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  God of Thunder - A really fun and addictive puzzle game. It plays like zelda in that you wander around in... : avatar_58
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    i'm pretty positive krondor got released for free. i dont think it was a limited time offer. : ibrokn
    • From liberated games forum - "We [Vivendi Universal Games] have existing contracts with other companie... : avatar_58
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    oh man those first 2 take me back. They didn't used to be freeware did they? : azenmaster
    • No, but they are now. God of Thunder can be pretty difficult in some areas. Squarez Deluxe is also availa... : avatar_58
  • I remember playing the shareware of One Must Fall for days as a kid. : spdon
• MechCommander Gold http://mechcommander.org/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=2 never ... : ADSliv
• Grand Theft Auto 1 and 2. Plus Wild Metal http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/ : ibrokn
• several others have made similar posts over the years: warcrow: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=1197... : TroZ
• SimCity - GPL'd and renamed to Micropolis (for legal reasons). http://www.donhopkins.com/home/micropol... : dumb.
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  Open Sourced Transport Tycoon. http://www.openttd.org/ You need the original game for it's tile pac... : tboomer2
  • I still dig this up for weekend session a few times a year.. gotta love that smooth jazz and the sound of... : d fluke
• Oh yes silly me, I come from the forums and I forget my place - 3DRealms has released some over the years... : avatar_58
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  Quake 3 : mobab
  • Not for those of us who don't have keys >:( : Demius
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    You mean Quake Live? I don't think Quake 3 is freeware. The source code is free, but not the game. : avatar_58
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      Use the ioquake.exe. : mobab
      • my bad, it's not free : mobab
  • There is OpenArena, http://openarena.ws . Not exactly a "used to be retail/sold" game though. : crockroches
• Descent 2 : Skoal^Fyfan
• Beneath a Steal Sky. Great little adventure game from the mid nineties, very much in the school of lu... : disembodied potato
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  freespace2 There was actually a torrent posted on the shack for it a while back. It was like bizarro ... : DinK
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    If you want freespace 2, the best thing is to download the Freespace open installer http://www.hard-ligh... : razlebol
    • And no need to download the original iso. This has everything you need. : razlebol
    • Thank you sir. I am eternally grateful. : Cliffzorz
  • i downloaded it but never played it. i heard that if i like tie fighter i'll like it, but unfortunately ... : FrayLo
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  Bungie's Marathon 1, 2 and Infinity http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org/ : rock elf
  • Yes!!! Also a simpler link: http://source.bungie.org/get/ : datoo
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  Maniac Mansion http://www.gamershell.com/download_5988.shtml : judasen
  • Eh, that's really a freeware remake of the game and not the original game actually being released as free... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
• Abuse. Platformer, gun, aim with mouse. Genius. http://www.pcgaming.ws/viewgame.php?game=abuse : node
• Titans of Steel. A turn-based, hex-based mech combat game. http://www.viciousbyte.de/ : Attica Blue
• It was never retail, but Warsow was tons of fun for me. http://www.warsow.net : rigg5kthx
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  Tribes 1 and 2 : aeg1x
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    you fail... LINKS : Korban
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      They're both on FileShack. : Sapiens
      • i'm not in the mood to type and search or even click multiple links to find it. i want a direct link to ... : Korban
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      Tribes 1 http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/5054/Starsiege:+Tribes+Full+Version I dont see 2 as being fr... : nodebug
      • They ran out of keys pretty soon after it released for free (both were free in celebration of the upcomin... : cfalcon
• Some more- Elder Scrolls Arena http://www.atomicgamer.com/file.php?id=57542 Star Control II (Ur-... : avatar_58
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  Posting in this thread to remind all that abandonware is *not* legal. : dognose
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    A good well to tell the difference is to visit Wikipedia and search the game's name. If it doesn't say it... : avatar_58
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      Speaking of wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_games_released_as_freeware : razlebol
      • Hey there we go. :D : avatar_58
      • Oh sweet S.W.I.N.E. was kind of fun and wacky : OverloadUT
      • lol EOT : ThomW
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        Ha-ha! Where the real +inf belongs! : dmason
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          No matter how much people badmouth Wikipedia, it always has an article or two to prove it's use. There ar... : avatar_58
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            Whoever badmouths wikipedia is a complete douche. Its true, i read it on wikipedia. All jokes aside wiki... : Hoax
            • No arguement here. : avatar_58
        • avatar_58 gets to keep the inf because I like that he started this thread :) : dognose
      • Nice : boarder2
      • There is also a list of freeware games that were never commercial http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_f... : razlebol
      • The ad-supported Far Cry lasted only 4 days. i didn't know that. : Cygnus X-1
      • Ground Control and Hidden and Dangerous are both good games too. : sigpro
      • where can you get tribes2???? : feek
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        why isnt freespace 2 on there? everyone should have this game plus the graphical updates : ballystix
        • lol because it's not really free? They just used a pro pirate interpretation of the license (you can shar... : cdbeckman
      • Web based, illustrated, Infocom! http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml : AxeMan808
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    http://sciencefictionobserver.blogspot.com/2006/12/usa-legalizes-abandonware.html : mista mista
    • untested law is unlikely to sway shacknews law team : Draugluin
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      You missed the whole "when circumvention is accomplished for the purpose of preservation or archival repr : RomSteady
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        guys i'm starting an archival reproduction business! : mista mista
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          You also missed how the circumvention only applies to owned copies. : RomSteady
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            sad news today shackers. RomSteady's corpse was found in a van by the river with his pants unbutton :< : mista mista
            • i call seconds! : Draugluin
      • Welcome to ThomW's Game Preservation Society : ThomW
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        Yep. I've already read this considering it's from 2006. Abandonware isn't legal, unless of course the sys... : avatar_58
        • could system be read as like, windows 95, windows 98, etc? : feek
• All of Cinemaware's classic games are available on their site: http://cinemaware.com/vault.asp?vault=gam... : lowpoly
• Starflight I had so much fun with this game, spent countless hours exploring the game universe. Just a... : Colleton
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  Ground Control was a good one. : DrWaffles
  • I think this still works: http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/groundcontrol/ : DrWaffles
  • ^^ your best choice for freeware : Foxhawk
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  Open source Star Control 2: http://sc2.sourceforge.net/ : Nixx2004
  • It took far too long for this link to be posted. : famine101
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  May be the deepest RTS/FPS hybrid game available as FREE download. Astonishingly deep. Totally worthy. ... : Lightzout
  • totally fun stuff here : whore
  • i loved H&D.. the ww2 theme was cool and so were the maps : cncpun
• subspace/continuum: http://www.getcontinuum.com/ : azenmaster
• I want someone to make another squad based rts like starship troopers. That game owned so much asscock. I... : TheTick
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlecruiser_3000AD : ysbreker
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    Can I lol this? : daedraug
    • Why yes sir, I believe you can! The wonders of a free internet never cease to amaze! : ysbreker
  • In that vein, apparently Derek Smart also allowed Universal Combat to be released for free: http://en.wi... : Xevo
• Tyrian. One of the best shooters I've ever played, even if it did get a little weird after episode 4... ... : DerHuhnTeufel
• Never really sold, but a great Freeware game 'C-Dogs' was an old dos game I played a lot of. http://www... : Piggyson

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  out of curiosity, are you the kind of person who uses "hippie" as a perjorative? : seven
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    Ahh, seven. Of course. No, I don't use hippie as a pejorative. I'm a liberal social worker. In many ... : brickmatt
    • Now now - keep it holy. It was a legitimate question. : seven
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  i completely disagree and think it was by far the best pixar movie : JINKY
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    I thought it was their worst since Cars. I also didn't like Monsters Inc. Toy Stories and Nemo are vastly... : brickmatt
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      "I also didn't like Monsters Inc" o_O : Maarten Goldstein
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        (my second fav of theirs after The Incredibles) : Maarten Goldstein
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          I think the Toy Story movies were a little more sophisticated, so those take the cake for me. The Incredi... : brickmatt
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            and what about Finding Nemo did you enjoy? its at the bottom of the list, right there with Cars, for me. : Maarten Goldstein
            • In Nemo I enjoyed the story a lot. Even though it was less original than Monsters, Inc, I found it more e... : brickmatt
        • Same here, matt just lost all credibility. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • Yeah, fucking seriously....... : Drewus
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      ...Nemo are vastly superior, I believe. You and I could hang out, even with you being a math teacher a... : lightly inclined
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        Big surprise there. : brickmatt
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          What, that makes no sense. At any rate, I think you went in expecting another pretty Pixar fluff piece wi : lightly inclined
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            I hoped for something funny with memorable characters. Instead I got mostly uninteresting characters with... : brickmatt
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              Ah well, to each his own, but in regard to the flick not being on the same caliber as their previous effo... : lightly inclined
              • The score felt cliche, a first for a Pixar film in my opinion. Only two characters were engaging or cute ... : brickmatt
• easily the best they've done IMO : klearlyunseen
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  I couldn't disagree more. Best movie I've seen in a long time. Gorgeous animation. : Trips
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    The animation was flawless, but it was predictable and didn't make a lot of sense. : brickmatt
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      Didn't make a lot of sense? It's a fictional account of robots and fat humans set in the future. Why shou... : Trips
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        Things should make sense within the framework of the movie. Here we go: When you're trying to clean ... : brickmatt
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          Who made you this way? ;[ : lightly inclined
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            How did they choose the Captain? OMG I could go on and on. : brickmatt
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              It's a kids movie... Yes it perhaps it would have been a better film if it was an exposition piece of ... : spdon
              • I disagree about it being a "kids" movie. Yes, children enjoy it, but it's certainly not exclusively a ki... : Trips
        • You seem to have confused a kid's movie with a Frank Herbert sci-fi series : tashtego
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  wow, I couldn't disagree with you more. I thought it was their very best yet, and I've loved every one of... : MikkleThePickle
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    I think we all agree Cars was pitiful. =( : brickmatt
    • that much we can agree on :) : MikkleThePickle
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  No mention of Ratatouille yet? Not seen Wall-E but that shot to the top of my list. Just beautiful, funny... : node
  • I haven't seen Ratatouille, it doesn't interest me at all. And Cars I saw by accident and basically hated... : brickmatt
  • Yes, Ratatouille is my favorite but Wall-E comes in second for me. : kainen1
  • Ratatouille was really good. : baron calamity
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  That's what happens when you give the MPAA money. : Lord Grey
  • lol you really dont like the MPAA. : chuck577
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  Preached at? It was a cartoon... It's not like Pixar just remade 'An Inconvenient Truth'. : spdon
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    Most of their movies tell stories about relationships. While this one had that, the setting and message w... : brickmatt
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      You've got issues if you feel like Wall-e was preaching. It's essentially a kids film that can be enjoyed... : spdon
      • I didn't get that it was antipolution. I felt it was more anticaptialism and antimoderism. : baron calamity
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  This review sums up my feelings well: http://chud.com/articles/articles/15351/1/REVIEW-WALLE-DEVIN039S... : brickmatt
  • I kind of agree with you and this review, actually. It kind of makes me think that the director was all l... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • I didn't feel as strongly as you but close. : redfive
  • Apparently, "story," "themes," and "characters" are the only things that matter in movies to this reviewe... : Trips
• A friend of mine has been dieing to go see this movie - he wants to go this afternoon. I've been struggli... : asteriskthis
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  I felt the same way too and my kids were really bored. : baron calamity
  • Buy your kids a heart before they turn into ole brickmatt over there! : lightly inclined
• Man I loved that movie. 10/10 for me....it was very moving and a shit load of fun. : kainen1
• Had pretty much exactly the same reaction. Still worth seeing, but no rush. Get it on Blu Ray. : Boxelder

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  Just finished my Pre-Load for the free weekend. Hope this bitch is fun. I've had the original DOD in my s... : CrabsJarrard
  • wow I didn't even notice, July 4-6 PLAY THE GAME FOR FREE... mods could this thread get +inf? for exposu... : ]pm[chem
• Hmm, I hope I'll be able to make it. : Orange Pylon
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  I'm going to get it a try this weekend. I haven't played it in years and honestly can't remember anything... : baron calamity
  • don't tell anyone but I haven't either! : ]pm[chem
• woo dod good choice shack : renoforrent
• Just finished finding my backup of the gamefiles and updating, I'm ready to go. Should get some practi... : Cliffzorz
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  Sounds fun. I've been wanting to dust off DoD:S for a while now. : whistler
  • hope to see you there! : ]pm[chem
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  man ill be BBQ'ing. Wonder if we can do this saturday as well. : kainen1
  • depends on the turnout ; I may leave the server running for people. : ]pm[chem
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  server is up, with IP+password listed above... could someone please connect to test and reply here? : ]pm[chem
  • It's working fine for me. : DrWaffles
  • Works fine here. : Alco23
• i'll try to come in. im terrible at DoD though : feek
• I'll be there. I've always wanted to try this but never played it. preloading now. : Merlin13x
• Damnit, ive been on a DOD kick lately, and of course i have to close tonight at work :( I hope its suc... : great-white
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  paging DrAlco, I just discovered http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ShackDods and joined, it could use an a... : ]pm[chem
  • Yup, that's the idea. Promoted you to have access to all the admin stuff... : Alco23
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  just over 4 hours until game start, download DoD:S for free now!! : ]pm[chem
  • T-2 hours : ]pm[chem
  • 15 mins til start, server up : ]pm[chem
• I should be able to be there. See you all tonight. : Arctic Fox
• Love DOD. Used to play all the time. See you there. : Log-jammin
• Damn :( And I'm out of town right now :( : vov1n
• WOOT! looking forward to this. Ready to get my ass owned : byorn
• I will try to join up tonight. : gimpx32
• I will try to join : prime8
• Installed the update, I will come. Can't have July 4th without a Brit. : hardfl1p
• Wow, a DoD shackbattle! IGI D2 can wait! : Lightzout
• I have to redownload it. I'll be late, but I'll be there. : smegmar
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  I have a piece of blutac stuck to my head - I'm unsure if DoD is worth the download. Is it more TF2, or m... : seven
  • TF2: Class-based loadout Actually fun CS: No crits or goofy shit Reality-based graphics Just do... : smegmar
• igi to make it 8!!!! : Foxhawk
• game on!! : ]pm[chem
• Im having a problem connecting...server not responding.... let me try again : Log-jammin
• game going strong, 20+ shackers there : ]pm[chem
• I hate you both, Foxhawk and Tunis5000! lol : prime8
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  Oh, shit, I missed this. I was playing Bad Company and didn't check the chatty. : mittense
  • You missed out on a couple of good BF:BC squads, and then when it crapped out on me I didn't see you in D... : Xevo
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  That was fun, now it's 6:20am. Niiiiiight! : hardfl1p
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    Die in your sleep! <3 : A Sponge
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      D: I'll never be your mate again : hardfl1p
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        I'll buy you lunch down Lassiters, sport. : A Sponge
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          A pint at Lou's Place or nothing. : hardfl1p
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            You can even poke Harold in the tummy. : A Sponge
            • I would much prefer to rap with him. Anyways stop being a neighbours nerd GOODNIGHT : hardfl1p
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  fun times, love me some sniper : Foxhawk
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    hehe, we had some nice sniper duals there :). : Alco23
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      bah, just wasting time that could be used to kill other folks. we should've made a sniper pact. : Foxhawk
      • Hahaha... maybe we should just stick to the same teams next time so I don't have to snipe :P. : Alco23
• This was really fun. We should do it again some time. I still have so many people to spade. : A Sponge
• Good games all. : megarust32
• Good times :D : Arctic Fox
• We should play that more often : smegmar
• Was good fun. Should do this again :D. : Alco23
• I love playing DoD:S but playing with Shackers took it up a notch. Even when just fucking around you guy... : mrwolf710
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  ^^^yep good games, lots of new players to the game but the more you play the better you'll get at it, so ... : tunis5000
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    Nice work mowing us all down with the MG mate. : Arctic Fox
    • Yeah, no kidding. Tunis was a machine tonight. : mrwolf710
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    I'm hoping that some of these players will stick even after the free-weekend. : Alco23
    • I could see myself getting into it, but when I want to play a PC shooter I'll just play TF2, and I can't ... : Xevo
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    First time I've played the game since the game originally came out (Source that is). The recoil is pretty... : K1Bond007
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      Helps if you deploy it mate ;) : Arctic Fox
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        The machine gun? I don't know the name of it. It's the equivalent of the BAR. Not the MG42 or whatever th... : K1Bond007
        • That's the support gun, I believe. I got used to it, as you basically have to shoot in bursts. Your alt... : Xevo
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          You mean the STG44: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StG44 Yeah the support weapons have strong recoil if... : Alco23
          • Definitely, almost all the kills I got near the end of the game were with the support gun. Remembering t... : Xevo
    • Kneeling is your friend. You have to get used to running around and then kneeling when you want to fire.... : mrwolf710
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  glad to hear it went for hours after I left! : ]pm[chem
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    You missed some good times mate. : Arctic Fox
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      yeah, I was busy watching Easy Rider with a russian blonde and getting her to pose for an ILTC picture. : ]pm[chem
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        p.s. not posting now, saving for pre-TF2-playoffs! she's a coc/ supporter ;) : ]pm[chem
        • Chem are you drunk again? You are teasing us with this "russion hot coc lover" again... PICS + DIVX! : Alco23
  • Yeah was a pretty good turnout. Had a full server for quite a while and we went through the full rotation... : Alco23
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  Thanks for setting this up, chem! Live decided to take a shit on the Battlefield: Bad Company servers to... : Xevo
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    Also, I really wish they had taken the time to implement a TF2-style "You are heading to <mapname>" featu... : Xevo
    • Maybe next Shackbattle we'll have alltalk off and some of the veteran DoD:S players can take the lead an... : Alco23
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  For those who liked the game and haven't bought it yet there's a deal now. It's on Steam for only $4.99 u... : Alco23
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    I'm really surprised that not everyone already has this. I thought that everybody would have already rec... : mrwolf710
    • I didn't buy into the concept of Steam right away, always had friends with the various games whose system... : Xevo

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• Look at what you have done : dognose
• I'll go, 242. Not to worry, I never bring up the shack. :| : CrustaR
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  PRO TIP: Don't invite asshole Shackers : ThomW
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    ie. RikiTiki2 and whistletits. they seem to be the primary perpetrators. : mwasher
    • RikiTiki2 was pretty cool the time I meet him : Nation
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      what? i hate pointing fingers but it was whistletits's girlfriend who was talking to her about it : RikiTiki2
      • I still blame you, it's more fun. : mwasher
• me and the girl will be heading down after work... probably get there about 6:45-7:00 : mwasher
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  Hah hah, this deserves more explanation. We're all listening. ... : Attica Blue
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    last party at my house a bunch of them explained the shack to her, explained who I was, told them about m... : wtf242
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      Before that we hung out every day almost. After that things ended. she has a boyfriend now actually. May ... : wtf242
      • Whoa, really? She moves FAST! : CrustaR
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        Besides, if she didn't like you for one of your hobbies, to hell with her. : CrustaR
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          well she also told me i was not aggressive enough. said I never tried to kiss her/etc. She said that made... : wtf242
          • yes, definitely the fault of shackers! ;) : mwasher
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            Gawd, until 5:30 AM? : CrustaR
            • That's actually early for me on the weekends. I usually see the sun coming up at least :[ : wtf242
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            lol "alright, well talk to later" Talk about missing signals. : ThomW
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              yeah i'm fucking retarded. I seriously can't believe I managed to mess that up : wtf242
              • So maybe we SHOULD talk about the shack ;) I keed, I keed! : coraldayton
          • Bring a flare gun and tell the girl when she wants some lovin' fire it into the air. : .sticks.
          • sounds like you were thinking about a cock in your ass : steve_o
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            Hey wtf242? It's pretty obvious from this story that you're not aggressive enough. You've got to make t... : randomjgj
            • yeah i fucked up last week too. This awesome chick i know came home with me after the bars closed and we ... : wtf242
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            your new policy should just be walking around naked when women are present. : rigg5kthx
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              and/or shackers : boring gegtik
              • no : mwasher
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            With how personable you are on here, that surprises me. Don't hesitate, broheim! It's not being aggress... : jingletard
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              what exactly is a broheim? : MoreVespeneGas
              • a broski that likes sauerkraut : RikiTiki2
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            8==========D O: : pancake humper
            • 8==========D|O: Fixed it for ya! : Githyanki
          • this is why you aren't married : askedrelic
          • george wouldnt come up for coffee at midnight because it keeps him up : MoreVespeneGas
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            Even though you are a miserable failure I would cut off my left nut to have anything near that non action... : gmd
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              unless it was a fat chick or the mccully culkin tranny : gmd
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                she is gorgeous, but she's really short.. 5'2'' or some shit. : wtf242
                • short girls are hot : gmd
            • giant metal dog, you are back!! : CrustaR
          • haha you're as clueless as i am : TheTick
      • Yep, that is pretty suspicious. You think she read something that turned her off? (If so, that may actual... : Attica Blue
    • a bunch? stop exaggerating. everyone is not out to ruin your chances with females! : mwasher
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  live closer. i like food : rigg5kthx
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    yep. he clearly doesn't live close enough. : AMikaboshi
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      well, when you don't get holidays off and work most weekends, it makes the drive quite a task. : rigg5kthx
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        i wasn't being sarcastic. i'm with you. he doesn't live close enough. : AMikaboshi
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          no, man. I don't think you understand. THINGS ARE REALLY DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW. FUCK FUCK FUCK. there i... : rigg5kthx
          • grab me a double whopper while your there : AMikaboshi
          • I think I'll have the Texas Whopper too. KThx! : Githyanki
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  I am making stuffed mushrooms... anyone wanna have a stuffed mushroom party? : drucifer
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    i don't know drucifer...sounds kind of gay : alarm cock
    • I guess that depends on where you stuff them >:( : drucifer
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    what kind of mushrooms? what's the stuffing made out of? : wtf242
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      the biggest white mushrooms I could find, though sometimes I use portobello. the stuffing is a mix of bre... : drucifer
      • oh, and you add water (or red wine) to the stuffing until it's a workable consistency. I also chop up the... : drucifer
      • I have a huge mushroom growing in my back yard, it's probably 5" across right now, you can have it. : Githyanki
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  Seems like Shack talk would be OK but just no mentioning of Shack names. : mrwolf710
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    my gf knows my shackname, but i don't foresee her actually going and searching my post history, nor am I ... : mwasher
    • I agree. My wife has been through my entire post history. There's nothing in there that I was worried ... : mrwolf710
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      Does she know that you are known as man washer? : CrustaR
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        yes she does, and laughs at me for it :( : mwasher
        • She's a keeper! : coraldayton
  • risimage does that everytime some shacker comes to town. im dood, stfu with teh shack names, we're all up... : Antilles_Prime
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  do you do anything special with your burgers or are they just meat in a bun? : .sticks.
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    i am a fan of simplicity. kosher salt, pepper + heat. I make my own garlic and black pepper buns, and bou... : wtf242
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      Oh that's decent, nothing better than the meats own juices. My dad used to put onion soup mix in his burg... : .sticks.
      • If the meat is very lean I'll put a slice of butter in the middle.. and i've stuffed meat with bleu chees... : wtf242
• Later: "Hey everybody look at this picture Phil put up!" : Sebastian-TEC
• I'm coming on up from San Antonio.... I'll be bringing some beer with me.... just gotta figure out how to... : coraldayton
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  Just hand out a shack NDA form that must be signed upon receipt of the burger. I would like to go, you... : twifosp
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    Actually} that thing is earlier. We can 7 pm. (2 people if that's cool) Can you SM your address? : twifosp
    • shacktagfail. : twifosp
    • sweet :D : mwasher
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  wtf242 why would you invite a non-shacker who you are interested in dating to a shackmeet? that is just ... : mikecyb
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    this is not a "shackmeet" .. this is an eating some food and drinking before before going downtown. i'm ... : mwasher
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      but does it involve a high percentage of shackers? that's really what I mean. I have lots of regular fr... : mikecyb
      • ah... I consider the shackmeets to be the ones that are specifically focused on gaming of some sort.. lik... : mwasher
  • I think it can work out. I just don't know this girl very much at all and I don't want to scare her away : wtf242
• I'd love to, but I've gotta run down south for the weekend. : Conan
• Possibly. I'll call closer to then if so for directions and such. : nurglich
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  ok so: manwasher, manwasher's gf, crustar, audhulm242, coraldayton, wtf242, wtf242's friend marisa, amber... : wtf242
  • you're always looking to get more meat : RikiTiki2
  • I think 26 pounds is optimal. : snuff
  • >:\ : mwasher
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  That's like going to a happy hour with people I work with... ultimately all they talk about is WORK. : snuff
  • at shackmeets i talk about depeche mode, chicks, expensive jeans, food, and depeche mode. Everyone else j... : wtf242
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  CrustaR. could you pick up a girl on the way? she doesn't have a car : wtf242
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    Sure, where @? : CrustaR
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      look but don't touch : RikiTiki2
      • D: : CrustaR
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      she lives near 35th and duval or something like that. Let me double check, she might have a ride now : wtf242
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        That's right where I used to live. : ra1n
        • maybe she's the one who replaced you : RikiTiki2
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      yeah she definitely needs a ride. I'll text you her infos. you've met her before. that would be awesome i... : wtf242
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        is she hot? I'll fly down and get a rental car. : gmd
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          ehhh she's cute. she's pretty crazy though. http://a46.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/32/l_a4ba532b3... : wtf242
          • cute enough, pick that shit up! : Antilles_Prime
          • going to try and fly out right now, national airport can't be that crowded on the 4th ! : gmd
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            so is this the one you are interested in, or just someone coming to the party? : Antilles_Prime
            • not the one i'm interested in. she's just a friend. : wtf242
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            talk to her about diablo 2 crustar!! : AlexXdude
            • uh yeah. and by "yeah", we mean "no". : Antilles_Prime
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            That girl does alot of coke, no? : ra1n
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              nope. she doesn't do any drugs at all : wtf242
              • I knew there had to be something wrong with her. : ra1n
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            Holy crap, I think I know her! My brother and her hang out a lot! : Athlon7
            • oh shit. please don't say anything to her about this. please : wtf242
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            *update* I DO know her : ) My brother took this photo: http://a391.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/49... : Athlon7
            • that's a great shot : pointyelbows
          • looking at that cookie, she must play spore. : xsoulbrothax
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  I would but I agreed to go to some other July 4th thing a few weeks ago. : socksta
  • :( : mwasher
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  What time is this getting started? I'm waiting on my female friend to get back from barton springs but c... : Athlon7
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    Also, I think I know how to get there, but can someone post the address? : Athlon7
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      Am thinking I missed the time boat looking back through the thread... : ( : Athlon7
      • It sailed without you. : ThomW
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        I'm about to leave to go down there... probably won't arrive till 7. : mwasher
        • update: silly girl was not ready like i told her to be so we are delayed another 10 minutes or so. :| : mwasher
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    2 people are here now.. more on the way : wtf242
    • I'll be there to laugh at you. : FPSDavid
• thanks guys for coming. hope you had fun : wtf242

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• DAMN YOU 4850!!!!!!!!!! : AlexXdude
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  Time to buy... : DOOManiac
  • BUY LOW SELL HIGH : Utopia
• damn, i really want to buy a ton of this stock because i have confidence nvidia can rebound : qwpeoriu
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  this gives more credibility to the PC Gaming is Dead argument : gyokuro
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    i wonder what kind of gpu the ps3 uses? : Hoax
    • the N64 uses SGI! : pgharavi
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  Oh shit, hows ATI stock? : Melll
  • nonexistent. : Hoax
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  I am completely out of the loop, what caused this? : devi| dog
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    http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=ACBJ&date=20080702&id=8857074 : thief
    • Man that sucks. :( I love nVidia stuff, though I haven't helped their bottom line in about four years... : ThomW
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  Holy crap, that can't just be the new ATi offerings. : Fred Garvin
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    no, it has much more to do with the fact that nvidia shipped a ton of faulty mobile gpus : qwpeoriu
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      which ones and what was the problem? : sanchez
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        nobody knows for sure yet, but I suspect this is why my gaming computer (MBP w/ 8600M) sometimes freezes ... : ]pm[chem
        • Well then my team will go all pyro if we ever play you next. : sanchez
        • Fuck I just bought a Asus 9600GT which pretty much tanked itself within 20 days of buying and setting it ... : Q-ball
    • I ordered a Dell 1720 with an nvidia GPU last month. It is due to arrive this Tuesday. I haven't even... : Colleton
  • Nvidia reported that they missed their prior estimated Q2 sales target by almost a quarter of a billion d... : Serpico74
• I think I know where the full moon is in this chart. : freqq28
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  i've lost ~$6000 lol : eeeealmo
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    its ok, i hear engineers make lots of money. you can compensate with your round winnings. : Hoax
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      i'm actually an engineer in real life too : eeeealmo
      • So do you go around with quirky looks when spy's sap your teleporters? : Q-ball
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        Wtf dude?! Here i do everything to escape real life in game and you go and pick your normal profession? : Hoax
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          Can't be pro otherwise. : AscorSix
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            ^^^ : eeeealmo
            • Pro at eating my crit stickies! ;) : FlamingGimp
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    ~$3500 here. :( I actually was planning on selling the fucking night before it dropped 30%, but our p... : atom519
    • I'd still keep it. I'm sure it will be back up in the long run unless we have some depression or somethi... : OmegaRed59
• Holy shit : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  GTX 260 prices have fallen to 4870 levels so it won't be long until ATi is relegated to loser status agai... : 5150Joker
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    Loser status? Right. : Fred Garvin
    • ATI always loses. : FPSDavid
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      Has AMD/ATi been a winner lately? What's that? No? Thought so. : 5150Joker
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        Funny, but the 4850 and 4870 are testing as good or better than nVidia cards at the same price forcing nV... : Fred Garvin
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          The 4870 goes back and forth with the GTX 260 but is still overall slower. With GTX 260's recent price dr... : 5150Joker
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            I can only find 1 example of the 260 outperforming the 4870, and that's in Oblivion. Crysis, COD4, Assas... : Judicus
            • Depends which reviews you read. I was incorrect in stating 4870 was "overall slower" but rather should ha... : 5150Joker
          • you've got that backwards. : johnny rotten
          • The 4850 is still the card to beat in the sub $200 market though, isn't it ? That price point will most l... : qwpeoriu
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            That's not the reviews I've been reading and I also still haven't seen these new nVidia prices, but I see... : Fred Garvin
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              http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127361 : aggressor
              • I mean in Canada and maybe they have started, but not locally I went to 4 stores today looking at upgrade... : Fred Garvin
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            Did you seriously just state that the bajillion transistor GT200 chip draws less power than RV770? Hav... : Toraz Chryx
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              http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-4870,1964-15.html : 5150Joker
              • Test Drive Unlimited as a GPU power test app? yeah, that's _reaaaaaaaaaaally_ shader heavy : Toraz Chryx
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            How does it feel to be THAT wrong? : dmason
            • Age of Conan: http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTUyNCw2LCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA== Crysis: Look a... : 5150Joker
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          I used to really like ATi GPUs and I hope they do well but it just seems like they can't out engineer nVi... : 5150Joker
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            What? They just did with the 4850 and 4870. : Pettytheft
            • No, all they did was target the upper midrange market with reasonably priced cards. The GTX 280 is still ... : 5150Joker
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            they just released a part that has nvidia scrambling to compete with, what are you talking about ? : qwpeoriu
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              nVidia is hardly "scrambling" to compete against ATi's midrange performing parts. Laugh. : 5150Joker
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                Are those regular quotes around the word, or finger quotes. That makes a huge difference. Also, nvidia wa... : qwpeoriu
                • nVidia wasn't ready for a price war that's for certain. But as far as engineering great single GPU's go, ... : 5150Joker
          • Dude, you really DKWTF. : Fred Garvin
          • what? the x1900 was not their last good video card... : atom519
          • Ever heard of DirectX 10.1? : shirif
        • If you check the reviews, anything that doesn't have AA turned on, the ATI card is ahead on but once you ... : chadg033
      • they just were with the 4850/4870 launch. 4870x2 is coming. so yeah, they have been a winner lately. : thebigbeefsandwhich
      • http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTUyNCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA== : unsound
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      http://finance.yahoo.com/charts?s=amd#chart3:symbol=amd;range=2y;indicator=sma;charttype=candlestick;cros... : Serpico74
      • This isn't to say that they won't turn around, but we are years and years away from that even being possi... : Serpico74
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        I don't care about share prices, I was referring to his comment about how nVidia being forced to drop the... : Fred Garvin
        • Where it matters is that nvidia has a lot more room to eat into their profit margins, or even have loss l... : Serpico74
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    Pretty shocking coming from you, you use to be the biggest ATI fanboy around and just about any video car... : Visceral Monkey
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      I'm a fan of anything that's well engineered, be it AMD or Intel or nVidia. At the time X1900, IMO, was t... : 5150Joker
      • I agree, I owned one. Great card. It was also the last ATI card I owned before switching over to Nvidia, ... : Visceral Monkey
• lol I want to buy some now. : gmd
• Might be a really good time to buy in soon. They will recover from the repairs they are having to do and... : nukewinter
• Nvidia is WAY too strong to stay down. This is a pretty good buy opportunity in my opinion. : fishbone
• WE'RE GOING DOWN!!! :O I wonder what it's going to look like on Monday? : bitter ego
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  ouch, i remember when i told my moms friend to buy nivdia stock back when the tnt2 first shipped and she ... : chilln
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    Oh man, TNT2, what a great card. My first graphics card. : hardfl1p
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      The Viper TNT2 was my second graphics card, the i740 was my first, but we don't talk about that one! : SpaecKow
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        I saved all my yard mowing money to buy an voodoo2. 8mb, add-on 3d-accelerator. wow firing up glquake for... : chilln
        • heheh... I have never been so impressed with a video card as i was with that one. My first card as well... : erebus
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      I have to fucking teach kids 3D game design using 3D Game Studio on computers that are Pentium 4 1.6 GHz ... : Rice-Rocketeer
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        What kind of school is that? A summer school thing? : Fred Garvin
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          It's a summer camp at the Telussium in Edmonton. : Rice-Rocketeer
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            Good lord, what are you going to use to teach? : Fred Garvin
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              We have the same system. Fortunately, we also have our own computers...so we'll probably just hook tho... : Rice-Rocketeer
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                Sorry, I meant software wise. : Fred Garvin
                • We're using 3D Game Studio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Game_Studio), which really sucks when we aren... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • if she put 10k in when the tnt2 came out she would have like 30k now probably. I think it was less than ... : ease one
  • 500% increase in value since then, even with the recent drop : Odoyle
• All of the sudden AMD doesn't look so bad for purchasing ATI, though nVidia's problems seem to be self-in... : dmason
• LOL IndyMac stock http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=IMB#chart2:symbol=imb;range=2y;indicator=volume;c... : the archvile
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  Does this mean that my geforce 3 isn't worth as much now? : ArB
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    I have a friend that still plays LOTRO with a geforce 3. Maybe he will buy yours as a backup just in cas... : nukewinter
    • I don't know.. I'd rather wait and sell it when the price goes back up. : ArB
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  LOL AMD/ATI stock http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=AMD#chart1:symbol=amd;range=1y;indicator=volume;cha... : capt tripps
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    What happened to them? : FlatlineDixay
    • Core2Duo : rosewood
    • Intel I think. That's just a guess though. It doesn't look like NV's misfortune was enough to get peopl... : capt tripps
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      They announced that their outlook for their second quarter is lower than previously expected due to a few... : K1Bond007
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        Their quarter is previously lower because of Intel and peoples desire to buy Intel chips more so than AMD... : Phreakin
        • Misreply. Was supposed to be about Nvidia. : K1Bond007
      • Dude, no, not unless you want to expand their projections to "the last three years". : Serpico74
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    I'd happily buy some stock. If they can pull a proc that mirrors there performance with video cards I'll ... : locater16
    • That has to translate into actual sales and good profit margins on what they sell. We'll see when they ge... : Serpico74
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  Have they announced what makes/models are fucked up? : rosewood
  • they mentioned unseen support costs for some laptop video cards, but nothing beyond that iirc : xsoulbrothax
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  Wow, I'm going to buy some of them. : matthaeus
  • Just be careful you're not catching a falling knife. If you did decide to buy I would recommend buying yo... : Serpico74
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    Buy, Hold, Pray. Doesn't usually work out the way you think it would. : theargent
    • God has seen fit to quadruple my investment. Thanks, big guy!! : silent prophet
• on a longer timeline the life expectancy of everyone is 0 its not that bad, their stock has done that bef... : CoRDS

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  you can watch the metal gear retrospective specials on gametrailers.com you can also download the metal ... : fsck
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    Will that explain All I need to know of the Metal Gear universe? : Malku
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      the metal gear database? it should because konami made it. it is free btw. : fsck
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        Sweet. Good thing I didn't bother turnin off my PS3 :P. Thanks alot. : Malku
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          it even keeps mgs4 spoilers out until you finish the game. although i'm not sure its the easiest way to g... : MoreVespeneGas
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            The database would cover everything you could ever want to know about every previous Metal Gear game, but... : Vincent Grayson
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              Well I read a bunch of stuff on the time line... Kinda alot to absorb in one sitting. I'll read some mo... : Malku
              • Consider simply watching the Metal Gear Retrospective on GameTrailers... although GT is down for maintena... : dpgagnon
            • hence why i recommended he play the games : MoreVespeneGas
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            I would have to disagree. Snake Eater sets the whole damn series up - so if anything, it makes the most ... : IndigoAK
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              and yet has the least impact on a mgs4 playthrough : MoreVespeneGas
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                How do you figure? This is probably counted as a spoiler (I dunno how to do the spoiler tags), but mor... : IndigoAK
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                  Let's not forget CQC. After having beaten and thoroughly enjoyed MGS4, I still prefer 3 out of all of the... : ieGod
                  • Yeah, I agree. I think it was because 4 had to tie up all the convoluted plot lines while 3 felt more fr... : Grimp
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                    4 is my favorite and than it's actually 2 unlike the majority that didn't like it. In terms of gameplay, ... : razlebol
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                      3 added too many things I didn't like to the gameplay. The camo changing sucked in 3, as did the health/s... : Vincent Grayson
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                        MGS4 does have some glaring issues in spots though. For instance, if the Mk.II can display a 3D map and ... : IndigoAK
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                          Heh, I never even used it, so that never occurred to me. : Vincent Grayson
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                            You can actually do some pretty cool things with it. For instance, there are buttons you can press in so... : IndigoAK
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                              What happens if it gets detected during gameplay? I never used it because I didn't want to have it possi... : Grimp
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                                You get an alert like normal and enemies will attack it - shoot it, kick it, etc. If it takes enough dam... : IndigoAK
                                • Yeah since it's actually a "tiny metal gear" it's hard to actually destroy it. Severly disable and handic... : psycho100
                        • It is always with you. It's using stealth camouflage. : razlebol
                      • See, I loved the way it was done in 3. The camo was a fantastic idea, and although it was much improved u... : ieGod
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                  How do I figure? Because all you need to know about the characters from MGS3 is that they exist. Thei... : MoreVespeneGas
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                    Your connection to the characters would only come if you played MGS3. Otherwise they're only names in th : walker270
                    • Skipping 3 would also mean you skip one of the best games on the ps2. It was much better than 1 and 2 imo... : sigpro
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  I want one, but they are like twice as much in Euro Land. : enyakk
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    It's region free. Have a shacker bring one next time they come to Europe. : GodZilly
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      blurays arent though : aeg1x
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        With the dollar and the prices on movies in Sweden it's cheaper to import movies even if you include ship... : GodZilly
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          yeah but who buys movies? :P rental is cheaper : aeg1x
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            hehe, blu-ray rental doesn't exist here :) : GodZilly
            • I'm typing this from work (video store) and we don't have any blurays either :( but they're coming eventu... : aeg1x
        • Not being able to grab a film that looks interesting while in a shop buying other stuff would kinda suck,... : nudel
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        A bluray/hddvd/dvdrw combo drive for the pc is about 100-150$ now. The ps3 having a bluray player is not ... : vikramwillrock
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          Lowest price on newegg for such a thing is $500 so I'm guess you're wrong. : MuteMode
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            +ing : MuteMode
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              Either way, you lose. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136133 : vikramwillrock
              • It was probably a HD DVD burner and what not then : MuteMode
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          Yea, because most people have their PCs hooked up to their HDTVs! : Ellissd
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            I do. :) My HTPC is a multi-region Blu-Ray player that works with my universal remote control. That's mor... : nudel
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              I didn't say it wasn't a viable alternative. :) : Ellissd
              • Yes, fair point. I do know a lot of people with PCs hooked up to their TVs, is what I should have said. T... : nudel
        • You still need the pc powerful enough and a video card and that in your living room. For most people a st... : razlebol
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      Well, there's always the issue of warranty too. : enyakk
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        We're talking about a PS3 here, not 360. : GodZilly
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          2.40 anyone? It didnt brick my PS3 tho, so YMMV. : chaosbot
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            Neogaf had a massive 35+ page thread about 2.40 bricking PS3s and only one person claimed to have had a b... : Ellissd
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              And even that guy managed to fix it by formatting his PS3's hard drive. : Ellissd
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                If it can be fixed, then it didn't really brick. : IndigoAK
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                  If he was forced to wipe his savegames by formatting then something definitely broke. : nudel
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                    "Bricking" as the term is used, is a state in which the device no longer functions in any way, shape, or ... : IndigoAK
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                      Oh come one. It was unusable, he had to pull out his hard drive and format it. To the average consumer it... : navelskrutt
                      • So we should change the definition of words tosuit the common consumerist retard? Let me get Webster on ... : IndigoAK
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  Now on to wikipedia to catch up on what the hell is going on in that game since I've never played a metal : zehh
  • Heh, so true. It's a clusterfuck of characters and story changes that is almost impossible to understand ... : Nitrium
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  I just bought one used HDMI cables, 2 controllers, GTA4, MGS4, R&C and NG Sigma for about 65% of th... : dael
  • that is 65% of just the standard 40gb PS3 SKU : dael
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  May seem weird, but I want Diablo3 on the ps3 heh. I figure since ANY usb mouse will work on the ps3, bl... : vacous
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    look up "FragFX PS3" in google. : psycho100
    • I am aware of what that is. From what I hear, it sucks. All that's needed is a mouse, the controller c... : vacous
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  There is that databsae, but most of the parts that feel tacked on in the epilogue explain fucking EVERYTH... : psycho100
  • in-game XMB will not help with that, it still needs to quit and restart to switch between the two : Daggoth

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• You've already got 5 posts on there today, or is that low for you? : hardfl1p
• It says I'm a douche, so everything looks normal to me. : dmason
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  Yes - Thomw is "coplmaining". : seven
  • copmlaining* : hardfl1p
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    See? It's not as easy at it looks, seven. : ThomW
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      Hey - mind your own business budy. We're talking ABOUT you - not TO you. Sheesh. : seven
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        I'm not your budy, pal! : ThomW
        • THAT'S IT PAL - YOU'RE ON THE LIST. : seven
    • I still don't get it, unmoderated moderation? : skitzo
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  i get a "+lol failed" message when i try to lol something :p : Mmmmmoo
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    Someone lol'd your post. :( : ThomW
    • It wasn't funny though :( : skitzo
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  I strive for 0 +inf : gmd
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    Im going to +inf everything you say. : skitzo
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      I think I'll just stop now and save myself a lot of time and headache. : ThomW
      • SHUT IT DOWN CLAY THOMW : gmd
      • I WON! : skitzo
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        i think it'd be better if you could tag posts as "interesting" instead of "informative" and it'd be cool ... : Mmmmmoo
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          I think "inf" is sort of the abbreviated form that we use around here to mean both "interesting" and "inf... : ThomW
          • yea i guess you're right but the lol link there makes it so easy :( : Mmmmmoo
      • ThomW The Shack was a hotbed of stupid joke posts and replies long before the LOLpage. : dognose
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      you are a faggot : gmd
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        I warned you motherfucker. : skitzo
        • I got powers. : skitzo
      • +inf!! : AMikaboshi
  • This is a direct violation of my constitutional rights. : gmd
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    FAIL: http://lmnopc.com/greasemonkey/shacklol/?tag=inf : ThomW
    • he shoots, he scorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeessssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : AMikaboshi
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      I am the Master of INF : gmd
      • It's like being the smartest kid in juvenile hall. : skitzo
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      how do i inf post : pyide
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        You get on my computer and click the [inf] button on the post. : ThomW
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          how do i hack computer : pyide
          • hit windows + r, and type 'telnet thomw' in the run box. : skitzo
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        Seriously -- It's working, but there's no easy fix to bridge the gap between people using the updated scr... : ThomW
        • Makes sense. : hardfl1p
• he's a witch!! : AMikaboshi
• Now +INF will have two possible meanings... you're shattering our nice coherent universe. :( : Kentor

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  It's not a comedy. It's not trying to be funny. It's not a genre film. It's one of the best film... : seven
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    It's desperately trying to be funny. I don't see how you can't see that their delivery is intended to mak... : randomposter
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      Comedy != Scary Movie like slapstick. You've seriously never seen dark comedies before? It's funny/abs... : navelskrutt
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        Dialogue based comedies can try to be dark, sure, but it's probably the delivery that's failing terribly ... : randomposter
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          You're broken inside. He was fucking awesome in that movie. : navelskrutt
          • Bottle!! : nodebug
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      What specifically do you see as trying to be funny? Perhaps it's a cultural thing - it comes off as a ... : seven
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        Cultural? I'm from Britain. It's supposedly "Irish" people. I'm Irish. : randomposter
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          Well - then there's no saving you. You're just missing out on enjoying an awesome film. : seven
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            a senseless post, director: seven, executive producer: seven, writer: seven : randomposter
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              'I hate to agree' with seven, but he's got a point. Besides, correct me if I'm wrong but aren't you the g : lightly inclined
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                hahah I've disliked two films... my opinion must be wrong! I also disliked I Am Legend. OH NO. : randomposter
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                  It is, and not because of your dislike of I Am Legend. : lightly inclined
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                    news flash: opinions don't require validation, 'specially not from types like seven. : randomposter
                    • glad I can at least warn some people off the shack hype... : randomposter
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    its one of the best films of the year because its not a genre film? : Dravenport
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      Yes. 100%. You get it! (I don't understand what the question means) : seven
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        your post implies that one of the reasons it's one of the best films is because it's not a genre film : Dravenport
        • So - following that logic... it's also one of the best films because it's not a comedy? : seven
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          No, no it didn't. Not even close. : navelskrutt
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            yes, yes, highly close. He gives no reason as to why its one of the best films of the year, therefore im... : Dravenport
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              plus I heard he's a TOTAL dick. : seven
              • ahahahahahah yes : randomposter
            • You fail at basic reading comprehension. It doesn't imply anything of the sort. Every statement he made w : navelskrutt
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  WTF is wrong with you? It's awesome! : navelskrutt
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    I don't usually get unengaged by movies unless they are really bad. I don't get it. I'm trying to watch i... : randomposter
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      It has a racist dwarf snorting cocaine! WTF is there not to get? It's awesome. EOT. : navelskrutt
      • Sorry midget. dwarf/midget is the same word for me... : navelskrutt
      • The midget dwarf >>>>> Colin (and the coke scene just played, THAT was funny at least) going to go bac... : randomposter
      • I thought the blonde was quite striking. The wind in her hair. N' stuff. : seven
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      maybe cause your not giving it your full attention and are posting comments on the web during the film? : disembodied potato
      • I was watching it for 40 minutes before I got utterly unengaged... trying again now. : randomposter
• I just watched this earlier today, it was excellent. : Arsenal
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  I don't get the hate for Farrell, he was great in Tigerland and Phone Booth. I actually enjoyed his perfo : lightly inclined
  • Sweet - someone else who digs tigerland. That movie was cool - and he nailed the character. : seven
  • Phone Booth? WTF. How could anyone watch that film all the way through? It was on TV a week or two ago an... : nudel
• I just want to tell you I hate people like you that pause movies mid-way and rant about it here before FU... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Addendum: Wow, that was really fucking boring - a completely nothing movie. It failed as a dark comedy fo : randomposter
  • I agree completely. I thought devil knows you're dead was even worse. : festivalman
• I saw that yesterday and I didn't like it very much. I wish they would have stuck with the comedic parts : kainen1
• It's cuz he's agile! : prime8

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  the village was hot : Dravenport
  • i liked it. : Ziz
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    Especially the blind redhead if you ask me : FiReaNG3L
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      MAD MEN : a uberboy
      • the color we must not speak of : Ziz
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    how can someone with half a brain think that? what the fuck was the twist? the fact that they paid of : virus
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      Says the man who thinks Michael Bay is "great" : Kaerof
      • ice ice baby : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • If you walked out, how did you know that the whole village was fake? It doesn't give that away til the en... : uglysad
  • agreed, I enjoyed it. : klearlyunseen
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  And after The Happening's box office performance, I don't think he'll be allowed to. Not without oversig... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    That link says the movie has made 60 million in profit world wide? : Skoal^Fyfan
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      yeah, not sure how doubling your investment is a bad thing. : festivalman
      • Not to mention the DVD sales that will be forthcoming. : Warmaker
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        Production budget was $60m -- that doesn't including marketing & advertising. : Ride-My-Rocket
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          So even if they did spend $60 million on advertising which I highly doubt. Any DVD sales at this point a... : Crimsonbeak
          • How do you expect to sell DVD's when the movie tanked? Is the movie somehow better one DVD? : mobab
• Beware the grass? Seriously, what the fuck? : ra1n
• oh my god, what a twist! : zerog83
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  I actually liked Lady in the water. : Pettytheft
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    So you're the guy. : NastyJack
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      Don't be the guy, guy. :( : xsoulbrothax
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        I'm not your guy, buddy. : virus
        • If I was the guy I'd only have one arm buddy. : nubitup
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          i'm not your buddy, friend! : theWhite
          • I'm not your friend, pal! : prime8
  • This was my commentary on seeing Lady in the Water: It's as if M. Night saw a really wonderful movie, ... : cerealSAM2
  • So did I. : phyooz
• i expected the story to not deliver, as it didnt, but i was surprised how awful the acting was. it remin... : smacknca
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  Every culture has there own Uwe Boll : massdev
  • uh i havent seen Tree Horror starring Marky Mark but I can say with confidence that it's pure gold compar... : MoreVespeneGas
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  shaymalamadingdong : dodob
  • Shyamalan, Shyamalan, bo-byamalan, banana fanna fo fyamalan, fee fi fo myamalan, Shyaaaamalan. : cerealSAM2
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  Unbreakable was a steaming pile as well. In my book he's only made one good movie, Sixth Sense. : MR 9000
  • Let it be known that you and I agree on something, big time. : dognose
  • Agreed. After that it was rinse & repeat with a different setting. : [7]kami
  • Yes, I agree too. Unbreakable was really not very good. : thetangent
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    I just recently rewatched it and it was a good movie : Mondo
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      I will have to take your word for it. Can't imagine rewatching that : dognose
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        they use to call me mr. nose : Mondo
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          and I think I appreciated it more now because all those comic book movies have come out over the past 8 y... : Mondo
          • I can see how people that like comic book movies or only comic books could hav enjoyed it but COME THE FU... : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Yes it is! It's got a certain charm going for it, I definitively enjoyed it. : aavenr
  • ding ding ding! : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Sixth Sense is a one trick pony, amazingly executed but a one trick pony. Unbreakable is awesome. : randomposter
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  I dunno, I enjoyed the happening, could have been far worse. Though after lady in the water I could enjo... : nukewinter
  • I agree. I dunno if I'd watch it again though. : thejm4n
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  I guess people didn't like The Happening because there was no Twist, almost a cop out. I thought it wa... : Sailor of Fortune
  • that story does not deliver / nor make The Happening any better than the absolute garbage that it was : VuduChild
  • I think people didn't like it because it was a shitty movie. : mourningstar
• I've never seen one of his films, except for short clips. Someone spoiled Sixth Sense for me (he assum... : nudel
• M Night should totally be able to make movies. its just writing scripts he shouldn't be allowed to do. : baron calamity

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• Holy shit - that is good. I'm buying. : seven
• i didn't think we were allowed to mention stealing Sin: EP 1, we will get beaten : shavenewok
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  I want some ritual guys to tell me what happens in the rest of the series that will never happen. : rosewood
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    its shamefull, but thats why i havent bought it yet. I dont wanna play a game that doesnt get somewhat re... : thewindcriesmary
    • It's still a lot of fun to play and it's five bucks! come on! : shotgun1
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      I realize that, but at least it'll be like a fun pilot episode. Plus who knows, maybe they're watching to... : geedeck
      • never thought of that, but isn't the rights owned by mumbojumbo or something? i might buy it tho for 5 bu... : thewindcriesmary
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    * THERE BE SPOILERS HERE * Here's the brief summary of where things were going before the team broke u : RomSteady
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      cool, but how about the entire script since you guys will never use it : RikiTiki2
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        also, were there plans to carry more than 3 guns, and there had to be more than those 3 right? : RikiTiki2
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          The plan was to add two to three new weapons per episode with alt-fires for each weapon. : RomSteady
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            could you carry more than 3? : RikiTiki2
            • You could carry them all. : RomSteady
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        The high-level story treatment was all there was...the dialog script usually gets roughed out during deve... : RomSteady
        • aw :( : RikiTiki2
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          Is there NO chance of this happening? I'd be all over SiN: Episodes 2. :( I hate the fickle Interne... : Rice-Rocketeer
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            I don't think Mumbo Jumbo wants to invest the money necessary to do Episode 2. Hell, they've had my SiN ... : RomSteady
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              for original SiN or SiN: Ep1? : RikiTiki2
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                Original. It fixed a few bugs and added Wages of SiN support. : RomSteady
                • sweet : RikiTiki2
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                  for the love of christ, RomSteady tell us what we need to do in order to get the patch released. ple... : a uberboy
                  • I have no clue. I coded the patch, tested it, got it packaged on the internal Steam server and waited. ... : RomSteady
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              I still don't understand why a casual game company would buy up Ritual. It makes absolutely no sense to m... : K1Bond007
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                hope they sell off the rights at least to someone who cares to use them. this also applies to every publi... : RikiTiki2
                • I think they would have done that by now if they really cared. Sin Ep might not have been the blockbuster... : K1Bond007
              • yeah it's really a weird sort of acquisition. usually that sort of thing is either a merger of companies... : mikecyb
              • Well the Mumbo Jumbo guys were guys who worked at Ritual before, they had a relationship so cause Ritual ... : SpaecKow
    • Dude, I'd totally do her though. All of her, but mostly her innocence :(! This is why I dislike the id... : quadeh
    • Does this mean that the princess is in the other castle? : capt tripps
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      I don't really understand most of this, but that probably is because I never played through the original.... : SilverSnake
      • ending to the original SiN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPHtugfwoWw : RikiTiki2
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      how many episodes were planned anyway? I remember the website having a fuckload of empty slots : mikecyb
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        wikipedia says 9 : RikiTiki2
        • Yeah and they were going to be in *seasons* of three each. I'm thinking they never completely nailed down... : Schnapple
    • I got no idea what "sexualized mental side" means, but it sounds hot : dodob
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  I don't have rights to +inf this :( : dognose
  • me neither :( FUnny thing is I was browsing steampowered.com earlier today and Sin was $9. I thought that... : yosemiteclimber
• Too bad they didn't do a Titan Quest Gold deal. Everybody pick up Sin Ep1, it is easily worth $5. : pyrogen
• Ah, how i love you shack. Thanks for the scoop. : Warmaker
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  If it still comes with the original Sin game then it's a definite steal and every gamer owes it to themse... : Lionhart32935
  • Yep, it does also come with the original Sin. : geedeck
• SiN: Episode 1 is really good. :( I'm very upset that there is not a second one. : Rice-Rocketeer
• 'tis a good game, geedeck. : CrustaR
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  ugh..BOUGHT. Better not stutter. : Cygnus X-1
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    Played for an hour. It's very old school but the combat was fun. : Cygnus X-1
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      They nailed that magnum so fucking well. I love popping guys in the head. So satisfying. : Rice-Rocketeer
      • Bullet penetration = awesome : Beady
• Bought. I like how if you try to view the manual it sends you to a url that expired last month. lol : Perturbation
• Purchased : gimpi
• I bought & played this on release. Totally worth 5 bucks for FPS fans. Kind of an odd thing to point out ... : Gnerma
• bought, saw it before i went to work and was gonna pick it up after.. although i wont play it for a wh... : Demius
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  Can someone tell me how CoD4 can be fucking 70 bucks on Steam?! WTF?!? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    yeah serious wtf from me too when i saw that : Maarten Goldstein
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      Or is it only in Europe. It says something about the German version only having German voiceover and text... : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • Only in europe. It's 49.95$ here. : razlebol
• I dunno why I just bought this, I will probably never play it because I hate checking out unfinished work... : ghost in my shell
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  Been playing it. Near the finish i think. Its pretty damn good and alot of fun. Why the hell did it not s... : thewindcriesmary
  • PIRACY : jbury
  • because you didn't buy it. Didn't you hear? In the end it all came down to one sale and they couldn't get... : marmite
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    I dunno, a lot of people hated it, including myself. I don't think I've ever regretted $20 spent on a gam... : Vincent Grayson
    • Karma came back and burned your ribs! : Farbauti
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    I think it had great combat but fell short in a number of areas, like trying to make Blade more serious, ... : SpaecKow
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      Yeah, the combat is excellent. But its a very rough game around the edges. But i like simple shooters whe... : thewindcriesmary
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        Right, rough around the edges is basically the answer to why it didn't take off. : SpaecKow
        • I just played through the majority of it. It's no HL2, but it's definitely worth a play through, especia... : valael
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          RomSteady's made a post last week saying it sold 120K at retail and some number less than that on Steam. ... : Schnapple
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            Well that's the thing "If ritual had been smaller" or if there were no other financial problems and proje... : SpaecKow
            • I'd like to see episodes partially paid for by ad revenue. I think its the only feasible way of doing it. : thewindcriesmary
  • Because they took out the section with the shootout out of your car on the freeway. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I was pretty disappointed, it really was fairly uninspired and inferior to the original SiN. : node
  • because no one bought it until it was $5 : aeg1x
  • because it's a shitty game :( : pancake humper
  • RomSteady explains why here: http://www.romsteady.net/blog/2007/01/what-failed.html TL;DR: Ritual's he... : Schnapple
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    Why pay $5 for a game and support indie game developers when you can illegally download it for free? : Flying h4x0r
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      wat : packav
      • He's commenting that thewindcriesmary posted http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17354688 then the next d... : Kentor
  • I really didn't like it at all. : razlebol
  • It was a lot more frustrating on launch, that's for sure. : megarust32
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    because it wasn't a very good game, and as a result got mediocre reviews and people didn't really talk ab... : JINKY
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      I do not understand this. :( I thought it was a great game. : Rice-Rocketeer
      • aesthetically and story-wise it was completely generic and uninteresting, but what really made it a not-g... : JINKY
  • I had enough by the end of the demo :/ : 60days
  • I haven't tried the episode yet, but the original is pretty good. Killing at least is very satisfying. I... : Perturbation
  • because the genre has progressed. : Cygnus X-1
  • Because they didn't have the id logo stamped on it and so therefore couldn't rely on people's nostalgia t... : lightly inclined
• Definitely recommend this to anyone interested, really fun for a short while. : graceofdragons
• Thanks for the tip. I bought it too! : godwit
• played it, loved it - for the few, get on it... get exposed! : siknsyko

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  I bet the second one is worse : veras
  • The first one is good despite AYB's post; the 2nd one is HORRIBLE :( : dognose
  • 1st is better than the 2nd, but both are pretty bad : Jayx77
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  So the physics is what made it bad? : spiderfill
  • ya, that kinda of confused me too... : crust
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    But Cameron Diaz dancing around in her underoos made it goood. : cerealSAM2
    • correct in every sense of the word : Deathlove
• The first one almost has some charm in a dumb silly way. The second one? Not so much. : SiW73
• Agreed with everyone else - the second is SIGNIFICANTLY worse. : cannelbrae
• thats the guy directing Terminator 4 right? :/ : mankeroo
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  Battlefield: EARTH was ten times worse. : Totenjaeger
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    No. I think Charlies Angels hold the record for the fastest movie I ever walked out on. i actually made a... : Pettytheft
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      My worst movie used to be Batman and Robin b/c I only saw five minutes of it before turning it off. That ... : Totenjaeger
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        so quick to judge... : crust
        • well his judging hasn't led him wrong so far. : mr wolf
      • epic movie is one of the only movies I've ever walked out of. We gave it roughly 15 minutes. We did not l... : TheTick
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    I found the book to be pretty darn good, but every time the movie comes on I'm like 'wait, that never hap... : DasCracky
    • I'm the same. Like the book a lot, but can't sit through the movie. :( The parts I've seen are so so bad. : Perturbation
    • You have to watch it all the way through with a bunch of friends just for the sheer hilarity of the movie... : Totenjaeger
• So I guess you don't like Asian martial arts cinema? : shyguy74
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  The Chad did good? : seven
  • it was the chad : Dravenport
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  in a similar vein, i thought that DOA: Dead or Alive was at the same time completely horrible and totally... : xsoulbrothax
  • The scene where the cute blonde chick with the blue bikini vs'd Holly Valance was awesome - because the c... : seven
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    Wait what? I bought that, do I actually want to watch it? : dognose
    • Honestly, no. It's a fucking bad movie. : sigpro
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      Watch from 7:40 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tHrUIDcnTE : seven
      • oh my. thank you for that. was a good way of waking up in the morning as it is the first video i see toda... : Utopia
    • Yes. I really liked it. Just realize going in that it is based on a console fighting game with no story... : Vantage
    • if you're drunk or anything similar, you'll love it. otherwise.. it really is objectively terrible in alm... : xsoulbrothax
• I thought it was pretty good, especially because of the things you mentioned. : Bamii
• Crispin Glover makes those movies work. He is just such a delight and a scene stealer! : xlarti
• I remember enjoying it. That opening scene where Lucy Liu--ridiculously hot--disses that guy trying to p : Attica Blue
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  There is a scene in that movie where Lucy Liu bends over to fix a drive through speaker and her ass takes... : badspot
  • its just such a pitty about her face. : CoRDS
• haha you've obviously not watched the sequel! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• so you didnt see crouching tiger? : Dravenport
• and they made TWO!!! : unsound
• And the same director is making Terminator 4 ! : gmd