Morning Discussion: Live Free or E3 Hard

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  the speedup is from using special decoder hardware. how would they release that for every computer? : electroly
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    My video card can process 1.21 giggajiggles of data. Why can't they accelerate flash through that? It pla... : Dynotaku
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      your video card does not participate in the actual decoding. your CPU is shouldering all of that burden,... : electroly
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        Don't a lot of video cards accelerate various codecs? Even linux has a framework for GPU-accelerated vide... : jcupitt
        • Pretty much just H.264 and VC-1. The codecs being used currently for HD content. : spazzium
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        My desktop is DirectX accelerated through my video card, why can't flash be? : Dynotaku
        • It already is hardware accelerated for displaying graphics (for proof, right-click a Flash app and open t... : electroly
    • giggajiggles .. sounds like a bunch of fat girls : HighSpeedChase
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    Take advantage of Nvidia's CUDA system would be a start. : Arcanum
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      Is that not what this is? I assumed by the NVidia reference. : electroly
      • Oooh, very possibly. I hadn't read the article yet, I just saw the Broadcom reference and your mention o... : Arcanum
    • Get on the OpenCL bandwagon early! : Toraz Chryx
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  Flash, evil garbage. http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1254483&cid=28193075 : abrasion
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    Yeah not being able to control which monitor it fullscreens to, or having it minimize if you click on the... : Dynotaku
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      Here's a supposed fix for that particular issue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwH_-C2-93E : MagicWishMonkey
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        if this actually works i will love you forever : electroly
        • i like how the instructions are in a flash video so i can't edit the file while looking at the instructio... : electroly
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          Works great, just tried it :) : MagicWishMonkey
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            how did you get the DLL to save? it's telling me the file is in use even though i closed all my web brow... : electroly
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              You need to close the browser completely. Copy the dll to a different folder, edit it, save, then close y... : MagicWishMonkey
              • ah I wasn't in an elevated command prompt, that's why. works great! : electroly
      • LOL I think the fact people need to hexedit a DLL pretty much rests that guys case on slashdot. What a s... : abrasion
      • WTF why the fuck is this text file a youtube video? : Dynotaku
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    Flash is awesome and that article is fucking stupid. Firstly, I need more goddamn control over it, I'm : MagicWishMonkey
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      What do you mean buffer times are left up to the developer? I couldn't give a fuck if the buffer times we... : abrasion
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        it's not a firefox issue or a flash plugin issue, it's an issue with the flash video player code (which i... : electroly
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          Ok well how's this, the implimentation of flash video on the web is flawed, from the buffering, keyboard ... : abrasion
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            your first sentence is correct. your second one is not. flash does not need any additional support for : electroly
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              I've never come across any implimentation which has 1/100'th of the controls of media player / vlc etc, t... : abrasion
              • Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying. Not sure where you're going with the bandwidth thing though -- the... : electroly
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                Would you blame the committee that controls C++ for Bioshock not allowing the user to adjust the fov righ... : walker270
                • Obviously not, that would be pointless http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20083393 opening sentence : abrasion
      • Then your beef is misplaced and certainly shouldn't be blamed on Flash. That's missing the mark completel... : ieGod
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        You could easily write a flash video player that would allow the end user (you) to set the buffer time fo... : MagicWishMonkey
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          This needs to be either brought back in to the player itself or released as a common tool offering this. ... : abrasion
          • this post doesn't make any sense. you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. 1.) There IS a : electroly
          • lol : askedrelic
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        You don't know what Flash is. : Bamtan
        • Given the past week, you and Ekuriox should form up to be Shack's Master Blaster. : Bamtan
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        Notice how you started out your post trying to be funny and still ended up saying a bunch of garbage that... : ateam311
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          of course the buffering should be up to the fucking end user, he or she is the one who is aware of the si... : abrasion
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            hahaha, dude most people would immediately leave your page if you forced them to specify buffer informati... : MagicWishMonkey
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              I've seen abrasion's screenshots. There is no way I would ever take his interface usability suggestions ... : electroly
              • Isn't abrasion one of the 'WINDOWS CLASSIC 4 LYFE' people? : Danny5225
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            Flash has flaws but the things you are pointing out are not flaws of Flash, but of the developers that us : Bamtan
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              Actually I've re-worded it multiple times and you must have missed it. I don't care how or why it happen... : abrasion
              • "You and everyone else clearly know I'm not a flash developer, I'm not a coder, it's pretty obvious that ... : ateam311
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                I agree with all your problems about buffering. The presumption that developers have about peoples' bandw... : Bamtan
                • Sorry, y'all kind of knew what I meant - it's 3:00am and I've had 5 hours sleep a night for 2 weeks agai... : abrasion
              • just like this, what specs do you run for your pc? : shirif
              • Again, a lot of the shit you're whining about isn't a problem with flash but how people decide to use it ... : ieGod
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            I disagree entirely because I fully understand how Flash / AS interact. I also know that you can set it u... : ateam311
            • I should also stress that there are flaws in Flash, but that's not your main argument here. : ateam311
          • holy shit that first sentence is hilarious, I assume you are not a developer : Yanks
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        I don't think you understand what Flash is or how it works. Video is just one small part of Flash. The... : pupismyname
        • This. : electroly
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          It's possible pup that my frustration is exasperated by the crappy internet links here in Australia and t... : abrasion
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            The best player implementations I've seen recently are Hulu, IGN, and Vimeo, but I haven't used any of th... : pupismyname
            • I've got to be honest the ign one is really responsive, it pre-buffers fast and the look and feel of the ... : abrasion
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          Regarding the full screen and focus, I'm not sure that's really a feature they 'overlooked'. Most media... : mroizo40
          • This is one point where I fully agree with abrasion. The Flash VM should give developers the option of a... : electroly
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      I'll tell you what is flash's fault, it's the goddamn CPU requirements to do anything in it : Yanks
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        I didn't realize Turing-complete languages had a way to magically limit the CPU usage of applications wri... : electroly
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          I understand your arguments, but when I am sitting on a random website and it is using 75% of my cpu due ... : Yanks
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            Can you provide a link that does that? Everybody says this and I have never once encountered a website t... : electroly
            • (And then, like I said before, it would only be interesting if the equivalent JavaScript+DHTML implementa... : electroly
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              Took about 30 seconds to find a good example: http://www.elrepositorio.com/shack/fuckingflash.png to ... : Yanks
              • Also, that window was the only one open. The CPU usage went anywhere between 101% and 45%, that was a nic... : Yanks
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                I'll have to try this on my Mac at home. It's using under 10% of my CPU on my PC here at work. : electroly
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                  I'm pretty sure that Mac Flash is pretty much #1 far and away the problem that I have with Flash in gener... : Yanks
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                    Sadly, their devs seem to think that optimizing Flash Player Mac is a pretty low priority for Adobe: h... : adpalumbo
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                      You'd think the Mac platform would be a priority considering how Mac-centric Adobe has been traditionally... : electroly
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                        It's just an Adobe developer saying more than he should (and probably knows), so you have to take it with : adpalumbo
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                          I can't even imagine how they're going to make Flash run on mobile devices with 1/1000 the power of a mod... : hawkeye
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                            Yeah we're all pretty much screwed, battery life and all : Yanks
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                              Ok so I just tried it on my iMac and I still cannot reproduce what you're talking about. Gamespot idles ... : electroly
                              • (You are using the latest version of Flash, right? It makes a difference.) : electroly
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                      hahahahahahah On the left : Vmware fusion + Windows XP + Firefox 3 + Flash10, playing a flash video. ... : Yanks
                      • That's a great screenshot. Saving that for any future discussions. : hawkeye
                      • That's just sad :( : Hiro
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                Holyshit, gamestop for me on the C2D laptop uses 40% cpu also. : sigpro
                • gamespot sorry. : sigpro
              • I get 60% cpu when the slideshow changes the picture, but zero otherwise. Do you get huge CPU use all the... : jcupitt
            • I've had flash ads on the shack eat up 50% of my cpu before on an x2 cpu. Not the greatest but more than ... : sigpro
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              Even better: http://www.elrepositorio.com/shack/fuckingflash2.png How the hell am I supposed to wat... : Yanks
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                that page uses between 1% - 4% of my CPU. haven't seen it go above 4%. actually seems to be 0 most of t... : electroly
                • When it played the spire bust out ad it would spike mine at 70. Once that went away no more than 10. : sigpro
          • I get the feeling there are several developers in here. : abrasion
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        What are you talking about? What problems have you had in the past? : MagicWishMonkey
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          HD flash video playback performance on a mac is pretty horrible. It uses a ton of CPU. : podman405
          • YouTube HD and sites like CollegeHumor run terribly :( : Bamtan
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            It uses H264, which is a pretty processor intensive codec. It can take advantage of hardware acceleration... : mroizo40
            • Flash does not accelerate video decode, it's all software, which is why it is slow and chuggy. Hopeful... : jcupitt
  • What have I done? I am not good with computer :( : abrasion
• Or maybe if their OSX performance didn't suck ass. :( : sgtsanity
• Is this why every single flash video on my system chugs along? XP, Vista, and even 7 all fucking stutter... : jingletard
• I have no issue with Flash video, except not supporting full screen overlay on a secondary display. I lik... : Fred Garvin
• Both Chrome and Firefox sometimes studder with HD youtube vids :( : sanchez
• the reason nobody has rushed to include video decoding chips in desktop motherboards or anything else is ... : Luminair
• I hate when trying to close a tab or ff, and there is a long delay while some ad video is playing. I don... : fathertime

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  Wtf is this? What a tease. : lodit
  • fo sho : hoov1185
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  How does the inside of the steak come out? I am a medium-well steak eater and don't like a lot of pink. I... : pancake humper
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    depends how long you cook it? anyway, you better duck before the shack steak squad rapes you! : supersonic potato
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      Pretty sure Matto's recipe mentions a specific cooking time so that's why I was curious. I don't care abo... : pancake humper
      • I think it was 5 minutes after you seared it for medium-rare. He then said oven time for more well cookin... : mancide
      • it's more likely that his recipe says something like "cook until mediium rare" to account for variations ... : supersonic potato
    • It's not going to be rape. By saying what he did, he just spread his legs wide open and invited the footb... : porp
    • he deserves it. mid rare fo lyfe yo! : hamachi
  • What are you a girl? Medium-rare is the only proper way to eat a steak. : Affliated
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    You're already broken, my good man. You do realise that the red stuff that comes out isn't blood, right? : Arctic Fox
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      I'm not talking about the juice. I am talking about the actual meat color. There is a big difference betw... : pancake humper
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        Medium-rare should be light pink with some red in the middle. : mancide
        • I like it cooked just enough to ensure that it's safe to eat. : SockMonkeh
  • Why would you advertise this :( : Chunks
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    Jesus, why bother eating steak at all? : action wombmate
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      because it tastes good? : pancake humper
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        Do you use ketchup on your medium-well steak? because that's the only flavor you're going to get out of i... : Affliated
        • shut up : pancake humper
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          don't be fucking ridiculous. Got to argentina, they "overcook" their steaks compared to what we are used ... : moshman
          • you are a liar : mikecyb
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            Yeah and in the Philippines they make spaghetti with ketchup and hotdogs, and they'll try to tell you tha... : action wombmate
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              People eat different things? WHAT?! : pancake humper
              • people have bad taste, it's okay pancake, admitting it is the first step to recovery : mikecyb
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                Have you even tried a rare steak? Or do you just turn it away because it's "raw" : bRAINsick
                • I'll answer for him. I swear to God I could taste iron in the blood. I hate rare steak. : spazzium
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                  I swear to God I could taste iron in the blood. I hate rare steak. : pancake humper
                  • Try Medium, you'll never go back. I promise. : m0nkz
                  • There's no blood in a steak, you're letting yourself get mindfucked by a popular misconception. The red ... : action wombmate
              • All I'm really trying to say is that I'm not going to take someone's word for it that what tastes good to... : action wombmate
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              Wow, I've had a lot of Filipino food the last 2 years, and I've never even heard of that. : spazzium
              • It's more of a homestyle dish. I've seen a few restaurants serve it that style. I don't tell my wife/m... : Pettytheft
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              yeah because the argentinians don't have a reputation at all for making great steaks. Go there and then s... : moshman
              • and to add to that, it's not how I prefer my steak either but it's just how it turned up in some places e... : moshman
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                Oh, sure, I'll just flit off to Argentina on a whim with my meager salary in the middle of a recession ju... : action wombmate
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                  jesus everyone in this thread is wrong. There are a lot of differences between a steak you get in Amer... : tashtego
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                    I'm sure that that's true, but it makes me no more able to actually go try it. : action wombmate
                    • Also, what you're describing sounds more like a small roast than a steak, but I'm sure the non-grain-fed ... : action wombmate
  • Oh dude, your so broken. : mace
  • I support this action. I was at a really awesome steakhouse in Sacramento called Morton's. I ordered a ... : spazzium
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    We had a pregnant lady over for dinner that wanted medium-well to well-done and this is what I did: Pr... : kgargs
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      My new apartment has a glass top electric stove like yours. Are there any special types of pots/pans I ne... : pancake humper
      • I've heard the cast iron skillet can scratch the stove top if you try moving it around and getting fancy ... : kgargs
  • Medium well? Well, it was fun while it lasted pancake humper, but we can't be friends anymore. : action roommate
• I've got some pork-chops at home, and I wonder if I could use this method on them? I've done the steaks l... : mancide
• Last night I picked up the stuff to make this recipe for dinner tonight, can't wait! : Begawkiness
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  I just used butter last time, none of the other stuff and my GF said it was thumbs up. : not work safe
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    The thyme added a lot more to the good smell... it was like everyone's mouth's starting watering at once.... : kgargs
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      Also, you shouldn't skip the garlic holy crap is it good to eat later as well! : kgargs
      • I've made it before following the recipe and it was well received (I dont eat steak). This time I forgot ... : not work safe
• I have to give this steak recipe a try some time. It looks fucking awesome. : SockMonkeh
• Damn. Now I want a steak. : ieGod
• I made that last weekend. The only thing I did differently was I only seared it in a pan, and then threw... : Thud
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  Now I want a steak :( : Matto357
  • hah hah, you've provided 2 awesome meals at our house b'c of this recipe. Do you have anything else you'... : kgargs
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  dude nice kitchen : arizona bay
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    It is nice, but it makes me =( to see a microwave over his range instead of a vent hood. : action roommate
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      space mitigates the placement of a vent hood sometimes. i had to do the microwave thing, but it's got a ... : EvilDolemite
      • I'd never witnessed the reason for a vent hood until I started using this recipe. We have a vent in the ... : kgargs
      • Space? You're blaming the lack of a venthood on not enough space?! Look at that cavern of a kitchen! : AlexW1203
      • A microwave with a fan is NOT a vent. My apartment has a microwave w/a fan. And yeah, I know there's ... : action roommate
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  do you have a middle siland because you have absolutely no counter space. I had a set up similiar to that... : cptstern
  • There's more counter space behind next to the fridge/sink but it does get cramped there when trying to co... : kgargs
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  I was actually going to do this today. scared to death of it. Last time, it was a huge smokey mess and ... : valael
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    did you use kosher salt? it's less salty than table. never season meat with table salt : EvilDolemite
    • I used table salt last night and it was a little too salty :( Next time it's kosher or bust : kgargs
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      yep, but maybe I put too much on. Looked a lot like the picture in Matto's post, but wtf, I'm no chef. : valael
      • update: Went much, much better this time. Steaks weren't quite as thick as they could have been, but it... : valael
• damn. now i want to make it. :) : StolenNosferatu
• Damn. I need to cook this steak at some point in the future! : Pacalon

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  Also, the events of yesterday made me miss you Mace, you would have had such a great time out there with ... : ejectorpod
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    In all honesty, I have not had any gaming time at all recently. The boys and I have started conditioning ... : mace
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      hahah I wish I could train with a sexual tyrannosaurus too : AlexXdude
      • goddamn : eugthinks
• Real men are minus ten. : snot3353
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  haha...photon has a tech3? man this stuff just gets more and more amusing. i shot at a legion last ni... : nitrus
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    Yeah we probably haven't passed whatever arbitrary test that's out there for someone to have T3 huh? : ejectorpod
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      it paints a giant target on your already n00b corp that gets its ass kicked quite frequently. take it ... : nitrus
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        What can he say? You have a great gift at making some of the most irritating, obnoxious and condescending... : AlexXdude
        • i lol'd. : nitrus
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        Not much of a reaction :P I take all you veteran eve players with a grain of salt. You have a huge amount... : ejectorpod
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          indeed...eve is so much about putting in your time and paying your dues. however, at least half of what ... : nitrus
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            How much do you weight? : mace
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              140lbs you? : nitrus
              • haha, you must be new here. : Ride-My-Rocket
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                315 Did you know that if I stacked 3 of you on top of a barbell, I could lift you multiple times? : mace
                • bwahahahaha!! : g0nk
                • Mace this guy is a pro you don't want to threaten him, you should be offering to pay him for some of his ... : dkrulz
                • Fucking lol mace! : hashd
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                  you realize i can type any number into the text box i want... : nitrus
                  • prove it. : g0nk
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                    That's cool, I saw peeps in this subthread stroking their own cocks and thought I'd jump in. Continue on. : mace
                    • Me next : Slowtreme
                  • I BET HE NEVER REALIZED THAT BEFORE! : tashtego
              • 1400lbs : deject
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              Probably about 0.65, maybe 0.7 maces. : one random winner
              • I guess I both underestimated mace, and overestimated nitrus. : one random winner
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            I guess you don't see how annoying this is, so that's fine. Most of us do our research, in fact that's a... : ejectorpod
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              i get off on care bear tears and hitting f5 a lot on this thread. talk more in shacknews and maybe mor... : nitrus
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                I don't want info. Not from you, not from anyone who thinks like you. Where are the tears? You realize we... : ejectorpod
                • The royal 'we'. : ZTac
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                  fine with me...i've been a pirate in eve for 2+ years...having people hate me comes with the territory. ... : nitrus
                  • That we can agree on. : ejectorpod
                  • either way you're being a prat : Juno
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                    should nuke for obvious and intentional trolling then, only fair : AlexXdude
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                      considering nothing i have said was malicious in intent and perfectly legitimate points...no...nuking wou... : nitrus
                      • You just said you enjoy the attention of being a complete dick. You are a troll, by definition. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
                  • Threadshitting is bannable. : electroly
                  • the big joke thing came a long time before you found eve, right? : re-verse
                  • You're being "that guy" right now. : mnsnota
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                    wow, way to be awesome, ban ejectorpod in the shack channel in game now? lol : g0nk
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                      is he? i don't have admin access to the shacknews channel...so i have nothing to do with that if it is... : nitrus
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                        No, he isn't banned : Reptile
                        • <3 you're my special hero. :) : nitrus
                        • Actually, clarification... Kal Bulaine isn't banned his Steve Gibson character is banned : Reptile
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            "Paying your dues"... that sounds pretty weak. : Ride-My-Rocket
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              That's actually the problem with nitrus and people who think like him. PHOTN hasn't paid their dues, we h... : ejectorpod
              • MMOs are all some people have : AlexXdude
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              that's kind of how Eve works, though. : zerog83
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                I'm not trying to stir up a fight or anything, I'm curious because a lot of you older players have this m... : ejectorpod
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                  Nah, none of that junk is paying your dues. Joining a 0.0 alliance far before you're ready is paying your... : zerog83
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                    also this is usually when we stop caring and start laughing. : zerog83
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                      Just seems odd to me then that you treat everyone like the 9/10 who ignore your advice when a lot of us (... : ejectorpod
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                        ask questions where us non-photon members can answer you....in shacknews channel....or you can ignore my ... : nitrus
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                          I'm not going to ask you questions, you've basically said and proven you're more interested in ridiculing... : ejectorpod
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                            Oh well I'm gagged in shacknews now apparently. Guess I can't ask you questions anymore, what a shame. Al... : ejectorpod
                            • that sucks...well...we'll talk in game...at least i intend to convo you... : nitrus
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                            not a single person has been poorly treated in the shacknews channel in game after asking questions. lol... : nitrus
                            • Feel free. : ejectorpod
                  • ^^ this....almost literally this exactly. thank you zerog83. heh. : nitrus
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                  honestly, you're fun to haze. that's where i have been coming from in 90% of my posts towards you. i ... : nitrus
                  • Hazing is fun? : mace
        • They're a lot like hardcore Linux nerds in that respect. : Arcanum
      • you're jealous lololol : Juno
  • LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!fag : fr0x
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    First, PHOTN doesn't have a T3, that individual player does. If he were to lose it, its his loss, and non... : MisterPhoton
    • I'm multiple people now. Or were we always? Now that's going to fester... : ejectorpod
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      awww come on....it's so fun and easy. :) i don't know if you know this or not but, that pilot with th... : nitrus
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        The T2 guns are going on it on Saturday, according to him. The rest of the fit is already T2+. : MisterPhoton
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          yeah....not having the tech2 guns though...makes me wonder what other skills are subpar you know? woul... : nitrus
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            well, he's an older character, and while I don't exactly know his skills, I know he has reasonably good s... : MisterPhoton
            • fun stuff....i had the fun of shooting a friendly legion last night with my navy megathron. i won...but ... : nitrus
        • why bother...responding to him...ya know? he'll...just keep...thread shitting... : ejectorpod
      • Please stop being that guy. : Ajax
• :D : AlexXdude
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  Me and a couple real life friends just started getting into EVE. One of my friends and his wife immediat : ImageOmega
  • First experiences: Mostly it was just the intrigue, the challenge of figuring things out. It was more "me... : ejectorpod
  • I did not enjoy it from the get go. It took me not one, two or three but FOUR trials to get it to suck m... : gendail
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  You said shit blew up but all I saw in your links was like charts and shit. : action wombmate
  • I know, I really need to start recording these battles. The second one would have been worth watching. I ... : ejectorpod
  • That's most of what EVE is. : ChibiJosh
  • Victim is on the top left, the people who popped his ship are listed along the left side showing what wea... : Poor Yurik
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    Yeah I got excited for a minute there :( : moe6
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      I will start using fraps and get video for you guys. : ejectorpod
      • DO IT! : g0nk
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  my gallente drone 5 skill finishes today, woot. : re-verse
  • I just finished T2 Sentries yesterday! Woot! : ChibiJosh
  • mine, too! high fives all around. : Juno
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    time to train drone interfacing to V now....heh...snooooooooooze. : nitrus
    • That 20% damage bonus is very nice though : melkore
• Whoo! : NFXFSX
• Outstanding! : heatmizer
• Nicely done! : randomjgj
• Once I get out of my goddamned exam week, I can't wait to get back into the fray. : MercFox1
• I even got a Medal of Valor!! Shiny!! Ooooohhh!! : g0nk
• oh and btw...congrats on the kills. lol. : nitrus
• i hang out for a couple hours, go eat dinner with the wife, come back on and kills appear. they need to w... : cpt_gloval

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  Which Shacker is this? : r3dn3ck
  • hahah I was thinking about posting that : AlexXdude
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  that's interesting! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LACL7QZLnV8 (0:28) -- doesn't seem to be a photoshop... : sparkly
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    The backdrop is not a photoshop, the mario brothers thing is though. : ashkie
    • yea a lot of the assets even seem made up, pink box, i dont remember the water being that cyan still c... : Chandler55
  • Conan runs funny : Degenerate
• Wow...that is funny. : skilesare
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  You could rearrange tons of game assets from any genre and get the same result. : Lunatic Angelic
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    this is the video game nerd version of numerology : boring gegtik
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      nerderology : Dave-A
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        if you count olivia munn's public hair you get the html color code representing the exact shade of green ... : Dave-A
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          What do you get if you count her private hair? : boredguy
          • crabs : -=kodiak=-
          • a lot of used wax strips : Dave-A
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  this needs more explaining/love. I wonder if it's true. : metalremains
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    Okay here is more explaining: Someone took like 50 different screenshots from Mario and pulled out a bunc... : OverloadUT
    • ^^^ this is the sum total of what we're looking at here : electroly
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  wait, why would this make him a shacker? : askedrelic
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    because we're retarded : RikiTiki2
    • ^^ [ inf ] : deject
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    because there is only game-related website on the planet so anything game related must mean it came from... : sikander
    • you could drop "game-related" really when you are describing these kinds of posts : SockMonkeh
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    i dunno, because shackers play mario or something, shut up : dirge23
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      did you figure out if he was a shacker? im really curious............ : Mr.Fusion
      • it really makes you think...... : electroly
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      your logic is flawed. : askedrelic
      • actually, it's because he's an awkward freckly dork : dirge23
  • We are the only ones who play Mario. Nintendo's success lies solely on us. : freshyk
  • Isn't there some Shacker who works backstage at the Letterman show and was once caught Shacking on camera... : Schnapple
• Comment #2: QFT! : swenkcahs
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  http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/karensympathy/whichshacker.jpg : My Documents
  • So the fucker play Doom 3. That narrows it down! : Sailor of Fortune
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  i was just looking at that. people are trying to claim its coincidence but how can you get that many sha... : smacknca
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    you know that the mario screenshot one was painstakingly photoshopped from numerous source images to make... : electroly
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      He does that's why his second sentence states just that : Lionhart32935
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        how can you get that many shapes EXACTLY the same and claim it just happened to work out? the answer t... : electroly
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          im assuming the mario sources are legit. until i see proof one way or another i cant say for sure, but i... : smacknca
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            i don't understand. of course they're mario source images. is somebody actually claiming those are fake : electroly
            • save yourself, eject from the thread now : Luminair
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  heh : http://twitter.com/BigBley/status/2031447036 : stonedonkey
  • that would be awesome:) : .frame
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  haha I knew that looked familiar... A lot of the staff are gamers, so it's possible there's a shacker the... : re4ctor
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    how do you know that alot of the staff are gamers? : edgewise
    • pierre bernard is most definitely a gamer : Chandler55
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      A lot of the staff are 18-34 year olds. : Rich McNinch
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        well that and there's behind the scenes stuff of them sitting around playing xbox.. and they do a bunch o... : re4ctor
        • good enough for me. : edgewise
      • it'd still be an assumption. He sounded sure of it. : edgewise
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  It's random art deco like stuff, I can make a case for it being inspired by the satanic bible though : d fluke
  • let's see it. : ass-street
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  This doesn't make me hate Conan less. : Slowtreme
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    the people who hate conan are always people who are a generation older : Chandler55
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      i guess that's me. I just think he's unfunny, the fat guy that used to be on his show amused me but he's ... : Slowtreme
      • Andy is back as the announcer and he also participates in skits. but hes not full on side kick like you ... : smacknca
• I must not be ocd enough but I can't imagine spending my free time cutting and pasting Mario screenshots ... : riptyde
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  I'm Conan O'Brien : mikecyb
  • Really? I thought you were dognose. : CrustaR
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    you're no ginger we can smell our own : boring gegtik
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      fuckin gingers : My Documents
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        deadly anagrams : boring gegtik
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          lanyard damages : aurealis
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            My dread lasagna! : c0bra
            • Gays Lend Armada : action wombmate
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  Gegtik: Secret Faggot? : mr.sleepy
  • 0wned!!! : CrustaR
• I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this when they saw the background. : DOOManiac
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  They might talk about it on the show tonight: http://twitter.com/BigBley Ha ha ha - thanks for the : Cihte
  • nevermind already posted! : Cihte
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  I got to see it in person! :D Phil pulled this off of hulu for me: http://i42.tinypic.com/2moy3y8.jpg : sammyl
  • Nice. I'm guessing you live in LA? : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Did you get your tickets by writing in or do you know somebody? I knew people at the old Tonight Show cas... : angrytaxman
    • I just emailed them when some blog posted about it and they gave me the reservation : sammyl
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  I am Conan O'Brian : Utopia
  • oh hi Conan, this is Andy. Weird, I had no idea. good show last night. : mindshot
• I'm the redneck guy on Conan. : Maddog_Delphi97
• I'm the masturbating bear on conan : Mecha Tofu Pirate

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  I think you're timeframe is about on target for 2009 holidays. $300 and a slim model. : AndyGoin
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    I always figured the box itself looked very real but the product was ugly and it seems too soon, I guess ... : abrasion
    • It looked real for sure and no doubt a slim model is coming, I just wasn't sold on it being at E3. : AndyGoin
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  So, the logo confirms the hardware? Couldn't it just be a rebranding effort? : Fred Garvin
  • It's a bit of a large bloody coincidence don't you think? : abrasion
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  If the PSPGo is any indication, the PS3 slim won't have a price drop. : exigence7
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    it'll actually cost MORE : Korban
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      you'll just have to work more then : moe6
      • *cough* third job *cough* : silent prophet
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  I think they will announce it at the Tokyo Game Show at the end of September. : mojorisen1117
  • This is exactly what I believe will happen. : Dontdrop
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  Hmm, BC in the slim? I'm about to pull the trigger on one of the older BC ones, so that would be bad. ... : Ebu
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    I highly doubt you'll ever see backwards compatibility in a PS3 again. : Ellissd
    • I would be shocked if they never introduced a virtual PS2. But I would be less shocked if they waited ... : Ebu
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    just buy a PS2, the games look better on an SD tv anyway. the only feature I'd miss from my 60gb BC PS3 i... : Shai-Tan
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      I thought the advantage of BC was better looking textures and AA? : Fred Garvin
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        there's a smoothing feature, however SD televisions already smooth the image due to the display technolog... : Shai-Tan
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          Yeah, not going to go back to an SD CRT for one console. : Fred Garvin
          • lol : Ellissd
    • Agreed, I have my PS2 hooked up to the bedroom 32" SDTV now : .Jayson
  • Probably not, Sony Keynote praised the money making machine the PS2 still is. : Sailor of Fortune
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    BC became a non-issue for me after I found out about the Input-lag over HDMI with PS1/2 games. You need t... : TrptJim
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      I already have a PS2Slim. I also have only a 720p TV, so 1080p is the opposite of an issue And I ge... : Ebu
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        If you get that input lag from PS3 games, then your TV may be giving input lag. Playing PS1/2 games would... : TrptJim
        • No, it's a random desyncing issue. Audio/video don't sync up (over 1000ms off sometimes). Actual input la... : Ebu
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  Which logo are you talking about? The PS3 at the very end? If so it's not the same as what is on the leak... : sigpro
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    You're right, the one in the video is bold and italic :/ it's much more similar now but yes it is diff... : abrasion
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      How is http://images.pcworld.com/news/graphics/165671-ps3_slim_box_original.jpg That ps3 logo whic... : sigpro
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        The second one seems to be their version of the 360's splash they have at the end of videos for the 360 r... : Sailor of Fortune
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          The 2nd one is what they have been using on the ps3 ads forever. You can tell by the letters on this b... : sigpro
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            I thought it was recent. Before that they had a more subtle "Playstation 3" fade in. http://www.gametrai... : Sailor of Fortune
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              same font though as just showing PS3. The ps3 slim shot has a different font on the box that is the same ... : sigpro
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                Are we talking about the font or the new video splash? I know the font is the same but I was pointing ... : Sailor of Fortune
                • Abrasion was thinking that the PS3 at the end of the new videos looked like the PS3 on the slim picture. ... : sigpro
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  Do a lot of you guys have time for portable gaming? I find that since I drive to work now I have zero tim... : bozer
  • I played GTA on the psp while pooping at work. It usually made for 20 minute breaks. : sigpro
  • I have a DS that I buy games for only when I go on trips, etc. Back when I used to take the train into NY... : Yanks
  • I got in waves. I treat it like any other game. If I find a fun DS or PSP game (the latter is more common... : Ebu
  • I play the DS at home in the recliner. I never take it out of the house. Still love it though : .Jayson
• I thought you already had a PS3. Are you hoping to upgrade to a slim when it comes out? : rock elf

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• That is adorable. : ZTac
• lol kids are awesome. : hirez
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  Which video is this? : Bull
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    http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-star-wars/49936 : smacknca
    • Thanks. Grabbing it now. : Bull
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      I'm still annoyed at how much better this than the actual game, not because of fidelity but because the c... : pyide
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        YEAH!!!!!!!! Fuck style in the ass! : pancake humper
        • Style is fine when it's not generic or goofy or ugly, any of which I'd use to describe what I've seen of ... : pyide
      • im waiting to see more because at this point im no sure. also for games like this im far more intrigued ... : smacknca
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  isnt that videoa tad violent for a 4 year old? : mr.thing
  • Haha, no way. : Visceral Monkey
  • No, back then light sabers put people to sleep. : Sailor of Fortune
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    a picture my kindergartner drew http://edgewise.shackspace.com/Medusa.jpg : edgewise
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      also, for open house the kids in his class were asked what they "wished for" A: Flamethrower. : edgewise
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        Is his name Calvin, by any chance? : evildanish
        • no, but he loves reading Calvin and Hobbes for bedtime stories. I have to cut him off every other day oth... : edgewise
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      I think our kids got mixed up at birth because mine won't stop doing geography puzzles. The hilarious ... : Deathlove
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        explorer vs. serial killer. I think you win the parenting award. : edgewise
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          his favorite colors are pink and purple and he throws like a girl :( : Deathlove
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            trade in the baseball glove for some ballet slippers... : edgewise
            • The director of his school was a dance major and she taught a class and he's done it for the last two yea... : Deathlove
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      hahahah awesome! is he watching clash of the titans or something? : hamachi
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        yeah, he asked about medusa a while back so I pulled up a Youtube video of Harry Hamlin beheading medusa.... : edgewise
        • I saved all my old d'aulreis (sp?) mythology books for my kid. big colors with easy to read stories abou... : hamachi
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        they are remaking that movie, the dude from t4 plays perseus : gmd
        • does sarah jessica parker play the part of Pegasus? : cptstern
    • I love the yes! : AgentPothead
    • Haha, when I was 6 I wrote a story book called "The Man Who Had Chainsaws Instead Of Fingers". I think m... : Vantage
    • this picture is inaccurate. he should have been petrified due to his lack of a mirror or some other form ... : dirge23
    • +1 for documentation +10 for an awesome drawing : mr.thing
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    Not just a tad, way too violent. I wouldn't even show my 6 year old that vid. : Bamii
    • I watched Aliens when I was 7. I'm ok. Now Chucky...that was to much for me. : Frozen Pixel
    • I agree with Bamii. Way too violent. : [7]kami
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    The first movie I remember watching was either Return of the Living Dead or Nightmare on Elm Street. I m... : Altanar
    • Strike that. I was 6 or 7. Either way. : Altanar
• Coolest nerd's kid ever! : bstrad
• I think I may have to get my daughter hooked on this too. :) : Wolfanoz
• there's a kids clone wars coming this fall ..my 5 year old is convinced it's coming out "any day now" ..h... : cptstern
• This post is win. lol. : silent prophet
• We need pics of kid in helmet with lightsaber. : cerealSAM2
• I can't wait to have kids :\ : Modica Sol Solis
• Impressive. : Bamtan
• You're cooler than g0nk : Sailor of Fortune
• That scene WAS badass. Sucks for everyone that its not actually coming out next week though. : bolneze
• note to self: 14 more years. : g0nk
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  What game next week? : Clay
  • The KOTOR mmo : Visceral Monkey
• My 5 year old won't shut up about how much she wants that new Silent Hill and Dead Space Extraction, desp... : Vincent Grayson
• You win at parenting. Your kid sounds awesome. : Moonbase Commander
• If I ever a have daughter my dream is that she'll be as cool as yours. Awesome parenting job dude! : locater16

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• And Master and Commander! Fuck this site. : riptyde
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  Rights on, rights off. : silent prophet
  • winner. : -=kodiak=-
  • lol : askedrelic
  • So lol : zebosausamite
  • hahaha : action wombmate
  • stuuuuuupidddd lol : sparkly
  • Bwahaha : phate81
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    sweep the mpeg, johnny! : Dave-A
    • haha.. nice : stonedonkey
  • Excellent. : pigvomit
  • Good work : Rich McNinch
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    *monocle pop, slow clap, tip of the hat, moustache twirl* : Bamtan
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      -_Q o_Q O_O : AlexXdude
      • haha not bad : mikecyb
      • well done! : riptyde
      • hahahah bravo : Arctic Fox
  • all that needs said : Audhuml4
  • potd : WhatIsThisFor
  • hahaha : .Jayson
  • hahahhaha : riptyde
  • HAHAHAHAHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA : OverloadUT
  • that was beautiful. : hirez
  • Flawless. : spazzium
  • lol awesome : two50six
  • Well played sir. : bolneze
  • Game over man, game over! : Sailor of Fortune
  • fucking lol : mr.sleepy
  • this is....perfect....in more ways than one : Begawkiness
  • Well played sir, well played indeed. : Ormsbee
  • someone inf this : halophoenix
  • *slow clap* : mizterd99
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    someone explain this : Luminair
    • subthread lols : zebosausamite
    • go watch the first movie : dantastic
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1oMCES56a4&feature=related : edgewise
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        yeah I gathered that much, but what does it have to do with lights : Luminair
        • it's not meant to be spoken in Engrish : redfive
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          Okay now I know you're just fucking with us : OverloadUT
          • Ding ding! : spazzium
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          And the subthread suddenly veers toward hilarity. : ZTac
          • It's not a racist joke; he's referring to the rights to the film. : ZTac
        • ahahahaha : thetangent
        • Ruminair? : Goblin au
      • i for one got chills. : fathertime
      • Still awesome. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PycZtfns_U : OverloadUT
    • wax on / wax off? have you never seen Karate Kid? : hirez
    • New movie staring Will Smith's kid. You'll love it. : Slowtreme
    • http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Karate_Kid/60036164?lnkce=seBsLn&trkid=222336&lnkctr=srchrd-sr&strkid=10... : cap n KRUNCH
    • wow.. : Xanthos
  • fabulous : GloriousCow
  • over-rated *clap clap clapclapclap* : Pacalon
  • glorious. : g0nk
  • Post of the year right there! : utgaardsloke
  • WINNER! I wish I was this witty : Scotty22
  • You win sir. You win. : thetangent
  • I'll get on this train, good show good show : Delaric
  • Posting in yearly GOLD thread... : dextius
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    Is this the shack pretending something is funnier than it really is again? : Drewus
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      Just because 100 people reply with a laugh does not mean everybody thinks it's 100 times more funny than ... : OverloadUT
      • ^^^ ding ding ding : action wombmate
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      people are a bit starved for the LOL right now, haven't seen Phil post today : grandmasterlee
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        I won't be posting about the huge mistake I made the other day : sparkly
        • yes you will : SockMonkeh
    • ALL ABOARD THE LOLTRAIN! : buzzbat
    • yeah, usually a shack lol train this large is worthy, but i must be broken on this one. : Arsenal
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    silent prophet, you have just caused a shackalanche. : icon_of_syn
    • shackvalanche? : Rotten Deadite
  • post of the day! : jonin
  • http://agentpothead.com/clap.gif : AgentPothead
  • Wonderful! : hashd
• Wassamatta hulu, you some kind of girl or something? : SolveChrist

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  R2 is reload? Never did press that when trying to figure it out. : sigpro
  • Yup. : maulla
  • lol same here:( : AlexXdude
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  Bugged me the first game wouldn't allow you to change the controls either. : pyide
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    The coop map in the beta seemed okay. The game sorta looks ugly in person though. Videos made it seem lik... : pyide
    • Yea I noticed that too. Didn't try the coop map : maulla
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      maybe they put compressed textures in the beta to make the dl smaller? : grendel
      • Textures seemed fine, just talking about the overall scene, the actual resolution. perhaps lack of AA on ... : pyide
• down on the D-Pad reloads too. dont ask me why we have two reload buttons. : cowbs
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  Only thing I don't like is how you throw grenades. Hated it in Uncharted 1 as well. Really wish they'd ch... : bozer
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    They did. You don't have to use sixaxis anymore. What's so difficult about the grenade-throwing in Unch... : treefingers1
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      The way you kind of aim it.. I want to just push one button and throw it, not see that aim thing come up.... : bozer
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        You can. Just tap L2 and it launches whereever you're facing. : treefingers1
        • ahh good to know. I bet i played through all of part 1 without realizing that too. : bozer
• To me it's less the controls and more the gameplay itself : AlexXdude
• I had fun with it. Definitely like that you can climb stuff in MP. Does not seem deep though. There is cu... : byorn
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  I just played it for 20 minutes and was giggling like a school girl at how much fun I was having. Seriou... : treefingers1
  • Ditto on the rewards and unlocks. I had a fun time once I got used to the controls. : byorn
  • The game just feels disjointed. The guns lack oomf, when you're shooting someone it doesn't feel connecte... : maulla
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  I do not enjoy playing console shooters online. Without a mouse and keyboard, I just feel like i'm playin... : Ellissd
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    oh hey it's one of these posts : mittense
    • I'm with you there. : bakanoodle
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      This subthread only becomes stupid when people reply like this. I agree that arguments over controls are : OverloadUT
      • I think it's a silly thing to say regardless. Completely different styles of control end up controlling d... : mittense
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        Says the guy that dropped this gem yesterday: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20074742#itemanchor_200... : omnova
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          Well, except he was right there. : mittense
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            You could consider it right in that it appeals to a majority in non-competitive play, but there is a perf... : omnova
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              I really could not care less about competitive play. It gives such a vast minority of players such a feel... : mittense
              • Clearly, some people do care about it and people like yourself exhibit no less an inflated sense of entit... : omnova
        • While I do think it's stupid to play with crits off, I do also accept the fact that some people have diff... : OverloadUT
      • ^^Right. Besides the PS3 controller is crap for shooters, the 360 one is bearable and Mouse and KB owns t... : Cygnus X-1
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    wow....is this a Halo thread? : byorn
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      I'm just saying. The online component of the game might be good. People probably will enjoy playing it. B... : Ellissd
      • I played it for very brief moment the other night, and it was just frustrating. : Ellissd
      • I was able to jump right in and kill dudes pretty fast. Reminds me a lot of GTAIV. Hang in there you'll g... : bozer
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    Did you play the first uncharted? Or was this your first time trying to sink your teeth into a console sh... : cowbs
    • I did not play the first Uncharted. This is not the first time I tried to play a console shooter online. : Ellissd
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    It's okay dude, I had to sit there and force myself and eventually I do okay these days for finishing sin... : ghost in my shell
    • Well wait since this is a ps3 game can't you just use a keyboard and mouse anyway? : ghost in my shell
  • I enjoy PC online games more but not because of the controls. It's because of stuff like better commu... : razlebol
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  I have Infamous but how do I download the beta? : cookblaze
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    Use the code in the game case. : razlebol
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      Dangit...I don't see a code. I must have one without the code :( : cookblaze
      • there was a seperate card with a code on it under the instruction manual : AlexXdude
      • My copy also had a sticker on the front saying there was a code for it inside the case. : razlebol
  • Under Account Management in one of the PS3 menu things there is a Redeem Code option. : pyide
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  It's fun but I can't stand matchmaking. I fucking hate it. Yeah, let's search for a new game every fu... : razlebol
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    I'm sure that's just a beta thing. : ThomW
    • It's not just this game, it's all games with matchmaking. Gears of War, Left 4 Dead, Socom... etc... I ca... : razlebol

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  Damn Klerck could have taken all 3 prizes. : AndyGoin
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    Could have? Why did he clean it up? If he still has pictures he can submit them. : LucyLuBot
    • I very much doubt that. : DonkeyPopsicle
    • The dude offed himself or something. : oldschoolbob-o
    • You don't know the history of Klerk, do you. How long have you been here exactly? : deathofrats
    • That'd be a neat trick. : Rich McNinch
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      http://sikander.shackspace.com/klerck/ RIP : sikander
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        pic 3 is the worst...ugh.. : deathofrats
        • He was misunderstood (quite a bit!) : abrasion
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        holy fucking hell. i want to make a crude joke but i'm just so blown away i don't want to. : ejectorpod
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          ... please tell me that wasn't meant to be a joke. you do know klerck 'blew himself away' with a shotgu... : deathofrats
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            Fuck no :( that wasn't meant to be a joke I'm an ass. I had no idea how he died :( : ejectorpod
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              lol so wrong : orgcaptainnemo
              • I know :( I try to avoid intentionally mocking the deaths of others. Fail whale. : ejectorpod
        • I think Klerk was pretty blown away too... : walker270
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        :O I seen that coke-bottle picture all around the internet! : Cihte
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          Klerck trolled the Internet and the world many times over : AlexXdude
          • Yeah but how do you know he wasn't trolling shack? That pic could have come from anywhere. : manero
      • hey, simgolf! : Deathlove
      • Damn I miss the guy...and it also means he did me on last favor...he made me feel better about my much le... : Vorlonesque
    • Dead men can't post although I wouldn't be surprised if he has some type of dead man's switch for trollin... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
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      His death was a lie! Join the resistance. : pigvomit
      • I agree, pigvomit. : c0bra
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        IT WAS A PR STUNT : king_darius
        • I want Leonard Nimoy to narrate IN SEARCH OF: KLERCK'S TOMB. : pigvomit
    • Zombies don't clean. : voodooraze
    • klerk ragequit the world like, 10 years ago or something. : xxiv
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    there was another guy on stoofoo who had an even worse apartment mousey or wtf his name was. that guy had... : Hoax
    • I still remember what he did to his motherboard. : Vorlonesque
• I don't have a dirty house ... except my kid's playroom. : ThomW
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  I take it you are seeing decent success with this site? Congrats! : mwasher
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    Yea not too bad. It's a constant struggle to find new ways to get the site noticed and written about. I... : LucyLuBot
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      You should make an iphone app for it, I built a prototype apartment finder deal a few months back and it ... : MagicWishMonkey
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        I bought a Mac Mini to build an iphone app but I never got around to it. The Coco Touch code looks so di... : LucyLuBot
        • I could send you the project I was working on, it's set up to query a web service I wrote to return apart... : MagicWishMonkey
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      advertise in national apartment guide booklets? : mwasher
      • The return on investment for any print advertising is really really low. Most of those apartment books o... : LucyLuBot
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  I'm admittedly not the tidiest of people and I cannot fathom how people live like that. Clutter is one th... : waxthirteen
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    I think its the leftover food that makes it gross looking... mine is about that cluttered but I dont have... : cap n KRUNCH
    • Take a picture! You have a good chance of winning. : LucyLuBot
• you should have Haiku be the judge. : not work safe
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  http://abrasion.robjust.com/pics/room/ 1951 -> 1994 :( : abrasion
  • http://abrasion.robjust.com/pics/room/IMG_1952.jpg lol @ banana peel. who leaves a banana peel on thei... : waxthirteen
  • I think I'm starting to understand you now. : heartsauce
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  Does it have to be an apartment? My house is pretty bad.. : walker270
  • I guess I could have, you know, clicked the link before asking.. : walker270
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  Is the money to be used for maid service? : Ziz
  • You can use it however you want. : LucyLuBot
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  While I thought I was bad, I can't come close to Chad08672 or whatever that's there already. : Skoal^Fyfan
  • Its not how bad it is, its user votes. SO I imagine if you can get the votes you can win. (ANd you sh... : LucyLuBot
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  Mine from 2007: http://tinyurl.com/od7x4s http://tinyurl.com/r3f5qw I'm not a slob anymore, though! : rotten element
  • Dude, my work desk is messier than that. : one random winner
  • that's a fuckin' comfy looking bed, man. : waxthirteen
• Doh, I just found out the voting is Broken. I'm using the IP address and its behind a proxy, so every cl... : LucyLuBot

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  Gyokuro, no one with any sense would expect him to say anything else. Announcing price cuts before you c... : vigilante
  • this is a good point. : gyokuro
• I don't get why people are clamoring about a price cut. I get that it's not cheap but it's selling and as... : dissembler
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  Probably means that its either selling or Sony can't absorb any more price decreases. : pigvomit
  • it more likely means that they dont want to shoot themselves in the foot by confirming a price cut many m... : ninjase
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  I just had an idea - why dont they do like cellphone companies and subsidize the hardware like you can ge... : fathertime
  • Fuck no. That's what's wrong with the cellphone industry. No incentive to be price competitive at retai... : pigvomit
  • A subscription to gamefly negates the money they make from selling software titles. : mancide
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  $400 is fine, everyone should stop bitching. : gmd
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    poor people gmd. always complaining about money. : xxiv
    • layaway. : pigvomit
  • seriously, if you bastards would just make more money you could get a ps3 and l4d2 : dirge23
  • But I lost my second job and was up to $350! :( : DarkWolf5
  • I can fit a dozen of them in the back of my brand new Corvette : jingletard
  • it hasnt been fine and the way you can tell is that people are bitching : spiderfill
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    gmd, how is your PS3? Mine is doing awesome under my 50" Kuro. How is your XBR? : pancake humper
    • it is doing amazingly well ! : gmd
  • Because I have 3 PS3s : Dontdrop
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    gmd has his cake and he eats it : Bamtan
    • A cake made out of DICKS. : heartsauce
  • no u. It's video games, I'm not going to blow that extra $100-200 so that I can get just about the same e... : Yanks
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    It might be fine if there wasn't a way to play GTA4, Madden, Prototype, Fallout 3, etc on a system that c... : derelict515
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      with less hd space, no blu ray player, no builtin wifi, cleary equal. I hope they never lower the price. : gmd
      • He can still play those games though. : deveus1
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        it's a game console first and foremost, I'm required to pay $200 for those features I don't care about. I... : derelict515
        • exactly. i don't need any of that. i have a plain old TV, so blu-ray doesn't matter at all to me. : mindmann
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        I know you're just trolling, but sometimes it's fun to imagine that you believe that silly horseshit. : heartsauce
        • I am in no way trolling, it cost more because it has more built in, deal with it. : gmd
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          and please explain the silly horseshit, please do. : gmd
          • probably the 'I hope they never drop the price' thing since that makes no sense : derelict515
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          one more comment about how stupid you are, it is the same cost as an elite yet people don't nearly bitch ... : gmd
          • because the elite isn't the only 360 SKU and there are options : derelict515
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            1) People do not NEED an elite. 2) People do not NEED wireless. Trust me I hate the arguments as much... : Evil Benius
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              they should release a version without blu ray, no hard drive, no wifi, wired controllers for $100 so peop... : gmd
              • Hahaha : Evil Benius
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                How come you didn't buy it before when it was $500-600? It still had all those extra features then. : derelict515
                • because I had a hd dvd player and bought it for the blu ray, it happened to be $400 when I wanted it. : gmd
                • and in retrospect I should have got the $600 one for bigger hd + BC. : gmd
              • lmao : Downforce
              • heh i like the way you think : Perturbation
              • PSN LEPER!!! : ozfactor
              • I thought PSN was the leper colony?????? lol PS3!! : mikecyb
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                gmd, you're forgetting your roots. you're an affluent fella, you're at a stage in your life when the pric... : Dave-A
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                  haha : gmd
                  • or perhaps a pair of them in the back of the escalade : Dave-A
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      yet 360 isnt blowing the shit out of ps3 strange : Chandler55
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        It has a strong lead in install base and attach rate, is selling better month to month, and started this ... : derelict515
        • Attach rate is what people need to see as it is the big money maker for the console makers. My 360 attach... : Evil Benius
        • It's also making money per console. : Fred Garvin
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        Doing pretty well considering the lead Sony had in the last generation. : jayacheess
        • This. The PS2 was such a ridiculous leader last generation it wasn't even funny. Poor Dreamcast and Gamec... : Fayk
      • i thought they were? : dantastic
      • The lead is getting bigger every month, so I would say they kind of are. The lead started around 5 milli... : OmegaRed59
  • What no comparisons on how many PS3s you could have bought instead of a vette? You're slipping =( : pharoah mike
• Well we wouldn't poor people buying it. : rock elf
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  obviously he's going to say that, because even if they planned on cutting it in the future it would be st... : ninjase
  • Make people stop buying that thing they're not buying? : heartsauce
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  I love my $350 PS3 with b/c. : ThomW
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    I love my $50 ps3 with b/c. : DarkWolf5
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      I love my $400 dollar PS3 without b/c! : Ellissd
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        i love my $400... in my bank account : Korban
        • How much does a 360 cost? I like that money in my bank account too! We should hang out. : Ellissd
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  This is a horrible time to cut them. Lots of great exclusives that will sell the systems. : krym3
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    There's not one game coming out that would make me pay $400 for another system. However lowering the pric... : Phreakin
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      Well then what's the big deal? Just happily wait until the price is dropped. : Ellissd
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        It's really not a big deal either way, but if Sony is interested in keeping customers and getting new one... : Phreakin
        • Forgot to add that a friend of mine finally bought a 360 after seeing the Live stuff on mine. That alone ... : Phreakin
        • what is the percentage of people who even have a TV that can take advantage of that? I certainly don't : mindmann
  • has there been more than one game that has shown a clear bump for them? i think this "system seller" noti... : Mansmells
• There aren't any games coming out this year that I'd want to shell $400 out for anyways. God of War, The... : deathofrats
• :( What are they thinking. : abrasion
• he's just trying to deke your ass! : Degenerate
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  it's a Sony rep. that means they're cutting the price soon. their PR almost always denies anything shor... : Postal
  • They've been denying price cuts for a long time now. : boredguy

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  Wordpress? : zebosausamite
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    I feel like wordpress may be a bit of overkill, really : sparkly
    • But it's very easy to set up and can be configured to do exactly what you want. Powerful does not mean it... : OverloadUT
  • www.silentjay.net The stuff I use is at the bottom of the page. Very easy to set up. : JT
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  Tumblr. : Bamtan
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    ^^^^ : askedrelic
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      but this is not hosted on my website? : sparkly
      • It would be hosted by Tumblr, but you can set it up to use your own (sub)domain. : rock elf
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        Like elf said, you can set it up to use whatever web address you've got. I run www.bamtan.com on it, and ... : Bamtan
        • You can't really go wrong being associated with sites like http://lookatthisfuckinghipster.tumblr.com/ an... : pupismyname
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        my site: http://wtf242.com uses tumblr. they have support for domains : wtf242
        • okay, that works for me. Thanks! : sparkly
        • Is this what you update now instead of robot walrus? I'm still sad that's not updated at all, used to lo... : Ecks
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    I'd check their TOS, something about they can reuse whatever content is uploaded there etc etc? : FiReaNG3L
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      Easy solution: Only use Tumblr to post pictures of hideously ugly genitals. : hawkeye
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqXi8WmQ_WM : Slowtreme
    • I think that's to do with people reblogging. On Tumblr you can 'Like' and 'Reblog' a post. Credit still g... : Bamtan
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  I just started using blogger, works well. : boarder2
  • It generates static files and then uploads them to your website. Faster + less vulnerable. Yay! : boarder2
• tumblr is the only right choise for a photo blog. so simple and awesome. use firefox plugin "shareoholic" : wtf242
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  I am a huge fan of www.mikematas.com layout. : not work safe
  • That's pretty great. : pupismyname
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  http://joshlyon.tumblr.com ... temporarily until http://blog.joshlyon.com goes through with the DNS junk ... : sparkly
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    sweet--I think the DNS updated. Does this work for you? http://blog.joshlyon.com/ : sparkly
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      yes : crummynz
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        everyone subscribe! It'll probably get daily updates. : sparkly
        • Subscribed! Very cool! : Flint Ironstag
    • hey dude! give us some more pics of kara but clothed! : papaskot
  • I'm surprised the shack was able to find you a place for "just straight photos" : cfalcon
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    Is it going to include NWS stuff? Just need to know where to put it on my google reader list :). : Ecks
    • Absolutely it will. : sparkly
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    http://www.joshlyon.com/ - this is totally not you, wtf : FiReaNG3L
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      http://www.joshlyon.com/people/ - Closer, but still not quite you. : BlackCat9
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        This page is broken in Win FF3 : FiReaNG3L
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          how is it broken? I use FF3 and it works fine. : sparkly
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            When I click a category, the photos show up but are constrained to the height of the left column. You hav... : FiReaNG3L
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              interesting. I commented that line out. Does it work now? : sparkly
              • Yes, much better! : FiReaNG3L
    • damn, the pictures load so fast... this is how every galley should be on the Internet! : Utopia
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    HI JOSH : orgcaptainnemo
    • HI ^_________________^ : sparkly
  • Did you use a template for your theme or did you use custom HTML? : Sirus2400
• smugmug.com is my favorite photo host (not your question) : grendel
• poll: should I make a separate blog for NWS stuff? : sparkly

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  Doesn't Assassin's Creed 2 partially take place in Italy? With the mention of a flying machine, I'm think... : prime8
  • Yeah, that's all confirmed. DaVinci is your Q, basically. : jason bergman
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    da vinci was mentioned specifically in the video i saw : dromo5
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      more importantly to answer his question, they say it is in italy : Luminair
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        impossible, Italy didnt not exist as a country untill 1947, before that it was the kingdom of italy Kingd... : CoRDS
        • YES : Luminair
        • Where does Mario fit in all this? : Godhatesfatpeople
  • They mentioned DaVinci specifically in the PS3 presentation when they showed AC2. : jimmy_legs
  • Yeah 1400's Italy. Which to me looks awesome! But i'm a bit of a fanatic about that period, so I'm a fanb... : theargent
  • Yup DaVinci will have a role in this game. : Cashh
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  It's still way too early for another Elderscrolls. : Wombat Woo
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    i think they've been on a pretty consistent every 5 years, right? i think daggerfall was 96, morrowind wa... : xsoulbrothax
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      because they didnt make anything else (except for expansions), now they had fallout 3 in between. : Maarten Goldstein
      • I'd imagine bethesda has grown considerably in size in recent years though. they're able to self-publish... : mikecyb
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  Also missing: Any morsel of information about HL2: Episode 3 : DrWaffles
  • This >:( : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I'm really disappointed in Valve. :( Maybe at a later date, but... I don't know, no mention of Episode 3 ... : K1Bond007
  • Not even one little teaser screen :( : Scoots06
  • Yeah, that was major weak-sauce. : Ride-My-Rocket
• I haven't followed Borderlands very much, but I admit that the preview that was posted today has me semi-... : zerog83
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  This was the worst E3 in years. I'm not really looking forward to anything that was shown :( : PenicillinX57
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    There were no real surprises or grand entrances. Everything we did see we were already fed bits and piece... : Godhatesfatpeople
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      LEFT 4 DEAD 2! : Wisp!
      • No "wanted" surprises? =P : pharoah mike
      • True, that was a surprise. But I wanted more from Valve is all :P : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I'm kinda excited for a new 2D Mario, I also like the look of Metroid M, Old Republic and Mass Effect 2. ... : pharoah mike
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  The Last Guardian was game of show for me, even if it was just a trailer! the animation and lighting in ... : mikecyb
  • SONY FANBOY : gmd
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    Is there an ETA for it? : abrasion
    • They didn't say anything about a date, so I'd guess holiday '10 at the earliest. : Vincent Grayson
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    That is the only game that will make me buy a PS3. I love the way Team ICO make their games. And they don... : Drewus
    • I love God of War but SotC is just insane. It's the only game where I will be climbing a huge dude and h... : mikecyb
• i want kotor3 but not multi, and not pay per month :/ : papaskot
• is no one else as excited as i am for golden sun DS, i loved the first 2 and literally jumped out of my ... : g0rmanat0r
• I'm surprised you didn't mention in the "missing" section : DNF. BWAHAHAA well there's always next y... : X-GOUKI
• The Wolfenstein demo was good =( : Cygnus X-1

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  For consoles, that's about it? There's some jrpgs like Star Ocean for the xbox. The Witcher is supposed t... : silent prophet
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    nah for PC, I guess what I'm really after is the next Elder Scrolls game :P I wish I had played more of M... : trelain
    • Yeah, I can't think of a single thing beyond what you mentioned with that kind of scope. :[ : silent prophet
    • There was one called Two Worlds but I think it got poor reviews : mroizo40
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      You can install mods to make Morrowind look nearly identical to Oblivion (except with much more style and... : kershner25
      • Any idea where to find them/ what they are called? : trelain
• Witcher? : deadhorse
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  the Witcher : cptstern
  • You can't explore in the way he meant in the Witcher. : guigr
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    Not at all. : Arcanum
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      what about the game that is your namesake? : Modulus
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        I don't know. I tried the demo years ago, and wasn't very enamoured. I was using this handle long befor... : Arcanum
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          hahah, which Michael bolton song is your favorite? : Modulus
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            I could not name a Michael Bolton song if I tried. I'm aware he does music, I've probably even heard his... : Arcanum
            • I guess you kinda like them all? : SockMonkeh
            • it was a reference to Office Space. One of the characters is named Michael Bolton, but hates the guy (we ... : Modulus
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          Wow, I always actually thought you named yourself for that game. This is changing my world! : SockMonkeh
          • Oh god no! I would never deliberately use the name of a video game or video game character as an alias o... : Arcanum
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        it was pretty badass but hte graphics were terrible even for back in the day : deadfish
        • Disagreed. Arcanum is a badass game. : Poor Yurik
• The Gothic games have their flaws, but they are well worth playing. The only other game that I can think ... : Link.
• Mass Effect : dirge23
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  How about going back to Baldur's Gate 2? : bstrad
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    Plus the expansion! That game was huuuuge. : father_crown
    • yeah. Not quite as open as the games listed in the OP, but there are still a ton of things you can do wh... : valael
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      Yeah, i've been exploring Baldur's Gate 2 at my leisure for the past 10 years. :) : bstrad
      • Okay, maybe more like 8.5 years. : bstrad
  • This is the way to go, Baldur's Gate 1+2, Icewind Dale 1+2, Fallout 1+2 : johnlocks
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  jade empire? fable 2? mass effect? : wendigo
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    None of those are open world. : Edges
    • depends on what your definition of open world is i guess. you can go pretty much anywhere whenever you w... : wendigo
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  You might also like a couple of space games like X3: Reunion or Space Rangers 2. : bstrad
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X3_Reunion Bit of a steep learning curve although later patches have adde... : bstrad
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      Terran Conflict is waaaay better than Reunion. : ErikTehRed
      • Of course it is, it came out 2 years later. I'm still working on Reunion though and when I'm done with it... : bstrad
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  Sacred 2 is gigantic. : hoov1185
  • I recommend this, too. : Matt Burris
• No, oddly enough Bethesda is pretty much the only dev that makes sandbox rpg's. Gothic 1 and 2 were good ... : locater16
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  Is Gothic II the good one? Because Gothic I and II are 25% off on gog.com : kpxkrnjc
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    yes make sure you get gothic2 including the expansion, it is intertwined with the original game and also ... : xxx2xxx
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      How long are the gothic games compared to say Morrowind or KOTOR or Baldur's Gate 2. : baronzemo78
      • G2+addon is a lot of playtime around 60 hours or so, the world is smaller than say morrowind but it's als... : xxx2xxx
  • just saw this in other thread, may be worth grabbing while you can! : ]pm[chem
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  jagged alliance 2 : MaverickOrig
  • i never really thought of this as an RPG, but it does have a lot of rpg elements and its definitely an aw... : wendigo
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  Mount and Blade, maybe? : sm00v3d
  • actually, yeah. the world itself is pretty bland, though.. it's not so much about exploration as it is bu... : xsoulbrothax
• i hear stalker is cool from tomservo :( : ninjase
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  two worlds : strandgeck
  • also X3: Terran Conflict if you're into space/sci-fi : strandgeck
• STALKER? It is kinda of an FPS/Role Play hybrid with more of a bias towards the FPS aspect. : Mr. Goodwrench
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R., sorta : Schnapple
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  Is Drakensang open world? I played the demo and it seemed like it might be, but the game was such shit I ... : waxthirteen
  • No. It's more like NWN, but I actually like the rule set better. : terath
• Sacred II is gi-normous. Haven't gotten it myself, but if you're looking for one that's a good bet. Other... : jason bergman
• Baldur's gate 1. Its world is open ended almost to a fault. : dnuts
• Red Faction: GW seems to have some very basic RPG elements based on the SP demo - and it's open world. : dedgecko
• Sacred 2. : LemonJoose
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  Might and Magic 4 and 5, its an oldie but it was the first open world RPG that I really enjoyed. : WadeMcLain
  • in fact if you install both games it becomes a new game called world of xeen with new quests and areas to... : WadeMcLain
• Fallout 1 and 2! On Good Old Games right now for a fucking steal. : Mr. Goodwrench