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  Demo bored me to tears. Massively overhyped game. Not a bad one, just way oversold. : Ebu
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    How can a game with Chris Remo as the protagonist be boring? : suqur
    • And it wasn't even that random. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • you're pretty wrong : feek
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    I'm usually someone who is open to other peoples views on things, but yeah dude, you couldn't be more wro... : JohnnyRey
    • I really didn't enjoy the game but, as you said, I appreciate the shit out of it. I really only played... : mittense
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      So I'm stupid because I don't like the game you like? Mature. : Ebu
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        No, you're stupid for not having taken the time to appreciate something truly wonderful, instead of dismi... : master_disaster_17
        • I PLAYED THE FUCKING DEMO That is what the demo is for. It is supposed to be representative of the final : Ebu
    • It's a very classy game that I wanted to like but hated my experience with it : spiderfill
    • I can see people not liking it, but I don't think it's over hyped either. : datoo
    • I appreciate the game a lot but I don't enjoy playing it very much. I've tried a number of times but it ... : mikecyb
    • game as art'd : pancake humper
  • I concur. : SigENeaT
  • No, Ebu. No. : quadeh
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    Maybe massively overhyped demo, but to label the whole game that without actually playing is just not rig... : Lionel2b
    • I played the demo. I was unimpressed. I'm not spending $20 on a game whose demo I did not like just to s... : Ebu
  • Agreed : Ride-My-Rocket
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    I agree on over hype but it's very impressive being it was a one man job or something like that. : Sailor of Fortune
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      (Two.) : Agrona
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        Yeah, I thought it was more than one but they only ever hear from that one guy or whatnot. : Sailor of Fortune
        • IIRC it was one guy who did the coding and the art, but some other guy did the music. So most of it was a... : SilverSnake
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      That's not a reason to buy a game. A single person can make a nice pile of shit, that doesn't mean sai... : Ebu
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        I just said it was impressive for a one man job and the game seemed like it took 10 guys to make. : Sailor of Fortune
        • Impressive? Sure. Does that mean that I should suddenly start liking the game when I find out? No. Di... : Ebu
  • Braid was the only reason my 360 was turned on for a few months. : devi| dog
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    I don't think you can get a definitive perspective of Braid from the demo. It's a game where every level ... : BlackCat9
    • So you're telling me to spend $20 to find out if I like the game? I laugh at you. No. : Ebu
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    I dunno bored to TEARS, but I actually didnt like it enough to finish either. : bolneze
    • Ok, hyperbole, thy name is Ebu. It didn't move, though. : Ebu
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  VIDEO REVIEW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSXofLK5hFQ : smax
  • Knew what it was before I clicked. Yup, only review you need. WOOOOOOOOOOOP : Serpico74
  • incredible : MrBig0
• Where's an actual stuffed dino I can buy from that game? : Sailor of Fortune
• Purchased it for the Mac, even though I already have it on the 360. It's just such a good game, I want to... : BlackCat9
• i might buy this, actually already have it for the 360 but never have the time to sit down and enjoy it, ... : disembodied potato

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  Do you work for MS? What do you do? : WhatIsThisFor
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    I work in the division that puts out all of the above :) I'm on the managed languages/compiler side rathe... : derelict515
    • Very cool, I was just curious. : WhatIsThisFor
    • Nice release. I worked in devdiv a whle back on the whidbey release. Ms tools are good stuff. : piser
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      the multiple iphone hardware revision bashing makes sense now.... =] joke : Chandler55
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        Hah, I <3 my iPhone, I'm interested to see how it matures. I do wish I could use VS instead of XCode to w... : derelict515
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          And the rest of us wish we could program in F# on other platforms than win*. :) : taronish
          • heh, well mono and moonlight are helping there. You can do C# on the iPhone courtesy of Mono and Unity. I... : derelict515
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      haha, you're in devdiv huh? : cltcprd
      • where the fun never ends : derelict515
    • oh, cool. does milind lele still work there? i worked with him like ten years ago when he was still in ca... : Dave-A
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      any idea when data breakpoint will work in managed? or do they work now? (they dont in 2005) : Enigme
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        Data breakpoints work in 2008. They just slow the code down to a crawl, but you can understand why. : RomSteady
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          thanks! they don't slow things that much in C++ ... i guess it's less easy to track it in C# ... : Enigme
          • yeah apparently the GC moving stuff around causes problems : derelict515
          • It's easy to track. My data breakpoint was checking for when it changed to a specific value (when you're... : RomSteady
      • I'm not really familiar with this feature. It does look like it was native only in 2008 and possibly stil... : derelict515
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  ooh nice historical debugging is awesome. do you know how you can record debug sessions? : nomaad
  • You mean like a video of the repro steps for a bug or what? : derelict515
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  F#? what? Have I been living under a programming rock? : Skoal^Fyfan
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    It's a statically typed, functional language similar to OCaml and other ML languages. It's got a number o... : derelict515
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      Doesn't it have support for design by contract features as well? Like built in support for validating inp... : Topaz
      • that's a library part of .NET 4.0, so it's available to any language running on the platform. F# doesn't ... : derelict515
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  new version of VS...*yawn* : gyokuro
  • new gyokuro post... *yawn* : derelict515
• Also anyone doing concurreny stuff should look at the Parallel Extensions for .NET included in Beta1 (alo... : derelict515
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  Are we allowed to use silverlight 3 to develop publicly accessable web apps? Also whats the release date ... : r3ckless
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    I don't see why you wouldn't be 'allowed' but obviously it means only people willing to install the beta ... : derelict515
    • :) Thanks. : r3ckless
• Installing the 2010 beta now. Now only if I could think of something I'd actually like to do with it ... : reign27
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  Does the c++ compiler include any of the new c++0x stuff I don't really care for any of the other languag... : johnlocks
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    Yes, it includes at least support for lambdas, rvalue references, and some more, I'm not exactly sure of ... : derelict515
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      lambdas are such BULLSH*T, typical micro$soft : Luminair
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        Every day using C# I wonder how Java guys manage without lambdas and delegates. They're just so handy. : derelict515
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          what do you use them for? : crappypants74
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            All kinds of stuff. Let's say I have a bunch of methods that I expect to have some behavior and if they ... : derelict515
            • Other examples would be similar but you can imagine the function passed in is an operation I want to appl... : derelict515
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          every day i use ruby i wonder how you c# guys don't kill yourselves. : filthysock
          • or myself for that matter since i'm half and half c# and ruby atm. : filthysock
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            well see we have performance, stability and security requirements for our apps... :p : derelict515
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              also we recognize there's no one true language, not C#, not Ruby, not anything, that's why we're trying t... : derelict515
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                general purpose its cool, but for web stuff rails is a dream : filthysock
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                  until your site gets big ;) : derelict515
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                    I've noticed most sites are not big, especially in the corporate world. : filthysock
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                      nevertheless, I'm super keen to try out the new stuff you guys have built. : filthysock
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                        and at the end of the day, C#/MS tech pays better :) : filthysock
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                          Look check this out man. I got money going down over here with .NET and C#. So all you Ruby guys might as... : gyokuro
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                            what is this : derelict515
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                              wake up in the morning and i turn on my VS2008. And its green coming right from my screen. You know what ... : gyokuro
                              • MORE! : Ride-My-Rocket
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                      true, I was just being snarky, though obviously Ruby does have something to prove in the performance and ... : derelict515
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                        i was being snarky as well! C# isn't terrible at all, just that rails seems to have so many things right. : filthysock
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                          well Ruby languished away in obscurity for like 10 years before Rails made it big so it's not like they f... : derelict515
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                            yeah, the reason i wanted to download it is to see MS's take on TDD and MVC. If its decent I'll be very h... : filthysock
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                              I'm not a web guy so I can't really comment on the MVC in ASP.NET but the TDD stuff seems quite nice from... : derelict515
                              • The stackoverflow guys seem to be pretty happy with .net mvc : action roommate
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            Every time I use Scheme.... :) : electroly
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              ...I want to stab people : Cheeziologist
              • ... for not understanding how awesome Scheme is. :) : electroly
      • Whaaa ? : taronish
  • Many of the STL improvements slated for c++0x have been in MSDEV for a few years now. : CRasterImage
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  Thanks, this is awesome, I hope I get to work with VS when I start work in july : kaddar0
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    hey dan, when can I use this without an msdn subscription? : kaddar0
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      should be on msdn for everyone. Filthysock posted a link in the previous chatty. : derelict515
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        http://blogs.msdn.com/onoj/archive/2009/05/19/visual-studio-2010-beta-1-download-options.aspx : derelict515
        • thanks, grabbing it : kaddar0
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  setup.exe crashes trying to install from the web installer, going to try the .iso : jonas54
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    does it not support XP? : jonas54
    • it definitely does : derelict515
• historical debugging in C++ plz ={ : lord cecil
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  I was hoping the new UI would finally make VS snappy, but I was wrong :-( Fucking hell, it's 2009, d... : uncleanmonkey
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    It is beta, there's still plenty of work still to go. That said, it's quite snappy for me but I have a pr... : derelict515
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      I guess I'm just not that optimistic seeing as nothing has improved in this area in the last five years o... : uncleanmonkey
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        Well Rico Mariani is working directly on VS performance as you'll note in that blog there. He kinda knows... : derelict515
        • Well I certainly hope so. Intellisense is apparently reworked which is good because it was god-awful for ... : uncleanmonkey
    • Well, VS2008 RTM and SP1 have the same problem uncleanmonkey is talking about :/ : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  I checked out the beta of VS2010 today at work and mucked around with a few different project types, a Wi... : dchavez999
  • Yeah, and VisualAssistX's "jump to function/method" thingy is even better (Alt+M). : GreatGooglyMoogly

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• I've got my 74 DK on Sen'jin, Horde side. : Vincent Grayson
• Im on horde eredar atm. The guild im in is clearing uld 10 bosses, id be down to play with some shackers : manglemouth
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  Did GRC disintegrate? : tomservo
  • no but there are very few shackers left. : xxiv
• I would be down for Horde if we're starting fresh. All my high-lvl poops are Alliance. : Salad Sammich
• I'm willing, let's pick a server and get on it. : reznory
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  <Planet Express> Gorefiend-US, Horde-PvP. It's just me, a friend, and some alts right now. Ya'll are we... : liqker
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    I was going to join oHnOEs, but I really want to roll Horde so I think I'll join you guys. Anyone else in... : freakynipples69
    • Kerafyrm or Caracalla : liqker
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    Not to be a downer, but that is a pretty dead server for Horde. : persuxe
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      Aren't most Horde factions dead? : freakynipples69
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        not Mal'Ganis. : AMikaboshi
        • Terokkar isn't dead either for Horde, but it's PvE : Phreakin
• only if its RP : smax
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  Alright horde it is. What server? Do you guys want to join others who already have high level characters ... : freakynipples69
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    archimonde :) i have names saved there as alliance : oHnOES
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      you know you want to roll Horde! : freakynipples69
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        im tired of horde, i have never played allaince : oHnOES
        • I'm reverse, but I'll consider Alliance again. Maybe I'll join you and others will follow. : freakynipples69
  • I don't care where, joining someone with high levels would make it easier on us, if they were willing to ... : reznory
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  The thought of 58 levels in the old world makes me want to stab my eyes out. : crazywigga
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    A guild of 100% DKs. : Link.
    • That would be kick ass. : freakynipples69
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    i've been leveling a paladin with a friend (mage) and i've been leveling so freaking fast... i honestly t... : das_runt
    • yah, leveling is insanely easy now : reznory
    • Is that with the 300% recruit-a-friend xp bonus? : Haxim
• i've got a 71 horde priest on Mug'thol : das_runt
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  Ok guys, time to pick a server and get this show on the road, i guess an informal poll maybe? : reznory
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    ill throw out kel'thuzad horde archemonde alliance : oHnOES
    • kel'thuzad is a mountain server archemonde is a central : oHnOES
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    Silver hand -Horde - RP : Wiley Animagus
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      Ihave characters on Silver Hand now. : reznory
      • Look up wilyanimagus sometime. Note the missing E : Wiley Animagus
  • Horde Eredar! : manglemouth
  • darkspear : valael
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    Yeah, setup an informal poll but make it less than 4 choices. Two alliance, two horde, each on a regular ... : freakynipples69
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      But I strongly suggest going horde on Mal'ganis since it's got a strong horde presence. : freakynipples69
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        Problem with Mal'Ganis is the que's. I transfered my lock off there because I just got tired of waiting ... : stonedonkey
        • There hasn't been a Queue in months. : Crimsonbeak
      • Mal'ganis suits me just fine. : reznory
      • Mal'ganis it is then! I'm thinking of rolling a Mage, Warlock, or a DK. Once the MR launches I'll star... : freakynipples69
  • Arthas, maybe? : kelzmelzer
• Haven't played since I hit 80 on a DK in December. If this thing flies...I'm in! : pturvz
• what happened to the malganis crew? : Demius
• Me and a few of the old school Stormreaver (GCR/Attention Horde) people just rerolled on horde on Mal'gan... : chuk
• Come play horde on Doomhammer so I can fuck all of you up. : royalally
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  What happened to GCR? : wykd
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    it's one of the biggest guilds on Mal'Ganis right now : electroly
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      hmm, this gives me some mixed feelings. : hbalce1
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        Kind of like when you see the men's underwear ads? : Wyvern
        • More like when you walk in on me and your mom. : hbalce1
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      As a casual player GCR has always been great to me, that said it is lacking in the shack department now d... : devi| dog
      • If we do all roll on Mal'ganis, I want a fresh, shack only guild. At least for the start. Otherwise I wou... : freakynipples69
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      Is Goon Squad still around? : fishbone
      • Yes, but alot of them are now in Serious Casual : Crimsonbeak
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  buy my account! 80 rogue, 70 mage, 60 priest!!!!!! : botch
  • no, buy mine. 80 Paladin full T7.5 holy, T7 ret, and good prot gear too! and a 75 rogue! : Patch-e
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  Hi-Jack EU SHACKERS Anyone still playing? Anyone thinking fo re-rolling for shits , gigs and pewpew? : Vincenoir
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    Yeah, I'm still on burning steppes with my Hunter (plus Drood alt at 70). My current guild's kinda fucked... : node
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      ive re-roleld on vek'nilash (horde) with a few friends , just seeing if anyone else was thinking of re-ro... : Vincenoir
      • Nah, not keen on doing another class from scratch. Not even got my drood to 80. I'd rather raid. :) : node
  • [MD'd, but posting here...] I play on Auchindoun - got couple of 80s there, and a mass of alts [don't pl... : captfarrell
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  this has been tried several times before and always fails. : maulla
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    then don't join. meanie. : freakynipples69
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      Fuckers, I missed out on this ER shit. We better be talking alliance, by the way. : mace
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        Sorry mace, Alliance is for faggots. : Chod
        • ^^ this is the truth : AMikaboshi
        • this man is correct. sorry, mace. :( : electroly

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  Jace Hall called that "his show." I think that means he's an executive producer on it. : mittense
  • yeah he is : Maarten Goldstein
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  Independence Day the TV series! Just what the doctor ordered! : ateam311
  • It has Juliet and the crazy-bin doctor from United States of Tara! : mittense
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    Where do you think Independence Day took its imagery from? : Serpico74
    • Jeff Goldblum : ateam311
  • "You don't know the history of V, I do." - Tom Cruise : Super Sparker
• Josh? : marleysnp
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  holy shit juliet from Lost + Inara from Firefly = JIMP'd : jimmy-buffett
  • plus the other guy from party of five. : j0nchan
• Haha, it started out too much like ID4 in that trailer then all of a sudden it wasn't. I bet that was int... : Sailor of Fortune
• probably end up as boring as 4400 : Bamtan
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  Looks... interesting I guess. But oh hey, Morena Baccarin yay... etc. : nephilem
  • She's Brazilian, I had no idea. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  too bad the visitors aren't in their red/commie suits. : j0nchan
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    And no Michael Ironside :( : Serpico74
    • and no hottie Diana... or Robert Englund... : ghost in my shell
• "Sir, we have highly advanced alien ships incoming" "Where to son?" "All over the world sir" "Shit, we... : locater16
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  The cast list for this thing is full of win http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1397515/ ALAN TUDYK IS ON T... : Toraz Chryx
  • i've never heard of nor seen any of those people in my entire life. : waxthirteen
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  Oh great I get to watch that smug blonde bitch for a few more years. Lovely. : steelsamurai
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    Juliet from Lost? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      Yeah, can't stand her. One expression, staring forward half-smirk smug ugh. Plus those hips freak me out.... : steelsamurai
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        I tell myself she had a stroke and lost all muscle control on one side of her face. Fuck I hate her. : Ely
        • Something about it turns me on. I'd fuck her silly. : disposition
      • Let me help you get even. nws http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=1_o1z8l8r45h1edaj95uay.jpg http... : mafu5150
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  Also, Morena Baccarin should never have short hair. She loses a lot of her wow factor. I mean... sh... : Toraz Chryx
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    it's not jsut you, Inara was crazy hot : kpxkrnjc
    • http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Morena-Baccarin-ff02.jpg > http://images.askmen.com/photos/mo... : Toraz Chryx
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    you sir are a sage of your era : CoRDS
    • I am indeed a prophet : Toraz Chryx
  • Yah, but lizards can't have long hair. : plunkymeadows
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  I'm surprised that's on ABC. : askedrelic
  • vs nbc? : j0nchan
  • Same here. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  The original Diana was hot. : SeaLlama
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    http://outlandinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/jane-badler-v_l.jpg http://us.movies1.yimg.com/mov... : kramweil
    • nws http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=1_cf10jc29o22qcv5r3n8m.jpg http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x... : mafu5150
• hopefully the ending will be less retarded than with the original : riptyde
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  this actually excites me.... though i wish they did away with the OMG LIZARD PEOPLE bullshit. : erotic sock
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    Yeah, an interesting spin on the original material a la BSG would be cool. : Serpico74
    • Lizard-cyborgs? : jasoncrowley
  • I for one welcome our new Reptilian Overlords. : mem
• Looks really interesting. : disposition
• I hear all the actors playing a lizard worked for scale. : festivalman
• OMFG YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : g0nk
• looks cool : RikiTiki2
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  As someone who loved V as a child in the 80's, this looks absolutely like 100 percent pure shit. They fai... : bozer
  • there was already a Dukes of Hazzard movie a few years ago : RikiTiki2
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  Where's all the V is for Visitor and V is for Vengence bullshit? : pieman
  • V is for VISA : snuff
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  This looks terrible. Why are they bothering? I was a big fan of V when it was out, but about 10-15... : ThomW
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    they should have done W starring Chekhov : gmd
    • Oliver Stone beat them to the punch : RikiTiki2
• The pitch: "V! but instead of the 80's it takes place NOW! " (bags of money get handed out) The preview l... : BauriceMastard

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  I may have had some pear cider, but at least I can drive a stick shift. : Chunks
  • Oh lick it, the Brits working at my hostel have already taken the piss out of me plenty for it. : underground banana plantation
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  Americans are girly men! : uncleanmonkey
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    NO! Most of us can drive stick, us "Americans" that are in our 30's were forced to learn it. As I... : he hate me
    • http://rock_elf.shackspace.com/tags/index.html : Arctic Fox
    • I drive a stick by choice. Girly man. : Topaz
    • It's s [ text ] s (without the spaces). : one random winner
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  Just take the manual and learn on the go. : peanut-
  • ^This : Drewus
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    This seems like a good way to lose my 500 Euros deposit. : underground banana plantation
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      Gotta learn sometime. How do you think the rest of us learned? That's right, in someone elses car. : Phreakin
      • with someone else there to help you though : fishbone
    • Not at all. You won't kill the car and you'll learn pretty quickly. This is actually the best way to le... : plunkymeadows
  • Find someone going your way and then pay for the rental.. Good way to make friends and get someone to sho... : ju$tmon3y
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  I don't think people should be allowed a license if they can't learn manual. : abrasion
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    Stick shifts are pretty damn rare in the states. : Chunks
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      Really? damn - still, what if there's an emergency? Knowing how to drive is important. : abrasion
      • yeah, because people who have automatics have absolutely no idea how to drive. : zerog83
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    I do find it kind of weird that people with American driving licenses that you can get by showing up and ... : peanut-
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      It isn't as if in America you just show up and say hey, give me a license! I had to take a 10 hour course... : underground banana plantation
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        Also had to accumulate 20 hours with a driving instructor. : underground banana plantation
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          Actually that's way off, I think it was like 5. TALKING TO MYSELF HERE. : underground banana plantation
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            I'm never getting in a car with you. So what will you do now? Jump on the bus to Tartu, move on to Riga? : woddemandred
            • I guess I'll check out Tartu for the weekend. I really wanted to visit the Curonian Spit, but I guess I'l... : underground banana plantation
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        I know someone who didn't even have to drive on the roads during the driving test. She just had to maneuv... : uncleanmonkey
        • Yeah, it all depends on the state. I reckon California's licensing laws are some of the stricter ones. : underground banana plantation
        • That's how we did things when I got my license in Maryland. I don't know if they've improved it, but ther... : Vincent Grayson
      • lol, i had a 20 question test (gotta get 80% or better) and the driving test was about 15 minutes long an... : Nighteyes
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        Uhm, when I took my driving test in the US, the instructor was telling me which way to look, turn, etc. ... : Chunks
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          I'm imagining a sperm whale giving you your test. : plunkymeadows
          • "Okay, let me HEEEEEEEE just get into the HEEEEEEEEEE car here and we can HEEEEEEEEEEEEEE start the teEHH... : lolpatrol
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    I don't think I'd ever be able to get along with a left hand drive manual, my muscle memory is tuned to c... : Toraz Chryx
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      Oh I totally didn't think of that - they do have the clutch accel and brake standard tho right? Accel ... : abrasion
      • Yep. : razlebol
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        The pedals are in the same relative positions, indicators/wipers have been stated as a switched over thin... : Toraz Chryx
        • lol that's awesome, wouldn't want to do that one in Test Drive eh? If Chris Atkinson can switch to US ... : abrasion
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      It takes a few hours to change over, not that big of a deal. It's a bit weird the first few times, but it... : uncleanmonkey
      • Yeah it's super easy to swap. Just like driving a car with the indicators/windscreen wipers swapped over,... : Arctic Fox
  • why. : underground banana plantation
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    It seems absurd that in the US you can learn and take your test in automatic, but still be licensed to dr... : rock elf
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      Yeah it should be the way it is in Australia -- if you pass your test in manual, you can drive manual or ... : Arctic Fox
      • Same in Sweden. : woddemandred
      • yeah same here : Maarten Goldstein
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      learning to drive stick is not that hard. It's MUCH more important to follow the general rules of the ro... : slickdoody
      • i agree with this dude : Fish_Bulb
      • Agreed, since when is a converted stick driver a safety issue for others? : plunkymeadows
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        I think you're completely wrong. Throwing a clutch into the mix is a huge distraction for a LOT of peopl... : boarder2
        • ^^^^ : ieGod
        • I agree that it should be taught, but it wasn't hard to drive around a parking lot a few times to get pro... : plunkymeadows
    • Its one of those things that you can learn on your own and improve as you drive more and more. Not so bad... : boomstickah
  • I agree with this 100% I always worry when I go snowboarding with one of the guys that I go with and we ... : boarder2
• just learn it. : melt_core
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  Just stay in Tallinn. The women are 10x better and I inform you of this as an Estonian. : Skoal^Fyfan
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    The women are incredibly attractive here, I was surprised. : underground banana plantation
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      o_O http://www.ilga-europe.org/var/ilga/storage/images/europe/photo_galleries/tallinn_pride_2007/tallinn_... : Topaz
      • Uhhhhh Is this supposed to be an example of an incredibly attractive Tallinnian woman? : Vantage
• Take the Manual, and some insurance : Slowtreme
• It's really not that hard. Clutch disengages the engine from the driveshaft when you press the pedal dow... : father_crown
• I can't read any of your posts because your username triggers too many questions in my mind. : stuka
• Don't let it ruin your trip man.. Just learn how to drive a freaking manual.. You'll definitely learn how... : Reeves
• I can't believe you went on a trip to europe and didn't learn to drive a stick first. lol! : FormerHPB
• I just learned 3.5 weeks away when I drove my new manual car off the lot!! As long as you know the mec... : mwasher
• yeah its always seemed pretty crazy to me that so many americans arn't familiar with manual, seems a bit ... : disembodied potato

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• Jack Bauer! : FirstPersonCooter
• I first gave up on the show at Season 5, somehow got back into it with the latest season. But really the ... : bryanvlo
• Yeah, it still bothers me. This season's ending wasn't shocking, entertaining, anything. It was very pede... : Link.
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  The whole season was terrible, except for a few cool action sequences. Too repetitive, how many times doe... : nickjolly
  • Ok, that part was extremely cheesy. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I'll just ignore your first statement : Mondo
• This season was very action-y, which is cool. The plot(s) were completely asinine and made me angry. : weaselmeister
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  I think they should break the show up, personally. 24 has a cool idea behind it, but it's also pretty rid... : K1Bond007
  • But what about open sockets and office drama? I think we are on the same page. The first season was s... : FirstPersonCooter
  • I like your plans for the series. This is exactly what it needs. : retarded talking dinosaur
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    I agree in part, but I'd do it like this: Option 1: Split the show into 4, 6 hour separate events in ... : ra1n
    • 4 separate events would be a great idea. Let Jack solve some crisis, and then let the storyline evolve a... : riptyde
  • IAWTP. #2-4 highlight the core of what is wrong with the show. These components keep coming up in every... : riptyde
  • 1. Jack Bauer 2. Stuck in a ??? 3. with terrorists 4. profit : steelsamurai
  • I love you. No homo. : mafu5150
  • I agree with #6 everything else you wrote was retarded. : socksta
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  It's so bad. What they need is an entirely new direction, but they get good ratings so the writers just k... : bozer
  • I read the wrtiers are not very satisfied with writing with this show. On a more episodic show like Lost ... : FirstPersonCooter
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  I'm pretty sure this was the only season that they had written completely before they started filming (du... : sumo-hacker
  • They filmed like half the episodes before the writer's strike. The show got delayed a year because of the... : FirstPersonCooter
• they need to open up the '24' premise more. I remember before season 1, it was asked if it would always b... : hirez
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  I gave up on 24 after the first 4 episodes this year. It was clear it hadnt changed. : themaestro2657
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    Compared to the rest of the season, especially the end, those were relatively good. The finale was just a... : freshyk
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      Through episode 18 or so, it was one of the best seasons yet. Then it went to shit. : riptyde
      • Agreed. It started off pretty damned great and just dribbled away into poop. : Super Sparker
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  The Tony thing pissed me off the most. First off, I thought it was painfully obvious that he was going t : riptyde
  • I'm glad they didn't :D : Mondo
  • Also shit like Tony shooting two FBI agents to get away when it wasn't entirely necessary, yet he goes wa... : socksta
• Well, I'll chime in as one of the few that actually kind of liked the finale this season. The thing is, 2... : maddy
• Jack Bauer is offically dead to me. And I didn't understand the fuss about the finale, there have been fa... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  i liked 24 season one. i stopped watching halfway in season two and never went back. : Hoax
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    You missed the lions! : DOOManiac
    • Cougars : socksta
• I haven't watched it yet. I made the mistake of glancing at the monday JBPH thread a few minutes before I... : Greymatter42
• Yeah Ill admit it hasnt been as good as past seasons but you have to admit theres only so much crazy shit... : bolneze
• 24 jumped the shark in the 7th (or something like that) episode of season 1 when the first bad guy died. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  Anyone have a count on how many times Kim has been held hostage now? : dael
  • DAMN IT! : Goblin au
  • And every time she somehow manages to make it worse for herself. : bstrad
• "They need to stop" I was gonna write "done" because I thought this was the last season, but then I didn'... : umegastar

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  I just realized it is directed by the guy behind both Charlie's Angels and We are Marshal : byorn
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    And its fucking PG-13 : Turd Ferguson
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      INORITE It would be at least 1,473.2% if it were rated R like a real mature movie. : walker270
      • They should have made the game lego terminator. : Turd Ferguson
    • OMG PG 13 FUCK : lodit
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    and The O.C. : hirez
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      What's wrong with The OC (season one, anyway)? >:| : mittense
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDxmBnClB7k : Moonbase Commander
    • he only produced that, as in , give money and let josh schwartz do all the work : Chandler55
• Are you surprised? I'm not. : Link.
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  I read Ebert's review and based on what he said it sounds like it should be a fun watch. 90% action, lot... : WhatIsThisFor
  • yah fuck it, story wise its already fucked anyways. : mindshot
  • hmm just read it, sounds pretty much like t3 : re4ctor
  • Yeah my expectations are way lower than T3 so I'm fully expecting to enjoy it just for robots punching ea... : CrazyPants
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    yeah, the trailer made it look like pretty much all action. I expect to enjoy it. : derelict515
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      Because trailers never lie. =( : brickmatt
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        the difference is I'm very good at enjoying tv/movies for what they are. My brain has an in-built mechani... : derelict515
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          I didn't realize that lack of taste was a skill. =( : brickmatt
          • carefully honed my friend : derelict515
  • Just so you know, he gave the exact same rating (2 stars) to Die Hard. : cptn.peachfuzz
  • This is why we don't get movies like "Aliens" or "Die Hard" today anymore! It's you! : enyakk
• Even the positive blurbs don't sound very good. : trove
• I'm still not sure if I'm going to see it. Part of me doesn't want to reward someone for completely fuck... : Turd Ferguson
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  you know what? it would be better without leaks and shitty trailer management. devastator should have : Downforce
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wijj427JhnY : thekidd
• Did we expect it to be good? I'll be seeing Star Trek again instead. : freakynipples69
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  Compared to? Have you seen it? Ffs : rasputinreborn
  • Yeah, fuck reviews. What's the point? : brickmatt
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  The metacritic rating is higher http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/terminatorsalvation 52% is a pr... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/nightatthemuseum2?q=night%20at%20the%20museum : Turd Ferguson
    • I watched 30 mins of the first one and found it down-right awful. I don't see how anyone could like a seq... : h o s t i l e
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  I prefer this score: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438488/ : tunis5000
  • Every movie that premieres starts off with a high rating on IMDB, they aren't a reliable source for movie... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • Every blockbuster film these days gets an instant top250 8.4+. its stupid. : retarded talking dinosaur
  • Man Amanda Righetti is pretty hot : mrseldowski
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19968921#itemanchor_19968921 : action roommate
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  If this movie bombs you think thats the end of the series? I think they were planning on doing 3 of these... : bozer
  • It probably won't take, especially with dvd sales. But if it did, it's not really a big deal. They we... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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  is arnold actually in this or just as a cameo? : AllYourBase
  • Thought I read that they just put a CG arnold in there as a cameo : megarust32
  • Towards the end of the movie, his face is CGId onto the body of someone else in a fight that involves hi : Mecha Tofu Pirate

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• The whole bunch? : abrasion
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  And I thought this thread would receive some love... : excessus
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    maybe you should post about magnet therapy next time. : DonkeyPopsicle
    • "I SWEAR THIS SHIT IS REALZ BRO!!1" : Jinxplayer
• Nope, not really. I've felt things that are creepy and such, like seeing a hill that looks and feels eeri... : woddemandred
• Never, don't believe in it either since nothing compelling has really ever been proven. : Milleh
• Everyone in my family tells me about this time when I was 4 when I had some kind of physical interaction ... : skizl
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPqerbz8KDc : Bwery
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  Yeah I've had a couple of experiences that I usually shrug off as an overactive imagination or things tha... : someWayne
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    A good friend of mine used to think all of that stuff was bs until he started renting an old house. Then ... : someWayne
    • Might have been related to low frequency oscillations, which have been known to cause all those things yo... : ieGod
• nope, nothing : dael
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  you mean a psychotic or delusional episode? A very large percentage of people have one at some point in t... : filthysock
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    that's sort've bullshit dude. : robosextoid
    • Is it? : Lone Swordsman
    • But ghosts are totally for real? : Vantage
    • really? All i'm saying is the brain has periods of dysfunction. Your muscles spasm and flip out sometimes... : filthysock
    • No that's pretty much it. That or he's bored and seeing things. : avatar_58
    • Yes, it's bullshit, completely unlike the not-bullshit of seeing or hearing disembodied spirits, travelli... : Arcanum
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    Something like that happened to my Dad when he was a student. Lying in bed one night, Jesus came into... : jcupitt
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      does he still believe in god? : filthysock
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        he believes in a metaphorical (or non-realist) God, if that makes any sense : jcupitt
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          did he ever become a priest? : MagicWishMonkey
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            yes, though he hasn't taken a service for years http://www.thatreligiousstudieswebsite.com/Religious_S... : jcupitt
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              Did he become a priest before you were born? How did the whole marriage/sex thing work? : MagicWishMonkey
              • church of england, heh ... I was trying to avoid vicar or curate since I wasn't sure if they worked outsi... : jcupitt
        • not really :( : filthysock
• I had some weird shit happen at the house I grew up in. For instance, each stair had its own creak and o... : plunkymeadows
• I read your whole post in Skwissgaar voice, and it made it paranormally more entertaining. : johnwissinger
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  I've had some scary sleep paralysis episodes that freaked me out for a while, but after discovering that ... : nomaad
  • I'm pretty sure I had sleep paralysis last weekend, it fucking sucked. At two different points during th... : MagicWishMonkey
• Re-type this and I'll read it. : socksta
• Yes, and it's since become clear that it as all in my fucking imagination. : stuka
• It's all glitches in the Matrix, man. I've had some dreams that persisted throughout the day instead o... : Rehevkor
• I'll just say that with this type of thing as with many others, it's funny that when people experience or... : DinK
• I've had deja vu kind of stuff going due to insomnia and jetlag. Damn high-latency reality uplink. : d fluke
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  About the weirdest for me is this house we lived in when i was a kid. This farm house, the stairs at nigh... : Ziz
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    It was boring gegtik. : MagicWishMonkey
    • boring gegtik was acting all spooky in your hallway : MagicWishMonkey
• what paranormal experience did you have? : cptstern
• "The other day we were a bunch of people" <- This alone sounds pretty paranormal : OrkO
• One evening in 2002 at my parents house, I was in the main downstairs room. It's sort of "L" shaped, and ... : vitaminzach
• EOT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69TOuqaqXI&feature=player_embedded To answer your questions dire... : BauriceMastard
• I've never seen a ghost, I've only seen movies that show me what I'm supposed to expect if I ever see a g... : industro
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  On this very night, ten years ago, along this very stretch of road in a dense fog just like this. I saw t... : [fry]
  • Be sure 'n tell 'em, LARGE MARGE SENT YA : industro
• one night I saw slimer and he told me of the stay-puf marshmallow man 100% real : Luminair
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  I've also had a significant deja vu experience which I cannot explain, and which is incompatible with the... : vitaminzach
  • did you write these conversations down or anything? Or is your recollection (which is a notoriously incon... : boring gegtik
• Here's mine: About 15 years ago I was in a band and was taking my guitar equipment to the drummers ... : g.lee

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  <3 I'm going to be getting a PS3 now, damnit. : brickmatt
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    JUMP IN : tomservo
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      wrong console buddy! : sigpro
      • JUMP OUT : zakazi
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      I'm going to have so few games, I bet. Fuck. Trico Flower Wipeout HD LBP? Annnnnd, what? Fat Pr... : brickmatt
      • same here mgs4 i guess : boring gegtik
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        I'm telling you, it's a fine system and there are (and will be) some great games on it. But I bought it k... : tomservo
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          Well the media hub thing doesn't hold up for me. I have a DVD player, my 360 plays Netflix and streams fr... : brickmatt
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            Team Ico <3 : tomservo
            • They're killing me here. And anything I love in their games as well. : brickmatt
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        what about inFamous, the oddly capitalized game title? : Dave-A
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          We'll see if it's any good post-hype. I'm mean, yay Sly Cooper guys, but I have a hard time giving a shi... : brickmatt
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            It isn't co-op, iPTZ. Also I don't see what Florida State University has to do with it. : Dave-A
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              FSU = Fuck Shit Up. No coop? None in prototype either. Fucking retarded. : brickmatt
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                These FSU games are going backwards :( : Dave-A
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                  Aren't they, though? I can't believe how little fun I had with GTA4 coop. They needed to leave pigeons... : brickmatt
                  • They didn't??? What : tomservo
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                    GTA4 had co-op? : Dave-A
                    • That's just it, GTA4 didn't really - which was lame. But it had the lobby-sandbox ability, minus anything... : brickmatt
          • You have to get Monsters, everyone has to. : abrasion
          • Reviews are positive so far. http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/infamous : razlebol
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        http://www.gamersyde.com/news_7830_en.html : emacs
        • I'll check the first one out to see if the second one will matter to me. : brickmatt
      • Uncharted 1 and 2 (when it comes out) : marmite
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    me too! but i want a backwards compatible one : packav
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      And I want a pony. We don't always get what we want. =( : brickmatt
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        do you really want a pony? they're alot of maintenance. : packav
        • I know, he'd eat me out of house and home, especially since I'd want him to have a friend. : brickmatt
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      Order FAST http://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-Metal-Gear-Solid-Pack-3/dp/B0014WJ78E : sigpro
      • I gave my friend about $40 dollars the morning MGS4 came out to stand in front of Frys and get me the 80G... : notdeadyeti
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    Don't do it man, they are gay. : abrasion
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      Wait, now I get it. : brickmatt
      • My official ILTC post and no one else is even logged in as me :( : abrasion
  • Yeah I'll have to too. : NastyJack
  • Don't worry, it's not coming out this year ;) : bakanoodle
• Respec! \m/ : abrasion
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  Sony needs to hurry up and releasethe full version of Gran Turismo 5 so I can cave in and buy a PS3. : Ajax
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    I'm more excited for Forza 3, even though me and racing games are a joke. : brickmatt
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      Don't forget DiRT 2 which is the spiritual successor to the Rallisport Challenge games. DiRT 1 was a lot ... : Sailor of Fortune
      • I never played DiRT due to the meh ratings, but RSC was fantastic and I loved it. : brickmatt
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        Does Dirt 2 have proper fucking MP this time? I don't want to race against ghost drivers. : sigpro
        • Yes, they've already confirmed this. : IndigoAK
        • I believe it will have split screen and network at the least, haven't heard about online though. Might be... : Sailor of Fortune
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        How is DiRT 2 the spiritual successor to the Rallisport games? Are they the same developers? DiRT 1 felt ... : jayacheess
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          Rallisport Developers are busy making MAFIA 2 right now. : Skoal^Fyfan
          • That can't be right? I thought Rallisport Challenge was made by Dice? : GodZilly
        • I meant to say "spiritual to me" : Sailor of Fortune
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          not the same devs, DICE (battlefield guys) did rallisport. DiRT is by codemasters, who did the colin mcra... : qwpeoriu
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            name is still there. : Sailor of Fortune
            • Only in Europe. In the States, it's just DiRT. : IndigoAK
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            What the fuck? Colin McRae died? : jayacheess
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              yeah in Sept. 2007. : sigpro
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                Reading about it now. He was performing a high speed, low altitude turn in a helicopter and lost control.... : jayacheess
                • Pretty much :( it's sad. : abrasion
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                  hard left, medium right, ground. : gmd
                  • Up! Up! Down! Down! Left! Left! Speed up! Down! Down! Vrrrrrrrrr.... : Sailor of Fortune
                  • Oh my god I actually gasped when I read this, you're an evil fuck gmd,... curse you for this being funny... : abrasion
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          • 2 is the best game ever, yet no BC because microsoft is extremely gay : gmd
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    That would be nice but I am sure that is a 2010 game also. : sigpro
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      I'm not going to be able to justify buying another console that I'm not going to play all that often unti... : Ajax
      • I justified it as a new dvd player and blu-ray player for the front room as the ones we had all died. : sigpro
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  have to admit, I wish their stuff came out for PC. : ]pm[chem
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    No way, these games are meant to be experienced on a nice big TV on the couch. : brickmatt
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      that can be said for most games... : dael
      • Yup, exactly. : brickmatt
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      What a stupid comment. : vx2o
      • What a stupid comment. : abrasion
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  Team Ico: the only game design team that can get me to spend $400 on a game console without even telling ... : kallanta
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    Yup. I'd be in the same boat, but I already got my PS3. <3 you, Team ICO : LoioshDwaggie
    • Bought mine last October. : kallanta
• thomas, I never played ico or SoC, I had sold my ps2 by then and my ps3 is not BC. : gmd
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  i rented Ico by chance years ago, knowing not a thing about it. hands down one of the most creative teams... : siknsyko
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    Ico is one of those games I wish I could replay for the first time. : brickmatt
    • absolutely : siknsyko
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      i still have haiku's copy that i need to finish. i got stuck in one room for like 2 hours or something a... : Mr.SEX
      • Oh jesus, dude. Finish it, please. : brickmatt
• fumitowned : haiku
• I need to get a PS3 when it's out! : Link.
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  i don't think i've ever played a team ico game. is all the love for them based only on the game Ico? i... : [fry]
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    there's shadow of the colossus also : AlexXdude
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      i havent played either of them too : AlexXdude
      • You should. You can usually recognize a masterpiece when it is respected not only in its own medium, but : LoioshDwaggie
    • another one i haven't played and i guess i can't since i have no ps2 : [fry]
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    Wait if you don't have a PS2 does that mean you have never played God of War fry? : abrasion
    • nope, i haven't, and my piece of shit ps3 with no backwards compatibility won't play them either where... : [fry]
  • I liked SOTC more than Ico but they're both pretty awesome : aeg1x
  • Go pick up the two games cheaply for PS2 right now. : Link.
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    ico and shadow of the collosus were some of the most genius games in terms of gameplay, immersion, score,... : klearlyunseen
    • i hated ICO, honestly. The PA bit about the game hit home to me. There are many thing I did like about ... : sukabljat
  • same here, [fry]. i dont really get it. i dont even know what these games are about : feek
  • if you can get it for cheap or borrow it from a friend i'd say try it, but honestly fry i'm not sure this... : Mr.SEX
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  http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=3924125 :[ : My Documents
  • who the heck is karen sympathy? : deathofrats
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    RIP karen sympathy : AlexXdude
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      what happened to emily? : j0nchan
      • dude, aids. :[ : CrimsonHandHiro
      • the fuck who is this : My Documents
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  team ico rocks at everything but gameplay where they suck king kong balls : mista mista
  • SOTC has some camera issues. Otherwise, no complaints from me. : vx2o
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    Except.......you're wrong : Drewus
    • ^^^This : ColoradoCNC
  • the combat in ico was certainly meh, but SotC I have to disagree : Halen
  • I'm loling this, but only sarcastically. : Vincent Grayson
  • I'd like to have a word out back with you. : cdbeckman