Morning Discussion

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  What's their adventure game selection like? : helvetica
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    They have Fallout 1 and 2 and Fallout Tactics, Invictus, Lionheart, and Stonekeep. Not much for right ... : MercFox1
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      Vista compatible Stonekeep? Bought! : SilverSnake
      • I wanted that game so bad when I was a kid. : ADSliv
      • The best part about that game was that there's a few objects in the game that you could attack, but are i... : Haxim
    • Stonekeep? Wow. Used to be really hyped for that game. Then it was released. : deadhorse
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  digital downloads or what man? i can't be forced to google this stuff : MoreVespeneGas
  • Right now, when you buy a game, you get to download a massive .EXE installer that they handmade for each ... : MercFox1
• DRM-free games. Sold!!!! : grabbie
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  Looks very promising, but I'm still stuck on a Mac, and I already own half of these games and cannot rati... : WildDanimal
  • bootcamp? : MoreVespeneGas
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    Well, the dos games use DOSBox, so you could theoretically install them on a windows machine and copy the... : jason bergman
    • Exactly. I'm not gonna fuck with it till I get a Windows box. I probly will then. You know, replay the Fa... : WildDanimal
  • Then get the other half ;) : ElArabDeMagnifico
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  am i the only one that likes Fallout: Tactics? : deviantpaul
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    I picked up Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (the PS2 console game) for $3.90 at Fry's the other day and was : Schnapple
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      Uh, he was also in Fallout and Fallout 2. : pyrogen
      • Goddammit, Wikipedia lied to me. In my defense, you can see below that the fates have kept me from pla... : Schnapple
    • he's the intro narrator for every game in the series : nem00
    • Wowzers. : lechuck59
    • Yeah I got it off ebay about a year ago... really not a terrible game if you forget that it has the Fallo... : CyCo_PL
  • I felt it had a lot of promise, but ultimately more polish than substance. : WildDanimal
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  Still no email :( : avatar_58
  • whats the deal? me too! : nandu666
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  I haven't recieved my email yet (signed up on Sunday) but one thing I'd like to know is... I know they... : Schnapple
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    In several cases, the GoG team has access to the original source code and not just the .exe and game data... : Maarten Goldstein
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      and in the cases where they don't have access to the source code aren't they still further tweaking and m... : Prozium
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        yeah i dont think they just write a dosbox or whatever ini file : Maarten Goldstein
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          Qbix of dosbox claims they were contacted and thats exactly what they are doing. So I'm inclined to belie... : avatar_58
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            well then i expect plenty of problems under 64-bit vista :( : Maarten Goldstein
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              Eh? Dosbox works 100% in Vista x64. I use it all the time. It's no different than 32-bit Vista or XP. : avatar_58
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                just my PC then. even more sad faces! : Maarten Goldstein
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                  Well tell me, because I like fooling with it. What exactly is it doing? : avatar_58
                  • Yeah I have like almost zero experience with DOSBox but I was running DOOM and Commander Keen this weeken... : Schnapple
          • Only for DOS games, obviously. Windows games do other tweaks where they can. : jason bergman
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      I thought they said they do not have the source code? Anyway for Fallout it doesn't matter, both 1 & 2 wo... : avatar_58
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        For you. I've had problems getting fallout to run in XP with the same issues the Schnapple has had. : Horn
        • What problems are those? NMA has patches too if you really want to make them compatible. I wonder if they... : avatar_58
      • Yeah, I've seen the "they've got the source code" idea floating around, but they explicitly say that they... : Johnny Law
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  I want in, damnit! hopefully soon. : marmite
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    Seriously...I thought everyone who signed up got in the beta. : Vincent Grayson
    • "If you don't receive your access key on Monday, don't worry as we're sending them out in stages." : daedraug
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      Going out in waves, they say. Still waiting on mine too. :( : SilverSnake
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        i signed up right at the beginning but then the other day signed up again just in case I hadn't and now I... : marmite
        • I signed up when the first article was posted here on Shack, quite a while ago, and I still haven't gotte... : SilverSnake
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          I signed up once in the beginning and held off on re-signing.. I just got mine now. Hostile Waters and Di... : xsoulbrothax
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            So is the list NDA or can someone post the whole thing? : avatar_58
            • sm'd! but i'm a chump and didn't read the EULA or anything, trying to find it to see if there's an NDA : xsoulbrothax
            • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17876163#itemanchor_17876163 : marmite
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  I thought about doing it to buy Descent but I just don't see the point unless I can get you retards to pl... : rosewood
  • I'd play; I have my D2 and D3 cds around here somewhere. : MercFox1
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  What are the payment options? Is there a full list of the available games somewhere? : razorblade79
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    The payment options are credit card only. You pay for a game- no subscriptions. : Quaunaut
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      I think they're working on getting PayPal support. That'd be a big plus. : MercFox1
      • That'd be a big plus, I didn't have a cc for quite some time. : razorblade79
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      Is there an "add to cart" feature? My biggest gripe with steam is having to buy games one-by-one. I don't... : avatar_58
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        there is for sure, i just looked. : xsoulbrothax
        • Although for your first purchase, make sure you only buy one game to get your free game. It mentions s... : amber996
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  Any listings yet? : thejm4n
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    1NSANE 474.3 MB - $9.99 COLIN MCRAE RALLY 2005 2.9 GB - [Soon] CONQUEST OF THE NEW WORLD 75.... : amber996
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      There are some great games there. NOTE: do not buy Stonekeep. Repeat, do not buy Stonekeep. : EvilDolemite
      • But it had an awesome box! : Schnapple
      • Haha, I remember getting that game, but nothing about the gameplay... did it suck that bad? : rasputinreborn
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        was that the FPS dungeon crawler where you could only move 1 box in any direction at a time? : -=kodiak=-
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          Yes, and very slowly because it was some FMV bullshit of 5 frames stretched out to 1 second iirc. It was ... : genericuser
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            oh yea now i remember... everything was brown, you couldnt see 2 'blocks' in front of you because it was ... : -=kodiak=-
            • I used to like you kodiak, but now I'm afraid you just made the list. Stonekeep was freakin' awesome! >:(... : SilverSnake
        • That's a very, very common convention in the dungeon crawler genre. : CyCo_PL
      • I owned Stonekeep >:( God that game was a disappointment : Ebu
    • ^^^ GAME LIST inf for the kind soul! : xsoulbrothax
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      Add a Dungeon Keeper 2 that works under vista (32/64) and color me sold.... : johnny rotten
      • yes please DK2 for vista! : mesabo
    • Thanks. A few good titles. : thejm4n
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      SHOGO: MOBILE ARMOR DIVISION! : Killrig
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        Oh sh- They got Shogo? I wanted that on Steam! Damn! : Attica Blue
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          Eh? This is better than steam. It's DRM free and it's still downloadable for as long as you like. : avatar_58
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            until it goes bankrupt : OrkO
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              But since it's DRM free you have been clever enough to save the installers on a DVD or other long-term st... : SilverSnake
              • Unlike Steam! : DOOManiac
    • MDK2 was such a fun game. And Toca 3 is good too. : jasonepowell
    • Okay, who else here played DBTS? And who else loved it? : xsoulbrothax
    • now give me the BLOOD series D: : barichnikov
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  I have some requests for anyone in the early access program: -A list of current titles. -Confirmation... : MrAdults
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    Your PC being dualcore means squat, as dosbox is single core. If you can't get blood working, it's due to... : avatar_58
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      Well I think he just threw the dual core thing out there to point out how his rig is pretty recent. Or at... : Schnapple
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        Correct. Quite aware that DosBox is not multi-threaded. Blood works, but as I mentioned, SVGA modes are s... : MrAdults
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          Which output are you using? Try something like ddraw. Also try setting a static cycle amount and find out... : avatar_58
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            Output doesn't really matter, since the main CPU overhead is from emulating video buffer writes. Blitting... : MrAdults
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              I'm just speaking from personal experience here, Blood requires a 'litle' more than Duke (depending on le... : avatar_58
              • Yeah, I played around with it a bit. It wasn't a slideshow, but it really choked violently on transparenc... : MrAdults
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  I signed up months ago, where's my invite >:( : jet-poop
  • Seriously. Tom Ohle! Pull some strings and get me in ASAP. : freshyk
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    Me too what the hell... I am getting a little sick of signing up for stuff and never getting in lol! : RogerDandy
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      Everyone who signed up will get in. We've sent out about 20k keys so far with more on the way in the next... : Tom Ohle
      • Thanks for the news Tom I can't wait to get my hands on some of these titles. I somehow missed out on the... : RogerDandy
      • I can't wait to play Giants and hopefully have it work. : h0cake
      • Are invites being sent out to people outside the US? UK here, not a whisper yet, asked for a beta invite ... : goldaryn
• Yay, no 80 dollar Ebay, and no pain in the ass pirating/emulating discontinued games that won't work on y... : ElArabDeMagnifico
• Yeah it's completely awesome. I already bought 6 games from them, plus a free one. Seven games for $36 se... : dpgagnon

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  haha awesome fucking shit game : manero
  • Don't forget eggplant. : rock elf
• people better [inf] this : ucanbfuzzy
• You need to do this over a period of a week for some awesome results. : Bamtan
• install Logitech eggplant gun system : stamps
• I like how Santa and Monica are 2 diff words LOL : Simulacrum
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  I didn't think we talked about Eggplant that much : reign27
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    helpmewithmyeggplantproblems.com : manero
    • p.s. everyone drives fuck software : manero
  • Apparently it's a pretty popular topic: http://www.shacknews.com/search.x?terms=eggplant&type=comments ... : Duffman8369
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    eggplant eggplant eggplant eggplant eggplant eggplant eggplant also: Wow, wow, seperate words? hmm : goldaryn
    • My mistake. It appears that Wordle has three crude choices for how it handles case. It doesn't support wh... : rock elf
• lol Santa and Eggplant. : midgetherder
• more eggplant than ass. whats wrong with this place. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  fucking should be bigger : drucifer
  • You know how to fix that for next fucking time, you eggplant. : rock elf
  • yes, it fucking should be fucking bigger : dignan
  • I really thought awesome would take a bigger spot : Juno
  • fucking right it should : jaga
• I need to talk about beer more often : hamachi
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  eggplant.. fuck yeah : wtf242
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    that one struck me as well : ghost hacker
    • I imagine it was all taken from the evening reading where wtf242 asked how to cook eggplant. : aethyr
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  Go PHP! : DOOManiac
  • Also: Ass Fuck Software! : DOOManiac
• shit PC job : .ka`boom.zZz.
• Santa... : Jonathan
• thief thief thief thief thief thief thief thief thief thief thief thief thief oh this isn't worth it. : thief
• This is cool. : thief
• McCain snuck in there : deveus1
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  Can you filter pluralization of nouns and conjugation of verbs? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • Sadly not. My script was just 100 lines of unsophisticated Ruby. See this answer on the Wordle FAQ about ... : rock elf
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  who knew, we do tend to talk about games in here : Dave-A
  • that's totally eggplant : Dave-A
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  I was just mucking around with Wordle too! I liked that iTunes graphic at the bottom and made something ... : ThomW
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    PS : Your graphic of the Shack is fucking awesome. If I ran this place I'd definitely be posting that in... : ThomW
    • Thanks Thom. That means a lot coming from the president of space Greasemonkey legend. : rock elf
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    I only just found out what it was, but I've seen these beautiful word clouds around the web for a while n : rock elf
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      I have A Tribe Called Quest on there. ;) : ThomW
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        White people LOVE them! : dognose
        • I'll have to put Public Enemy back on heavy rotation. ;) : ThomW
  • This is really cool! Mine is: http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/175193/Last.fm_-_acdcdefg : sonicdeathwalrus
• santa? wtf : duncandun
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  Where is NWS on there? I think it's broken. : nevicata
  • Bizarrely, it was only uttered four time in last night's ER. Comment search confirms it! http://www.shack... : rock elf
• I spent 10 minutes trying to figure out why wordle wouldn't work for me then I realized I needed Java. ... : DOOManiac
• Why is "monica" in there? Also, "DNF" is not; I need to start trying harder : dognose
• seconds : CasbahBoy
• can we get some hi-res versions of this for wallpapers? : sKetchflow
• you should try morning discussion or one of those stale weekend chatties. evening chatties are boring : Mmmmmoo
• guys lol : okhelosir
• you filtered out the top 1000 words? that must be were the 360 and penis went to : Slowtreme
• Can you give that to me in 2560x1600 please? : virus
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  I think the data is too small :( You eggplant'd this one up, eggplant has <400 posts and 360 has > 80k : kaddar0
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    it was just for the last Evening Reading : Dave-A
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      WHOSE DATA IS TOO SMALL NOW KADDAR0?!? : Dave-A
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        hint: it is your data that is too small : Dave-A
        • that's what she said : ThomW
  • I'll probably do another one over a longer period at some point. : rock elf
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  I like how small "working" is. And "Quake" is also surprisingly unobtrusive. But yeah, "PS3" made the c... : AxeMan808
  • Oh...last night...Reading Comprehension -- ....nevermind. : AxeMan808
  • santa monica : okhelosir
• Need sto be taken over a month or so, and needs to be bigger. I want one of those as my desktop. : magistersmax
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  I see "ass" but not "cock." Obviously this thing is broken. : c0bra
  • Seriously. And no gay either. I call shenanigans. : Home Nugget
• EGGPLANT MOFOS : afrochops
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  Hi-res version as requested, 2560x1849 with some slack at the top and bottom. http://rock_elf.shackspace.... : rock elf
  • thanks you... desktopped : drucifer
  • Fixed PDF link: http://rock_elf.shackspace.com/wordcloud/54635.pdf : rock elf
• desktop'd : thecray
• this is awesome. lol at fucking shit fuck eggplant : Agrona
• games someone actually ass fuck(s) ... yeah right! Also awesome shit fucking game. This is going somewher... : razorblade79

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  Now she owes you for breaking it. : Phreakin
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    POSSIBLY I have to investigate it when I get home from work; apparently she "tried to turn it on, but ... : Majuju
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      10 bux says the monitor was off : ghost in my shell
      • My thoughts too. : Prozium
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        20 bux says she just tried turning the monitor on : Flying h4x0r
        • ^^ this. : d0pamine
      • ill take that bet. the montior said no signal, so it had to be turned on. $10 please. : re4ctor
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  she was turning on the monitor thinking that was the computer : prime8
  • no she's definitely smarter than that. : Majuju
• I once had my friend's girlfriend call me LONG DISTANCE to tell me pretty much exactly this about my frie... : zakk
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  she broke it. she's cheating on you. : dahanese
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    in fact, it was probably her new boyfriend who broke it. with his cock. : mindmann
    • semen on the mobo shorted everything. : naios
  • her and the guy shes cheating with on you with, were fucking on top the desk and knocked the tower off, n... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  is it sad that I started sweating profusely at the thought of my computer being dead? : Majuju
  • actually no, i pretty much always do that when one of my expensive toys stops working. : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • no, when shit like that happens to me i have an adenaline rush and get all panicky. : dahanese
  • not when you consider cost of replacement : Slowtreme
  • are you sure it wasn't the cheating thing? : gokart.
  • Secretly I kind of like it. Gives me a good reason to buy new, better stuff. : Ellissd
  • are you 500 lbs? : Mr.Fusion
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    Friday I was heading up to KC, my wife driving so I could work. My phone told me I had a new email so I ... : rosewood
    • in those two minutes, you lost 2 years of your lfe. : naios
  • It might be sentient, so it's okay. : Richese
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  Did the cord from the monitor to the back of the computer come loose/unplugged? : MatthewPhillips
  • I'm thinking this is the case. Also the normal boot-up is through my larger, 24" monitor, not the 19" on... : Majuju
• turned on the reset button : Chandler55
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  fuck your girlfriend? : drucifer
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    That's where I stopped reading, too. : treefingers1
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      he sounded pretty adamant : drucifer
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        Is there a line I need to get in or what? : rosewood
        • I'll let you in behind me, if you promise to tickle my balls. : thecray
• Funny thing, my computer does that to everyone who touches it. Seriously, if someone tries to use my com... : breadsticks
• I think you can turn this into anal sex. : smackpiece
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  pics of computer? : j0nchan
  • are you lost? : storyeye
  • pics of girlfriend? : willardjuice
  • doing it wrong : rosewood

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• WE'RE FAMOUS! : jingletard
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  Steve Jobs = [fry]. Dongs. : aethyr
  • no, because the default background image for Apple would be his nutts : sesmaster
  • I'm emailing him next time my iPhone takes a shit and hopefully I'll get a new one. : jingletard
• they are probably lurking fags. : -=kodiak=-
• Why are they so bitchy about approving the app then? : DrZettl
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  If they like it so much they need to approve the fucking update. : vile
  • whats in the update? : norulez
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  Can we add a tag for all posts made by the iPhone? So far the influx of new users has been OK, but rocky ... : sonicdeathwalrus
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    Jesus shack is cliquey sometimes. Just let the mods handle it like for all new posters. : terath
    • DON'T LET THE JOCKS JOIN THE COMPUTER CLUB >:( : liqker
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      It's an option, not mandatory. Right now I'm browsing with NWS off, Political/Religious off, but Off-Topi... : sonicdeathwalrus
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        Because what you type with has nothing to do with the content. : Slowtreme
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          True. And these tags are added by mods and I don't think it's reasonable to expect them to find and tag a... : sonicdeathwalrus
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            They shouldn't have to tag iphone posts because Iphone posts have nothing to do with content. From my ... : Slowtreme
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              I think Ebu said it best: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17890241#itemanchor_17890241 It's not th... : sonicdeathwalrus
              • you realize you can't actually sign up with an iphone. right? : Slowtreme
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        What you actually want, sonicdeathwalrus is a filter for people to signed up with an iPhone. Not people w... : Ebu
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          That would be easy, since you can't sign up with the iPhone... : SilverSnake
          • Well, sort of. Not sign up with the iPhone, but signed up because of the iPhone. Like, give every do : Ebu
        • You're totally right :) That one's not possible though : sonicdeathwalrus
    • This is why my lightning bolt is turned off. =\ : Freon
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    HELL FUCKING YEAH! Posted from my iPhone. : Slowtreme
    • OMG keep iPhone n00bs like this guy out! : Ride-My-Rocket
  • that's lame, old school people post from Latestchatty.app all the time, why would you discriminate like t... : Hiro
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    that's a great idea, perhaps we should make their posts white with a blue star at the end of it so they'r... : Bamtan
    • No. Their text needs a little web 2.0 reflection. : DrZettl
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      I was more thinking of something similar to the way post tagging is handled right now, like for Interesti... : sonicdeathwalrus
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        that would require extra work by shacknews staff to accept extra post information, or an annoying forced ... : Mr.Fusion
        • this post brought to you by SqueegyTBS and his LatestChatty.app iPhone application. Available in an iTune : SilverSnake
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      I like this idea. I feel you would make a great leader as well. It's been my belief that iphone posters... : burning eye
      • I call dibs on the Mussolini role. : liqker
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        in fact, i think iphone users were ultimately the cause of the Great Database Crash. I think they're to b... : mindmann
        • I just realized I have a surplus of shower heads, poison gas and incinerators here. I would like to donat... : aeg1x
      • I nominate haiku as Goebbels and Ajax as Göring : nomaad
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      Why not a golden star? It would fit the color scheme better, and we already have a lightning bolt. : Merconium
      • For better distinction there should be a double lightning bolt for superior shacker. : razorblade79
  • With Greasemonkey, it would be pretty easy to add something like an icon or even an option to hide all po... : Flying h4x0r
  • that'd be cool for a little phone icon where the lightning bolt is : dignan
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    why don't we just disable user registration altogether? : Mmmmmoo
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      on shacknews.com? uhh. there never was any user registration from within the iphone app. : electroly
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        yea. what's the point if we plan on filtering out the new people? i'm being sarcastic : Mmmmmoo
        • moo : electroly
    • Yeah and let's find out if anyone is posting from a mac because as part of the New Way we won't tolerate ... : NastyJack
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  so i hear copy and paste might be coming to 2.1, jeeeesus will i finally be able to log in? could it beee... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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    If they're doing C&P, I bet that the clipboard will be only within a particular app. I think you could s... : Hiro
    • why? blackberry's is universal : dantastic
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    I think squeeby added the ability to use the email keyboard? so you can use your stupid character in this... : Flying h4x0r
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      ha. I will donate money to him if this is true. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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        http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17888766 : Flying h4x0r
        • well squeebs you just earned yourself some money. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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        it's true, he did it just for you : Slowtreme
        • a true hero : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • If it were, they would have said something today. : BlackCat9
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    I only sent you like 3 shack messages asking for your device id so that I could send you an ad hoc versio... : SqueegyTBS
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      i didn't want you to go out of your way. : .ka`boom.zZz.
      • Well the fix has been in for a long time, creating a provision takes a minute or 2. But now you can wait... : SqueegyTBS
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  ALTC (Apple loves the cawk) : mesabo
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    more like cash : DapperDan
    • iLoveTheCock iLoveTheCash : Ride-My-Rocket
• They love it so much that they reject the new versions so they can keep it to themselves. >:( : DOOManiac
• Oh nos. : Richese
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  Yup that's how I found it. : NOharmNOfoul
  • Welcome! : OverloadUT
  • welcome. Don't post in colors or you will get internet stabbed. : Slowtreme
  • It is customary for newcomers to make a post of admiration for Cock's. See here: http://www.shacknews.com... : Githyanki
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    Tell me, what do you know about hoverboards? : DOOManiac
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      Oh man... The best part of all that was when Slowtreme (I think) posted those videos of those real "h... : Solstice
      • if only I found them in time. Curse my metal body, I'm too late. : Slowtreme
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  Huh, neat. Wish they'd have approved the last version, needs more image uploading so we can have new thi... : boarder2
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    Did the latest version get denied? What was the reason? : OverloadUT
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      shackpics = no worky : Richese
      • The funny thing is that theat functionality actually *DID* work, but Shackpics.com was down LOL : Solstice
  • I wish I had more time to adequately solve the YouTube problem :( I'll get to it this week, hopefully. : Yanks
• this is the beginning of the end, I's tells you!!! DOOOOMEDDD!!!! : proclone1

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• Italics code ftl. : eonix
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  Start at Kill Them All then go onto Ride the Lightning, then Master of Puppets (listen to this one twice)... : sigpro
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    But how will he be able to determine his Life Style or Death Style? : DrZettl
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      It's simple, his lifestyle determines his deathstyle. : DM7
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        You live it or you lie it! : r3dn3ck
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          a rising tide....that pushes to the other side! : Dave-A
          • keep searching.... keep on searching : r3dn3ck
    • Thankfully if he follows my advise he won't need to. He will only know their greatness, not their shittyn... : sigpro
  • hahah brilliant, SAD BUT TRUE!!!!! I couldn't resist. : freakynipples69
• Go chrono order to understand what all the whining is about : RikiTiki2
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  They kick their tour off here and i'm tempted to go but I'm hoping they'll only play 2 songs off the new ... : Phreakin
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    Also, Creeping Death is their best live song. If you disagree then I reserve the right to punch you in th... : Phreakin
    • they played that one as a ballad when i saw them live. i didn't even recognize the song at first :D : xsoulbrothax
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      Better than One ???? : Toraz Chryx
      • By far. One isn't even in my top 3. 1 - Creeping Death 2 - Whiplash 3 - Battery : Phreakin
• In order of release. : sanchez
• just listen to lightning and puppets and sell the tickets on ebay. : skryte
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  They start off heavy and get progressively more mainstream as they go. Honestly I'd just listen to it chr... : ConfusedUs
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    Yeah, I liked certian songs off of all their albums.....except St. Anger. X( : DM7
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      Yep. I'm not much of a music listener. I own less than ten CDs total and don't have an MP3 collection. ... : ConfusedUs
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        I've spent more on Rock Band than I have on music in the last decade. :( I don't really own any CDs, and ... : xsoulbrothax
        • I fear that I, too, will fall down this rabbit hole. I'm eagerly awaiting the release of RB2 + Instrument... : ConfusedUs
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      Seriously. I sometimes go back and try to listen to St. Anger thinking that it wasn't that bad.... but it... : smoove
      • the songs are just so monotonous. On Load/Reload, they'd at least have more than 2 riffs per song, but o... : DonkeyPopsicle
• I will take another approach with this --- If you only listen to one album, listen to The Black Album, be... : Antilles_Prime
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  Chronologically. Skip St. Anger. They really fucked up the drums. Don't listen to the retards that sa... : Phil
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    But everything after Black does suck when compared to their 1st 4 albums. Even going back and listening t... : sigpro
    • IAWTP. I can't enjoy anything Black and newer, the first 4 albums are just so much better, I just sit th... : illwill18
• delete all Metallica albums download all Death albums profit : lakren
• Kill Em All turns a lot of people off. It's generally very dirty and I don't know of any really high qual... : MrAdults
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  listen to the 2nd track off of each album. That hits a lot of highlights (except, maybe, 2x4), and also ... : DonkeyPopsicle
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    The Four Horsemen Ride the Lightning Master of Puppets ...And Justice for All Sad but True 2 X 4 Th... : sonicdeathwalrus
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      lol, I nearly made that post, and then realised I'd have to recommend listening to The Unforgiven II to s... : Toraz Chryx
      • I actually like that song though. But your list is really good : sonicdeathwalrus
    • either one works, but #4 is typically the "ballad spot", so doesn't give as much a representative view. : DonkeyPopsicle
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  not entirely related, but you can listen to their new album for free here: http://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/... : ysbreker
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    I dig track 1 so far. : sigpro
    • and after listening to all of it, I liked it. I need to listen to it more, but I think right now I like i... : sigpro
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  You can either go through it linearly, or you can listen to a track an album to get a rough feel for wher... : Toraz Chryx
  • Kill Em All - Four Horsemen Ride the Lighting - Fade to Black Master of Puppets - Master of Puppets An : socksta
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  Update: So far I've enjoyed it. Some music from them I just don't like, and I can't put in words why. I w... : eonix
  • Metallica < all other great metal bands to come after them. You really won't enjoy them if you listen to ... : freakynipples69
• yeah start with kiellem all, then do ride the lightning, then master of puppets twice just for good measu... : mesabo
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  Load is their best album IMO : FPSDavid
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    ... It's like you're not even trying anymore. : Toraz Chryx
    • What? 2x4, Cure, Ronnie, and King Nothing are epic... : FPSDavid
  • tsk tsk. : freakynipples69
  • *facepalm* : r3dn3ck
• listen to 'one' and sing along the whole time (somehow) then when the solo comes just fuckin lose it and ... : JINKY
• Absolutely in order of release. If you get through them after Death Magnetic is out, then listen to St... : vile
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  Orion and Call of Ktulu are my favorite Metallica songs, but there are quite a few. Albums as a whole,... : Rag and Bone Man
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    Am I broken for liking the S&M version of Call of Ktulu more than the original? : ConfusedUs
    • I don't know this version you speak of. : Rag and Bone Man