Evening Reading

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  I hated that his son survives. It made no sense. In fact even if he DID survive, how the fuck did he get : avatar_58
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    Honestly I liked the movie up until the point with the battle over the hill. Then it just got lazy. : Lionhart32935
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      The flaming train part blew my mind. : PoopStewart
      • That part was totally awesome! Actually, all the doomsday parts were well done. : CrustaR
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        That was the last good sequence in the flick - everything after that was pure shit and too emotionally ch... : dedgecko
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          What the fuck is wrong with you? : FlatlineDixay
          • He's perceptive and discriminating. In a good way. : cerealSAM2
          • actually - given how it's been a couple of years since I watched it - which happened first train or river... : dedgecko
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    Uhhh that last part is pretty consistent with the book. : Evil Benius
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      uhhhh : aurealis
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        ummm : CrustaR
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          If any person ever begins a post with "uhhh" anything following it is discounted, and they're assuming to... : thekidd
          • uhh you're a genius. : PoopStewart
          • dognose, I am going to have to agree with you here! : CrustaR
          • Yup, I hate it too. I hate it in real life as well. It's always uppity nerds saying it "UMMMMMMMMMMM AC... : kgargonmagrix79
          • Actually, I dont have anything to say but to agree with you. : rosewood
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            I will remember to write my posts to better fit your standards in the future. : Evil Benius
            • See that you do. In fact to more fit in with my standards, each of your post should be accompanied by a ... : thekidd
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              we're trying to help you not sound like an asshole! : Mr.SEX
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                I was not trying to sound like an asshole. The "uhhh" just signified my confusion over his claim and noth... : Evil Benius
                • If any person ever begins a post with "I was not trying to sound like an asshole," anything following it... : cerealSAM2
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                  i'm just happy that you weren't trying to sound like an asshole so i think we're all happy now 'uhhh' ... : Mr.SEX
                  • Well it did seem obvious to me because avatar usually seems fairly well informed and I assumed he read th... : Evil Benius
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      Doesn't matter if it was in the book. A modern interpretation is allowed to bend the story alot. They cou... : thewindcriesmary
      • How the hell would that even make sense. There is a pretty important point to the book and changing the e... : Evil Benius
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      Your point being? I'm judging based on this movie, and it was a terrible way to end the story. If thats h... : avatar_58
      • In the book the main character walks into London and finds the aliens dead from the bacteria/virus. I do ... : Evil Benius
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  I liked the movie a lot, it felt really immersive for some reason, probably because the camera never stra... : OrkO
  • I liked that aswell. Movies that focus on and follow an individual through a series of events rather than... : thewindcriesmary
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  So odd to me that people call that movie a 'Piece of shit'. Number one, when the aliens reveal themselve... : icon_of_syn
  • Yeah that was incredible in the cinema. I loved that atmosphere, the visuals, the sounds, that was totall... : razorblade79
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    I think people are exaggerating because there are far far far worse alien movies : spiderfill
    • Battlefield Earth, anyone? : Xin Jing Client 1a
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    So the annoyingly stupid characters and the irritating decisions they make which ultimately lead to no wh... : thewindcriesmary
    • Never said it was an epic classic. I said it was a good romp. : icon_of_syn
    • You do realize that the way the aliens are "defeated" comes straight from the novel, which was written in... : action wombmate
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    That scene is truly one of my favorite scenes in any movie ever. I didn't really like the movie that much... : nomaad
    • agreed : OrkO
  • You are right. The beginning is awesome. However half way through it shits the bed and ends up ruining an... : avatar_58
  • I don't understand the hate for this film. Spielberg is a fantastic director. If anyone could have done... : Xin Jing Client 1a
• I like that movie a lot, except the ending (not the part which was in the book, THE OTHER ONE) : razorblade79
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  the sound + cinematography is worth the price of admission! I really enjoyed it. Just bought it recentl... : kgargonmagrix79
  • big horn sound "BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURHHHHHHHHHHH" oh shi!!!!!!!!!!!!! : kgargonmagrix79
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  The problem with the movie was the stupid Hollywoodization. It was very obviously written for 13 year old : aaarrrgh
  • +a somewhere up there. : aaarrrgh
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    Over the years I've learned that my opinion of movies is not nearly picky enough for this site. I like m... : kgargonmagrix79
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      I'm kind of like FrayLo with his shitty taste in reality tv : kgargonmagrix79
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        You also like socks]s and balls on your chin... : dedgecko
        • ...fuck me... : dedgecko
  • I was just looking at the wikipedia entry for the book and totally forgot that the main character actuall : Evil Benius
• Only saving grace is the awesome effects on a big-ass movie screen. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I enjoyed it despite the dumb ending. It was unusually bleak for a Hollywood blockbuster and I remember t... : Attica Blue
  • Give transformers a few more watches.. it's really grown on me. The sounds and visuals are top notch. : kgargonmagrix79
  • Agreed - the sound was probably the best thing - but that's something that I think Spielberg has excelled... : dedgecko

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• did you hit your head when you fell off the bandwagon or what? : rigg5kthx
• I played through some of 2 and 3 shortly after playing 9 for the first time and yeah, the difficulty leve... : Serpico74
• It's totally managable. : brickmatt
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  i dont tink it was that much harder if at all, at least when you retry the levels you can get powerups in... : Chandler55
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    Those grab guys can be beaten by just moving slowly when you know they are coming. They will miss grabbin... : Evil Benius
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      Yeah. Took me a few tries to figure that one out. : suqur
      • I found it by accident when I had to stop and sneeze and the guy dropped in front of me. : Evil Benius
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      do you know what part im talking about though, the one on wily stage 2? INSANE : Chandler55
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        Just start on the side where he starts to come down, and quickly shoot to the other side. Problem solved. : heartsauce
        • I know its easy once you get jewel shield and just use it, but i swear I'm betting noone got past that pa... : Chandler55
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  I played the demo and it felt like they took the Contra 4 approach: severely punish even the slightest la... : omnova
  • It's like Contra 4? I need to get me some of that action. Contra 4 was GotY in my opinion. : Grumbeld
  • This is what I am talking about ^^ It's fun but the punishments are too severe for the mistakes. : EvilDolemite
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  I'm playing through Actraiser 2 on the SNES now. No way MM9 is harder than this. : famine101
  • Oh Actraiser 2 why must you be such a hard and terrible game after how great the original was. : Chod
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  QQ : MoreVespeneGas
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    QQ agreed. Do you remember the original NES games some were super duper hard. This is going back to the r... : Iwannaacura
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      I hate the QQ response. Look it's a good game. I am just bitching because games have come a long way.... : EvilDolemite
      • You are missing the point of MM9 : MoreVespeneGas
      • I don't mind harder because it makes the game more pure, in the sense that the developer has set it up ex... : Chandler55
• LOL inf. Whiner gamer alert : geneshifter
• I prefer Sim Dogs :) : Vincenoir
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  MM is the new Ninja Gaiden. I hate some levels though. I had to use the guard power up to beat Concret... : antareus
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    elephants are easy to take out but I haven't been able to beat the boss yet. I just started playing thoug... : shotgun1
    • Buy it at the store. : antareus
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  Yah I played it for about an hour last night I couldn't beat any of the stages... I only made it to Co... : Shadowdane
  • I had to do that bitch last, he's near impossible without the right weapon. : heartsauce
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  Game rocks and is worth 10 bucks. Haven't beaten a boss yet but at least I can get to concrete man in ... : razorblade79
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    I'll recommend to everyone, start with Galaxy Man, if you can't beat that boss you're retarded : boring gegtik
    • Damnit. Getting this tonight and now I'm totally going to retard it up. I imagine me sucking at the easie... : royalally
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      Concrete Man is pretty easy too. Just keep moving and stay the f away from the blocks he shoots out. He r... : antareus
      • Guts Man? : riptyde
      • My bad reflexes today are even worse w/ a hangover from yesterday. I KNOW how to beat him but I didn't ma... : razorblade79
    • The chick robot is the easiest in my opinion. Her whole stage is like some special education mode of the... : riptyde
    • I never made it to the boss on that stage : Shadowdane
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      I couldn't beat him :( But I beat Splash Woman and Concrete Man so now I'm going back to Galaxy Man. : Deathlove
      • Are you SERIOUS? You beat Concrete Man, but couldn't get a handle on Galaxy Man? : heartsauce
• keep playing, you'll start sucking less, i LOVE the difficulty level of this game and think more need to ... : lja83
• you big baby I beat the holy hell out of that game and I'm middling at best : boring gegtik
• I'm old, horrible at video games, and out of practice. And I'm loving the challenge of Mega Man 9. I took... : suqur
• You just don't belong to HARD GAME CLUB, EvilD! : CrustaR
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  I heard someone say it was the same difficulty as Mega Man 2. I haven't played much of it yet but that se... : Bull
  • Seems more on par with IV. IV could be unforgiving, but just as doable as 9. : heartsauce
• The worst thing is, this game reminds me I used to play no game in less than hard mode and nowadays I'm h... : razorblade79
• Practice and patience. Its hard and sometimes cheap, but the game is fucking awesome and well worth the ... : pandastrong
• It's not way too hard. I beat 1-6 as a kid, too, and I remember them being about the same difficulty. : guido anchovy
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  The one advice I can offer if you're not doing it: USE YOUR DAMN SUBWEAPONS DURING THE LEVEL. I'm an... : sevogajre
  • I try to avoid this to get more of a challenge. : heartsauce
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  just bought it, can't wait to get pissed off like the good ol' days! : SolveChrist
  • it will deliver on that : EvilDolemite
• ahahaha QQ : Foxhawk
• the megaman x games started getting stupidly hard, megaman x 8 has nothing but pits and spikes that insta... : Mr.SEX
• you're getting old and slowing down, old man : cpt_gloval
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  it cant be harder than the new contra. that game just plain wasnt even fun : oHnOES
  • It was okay. You should be playing CONTRA: SHATTERED SOLDIER instead. : CrustaR
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    Shattered Soldier? That game was insane. : EvilDolemite
    • the one for the DS : oHnOES
    • Insanely badass, you mean, EvilD. : CrustaR
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      i don't know if i've even beaten the first level of that game. complete insanity. : electroly
      • i know i didnt : oHnOES
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      I'll bring this one to the next shackmeet (whenever that is) and show you how it's done. : CrustaR
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        I love the gameplay but I never beat the third level, and that was with my brother, who is almost autisti... : EvilDolemite
        • lol : oHnOES
  • I've played that game so much that I can get through it on normal without using a continue. Doing it on h... : mechanicalgrape
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  i'm playing through all the megamans on megaman anniversary collection since i can't really afford 9, and... : JINKY
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    you cant afford 10.00? : Iwannaacura
    • NOPE : JINKY
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      besides i haven't finished megaman 3 or 5 or 6 and i haven't played through the others in so friggin long... : JINKY
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        Very true, you would probably get lost in the deep narrative of the Mega Man universe without being caugh... : Evil Benius
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          i'm saying why pay money for mega man when there is already a ton of unplayed mega man that i have alread... : JINKY
          • Oh I know, I was totally being sarcastic =P : Evil Benius
    • $10 in 1987 is like $20 today since the game itself is basically from 1987 : EvilDolemite
  • Elec Man if I recall correctly. : heartsauce
• * M A R I O 2 : J A P A N ' D * : kaddar0
• I can understand what everybody's saying about the game being hard, but I wouldn't necessarily say it's c... : heartsauce

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• Fucking seconded! : Kerranger
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  The only way you get SWAT 5 is if you go back and play the original SWAT which may have been the hardest ... : fry975
  • No kidding, the game was structured like an adventure but punished you for not treating it like an action... : Lone Swordsman
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    Really? I just bought it but haven't played it yet. I read somewhere you get scolded if you try to ski... : Bull
    • Haha, yes and then it goes back to finish the intro. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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  Does anyone know if there are issues running Swat 4 on Vista64? : marmite
  • No : kaankasim
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    Nope, all our machines at home run Vista64 and we've played 3 player local Swat 4 loads : nodebug
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      sweet, I know what I'm playing this weekend : marmite
      • I'd be up for some this weekend, shoot me a sm if you fancy tazing the old biddy in the pedo house :D : nodebug
• Or just put SWAT 4 on Steam. : Chepito.
• I want a new freedom force too, well I just want more irrational. errr 2kboston games : threeup
• I loved the way SWAT 3 was about not killing*, and the decisions it created. they lost some of that in 4.... : 60days
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  I want Ubisoft to fix Rainbow Six 3: Gold so it doesn't crash on me all the time. : deject
  • Raven Shield was awesome. Was and still is the best R6 game to date, imho. : Tommy Toolbag
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  Did you read the Swat 4 piece on RPS? Think we'll be having a Swat 4 lan at our house soon, need to play ... : nodebug
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    yeah I did. I've been thinking about it ever since. It runs on our work laptops so I think some lunchtime... : marmite
    • Ooooh, that would make an awesome work lan game. Damn, doesn't work with Wine :( : nodebug
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    link? : Bull
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      http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/09/29/irrational-exuberance-replaying-swat-4/ : marmite
      • Thanks. Recently picked up all the Police Quest / SWAT games and am playing through them. Just about onto... : Bull
  • Yeah, great game, though fucking annoying having to shout at people then they shoot you in the face. I ne... : node
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  god damn it me too. Bring back either the Swat 4 team (I know, I know, bioshock) or the Swat 3 team (wher... : cdbeckman
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    I think SWAT4 was made by the aussie team? All they did with bioshock was port it to PC. And i agree SWAT... : thewindcriesmary
    • All they did with bioshock was port it to PC :( : shika.art
    • The boston studio did SWAT4, aussie team did the expansion I believe. : megarust32
• YES! : tangles
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  Anyone here play the first couple of Swat games? Completely different but still fun. : hirosushima
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    SWAT 3 was so awesome. : kramweil
    • i loved tossing glow sticks around like it was a rave : manero
    • Weren't the controls both dumb and impossible to change? : node
    • I played the demo after months of nothing but Quake 3. I didn't stay alive very long. : rock elf
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  Yes!! so many awesome hours playing coop with friends. nothing like ganging up on a bad guy and barraging... : Mmmmmoo
  • bean bags to the stomach ftw. : marmite
• I had a ton of fun with SWAT 4. I'd be down for scheduling a night of SWAT 4 co-op. : megarust32
• I never played Swat are these games fun? : Iwannaacura
• I played the demo a couple years ago. Loved the hell out of it. I don't know why I never bought it... : cptn.peachfuzz