Weekend Discussion

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  It's the closest thing I've had to a religious experience while reading a book. A truly stunning piece o... : treefingers1
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    What was so amazing about it? I mean I read it, I thought it was decent, but I don't get why everybody is... : weaselmeister
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18105659#itemanchor_18105659 : Arctic Fox
      • This definitely sums up my feelings as well. Think about how much influence the structure of the story h... : treefingers1
• i TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD you! : Deathlove
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  never compromise mad brahmin disease : wtf242
  • DO IT! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  I really need to pick this up... Went to Barnes & Noble a few weeks ago and they didn't have it. Picked ... : kallanta
  • what about your local book depository? : gakera
• I finished it a couple weeks ago. Pretty good. : meesterbill
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  I'm gonna be that guy. I felt a bit underwhelmed after all the hype. : shyguy74
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    i thought it was utterly boring, i barely got through it. everyone has their own tastes. i think the mo... : smacknca
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      I wouldn't say boring. I enjoyed it, and I found the overall story to be fairly engrossing. I don't th... : Vincent Grayson
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        This pretty much sums up my thoughts. I didn't dislike it. It was a well-crafted story. It's just I wasn'... : shyguy74
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          I think it was more the ending than anything that really blew my mind. : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • The end was fantastic. Like I said, I liked it quite a bit, and I wasn't disappointed, I just found it to... : Vincent Grayson
        • I envy you. You have a better chance of enjoying the move than those of us who loved the book. I wish I... : johnwissinger
      • I agree. However, I think that you've got to factor in some context here. This was THE graphic novel that : Arctic Fox
  • don't be that... oh okay fine. : carnivore
  • There's nothing quite like it and it'd take me a very long time to go through it all and everything that ... : node
  • Some people enjoy layers of narrative more than others. : zehh
• Yes. Exactly. : notd665
• Shit I promised a shacker I'd mail them my copy. Need to get off my ass... : indosauros
• Yeah, I borrowed 242's copy a while back. Great stuff. : CrustaR
• I am finally doing this too. I started it a while ago but I just kept putting it off or forgetting it bu... : mikecyb
• I just finished it too, and completely agree with Arctic Fox - you really have to take it in the context : SiW.
• This may be the only word that can truly and succinctly describe it. : funnynamehere
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  Damn you went through that right away. Glad you like it, did you read only the comic or also all the part... : sonicdeathwalrus
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    Everything. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      Nice one. Oh and to answer your question on FB: let's see, this weekend I was drunk and told that one ... : sonicdeathwalrus
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        Oh shit shit shit. That IS a horrible weekend. Sorry to hear. :( : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          And you should factor in about a week for your eye to recover. I've had that 10 years ago and I stopped w... : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • Yeah I think I'm gonna buy some glasses this week : sonicdeathwalrus
  • () : sonicdeathwalrus
• It was a lot darker than I thought it would be, which made it a total surprise for me. Excellent piece o... : jasonepowell
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  plural? there is more than the graphic novel? : ]pm[chem
  • No, I meant the 12 issues. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Obligatory http://www.capnwacky.com/rj/watchmen/ : zehh
• Best Graphic Novel I've ever read. : mrwolf710

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• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18105003#itemanchor_18105003 : AlexXdude
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  We have Shack furries? Who?! : ShekkyBoy
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    RIP TFO : crummynz
    • Udders or GTFO? : A Sponge
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      what happened to him and his gadget lusting self? : deathofrats
      • He got perma'd for revealing something-or-other from the modboard in a shackcast. I think. Something li... : Arcanum
    • Which is funny cause he was just freaking out about how *I* looked :D LOL : Solstice
  • GloriousCow : redfive
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  http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/W4lly/fursecution.jpg : Zeeliv
  • Hopefully they realize nobody is going to ever take them seriously. Ever. Ever. : the city
• I used to know a furry that came to my class every day with a fox tail. : Koral06
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  I don't get furries. I can understand some fetishes...S+M, bondage, whatever. Alright, some control iss... : ejectorpod
  • Just weird motherfuckers who think they were meant to be animals. : the city
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    In most cases it's not about sex. I liken them more to Otaku than fetishists. Sure there are some peopl... : deathofrats
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      Yah :(. They're alot of prejudices about them that just ain't true :(. : Malku
      • This makes you sad? : the city
  • A generation raised by Disney tapes of sexy humanoid animals that can talk is what I blame it on. : crazywigga
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    i don't get them either, trust me. just imagine you woke up tomorrow with a lust for buckets. All you c... : GloriousCow
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      That website doesn't exist. :'( PS. \_/ : zehh
      • Yet. : SiW.
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      Sure, I could see myself jerking off into a bucket if need be, but I'm not going to jerk off onto a cat. : ejectorpod
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        all I'm saying. : ejectorpod
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          what about a chipmunk : GloriousCow
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            The Jerk-Off List: YES Buckets Kleenex Plastic cups at the fertility clinic Female Human: breasts, : ejectorpod
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              what about an otter right after its come out of the water so its all sleek and glossy and its like hey ba... : GloriousCow
              • you read my mind, i fucking LOVE otters : MrBig0
  • some control issues fun :-P : Marauder IIC
  • http://www.krakowstudios.com/archive.php?date=20040712 Not all furries are psychopaths. In fact, many... : Caoster007
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  How the hell do they have sex in those costumes. I'd pass out from heat exaustion after like 10 seconds o... : Turd Ferguson
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    holes. : disposition
    • clearly there are holes for genitals otherwise it'd be really boring. I guess they must do it really go... : Turd Ferguson
  • Furrophiles actually refer to sex as boinking. : ant_hillbilly
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  can you guys upload some photos? i never saw a furry, whatever that is : doomed
  • you might want to stay out of this : Fox n Panther
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    http://lulz.net/flash/src/furlicker.swf : Mmmmmoo
    • jesus christ! : father_crown
    • Jesus fucking Christ I can't stop watching. : freshyk
    • Internet: +1 My Brain: -1000 : Danny5225
    • as I said in the other thread: HOLY FUCK! It's a Chris Crocker Furry! : Solstice
    • 3 seconds : drucifer
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      does she get out of her...costume? : noobja
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        Is that a she? : KxRook
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          I assumed, but alas I've made an ass of myself and it. : noobja
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            brace yourself http://www.furaffinity.net/full/992177/ : GloriousCow
            • this is horrible : Mmmmmoo
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        You really think that;s a her? : stuka
        • based on how gay it is, yes. : noobja
    • Hello therapy time! : peter
    • Oh man, Windowlicker is so appropriate for this. : Vincent Grayson
    • The only only stopping that from being really hot is a ...... flamethrower. : Sze Ior
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      Anyone know what song this is? : kronetic
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        Aphex Twin - Windowlicker : Vincent Grayson
        • cool thanks : kronetic
    • well that was interesting : spiffymc
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      lololol - how would one explain that if their mother walked in. I mean, really. : zakazi
      • Just tell her you were researching Halloween costumes, and you found one you liked. : Githyanki
    • WHAT THE : CrustaR
    • oh fuck you fuck fuck you NIGHTMARES : EvilDolemite
    • Okay, that does it, my kids are not getting stuffed animals as toys. : ejectorpod
    • wait wut : thekidd
    • ahahahahah that is so weird : pukerat
    • YES! : Theos
    • wtf. That is the most disturbing thing I've ever seen. : Hiro
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkjTM4AfYdU : yonderboy
    • That's awesome. Go bear go bear : plunkymeadows
  • I'm going into level 3 lockdown. Alert me when the danger has passed. : ArB
  • yeah im not clicking anything in here : the_burd
  • You should watch the furry episode of CSI, it's great. : fleabug
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  If you see a furry, just remember that they're more afraid of you than you are of them. : BlackCat9
  • fucking lol : windowpane
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  ha! http://fukung.net/v/5932/anthromeat.jpg : plunkymeadows
  • Oh god, I ate TFO for lunch : rosewood
• oh no : spaceless
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  hey guys whats going on in this thread : GloriousCow
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    Get out of here, F.U.R.R.Y. : SockMonkeh
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      Friendly Ungulate, Reaching 'Round You? : GloriousCow
      • Friendly Udder Running Round You. : Githyanki
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqkoyMQpvRc&feature=related : ant_hillbilly
  • oh and of course the ending to this hilarious setup. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHZLyjzTIgA&featur... : ant_hillbilly
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  I find a couple into really kinky sex a lot less distrubing than couples running a government that haven'... : baron calamity
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    this is such a weird non sequitur. : dahanese
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      Your mind is like an open chimichanga. : Arcanum
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        fried and delicious? splendid! : dahanese
        • om nom ick barf barf barf : cerealSAM2
        • Omg lol! :D The way I read this in my head was brilliant! : Malku

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• peters powers were out of control and he couldn't fly or do anything : buzzbat
• Peter has to concentrate to use his powers and when the nuclear power was overwhelming him he couldn't do : SockMonkeh
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  The real answer to your question is that Heroes conveniently manipulates it's characters powers to satisf... : the moon and antarctica
  • signed. the show sucks. : the_doctor
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    yeah, the gf and I were pretty underwhelmed. maybe it's because we watched the whole season over two week : -Panther-
    • my spoiler slipped :( : -Panther-
    • When I finished Season 1 I had the exact same thought, man. I can't bring myself to watch Season 2. : the moon and antarctica
    • Don't worry, it will be a great 2 hour movie when Watchmen drops. : Super Sparker
  • I agree. I'm giving this show one more week. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • I am so glad to read more people hating on this pile of shit show. It could've been a cool show but the p... : nudel
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    and of course, the whole Save the Cheerleader arc had just been shown to be pointless, because 1) she can : captfarrell
    • Yeah, they're failing epically on consistency here. For the past 2 seasons we've had Sylar "examining" : genom
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    Heroes is not a great show but I don't understand why you would drag it into Firefly rage when there are ... : A Sponge
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      And Beverly Hills Chihuahua was the #1 film this weekend. That doesn't make its popularity any less disap... : the moon and antarctica
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        I don't think you appreciate that it's a talking dog. : A Sponge
        • Hold your horses! A talking dog you say, now this I gotta see! Pass the fried chicken! : nodebug
    • ^^^. It's inconsistent, but still don't get the Heroes hate. It's fun. : node
  • The finale to season 1 was fucking terrible. : silent prophet
  • I wish Jericho was still on, I enjoyed that much more then Heroes. Even the shoestring budget of season ... : stgdz
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  the problem is peter's TOO POWERFUL; having a character like that takes away all suspense. : gdestiny
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    Don't worry, whenever the plot calls for a crisis, there will be a bad guy who's got that one thing -- wh... : the moon and antarctica
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      The Haitian trumps all. : K1Bond007
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        And yet where was he at the end of season 1? He inexplicably vanished from the plot. : the moon and antarctica
        • he was in vice city hiding the fuck out : CoRDS
        • The Haitian works for the Company, works for Angela Petrelli, thus he really had no interest in stopping : K1Bond007
    • sucks : dael
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  I would skip season two and watch season three instead. Or just stop watching the show entirely, because ... : Modica Sol Solis
  • i would suggest going with this final suggestion but i know Im in the minority. i even tried coming back... : smacknca
  • It was awful by the end of season 1, I wish they would stop being so fucking emo about having super power... : nodebug
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  I would stop if I were you. I'm pretty much watching season 3 only because there's not much else to watch... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • You must be really bored. :[ : CrustaR
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  lol, you guys were so fucking into this show in Season 1 it's not even funny. Monster threads with discus : node
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    I can't get into the new BSG. I simply can't. I have tried to want plenty of episodes and I never make ... : IndigoAK
    • The first half of season 1 was good. Season 2 was passable and Season 3 was a god awful mess. I wish Amer : nodebug
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    How dare you compare Heroes to Battlestar!! Heroes is and always has been shit. BSG is consistently gr... : Super Sparker
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      Yeah because there wasn't ANY bitching and hate for Season 3. Plus you missed the small text. See? BSG > : node
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        lol. You better "better than" that shit, motherfucker. Fair disclosure: I even enjoyed the marketpl... : Super Sparker
        • Bill Duke! \o/ : node
    • BSG has only recently gotten back on track. Season 2 was ok-to-meh, Season 3 was meh-to-crap. Finally, ... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • another thing I don't get about the Shack's (apparently past) love for this show... everyone kept talking... : -Panther-

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  mirror's edge goty 2008 : JINKY
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    is it not delayed to 09? too lazy to seek source, shack will correct me : smacknca
    • nov 12th. : mwasher
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      PC version ships later this winter, no date yet :( 360 version is the 12th as mwasher said : megarust32
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        ps3 on the 12th as well : megarust32
        • yay! this def looks like a game best played on the console. : smacknca
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  whoa : alarm cock
  • IAWTwhoa. that looks awesome. : deject
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  Weren't we supposed to have a demo of this by now? I thought I had heard that mentioned. : mwasher
  • It was a false rumor that got reported as fact. : notd665
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  This is the first footage I've ever seen of this game. All I can say is "wow". : evildanish
  • Everytime I see this game, I get more anxious for it to be released. I haven't been this excited about a ... : MercFox1
  • you were foolish to not pay attention to it before : derelict515
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    ^^ It looks like a modern day Prince of Persia on crack. Looks like it could be incredibly difficult t... : ]aratex[
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      there are 2 context sensitive buttons and in all but the hardest difficulties certain objects in the envi... : derelict515
      • Interesting. I read quite a bit about the game when it was first announced, but haven't kept up and subs... : ]aratex[
      • yeah I gathered this from the posted trailer that they have these red 'ramps' to guide you around. I've n... : Entity
    • It's because there are different ways to get to places. On that one trailer, the player *specifically* ta... : zehh
• Looks good! : guido anchovy
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  Is the control scheme described anywhere? Is it as "simplistic" as ASSCREED? : mwasher
  • when you are running apparently the crouch and jump buttons become context sensitive. So there is still a... : marmite
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    no, there's a sort of context sensitive 'up' and 'down' button for different actions. So your up button w... : derelict515
    • interesting. i am very intrigued : mwasher
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    Let's see how well I can remember this. There's a big emphasis on momentum. There's a crouch button an... : notd665
    • And by momentum, I mean if you take a few steps back and take a running leap you'll cover more distance. : notd665
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    i read a review that said it's pretty much the opposite of assassin's creed as far as control goes which ... : JINKY
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      I must be the only one who loved the Assassin's Creed control scheme. : IndigoAK
      • it's great if you like watching the game, not so much if you actually want to feel like you're controllin... : derelict515
• That health system sounds absolutely tits. What a much better way to do it than the current GIANT RED TRA : skankcore
• fuck god dammit now i want this game too : ejectorpod
• I really hope this game will work. It looks really ambitious in opening up movement in an FPS, but at the... : woddemandred
• I'm so excited for this. :| : Rice-Rocketeer
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  This video is not loading for me. =/ : Sailor of Fortune
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    You put your age into that tiny little box? : scanline
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      Yeah, but I lied though. : Sailor of Fortune
      • I guess they found out. : ]aratex[
      • It knows... : coldfusioncs
      • No way, I actually am 94 years old, I swear. : nurglich
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    Try IE. Gamevideo never works for me in Firefox. :( : quanta88
    • Yeah, I thought about it too but was too lazy to do it. Watching now. : Sailor of Fortune
• I'm so excited for this game, while also being terrified that it'll turn out poorly. : Vincent Grayson
• That game looks absolutely beautiful. I can't wait to finally play it. : ColoradoCNC
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  Anyone know what the music was from the first Mirrors Edge video? : Zolneirz
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    Not sure, I want the Mirrors Edge soundtrack. Anyone know if there is a collectors edition the soundtrac... : pigvomit
    • The artist is Lisa Miskovsky, and she has the song availabe online. http://www.ilike.com/artist/Lisa... : treefingers1
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  My PC is crying right now. I still...can't decide if my PS3 deserves this beauty. It hasn't been treating... : Wisp!
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    It's not really an FPS, since shooting isn't necessary to win. : Vincent Grayson
    • FPR (First Person Runner) : Trips
  • if the Riddick game taught me anything it's that controllers with rumble are much nicer for providing fee... : derelict515
• I am SUPER excited for this game and have to offer huge props to the developers for #1: creating and stic... : EvilDolemite
• This looks pretty awesome. : riptyde
• Watching this video made me feel as if i was playing Sonic in 3d. I felt the speed and the sense of urgen... : mallfouf
• this looks like it will be fun to play while sitting right in front of the tv. : delataur
• oh god that looks so badass... I can't wait for this game! : zerog83
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  this game will be poop, i'm positive, i can call it now. it's a cool idea, but it just looks so clunky; i... : lakren
  • It looks anything but clunky. I'm more worried that it won't end up playing the way it looks. : Vincent Grayson
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    is that you haiku? : deject
    • Heh this was my first thought as well. : action wombmate
  • You're poop. : lookitzpancakes
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    so.. will you leave the Shack for a month if you are wrong? : mwasher
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      yep : lakren
      • excellent. I knew one day it would cost less than $50! hah! : mwasher
    • for a month : deject
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    No, it's really fun. : Chris Remo
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      Ohhh, tell us more! : pigvomit
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        The controls are very simple--it's all about getting into a flow. Indeed it is clunky when you start play... : Chris Remo
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          Cool, I was really hoping for fluid controls. Not having a hud sort of requires the controls to give you... : pigvomit
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            The control is actually extremely straightforward. There's one button for maneuvers that shift your weigh... : Chris Remo
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              That's great to hear. I was hoping it would be elegant and intuitive. It sounds like it'll depend entire... : brickmatt
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                Yeah, the control and level design are basically the two elements of this game that matter. I do rea... : Chris Remo
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                  It cheaply grabbed me. :( Not that I'm quite pathetic enough to buy it JUST because there's a girl on... : ]aratex[
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                    Is the nerd grab because she is simply a woman, athletic woman, or an asian woman? She reminds me of a h... : pigvomit
                    • Asian woman, at least for me personally. The game looks like it could be a lot of fun, though. I hadn... : ]aratex[
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                  I'm hoping the visuals work better in person, in videos they seem bland and generic, perhaps necessarily ... : graceofdragons
                  • you can turn off the red gameplay cues if you want to : derelict515
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                    To me the bold red cues are what make it. If everything was just white it would be overwhelming. The cont... : Chris Remo
                    • Yeah, when I read about it, I thought it'd look terrible.. I had planned to turn off the cues immediatel... : ]aratex[
                • The visuals are very striking, which is always step in the right direction I feel like. And trying the ar... : brickmatt
        • once you know a level that's why I probably won't like it, very very few games are good enough to make me... : graceofdragons
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          That's exactly the impression I got; the game looks like it could be a blast if you know the levels. The ... : NoCopy
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            I think it's going to be very disappointing but not on the level AC was. Also, I don't think the game is ... : graceofdragons
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              Then obviously you are not the type of person the game is appealing to. I find it very pretty, the sound... : pigvomit
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                Gameplay sounds really fun for a couple levels, world looks plastic, limb animations are ludicrous, gener... : graceofdragons
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                  Yes, I'm sure they included a generic asian chic to make norcal kids buy it. Those cleaver bastards at ... : pigvomit
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                    cleaver bastards = unclaimed children of large knives? : ]aratex[
                    • That's so cleaver of you! : pigvomit
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            Well, it's not as severe as you describe. The game's entire art direction is designed to give you visual ... : Chris Remo
            • Yeah, don't get me wrong. It's really hard to get a feel for what the game is really going to play like t... : NoCopy
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      ok, you heard it here. the game is not fun. : dantastic
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        oh hey look at you posting a passive-aggressive response to a Remo post this is amazing! : mikecyb
        • heeeey : dantastic
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    How do we judge if the game is poop? If everyone on the shack likes it then I say you will be wrong and y... : SpaecKow
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      look through haiku's post history for the Assassin's Creed stuff. : Deathlove
      • Ohhh. That. : SpaecKow
      • Yeah, he was wrong. : Magus
    • precedent exists : mwasher
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  the gunner in that copter can't hit shit : skunk_ape
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    Kinda reminds me of all those HL2 pre-release videos where the Combine accuracy sucked ass. : MercFox1
    • I think they pretty much have to be terrible shots in a game like this. I wouldn't think it'd be as fun i... : NastyJack
  • Would the game be any fun if he could? : pigvomit
  • Just like how in Assasin's Creed gangs of enemies fight you one at a time. : Sailor of Fortune
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  Does every shooter need a helicopter level? I swear if I get killed by that copter, I will snap the disc... : spiderfill
  • the game is based around you being a 'runner' constantly making deliveries or stealing stuff or something... : derelict515
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    The Mid Game Boss is an F-35B hovering and using its 25mm cannons on you. : Sailor of Fortune
    • WANT! : MercFox1
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  crappy part is that its not gonna play like that for the average joe. this is a demo of someone playing ... : dantastic
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    Yeah I don't get how you're suppose to know where to be jumping and what direction to go. It can't be com... : Blackdawgg
    • you can tell where to go based on color coded cues in the environment- although you can also turn that fe... : Borzoi
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    Yeah, I remember watching a clip where some people (Spanish? German? I remember the video was in anothe... : DHAvatar
    • how many times do you see video demos with people who can't even do basic things like aim with a controll... : derelict515
  • Yeah, I played it at PC Gamer Showdown. I'm still really looking forward to it (especially since I was wo... : node
• And here's the official tune: http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/Lisa+Miskovsky : -efx-
• Damn, just watching that made my palms sweaty, I would love to play it, but the scared of heights thing i... : lightly inclined

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• 1 is sometimes really awesome though, because you can plow through a quest to kill X number of dudes real... : Vincent Grayson
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  Hmm, can't really agree with you. Respawn time hasn't bothered me a single moment. Combat is slow (compar... : Bamii
  • Same here, except this is the first MMO I've played past a couple levels so I can't really compare it to ... : skankcore
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  combat itself isn't slow... I'm pretty much constantly pressing buttons. What it is is that people have m... : aeg1x
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    the combat is slow. it's the long GCD, and every action fires it off. :( can't chain any skills without t... : Slowtreme
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      the gcd is half a second faster than in WoW : aeg1x
      • that would be a total of 0.5 - 0.5 would be zero, so NO, I doubt that. WAR was 1.5 GCD when I was playing... : Slowtreme
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  Not really what you were talking about, but since combat was brought up I just want to say that I'm final... : Derringer
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    I've had pretty good times with my Black Orc, but I recently started a sorceress and am having a lot more... : Vincent Grayson
    • Try a Marauder, I rip em apart. : Bamii
  • Tanks are ridiculous when they are max level on scenarios, so hard to kill : rhuntley12
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  Re: #2, does this video accurately describe your problems with the feel of combat or is it something else... : ahlee
  • I applaud that young man for picking good music for his video. : Vincent Grayson
  • All this stuff used to happen in WoW, too. I assume it will be fixed. : the moon and antarctica
  • That sums up a lot of what I meant by animations skipping etc. : IndigoAK
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  I got my copy at the weekend and got a squigherder to level 9. Squig armour is hilarious : jbury
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    Dye it purple and you'll even look better! : Bamii
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      You can't dye it, it's a giant squig that eats you :P : jbury
      • Then get a purple squig ffs, it's not thát hard! ;) : Bamii
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    Mmmh destruction. On what server are you? : Nihil ME
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      Axe Bite Pass, just like me. Come join us Nihil (genericuser rolled an alt on our server as well)!! : Bamii
      • Yeah Genericuser and I played most of the day yesterday, we did a shit load of rvr and had great fun A... : jbury
      • Hrrrrrmmmmm, I shall slap something together tonight. Might go marauder : nodebug
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        Traitors !!! : Nihil ME
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          Hehe, see you tonight? =D : Bamii
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            Never !!! What classes did you guys roll ? : Nihil ME
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              Jbury: Squig Herder, Genericuser: Witch Elf, Me: Marauder. : Bamii
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                I keep hearing about squigherders being underpowered, and I don't do much dmg but the support is awesome ... : jbury
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                  I have an engineer and its the same thing. A lot of people claim that he is a useless class but one can ... : Nihil ME
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                    Yeah yeah. But what class will you roll on OUR server? :P : Bamii
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                      Chosen : Nihil ME
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                        Give Bamii a tell for guild invite :0) : Bamii
                        • Woah - you already have founded a guild ? : Nihil ME
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        Boo, World's Edge ftw. The 'Shack' EU guild has like 26 members now. Order though. : Bamtan
        • Yeah I know, I was there as well. But I didnt really like the server (too empty on Dwarf side) and I felt... : Bamii
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  I have beef with the class balance issues and damage-to-healing ratios. BWs can dot the hell out of a pe... : Defacil
  • What tier are you in? : lefthighkick
  • What class are you playing? If you play a healer correctly, the ratio is certainly the other way around. ... : ramshot

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  Sounds like a good opportunity to catch up on Lost episodes. : johnwissinger
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    It would be, especially with the 9 1/2 hour layover in Incheon, but no DVD player/computer/episodes of Lo... : the moon and antarctica
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      Woosh. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
      • ooh, a flashback : 60days
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  Get drunk before and during the flight? : mad-d00d
  • I learned that getting drunk on a flight across the Pacific is a horrible idea. It is just way way too lo... : Evil Benius
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  but why? mad turbulence 10 flights ago? : Maarten Goldstein
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    No idea. I've actually never endured anything more than mild turbulence. It seriously just came out of no... : the moon and antarctica
    • I read airplane vs. car death statistics and pray to sweet Jesus. Haven't crashed yet! : johnwissinger
    • read page 4: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1562978-1,00.html : carnivore
• I developed a fear of turbulence after 2001. It sucks, but I think it's getting better. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• I also developed a sudden fear of flying after many flights. Every little noise or bump freaks me out :( : adhy
• where will you be staying in korea? maybe we could meet? : Supine
• This was posted yesterday, but seems relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NcYXdc-KxE : festivalman
• I blame 9/11. I am terrified on planes now :( : pancake humper
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  Remember, you're far, far more likely to get hurt in a car accident than on a plane. : Lone Swordsman
  • Yeah, the chance of getting hurt in a plane crash is really low. Chance of getting dead is high : daedraug
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  Not so Fun Fact: Fear of flying is one of the most common phobias. : MagicWishMonkey
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    It's funny though, I'm much more frightened of standing on a high ledge than flying. Heck, I've flown pl... : Lone Swordsman
    • standing on a high ledge? fuck that. I'm laying down on the ground and maybe putting my head over to see ... : zerog83
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      I don't understand fear of flying either, worst case scenario is the plane hits the ground and explodes k... : MagicWishMonkey
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        I think it is the lack of control and the fact that is something goes wrong there is a good chance you ar... : Evil Benius
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          yeah i mean i agree that not being in control is kind of weird, and phobias are hardly rational. but in ... : FrayLo
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            its not like people freak out on the bus or riding in someone elses car either : aeg1x
            • I don't know, I think it's kind of hard to compare the two. I hate flying, but I'm not afraid of it. The : zerog83
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            I think the safe flying thing actually works in reverse on people as well. They think about how long it h... : Evil Benius
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              true. hell pretty soon i will be flying around on airplanes that are dubbed 'experimental' by the faa an... : FrayLo
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                The plus side is some of the best people will be working on them and not some guy day dreaming about his ... : Evil Benius
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                  if something goes wrong i'll probably just beat it in the lavatory : FrayLo
                  • why go to the lavatory? just do it right there in the cockpit. hell, have your copilot help you out if yo... : zerog83
        • Yea, that's a good point. : MagicWishMonkey
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        Worst case scenario is it ditches as sea, you don't get out and suffocate hundreds of feet underwater. ... : Super Sparker
        • dammit, my grammar sucks. Sorry if I've offended anyone. :( : Super Sparker
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          In all of those circumstances you wouldn't remain conscious for very long. Except for snakes, those would... : MagicWishMonkey
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            True. But those last moments of sentient thought would blow. I'd agree with the lack of control thin... : Super Sparker
            • Yea it would suck no doubt. : MagicWishMonkey
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              I really have no idea what the hell would go through my head for those last minutes. Probably freak out, ... : Evil Benius
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                Just start beating off. : Super Sparker
                • Good call because knowing my luck that would fix the plane and save us all. : Evil Benius
      • I don't think the fear is from the dying so much as the heart-wrenching terror as the plane plunges 37000... : riptyde
    • It's quite common for a person to be afraid of heights, yet not afraid of flying. When you are in a plan... : riptyde
• Crack a couple Dramamine and sleep. : Deathlove
• that happened to me too. i used to fly constantly and then i suddenly got freaked about it. : Mansmells
• The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the so... : Rag and Bone Man
• just scream the whole trip. you'll feel much better when you arrive : mrtony
• Just remember that freaking out in a plane has a 99% chance of you getting throttled. : Ride-My-Rocket
• I get that 'restless leg' bullshit when I fly, it drives me insane. : Magus

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  I'll say it again - Uncharted is the best console game of the current generation. GT:P is fun, as is MGS... : Dimmona
  • Uncharted is one of the best sp games I have played in a long long time. : gmd
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    .... What? Uncharted is a really great game, but come on : sevogajre
    • You are of course entitled to your own opinion even though it is wrong : Dimmona
  • uncharted is a fun, beautiful game that really shows off the PS3, but I wouldn't say it's the best game t... : freakord
  • Uncharted is a rental game. The guns were horrible in it...plus those weird creatures, bleh. It was fun, ... : Magus
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    Uncharted is fun until it becomes Far Cry : AlexXdude
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      uncharted has some identity issues, it tries to be a lot of different games : qwpeoriu
      • I thought it did a pretty good job of mixing Gears of War's combat-style with Tomb Raider's exploration a... : Vincent Grayson
  • Before MGS4, I would have agreed. : Vincent Grayson
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    I was really excited by the idea of uncharted but I played it for a (very short) while and it didn't impr... : marmite
    • it definitely looked a lot better than Tomb Raider: Legend, but I thought that Legend was a better game : qwpeoriu
  • I enjoyed Uncharted very, very (very) much for the first ~3 hours. After that, it totally fell apart and... : BoKnows
  • I fell asleep playing Uncharted. : dilutedq
  • Uncharted is great, but not perfect... I had a lot of fun playing it : prime8
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  wipeout HD : gmd
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    yeah, gotta download that one though, right? : kill9
    • yessir - about 1GB (and $20) : Postal
• motorstorm uncharted metal gear solid 4 (honestly thats it) : .ka`boom.zZz.
• Uncharted is really good, yes. : jimmy_legs
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  Motorstorm Ratchet and Clank Super Stardust HD Pixeljunk Monsters I haven't played Uncharted or W... : ThomW
  • ^^ This : Magus
  • Might as well get Motorstorm 2 since its out in 3 weeks. : Vegtro
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    Is Pixeljunk Monsters just a tower defense clone? : ieGod
    • WHAT?!?! you don't have this game? = ( it's a really cool co-op game and yeah it's a TYPE of tower defe... : Break
    • I really don't like tower defense games; I find them really irritating on the PC, but for some reason I ... : ThomW
• Disgaea 3! : Finestaut
• Disgaea 3 =) : genom
• Wipeout HD : ieGod
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  ok. im a wii bit new to posting on Shack. how do i do the hidden text stuff so i can hide spoilers from... : i poop from there
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    o [ spoiler text ] o (remove spaces between square brackets and o's. Dunno bout the TF2 server... : ThrillKill
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      thank you sir. : i poop from there
      • Better yet, use Firefox, get the Greasemonkey Add-on and use this script to add the tags to the comment w... : ThomW
• make sure you get some PSN cards at best buy to get all the cool shit off the PSN store wipeout HD pixe... : Break
• Ill sell you my MGS4 SM me : conandan
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  also... play heavenly sword its has super awesome cut scenes and the game isn't that bad either the onl... : Break
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    I liked it, took me ~10 hours to play through it which is an ok length as far as I'm concerned : dael
    • i liked it too i bought it thought, cause well it looked freakin sweet and the demo was fun as hell = ... : Break
• Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction is pretty great, as is the dl only followup Quest for Boot... : grendel
• Uncharted sucks, IMO. MGS4 is good, and be sure to get Soul Calibur 4 if you like the series. : silentw
• Resistance: Fall of Man is fun. : Sylvanus
• Warhawk is a lot of fun for multiplayer. Has a very solid arcade feel to it. You can also do split screen... : gibolas1234

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  Microsoft Windows XP : sanchez
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    great contribution! : redfive
    • Thanks. : sanchez
  • lol that's pretty good i wanted to see what all the fuss was about with vista.. guess i'm pretty bored... : industro
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    MS-DOS 5.0 : dirge23
    • DR-DOS forever : dodob
  • Windows 3.1 : ColoradoCNC
  • QNX!!!! You'll never go back! : devi| dog
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  Nothing really special program wise. Maybe Switcher? That's a nifty app. I also like RocketDock. : aggressor
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    Switcher would be better if it weren't so clunky. Taking a half second to get all the windows and then f... : boarder2
    • im not sure what you mean. it's customizable so you can make it move as fast as you want : feek
  • Is it just an expose ripoff? : orgcaptainnemo
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  If you have multiple monitors you may want to get "Display Fusion" so you can have separate backgrounds o... : glio1337
  • Or Ultramon! : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Do a full system back up right now. It will save you having to set it up next time. : thecray
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    You are way smarter than I am. : ]aratex[
    • haha no I'm not. I didn't do a backup until a month after installing. It was almost 100GB :( : thecray
• whatever you normally install on windows : aeg1x
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  7zip : dmason
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    No, Jzip. : arhughes
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      Does Jzip behave in vista? I love 7zip, but it doesn't get along well with the file system virtualizatio... : smegmar
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        Works fine here, at least through contextual menus. : Lone Swordsman
        • Hm. Still have to drag and drop for protected directories like Program Files (eg, unzipping a tf2 map) b... : smegmar
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  Chrome? :( : Zero|DPX
  • aw snap :( : industro
  • I second this recommendation. : Maddog_Delphi97
• firefox/chrome vid card drivers winrar Itunes/media player Vista sp1 games : Iwannaacura
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  The programs I can't live without are, in no particular order: ImgBurn Pidgin Firefox foobar2000 P... : Goncyn
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    Digsby instead of Pidgin Winamp instead of foobar Notepad++ instead of Vim 7zip instead of PowerArchiv... : airrob
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      7-zip is awesomeness. : deject
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        I don't understand why people still use 7zip. Jzip uses the 7zip engine, but has an interface that isn't... : arhughes
        • I pretty much just use 7-zip's right click interface or just drag and drop files from 7-zip. it works ju... : deject
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      I see no need to replace foobar with winamp. : spazzium
      • Yeah, I replaced winamp with foobar years ago and haven't looked back since. : smegmar
    • I second Filezilla and Notepad++. I might look into digsby, but I don't network socailly, so the main dr... : smegmar
• Taskbar Shuffle : mockery
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  Once you're sick of Explorer get Directory Opus. : nudel
  • Holy shit, AUD $85.00 (~$63 here) for that? Kind of looks interesting, but not that interesting. : Nixx2004
  • That looks like it would be difficult to get used to and impossible to stop using once you do. I'm still ... : lacker
• USB Drive Letter Manager - makes it so unused drives for your card reader only appear when a card is inse... : sanchez
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  Launchy. Seriously, this is the best app ever, ever, ever. : Shivawn
  • what does it do that windows vista's start menu doesn't? : marmite
• http://www.ghisler.com Total Commander : GodZilly
• Service Pack 1? :o : grayscale
• Any recommendations for automatic wallpaper switching utilities? : Lone Swordsman
• I suggest upgrading immediately to WinXP Pro. : OMGzImBurning
• BCDedit if you want an easy way to dual boot (or triple!) with another OS : transmetal
• Vista Service Pack 1. : metalremains
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  Ccleaner and a disk defrag, maybe Auslogics's. : thief
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    I like JKDefrag, and definitely use CCleaner : smegmar
    • Yes, JKDefrag is nice, and it's uhh, a mobile install? In that you don't install it... You just run it f... : thief
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    vista's built in defrag isn't that bad is it? : marmite
    • I honestly don't know. Oops. I just like seeing Auslogics colorful blocks, or jkdefrags more basic, com... : thief
    • It's not, but i only glues files together. 3rd party defrags will group files that get accessed together... : smegmar
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      Vista's built-in defrag is really good, as long as you run it from the command prompt with a couple of sw... : zerog83
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        What switches do you use? : PoopStewart
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          -c for all volumes, -w for full defragment regardless of size. By default, it won't touch fragments that ... : zerog83
          • those are the important ones. I also do a -v for verbose output, so I can see the results. : zerog83
    • it runs all on it's own keeping everything defragged, so i dont even know why you'd bother with any of th... : feek
  • I use Diskeeper. : IndigoAK
• paint.NET : ateam311