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  Adenine, Guanine, Thymine, Cytosine : Omaha
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    Yeah, I thought it was cool. : thief
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      Wait now it sounds like you already knew the answer. I'll elaborate in case anyone didn't know. Adenine, ... : OverloadUT
      • Yeah, I thought it was cool, had quite a bit of work experience... : Luminair
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        Certainly better than the alternative, CATAGAT. : kungfusquirrel
        • or my least favorite, GAGAGAGAGAGA : Luminair
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        Fuckers always skipping Uracil. : ArcKnight
        • Haha I don't actually know anything about DNA. I just remember learning about AGTC in high school biology... : OverloadUT
        • Uracil's not in DNA, it's only in RNA. : Merlin13x
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        Cool, didn't know that. Was that explained in the movie? : code-e255
        • No, it was left unexplained, like a Gordian Knot to weed out the dumb people I keed I keed : action wombmate
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        what if they'd used uracil instead of thymine? Gauuaca! : hirez
        • Then it'd be RNA, duh. Sheesh. :) : nevicata
        • Guaca-moleed? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyy-rijXDHw : beastrabban
      • ATG, ftw. : nevicata
• Ice Pirates. : Vangoghs Ear
• 1984 or Brazil or Equilibrium : dognose
• Existenz was pretty cool and off-beat. good cronenberg flick http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120907/ : busdriver3030
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  Blade Runner, A Clockwork Orange : Dschinghis Khan
  • also i second dognose's suggestion of 1984 : Dschinghis Khan
  • Not enough people saying Blade Runner. : ArcKnight
• The Fountain : nomaad
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  The Fountain, Solaris, Sunshine and Serenity are probably my favorite sci-fi movies that have come out la... : Sumantro
  • I'll throw in another vote for Solaris. : action wombmate
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  Star Trek Generations : MaverickOrig
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    Star Trek 6 is better. : orgcaptainnemo
    • I agree, that's probably my second favorite one that had the original cast. : o0JediBeavis0o
• Apollo 13 (not sci-fi, but certainly space themed) : MaverickOrig
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the Eighth Dimension : Katarn3279
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  Ice Pirates : kikilupo
  • I third Ice Pirates. It's cheesy fun. : elwood00
• Immortal : skitzo
• Thank you all for the suggestions! : thief
• 12 monkeys : goatboy
• Timecrimes! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480669/ : Ellissd
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  Enemy Mine : Mindfried
  • MICKEY MOUSE IS ONE BIG STUPID DOPE. : skinlab133
  • yes this movie rules : DapperDan
  • Good effects, ILM did that! : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  2001: A Space Odyssey. Not many people I know have sat through it, despite that it's one of the finiest f... : WaterSign
  • Arthur C Clarke was a fucking uber alien. : massdev
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    It's a fantastic STORY, but I've always felt the MOVIE is overrated. And I've sat through it 4 times. : thetangent
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      I hate to say it but needs a redo; but don't fuck with the ape start, one of the greatest pieces of movin... : massdev
      • im just gonna lol at this. : minigomp
    • the movie is from 1968. imagine how it was watching that movie back then. and NO its not overrated. it is... : minigomp
    • Disagree. I actually think the stuff behind the story is somewhat more interesting than the plot itself. ... : WaterSign
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  The Last Starfighter. : Fyunch Click
  • my choice : kbnerd
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  You should watch A Boy And His Dog. : NastyJack
  • Or Stalker. One of the best movies I've ever seen. : NastyJack
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    Come on, Nasty. Don't do that to him. That movie was horrible. : Attica Blue
    • I thought it was funny and unique. Not a masterpiece by any means but I enjoyed it. : NastyJack
• Dark City. Most people never heard of it. : exigence7
• Flash Gordon. . .or if you're feeling sexy, Flesh Gordon. : ADSliv
• Sunshine, if you haven't seen it. : waxthirteen
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow : Omaha
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  Krull (it has lasers) : grandmasterlee
  • John Goldsmith score! Liam Neeson! : Xin Jing Client 1a
• Dark City : mtgDoofy
• solaris or existenz : JohnnyDanger
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  EVENT HORIZON !! : Jinxplayer
  • Movie was awesome until it went all Sunshine near the end : uglysad
• Forbidden Planet, or Outlander Something old, something new. : Stoned Gargoyle
• I thought Mission to Mars was good, better than that Val Kilmer one that came out at the same time. : Sailor of Fortune
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  GATC are the 4 base pairs in the DNA strand. I guess Gattaca was a decent sounding word made up for thos... : bipolar
  • Ah, already answered. : bipolar
• Event Horizon : ju$tmon3y
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  star babies. : hirez
  • excuse me. SOLAR babies. : hirez
• Logan's Run! : SolveChrist
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  The Quiet Earth : mista mista
  • I was going to suggest that one. Neat movie. : NastyJack
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  Subthread Hijack: What was the name of that edgy, violent maybe home invastion movie that the shack wa... : Jenings
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    Funny Games? : Omaha
    • Yes, thank you very much added to the netflix que! : Jenings
• STALKER : yAak
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  Ahem...... Truck Drivers from Space!!!!!!!! : devi| dog
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    Er, I meant Space Truckers, not sure how I got Truck Drivers from Space... :/ : devi| dog
    • mixed it up with Killer Klowns from Outer Space? : Fyunch Click
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      Dennis Hopper =( : hirez
      • I've actually never seen this movie, but I did see about 5 minutes of it when it was on television. It l... : devi| dog
    • Is that the one with the square pigs? If so it was pretty awesome. : Perturbation
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  there's alot of shack hate on Babylon AD, but i found it pretty good for a sci-fi movie. : whereiwannab
  • It had potential, but was butchered in editing for no apparent reason. I thought the "director's cut" dvd... : waxthirteen
• Dark City. : icking fudiot
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  dark city, 12 monkeys, brazil are all good suggestions : dromo5
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    I like your first two quite a bit, I've never heard of brazil though. : devi| dog
    • It's a country in South America. : ArcKnight
    • you should watch it, no to everyone's taste but its my favorite film. : disembodied potato
    • One of the best movies ever, seriously. : WaterSign
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      really? you should have watched this in college. : hirez
      • I even had a brazilian cinema class!!!!!! What kind of crap are they teaching me. : devi| dog
• Freejack : HojuSimpson
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  I just saw Dark City and I fell asleep it was so bad. OOHH I CAN SHOOT MIND BEAMS FROM MY FOREHEAD YAY : datoo
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    you're a failure : EvilDolemite
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      I would say City of Lost Children is a much better movie than Dark City, although its more fantasy-ish : grandmasterlee
      • Oh yeah City of Lost Children is great! Dark City felt like a poorly executed Sci-Fi channel film. : datoo
      • City of Lost Children has a great artistic vision. : ieGod
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    Yeah I thought Dark City was super lame. : Dave-A
    • i thought it was great until the super lame beam fight :/ : MrBig0
• Primer confused me so much. : coolbreezr
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  Nothing wrong with Primer. Go with that. : indosauros
  • Why didn't they try to go back and save the father? : Xin Jing Client 1a
• Dark City (Director's Cut) : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Pick a director and go with that. Here's one: Peter Hyams 1. Timecop 2. Sound of Thunder 3. Outl... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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    Peter Hyams? Not exactly a great director. : action wombmate
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      must not be if timecop was at the top of the list. : Turd Ferguson
      • What's bad about Timecop? Ron Silver was awsome. The time travel mechanics suffered from the same probl... : Xin Jing Client 1a
    • He's no Spielberg or Scott, both of which can generate a rich visual and intellectual experience. Hyam... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  Minority Report : Frank_Mackey
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    A Scanner Darkly : Frank_Mackey
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      Total Recall : Frank_Mackey
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        Starship Troopers : Dschinghis Khan
        • Robocop : Dschinghis Khan
      • Screamers, Next these suck : dirge23
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        Blade Runner : Xin Jing Client 1a
        • Natural City http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378428/ : SilverSnake
• The correct answer was Howard the Duck. Look how wrong you all were. : skinlab133
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  Space Mutiny : biskits
  • Big McLargehuge! : SockMonkeh
  • Roll Fizzlebeef! : Rotten Deadite
  • Punt Speedchunk : Dschinghis Khan
• Big Trouble in Little China : egg5hen
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  Contact : sikander
  • ^^^ : MaverickOrig
• The China Syndrome : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  Silent Running? : alnya
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    Cool Runnings! : soggybagel
    • The Running Man! : alnya
• Actually, I'm wrong. It's Horror movie night. Does anyone know any movies? I tease--thanks everyone : thief
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  Threads - Threads is a 1984 BBC television play depicting the effects of a nuclear war on the United King... : Haku-Jin
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    If we're doing that, then Fail_Safe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail_Safe_(2000_TV) : Xin Jing Client 1a
    • If you're doing that, then http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove : DOOManiac
  • When the Wind Blows http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090315/ : dognose
• The Abyss , make sure to get the directors cut : retardhumper
• Alien(s), Children of Men, Serenity, Tron, Sunshine, AI : kainen1
• Donnie Darko Just so I can hear people cry about it here : Godhatesfatpeople
• Howard the Duck. It just came out on DVD too! http://www.amazon.com/Howard-Duck-Lea-Thompson/dp/B001MW... : Prozium

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  Looks good for me. I want to play SF4 and games! : askedrelic
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    we'll be boom bloxing it at ThomW's until the early morn' : PapaBoo
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      Have we decided about Friday night yet? When are you coming into Thoms house? : askedrelic
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        my flight comes in about 9:40. I just have to de-plane, get a rental and drive over, so I should be ther... : PapaBoo
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          Can we get a running total on PapaBoo's total money spent on flights and rental cars + gas solely for Sha... : Patch-e
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            sure as hell beats staying home. : PapaBoo
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              You are dedicated : Patch-e
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                unlike SOME people : Korban
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                  I have my wife's parents coming into town that weekend and I'm going to the casino/racing track with her ... : Patch-e
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                    bring your wife and her parents : PapaBoo
                    • They live in NJ. West Chester is exactly halfway from our house to her parents house. We could meet them : Patch-e
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            That would be awesome. :) : ThomW
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              someone still owes me money for the hotel room in Dallas!! hmmmm : PapaBoo
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                money = JO?? : Patch-e
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                  Why? Do you want to come over and help "pay him back?" Who were you paying back when you fucked up ... : ThomW
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                    Yes! ..and I was frolicking playing football with ten other sweaty dudes some friends in a discrete loca : Patch-e
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                      From what I hear, Memorial Park is full of sweaty dudes doing things to each other in discrete (and uncom... : ThomW
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                        I didn't know Korban hosted his Shackmeets at Memorial Park : Patch-e
                        • i don't. i only go there on sundays : Korban
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  I'm fapping at my desk in anticipation : PapaBoo
  • I'm under your desk in anticipation : zerog83
• I'm pretty sure I'm going! :D : Shadowdane
• i'm in! : dirge23
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  woot! good to see you guys are all in. askedrelic, we'll have to bug the Albino Penis to bring SF4, c... : Korban
  • yessssss : askedrelic
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  I'm still on the fence. I might be doing an Oracle upgrade that weekend but I'm not sure yet. :o : ateam311
  • i don't wanna hear excuses, just solutions : Korban
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  anyone want to taxi me to/from a septa station? : feek
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    what time are you getting there? ThomW, relic, and I are driving in from the west : PapaBoo
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      i dunno, i can come whenever. i imagine the line(s?) is probably not far out of the way coming from the w... : feek
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        Which station are you coming in at? Paoli? : zerog83
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          im not too familiar with the area, but that's one i had in mind. whatever would be easiest for my frens : feek
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            i think that's the closest one. exton is just about the exact same distance, so i guess it really doesn'... : Korban
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              word. can i walk if it comes down to it? i feel like you SMed me about this a while back, but i foget : feek
              • haha, i probably did. it's about 5 or 10 miles. if it comes down to it, i'll just shoot over myself and... : Korban
              • you can, but I don't think you'd want to : zerog83
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  I may be there : devnullgt
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    may? : Korban
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      ok, I'll probably be there. Lik e99% : devnullgt
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        why is there even 1% of doubt? : Korban
        • random emergencies that may pop up...the unlikely event, you know how it is : devnullgt
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  One day we will meet my doppleganger. And when we do we will duel to the death! with dildos : Koral06
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    this could get me to a shackmeet : flagg209
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      It seems nothing else will. : ThomW
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        But El Tigre has already been at a shackmeet, what are you talking about : devnullgt
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          I'm thinking of not announcing that I'm coming, showing up and quietly sitting in the back of the room a'... : flagg209
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            that wouldn't happen. i'm giving everyone that arrives a great big hug and loud announcement : Korban
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              Yeah, I really wasn't going to try and pull that off, I mean, that'd be weird even for me. Since only on : flagg209
              • I'm totally not surprised : ThomW
          • wait...eclipse on rock band...that's a great idea! : devnullgt
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    this sounds hot. when are you coming to the east coast? : Korban
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      Whenever you invite me I'll be there baby. : Koral06
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        how about next saturday? the 21st :) : Korban
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          Oh anytime I'm not in school, like during the summer. That' s what I meant. In fact I will visit you this... : Koral06
          • giggidy! you let me know when you're out of school and i'll clear a weekend just for you and clean off t... : Korban
• there better be a webcam. st. patty's day violators must be punished. : Downforce
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  Not sure if I can get off work, but if I do go is there free floor space for Friday and/or Saturday night... : nyranger66
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    yes there is. and there's bed space too ;) : Korban
    • no really, i have a futon for guests. and a couch : Korban
    • HAWT : nyranger66
• I may or may not go depending on some ski trip that is supposed to happen that weekend, but the weather i... : Yanks
• evening bump! : Korban
• Shackparties need more LAN. : Jobos

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  Radeon HD 4870 X2 PCI Exress 2.0 2Gb DDR5 Kingston 2GB (2x1GB) 1066MHz DDR3-SDRAM Trust PW-5500 57... : Vincenoir
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    Why do you need an X2 to play at 1280x1024 *blink* : kpxkrnjc
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      just to future proof so i dont have to keep up-grading. : Vincenoir
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        May want to futureproof with more than 2GB of RAM. : mwasher
        • My thoughts exactly.. what a weird way to bottleneck your system, but starving it.... and making large s... : ShadowRam
      • You're just paying money for something you won't use, and when you're ready to use it, better will be ava... : FiReaNG3L
      • I would no go for x2 if you are not going to be over 1900x res because the card wont even get crunched. ... : Iwannaacura
      • don't get the x2, price drops are just over the horizon. wait a week. : stgdz
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        Oke down to one 4870 and up a another g of ramm anything else chaps? : Vincenoir
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          I would rock 6gb of ram, why bother with 3 : ant_hillbilly
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            ^^ get at least 4. : orgcaptainnemo
            • I say 6 so he can go triple channel. : ant_hillbilly
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          ati drivers suck for 2d performance, especially in vista or windows7 : kn1fe
          • Say what? My 4870 and then 4870X2 have been stellar, as was my X1900XT. OP, you don't want an X2 they'... : h0cake
      • i think the real solution is to get a bigger monitor :) andmore ram, you should be at like 8gb in that... : brainchild420
  • Spend less on the graphics card, get more ram, swap the HDD for a Samsung. I'm not to up on i7 stuff but ... : marmite
  • Get a larger screen. :| You want 24" or higher. : CrustaR
  • I would get Home Premium instead of Home Basic and look at the upgraded Nine Hundred cases. : redfive
  • Vista Home Basic? Really? Get Premium. : suqur
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  Second attempt :- GIGABYTE S775 INTEL-P45 4XDDRIII-2200 1600FSB Trust PW-5500 570W Pro Dual Fan ... : Vincenoir
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    ddr3 is useless seasonic and fsp make the best power supplies antec cases come with fine power supp... : Luminair
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      I know nothing but why would i not want DDR3? : Vincenoir
      • See feek's post below. I don't recall any reviews saying DDR3 has any significant performance increase ov... : Alco23
      • DDR3 is only used for i7 chips. You could use it for the other ones but the price/performance is not the... : redfive
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        He doesn't know wtf he's talking about. Core i7 and the mobo's that have the correct socket will use D... : korruptedone
        • Foot.....meet mouth. I thought you still had the i7 chip listed. DDR3 isn't needed for a Core 2 syste... : korruptedone
    • Corsair also makes awesome PSUs. : ErikTehRed
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    you mentioned future-proofing earlier? get a bigger power supply, like 700w+ in case you add another vid... : brainchild420
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      noted. : Vincenoir
      • I don't want you to get hurt here so someone should point out that "future-proofing" computer parts doesn... : Luminair
    • newegg has a deal for a corsair 850w for 100 bucks : feek
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      Corsair TX850W PSU. Note this isn't modular. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681713... : Sailor of Fortune
      • Don't think newegg ships to UK guys. He did use £ in his quote ;). : Alco23
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    Go quad core. : CrustaR
    • Yeah, I wouldn't buy a dual core anymore. More and more apps are significantly benefiting from quads. : code-e255
  • if you're going to get DDR3 you should go i7. kind of pointless without it : feek
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    I would replace the PSU with something more known and reliable. The PSU is not something you want to go c... : Alco23
    • Agree here. PSU is something you never want to skimp on. You'll regret it. : korruptedone
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  Third time lucky thanks for all your help guys Intel Core i7 (940) 2.93GHz MSI X58 MOTHERBOARD... : Vincenoir
  • Dont bother with the i7 940, go with the i7 920. If you ever need more speed in the future just overcloc... : ant_hillbilly
  • Much better, but not really good bang for the buck imo. : mwasher
  • Go the 920 and grab the WD 640GB drive. : redfive
  • Do you already have a case and cooling sorted? If you like a quiet system I suggest an Antec P180/182 cas... : Alco23
  • Ahhh, MUCH better! Don't forget to get yourself a decent screen that is 24" or higher. :| : CrustaR
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    Ok suggestions taken into account and its down to £1100 tyvm guys :) : Vincenoir
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      PULL IT PULL IT NOW : yacoub35
      • If you pull you're going to miss. Squeeze. : ArcKnight
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      So whats the final build? : ant_hillbilly
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        FINAL BUILD Nine Hundred/Ultimate Gamer Case HD Caviar SE/500GB SATA II 7200rpm 16MB Kingston 6... : Vincenoir
        • not to startle you, but you've attached a bathtub to a space ship with that hard drive of yours : Luminair
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          I guess they didn't have the 640gb Wester Digital's? They reason is they use 2 320gb platters making the... : ant_hillbilly
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            ahh nah they didnt so would you reccomend goin for a different one? : Vincenoir
            • Do they have the 16mb cache version? The black drive is 32mb but the 16mb version is pretty much just as... : ant_hillbilly
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    £1300 for that stuff? Holy jesus : Judecca
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      Windows/Case/20" monitor but yea its alot more expensive in the UK :( : Vincenoir
      • Also, make sure you get a widescreen monitor. : code-e255
      • 20" is too small. You're not gonna utilize that hardware w/that low of a resolution it puts out. : CrustaR
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    I know it's meaningless on the shack to steer you away from an enormous fucking power supply. But a 750 ... : spazzium
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      I'd rather take an overkill reliable PSU than an unknown PSU of reasonable Wattage... And really it depen... : Alco23
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        no reason except for the 10,000 dollars he'd make if he didn't waste the $15 and instead invested it in t... : Luminair
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          Lol... what if! In addition to my point above, it's better to run a PSU in its most efficient range ra... : Alco23
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            yeah but I think power supplies are most efficient around 50-75% load, and his computer will use like 250... : Luminair
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              http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-4870-x2-review-crossfire/6 334 watts for a full system there. I'... : Modulus
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                he isnt getting that video card : Luminair
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                  did you open the link? They have a table with a few video cards in it. : Modulus
                  • okay yeah that video card is a real peeg : Luminair
        • Fuck it, I'm going hungry for the rest of the week! : delataur
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        its not the wattage but the rail voltage I believe that matters, check the difference in rail voltages th... : stgdz
        • Yes true. My point was take a brand/model that is proven reliable. The amps per rail usually scale with w... : Alco23
• do you deliver pizza? : trOmblyj

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• you might be able to con some 80s into running you through the old world raids for the achievement. BC in... : maulla
• XP from questing was increased from all levels 1-68 (68 being the minimum level for Northrend), it goes q... : Patch-e
• 1-70 is much much much much faster now. People still run old world instances but it's more for achiev... : pancake humper
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  Take your time, your in the best part of the game right now!!! : mace
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    BS, endgame is still the most fun. Just because you got put off by a run in with a few dicks doesnt mean ... : maulla
    • agreed : electroly
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      i was in a top tier raiding guild pre-BC, quit after we cleared AQ... not sure i want to do that again. I... : Demius
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        the old naxx is gone, the only naxx you can run now is the level 80 one : electroly
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          :( : Demius
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            It's OK it's basically the same just re-tooled for 80. : ZombieAcademy
            • and MUCH easier. : kelzmelzer
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        the nice thing about new raiding is that its much easier and more casual friendly. You can put together a... : maulla
        • This is what has me tempted. But god, the dicks really do ruin wow. And the grind. :( I made it to Illida... : node
    • No way, endgame is boring mindless gear treadmilling : nukewinter
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    Leveling is such a drag, except in Northrend. At 80 a whole new world opens up for ya. : Magus
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      You mean you can stop worrying about grinding xp and grind gear. :P I'll take my mage up to 80 first. : devi| dog
      • Doing heroics isn't grinding (imo) because I actually enjoy doing heroics : Magus
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  we still run MC semi-regularly for fun. Onyxia takes about five minutes to kill and that includes travel... : electroly
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    oh, thinking of xfering my priest to Mal-Ganis for the periods i get bored of lvl'ing the warlock. He's 6... : Demius
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      something like that. you're horde right? : electroly
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        my priest is yeah. My mage was alliance (he's the one that cleared through AQ) but he's parked on ... um.... : Demius
        • Be prepared for a whole different kind of game now. : pancake humper
        • well bring your priest over to mal'ganis. i can solo any non-heroic dungeon from the old world or BC if ... : electroly
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    Tanking AQ40 the other day was fun When I realized I had over 4x the HP that a level 60 tank did with fa : action roommate
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      i remember falling asleep while running it... but as a frost mage I would only spam frostbolt and maybe r... : Demius
      • now you can spam frostfire bolt and fall asleep : Patch-e
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      I guess C'Thun can still one shot an 80 though yes? Such a badass he was. : atom519
      • EYE FUCKING LASER, EYE FUCKING LASER : kpxkrnjc
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        The eye beam did 50000 damage iirc. So, yes. : Syrek
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          heh, a tank in the best gear, popping last stand could probably live through that now : AllYourBase
          • Before the HP nerf druids could get over that. : InfoBiter
      • The best is not telling everyone about first running in. 10 people all run in next to one another chain t... : Chod
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        I did C'Thun a few days ago and didn't even see an eye beam. The one million HP went down too fast I thin... : reign27
        • going back and doing old bosses who have like no armor is so fun as melee : AllYourBase
        • it's bugged, the damage you take when you get eaten scales with your spell power. with level 80 gear tha... : electroly
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        Cthun fights were sucha pain. It took you over 5+ mins to get there, then to gear up/buffs/pots, just to... : Iwannaacura
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          I timed the Cthun corpse run once. It was about 9.5 minutes. Mind you, that's 9.5 minutes on a mount. : action roommate
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            Yeah it was something stupidly long like that, assuming some asshat doesn't get lost and wind up in Ouro'... : daneloire
            • haha, good ol' Ouro : action roommate
  • That sounds like the awesomest guild ever :( : Squirrely
• I'm trying to level Jewelcrafting. I am constantly broke... hopped on last night at 1am EST in Silithus a : Magus
• I just got back on WoW about 2 weeks ago. Recruited two friends and we all get 3x XP when grouped. I'm ... : botch
• Fucking goddamnit. I've been clean from WoW for 3 months, even longer if you only count serious play and ... : ArcKnight

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• These guys are only a step away from photorealism : WhatIsThisFor
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  I beat the waterfalls in halo 3 and I could beat this one too : Omaha
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    how many waterfalls could you take down? : Modulus
    • I don't know I was a bit tipsy that night at gmd's apartment, but witnesses described the carnage as "awe... : Omaha
• That's absolutely ridiculous : MagicWishMonkey
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  ok usually the photos linked here are more or less what i saw when playing, but i did NOT see anything th... : smacknca
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    Custom textures and stuff, new lighting settings, etc etc. : Ratalon
    • I don't see any custom textures. The scene is just very well set up/thought out. Depth of Field does a LO... : SlamDunk
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    It's not crysis. : uncleanmonkey
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      same engine though right? i get that its custom designed scenes, just first time im impressed with one o... : smacknca
      • I think it's probably an evolved version of it since they've been starting to push it more than more for ... : uncleanmonkey
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    This is Cryengine 2 : OverloadUT
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      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryENGINE2 : smacknca
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        Oh heh, that little diagram is useful. So, Crysis / Crysis Warhead. : five_percent
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          i question the part about Far Cry 2 actually branching from the original far cry engine. that felt way m... : smacknca
          • oh duh, 'uses 1-5% of original code' sort of missed that part heh :) : smacknca
    • So this will be for... Crysis 2 or something? : five_percent
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      wasn't Crysis the Cryengine 2? I thought Far Cry was the Cryengine 1 : Korban
      • You r correct. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crysis : loke662
    • Oh I was wrong. Crysis used CryENGINE 2 : OverloadUT
• Damn, I turned my sound up to hear the water and shit my pants when he started firing. : ShekkyBoy
• wowsa : niceguynick
• That is unbeleivable! : menar003
• Looks cool. The water at the bottom looks all weird with stretched foam textures. And the waterfall itsel... : uncleanmonkey
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  why is it all blurry? : skryte
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    Depth of field adds realism or polishes turds. : kingdepork
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      the camera man should learn to use f-stop to better encompass the scene : skryte
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        indeed, its way overstated but once they use it in a more subtle manner it will look a lot better. : Turd Ferguson
        • * C O L O R E D L I G H T I N G ' D * : DOOManiac
  • until we get better computers: photorealism = drunk : filthysock
• excessive dof : gmd
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  Very pretty, but the excessive depth of field completely ruins the sense of scale. : SiW.
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    Haha, true. It's probably 2 inches tall. : Damodred
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      oh actually that made me think how cool it would be to try and fake some tilt shift look with this engine... : smacknca
      • hah, real time tilt shift would be weird. : Turd Ferguson
• damn : jonin
• water is all falling at the same speed and is far too slow. The flowing bits are OK but the falling looks... : dooberzoo
• I think the water is flowing too slowly : zerog83
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  I love Vimeo fullscreen, their default window needs to be bigger though, not sure why it is given the qua... : node
  • Yeah, it really makes the ShackVideo one seem shitty. HEAR THAT GAMEFLY? HINT HINT : DOOManiac
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  Impressive. Too bad I need a computer from the future to run it : two50six
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    good thing for you it will be the future. soon! : reverend~heresy
    • i keep waiting, but it is never the future now, but at least it is not the past any more. : stgulik
• thats pretty impressive : gyokuro
• the shooting scareded me :( : GloriousCow
• where do you click to make it HD ? : dignan
• Cry Engine is pure sex. I really hope next gen consoles will be able to handle it at 1080p 60hz without a... : razlebol
• I keep getting cryengine 2 mixed up with crysis2... ugh : chilln
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  Its ok, but lots of things about it look just wrong. : skunk_ape
  • Agreed-- you can see textures moving just like Quake! No but seriously, they're like 99% of the way ther... : sasoi
  • i agree, i hate video games that look pretty : reverend~heresy
  • lol : punchdog
  • I agree. There is far too much waterfall in that game. Its like there was far too many boxes in FEAR ... : conandan
• cool, but needs some fluid simulation - a simple SPH based approach would be ok for a real-time 3D waterf... : Mr.Fusion
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  GREAT...I will need FOUR video cards just to get this thing to run! : VictoriouSecret
  • OK, impressive, but you need to use only one :) : SlamDunk

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  How reliable of a source are you? : quadeh
  • I wouldn't lie about that. : hashd
• I'd believe you. : DM7
• seems reasonable : mindshot
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  what's D3 : trevis
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    Doom 3 : Mr.Finkster
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      that was my first thought. then i realzied that i must be living in a timewarp then i got scared.... : trevis
      • Just be glad it wasn't Duke3D. : Mr.Finkster
      • I'd be okay with a do-over. : DOOManiac
  • a sequel to this dreamcast game. http://www.mobygames.com/game/d-2 : Prozium
• Yeah. : spazzium
• No. I'd believe 2012, though :( : PenicillinX57
• Entirely believable. : punchdog
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  I'd believe. I'd also hate you. I would believe you and cry myself to sleep. : dafugg
  • Get to crying then..... : hashd
• Sounds about right. : DOOManiac
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  So, does the new ActiBlizzard just announce new games and never release them? I don't see how this makes... : capt tripps
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    WOW is what makes them money so they can just take as long as they want with everything else. : hashd
    • And they can take as long as they want as long as Diablo 3 is a kick ass game! Who am I kidding, I w... : DM7
  • yeah, because when it was just blizzard they were pretty quick to go from announcement-> release. : Prozium
  • ActiBlizzard has fucking warehouses full of money that they don't even know what to do with. : fishbone
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  Wait until they announce the game will be split into three parts! : silent prophet
  • I'd love to see that honestly. I'm a big fan of that choice for Starcraft, too. : royalally
• On my way to your house now : ateam311
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  only if your source was a blizzard employee : aeg1x
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    And even then, unless it was the person in charge of the project or the president of Blizzard, I wouldn't... : mrwolf710
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      It wasn't just 1 it was 8 of them together and I am not talking release date they just laughed at that I ... : hashd
      • interesting. also, expect blizzard secret service at your door soon. : fathertime
      • No, still don't believe. The guys that kept Starcraft secret wouldn't let info like that out. : mrwolf710
• Did we ever get details on the new BNet? : capt tripps
• Would you believe me if I said I'm not shocked by that at all? : dmason
• considering most projects get delayed I wonder if it will actually be more like 2012. : fathertime
• There's usually a timeline, irregardless of how accurate it may be, thats projected out quite a ways on t... : rmjackson
• shit i predicted this game would by out by 2010 :( I lose the contest. : med1c
• Well, at least this will put my computer upgrade on the back burner for a long while. : goatjc
• I doubt Blizzard even knows. : Scoots06

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• ooo scary! :D : DM7
• ug : chazums
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  ....small daddy? : Maarten Goldstein
  • Big Sister, it looks like : kungfusquirrel
• Hmmmmmmmmm. Initially worrying their big reveal is something that... obvious and disappointingly cliche. : node
• I loved Dog from Half-Life 2 : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Bioshock wasnt actually a good game : Moonraker7
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    Except you're wrong : OverloadUT
    • I know : Moonraker7
  • It was. Just not quite System Shock 2, despite the fantastic premise. : node
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    i kinda lost interest in it quite quickly. It was beautiful the setting, the voice acting the level desig... : disembodied potato
    • I know I think I had this same thing going on :( : timaste
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  Gee, i was somewhat excited. Now i'm rather unsure what to think about a Bioshock 2 + sequels. : Snuffles-
  • Could mean you play as a girl instead of a guy this time around! : chungathebunga
• Daddy got a sex change! : Masem
• hmmmm. welcome to the circus of valueeeeeeeeee /gun to head : Downforce
• It's just so corny..... I can't take it seriously. : Lionhart32935
• more viral movies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBOpmDFACXQ : Modulus
• that is an incredible inspired : Luminair
• This is kind of boring. I'm curious to see how they'll make it anything other than a rehashed sequel. : brickmatt
• what's next? Big Granny? : pukerat
• let me guess. she's quick and agile unlike the ponderous big daddy blah blah blah. : DapperDan
• girls, a gamer's only weakness : gmd
• This makes me want to start up bioshock again, but I don't like that picture :( : spazzium
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  what kind of sounds does a big sister make? : GloriousCow
  • "No, don't, stop that, incest is illegal" : SiW.
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    play the first few secons of More Human Than Human by White Zombie. : DrillBit
    • hhaHAHAHAHAHAH AHAH : CoRDS
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      pics of your sister! : Turd Ferguson
      • You really don't want to see that. Trust me. : DrillBit
• uck whhhhhhhy. why ruin great art design with 'newer, sleeker, better' : smacknca
• looks pretty cool. man I need to finish Bioshock. : Perturbation
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  Thread detour: I wonder where this next bioshock is set. In the collector's dvd they talked about the cit... : Klebold
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    I think space or even the moon would be a cool setting. Some crazy art deco space station falling apart a... : Perturbation
    • Yeah they called that Systemshock and Systemshock 2. : DrillBit
  • It says "return to Rapture" on the cover of the magazine. : Bob_Loblaw
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    it says at the bottom return to rapture, that makes me assume the same setting? : disembodied potato
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      I hope they make the ocean more of a threat :/ : Snuffles-
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        it should have claws and teeth filled with DiHydrogen Monoxide. : hirez
        • get it done, hirez : Snuffles-
        • Ah Di-Hydrogen Monoxide. The ultimate solvent. Dun dun dunnnnnnn. : DrillBit
    • oh, thats disappointing :( : Klebold
    • Oh, so it's like Jurassic Park 3 then... Well damn. : walker270
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  so a big daddy got neutered and turned into it's ninja variant? WTF?! : dedgecko
  • Get ready for Token Ninja Daddy, Token Tank Daddy, Token Mage Daddy, Token Techno Daddy, Token Woman Dadd... : zehh
• he's not big anymore : askedrelic
• skinny daddy : randomposter
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  They'd be squandering an opportunity to flesh Rapture out even further. There's so much potential, so muc... : Home Nugget
  • ...meant as a reply to Klebold's post : Home Nugget
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  Lazy character design - awesome! : quadeh
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    BIGGER, BADDER, and MORE BADASS! : quadeh
    • know what this art deco setting needs... ARMGUNS! : 60days
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  The weird thing is that the Big Sisters have been leaving toes in their footprint. So I think they might ... : Modica Sol Solis
  • Actually it's more like the stages of a moth or butterfly. Once they get a ring on their finger they turn... : Modulus
  • Now this could be a cool idea. I doubt the actual plot will be anywhere near as neat :(. : quadeh
  • Theme prediction: Bioshock 2 is about following in footsteps. The leaders of Rapture snuffed it but there... : A Sponge
• He has been working out! awesome. : bakanoodle
• That was a lame name to begin with and the (nick?)names are even lamer. Lameity lame lame. : d fluke
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  It better have coop, and coop with the same amount of resources for one player between two. : Sailor of Fortune
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    Why do all games have to have coop? : dognose
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      Obviously you never played coop in Doom2 with insanely difficult, epic user-made levels. Fond memories... : Jumperus
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        I played Quake 2 coop and it was lots of fun but some games can be great SP, I see lots of screaming if *... : dognose
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          Can the coop second player character in DNF be you, dognose? : Snuffles-
          • Oh I hope not, I don't have time to play with myself :( : dognose
          • The second character's only controls are to play taunts like in Dukematch. You get to yell "He's gonna 0w... : A Sponge
        • System Shock 2 had co-op that was really fun, so I could see this working with Bioshock. : quadeh
    • I agree. I prefer a solid SP player than coop. In coop, I always feel that I'm going too fast for my part... : razlebol
    • Because it becomes a whole new game! System Shock 2 Coop was fun and being scared shitless with anothe... : Sailor of Fortune
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      Because all games that have ever supported coop are more fun coop than they are alone. Every one. : OverloadUT
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        Maybe that's because the single player suffered due to the inclusion of co-op? Did you think of that Mr.... : Frank_Mackey
        • No because even games that shipped with no coop and it was added in later either unofficially or official... : OverloadUT
• So it's Big Sister now? They need to put it in a bikini for maximum effect (and sales) : phate81
• so they fused 2 of the 3 bad guys in the entire game into one ? hopefully they've spent the last year or : qwpeoriu
• Yeah. That totally make sense... : razlebol
• When a man's an empty kettle he should be on his mettle, And yet I'm torn apart. Just because I'm presu... : Dave-A

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• Put my hand on his forehead and keep him at (my) arm's length? : PoopStewart
• Tell him to trim his fucking fingernails. : mafu5150
• poop : walker270
• feed him some tuna, pet him a little bit, then put him back outside : busdriver3030
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  roll over and go back to sleep, there's no way he could reach me in the middle of the bed : qwpeoriu
  • lol : niceguynick
  • ^^^^^^^ : askedrelic
  • hahahah : AlexXdude
  • ^^listen to Quakeworld Peoria : sasoi
  • Hahahahaha. : aaarrrgh
  • I can imagine him scaling your bedside with his teeth and tiny t-Rex claws : grandmasterlee
• Shit my pants : CapnChaos
• OMG it's the Pint Sized Slasher from Fallout 3! : Fyunch Click
• Kill it with fire? : kelzmelzer
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  take the knife and finish God's work : grandmasterlee
  • omg lol >_< : code-e255
  • holy shit so wrong hahahahahha : node
  • hahaha oh man, another tick to the 'ol "going to hell" chart! : VictoriouSecret
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  its like a mini t-rex : Utopia
  • TINY AAAMS TINY AAAAAAAAAAAAMS : Phil
  • nobody puts mini t-rex in the corner : fathertime
• Die laughing. : WaterSign
• Tie his shoelaces together then push him down. : erebus
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  plasma rifle : ju$tmon3y
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    from under your pillow? : niceguynick
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      where else would you keep it while asleep : ju$tmon3y
      • http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2007/10/12/the-backup-bedmounte.html : hrdwregk
• Punch him? Seems like what I'd instinctually do : RikiTiki2
• Ask him what his shack name is. : Mr.Finkster
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  put him on my shoulders, but a swiffer in each hand, start tickling him and hope he gets the top of my ar... : sesmaster
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19405052#itemanchor_19405052 : AxeMan808
• Floss his teeth and teach him about the horrors of gingivitis. : godhatingatheist
• close Photoshop and turn my computer off. : Majuju
• i'd probably just assume i was having some king of fu kung night terror and roll over. : disembodied potato
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  Question: Does he have discernible BO? : Klebold
  • How would this alter your course of action? : quadeh
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  Boot to the head. : Sylvanus
  • I had the exact same thought. : epit
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  Give him his lucky Charms and be on my way. : krym3
  • The joke is lost when its the newest post... : krym3
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  I wouldn't take my chances. http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg281/laosue/thCrippledMasters-TaiJutsu-R... : Gnowknayme
  • Such a good movie! Also, One-Armed Swordsman http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=One-Armed+Swordsman&x=0&y=0 : AxeMan808
• http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/27126/ladies.jpg : festivalman
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  grab the 4 D-cell MagLite beside my bed and defend myself. : the archvile
  • oh wait, my MagLite is my bedside light! BONK!! : the archvile

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  why are they talking about cheese? : gakera
  • DEFENSIVE SCCCVVVVVV!! : askedrelic
  • a cheese play is a very risky, all in maneuver. : GloriousCow
  • Because it was a cheese maneuver. http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft/thread/207264 : spazzium
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    SC-specific definitions: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=61389 : Blucklesworth
    • thanks for this! I've been watching the gomtv stuff for a while now and didn't quite get everything tast... : AllYourBase
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  You may have just made my day. Watching now. : deveus1
  • Update: awesome. That dragoon is a hero. : deveus1
• Hooooly shit. : spazzium
• that's awesome : askedrelic
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  HOLY CRAP Watch this too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkxBJrBOqH0 : Zero|DPX
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    lol! 6.5 minutes, I guess I have time for that :) : Grumbeld
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      that's what the computer does to me every time I play :( : Grumbeld
      • seriously. I love watching starcraft videos so i finally buy it again and figure hells yeah i'm gonna pla... : GloriousCow
  • everyone loves the in-base proxy : Cheeziologist
  • Wow, that was terrible vulture micro. : TreMetal
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  Holy crap! why would you not at least make some more scvs for your early economy? : Grumbeld
  • Because every SCV you make is not a marine. And this rush isn't supposed to take that long anyway. If i : Zero|DPX
• Haha that was awesome. Thanks for the link. : Senate5000
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  lol sc2gg hahahahahahahahahaha : Blucklesworth
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    I don't know what sc2gg is :( : Zero|DPX
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      these commentators are from a website called sc2gg. they typically know nothing of the game and feel like... : Blucklesworth
      • authorities* i dont know why i said authorizing. : Blucklesworth
      • zero has gotten me spoiled listening to koreans..so much better although I cant understand it. : fathertime
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  The micro involved in that is making my head spin : kainen1
  • No kidding, the shield regen was a master stroke. : spazzium
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    I wish they had a picture-in-picture shot of their hands going insane on the keyboard. They look so calm ... : pancake humper
    • Look at the UI display on the bottom of the screen. It`s dizzying sometimes how fast it changes as they t... : Scoots06
• That was an amazing game, I was thoroughly entertained. Thanks for the link. : ahlee
• Amazing. Damn : hanfeitzu
• Wow, that was insane : sikander
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  can you buy and download this online? : AllYourBase
  • Yep! http://www.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=110000124 : sgtsanity
  • http://www.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=110000124 : askedrelic
• nice : fathertime
• That was insane. : Zhaneel
• That was amazing. : Squirrely
• Reminds me of a game of Takeda I played, where this one little Samurai Swordsman (not even a Leader) went... : AxeMan808

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  bumpage. : hirez
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    for some reason I was trolling map "themes" this weekend. cart pushing binge, then some CP, then some CTF... : Downforce
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      Are there any CTF maps that shackers really like? I'm trying to decide what is good out there.. htt... : Maddog_Delphi97
      • i enjoy turbine : papaskot
      • i think aerospace is awesome. : hirez
• awesome, i missed it last week. How are you feeling? gonna be able to make it tonight? : Dschinghis Khan
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  how about valve added community maps: fastlane, turbine, and something else (not steel). : papaskot
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    how about Vengaurd's new map? : Dschinghis Khan
    • ^^^ THIS! Too bad I can't make Tuesdays :(... : Alco23
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      which one is that? I think we tried it 2 weeks ago... : hirez
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        i don't remember the name of it : Dschinghis Khan
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          KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! : hirez
          • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19233920 LAUNCHZONE. That was the name of the map. : Maddog_Delphi97
      • I remember liking it! : DOOManiac
  • a whole bunch were added this past patch : RikiTiki2
  • Turbine is very very terrible. : DOOManiac
• ctf_yaaarrrghh or whatever!!! : manero
• woot! I am a fan of vanilla maps, but that's because I haven't been playing long. : mwasher
• my vote is for customs because i honestly haven't played many but i don't really care that much. : ass-street
• cp_orange_x please : bipolar
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  I wish there was a Engineer centric map where there's a two ships and each side has their own and enginee... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Sounds a little bit like ctf_yaaaaarrrrgh or whatever it's called. Can you build sentries facing the o... : Maddog_Delphi97
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  You should update the mill and pacman maps on your server. pl_mill_b5 http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/8... : ant_hillbilly
  • Both are over 25mb files. : ant_hillbilly
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    Oooh, that reminds me, I show a custom map based on donkey kong. That's right, a team fortress 2 based... : Maddog_Delphi97
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      I mean, I saw a custom map based on donkey kong. : Maddog_Delphi97
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        Oh man I defniitely posted about this map weeks ago. Let me find it : ant_hillbilly
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          Yeah, it gave me an "out of body" experience just playing this map, lol. : Maddog_Delphi97
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            http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/75352 : ant_hillbilly
            • Thanks!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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              WE MUST PLAY THIS : DOOManiac
              • YEAH!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
  • will do. : hirez
  • They ruined Pac-Man by no longer having "sprite" ghosts. :( : DOOManiac
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  Most of the custom maps run terribly on shack west. The lag is about 50% more than vanilla maps for some... : twifosp
  • all of them? I know some of the 'beta' versions are a bit laggy but that's video lag because they are uno... : hirez
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  SM'd about hosting HLSTATS for your server. : Alco23
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    yeah, I need to give that a go... I'll message you about this. : hirez
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      I don't play much -- will play tonight if my connection is up -- but stats are more often than not a horr... : thief
      • You just weight the stats on how the game should be played ;). Anyway, the stats will be transparent. ... : Alco23
      • what do you mean ! : AlexXdude
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        All it encourages me to do is kill MUTHAFUCKAS! : noobja
        • KILL* : noobja
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  vanilla maps! also I hate to be a debbie downer but 8pst is so late. all us east coasters gotta wait u... : Mike@Jadedpixel
  • sorry, thats why they started shackeast on sundays at 6pm pst. : hirez
  • be lucky, it used to 9pm PST. but hirez was nice enough to push it back an hour to accomdate us. He didn'... : Dschinghis Khan
  • Actually the time is slowly creeping backwards... server is usually packed 10 min before start time now..... : SatansFist
  • I'm also down for vanilla maps. There just aren't many REALLY GOOD custom maps. : SatansFist
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  I'll be there! Observation: We have not played Wacky Races (or similar racing map) in a long time. : DOOManiac
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    Because it kinda sucks? : kainen1
    • BADOOMPISHHHH! : omnova
    • For the most part, you're right, but it's not so bad if a team really work together. : Maddog_Delphi97
    • Well I like it! It's a fun distraction for clowning around... : DOOManiac
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  http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/59565 maybe? : terath
  • oh what? some people actually make tc_ maps? haha http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/78729 : terath
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  EARLY GAMES Anyone down to play some earlier games prior to the late night stuff? I'm starting to play... : lokdown
  • I'm in : Moonraker7
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    Ok, let's try to get a couple warmup games on the DALLAS SERVER? I'm heading there now. : lokdown
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      http://www.gametracker.com/server_info/68.142.120.162:27015/ : Maddog_Delphi97
      • I can't connect for some reason. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • make that shack east? Dallas isn't working for me : lokdown

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  I was going to post this but forgot. I can see a ton of single issue colonies popping up just outside ter... : bombay
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    somali piracy just got a lot more profitable : dirge23
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      Until they find the gun rights flotilla. : ArcKnight
      • Or the Gay Rights one, lol. Come on in semen!!! : bombay
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  only... Bioshock took place UNDER the water... not floating on top of it. : Korban
  • BioShock hopped up on helium. : dahanese
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    Actually, BioShock was underwater : Chris Remo
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      I disagree. BioShock had the water on top of the city. : esad
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        No; in fact, BioShock was situated at less than sea level, in the ocean. : Chris Remo
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          Actually, Bioshock was submerged : OverloadUT
          • Uh, Bioshock was situated above the ocean floor. : ArcKnight
          • truth be told, the water was ALL AROUND BioShock : hirez
          • Actually Bioshock has MONSTARS.... RAWLR : krym3
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            Can we settle this? : dognose
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              Settle at the bottom of the sea, where Bioshock took place? : pharoah mike
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                The only thing Bioshock was at the bottom of was the water! : quadeh
                • You mean it wasnt an Octopus's Garden In the Shade? : hirez
  • good thing the post mentions that. : sharpie
  • THANKS KORBAN! : askedrelic
  • One good earthquake will fix that. : SwiftyPants
  • what would we do without you, professor? : mikecyb
  • here's a pro tip for you, the files are in the computer : filthysock
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  haha, what a bunch of idiots. "We care more about sunlight and open space, so the specifications are diff... : filthysock
  • I never understand how these ideas get pushed forward. are they just going to go a little tiny bit off s... : hamachi
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  Pretty awesome; I'd probably live there. But Rapture wasn't really ultra right wing. :D : Perturbation
  • True dat is was capitalism taken to the extreme. : DrillBit
• ocean front view, but the commute really sucks : Modulus
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  it's objectivist, not left or right, silly :( : Postal
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    who is john g- : kpxkrnjc
    • I heard a story of a rail road company .... ah, never mind : Nation
    • Man is MAN! : quadeh
• I want to start my own floating city. : sikander
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  What a waste of money. : Ellissd
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    speaking of waste - what about all the waste generated from one of those things? Where's it going to go?... : dedgecko
    • http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2008/10/patri_friedman.html MP3: http://files.libertyfund.org/econtalk/... : Nation
• from what I know they are more libertarian then anything else (and maybe conservative side) here is the ... : Nation
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  The problem with Bioshock story was that it was nothing like Atlas Shrugged. A dictator? Yeah right. Ayn ... : melt_core
  • I can see your point but my problem with Bioshock's story was that it was nothing like Twelfth Night. : A Sponge
  • did it occur to you that they slanted the game ideologically on purpose? : retarded talking dinosaur
• Rapture was not ultra right wing. Your political thoughts are crappy. : retarded talking dinosaur

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• 360 0wnz : niceguynick
• Barely, and only in the framerate department. : ieGod
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  I don't really like those comparison things.. For the main reason that it often serves as nothing more... : humbleone
  • ^^^^ This. : baronzemo78
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    It's useful for those of us who have both consoles. I didn't know it had multiplayer though that's pretty... : ieGod
    • Online Co-Op will be nice. : cookblaze
    • >:< : Boxelder
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      I have both, but I still consider these videos useless. I'll always buy multiplayer-capable games on PS3 ... : Rehevkor
      • weird, for most people it's the opposite : EvilDolemite
      • I do the same in general for the same reason. I'd happily chuck the 360 if it wasn't for LIVE Arcade gam... : Sylvanus
      • I still don't enjoy paying for it, obviously, but the friends/game integration on Live is a lot nicer and... : ieGod
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        Free trumps quality, I guess. It's not bullshit. It's the difference between OpenOffice (free) and Mi... : mittense
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          It's not like the PS3's system is unusable shit. 360: Usable and pay PS3: Usable and free Done : Ebu
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            PS3: Barely usable and cumbersome. Oh and free, because nobody would pay for that shit. 360: Awesome, an... : uncleanmonkey
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              I find the PSN to be completely usable. I have zero problems with it. Have you actually used it yourself? : Rehevkor
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                It's usable but not easily so. It's painful to manage contacts, friends, and messaging. There's a lot of ... : ieGod
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                  Why is it painful? when I get a message I go to the message box and read it. Oh the agony. Before in ... : Boxelder
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                    Because you have to press the PSN button, scroll over to the friends list (if you're not already there), ... : ieGod
                    • But that's trivial, really, my bigger gripes come in getting group chats going. In fact, you can't even h... : ieGod
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                      That's only if you read it within like 10 seconds of getting it. otherwise it's the same thing (which is... : Boxelder
                      • Aside from less menu navigation, the NXE or whatever allows group chats with friends, toggling in-game vo... : ieGod
              • I have, have you used Live? I don't think you have because there is no way you could say there isn't a su... : uncleanmonkey
              • I've used multiplayer components on both systems a great deal and how anyone can use both services and st... : mittense
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          looks like you haven't used a PS3 : MoreVespeneGas
          • Looks like you are wrong. : sigpro
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            I have. And most of my PS3 purchases are bought with the intent to say "Hey, maybe this will be the game ... : mittense
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              By they way when are you guys going to play this stupid game no one is ever on when I'm in the mood for s... : ieGod
              • I can play now! I turned in my project last night and want to play games this week. : mittense
        • This only considers the social networking options and not actual game performance. : Boxelder
      • Actually it's not bullshit. But to each their own, I suppose. : ColoradoCNC
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        Live is far superior to PSN. I'll readily admit that and I have a PS3 but not an Xbox. : redfive
        • Same here, but it doesn't really offer anything I need over PSN. I'm pretty casual with online console ga... : pyide
      • lol : dewdman
      • Wii MP > 360 or PS3 : devi| dog
  • It can be useful for some games when there is a clear and blatant better version -- especially during the... : ImageOmega
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    I love the comparison things, because I own both consoles, and now know which one to buy, : DarkWolf5
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      or you could download the demo on either one and choose yourself. good luck finding a difference that mat... : Shai-Tan
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        PS3 demos take too long to download for me. I only download exclusives. : DarkWolf5
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          why are you throttling your PS3's connection? : MoreVespeneGas
          • He's not, a lot of us have issues with the PS3 wifi. : adsriordan
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    It's fuel on the fire if you let it be, otherwise it's an informational comparison. : WhatIsThisFor
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      Next up let's dismiss browser comparisons because it's "fuel for the fire". Come on people. : WhatIsThisFor
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        Browser comparisons typically offer solid data, performance graphs, speed to load, memory usage, and so o... : mittense
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          They pointed out several bits of solid data, watch the video again. : WhatIsThisFor
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            I'm avoiding all media on Resident Evil 5, but are you telling me that this video actually tells you fram... : mittense
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              They point out several graphical discrepancies, yep. : WhatIsThisFor
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                That's not what I asked. : mittense
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                  "PS3 version is prone to framerate dips" : WhatIsThisFor
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                    So, no. : mittense
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                      So yes. Stop acting like a baby. : WhatIsThisFor
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                        You mean "using logic?" : mittense
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                          You aren't using logic, you're refuting a statement made in the video. If you don't believe them, then w... : WhatIsThisFor
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                            What you did was make an absurd comparison to browser comparisons -- comparisons which offer actual empir... : mittense
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                              The point of my analogy was not that the two comparisons are identical, it was that comparisons between t... : WhatIsThisFor
                              • Also, there are plenty of subjective comparisons between browsers. Safari's font rendering, Chrome's tab... : WhatIsThisFor
                • I'm asking if they provide concrete differences or if they're the typical comparison bullshit like "the g... : mittense
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              zombies on turrets, bro : dantastic
              • That sounds amazing. : mittense
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      Not really. Comparison screenshots/trailers rarely bring any data of worth to the conversational table. : mittense
      • Maybe I'm unique here but I find the technical differences between the two to be interesting, not because... : WhatIsThisFor
  • Yeah, they are like the Rush Limbaugh of the gaming world. : stgdz
  • Last time I posted on one of these I got nuked for console warmongering. So, no humor for you. : LoioshDwaggie
  • I don't understand comparisons like this because they're NOT SHOWING THE SAME CONTENT. The guy on the ... : Freon
• I'll still play it on the PS3. : pimpium
• im so selling my ps3 now : xsii
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  360>PS3 EOT. lol : Cashh
  • lolololol : Chris Remo
  • More like PS3 != X360. : Tissen
• Didn't this site get slammed for manipulating GTA4 footage? : skitzo
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  You make it sound like 360 has advantage in controls, visuals, content, etc. When all that's different a... : Edges
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    Saying the ps3 has better shadows means nothing. I have no idea how his ps3 is setup or if it is correctl... : DarkWolf5
    • well that just shows how worthless that video is : Shai-Tan
• Why are you promoting this tripe? Jesus christ, this shit is awful. : mittense
• played the demo of the PS3 version wasn't overblurred like some other ps3 ports also I didn't notice r... : Shai-Tan
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  I Don't think there's ever been a game thats been better on the PS3 then on the 360. I can't see a reason... : bozer
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    that's assuming the people you played with are on live. I have friends who have one or the other system a... : Shai-Tan
    • Well true,yeah. If everyone had PS3's and headsets then maybe.. Actually no. I'd still like Live better b... : bozer
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    Most of my friends have PS3s. : Ebu
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      This is pretty much the only reason I'd buy a PS3 version of a game. Most of my friends have 360s though... : sevogajre
      • That and I prefer the PS3's controller by leaps and bounds. AND BOUNDS : Ebu
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      Do you work at Sony? : mittense
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        See it's a joke because the Playstation 3 doesn't have the same market penetration amongst "hardcore" gam... : mittense
        • No points : Ebu
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      Same. All my friends (that also happens to make 6 figures) are too cheap to fork out $6 a month for Live... : Edges
      • You should curb stomp their asses for being such fags. : walker270
      • its insane that they wont, especially when you can get a card for 29.99 for 13 months usually. : adsriordan
    • Same. I only know one of my friends with a 360. I have 5 others who own a PS3. Mainly because of the PS2'... : PointlesS76
  • Any dpad heavy game gets an instant +50 on the PS3. : ieGod
  • It still depends for me. I got SFIV on the ps3 and will get (if I do get it) Resident Evil 5 on the 360. ... : razlebol
  • But have they been differences that would bother a normal person? Not from what I've seen. So the FPS are... : NastyJack
  • It's really just poor porting. All PS3 exclusives run and look fucking fantastic. I would honestly hold R... : node
  • Live sucks. : grendel
  • I think Burnout Paradise is supposed to look better on PS3. Better effects and such. : Perturbation
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  Hahah... so they're identical in every way outside of some very, very minor framerate issues that occasio : Zips
  • and then the PC can sweep in and PWN them all !!!!!!! consoles are for kids!!!!!!!1111 : Downforce
  • I don't mind the video comparisons, I even usually find them interesting. But I think it's cool that ther... : qwpeoriu
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    I still haven't seen a good argument in this thread, despite all the complaints, that comparisons should ... : WhatIsThisFor
    • Comparisons are fine -- it's the fanboy dickwaving that needs to go. : walker270
• interesting : two50six