Morning Discussion

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• NOOOOOOOOO : oHnOES
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  It's about the shackmeet, not the movie. : Dynotaku
  • If I'm there I'll probably bring a couple of other non-shacker friends. I would so like to meet the famo... : nurglich
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  Hardly any shooting? Say whaaaaaaaat? : MaxPete82
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    A game that's all about shooting... has no shooting? WTF? : locater16
    • Yep. You heard it right. : -sk-
  • Are you MaxPayne's brother, maxpete82? : mrwolf710
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  http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18209774 : -sk-
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    has the trailer been released yet for alan wake? : deathofrats
    • Nope : -sk-
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  :( : dognose
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    there might be explosions! don't give up hope! : mikecyb
    • there's a couple, maybe one good one : Dravenport
  • I second your frowny face. I was going to watch it tonight but now I'm not so sure. : Mmmmmoo
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    I second this :( : hirez
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      fine. I third your :( : hirez
      • can you :( your own :( ? self :( ing is typically frowned upon I think.. =/ : beastrabban
  • There's a chance you'll still like it. : capt tripps
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  wtf. : chungathebunga
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    Hopefully going into this movie thinking its crap will lower the bar so I can enjoy it. : chungathebunga
    • i hope it does, i went in superhyped and left crying : Dravenport
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  Gonna see it tonight anyway. :( : crummynz
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    Same. :( : pigvomit
    • apparently, my friend already bought the tickets :( : Mmmmmoo
• Smiths Rule #78: Never pay to see movies based on videogames on opening weekend. If they're good you'll h... : Gonzo
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  I'm pretty convinced there will never EVER EVER be a faithful, good video game movie. Ever. If I had ... : freakynipples69
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    It'll happen, just like how there used to never be good movie -> videogame translations. While they're st... : qwpeoriu
    • And to be fair, while it is worse, Tomb Raider isn't all that much worse of a movie than something like N... : qwpeoriu
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    Comic book publishers eventually got it right. At some point someone like EA will make a movie studio to ... : byorn
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      Comic books are also fundamentally about telling a story. Video games can tell a good story, but they're... : nurglich
      • It doesn't help that virtually every game movie at this point has involved a game with a story no one giv... : Vincent Grayson
  • what about Silent Hill? : yuiwork
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    As games become more cinematic I think it'll be easier to adapt a game into a good / great movie. The onl... : K1Bond007
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      Mass Effect would be really hard to fuck up. It's already a fairly short story, the game is the first in ... : Vincent Grayson
      • That's what I think, but you know.. Hollywood. Max Payne should have been the easiest fucking movie to ma... : K1Bond007
• CRAP!! : spazzium
• What? NO. Aw fuck! That's the only movie I had left to look forward to this year and... BOLLOCKS. : Cliffzorz
• so then Mortal Kombat and silent hill are the only decent videogame movies : X-GOUKI
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  Ok, yeah... It wasn't good. :( : pigvomit
  • :( : Dravenport

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• This reminds me of the whole Ocarina of Time thing where they said there was an islamic chant in the fire... : guido anchovy
• haha wow : dromo5
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  So... are Muslims for it or agin' it? You'd think they'd appreciate their culture being spread around in ... : Dynotaku
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    Against it. Listen, I understand if it's hard for you can't understand WHY it's offensive, at least acce... : Rasnowl
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      Assume we're rational people for a second and spell it out. I don't think most people genuinely understan... : cdbeckman
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        Oops sorry, I posted and ran. The Qur'an is considered the Speech of God. Something divinely sent dow... : Rasnowl
        • Thanks, that's pretty clear. : thane
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      The problem is that I'm a white, male, omnivorous, heterosextual atheist, so it is pretty much impossible... : Dynotaku
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        I'm glad I'm in the club with you. There is really nothing that offends me, at all. If I'm this way why c... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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          seriously. this oversensitivity is one of the biggest problems with today's world. : hirez
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            I think lack of sensitivity and sympathy/empathy is the biggest problem in the world. : Rasnowl
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              Don't forget it goes both ways, empathy for mine and empathy for yours. The 'West' should be empathetic ... : thief
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                It's easy not to have a problem with something that has no relevance to you...isn't it the burden on that... : Rasnowl
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                  I disagree you can try to offend me all day and it simply won't happen. I have a sense of humor, and its ... : .ka`boom.zZz.
                  • Really? Someone could shit on you and you would find the bright side? : lacker
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                    I've been wracking my brain to think of an analogy to think of some boundary I could cross that would off... : Rasnowl
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                      P.S. take a look at some of the statements being made in the subthreads below...disgusting. What can I d... : Rasnowl
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                        P.P.S. I completely agree that there's a line to draw also. The Muslims who asked the toilets in some n... : Rasnowl
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                          It's really a problem of the common denomintor, my friend. Or, here, the lack thereof. The muslim viewpoi... : ra1n
                          • Fixed: There is an inherent tension in this that can't be solved: Muslims want the Qu'ran exempted from ... : Rasnowl
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                        The fact that you get so upset over something like this is a driving factor behind why they're posting. T... : Bamtan
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                          And there's a fundamental difference in how people deal with each other. In my entire life, the few time... : Rasnowl
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                            This is Western culture. Being offended because part of your religious text is being quoted in a song equ... : Bamtan
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                              I think someone in the field of rhetoric and communications would have a field day with significance of s... : Rasnowl
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                                Whoa whoa, sorry, I said "those were my observations". Meaning I don't think you're a retard, or have a s... : Bamtan
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                                  Anyways, my point was that both sides are way too vitriolic about the whole subject. They need to be sens... : Bamtan
                                  • No problem, I misread your reply. I completely agree violence is no way to register a complaint about so... : Rasnowl
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                            See I think the opposite is true. If people don't stand firm and *insist* on not retracting whatever mino : uncleanmonkey
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                              If violent monsters want to attack you they'll do it whether they have reason to or not. Having an incre... : Rasnowl
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                                So we should just let ourselves be silenced because we're threatened then? My point is that it's bette... : uncleanmonkey
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                                  I can't respond to this type of discussion, so I hope you don't mind if I end speaking with you. Here ar... : Rasnowl
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                                    They have the right to condemn whatever they want, they don't have the right to kill people over it. I'm ... : uncleanmonkey
                                    • To furher emphasize what a big deal I think this is: I believe that ultimately this will end in two ways,... : uncleanmonkey
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                        Many of us believe, adamantly, that our most fundamental right is the right to freedom of expression. I : Danny5225
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                          I've posted this elsewhere in the thread: I understand and love free speech. As a Muslim, I can practic : Rasnowl
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                            Going back to the original context of the song though, the person that made it might not have intended to... : marmite
                            • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_a_tree_falls_in_a_forest : Bamtan
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                              I agree, the original person who wrote the song may not have known that he was causing offense, no proble... : Rasnowl
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                                But what I don't understand is why you can't just look at it and go "oh, an ignorant person did this, nev... : marmite
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                                  If there were a cultural precedent* for worshipping of couches and their distribution were prohibited, I ... : Rasnowl
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                                    Just because it has always been a way does not make that way better or more important than any other way. : Ebu
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                                      What way are we referring to? : Rasnowl
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                                        Cultural Precedent. That's not a valid excuse to impinge the rights of others. Just because you've be... : Ebu
                                        • I was using cultural precedent to discuss societal offenses as opposed to personal ones. I would be more... : Rasnowl
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                                    That was a really good answer. You are obviously an intelligent person and you have balls to stand up for... : marmite
                                    • Thanks, I really appreciate logical discussion, especially in objective abstractions that can isolate key... : Rasnowl
                          • I agree. We start running into problems, though, when the lines defining instances of culturally accep... : Danny5225
                  • Wanna come to a Shackmeet next week? : ThomW
    • How can you decide whether they're being sensitive or over-sensitive without knowing what the offensive m... : Ovate
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      Yes spill the beans man...tell us why. : focusdaily
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        but he won't bother because nobody agrees, even though its not a small minority : I7 SilverFox
        • Well a part of the reason I didn't post was that many people have made up their minds already, so anythin... : Rasnowl
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      I can understand a muslim treating the text with respect, however to expect non-believers to do it too is... : byorn
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        Yes. And in all cases, Free Speech > Sensitivity. : Dynotaku
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          I don't understand this, why? Proving a point? Congratulations, well done, you're awesome! : Rasnowl
          • The reason why is because free speech goes beyond being able to hear what you like to hear. Free speech ... : Grumbeld
      • As long as that statement is applied to all religions and their beliefs I can get behind it. Still, there... : ColoradoCNC
    • They have to get all of the discs they have sent out back and shred them. At the same time they have to g... : byorn
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      I actually would like to hear the reason. I'm a big theology buff, so I'm definitely interested in hearin... : ColoradoCNC
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        Mass media integration of most things religious -- consider the image of Mohammed -- is a big no, no, I t... : thief
        • While this is a nice secular explanation (for the most part, I agree with it) it goes beyond. With belie... : Rasnowl
    • You are Muslim? : lacker
  • maybe if the verses weren't inflammatory: 1- In the 18th second: "كل نفس ذائقة الموت" (... : aethyr
  • It's the medium and manner in which it is being spread around. A mass media, consumerist thing I think, ... : thief
  • I spoke to them and they said 'yes'. They also said they think Sean Connery was the best bond, and theif ... : 60days
• What the hell, who cares. : ieGod
• There's plenty of ambient/chillout type techno with islamic chants and prayer calls in them, but I guess ... : d fluke
• NOOOO. Not fair. : jjjapan
• As for the righteous, they shall surely triumph. Theirs shall be gardens and vineyards, and high-bosomed ... : semaphore
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  Maybe they could use this as some good publicity for the game...you know CNN/FOX get the whole muslim ang... : quadalupeupe
  • Actually I wouldn't be surprised if this is a small footnote in a Foxnews talking head blabber-fest. : dedgecko
• Apparently we live on a little big planet full of overly-sensitive dickheads that like to shit in other p... : deadhorse
• DAMN YOU BARACK OBAMA : gmd
• absolutely fucking retarded. : mwasher
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  joe the plumber shakes his head in disappointment : Foxhawk
  • Joe 4 Prez : DrZettl
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  i'm appalled by the lack of diversity tolerance in this thread : [fry]
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    I've read a couple articles about this and the thread, but no one has yet explained why it's offensive. : Goncyn
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      They burn down towns over a cartoon in a newspaper. You think they won't have a problem with quoting the ... : skinlab133
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        99% of those guys at the embassy didn't know why they were actually there besides that it was "something ... : razorblade79
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          they know there was a depiction of muhammed, peace be unto him. : skryte
          • Yeah something noone really would have cared about, as was proven by a journalist who bought a huge ass M... : razorblade79
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        "they" huh? it was Sony's decision to pull the title, "they" had nothing to do with it : cptstern
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          they acting like a bunch of neanderthals every time somebody farts in their magic book's general directio... : [fry]
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            "they" ...all 1.6 billion of them? or a handful of crazies/fanatics radicals/malcontents? ..no we should ... : cptstern
            • I read it as the radicals. Who else could he mean, by definition those who are participating in his descr... : ieGod
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            [fry] you're smart enough to know that a ton of Christians get just as dumb when their magic book is insu... : ColoradoCNC
            • They do? Not to the same degree. : Stoned Gargoyle
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              that's not even close to being true. i know it's politically correct to pretend they're all the same but ... : [fry]
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                Check Colorodo's post below linking to various abortion clinic bombings. : ieGod
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                  right. they're all exactly the same. christians, muslims, buddhists, zarastrians, whoever else, all exact... : [fry]
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                    I do not claim that there are equal amounts of crazies, but rather equally crazy extermists exist in not ... : ieGod
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                      So what's the Christian, Jewish, Hindu, and/or Buddhist extremist equivalent of 9/11? (Not be sarcastic -... : exigence7
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                        well ..... http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/oct/07/iraq.usa : cptstern
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                          You're gonna have to do something a bit better than "a Palestinian politician said so". You'd also have ... : exigence7
                          • Violent conquering is not part of other religions creeds and fundamental history http://en.wikipedia.o... : Bamtan
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                            Other religions don't have this. Violent conquering is not part of other religions creeds and fundamental : SpaecKow
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                              And during the Modern period colonialsm had a deeply religious bent. : SpaecKow
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                                By fundamental history, I was thinking more of foundational history. I full well know what all of those : exigence7
                                • Well then you know very little of the foundational history of Islam. Mohammed was a pacifist just like Je : SpaecKow
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                        Pearl harbor was basically zen buddhists... : uncleanmonkey
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                          In what way? I mean yes, it was the Japanese that attacked, but they did not attack based on any Buddhist... : Vincent Grayson
                          • Well religion was a key component in getting them to do suicide attacks, for one thing. Also, please ... : uncleanmonkey
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              Yes, that is why Martin Scorsese is currently rotting in his grave after we shot him in cold blood when '... : deathofrats
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                no but it's why Dr. Barnett Slepian, Dr. David Gunn, Dr. John Britton, Shannon Lowney, Lee Ann Nichols an... : cptstern
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                  We were talking about religious people going crazy over entertainment. Ie, comics, music references, mov... : deathofrats
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                    again apples and oranges, you'd have to prove that it was EXCLUSIVELY religiously motivated ; america is ... : cptstern
                    • How's your day going, cptstern? Are you looking forward to the weekend? : deathofrats
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              There is a sharp distinction between the motivations for the actions, thought. The depiction of Mohammed... : thief
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                apples and oranges ..you can buy jesus themed everything ..it's been comercialised to shit with the churc... : cptstern
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                  This is my point. I was trying to keep things apples to apples by keeping it to the depiction of each r... : thief
                  • ya sorry I was agreeing with your point, it just didnt come out that way :) : cptstern
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          sony pulled it because 'they' have done stuff in the past though. : deathofrats
          • sony pulled it because "they" have done stuff in the past though: http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=2941 ... : cptstern
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          The previous overreactions "they" have had demonstrating their hypersensitivity have an effect on Sony's ... : semaphore
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            so that goes for the blacks and christians offended by sony ads? : cptstern
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              I'm not sure what you're trying to point out in this thread. Sony, as you nicely linked for us, has ha... : ieGod
              • look you mised an important part of this subthread ..he didnt mean the radicals but muslims in general. l... : cptstern
            • Crazy groups can have an effect on a decision even if there is only the threat of protesting instead of t... : semaphore
        • You guys realise this "they" is as numerous as all the white people on earth right? : 60days
  • White text on a black background? I think you can see what Fry is trying to say here. Yeah, uh huh. : jingletard
• glad I did not buy a ps3 yet. oh wait I am fucking broke. : hirosushima
• i'm sorry, islam is nowhere near as awesome a badguy as communism. bring back the cold war, this shit suc... : cpt_gloval
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  I guess the developer doesn't want their office burned to the ground. : stump
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    ^^^^ these people don't fuck around. Just ask Theo Van Gogh. Oh right, you can't because he was murdered. : skinlab133
    • Yea i read about that , and it was mentioned in Religulous : Iwannaacura
    • Yeah, but that was a reasonable reaction to directing a controversial film....if you're fucking CRAZY. : stump
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      Yeah, those religious extremists shouldn't be taken lightly. Ask Dr. Gunn. Oh right, you can't because he... : ColoradoCNC
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        using this logic i could just as easily say that pencils are equally as deadly as handguns by pointing ou... : [fry]
        • i'm confused, are there differing degrees of being dead? ;p : cpt_gloval
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        I don't get how abortion = entertainment. You are bringing a whole new can of worms if you want to get... : deathofrats
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          If you don't understand how abortion is entertainment, then I really can't help you. : weaselmeister
          • do they dress up in clown makeup and play yakkity sax on kazoos while performing the procedure? : deathofrats
• It would of been so funny to see burning sackboy effigies :< : pieman
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  I don't understand. Who are the offended party here? Is it the Muslims who are offended? : electroly
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    Isn't it always? : skinlab133
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      also the children. we must always think of the children! : smacknca
      • also the dongs, think of them, too! : razorblade79
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      no, no other group is ever offended by anything http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/press/telegraph_18oct... : cptstern
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        It is sad that atheists have been lacking the organization for a really healthy 'extremist' group, lol. ... : semaphore
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          the reason being as theire no such thing as a cohesive atheist movement ..I dont have a membership ring, ... : cptstern
          • We sort of need to with social issues like abortion,stem cells, gay rights, evolution, etc. But it is ki... : semaphore
          • http://www.atheists.org/ ?!?! : walker270
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        That's exactly what I said, no other group is ever offended by anything............except not at all. I s... : skinlab133
        • Eh, re-reading my post I guess it could have been interpreted that way. I'm trying to say Muslim's are al... : skinlab133
      • Of course the difference is when Christians and Hindus are offended it's met with a "LOL, okay". And if i... : zakazi
  • I'm offended that it's delayed but nerd rage has less exploding to it than muslim rage. I'll be getting ... : .sticks.
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  hmm I bet there's another problem and they are using this as an excuse. : needles eye
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    i shape my tinfoil had like a fedora, what about you? : dahanese
    • After careful consideration, your configuration is the only acceptable option. : action wombmate
  • Because this is a less-stupid excuse? : Vangoghs Ear
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    This is a pretty common publisher trick. Risk angering the Christian and Muslim community to fix frame r... : spiderfill
    • You're onto us! : lplasmatron
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  The first goddamn thing I'm going to do with this game is make an offensive level containing Mohamed in s... : Vincent Grayson
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    I will require more details of this offensive level. : CrustaR
    • I'm starting to put some thoughts together...I'm thinking maybe a recreation of 9/11, only it's Sackboy a... : Vincent Grayson
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  So are they pulling this because a small fraction of Muslims will be upset, or because the news will star... : ColoradoCNC
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    because muslims will fucking kill them : mega man
    • 1.6 billion muslims all holding a knife at the heart of Howard Stringer ..the room is literally overflowi... : cptstern
    • megaman more like bomberman : boring gegtik
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  PUMP THE FUCK UP, PEOPLE : TastyWheat
  • what does this mean? : heuristic
• I think everyone needs to lighten the fuck up. it's a fucking game with cut cuddly creates and it just so... : avatar_58
• The lines were "May the West be swallowed in nuclear fire" and "My whore wife burnt my kebab" : gmd
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  Just wait until you see my "Insult the Qu'ran" level. : pigvomit
  • lol : pyide
• can they just fucking patch it so it doesnt play that song? jesus christ : spaceless
• im still really fucking pissed about this mother fuck : spaceless
• Religion = lol : Drewus
• they should have been more careful about this.... what a dumb mistake to make on the dev's part. : MikkleThePickle
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  this thread is daft - so it's delayed by a week because Sony didn't want to offend a group of people. Wh... : ThrillKill
  • I agree completely... thanks for typing out what I was too lazy to do : MikkleThePickle
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    One might say the same to the offended: "Get over it". : Vincent Grayson
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      Say you are a large number of people. Say this very large number of people also possess people with very ... : moe6
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        lol, reading more about the song artist: "Grammy award-winning Malian kora player" "a devout Muslim, wi... : semaphore
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          Yes, the Qur'an is regularly sung and quoting it in music or literature is quite common in Islamic art. M... : SpaecKow
          • The only artform that is in any way regulated in Islam is visual arts. Song, caligraphy, patternmaking an... : SpaecKow
        • I think it's probably more Sony just being ultra-sensitive to anything that could be remotely offensive. ... : aeg1x
      • I just don't have any interest in going out of my way to respect any particular belief system. In this ca... : Vincent Grayson
  • It's not so much the game as the song. Koran + song = deeply offensive to Muslims. Fair enough really. : node
  • on the other hand. Artistic Fucking License, I fast ordered my copy today from newegg in hopes that I ... : re-verse
• Just speaking to my old boss, he's had to deal with this all day since he basically caught it first after... : node
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  I wonder if they'd do the same if it were a group of Christians complaining about a song that uses words ... : phate81
  • didn't Sony leave that controversial Church level in Resistance? that would seem to imply a double standa... : MikkleThePickle

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  Didn't that have Emilio Estevez in it? Awesome flick.. I think it was originally a Stephen King book. : jingletard
  • Yes it did, and yes it was. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvyrqy1v0Y4 : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • The OP's link has King as the guy at the ATM. : bombay
  • Also the only movie Stephen King directed himself. : dirge23
  • Probably the best cover art ever. http://www.antigravitas.com/uploaded_images/maximum_overdrive-735659... : Fish_Bulb
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  UHF : gmd
  • Ding fucking ding. EOT. : stelth
  • STUPID!!!!!! Yo so STUUUUUPID!!! : Haxim
  • Spatula city! SPATULA CITY! : DrWaffles
  • oh god I need to watch this again : d fluke
  • SUPPLIES!! : deathofrats
  • http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=mZHoHaAYHq8 : bogombo
  • I see something BLUUUEEEEEeeee : kgargonmagrix79
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  There's too many movies in too many genres to select a single movie. But I'd have to say The Thing or ... : Dynotaku
  • The Incredibles is still the best superhero movie ever made. Dark Knight was great, but there's no wa... : ConfusedUs
• Shawshank. or Biloxi Blues. : PapaBoo
• That is tough to answer. Probably some of the older Black and White movies where the acting is so good. : bombay
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  Few movies have affected me like Saving Private Ryan. : ezanga
  • Schindlers? : bombay
  • This movie just blew me away : Thomas Hace
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  I have absolutely no idea. But I've always liked Sneakers more than seems necessary. : perstephanie
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    Sneakers is fantastic. That's the one with Robert Redford, right? : ucanbfuzzy
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      That's the one. : perstephanie
      • I also have some weird love for that movie and can watch it over and over : plunkymeadows
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  I have to pick The Matrix. I loved the universe, the concept, the struggle. Best sci-fi trilogy ever. : Xin Jing Client 1a
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    Close seconds (what is this a desert island list?): 1. Fletch, Spies Like Us, Funny Farm, Nothing But ... : Xin Jing Client 1a
    • Films That Have Yet To Be Released To DVD: 1. Damnation Alley (over-played on HBO, now it's nowhere to... : Xin Jing Client 1a
    • The 'Oh Yeah That One Too' List: 1. Blade Runner (best film to get lost in all the rain and smoke) 2.... : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • Matrix Trilogy is pretty high on my list. Simply amazing : smegmar
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  Wall Street. The dialogue was excellent and so was the chemistry between the actors, : nrgXs
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    Good news! Looks like they are making a second movie. : pimpium
    • Is it all of them jumping out of windows? : bombay
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  Man, I gotta tell you. When I first saw this movie... I was like 6 years old and it scared the shit out o... : stelth
  • me too! : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  star wars. i won't lie. : waxthirteen
  • I thought I was going to have to be the first to post this. The original theatrical release could loop e... : Wadmaasi
  • Mine too : grandmasterlee
• I can't be sure that it's my favorite movie of all time, but I really liked The Road Warrior as a kid. : Rag and Bone Man
• Blade Runner. : .frame
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  For sheer ridiculous fun, it's hard to top Demolition Man Frozen convicts and Taco Bell. What more can... : ConfusedUs
  • The machine that would spit out a ticket every time you curse was always a good laugh : WhiteHatVeteran
• When I was a kid we LOVED Maximum Overdrive, watched it a bunch of times. It was actually how I got into... : Hiro
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  The Manchurian Candidate : deject
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    please mean the original. : trOmblyj
    • bu bu its Denzel (I hope i got the right movie) : SlingBlaze
    • what remake? I don't know of any remake. NO REMAKE EXISTS I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ANGELA... : deject
• A Christmas Story. Well that's one of em, though usally only watch it around Christmas, but when they got... : Ziz
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  The Maltese Falcon : Sacred Sperm
  • i just saw this recently and yeah it was pretty awesome : lja83
• Probably Ghostbusters. : guido anchovy
• ran http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089881/ : Foxhawk
• The Road Warrior I could watch that movie every day. : jimmy-buffett
• Brazil : SinistarX
• Robocop and then this. So much awesome going on here. : Chuck Walrus
• star wars ep 4 : JINKY
• Death Race 2000 : Ride-My-Rocket
• Raiders of the Lost Ark : plunkymeadows
• Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy : Fish_Bulb
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  Shawshank Redemption : Solstice
  • ^^^^^ : PoopStewart
• Big Trouble in Little China - Just a fun movie : dnuts
• Blade Runner (the new final edit is the best). (Also the first DVD I ever bought) : Gwyndion
• Grosse Pointe Blank with a close 2nd being Shaun of the Dead honorable mentions go to the following i... : .Jayson
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  Memento : Flying h4x0r
  • That movie hurt my brain the first time I saw it. : Gwyndion
• TMNT : chungathebunga
• its a tie action: Die Hard Romantic Comedy: Notting Hill : AMikaboshi
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  Either Requiem for a Dream or Memento : OverloadUT
  • Requiem for a Dream is the most depressing movie I've ever watched : kgargonmagrix79
• Pink Floyd: The Wall - Everytime I watch it, I still notice new things : retardhumper
• Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail. i like silly things : mojorisen1117
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Wes Anderson and Bill Murray are geniuses. : Ormsbee
• Lawrence of Arabia. : ass-street
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  Romero's Dawn of the Dead : siknsyko
  • I like you. : NastyJack
• to many to mother fucking count, but as a kid it was definitely Maximum Overdrive, Robocop, T2, Police Ac... : Dschinghis Khan
• Dr. Strangelove : freshyk
• The second and consequent viewings of Super Troopers. Most unexpectedly funny movie of all time. : Squirrely
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  The Hunt For Red October : sjpeters79
  • ^ this : riptyde
  • I'm watching this RIGHT NOW! OH YES! and for a second I thought I heard.......... singing. : Toraz Chryx
• The Big Lebowski : cpt_gloval
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  Fight Club : pukerat
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    This. Or maybe Pan's Labyrinth. : Bold
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      Tell me about this one. : Xin Jing Client 1a
      • It's a good movie, and you should see it. 'Nuff said! : Bold
      • think foriegn modern creepy alice in wonderland, the movie really picks up about 1/4 or 1/2 through it, i... : gimpness
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  tie between Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. I know you said pick one, but the two together are better ... : bipolar
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    also, reading everyone else's replies, there are apparently a grand total of roughly 8 shackers who appre... : bipolar
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      Nevermind, only 3 that I can count. Foxhawk has a legitimate answer, and ass-street and freshyk's answer... : bipolar
      • OP said "your favourite movie" not "most boring yet well acted movies ever but it's framed just *so* ther : d fluke
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        You'd really hate my top 10 : kgargonmagrix79
        • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17011413#itemanchor_17011413 : kgargonmagrix79
      • Its strange, the movies i most enjoy are thoughtful 'arthouse films' and foreign films. But mostly they... : nrgXs
• I'd have to say Blade Runner. : ghost hacker
• I don't think I can pick an overall favorite movie, but Blazing Saddles is hands down my favorite comedy. : ErikTehRed
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  Aliens! : HiSpeedChase
  • hell yeah aliens buddy : GloriousCow
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  Re-Animator : lolbotomy
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    Haha... cult classic.. yes. Favorite movie of all time? Wow. : Gwyndion
    • What can I say, I like cheese. I'm not saying it's better than the The Shawshank Redemption or anything,... : lolbotomy
• Terminator 2 is the best movie of all time. : Zero|DPX
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly : I7 SilverFox
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  the labyrinth hands down. Bowie, Jim Henson puppets, and a young Jennifer Connelly... mmmm : voodooraze
  • Goonies is a close 2nd though.... : voodooraze
• Manos the Hands of Fate. Not really : nevicata
• Young Frankenstein! : mindmann
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  SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION : DrWaffles
  • Yep Yep Yep. : locater16
  • Yeah, this might be it. There's a lot of movies I love, but this is one I can watch over and over. and n : valael
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  Ronin - I could watch this over and over and over. : hirez
  • what colour is the boathouse in Hereford? : Postal
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  All time? Glengarry Glen Ross : Salad Sammich
  • Great cast + dialogue in this movie : nrgXs
• Pulp Fiction. So many good lines. : nodge69
• Ghost in the Shell : d fluke
• Children of Men. it's recent, but utterly moving and touching and brilliant and beautiful in both the sto... : sgtsanity
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  Vertigo : pigz
  • mine too. : disembodied potato
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  Brazil : jet-poop
  • Greetings brother in dystopian consumerist paranoid satirical farces. This is your receipt, and this is ... : SinistarX
• Pee Wee's Big Adventure : pupismyname
• Seven : tomservo
• The Big Lebowski : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Fear and Loathing in las Vegas : Vangoghs Ear
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  Contact : xsii
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    wow... I thought I was the only one who loves that movie : Gwyndion
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      I enjoyed that movie as well. : CrustaR
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        I never got the hate for that one, i thought it was fantastic. The way it integrates a sci-fi story with... : trevis
        • Exactly. I liked it because it was sci-fi that felt like it could almost really happen. Just a cool atm... : Gwyndion
• eyes wide shut : teethmarks
• Blade Runner : cjcharv
• The Last of the Mohicans. : themaestro2657
• Dark City : Cyco52
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  I don't think I could pick one single movie that I like over all others. That said, I've seen Terminator ... : thetangent
  • The Terminator is one of my favorites. I love all those action scenes in the dark, filthy Los Angeles of ... : code-e255
  • I just recently picked this up on dvd. Considering I would sit down and watch it every time it came on T... : nurglich
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  Surprised no Braveheart mentions in here...I know a lot IRL that holds that as their favorite. Mine goes... : icon_of_syn
  • Well, if you're laying down Braveheart, I'm throwing down Patriot. : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • I was just going to post Braveheart. It has everything: A) The action is exciting, and yet the battles ... : exigence7
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  Even after all the credulous shackhype it got,no one's mentione TDK - heh, guess it wasn't soo good after... : nrgXs
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    It was awesome, but I don't think anyone expected it to be the best of all time. It's somewhere in my to... : grandmasterlee
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      Top 15 is pretty weak for an 'awesome' film : nrgXs
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        what exactly do you want, you were trolling TDK trying to correlate the fact no one has listed it as THEI : grandmasterlee
        • touche : nrgXs
  • I gotta wait for movies to bake a while on DVD before I can honestly place them. That said, I saw it in t... : sgtsanity
• The Abyss : SirX
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  STAR TREK 2 : orgcaptainnemo
  • buried alive : FrayLo
• the fifth element : CoRDS
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  seven samurai : lacker
  • oh SNAP, that's another one. Great damn movie : Gwyndion
• Collateral or Galaxy Quest : kgargonmagrix79
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  I can watch the Fifth Element over and over and pretty much never really get tired of it. I've seen that ... : Pacalon
  • I never liked the blue alien part where she's all got the keys inside of her it's disturbing : kgargonmagrix79
• 2001: a space odyssey. What a beautful and deep film. As a kid I was sucked in by the vision of the futur... : sergeon
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  Fifth Element or Josie and the Pussycats : electroly
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    pink is the new orange : voodooraze
    • We're gonna show them who's boss, Du Jour style!! : electroly
• Ghostbusters : pyide
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  Time Bandits : two50six
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    I just watched this movie for the first time a few nights ago, and I gotta say: WTF? I was pretty weirded... : thetangent
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      that movie scared the crap out of me when I was a kid, especially the ending where the parents touch the ... : grandmasterlee
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        Left the sunday joint cooking all night did you? : bombay
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          Did you see the movie? : grandmasterlee
          • Yeah, that's the part where their oven blows up and the firemant says that. : bombay
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            'joint' in this case does not indicate a cheech and chong style joint. it refers to the cut of meat. : eskimo spy
            • Oh yeah, I probably should have pointed out this is often a Brit term for 'roast' : bombay
  • I did an awesome project in high school on this movie. We basically analyzed it as a science vs. nature ... : nurglich
• The Lion in Winter : lightly inclined
• The Thing Makes you think. : thejm4n
• Uncle Buck : WhiteHatVeteran
• THE BLUES BROTHERS : Majuju
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  The Man Who Would Be King. Star Wars. ESB. Superman. : beastrabban
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    First Superman movie, or Superman 2? I prefer 2, but they're both good! : thetangent
    • both are good, but I saw the first one in the theater when I was 11 so its' up there with star wars as on... : beastrabban
• Dawn of the Dead is the best movie ever made. : NastyJack
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  The Blues Brothers Charm, humour, fantastic music from some of the greats, insane chase scenes, it's just... : node
  • This really is a fantastic movie. I can watch it just about any time because there's so much to enjoy be... : nurglich
• The Matrix There are so many genres and so many movies to choose from.... but when it comes down to it... : trevis
• Tie between Wayne's World, Austin Powers and Robin Hood Men in Tights. I can't pick a clear winner, and I... : avatar_58
• I've always been REALLY fond of Shaolin Kung-Fu Mystagogue, but I'm gonna have to run with Avenging Eagle... : AxeMan808
• Ghust busters : strandgeck
• I don't know what my favorite movie is, but the greatest movie of all time is obviously The Godfather. I'... : K1Bond007
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  I'm gonna get shit on, but I really am a huge fan of Sunshine. I can't put my finger on it, but somethin... : jingletard
  • I liked that movie as well. If they hadn't gotten to the button in time at the end, I would have enjoyed : fathertime
• Debbie does Dallas : DJ Clipdat
• Heavenly Creatures. Lesbians + Matricide + Trippy Clay People Dream Sequences + Peter Jackson Before H... : IndigoAK
• Ghostbusters : rosewood
• Fucking Tron motherfuckers... in my mind, every bike I owned for years afterward was a lightcycle and man... : eskimo spy
• The Story of Ricky, no explanation needed : ninjase
• The original Pirates of the Caribbean it is for me. I love pirates :D : Rigor Morts
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  Raiders of the Lost Ark The music and atmosphere just sucked me in, plus the loose nature of the pacing a... : cap n KRUNCH
  • I remember back when the DVD box containing the first 3 was released.. me thinking "nah better wait until... : humbleone
• Most definitely Good will hunting! Matt Damon and robin williams 1997 I think. : bisongreco
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  Wizards : sKetchflow
  • "You know...I'm glad you changed your name...You SONAFABITCH!" Best Bakshi movie to date. : AxeMan808
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  Mine has to be Star Wars. My Mom was really cool to take me to see many classics when I was a kid so I l... : Lightzout
  • IAWTMFP. Star Wars, for better or worse, was my "awakening" to the world outside of home, school and pla... : beastrabban
• Jurassic Park : Mmmmmoo
• The 5th Element : ColoradoCNC
• I can never answer this question. I'm a lover of filmS. I can't pick just one. : freakynipples69
• I was bargain bin shopping for horror dvds this evening when I saw none other than Maximum Overdrive. Tha... : fuell

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  this weekend..actually tommorrow..i will be jumping off of a fucking bridge in west virginia... www.brid... : agentlead
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    Very nice, better come back in one piece though. : antareus
    • thats my overall goal! : agentlead
• Maybe I'll finally finish Deus Ex. : Afterglow
• Zombie Panic Source and Painkiller Overdose. : happynoodle
• Dead Space : cookblaze
• Saints Row 2 and wrapping up some odds and ends in other games. : Evil Benius
• Saint's Row 2, Stalker, Beat The Meat, Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, Connect 4 : deadhorse
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  Saints Row 2, SOCOM, and motherfucking Dead Space. : mittense
  • By the way, SOCOM is the buggiest motherfucking console game I've played in ages. It puts Mercs 2 to sham... : mittense
• Burning DVDs, Sorting Mp3s and watching the Nittany Lions and Steelers. : Squirrely
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  Crackdown (just bought it). : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Hopefully you've got a friend to co-op with right away cause thats where that game really shines. Such an... : paroxym
• Force Unleashed, Mercs 2, and Tiger Woods 09. : Head Rush
• DEAD SPACE : NFXFSX
• Saints Row 2 co-op, Dead Space and most likely a little Lego BamTan with MY GF. : paroxym
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  KotOR. I restarted it earlier this week, it's amazing how much Bioware's writing and voice work is better... : Jonathan
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    Compelling combat in KotOR? Really? : wendigo
    • Compared to Mass Effect? Yeah : mrwolf710
  • Assassins Creed. Need some game ideas for my 360. Today is payday! : pturvz
• Saint's Row 2, with some WAR thrown in for good measure : tashtego
• Dead Space : .ka`boom.zZz.
• Crysis Wars and Deus Ex : MercFox1
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  Lost Odyssey; haven't played but an hour this week. : Wadmaasi
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    I have like, two dungeons left to beat the game and I haven't touched it in around 4 months :/ : breadsticks
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      It's entertaining, but parts of it are a bit obtuse. I'm about ready to snag a FAQ just so I don't get f... : Wadmaasi
      • Those kids end up sucking once your immortals learn some skills. I think that is why I got bored, since ... : breadsticks
• Gta4, The witcher EE : shirif
• Merc2. Wish I was playing Dead Space though. : freakynipples69
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  NHL09, somd DOTA, and hopefully finish up MGS4. Maybe fire up TF2 again. : bcyde
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    DotA? I could be convinced to play some DotA this weekend. : Head Rush
    • I'll check for you guys this weekend if you play. : bcyde
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  The Witcher. I'm massively excited about 3 releases coming out next week, so I have to wrap up The Witch... : Finestaut
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    I finished Chapter 2 the other day. I was really enjoying it, but after finishing the chapter, all of a s : Goncyn
    • You're just getting into the good part! : Finestaut
    • I was with you until the small print, at which point I said lolwut. : Damodred
• Trying to make up for my loss in TW09 last night :/ : ejectorpod
• Okami on PS2. Seems pretty unique, but I've got some hours to kill on it. : sukabljat
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  "who can drink the most before passing out" : AbortedFetusChristi
  • funny ive played that game so many times but can never remember who wins : gimpness
• Quake 3 FFA : DJ Clipdat
• Gonna rent Saints Row 2 if blockbuster have it in. : marmite
• Fallout and lots of soccer on Sunday. : pupismyname
• Max Payne! : Flying h4x0r
• the new mount and blade version probably : azenmaster
• Saints Row 2, NHL09, and hopefully some Rockband 2....(All with gf, other than saints row because of no l... : SlingBlaze
• NHL09, GTA4, Castle Crashers with my boy and Geometry Wars Evolved² with my wife. : [eluder]
• I won't have much time but Fable 2. : ArtilleryMarker
• Dead Space, Tiger Woods 09 and Duke 3D : Degenerate
• war maybe some xbox too, but mostly war : hamachi
• ultimate frisbee, probably mario kart (we got a second wheel so we can try that and have it actually be f... : perstephanie
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  Thief: Deadly Shadows, Hitman2, legacy of Kain: Blood omen 2, dues ex, and Psychonauts :D Thanks Gamet... : Solstice
  • Oh and prolly some DII:LoD : Solstice
  • christ you dont fuck about do you? : steve_o
• dead space, cod4 : xxiv
• Multiwinia! : dael
• Anyone playing Company of Heroes in an hours or so? : nrgXs
• NHL09 and maybe some RB2. : FormerHPB
• Battlefield: Bad Company : bling1bling
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  TF2, Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando, and MOTHER FUCKING METAL SLUG i am addicted to that game, so awes... : Dschinghis Khan
  • Rockit lawnchair? : windowpane
  • SUPER GRENADE : DrFlammable
• Dead Space D: : cowbs
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  Dungeon Siege1... still... pressing... onward... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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    make sure to stop right before Dungeon Siege 2, though : deviantpaul
    • I'm hoping to see the end of DS1, it's so tedious. I've restarted the game at least 5 times and never co... : Xin Jing Client 1a
• fifa 09 : Dravenport
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  Dead Space and Saints Row 2 : pandastrong
  • These are the two games I'm dying to play. :( : Bull
• I'd liek to make a push and finish Silent Hill Homecoming. I'm back at the city hall just out of the sewe... : not work safe
• Probably some more COD5 MP beta. I enjoyed it last night, though it pretty much feels like 4 in WWII. : opengl128
• I don't get to game nowadays. (Ironically, I have time to read and post on the shack because I don't have... : WildDanimal
• Half Life 2, Peggle Nights, maybe some Warhammer if I'm feeling frisky : pukerat
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  6 Days A Sacrifice! I'm the cripple: http://www.freegamesblog.org/post/freeware/6days/06.png : helvetica
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    I downloaded the first one a while back. Still need to play it. : Bull
    • It's pretty short, but the story is fantastic! : helvetica
• Stalker: Clear Sky hopefully : ShoCon
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  Condemned: Criminal Origins. Picked it up for 6 bucks. : Haku-Jin
  • good deal. : ShoCon
  • Nevermind. I got Dead Space. Fuck you shackhype. :( : Haku-Jin
• dead space, bad company, warhammer : dromo5
• The Grade 200 Paper Assignments game! :( : nevicata
• Saints Row 2 all the way. Amazingly content-packed game. Maybe a bit of WoW with the wife. : Damodred
• Little bit of Brood War, mostly guitar. I'm stoked. : antareus
• Dead Space! : Vincent Grayson
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  Fable 2, NHL 09 & Dead Space : randomnull
  • Shut up Shut Up Shut Up I hate you : ( 360 RROD'd and I sent it off, 2 weeks ago? Won't get it back fo... : locater16
• baten kaitos eternal wings : fathertime
• system shock 2, i'm working on a OSA character.. gonna finish up deck 5 and hit deck 6.. maybe take on th... : wetard
• Picking up some green tonight. Tomorrow, going to a friend's birthday party. Should be cool, several loca... : Fyunch Click
• cod5 beta, I like pain. : TheFatMom
• eq2 : Visceral Monkey
• Dead Space Its the scariest game ever made. : ultramega
• Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, maybe some Civ Rev and I'm just about finished Space Quest 5. : Bull
• WARhammerOnline. Lego Star Wars for PS3. : hirez
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  It's funny. 1 person said WAR. : freakynipples69
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    Make that two. : freakynipples69
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      I count 3. and also note that there arent a whole lot of warshackers posting in this thread. : hirez
      • plus it's kind of silly to post the same MMO every week. I usually only post if I'm playing something oth... : tashtego
• Hopefully slug the rest of the way through Haze. God, this game sucks. : freak!
• nhl 09, fifa 09, lost odyssey, mercenaries2 : bosst0ne
• Dead mother fucking Space. unless someone hits me up for a game of NHL. : mwasher
• moar lotro :( : moe6
• GTAIV, Dead Rising : thejm4n
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  X3: Terran Conflict. : Aragoat
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    Is this any good? Better/same as Reunion? I've been thinking about picking it up, I just need reasons to... : whistler
    • I think it's better. The Terran ships look AWESOME. The new UI and mouse controls make the game a lot e... : Aragoat
• WAR : valael
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  Anyone playing dead space on 360? Good stuff? : opengl128
  • nope. no one. : mwasher
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  Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, yea I'm behind the times... : gyrfalcon
  • such a good game though! plus the music is fantastic : Mr.SEX
• Crysis: warhead : spazzium
• FIFA 09 & WipeoutHD : pyide
• Replaying all of Half-Life 2 including Eps 1 and 2 in Coop with my buddy using Synergy. : noodleboy723
• WAR.. : porp
• Fallout 2! I'm trying to go through with nothing but my good looks, charm, and a 10mm pistol. : Juno
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  Starcraft & trying WoW again. I stopped playing before TBC, so I'm actually itching to give it another tr... : Lionel2b
  • been trying to make an account for 30 min, but website keeps on failing. Tried calling them and "sorry al... : Lionel2b
• Super Mario GALAXY! Finally picked it back up yesterday because I still need to finish it. I forgot how f... : OverloadUT
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  I was talked into resubing to WOW! Until yesterday I was WoW Free for 14 months. I'm screwed! : AltZero
  • dont!!! You can stop now before it hits the bloodstream. : Iwannaacura
• Something scary and atmospheric to get into the Halloween spirit, maybe F.E.A.R. or Resident Evil 2 while... : yourGarbageMan
• Fifa 09, Baja, TF2 and Pure is the plan. : humbleone
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  Call of Juarez! : Athlon7
  • That was a fun game. The stealth levels were a fucking pain in the ass, and one of them caused me to just : mittense
  • Really? Cool. Much overlooked yet entertaining shooter. Very old skool though. : Damodred
• Gonna finish Dead Space and then revisit Gears of War or Oblivion for no good reason. Will probably pl... : acheron
• PeggleNights and Max Payne: Kung Fu Mod : sm00v3d
• GTA IV probably, maybe some Diablo II. : mechanicalgrape
• boom blox and pinball hall of fame: the williams collection : j0nchan

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  i know what you mean :( : AlexXdude
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    I started hearing some chick whispering from the rear speakers and I lost it. : gmd
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      You sure that wasn't the hispanic cleaning lady you have locked up in your closet? : mechanicalgrape
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        bitch can't whisper through all that tape. : skryte
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          I shoved baconators in every orifice. : gmd
          • go on... : ejectorpod
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      you guys are wienies : spaceless
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        shut up brad! : AlexXdude
        • i cant now that i have bluetooth! : spaceless
• i am going to round all of you bastards up and kill you all one by one if this game does not deliver. i ... : smacknca
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  I can't watch really creepy movies but games I have no problem with. I think it's because in the game I'm... : Lawgiver
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    Have you played System Shock 2 in the middle of the night with no lights on and using headphones? Dear go... : mechanicalgrape
    • I was constantly looking over my shoulder while doing that. what an experience that game was. : Xanthos
    • is there any other way to play SS2? : Lawgiver
• Aww, that's so very sad. I can't even handle parts of Bioshock. Such a loser. : nevicata
• I need to rent this at least. The problem I will have is my wife will refuse to let me play when she is i... : MaxPete82
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  I wish I had surround sound.. the ambient noise is incredible. The whisperings in the bathroom.... O.O : mwasher
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    man washer the vent sounds come from all around it is freaky : gmd
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      I hate it when they use several types of creepy music to set up fights...but then use the same creepy mus... : DianeOfTheMoon
      • Or sometimes there'll be no buildup music and something will jump out at you and scare the fuck out of yo... : AlexXdude
  • We finally hooked up some rear speakers a couple days ago. It's completely awesome for this game. : TheMonkeyWench
  • This game has the best surround sounds i've ever heard. Its so fucking good. : jayares
  • Yeah, I really wish I had 5.1 as well. : mittense
• I'm so sad that it hasn't come from Gamefly yet :( : ColoradoCNC
• I wish I had that problem. Beyond cheap scares, games (and movies) don't scare me even a little. I feel l... : Dynotaku
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  If I couldn't play Doom3 because I got creeped out, and I going to be able to play this? : Gonzo
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    No. : sevogajre
    • Well shit. : spazzium
  • Me too! This game looks good, but I won't play it :-/ : uncleanmonkey
  • hell no. : byorn
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    I don't understand.. It's a game. Yet you had to stop playing because you were scared? I truly don't unde... : Trips
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      Have you ever been scared by a movie before? : ejectorpod
      • Yes, but that didn't prevent me from watching the movie. : Trips
    • that's a very strange thing to say : dromo5
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      nothing "fake" has ever scared you? ever? : OrkO
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        How does that stop you from playing a game? : Trips
        • Doesn't stop you per se, more that you might not be able to finish a spicy meal. It's good, but the spicy... : uncleanmonkey
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      NOTHING SCARES ME, not even comptuer games, only faggots get scared by games. I also have a RHINOCEROS C... : gmd
      • Why would you do that to an innocent rhino? : ColoradoCNC
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      It's not being scared of the game. I'm not afraid that an imp is going to come out of my computer and kil... : Gonzo
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        see for me getting scared is the fun part. Do you only ever watch comedies and action movies as well or s... : aeg1x
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          I like having emotion evoked, and I watch a ton of gruesome shit. The reason I don't like games that star... : Gonzo
          • and is patently Not Fun. : Gonzo
    • games are real : _jon
    • I feel sorry for people who cannot truly immerse themselves in a game that they don't shit themselves whi... : thewindcriesmary
  • You'll wet yourself. : acheron
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  Speaking of which, what the fuck is up with the DLC? It's a 0 credit costing level five suit? Doesn't tha... : mittense
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    The scorpion is a tank of a suit. : NFXFSX
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      I'm talking about the free 360/PS3 suit. : mittense
      • Oh, haven't tried that one yet. : NFXFSX
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    It just means you have lots of inventory space, it doesn't grant extra HP/air. : Vincent Grayson
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      Yeah, but why not charge appropriately in-game for it? The level 3 one is 20,000 and then the far superio... : mittense
      • yea i'm ignoring it : mwasher
      • I guess because it's DLC, they don't want to make you then buy it in-game as well? Might as well just ... : Vincent Grayson
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    Wait so you can buy upgrades? Outside of the game? : Trips
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      It's one of those DLCs that is free for everyone that buys the game, but can only be redeemed once, so se... : OverloadUT
      • Ahh gotcha : Trips
  • I'm ignoring it completely. : Milleh
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  This game is getting way too much damned hype. I have to wait for the PC version and not read any more ... : Rag and Bone Man
  • I was expecting a half-decent easily forgotten game, was I ever wrong. This game has exceeded any expecta... : jayares
• Im a horror pussy too. Scary movies make me really tense and sweaty. This game is crazy good so far. ... : fotografico
• Im playing through on hard and I keep running out of ammo :( : crewmaac

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  hey, congratulations on the iphone! : mwasher
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    help me mr. washer, you're my only hope : wtf242
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      fuck i have to install itunes? arghghrhgureghrgrhguhugrgrsdf : wtf242
      • I am not baller enough to have an iphone mr. sherman. your best bet would be to talk with mr. dustin pro... : mwasher
      • I don't know why but this made me lol for real. : yosemiteclimber
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        :( : Flying h4x0r
        • at least I now have a reason to not get an iphone :D : Flying h4x0r
      • Yep. Worst part about iPhone. : gameagog
      • My condolences. : ieGod
      • itunes fail (seriously, such a piece of shit.) : virus
      • Thankfully I don't have install that piece of shit on my desktop thanks to my macbook! : freshyk
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        get a mac, itunes works awesomely on a mac : CoRDS
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          i have a macbook, but it's not my main system where all my music is : wtf242
          • so, put your music on your mac or on a usb drive/network and tell itunes where to find it : CoRDS
      • I know man, ugh *flips his greasy fringe to the side with an air of disdain* : Bamtan
      • Sorry. :[ : CrustaR
      • yeah that's the saddest part about having an iphone : mikecyb
      • How could this happen to you? : deathofrats
    • How much is your plan a month? : kgargonmagrix79
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    i bet he got a messaging plan : Audhuml4
    • hey now... :( : mwasher
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  - Click on Contacts in Gmail - Click Export - Choose vCard for the format - Import into Address Book ... : tfboc
  • This is what I did. : perstephanie
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  "Google Contacts" is an option for syncing your Contacts in iTunes. : arhughes
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    Or you can setup NuevaSync. I believe it will sync your contacts wirelessly (it acts like an Exchange acc... : arhughes
    • this is the best option. it works fantastically. : erotic sock
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      that worked.. except it imported about 5,000 rather the 40 with actual phone numbers :[ : wtf242
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        oh god this is a nightmare : wtf242
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          Hahaha oh man... Having some serious scheudenfraude here. Does google contacts have support for groupin... : spazzium
          • Reading, it looks like they do. Hopefully NuevaSync supports grouping. : spazzium
          • no. i made a group called "Phone" and i couldn't figure it out.. installing itunes :[ : wtf242
    • i don't like using nuevasync for contacts because my gmail contact list has way more people that i'll eve... : FrayLo
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  lol, you finally broke down and ditched that phone from 1999. : whistletits
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    that phone was awesome : EvilDolemite
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      did it have a retractable antenna? : edgewise
      • Actually I think it did! : EvilDolemite
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        it wasn't that bad... was about 5 or 6 years old.. http://turnofthecrank.com/wtf/cellphone.jpg : wtf242
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          Old Nokia bar phones are my favorite. My first phone was amazing until I broke it. : freshyk
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            How did you manage to break it? I swear those things were indestructible : Flying h4x0r
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              it didn't break. I just wanted an iphone : wtf242
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                oh... yeah i don't know how freshyk broke his. I dropped mine about 500 times, threw it against the wall ... : wtf242
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                  You should probably get a really good case for your iphone. : spazzium
                  • i didn't get a case. I just got a screen protector. I'll just be more careful this time around : wtf242
            • It wasn't physically destroyed but after dropping it onto the pavement this one time I couldn't carry on ... : freshyk
        • Oh yeah, that phone probably still works too I bet. : spazzium
• I use Zindus to go from Thunderbird -> Gmail and then I use nuevasync to go from Gmail -> iPhone so... : Clay
• Is there any way to move my iPhone/Address Book contacts into Gmail? : eXcess
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  itunes is such a piece of shit. I specifically told it to NOT add any mp3s to my itunes collection automa... : wtf242
  • wait until safari gets installed while trying to update itunes : jonas54

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  I think I have this one somewhere. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Game_%26_Watch_O... : mechanicalgrape
  • Nice. I had to beg my parents for mine for extended periods of time. Can't find pictures though. : perstephanie
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    Oh shit, my grandma had that one. Fuckin octopus takin mah divers. : cr00kedview
    • Your grandma? Really? : perstephanie
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    I just remembered that I had this one too. http://www.gameandwatch.com/screen/widescreen/parachute/ind... : mechanicalgrape
    • Mine were both the clamshell type - so I think made a little bit later than those? : perstephanie
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  No one had them? Man, the 80s were so sad for you. : perstephanie
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    I have the original Donkey Kong from 1982. I bought it in japan. It still works. I think I have some ba... : Lightzout
    • Oh nice. Neither of mine is missing anything (other than box, instructions, etc) and I strongly suspect t... : perstephanie
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    the closest thing i had were those horrible portable games that tiger produced. i still have portable shi... : j0nchan
    • Someone got me a handheld Tetris when I got my appendix out when I was like 10... it must be around somew... : perstephanie
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  I knew people that had them, but never owned one myself :( : megarust32
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    They had them in a case in the toy store near my house (which was awesome, btw, and then had to close, an... : perstephanie
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      Lowen's Toy Store in Bethesda? : mechanicalgrape
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        Holy shit yes. Best toy store ever. No one has ever lived up to that for me since. Did you grow up around... : perstephanie
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          Yeah, I grew up in Bethesda. I remember Lowen's used to have awesome motorized Lego displays. Going there... : mechanicalgrape
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            Exactly. Sadly I think Bob's closed kind of recently too. Lowen's closing was seriously the tragedy of my... : perstephanie
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              Landon. You? : mechanicalgrape
              • Oh funny. Sidwell. Were you always in private school, or did you go to Bethesda Elementary or CCES or s... : perstephanie
• i had this: http://www.gameandwatch.com/screen/widescreen/marioscement/index.html mario's cement fact... : FrayLo
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  The only one I had was Oil Panic. THANKS MOM AND DAD. Donkey Kong too much to ask for? >:( : Dave-A
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    haha. What did you do in Oil Panic? : perstephanie
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      It was really lame, even for a Game and Watch game in '82. You had to catch drops of falling oil in a buc : Dave-A
      • I was trying to avoid being squashed by moving walls, if it helps. : perstephanie
• I have Mario's Cement Factory. I also have my SMB3 watch from McDonalds. : guido anchovy
• i had a ninja gaiden one : reverend~heresy
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  Not a G&W, but I still have one of these, http://www.pong-story.com/coleco_colortron.htm and it still wor... : abunch
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    Wow, that's awesome. I've never even heard of that. I just tried to plug in my NES that worked a few yea... : perstephanie
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      Does the light come on at all? If not, it's a dead power brick. You can just get a 9v AC (not DC) adapt... : guido anchovy
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        That is exactly the problem I'm having right now, yeah - we thought that might be it but I'm useless at t... : perstephanie
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          As long as the new adapter outputs 9v AC, at least 1.3 amps, and has the right connector to fit in the NE... : guido anchovy
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            I just tried it with my Sega Genesis adapter, and have now moved from no power to a blinking light (it's ... : perstephanie
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              Woo, I forgot about the Genesis using 9v! It should work now. If it blinks with games, don't blow on ... : guido anchovy
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                If cleaning the game carts multiple times doesn't help and the NES still blinks or has weird graphical pr... : guido anchovy
                • Do you know how hard they are to find? I also found a couple websites with step-by-step instructions tha... : perstephanie
              • I actually have an actual "Cleaning Kit" and everything in it seems to be in good shape (since it's basic... : perstephanie
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            Hmm, I can't find an AC adapter on Radioshack's site anymore. However, here's a replacement: http://w... : guido anchovy
            • Thanks! : perstephanie
    • After looking at that site some more I've decided I must find this. http://www.pong-story.com/coleco_a... : abunch
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  op confused me because I have old watches and old games. Don't got no game watches - new nor old. : cerealSAM2
  • lol sorry. I actually had a game watch I think, but I can't remember what game. Man I was a serious littl... : perstephanie
• I have my old Mega Man handheld from back in the day which was essentially a game and watch but with shoo... : Grumbeld
• Anyone else have UFO Master Blaster as a kid? http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Bambino/UFO.htm : Dave-A
• i have my 3DO around here somewhere but its missing the hook ups to the tv =/ : Break