see what you did there. You copy and pasted my post and then used the strike through tag to cross out o... : nyranger66
      • I wish Gretzky still played in NY, I miss calling the the Wayngers :( : yosemiteclimber
      • thanks for clearing that up! you're right, it is brilliant, now that i can see past the subtlety. : mindmann
• Oh boy this again, though it is a little interesting to check every once in a while and see old posts fil... : Begawkiness
• Is anyone else not able to search by User? : Bob_Loblaw
• \o/ : Flying h4x0r
• yay! this seems familiar somehow... : deject
• Up to July 2000! Still have a couple years before any of my posts start showing up :( : YamatoTwinkie
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  Any ETA of when it'll be done indexing? : opengl128
  • considering it took about 1.5hrs to index from July 2000 to February 2001 (and that the post count probab... : YamatoTwinkie
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  hmm.. its not showing any of my posts yet, except for 2 posts I made today. wtf : Shadowdane
  • did you read? : ErneX
• The Dutch mix master hooks it up as usual. : tomservo
• RSS feed attack! : Audhuml4
• Shack seems to be much faster than usual for me today, thanks for the improvements : MikkleThePickle
• April Fool's! : coldfusioncs
• I don't exist yet. for this account anyway :) : Optimus Prime
• Remember: We may not generate as much direct cash, but we <3<3<3<3<3 you!!! : cdbeckman
• <3 : Malku
• Good job! I don't exist yet :( : razorblade79
• Is it also co-indexing new posts as of the return to service? I notice my recent posts are in the sear... : Sailor of Fortune
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  steve was angry at me once for something in 1999, but I don't know what :( : moshman
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    Steve was angry at us all back then. :) : Optimus Prime
    • Steve is still angry with us all. : ryuuseki
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  Sweet, I have 7 posts. Beat that suckers! : Horn
  • 18,315 : c0bra
  • I have 0! : FormerHPB
• The old vanity searches are ... yeesh. : rosewood