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  out next august. : Ziggurat
  • Valve time : RikiTiki2
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  It need a mall so bad : ForcedEvolutionaryVirus
  • Agreed. : Wisp!
  • Mod community is already taking care of this. : freakynipples69
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  cs_militia : TrptJim
  • Awpwhore. : lightsam
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  I'd really love to have one on a cruise ship. : Vincent Grayson
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    Bah, cramped quarters suck in LFD. I'm hoping for something in the outdoors. A daytime campaign would b... : Priest77
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      Nighttime. Amusement park. In the fog. : NastyJack
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        I like this idea a lot. : Nick Breckon
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          Also, just from a design standpoint that environment would provide for a nice indoor/outdoor mix. I find ... : Nick Breckon
          • I wonder if L4D could do a house of mirrors? Because that would be amazing for the infected. : NastyJack
        • It is the best in this thread, by far. : skankcore
      • With obligatory haunted house to trek through : Beady
      • i support this suggestion : Mmmmmoo
      • You, sir, are onto a winner. : node
      • That would be like in SH 3 awesome!!! : ihya
      • Awesome. : zehh
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        Is fog difficult to render in a game? Like making a shambling zombie slowly emerge from mist, outstretche... : ShekkyBoy
        • Have you ever played Turok 64? : pilgrimage
        • Fog makes a game render quicker (short view distance) : Jobos
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        just like one of the blood 1 levels, with a moving train as well would be awesome : yautja
        • I want a Blood 3 :( I don't even care what the lead platform is. I want more goddamn retro-futuristic ... : ETPC1
      • That's a really cool idea. : ThomW
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        the amusement park level in the painkiller expansion style : cap n KRUNCH
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          Which Painkiller is this? : -sk-
          • Battle Out of Hell ... the 1st map IIRC .. its a mixed bag, the first few maps of the expansion were outs... : cap n KRUNCH
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        If Valve doesn't do this. I will! : -sk-
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          Why not do it anyways? I would love to see your work branch over to L4D : pancake humper
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            Yeah well. I have plans for L4D anyway so... :) : -sk-
            • I'm pissing my pants already : kainen1
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        That would be awesome.. Can L4D do moving vehicles, ala roller coasters or haunted house rides? : deathofrats
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          Sure, why not? L4D runs on the source engine like everything else Valve, and we've seen vehicles in HL2 ... : lechuck59
          • They're singleplayer games. Making multiplayer vehicles is totally different thing. : -sk-
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            have you played any multiplayer games using the valve engine that did vehicles that weren't buggy/laggy a... : deathofrats
            • Riding a cart in TF2 is pretty smooth. Anything slow and not driven the the player should be fine, so a h... : Beady
      • I've posted this idea before as well. The interesting thing is that you normally you just shoot anything... : TroZ
      • Bad idea , would never happen. : Cashh
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  more corn fields : Lionel2b
  • you're just saying this so you can run through them backwards. : On the Brane
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  A mall and a ship, definitely. The ship would have to be huge. Something like a huge barge with other shi... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    It should be overrun with infected crew/somalian pirates. : Cliffzorz
    • That would be awesome. Throw in some moving fog too :O : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Huge barge? Wtf? CRUISE SHIP : glio1337
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    The Raft from Snowcrash? : abovedefault
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      I call dibs on Reason. : DarkWolf5
      • Make sure you have the updated firmware! : abovedefault
      • If your motor goes out, you can always use kinetic thrust. : AxeMan808
    • Rivet City? : Freon
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  you are all wrong, it should be mcmurdo base, antarctica. : draconic
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    Wouldn't it be kinda hard to justify that many zombies in such a remote place? : Vincent Grayson
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      wikipedia says it's "capable of supporting up to 1,258 residents" which is.. like.. normal body count.... : draconic
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        okay i got it! a cruise ship, which becomes completely infected, slams into antarctica! : ifallible
        • this is acceptable and also bitchin'. : draconic
    • you wouldn't have to make it 5 levels...you could easily do a 3 level Antarctica with zombie researches a... : deathofrats
• Something with fog. Or snow. Limited visibility with zombies coming out of the mist. : crummynz
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  A bar in Mexico. You arrive in an RV. : AxeMan808
  • titty twisters? HELL YES! : niceguynick
  • As long as I get to shoot Tarintino in the face! : lightsam
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    Only if someone mods this into an infinite loop through an intercom in the map "All right, pussy, puss... : Godhatesfatpeople
    • If you can find pussy cheaper than a penny..................FUCK IT! : AgentPothead
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  A Football Stadium : Sailor of Fortune
  • Or a hockey rink. Zombies slipping and sliding would be awesome. : melkore
  • Mutant League Football. : mnsnota
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  in a school : Beady
  • yes please. : abovedefault
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    I'd like to see infected children. Did they not do this because of some moral/ethical decision? : prime8
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      probably. they aren't in GTA either. Why? Do you have some desire to destroy children? : abovedefault
      • But these are infected children, not "living" children as they would be in GTA. It's just to add realism ... : prime8
  • large university campus including at least one library : Mmmmmoo
• I want that Aquarium that it's in the posters. Would really show off some cool lighting. : ETPC1
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  Two teams of two humans, starting at two different spawn points. The buddy system. At some point they'l... : megarust32
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    That would be interesting, I like this idea as much as the deserted theme park. : skankcore
    • oh man a theme park....quick valve, release that SDK! : niceguynick
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    Good idea. Let one group be the army. Where they have to maintain a small fortress. Then venture out to... : TheArtMan
    • Either all army or toss in policeman/woman too. : prime8
• Not released for Xbox 360 players because Valve is inadequate at providing patches and extras beyond thei... : manlyman
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  Dawn of the dead mall http://kotaku.com/5096479/dawn-of-the-dead-mall-coming-to-left-4-dead I don't give... : m0nkz
  • Oh cool. : Maddog_Delphi97
• Cape Canaveral, with the escape on a space shuttle. : Sze Ior
• A school. : GeorgeB3DR
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  A college campus rather than just a school. Nice mix of indoor/outdoor. A overrun military base. I li... : Fyunch Click
  • I'm sold on the idea of recreating a college campus. Lots of variety possible here as campuses contain r... : gnomish
• Ski resort, manufacturing plant (constant motion with conveyor belts), tropical destination : Sturm08
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  10 NEW WEAPONS : H@rvester
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    What kind of weapons? : crummynz
    • desert eagle! : pieman
    • melee weapons, like chainsaws, swords, baseball bats, for one. : deathofrats
    • everything from counter-strike : Mmmmmoo
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      flamethrower : eeeealmo
      • oh lord. I for one would like to see some sort of booby traps put into the game, like trip mines or bear... : conandan
    • The 10 new weapons the demo was promising :( : H@rvester
    • chainsaw : naabster
    • All the ones available in Dead Rising. :) : SilverSnake
    • Melee as major weapon catagory. (meaning you get the weapon, plus the pistols) Weak version: Axe. P... : CRasterImage
  • fucking liars :( : pancake humper
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  A shopping mall like the one in "Day of the Dead" or whatever it was called... : Maddog_Delphi97
  • Read my last post and watch the video in the link ;) : m0nkz
  • You mean the game Dead Rising? : baconisgod
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    Dawn of the Dead? : SlingBlaze
    • Yeah, that's it. You'd think a mall setting would be boring for a zombie movie, but for some reason it w... : Maddog_Delphi97
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  landing on a beach only to find hordes of zombies coming to greet you. : burning eye
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    zombies storming the beaches at Normandy! you have to hold them at bay from the pillbox with mounted mac... : deathofrats
    • yes! so many ways to mod the hell out of this game, plus maps galore : niceguynick
    • zombie nazis : Mmmmmoo
    • zombies coming out of the water just like in World War Z! omg that would awesome! : burning eye
    • no : manero
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  Red Light District : CrustaR
  • Too many witches :( : zehh
• ...not enough to keep the game afloat. I kid. : thief
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  vampires : smax
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    and warewolves : baron calamity
    • oh my! : lolbotomy
    • and warehouses too! : deathofrats
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  Aircraft Carrier : deject
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    I always thought an aircraft carrier would probably be the safest place to be in the event of a zombie ou... : peat
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      it would if you had a safe way to go get food. You could easily set up your own evaporation driven desali... : deadfish
      • You can get stick from just eating rabbits : ju$tmon3y
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        with a name like deadfish, I thought you'd have figured out how a seagoing vessel could get unlimited foo... : edgewise
        • Zombie fish taste terrible though. : Sze Ior
    • That does make sense. Likely a massive amount of food and water available, as well as easy transportation... : Wisp!
    • I was just thinking an Aircraft Carrier has lots of small, tight corridors as well as some really large o... : deject
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      Submarine would be probably, no chance of someone boarding it when your a thousand leagues under the sea. : Beady
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        A nuclear sub would be ideal in that case. You can last decades without refueling. : deject
        • On the Beach'd? : Vorlonesque
• A labyrinth of a junkyard full of cars and tanks. : lolbotomy
• Something in Japan : snuff
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  dustbowl! : Mad Jack McMad
  • already been done : DrFlammable
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  A house full of closets so people can play like pussies and abuse melee bashing. I was so disappointed ... : coyoterys
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    There should be a check during "button push" rushes where if everyone is in a closet the game autospawns ... : project13
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      Now thats a good idea. I really can't imagine Valve wanting the game played this way. They setup these ... : coyoterys
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        Yeah I agree, it's silly that a moment designed to be the core action point of an entire map (like the el... : sasoi
        • i'm sure that closet will get removed in a patch : manero
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          how do you bypass the elevator as a survivor? : deathofrats
          • Not literally bypassed, but by camping your entire team in the closet you face none of the intensity that... : sasoi
  • The dead air closet is a bit odd. Ive seen a survivor respawn in there, but its not exactly easy to die b... : Beady
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    Yeah I have used them in the past but I refuse to anymore even if the rest of my team does it. It's lame.... : NastyJack
    • there is a melee cooldown cvar, not sure how it works : manero
• a rock concert. massive horde chaos from doooom. : minigomp
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  Given that every campaign is based around the extraction (Boat, Plane, Helicopter, Army truck thing), I'd... : K1Bond007
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    Liverpool Station circa 1880ish : cap n KRUNCH
    • lol tophats : ifallible
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    A mall could still be done, the extraction vehicle would just be a bus that's been turned into some kind ... : Moonbase Commander
    • A Mad Max motorcade. : deject
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG8bh84j3-M : Mmmmmoo
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    Ugh...Left 4 Dead has enough trains as it is. Blood Harvest is littered with them. : Wisp!
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      Playing out in a train station doesn't mean they have access to the actual trains. It just means that's t... : K1Bond007
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        What a huge luxury train? Those exist, right? : ifallible
        • *about : ifallible
  • The Superdome! : zakazi
• vatican city. : stgulik
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  Catacombs in Paris : okhelosir
  • Paris Venice : deathofrats
• An aircraft carrier : c0bra
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  Amusement Park. duh. : Boxelder
  • A house of mirrors would be crazy awesome : grabbie
• I'd like to see a swamp of some sort. : .faxen
• whatever it is, it better have vs mode. : .ka`boom.zZz.
• A Casino. : Durandal07
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  One with lots of ledges, so I can watch Fletch and dmason ragequit again because they keep on falling off... : sanchez
  • It's bullshit I tell you! BULLSHIT! : dmason
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  disneyland : stgulik
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    Have to make it through the Haunted Mansion oooooohhhhhhhhhhh : hrdwregk
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      You know, if they really perverted Disneyland like with bodies all over the places, overrun hastily set u... : ETPC1
      • zombie kids! : synack
• Almost completely unlit except for flashlights. : Jobos
• Melee as major weapon catagory. (meaning you get the weapon, plus the pistols) Weak version: Axe. Pri... : CRasterImage

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  Boards of Canada - Macquarie Ridge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl79r2npdpg : Sapiens
  • Awesome, love BoC and had not heard this one Reminds me of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o5CUDU6I_Y : indosauros
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    What a goddamned beautiful sound. Man, I wish they'd make music more often :((( : re-verse
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      I have mp3 links to Disengage and Few Old Tunes if you'd like them, amazing stuff : niceguynick
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        I've got all 4 "old tunes" cassettes on mp3... i don't think i have disengage though.. i do have some of ... : re-verse
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          Aside from their official releases I've got... A Few Old Tunes Both releases of BoC Maxima (the origi... : Sapiens
          • aww, I've got all of that :( I keep hoping to come across some kind of treasure trove of stuff they ha... : re-verse
        • pretty much the stuff I have: http://i36.tinypic.com/29bhuzc.jpg : niceguynick
      • YES PLEASE! : deathofrats
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    how have I never heard of this song before? Is it from one of their ultra rare friends and family copies... : deathofrats
    • ah, it's from the japanese edition of campfire headphase.... : deathofrats
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  Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jY-Dl1T_V8&fmt=18 Kanye West - See Yo... : aethyr
  • I saw Crystal Castles recently, and it was seriously the loudest show I've ever been to. : jessipoo
• http://www.archive.org/download/mfs2005-01-15.shnf/mfs2005-01-15d2t03_vbr.mp3 Full show: http://www.ar... : Nixx2004
• Obi Best - It's Because of People Like You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O9h0adwIew : qaldar
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  All old stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfx3SARoNA8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?... : 00MeatPuppet00
  • I'll join in on this classic post-punk thread w/ some choice clips from New Wave Theater: http://www.y... : Borzoi
  • The Feelies! http://www.nyctaper.com/?p=276 : cfalcon
• newish, I give you: Fucked Up - Twice Born: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqsdSti02gQ oldish, I g... : naios
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  Halou - Your Friends http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W11mNcdpV1o : Jobos
  • Loved this one, thanks : indosauros
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  Have you heard of this guy called Cathart? He's fucking great! : Rice-Rocketeer
  • yeah but he hasn't released anything new in a few months. what a slacker. : indosauros
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  Basia Bulat - In The Night - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWJxTWQHH6s : j0nchan
  • Autoharper and the Fursuit Drumline would be a good name for a band. : nurglich
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  Otto Von Schirach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyXzXzG_ouM : On the Brane
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    Oh i saw him lives last night with vsnares. : re-verse
    • seen him on the skinny puppy tour. plays nyc this wednesday and I'm excited about vsnares. : On the Brane
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  The Jealous Sound - The Fold Out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9lSHPEvjWM&feature=related : theangrywaffles
  • Fail. I guess this is kinda old. Ok, lets try this instead. Thursday - An Absurd and Unrealistic Dream o... : theangrywaffles
  • is that maarten? : kungfusquirrel
• I'll do six. Five new from this year and one old. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0eTVJTC0HQ http://w... : NastyJack
• Oceansize - Unfamiliar http://youtube.com/watch?v=dFkyrRqzkIQ : Afterglow
• Ignite - Slowdown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIDzkK9ENjM Rise Against - The Dirt Whispered: http://... : kungfusquirrel
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  Burial - Archangel http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9hI4bSCy9iE : niceguynick
  • ^^^^^^ Can't recommend this album enough. : NastyJack
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViftZTfRSt8 Magic Dance - Labyrinth end of topic : Demius
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  Kodomo 'Concept 11' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF_SNO2G67A Best song on the album unfortunately.... : deathofrats
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    This artist is a fan of Boards of Canada :) : SlamDunk
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      Yeah, it's even more transparent on the first song on that album, but still, good song. : deathofrats
      • And apparently he worked/works for Harmonix, and did music for Frequency... : deathofrats
• Bang Gang - It's Alright http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZGnFqxl2R8 : Prototype
• Funk D'Void - Emotional Content http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4ObgS-DcBA&fmt=18 5 years old tune.... : SlamDunk
• The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Everything With You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLVrTruj_Aw : cfalcon
• they have a new album? whoa : papaskot
• Kings of Leon's new album, Only by the night. Two real good songs in particular, Crawl and Closer. He... : YerMothah
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  Ra Ra Riot - Ghost under Rocks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9SKprgjH5k A young band that's alrea... : treefingers1
  • Btw, discovered thanks to Chuck. Look up that show's soundtrack if you want to find some incredible band... : treefingers1
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  Crystal Stilts - Crystal Stilts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6rKyzjd2LA psychedelic / shoegaze : wtf242
  • My favorite song off the album : cfalcon
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  Combichrist - Get Your Body Beat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRa3BU5bl-s the video took clips fr... : -=kodiak=-
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    Argh, that movie looks like the wet dreams of a self-professed rivethead and any sane person's worst nigh... : A Sponge
    • heard it was terrible and there can be only one cannibal the musical : On the Brane
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  Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKmZRO8XzyY : wretchedradio
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    Hey Okkervil River buddy. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18632078 (third link) : NastyJack
    • Ahh, sorry! Didn't see that! Lost Coastlines is probably my favorite song of the year...just wonderfu... : wretchedradio
• The Gathering - Travel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm0KMDxudQA&feature=related : antareus
• Modest Mouse - Missed the Boat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTzM2aHEC7k&feature=related : Wheatloaf
• MGMT: Time to Pretend - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVnRzEjpUmE : Ormsbee
• Hot Hot Heat - Middle of Nowhere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64wOKm1FCfk : Enkidu
• Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm9W4Ts-tw0 not new but fucking awesom... : pukerat
• Sam Roberts - Detroit ' 67 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCi17SEPgpc : Practix

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  If you're not a big dude, wear skinny everything. It's hard to recommend without a pic though and also, w... : FPSDavid
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    I think he wants comments from people that have picked up chicks before, so we are not welcome in this th... : Githyanki
    • Wrong. : FPSDavid
    • everyone is welcome in my threads! : xxiv
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  west : GodZilly
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    Think: Justin Timberlake - Bring Sexy Back : GodZilly
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      west is the brand? : xxiv
      • sorry, I'm foreign. It's spelled "vest" I just realized. : GodZilly
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        http://static.taume.com/image/justin-timberlake-07.jpg this, minus the dumb scarf and add a jacket and yo... : GodZilly
        • ah : xxiv
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  Cardigans. : Mr.Finkster
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    I don't know, cardigans seems too casual for where he's going to me. : FPSDavid
    • Not on their own, but over a nice shirt with a good pair of jeans should be smart enough without looking ... : Mr.Finkster
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  Also, how far out is this party (is it too late to buy online?) : FPSDavid
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    new years time frame i believe, so a couple weeks easy : xxiv
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      If i was you, i'd SM wtf242, he's more your age than I am but he's also stylin. : FPSDavid
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        i think i'll end up just buying whatevers on the cover of GQ lol. : xxiv
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          That could end up extremely expensive. : FPSDavid
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            Besides, these girls probably all read it like their bible and will recognize it right away. Not sure if : SilverSnake
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              Girls read GQ? : FPSDavid
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                I bet those ones do. I have no fucking idea, I barely even know wtf it is. : SilverSnake
                • barack obama is on the cover of the latest issue : FPSDavid
          • well that style, not those exact brands. : xxiv
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  Goto Express for men, buy some clothes, wear clothes, goto party. : ImageOmega
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    have sex with rich girls?? : xxiv
    • ... Profit! : Mr.Finkster
    • are they snobby bitches? if so, no. : FPSDavid
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  Wear a jacket - not just dress pants and a button-up. Charcoal jacket with a black shirt underneath is n... : reelbk
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    Yeah, you'll be the chump wearing a jacket while everyone else knew to wear shirts. : Mr.Finkster
    • Actually, this isn't that bad of an idea. If he ends up looking retarded for wearing a jacket, he can sim... : FPSDavid
    • It's harder to be overdressed than underdressed. And if you overdress well, you make everyone else look u... : Arctic Fox
    • You can take jackets off. : lechuck59
    • It won't look much more formal than just a shirt, just better]. Clooney always dresses like that: http:... : reelbk
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  monocle : gmd
  • basically, this? http://www.razzamatazz.co.uk/uploads/images_products_large/2206.jpg : FPSDavid
  • i will need to borrow your top hat and long pipe. : xxiv
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  really depends on the type of party and where it's held. dressing up could mean a couple different t... : FrayLo
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    i'd guess it'd fall into the upscale bar category. : xxiv
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      yeah, just go in and tell them where the party is and that you have no idea what to wear, they will help ... : FrayLo
      • gotcha, thanks. : xxiv
• You'd be better off spending 60$ on a gram of coke than spending it on a party shirt if you're trying to ... : ryuuseki

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• * T O P 1 0 L I S T ' D * But seriously, I actually enjoyed CivRev. The story/setting of Too Human was... : SilverSnake
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  No More Heroes? Really? : mechanicalgrape
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    That's some bullshit, right there. NMH was awesome. : skankcore
    • I haven't played it, but that reviewer LOVED Killer7. As I recall. : woddemandred
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      i guess you guys are the losers he was talking about :P : dantastic
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        And you're still an asshole with an unhealthy infatuation for mittense. :P : skankcore
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          do i detect a hint of jealousy? : dantastic
          • . : mittense
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    Based on his reasoning, I think NMH offended him. : walker270
    • Well, there's a better way to tell than a two-sentence mention: http://www.crispygamer.com/gamereviews/2... : woddemandred
  • Yeah, it should probably be in the overrated category. : Arcanum
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  I actually played four of those games and want to check out a few others and disagree on them being disap... : Evil Benius
  • I guess it was based on expectations - actual experience, with a negative score being labelled as a disap... : woddemandred
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  I actually enjoyed Too Human. No more Heroes wasn't that bad. Wasn't what it was cracked up to be but it ... : Pettytheft
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    i enjoyed the demo quite a bit. I just couldnt bring myself to pay 70$ for the game. Ill gladly pay 30 fo... : -=kodiak=-
    • haha, i got it for free. hooray for stupid people giving shit away. he never even played it... : returnofthepanda
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  I would have put Mirror's Edge and Alone in the Dark in there somewhere. : Perturbation
  • Definitely agreed. : Head Rush
• Co-op Mercs 2 was serious fun. It was slightly buggy, but nothing beats the ability to call massive air s... : silent prophet
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  Im really surprised Hellgate isnt on that list. : IgnoramusSA
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    Because it's a 2008 videogame list? : pancake humper
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      you have shamed me : IgnoramusSA
      • You ignoramus. : woddemandred
• His opinion is wrong. : chazums
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  i really miss MGS4 on that list : blindi0815
  • maybe it goes on pancake humper's list : dantastic
• lol @ #1 timesplitters? that's a watermark in FPS for consoles? that game series was never good, br... : -=kodiak=-
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  too human :( : dantastic
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    not a great game, but the imense hate is undeserved, it just simply wasnt what people wanted. i didnt min... : returnofthepanda
    • i loved it especially playing coop online : dantastic
    • I thought it was fun for the most part. Definitely not deserving of the hate. : Arcanum
  • The following aren't necessarily terrible games. In fact, some of them I quite liked. : byorn
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  Tomorrow: the 10 most overrated games of 2008 1) Fallout 3 2) Fable 2 : pancake humper
  • hahahaha nice one putting fallout 3 and fable 2 on there : Sexpansion Pack
• I don't agree with RA3 being in there, it does exactly what it says on the tin and I love it : niceguynick
• The only one of those that I played is Red Alert 3 and I wasn't disappointed. : marmite
• Tom Chick is brutal. : Sexpansion Pack
• I enjoyed Mercs 2. The co-op was great fun and worked really well. Plus there's just something about bein... : Fyunch Click
• I bought 3 of those. :( Civ Rev was great though and I enjoyed Mercenaries 2. Age of Conan...yeah..... : stump
• Red Alert 3? No. : walker270
• The next list, most overrated. I wonder if Spore will be #1 :( : Nighteyes
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    My guess would be not in 2008. : Evil Benius
    • You know what, I never saw the 2008 part. : HaykB
  • durrrrrr : Sexpansion Pack
  • every time... i know it's cool to hate on insanely hyped AAA titles, but if you can find me a better ... : gokart.
• I'd like a list done by Jack Chick. In tract form. A lecherous Sack-boy leads little Timmy astray as Sata... : Dave-A
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  I just saw that story, though I wish Tom would find a way to present this in a way that isn't a Top Ten l... : mittense
  • Oh, awesome, I'm in the wrong Chatty right now. Fantastic. : mittense

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  prime accounts aren't tied to user accounts or CCs? : delataur
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  Note, I would prefer to stay away from option C. So really, which of the two seems to have the best shac... : mwasher
  • Based on your preference for best Shacker community that is still active, I have to say TF2. When yo... : IHATEDUST
• TF2 is a lot of fun and servers are still packed at any given time. Have yet to play L4D but I see shacke... : IcomeINpeace
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  C, of course manwasher! : deject
  • if you must choose, Left 4 Dead is co-op awesomeness. : deject
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  Probably B, A's glory days have seemingly come and gone. : Audhuml4
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    Yea I was thinking I probably missed the boat on that one. Do you play L4D? : mwasher
    • Don't listen to him. : Wisp!
    • Too busy lately, but all my friends do and they are starting to threaten me. :( : Audhuml4
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    Umm...no. We still have SIX class updates left to go and possibly a new class. TF2 has a lot left in it. : Wisp!
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      mwasher can't even hear you until you press respawn : Audhuml4
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        um, sv_alltalk 1 - we can all hear you! : hirez
        • is my mic on now, how about now, i can't hear you guys wait did someone say my name i swear i heard my na... : Audhuml4
    • and those will be out by 2013? : Wheatloaf
  • there are shackbattles twice weekly on tuesday and sunday for TF2 : n0v4
• Well no one plays TF2 hardly at all from what I've seen, and if they do it's all on west servers. There'... : kpxkrnjc
• B 'cause it's awesome, and is still peaking. : naios
• What previous Valve game do you prefer, Counter-Strike or Day of Defeat? Counter-Strike has a lot in ... : Wisp!
• C. Really, both are some of the best games I've ever played. TF2 is, and L4D will be, near the top of m... : sasoi
• You can't really go wrong. TF2 for more competitive team based multiplayer, L4D for coop and some hilario... : aeg1x
• A : ColoradoCNC
• B : okhelosir
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    B, because you'll find more people playing it now. Somehow it seems to me like the sort of game people st... : dodob
    • Speaking as someone who's played L4D for several months now, it's *still* a damn fun romp almost every ti... : kallanta
• I think I saw L4D at circuit city for $44. : whistletits
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  • ^^ this : Mmmmmoo
  • ...totally!! : kallanta
  • ^ the correct answer! : Alco23
  • thread over : I7 SilverFox
  • ^ IAWTP : OmegaRed59
  • $99 and he may own CS already. That being said its worth $240 . : IHATEDUST
  • IAWTP. If you don't have TF2 you must not have the orange box, right? You probably haven't played Porta... : DinK
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    Hmm... this is probably my best bet if I really want both, but that's way more money than I want to spend... : mwasher
    • And if you already own a few of the games, you can gift the new ones to someone else! : yosemiteclimber
    • that's cool, be sure to join up the shack games! add me on steam too : kainen1
• C : TrptJim
• C both will give you several years of gameplay : .Jayson
• You have to purchase Left 4 Dead. Join us on expert co-op. It is probably the best gaming experience... : .faxen
• ALL OF THE ABOVE. WHY SELL YOURSELF SHORT, HOSS! : Godhatesfatpeople
• B : Megara9
• C : sanchez
• C just because you'll appreciate the change once in a while. However, you'll play B more : ifallible

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• Paper Moon. : dognose
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  Brick - Awesome film noir set in a high school. : Prozium
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    I was JUST going to suggest this! I'd add "The Lookout" too. : kallanta
    • Agreed with both. : TShandy
    • I just saw the lookout yesterday, it was as if the director took the most boring uninteresting parts of a... : skitzo
• We Own the Night : arizona bay
• I heard Slumdog Millionaire was great. : crummynz
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  Brazil. : CrazyPants
  • Ong-Bak if you like martial arts movies. : CrazyPants
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  Ravenous The Proposition The Science of Sleep : mechanicalgrape
  • The Science of Sleep is absolutely marvelous. : Mr.Finkster
  • The music for a chase scene through the woods in Ravenous really made that film for me. : gooblerampling
• Dead Man's Shoes : AlexXdude
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  Orphans : Cihte
  • I mean the 1987 version with Albert Finney : Cihte
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  Kiss Kiss Bang Bang : SockMonkeh
  • Hilarious and underrated. : David Craddock
  • Does not get enough love, an excellent movie all around. : yosemiteclimber
  • I'll put one in for this! : kallanta
  • Yep. This one. : randomposter
  • I'll hitch on to this wagon as well : EagleSweet
  • Yeah, great film : marmite
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  In Bruges : coldfusioncs
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    Good movie. : nevicata
    • Great movie. Not at all what I was expecting, but great. : coldfusioncs
  • really liked it : AlexXdude
  • This really surprised me with how awesome it was. One of my favourite movies this year by a long shot. : Arceihn
  • Excellent suggestion. : Colleton
  • Loved this film : marmite
• Tropa de Elite (Elite Squad) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0861739/ I'm not sure how big this was in the st... : Sirus2400
• Roman Holiday : RikiTiki2
• bubba ho tep : CoRDS
• Code 46: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18629906 : TShandy
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  Harakiri : owly
  • IAWTP : Mondo
  • Uh, do not see this movie. see Youth of the Beast. God that was good. : Shivawn
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  Some movies I've watched recently. Enjoyed them all. A Boy And His Dog The Wrath of God Cronos Deat... : NastyJack
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    And dude if you like older movies I simply can't recommend The Wages of Fear (starts slow) or The Third M... : NastyJack
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      Ya I especially like epic movies like laurence of Arabia or ben hur I'll try them thanks! Looks like I'l... : mnok
      • 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea is pretty epic and still very cool. I watched it for the first time recently... : NastyJack
• I just saw City Of Industry again today. That and Copland are forever linked in my head by quality and re... : AxeMan808
• Primer. Really good, subtle mind fuck of a movie that involves time travel. Once you've seen it, google... : mizterd99
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  • Second Shallow Grave and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. : randomposter
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  I saw the French movie "Love me if you dare" last night, it was surprisingly decent. Very cute and visual... : randomposter
  • Also a lot of people missed Adaptation, which should be a crime already. : randomposter
  • This is good, very strange for a RomCom. : TShandy
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  Searching For Bobby Fischer, Fearless (the Peter Weir film with Jeff Bridges) : Serpico74
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    two mentions of fearless nearly in a row, have never seen it - will check out I also got bobby fischer... : randomposter
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      There is also a Jet Li film called Fearless, the other person may have been referring to that one. : Serpico74
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        The Fearless with Jet Li is pretty great too : AlexXdude
        • Just caught that the other day and it was really well done. : stonedonkey
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        Nah, I meant the Peter Weir one. : Afterglow
        • Cool! : Serpico74
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    searching for bobby fischer is such a damn good movie. Saw it when I was a kid and that movie changed my ... : Modica Sol Solis
    • Its a great movie. I don't know anyone who didn't love it after I recommended it to them. : Serpico74
• Jan Svankmajer's Alice or Faust Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Delicatessen I Heart Huckabees : kramweil
• Grosse Point Blank : hoopfam4
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  Dog Soldiers, Run Lola Run, Tigerland, Spun : Skoal^Fyfan
  • Heathers, Pump Up The Volume (if you ain't seen either...) : Skoal^Fyfan
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  Cashback. It's probably my favorite movie ever right now. : Shivawn
  • I saw this film knowing nothing about it, and thought it was brilliant : jbury
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  The Return - it's an amazing Russian-language film, but has very little dialogue, so it works well with s... : Dan[WSB]
  • i loved that movie.. the imagery was stunning : happynoodle
• Taegukgi Hwinalrimyeo. A Korean movie about the Korean war of 1950. Very well made, although a bit over t... : Marauder IIC
• Little Man Tate : speon
• watch documentaries on subjects that interest you or don't for that matter. : happynoodle
• The Lives of Others : Kaerof
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  Paris, Je T'aime. It's a cool collection of shorts (with some really good actors and directors) taking pl... : Juno
  • Directors include the Coen bros, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven, Gerard Depardieu, Gurinder Chadha, and Alexand... : Juno
• Life is a House : kevp
• Hate (La Haine in french I think) Two days in Paris was really funny (Julie Delpy and that jewish dude f... : stuka
• Lady Chatterley : xsii
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  dead awake, live!, happy accidents, idle hands, 11:14, sleuth(2007 version), lars and the real girl, zero... : mista mista
  • clue(1985), The Fabulous Baker Boys, panic room, the game, mr brooks : mista mista
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  Primer, The City of God (although that might not qualify as obscure anymore) : Modica Sol Solis
  • also, Simon Birch is a fantastic movie : Modica Sol Solis
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    City of God is such a depressing film, despite how amazing it is. Still can't believe they did a sequel t... : ColoradoCNC
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      are you talking about City of Men or an actual City of God 2 : Modica Sol Solis
      • City of Men : ColoradoCNC
• Heavenly Creatures. Lesbians, Kate Winslet, matricide, trippy clay people = awesomeness. Best Peter... : IndigoAK
• have you seen most of the Fellini's? La Strada is a good one to start with : jcupitt
• Noises Off http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105017/ : ShoCon
• Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte Des Loups) : naios
• If you like documentaries, Surfwise is amazing. : cstamas
• Candy, it has Heath Ledger and abby cornish as junkies. Fantastic film : shavenewok
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  Cinema Paradiso, The Lion In Winter : lightly inclined
  • I support this Cinema Paradiso movement. : spazzium
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  People don't seem to know about Formula 51 for some reason, but I really like it. It's a great, hilarious... : Megara9
  • oh and Arsenic And Old Lace : Megara9
  • The 70s are over............maaaannnn. : ColoradoCNC
  • Needed more action. : Super Sparker
• I don't know if it's obscure enough, but I recommend "Angel A". : randomreduction
• The Fountain : biskits
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  Chopper - Australian movie with Eric Bana where he plays an infamous criminal. Not many people have heard... : aeg1x
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    Also Oldboy. It's a Korean movie and you have to see the original before the shitty Will Smith remake com... : aeg1x
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      ... tell me I did not just read that. Or that it isn't true. : node
      • http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/exclusive-will-smith-talks-oldboy.php : aeg1x
• Warlock, the 1989 supernatural one, not the 1959 western, although that's okay, too if you like westerns.... : cerealSAM2
• The Man from Earth : Slorbo
• Anything by Ingmar Bergman. : skizl
• Lars and the Real Girl It's a movie about a guy that falls in love with a real doll. Almost chick fli... : valael
• Stalker get out of here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/ It's pretty cool, but obscure and weir... : SilverSnake
• If you've got the time and you can find it, there's a documentary called The Sorrow and the Pity which no... : Lone Swordsman
• synecdoche, NY , in theatres now. : threeup
• Last of the Dog Men. Fantastic movie, one of my favorites. : AMikaboshi
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  The Hudsucker Proxy : esmokah
  • Yes. Also Fargo and Barton Fink. Cohen Brothers ftw. : Mr.Finkster
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  Watch It http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108521/ Last I checked it was only on VHS. : stonedonkey
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    Sweet it has Dr. Cox in it. : hrdwregk
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      He's in freaking everything. He was in The Rock as well, which made me lol last time I watched it. : Arctic Fox
      • I watched Platoon not too long ago and saw he was in that. He has a hell of a Filmography on IMDB htt... : hrdwregk
    • He has a brilliant very Dr. Cox like speech in it as well.. : stonedonkey
• Priiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimer : indosauros
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  Groundhog Day! :-D : biofrog
  • Seriously tho, Groundhog Day! I err.. I mean, Thank You for Smoking. It was decent watching.. : biofrog
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  Bring out the dead - Nicholas Cage : risimage
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    nothing with Nicolas Cage is a good idea : zerog83
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      in before Leaving Las Vegas : zerog83
      • DAMMIT beat me to it. : Mr.Finkster
    • Raising Arizona. : nevicata
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      I liked Adaptation and Lord of War : sonicdeathwalrus
      • Lord of War was honestly one of maybe a very small handful of movies that I've actually fallen asleep wat... : zerog83
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      The Rock motherfucker >:( : pukerat
      • ok... Nicolas Cage still sucks monkey dongs, though : zerog83
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      Ok, so besides Face/Off, Leaving Las Vegas, Adaptation, Lord of War, Con Air and The Rock... what else ha... : Mr.Finkster
      • That is a great list of movies that would have been a lot better without Nicholas Cage. : arhughes
• If you watching it with a gal, Choclat is pretty good. : stonedonkey
• Dead Man's Shoes - this movie is AWESOME, but you might want to watch it with subtitles :-) : zerog83
• man bites dog, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Romper Stomper, Down by law, Delicatessen, Rosencrantz... : cptstern
• Pi : skitzo
• The bothersome man. I'd call it an unsettling norwegian matrix on valium. : xxx2xxx
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  Cast A Deadly Spell with Fred Ward. Adventures of Buckaroo banzai across the 8th Dimension. : Fyunch Click
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    Did you ever see Witch Hunt? Semi-sequel to Cast a Deadly Spell, only with Dennis Hopper and set in the... : cerealSAM2
    • no. thank you for that, will try and track it down. : Fyunch Click
  • A Life Less Ordinary as well. : Fyunch Click
• Happiness. Great dark comedy. : prime8
• Romeo is Bleeding : Frank_Mackey
• City of God, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Children of Men : marmite
• Collision Course! Only the best movie ever! I mean, come on, it has Pat Morita AND Jay Leno! http://www.i... : m0nkz
• Are foreign movies OK? Because there's a shitload of great foreign films that always get overlooked. : aethyr
• Holy Mountain, Hable Con Ella : mXENO

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  The man has the charisma of a damp sponge. : Mr.Finkster
  • How dare you insult Spongebob like that! : RomSteady
  • feel it, feel it : drucifer
  • I didn't know her middle name was Damp : aeg1x
  • Seriously, the only star in a car that was worse was Brian Cox. : Mr.Finkster
  • would you say his conversations are really absorbing? Sunday-morning-groaning-pun-post : SolveChrist
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    A certain Abigail Sponge would probably like a word with you. : nomaad
    • you're a day late and a dollar short on this joke : slickdoody
• I thought he was fine in the interview - he's just not that fast :) : Postal
• I enjoyed his talking about life as a car thief. I had no idea. : Lone Swordsman
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  You gotta admit the "We go to different Churches" comment was funny. : uncle slappy
  • i go the one with jesus cracked me up. : goatboy
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  my opinion of him went down even more after that interview, in addition to him being such a dick about th... : moshman
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    How was he a dick about the SNL sketches? You mean when he had a good sense of humor about it and then ti... : mittense
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      i think the Kimmel was real, and it was damage control by appearing on the show : cncpun
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        Really? : mittense
        • internet assumptions : yoonix
      • I am still amazed that people somehow mistook his Kimmel interview to be serious. ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE? ... : mikecyb
      • I don't even know what to say to that. That is just bizarre. : vigilante
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    It looks like the joke worked on you. I assume you never saw the Kimmel/Damon collaborations? : Godhatesfatpeople
    • or just Kimmel's show in general. part of the show's schtick is how much of a tremendous dickhead Kimmel... : mikecyb
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    Wait a minute, you thought that sketch was real? : Sailor of Fortune
    • pretty hilarious. it's so incredibly obvious that it's all a big joke. : deject
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  I wish the audience would have lynched him when he said Americans don't give a fuck about British cinema.... : cerealSAM2
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    That's not what he said. He said Americans don't give a shit if you remake anything. i.e. they have no se... : edgewise
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      "It was a British film; people in America don't give a shit what you do with your movies." Seemed like ... : cerealSAM2
      • I thought he said *their* movies. : zakazi
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  Mark Wahlberg talks to cars? : pigvomit
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    Say "Hi" to your Mazda for me. : RomSteady
    • I appreciate this joke : conandan
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  Are you the first action star with a side part? : uncle slappy
  • hawkeye is an action star? : CrustaR
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  i usually fast forward during that segment but saw him come on stage and watched it. what a mistake. He s... : festivalman
  • You make that sound like a bad thing. : Lone Swordsman
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    More like a car thief whose brother got famous and he got to ride his wave : m0nkz
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      Arguably, Mark had more talent. : Lone Swordsman
      • still has more talent : zerog83
  • The Star in a reasonably priced car segment has gotten better the past two seasons, the Wahlberg intervie... : DonarUDL
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  The episode yesterday was fantastic. I loved the whole Communist Car bit :D : zerog83
  • That was great. I had tears running down my cheeks when May and Clarkson were in the "deluxe" commie car... : stump

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  It's not like you have to watch them. I'm sure some other comic book nerds will enjoy hearing their kind ... : pyide
  • Kevin Smith doing a commentary: Interesting Kevin from Blockbuster doing commentary: Shoot me now please : ColoradoCNC
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    he did one, supposedly. : empathe
    • neat! : pyide
• youtube comments for blu-ray is what this is. : Iwannaacura
• Have you ever been to youtube. It's full of that kinda crap and I can't imagine wanting to see that while... : malevolence
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  Nolan is actually gonna do it with 100,000 lucky fans "December 18th, Chris Nolan is doing a live comm... : grabbie
  • that was just part of the article. I got excited and jizzed my pants but yeah i agree. It just someth... : grabbie
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    http://www.hulu.com/watch/47604/saturday-night-live-snl-digital-short-j-in-my-pants : Grumbeld
    • hah, that was surprisingly good : plunkymeadows
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  Who the fuck thought that would be a good idea? : rosewood
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    I would assume the same suits who still think that Blu-Ray is going to be the next DVD. : ColoradoCNC
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      UltraHD and Quad Layer Blu-Ray will replace DVD : Mondo
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        Not if blind people keep insisting that DVD is "good enough" : Serpico74
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          DVD is good enough when you have your blu-ray player hooked up through composite and have the brightness ... : Prozium
          • Bleagh, no. If you have an old TV then I can kind of see where there'd be a point (and old CRT can soften... : Serpico74
        • DVD is good enough for most people (They don't own HDTV's) : Kaerof
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          Yeah, I'm fairly blown away with my 4 blue rays (especially Fifth Element), but I still need to get an HD... : Grumbeld
          • Monoprice.com hdmi cables are like 2 bucks : mnok
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          But it is good enough. HDTV sales are still in the shitter. And BR is barely cracking the 2 percent home ... : Godhatesfatpeople
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            And when I am supreme ruler, they will be the first to be sacrificed to my technology god. HDTV sales are... : DarkWolf5
            • They're doing okay. Retailers are still taking a huge hit, especially with those insane rebates and free ... : Godhatesfatpeople
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            "Popular" and "good" don't necessarily go hand in hand. Either way, I was responding to the notion that a... : Serpico74
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              I think if BR offered more than just a higher-definition picture/sound and matched DVD's priceline. It wo... : Godhatesfatpeople
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                All that extra space buys you a lot more than just pixels. More bits per pixel means more colors which me : Serpico74
                • adoption is always slow with this crap. wasn't the first year that DVD outsold VHS only like five years ... : mikecyb
                • Wow I think you just convinced all the average Joes they are missing out. No, they have no clue what y... : MamiyaOtaru
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            the problem right now is price. I mean, HDTV adoption is low-ish, but Blu-Ray is not really wallet frien... : mikecyb
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              It's not lowish. Most recent survey I saw, puts HDTV adoption at 46% of households. The biggest problem i... : DarkWolf5
              • oh sweet I didn't know HDTV adoption was that high, that's good news. sadly I fear a lot of people think... : mikecyb
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            easiest way to sell someone on an HDTV is show them their favorite sports. I don't care about Blu-ray but... : derelict515
            • My brother in law did that. Basketball looked great. Then I went home and watched it in SD and it looke... : MamiyaOtaru
          • i dont think HDTV sales will be in the shitter much longer. They are getting pretty cheap for the smaller... : -=kodiak=-
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          Watch a recent DVD encoding on nice upsampling DVD player and a native 24p plasma and tell me that DVD is... : qsylvr
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            Like I said elsewhere in this subthread, it works for lots of people. I've had serious issues with DVD si... : Serpico74
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              Hm... on reflection, I can be extremely picky about some things that other people just never notice (when... : qsylvr
              • What made it really obvious to me is when I started compressing my own high quality sources (something li : Serpico74
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            I'm sure I'll "upgrade" eventually, of course. But frankly I'm not in any rush. VHS to DVD was a no-bra... : qsylvr
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              THIS is it in a nutshell. You get a pretty exceptional picture quality with dvd, and to be honest, the av... : Megara9
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                See, I'm ok with accepting DVD as "good enough" for most people, that I'm fine with. That said, using "ex... : Serpico74
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                  nah, you could call analog signal tv a McDonald's. DVD to BluRay is more like a medium-rare sirloin at Ou... : Megara9
                  • If the medium-rare at the five-star restaurant is magnitudes better than the medium-rare at the Outback s... : Serpico74
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                    I want to agree with you but I can't believe that you're comparing Outback to real steaks :((( : qsylvr
                    • What the fuck is wrong with comparing things? He did, and in his comparison Outback's steaks were worse.... : MamiyaOtaru
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                  I disagree with your food analogy, because the visual quality is incidental to the actual thing I want, w... : qsylvr
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                    And to continue my trend of self-replying, I should also point out that there are some movies which exist... : qsylvr
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                      Way to use three shitty movies as examples of "visual" films to make your point. :p To flip it the ot : Serpico74
                      • OK, you got me. I can concede the point that TAOJJBTCRF might almost justify a Blu-ray player purchase f... : qsylvr
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                    Movies are a visual medium. Saying that visual quality is incidental (especially when listing artistry as... : Serpico74
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                      Some of my favorite movies are in black and white. Most of my favorites were made before digital process... : qsylvr
                      • Again, I get something more out of higher quality than most people do. My Casablanca Blu Ray came in earl : Serpico74
          • Nah you start to notice loss of details in closer (and even wider) shots. I recently watched a few episod... : ieGod
          • Jesus christ. UPSAMPLING DVD PLAYERS ARE A RIDICULOUS FEATURE POINT. I guaran-fucking-tee it makes close ... : retarded talking dinosaur
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          Serpico, we both realize that the quality is better as does most of the shack. Most of the people out the... : ColoradoCNC
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            Second paragraph: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18642315#itemanchor_18642315 Again, good and pop... : Serpico74
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              Didn't see that reply. But, yeah, the quality on both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD is fantastic but until they give... : ColoradoCNC
              • I don't see what else they can offer. DVD covered cost and convenience (both of which Laserdisc was missi... : Serpico74
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      I don't understand why anyone wouldn't want blu-ray to be the next DVD. I simply can not understand this.... : razlebol
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        Because everyone else is waiting for a lossless digital download format to come along and piss in Blu-Ray... : Arctic Fox
        • So, so this. I can't wait until I can download movies. : Yanks
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          Umm.... how long are they willing to wait? : walker270
          • ^^^^ If people want to wait 10 years for this then they are fools. : baronzemo78
        • I'm not waiting. If isps around here are any indication, I'd be waiting 30+ years for that kind of infras... : ieGod
        • Lossless? Really? Fuck man, are you insane? : retarded talking dinosaur
      • If DVD just vanished and Blu-Ray took its place at the same pricepoint and all our DVD players and movies... : SilverSnake
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  Speaking of commentary: The next Rifftrax will be TDK. http://www.rifftrax.com : Masem
  • YES : smegmar
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  This is the fucking problem with Blue-Ray. I don't want to watch some pimple-faced, angsty, overweight fo... : coldfusioncs
  • Wait, what the fuck am I doing on this website, then? : coldfusioncs
  • So don't watch those commentaries then. I won't! : Serpico74
• 50,000 blogs are started everyday.... : fletch_
• I don't understand how you say something like that here and not stop yourself. : vigilante
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  $5 says Randomposter buys it for this alone : shavenewok
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    k : vigilante
    • He really likes the movie so he would at least buy it for partly that reason. Give me my five dollars. : vigilante
  • lol so close : SockMonkeh
  • lol : derelict515
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    *is british* *has tim burton haircut* *wears black turtleneck* *clasps fingers delicately* : SpaecKow
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      He sounds kind of cute, is he single? : pres589
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        Cute? I said British. : SpaecKow
        • snagletooth fetish : MamiyaOtaru
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          says the aussie. : xxiv
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            Um we're like the most gorgeous, bronzed beach god people on earth what could you possibly mean. : SpaecKow
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              yes. we all look like this: http://www.wwtdd.com/photo.phtml?post_key=15211&photo_key=47741 : aeg1x
              • Oh, yes. http://beautifulstrange.net/tsaresstrips/autohunting/lotr/brucespence.jpg : cerealSAM2
• randomposter is carefully constructing a bitter reply to this post as we speak. : SockMonkeh
• Have you ever been to this site called youtube.com? : stuka
• Yay, Youtube style commentary! : Mad Brahmin Disease

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• 32 of 69 and I'm stuck. : jingletard
• I got 33 but I knew 35, I couldn't spell TurboGrafx or Vectrix correctly. : TroZ
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  I knew a ton of them but hyperscan in 2005? Atari flashback 2? XaviXport? GP2X ? who has heard of these?... : skunk_ape
  • Neither is the Wonderswan. : skankcore
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    Yeah, Pippin and Wonder Swan were not onthe list... I couldnt remember the name of Telstar... I tried Tel... : stelth
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      Well the list was for consoles released in the US and the Wonderswan was never released here. : Prozium
      • Some of the more current handhelds originate from Taiwan and theyre on the list. ;) : stelth
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      Atari 400 wasn't on the list either. : DinK
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        The Atari 400 was a personal computer. : ThomW
        • You know I'd actually typed something like "I know it was marketed as a computer but all ours did was pla... : DinK
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    the pippin wiki article lead me to this great article: http://www.pcworld.com/article/125772-1/the_25_... : datoo
    • When people complained about WMP I wonder if they remember RealPlayer. I don't know if bundling WMP with ... : Pettytheft
• 38 correct here. : Prozium
• That was fun, I got 34. : skankcore
• Hmmm, got 20, probably should have gotten 12-15 more, the rest... meh. : MaJeStu
• 27/69 : Cheeziologist
• 26 : riptyde
• 23 :( : FPSDavid
• 41 / 69 : stelth
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  40 total and it took me the whole time AND i had not heard of most of the other 29 systems...pretty obscu... : EvilDolemite
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    oh and including the gizmondo and ngage and atari flashback bleh..and not including the sega 32x!! : EvilDolemite
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      That's an addon though. : SiW.
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        I don't even consider the Atari Flashback a console. There's no (official) method of adding games to it a... : Prozium
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          Yeah, and they included the Game and Watch, so I'm not saying it's without flaws, just addressing ED's 32... : SiW.
          • I noticed that one too. Right at the top under the instructions it says that it doesn't include any singl... : Prozium
• 26. had more but they didn't have the wonderswan and I couldn't spell turbografx-16 correctly : melkore
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  40. I missed a big one - N64 - and I tried a bunch of things like Online, Net, Internet for Game.com, lo... : SiW.
  • for some reason, i thought it was gameone... ...and i had one. IIRC it was over $100 when it first ca... : davislovestacobell
• 29 : nevicata
• 42 I typed CDI but it didn't count and had a hell of a time spelling the TurboGrafx-16 right. Atari L : ThomW
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  Wheres the TI at? Growing up we had a TI-99-4A : dumbacid
  • I am guessing it falls under the 'computer' category, but that line is a little sketchy anyways. : Fayk
• got 33, but forgot about 10 others...the rest i've never heard of before... pfff...hyper scan. that s... : davislovestacobell
• 41 It's crazy now to think about the obscure consoles that many of my relatives and friends had. I ... : Halen
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  34. Some of that is some pretty obscure shit. And no Sega 32X? What. : mittense
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    Does not include special editions, expansions or single game systems. : owly
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      but it included SegaCD : grayscale
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        No it didn't I'm an r-tard. Mixed it up with CD-i for a hot minute. I need sleep. : grayscale
        • Actually yeah it did, I have it entered right here. : Evil Benius
• 34/69 : owly
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  31. I missed most of the old ones, although I did get Intellivision, Colecovision, Pong and 2600. Of the ... : ieGod
  • Seriously they might as well include the 1000+ asian knockoff consoles too. : ieGod
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  Fuck me... I can't remember the names of alot of them but I see them in my head... : snuff
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    For instance: The Nintendo VR thing, the expensive ass system that was for home versions of arcade games, : snuff
    • Virtual Boy, Neo-Geo, and the DS? Really, you can't remember those? : Scrimbo Obeer
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  how come they do not mention the commodore 64, vic 20, or atari XE? i had all three of those systems...o... : davislovestacobell
  • Computers. : Pettytheft
  • There should be a home-computer quizz: Amstrad CPC MSX C64 Amiga Atari ST Those were the days... : guigr
• 44 - damn I know my shit. : CplBeaker
• 15! : futant
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  2 / 69. Guess I can't call myself a gamer. : Dr_Cube
  • lol serious? you couldnt name ps3, wii, xbox 360 atleast? : FPSDavid
  • everyone should at least get 3 by naming all the current systems :( : shika.art
  • Was one of the two Gamecube? : nevicata
• 38. TurboGrafx 16 was a bitch to type, XaviX I didn't know was XaviXPort all I know it was that motion c : grayscale
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  25 and I actually forgot a system I still have plugged in my TV -.- : razorblade79
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    me too :( gamecube totally slipped my mind. oops. : qsylvr
    • that's what I forgot, too. and it's my 2nd favourite console ever, which makes it even more weird. Ir... : razorblade79
• 24 I suck :/ : nomaad
• I got 30-something when I did it, my greatest achievements were CD32 and the Lynx. : woddemandred
• 33 and I cannot believe some of the ones I missed since I know of them. For instance Odyssey, TurboGraphx : Evil Benius
• I got 30 but kept thinking of ones not on the list like commodore 64 : silentbobuk
• i got 33, not bad i guess : suqur
• 20! I can't believe I didn't remember the N-Gage. : helvetica
• I lol'd at Ngage also, what the hell is game.com? : Agrona
• 33/69 -- not to bad. But I can't believe I missed these: Nintendo Game & Watch, Atari 5200, Intellivisio : Shadowdane
• 39/69. Didn't know any of the Magnavox systems. Forgot N-Gage and Gizmondo. Hadn't even heard of most o... : aethyr

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  That looks cool. Is the combat fun and would you need the expansion right away? : Rampancy
  • To use the two new classes you would want the expansion, but the original classes are great too. I am ac... : trOmblyj
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  Looks great. Too bad all my friends only made it to the teens in LOTRO, and from there on out I didn't ... : Force[FED]
  • there's plenty of good dudes on our team. not me though, i suck. : MurrayTheSkull
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  wtf are you talking about? : Degenerate
  • I have no idea, I need to stop sniffing glue. : trOmblyj
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  That shot of the trolls is fantastic. Makes me almost want to play. : tomservo
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    you already play the same game every day http://degenerate.shackspace.com/Shack/ScreenShot00298.jpg : Degenerate
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      I stare at filtersweep's buttocks? : tomservo
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        I think he's calling you short, fat, or both. : trOmblyj
        • It's true, it's all true :( : tomservo
      • who doesn't? he's been working out you know! : Degenerate
• oh, and the version you linked from Amazon is the same one I bought and its not just the expansion. It in... : Degenerate
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  Expansion is $30 direct from Turbine (digital only). Trombz, I might make an appearance soon. : ateam311
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    are you an incompetent healer in lotro too? : valael
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      I'm Omegan, the baddest mother fucking hunter on the server. I decked myself out before quitting. : ateam311
      • then level my guardian to 50 and we'll be friends again. he's like 20 or 21 now. : valael
      • my huntard is better than your huntard, huntard master. : moe6
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  What is this legendary item thing they have added? How does it work? : gimpx32
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    Legendary items are items that have attributes and can advance in level, and have many properties. T... : trOmblyj
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      Ugh, my description of legendaries is awful. Here is the scoop: http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/legenda... : trOmblyj
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        I was hoping they would be able to be crafted as well, and not just drops. Still a pretty cool idea, thou... : gimpx32
        • Legendary items can be crafted via the crafting guilds (new to MoM) : trOmblyj
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      When do you start seeing legondaries? 40+? : Horn
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        They start to drop off mobs at level 50+ from what I've noticed. Of course, once you enter Moria, they d... : Aragoat
        • Cool. I'm just 16 right now so I have a ways to go to get to Moria. : Horn
• The stoned trolls look great. : ahlee
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  Wow a MMO that actually looks good. Call Guinness. : Cygnus X-1
  • really? It looks like every other generic fantasy mmo to me. : aeg1x
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  I've been playing all weekend. the new class, warden, is fun! though everyone else is playing that one ... : hamachi
  • yes : Degenerate
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  I am in dire need of money, but I'll be coming back more frequently soon. Damn finals. : MurrayTheSkull
  • IRL money, not LOTRO Money. : MurrayTheSkull
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    this is my situation as well :( : Megara9
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      I hope those flowers at your house are looking good. : MurrayTheSkull
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        wut? flowers? : Megara9
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          I might be mistaking you for takeko. She has a house with flowers on the front lawn. : MurrayTheSkull
          • I have a house with a patio and potted dead flowers ok, no, they're alive : Megara9
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  I'm reinstalling vanilla LotRO as we speak, hoping to pick up Moria in the next couple weeks.. Since I d... : ]aratex[
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    not really, umbr is the only one who can actually get to the new areas at the moment but he's been hangin... : Degenerate
    • Yeah, which is the main reason I want Moria.. Warden sounds awesome. Too bad it also sounds like everyo... : ]aratex[
• I have been tempted to give this game a spin again. I have one character already in the Shack guild (I q... : SeanJuan04
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  I still can't believe you guys let Degenerate in. : Horn
  • they needed me to pull all the hot hobbit chicks! : Degenerate
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    is this directed at the Fellowship or to the company that runs LotRO? : Home Nugget
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      Any group that has allowed the membership of Mr. Degenerate. Although I have to say he does have the hob... : Horn
      • my beard is GLORIOUS : Degenerate
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        behold! http://degenerate.shackspace.com/Shack/lotro/glorious.jpg : Degenerate
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          i think i saw a bird fly out of there : trOmblyj
          • maybe in to it, but not out. That shit is a like a spider web for catching flying snacks. : Degenerate
• Mines of Moria getting some good reviews: Games Radar: 9/10 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/the-lord-of-... : trOmblyj
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  Does anyone have a Buddy Pass they'd be willing to part with? This game looks really good! : bluntage
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    I have a buddy pass that you can have if you can borrow the DVDs to install from somebody. : Degenerate
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      Awesome! I just checked Turbine's site and it looks like I can download the client. Thanks Degenerate!!! : bluntage
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        whats the link to where you downloaded it? : Degenerate
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          Here is the link if you already have a key or an account: http://turbine.fuzeqna.com/lotro.support/consu... : trOmblyj
          • awesome. now I can offer up my two other keys :D : Degenerate
          • Other Links: High Res: http://download.lotro.level3.turbine.com/largecontent/lotro/moria/downloader/... : trOmblyj
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  I understand that it's fun, but damn it's ugly :( : melt_core
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    The game is? I completely disagree. LotRO has the best environments of any MMO I can think of. : wykd
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      Those castles by midnight shots are ugly :( : melt_core
      • :( : trOmblyj
  • The screen shots don't do it justice. It's a really good looking game. : Horn
  • trombly takes REALLY shitty pictures. I'm not in any of them. : Degenerate
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  Did Debwyn & melelwen start up again? : wykd
  • no, and i don't know how to get in touch with them :( I think the Litch King has them. : trOmblyj
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  Wanted to say "thanks" to everyone who tried to help my out in LOTRO. Alas, I didn't really find a class ... : Visceral Monkey
  • No prob VM - I knew you weren't liking it but didn't know what I could do to help you out. : trOmblyj
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    I have another buddy key if youd like to try out the new classes : Degenerate
    • Thanks, but I'll pass right now. I'm actually MMO free for the moment. : Visceral Monkey
• Can't subscribers give away trial accounts? Anyone want to hook me up? : freakynipples69
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  I'll be back in when I can. My mother in law is in ICU and they don't think she's gonna make it much lon... : jonin
  • Sorry to here this Jonin - my best wishes to you and your family. : trOmblyj
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  I'm going to join. I really liked the original and only canceled because other games made me busy. I real... : gnoleb
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    Excellent - glad to see some new folks signing up! : trOmblyj
    • Day number 3 of client download...hooray... : BingusLargus
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  For starting characters - this might be helpful: http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/45/feature/25... : trOmblyj
  • Quick travel seems pretty expensive. I imagine later on I'll be rolling in disposable income but right n... : Horn