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• about damn time... I've never been big on ATI parts myself. But I'll be interested to see what Nvidia ... : Shadowdane
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  cost comparison? when will this part be on the shelves? and what about the G100/200 whatever Nvidia is ca... : hirez
  • The G100/200 so far looks to be not much more than re-branding, IIRC. : Sylvanus
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  Nice. Competition is finally back, now Nvidia can't sit on their hands anymore. The 8 series was an aweso... : avatar_58
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    Hopefully AMD does the same =( : lodit
    • Since AMD owns ATI, I assume the fiesty attitude is shared. However Intel isn't stagnant like the GPU com... : avatar_58
  • yeah I think the 9 series was just a jab. They have been cocked and ready for ATI to do something, becaus... : sesmaster
  • the 3870 pushed nvidia's hand. It's not a slouch by any stretch. : deject
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  Wow, nice. $350 for that card too. Wonder what the $250 version is gonna be like.. Gosh I might be getti... : nukewinter
  • $350 for that card? shit! thats cheap : hobosapien
  • god damn what? i might have to pick up my first aftermarket ati card. : feek
• Holy shit yes. Please ATI and nVidia get in a big fight this summer so I can get an awesome card right... : DinK
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  Where'd you hear the $350 number? I want to know more! : shyguy74
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    Read down lower on the page, someone has quote there about $350 and $250 price point for the 2 ati cards.... : nukewinter
    • There was a flurry of info and speculation from a VR-Zone post a few weeks ago. : Sylvanus
• I want one now. :/ : Sylvanus
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  Good on them, now if they would only improve driver support before I would consider buying from them agai... : kahuuna
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    nvidia's drivers are so easy and nice. i never worry about them. I havent used ATI in forever so im sca... : handofthrawn
    • Unless you are trying to get fullscreen video to work with the proper aspect ratio. And before you ask: ... : Fred Garvin
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    given the crappy vista drivers from nvidia I'd say you are screwed regardless of which card you bought. I... : Fyunch Click
    • they were horrible for a while but now they seem fine. i havent had an issue in the longest time. : handofthrawn
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    ATI *used* to have bad drivers. These days they are dead even with Nvidia in terms of "why the fuck did t... : avatar_58
    • yeah, the Catalysts have been pretty damn good since about the 6.xx series. : deject
    • Plus you know you can expect ATI to release a driver once a month minimum, whereas nVidia you really don'... : Alco23
  • I had a better driver experience with my 9800Pro than I've had with my 6800GT and 8800GTS. : mathyou
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    Why do people still always say this? I've never had a problem with ATI's drivers in the last two years. : DinK
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      Try running 64-bit Windows XP. There are several games that just don't work. : OverloadUT
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        from what I heard, the problem ISNT ATi's drivers alone. : boomstickah
        • Okay maybe it's their hardware. All of my friends that have nVidia cards have no problems and the few tha : OverloadUT
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      Its because i dualboot with linux, and it is definitely a deciding factor there : kahuuna
      • And my laptop has an ati card making me a sad monkey :( : kahuuna
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  This is fake. The turkish website which released the benchmark has published fake results in the past too... : matthaeus
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    Why must you crush our hopes and dreams? :( : Toraz Chryx
    • photoshop'd to the face :( : Downforce
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    This is correct apparently. The only proof of such speed are THESE images (seriously, go do a search. Lik... : avatar_58
    • http://spaceghostno.ytmnd.com/ : Sylvanus
  • I believed you at turkish : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Finally a card worthy of running Crysis! And um, benchmark software! : spiderfill
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    Hehe I was gonna say how amusing it is that all that badass power and it can still only get 44fps out of ... : riptyde
    • the problem is fucking DX10, i bet it would run about 20% faster on DX9. lol : Shadowdane
• TOO BAD THERE'S NO GAMES ON THE PC ANYMORE HARRRR : suqur
• Lol. Yeah right.... : MrGrindy

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• LOTRO : trOmblyj
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  CS:S : arizona bay
  • I should get back into playing this some more... I had a blast playing with you shackers the last time. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  i'm hoping that GTA IV arrives in my mailbox today : elwood00
  • UPDATE: it did not arrive today. DAMN IT. I HAD THE DAY OFF WORK AND EVERYTHING : elwood00
• the obvious : cdbeckman
• Maybe some Oblivion, otherwise the obvious. : Totenjaeger
• The wif and I have plans this evening, tomorrow and Sunday so maybe nothing. :( : PoopStewart
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  Contemplating whether or not to buy GTA4. : Chepito.
  • Get it, NAO! : GodZilly
• My family is coming to visit this weekend but I'll probably show them GTA4 still just to get some more pl... : GodZilly
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  The obvious. WoW included : royalally
  • Same. : SeaLlama
• i'm starting to feel the Call of Duty 4 itch again. I better get that checked out. : NeoMoose
• Installed the 30 gig Conan beta last night. Got to level 5 and didn't really see anything new to the MMO... : Lightzout
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  WoW, GTAIV. I'm such a sheep : jbury
  • SNAP! < - i added the exclaimation mark so i had more than 5 characters. : Vincenoir
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  Chrono Trigger for the first time. It better be as good as Secret of Mana for all the love it has gotten... : samekh
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    It's better than SoM. : Totenjaeger
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      I find that hard to believe. I do feel a bit like i missed out on something, just from playing the first... : samekh
      • Ick. To clarify this statement, I just meant that I have such fond memories of SoM, that CT would have to... : samekh
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    you lucky fucking bitch. I wish I could experience Chrono Trigger for the first time again. Such an amazi... : pukerat
    • Agreed and agreed. I can't wait to buy it again on VC :( : geedeck
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  Syndicate! : knepus
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    Is it 1994? : trOmblyj
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      Yes, yes it is. Next up is Theme Park and Magic Carpet : knepus
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        Where are you playing Syndicate? DOSBox? : trOmblyj
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          Yes, it works flawlessly. No need to change any settings or anything :) : knepus
          • Eh? Last time I tried Syndicate or Syndicate Wars on DOSBox it ran either too slow or too fast. I got the... : Master Tonberry
  • I never did get Syndicate Wars multiplayer to work nor did I finish American Revolt. Fuck that addon was ... : dafugg
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  Mabinogi :( http://mabinogi.nexon.net/ : Sexpansion Pack
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    no, what? why would you do that to yourself? : DrFlammable
    • It's for a review. Yeah, it's not great. Some good ideas, but really weird implementation of basic stu... : Sexpansion Pack
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  Mario Kart Wii and TF2. : arhughes
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    is this worth buying? also, how is the wheel? : ass-street
    • I like it so far, haven't played it all that much. I mostly got it because my wife likes the Mario Kart ... : arhughes
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  Is syndicate the predecessor to Syndicate wars? : samekh
  • I believe there's a Syndicate 2? : GodZilly
  • Ok what is with all the Syndicate talk? : trOmblyj
  • Yes, Syndicate Wars is the sequel! : knepus
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    Yeah, and it's superior. : SiW73
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      WHAT? You just hit the wrong limit. Wars had so many bugs it wasn't funny. I had characters get stuck in ... : dafugg
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        He said Syndicate was superior to Syndicate Wars. : Master Tonberry
        • My my.. I do look silly. : dafugg
• Nothing but the obvious. Ok.... Maybe Metal gear Online. : razlebol
• stalker and no more heroes. : Fredrik S
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  Age of Conan! : Clay
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    Is that still under NDA? If not, how is it? : Sexpansion Pack
    • I was in Childbirth class when it started and didn't get a chance to play last night. From the PvP wee... : Clay
  • same here : Awun
  • me too i hope : retardhumper
• I actually bought the Civ IV pack off steam a couple of days before the obvious and am also having a blas... : gakera
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  Mario Kart Wii : ThomW
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    ^^^ This and Trackmania for me. : jasonepowell
    • how is MK? worth picking up? : Rigor Morts
  • ^^^ This and the obvious : joesnizzle
• i may actually take a break from skydiving this weekend to finish GTA : agentlead
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  GTA probably. Right now I am playing the "Try to get rid of abdomen pains" game. : Evil Benius
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    You mean pooping? : gakera
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      No, I woke up this morning at 4am with what felt like a knife in my stomach and it has not gone away. I a... : Evil Benius
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        appendicitis? : gakera
        • God I hope not =/ : Evil Benius
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        Watch out, myself and other shackers have been having the same thing. I thing there has been a virus goin... : hirosushima
        • Cool thanks for the tip. : Evil Benius
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        If the pain is right below your waistline on the right side, there's a good chance it's your appendix and... : chiisu81
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          Definitely not that, it is up higher and does not hurt when I push there. It has been getting better, I w... : Evil Benius
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            Bong rip. You will do good to heed my medical advice. : deadhorse
            • I prefer keeping my job =P : Evil Benius
• TF2, TF2 and maybe just a bit of TF2 Actually besides lots of TF2, i might try to knock out Assassin's cr... : baron calamity
• ugh, so many on the go right now. Still have SMG, no more heroes and others uncompleted on the Wii then i... : dooberzoo
• Fight Night Round 3 : baronzemo78
• It’s a busy gaming weekend! I bought STALKER last week but totally mangled some of the mod installs,... : kenmis
• GTAIV, Mario Kart Wii, FEAR Perseus Mandate, installing other games if I get the chance : avatar_58
• I'm playing through Gothic 3 ATM.. It's sucked away my LOTRO time. It has some glitches/problems, but ove... : happynoodle
• TF2, The Obvious, Mario Kart Wii probably. : Duffman8369
• TF2, Zelda: TP : Rigor Morts
• just the obvious : dantastic
• GTA IV, Got my son a Wii for his B-day so some Mario Kart, Mario Galaxy, and whatever else I can find. : marblehead
• GTA4 and WoW, the digital incarnation of Jesus Christ himself. : Entity
• I haven't gotten enough quality time in with Metal Gear Online since GTA 4 came out. Maybe pick up Mario... : sevogajre
• Halo 3....I'm a little behind as I just got an XBox. Ninja Gaiden...gotta practice to prepare for June. : kelzmelzer
• Brawl Oblivion : chiisu81
• My daughter keeps making me play Super Mario 64. : SiW73
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  Assassins Creed : pukerat
  • oh and TF2 : pukerat
• Makai Kingdom, TF2, and Mario Kart Wii : guido anchovy
• Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds! : deadhorse
• staying at new GF house and getting laid all weekend. GTA = backburner'd : dignan
• TF2 : shirif
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  TF2 forever and ever. : hirez
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    seeing responses like this make me feel warm and fuzzy inside : Trips
    • me 2 : Rigor Morts
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  Fix The Garage Door: So The Thief Doesn't Try To Smash Your Driver's Side Door Window And Fail Again Edit... : MisterClaw
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    does it support coop? : r3dn3ck
    • yes, 2-player coop. I can't wait to get the "crush your neighbor's kid" achievement. : MisterClaw
• TF2 and TrackMania, most probably. : A Sponge
• MGS: The Twin Snakes, Metroid Prime, God Hand and TF2 : Dschinghis Khan
• Lots of the obvious, mario kart wii, maybe some R6:V2 co-op : DinK
• TF2 with shackers, some SMGalaxy and SSBB. : Nitrium
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  KOTOR! I might get off Taris this weekend! : Deathlove
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    If you want to be all super badass Jedi you can just save your levels until you get to Dantooine and the ... : deject
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      Too late! But no I'll just play as intended. Maybe I won't even BE a jedi, what if I'm not force sensitiv... : Deathlove
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        you become a Jedi whether you like it or not :P : deject
        • p.s.: Jedi Consular FTW : deject
  • :D : Downforce
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  geedeck post. (TF2 and Apollo Justice and probably Smash Bros) : mikecyb
  • also GTA4 if we replace the 360 over the weekend :( : mikecyb
• I think I'm going to skip the TF2 this weekend - the infinite swarms of medics and ubers are kind of stea... : dumb.
• i am sad to see not a single persona 3: fes in here :( because that is what i'll be playing!! : JINKY
• Crysis, Lumines, Cooking Mama : My Documents
• Team Farming 2! and gta4 of course. : SolveChrist
• I'm having a LAN party to play nothing but the obvious. : OverloadUT
• The one, the only, GTA motherfucking IV. : NFXFSX
• Hopefully more Half-Life 2 (at Highway 17 now) : mtgDoofy
• GTA IV and Heroes V (with maybe 20min of TF2) : handofthrawn
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  Okami And it rocks. : ieGod
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    on the wii? i have it for ps2 and never played it... although the ability to cut through the cut-scenes w... : Demius
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      PS2. I bought it the same week it came out and never touched it. It sat on my shelf for nearly two years.... : ieGod
      • thats the same thing for me, i'd just rather jump in on a game play for 10 to 20 min and put it down... l... : Demius
  • you now just need scissors and.. win! : humbleone
• Definitely not TF2. Probably GTA. Maybe I'll pop BF2 back in. : Sgt_Boomstick
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  GTA4TF2 : virus
  • iawtgta4tf2 : feek
• ill studying for finals in between ikaruga induced fits of rage : mega man
• aoc/tf2 : jane911
• Besides GTA4, I am going to try and start up Stranglehold. : Jayx77
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  S.T.A.L.K.E.R is getting to be a lot of fun. I stopped getting being paranoid about missing something cr : hatelull
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    lots of antirad : Master Tonberry
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      Is that the only thing that keeps me safe? Also, do I ever get a better suit? : hatelull
      • yes you get a better suit. also, there are artifacts that protect you from radiation. : datoo
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    I installed the ZRP mod and now there are a ton of bloodsuckers all over the place. There was even a cou... : deject
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      and I got attacked by 5 of them above ground at the Agroprom Research Facility. Above ground. Seriously... : deject
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        what are bloodsuckers? : hatelull
        • We wont ruin it for you : Master Tonberry
• I am going to try and start up planescape torment again. I never made it through all the way yet and I lo... : wtf242
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  LotRO. Thanks a lot, you fuckers. : Moonbase Commander
  • You are welcome ;) : trOmblyj
• Mario Kart, TF2, AoC, and Psychonauts (replaying it never gets old). : ovrlrd
• Finish the Master's Thesis : Mad Brahmin Disease
• TF2, GTA, and some Halo 3 Fiesta weekend. : Head Rush
• Crysis and LOTRO most likely : nukewinter
• LOTRO LOTRO LOTRO LOTRO cus I dont have a current gen console :( : moe6
• GTA4. I'll be attempting to finish that heinous 'No Love Lost' mission. : DrZettl
• Ninja Gaiden, Twilight Princess, MGS3 or maybe ZoE2. : bitter ego
• KART : jessipoo
• Galactic Civ 2 or GTA4 : walker270
• majesty, alpha centauri, sins of solar : deviantpaul
• GTA IV, PC: Oblivion, C&C 3 : Wolfanoz
• CRACKDOWN/GEARS on my new 360 : disembodied potato
• Chronotrigger and Gta4 : Iwannaacura
• GTA4 there is no other option : kill9
• No games. Have to visit the parents this weekend. : afrochops
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  GTA4 and Mercs2 : sammyl
  • don't tease :( : filtersweep
  • Let me come visit so i can play Mercs2 as well =| : boredguy
  • You motherfucker! : sigpro
  • SCREW YOU!! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    What is Mercs2? : OverloadUT
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      You see Sammyl works at Pandemnic. They are making a new game called Mercenaries 2 that keeps getting del... : sigpro
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        PANDEMIC! PANDEMIC! Got your WMD's right here! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          who got the reup? : jessipoo
          • Cheeze, fo sho! : kenmis
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            this my corner!! : JINKY
            • NOBODY puts JINKY in a corner!! : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • lol he gets to play a buggy and unfinished game lol he gets to play Mercs2..wait..fuck! : EvilDolemite
  • Jerk. ;) : ThomW
• Mario Kart wii : headbone
• WOD Aslyum :D : yAak
• Gee Tee Ayy. I'm also tempted to buy Ikaruga off of the marketplace. I've always thought it looked awesom... : Noobler
• Alternating between drinking, GTA, and TF2. Should be a good weekend! : whistler
• GTA IV, and probably lots of SSBB and Wii Sports (lots of people coming over this weekend) : warpdude
• KART + Ikaruga (finally unlocked level 4) + SSBB + Lost Odyssey + Advance Wars DS : Borzoi
• AoC & GTA IV, maybe a little LOTRO and i picked up a second hand copy of Ninja Gaiden so i'll have to che... : shavenewok
• TF2! : Audhuml4
• LOTRO, TF2, pocket pool. : Ride-My-Rocket
• GTA IV + TF2 : Mmmmmoo
• lots and lots of GTA IV : johngloid

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  Are you a furry? If yes then apparently it is easy to work with. : Evil Benius
  • I may need some help then! I want to have fruit flies buzzing around the building (what we use for resear... : helvetica
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  no you simply insert your giant horse phallus into the dog vagina.. electronically : boring gegtik
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    I've heard the oddest things about Second Life, like people getting raped by spiders and the such. There... : helvetica
    • I've never actually logged in I just like to rag on it : boring gegtik
    • that's so fucking retarded unless you're marketing to furries, adult babies, etc : feek
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      Such a classic example of non-tech savvy individuals pushing for something that is a complete waste of ti... : fishbone
      • It's the hysteria where people are buying into the hype and worried they're missing the next World Wide W... : ThomW
      • There is a tremendous amount of hype for that exact reason. Non-tech savvy people can easily grasp the co... : Finestaut
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  Back when I used it about a million years ago, it seems amazing straight forward for what it is. You'r... : hawke
  • I've never done things in 3D, but that doesn't sound too bad. I bet someone did get a grant for this goof... : helvetica
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  Felicia might be able to point you in the right direction. Also, I wouldn't bother. lol : ThomW
  • If the University Health System has a building, we should get a building! It will be like a party inside,... : helvetica
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    Thom I think gamewith.us needs a presence in SL! : Evil Benius
    • From the screens/videos I've seen, I think a lot of shackers would fit in quite well in SL. 2018 : Modulus
    • There are enough floating dongs in SL already. : ThomW
• oh no...... : hirosushima
• SHUT IT DOWN CLAY HELVETICA : gmd
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  My company was looking at doing this for a while.. I logged in .. saw a giant penis dog and decided that ... : stonedonkey
  • Yep flying penis dogs should pretty much convince anyone that second life isn't the best place to set up ... : Jonathan
• second life is worse than VDs...the burning and itching is nothing compared to the diaper wearing, crotch... : m0rfus
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  Make a booth and sell virtual VG-themed cupcakes. : egg5hen
  • I'm sure this would make some money, too. : Lone Swordsman
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  My roommate did that for his school they have an island and got a grant to set up classes on SL. I think... : hrdwregk
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    this whole concept is bizarre to me : jenisthebest
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      It's like being there, but without the commute. And slightly worse graphics. And you're sitting at a comp... : FlatlineDixay
      • in your underwear! : bigblack
• you dont work for saint leo university do you? : dark1139
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  Does anyone even "play" Second Life? It seems like a virtual version of Mos Eisley (from the screenshots ... : Modulus
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    The screenshots remind me of Poser 1.0 for the mac. It looks horrible. : guido anchovy
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      The graphics are sub-par; but there's a good technical reason for a lot of it. Its funny you mention pos... : GloriousCow
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        Some of the custom avatars that people make look great (lol furries again). It's just that the avatars t... : guido anchovy
        • Yeah, people have been screaming for updated avatars for a long time. The old poser models look downright... : GloriousCow
        • and you can get some very interesting things for free. when I visited freebie island I left wearing a ful... : AbortedFetusChristi
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  I'm an active user and builder in Second Life (lol furfag)... For universities interested in virtual env : GloriousCow
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    I think the idea of having physics objects moving relatively seamlessly between servers is cool. I wish ... : guido anchovy
    • They're currently working on rewriting all the scripting to use .NET CIL; they've been at this for severa... : GloriousCow
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  Anyone remember Alpha World? : deadhorse
  • Yes, though one tries to forget such things. : wozzeck
• My company has a thing in second life i think. I dont play the game but ive seen notes/meetings mentioned... : Iwannaacura
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  the first time I logged into second life I made my way through the tutorial (way glitchy) and was telepor... : AbortedFetusChristi
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    That's it, signing up! : SiW73
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      if you need a waypoint for a vast BDSM dungeon, just massage me. that wasn't a typo. : AbortedFetusChristi
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        A friend of mine on SL bought his own server to get away from all the garish builds. It was a lovely expa... : GloriousCow
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          what's really fun is random traps. I was flying around, minding my own business, when I stumbled upon a h... : AbortedFetusChristi
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            Yeah, thats called caging. One of the fun things is a variant called orbiting where the cage takes you up... : GloriousCow
            • that's actually kind of awesome... : AbortedFetusChristi
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    I had a similar experience. My fiancee's really into the fashion design part of that game, and she's m... : Finestaut
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      The image of the warp-driven teacup sailing off into the distance while you bail into a land of penises h... : guido anchovy
      • It almost makes me want to try Second Life. lol : ThomW
    • Hahaha this story killed me. : Evil Benius
    • LSD is a helluva drug. : deadhorse
    • This is pretty much how I picture wtf242's day to day routine : bipolar
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      wow ... second life is pretty sad and pathetic. : virus
      • I would argue that it's hilarious and pathetic. : Sexpansion Pack
      • To be fair, there is actually a lot of fun to be had there. Neat mini games, and customizing your avatar... : Finestaut
    • So basically, Second Life is David Lynch: The Game. : sgtsanity
    • hahah... what in the hell. : Shadowdane
    • Hahaha yes. : Athlon7
  • Omg WTF?! : Malku
• I've got your snow crash hookup right here. : DooBall
• My company has made some buildings for other companies and we're making our own office at the moment. No... : rt702
• I investigated it for possible use at my company but determined that, among other things, the weirdo furr... : Attica Blue
• It isn't worth it. : rosewood

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  million dollar production, yeah? : hatelull
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    Most recent cost estimate was $100 million for production costs. : RomSteady
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      i new i left out the 100 somewhere, and i just watched them claim the same thing on x-play. the woman wa... : hatelull
      • knew even. fuck me is it time to go home yet? : hatelull
      • Well, given that the majority of the aid we give to African governments is wasted by the ruling elite in ... : RomSteady
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      I'd say "holy shit!" except I'm sure they more than broke even on release day alone. : riptyde
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        If they got all $60 of that, they would have to sell 1.6mil copies. So they probably got close and will d... : Yanks
        • They sold 609k units in the UK alone on Tuesday. : riptyde
      • IIRC they've already sold > $400 million... : navelskrutt
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        They are saying 6 million in sales for the first week : EvilDolemite
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          6 million units. : navelskrutt
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            Yes. : EvilDolemite
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              That is like elevenity billion dollars : gmd
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                360 mil give or take depending on average sale price (est. at 60 dollars a unit) : ucanbfuzzy
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                  thanks for multiplying 6 x 60 for me bro. : gmd
                  • no problem-o, chief : ucanbfuzzy
                • Rockstar's got WAYYY more problems now : ucanbfuzzy
                • 360, AS IN, XBOX 360, AS IN, XBOX 360 IS BETTER THAN PS3 : kn1fe
        • I think that was the shipped number. : edgewise
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  One thing that has impressed the hell out of me is how dialogue changes even if you do the same thing twi... : [fry]
  • I was impressed by that as well. I really didn't feel penalized for failing : hamachi
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    Dumb question, how do you replay a mission when you fail? Theres a little message that pops up that says... : skunk_ape
    • whip your your cell phone and press the A/X button to replay a mission. : sigpro
    • After you fail bring up your cell phone and it will display Try again or something. Then just accept : woodchuck70
  • Fuck, now I'm gonna wanna redo missions all the time. : SenorSpine
  • yeah, I thought that was really cool. : edgewise
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  I think in another interview I read they were using three separate voice recording studios simultaneously... : Carnivac
  • Yeah, I could see at least 3 studios for that. It takes months and months to arrange, cast and edit all t... : Fred Garvin
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  LOL, n00bs.. they could have done it with 4 : Bethesda : walker270
  • Now that's mean. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • "Hail, hero of Kvatch!" : aethyr
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    They blew 95% of their VO budget on Patrick Stewart. : Fred Garvin
    • and 4% on Sean Bean : kenmis
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      Speaking of which I think its awesome that Rockstar choose voice actors and not actors. I loved David Kei... : socksta
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        it's less true for GTA4 as far as I can tell but GTA:VC and GTA:SA were filled with big celebrities. Tom... : mikecyb
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          I was really surprised when I read down the list of characters that I didn't recognize them all as big Ho... : ThomW
          • yeah it's probably more like GTA3 where they had to spend a lot of time and money developing the tech. V... : mikecyb
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            I don't think I recognized any voice actor name in the manual. : pyide
            • I knew two, and it was only because I knew they were in the game. ;) Jason Bergman Ricky Gervais ... : ThomW
        • Yeah and not knocking Liotta or Jackson but I just would rather have an unknown, otherwise it distracts f... : socksta
  • that's what i'm talking about : JINKY
• stuff like that really adds up fast, especially when you have like, random people speaking in the street,... : mikecyb
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  they needed to pay someone $50 to turn down the ambient pedestrian noises...holy fuck they are loud. : vassili_zaitsev
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    And the main characters are too quiet compared to the rest, like when driving in a car for example. The... : pyide
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      yep - as soon as i get in most cars the first thing i do is turn off the radio : virus
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        at least with my surround setup, i feel like the problem is that the center channel is too quiet and the ... : dirge23
        • you should be able to fix that on the receiver pretty easily : smellslikefish
        • I turned up my center channel. : socksta
        • i have a 5.1 receiver, but my rear speakers aren't installed. i'm running in stereo mode right now so i ... : biskits
  • In the pause menu on the options page there is a way to do this, : DrillBit
  • i agree :( : biskits
  • just turn on subtitles. You even get all the non-english shit translated for you. : aeg1x
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  Ever caught one of Romans taxis? My god the discussion with his driver about him fucking tourists is awes... : abrasion
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    only time i took a roman taxi the driver whined the whole time, so i shot up the car as he was leaving : Dravenport
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      This dude is ranting about picking up tourists from the airport as a cab driver and railing them at their... : abrasion
      • I went drinking on one of the date missions and ended up with that guy as our cabbie. I thought the chi... : ThomW
      • Heh, I got that guy. That was funny stuff. : DinK
  • I get so much fucking pussy. : Fred Garvin
• Woow what that's insane : gakera

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  Weekly Wrapup : Korban
  • I kinda like this. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • definitely : humbleone
  • my vote for this too. Nice and simple : bozer
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  Tater Salad : gmd
  • Alternatively, Salad Taters : DrFlammable
• I had no idea that feature existed. "Friday Voices"? : ]pm[chem
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  Movers and Shakers : DrZettl
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    Movers and Shackers : SqueegyTBS
    • I see what you did there. : DrZettl
• Shack Market : obiquatro
• Shack Say What? : deadhorse
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  Friday's tidbits. Weekly wrap up/round up, Friday's round-up, TGIF TIDBITS : jane911
  • TGIF TIDBITS sounds so gay IT MUST BE USED : mXENO
• Newsweek. : orgcaptainnemo
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  Voice of the Industry? : OverloadUT
  • I guess that only works for the second half of the article. : OverloadUT
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  Shack Exchange : thekidd
  • or "This Week's Ticker" : thekidd
• Friday is your day, Shack Attack, Attack of the Shack, Shacktastic, Shacktacular, Shack4u, Shacklicious, ... : hirosushima
• "This week's movers and shackers" : Jayx77
• Ye Olde Gazetteer : c0bra
• Evening Briefs : jbury
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  Movers & Shackers : hirez
  • credit to the dr. above for the inspiration. : hirez
• friday fish fry : AMikaboshi
• Tops & Bottoms : hirez
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  Maybe a play on The Good The Bad and The Ugly? : OverloadUT
  • The Awesome, The Lame and The Pointy Elbows : pukerat
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  shit that went down this week : deject
  • or alternatively, "Shit that just got real this week" : deject
• The Donkey Show. : lolpatrol
• Dis or Kiss : oatmela
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  • 2018 : ucanbfuzzy
• Friday Bloopers? : Mad Brahmin Disease
• The Friday Ticker Stuff You Might Have Missed : ThomW
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  friday floor trader : kainen1
  • Cock exchange : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  It's nice that the icons are Shack themed, but they're a little large and kind of an eye-sore. maybe try ... : pilgrimage
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    Are smaller shacks. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • OR : Mad Brahmin Disease
• WEB MUSINGS : virus
• Market Musings, Market Wrap, Anal Fuck Fest. : soggybagel
• Trading Places : hirez
• MY QUOTES : ejectorpod
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    Lowtax would sue his ass : biskits
    • oh yeah forgot about Something Awful's thing : kenmis
• Shacknews News : askedrelic
• Tossed salads : r3dn3ck
• Steve, PLEASE format the quotes section more, it just needs a little two column grid system the text z... : fotografico
• Houses and Hotels : Sze Ior
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  Game Ticker. GameStock. The Gibson & Goldstein Index. : mmogger
  • I like the index one. : edgewise
  • Gibs&Gold Index : melt_core
  • looks like you won ! : rookieone
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  I don't really like the friday quotes. There are enough quotes on the page already. : needlez
  • Please, someone satisfy my need for irony.... : MurrayTheSkull
• Shack in Time : Wolfanoz
• Class of 2018 : Maddog_Delphi97
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  • lol : pyide
  • This is perfect. : felicia
  • Thread's over folks, there's nothing else to see here. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • That'll do nicely! : kallanta
  • ILTS for short, naturally. A+ : warpdude
• Donkey Teeth and Turkey Twat : Ride-My-Rocket

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  Quake 2, or the Fallout intros. : Arcanum
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    War...war never changes... : rt702
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkBNKa2KXZE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3PXiV95kwA These really re... : Arcanum
      • Holy shit lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2h-3JdDLhE&feature=related : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Crusader: No Remorse had a sweet intro. : sigpro
• hehe, yea that one was awesome. gg Bullfrog Can't really remember which is my favorite intro though - so... : humbleone
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  System Shock 1's intro. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID2BEXJ4IKc : heuristic
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  Resident Evil: Code Veronica comes to mind. : SolveChrist
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    That intro was awesome : joesnizzle
    • the part where she drops the gun, falls, catches it and shoots the tanks, that was awesome here it is:... : SolveChrist
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  Soul Blade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxrpyv8SNS4 : riptyde
  • Motherfucking YES! It transcends history AND the world! : kallanta
  • go go violins : IncursionZ
• World of Warcraft : zipper76
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  Syndicate Wars, System Shock 1, Fallout 1... : Fayk
  • Fuckin ay Syndicate Wars. That movie still rocks my world : Master Tonberry
• Skate intro. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mcdfKh2lMs : soggybagel
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  Mechwarrior 2 : walker270
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    yes, this intro was so epic : DapperDan
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      I recall really liking the intro as well. Haven't seen it since I played it last, which was more than a ... : deadhorse
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        I think it's on youtube. : walker270
        • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16866843#itemanchor_16866843 : trelain
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  Dawn of War, WarCraft III, Full Throttle. : ADSliv
  • This man is correct. : mrwolf710
• That Warhammer 40k RTS game had a sick intro. But the king of intro movies is Blizzard, hands down. : royalally
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  You are all wrong. WRONG. Full Throttle : exigence7
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PktBJ6HpNJQ : exigence7
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      Goddamn that just got me so pumped! I wish i could find my FT CD! : ADSliv
      • I feel ya. I've looked for my CD for years, and I'm still going to search again sometime because I can't... : exigence7
  • this is the only correct answer : lja83
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  Specifically movie? Half-Life's doesn't count? Dune 2. I would watch it every time the game would boot... : melt_core
  • Laaand of saaand. Great game : knepus
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  MECHWARRIOR 2! : ucanbfuzzy
  • Seconded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X3GD0UnBCk : trelain
• Dungeon Keeper 2. Oh Hell YES!! : NeoMoose
• Probably FFXI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWANh4C_iYs : Modica Sol Solis
• Lords of the Realms 2. Seeing it actually made me buy the game. : chungathebunga
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  Thief: The Dark Project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uR8pcqV_HY : Rag and Bone Man
  • that might be the best game i've ever played in my entire life. : biskits
  • This one and Fallout are among my favorites. : action wombmate
  • i forgot how awesome this intro was. god damn : lokdown
• Fallout 2, and Full Throttle are both awesome. They blew me away at the time and they still rock me. : zakazi
• Homeworld! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrW4jkQdmjI : ant321
• Warhammer 40K:Dawn of War has just about the best intro ever... : Jayx77
• world of warcraft : Dravenport
• Syndicate 1, for the music at mood of it. : abrasion
• I love the fact that in-game graphics now are better than those old FMV intros in games from that era. : ThomW
• Stonekeep : headbone
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  Its not a videogame but my favorite intro of all time, Blade : socksta
  • I have to say just the intro scene on the boat for GTA 4 was excellent. Not a lot of story progression bu... : socksta
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  Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver http://youtube.com/watch?v=f5BRglejVCs This game and its sequels have s... : mechanicalgrape
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    The LoK games make up my 3rd favorite story in all of gaming. : kallanta
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      What are the first two? : mechanicalgrape
      • Final Fantasy Tactics and The Longest Journey (and Dreamfall). Though TLJ isn't so much a great story as... : kallanta
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    there's so much shit going on at Eidos, i'm really worried they'll never manage the final game in the ser... : Borzoi
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      whoops- LoK: Defiance :P : Borzoi
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        I still need to finish that game, the fixed camera bothered me and I had a shitty controller at the time,... : mechanicalgrape
        • also, I would buy these in a heartbeat if they were put on Steam. : mechanicalgrape
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          omg dude! you will shit 10 bricks at the momentous ending....plus there are hilarious blooper vids of all... : Borzoi
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            I'd actually say that Defiance could be the end of the series. It doesn't wrap everything up, but it kin... : kallanta
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              heck, that's what Defiance seems like at first, and look how that ended up.... : Borzoi
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                True, but the way it ends Raziel's story, lets Kain in on the whole Elder God-as-villian thing, then KILL : kallanta
                • the Elder God isn't dead at the end...you get the feeling he's got some tricks up his sleeve- not to men : Borzoi
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    any time anyone posts about LOK I have to post this: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?p=r&user=Jo... : Shai-Tan
    • Also, Soul Reaver starts on page 6 if you don't want to see the 1996 videos from the original Legacy of K... : Shai-Tan
• dungeon keeper 1 : Unleashed
• rainbow six! http://youtube.com/watch?v=FS4W95YkLw0&feature=related : Foxhawk
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  How have none of you mentioned the intro to Starcraft: Brood War? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2ll8... : Yanks
  • I watched that over and over when it came out. : Trips
  • Also the intro for Final Fantasy 9 IMO the best FF ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM_iHGWzqio : Yanks
  • Does anyone know what they are saying in the singing at the end? I love this movie. : Chod
  • This is the first one that came to mind! I said it then, I say it now: Starcraft needs it's own 3d animat... : dumb.
• probably wow or expansion 1. : AMikaboshi
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  Onimusha 3 still has the intro to beat all intros- ninjas, demons, dragons, cybernetic insect forts, Jean... : Borzoi
  • yep, I haven't seen any better game CG. the audio sucks in that gametrailer video though :( : Shai-Tan
• X-COM: UFO Defense had a kickass opening, as did MGS2. : RevRaven
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  Dawn of War intro cannot be beat! http://youtube.com/watch?v=SFkFo5SBx-g&feature=related : aeg1x
  • This and Brood War are both completely awesome : ConfusedUs
• Half-Life, the train ride. It was like "OMFG" : pun][sher
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  Another World EOT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j4gO9sR7zs : jimmy-buffett
  • i always did enjoy the mood of this one : delataur
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    you mean /]Out of this World]/, darn it >:( : Postal
    • minus botched shacktags : Postal
• homeworld/mechwarrior2 : hobosapien
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  Probably Diablo II and its expansion. They were pretty badass. : Wolfanoz
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    The original Diablo 2's intro is pretty amazing, I have to say. Proof positive that great scriptwriting ... : kallanta
    • I think a CGI Warcraft movie but honestly, id rather have a Diablo movie. : Wolfanoz
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  Interstate 76!! that whole game was tits : judoka2
  • http://youtube.com/watch?v=6koCtESnG9w : judoka2
• Dune II : guido anchovy
• Diablo 2. Super Smash Bros Brawl is pretty epic. But can anything top The President has been kidnappe : MoreVespeneGas
• StarLancer was pretty cool: http://youtube.com/watch?v=IU6xle28dXM&feature=related : fatman

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  You are blaming Sony because you don't balance your checkbook... good job. : obiquatro
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    No, he's blaming Sony for requiring HDCP to play games. It's fucking stupid of Sony. : OverloadUT
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      it's probably because it's also a blu-ray player and the games are all blu-ray discs. it's easier just... : pyide
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        Easier yes, but still stupid. : Schnapple
        • I agree. I have an old LCD I'd like to hook my PS3 up to now and then. My 360 looked fantastic on it. : pyide
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      You can't play games using component? : Gonzo
      • This is what I do! : guido anchovy
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  if u had used hdmi ->standard lcd hdtv would u have had this problem? just curious. also how did it noti... : kn1fe
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    The only TVs it would have been a problem are older HDTVs with DVI input. I think HDCP was around before ... : Prozium
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      There are a lot of older displays and even some new displays that have HDMI but do not support HDCP. : OverloadUT
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        I know in Europe any TV sold after Jan 2005 that is labeld HD Ready MUST support HDCP via hdmi or dvi. I ... : sigpro
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          Well I'm thinking of monitors, which is where the problem lies. : OverloadUT
          • This is true, I was thinking TV's as displays. Unless you step up to the 22"+ line a lot of them don't ha... : sigpro
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  So how do you plan on getting audio from the 360 to your speakers? If you plug in an HDMI->DVI cable into... : Prozium
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    I fully expect a "FUCK MICROSOFT" post from him in the future, be down another $200, and have the 360 ver... : walker270
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      Why would he be down another $200? : Fred Garvin
      • More overdraft fees. : walker270
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  sorry man. sometimes you gotta research these things or else the blame is all on you. it's been known s... : pyide
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    This is EXACTLY why I stick with PCs and don't bother with consoles. I stick my hand out once and get bur... : reklamation
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      dude you fucked up, get over it. : orgcaptainnemo
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        Does every box state that requirement? They should. : Fayk
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          Should they also put, "requires electricity"? : DarkWolf5
          • "Requires arms and/or legs to play. Maybe a really long wang." : walker270
          • lolololol hyperbole. Of course not, but to imply that needing to have a display that is compliant with... : Fayk
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            I'm willing to bet you that less than 10% of all PS3 owners have any clue what HDCP is, and no where is i... : reklamation
            • I'm not a PS3 owner, and while I'd expect to need HDCP for movies, I would never ever have assumed you ne... : Fayk
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              You don't need an HDCP-compliant display. You need an HDCP-compliant display to use HDMI. You can use c... : walker270
              • Now you've done it. He's going to go buy back his PS3 (racking up another $150 in overdraft fees) and the... : bostrov
            • IT ASSIGNS ME AN IP!!! : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Yeah! PC's never have any issues when playing games! : Prozium
    • what. : moe6
    • I wanted to ask this after your initial post, but held back. Unfortunately, I can't hold back any more..... : walker270
    • Wait, what? You stick to PC because you have to do less research and worry less about configuration to pl... : zakazi
    • this comment makes no sense : Dravenport
    • i think you got it backward : biskits
    • lol : ThomW
    • I am a huge PC gamer but I cannot even begin to agree with this post. : OverloadUT
    • I have to admit this is funny, just for how backwards it is. : DinK
  • Honestly, I had never heard of this, and I wouldn't have thought to check for it, because it's so fucking... : navelskrutt
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  lol @ overdrafting for a console and game. : orgcaptainnemo
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    i cleaned my checking account out down to about $.75 to buy the game... it's ramen for me next week. : cpt_gloval
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      you're kidding right? : orgcaptainnemo
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        it's not my only account : cpt_gloval
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          I need to make one of those accounts so I can slip a console + monitor past my wife. It'll never work : obiquatro
          • my wife knows about it and has one of her own. we treat them as personal operating accounts for our allow... : cpt_gloval
    • lol yeah i got shilled into ordering a bundle so i can play with friends. they kept calling me late at ni... : Hoax
    • Please don't tell me you got the collectors edition? :D : AndyGoin
    • that's fucking stupid : biskits
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      serious? I always try to keep a 2k minimum in my account. : gmd
      • sup baller. : mindfk
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        I keep minimum 1k at all times. It's not even "try to," it's like as soon as I get near $1000 left, I go ... : AlexXdude
        • Yep : Ebu
      • I've also got myself a nice cushioned emergency fund, but it's separate from my main banking account so t... : ieGod
    • THREE QUARTERS OF A DORRAR?! i had to write it like that because there are no ls or rs in seventy-five... : Deathlove
  • yeah thats pretty much how i reacted ... thats fucking stupid., : virus
• this series of posts is an elaborate (or maybe not very elaborate?) troll right? : veras
• I'm with you, I bought a PS3 when I only had a pre-HDCP Dell monitor to play it on and couldn't use it fo : rudds
• People are right, you should balance your budget but why the heck is HDCP required for GAME playback? Tha... : abrasion
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  God fuck Sony for not putting it on the box: http://gmd.shackspace.com/SonyPS3Box.jpg : gmd
  • pwned. : orgcaptainnemo
  • pwned : obiquatro
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    Just because it's on the box doesn't mean it's not stupid. They could also put "The PS3 will not operate ... : OverloadUT
    • But if it consitently doesn't work on Tuesdays it might be a good idea. : obiquatro
  • but is HDCP necessary for bloody games? Movies ok but games, really? meh : abrasion
  • oh so now we have to be able to read to buy a ps3 and know that we need an hdcp-compliant display?? go... : mindfk
  • Well to be fair they did try to obscure it by blurring it at the end. : SiW73
  • Oh snap. : ieGod
  • ouch ! : ErneX
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  can't you just connect VGA for now, I know will look absolutly terrible but at least you can play the gam... : headbone
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    Ps3 doesn't officially support VGA. Now what you can do that apparently seems to work on alot of LCD moni... : Prozium
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      how do you get sound? : boomstickah
      • RCA audio from the official AV cable that comes with the PS3 or via the optical audio port on the PS3. : Prozium
• The HDCP problem is solved with this device, but only if you have VGA input: http://www.consoleshop.com/p... : guido anchovy

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• hahaha.. that is awesome! : Shadowdane
• That is awesome! : ErneX
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  haha, it's funny because its true :) sorry sTeve : Rigor Morts
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    no storage? : Slowtreme
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      4, 8 16 gb is a joke for what it does. music, videos, etc? prepare for constant itunes swapping :\ : dantastic
      • It depends on how much music you have. I can fit my entire collection on my 8gb right now and have 1gig l... : sigpro
      • pretty good for flash, unless you like your phones to have moving parts : elwood00
      • meh, to each his own. I have 4GB free on my phone and have never had any issues. I just use it for podcas... : oatmela
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        I do not get you people. seriously. my mp3 player has 1GB, I can fit all of the music I want to listen to... : AbortedFetusChristi
        • Frankly, that's all the media any reasonable man would need for his entire life. : Finestaut
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        I"m sorry but it's really not a joke. How can you be constantly swapping? How are you listening to 16+g... : dilutedq
        • i have a 16 gig itouch...i keep a good amount of permanat tracks on there at all times..and i have a smar... : agentlead
      • It's primarily a phone and Web device. The media portion is secondary, and 16GB is a LOT of space for vi... : EvilDolemite
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        My 16 GB Touch has all my CDs, some other random stuff from iTunes, several podcasts, and several gigs le... : nurglich
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          You don't have that many CDs. : dirge23
          • About 150 full albums, plus assorted singles and EPs. It's not an enormous collection, but there's still... : nurglich
      • I have a 20gb 3rd gen iPod and 2gb iPod nano, and I'm always carrying around the 2gb version, who fucking... : ErneX
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        ^^^ You people are all fucking weird. My 30gb Zune is full, and thats only about half my mp3s. I'm about ... : NexusOne
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          Do you rip to lossless? : crummynz
          • 256kb VBR is my standard, some are 192, some are 320. I have a lot of music. : NexusOne
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          People who knock large music players often seem to confuse the idea of "having a lot of music because I w... : electroly
          • Also, some people like to sync a lot, I guess. I hate syncing, I only want to do it when I add new music... : electroly
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          I use my iPod for 30 to 45 mins trips (home, metro, work/somwhere) I can't even listen to 1 complete albu... : ErneX
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            People who make this argument are totally missing the point. The point of having a large device is to av... : electroly
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              And if I'm walking home from work and I suddenly feel like listening to a random song I don't listen to m... : electroly
              • also how many times are you in a rush on your way out the door and go to grab your mp3 player and are rel... : dantastic
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            a lot of us don't want to micromanage what we're listening to at any given point. : dantastic
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              If you have to "micromanage" your music to get it down to the 16 gb worth of songs you may want to listen... : riptyde
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                i think there are plenty of people who have an "epic shitload of music" by this standard. i know i do. : dirge23
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                  Yeah, I think my collection is reasonably sized, but I guess it's "epic shitload" by riptyde's standards.... : electroly
                  • im around 30gb but i like to have a player thats over 30gb so i have room to add new music and enough spa... : dantastic
                • Seriously. I have somewhere in the ballpark of 600 CDs, all of which I'd like to store on a given devi... : Vincent Grayson
              • I have about 30GB of music total (there are some albums I don't listen to often enough to have ripped the... : AbortedFetusChristi
              • there you go with your "want to listen to today". that's micromanaging, friend : dantastic
              • It's not about "today", it's about long interval usage. A month or more. : ieGod
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            "albums I'm currently listening to" doesn't make any sense to me. Do you repeat the same 3-4 albums for a... : NexusOne
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              A 16gb ipod holds like 4000 songs. If you assume a song is 5 minutes long, that's 20,000 minutes of musi... : riptyde
              • what if you're out and you want to listen to a particular artist or song, but its not on your ipod? if yo... : re4ctor
        • yeah i know, bud. i want to be able to listen to anything at a given time. I'm not going to swap out so... : dantastic
      • i have a 8gb ipod touch, no problems here and i have a ton of music. i dont like having a bunch of rando... : arizona bay
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        yeah, if you honestly listen to / watch that much music / videos -which I highly doubt you do. Okay, vid... : dopeman
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          http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16862889 The reason for a large HDD is not that you listen to all : electroly
          • I'm not missing anything. If you're one of those dudes who feels the need to haul around your entire... : dopeman
      • it's still a phone after all : Slowtreme
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  ring ring ring ring ring ring ring, bananaphone! : delataur
  • OH GOD It went right over my head :( : FlatlineDixay
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  The IKEA website was fucking hilarious. : [fry]
  • damn it somebody find this : [fry]
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  I liked the radio ad for CSI. : Blucklesworth
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    I love the Scooter ad: "People might say you're fat, or lazy. WHO CARES? You're on a scooter, and th : EvilDolemite
    • yeah the Ricky Gervais interview bit kills me too, especially the part about fat people : grendel
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  Also who agrees the comedy writing in this game is far better than (almost) anything on television? Gi... : EvilDolemite
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    I have to say that I've laughed a lot more at the random comments in this game than any prior GTA. : deadhorse
    • The commercials, random dialogue, TV, internet, are all very, very funny. : EvilDolemite
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    I get frustrated with it. I want to hear all of the funny on the radio but I don't want to just sit in t... : bRAINsick
    • go to options, audio, choose station, listen to it while you fold the laundry. : vassili_zaitsev
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    to be fair, snl is almost every week. this game has been in dev for over 3 years...joke turnover rate is... : vassili_zaitsev
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      Equally, I'm sure SNL has a much, much larger writing team focused on nothing else. : node
      • I disagree : boring gegtik
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    ironically, the comedy club itself was pretty lame, but all the other stuff in the game has been hilariou... : lja83
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      I am pretty sure its supposed to be lame. : hirosushima
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        i don't know if it was or not, but the guy on stage sounded a lot like the boss in the british version of... : lja83
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          it is the same guy and he's fucking incredible. and his stuff in game is awesome and you're wrong~ : JINKY
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            he's great in the office, but he didn't say anything in-game on stage that i found particularly funny ... : lja83
            • Yea, I saw one of his standup things and it didn't really do it for me :( : Ebu
        • That's Ricky Gervais : EvilDolemite
• hahahahahahaah... : orgcaptainnemo
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  holy crap that was awesome. i laughed so much i spilled my coffee. : Hoax
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    was it hot : scottythejock
    • yeah i'm considering to sue for millions. : Hoax
• lol : xxiv
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  No reception rofl : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Hilarious because it's untrue. : Fayk

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  Oh come on, Fallout 2 is easy for the most part. It's only tough to get started. A few hours in and you f... : avatar_58
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    I know. I'm pretty much at the start. I just hate being so weak, and don't remember it being so pronounce... : lyme
    • I must be one of the few people who enjoys being severly handicapped in rpgs. I love it that way, having ... : avatar_58
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  Remember that you can ignore the hard parts of the game right now, go to other cities and other quets, an... : Turin Turambar
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    Technically you can put everything into thief skills and grab yourself a powerarmour suit almost right aw... : avatar_58
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      if you hate yourself and everything gaming stands for, then yes you can get a powersuit in the beginning ... : ucanbfuzzy
      • I wouldn't do it myself, makes the game a tad......well pointless combat wise. Although a lot of classic ... : avatar_58
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  Once you get the advanced power armor + pulse rifle + super sledgehammer the game goes smooth as silk : r3dn3ck
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    I use shotguns almost 100% of the way through. They are just too satisfying for me to put them down. : avatar_58
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      Watching every enemy glide 15 feets through the ground after a swing of the super sledgehammer = priceles... : r3dn3ck
      • I loved the mini-gun the most. : neokolonial
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  I tried to go back and play this game recently as I have never played it before. I want to love it so bad... : Duffman8369
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    You're not necessarily broken. It's hard to appreciate some things retroactively. I'm a bit disappointed ... : lyme
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      You can not clone GREATNESS. : hirosushima
      • Is this why there are no Bomberman clones? : deadhorse
  • I am in your boat, but I WILL finish it before Fallout 3 comes out. : gibolas1234
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  ive never played any of the fallout games but i am eagerly awaiting this on the 360... : agentlead
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    the thing that's going to be on 360 is not 'this' it is a cruel copy. like a pig wearing a man's face : JINKY
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      Or a man who looks like he's wearing a pig's face. : A Sponge
      • with the body of a bear? : ucanbfuzzy
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      Could be good, could be bad. But I think everyone knows it's not the same game by now. I just wish they'd... : avatar_58
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        They will sell more copies by using the same IP. : dirge23
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          And I dare say it could make for a better game, having a clear direction and such an awesome world at tha... : DinK
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            Yes but why can't Bethesda come up with their own post-apocalyptic world? I know what you mean but I real... : avatar_58
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              How are they losing the essence and gameplay? By switching to real-time 3-d? I won't feel comfortable s... : TShandy
              • How many times do we have to cover this ground? The perspective is small potatoes when it comes to what w... : avatar_58
            • How do you know anything about the essence and gameplay? There are things I care MUCH more about in Fall... : DinK
    • LOL, I can't tell if this is a joke or you just crawled out of NMA. : baronzemo78
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      NMA-Fallout Defense Force ASSEMBLE : EvilDolemite
      • I'M THROUGH TALKIN TO YOU : avatar_58
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    Fallout will teach you the meaning of "freedom" in an RPG. In Fallout1 especially, there are exactly two... : DinK
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      My problem with them was I never had any idea what I should be doing so I would just be wandering around ... : mtgDoofy
      • Talk to people. There was always someone who was like "there's something to the south" that would guide ... : walker270
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        Well thats sort of the point. In Fallout you've left the vault and they said "Find us a water chip". So y... : avatar_58
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          It has been several years since i last tried, so maybe I will reinstall this weekend and see if I can't g... : mtgDoofy
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            Your two options are to explore, or talk to people to find your way. Talking to people will generally le... : walker270
            • And when all else fails, kill a shopkeeper and take all his stuff. : lyme
      • That's the flipside of a game that gives you true freedom. You have to have some initiative to explore a... : DinK
• i love when you keep missing 90% shots : filthysock
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  In the beginning I usually choose unarmed as one of my tag skills, then just find some spiked knuckles an... : father_crown
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    Gifted, is that the one that gives you one extra stat point across the board but reduces the number of pe... : ucanbfuzzy
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      Gifted doesn't affect your perks, it reduces all your starting skills. It's easily the best trait in the... : Finestaut
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        Yeah, 1 extra stat point across the board is awesome, lets you make that perfect fighter with two intelli : ucanbfuzzy
        • I tend to pick Finesse and Small Frame. I also make sure my luck is at 6 so I can get the "more criticals... : lyme
• it was hard to get started in fallout 2 but once you get better stuff , ie: advanced power armor you sh... : ballystix
• Fallout 2 speed run http://speeddemosarchive.com/Fallout2.html : digital_d
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  I would love to hear a dramatic reading of this with the bleeps intact. : kallanta
  • Haha, as would I. : lyme
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  I'm playing through it for the first time and I've managed to piss off McClure in Vault City and now I ha : emnii
  • Killing everybody usually fixes things. : lyme