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• I had a problem where the game would default to some resolution that my HDTV didn't support. It would lo... : jingletard
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  That game major atmosphere; so engaging. If the next version introduces gun combat - I'm sold. : seven
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    lol what? : datoo
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      Y'know. If they put some gunplay, shooting, weapons into the mix for then next version. The atmosphere... : seven
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        stop trolling my favorite game >:( : datoo
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          dude - I loved it too. Just imagine how awesome it would be with guns! : seven
          • my monocle just popped off my face : datoo
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            Were we playing the same game? : Githyanki
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              Indeed. Check it - I've got these things called "standards". The gunplay of STALKER failed to meet the... : seven
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                OK, You just kept saying it didn't have guns, not that the guns were unrealistic. : Githyanki
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                  fuck realism. The guns didn't get past the scale of "fundamentally shit" to reach the scale of "unreal... : seven
                  • sounds like you just didn't get the proper aiming down. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. plays pretty much completely diff... : deject
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                I have good aim too, and I found it fun. It took some getting used to, but it wasn't that terrible. That ... : datoo
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                  Yeah - gun mods were the way. Understand - it's not whining. It's pointing a finger at the developers ... : seven
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                    I still submit that you're overreacting good sir, but your point stands! : datoo
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                      well - if it's overreacting to be unimpressed that a stealth short close range AK burst to the head of a ... : seven
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                        I think you just proved my point. The majority of the game was not nearly as bad as your CAPSLOCK mashing... : datoo
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                          capslock? No no no my friend. I hold down shit with my pinky and hammer the keys into capitals with a mig... : seven
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                            seriously though, is kangaroo meat any good? : datoo
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                              we export most of it to europe - it got the name of "miracle meat" from chefs there. It's like a slighttl... : seven
                              • Last time I checked there aren't any kangaroos in the Zone of Alienation. That does sound delicious thoug... : datoo
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                    Except some of us loved the mechanics. It wasn't bad, you just didn't like it. Major difference, mr. "inc... : daedraug
                    • Absolutely. I reckon I could probably get so arrogant that my arrogance could be used to say, boil a pot ... : seven
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                      You should see this one shackmessage I got from him about TF2 and his sniper aim and blah blah blah. Trus... : NastyJack
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                        well - to be fair - it is because I'm very good. So it's not wtihout merit :D Much like your demo-man ... : seven
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                          A video is a video. It's action, not words. : NastyJack
                          • I am writing that down somewhere - so I never forget again. : seven
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                        Too bad it's not quite as clever or entertaining as he seems to think. : Sapiens
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                          I never thought about it like that before - that's it - my silly streak this morning is OVER. : seven
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                            This entire subthread is a result of your being a total jackass. Next time just say "I didn't like the g... : Sapiens
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                              Yeah - I'm just criticising the game. And an aspect of it. Not a person or a religious deity. A couple... : seven
                              • For what it's worth, I quit STALKER for the same reason. : Ebu
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                              He won't understand what you mean by total jackass. : NastyJack
                              • Especially if we talk about him like he's not here - which is not at all jackass behaviour. Come on ma... : seven
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                              So, you think he never even got the Vintar BC or any sniper rifles? Makes sense,I was pretty pissed in t... : IHATEDUST
                              • A yes the bullet physics. I too did feel really crappy with the pistol, but when I finally got to having... : Malku
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            You must have missed the G37 and the Gauss Rifle. : ifallible
            • G37 = sex : packav
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              yeah - I put it down after the first few levels based on the disappointing gunplay, to wait for mods. ... : seven
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                Haha, so you're complaining about the game when you didn't even get to where the game really finds its le... : timmie
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                  I unloaded an AK into aguy's head from close range by surprise and he turned to face me instantly, and ra... : seven
                  • Can't say I've ever had that problem. Usually headshots are a one shot kill. Did you have it on fully a... : timmie
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                    If you hit anybody in the head in STALKER they died. In fact if you DIDN'T hit them in the head the situa... : AgentPothead
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                      yea this is whats confusing me. when someone says theres no gunplay i agree because it took about 1 zoome... : mega man
                      • Camping and waiting for headshots or a quick knife to the chest or throat are the only way I got through ... : Malku
                      • Most people agree that Stalker has the best open field AI ever seen in a game. : SovietOrchestra
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                    the only explanation for that is that you just completely missed him. I guarantee you if you had been hi... : deject
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                      Yah, I can see seven's}y point. I would in no way characterize the AK-47 as "wildly inaccurate". It ... : randomjgj
                      • Ahhh.... Curse you shacktags! Massive fail... : randomjgj
                      • The AK is the very first acceptable gun you get. It's shit though. : great-white
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                btw there are no levels in that game... your criticisms are suspiciously like those of someone who didn't... : ifallible
                • Okay, don't nitpick. You could call the train station a level. There were specific area's in the game tha... : Pettytheft
              • LoL. I am so in the same boat as you on this. I want to try it out again but the first experience was so ... : Pettytheft
          • I never could get why people were having problems with the aiming system. Take your time, crouch, aim fo... : Rag and Bone Man
      • Just because you weren't a bad enough dude to get it, doesn't mean it wasn't there : spiderfill
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        Did you just say hardon collider? : heartsauce
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          and the last name of the guy in charge of it is Cox - how awesome is that :D : seven
          • I thought it was hadron collider... or are you just pulling my Cox? : heartsauce
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    Seven, what did you do here? : DM7
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      dude - I took an hour break. If I'd known I was making veal of the holy cow by expressing my initial f... : seven
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        It's really not about your opinion though. I doubt most people on the Shack are going to get offended th : Sapiens
        • yeah - I'm not putting the dom in martyr - that wasn't what I was saying. I was fascetiously bagging o... : seven
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  Were you playing with ZRP? It fixes a lot of the broken shit. : datoo
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    Link to ZRP? : emnii
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      http://www.metacognix.com/files/stlkrsoc/ : datoo
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        thanks, this sounds less like shit than most of those bug-fix mods : emnii
        • It's awesome, and the modifier program that comes with it lets you tweak all sorts of stuff. It's like an... : datoo
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  I have restarted it as well since I never finished it the first time but I really have a hard time convin... : razlebol
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    There's a compass on the minimap, Red points to south blue goes to North. : DM7
    • Good to know :P : razlebol
  • Oh the game gets scarier :(. Alot scarier. : Malku
  • are you using ZRP? that would take care of a lot of bugs. Everything else is valid criticism but I would ... : datoo
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    What bugs exactly? I've heard a lot of people mention bugs. I played through a couple times with the 1.03... : SovietOrchestra
    • Lots of quest can not be completed if you already killed the npc before. I had 1 C2D and I had to replay ... : razlebol
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  did you get the real ending ? : TheFatMom
  • yea, I got a few: the fake one, then went back to finish the strelok quest line and did the join and kill : sroylance
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  does this work okay on Vista? I had a save game on XP but then I've upgraded since then. : randomposter
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    no problem at all on vista 64 : sroylance
    • ta! : randomposter

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  Was the movie really a stretch compared to the previous 3? : lightsam
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    I thought so :( It wasn't a terrible movie, it really wasn't. Just not a great Indy movie. also needed : Thomas Hace
    • And real creepy crawlies : Serpico74
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      Holy grail and the Ark that kills everything looks at it is acceptable compared to what was in Indy4? : lightsam
      • yes, yes it is : happynoodle
      • Positive on both accounts. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • I dunno. there just wasn't a giant spaceship lifiting off out of the earth : Thomas Hace
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        People find an invisible man in the sky far more believable than completely visible men in the sky. Despi : das_runt
        • ugh lets try and avoid turning this into a religious/science thread. : two50six
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        FYI: The Arc and the Grail are biblical references Aliens is just totally far fetched. Even the 3 stones : two50six
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          And this is not to say that I find biblical elements to be more believable than Aliens. I am a very open ... : two50six
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            ah, well nevermind my post below. but i wish someone else who holds that opinion could tell me. : das_runt
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              It just doesn't follow the same vein. The 3 stones represented a form of idolatry to a small group of peo... : two50six
              • and I didnt think it was a bad movie. I found it entertaining, I just felt that it had surpassed the line... : two50six
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          can you quantify that? honestly, what makes magic stones more believable than the very simple idea of lif : das_runt
          • Here's my take: the first three movies dealt with Indy as archeologist/tomb raider, and thus the artifact : mn3m0n1c
  • Yes. It went over-the-top and zany to the point of cartoonishness. : Arcanum
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    YES. I wish you all would stop with the 'gee, the others were kiddie popcorn shit, isn't this one no di... : deathofrats
    • I liked the previous 3, thought it was inline with what they were about, and appropriate given the time p... : lightsam
  • Uhh yeah quite a bit actually. Indiana Jones movies have always been about something mythical/biblical. F : two50six
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  Not sure what the hooplah is all about. The movie was great, fun and lighthearted as all the previous one... : r3ckless
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    I think over the past 18 years people forgot what the previous ones were actually like... : lightsam
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      Yeah, Lucas and Spielberg sure forgot : knepus
      • but you didn't. thank god we have you around to know what's the score : RikiTiki2
    • you mean well directed action flicks? Yes I forgot what a good action movie is because of shit like this... : deathofrats
    • we all have different opinions about this movie, but i don't know how anyone can point to this movie and ... : FrayLo
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      In Raiders Indy gets shot in the arm and his blood splatters on the windshield, a nazi gets eaten by a pr... : skinlab133
      • ^^^^^^^^^^ : wtf242
      • i didn't think crystal skull was awesome by any means, but your list is silly. gross scary deaths are no : yAak
  • Except the first two aren't "light hearted" at all....unless you mean literally lighthearted because of t... : skinlab133
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  I swear I'm not trying to stir stuff up, but Uncharted was a better Indy 4 than the Indy 4 I just saw in ... : treefingers1
  • My group of friends said the exact same thing upon leaving the theater. : quix
  • Yeah, during the whole jungle chase, I kept thinking "Oh man, I *LOVED* this part of Uncharted!" It wa... : Vincent Grayson
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  It was fun. EOT : MurrayTheSkull
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    seriously. stop over-analyzing it, its supposed to be fun... : re4ctor
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      Never! George Lucas has once again exhumed the corpse of a precious child hood memory and fucked every s... : lightsam
      • NO ONE can not like it. NO ONE! : algernoN8
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        Ya know all you Lucas haters seem to leave Speilberg's name out of your rants. If it was a shitty movie ... : dante2010
        • Can't make lemonade from a pile of shit! I liked the movie. : lightsam
  • I'm not saying it wasn't fun. It just didn't seem like Indy to me : Thomas Hace
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  it was a lot like discovery channel on acid. : skryte
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    i mean think about it. there was trinity and the bomb, jungle ants, ufo hunters, and the dramatic prarie : skryte
    • And driving right by the ark of the covenant : holinka
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  but it does have boxes that shoot beams that melt Nazis : RikiTiki2
  • It did. : lightsam
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  a kid i can understand, but married? as i stated earlier, karen allen looks scarier than the crystal skul : liquidlies
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    Yeah she hasn't aged so well. Looked even worse with Kate Blanchett standing next to her. : lightsam
    • yeah but c'mon.. harrison is pushing the limit too. dude gonna be 66 this year, how sexy can the guy be. : das_runt
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      c'mon, she's probably in her 60's. She looked fine. : edgewise
      • Not next to Kate. : lightsam
• waaaaah : Dravenport
• Fuck you haters. I just returned from seeing it, and it was awesome. Chock full of laughs and cool car ch... : carrioN luggagE
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  So Indiana is not allowed to grow into his father's role? Not saying Indy 4 was brilliant, but nothing... : kramweil
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    spoilers friend, not everyone has seen it yet. : two50six
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      anyone that's even ventured into these indy threads has already by now figured it out : RikiTiki2
      • =( kinda wished I didn't see that. Seeing it tomorrow morning. Hopefully no huge spoilers there. : zakazi
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    "I have a bad feeling about this" is in every Star Wars movie and it's isn't always say by Han Solo. I w... : holinka
    • it felt so out of place :( : Thomas Hace
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  My girlfriend turned to me in the middle of the movie and said, "Is Indiana Jones supposed to be this fun : dodob
  • All Indy movies are funny, especially in the middle of intense action. Shame that the second half of t... : Serpico74
  • you should've punched her in the face. : wetard
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  It didn't feel consistent at all with the other movies. WTF, swinging through the amazon with monkeys? : holinka
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    I'd have been fine with Labouf carrying the torch. I guess they had to have Indy snatch the hat back from... : dodob
    • Back in my day we would write our gripes on the skinned hides of directors that enraged us and pinned the... : holinka
• that movie was so bad just seeing the number 4 makes me sick now : mrtony
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  were they gophers or prairie dogs? (or are they the same?) : dodob
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    Different name for same animal... One is for west coast, the other for central. In other places they are ... : kramweil
    • Nah, they're not only different species, they're different genus and family as well. Similar, though. : LeapingFool
• I didn't have much issue with any of those. The only thing I really had an issue with was Shia Laboof swi : ashkie
• The ant scene fracking rocked. That was classic Indy. Also, Shia LeBoef did a pretty good job. If he's... : LemonJoose

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  Uhm, if its a laser with that much range, you better be preeeetty careful. I see the feds making a visit ... : Bantis
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    DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT shine that thing up at airplanes. I speak from the experience of...others. : CasbahBoy
    • These guys? http://swiftreport.blogs.com/news/2005/02/more_aircraft_l.html : mrvandelay
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  PEW! PEW! PEW! Cool now you can do Power Point presentations in style. : bitter ego
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    From home. : Conan
    • In another state. : SiW73
• Scorch graffiti into the drywall of your abode. : cerealSAM2
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  Is there actually anything interesting you can do with it? Other than try to blind pilots. : Sacred Sperm
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    Don't do this. The FAA doesn't take kindly to it. : Blackdawgg
    • Yeah its a federal offense now I believe. : Trips
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      he's an aussie so he's in the clear! : mikecyb
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        they actually got classed as illegal weapons here a few weeks ago because of the number of pilots being a... : aeg1x
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          you have to be a really stupid motherfucker to aim one at a plane : proclone1
          • yeah cause where do you think that pilot is gonna "land" that plane? right in your fucking living room. : RetroRedEyeJr
        • Yeah, I was making a silly joke about that. : Sacred Sperm
  • pop balloons. : anhero
• are you godzilla? : heuristic
• take it to the ferris wheel near the MCG, along with a bucket of chuppa chups. Then proceed to wave th... : shavenewok
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  get heavy armor to mortar that position and take the flag : Mikuya
  • :D :D :D :D : Chunks
  • yesssssssssss : deject
  • lol tribes : proclone1
  • <3 : xsoulbrothax
  • lawls : das_runt
  • Well played. : five_percent
  • haha, nice now I want to play T2 again : timmie
  • My first major online fps gaming addiction <3 : sanchez
  • I played that game fucking religiously : ejectorpod
  • Very nice. : Nick Breckon
  • god i loved that game : hobosapien
• I immediately thought of this: http://arcade.interfazed.net/tron.png : mafu5150
• Get out the camera and tripod and take pics of your face completely still with someone drawing over it wi... : Cygnus X-1
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  holy shit dude. but please be careful. something that powerful should be able to cause eye damage in mill... : PlanetPerfecto
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    no. : deadfish
    • it will, however, make your penis larger : xsoulbrothax
• Totally awesome. Isn't there a way to make your own with a maglite and an old dvd burner? : Flying h4x0r
• pull your nuts out and shine it on them, see how long it takes to start sizzling : bfzzzz
• i made this for j00s: http://shackpics.com/viewer.php?file=IMG_3137JPG_teq7xf5iwrns0bkbhqhy.jpg i do n... : radula
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  how thick is the laser light? : fsck
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    3nm or somesuch : deadfish
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      is the beam visible? or is it just the camera? : fsck
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        green laser (either 1.5 or 3nm i forget) is visiable for 3 miles or so. It would take days of exposure in... : deadfish
        • yes, the beam is visible, see root post. it has a 6km range. : radula
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          this totally depends on the power output of the laser - you can buy many hundreds of mW green lasers that... : Mr.Fusion
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            it's sold as a class 3 laser. harmless. : deadfish
            • They are class IIIb and they can cause harm with direct exposure, and this is defined by the class IIIb s... : Mr.Fusion
            • A Class 3B laser is hazardous if the eye is exposed directly, but diffuse reflections such as from paper ... : bostrov
            • i was assuming he had this http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/5a47/ : deadfish
• WoW man .. the cops are cracking down on those things. Especially in Sydney or something due to pilots be... : te[R]ror
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  you don't know what to do with it because there isn't anything to do with it, it's just a laser. : trelain
  • He could mount it to the head of a shark. Honestly, I don't know what's taking him so long. : skankcore
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    you can drive cats crazy with it.. over six miles! think about the crazy cats! : bamb
    • 3 miles and yes, dogs, cats go crazy with this. : doomed
• get a bunch of mirrors and bounce it around the house : IcomeINpeace
• Where did you buy it I must order one for my office friend : Melll
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  link me where you bought it, i want one. : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/8a39/ : radula
• I'm gonna get a green laser for my new rifle actually. Though not one that can burn stuff. : Vorlonesque

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  Deus Ex: Escaping a facility and then realizing where you are. : Grimp
  • Heh. I stepped out and I was like NO WAI. : magistersmax
  • Holy. Fuck. YES!!!! :D : steve_o
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    Remind me...it's been a while : Dave-A
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      ^^^ I can't remember this either. : Modica Sol Solis
      • When you get captured, wake up in a cell and then escape to find youre inside UNATCO!!!!! : steve_o
  • omg yes that was amazing : mikecyb
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    I'm firing this up on my PS2 tonight. : focusdaily
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      How does it compare to the PC version? : Grimp
      • It feels a little clunky, I think. I haven't played the PC version so I can't really say. The control sch... : focusdaily
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  KOTOR, no need to specify which part :) : bipolar
  • Yea, that part made my jaw fall through the fucking floor. : kallanta
  • IAWTP - That moment is easily in my top 10. : thetangent
  • yeah. that's my most memorable. also in Halo first time you battle the Hunters : ariakaz
  • Hell yes, caught me off guard with that one. : Pettytheft
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  oblivion: walking out of the sewer : eeeealmo
  • LoL, totally. My thoughts were pretty much "Right, now what the fuck do I do"? Don't think I've felt quit... : etherealrhythm
• that system shock 2 moment traumatized me the first time i played it : JINKY
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  Portal: reading the credits and seeing Mike Patton was a voice. : not work safe
  • @#$!? Seriously? : Goblin au
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    I wonder if he was Angry GLADOS : zakazi
    • Indeed he was. : Johnny Law
  • Indeed. He was the angry GLADOS like zakazi mentions. He seems to like lending his unbelievably fucking a... : etherealrhythm
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  M.U.L.E.: Opening song, Atari 800 mix Final Fantasy IV: Cid sacrificing himself to save the party Incub : RomSteady
  • yeah the MULE song rocks pretty fucking hard : datoo
  • Ooo yeah, I'll have to agree with the Silent Hill 2 one. (And the Halo part too, as I mentioned below.) ... : Johnny Law
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  Final Fantasy VI - when the world ends and the opera scene. : pgharavi
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    Both of these moments literally defined my teenage years. : kallanta
    • They were great, FF6 is still one of my favorite JRPG's ever. I'd love to play through it again. : qwpeoriu
  • So many moments in that game. Still my favorite of the series. : Pettytheft
  • Oh sweet jesus. Celes and Cid stranded on the island. Completely hopeless. That game was just insane. ... : Orange Pylon
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  Here are a few good endings: Hitman: Blood Money: You're not dead, and you should have seen this comin : qwpeoriu
  • I almost posted that first riddick moment :D : aaarrrgh
  • Oh, yeah, that second Riddick part was excellent. : Grimp
• Mass Effect: The last two hours : Fox n Panther
• That moment in System Shock 2 was indeed awesome. Finally fitting all those hints of the first game toget... : Conan
• Those are some damn good ones. The Psychonauts and Torment ones especially. : thetangent
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  Eternal Darkness When you realize that you're walking on screaming faces to get the book. Super Metroid : Grumbeld
  • I agree with all of these. Also < brag > I'm the only person I know to have gotten to the last boss in t... : kallanta
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  Seeing (and fighting) the first Colossus in Shadow of the Colossus. : NastyJack
  • Oh and Mechwarrior 2 intro movie. Blew my young mind. : NastyJack
  • Nah, for me it's fighting the desert dragon colussus. Holy dear shit that was exciting! : kallanta
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  Zelda: Ocarina of time: When you first pull out the master sword Psychonauts: All of it :P The first Sp : magistersmax
  • Just remembered Vice City: The bank heist : magistersmax
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  BioShock: Tchaikovsky's Waltz while fighting Cohen's lackies : hardfl1p
  • Oh yes, totally forgot about that. Yes, I loved that. : aaarrrgh
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  ALIENS vs PREDATOR 1 & 2 on PC: The ENTIRE Marine Campaign in both. In a phrase: Pants-destroying! : kallanta
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    me and my m8s were scared shitless of the first marine mission, when you start in the vehicle and have to... : steve_o
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      Frankly I've never finished either. I can play about 10 minutes at a stretch before I soil myself and wa... : kallanta
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        I could only play an hour tops. Just imagine what they could do with the GoW engine on a new AvP. I think... : hardfl1p
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          Aliens: Colonial Marines is out this year I think... It look fantastic and terrifying. : kallanta
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            can not fucking wait. :D is it out for PC? : steve_o
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              Looks like 360, PS3, and PC. Also 4-PLAYER CO-OP!!! : kallanta
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                Also, the script is by Battlestar Galactica writers Bradley Thompson and David Weddle *girly squeel!* : kallanta
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                  so its gonna be 90% politics and religion and 10% action? sign me up ;D : steve_o
                  • but this time the entire budget is for cg! : xsoulbrothax
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        the first one was waaaay scarier than the second. The second I was ok with, but the first, jesus christ s... : steve_o
        • But we agree both will cure narcolepsy, right? : kallanta
        • Fucking A! : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • Totally. The first one also nailed the feeling of badassosity as a predator way better too. You were a fu... : node
  • Don't even remind me of it : ( So goddamn scary... : Athlon7
  • Yeah AVP was tense! That reminds me though... how many people played the Aliens TC for Doom? That was : Johnny Law
  • Stalking soldiers in the trees as a predator, early in the AVP2 campaign. : focusdaily
• Silent Hill 2: The first time you hear that on-off screeching noise, slowly getting louder, then realizin : kallanta
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  One that hasn't been mentioned Half-Life 2: The super-charged blue gravity gun. I didn't expect to be : DrWaffles
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    That was absolutely badass, but my favorite part of the whole game was Ravenholm. : kallanta
    • Yeah. Picking up a sawblade and using it to cut someone in half. Pure visceral joy. : dumb.
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      I hated Ravenholm. It felt so out of place with the rest of the game. I didn't find it scary so much as... : timmie
      • Since when has slicing zombies and setting them on fire been annoying??? : nudel
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  Also, Vampire: Bloodlines: Beach House mission. I didn't see that coming, and I was scared shitless. : hardfl1p
  • yes, yes indeed this. : dahanese
  • I really need to replay this game. I got like 20% through and never went back, i think bioshock came out ... : great-white
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  No One Lives Forever: The H.A.R.M. space station No One Lives Forever 2: The tricycle chase sequence Fr : deject
  • Ice Station Zero from NOLF2 is my favorite : grendel
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  The ending of Shadow of the Colossus : EvilDolemite
  • Thank goodness for a follow-up in the making. Whether it'll be a direct sequel is probably unlikely, but ... : jayacheess
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    More like the ending of every battle including the final cutscene on Shadow of the Colossus. : Malku
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      Yeah, the music and everything was just so sad. You felt like you'd murdered this giant unique creature a... : node
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        The music that plays during those scenes was heart wrenching. I've got to play this game again. : DrWaffles
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          I'm always jealous when I hear of people who are playing that game for the first time in their lives :( : Malku
          • Same. : kallanta
  • The Entire Game of Shadow of the Colossus. So many awesome moments in that game. : zakazi
  • Yep. And I specifically got a little misty when I found out that my horse survived the fall. : Johnny Law
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  Just a few: Rez: 3rd Area boss + 1st time reaching the 5th Area. Breakdown: walking up the ramp to th : Borzoi
  • oh shit- and the end of Legacy of Kain: Defiance!!! : Borzoi
• Chton in Quake : kramweil
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  MGS2: When The virus hits and Colonel Campbell goes batshit insane... "Raiden, turn the game console off : Grimmadog
  • I was so confused when that started happening. It was so well done. : great-white
  • After all these years that moment still makes me say "WTF?", even when I know it's coming up. : bitter ego
  • The game was completely fucking insane, but I loved it. : Orange Pylon
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  direct connecting doom for the first time : mindshot
  • 4 player DM was my first experience with Doom. It was awesome. : timmie
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  unreal - walking off the ship at the start : Luminair
  • I remember that, man that game was so awesome...what ever happened. : Drakoniac
  • Unreal truly had its own weird, unique aura. For some reason I particularly have strong memories about t... : Johnny Law
• Doom: E3M7 Doom II: Map28 Doom 3: Hell Quake: E2M6 Deus Ex: the Knights Templar cathedral, where I li : the archvile
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  Theif 3.....Ahhhhh the motherfucking cradle. That was awful. As in amazing gameplay moment, but god damne... : Klebold
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    Scariest level in any game ever? It's gotta be on the shortlist... : Inadrys
    • Certainly the scariest I've played. : etherealrhythm
  • For people who have played the Cradle and want to reminisce about it... or for people who don't mind gett... : Johnny Law
• pretty much all of Giants: Citizen Kabuto except the base missions but even they were fucking cool : filthysock
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  An FF7 story. I was at a friend's house about 2 weeks after it'd come out. I was nearing the end, but m : kallanta
  • lol. that's rich : kainen1
  • FF7 is my favourite JRPG and I just could not get into any of the following FF games. As much as I like s... : Goblin au
• SS1 when you get the email from the chic by the escape pods telling you to come meet her and escape. As y... : deadfish
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  Psychonauts was so full of awesome. And as someone else said in that thread, its flaws aren't that memor... : Johnny Law
  • Yeah I was furious with Meat Circus this afternoon, but once I finished the game the sense of pleasure an... : EvilDolemite
• Finally reaching Monkey Island in The Secret of Monkey Island. : Psigun
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  Halo 2: the flood level when you play as teh Arbiter and the Elite Commander says "We shall cut into the : Dschinghis Khan
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    oh and playing Doom for the very first time and getting the BFG and using it on an unsuspecting group of ... : Dschinghis Khan
    • *crackle crackle crackle FIZZZZ SPLAT* Oh look nine guys just disintegrated : EvilDolemite
  • Yep I like the whole end sequence to God of War. I know that some folks are pissed that they took your w : Johnny Law
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  Arr, well, a lot of the great ones have been mentioned. Here's few more that come to mind. The firs : Johnny Law
  • Caiger Mall was one of the epic battles of my lifetime. I always hoped Ogame would have a massive ending... : ejectorpod
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    Qtest really was awesome. Spending all day in anticipation as the download finished, and then walking aro... : Conan
    • I remember that the day it came out, I was at my father's office (he worked at the DoE at the time), so I... : Vincent Grayson
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  A few of mine: - The conclusion to the original X-Com. - I'm sorry Mario, the princess is in another c : Bean
  • Also, the entire game of Deus Ex. : Bean
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  Vagrant Story: Every single second of story Chrono Trigger: Crono dying. I remember it blowing my mind t : Vincent Grayson
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    Also, Shadow of the Colossus: When you mount the bird colossus, and the music kicks into epic mode, the w : Vincent Grayson
    • I fell off and the music went back to less epic and it was annoying :( : mikecyb
    • I was very impressed with the game before that point, but yea that bit... just... goddamn! : kallanta
    • or how at the end where you discover that killing the Colossi was a bad thing and it turned you into an e : Dschinghis Khan
    • i was totally showing off and owning that part. letting go when it did barrel rolls and catching back on : xsoulbrothax
  • re: Chrono Trigger - oh FUCK yea. I was completely shocked by that. : Bean
  • Oh, God, the FFT part is spot on. : Moonbase Commander
• COD 4 - Like the entire game is one long "awesome all time favorites". The sniper levels were so unique.... : IHATEDUST
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  Dark Forces: Jedi Knight Fighting your way through Nar Shadda Obtaining your lightsaber and force pow : focusdaily
  • also, Red Alert, the first Tanya mission. : focusdaily
• Unreal Tournament. Easy to overlook now, but the first time I played Facing Worlds I got vertigo from th... : bipolar
• Final Fantasy 7 There's a lot to pick from, but I'll single out when Cid finally makes it into space. Ha : Orange Pylon
• Starflight - When you find out the truth about endurium. : driller
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  Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight: the entire ship crashing level Unreal: when you are in the hallway and all ... : mrwolf710
  • Ooh, I just thought of another one. The entire first level of the Doom Aliens Total Conversion. : mrwolf710
• Deus Ex: Finding out UNATCO captured you. Ghost Recon: Mission 3 of the Island Thunder expansion Grand : tomservo
• Homeworld - Launch from the dock and returning from the first jump to the destroyed planet : Lukiopimp
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  This thread is Win. : etherealrhythm
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    Yeah. This and the Shacker self-photo thread are my favorites this year. : mrwolf710
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      Linky kaplinky? : etherealrhythm
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        http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16862019#itemanchor_16862019 : mrwolf710
        • Cheers. : etherealrhythm
• It's kind of intangible, but an amazing moment for me was when everything "clicked" in Oblivion. I'd boug... : etherealrhythm
• Zelda OOT: [spoiler]The long winding staircase climb, set to organ music played by Ganondor[/spoiler] : Medieval Barber
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  Super Marios Bros. The part where he jumps on the goomba. : Murdoc.
  • LOL : jeffcox111
• World of Warcraft: Going on my first PvP raid with GCR on Southshore during the beta. Also the bar seque : Rotten Deadite

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• GHOST BOAT!!! : kallanta
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  Invisible Boaters!!!! : DM7
  • Invisible lolcatz. : cerealSAM2
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  Stayed at Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru last year, cost about 8k for the week, heh. It's really nice s : Lunatic Angelic
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    huh? I dont even know what you are saying : two50six
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      He stayed in a expensive hotel and dropped 8 thousand dollars on a week vacation there. The thunderstorms... : phil_mckraken
      • Another satisfieid Geico customer. : phil_mckraken
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        ah I thought he was using some new hip lingo that Im not aware with, thanks daddio. : two50six
        • err.."of" : two50six
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      Good day sir, I have recently perused your question and photograph on the world wide collection of int : Lunatic Angelic
      • best post ever : heuristic
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        I lol'd. Reminds me of this: http://www.xkcd.com/406/ : naios
        • I'll let this one slide. : ArB
        • dont cheapen his post with this fucking filth. NUKE PLZ : mega man
      • hahahahaha :D : burning eye
      • haha awesome : Reeves
      • I read all these posts in a Daniel Plainview voice and it's plain awesome. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • awesome : Flying h4x0r
      • hahahah awesome : warpdude
      • so "the girls' is really just your wife / girlfriend ? : sikander
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    8K for a week, fuck. That's ridiculous, what do you get for over $1,000 a night? : EvilDolemite
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      Probably dinner, tours, rentals, golf, air flights, booze, etc? : jake
      • and hopefully your womans dirtbox for a price like that. : bfzzzz
• That looks like a beautiful place to stay. wow. : Maddog_Delphi97
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives : deject
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  Yep. Good diving, warm water, lots of euro and russian tourists. : bostrov
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    what do you expect? it's too far from the US, and the aussies have their own paradise :) : moshman
    • Yeah, I'm not sure what the reason is for Americans to go unless you already happen to be on this side of... : bostrov
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  farcry? : hobosapien
  • No, the highest point on any of the islands is about 5 meters above sea level. I think their largest isla... : bostrov
• HEY, YOU IN THE SHIRT!! : the archvile
• My uncle is a divemaster and goes there a lot. It's pretty much awesome according to him. : shred.
• No, but now I want to! That is gorgeous. : TheMonkeyWench
• Yes, it's fucking awesome. I want to go back again soon. http://moshman.shackspace.com/maldives/beach2.J... : moshman
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  Yes, 15 years ago. It's snorkeling & diving Nirvana. Also, when you need a place to just relax and onl... : MatzL.E.
  • seriously, it's the most relaxing place on earth, you could go there after a previous extensive holiday a... : moshman
• i'd shoot my load underwater and post it on youtube : dodob
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  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Male-total.jpg weird : OrkO
  • the island in the background is the airport, it's fucking weird coming in to land there : moshman
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    Even though this is hosted on wikipedia the filename made me take pause : boring gegtik
    • gay is in your DNA : moshman
  • awesomeness : doomed
• yo that boat is floating dog : arizona bay

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• Get a job - buy both - and spend the rest of your regular income on ironic roadside billboards. : seven
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  Ahem.... THE PLATFORM DOESN'T MATTER, THE GAMES DO. Find the platform that has the games you want, ... : RomSteady
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    Looking through the loooong lists of exclusive games for each, it's a chore to read up on them all and tr... : stratedge
    • Well, looking at exclusives....On the 360...Halo 3, Crackdown, Gears of War, Dead Rising are probably the... : Dave-A
  • Whilst this is of course true, I think an addendum is needed: You should only look at games that are alre... : SiW73
  • what if you want to use it for more than just games? : not work safe
• 360, no doubt. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  PS3 can use any Bluetooth headset And you're missing Achievments as a 360 plus. You probably think yo... : SiW73
  • Thanks, both of those points are exactly the kind of info I need to help me make a decision. Wish I could... : stratedge
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    btw, I did my own little write-up the other day: http://www.coolpowers.com/blog/2008-05-17-talkin-bout-m... : SiW73
    • Great article. Didn't know I would have to go buy another cable for PS3 - good to know. : stratedge
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  Buy the one with the games you want. : Freon
  • ^^^ Exactly. This is why I still game on the PC because all the games that I want to play are on it. : ShoCon
  • Also, Buy the one your friends are buying. Friends + games = fun. : Freon
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  Anyone know if the XBox 360s that are in store now still have hardware problems? Or is that mess resolved... : stratedge
  • it's not resolved, but the problems don't seem to be quite as bad as they were a year or two ago : qwpeoriu
  • my launch system had a lot of problems, it worked fine for about 8-9 months. Then started to show lovely... : Shadowdane
• I bought a 360 because of the games and also because my friends have 360s, so I can play with them easier : Rice-Rocketeer
• I can't really say I agree with your quality over quantity statement. Most games coming out now will be c... : qwpeoriu
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  360 - In addition to the Great Online MP, tons of shackers here play multiplayer matches here. It's easy ... : Sailor of Fortune
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    I think I'm leaning strongly towards the 360, with the idea that I might buy a PS3 a year from now, becau... : stratedge
    • I'm a rare case maybe but I've bee free of Hardware failures (my launch system was defective but the repl... : Sailor of Fortune
    • Buy it from Costco so you can swap in store. Honestly though, if you buy a newer one the chances of failu... : Fred Garvin
• i m o none of this shit matters and all that matters is the games. and while the ps3 has a lot of awesome... : JINKY
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  It's about the games, but if you are looking for online play, especially with Shackers then the 360 is th... : Fred Garvin
  • agreed : infallible
• Just because you're probably still unsure and worried you'll make the wrong choice (I hate decisions like... : SiW73
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  Blu-Ray isn't a 100% proven HD format, despite what you may or may not hear. As I understand it, the sal... : jingletard
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    "I know Blu-Ray is a huge selling point for some people, but I just can't see why. " You obviously h... : Ellissd
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      Yeah, I have.. and that still doesn't justify the $500 player price plus the $30-$40 price tag of the mov... : jingletard
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        Players actually start at $400, which I suppose may be expensive to some, and most movies are now very s... : Ellissd
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          I don't think it's a coincidence that the cheapest Blu-Ray player to get is a PS3, and I don't think that... : jingletard
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            There's a few standalone players that also cost $400. : Ellissd
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              Right, but who in their right mind wouldn't buy a PS3 at that point? You get a gaming console, and a med... : jingletard
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                The PS3 is sold at a loss because Sony makes money on royalties from the software sales. Stand lone BR p... : walker270
                • Well, excuse me for saying, then... the BR consortium won't license out the technology en masse to get ch... : jingletard
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                  I certainly don't believe Sony is price fixing Blu-ray, that would be stupid. But kind of changing the to... : qwpeoriu
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                    It's strange that BR is a consortium, but you do get the impression that Sony is calling the shots. : Fred Garvin
                    • You'd definitely get that feeling if you just read anti-Sony sites on The Internet, wouldn't you. : theflux
              • The PS3 is really worth owning at this point, even just for its media capabilities and ignoring its games... : rudds
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          Actually, now that I HD-DVD has lost I have been paying more attention to BR movie pricing and you'd be w... : Fred Garvin
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            Everyone expected a huge surge in Bluray movie/player sales when HD-DVD died, and that just wasn't the ca... : jingletard
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              No they didn't. During the infancy of the format the cheapest HD-DVD player was $500. You didn't start ... : walker270
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                The players had dropped in price before the death of HD-DVD, and they were all headed to that magic $200 ... : jingletard
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                  Yeah, they dropped when Toshiba and company were making the final push for market share before giving up ... : walker270
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                    http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/a-299-sony-blu-ray-player-but-no-cheap-chinese-models/ How th... : jingletard
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                      They have supposedly licensed the tech to Chinese companies, but no one has announced or spotted a $200 f... : Fred Garvin
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                        I haven't heard that, yet. That was the last thing I read about how the licensing was going, which seeme... : jingletard
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                          I don't think it's unreasonable to say that Sony is using it's weight in the consortium to keep the price... : Fred Garvin
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                            I'd say it's unreasonable to think up conspiracy theories and condemn companies based on them, but what d... : walker270
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                              Not a conspiracy theory, just business practices. Like the way MS used their effective monopoly in the OS... : Fred Garvin
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                                The blu-ray consortium has a vested interest in keeping the cost of bluray players up for the time in an ... : walker270
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                                  So, then we aren't going to get cheap BR players for a while then? Isn't that what he originally posted? ... : Fred Garvin
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                                    He originally posted completely bullshit numbers about Bluray and HD-DVD's price points. That's what I c... : walker270
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                                      Okay, how about addressing what I said then? How can on one hand you have people saying that BR is going ... : Fred Garvin
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                                        What? So the rules of the game are I have to justify what you claim every other person says now? I didn... : walker270
                                        • I also didn't say the consortium was justified, just that your assumption it was Sony's doing because of ... : walker270
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                                          You said it's unreasonable to say Sony is using it's pull to keep the price of BR players high. You calle... : Fred Garvin
                                          • Also, I didn't condemn Sony as you implied in your earlier statement. I just pointed out that large busin... : Fred Garvin
                                • I'm not anti PS3, I just think it's overpriced for what you get and Sony shouldn't be holding the keys to : jingletard
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                              It's not a conspiracy theory, at all. Sony has some great ideas but really just screw the pooch when it ... : jingletard
                              • Don't forget MemoryStick. Still more expensive than the other "open" formats out there. : Fred Garvin
                          • The PS3 is the main force behind the format, anyway. I truly believe they control the format, despite be... : jingletard
            • they didnt get $200 players until the format was circling the drain : Jayx77
        • BR movies are still very expensive. : slickdoody
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        Except that it's new technology, and you were significantly more "raped" over DVD tech when it was only a... : Vincent Grayson
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          Does that player support profile 2.0? Also, those prices on Amazon are still more expensive than DVD and ... : Fred Garvin
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            That's fine, people are free to see it that way. I'm just saying, no one reasonable expected BD prices to... : Vincent Grayson
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              So, is that $280 player 2.0 compatible? : Fred Garvin
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                I have no idea, I just did quick search to see what the bottom-line price is. 2.0 compatibility is ove... : Vincent Grayson
                • Doesn't matter, not everybody is you. I've actually enjoyed some of the web enabled HD-DVD stuff I've pla... : Fred Garvin
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              I doubt the price will ever be lower. CD's have always costed more then their tape counter part. : Altanar
              • Maybe it's different in some areas, but I definitely recall that before stores just stopped carrying tape... : Vincent Grayson
  • Blu-ray is probably going to start taking off here end of this year in spades since price drops are likel... : SolrFlare
• 360, Especially since you can play online with your 360 friends and shackers. : adsriordan
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  This is like going to a Toyota dealership and asking if you should buy a Toyota or a Honda instead. : Ellissd
  • Whatever you say Ellisd. Want some tea while you are up on that cross? : Fred Garvin
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    why, because people aren't picking the platform you've pledged allegiance to ? The guy asked for some hel... : qwpeoriu
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      I didn't pledge allegiance to a console. I bought one that was ideal for what I wanted out of it, which i... : Ellissd
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        Well then if you bought your platform of choice for all of the right reasons, why don't you share them. A... : qwpeoriu
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          Because I honestly don't care what the OP buys. I'm just sick of seeing these threads numerous times a we... : Ellissd
          • So, because most people on this site chose to buy a console that you didn't you are sick of seeing the ma... : Fred Garvin
      • I bought one that was ideal for what I wanted out of it, which is obvious isn't what the rest of Shacknew : Fred Garvin
• I would say 360 only because you said you have friends that have it. Doing multiplayer with your friends ... : OverloadUT
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  Games. For me it goes like this: PS3 Little Big Planet MGS4 Ratchet Drake's Fortune Heavenly : ieGod
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    Isn't Bioshock going cross platform now? : uglysad
    • Oh, then cross that off the list. : ieGod
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    dont forget the 360 JRPGs Lost Odyssey (awesome) and Blue Dragon (pretty good). : adsriordan
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      Ok, lost odyssey was "pretty good", but Blue Dragon was the worst 60 dollars I ever spent : Bantis
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        and seriously, trying to get someone to buy a 360 over a ps3 over the notion of JRPGs and using Mistwalke... : Bantis
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          I though SquareEnix said they have some 360 projects going on now. : phil_mckraken
          • They have Infinite Undiscovery and Last Remnant (although LR is a crossplatform title) on the 360. The... : Vincent Grayson
        • Its been coming for awhile now... At least the 360 has good JRPGs that you can buy now at this very momen... : adsriordan
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    Well, while we're mentioning exclusives, God of War 3 and Twisted Metal on the PS3 sound awesome but they... : AndyGoin
    • The gameplay videos of Socom looks very boring. : razlebol
    • SoCom has never been any good. But for a while it was the only option available. : Pettytheft
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    360 gets Operation: Darkness, so it clearly wins, by far. :D : SilverSnake
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      except famitsu said it was a turd. And the PS3 gets Valkyria Profile, which Famitsu liked. : Bantis
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        Valkyria Chronciles, but still, you are correct. In fact, outside of various people getting excited about... : Vincent Grayson
        • Yea, a friend of mine played op darkness and really disliked it : Bantis
      • Wow, I wrote profile >< jesus force of habit :( : Bantis
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      Have you played the demo? :( : Perturbation
      • Yes. I will buy this as soon as it gets released here, since they changed their mind on the region free b... : SilverSnake
• I think your idea of get the 360 now and the PS3 later is your best bet. Just be sure to get the extra w... : AndyGoin
• As another pc gamer who bought a console you should really take a long hard look at what games you are ... : RetroRedEyeJr
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  If money is a factor, you gotta pay for the Xbox wireless adapter and the annual Live account. The PS3 h... : tunis5000
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    I wanted the gunmetal one until I found out it's the 40GB and is $600. : Fred Garvin
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      The black edition of the metal gear bundle is much better and cheaper. : razlebol
      • I seriously don't want the black version, but the other one isn't worth it. I hate my piano glass black T... : Fred Garvin
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      I was looking forward to that one too, but fuck that price difference I just got a 40g last week and I... : Jayx77
      • I just don't understand why it wasn't the 80GB version, it can't cost that much more money to make them. ... : qwpeoriu
  • A is only a factor if you can't or won't run a wire B is only a factor if you want to play online BR is : Ebu
  • From what I hear, you have to buy a wireless bridge for the PS3 if you want to play online anyway, becaus... : navelskrutt
• Is this any help? http://www.shacknews.com/reviews/index.x?platform=x360 http://www.shacknews.com/r... : Werkin
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  I have enjoyed my 360 for a little more than 2 years now and have only just invested in a PS3 around 2 mo... : dasampla
  • That's how I feel. Although my PS3 gets more use because of my Eye of Judgment addiction : Bantis
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  Threadjack! I have no PS3, but I will be getting one for MGS4. I'm torn between getting the bundle and... : RevRaven
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    Obligatory "My 60GB PS3 hasn't had any problems with GTA4 whatsoever" reply... I'd rather have a back ... : grayscale
    • Aside from the loading infinite loop which was already patched, I've had no problems with GTA4 on my 60gb... : SiW73
• The 360's online is so good it made me want to play online more than I did before I got it. Jumping into ... : rudds
• If a 360 red ringing would piss you off as much as you say, then do not buy a 360. : dante2010
• Don't ever buy a console on the basis of what may be coming out in a year. Promised features are often n... : Altanar
• Answer: if you are looking for online gaming, the 360 is the best way to go. The PS3 is, however, the be... : SolrFlare
• excluding blu-ray if you wanted it, that list is utter shit. buy the system based on the games you wa... : Shai-Tan
• Wait for X360 Blu-ray in September : matthaeus
• i would get a ps3 unless you want to live in constant fear of hardware failure. im afraid to even use my... : arizona bay

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• Lucky you, I can just hope for Mass Effect 2 arriving soon ;-( : tcs
• Yeah, definitely excited about playing it again, this time on a system with enough video memory to not ha... : Vincent Grayson
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  I have been looking forward to this since KOTOR. But, what's the latest on the copy-protection/activation... : d fluke
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    They removed it - http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52618 : cause&effect
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      Well, they removed the 10 day check anyway.. better than nothing. : cause&effect
      • i imagine they will add that cyborg assrape protection soon tho. at least he won't enjoy it. : AMikaboshi
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      Ohshi awesome :O The DRM is still IMO ridiculous and pointless, but WTF, I need this game. Sold! : d fluke
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        Certainly not ridiculous nor pointless. Seems to be the most effective copy protection available now, and... : SpaecKow
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          Pointless because it'll be cracked, and the people who actually buy it will get inconvenienced by it, and : d fluke
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            It stops what it's supposed to stop - 0 day warez and confirmed bad CD keys. Blizzard already does this a... : SpaecKow
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              TL;DR: *sigh* :( -So it's only pointless *after* it gets cracked (obviously), and that's OK as long as... : d fluke
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                Where is the fuken inconvenience mate, you tell me that. Do you have an extremely unreliable internet con... : SpaecKow
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                  I have always-on broadband, but how is that relevant? Are you saying the extra activation step is more co : d fluke
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                    No I'm saying I can't see how its an inconvenience if you have a permanent internet connection. Can you b... : SpaecKow
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                      In this case it's not *that* big of a problem to me, that's why I now *am* going to buy it! But it's clea... : d fluke
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                        Frankly I think you're being pedantic. As for it being nonsense in the long run...that's also wrong, beca... : SpaecKow
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                          I'm not being pedantic, I'm pointing out the reality of it. Let me sum it up: DRM has never stopped peopl... : d fluke
                          • Yeah and I call it negligible. : SpaecKow
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                            it's never stopped the fact of it existing, but effective DRM being enough of a pain in the ass would - a... : xsoulbrothax
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                              Not really because those "downloads" are all hacked. : ieGod
                              • Downloaded versions still need to be cracked to run, and sometimes those cracks are spotty or take a whil... : xsoulbrothax
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                      The net validation is just part of it, and frankly the one I'm fine with. Download the .exe on launch day... : node
                      • uh.. in the very first paragraph of the very first Bioware post about this, they said Mass Effect doesn't... : xsoulbrothax
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                        It's the requiring the CD, and as usual not working in some drives and taking longer to start, that still : SpaecKow
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                          and i think it's fairly ridiculous that so many people don't realize the game doesn't require the DVD in ... : xsoulbrothax
                          • I see http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=628375&forum=125 Well, if it works, gr... : node
                • This is the same argument that people said before Bioshock PC came out. And then the day it came out some... : reign27
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              Heh, it will probably be cracked before the official release. Anyway, is it gonna be on Steam? : MrGrindy
              • No, EA doesn't do Steam. They've got their own digital platform and after four four from-scratch versions... : node
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      I'm expecting to see this model used for many unpopular game announcements now: PR: In the next game w... : 60days
      • except this is nothing so bad as that, not even close. : deject
• Me too! I hope it runs well enough on my system. I need some upgrades but I just got laid off :( : action wombmate
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  it's just too bad it's not on steam. i would have had it preordered a month ago : dantastic
  • Direct2Drive is OK and they have the 39.99 deal. The only difference really is that there is no auto-patc... : Shai-Tan
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  I'm kind of jealous of the PC people who get to play the game for the first time. Mass Effect was an incr... : mmt681
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    which is why i'm going to play the new and improved version for a 2nd run through on the PC :) i'll prob... : dantastic
    • Ditto. I loved it on 360, but it seems like all the flaws are being corrected, the combat retuned, and th... : Vincent Grayson
• don't forget the 2nd novel comes out at the end of july! http://www.amazon.com/Mass-Effect-Ascension-Dre... : dantastic
• There are a lot of good PC games; you just have to look. Also they may not be traditional. Like Sam &... : EvilDolemite