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  Do you have the gateway on the Xbox set as 1.1 or 1.254? : PoopStewart
  • 1.254 : marmite
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  don't forward the ports on the bridge, forward them on the speedtouch : smegmar
  • or you can make the wrt a DMZ, but if you have something else connected to the speedtouch, that isn't fir... : smegmar
• My setup is below. I'm overly verbose because it is a bitch to get working right. I suggest you follow it... : antareus
• 1. that DD-WRT should not be configured to be doing any routing, disable the SPI-firewall in it just to b... : XchumpoX

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• I died :( This is cool though. Kind of reminds me of playing those cheesy FMV games on the segaCD. : jahulio2
• pretty good, was way better than I expected it to be. : stenchy

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  I loved playing hacker/assassin. Power up the pistol, get the invisibility plasmid, and hack everything ... : filtersweep
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    Invisibility wasn't a plasmid, was it? : mafu5150
    • No not technically, but it's easier just to call them all plasmids instead of going 'gene tonic' which is... : SpaecKow
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    I thought you could only be invisible when stationary. : marmite
    • Yeah, Natural Camouflage was a tonic, and only worked when you held still for a second. Still, it was my... : mafu5150
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    That's how I played through and I grew to really really really hate that hacking minigame. : freshyk
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      I liked the hacking mini-game, except many of the high level ones were literally impossible. If that's a... : yourGarbageMan
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        they're not impossible, you just need to have the hacking tonics. : deject
        • Ok, well, impossible without the right tonics equiped. Still seems like a cheap shot. I feel like they ... : yourGarbageMan
      • They just took too long. I liked the safe hacking ones because the grid was smaller which made them more ... : freshyk
  • Exactly how I played. And in System Shock 2. One hit pistol kills are so satisfying. : T-900
• I still need to finish that. Borrowed from a friend but gave it back when GTAIV came out. And I haven't e... : hoov1185
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  Find a way to make the stupid bees effective and get back to me. : Sturm08
  • The awesome power of bees cannot be beaten. : A Sponge
• Tornado + Bee's. That's all I got. : eonix
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  Nothin' but wrench. Power that sucker up and bludgeon a swath through anything. : willy359
  • That's what I did. Tried really hard to use it the entire time, but had to switch a couple of times. : BoKnows
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    This is the easiest, quickest and least interesting way to get through Bioshock. I guess it helps cover B... : A Sponge
    • except it's hard to kill big daddy's with the wrench.. the only way i could find was to use the frozen fi... : wetard
    • Yeah, with the appropriate tonics the wrench will allows you to take the pyro approach to the game. Runs ... : PRoX.00
• Is there a fix for the mouse input lag? : socksta
• This is obvious, but fire attack to make them run to water and then electrobolt them when they're in the ... : yourGarbageMan
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  BEES. BEES EVERYWHERE bnabahahAHAHHAHAHWHAWHHAHHWHA : DrWaffles
  • I enjoy this response. : spazzium
  • Second approval. : T-900
  • Ah the Wicker Man Gun. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • IAWTP : r3dn3ck
• Elemental Thug (ElectroBolt, Incinerate, Winter Blast, Telekinesis, Security Bullseye, keep upgrading Ele... : the archvile
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  If you want a challenge, play the game on Hard with Vita Chambers turned off (if you're playing the 360 v... : Killrig
  • This is hard but totally the way to make it more 'real' and challenging. My second play through I used t... : IHATEDUST

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  i don't get it, maybe you're confused that that's Labrador, Newfoundland is the big island : NastyNorman
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    but the joke doesnt work with Labrador : drucifer
    • the joke doesn't seem to be working much at all n_n : NastyNorman

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• They haven't been G5 PPCs ever since Mac moved to Intels. They are currently using two quad-core Xeons. : Serpico74

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• mr.moneybags : oHnOES
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  You didn't answer the most important question - how's the craft service? : mn3m0n1c
  • Wut? : Matto357
• That's filmmaking in Atlanta for you. :p : Serpico74

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  Single player mods: USS Darkstar, They Hunger, and Paranoia : quanta88
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    I 2nd They Hunger. What's Paranoia? That's not Neil Manke is it? : dognose
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      Paranoia is a Russian semi-realistic mod. I wrote a bit about it once: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?i... : A Sponge
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        Well shit it looks like I read that post. Thanks again! : dognose
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          Maybe you can't read and you were just pretending :| : A Sponge
          • Thanks for the benefit of the doubt but no I am just kind of an airhead :( : dognose
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        Hmm..guess I'll try it again, Sponge! I stopped playing Paranoia at the terrorist part. : CrustaR
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          The terrorist part sucks. A lot. It's really bad. Things get oh so much more interesting. : A Sponge
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            I am going to hit the pub, but when I return I will play and post impressions. :O : CrustaR
            • Now I'm afraid I might have built your hopes up too much and you'll be crushed when you play so I guess I... : A Sponge
      • I downloaded it off of Crosus but I'm not sure how to get it to work. : Wisp!
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  The Specialists : lyme
  • http://www.specialistsmod.net/ : lyme
• Poke646 Half-Quake: Amen : DrWaffles
• firearms Mod if it's still around, it kind of went to shit though. : Sailor of Fortune
• The minerva episodes are a must! http://www.hylobatidae.org/minerva/ : ysbreker
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  You'll need a time machine for the best ones. :( : DOOManiac
  • There used to be a really cool Mega Man X mod I played around with. It had the wall jumping and everythi... : melkore

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  here's a good guide: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16333569 : Flying h4x0r
  • then go punch your friend inna face >:( : drucifer
• First, kill your friend. priorities : lja83
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  I'm Going to kill him, it takes me forever just to post because i have all this crap that keeps poping up... : lv2fish7119
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    post a HijackThis log and I'll help you out : redfive
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      Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 8:41:22 AM, on 9/28/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP... : lv2fish7119
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        solution: disable the fuck out of IE next time : manero
        • this one has no problem attacking Firefox you know : redfive
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        Remove These O2 - BHO: XML module - {500BCA15-57A7-4eaf-8143-8C619470B13D} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\msxml : redfive
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          so know i'm getting the blue screen of death right after i log in. so then i try to start in safe mode it... : lv2fish7119
          • oh okay. Go to your C:\Windows\System32\drivers\beep.sys and rename it to beep.bak You'll probably ha... : redfive
        • Oh and i havent removed any of the files yet it won't let me in to do so : lv2fish7119

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  This is a dumb article that doesn't provide nearly enough information about this guys setup. What kind of... : ryuuseki
  • lol, didn't nudel write it? : SiW.
  • OCZ Core Series V2. They just came out and there are sod-all reviews of them that I can find. I didn't... : nudel
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  Buying an SSD to try and speed up a task that is in no way shape or form disk-limited was a bad idea. The : CasbahBoy
  • I was just about to post that review! I was kinda disappointed to see the general usage performance wasn' : mn3m0n1c
  • Compilation is (sometimes) disk limited, though, especially when you're compiling huge debug builds in pa... : nudel

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  Lets not get carried away, I'm impressed with the gameplay and presentation in Mass Effect too, but Biowa... : SpaecKow
  • It's a Video Game, as such it's a great high water mark for what it is. : DM7
  • I think your expectations for a game's story are a bit high. A Star Trek paperback still has plot head an... : TrptJim
• definitely a kickass game : eforce98
• Story was great, gameplay was terribly 'meh'. Pain in the ass having just 4 weapons that you keep picking... : Beady
• Best games ever? No, not really. The story was good, but there were no real surprises. It was pretty stan... : Fred Garvin

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  Iclarified.com has tutorial and walkthrough : Iwannaacura
  • with the current jailbreak, can i use itunes 8 still? I know at one point it was blocking it or whatever : Bantis
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  It's easy. Follow this tutorial: http://sleepers.net/news/2008/08/19/quick-pwn-gui-guide/ Yes yo... : DOOManiac
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    Thanks! I take it you've done it? Do you feel its worth it? Qik: http://qik.com/ : Bantis
    • I 2nd this question. Is it worth it? : Pacalon
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      If brickmatt is the Shack's iPhone advocate, I'm the Shack's jailbreak advocate. :) I don't have a 3G ... : DOOManiac
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        What are must-have jailbreak apps? : Bantis
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          I read this a few days ago: http://www.ismashphone.com/2008/09/jailbreaik-reas.html to be honest th... : MikkleThePickle
          • Qik and that Podcast app make we want to get it, but if my phone would brick, I'd REALLY be fucked :/ : Bantis
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          Here's what I have installed right now: - Cydia (installs all other apps) - Flashlight (a really brig... : DOOManiac
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            oh wow, emulators. Looks like ScummVM was ported to the iphone too, that's reason enough for me right the... : MikkleThePickle
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              im getting really close; just afraid of losing my phone and being fucked :( : Bantis
              • me too, but come on... ScummVM? totally worth the risk. I'll look into it more tomorrow because I have no... : MikkleThePickle
    • I did it successfully, but did it back because there was nothing I found that useful. The tethering app ... : batkiwi
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  I used this one and it worked flawlessly: http://www.iphone-hacks.com/2008/09/23/how-to-use-quickpwn-2... : Phreakin
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    Is there any risk at this point? If I wanted to restore to standard firmware, is that possible? : Bantis
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      Restoring to standard is literally just restoring again in iTunes. : pwnage1232
      • Yep : Phreakin
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  QuickPwn. It takes 15 minutes. Going back is a restore via iTunes. Takes 30 minutes. I use winterboard ... : brickmatt
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    ooo, pdanet? now this is pushing me over the edge.. Windows compat? : Bantis
    • Wow, they went for a full tcp instead of socks. I wonder if this will be detectable by AT&T now : Bantis

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• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ : mega man

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• I see! : brickmatt
• I'm curious too, but mostly I want to know if it's simple enough that my son (four and a half) can play i... : ConfusedUs
• Is this an iphone game? : Skoal^Fyfan
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  hey, that's not an iPhone game >:( : Dave-A
  • There is an iPhone version. I've seen it on the App Store. : IndigoAK
  • One of Us. : brickmatt
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  My roommate got it and I've watched him play for a few hours, it's really fun. The musical background, th... : askedrelic
  • That works. 50$ worth? : brickmatt
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  My son saw it at Gamestop today and wanted it, but I wasn't springing $50 until I hear it's good. Is it ... : ThomW
  • If you like funk or jazz, the soundtrack to de Blob is awesome. : askedrelic
  • We share a stance on de Blob. I need some shacker confirmation before I drop 50$ on it. : brickmatt
• I've watched this since it was a free game for the tourist industry of Utrecht ( http://www.ogre3d.org/in... : SiW.

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  lol http://picardporn.ytmnd.com/ : boring gegtik
  • http://hekilledhisbrothers.ytmnd.com/ : boring gegtik

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  -width 1600 -height 1200 : Omaha
  • ^^^ put this on the command line : Omaha
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  command line: -width 1600 -bpp 32 : lightly inclined
  • Or what Omaha said. : lightly inclined
• thanks, but it crashes when i do that. : synaptic revolt
• help computer? : synaptic revolt
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  Have you tried just saying fuck it and getting fuhquake? : lightly inclined
  • I hadn't, but look at it. thanks : synaptic revolt
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  Try the DarkPlaces Quake Port - http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/ For better high-res textures, ... : Shadowdane
  • Holy shit they have an 'Ultra' quality texture pack now... 2.7GB download! : Shadowdane
  • thank you so much :) : synaptic revolt

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• sounds awesome! I had some Stone Ruination IPA last night for the first time and it was spectacular : eforce98

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  yeah, I believe he's just been without power. also, dongs : Postal
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    you don't need to have power to have dongs : wvuong
    • you do need to have dongs to have power though. : Xanthos

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  some drives have two modes.. one for performance, one for silence. The mode can be changed by the jumpers... : drucifer
  • also, defragging the drive can help with the chattering. : drucifer
  • Are you talking about the Sata2 jumper? That enables feature which can lead to performance but it's not t... : TrptJim
• All (mechanical) drives have some operating noise. The bad noises are always much louder than the typical... : mn3m0n1c

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• Coverfield : FormerHPB
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  Return of the Alien's Deadly Spawn http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087998/ : dognose
  • Dognose, I love you bro, but don't post in this thread anymore please. : lightly inclined
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  These are more sci-fi/fantasy'ish and may not be what you're looking for- Creature from the Black Lago... : PlanetPerfecto
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    I have IT on DVD, and I've been meaning to burn it. Fucking clowns. I was sitting at a traffic light toda... : lightly inclined
    • hahaha. WANT A BALLOON, SONNY? : PlanetPerfecto
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  Tremors, Critters. : nomaad
  • Slither. : nomaad
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    Tremors most definitely. : spazzium
    • I loved tremors. If I remember correctly, I think it's one of the few movies where you can't see Kevin B... : valael
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  Beast (TV movie of Benchley's other terror from the deep novel, the one without the giant shark) : SiW.
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    Holy shit, I must see the White Shark TV movie: /The story of a Nazi-created genetically engineered sh... : SiW.
    • hahaha. i was thinking of that super cheesy "land shark" TV movie or whatever but never bothered to chec... : PlanetPerfecto
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      Haha, if that's the one with Craig T. Nelson (dude from Coach), then yeah, it's pretty awesome. Awesoming... : lightly inclined
      • What is wrong with me tonight? Ugh, going to bed. Horrible grammar all around. Awesomely! : lightly inclined
• Mimic, one of my old fav's. : spazzium
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  Deep Rising : Gore87
  • Deep Rising is really very fun. : A Sponge
  • Great movie. : kagath
• The Host. : lplasmatron

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  right as you hit act 1? : Demius
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    That very first fight when you meet the dogs. It's immediately after the girl asks if there is anything I... : AlbinoSquirrel
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      yeah actually I've got a save right there... let me load it up and see which one it is so i don't give yo... : Demius
      • the save file is 3MB rar'd. I'll upload it and drop the link here : Demius

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  CDs use the iso9660 filesystem; either system should be able to read them. : Dan[WSB]
  • Though some older Mac stuff uses HFS instead of iso9660, which is why Vista couldn't read it. You might l... : Dan[WSB]
• CDs are generally formatted in Joliet format which works on all major OS's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... : boring gegtik

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• it's a meme that needs to be launched in a specific context to be remotely funny. I'm guilty of it once ... : redfive
• They accidentally a whole stupid meme: http://i-fleshlight.blogspot.com/2008/09/i-accidentally-fleshlight... : A Sponge
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  it came from the bowels of the internet (4chan) http://encyclopediadramatica.com/I_accidentally_X : haccess
  • http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Frunz : boring gegtik
  • So what's the Shack? The liver? : Mad Brahmin Disease
• You just accidentally the whole meme. Is that bad? When you look at that list, the funny is gone, yeah. : Slowtreme
• i accidentally the whole accidentally : nomaad
• Can I has accidently a cake is a lie. Fucking memes. : Bamtan

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• holy crap, another huge upset : zakk
• Damn reading classic threads I totally forgot tuning in >.< : razorblade79
• Haha that's what I call image change. From suite-type to earring / pink hair / tshirt on tv in one season... : razorblade79
• Aw, dang. I'll catch the VODs in a few hours. I hope there aren't ton of broken videos again this week. : A Sponge
• Wow that last game was epic, so much back and forth. I love TvZ games! : razorblade79
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  I would have known that it was this easy to watch professional Starcraft matches I would have started wat... : CasbahBoy
  • *If I : CasbahBoy

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• If you like turn based strategy it's pretty good. Not as good as X-Com but pretty good. If you're more ... : Haku-Jin
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  you would be better off with Silent Storm for turn based RPG : kevp
  • This is true. : Haku-Jin
  • and the expansion, Sentinels, it is better than the original : sanchez
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    and jagged alliance 2 is even better than that : JINKY
    • Jagged Alliance 2 owns all, I mean, a dude named Steroid can't go wrong. : Sailor of Fortune
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  just finished it, really fun although the random encounters every 2 feet you fucking move on the tactical... : deviantpaul
  • Oh fuck, 'random battles' were one of the main reasons I stopped playing jrpgs back in the day, sounds li... : lightly inclined
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  It's a fun time, though it does contradict the Fallout backstory in some places. Also, the SPECIAL system... : drhazard
  • How does it contradict the Fallout story? The Brotherhood of Steel is always right. >:( : DM7
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  Is there a good multiplayer game in this vein? I don't know why there isn't a multiplayer Silent Storm. E... : systatic
  • Fallout Tactics? : SockMonkeh
• Yes but only turn-based, which means it takes at least a month to finish. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• it was fun when I played it but got a little too hardcore for me after a while. I'm now playing Fallout f... : eforce98
• Fallout Tactics is only good if you're desperate for more Fallout. But even then, the tactical gameplay a... : jayacheess

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• twisted metal black : mista mista
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  God of War : randomnull
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    Yes, God Of War 1 and 2. Both are ridiculously badass and epic. : Serpico74
    • Seconded... and they'll make you marvel at what's visually possible with that old piece of hardware. : five_percent
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      Don't they both have those stupid mash the buttons in a sequence bits? : Toraz Chryx
      • The only thing that gets mashed is your brain by how fucking epic it all is. : Serpico74
      • As much as Shenmue started this trend, God of War pretty much perfected it. From there... hit or miss. ... : kallanta
      • They do but they're not ruined by it. Fucking awesome games. I dug out my PS2 recently as well. Got ar... : nudel
      • seriously, I HATE those sections but GOW 1 and 2 pull them off by not making them required 90% of the tim... : marmite
      • They don't happen often (thankfully). : ieGod
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  We Love Katamari is more than acceptable. It is a refined version of the first game with much better maps... : Serpico74
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    i was under the impression that the soundtrack was worse than the original : gibbo
    • The soundtrack in the original is the one clear advantage it has. That said, the soundtrack in We Love Ka... : Serpico74
• Essentials for sure http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18042599#itemanchor_18042599 : d fluke
• If you like mario kart style games, crash team racing is a decent and fun clone. Xeno Gears is awesome, a... : mindmann
• god of war 1 and 2, rez. and that barbie game : CoRDS
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  God of War 1, 2, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear 1, 2: Substance, 3: Subsistence, Silent Hill 2 : kallanta
  • these plus GTA trilogy (unless you have them for the PC) GT4 Metal Slug Anthology Tony Hawk 3 & 4 (b... : .Jayson
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  ICO : sm00v3d
  • oh also Bard's Tale : sm00v3d
• here's the list of games I had to get. your taste may or may not match up final fantasy XII god of wa... : Shai-Tan
• go with some Contra:Shattered Soldier followed up by some ICO with a dash of MGS2 : eforce98
• muthafuggin' REZ (if you don't have Rez HD for your X360) : Postal
• Here we go! Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (fun couch coop rpg, but definitely console-ized) Beyond Goo... : ieGod

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  I heard you should get messages telling you what yr creatures are up to in other games. maybe take a look... : 60days
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    Yeah, they show up in your Spore profile event history. : Arcanum
    • Ah, no way... cool! : noknyc