Morning Discussion

Oh, hello there Wednesday. What's that? I should go down to Henry's tonight and get one of the best cheeseburgers in town? Well, if you say so. I'm not going to argue.

Though the writing's been on the wall for a long time, I have to say that I'm pretty bummed about EGM shutting down. While my subscription lapsed around 2005, I was a pretty avid reader for over 10 years. In fact, EGM was the reason I got into this field.

Back in fourth grade, I was one of those kids that would tuck an issue of EGM into my history book and read it during class. I can't even begin to fathom the amount of quality games EGM's staff turned me on to, or the vast knowledge they instilled in my head.

My heart goes out to all those affected, both at EGM and 1UP. Best of luck, and thanks.

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

From The Chatty
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    January 7, 2009 6:46 AM

    of course EGM gets shut down after I sign up for a free subscription!

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      January 7, 2009 6:46 AM

      maybe i should have paid for it!

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      January 7, 2009 6:58 AM

      won't someone PLEASE think of the free subscriptions! (mine too :(....)

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      January 7, 2009 6:59 AM

      you get what you pay for...

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        January 7, 2009 7:16 AM

        hey you. you're playing cod5 right? keep an eye out for me. i'm addicted! ateam311 is going to be nabbing it for monday as well and will probably be up for some killing. maybe i can convince mittens to put his apple fagging on hold for an evening or 2 for some shack squad :o

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          January 7, 2009 7:19 AM

          Kodiak has it as well, but he seems to be hooked on Zombie mode. :) But yeah, it's pretty fun. Ihavne't played too much online yet, I'm only at level 6 or so. getting through the single player campaign. But i'm sure I'll be playing it online quite a bit.

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            January 7, 2009 7:21 AM

            i dont have zombie mode unlocked. i'm at level 17 after starting up i think on sunday.

            milk the n00b playlist while you can. it sucks how there are so many high ranks that somehow get in even though it locks at level 8

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              January 7, 2009 7:22 AM

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                January 7, 2009 7:23 AM

                so thats how high rank assholes are getting into the n00b servers!

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                  January 7, 2009 7:26 AM

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                    January 7, 2009 7:37 AM

                    can i unlock it by playing the co-op campaign or playing a solo campaign on easy? im not interested in the SP at all so i just want to get it over with easily so i can start my own zombie games

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              January 7, 2009 7:22 AM

              also i remember kodiak saying that his friends list is too full anyways and youre already on my list. saw you pop online in cod last night as i was exiting and you werent on when i came back at 11.

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                January 7, 2009 7:27 AM

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                  January 7, 2009 7:39 AM

                  if you want to but I'm a casual player i'm not online every night playing if you want to take that into account. maybe a few times per week. actually i've been playing xbox more frequently since i got this game.

                  excessdan is the live name

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            January 7, 2009 8:23 AM

            I'm lvl 28 - lololol

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          January 7, 2009 7:22 AM

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            January 7, 2009 7:59 AM

            i like the weapons a lot more. the maps seem to be a lot larger too which i like. i like how the dogs are easier to kill than spamming helicopters

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              January 7, 2009 8:12 AM

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                January 7, 2009 8:32 AM

                i was using the first 2 rifles you get but once i moved out of n00b zone they were useless because everyone is firing faster than me killing me instantly and i dont have time for that shit. i mainly use the mp40 and using the precision site attachment which doesnt really do anything.

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                January 7, 2009 8:34 AM

                for spawning i've noticed that you get spawned on the furthest teammate from the enemies. if the enemies are spread out i suppose you could get "spawn" camped but i haven't had much of a problem playing mostly TDM

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              January 7, 2009 8:15 AM

              Most of the weapons suck vs cod4, the levels are nice but I wish they didn't put tanks in some of them, yeah the dogs are easy to deal with compared to the heli but they are a lot fucking harder to get because of the shitty weapons.

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                January 7, 2009 8:18 AM

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                  January 7, 2009 8:27 AM

                  I usually try to knife the fuckers if I can. I can usually take out 2 dogs if I notice them right away and can shoot one then stab the other. I've been really lucky before and shot 3 of them right up on me.

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          January 7, 2009 7:51 AM

          I've been playing online a lot lately now that I beat the campaign on veteran. Got to level 30 last night.

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      January 7, 2009 7:11 AM

      What is the best American based game magazine? Is there a decent one?

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        January 7, 2009 8:01 AM

        At this point, I would say Play.

        Also, I know it's cool to hate it, but PC Gamer is still pretty good. The newest issue has a really good read on Russian developers.

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      January 7, 2009 7:19 AM

      I stopped reading EGM in like 1995. I still have a few issues of EGM2 laying around. Including their first PREMIERE issue! :o

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      January 7, 2009 7:23 AM

      Wait! You mean i'm NOT gonna get my free subscription now!? Damnit!

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      January 7, 2009 7:26 AM

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      January 7, 2009 7:37 AM

      I did a free subscription back in like 2002 or so. Nice magazine but not something I kept around (by way of comparison I have PC Gamer magazines from 1996 or earlier).

      At some point I realized it had been more than a year and they were still sending me the magazine. I think they sent me a renewal form, which I ignored, but the magazine kept coming anyway.

      I moved across the state and never notified EGM and the magazine followed me.

      At some point it did finally stop coming but it came for free for years. My guess would be that they valued selling my eyeballs more than they valued my subscription fees.

      Same thing happened to Penny Arcade
      http://www.penny-arcade.com/2002/3/6/

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      January 7, 2009 7:40 AM

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        January 7, 2009 8:03 AM

        Maybe they will sell it to another magazing vendor? Maybe we will all start getting bride Magazine or O?

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