Evening Reading

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  So yes, this year marks my very first attendance to E3. I'm thinking about twittering or blogging my impr... : warcrow
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    If it's there and you have the time I'd love to hear about the next Tomb Raider game. Underworld was my f... : nina myers is a goddamned american hero
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      Shack needs character limits on names. lol jesus titty fuck : ant_hillbilly
      • is she really an american hero though? : warcrow
    • DLC perhaps? : warcrow
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      Is it worth me picking up Underworld? Is it as good as Uncharted? : abrasion
      • Its definitely not as good as Uncharted. : warcrow
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    Can we give you a list of people to punch? : Dave-A
    • http://www.playedpodcast.com/discussion/memberlist.php : warcrow
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    Borderlands needs to be on that list, I have a feeling thats going to be big there. : klearlyunseen
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      I'll keep an eye out and post something on my twittier if I see it. I really want to see that game too. : warcrow
      • I'm going to die by day 3. : warcrow
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    MGS5, MGNext, MGRaiden... whatever its called. : technotica
    • Yea. : warcrow
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    Is there really going to be that much Blizzard stuff? They save their new things for BlizzCON now-a-days, : DM7
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      I doubt it, but I'm going to keep my eyes peeled. : warcrow
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        I'll give you a rare US coin if you find some Diablo 3 info at E3. :> : DM7
        • I might take you up on that offer. :D : warcrow
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    plenty of websites that have experience reporting about E3 to watch, probably 100 too many. : dignan
    • Too late, I'm in it to win it! : warcrow
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    -Splinter Cell Conviction ;) : MrLobo
    • Yup--will do. : warcrow
  • Links 360 : Degenerate
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    DNF : r3dn3ck
    • :( : warcrow
    • :[ : CrustaR
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    You should wear a trenchcoat plus a fedora with a piece of paper in the band that says 'Press'. I'm posit... : Snuffles-
    • I like this idea a lot! : warcrow
    • or people running away and hiding from the mysterious stranger : Degenerate
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      "SAY! Have you heard about the new MAFIA game? It sure looks SWELL!" : jamesray
      • Perhaps I could make some money that day. : warcrow
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    I like the list of games you have - please do NOT cover any damn music rythm games, they really are all t... : abrasion
    • Nice to see someone else shares my sentiment on rhythm and music games. : freshyk
    • The Beatles! : warcrow
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    APB LIKE A MOTHER FUCK ERRRRRRRRRRRRRR : Luminair
    • totally. : warcrow
• Hippies? : warcrow

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  So M$ is going to cave and pay Sony to include Blu-Ray? hard to believe. : Skoal^Fyfan
  • Agreed. And even the rumor sheets lists that part as a rumor! : Bold
  • HEY GUYS M$! : zerog83
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  Faker than fake fake fake fake (fake!) : abrasion
  • Gonna have to agree with this fakeness. : DasCracky
• Yeah... no. : Fred Garvin
• haha that render is freaking terrible. : c_man_tmt
• hahahah that looks so horribly..... fake. : -=kodiak=-
• That looks legit. : mittense
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  Is that a real picture of it? : devi| dog
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    No, of course not. This is merely a rumor, and someone's sketch of the rumor. It even SAYS right on the s... : Bold
    • Lol, I can't believe you answer that seriously. I like this version of the slim mock ups http://elhabib.... : devi| dog
  • yes, it only exists in virtual reality, and you have to be lawnmower man to use it. do you qualify? : Luminair
• Also, it's powered by gumdrops and delivered by unicorns. : deveus1
• Yay sketchup! : zakazi
• lol : moshman
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  Pics of the motion controller http://gmd.shackspace.com/Xbox360MotionController.JPG : gmd
  • Sold. : Evil Benius
  • That's way too small, it's easily slip out of your ass mouth hands : Shivawn
  • sweet, i'm already an expert : moshman
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    That can't be real. : stump
    • pretty sure it is : moshman
  • It looks like a mini-snowman is holding on to that from behind because he loves it so much! Microsoft are... : Snuffles-
  • I'll buy two! : ThomW
  • Incoming takedown notice in 3....2....1.... : jingletard
  • Need pics next to sesmaster's penis for scale. : SiW.
  • AMAZING. MS does it again! : Rice-Rocketeer
  • when I drew this up I didn't think about it but imagine cupping the balls with your hands and pointing th... : gmd
  • The ergonomic design is absolutely killer. I see it being very comfortable holding in your hands for ext... : bitter ego
  • WTF thats a penis! : Flynn
  • force feedback! : mnsnota
  • NWS ^^ : Dontdrop
  • Nice lol : Maddog_Delphi97
• A Bold, yet silly, statement. : capt tripps
• no way. : edgewise
• That's bs. MS is never going to pay royalties to Sony in order to have a Blu-ray drive. : jimvolk

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• Hey look, it's that guy. : Godhatesfatpeople
• name an example : spiderfill
• lol no really. lol. : dopefish
• You're not doing it right. : Ride-My-Rocket
• quit playing pubs : bipolar
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  L4D = real teamwork. : abrasion
  • "real" : Godhatesfatpeople
• Yes, obviously the classes are meant for deathmatch style combat. : spazzium
• Must be pretty sweet being totally wrong. If you don't have teamwork in TF2, you're boned. Simple as that... : lplasmatron
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  /facepalm looks like the front pagers are spilling into the chattys..... : kpxkrnjc
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    No, he's not a real front-pager, just a TFC die-hard who attacks TF2 a lot. It's kind of funny in this ca... : Felraiser
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      His post history is pretty much a hilarious trainwreck. : Sapiens
      • I think he makes some okay points, but it really feels like all he's done is play in 32-person AD map pub... : Felraiser
    • yeah i know-- all he ever does is rail on tf2 when it's brought up : kpxkrnjc
    • damn in tfc one medic could totally own rock2 or well all by himself it was ridiculuos, grenades...conc j... : Chandler55
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  Dude. Just dude. Okay. Let me tell you two examples. Take a sniper. He's gonna likely get his ass ... : Malku
  • Well fuck me I can't count lol. : Malku
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    lmao scouts exist to completely fuck up everyone as long as they don't have a sentry : bigexplosions
    • Or Natascha. : ChibiJosh
• Cut him some slack - if he's not playing on the right servers I see how it could feel that way. Howeve... : virus
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  Good luck playing as a scout without a decent team. 1 sentry and you're fucked. Need a demoman to help yo... : marmite
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    well to be fair on pubs you basically play it as deathmatch, if you are lucky you will play team deathmat... : Hoax
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      Dumb pyros never switch to shotty when out of range (or they just over pursue people instead of pulling b... : zakazi
      • (of course smart ones will do both, finish things with the shot gun and pull back when the fight becomes ... : zakazi
• pubs rarely have team work. you need to play with friends or clannies. : yautja
• I can kind of see what you're talking about in 32player instant spawn spam fest. Yes some classes in some... : Klebold
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  Pretty funny. People still defend the fact that there is team work on Shack servers. There isn't. It... : alias
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    and there's nothing wrong with that! : dooberzoo
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      If you like people randomly fighting in pointless locations sure. Don't knock until you understand a... : alias
      • alias appreciates this game on a much deeper level than you, dooberzoo. : ChibiJosh
  • I disagree with this, there is plenty of teamwork on Shack servers, especially a few weeks after a major ... : RyDogg1
  • Compared to Pubs we're a bunch of geniuses when it comes to strategy and teamwork. And compared to compet... : zakazi
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    Funny these threads continue--everyone is talking about different types of teamwork. I can't tell you ho... : thief
    • But yes, the competitive stuff is much much more teamwork based. Your point stands strong! : thief
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  if you communicate with the team even on a pub you'll get teamwork in my experience. tell the team where ... : Shai-Tan
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    a lot of pubs totally fuck this by having alltalk on though : Old_Fart
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      I don't mic on pubs, I push the u button to team type. saying stuff on mic is annoying imo, with text you... : Shai-Tan
      • So you stop moving mid-battle to type out "there's a spy behind you medic" everytime? Quite the team p... : FlamingGimp
• I have to agree. I don't know why but team play doesn't seem to evolve naturally like other games. Still ... : baron calamity
• You knoqw what would help with team work in TF2? The Hunted. Valve, make it happen. : baron calamity
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  BF1942 >> TF2 We should play that again sometime soon! : pres589
  • BF1942 was incredible. Probably the best teamwork experience I have had! : boulder94
• Stop posting. Seriously. Just stop. : aaarrrgh

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  Is this yours? : scottythejock
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    No, mine is only about half of that. That's ~1/2 of the US released PS2 games. This guy also has a comple... : roushimsx
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      Think of all the tail this guy must get O_O : MoreVespeneGas
      • more like 0.0 : cerealSAM2
      • He could probably trade it all for half a girlfriend. : FirstPersonCooter
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  I wonder how many of those are actually worth playing : thekidd
  • Probably only about 400 or 500 of them. Maybe 600. : roushimsx
• well shit! that's a lot of PS2 games : Toraz Chryx
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  Those not being in alphabetical order would drive me batty. : Evil Benius
  • that and not having them easily accessible on shelves would drive me batty :( : roushimsx
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    When you have a collection that big you can afford to be fancy. Like autobiographical, decade, studio, ge... : Klebold
    • I do not think they are in any of those orders though :( : Evil Benius
  • actually the thing that is pissing me off is that the columns aren't in a straight line. How hard would i... : Klebold
  • I was just thinking this : zerog83
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  Its RomSteady's ps2 games. : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • No. If you took all of my disc-based console games for all of the platforms (Xbox, Xbox 360, PS1, PS2, G... : RomSteady
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  Ah, looks like some poor bastard's been getting generic cases from GameStop. : Rotten Deadite
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    Also, when you're padding out your collection of games with stuff like "King of Route 66" and "American I... : Rotten Deadite
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      Sega AM2 games are never collection padding, fine sir! : roushimsx
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        A2M ? : MoreVespeneGas
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          You know, A2M did some really good Kim Possible games. http://www.a2m.com/ : roushimsx
          • lol : PointlesS76
• Impressive, half of that collection isn't even worth playing. :/ : bitter ego
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  Sometimes I wish I was autistic so I could count them really fast. : pieman
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    the stack on the far right is 100 high, to give you an idea of overall count. : Omning
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      I'm guessing about... 950 games? : Maddog_Delphi97
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        The guy that owns the collection pegs it at ~960 and he's got Ghostbusters on preorder. : roushimsx
        • lol, I was close. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • I'm fairly certain that not all individuals with autism are savants. : acidnynex
• the scary thing is what the rest of his dwelling looks like... is there a stack of pizza boxes that high,... : proclone1
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  im not even trying to get that kind of big on my ps2 collection. but damn thats dedication. : X-GOUKI
  • Yea, I don't think I'll ever really go above 500. Going for a complete collection is just lunacy and I do... : roushimsx
• Impressive. I guess. : bolneze
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  who has the time =( : not work safe
  • with a collection that massive, its really not even about playing them anymore. : .Jayson
  • 9 years seems like enough : peat
• looks like a turkish prison : Flynn
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  This image further solidifies Sonys stupidity at removing backwards compatibility. : abrasion
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    I keep hoping that they go full software emulation like they did with the PS1 back when the slimline came... : roushimsx
    • They are going to pull a Microsoft and re-sell them online for sure. : abrasion
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  That's worth about $60 trade-in credit at Gamestop. : jingletard
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    Seriously, who actually trades games in to Gamestop? You'd have to be either retarded or lazy to do that. : roushimsx
    • Well its a rip off just like selling cd's or dvd's but it's not like there is a lot of options. : MoreVespeneGas
• and maybe 20 of those are actually fun : jimvolk

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  classy ending , damn thats a lot of sex though : Chandler55
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    Wait what? Now I feel the need to watch this. : PointlesS76
    • timeshifting. it'll be on again in 2 hrs : dantastic
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    I agree, the only word for it was classy I liked conans ending for his show as well a bit more personal ... : jimmy-buffett
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      Regardless of what you think of it, it's not like either of them are "ending" like Carson did. They are b... : MoreVespeneGas
      • Oh I'm not a fan of the new arrangement at all, don't get me wrong. Each reality show kills an hour of o... : jimmy-buffett
  • They probably weren't all Jay's. : cerealSAM2
• Respects, delivering entertainment each day, all these years. Hat tip'd. : dael
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  You thought so? I thought the Conan interview couldn't have been anymore brief. Almost like he had to be ... : MoreVespeneGas
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    I didn't think it was bad. Jay crammed a lot into his last show and the Conan interview was decent -- the... : ThomW
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      So you've changed from "pretty cool" to "decent" in mere minutes! Aha! Seriously though the only funn... : MoreVespeneGas
      • Those best of Jaywalking clips were funny too. : ThomW
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  Fallon's show is terrible right now. : mnsnota
  • I made it to the commercial break and shut it off. The Roots are by far the best thing about that show. : ThomW
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    I don't know who made the executive decision to use Fallon, but it's a bad one. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • lorne michaels. : icking fudiot
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    That show is a blackhole. Ferguson can still be decent. I don't know why he got rid of the e-mail jun... : MoreVespeneGas
    • His monologues are the best ones of late night. He's just so comfortable out there. He needs to do more... : timmie
    • ferguson is awesome, easily the second best late night guy behind conan : klearlyunseen
  • I watched a few minutes of an interview one time and it was truly god awful. : Ellissd
  • ^ what they said ^ : CyCo_PL
  • Is the insanely nervous appearance that Fallon gives off intended? He has been on TV for a long time i... : SigENeaT
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    I'd rather watch mind of mencia. Fucking seriously. : Thisispol
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      ugh, fallon is bad but NOTHING is that bad. : klearlyunseen
      • Wish we could nuke them both from orbit =( : Thisispol
    • Whoa whoa whoa... let's not say something we can't take back, guys. : riptyde
  • I wanted to like him. I used to think he was funny. But god, his show sucks. :( : virus
  • Watching it makes me feel awkard since he seems so nervous, almost to the point where it looks like he wi... : thecray
  • Disagree. He's gotten a lot better. : Deathlove
  • I really liked Fallon last night...I think he is getting better! Conan sucked pretty bad when he first st... : adhy
  • I can't watch it, but as a reminder - for the first year or so of Conan, most people hated him and were v... : zipper76
  • well, Conan was pretty terrible his first year, too. He just needs to find his groove and maybe he will g... : Dschinghis Khan
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    He wasn't funny on SNL what made someone think he would be funny without help? : eldiablo01
    • Lorne Michaels kinda might be OK at picking out people that are good at late night comedy. : Deathlove
  • I can't imagine Fallon being any good at this. He'll be gone in no time. Is Carson Daily still doing tha... : reelbk
  • I disagree. The first week was rough but he's really getting comfortable and its got a fun vibe. The rest... : not work safe
  • The Roots are awesome, though. They need to do an entire show that's just "Slow Jam the News" for 30 minu... : sgtsanity
  • Yeah it's so incredibly uncomfortable to watch. : uncleanmonkey
  • aren't his ratings actually solid though? : derelict515
  • I've seen a couple of minutes linked on the web and it's terrible. : abrasion
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  the conan in makeup skit looks like it's going to be hilarious : [fry]
  • Oh hell yes that looks to be great. Conan with a larger budget should be interesting. : ant_hillbilly
  • Haha I just saw that and he looks hilarious. : freshyk
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  I hope this new time slot forces the end of Jay Leno. He's pretty much never funny at all, ever : bozer
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    He's funny sometimes, but he's too corny/cheesy and he still regularly uses old topics (OJ Simpson) as a ... : ThomW
    • What!? Man, he never really got over squeezing the juice, did he? :) : PlanetPerfecto
• "Good riddance to bad trash. Bring on Conan." : heartsauce
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  I know it's really cool to hate on Jay Leno, but it's well deserved cos he really, really sucked. Such an... : wretchedradio
  • Yeah its really dissapointing when I tune into the tonight show expecting cutting edge journalism. Leno s... : not work safe
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  Wish I didn't have to wait until Monday to see it on hulu.com. Was Conan on the show? : Maddog_Delphi97
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    full episode is on the nbc site already maddog: http://www.nbc.com/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno/video/e... : pyide
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      not outside US :( oh well. : humbleone
      • Get Hotspot Shield. I'm watching it now and I'm in Canada. : stelth
    • Ah nice, thank you. : Maddog_Delphi97
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    The Conan interview is on nbc.com but the rest of the episode isn't. : freshyk
    • nevermind ^^^ : freshyk
• Is there a clip of the Conan portion? : wykd

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• That thing is hideous : Ebu
• The design is not very slick and not very ergonomic from that screenshot. I am sure a lot of people want... : c_man_tmt
• Looks like they made the analog stick worse. Also, why would I care about protecting the buttons, it woul... : ghost in my shell
• That looks ridiculuously bad. : Dontdrop
• thats like going backwards on design. plus now second analog = fail : X-GOUKI
• Looks like the mocks that have been around flr a while. : prime8
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  hahahaha He talks about a MSG game for the PSP. Could that be the game pimped by Konami's MSG teaser ... : MrLobo
  • Famitsu says there is 2 new metal gear game. 1 for the psp and one for the ps3. : razlebol
• Ouch. : heartsauce
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  I think it looks nice. A flip would have been better though but I guess that way you can watch movies wit... : razlebol
  • Just saw the video, not sure it's going to be comfortable playing with the analog stick for a while. : razlebol
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  better pic http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=16068044&postcount=659 : razlebol
  • Okay, that looks better than the shitty pictures gave away. : mittense
• I've never owned a PSP or DS - are they supposed to be really ugly? : Dessicator82
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  video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM3dMMc3syY&eurl=http://ps3hype.nl/nieuws/3324-exclusieve-video... : c_man_tmt
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    Gran Turismo psp at the end of the video. Maybe they will release it one day. : razlebol
    • how do they play it from that crazy camera angle?!?!?!!?!?!? : armybob
    • I hope our grandkids get to play it someday. : ThomW
  • GRAN TURISMO. : mittense
• Bleh. : Fred Garvin
• the only way i was going to get it is if they included dual analog. not only did they not include that b... : dantastic
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  I really really really wanted dual analog sticks : armybob
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    Yeah, me too. I actually wanted a PSP instead of a redesign. I'll keep the one I have for now, especially... : razlebol
    • I feel the same way : armybob
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      This isn't a replacement for the PSP-3000 - it'll go alongside it. : Deathlove
      • That's what I said, I'd have prefered a new psp instead of a redesign. : razlebol
  • that'd probably screw up what games could sell. you'd have to willingly cut yourself off from the existi... : Postal
• I will buy this. : silaslang
• Poor Sony, so many of their surprises ruined :/ : abrasion
• Meh download only has zero appeal for me. : Evil Benius
• Wow, Sony seems deadset on progressively making the system worse and worse as time goes on. : roushimsx
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  So, this looks too thin for a UMD slot. If that's the case is it download only? : Fred Garvin
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    Yes it has always been rumored to be download only. : Evil Benius
    • So, what about UMDs? Are they going to have some way for people with big game libraries to transfer them? : Fred Garvin
  • That's the rumor. : treefingers1
  • Yep. : disposition

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• Yeah we saw it, like, last week. : lechuck59
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  The vocals from the song in that vid HAVE to be from Liberi Fatali (Final Fantasy 8 theme). Same or simil... : Orange Pylon
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    Of course they are. : lechuck59
    • Neat! : Orange Pylon
• Nah, cause they'd be like hey! thats like that dude shwortdogg posted on the shack. then they'd know his ... : Ziz
• that's insane. i watched the whole thing with my mouth open like a moron, only able to utter things like ... : busdriver3030
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  This guy would be awesome in the olympics : Makenxero
  • No way Damien is too extreme for the olympics. : romulan
• Damn ninjas. : bryanvlo
• How many backflips does it take to get abs like that? : Jobos
• My ankles broke just by watching that. : PointlesS76
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  There is a way crazy video out there of some Russian dudes doing this kind of shit, only like 10x more ha... : Reeves
  • The original was on Google Video, I think, so I'm not sure whose upload on YouTube is the proper one, but... : AlexW1203
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  want to see a vs. video with this guy and jackie chan. : BauriceMastard
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    Nah Jackie's way too old now. 25 years ago maybe. : beastrabban
    • Tony Jaa maybe? : Rotten Deadite
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  I can do that, I just don't want to. And it would be interesting to see that guy in a foot chase with po... : Waffles!
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    the classic PARKOUR clip from the movie Banlieue 16 fits the bill : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3t3T... : nrgXs
    • why have I never rented/watched this before? cheers for the reminder : PlanetPerfecto
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      Mirror's Edge the movie. : gibolas1234
      • More like Banlieue 16 the game : Ebu
    • holy shit that was awesome. mirror's edge combat and chase scenes should have been this. : Waffles!
    • those thugs chasing him were as annoyingly tenacious as the Mario Kart 64 NPC's : Home Nugget
    • after watching it, it automatically went to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg4G3Zo8FNE&feature=PlayList&... : d0pamine
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      This is "District B13" or something right? Also reminds me of Tony Jaa : bolneze
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        heh., district B13 was so awesome. such horrible, horrible acting and dialog. but the chase and fight sce... : mindmann
        • Agreed : okhelosir
    • Never heard of B16 before... I just added it to my Netflix queue. Tyvm! : Ride-My-Rocket
• I wonder if he would do well in Ninja Warrior that G4 airs. Also, it sounds like they put the cassette... : DM7
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  I like to imagine he's just constantly flipping and vaulting and climbing and bouncing off things. Whenev... : Dave-A
  • Also if I saw a video game character doing half of that stuff (like when he climbed that pole) I'd be lik... : Dave-A
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  and here I thought he was going to pole vault. the vast majority of that stuff he does is meh, IMO. : epit
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    Yeah it looks cool but its just gymnastics. Im sure there are others out there capable of doing that stuf... : bolneze
    • The climbing up the pole, backflip from the sitting position, drinking and undressing while flipping was ... : bolneze
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  i do that like every day. what's the big deal. : xxiv
  • I know I get out bed by doing a back flip. This is amateur. : eldiablo01
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  I bet that guy lives on the edge. : snuff
  • He'll be here all night folks. Tips at the front gate. : Rigg5
• much better quality here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MeiwLLZjDo : kill9
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  You get the feeling everyone at the gymnastics place hates it when he shows up, because he just takes ove... : Home Nugget
  • Damn what a douche : bolneze
  • hahahaha : Utopia
• helicopters + radios + bullets > gymnastics : d0pamine
• Dial this guy waaaaay down and you've got the Warehouse manager where I work, named Brett. Brett is a da... : Rotten Deadite
• Pretty amazing but even that towards the end I lose interest and close window. I have zero attention spa... : bozer

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  I should note that I'm not a beginning developer, I've got 8+ years into my career which is mostly hinged... : boarder2
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    i'm the same, 9 years in, .NET stuff after 2.0 just went batshit insane, and it was very hard to convince... : filthysock
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      I can't find a compelling reason to even bother trying ruby, the group that loves it is pretty damn vocal... : boarder2
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        JSON and AMF are both super easy to work with and a billion times smaller than XML : MagicWishMonkey
        • Google Protocol Buffers is starting to get alot of attention recently, and for good reason. : rmjackson
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          ^^^^ This. Use JSON. XML is dumb. : Zero|DPX
          • agreed,XML is a trainwreck : filthysock
          • json sounds like a japanese boy band to me, I dont know if I can trust it : Luminair
      • At this point if you're not just a natural tinkerer and you're not into Web stuff, yeah you're probably n... : zakazi
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  • I love this post. It's something I think about all the time. : dafugg
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• My degree is in computer engineering, and I'm working at a hardware manufacturer. The job description is ... : wasylm
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  Writing code is just sorta what I do. The only difference between what i do during the day and what i do ... : rmjackson
  • Yeah, I'm having to learn NSIS scripting in order to write some installation code for this project I'm wo... : Maddog_Delphi97
  • You're never under the gun to get a product out using existing technology? We've got a pretty strict fra... : boarder2
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  I write a lot of WinForms code. I don't feel any particular need to learn or use WPF. I've looked at it, ... : Goncyn
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    Yeah, definitely not. I actually wrote a test app for a new library I was writing for work using WPF and... : boarder2
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      I reckon WPF will be dead in a few years time and windows apps will be delivered via sliverlight : filthysock
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        They really shot themselves in the foot with how god awfully horrible the IDE is when using WPF. It's so... : boarder2
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          no i mean you wont build a WPF app, you'll build a silverlight app that has more system privileges. : filthysock
          • WPF and Silverlight are the same, more or less. : Goncyn
          • that would be a WPF app... : derelict515
        • The whole IDE itself has been ported to WPF in VS2010! : dchavez999
      • but Silverlight is a subset of WPF designed for the security restrictions of a web app... : derelict515
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  i hear you. i keep up on the blogs and keep an eye out for any opportunity to suggest new technologies as... : mindfk
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    Are you referring to a specific MVC framework for .NET or the pattern in general? : matthaeus
    • Probably Asp.Net MVC : uncleanmonkey
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  I would suggest you try something very different from whatever you're used to. Be it the language, the ki... : maddy
  • This. I'd say learning a new language to do something rather simple is a great thing to do at least once ... : zakazi
  • yeah, go learn F# and you get all the fun new language stuff without having to re-learn library crap : derelict515
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  You're not only one. MS is just rolling out new stuff like crazy right now. WPF, LINQ, WCF, .Net 4 soon... : Edges
  • I wish Silverlight 3 would already be final :-( (just for 3d objects) : matthaeus
• Sounds like SDK/API fatigue. Microsoft generates a crazy amount of interfaces. Why not focus on algor... : SLUDGE^
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  You should be thankful you're using .net, in my job I have to crank out Visual Basic code mostly :/ sigh.... : trelain
  • We're still VERY heavy on the VB6 end, we've recently gotten some new management that is letting us start... : boarder2
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  I'm a Java developer, and I also can't keep up with all the new technologies that come out so quickly. Th... : code-e255
  • Yeah, this describes how I feel really well. Spending 40+ hours a week programming has kind of killed it... : boarder2
• Looks like someone needs a dose of Haskell: http://learnyouahaskell.com/ Seriously, mix shit up and le... : uncleanmonkey
• We're encouraged to look at new stuff where I work. Until recently I've never had any real interesting in... : chazums
• I think what you were asking for was a suggestion of a project to learn through? Yeah, me too :( : hawkeye
• I'm a .Net dev working for a consulting firm. I was on the bench for 6 months (between clients) so I coul... : Pantene Pro-V
• I get into ruts too. I want to learn iPhone development stuff next. I finally got my Dell Mini 9 OS... : ThomW
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  Also the reason why you would want to learn new stuff is because it makes your life easier. E.g. the C... : uncleanmonkey
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    Absolutely, but we can't just switch to new things willy nilly, we have an enterprise level financial sol... : boarder2
    • Yeah that's really really rough. : zakazi
• I found it hard to keep up with .NET stuff when I was a .NET guy. Switching to Ruby (which has such a fas... : zakazi
• My company actually assigns a few hours for research when we're about to start a big project, gives me a ... : Conan
• I've learned not to concern myself with learning the intricacies of every new API that comes out. It's n... : electroly
• one thing i dont like about .NET is everyone seems to want to make up and throw exceptions all over the p... : gyokuro