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  NSMB and Pokemon Pearl : Rigor Morts
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    Whoa </neo> : capt tripps
    • we *ALMOST* crossed the streams : Rigor Morts
  • i'd get diamond, but otherwise ya. : AMikaboshi
• Pokemon Diamond and New Super Mario Bros. : capt tripps
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  Animal Crossing and a Pokémon. : A Sponge
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    what are you supposed to do in animal crossing after nobody gives you any jobs? there's nothing to do ex... : dantastic
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      Let your terminally ill mom play it. : mechanicalgrape
      • oof :( : kikilupo
• Contra 4 and Mario Kart or maybe a Castlevania game. : mechanicalgrape
• Cooking Mama 2 Pokemon Diamond/Pearl : Iwannaacura
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  Picross and NSMB probably. : aethyr
  • oh wait, I think you said before you liked RPGs, I'd change it to Picross and The World Ends With You : aethyr
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  Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow and Advance Wars: Dual Strike. : cptn.peachfuzz
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    I have to second this : FiReaNG3L
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      Why not Days of Ruin, out of curiousity? : crummynz
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        I loved that one too. All Advance Wars games on the DS are great : FiReaNG3L
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          I just got up to the level with the giant bomber in the sky on Days of Ruin. They start with more units a... : crummynz
          • Dont go in the middle, concentrate everything on the bottom, eliminate their air units. Took me 3 times i... : FiReaNG3L
      • I haven't played Days of Ruin yet. :P : cptn.peachfuzz
• Meteos and Mario Kart DS : c_man_tmt
• Oh dear god, theres 4 ace atrorney games (with two more coming). CANNOT COMPUTE! : avatar_58
• Animal Crossing and Mario Kart : historyinthemaking
• Yoshi's Island DS and Duke Nukem Advance : dognose
• The World Ends With You and Meteos. : Deathlove
• REALLY? no zelda? what is wrong with you people. : bluewagon
• SPORE, NSMB, AND THIS http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53055 : anhero
• Phantom Hourglass would have to be one. One of the Castlevanias or Advance Wars would probably be the oth... : rudds
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  Puzzle Quest and Puzzle Quest : yAak
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    ^^ I just picked this up and both my wife and I have been fighting for time on the DS now. : bcyde
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      I swear, the above game has angered me like no game has angered me before. If the computer gets one or tw... : Lionel2b
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        yeah, it really feels like its cheating badly at some points : derelict515
        • it is cheating badly on the DS, at least. fact. i've played the hell out of the game, and the ai just fuc... : xsoulbrothax
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      see, this is why you need two!! : yAak
      • This was my solution to the problem when my wife found out about Puzzle Quest =/ : timmie
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  MGS4 and DNF : ninjase
  • whoa daddy : NastyJack
• FFTA2 and Picross. I've spent more time playing those two than anything else. : Vincent Grayson
• Brain Age 2 (For Sudoku mainly) and either meteos or Advance Wars: Ruins : Sailor of Fortune
• Pheonix Wright and Mario Kart. Tetris DS is also very fucking awesome. : razlebol
• Castlevania and Meteos are what I played most out of 8-10 games : EvilDolemite
• I'm hoping Civilization Revolution is going to be one of those games. Otherwise it's got to be Advance W... : PenicillinX57
• New Super Mario Brothers and Meteos : ThomW
• Puzzle quest and FFTA : chungathebunga
• My bro just picked up super dodgeball. It wasn't as good as I remember it on the NES, but I haven't real... : bcyde
• Mario Kart and another copy of Mario Kart, in case the first copy breaks : spiderfill
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  meteos (the original non-disney one) & castlevania: dawn of sorrow : pyide
  • or planet puzzle league & phantom hourglass. : pyide
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  Contra 4 and Picross : Grumbeld
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    I just watched a video of Contra 4. That looks freaking awesome. So old school. : NastyJack
    • Be warned it's hard as fucking shit. Good value if you are insane. Brutally difficult, but it is a good g... : pyide
  • Ha I used to lose to Picross just so this one guy would stop trying to make me play it with him so he cou... : Koral06
• contra 4 and mario 64 : eforce98
• Puzzle Quest and Pokemon : MaJeStu
• Puzzle Quest and Final Fantasy VI (although not an DS game) : razorblade79
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  NSMB and Meteos : rosewood
  • HIGH FIVE! : ThomW
• Phoenix Wright 1 and Professor Layton. : BlackCat9
• advance wars & nsmb : kn1fe
• NSMB and Planet Puzzle League : fsck
• Puzzle Quest and FFTA2 (when it comes out), for me. If that's out, it'd probably be Advance Wars DoR for ... : xsoulbrothax
• Advance Wars: Days of Ruin and Mario Kart DS or Pokemon. : marmite
• The World Ends With You and Phoenix Wright. : jan0r pants
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  No one suggest Elite Beat Agents? Man, I played the shit out of that game. I played it way more than the ... : dpgagnon
  • ya rly.. I probably put twice the time into either of the ouendan games or EBA than even mariokart, and I : e1ghtball
• Pokemon Diamond and FFTA2 : Majuju

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  I've done a lot of thinking about the business practices of Apple Computer, and I see a lot of correlatio... : Jobos
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    TL; DR: Ipods and Iphones cost money, and people like them. Therefore those people are stupid, and falli... : critch
    • My multibillion dollar multinational corporation cares about me more than yours does : Serpico74
    • jesus fuck that's tl;dr thanks for the summary. : xxiv
    • Also: The Man = Fascists : sonicdeathwalrus
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    this is the most hilarious post on this website in a long time : zakk
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      The replies are way more funny. They prove my point. : Jobos
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        No, not really. : zakk
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          Why not? : Jobos
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            The people making fun of your post are doing so because you wrote a huge wall of text about some inconseq... : zakk
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              But how is it inconsequential? You don't think that what you buy has consequences? My post is about eth... : Jobos
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                No, I read it. That's how I thought it was hilarious. : zakk
                • Then what was so funny? : Jobos
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                also: WALL OF TEXT : zakk
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                  It's funny because there are a lot of words? : Jobos
                  • Yes, exactly. You got it. : zakk
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    I read the first two sentences and already know it's not worth discussing. : terath
    • as soon as I read the word fascism I chortled like the monopoly man : PlanetPerfecto
    • He lost me at irregardless. : Horn
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    The most telling thing about this is that you were some how riled up enough to write it. : Conan
    • i imagined him writing it on a powerbook while wearing a beret, oddly enough : GloriousCow
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    JOBOS KNOWS WTF, YOU DELUSIONAL ASSHOLES BETTER LISTEN UP, FASCISTS ARE AT WORK : Serpico74
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      may I please reference http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14691111#itemanchor_14691111 one last time? I ... : PlanetPerfecto
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        You forgot to mention Hitler : Serpico74
        • I didn't want to use the H-card for that one....you are right, I really must have been fighting Godwin's ... : PlanetPerfecto
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      I don't think it's delusion, not when people do it willingly. And it's not that people are intelligent o... : Jobos
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        Are you a freshman in college? If something helps you in any way without harming others, whether it be... : Serpico74
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          Everything you said just ignores the issue. : Jobos
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            Yes, because its not an issue for me. Products are tools for me, that's it. Its an issue for you, which i : Serpico74
            • It's psychology. It's not as serious as it is interesting. I never claimed to have the answers. But at... : Jobos
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        hello sir, i think with regard to your original post, it makes some laugh due to http://en.wikipedia.org/ : PlanetPerfecto
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          What you said was great, though I'm not looking for self-help. I am aware that I have no control over ma... : Jobos
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            I understand what you're getting at, I just think you framed your original post poorly, and sorry if my b : PlanetPerfecto
            • p.s. if you really wanted to frame your discussion better, I would attack it from a viewpoint on herd men... : PlanetPerfecto
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    the iphone, ipod, and macbook are pretty good purchases comparatively to the competition i mean shit w... : Chandler55
    • A Mac Pro costs significantly less than Dell Precision workstation with the same specs (talking $1000 che... : Serpico74
  • If you dislike Bush, it's because you're a racist. : TShandy
  • s/apple/luxury cars : j0nchan
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    Yeah, I agree Apple fanatics are annoying sometimes. But there products are actually pretty good. You mi... : Perturbation
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      I agree their products are really really cool. I'm not against how neat their products are. I'm not rea... : Jobos
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        If you want to see correlation between Socialist/Marxist ideals... you'd be better off not starting with ... : Toraz Chryx
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          Ok, here we go, 1. Did I not use the word 'ideals' correctly? Any correction is welcome. 2. That... : Jobos
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            1. You're confusing methods of.. well, marketing... with political ideologies which may or may not use th... : Toraz Chryx
            • I think I was more going for what entices people to join fascist cults (I probably didn't explain that we... : Jobos
  • WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT : mr.sleepy
  • corporationist : vigilante
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    And here I thought they were selling computers... silly me... : melt_core
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      sigh, and some people miss completely. : Jobos
      • Sorry. It made me lol. I remember writing a long personal letter to a friend a while back that was a fe... : Jobos
  • Enh. : OwenButler
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    This reminds of when I just started studying Sociology. Man I came up with some wicked socio-critical the... : sonicdeathwalrus
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      When I read his post it felt like that too. "Oh awesome, I can apply everything I've learnt to real life : hardfl1p
      • I'm the only one here with a good tone. And besides, at least I'm standing up to criticism... when was t... : Jobos
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      They compare just fine. Think about this when you watch the elections: McCain and the Right will use (m... : Jobos
      • ...I'm so glad this ER is over. Please stay here. You just said the GOP will use mostly facts, there's ... : hawkeye
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    i stopped at irregardless : lacker
    • "Yes it is, It means without lack of regard!" : hawkeye
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  I only buy my toilet paper from Wal-Mart. I'm not kidding. I will not buy TP from any other store. M... : industro
  • Mostly Wal-Mart shoppers are attracted to Wal-Mart because of the low low prices... which is cool by me. ... : Jobos

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• "That's bone" : dopefish
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  The most important thing to take away from it, according to the director is that he really did kill all t : kallanta
  • What, really? : spazzium
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    well the book was very ambiguous (and better) : Dave-A
    • Such a frustrating read on a second time, the detailed explanations at the start drive me fuckn bonkers. : VuduChild
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    What about the body bag leaving a trail of blood out of his apartment when he passed a security guard, ye : mossman85
    • This part still confuses me if what imdb says is true. : rosewood
    • probably an oversight / goof : RikiTiki2
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    What, really? That doesn't make any sense. : action wombmate
    • In the book its highly suggested that he is a murderer, but he's also partially delusional and imagines s : veras
    • The book makes a lot more sense. : Ctrl-Phreak
  • I thought that the ambiguity was the best part of it. That you get to make up your own mind about whether : DOOManiac
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    Proof that they meant to say it all really happened: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144084/faq#.2.1.3 (Giga... : kallanta
    • Pfft, female directors. Can't even make the ending understandable. : trove
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    I never understood how people didn't get that... although I did read the book before I saw the film. : futant
    • That's how I understood it as well. There really wasn't any doubt for me that the murders were real. : Horn
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    what the hell? that sort of takes away from the ending. like, a lot : mikecyb
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      seriously.. that takes it from awesome to meh :( : Megara9
      • Yay! I ruined everyone's fun! : kallanta
  • Yup, that's what makes it deep social commentary. Anybody who really thinks they like the movie should gi... : ghostnote
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  I love that movie. I use to watch it all the time in high school. My creative writing notebook had quotes : uglysad
  • I can't help but see Jim Carey in that scene :( : skinlab133
• Now you know what all the business card references are about. : Koral06
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  Do you like Phil Collins? I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. B : hirez
  • Don't fucking touch the watch. : royalally
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsdd1GQ0oFM&feature=related : IncursionZ
• I love it, too. In some cases the ending of a movie isn't extremely important, but in this case that mov... : action wombmate
• Which version? : FushigiDenki
• FEED ME CAT : DOOManiac
• Neither did Christi :( : rosewood
• Oh weird..all this time I thought this director was the same who directed Monster with Theron. : deathofrats
• Murders and Executions : c0bra
• I have to return some videotapes. MOVIE QUOTE! HAHA, ANOTHER MOVIE QUOTE! : DrWaffles
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  Seriously wtf. Until reading this thread I had never found the ending to be ambiguous at all. I had a : InfoBiter
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    The above linked imdb article perfectly illustrates why I think http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144084/f... : -efx-
    • Yah I read read that just before posting. : InfoBiter
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    I had the same interpretation as you did. I saw the movie as a reflection of how boring, average people : Megara9
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      Exactly. Though, I wouldn't say that it's unremarkable no matter what the case. I mean there are some... : InfoBiter
      • Yeah the way it's filmed is certainly very interesting. The scenes are quirky and entertaining. But what ... : Megara9
  • Same here I always figured that he imagined the whole murder thing while procastinating at work. That wou : Tissen
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  Just don't watch the sequel. : sanchez
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    Sequel? You talking about Rules of Attraction? : ghostnote
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      American Psycho II: All American Girl 3.9/10 Patrick's gone and a girl that survived him is now kil... : knepus
      • Lol, Shatner is in it. : ghostnote
  • I'll sign this, twice. : d fluke
• Feed me a stray cat. : massdev

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• make it happen carmack! : VuduChild
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  Ok, I really have no idea what he actually said there, but it sounded cool. : InfoBiter
  • I'm telling you. Someone needs to scour transcrpipts of his Quakecon talks and slash dot comments and cre... : Cygnus X-1
• i just came, everywhere : CoRDS
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  This is why we need him working on jet propulsion stuff. : five_percent
  • You do know that he.... does, right? : Arctic Fox
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  Ok, so he can read wikipedia...??? : melt_core
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    incase you hadn't realise, he has been working on building real life, not virtual fake ones, for a couple... : moshman
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      Oh come'on, firework propelled cans of mountain dew, what kind of expertise does that give him? (I wasn't... : melt_core
      • I'm tired, leave me alone :( :) : moshman
  • you can become pretty smart with wikipedia : Chandler55
• he needs to build ME one. With metal boobies. : Megara9
• Carmack will be in our grand children's history books if we humans make it that far. No shit. : ghostnote
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  It's kind of sad that John Carmack still reads slashdot, am I right? BURRNNNNNNNN. : K1Bond007
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    does he still update his .plan : CoRDS
    • nope Name: John Carmack Email: Description: Programmer Project: ----------------------------------... : CoRDS
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    whats the alternative, digg? lol : Chandler55
    • motherfucking shacknews : GloriousCow
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  This is the geekiest thing ever. Carmack on rockets and shit from a comic book movie posted on slashdot. ... : d fluke
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    What is the point of this post? Has Carmack ever come across as anything but this? : ifallible
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      I just love the fact that the man takes the time to think this shit through and then just does the shit h... : ghostnote
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        Putting communication and weather satellites in orbit isn't exactly the threat of bloodshed. I think the ... : bostrov
        • Well I think L.M. is responsible for a little more than communication and weather satellites but i guess ... : ghostnote
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          You obviously don't know anything about Lockheed Martin. : ifallible
          • There are other launch vehicle builders than Boeing or Lockheed Martin. : bostrov
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      wut? I'm not being negative. I love this shit. : d fluke
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        You are on record now d fluke. You are a huge nerd like the rest of us. : ghostnote
        • I am shocked that there was every any doubt |<:( : d fluke
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  I miss the heady late days of the 90's when he would regularly unload such awesomeness on his .plan files... : PlanetPerfecto
  • It got tiresome having to re-assemble your brain after the inevitable "head asplode" caused by one of his... : Lightbulb
  • .plan ftw bro : spaceyme
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    .plan files need to make a come back. specially .plan file flamewars : eisencc
    • it did , twitter and fuckfacebook : CoRDS
    • .plans will have nothing on the .rss wars of 2027 : d fluke
    • They basically have in the form of blogs. Carmack has one but it's never updated. : Horn
• wow, I missed this a few months ago: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=532&type=expert&pid=1 : Wheatloaf
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  Could somebody explain the part where he says "Mass ratios are low for anything strapped to a human, so t... : Maddog_Delphi97
  • Perfectly plain sentence but it makes no fucking sense. Maybe he is saying humans are relatively small a... : ghostnote
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    I think its about how for every pound you add you need an exponential more ammount of fuel. With human... : fleabug
    • But the fuel itself adds weight too though. That seems to be the hold-up with the whole thing except we a... : ghostnote
  • http://www.aero.org/publications/crosslink/winter2004/02.html cool article. : GloriousCow
  • Since he's trying to calculate how long you can stay in the air through rocket propulsion, he's first lay... : dodob

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• If you don't have a 360, get Ninja Gaiden Sigma. I don't know of any other games on PS3 besides those ... : DOOManiac
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  The PS3 really has made massive strides. I'm actually a little anti-sony by nature (no good reason, but I... : InfoBiter
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    What exactly does the 360 need to have improved? I mean, obviously consoles these days are getting cons... : DinK
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      Stability, Built in wireless, less noisy dvd : dilutedq
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        As a note, the PS3 wifi sucks. Might as well get a WRT54GL with tomato and hook it in as well as the 360.... : Sailor of Fortune
        • I had problems with this at one point, but not anymore for some reason. : Vincent Grayson
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          I've never had a problem. : dilutedq
          • Right, but I've seen a ton of people say the same thing. Just like when I say that my 360 isn't that loud... : Fred Garvin
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          Lies. My PS3 has absolutely awesome range. If none of the neighbours are using the 802.11g channels aroun... : dafugg
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            Not really a lie. Lots of people have posted about issues with the wireless in the PS3. : Fred Garvin
            • Now now, it sounds like he might be getting entire megabits there! He should be so proud! : DinK
        • nothing wrong with the wifi on mine. : xxiv
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        Don't know if it wasn't quite obvious but I was talking about software features and the gaming experience... : DinK
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          I personally am speaking from an outsiders perspective. As my first post said I own neither console, thus : InfoBiter
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            if all you want is to play online games casually xbox live is not worth it. The ps3 does not have all th... : dilutedq
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              By "casually" do you mean with random people or what? I'm not very familiar with how the PS3 works right... : DinK
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                You can't chat or send messages right now while you are in the game (supposedly this isn't always going t... : dilutedq
                • Yeah anything I do online is very casual. For instance I did a bit of online GTA4. However I had one re... : DinK
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            regarding the middle part of the post: you can get entire games digitally on 360 too, such as origina : DinK
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              I'm aware that there are full titles available digitally for the 360 but they are still small by comparis : InfoBiter
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                My only direct A-B comparison is GTA IV and the installation didn't seem to do anything for load times. I... : Fred Garvin
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                  I wonder if they do something weird, like do the initial load from disc to reduce the size of the install... : DinK
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                    I figure that they must store frequently accessed smaller bits of data on the HDD. Like common textures a... : Fred Garvin
                    • It would be interesting to see what things, if any, they still stream from the disc. I guess there would... : DinK
              • Are you just talking about the sheer number of titles? What that list shows me looks suspiciously like a... : DinK
            • The 360 may never present the option to install gamedata to the HDD but it happens and is used very frequ... : Prozium
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            Just to clarify there are only 2 things that Live Gold gives you. Multiplayer and occasional early access... : Fred Garvin
            • Yeah sometimes people seem to act like they can't even plug in the ethernet cable without paying or somet... : DinK
• COD4 and skate : renoforrent
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  Warhawk, Uncharted, NG: Sigma, Hev Sword : MoreVespeneGas
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    Resistance, Ratchet & Clank : MoreVespeneGas
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      I agree with everything but HS. I just could not get into that one. Uncharted is one of my favorite gam... : jimmy_legs
      • Uncharted was a downright phenomenal game, the demo does not do it justice. Also agree with Rachet and ... : raspu2n
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  Why the FUCK are there no bundles with the dualshock included? I refuse to buy a PS3 until I get a ds in ... : aeg1x
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    The PlayStation 3 80 GB Metal Gear Solid 4 Pack comes with a DS3. Good luck finding one right now, thoug... : pyrogen
    • Yah... I actually have the money for that... Malku want! Grr!! MAD ME! Meh, internet complaining won : Malku
    • They'll be plentiful come June 12th. The 80gb MGS4 bundle is basically replacing the 80gb motorstorm bund... : Prozium
    • not in PAL regions : aeg1x
• another vote for Ninja Gaiden Sigma : TPSReport
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  Rock Band and GTA4 if you don't already have a 360. : pyrogen
  • Somehow meshed GTA4 and GT5 Prologue together in your post. Make sure to check out Super Stardust HD a... : pyrogen
• I might go the pre-order route too. Stopped in at Wal-Mart tonight to try and pick up an early 80GB. Wa... : Zips
• I was pretty damn anti-sony until I rented a PS3 for MGS4. Now I'm kinda pushing my 360 to the side.... : critch
• uncharted / ratchet and clank are good exclusives : mankeroo
• \m/otorstor\m/ : SlamDunk
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  Is there any info on what's new with this 80GB revision? Backwards compatibility, process shrink (cooler... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • Dualshock replaces Sixaxis. : Vegtro
  • The 80GB is already BC. My guess is if they're smart they'll keep a lid on when they're shrinking the... : DinK
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  I just talked to a friend of mine who works at a GameStop, and he told me that they are only getting two ... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • vvv What I'm talking about. : BlackCat9
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  Gamestop isn't taking pre-orders for some reason, and the store near us is only getting two (!) in... and... : BlackCat9
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    They're not taking pre-orders because it's not anything new. The 80gb is the new standard 80gb model, ... : Vincent Grayson
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      They haven't had 80gb units in for months, though. Nobody carries them anymore. Even the Sony Store at th... : BlackCat9
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        you can pre-order them from circuitcity.com : Sirus2400
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          Thank you, sir! Link for anyone else interested. http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/genericContent.do?oid=... : BlackCat9
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            Also, they require that you buy a remote if you want to pre-order. Not a huge deal, but deserves full dis... : Sirus2400
            • I've decided to try my luck on a refurb 60 GB PS3 instead of the bundle. It ends up costing the same and... : DianeOfTheMoon
• Offbeat suggestions: Hot Shots Golf is good fun casual gaming. The courses are great, the graphics are ... : Boxelder
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  CHOSEN!: Ninja Gaiden Sigma, and COD4. maybe burnout paradise or an airplane one next month. : radula
  • Good move, both are excellent games. I wish I had the patience to play through Sigma again after beating ... : Serpico74
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    you should have gotten warhawk, its cheap and fun : conandan
    • You still play warhawk? IM pissed they changed the server configs since the second booster pack, i loved... : raspu2n
  • Skip Paradise, get something like Uncharted. : Lone Swordsman
  • Uncharted for sure man, great game! : raspu2n
• GRID : Vincenoir
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  I'm waiting for PS3 WipEOut to come out first. I'm all over that shit on release day. : godhatingatheist
  • SHIT. Now I'm pissed that they keep pushing this back. Daddy needs. : d fluke
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  I'm picking up Burnout Paradise. It's $39 at Wal-Mart right now. We should do a shackbattle! : melkore
  • Oh and I'm getting Warhawk as well with that $100 gift card. A PS3 and 3 games for $500 is not a bad deal... : melkore

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  Don't bother with that bollocks, get a headphone amp that takes a digital (SP/DIF or Optical) feed from t... : Toraz Chryx
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    Wouldn't it still be beneficial to get a soundcard? Not sure how all this works. : vile
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      the primary difference in audio quality (besides environmental effects and whatnot) is how the sound is a... : Toraz Chryx
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        There is also a small difference in performance and mixing quality. Some of the audio drivers written for... : Fred Garvin
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          FWIW, those diffs are probably gone in Vista since all the mixing is done using floating point on the CPU... : nudel
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            Do Vista audio drivers all use that model? I have avoided Vista for my pro audio work because it's not st... : Fred Garvin
            • Yup, the whole audio stack was re-written for Vista afaik : nodebug
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    Would this also be a good solution for 2.1 speakers? : SpaecKow
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      yes, although not with a headphone amp obviously. I'm beginning to look at Amps myself, I'm using a ... : Toraz Chryx
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        Awesome, are amps like this expensive? : SpaecKow
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          well... they can be :p : Toraz Chryx
          • Tee Hee. : spazzium
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            care to recommend some good, but cheap ones? i've been meaning to pick one up for the longest time. : erotic sock
            • tbh I've only just started looking into it myself and so I don't have a good feel for the value prospects... : Toraz Chryx
            • Good but cheap? Hit a pawn shop. I bought my amp from one 8 years ago and it still owns. 400 watts. : ifallible
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    Can you recommend a good headphone amp, then? I have no idea where to even look for something like that. : vile
    • www.dansdata.com do a search for headphone amp and read his reviews. Dan's reviews are ace on these sort... : spaceyme
  • ^^^ That's what I do. Well, an old home cinema amp rather than a headphone amp. So it uses a lot of space... : nudel
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    Do they just make USB external amps/sound devices or would that be pointless/reserved for really high end... : DinK
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      Yeah, there are both USB soundcards and USB speakers. I don't know if they're good ideas, though. They... : nudel
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        It's not. I use an E-mu 0404 USB as my sound card and the sound quality is definitely higher than an onb... : Zero|DPX
        • I've been thinking about replacing my Philips Aurilium with something but I'm not sure what. I was kind ... : pres589
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  Get the razer barracuda they are awesome and show up on woot every now and again for 49 bucks I have it a... : hashd
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    Did you seriously just link a review that counted "It lights up!" as a pro for a soundcard? : Toraz Chryx
    • bwahahaha !!!! : kn1fe
    • It was the first one I saw.... I could review it myself but fuck it works great and doesn't have all the ... : hashd
• I have the cheap version of the Xonar. Seems to be working out pretty well so far. : YamatoTwinkie
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  I ditched my audigy 2 and switched to the soundcard that came with my motherboard. It's an actual separat... : aeg1x
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    My Audigy 2 ZS still rocks. I don't get any popping or crackling. It's pretty clean for consumer gear. : Fred Garvin
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      yeah, i'm liking my audigy 2 zs. i got it for $25 or something via craigslist, and it's perfect for my he... : xsoulbrothax
      • Same here. It's a fine soundcard. : [7]kami
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      yup same here, works great with both modded creative drivers and kX drivers in Vista. : moe6
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        I will never use the KX drivers again. Such a fucking clusterfuck just getting something simple like a go... : sanchez
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          holy god yes. i hate the kx drivers with a passion. : erotic sock
          • You'd think they would make a microphone work without having to completely reconfigure the damn drivers. ... : sanchez
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      well I'd been using it for about 5 years. One of the components I salvaged from my old PC when I upgraded... : aeg1x
      • ah yeah - with one of my older setups, i had an overclocked 8800gts venting directly down onto the audigy... : xsoulbrothax