Morning Discussion

Top of the morning, everyone. Here, have a new chatty. So clean and so fresh!

Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I'm gonna be able to make tomorrow's Shackmeet down in the Dallas-Frisco area. I came down with a really bad fever last night and it hasn't let up, so I'm not sure travelling and physical activity and a ton of people are great ideas :(

But I'm gonna keep on keepin' on--maybe I'll feel better. Here's hoping, at least.

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

From The Chatty
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    February 27, 2009 7:14 AM

    IT'S FRIDAY SHACK.

    What games will you be playing this weekend?

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      February 27, 2009 7:15 AM

      DoW2! Yay.

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      February 27, 2009 7:15 AM

      Titan Quest!

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        February 27, 2009 8:39 AM

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          February 27, 2009 10:27 AM

          I just got this game for my wife and we started playing last night. We're like level 3. When I played before I was like level 50 or something.

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      February 27, 2009 7:15 AM

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      February 27, 2009 7:16 AM

      None. Not one this weekend.

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        February 27, 2009 7:17 AM

        :( why?

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          February 27, 2009 7:21 AM

          It's going to be a pretty busy weekend and I probably won't be in one place long enough to enjoy any games. I'm not complaining, though; I'll be spending it with the woman so it's all good.

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      February 27, 2009 7:16 AM

      Saturday is Brew Day!

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      February 27, 2009 7:16 AM

      Puzzle Quest
      Fallout 3 (Operation Anchorage)
      Mass Effect

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      February 27, 2009 7:16 AM

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      February 27, 2009 7:16 AM

      Last Saturday I woke up and realized what I had to do in Grim Fandango to solve a puzzle. And it worked! I'm stuck again, so I'm hoping the same sort of thing happens tomorrow.

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        February 27, 2009 8:24 AM

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          February 27, 2009 9:56 AM

          I'm in Rubacava with a worker bee in jail, a note from the jacket of sprouted Lola, and the Captain thinks one of his crew members is dead. The bee told me that the note was the name of a bar before he was hauled off to jail.

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      February 27, 2009 7:17 AM

      Fallout3, L4D, and some Dwarf Fortress

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      February 27, 2009 7:17 AM

      Ninja Gaiden 2 and Resistance 1. I'm catching up yo!

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      February 27, 2009 7:17 AM

      None :( hopefully gonna camp out and catch up on BSG, Lost, Smallville, Chuck etc etc... maybe a bit of Everquest 2 if I get bored.

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      February 27, 2009 7:18 AM

      This weekend is a STRICTLY no computer weekend.

      Paintballing all day saturday and drinking most of the day sunday

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      February 27, 2009 7:18 AM

      i am going to visit my brother in Pittsburgh, he has a 360 so i will finally play SFIV Dead Space and a little DoW2 because i haven't bought it yet.

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      February 27, 2009 7:18 AM

      DoW2 and L4D

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      February 27, 2009 7:19 AM

      I'll probably finish up DoW2 and start on Star Ocean and maybe World in Conflict, with the occasional bit of EVE.

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      February 27, 2009 7:19 AM

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      February 27, 2009 7:19 AM

      none, got visitors and a few dates set up. I want to play DoW2 though

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      February 27, 2009 7:20 AM

      A lot, I'm having 7 people over this weekend and we're going to be playing a lot of video games, cards, and drinking. Will definitely be playing some Brawl and LBP, and then after that it's up the air. Probably some Rock Band 2, maybe some Halo or something since we can link two 360s up and get all 8 of us in there.

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      February 27, 2009 7:20 AM

      TIger Woods 2008 and Dawn of War II

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      February 27, 2009 7:21 AM

      L4D, Duke3d

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      February 27, 2009 7:22 AM

      titan quest

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      February 27, 2009 7:23 AM

      Left 4 Dead and Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting.

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      February 27, 2009 7:23 AM

      WoW and L4D

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      February 27, 2009 7:24 AM

      The Lost And Damned

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      February 27, 2009 7:24 AM

      KZ2, COD:WAW, BF: Bad Company, L4D (though I would like to play with shackers. pubs suck :( )

      And maybe some WOW somewhere in there

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        February 27, 2009 8:04 AM

        Let us know what you think of KZ2! I don't really have the money for it yet but I'm definitely looking forward to it.

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      February 27, 2009 7:24 AM

      Hitman Blood Money.

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      February 27, 2009 7:25 AM

      SW Snowboarding, Saints Row 2

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        February 27, 2009 7:26 AM

        Star Wars Snowboarding sounds AWESOME.

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      February 27, 2009 7:25 AM

      Braid and maybe Fallout 3

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      February 27, 2009 7:26 AM

      I beat Crackdown last night, so I'll probably play Skate 1 (still haven't gotten far in that game) or TF2, NHL09, COD 4.

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      February 27, 2009 7:27 AM

      SF4, L4D, and FIFA09

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      February 27, 2009 7:27 AM

      FEAR 2, DoW 2. Done with Fallout 3 for now, finally, after like 70 hours. GOTY 2008 IMHO.

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      February 27, 2009 7:27 AM

      Left 4 Dead and Red Alert 3

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      February 27, 2009 7:29 AM

      I'm going to update TF2 and try to join some of you on there.

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      February 27, 2009 7:29 AM

      DoW 1

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      February 27, 2009 7:29 AM

      Completing GTA4 tonight I hope. I love the game, but after 40 hours I'm really ready to put it down.

      I'll be moving onto DoW2 as soon as that's out of the way.

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      February 27, 2009 7:30 AM

      Dunno. I'll try to play something.

      BTW, since I'm following you on twitter, I get all the tweets of what games you are playing. It almost shames into playing more.

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      February 27, 2009 7:31 AM

      LOTRO, Mass Effect and maybe DoW II

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        February 27, 2009 7:54 AM

        I guess I need to get in touch with you guys about the Kinship now. I'm 20th and 18th (and 4th). Working Bree currently with both chars, but haven't done the Shire with the 18th - I kinda need to for the Deeds.
        I like it more than I thought I would...more than is safe, actually, but I'm learning to deal with it.

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          February 27, 2009 8:39 AM

          Haha - yeah its pretty great. Post here when you are in with your character name(s) and one of the kin officers will probably see it and get you in.

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      February 27, 2009 7:33 AM

      ILTC ra1n, DoS attack on pancake humper

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      February 27, 2009 7:33 AM

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      February 27, 2009 7:33 AM

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      February 27, 2009 7:36 AM

      Murder sims, saints row 2 (to bad it lacks Gibbs) and the cod#4 (also strangely lacking Gibbs)

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      February 27, 2009 7:37 AM

      Pokemon, WoW and Mario Cart racing on the Wii.

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      February 27, 2009 7:38 AM

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      February 27, 2009 7:38 AM

      SF 4 and working on a campaign for left 4 dead

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      February 27, 2009 7:40 AM

      SF4, Getting back to Final Fantasy Tactics A2 now that I figured out how to get new classes I can finally stop using the shitty soldier class.

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      February 27, 2009 7:42 AM

      Burnout Paradise, trying to get more stupid co-op achievements. ><

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      February 27, 2009 7:42 AM

      SFIV, Puzzle Quest, Fallout 3

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      February 27, 2009 7:43 AM

      Dawn of War 2, Left 4 Dead, WAR might poke at Fear 2 if remember

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      February 27, 2009 7:43 AM

      TF2, Fallout3, Perhaps World of Warcraft.

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      February 27, 2009 7:43 AM

      DOW2 most likely

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      February 27, 2009 7:43 AM

      CoD4!

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      February 27, 2009 7:46 AM

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      February 27, 2009 7:46 AM

      LaserTag & bowling

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      February 27, 2009 7:47 AM

      Demigod, Street Fighter IV, and Killzone 2. And UnrealEd.

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      February 27, 2009 7:48 AM

      What is wrong with all of you?!

      KILLZONE 2

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      February 27, 2009 7:50 AM

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      February 27, 2009 7:52 AM

      KILLZONE 2!!!!!!!!! t-minus 5 hours remaining though :(

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      February 27, 2009 7:52 AM

      KZ2 and Ninja Gaiden 2.

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      February 27, 2009 7:52 AM

      LotRO, The Force Unleashed and maybe some TW '09

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      February 27, 2009 7:52 AM

      Duke3d.exe

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        February 27, 2009 8:00 AM

        ^^This!^^ Actually, I probably won't play any. I'll be working on my mod and going to D-Town.

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      February 27, 2009 7:52 AM

      Eat Lead:The Return of Matt Hazard and Killzone 2

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      February 27, 2009 7:53 AM

      SFIV ALLLLLLL weekend.

      Add me if you wanna fight! GT:Clasifyd

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      February 27, 2009 7:53 AM

      Persona 4, DoW2, and Majesty !

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      February 27, 2009 7:53 AM

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      February 27, 2009 7:54 AM

      DOW2 DOW2 DOW2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

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      February 27, 2009 7:54 AM

      Rock Band 2 - Visions and Panic Attack will fall to my guitar this weekend

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      February 27, 2009 7:54 AM

      I'll be playing spank the monkey, you figure out the rules.

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      February 27, 2009 7:55 AM

      Star Ocean and Dragon Quest 5

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      February 27, 2009 8:04 AM

      Motocross Madness 2, Left4Dead, FEAR2

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        February 27, 2009 8:43 AM

        Damn.. I really miss playing Motocross Madness 2

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      February 27, 2009 8:05 AM

      I'll be playing Team Fortress 2 and maybe a little bit of counterstrike source with some shackers. :D

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      February 27, 2009 8:08 AM

      lotro, sf 4

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      February 27, 2009 8:11 AM

      SF4 and Little Big Planet vrooooom glad I bought a ps3 because my graphics card died yesterday, again, after getting it replaced three weeks ago. :(

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        February 27, 2009 2:29 PM

        Cancel that idea my TV just broke as well.

        SIGH

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      February 27, 2009 8:15 AM

      Murder sims, saints row 2 (to bad it lacks Gibbs) and the cod#4 (also strangely lacking Gibbs)

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      February 27, 2009 8:16 AM

      TF2, Red Alert 3, possibly some Mass Effect now that I've beaten S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky and Max Payne 2 again.

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      February 27, 2009 8:19 AM

      dow2, bitches. I think my eve skills will finish up these weekend too to get myself into a massive mining vessel.

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      February 27, 2009 8:20 AM

      Darkfall? if the servers ever work.

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      February 27, 2009 8:23 AM

      Mercs 2, Age of Booty, Left 4 Dead. Might pick up the legendary cars pack for Burnout Paradise.

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      February 27, 2009 8:25 AM

      PoP on the 360, darts, and shuffleboard

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      February 27, 2009 8:29 AM

      trying for 3 more reviews from past games
      (I still need to do them for: PoP, Mirror's Edge, Dead Space, Gears 2, Resistance 2, GHWT, SR2, and technically the 3 Xenosaga games sooooooo behind :-( )

      Killzone 2 for sure, and more RB2.

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      February 27, 2009 8:31 AM

      UT3 and SSBM

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      February 27, 2009 8:35 AM

      Street FIGHTER IV!!!

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      February 27, 2009 8:39 AM

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        February 27, 2009 8:47 AM

        242, so you are going to play some Duke3d.exe! dognose and I are so proud of you.

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          February 27, 2009 9:08 AM

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            February 27, 2009 9:43 AM

            Nah, just snag a good port, and you're good to go!

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              February 27, 2009 9:48 AM

              Oh, be sure to rename the port executable to Duke3d.exe if it has some other weird name; otherwise, the game won't play right.

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      February 27, 2009 8:40 AM

      head games

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      February 27, 2009 8:41 AM

      Probably Opposing Force and HL1. It's all that runs on this laptop. Oh, and World of Goo! That's a good idea actually.

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      February 27, 2009 8:45 AM

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      February 27, 2009 8:45 AM

      Resident Evil 2 and 4.

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      February 27, 2009 8:46 AM

      BF:BC, Tiger Woods '09, Shadowrun

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      February 27, 2009 8:48 AM

      DoW2 Campaign, DoW2 Coop, DoW2 Multiplayer

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      February 27, 2009 8:48 AM

      SF IV and CoD:WaW. Up to rank 33, trying to hit 40 bu Sunday night.

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      February 27, 2009 8:51 AM

      I'm getting Dawn of War II, and finishing up my replay through Crystalis because that's an ancient awesome game.

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      February 27, 2009 8:52 AM

      The going-to-lab game! :(

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      February 27, 2009 8:57 AM

      the game of seduction

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      February 27, 2009 8:59 AM

      Driving, being a geek, more driving and then Dawn of War for as long as I can stay awake!

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      February 27, 2009 9:14 AM

      Dawn of War 2, and that rage-fest that is Mirror's Edge (almost made my break my controller last night) seriously this thing needs a training mode goddamnit!

      Oh yeah and WoW. =\

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      February 27, 2009 9:17 AM

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      February 27, 2009 9:17 AM

      I just beat Dead Space a second time last night, so I'll probably follow up with a 3rd round in impossible mode this weekend. Mix in a little L4D, and some TF2 for some Scout unlocks and that's about it.

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      February 27, 2009 9:21 AM

      Tron 2.0 and Mount & Blade

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      February 27, 2009 9:22 AM

      Fable 2!

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      February 27, 2009 9:22 AM

      Killzone 2

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      February 27, 2009 9:26 AM

      EVE and Dawn of War 2.

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      February 27, 2009 9:37 AM

      STARCRAFT

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      February 27, 2009 9:40 AM

      WoW and GTA4 PC

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      February 27, 2009 9:41 AM

      Dawn of War 2. Picked it up yesterday and am loving it.

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      February 27, 2009 9:44 AM

      Puzzle Quest Galactrix and replaying Silent Storm

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        February 27, 2009 9:50 AM

        Galactrix any good? It needs to hurry up and get on XBLA.

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          February 27, 2009 9:57 AM

          way too much random luck involved for my taste. I hate making a chain of moves that ends with a bunch of bomb tiles dropping in just for the other guy to use. The whole game seems to punish you whenever you get a chain going, either with bombs or burning your time on the CONSTANT WARP GATE HACKING FUCKING BATTLES.

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            February 27, 2009 10:32 AM

            I realize the game is the matching puzzle mechanic, but yeah, I could live without the LeapGate hacking.

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              February 27, 2009 10:36 AM

              the fact that the leapgate puzzle punishes chaining is what is lame.

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                February 27, 2009 10:36 AM

                like if the clock only ran while waiting for you to make a move, and stopped while moves were happening, that would completely fix it.

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      February 27, 2009 9:45 AM

      SF4 if possible.
      I think I'm developing carpel tunnel in my left wrist from the shado movements =(

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      February 27, 2009 9:45 AM

      Mount & Blade

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      February 27, 2009 9:46 AM

      EVE, dow2, dead space, quake live, the darkness are all on my list. In that order probably, I'll have to see what I'll have time to get to...

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      February 27, 2009 9:47 AM

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      February 27, 2009 9:49 AM

      Eve and Quake Live

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      February 27, 2009 9:52 AM

      Halo Wars, Killzone, SFIV

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        February 27, 2009 10:10 AM

        Have you finished Halo Wars yet? Can you approximate how long the SP campaign is?

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      February 27, 2009 10:00 AM

      LOTRO, hoping to level up my main more so I can do some higher level stuff with the kin.

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      February 27, 2009 10:07 AM

      Titan Quest and L4D.

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      February 27, 2009 10:11 AM

      Dawn of War 2

      Cyrus just got all sorts of stupid powerful. :(

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      February 27, 2009 10:12 AM

      Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition Living Forgotten Realms

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      February 27, 2009 10:13 AM

      Miner Dig Deep, I need to make a perfect mine. :)

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      February 27, 2009 10:15 AM

      SkeeBall. @ Main Event in Dallas. Bring your mother fucking best mother fuckers.

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      February 27, 2009 10:17 AM

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      February 27, 2009 10:20 AM

      Sagat Fighter 4

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        February 27, 2009 10:30 AM

        Shoto Fighter 4: Projectiles Only Edition

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          February 27, 2009 10:50 AM

          Haha, yeah. Capcom needs to put out a new versus game called Ken vs Ryu and be done with it already. :[

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          February 27, 2009 10:55 AM

          lofl pretty much. took my game online for the first time today and that's pretty much what my fight history looks like so far. also, holy fucking shit, how've you been?

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            February 27, 2009 12:04 PM

            Yeah, I haven't actually played much, but from what I've seen and heard it seems like our one-eyed friend should be in for some rebalancing come Championship Edition.

            I've had my hands full breeding, tending to the herd, and idling away my days under the fluorescent lights of an office while my hair grays. But things are all right!

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          February 27, 2009 11:27 AM

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      February 27, 2009 10:28 AM

      L4D, FarCry 2, TW 09

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      February 27, 2009 10:33 AM

      Burnout Paradise, Left 4 Dead, and now Lost Planet.

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      February 27, 2009 10:57 AM

      Mount & Blade

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      February 27, 2009 11:02 AM

      Darkfaaaaaaail

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      February 27, 2009 11:07 AM

      I actually will try to finish Tron 2.0 in hard mode. It is very fucking hard. But super fun.

      And continue my Mass Effect continuation game on hardcore, WoW, L4D, TF2, probably another shitty Civ4 game, and hopefully get to the goddamn store to get SF4, and order a l33t joystick

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      February 27, 2009 11:13 AM

      JRPG weekend for me - Dragon Quest 5 DS and The Last Remnant PC demo.

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      February 27, 2009 11:26 AM

      GoW2.

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      February 27, 2009 11:26 AM

      YOUR RESPONSES SO FAR, WORDLE'D

      http://www.shackpics.com/files/wordle_a2236n6r04e50b0can7i.jpg

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      February 27, 2009 11:27 AM

      i've been playing through doom 3 lately -- making critical decisions about whether to shoot or to see. but still that game makes me really jumpy.

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        February 27, 2009 1:10 PM

        I thought there was a mod for that?

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          February 27, 2009 1:54 PM

          yeah probably but i'm no cheater.

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      February 27, 2009 11:37 AM

      Chu Chu Rocket with the wife and daughter.

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      February 27, 2009 11:39 AM

      The lack of SFIV in this thread is disturbing.

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        February 27, 2009 12:24 PM

        Pretty sure everyone who qq'd over Seth stopped playing it by now. :[

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          February 27, 2009 12:30 PM

          I never got that... He was far from easy, but there were much harder matches. Ryu vs. Zangief, for instance. I've never been so fucking infuriated in my entire life over a game.

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            February 27, 2009 2:03 PM

            CPUs just a fgt because it insta-360-circles like what, otherwise it's cake on medium or below. :[

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      February 27, 2009 11:43 AM

      Battlefield Heroes. It's addictive.

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        February 27, 2009 2:27 PM

        Really? This is exactly what I wanted to hear.

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          February 27, 2009 2:57 PM

          Yep. Not sure how long I'll stay addicted, but it's a great, light workday de-compression game with quite a few clever hooks.

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      February 27, 2009 11:47 AM

      Eat Lead: The Return Of Matt Hazard. I'm pretty sure that I am the only person who bought this.

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      February 27, 2009 11:47 AM

      Killzone 2, Fallout 3, Puzzle Quest Galactrix and Left 4 Dead. Maybe some DOD:S too.

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      February 27, 2009 11:50 AM

      I'm thinking of starting with the original Legend of Zelda, and playing all the major console games in order. I can probably get through Link to the Past if I push it this weekend.

      Zelda 1 (never really played it that much)
      Zelda 2; Adventures of Link (got to final castle, never beat it)
      A Link To The Past
      Ocarina of Time
      Majora's Mask
      Windwaker
      Twilight Princess

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      February 27, 2009 11:51 AM

      LOTRO

      My wife's going to a party to might start up an alt or something.

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        February 27, 2009 11:53 AM

        Its like I don't even need an excuse to start up an alt!

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          February 27, 2009 11:54 AM

          If I had that kind of time to level up all those guys I totally would. Which is scary.

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        February 27, 2009 11:53 AM

        *so I might

        I need to leave work :(

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      February 27, 2009 12:06 PM

      AFRO SAMURAI

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      February 27, 2009 12:08 PM

      I might buy DoW II.

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      February 27, 2009 12:10 PM

      Halo 3 / ghwt / whatever

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      February 27, 2009 12:17 PM

      I'm starting to get really into Braid, so probably that.

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      February 27, 2009 12:19 PM

      Duke3D.exe, hardcore mode.

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      February 27, 2009 12:31 PM

      Mass Effect, L4D

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      February 27, 2009 12:49 PM

      L4D, DoWII, DoD:S, NBA2K9, RA3, CoDWaW, Fifa09

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      February 27, 2009 1:14 PM

      LOTRO as much as I can, getting my mount today and would like to work through some more epic quests.

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      February 27, 2009 2:07 PM

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      February 27, 2009 2:10 PM

      Since I bought another Dreamcast, probably Jet Grind Radio and Shenmue

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      February 27, 2009 2:51 PM

      Fallout 3

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      February 27, 2009 2:52 PM

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        February 27, 2009 2:54 PM

        is that the game where the lvl 7 boss is impossible to beat?

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      February 27, 2009 2:57 PM

      Hopefully Dawn of War 2 and Lego Star Wars on the 360 (hey, it's fun!).

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      February 27, 2009 3:04 PM

      Fable 2 and MGS: Portable Ops (hope it doesn't suck!)

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      February 27, 2009 3:04 PM

      50 Cent: Blood On The Sand, DOW2, L4D, Street Fighter 4

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      February 27, 2009 3:09 PM

      sins of solar empire

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      February 27, 2009 3:18 PM

      clam digger!

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      February 27, 2009 3:20 PM

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      February 27, 2009 3:23 PM

      WARHAMS!

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