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• That looks awesome! I want! : eXcess
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  yes please! Will apple let you push this through the app store? : topkatz
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    I don't see why not. If Flickr and IGN can have a native app that delivers easy access to their normally... : SqueegyTBS
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      Sounds reasonable. Can you make it work in landscape? : topkatz
      • Oh god, yes please! : Hiro
      • It does now : SqueegyTBS
      • IAWTP!!! : astonish
• Thank you so very much. : hirosushima
• sweet! great work so far : tashtego
• I want to have sex with you (no homo) : pancake humper
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  Is there a view for scrolling through the chatty topics without using fwd/back buttons? : Slowtreme
  • Not as of yet. The entire app is basically this one view. It's pretty easy though. : SqueegyTBS
• omg sweet - i wants it : trOmblyj
• wow, very cool : jcupitt
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  you have a donation pot up yet? : eeeealmo
  • Yeah, I'm down : cyclonebee
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    He just needs to charge .99 for it. : topkatz
    • would definitely pay up : hardfl1p
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      How many shackers have iPhones though? A hundred at most, I'd guess =P : famine101
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        That's $99! : freshyk
        • - 30%, apples cut - shackers who would actually buy the app (not all shackers are latest chatty nuts lik... : Demius
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  Is that live data, or prepackaged for testing? Is it the same xml you proposed in this post http://www.s... : smegmar
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    It's pulling it live, through my rails app as a pre-parser. But I am thinking of more of a static cache : SqueegyTBS
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      Why can't it work the same way the normal chatty works? Too slow? Too much battery drain? (i.e. you click... : Goncyn
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        I think it would be frustratingly slow. At least in the current view format. Fetching the data is only ... : SqueegyTBS
        • Yeah, I'd definitely show all the main threads as a table view with an option to jump back and refresh th... : SolrFlare
        • Swset. That answers my question below. : freshyk
      • He doesn't have access to the database I don't think. : pancake humper
    • FUCK IT! WE'LL DO IT LIVE!!!! : datoo
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      Oh man I had planned on working on something exactly like this. Once you get the static xml server up may... : OverloadUT
      • Sure, I'll make the API public. : SqueegyTBS
• That looks great. Is there going to be a way to just have it display all the OPs in a list and then if so... : freshyk
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  this is read only? : RikiTiki2
  • Gotta crawl before you walk. : SqueegyTBS
• Holy crap, you are awesome. : rudds
• Looking good! i'm excited : packav
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  Looks great, need a button to get out of a thread and back to the "top" view. : jake
  • Currently there is no top view. I think that's my next task though. : SqueegyTBS
• Thanks man, that's rockin'. I see it's going back to the old school way of viewing posts (no in-reply). ... : phipple
• Dude - excellent work. : virus
• Someone upload this to Youtube please. : Phreakin
• If this gets finished and lets me post and works well I will buy an iPhone/iPod touch. : orgcaptainnemo
• Mmmmm bacon clock. : Fred Garvin
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  Are you only going to release this on the App store? Or is installer.app a possibility? Us suckers ... : cltcprd
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    You can't use the AppStore with your 2G iPhone? : eXcess
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      only if i upgrade to Iphone 2.0 and thus breaking my T-mobile connection :) : cltcprd
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        Oh I thought they had already released an unlocker for the 2.0 firmware. : eXcess
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          They have but pwnage tool is mac only and the windows off shoots are sketchy right now. : sigpro
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            they released pwnage tool for windows though : pancake humper
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              It's not really pwnagetool for windows. It's a gui version of xpwn so it does all the ipsw creating and s... : sigpro
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                Umm, I used it fine. They upgraded to 2.3.1 or something and in Vista it worked flawlessly for my phone. ... : Skoal^Fyfan
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                  I just know cltc is a big pussy and is scared he's going to brick it. : sigpro
                  • fuck yes i am. I don't want to go back to my WinMo phone :( : cltcprd
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            You can find the custom 2.0 custom firmwares out there built with with the mac pwnagetools. From a 1.1... : pwnage1232
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              Got a link? : cltcprd
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                I used http://www.iunlocked.org/mainsite/?p=14 as a guideline. I started at step 2 with boot neutering. ... : pwnage1232
                • I did this too, worked flawlessly and I'm on T-Mobile with the Edge hack too, and it's been 3 weeks or so... : cyclonebee
                • Cool. I'll probably give this a whirl this weekend then. Thanks! : cltcprd
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          pwnage only allows unofficial apps still no unlock yet : synack
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            No it allows you to unlock 1st gen iphones, just not 3g. : sigpro
            • ah i misread, thought he had a 3g one : synack
      • Look up WINPWN : Skoal^Fyfan
  • App store only. Sorry dude. : SqueegyTBS
• I've got my $2 ready bro : ventro
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  I'm sure it will be very neat. But if for whatever reason apple doesn't let you put it on the app store, ... : pap26
  • Apple has let the iPhone App version of "Hello World" on the app store countless times, i can't imagine t... : Demius
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    You could buy a mac and an iPhone developer program membership, and I could send you the source code. : SqueegyTBS
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      How much does the developer membership cost? : orgcaptainnemo
      • $99 : SqueegyTBS
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    There's no reason they wouldn't. It would have to abuse network services or access restricted services li... : geedeck
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      you can't access music library with apps? :( thats kinda meh.. Guess that means no way to do an AudioS... : Demius
      • Yeah, it's totally dumbtarded. I don't even understand why, since companies like Square have made games f... : geedeck
• awesome, keep it up, will gladly donate : ErneX
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  What resources have you used for learning iPhone development? I've been reading Aaron Hillegrass' Cocoa b... : ChibiJosh
  • There aren't many things out there because of the NDA : rosewood
  • That book, plus the samples you can download from http://developer.apple.com/iphone is all I've used. An... : SqueegyTBS
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  WM Please : rosewood
  • lol : SqueegyTBS
  • If the server side ever gets into place, I'd be willing to work on this. I haven't done any .net mobile ... : smegmar
  • Hahahahahaha. : spazzium
• this video is not playable on the iPhone :( : skilesare
• Oh thank god! How much? (I kid, I kid...) : DooBall
• Please allow me to pay money for this lovely software. (Assuming it's good.) : spazzium
• Testing : SqueegyTBS
• Testing : SqueegyTBS
• Testing : SqueegyTBS

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  That's pretty impressive! I've loved watching these threads by the way. Wish there were a few more levels... : cause&effect
  • Must be fairly easy for them to make more levels though so I imagine it won't be long before they do some... : jbury
  • I needed a fix so I dished out 10$ for the 'full version' so I could play with user made levels. I think ... : Joseph
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  i didn't quite understand the stick, but I see it doesn't work if you take it out : Slowtreme
  • it does if you take it out and move the entire caterpiller closer to the left. : cause&effect
• I think I like this game so much because with only a few items to use, you have to be very creative to ma... : .frame
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  wall spearer http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=158218 : Sanityjr
  • hehe i like that one : packav
  • Wow this is a great design. : Tommy Toolbag
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  See I want this kind of passion for Little Big planet when it comes out. : hirosushima
  • Agreed, this is only the gateway drug to Little Planet aka PS3 Crack : Vincenoir
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  http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=158469 : HighSea
  • hahaha... that one is cool as hell. : Shadowdane
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    i just took the easy way out. I didn't even save my original one, it was a lot simpler, I think only 2 wh... : Slowtreme
    • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=158631 : Slowtreme
    • yeah mine was fairly similar to that as well : cpt_gloval
  • wow I like it : packav
  • cool :) : AMikaboshi
  • That is nice! : randomjgj
  • Ok, that is way cooler than my solution : http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=159815 : Tommy Toolbag
  • haha wow that was good : focusdaily
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  http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=158562 My continuing attempts to use a catapult on every lev... : riptyde
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    I golfed that one in. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=152967 : magistersmax
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      Every catapult I've tried to make ends up flailing like a retard with a medieval mace. : Trips
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        Are you trying to make a catapult or a trebuchet? The latter is very hard to accomplish. The former jus... : riptyde
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          I can make neither. I don't have the engineering capacity to know where to connect the cables in the righ... : Trips
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            a very simple one http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=147088 : Sanityjr
            • even simpler http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=159518 : Sanityjr
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  http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=102777 : AllYourBase
  • That was perfect. Insane. : magistersmax
  • That was super cool. :) : nevicata
  • Now that one should get bonus points! : burningtrees
  • haha... that was awesome! : Shadowdane
  • oh god i love it! : packav
  • that is the best I've seen. it is even amazing AFTER you won. : azenmaster
  • that was amazing. : hirez
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    did all of you guys pay 10 buck for these user levels? : maulla
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      oh it let me watch when i clicked again, awesome! : maulla
      • That pay button seems to show up when it loads slowly. Just refresh or wait a little longer before hittin... : SilverSnake
    • yea that bug is annoying as hell : packav
  • I'm not sure how this could be beaten. : Zakko
  • holy shit : riptyde
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    who really made this? : edgewise
    • what email did you get this from? : Katarn3279
  • Wait until after the goal... thats amazing. : krym3
  • ahaha, perfect : moshman
  • holy shit epic : mikecyb
  • holy fuck, that was amazing : zerog83
  • hah the block going back up to where the ball was, is awesome :D : Demius
  • Whoa! : kallanta
  • People need to indicate if they made the ones they're linking or if they're just linking popular ones : OverloadUT
  • amazing : Katarn3279
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    Wow. After victory, make sure you hit back ... it gets better. : InfoBiter
    • OMG :D : nodebug
  • Wow, best one yet! : sandcrab
  • Oh no you fucking did not. Hah. : DinK
• I can't believe this worked... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=159114 LOL : Shadowdane
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  lols from last night: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=143016 : maulla
  • hahah... that is awesome when it suddenly goes NUTS : Shadowdane
  • So graceful to so horribly wrong! FTW though, and that's all that matters. : tboomer2
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  Man I've gotten so many people here at work hooked on this game. Hope none of you need help with your Po... : mwasher
  • this game is REALLY bad. like, I think about making contraptions constantly. it KILLED my productivity ye... : epit
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  YESSSS http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=159609 : .ka`boom.zZz.
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    I used a catapult on that level: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=143150 : drodver
    • OH MY GOD LOL : .ka`boom.zZz.
    • hahahah zoom out to see how fuckin high that thing goes : Demius
    • LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL : Vincenoir
    • lol! : riptyde
  • Mars was fun: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=150643 : randomjgj
  • lol : azenmaster
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  This is just not fair! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=159638 : zerog83
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    wooo got it! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=159726 : zerog83
    • Hahahaha that's awesome! : voodooraze
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  I just spent 15 min fine tuning this... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=159705 : voodooraze
  • that one is really cool : azenmaster
  • haha awesome I like how there are so many different results, like really simple solutions or really compl... : hirosushima
  • oh that is neat : Draugluin
• This stairs level is brutal, my truck abomination got to the highest step then stopped working, so i adde... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  mission gone wrong: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=152899 Click "Back" after the "Victory"... : yAak
  • It's like a visual history of NASA after the moon landings. : SolrFlare
  • olololol : Katarn3279
  • hahahahhaha OH MY Hit "Back" and watch it FUCKIN FLIP after 2 or 3 spins!!! : Demius
  • It almost looks like the purple wheels got so excited they just tore off all their clothes. : Finestaut
  • hahaha... i love it when things just go horridly wrong! : Shadowdane
  • A++ Would watch again : fathertime
  • hahaha that's fucking great! : zerog83
  • bahahahahaha : dewdman
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    I can break these cuffs! : Blucklesworth
    • you can't break those cuffs : re4ctor
  • Haha i almost spit out my soda when the big piece came back down. : sammyl
  • Wow, it won in both directions, then it MOLTED! : DinK
• I can't wait to see what people come up with for Little Big Planet. Goons especially. : deathofrats
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  YES! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=160728 takes a while and allllmost falls off but makes i... : gakera
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    HAHA FUCK YOU TUBE! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=161537 : gakera
    • my version http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=150643 : [eluder]
• Dammit: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=160951 : Omaha
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  This is the favorite out of all of mine I've done so far http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=161... : zerog83
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    odd, doesnt work when I view it.. last ball gets stuck : Demius
    • it takes a while, but it'll go :D : zerog83
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    This is my favorite one of mine: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=122239 Followed by this on... : randomjgj
    • The 2nd one is quite amazing. : .ka`boom.zZz.
    • I finally did the second level last night. took forever to get the timing just right: http://FantasticCo... : mikecyb
  • I like this. One of the only ones I've seen that accounts for the balls missing on the first throw. : riptyde
• I FINALLY beat Unpossible. Took me a while. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=159887 : Katarn3279
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  I'm so bad at this game. I tried a simple catapult but couldn't get the distance I needed. Half an hour l... : Marauder IIC
  • lol that's awesome! : c0bra
  • lol!! : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • hahhaa nice man... its like cheating in baseball, pitcher takes 10 steps towards home plate and LAUNCHES!... : Demius
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    I'm worse at this game. Level 10, I will defeat you today somehow! : itsjames
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      You can just brute force that level with a bunch of orange wheels chained together in a line. =) : DinK
      • My first random attempt worked: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=164167 : DinK
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        whoohoo! Finally beat that stupid level! Link: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=165079 <3 : itsjames
        • this is how I did that one: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=148319 : deject
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    Haha, works pretty well. A tip for your catapults though-- If you link the wheels together (top to top... : magistersmax
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      Also, counterweights DO help. Quite a bit, actually. I made a pseudo-trebuchet the other day: http:/... : Arcanum
      • Definitely. In the right place you can make a catapult with counterweights only: http://fantasticcontrap... : DinK
    • A "little" more power? :D http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=166943 : Marauder IIC
  • =) http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=162110 : hirez
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  I'm not real sure where to go with this one... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=161674 : .ka`boom.zZz.
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    Ok i can't believe this worked... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=161674 : .ka`boom.zZz.
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      Opps wrong link: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=161791 : .ka`boom.zZz.
      • lol hilarious : c0bra
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        that's the same design used in a thread on the official game forums as one of the simplest (low piece cou... : slickdoody
        • Simpler way is to use the small red wheel to replace the large red wheel. One less part that way. : Awun
      • Wow. Can't get much simpler than that. : riptyde
  • You need a way to create tension between the rollers and the walls. : c0bra
• i want this game on my DS : yAak
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  not mine but it blew my mind http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=136765 : dark1139
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    There's also one in the "other players solutions" area where 4 Balls is solved with no engine. : riptyde
    • The guys in the forums have solved damn near every level (if not all of them by now) using NO wheels. It... : DinK
  • WOW! Truly fantastic! : Trips
  • wow! That's a great solution to that one. : deathofrats
  • that's so awesome. : Flying h4x0r
  • Wow, that is impressive : Dimmona
• We need some sort of shack challenge for this game now that most people can solve most of the levels. Ma... : riptyde
• my very first creation after having watched all of yours http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=162068 : AbortedFetusChristi
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  http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=162158 : c0bra
  • oh wow i like your idea more. lol : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  This is by far the one I'm most proud of. Fuck those orange balls. Plow ahead! http://FantasticContrapt... : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • this is significantly faster if you move the frontmost purple wheel to be lower and further in front of t... : electroly
  • wow this is like 95% the same has my version : [eluder]
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  I thought this was fun: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=162285 : riptyde
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    improved: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=162305 : riptyde
    • If you delete the middle board of the launcher, you can delete the little piece of wood on the block all ... : .ka`boom.zZz.
    • I tweaked yours for you to add a bit more suspense :) http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=163197 : epit
  • lol nice use of a jack : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  I'm really having fun making catapults now. at first I was all about the tanks & walkers. http://fantasti... : hirez
  • same here! I love launching shit in the air. : voodooraze
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  sort of stuck on 13: big ball any pointers? : cpt_gloval
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    the two usual approaches are: 1) use a purple wheel to lift the ball up and slide the block underneath, o... : electroly
    • or go up and over : riptyde
    • well that ended up easy, just had to tweak the concept i was having trouble with http://FantasticContrapt... : cpt_gloval
  • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=159705 this was my take on it : voodooraze
• Up the Hump: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=162586 I have no idea how this worked. : sludge vohaul
• Yeah fulcrum: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=162646 : riptyde
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  My rolling catapult 'n' ramp. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=162929 : DrZettl
  • haha, nice abomination : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  well, i'm stuck @ unpossible any clues? : [eluder]
  • I've tried catapults, lifts, treads, and ramps. The only thing that seems to come close is a catapult, b... : Rag and Bone Man
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    http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=159887 : Katarn3279
    • This is what I did to beat Unpossible : Katarn3279
  • i'm stuck there too. just can't get the fucking thing to work. my catapult made it the furthest, but di... : electroly
  • Finally finished it using a trebuchet similar to one linked here awhile ago. Can't remember the design, ... : Rag and Bone Man
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  Ha! I did it! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=163528 : c0bra
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    alternative: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=163704 : riptyde
    • i think you missed the point... : yAak
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      oh what the fuck you can move the pink ball? : .ka`boom.zZz.
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        Yeah life got a lot easier once someone pointed that out for me. :) There is definitely a fun challenge... : riptyde
        • the beginning levels were doable for me without moving the ball, but a lot of my later designs require mo... : cpt_gloval
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  SUBTHREAD HIJACK: UNPOWERED LEVELS ITT, we try to solve the levels using _no power_. That means you c... : Zero|DPX
  • I am particularly proud of 4, 5, and 19, although 7, 13, and 15 are also cool. : Zero|DPX
  • That last one is awesome : skunk_ape
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    posted this already, but i still think it's awesome Mission to Mars with only 3 pieces, no powered... : slickdoody
    • I agree it is awesome. Mine above uses the same number of pieces, but it's a bit less "clever". For tha... : Zero|DPX
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      1 piece. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=164562 : magistersmax
      • awesome! : marmite
      • Oh nice! : Zero|DPX
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    Those are awesome. But I want to see some with no balls at all : Reeves
    • or if more than 2, no touching. : cerealSAM2
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      Those don't really thrill me because you can construct a ball (sort of) out of wood segments, so it kind ... : Zero|DPX
      • It's about 10x harder and very satisfying when it works. : Reeves
  • what, no 18? : c0bra
  • mother fucker. :( : voodooraze
  • How about levels with no wheels/balls at all? Just posted about this above: http://www.shacknews.com/lar... : DinK
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    Im getting close on tube, probably need more weight a better angle. http://FantasticContraption.com/?d... : pieman
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      The no-wheel solution is pretty amazing: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=92866 : DinK
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        technically it has a wheel... : deathofrats
        • it's not powered, no wheel : Slowtreme
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    17 and 19 are incredible. : edgewise
    • 19 is my fav ;) : Demius
• By far my best one yet! http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=164466 : voodooraze
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  Haha http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=132473 : pieman
  • worth watching! : Slowtreme
  • LOL That is AWESOME : mukumuku
  • You got Served : Crimsonbeak
  • HAHAHAHA Okay this is the best one I've seen now : OverloadUT
  • that is pretty damn amazing. looks choreographed and all : Klebold
  • hahaha that shit was going to the beat of the offspring song i was playing... "Now dance, fucker, da : Demius
  • its like theyre doing capoeira! : ninjase
• http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=165086 yay! : locater16
• Mobile artillery: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=180166 : Dimmona

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  That was kinda the point. : skitzo
  • Yup. : disposition
  • indeed it was meant to be disturbing because here is a guy who does this stuff and doesn't give a fuck. N... : Chod
  • Yep. Heath nailed it. : randomjgj
• weird. i didn't feel like that one bit. : feek
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  I'm like you. I wish TDK was a funny summer comedy with the Joker pranking Batman with ballons and confet... : MrLobo
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    Batman : "WHO PUT ITCHING POWDER IN THE BAT SUIT?" [/Throat Cancer Voice] Joker : "HAHAHHAHaaahahahhahha... : skitzo
    • lolll : boring gegtik
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2yv8aT0UFc : pulse2115
      • Hahaha, that was pretty good : Vantage
      • That actually made me laugh, despite my expectations. Ty! : Ride-My-Rocket
      • ahahaha : Reeves
  • Threatening black mobster moves towards Joker. Joker: Want to see a magic trick? Joker fetches a pe... : Snuffles-
• That's what makes him one of the more effective villains in movie history. To me, Ledger's Joker and Bar... : nodge69
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  Do you really look like a guy with balls? You know what you are? You're a cat hiding under a bed. You wou... : hardfl1p
  • I agree. More balls are needed here : ateam311
  • oh you're sooo manly ..a real mans man ..the kinda of man orther men admire and secretly want to suck the... : cptstern
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    omg, empathy, no, kill it all! if you have empathy you have no balls, ahhh! it is a terrible thing to f : pointyelbows
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      the key word here is life around you The Dark Knight was a movie! I have empathy in real life, I th... : gakera
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        that's actually multiple words : boring gegtik
        • oohhh, if only you could see the scathing look I'm giving you right now >:E : gakera
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        i know, i know, entertainment purposes yaddi yaa ... but, humor me, here - imagery and thoughts are part : pointyelbows
        • I can only begin to imagine how you'd react to a movie like Salo or Cannibal Holocaust. : Lone Swordsman
        • It's a movie. It's not real. : Ebu
• he's a maniacal psychopathic torture-murderer schemer, how else did you expect to feel : spigot
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  Here's a movie recommendation for you: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429732/ : Silent Wolf
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    Saw it already, got the dvd. Anything else? : themaestro2657
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      How about this? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1092053/ : weaselmeister
      • Thanx, you made my evening!!! : themaestro2657
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  The only thing I didn't like we Bale's Batman voice. jesus, take a throat sweet. : chazums
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    The voice is like Clark Kents glasses, it helps disguise him. Also, it intimides the baddies. : themaestro2657
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      yeah it's real intimidating.. "Excuse me? could you speak up? I can't really make out what you're saying" : boring gegtik
      • Would you really dare say that to batman? I would just say yes to everything he said. : themaestro2657
    • I doubt it intimidates anyone, it's just extremely annoying. : owtwerd
• I hope they do an unrated DVD version some day with extra torture! : xlarti
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  Which story was true, the dad story or the wife??????? : not work safe
  • Entirely up to interpretation but I'd say neither. In some of the comics the Joker doesn't even know his ... : Chod
  • neither. that was the point of having more than one story - he will do or say anything to frighten peopl... : mojorisen1117
  • The one that was completely true was the one he was just about to tell Batman, it's a shame he got interr : Lionhart32935
• LOL GIRL : Vincenoir
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  I enjoy movies that evoke a strong emotional response, especially negative. I'm not "dead inside" rather ... : OverloadUT
  • It's the same way people can enjoy a really disturbing piece of art. It's about the emotion, not about be... : OverloadUT
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    You would definitely enjoy the movie 'MADE'. That movie made me squirm : boring gegtik
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      My favorite movie is Requiem for a Dream because of how strongly the ending crushes my soul : OverloadUT
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        how did it crush your soul? : dedgecko
        • there are things worse than death. : pointyelbows
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          Have you seen it? That's one of the most powerful emotion-invoking sequences I have ever seen. : OverloadUT
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            Yes, and I view as a great propaganda piece for the anti-drug movement. I know that shack-collective i : dedgecko
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              It's like you completely ignored the mother's story. The monologue about what it's like to be old did not... : OverloadUT
              • Sorry, don't remember it. And, from what I recall - I was put off by the mother's pandering to her addic... : dedgecko
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  you know it wasnt real, right? : maulla
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    also the most "disturbing" part of the movie was when batman dropped the mobster from the 2 or 3 story bu : maulla
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      the most disturbing aspect of the movie for me was the Joker Note... The first time I watched the movie y : Demius
      • i found the video messages left by the Joker to be particularly disturbing. : dirge23
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        Why don't I remember the note? I've seen the movie twice...someone remind me? : pun][sher
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          Its a musical note, not a physical note.. that high pitched sound that happens right before the Joker doe : Demius
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            I love that :) : pun][sher
            • yeah the first time i saw it, it was completely subconscious for me to be freaked out when that stupid so : Demius
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  That is the thing which seems to have been forgotten with new horror movies and suspense movies but which : Crimsonbeak
  • Well your imagination is a very very powerful creator of imagery. And I definitely agree with you on the... : dedgecko
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  Lol @ dead inside Also you don't seem to have a problem with Ninja-induced goring it seems http://www.s... : shirif
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    I would say video game violence isn't as cringe worthy as movie stuff. Which made you more emotional and... : Lionhart32935
    • You get to watch a guy eat body parts in Gabriel Knight 2, or a guy's guts spill onto a table in Ripper. ... : avatar_58
    • You're right. But DK is nowhere near as gory or disturbing as SPR, and I'd rate its violence level pretty : shirif
• You can't stand to let people touch you yet your sense of empathy is stronger than ours? I'm not sure I f... : rudds
• you thought he was going to come out and do some comedy for you? : painangel
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  I'm totally dead inside. The Joker made the movie for me. I also find American Psycho to be a delightful... : Rauol Duke
  • /signed : illwill18
• I don't think Joker is supposed to be funny. He prides himself on causing panic and bringing out the wors : nevicata
• I'd like to show you a magic trick. : pimpium
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  come on now, the movie was awesome, but it was not that "disturbing" at all. : skinlab133
  • The Joker was real disturbing which was awesome. : chazums
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    i agree with the OP, the movie had aspects that could really get to you if you let it. But yes, the movie... : Demius
    • I just dont' see it, really. I think stuff like I Spit on your Grave and Clockwork Orange is far more dis... : skinlab133
• You don't like touching and the Joker disturbs you to the point you can't enjoy the movie? Did something... : pigvomit
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  Did you see Pan's Labyrinth? There's this great scene with a bottle... : grandmasterlee
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    i saw pans labyrinth but i dont remember this scene, spoiler for me? : Demius
    • 10 face+bottle 20 goto 10 : grandmasterlee
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      Dude's face was smashed with the bottom of a wine bottle. After a few smacks, his face was concave. : pigvomit
      • Also known as the "If you brought your kid GET THE HELL OUT NOW" scene. : Zek
      • Yeah, and that wasn't even the most disturbing thing. : Finestaut
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        It's like a mainstream version of Irreversible fire extinguisher scene. : deathofrats
        • Oh yeah, that was nasty too. : pigvomit
  • Actually, that movie has a scene in which the Joker also did... but they showed it fully! It's where t... : Shivawn
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  I was laughing my ass off in pretty much every scene with the joker. : voodooraze
  • same here - and it wasn't due to the scenes being particularly hilarious - but more that they put this in... : dedgecko
  • I agree, as I said earlier, I found him hysterical and awesome. : skinlab133
• TL;DR boomsticah is a pussy : dedgecko
• I didn't find him funny, just sick and fascinating and scary, and that made me like the movie more. : EvilDolemite
• it's ok boomstickah i'm sure there are other guys who listen to indigo girls : Foxhawk
• I'm glad it was made exactly how it was, and i was extremely impressed with Ledger because of what you've... : phipple
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  I laughed with glee at the magnificent performance as a truly well-portrayed Joker. The actions, the deli : carrioN luggagE
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    I totally agree. I remember when Heath was first announced, and I had my doubts especially with the joker... : Demius
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      When I heard someone comment there was no Heath in the movie, only Joker... it made perfect sense. Comple... : carrioN luggagE
      • there is no Dana only Zuel! : Demius
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  That's funny, the Joker was the only part of the movie I really enjoyed. I thought all the moralizing abo... : datoo
  • batman was the least interesting part of this movie for me; the Harvey Dent story arc and the way Joke : Demius
• lol you're kidding right? this is an ILTC post right? : trelain
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  For me, those moments where the Joker's insanity truly shone through were the best. When he told his fir... : yAak
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    I love how one of his earlier lines sets up the tone for his character throughout the whole movie, and it : yAak
    • Heath Ledger: Not Any Stranger : boring gegtik
• I am here for you my Honorary Black Brother. I liked Ledger's performance but was so glad when the movie : dognose

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  K1bond007 - move to california!! : virus
  • Apparently. :( : K1Bond007
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  If it wasn't a 70 mile commute each way I might consider it. :( : acidnynex
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    why not move closer? it'd not only be closer, but you'd move out of the 909 as a bonus. : edgewise
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      951, we got rid of that 909 crap long ago. Riverside was actually voted one of the most livable cities in... : acidnynex
      • you wouldn't rather live closer to the beach? what's wrong with you!?!??!?! : edgewise
      • Wow really fuck Riverside. Move to the beach dude. : eb9k
      • you really should leave. I did my time there during high school and it's much better elsewhere : hamachi
• would you pay to relocate? :D : zerog83
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  That's a pretty big range : EvilDolemite
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    Yeah, I probably wouldn't hire anyone asking for less than $55k. Might go as high as $70k for a Shacker ... : iamgoat
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      That's crazy pay for that position! But then again, SoCal : EvilDolemite
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        Yeah I spent about 15 minutes look at housing the area... Hooooly crap. : spazzium
        • Such is the awesomeness of living in a tech heavy area, Seattle Eastside has the same issue. : dravalen
        • actually, if you have good credit and a decent down payment, these housing prices are about to fall from ... : epit
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        Not that high for the area, I just interviewed (didn't get it though) for a help desk analyst job (mobile... : acidnynex
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          That's fucking nuts, basic help desk pays maybe $45K here : EvilDolemite
          • Yeah, we need to go beyond that because we also need someone who's good with Windows networks and knows h... : iamgoat
          • I'm getting so raped, I'm barely breaking 33k and I've been doing this for 4+ years. : breadsticks
• I would love to be able to do this, I doubt I have the experience you're looking for. : spazzium
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  Wow, isn't this the company that you were starting just 2 years ago? It's cosmetics or something right? : angrytaxman
  • Yeah, we're 2 and 1/2 years old now. We moved into our new office a year ago and 5 months into it we had... : iamgoat
• can you find my wallet? : hirez
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  Damn this would be a solid job for me if I wasn't in the bay area. : DJ Clipdat
  • Lol I was thinking the same thing ;) : yosemiteclimber
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  70% female employees! : edgewise
  • for most shackers, that's a minus : gdestiny
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  Check your SM's : skitzo
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    Oh, do you get free samples of the cosmetics as well? : skitzo
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      Yes. : krym3
      • !!! : skitzo
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  can you remark as to what the company actually does? el segnundo has everything from the evil EA to Rayt... : smacknca
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    We develop and sell our own brand lines primarily tailored to woman such as makeup, skincare, hair care, ... : iamgoat
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      can I ask the name? my place does some similar to that. but we focus mostly on the web sales : hamachi
      • Competitor spotted!!! : KxRook
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  Hrmm.. 45 mile commute on the 405... : breadsticks
  • I do it 3 days a week (huntington to culver city). but I refuse to go during rush hour. if I dont shift m... : epit
  • Hours are flexible. 7-4, 8-5, 9-6. Earlier is better because the mornings is usually when issues presen... : iamgoat
• I only look for jobs in El Primero! : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  Can I work from here? : rosewood
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    Nope, this is an on-site position. I can see you hating the helpdesk part of the job ;) : iamgoat
    • We are out of sprite range though : krym3
• And you can hang out with myself and KxRook! : krym3
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  Fuck. I work in Torrance right now, and would be able to commute really easily to that area but I have z... : dopeman
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    or better yet how about a photographer! lol :( : dopeman
    • You interested in the marketing side? Our department hire entry level's here and there, wouldnt hurt to s... : KxRook
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  Any idea how rough the commute would be from Thousand Oaks? Google says near 2hrs with traffic :( I'm ... : Chunks
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    That sounds about right... If you worked a shifted hour set (say 7 - 4) you could probably do alright in... : krym3
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      Going from El Segundo to Thousand Oaks up the 405/101 at 4pm is frigging awful. : Serpico74
      • Yep, we have a warehouse in Valencia and whenever I've come back from it 405 North is backed up from Culv... : iamgoat
  • I had a friend that lived in Simi and worked at myspace which was also in El Segundo, his commute was abo... : skitzo

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  isn't indigo prophesy or fahrenheit the sequel to the longest journey? have you played those yet? : Mr.SEX
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    it's dreamfall that's the sequel to TLJ. : dirge23
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      I'm going to give that game a shot at some point, but for some reason I want to muck around in a differen... : helvetica
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        i understand that, too much of the same thing can be boring. but check out indigo prophecy then! it loo... : Mr.SEX
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          Common consensus is that it's heavy in all the wrong types of plot and is not good, but I haven't played ... : Zek
          • It's atrociously bad. The gameplay is just Simon Says, wiggle sticks. Story sucks too : shirif
      • Well, Dreamfall on the surface doesn't cover much of what went on in TLJ. It takes place like 12 years l... : deject
• Ace Combat 4 : ninjase
• King Peeg Quest VI : MoreVespeneGas
• If you like those games play Gabriel Knight. Seriously. It's like the pinnacle of the genre. It's an oldi... : avatar_58
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  Oh god, Grim Fandango is one of the best games ever made. Glottis is my hero. : deject
  • Its like they reached into my chest, tore out my heart and... urk! : chungathebunga
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  I'd say up until the 3/4 mark Indigo Prophecy / Farenheit was a FANTASTIC game, with an amazing plot, but... : pukerat
  • Yeah, it was utterly amazing what happened there. : lolpatrol
• Grim Fandango is superb. : terath
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  Have you played the other King's Quests? Namely 5 and 6. : Zek
  • I played King's Quest 5 many years ago. Not a bad game! I actually played 6 too; I fat-fingered "vi" in t... : helvetica
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  I really thought the VGA remake of Quest for Glory 1 was really good : geedeck
  • All the QFG games are. Excellent series. QFGV isn't quite up to par, but it's still a fun game. It's just... : avatar_58
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    There is a group doing a fanmade VGA of QFG2 which looks pretty on par with the first. I can't wait, I'l... : breadsticks
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      I'm worried about the inner mechanics and whether it will stay true to the original. Also whether charact... : avatar_58
      • I remember in a post they claimed the game save would carry on; in regards to the art, I only looked at s... : breadsticks
      • I remember in a post they claimed the game save would carry on; in regards to the art, I only looked at s... : breadsticks
    • Are they still not done with that yet? I played their remake of KQ1 years ago. It was great. : Bull
• Quest for Glory! : breadsticks
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  GRIM FANDANGO GRIM FANDANGO GRIM FANDANGO GRIM FANDANGO GRIM FANDANGO GRIM FANDANGO GRIM FANDANGO GRIM FA : DrWaffles
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    Also, try Full Throttle. Or the Monkey Island games. Or Sam and Max Hit the Road. Or any other Lucas... : DrWaffles
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      full throttle is pretty short though and is one of the least fun lucasarts adventure games. definitely r... : dantastic
      • what about LOOM? that one was a toughy i remember : dantastic
  • Oh God yes. If you haven't played it, you must. : sevogajre
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    +1 for Grim fandango! : ysbreker
    • And after that full throttle! : ysbreker
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    I just installed this game from CD, but I'm having some weird problems. I've no mouse, and I can't figure... : helvetica
    • Grim Fandango *should* work on XP with no worries. No need to use DOSBox. If you have Vista, the maste... : SigENeaT
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  Also look into other classic LucasArts/Sierra adventure games, like The Dig and Torin's Passage off the ... : Zek
  • I was asking about the The Dig just the other day! I thought I had a copy of it around, but it's gone mis... : helvetica
• It is essential you find, and play the Gabriel Knight Series if you enjoyed TLJ and KQ4. Talk about wel... : icon_of_syn
• HAve you played the Syberia games? They're awesome, too. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Reccomendations? Are there any good adventure games on steam I could start right away? : spazzium
  • I guess longest journey is one steam :) : spazzium
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    Yes actually. -Runaway 1 & 2 (Great puzzles, plot is kinda iffy) -Jack Keane (haven't tried myself) ... : avatar_58
    • Got The Longest Journey and the Dreamfall follow up. Will report back. : spazzium
• And the story was just brilliant. Could have easily bean a movie. : MrGrindy
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  TLJ rules but I'm having a hard time playing it at 640 on a 20.1" monitor, any tips? : EvilDolemite
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    any way to play it in a window? : dantastic
    • http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=682033 : Johnny Law
  • Anti-aliasing works on the models. That helped a lot for me. : flox
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    I had the same issue. I got it to play in a 640x480 window. : Bull
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      Oh it plays, it's just very, very harsh to look at. I don't mind low res but the way the backgrounds wer... : EvilDolemite
      • I also remember the cutscenes always playing in the upper left, even after I'd moved my window to the mid... : Bull
• Sidetrack: Should I get TLJ on Steam if I already have GotY on CD? : chiisu81
• Sidetrack: Should I get TLJ on Steam if I already have GotY on CD? : chiisu81
• The Gabriel Knight series is pretty great. Probably my favorite adventure game series from Sierra. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
• I heard this is like super ultra mega girlfriend friendly game. True/Not true? : jingletard
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  Arcanum !!!!!!!!! It's an RPG but it's sooooooo good. : Foxhawk
  • The combat is so shitty in the game. I just started so hopefully it gets better. : freshyk
• Beneath a Steel Sky, it's pretty short but it got released for free a couple years ago. Very fun 2D adv... : loboVT

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• this can only end in success : kill9
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  that's probably the dumbest shit i've ever heard : qwpeoriu
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    i concur : Chuck Walrus
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      i want to concur, but this is the shack. i know it wouldn't be true if i said it. : xsoulbrothax
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        it's okay, i said probably so there's some margin for error there : qwpeoriu
        • you are subtle and think ahead! very awesome. i concur heartily : xsoulbrothax
• lol : xxx2xxx
• he's acting like a female. tell him to man up and just tell her. "bitch, you is fine" : Mikuya
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  that is fucking retarded high school bullshit right there. just have him ask her out. if she says yes, sh... : mindfk
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    ps: don't date chicks from work. ends in epic failure 98% of the time. : mindfk
    • and the other 2% of the time, its just a miniature failure. : Demius
• this is the dumbest idea ever : TheMonkeyWench
• grow a pair : cltcprd
• This is the most direct way of asking someone ever! He should definitely try this. : shred.
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  Even on Saved by the Bell this is a terrible idea. : A Sponge
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    this is the 2nd mention of saved by the bell on the shack in as many days. : mindfk
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      I fucking love Saved by the Bell and I'll fight anyone who disagrees to the death. : A Sponge
      • i used to have a zack morris haircut. and my parents had one of those gray cellphones so i carried it aro... : mindfk
      • Can we move in together? We can decorate our walls with Saved by the Bell posters and play video games al... : laurgasms
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        I'M SO EXCITED I'M SO EXCITED I'M SO SCARED : Deathlove
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          Ahaha. That also reminded me of Full House when the bowl of tapioca they call DJ exercises too much and n... : Hello Kitty
          • It wasn't because she exercised, it's because she was on a "crash diet." : treefingers1
          • hahahahah bowl of tapioca lolol : kill9
      • Why do they export this shit to Britain anyway? Or Subway sandwiches for that matter? : taronish
    • oh and the other one was you as well. i'm on to you little missy. : mindfk
• she doesn't like him. I just saved you both some time : jaga
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  This is the most fucking stupid retarded relationship-related thing I have read here in a long time. Slap... : OverloadUT
  • because=believe : OverloadUT
• by now he has already blown it. : mindshot
• your friend eh? lol : mega man
• if you were really his friend you would punch him in the nuts for even thinking of doing this. disgusting... : snicker-snack 2
• butt slap her infront of the HR office, worked for me. : gmd
• Hahahahahhaahahah : crummynz
• this in no way will change the outcome and possibly delay said outcome. : cpt_gloval
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  After reading these replies I feel dumb because I think it's a good idea :( : Medium Heavy
  • there's a rather wide area between "likes him enough to go out on a date with him" and "isn't enough of a... : GloriousCow
• Or she tells him to go on another date because she's not a freak who tries to sabotage someone just becau... : SenorSpine
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  ahahahah this is funny because even i know better : Flying h4x0r
  • only because I read this post by steelsamurai http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17523737 : Flying h4x0r
• I really don't see that working. If she thinks he's at all interested in someone else, she'll likely just : ShoCon
• That's pretty dumb, I'm sorry. No way she's gonna react so predictably. : zehh
• ahahaha, this is awesome. : iamgoat
• your friend is at the very least generating "social proof" and will appear "preselected" :) : nova_x
• this can't possibly fail. : Yabrodan
• this is not a good idea. have him ask her out. the worst that happens is a moment of awkward, and as lon... : dahanese
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  wow...not the responses i was expecting. I am a bit shocked considering all the crazy things chicks do t... : alcueso
  • Back when I was in high school, I went on a double date with my cousin and his gf. They set me up with th... : ShoCon

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• Cause & Effect : RomSteady
• Rusted root ? : vikramwillrock
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  Stabbing Westward broke up. Their keyboard player was a DJ in Albany for a while. It's sad, I really li... : trOmblyj
  • he played in the clay people when they had their reunion. that was a wild show they played in valentines... : ibrokn
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    There was a DJ on XM that was in Stabbing Westward. Goes by 'StabWalt' or something goofy like that. : Degenerate
    • that's the same guy. he left albany to work for xm : ibrokn
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  I thought Sponge was going to be big, but then I saw them in concert and realized they were total freaks. : riptyde
  • That's what actually sparked this thread, I heard Molly on the radio the other day & wondered whatever ha... : jingletard
  • And, interestingly enough, their opening act was Stabbing Westward. : riptyde
• Warrant : Phreakin
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  failure : ibrokn
  • ^^ ^ agreeing with this. : atom519
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  Gravity Kills : MagicWishMonkey
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    Awesome, I totally remember guilty. : jingletard
    • Now I want to hear this song again. : dirge23
• Ha! I listened to "In The Meantime" yesterday! : AxeMan808
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  I miss Stabbing Westward so much. :( : Edges
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    Me too. : jingletard
    • I used to play Quake 1 with their CD in the drive (their second album but the first one of theirs that wa... : trOmblyj
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  Filter : cpt_gloval
  • They had a show here in Chicago about a month ago, and I totally missed it. It was FREE too. : jingletard
  • i saw them recently, i dont think they failed in any sense. what a great band. : handofthrawn
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  Cake? seriously? I think Cake has had good success over the years. : cltcprd
  • Also, I think their sound has always been fairly "niche" to the point where they'd never "take over the w... : riptyde
  • I think so too, but they weren't as popular (multi platinum, headliners, etc..) as I thought they were go... : jingletard
  • i agree. i wouldn't put them here. : dahanese
  • Yeah for their style of music they're doing pretty good. They don't really appear to be striving to be su... : SenorSpine
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  I'm not sure you can really classify Lit as a 90's band. Aren't they more from the early 2000's? : action wombmate
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    I could've swore they were mid to late 90's, when Pam Anderson was still popular. : jingletard
    • 1999 for My Own Worst Enemy : sigpro
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  Prick. : trOmblyj
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    prick sucked when i saw them a couple years back. i'm glad they didn' t make it. : ibrokn
    • I just liked their first album. I listened too it way too much. This was back in like 96 or so. : trOmblyj
• Spice Girls : electroly
• Republika. : Totenjaeger
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  I saw Stabbing Westward open for some industrial act (Front 242? TKK? KMFDM? can't remember who) in the m... : dirge23
  • Yeah apparently they toured in 1993 with F242 and Ethyl Meatplow. Stabbing Westward was completely overs... : dirge23
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  Sponge is awesome. : FormerHPB
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    i remember loving that Wax Ecstatic album back in the day : cpt_gloval
    • I've still got Plowed and Molly on my ipod. It still holds up. : smoove
    • I thought their first one was better, Rotting Pinata. Lots of great songs on that one. : FormerHPB
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  I think it'd be easier to list which bands took off that surprised you as my default setting is that all ... : edgewise
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    I never expected NIN to attain such massive mainstream popularity. : dirge23
    • Me either. I suppose edgewise is right, although sometimes I hear songs and I think 'hey, I could listen... : jingletard
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  violent femmes but they never broke past blister in the sun (that was big though) luckily presidents o... : kainen1
  • PotUSA have had several AMAZING albums, Love Everybody and These Are The Good Times, People are fucking p... : Deathlove
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  The Toadies but maybe that's just because I thought Possum Kingdom was about vampires : ucanbfuzzy
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    Somebody pointed this out to me like a month ago. I never considered it before, but it's kind of hard to ... : dirge23
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      seriously, what is it about? i still don't know, and vampires or rape or vampire rape are the only thing... : ucanbfuzzy
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        I don't know. I don't usually consider songs to be "about" anything in particular, unless it's really obv... : dirge23
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          Well I guess that makes sense then. Good to know I was completely and totally wrong about the song. A... : ucanbfuzzy
          • fwiw, i don't consider the artist of a song/painting/book/whatever to be the ultimate arbiter of what it ... : dirge23
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    new album about to come out, they are currently on tour (sept 3 bitch!) : mwasher
    • I know! I hope it doesn't suck balls! : ucanbfuzzy
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    The Toadies are still awesome and are coming out with a new CD! Also, if you like them also check out Bur... : ninjase
    • ok i will back you up on this : Deathlove
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  Pearl Jam : Tommy Toolbag
  • die : cltcprd
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  Our Lady Peace : PapaBoo
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    people are naming my favorite bands and it makes me sad. it's like if you have anything a bit off kilter ... : dahanese
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      I love OLP, but the only time I saw them live was when they opened for 3 Doors Down (which I left during)... : cltcprd
      • hijack: what concerts have you left early? i saw Jerry Cantrell open for Nickelback and left when i co... : cpt_gloval
    • Same. I can't tell if that music was genuinely better than the stuff that is put out today, or I've just... : twifosp
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    Same. I remember hearing 'star seed' and I thought it was the greatest thing ever, then the awesome kept... : jingletard
    • The Curse of Bob Rock strikes again. :( : Super Sparker
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    saw them open for I Mother Earth ..Raine Maida the singer is annoying. IME is the better band imho : cptstern
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxfVaufgdaE : cptstern
  • OLP was huge in Canada over the space of quite a few albums, which is a normal band's life. : Vantage
  • I say not really. If a band has an album that reached the 9th top selling US album in a week according Bi... : yellowtexan
  • OLP is huge here but that may just be the Canada factor : renegade732
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  Urge Overkill, maybe. : smoove
  • Sister Havana was totally awesome and then they disappeared except for that one pulp fiction song that wa... : ninjase
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  Stabbing Westward was good stuff : AMikaboshi
  • Saw them live a number of years ago. 10 minute version of Shame to close the set. It was awesome. : smegmar
• I really thought Nirvana would make it big : spiderfill
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  the toadies. they're actually on tour right now : FrayLo
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    look how late i am to this thread : FrayLo
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      you're so late you're pregnant with this threads baby youre having a baby you big gay man : boring gegtik
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        a thread baby : boring gegtik
        • it's me, i'm the one who was pregnant with this threads baby : FrayLo
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    are they coming to Seattle? or did i miss it already? : cltcprd
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      yeah to the showbox, on sept. 19 (fri) http://www.showboxonline.com/newwebsite/fullcalendar.html : FrayLo
      • holy shit i might have to go. : cltcprd
  • Yep - I'm going to see them 9/8 here in Phoenix. My band covers Possum Kingdom every once in a while, it... : TabsAZ
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    guess who is seeing them on saturday go ahead, guess : Deathlove
    • it's me i am the one : Deathlove
• Jawbox : AisfortomAto
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  No mention of Sponge? : HojuSimpson
  • lol, me retard. Sponge listed in OP. : HojuSimpson
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  Gravity Kills The Refreshments (still one of my favorites) : twifosp
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    So just how far down do you want to go? : MagicWishMonkey
    • Far enough down to get a meekong. : twifosp
  • I forgot R{HUM}R which is just about my favorite band from that time period. : twifosp
• Aqua! : Jayx77
• That's actually a really good list. What do those bands have in common? At first blush, it seems like... : SLUDGE^
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  Bush : spectr3
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    Bush "made it". They had several platinum albums. : dirge23
    • Yeah, that's true.. I think part of me wishes they were still around. I loved most of their tunes. : jingletard
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    Wow, yeah. I forgot. Sixteen stone was an amazing album. I think Rossdale is trying some solo stuff, b... : jingletard
    • He's still boning Gwen Stefani. That would impair my productivity too. : dirge23
    • Actually, his single from his new album is getting quite a bit of radio play here in Atlanta. From what I... : suicidemachine
    • Dude plays tennis all day now. From reports he is decent (4-4.5) player. He is often at Federer's matches... : d3tached
• Awesome that Stabbing Westward is on your list! I have to Gravity Kills. I have a copy of their self-titl... : DJ Clipdat
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  Hum :( : owly
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    NO SHIT. i loved hum so much. i saw them on the downward is heavenward tour. there were at most 100 peo... : deathmuppeter
    • I could never understand why they weren't huge, or why Downward is Heavenward flopped. Such a great albu... : owly
  • absolute truth : siknsyko
• wasylm says that stabbing westward is like the n'sync of progressive/industrial music. : papaskot
• Smoking Popes and Triplefastaction. Man, I thought they were going to be IT, especially after the Popes h... : Deathlove
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  There's some Canadian bands that are huge here but don't seem to be very popular internationally. Joel Pl... : renegade732
  • Like Sloan? I was sure they were going to make it big, aside from that one single they had on pop radio ... : Enkidu
• Snot. Unfortunately Lynn Strait died in a car accident. : ant_hillbilly
• Jesus Jones : locash
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  I'm surprised Better than Ezra hasn't appeared yet. : Clay
  • I'm still pissed off that I bought that album : boring gegtik
• God, the things I would do for new Stabbing Westward songs....:( : avatar_58
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  Local H still rocks me out hardcore. They released a new album a few months ago and it kicks mad ass : ninjase
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    tomservo back me up here : ninjase
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      nobody will back you up on this : Deathlove
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        Local H is awesome : boring gegtik
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          Ham-Fisted, As Good As Dead, Pack Up The Cats - excellent, beyond compare albums. Everything since - e... : Deathlove
          • you high fiving mother fucker : twifosp
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  Starsailor. The lead singer has some golden pipes. I thought they were going to be the next Radiohea... : treefingers1
  • Whoops. Wrong era. They came out in 2001. : treefingers1
• hum helmet jawbox shiner sunny day real estate : deathmuppeter
• Jimmy's Chicken Shack, Goldfinger : spectr3
• Most of Stabbing Westward formed the band 'The Dreaming'. I was skeptical at first but got their CD and ... : icon_of_syn
• Local H still owns. Their new album that came out about a month ago KICKS FUCKING ASS : tomservo
• Sponge still plays a lot of concerts here in Michigan. Pretty solid band. : fishbone
• The Tea Party :\ : shavenewok
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  I thought Candlebox might go as far as Pearl Jam but they didn't quite have their Vedder to keep them mov... : eforce98
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    they did just come out with a new album : drewroy
    • though that might be true, they didn't quite take over the world : eforce98

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• give the money to me. I'll spend it for you : devnullgt
• The World Ends With You. : Deathlove
• The Ace Attorney Series (4 games now) New Super Mario Bros Mario Kart DS Tetris DS Puzzle Quest Cast... : avatar_58
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  Puzzle Quest :[ : xsoulbrothax
  • ^^^ BUY THIS. ugh, its so good it makes me sick. : yAak
• Rhythm Heaven looks pretty damn rad. : crummynz
• FFT:A2 : gdestiny
• The New Super Mario Bros : AMikaboshi
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  Thanks for the tips. What about that Advanced Wars and the sequel I heard all the kids talking about? : Duffman8369
  • it's sexcellent! : snicker-snack 2
  • The first one is a must have. I don't know about the sequel. It's not as good, definitely, but I also hav... : perstephanie
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  Send 267.12 to me. :) : FS|Archangel
  • Plus 9.98 : FS|Archangel
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  Hotel Dusk Final Fantasy III Metroid Prime: Hunters (I'm also trying to sell those :P) : grayscale
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    skip ff3, : AMikaboshi
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      What's wrong w/ff3? : CrustaR
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        Very genericy. No real story. : chungathebunga
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          Guess I'll pass on that. : CrustaR
          • I liked it, but it really depends on your tastes. : perstephanie
      • FF3 is okay but it's probably the weakest of the FFs I've played. : Horn
  • skip Hotel Dusk, (How much are those going for?) : CrustaR
• civ : deviantpaul
• elite beat agents!!!!! : JINKY
• metal slug 7 and contra : jooky
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  http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=222049 And it has pretty pictures :) : Demius
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    Excellent. thanks. : Duffman8369
    • np, i book marked that site for when I get a DS... they apparently make changes when new stuff gets relea... : Demius
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  CivRev : OverloadUT
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    what's with all the civ rev love? The interface seemed extremely slow and unresponsive to me, couldn't ge... : snicker-snack 2
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      Chiefs from 15 years ago? I don't know what you mean. And what's with the love is that the game is amazin... : OverloadUT
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        i don't know, the graphics and fonts looked dated to me... Just remember feeling like I was playing somet... : snicker-snack 2
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          Oh okay you should have said that you don't care about gameplay from the beginning! : OverloadUT
          • :( i'm just saying the interface sucked so hard I couldn't get to the actual gameplay : snicker-snack 2
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  Metal Slug 7, Contra, and NIntendogs : Dschinghis Khan
  • Nintendogs? Die. : Duffman8369
• Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Contra 4 Etrian Odyssey II Final Fantasy II... : mechanicalgrape
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  Mario Kart is fun, Advance Wars is awesome, Tetris isn't particularly great, Puzzle Quest is addictive as... : perstephanie
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    aaahg, Puzzle Quest really is not just Bejewed. The fact that you combine like-symbols in rows and column... : yAak
    • I agree with this. I do not like Bejeweled at all, but Puzzle Quest is fun as hell. Just the slight adjus... : OverloadUT
• In before save and buy something cool in a month? : ra1n
• NSMB! I lost it once, so I bought it again, i think it might even be worth three or four purchases. : threeup
• Contra 4 is a must have for old school platforming (and old school difficulty). Picross is a great puzzl... : Grumbeld
• Phoenix Wright Contra 4 New Super Mario Bros Kirby's Canvas Curse Yoshi's Island Zelda Phantom Hourg... : eforce98

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  Your main computer still down raz? : dkrulz
  • Yeah :( I still don't know what the problem is and I'm kind of short on money these days so I don't know ... : razlebol
• It's more the moves I have a problem with, I can't memorize half that shit, let alone 40 different combos... : jingletard
• Street Fighter II Turbo Soul Calibur II Samurai Showdown (any of them, doesn't matter too much to me) : godwit
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  I really wish they'd make another 2D Guilty Gear that actually advances the plot. But yeah, best (and pro... : WhiteHatVeteran
  • BlazBlue is a sequel to Guilty Gear XX but it doesn't have any characters from GG. : razlebol
• -Street Fighter 3, third strike -Street Fighter 2 Turbo SNES edition >: -Street fighter alpha 2 : shirif
• Epyx World Karate : gyokuro
• SFA2 tied with SF2T:HF : boring gegtik
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  Pit Fighter : EvilDolemite
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    lol, that game was terrible. I still managed to show in every arcade place somehow so someone must have l... : razlebol
    • duh, it had DIGITIZED GRAPHICS http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/fighters/pitfighter-16.png : EvilDolemite
• Darkstalkers, Marvel Vs. Capcom, Killer Instinct. : Head Rush
• Soul Calibur 2 Capcom vs SNK 2 KoF '03 or 98. : dravalen
• Capcom vs SNK 2 : pilgrimage
• MK2 - SNES. Nuttin bettah : icon_of_syn
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  VF4, Tekken3, SF2 : egg5hen
  • Does Virtual On count? I spent hundreds of dollars on that game. : egg5hen
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  2d all the way street fighter zero 2 alpha street fighter 3: third strike capcom vs snk 2 I'm thi... : goatboy
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    My PS2 Hori stick work just fine on my ps3 with an adapter. : razlebol
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      what adapter? i keep reading that the pelican is ideal (wanting to do backwards compatibility too for ol... : goatboy
      • I'd tell you were I bought mines but my computer is down and I can't check my mails on this shitty ass ps... : razlebol
• Original Prince of Persia. I know it's not technically a fighting game, but each match played out like o... : exigence7
• SFA3, KoF98, VF5 : qwpeoriu
• 2d, Street Fighter Alpha 3. My friends and I have played this game steadily for years. : TrptJim
• Killer Instinct Tekken VS (lol) : Cashh
• I'm no fighting game nut, but I grew up playing World Heroes, Street Fighter 2 (the original), and Mortal... : Matt Burris
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  Has anyone else ever played "Street Fighter"? Not II, the first one. : EvilDolemite
  • Aye, in the arcade even. : judasen
  • yeah in the arcade, I also have Fighting Street on TGFX : qwpeoriu
  • yes. the moves were incredibly difficult to pull off compared to all subsequent games. : shyguy74
  • I saw it at the arcade once but I never played it. I don't think it was popular. I aslo played Street Fig... : razlebol
  • With the 2 pads instead of the 6 buttons, even. Of course people were constantly breaking the pads.... : AxeMan808
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  One Must Fall 2097. Uh... then Brawl then Melee I suppose. Don't kill me, fighting nerds. : crummynz
  • FX Fighter was a great PC fighting game in true 3d way before anything on consoles http://www.filebox.... : EvilDolemite
• I hate 2D fighting games. 3D fighting games are much more dynamic. : SockMonkeh
• Tekken Tag. Best Fighting Game EVER. : mwasher
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  IK+ #1 hands down if that fits in this category. #2/3 I'm not sure. Street fighter 2, soul calibur and... : Guybrushed
  • IK+? : razlebol