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  I beg Monolith for this every time I see them. They have yet to cave in. I will keep trying, though. : MorrisatCNN
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    while you're at it, put in a good word for shogo. thanks! : warpdude
    • omg current-gen shogo would be sexayyyyy : xsoulbrothax
    • new shogo would be great : te[R]ror
    • Oh man, I GOGed shogo... wow. I think I had rose colored eye glasses when looking back on it. Last time I... : chungathebunga
  • Morris, fighting the good fight. : rosewood
  • Monolith decided to make money instead : spiderfill
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  This game needs to come to Steam already because I've never played them. : nyranger66
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    monolith's entire back catalog needs to be on steam : qwpeoriu
    • If it doesn't happen there it might happen on GOG. They have Shogo right now, hopefully they get the rest... : Serpico74
  • I would buy NOLF2 so fast on Steam. : sicko
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  Just curious, but do any of you that like NOLF like Fear? I thought NOLF was fantastic, but I feel like ... : sammyjojo
  • I liked Fear but I loved NOLF. : serenj
  • I can't tell you what the story was in FEAR but I loved the gameplay so much that I played it all the way... : mrwolf710
  • I liked F.E.A.R. I didn't find it scary, but I enjoyed the combat. : deject
  • I loved the combat in FEAR, hated the repetitiveness of the settings. This was a big surprise for me sinc... : Serpico74
  • LOVED NOLF... Fear was a big fat 'meh'. Some of the action was fun, but it lost its appeal quickly. : tomservo
  • I remember liking the fighting in F.E.A.R., moreso in empty office building Q than in empty office buildi : DinK
  • NOLF is meh, FEAR is good. : to_annihilate
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  Fantastic and hilarious game! : niceguynick
  • hell yeah, one of my absolute most favorite games. : anthonybean
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  this was funny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny2scpc_N5w : Shai-Tan
  • :D : Mmmmmoo
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  I just went through it again a few weeks ago. I still love that game and I'm debating going through the ... : Thresher
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    is it the first or the second one with the skydiving scene? : Shai-Tan
    • first : Mmmmmoo
• One of the best games ever made. So many memorable moments. Sequel would be much appreciated. : mrwolf710
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  Shogo 2 first pls : Goblin au
  • Oh god, yes please : melkore
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  Be happy that we even got a sequel. The first game did not even break 300 000 copies sold, and NOLF 2 di... : manlyman
  • Really? Not even 300k? Even I bought NOLF. : rosewood
  • I bought all three. In fact I have 2 copies of nolf and nolf2 : GoodBoy
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  Also NOLF 2 and F.E.A.R. have the best AI in a game ever. Monolith has some very talented coders. : manlyman
  • That was Jeff Orkin, with some of the high level NOLF 2 concepts coming from the Brian Long (the NOLF 1 A... : cannelbrae
• i'm so glad that made the front page. NOLF2 is one of my favorite games ever. i love everything about i... : barichnikov
• My only gripe with NOLF/NOLF2 was the environments had such great detail but yet so little interaction. I... : rosewood
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  Thug 1: Our studies show that criminals drink three times as much alcohol as law abiding citizens. Thug : ahlee
  • "Hey, Phil." "Yes?" "You bought that Bentley yet?" "No, I've decided to go with a Jaguar." "I thought... : WildDanimal
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_5OMLVfk5g : ahlee
  • The first time I overheard that I couldn't stop laughing. I was in tears. : rosewood
  • haha i spent so much time in that game hiding in a corner listening to those ridiculous guard conversatio... : datoo
  • I actually remember that one. I've never heard anything like it in a game and probably never will again.... : mrwolf710
  • It's like a qwantz strip : fishbone
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  I liked the first better, but the second was great, as well. I really wish people were more enlightened t... : gnoleb
  • Duke doesn't exist. It's that studios excuse for going over budget on other titles they make. Like that... : GoodBoy
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  Did you have to do anything to get it running on modern hardware? It crashes for me on startup... : TabsAZ
  • works fine for me in vista. : mrsparil
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  in before abrasion and his hate of NOLF2 : RikiTiki2
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    oh wait wtf he hasn't posted in months. way to be out of the loop : RikiTiki2
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      I miss the guy :( I didn't remember him hating NOLF2 though... : crummynz
      • But I do. Love the first, hate the second. : GreatGooglyMoogly
• I was playing this a few months ago and I can't believe how well it held up. It still looks and plays abs... : Chris Remo
• loved the weapons in the game, check this one: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=s1EW2veKyAI : niceguynick
• there kind of was a 3rd one made, a horrible spinoff : OrkO
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  The first two NOLF games are two of the best first person games ever made in my opinion. I still can't be... : marmite
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    It's weird but the first one hasn't aged that well. I think it's the age of the engine as the gameplay ... : mrwolf710
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      i think it was the HL1 engine, which is itself from Quake 1 ??? yeah even though i think the game is s... : barichnikov
      • No it was lithtech. It was their own engine. It just got much more advanced with NOLF 2. I've always l... : mrwolf710
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  OK, I need to play these games. Does NOLF 1 still hold up, and which game was considered better? I thou... : DinK
  • Get both. The only thing that feels weak is the very first mission of nolf1. It's like skeet shoot. Bu... : GoodBoy
• I loved both noolf and nolf2. I replay them every couple years. When FEAR came out it had a feel to i... : GoodBoy
• Well too bad, the only sequels you are getting is Army of Two Two and Bad Company Two...two.. : ElArabDeMagnifico

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  I've heard they suffer from transmission problems, but they're beautiful cars. : jingletard
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    they suffer from FWD problems, as well. I wish the Japs would come out with a small RWD sport coupe :( : zerog83
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      Z? : magistersmax
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        S2000? : magistersmax
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          Miata? : magistersmax
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            MR2? Do they still make those? : magistersmax
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              I love my 86 MR2, and I 'think' they stopped making the new ones 2 years ago. Dunno when they'll bring t... : Garnock
              • i think more than two years ago. the mr-s was supposed to be a shot at young people. they choked and old ... : xsoulbrothax
              • Yeah they stopped making them, I love them though. I'm intrigued by the sequential six transmission in th... : zakazi
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                Toyota stopped making any car that's fun to drive. THey produce appliances that get you from point a to ... : FormerHPB
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                  Corolla!! : TwiLyght
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                    You are saying it's an appliance to get you from point a to point b, right? Because driving a corolla ca... : FormerHPB
                    • That really should've been obvious. : TwiLyght
        • not coupes per se. the S2000 and miata are technically roadsters :P : warpdude
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        yeah forgot about that one. Japs other than Nissan need to come out with one. : zerog83
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          fuck it, I give up. : zerog83
          • http://jalopnik.com/5067686/speculative-details-surrounding-toyota+subaru-sports-car-emerge : intangir21
        • the z's not exactly small, anyway. it's in the same ballpark as a mustang or camaro.. much chunkier than ... : xsoulbrothax
        • The koreans are updating the sport coupe for RWD and v8(genesis) : stgdz
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      They are! Toyota and Subaru are collaborating on a small, RWD/AWD sports coupe to be out in 2011 or so I... : intangir21
      • Nissan is also coming out with a small coupe to fight the Toyota/Subaru collaboration. : Longinus00
  • this is true, but it's true of all acuras. going into 3rd gear is so clunky in this car, it's just not sm... : lakren
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  I loved that car... always wanted one : SatansFist
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    i wonder why they didn't follow up on a redesign for the tsx coupe to look like that. all the new acura ... : vassili_zaitsev
    • The tsx is the accord the rest of the world gets. As such it's not really related to the rsx in any way. ... : Longinus00
• It's definitely not a fast car. : Ellissd
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  You can only put so much power to the front wheels before it becomes pointless. The MS3 is at this point ... : Blackdawgg
  • yeah. to manage the torque steer, they actually dial down the output of the engine when the wheels are po... : warpdude
  • Checkout the new Euro only Focus RS. : lodit
  • They should have went with 17" wheels that were wider and allowed meatier tires to be fit on. 18x7 (.5 I... : khaosman
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  asians are afraid of torque, hence why they like hondas... snap : -=kodiak=-
  • lol'd! : FormerHPB
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  It's the slanty headlights, isn't it? : mechanicalgrape
  • why you gotta make fun of asians? : zerog83
  • The older models didn't have the slanty (at least not completely) headlights, and actually I think it loo... : ovrlrd
• I was kinda hoping this would be a last-gen Prelude thread. :P : davantalus
• hay that's my car! : lakren
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  Honestly, if they still made a nice RXS-S I would probably be driving one. Picked up a G37 coupe inste... : nukewinter
  • $50K for a g37 coupe up here in canada. so it's a different beast than a $35K RSX-S : vassili_zaitsev
  • No doubt, but that was kinda my point, it's a great car that I would almost prefer it to something in a "... : nukewinter
• Type R version is so sexy. If I had one, I'd converice it to one. : khaosman
• me want rwd 2012 prelude : packav

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  Reboot. : NastyJack
  • Fuck yeah! : Juno
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    I am alone in hating this show. : skankcore
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      i hated it. there i said it : RikiTiki2
      • Thank you, RikiTiki2. Thank you very much. : skankcore
    • nope, i fucking hated it too.... : -=kodiak=-
    • nope, it's fucking terrible. : pancake humper
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  Gargoyles : mechanicalgrape
  • Seconded. This show is nearly as good as Batman: TAS : ConfusedUs
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    did gargoyles get an ending or did it just get cancelled with no wrapup? : NeoMoose
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      The season 2 finale works as a series closer, kind of, but it's not a real concrete ending. Season 3, : ConfusedUs
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        Greg Weisman, the developer and showrunner for Gargoyles, had no involvement in Gargoyles Season 3 and co... : qsylvr
        • How the hell so I even know that? I mean, Gargoyles was good, but I haven't watched that show in like 8 y... : qsylvr
  • that popped straight into my mind, yeah : xsoulbrothax
  • yes! : Mondo
  • hell yes : Megara9
  • damn i forgot about that cartoon, it was really badass. : -=kodiak=-
  • ao awesome : graceofdragons
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  The first ten years of the Simpsons have aged very well. : Vincent Grayson
  • IAWTP : Mondo
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  Freakazoid! : Masem
  • And The Tick! : skankcore
  • omg yeah Freakazoid was aweomse! : scottythejock
• Agreed on Beast Wars. People may quibble about the animation (and I'm fine with it), but the story progre... : smoove
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  Animaniacs and Tiny Toon Adventures are still awesome. I also agree with your choices. : grabbie
  • caught so many jokes I would never catch if I was young on Animaniacs : I7 SilverFox
• Animaniacs : johnlocks
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  Ren & Stimpy Rocko's Modern Life : melkore
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    I can agree with Rocko. Great stuff. I doubt Ren and Stimpy would get the same reaction out of me as so ... : skankcore
    • The hippo in Rocko is timeless. HOOOOW DAAAARE YOOOOOOOOOU : TastyWheat
• Hellooooo nurse! : Arcanum
• Peanuts and Cathy. : sumo-hacker
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  Tom and Jerry is always awesome. Looney Tunes. Never see any of them on TV sadly : bozer
  • move to vietnam. They play tom and jerry everyone, all the time : Morgin
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  Exosquad : Mondo
  • Yes by the way you can watch them all on Hulu http://www.hulu.com/exosquad : hatchet165
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  Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies : RikiTiki2
  • Absolutely timeless : scottythejock
  • "Don't forget to buy your war bonds." : Totenjaeger
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  im sorry, but a big LOL @ beast wars aging well.. : synapse19
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    while the animation isn't state of the art now, it's still got good character development and a reasonabl : captfarrell
    • Agreed. Looking back I'm surprised they got away with having season-long character arcs, much less killin... : transmetal
• Batman, but for completely different reasons than what you post. : Conan
• Another vote for Animaniacs and Tiny Toons. I haven't had much of a chance to watch them in recent years,... : thetangent
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  The Simpsons... : locater16
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    And Futurama, go Groening! : locater16
    • IMHO, Futurama > Simpsons : thetangent
• Aeon Flux. Great visuals, music and so deliciously weird. : enyakk
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  The Real Ghostbusters. Sure it's got some elements that date it, but it's aged pretty well and the qualit... : RevRaven
  • I got the ghostbusters films on DVD a couple of months back and they had some episodes of the cartoon on ... : jbury
• Suske & Wiske =D : Bamii
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  King of the Hill : d fluke
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    Oh, Tom & Jerry, it still makes me laugh : d fluke
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      I have the Tom and Jerry dvd sets. worth the $14 per season :D : metalremains
      • Could you ask your mom if it's ok if I come over after school tomorrow and we can watch cartoons and do h... : d fluke
• Dondi : cerealSAM2
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  Swat Kats holds up pretty well. : lightly inclined
  • I wish they hadn't canned that show. :( : Super Sparker
• Batman really was the fucking bomb. It is the best comic to tv adaptation, period. X-Men was good, but ... : smegmar
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  In no universe does Beast Wars look good the way TAS looks good. : SpaecKow
  • agrred, I dont understand the appeal of anything transformers ..it's always been obvious shallow marketin... : cptstern
• I miss Robotech/Macross : Slowtreme
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  Exo Squad :( : Silent Wolf
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    oh god does this hold up so well, I recently watched it all again on youtube. I was so sad when they cut... : stgdz
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      I remembered the show having a definite conclusion (which owned). : Silent Wolf
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        It didn't. The humans finally won the war against the others in the final episode, but immediately a new : silent prophet
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          Didn't Nara Burns end up killing Phaeton, or was that another episode? : Omaha
          • Yep, that was the 2nd to final episode. Fucking awesome show, I loved how it paralled WW2 : stgdz
        • Oh yeah i forgot about that! Man that show was ridiculously good. : Silent Wolf
  • This is on Hulu, I loved that show as a kid. Watched the first episode a couple weeks ago and while it i... : Begawkiness
  • Such a great show. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18070317#itemanchor_18070317 : lightly inclined
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    Just rewatched the first ep on youtube. Holy fuck you're right :< It would have been fucking awesome if... : windowpane
    • with the success of family guy why don't we see more adult marketed cartoons? : stgdz
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  Robotech. : geedeck
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    When I was a kid I used to get up at 6am every morning just so I could watch Robotech. : Hiro
    • I still watch all of these including the 25th anniversary Macross Frontier : riedlos
• Battletech : DonkeyPopsicle
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  M.A.S.K : pancake humper
  • mask was badass! : metalremains
  • this cartoon rules : ass-street
• Ducktales. i could watch that shit all day every day. i'm only picking one. : waxthirteen
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  Tom & Jerry ! : GoodBoy
  • I hated Tom & Jerry as a kid : zerog83
  • I love the ones when they sing - hilarious every time : flagg209
• Batman:TAS and Gargoyles. : Totenjaeger
• Aside from the stuff mentioned above, Mighty Max! : scythide

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  If you don't know how he's a star, perhaps you should discover what his real last name is. : Deathlove
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    i know, but at some point on your long trail of sucking dick someone has to say enough! : fletch_
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      and i am this man, and i say 'Enough Nicolas Cage!' : fletch_
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        But can we keep the old stuff? Raising Arizona? : Deathlove
        • fine, everything else is to be burned on the 2nd wednesday of November : fletch_
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  Nah, he can act. He just mostly does movies where he doesn't need to. : Arcanum
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    THE BEEEES, OH GOD THE BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES. : KxRook
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6i2WRreARo : deject
      • slugging women in the face is great : fletch_
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      HAHAHAHAH the bear punch! : newek
      • haha i spilled my dinner when i saw that bit : gimpness
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  I can't hate on him because of Raising Arizona and Leaving Las Vegas. He's done some crap lately, but I'v... : sigpro
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    thats the killer part about him, he gets awesome movies that are the worse for it! : fletch_
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      I disagree. He's a good actor when he doesn't pick shit scripts. Adaptation, Matchstick Men, Face-Off, Th... : sigpro
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        Face/Off was awesome, too. I want to keep that. And The Rock, specifically for "I'm gonna gut you, boy." ... : Deathlove
        • just collect paychecks. I think that's it. He does a lot of movies just to collect paychecks. As a r... : Arcanum
        • His resume is really weird, either I really like the movie and it's kick ass, or it's just a total shit f... : sigpro
      • Vampire's Kiss! http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k242/otis-123/VK_2AHorrible_Job.jpg YESSSSS : Afterglow
  • Yeah I think he's pretty great in Leaving Las Vegas and Adaptation. There are a lot worse actors deservin... : hamliga
• yeah I can't stand him, i only watch his movies if I want something to laugh at. same goes for john tra... : Turd Ferguson
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  I thought he was good in Lord of War. : Trips
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    same here, I think the hate comes from the sheer AMOUNT of stuff he does, despite character : I7 SilverFox
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      Well, a lot of the stuff he does is "Nicolas Cage plays Nicolas Cage's Action Character in A Generic Holl... : Arcanum
      • there ya go, besides the well written stuff, its all crap : I7 SilverFox
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    see i like that movie, but basically he plays a dude who never once emotes, it would be even better witho... : fletch_
    • I think this thread would be better without you. : Juno
• i need some units man : spector
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  Bringing Out the Dead...his crazy eyes were perfect for it. : bilbo202
  • This is an awesome flick. : funnynamehere
• He certainly does a ton of awful movies but Adaptation, Raising Arizona, Leaving Las Vegas, Matchstick Me... : DasCracky
• Did you even see Peggy Sue Got Married? *snort* chortle gag lol ha : cerealSAM2
• Nicolas Cage (born Nicholas Kim Coppola...) That might have something to do with it : anhero
• Aside: these random angry posts totally make the Shack what it is. I finish reading them and laugh. GWARR... : antareus
• Remember, The Rock was fucking awesome. But other than that he sucks balls. : newek
• THANK YOU. Now if we can also join together in hatred of Shaia LeBouf, I can die a happy, hate filled ma... : johnwissinger
• Lord of War was fun : sesmaster
• HAHAH! The romantic interest was deaf in this one!?! The MAIN CHARACTER was deaf in the original! And Nic... : AxeMan808

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• maybe : geneshifter
• maybe : DrFlammable
• maybe : zerog83
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  Yes - if you don't mind long travel times. : Wisp!
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    what? you need a bat or griffon in every game? : Fyunch Click
    • I don't mind, some people do though. Just pointing it out. : Wisp!
• Hell yes. : slip42o
• yes, when it's cheaper. : lolbotomy
• maybe : ieGod
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  Fuck you maybe's. : hirosushima
  • it's kinda like playing an MMO. : DrFlammable
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    I've put about 2.5 hours into the game and have to almost force myself to keep playing. I really want to ... : zerog83
    • yeah Im with zerog, its not that different. every fight seems very blah. i dunno. i force myslf to play t... : chilln
    • ^^ this basically : AlexXdude
    • you do know there's a bus system, right? My biggest issue is the damn respawns on the checkpoints. : sandcrab
• Defiantly maybe : Cashh
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  yes at $30 : re4ctor
  • Sell me yours for $30 : loke662
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  As a Battlefield/Crysis lover, I'd lean towards no with this one. The weapons aren't feeling good strong ... : festivalman
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    What are you smoking? The weapons rock and the environment is a nice change of pace. If you like Crysis a... : Wisp!
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      You can only carry 2 extra mags for your main gun. I'm sorry, but I like to give my targets a nice hosing... : festivalman
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        The sounds in this are non-beefy? What the fuck. : mittense
        • The G3 gun you're given by default really isn't. Compared to just about anything in Crysis, it's a "Fary ... : festivalman
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          mittense I am about ready to officially label you a Far Cry 2 fanboy. : SockMonkeh
          • That's okay, I'm probably coming off like one. I just don't think some complaints are valid. Comparisons ... : mittense
      • dude, use your diamonds to be able to carry more clips : dantastic
  • I completely agree. This game feels very... well... amateur - in terms of weapons and fighting. : Trips
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  The way the travel times are discussed makes me think this is like a slightly more open and drastically m... : Tawler
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    The travel times can suck, but it's beautiful and varied environments...just not much to do in them aside... : Vincent Grayson
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      by ambushed do you mean they just spawn on you? : sixfoot6
      • yeah, by on you. more like spawn 35 yards away behind a tree. : chilln
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        No, but the draw distance, especially while driving can be an issue, and a seemingly empty checkpoint/are... : Vincent Grayson
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          hrm. same on PC? I liked best in Crysis that I could see any "ambush" coming. : sixfoot6
          • Yeah, I'm playing the PC version, and I've got everything set to max, so it's not something that can be c... : Vincent Grayson
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      what, you mean you can't just hunt the game for fun? : filthysock
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        it's more fun slamming into them with a vehicle : zerog83
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          but are they a challenge in any way? do they hear you and run off? Do you have to stalk them? : filthysock
          • in a vehicle they hear you and start to run away. : zerog83
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        as in the game animals. I wanna shoot me some wildlife. : filthysock
        • i want to know this too. can someone answer a brotha's question, dammit! : Dave-A
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    I was actually thinking this when I was playing earlier. Thing is I loved WW and I'm loving FC2 so far. Y... : Serpico74
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      I was thinking this as well...especially comparing Far Cry 2 to say...Crysis, which is I think is the mos... : Vincent Grayson
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        IMO FC2 is a better looking game. I get slightly better framerates, there is much much less pop-in, the b... : Serpico74
        • I agree. I think that overall, FarCry 2 style just comes together much better. : IndigoAK
  • Travel time isn't that bad, there's always action happening. : datoo
• yes sir! : eeeealmo
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  I think valve and crytek are now the only devs doing really good fps games : TheFatMom
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    FYI, Crytek didn't make Far Cry 2. (unless that was your point) : wviperw
    • I think that was his point. : te[R]ror
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    Ever heard of Infinity Ward, 2K Boston, Epic Games? : Wisp!
    • Epic is a stretch nowadays... : skankcore
• beginning feels like Stalker, you have to do missions for some people... The africa setting is really ... : quadalupeupe
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  More : ( Stalker Syndrome: Over the top awesome ideas with bad game design decisions. : locater16
  • I wouldn't lump this at all with STALKER. Far Cry 2 is an evolution of the ideas in STALKER. : mittense
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  I really hate that you can only carry one weapon. : Dynotaku
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    Um, you can carry three if you don't count the machette. : IndigoAK
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      "pistol" and "RPG" don't really count in a firefight though. I want at least 2 main guns, like an assault... : Dynotaku
      • I use my pistol more than any of the assault rifles. They generally take guys down in two-three shots co... : IndigoAK
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    I bypassed the need for two primary weapons when I started using a sniper rifle as my primary gun and a h... : mittense
    • Yeah I'll probably do this, but that means that I'll never use the flame thrower or RPG, and it also mean... : Dynotaku
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      Villagers demand a mortar! : te[R]ror
      • I can't wait to get that. I'm going to mortar the shit out of everyone. : mittense
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  Yes, I have no idea what the other people in this thread were expecting. Far Cry 2 isn't Crysis or Far Cr... : mittense
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    See, I like the idea and the concept. In that regard, I think they did really well. What bugs me is j... : IndigoAK
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      Absolutely. The respawns are way too fucking quick on checkpoints. Not like "I'm standing in the checkpoi... : mittense
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        So you're officially saying the game is awesome? I'm tempted to go for it, but there's so much other stuf... : xsoulbrothax
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          Two or three hours into it I can say that it still feels like I'm just scratching the game's surface. The... : mittense
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            hah.. i just got fable 2 today, traded a friend for a copy. still iffy on FC2, i guess.. if there were a ... : xsoulbrothax
            • I haven't tried the multiplayer; I would doubt that it's anything special. : mittense
      • there's just some odd decisions in there. Its almost fun to weave through a checkpoint and run some fucke... : GloriousCow
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      Is Pala the city in the middle? Because there is a bus station there. : datoo
      • I didn't know this. Ignore that third one then - my other two wants stand. : IndigoAK
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    It *is* called Far Cry 2...so expecting something like Far Cry 1 isn't really out of the question. Tha... : Vincent Grayson
    • I think anyone who has played the game knows enough to not compare it to the original Far Cry. : mittense
  • there's just too much tedious driving and repetitive dealing with of checkpoints and enemy jeeps : JINKY
  • All I want to do is explore shit and then burn said shit with my flamethrower : Reeves
• So far? No. : Dslyecxi
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  I just came to a realization, that I now know why Ubisoft didn't do a demo for FC2. Because if they had, ... : festivalman
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    Agreed completely. There is a wide range of gameplay that I would have found totally enjoyable in FC2. I'... : Dslyecxi
    • Dslyecxi, I'm exactly where you are, where I've put a few hours into it and have no motivation to keep go... : festivalman
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    Yes, that must be why. : mittense
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      http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/farcry2 : mittense
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        Reviews don't equal sales. : GeorgeB3DR
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          Did I say they did? I'm pointing out that I doubt Ubisoft feared that everyone would hate it; it's a g... : mittense
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            Oh. Well, demos have gone out of favor, due to the time to prepare them. People tend to do them a month... : GeorgeB3DR
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              Yeah, in the past I've been more turned off by demos than turned on by them. : mittense
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                Generally speaking, for most games, they are a bad thing because they are rushed, and because the market ... : GeorgeB3DR
                • so do you think it'd be a better idea to release a demo after launch so the latest build of the engine is... : Korban
                • So, we better not wait for a DNF Demo, should we? : Psyrgery
              • For me a large part of that is because I try them for games I would otherwise not even consider (say a sp... : Toth21
  • That is much easier for a game with separate levels. A giant open sandbox would have to be chopped down ... : semaphore
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  I love the shit out of it. The FOV and mouse stuff don't bother me, and its Boiling Point done right. Sor... : Zolneirz
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    what is the "FOV issue"? : sixfoot6
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      It's very small. : Wisp!
      • It's pretty annoying at 1920X1200 actually... I quit playing and I'm waiting for the patch. Good thing ... : TabsAZ
• I'm now about 2.5 hours in. It's almost like GTA: Mogadishu as one reviewer wrote. There's GTA all over t... : baconisgod
• Yes!. Now where's my mortar ... : te[R]ror
• It varies. Someone it is really fun, at other times it is very tedious and predictable. There is fun to b... : FirstPersonCooter
• I want to like it but it's just not very fun. : SockMonkeh
• nah :( : quadalupeupe
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  Tried it at a friends and I think it had a really good designer working on it - some of the ideas are gre... : 60days
  • I agree with this post. I appreciate the game for being ambitious but the core gameplay just isn't there. : SockMonkeh
• I'm enjoying it, but honestly, and I think a lot of people are basically saying this: It's a good dist... : Tauru
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  I'm enjoying it but I don't like the stupid buddy thing when you die. I just reload. : datoo
  • It doesn't happen all the time. They take like 6 hours of game time to recharge their "buddy resuce." ... : IndigoAK
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  I just stopped after playing several hours. I am really liking it. The coolest part is when I had a shitt... : DarkWolf5
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    Cool i didn't know they had modern'ish (green dot sight) weapons. : loke662
    • The AR-15. : Wisp!

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  Tonight, Tonight by the Smashing Pumpkins - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsZYqaSc4cU : Juno
  • Oh, I forgot about this clip. Thanks! : furiouscrak
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  Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=FS69fuCOhTM : Supine
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    2nd'd'd Great animation by Todd McFarlane . : DM7
    • can't leave out kevin altieri! his style definitely shines through as well : synapse19
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifFl52OF3gc&feature=related : Rigor Morts
• Cee-lo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQAHMj2qFxE : spiderfill
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  Someone plz reply with youtube link to Sigur Ros - Untitled 1 (vaka) for me : indosauros
  • --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0AZIFmkogY : indosauros
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBgf2ZxIDZk but do the evolution is also a good one : mojo the helpr monke
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    oh, and that ^^ is chemical brothers - star guitar btw : mojo the helpr monke
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      That would also be my choice : Drewus
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        Here's the making of Star Guitar for anyone that cares. http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=GF0-wGbRqEs : Drewus
        • also skip to the 5:40 mark for the most interesting part : Drewus
    • You're nicer than I am. : skankcore
  • That is fucking incredible. : Thisispol
• MC 900ft Jesus - If I Only Had a Brain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0N4Bt18VMU : jimmy_legs
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HE9OQ4FnkQ : Longinus00
• http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=egugSdWvHzc It gets out of sync at the end a bit, but it's the only vers... : speon
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  Tool - Jambi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm__8yL1Wdc fucking awesome : graceofdragons
  • is that an official Tool Video? That was fucking epic, even for Tool who make great videos : flagg209
  • amazing stuff. makes me wants to get out that album again. : festivalman
• power tools http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8w98WZ_pcw : sixfoot6
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  enigma - return to innocence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JpJjsHgYHA : j0nchan
  • Mmm. Good one. :) : davantalus
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  Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar. Look it up your fucking self, lazy bastards. : skankcore
  • you're a skank to the core : funwithpie
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjAoBKagWQA ...and I'm not even a big Bjork fan. : Nobody Good
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  If no one posts benni bennisi "Satisfaction" this site fails : med1c
  • I think that was your job? : ImageOmega
• Weapon of Choice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMZwZiU0kKs : disdain
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMWXyEHoN88 TAKE. ON. ME. : JINKY
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkYuK3AKrxc : CplBeaker
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  Foo Fighters - Everlong http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H0BMfqFP9c : TabsAZ
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    I never even knew there was a video for that--thanks! : kallanta
    • the hand! THE HAND! : Juno
  • seconded : gimpness
• Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMZwZiU0kKs : kallanta
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jNyr6BJZuI&fmt=18 : rgoer
• How has this not been posted yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sbqIyeed4g : timmie
• I still watch "spinning around" sometimes :-( with the sound turned off, obviously. : jcupitt
• Aphex Twin - Windowlicker http://www.kovideo.net/music/video/Aphex-Twin---Windowlicker/472.html : dasampla
• The Cure - Lullaby is up there: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=waia83h6Y2k : niceguynick
• http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=HJEySrDerj0 this video made me love the song. can't pin point why : yautja
• I like this one: Frankmusik - In step: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yBaFtE34Fw TL;DW - Cute girl wi... : evildanish
• Not my favorite video ever, but my favorite video right now. Toe Jam by BPA: http://vids.myspace.com/i... : allowat76
• Björk - All Is Full of Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjAoBKagWQA : Dingbat
• THIS : http://www.bebo.com/FlashBox.jsp?FlashBoxId=2800960379& : kingdok
• I'll BE DAT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc9JOiyfy14 (NWS Lyrics here) : flagg209
• I remember this one from MuchMusic back in the late 90's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny6A2YA8ILw I... : DonkeyPopsicle
• 'Shuggah! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A_tSyJBsRQ : Rotten Deadite
• Luke Vibert- I Love Acid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmoFNya6P4Q Schneider TM- Frogtoise: http://w... : airmaus
• Hard to beat the First Person awesome that is SMACK MY BITCH UP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ-Uzs-l0... : icon_of_syn
• I still have to go with UNKLE's Rabbit In Your Headlights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3ClCwcCvdQ : hatelull

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  That's horrific :D : d fluke
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    i don't understand anything in this game even though it's supposedly english. i tried killing a level 1 ... : electroly
    • lol noob. : Hello Kitty
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    Oh come on. If it were in Diablo colors you guys would cream over it. : Hello Kitty
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      please tell me you're in the beta : electroly
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        I had applied and then totally forgot my logon for sanriotown since so much time had passed with no word.... : Hello Kitty
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          seriously though this is probably the worst game i've ever played. look at this amazing script text: ... : electroly
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            Looks fine to me =( Just imagine you're playing lolcats: the mmo. Actually I'm just used to it from all t... : Hello Kitty
            • once i figure out how to make a guild i'm starting GCR : electroly
            • LOLCATS the mmo.. that'd be worth checking out. : stonedonkey
    • Oh, I'm creaming over it allright. :O : d fluke
    • That's the thing, it IS in Diablo 3 colors : fishbone
    • Well of course YOU are defending it! : antareus
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  Everything's designed around the color pink, why? : Darkfox76
  • it's hello kitty online. what did you expect? : electroly
  • It's the brown of Quake. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  I absolutely can't believe that name wasn't taken. : ]aratex[
  • i was pretty surprised myself but everyone else on the server appears to have ultra-asian names. do they... : electroly
• i kinda want to barf :( : spaceless
• Goodbye hanging outside of elementary schools, hello Hello Kitty Online! : burning eye
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  it beats hanging around in bushes with your camera eh : niceguynick
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    No bushes around there... : Nixx2004
    • oh touche!.....or did I mean.....touch. : niceguynick
    • LOL well played. : changejar419
    • lmao : Phil
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  is there a pedobear class? : -=kodiak=-
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    they teach that shit now? : drucifer
    • I heard the training seminars are very... intimate. : windowpane
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    There's the pedobear achievement. : Githyanki
    • Does it require Chris Hanson showing up at your house? : Evil Benius
• You should've named your character JonBenetRamsey. : Lone Swordsman
• it's time to raid the fridge! : Omaha
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  Why do you have a blood type in that game? Do you eventually get to do Hello Kitty transfusions? : Dan[WSB]
  • blood type is important in Japan for "telling your future" and also for determining what your personality... : retardhumper
• My eyes, they burn : Arctic Fox
• I'm so H : Slowtreme
• I'm doing the 30 crab claw quest, ugh. there's about 5 other people doing the same quest and stomping all... : shika.art
• Wtf it's like an upgraded habbo hotel. : hirosushima
• AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH OMG OMG OMGO M GOMG OMG OMAHHHHHHHHHHHHH : askedrelic