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  Oh, and the "OOOOOOOOOH" was said like the "YESSSSssss!" guy from the Simpsons. http://en.wikipedia.or... : Dave-A
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA_r1Ynl4Ls : drucifer
• *punch* RESPECT COFFEE! : avatar_58
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  god two weeks ago my coworker and i went to get a morning cup of coffee at starbucks. "medium coffee" he... : kill9
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    "barista" She's a counter-person. I swear to God, Starbucks is the most pretentious place on earth. : RatBastard
    • Fucking seriously. : Turd Ferguson
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      In Canada we go to TIm Hortons and they just give us the motherfucking coffee without the attitude. You a... : avatar_58
      • that is funny because most hippies here avoid starbucks like the plague. : zebrigazi
      • You must live in the East. The more West you go, the more Starbucks people drink. : whistler
    • They have to be to charge those prices with a straight face. : randomjgj
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      Barista's not just a starbucks thing, but a coffeeshop thing in general. : slax0r
      • ^^^^^^^^^^^ : RikiTiki2
      • seriously, you guys are retards : feek
      • It's more fun to watch them get righteously indignant over their hatred to "The Man", in this case repres... : ColoradoCNC
    • Barista Italian word for someone who operates an espresso machine, which they do. : locater16
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    tell em in ounces. hard to argue that. : heuristic
    • Who's thinking about ounces in the morning? Just give me my fucking coffee without getting cute with me. : randomjgj
  • yeah i usually get a 'medium coffee' when im there, nobody has ever given me shit about it hough : arizona bay
• I'm assumin' you know it's wise-guys. And if Starbucks is for faggots then what the fuck are they doi... : SpaecKow
• mondo lol : drucifer
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  i ask for a large coffee if i ever go into a starbucks ... 'you mean grande?' ... no I mean large.... ... : ghost hacker
  • VENTI. : hirosushima
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    Dude, Grande is medium. Makes no sense. : MaxPete82
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      What the fuck is a large, Mucho Grande? : avatar_58
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        "Venti" is large. Another Italian word trademarked by Starbucks. : MaxPete82
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          You know what, I'm curious what would happen if someone asked for this at Tim Hortons. : avatar_58
          • i'm sure it happens all the time though, I read a story about small coffee shop owners complaining about ... : rookieone
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          Other coffee shops use it; it just means twenty [ounces]. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
          • That Ventimiglia guy on heros. His name is twentymiles. : gakera
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          So there are *four* sizes for coffee at Starbucks: Short - 8 oz. - The smallest size Starbucks offers,... : Scrimbo Obeer
          • Ah yes, the point. The hidden "short" size helps explain why the sizes at Starbucks no longer make sen... : Scrimbo Obeer
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      yeah well, I wanted a large, fuck your grande and venti... LARGE BITCHES. : ghost hacker
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        Why don't you just say specifically what you want? 16 ounces, 20 ounces. Why do we have to have all these... : bostrov
        • I did, I wanted a large. : ghost hacker
  • lol me too : bozer
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    You know who else gets all bent out of shape over this? Standup comics. Is it really that big a deal... : skinlab133
    • no but people like to bitch. : Megara9
    • starbucks makes it a big deal : Slowtreme
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      for real. any time you go to a restaurant you use their terminology when ordering. i don't see people b... : electroly
      • Fuck that, when I'm at Tully's at 5:30 am, I say whatever the hell I want, because it's 5:30 am and I hav... : Juno
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        Thats silly. BigMac is different than Hamburger. They have both. If they changed the name of a typical "H... : Githyanki
        • http://www.aww-kittah-aww.com/up/files/794/hairisabird.jpg : Juno
        • Really, I agree that it should just be "small" "medium" "large" but I guess it doesn't bother me as much ... : electroly
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        I honestly don't care, but your example is specious. One is the name of a signature item, and in the othe... : taronish
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          No, you're right. In retrospect it's not really the same thing. : electroly
          • Yeah Big Mac is a bad example, but going to McD and ordering a wopper or a happy star is dumb too. But I ... : Slowtreme
      • your post doesnt make any godamn sense : arizona bay
    • They can call it whatever they want, but why must they try to get us to use their terms when the standard... : Githyanki
    • What's the deal with the coffee sizes at Starbuck's? : tashtego
  • Excellent. : spazzium
  • You're such a rebel. : ColoradoCNC
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  I've been to a Starbucks twice ever. I'm the two guys. I felt like the employees and the customers we... : Slowtreme
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    You forgot "and for less money." : erebus
    • it was implied with Pricey : Slowtreme
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    I know, reading the menu is hard shit. : rosewood
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      some of us don't know whatever crazy shit language they use on the menu, because it's definitely not Engl... : Medium Heavy
      • You're right. I mean, how the fuck are you supposed to know what a caffe mocha is when the menu looks lik... : Prozium
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  Fuckin' Italian people. How did we miss out on this? Fuckin' expresso, cappuccino. We invented this shit... : ermac
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    the majority of places in Italy where if you order any kind of coffee you get Nescafe freeze-dried shit, ... : Megara9
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      As an Italian-Canadian who's spent several months in Italy, I call bullshit. : treefingers1
      • /shrug. I've been there countless times both in my childhood and adulthood, and know most cities well eno... : Megara9
    • I dunno about italy, but the espresso in france was quite good! : datoo
  • Gabagool : drucifer
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    I ordered Pizza when I was in Italy, and I have to say American -> New York made pizza worthy. Actually I... : Slowtreme
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      the secret to getting good food in Italy is to just get whatever they tell you to get. : Juno
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        I went to a pizza shop, I ordered pizza. It just sucked. end of story : Slowtreme
        • haha, owned by italy : Juno
    • Italian-American food is what happened when Italians moved to a place where cheese and meat were cheap as... : tashtego
    • I had pizza in Italy. At least where I had it, they put in stuff I wouldn't normally expect to find, lik... : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • I loved that scene. : randomjgj
  • great scene :) : ejectorpod
  • Man I need to finish watching it :( Still on the 4th season : Charmplus
  • hahahahah great scene expresso : randomposter
• owned : feek
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  i think they are trained to say it "correctly" when you say S M or L. They'll probably get written up or... : industro
  • The investment portfolio gets hit with a negative modifier. : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  You should have turned around and asked if you could get them anything. And then when they say what they... : ejectorpod
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    I turned around to say something with red angry-beet face but then I thought "am I really going to go nuc... : Dave-A
    • The Manson lamps, I'm lovin' it. : Xin Jing Client 1a
• He was just projecting. He was insecure due to this new environment. Goombas are quite sensitive. : Home Nugget
• you deserved it : dantastic
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  Just say medium. It's fun to annoy the Barristas. : nevicata
  • coffee technician. : xxiv
  • I had a teacher who would do this just to watch them all tweak. : zakazi
  • This is what I say. : Haku-Jin
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    how the fuck you can drink anything other than a small in Starbucks is beyond me. They are fucking huge. : filthysock
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      how the fuck can you drink anything Starbucks makes is beyond me. I never have, don't plan on it! : boomstickah
      • I like their green tea latte thing, hot or iced. I'm not much on coffee, and I have yet to find a drink ... : skizl
      • Starbuck's coffee isn't bad. : SenorSpine
    • The tall (small) is not big enough. : stump
• I make fun of you too. : anhero
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  starbucks speak is pretty fucking fruity though, so i think they had every right to make fun of you : arizona bay
  • it sure is, i think it was part of the reason for my rage...i'd bought into it the fruitiness : Dave-A
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    Says the guy who buys $200 jeans... : ColoradoCNC
    • This thread really doesn't need anymore anti-consumerism fuel. : Audhuml4
    • yes i buy expensive jeans. thanks. : arizona bay
• The biggest mistake you made was going to Starbucks in the first place : Drewus
• to people bitching about getting corrected at starbucks: that really happens? anytime i ever ordered an... : papaskot
• latin is dead for a reason... pretentious fucks. : gokart.
• starbucks, serious business : mindshot
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  Ever since I kicked my venti mocha frappucino habit, I almost never go Starbucks. Also, does the rest : Ride-My-Rocket
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    the problem is nobody knows about that cafe one block north : arizona bay
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      How about the place directly across the street? It's silly... : Ride-My-Rocket
      • a lot of it is comfort. people know exactly what they're getting when they go to a starbucks. you go to... : arizona bay
  • Hello, I'd like you to meet my friend Marketing. : pukerat
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  I personally like Venti because it's actually what it means: twenty. GIMME TWENTY OUNCES OF MAXIMUM CAFF : the archvile
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    you know the venti has the same amount of espresso as the grande right? it's just more steamed milk :( : dopeman
    • no, they put more espresso shots in. venti drinks have a scary amount of caffeine. : Dave-A
• Probably because it is retarded to order a grande when you mean large. Or medium. OR whatever the hell ... : twifosp

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  could we get a screenshot? How zoomed out does it wind up, what are the issues, etc? I'm kind of perpetua... : cdbeckman
  • it's definitely pretty small in 1920 but very readable. you can always go down in resolution : wtf242
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  Woah - screens? : dumb.
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    how do i take a screenshot? i tried print screen but it didn't work : wtf242
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      print screen puts it on your clipboard. You need to paste it some where and then save it. : byorn
      • print screen doesn't work in dos games. f12 in fallout is screenshot i guess.. worked fine : wtf242
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  I like these patches, but it just makes shit too small for me. I also don't like how the UI ends up messe... : avatar_58
  • yeah that's an issue, they should have redone the UI and made it as similar to the original as possible. : Xevo
• I'll need a screenshot, 242! : CrustaR
• This is from the same guy who made the f2 version: http://news.filefront.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/f... : ryuuseki
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  screenshots http://www.turnofthecrank.com/wtf/fallout1.png http://www.turnofthecrank.com/wtf/fallout2.p... : wtf242
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    whoa. tooo god damn zoomed out. no thanks. Maybe a much lower, more reasonable resolution : cdbeckman
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      yeah.. 1920x1200 is kind of extreme. I bet 1024x768 is fine. let me try it : wtf242
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        here's 1024x768.. looks much more playable. http://www.turnofthecrank.com/wtf/fallout3.png http://www.... : wtf242
        • That looks pretty damn good. : dumb.
  • See now that conversation window would drive me up the wall. : avatar_58
  • I like that. : razlebol
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  Holy shit, between this and the Planescape mod I think I'm going to re-install both : EvilDolemite
  • yeah me too.. installing planescape now. I never did beat that game : wtf242
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    what planescape mod?! : kingdepork
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      yes, more info please! I would love an excuse to play Planescape yet again! : Xevo
      • It's a high resolution patch like this one. I don't have a link : wtf242
      • http://www.gibberlings3.net/widescreen/ : Horn
      • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17103974 : NastyJack
• that looks pretty ggod : Jayx77
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  I want a hi-rez mod for Starcraft. Anyone know if this exists? : DrFlammable
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    + diablo. that would be awesome. : pyide
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      yes, after these two hi-res threads, i need some 1024+ res diablo action : das_runt
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        I would so re-play Diablo 2 (HARDOCRE MODE) if there was a resolution update to it. :D : DM7
        • same. i tried getting back into it for awhile, but it's just horrible playing at 800x600 stretch out on ... : mwasher
        • I know it. hated how fuzzy looking your char looks even at 800x600. : Ziz
        • Damn, I cannot spell Hardcore. :~( : DM7
    • What are you talking about? Installing LoD lets you go up to 800x600! : rock elf
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    there's a mod that will allow you to run it in a window, but not in higher res AFAIK : MikkleThePickle
    • ChaosLauncher will let you run it in a window. : rock elf
• hmmmm i might have to dig up my fallout 1 cd cuz if i can play this game again without MAKING MY EYES ... : -=kodiak=-
• Oh, nice! Can it do widescreen too? : SiW73
• Hmm I have to say that I prefer the game in it's original tiny resolution. You can barely see what's happ... : datoo
• Ok, now I need to re-install this. It's like a whole new game! : Pacalon

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• Pixel junk co-op! get a second PS3 controller and buy it, it's 5$ US : abrasion
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  Where is the Shackmeet? : drucifer
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    Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania : PapaBoo
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      Pennsyltucky didn't get too creative with naming it's cities, did it? : drucifer
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        Oh yeah? Look at Lancaster County: Blue Ball, Intercourse, Bird-in-Hand, Garden Spot (G-Spot!), Middlesex... : zerog83
        • Quakers, more like movers and shakers. : drucifer
        • why are you not on your way here? : PapaBoo
        • There's another Middlesex right next to where I live too. : DinK
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        5 hours away, too far :( : drucifer
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          You're just lazy. Papaboo drove up from North Carolina. : ThomW
          • yeah, but it's all downhill from there. : drucifer
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          I concur i live in Lancaster and thats to far for me .... I remember when gas was 90 cents a gallon. Dam... : erebus
          • what the fuck dude? Just get on the turnpike and come! : PapaBoo
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        At least we know how to spell "its". : ThomW
        • tits : drucifer
      • lol : askedrelic
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  I'm actually about to start playing Half-Life too. Maybe somebody here can give me some pointers. : PapaBoo
  • i love the half-life? : itsjames
• I'm leaving my house NOOOOWWW!!! Gimme 45 minutes! : zerog83
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  punch thomw and makeout with korban for me : askedrelic
  • k : PapaBoo
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    ThomW said to come here and punch him yourself. : PapaBoo
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      I notice you had no problems making out with Korban : Postal
      • lol I'm surrounded by perverts. : ThomW
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  Oh by the way you all planning on a Hersheypark throwdown this year? : erebus
  • sure, in October : PapaBoo
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    Absolutely. Put October 18th and 25th and try to keep it free. http://www.halloweeninhershey.com... : ThomW
    • Sweet i will hit that up this year... I had to work when you guys went last time :( . : erebus
• so far so good no gay stuff! sooooooo, which is it? so far so good, or no gay stuff? : Deathlove
• FYI: You're missing my Shackmeet Boom Blox is far and away the hit. : ThomW
• I wish I could come, I'd much rather be there then working on this bathroom. :( : flagg209
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  Bah you guys suck. However I saw kangaroos, got to drive on the wrong side of the road, and drank a bunch... : Evil Benius
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    you're over here? dude lets go get a drink : CoRDS
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      Yeah I am here for a month for work, but I am no where near Sydney. I am out in the middle of no where no... : Evil Benius
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        damn. : CoRDS
        • Yeah I think next time I am here I will build some time between flights into my schedule to stay in Sydne... : Evil Benius
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  We've lost a few people but the games, food and beer keep going. Here's something you missed: http:/... : ThomW
  • jackasses : drucifer
  • Hahaha you crazy kids. : Evil Benius
  • lol go go katamari : askedrelic
  • hahaha. wish i was there. : AMikaboshi
  • Apparently someone was recording. : Fred Garvin
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    WE'RE RECORDING! : bRAINsick
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      i love how hes saying that as if they are recording and will never be able to do it again. : maulla
      • my filmmaking skills rank right up there with my half-life skills :( : PapaBoo
  • That was bad until that last line, how cheesy but gold. : abrasion
  • hey. were you recording? : hirez
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    LAME. This makes the NC shackmeets seem like fucking orgies. Oh wait, we don't ever have any. Nevermind. : prime8
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      NO SHIT, LET'S DO ONE. >:( : draconic
      • YES LETS DO IT! i dont actually live in NC, but I support shackmeats everywhere! : hirez
      • im game : kainen1
      • since I actually live in NC - I would support this as well : PapaBoo
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        OKAY LET'S DO IT : prime8
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          what part of the state are you in? finding a central location could be a problem. : PapaBoo
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            Charlotte (as well as Clay)... but I'm in Fayetteville once a month. : prime8
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              I'm in Greenville which of course is about two hours northeast of Fayetteville. So no matter what the lo... : PapaBoo
              • Which means Raleigh! : thekidd
    • yaar : rmjackson
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      I'd be down, I'm in SC : jonin
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        where in SC? : prime8
        • greenville SC : jonin
    • It'd be the same shit as normal Shackmeets: missylu masturbating in the corner, 15 Shackers on a man-trai... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    it seemed like a good idea at the moment... : Korban
    • lol@ "that's how I roll" :) : PlanetPerfecto
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      how's your cancer toe? : zerog83
      • AIDS toe, jack ass!!! : Korban
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        bleeding cancer toe, that is : devnullgt
        • bleeding AIDS cancer toe? : zerog83
  • That's how I rolll lol : c0bra
  • that was epic...and he didnt even lose his hat! : devnullgt
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    i thought korban was a girl? : GloriousCow
    • sort of. : zerog83
    • theres a shacker named koral thats a girl, you might have the two confused? : ninjase
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    So.. How old are you guys? I wish there were St. Louis Shackmeets. : valael
    • Old enough to know better. ;) I slid about 10 feet down that stupid hill this week trying to mow the ... : ThomW
• Had a great time today! All you shackers I met are awesome. Thanks for hosting, ThomW! Looking forward to... : zerog83
• sorry i couldnt make it, sounds like it was a fun time : feek
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  sorry I and my alter ego flagg209 could not make it! : El Tigre
  • I KNEW IT! : ThomW
  • so post LOLing this : flagg209
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  sorry i couldnt make it. sounds like fun. : perstephanie
  • :( : PapaBoo
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  I just got back now, it was an awesome time. Boom Blox was amazing, and Korban rolling down the hill was ... : lplasmatron
  • glad you came. Your Rock Band skills were superior! : PapaBoo
• I'd like to cordially thank ThomW for his hospitality; he is indeed a great host. Fun was had by all. : devnullgt
• You mean fat crib : tomservo
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  think i might need to get boomblox for toronto meet : dantastic
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    We had a lot of fun with it. Probably played it about as much as Rock Band. : Goncyn
    • it definitely was a hell of a lot of fun. i'm going out today to pick it up since everything was closed ... : Korban
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      We played it a LOT more than Rock Band. : ThomW
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        did PapaBoo upload his pictures yet? : Korban
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          not yet sir, but soon :( : PapaBoo
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            just got back to NC a half hour ago :( : PapaBoo
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              Glad you made it safely home! It was good to meet you sir. : Goncyn
              • likewise :) : PapaBoo
            • THANKS FOR CALLING I'VE BEEN WORRIED SICK! haha just kidding I was having sex and doing lines of coke ... : ThomW
  • It's a lot more fun than I expected it to be. Even after everyone left last night, Papaboo and I were st... : ThomW
• I am 20 minutes away from ThomW right now but it's late and I wish I gotten here earlier to attend this :... : pancake humper

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• they shoulda named it Why why why : drucifer
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  Shut up. The chick in it is smoking hot - daughter of a famous Italian horror movie director. And D... : seven
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    Hot women do not rescue shit movies. : Fred Garvin
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      Sad but true - there are some things even breathtaking hotness can't fix. : seven
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        Hitman: The Game: The Movie :( : Goblin au
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          You seem to be suffering from a temporary case of incredible wrongness. That movie was a great straigh... : seven
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            More to the point, it was, in a way, saved by breathtaking hotness. : mafu5150
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              He was totally hot in Go! as well. : seven
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                I counter your joke post with THESE! nws http://www.celebritymoviearchive.com/tour/movie.php/21023 ... : mafu5150
                • I always agreed - she is spunky hotness. I am a sucker for the eastern european look. : seven
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      And sadly, neither do great German metal bands (Rammstein)...though on the retarded scale it was nowhere ... : Vorlonesque
      • BANG BANG. (awesome intro) : seven
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    Pitch black was a piece of shit movie, I hope the sequel is better. Also XXX2 is the one with Masuimi no... : abrasion
    • the girl he was referring to is Asia Argento, Dario Argento's daughter : shavenewok
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      I meant Asia. In Trauma (1993), she worked for the first time with her father, famed Italian horror di : seven
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        Tress MacNeille yes, I'm a HUGE fucking nerd. : Super Sparker
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          no worse than writing a paragraph defending the Riddick titles : seven
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            I love those flicks - they could've been this generations star wars...yes, I'm serious. : Super Sparker
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              http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2114/1512963190_bb6466a1d6.jpg?v=0 : seven
              • And what do you mean could have? If they eventually get around to making the third one - it will be. : seven
      • vin diesel needs to be making movies, instead of whatever it is he's doing now :( : dodob
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      You are insanely wrong about Pitch Black : ColoradoCNC
      • Totally - what's not awesome about being the thing that the monsters in the dark have nightmares about? : seven
      • no it was pretty lame : deject
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        Predictable tripe - absoloute shit, nothing at all like some of the films I've heard it compared to. : abrasion
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          You didn't find the whole "omg - those monsters are sCary - but this guy is such a gruff cunt that they'r... : seven
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            I love cheesey crap action movies, absoloutely but Pitch Black was so so bad, my ex and I sat there laugh... : abrasion
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              What are some action anti-heroes you dig? Not so we can point and laugh - out of curiosity more than a... : seven
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                I am curious too. He obviously has a hate on for PB while you and I can see some value in it. : Fred Garvin
                • Because Rhada Mitchel in a shiny shirt has value to it :D Also the introduction where random passenger : seven
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                Since I don't know what an anti-hero is how about I just use this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_... : abrasion
                • American Psycho 2 had Mila Kunis playing a serial killer - and william shatner - it won me over just on c... : seven
                • You thought Blade Runner was boring tripe... well that kind of susses it for me. : Fred Garvin
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                  "Kind of" on Aliens? This man has red-ringed...He should be sent back to the manufacturer. : AxeMan808
                  • No kind of on Alien 3 dude, Aliens is awesome. : abrasion
          • Riddick (lol Richard B.) is a terrible character. He's too sullen to be iconic and is written with tons ... : action wombmate
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      Why are you so wrong lately? It's not a great movie, but it's better than tons of other action movies out... : Fred Garvin
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        It was _sooooooooooooo_ bad, especially the scene where they are pushing some stupid fucking trolley thro... : abrasion
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          the "one idiot freaking out and ruining the whole god damned thing" plot device is a staple of action fil... : seven
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            It was the least of my worries, the whole film felt like a B grade indie flick but not a good one. : abrasion
            • still a good point though - it's one of those just inexplicably uncreative plot crutches that's used over... : seven
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    to save this thread i present asia argento nude: http://www.00argentinas.com.ar/actrices/asia_argento/06 : papaskot
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      more like u just ruined this thread bro : arizona bay
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        cant help that you have horrible taste, bro : papaskot
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          come on man, i mean... http://www.blazinbeauties.com/images2/asia_argento/asia_argento_6.jpg seriou... : arizona bay
          • hah, cant really blame her though i mean it was like 1992 : papaskot
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  I love when people say they "watched a movie" and it was total shit and then say they only watched 15 min... : judasen
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    I just "read your post". (I stopped at the ellipsis) : seven
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      FYI: ellipses are "...", not quotes... (<< more ellipses) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis : heartsauce
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        shhh you'll confuse the smartass... : judasen
        • Oh shush - fuck all people bother to correct mistakes constructively. It's good when someone takes the ti... : seven
      • Hah! Learning shit is cool - thanks for correcting me. This is an animation I made to use in MSN fo... : seven
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        i think he means before he expanded the post... : mindmann
        • indeed... : Turd Ferguson
        • Good call. : heartsauce
      • Yes, I believe there's a picture of me in that article. (and the best part is that I didn't use them in t... : Vorlonesque
  • I couldn't watch any more than that. I would have had to grab a knife and start stabbing my thigh to dist... : Fred Garvin
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  I have this love/hate relationship with xXx. On one hand, it's terrible. But on the other, it's terrib... : ConfusedUs
  • Yeah. It was quite ok to be honest. I expected it to be worse than it was. : te[R]ror
• id rather be listening to love in the club right now : arizona bay
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  bitches come! : fletch_
  • definitely one of the best parts of the movie : das_runt
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  it was about as stupid as 300 : Megara9
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    Why do women seem to universally hate on 300? When the movie first came out, I was planning on going t... : CRasterImage
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      Because the plot was painfully predictable :( And - it was a little more sort of, male focused. It ... : seven
      • After that movie I found myself working out more and masturbating to gay porn though :( : abrasion
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        damn ancient Greeks and their cliche storylines! : c0bra
        • If we ever invent a time machine, someone should go back a couple thousand years and tell those guys thei... : CRasterImage
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          Was the story faithful to the greek original? The disfigured guy betraying them thing was just brutall... : seven
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            The story was given an elaborate recoloring by the comic artist Frank Miller. As you said elsewhere: J... : CRasterImage
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              And what many people don't understand is that the 300 graphic novel and movie is the story being told thr... : Prozium
              • Really? It was pretty heavily pushed as a movie of Miller's graphic novel - and the entire framing dev... : seven
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                Also, it's based on this little thing called history. The Battle of Thermopylae really took place. ht... : action wombmate
                • oh, I know that battle well. My girlfriend has a minor in Classics (and was like 2-3 classes away from ha... : Prozium
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                  I'm not trying to be a pain here - but I'm pretty sure that most people were aware that it was a fictiona... : seven
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                    Well, and I'm pointing out one of your earlier posts here, when people say stuff like "was the story fait... : action wombmate
                    • I assumed that the original was a story based on real events - historical events told in a mythical or na... : seven
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        It WAS a masculine story line. I liked it for that. However, that is no reason to hate on it. I have... : CRasterImage
        • Yeah - I'll watch chick flicks if they're well written - I love Mean Girls. It's a bit lame that a lot... : seven
    • My wife loved 300, as did our gay friend. I wonder why... : Fred Garvin
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      I fucking love 300, I left the theater saying it was one of the best action movies I'd ever seen. : TheMonkeyWench
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        Well, you are one of a kind then. I found the scene where Leonidas moves through the Persian soldiers i... : CRasterImage
        • I know quite a few women that love 300, but I suspect it's mostly beefcake-related. : action wombmate
      • *HI FIVE* : Fred Garvin
      • Agreed. I still love every minute of it. : -efx-
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      Because 300 is nothing more than testosterone-laced dogshit. : RatBastard
      • Hey, I heard that the Lifetime channel is doing a "Not Without My Daughter" marathon tomorrow. Enjoy! : CRasterImage
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      Because the movie was pretty ridiculous. Now, I'll say that I did enjoy the movie, but all the "THIS IS ... : riptyde
      • haha yeah I laugh every time I watch it. It's so over the top. : aeg1x
    • females generally rate it higher than men on imdb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416449/ratings : imperator
• I want all of that..in here : Dschinghis Khan
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  Blatant rip off of Bond, but with a black guy. If they would have thought this out a little more when it ... : K1Bond007
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    You think Vin Diesel is a black guy? : CRasterImage
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      lol.. I was thinking of the sequel when I wrote that. Diesel is Italian. :P Doh... : K1Bond007
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        Except it turns he is African American http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Diesel Whatever.. : K1Bond007
        • Diesel's first film role was an uncredited appearance in the 1990 film Awakenings. He then produced, dire : Mondo
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          Wow. I didn't know one of his parents was black. But he likes D&D... : CRasterImage
          • Well, he IS rather pasty-looking, for a black guy. He's a black D&D nerd. : Bold

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  tool and A Perfect Circle....similar mellow tones, but a bit harder : devnullgt
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    I have the entire collection of both, I think im looking for artists that make entire albums that tell a ... : skitzo
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      XTC- Skylarking : drucifer
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        Wow, I thought I was the only XTC fan. Unfortunately, they never got the recognition they deserved here. : Thresher
        • I think they are brilliant. : drucifer
        • I loved them too : hamachi
        • I love XTC. "Earn Enough For Us" is one of my all time fav songs. Ever heard their Dukes of Stratosphere ... : NastyJack
        • XTC fucking rules, Generals and Majors! : Dschinghis Khan
        • What? You are kidding right? XTC was huge in the 80's and 90's : two50six
    • the who? tommy & quadrophenia : pyide
    • follow the links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_album : blindi0815
    • Hmmm Dream Theater? : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • NIN - Fragile was meant to be a take on The Wall : Arctic Fox
    • Frank Zappa, but the music is all over the place. : retardhumper
    • Styx - Paradise Theater : Snif DeCrac
    • Queensryche did this, but I was never a fan of their sound : two50six
    • Fear Factory's Obsolete is one such album. Definitely not similar music style, though well, it's possibl... : captfarrell
  • HUH? No way. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Wow, never heard anyone else say that, but I've always felt they were similar. : zebosausamite
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  i'd say none. there are some bands who sound similar in some respects but as a whole Pink Floyd is pretty... : blindi0815
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    but a band that borrows from pink floyd is Anathema especially their later records beginning with Alterna... : blindi0815
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      Yeah, pretty much everything from Alt4 up is pretty heavily influenced by Pink Floyd. I love Anathema,... : MacemanInTW
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        Suggest a first-buy CD of theirs to someone who hasn't heard them before? I see at riaaradar that a lot ... : dognose
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          I'd say check out their most recent one, A Natural Disaster. : MacemanInTW
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            Really anything from Alternative 4 is worth a listen. : MacemanInTW
            • Thanks! Hey, you can download music from their Website for a donation. Sweet. http://www.anathema.ws/ : dognose
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              even the stuff before is awesome, especially silent enigma and eternity : blindi0815
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                True, but some people are pretty picky. I figured I'd throw out some of the more listenable stuff. He... : MacemanInTW
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                  Wow - these posts made me dig out my old CDs. I have not been listening to Anathema for a long time altho... : Nihil ME
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                    Yeah, same here. Hell, I just ripped the audio from my Wish You Were Here dvd, they do a hell of a good ... : MacemanInTW
                    • That would be 'Were You There?' dvd. I'm silly. : MacemanInTW
          • Love that CD. Judgment, too. Haven't really listened to Alt4, though. : valael
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  none. There really aren't. : drucifer
  • They need to get back into the studio then >:( : skitzo
  • what about Tatu : aeg1x
  • what I was going to say : locater16
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  The Mars Volta. They are Pink Floyd on acid. : mossman85
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    Well, maybe not so much like Pink Floyd, but they are def. on acid. : mossman85
    • I thought Pink Floyd was Pink Floyd on acid. : obiquatro
    • Actually they were on heroin, until one of the members OD'd and they quit, now they're probably mainly on... : acidnynex
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    More like Pink Floyd falling down a flight of stairs. : Vincent Grayson
    • heheh : Kazomir
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    this just in: mars volta and rihanna tied for worst artist ever : arizona bay
    • rihanna is at least worth looking at : blindi0815
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      back off azbay >:( : genjuro
      • sorry i know you're a fan of both. i still like u though. : arizona bay
    • you're very silly : thechunder
    • so you're saying that P.M. Dawn is better than both Rihanna and The Mars Volta? : zerog83
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  opeth : ninjase
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    (except swedish and death metal) : ninjase
    • I saw them live in a dive bar in frankfurt before they got popular =D : skitzo
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    and Dream Theater. If you like Opeth but don't know Dream Theater then shame on you. : mossman85
    • I like dream theater and theater of tragedy and nightwish. : skitzo
    • On YouTube there's a bunch of videos of DT covering Pink Floyd songs. Good performances for the most part... : Orange Pylon
    • if you are going that way, then Marillion maybe... : drucifer
    • Not a big DT fan. The vocals are annoying. : timmie
    • "Repentance" off the last DT CD is basically like the love child of Pink Floyd and Opeth. : TabsAZ
  • Their newest CD (especially with the Collector's Edition) is pretty awesome and a bit more mellow than th... : valael
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ohGF0K4AI : tunis5000
  • opps here's the real video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC444i8tcyc : tunis5000
• SuperTramp comes the closest, in my opinion. No one really sounds much like Pink Floyd, though. : jayacheess
• http://cdbaby.com/cd/azitis : industro
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  Aryeon : ballystix
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    * Ayreon, I think. I wouldn't consider them(him?) close to Floyd in sound. But they(he?) certainly li... : Danny5225
    • The Human Equation is awesome. I haven't quite gotten into some of his more SciFi stuff, though. Only... : valael
    • yeah i guess i meant to say they're similar in terms of the concept album stuff : ballystix
• Gong http://www.amazon.com/Angels-Egg-Radio-Gnome-Invisible/dp/B0002WS3RS : industro
• Russian Circles. Praxis. : burning eye
• oceansize : mrsparil
• David Gilmore - On an Island It's like the later Pink Floyd Albums minus Nick Mason. : rotten element
• And if you liked The Wall / The Final Cut, listen to Roger Waters. "The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking" is... : rotten element
• Nothing sounds like it, but The Who are similar in the fact that they were great at the actual compositio... : jingletard
• Explosions in the Sky? : gimpx32
• What style Pink Floyd do you mean. Do you just want some nice, progressive songs with good vocals and gui... : renegade732
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  The Flaming Lips : sgtsanity
  • And an awesome band they are too : Magus
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  king crimson my favorite band : arizona bay
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    Good show sir. I was wondering if your name comes from the bill hicks routine? : ryuuseki
    • yeah that's where i got it : arizona bay
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    Hell yes, King Crimson is the finest rock there is! : thechunder
    • By a heinously large margin! : thechunder
  • i agree with king crimson : SockMonkeh
  • KC are godly, but I wouldn't call them similar to Pink Floyd. : GreatGooglyMoogly
  • yep. Closest thing to Floyd when it comes to style and sound : two50six
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  first person to say radiohead dies a terrible, flaming death. : proclone1
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    the influences are there. : hatelull
    • influences are there but they are NOT similar : two50six
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    I called your bluff. Seriously, the sound is different (how could it not be, there's only one David Gi... : bipolar
    • This. Radiohead is in the running to be the pink floyd of our generation (notice i didn't say it was for... : Ormsbee
    • David Gilmour? Oh my... You're forgetting Roger Waters. : minigomp
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    why hate radiohead? : disposition
    • I'm getting thom yorke tattooed on my chest. : proclone1
• Jennifer Gentle : NastyJack
• Dredg : robbomc
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  roger waters solo albums are amazing as well particularly amused to death : mrsparil
  • Amused to Death is perfect. It's a perfect album. : NastyJack
  • I wish he'd regroup with Gilmour. I have long felt Gilmour was the only living person who should legally... : dognose
• S Club 7 : pres589
• Thematically, melodically, or overall sound? The bands that remind me most of Pink Floyd are, in decreas... : bipolar
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  Story albums? Rush - 2112, Roger Waters - Amused To Death, The Goats - Tricks Of The Shade, Enigma - Cros... : AxeMan808
  • the goats - tricks of the shade... god I love that album.. : needlez
• Only the good ones. : ghostnote
• Wolfmother, check them out, aussie ROCK! : radula
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  Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime : AisfortomAto
  • I agree, good comparison. : cjcharv
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  Secret Machines! : Jenings
  • well their ep anyway September 00 I can't vouch for their later stuff. : Jenings
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  Porcupine Tree's Voyage 34 album sounds very Floyd-ish. : Lone Swordsman
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    Porcupine Tree in general are very Floydian. : zipperface
    • In Absentia and Stupid Dream! : valael
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  god i cant stand that band, they represent just about everything i hate in music : ( i'll never understa... : disembodied potato
  • Mispost? I can nuke this if you want : dognose
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    Hmm, why do you hate them so much? I mean... what is it that they represent about music that you hate? : crummynz
    • i want to know the things he hates in music, also : kingfish
  • Someone buy this man a coffin. He's already dead inside; The rest will soon to follow. F- : Danny5225
  • I don't like them either THAT'S RIGHT I SAID IT WANNA FIGHT? : jenisthebest
  • ^^ trying to talk down Pink Floyd and sell the hype of NKOTB! Don't call it a comeback baby! : goatjc
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    listen to them high and you'll understand : noven
    • I think this is why I don't like them. : disposition
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      When someone says they don't like Floyd I assume they do not smoke weed. Then I kick them in the face : dognose
      • Dropkick, dognose. Gotta dropkick them. : lookitzpancakes
      • i look around for a hundred foot tall woman : GloriousCow
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        hah, i used to smoke a serious amount of weed when i was at art school. To the point where it became a bi... : disembodied potato
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          List needed for validation. : Danny5225
          • i'm putting together a muxtape right now actually, its taking ages tho so might have to wait until mornin... : disembodied potato
        • I'm curious what you think they represent that is everything you hate in music. Explain that. Also what b... : NastyJack
    • I didn't like them until I started smoking : wasylm
    • i liked floyd a good decade before weed : reverend~heresy
  • Everything you hate in music? Like Quality? : Colonel Angus
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    so you like punk pop I take it? : cdbeckman
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      no, i like all music genres from techno to folk to punk to dub to country. Pink flloyd just don't do it f... : disembodied potato
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        Ohhhh... you've been listening to Pink Flloyd all this time, I don't know who they are, you should try li... : skitzo
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          HAHAHA GREAT : disembodied potato
          • Few days late on this but check out Live in Pompeii on youtube and see if that alters your opinion at all... : ghostnote
  • i think pink floyd is pretty mediocre, they're not terrible by any means but overrated. : arizona bay
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  has no one said radiohead? pretty obvious to me : ass-street
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    they're maybe 'the pink floyd of our time', but the music isn't similar at all. : minigomp
    • yeah. i can imagine my kids asking, "why didn't you ever get into radiohead?" "well, childrens, they s... : reverend~heresy
• this song has a similar sound but really is just psychedelic http://youtube.com/watch?v=n4MOpXaDDDk they ... : shotgun1
• Jethro Tull? A tiny bit? : c0bra
• Scott Reeder : melkore
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  check your PMs : oatmela
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    worst band name ever : rock elf
    • people would think PMs is PMS : renegade732
  • Did and thanks. : skitzo
• dave matthews band : FrayLo
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  The Alan Parsons Project. Alan Parsons engineered Dark Side of the Moon actually. His albums as APP are... : Vantage
  • Alan Parsons is awesome. : randomjgj
• Rick Astley : SlamDunk
• Pink Floyd is unique. There are some bands that do some similar things, but I can't think of another ban... : randomjgj
• None - and thats the only answer. Sad to say. :/ : minigomp
• Well, they aren't LIKE pink floyd, but you might want to check out coheed & cambria. Very uhh, interesti... : nukewinter
• If you like early Floyd, as in Piper at the Gates of Dawn or Saucerful of Secrets, you are in luck. There... : NastyJack
• ace of base : kn1fe
• If you like Floyd's "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" ... check out the band OM. They rule. : tomservo
• Wolfmother is your answer. : Vincenoir
• also, check out Do Make Say Think : bipolar

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• I'm forcing myself to play it one act per day, but it's tough. : Boxelder
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  how the fuck did you beat it in 14 hours. i'm playing on solid normal, and my act4 completion cut scre... : MoreVespeneGas
  • No, this was just the middle of Act 2 onwards. All told, yeah, it probably took me some 20 hours. : sevogajre
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  yeah me too, it's the video game equivalent of a page turner one sitting book read... goddamn what a fuck... : xil-reno
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    I know, I can't wait to play it again, but I just physically can't right now. After the credits I went t... : sevogajre
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      haha exactly, i've been avoiding internet comments and forums, but now i feel i can venture out in the wi... : xil-reno
      • Endgame/Epilogue Spoilers: I love how ultimately the story is about wrapping up the fates of the charac : sevogajre
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  Is it ps3 only? : CrustaR
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    yep. that may change in a year or two, but for now (and for all we know, forever) it is definitely PS3 ex... : pyide
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      mgs3 was ps2 only : MoreVespeneGas
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        but the ps2 had a much larger install base than the xbox at that time. it's a bit different this time wit... : pyide
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          just saying. they ported mgs2, but didnt bother with 3. and neither has the issues that would run int... : MoreVespeneGas
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            to be fair, there's not a lot of motion control in the game... : xil-reno
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              depends on how you play really : MoreVespeneGas
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                I don't think there is any motion control for 90% of your first playthrough until you get the mantis doll : Mad Jack McMad
                • I'm just glad you get that back when you start a new game over. At least that's what I figure is the cas... : Zips
                • when your in a dumpster you can tilt the controller to open the lid slightly : getfrisky
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            multiple dvds and higher compression would work in blu-ray's stead, and sixaxis functionality wouldn't ex... : pyide
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              that would be a looooooooooot of dvd's : MoreVespeneGas
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                lower sound / voice quality. texture detail, further compression, etc. they could probably squeeze it ont... : pyide
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                  Four DVDs would be big enough to not use compression at all -- the total game size is 33 GB if I'm not mi... : rudds
                  • You have to repeat some content on all the DVDs. I doubt 4 would be enough without any compressions or ot... : razlebol
              • Not really, the game doesn't use nearly as much compression as it could due to low read times on blu ray ... : FushigiDenki
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                Uhm, no, it would probably be like two, three at the most, DVDs. Just because you can fill up a bluray... : navelskrutt
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                  There is no FMV in the game it's all in-game cut scenes so they can only reduce the size by reducing the ... : razlebol
                  • That wouldn't work. PS3 will output PCM out of the HDMI, regardless of the signal. Be it the most lossy e... : DarkWolf5
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                    As noted elsewhere in the thread, some of the longer cutscenes are indeed FMV that was prerendered in the... : rudds
                    • I'd be surprised if they are some that are not in-game. Everyone of them I have seen so far all used the ... : razlebol
              • Probably 3 or 4, which I wouldn't mind. Getting up every few hours to swap a disc is fine. That being sai... : ColoradoCNC
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  I'm near the end of act 2 and I'm just fucking stunned. Best cinematics in a game ever. By a wide margi... : GeorgeB3DR
  • Just wait. The cinematics are significantly stunning late in the game, even though the game pretty much ... : sevogajre
  • Man, I can't wait. I've been watching all the cinematics in 3 because I want to see everything in order. ... : Shai-Tan
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  How many Acts? : GeorgeB3DR
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    5 : MoreVespeneGas
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      Game of the year? : GeorgeB3DR
      • i think you're the only one who knows that answer for sure. : Modica Sol Solis
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        Not if Duke has anything to say about it! Other than that, I think it's going to have some pretty tough c... : DrFlammable
        • how quickly we forget GTA4 : RikiTiki2
      • More than just this year me thinks : MoreVespeneGas
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        People were saying this about GTA4 just a few weeks ago. Who knows, Fallout 3 might blow both away. (I ... : FushigiDenki
        • yes, it will. or it fucking better. My childhood memories are in Bethesda's hands. : valael
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        Not a fucking chance, that came out April 29'th : abrasion
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          Meh. It's GTA again, only with cool physics. Very very good game, but very very overrated. : sevogajre
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            Seriously. If it gets GOTY I will puke. : FushigiDenki
            • mgs4? : xxiv
          • Yeah, I agree. GTA4 was freaking good but it shouldn't deserve game of the year. It will probably be the ... : razlebol
          • No, it's one of the best games ever made, GOTY for sure. : abrasion
          • Yea no way is GTA4 as good as MGS4. Even the multiplayer aspects of MGS4 are better. Both are awesome gam... : phinn
      • We're only halfway through the year...it's pretty hard to say that at this point. I would definitely s... : Vincent Grayson
• I did the same thing today! My roommate is out of town for the weekend, his PS3 is not, so I've been goin : Mad Jack McMad
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  How much of that was playing vs watching, if I might ask? : brickmatt
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    The ratio of gameplay to cutscene is in favor of gameplay at the beginning of the game, but as the game g... : sevogajre
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      Good, I won't miss codec scenes at all. But jesus, 60-40 cutscenes to gameplay? Fuuck me. : brickmatt
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        The goal was to literally tie up every single loose end and plot thread from MGS 1, 2, and 3. I'm sure a... : sevogajre
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          I don't know if I'll be able to sit through hour-long cutscenes. : brickmatt
          • The cut scenes are really great. I don't see why anyone would want to skip them. They are nowhere near an... : razlebol
          • the best way I could describe this is they don't play out like standard cutscenes. They are so apart of t... : Bantis
    • No way. It seems like the typical play through takes about 15 hours. Of that, there are maybe 4 hours of ... : Bantis
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  I'm still in Act 1, and it seems as if stealth is harder to pull off. Either that or since MGS3 I've beco... : hardfl1p
  • You've become impatient. Stealth is very natural/easy in this game thanks to all the ways Snake can snea... : sevogajre
  • I find it a lot easier now. : razlebol
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    To me stealth never felt as good and natural as in MGS1/2. The Soliton Radar makes all the difference! : tcs
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      You have a radar with the Solid Eye though. It will show everything that makes sound. The radar was ne... : razlebol
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        Yeah, but it's nowhere near as helpful as seeing the enemies field of view, too. I somehow liked the fixe... : tcs
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          The camouflage is now playing a big role at which distance the enemy will see you though. Unlike the othe... : razlebol
          • Really liked the addition of camo in 3 & 4! I think I've never been as excited about replaying a game.... : tcs
• Yeah, well done kojima, learn how to suck yourself off and your life will surely be complete. : zooolander
• I had to tear myself away from it last night. Finished it today. I wish someone other than Kojima had dir : Daggoth
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  Also HOLY FUCKING SHIT (End of Act 4 spoilers) METAL GEAR FIGHT : sevogajre
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    That made me harder than chinese algebra : TastyWheat
    • That's hard. : d fluke
• Sup finish the whole game in one sitting buddy. Goddamn what an amazing game... err movie... err piece... : ghost in my shell
• unf can't wait :D So are you gonna play through it again on a harder difficulty? I can scarcely imagine ... : Magus
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  So you guys are beating it in on sitting. I guess its a rental? Also, I cant see how it could be game of ... : bozer
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    I really doubt that someone who never played a MGS wouldn't like this game. It's pure awesome all the way... : razlebol
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      i wanted to rent it last night but they were all out (blockbuster sucks). Im just worried its going to st... : bozer
      • There is somethings you might not understand right away but it does a very good job explaining everything... : razlebol
      • http://www.youtube.com/user/alexfung23 if you have a bunch of hours to kill : Shai-Tan
  • He played for 14 hours straight d00d : packav
  • It's a 20h game, longer than most. Huge replay value and an online mode. If this game isn't worth 60$ tha... : tcs
  • Portal was game of the year in 2007, IMHO, and that was only a few hours. : sgtsanity
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  Has anyone tried the ps3's keyboard and mouse with this game? I thought I saw keyboard controls in the op... : Magus
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    I think it's probably because you can use the keyboard to type text messages in Metal Gear Online. No ... : sevogajre
    • Yeah. It's for typing messages and using text macros. : razlebol
  • oooh that never even occurred to me. it would be very interesting to be able to play it kb+m but im gues... : smacknca
• I only just started today and i'm in awe. : Snuffles-
• i stayed up until 6AM playing this last night : grendel
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  Polished? I thought you couldn't polish a turd. It should be called "MGS ,Yada, Yada, Yada". OR MGS4 "... : mcnabb311
  • HEY GUYS GET THIS! There's lots of talking in MGS games and after 10 years to being accustomed to how the... : Drewus
  • I don't understand why shit like this doesn't just get nuked? It's completely retarded trolling at best. : Bantis
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  It took me 16:02 to finish it. I had a blast the entire time. A great way to finish the series as it se... : guido anchovy
  • Damn that seems fast. I'm over 12 hrs in and I just finished Act 3. :) : Magus
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  I'm digging it, and from what the strat guide says... the first play through is just to get your feet wet... : Pneum0
  • That's the impression I got. I feel like I've only seen 25% of the stuff the game has to offer. : tcs
• The $100 gift card deal is over right? : Crimsonbeak
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  I've only played a bit of MGS2, which I didn't care for because of the gameplay. I wasn't a big fan of th... : Helios150
  • its like splinter cell yea : Chandler55
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    RE4 had a bigger gameplay overhaul relative to its predecessors, and basically set the conventions of mod... : rudds
    • Yer ass. MGS3 was anything but stale. The only thing that I concede was its interface was becoming mo... : sevogajre
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  Just finished Act 4: holy shit. They killed off so many people! That was nuts. How am I going to go back ... : Magus
  • So long as you don't play the cheap, shitty harder difficulties in NG2, you should be fine. : sevogajre
• The game was absolutely phenomenal. : Ellissd
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  i've been watching some MGS4 cutscenes on youtube and really been turned off about some efeminant lookin : gyokuro
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    Raiden is the fucking man in MGS4. I don't know how the fuck you couldn't get into that. Then I realized ... : Bantis
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      yeah i've made what 2 posts about it? the only person that has the real biased post history is Bantis wit... : gyokuro
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        I haven't posted anything about it until today, when I beat it, so no, I haven't had a biased post histor... : Bantis
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          dude i'm in pain. I want to play this game..whackiness included. but i dont have a PS3. I just never play... : gyokuro
          • Well in reality, as a whole, MGS4 is the most "grounded" of the series so far. All the weird shit from th... : Bantis
  • I found that scene was pretty cool. It's better in the game now than the one they showed last year. Not s... : razlebol
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  I can honestly say this is the best game I've ever played; and I didn't expect that to be the case at all : Bantis
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    my favorite part about the end was how Big Boss explained liquid ocelot just brainwashed himself to beli : gmd
    • Oh I completely agreed. The funny thing is all those "wtf" moments were actually answered extremely reaso... : Bantis
  • I must be broken, i felt that way about the first cutscene, it lagged and lagged. I was also pissed beca... : adsriordan
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  A friend of mine got a PS3 and MGS4. We've been playing it a good part of the day. The actual gamepla : Arcanum
  • Yeah. The writing is pretty bad but, that said, I've played every game in the series and I enjoy all of t... : mittense
  • Cabbage-heading is just a device. I prefer when the main character narrates his thoughts--some people don... : gyokuro
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    It'd be terrible writing to create a character like Vamp and have him speak like your average Joe. These... : Boxelder
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      I mean. It's good compared to most other games, but most other games are fucking abysmal and rape my ears... : mittense
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        This has allusion, metaphor, symbolism, simile, figurative language galore, characters with psychological... : Boxelder
        • Oh, except for those codec chats with Drebin after a boss fights - those take ham fistedness to unaccepta... : Boxelder
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          I like the game and I enjoy the style of writing, as I said. It is better than most games, yes, but I can... : mittense
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            I need to sleep, but I like this discussion. In the game, I enjoy every second of the cutscenes and th... : mittense
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              I'm just thrilled to have something that you can actually think about in a game story; something that goe... : Boxelder
              • also, goodnight. : Boxelder
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  So I just jumped in multiplayer for the first time to wrap up an hour or two of gaming; given what I've h... : mittense
  • Red team always wins. : FushigiDenki
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    Sneaking mode is awesome online, but I found it all pretty fun in beta. waiting to finish single player ... : Boxelder
    • Yeah. I was waiting to finish single-player too but I needed to sleep soon and wasn't quite tired enough,... : mittense
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  Act four was so.fucking.good. What was Parish talking about with the gameplay/movie ratio going up in th... : Boxelder
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    ACT5 also has a good amount of gameplay and an amazing mid way boss fight. : gmd
    • I really liked the boss fight mid way in four too, tracking through the blizzard was awesome, you could s : Boxelder
  • He was probably talking about Act 5, which is a LOT of cutscene (seriously, after running through it agai : sevogajre
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  Hey sevogajre, what items did you get at the end of the game? And what difficulty did you play it on, Nor... : Magus
  • Yeah, I got some Race gun (along with the secret item from Screaming Mantis, haha). I ranked Eagle on So... : sevogajre
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  This is the best non-Final Fantasy single player experience I've ever had in gaming. Luckily, we'll get F... : phinn
  • how can it be proven wrong when its the best non FF game, how can a FF game beat a non FF game in the sub... : Chandler55