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  Fallout 3 : kill9
  • ^^^ best example : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  I said Far Cry 2 why do you gotta snub me dognose :( : mikecyb
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    even though it had nothing to do with the original i still enjoyed it. : opengl128
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      It was bad, your opinions are invalid : locater16
      • quiet lolcater : opengl128
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    Because you got on electroly for liking Miley Cyrus so you don't count : dognose
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      But dahanese doesn't let mikey listen to Miley Cyrus anymore because she was kicked out of the band :( : tomservo
      • i'm flattered to think any band, even that one, would accept my shoddy musical talent! : dahanese
  • just beat that game. such a letdown in every way except the occasional show offy graphics. : thebigbeefsandwich
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  Final Doom. I like most of it too. : tomservo
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    You know, I never really cared for Final Doom. : DOOManiac
    • The first 'episode' is great I think. The second one is a bit... trying. : tomservo
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  Rainbow Six 3 : SockMonkeh
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    3 was made my red storm for the PC. : sigpro
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      I thought it was Ubisoft, or did they just publish it? : SockMonkeh
      • ubisoft had already bought red storm, but i think it was still red storm making the PC version of the gam... : xsoulbrothax
      • Ubi-Shanghai made the xbox version and published the PC version. Red Storm did the PC version as far as I... : sigpro
    • nah, it was apparently by Ubisoft Montreal http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/tom-clancys-rainbow-s... : roushimsx
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  Sam & Max!!! : xsoulbrothax
  • I'm not sure if that counts, since a lot of the Telltale guys are ex-Lucasarts, and Steve Purcell is stil... : Helter Skelter
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  Jedi Outcast : SockMonkeh
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    ooh yea, that's true. who made the original dark forces/jedi knight? : xsoulbrothax
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      LucasArts : K1Bond007
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        dammit haha it's hard to get much detail out of 'lucasarts' :( : xsoulbrothax
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          Didn't Raven get in there and make a good game in the series? I didn't follow those games but I remember... : dognose
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            Yes Raven made the 3rd and 4th games in the series and they were both fun. : sigpro
            • yeah.. 3rd and 4th being jedi knight 2 and jedi academy. i was just wondering if i wanted to go and bu... : xsoulbrothax
            • I dearly wish Raven had made a proper SoF3. And there is of course Monolith and Blood, but I spend too m... : dognose
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  Deus Ex: IW :-/ : opengl128
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    oh wait, you said and turned out good. nevermind. : opengl128
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      Also, that was the same studio. : Conan
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        No way? I'm playing Deus Ex for the first time now (having played IW first) and I can totally see what th... : GodZilly
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          You're right: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex_2 Wow, what happened? :S : GodZilly
          • a lot of the team changed and the main guy running the show wasnt really involved like he was with the fi... : steve_o
          • It made it so much easier to be super bitter about it since it was in fact the same studio D: : MamiyaOtaru
        • You just sent me on a tangent reading liberal biased articles on Wikipedia about the Deus Ex series : Makenxero
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  Roushimsk mentioned Zelda Minish Cap and I'd add the rest of the Sega Zelda games. Thief 3 was pretty ... : cfalcon
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    Ooo I forgot about OppFor, and I think Blue Shift was quite good as well and that was not Valve right? : dognose
    • OpFor and Blue Shift were Gearbox. : K1Bond007
  • HL1 expansions were pretty good. : byorn
  • I fucking hated Minish Cap, which is a shame because it was beautiful. couldn't stand playing it : lowpoly
  • I think minish cap is my favorite zelda game : datoo
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    what sega zelda games are we talking about? : j0nchan
    • I think he meant the Flagship Zelda games. They also had those two on Gameboy (Oracle o the Seasons and O... : roushimsx
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  TF2 of course : SolveChrist
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    uh,,.. no? : manero
    • uh, well that's like your opinion man. : SolveChrist
    • I'd say TF2 is far better than TFC, and is definitely better than what QWTF eventually devolved to. But Q... : zerog83
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    What? No, TF is Valve's IP... : DOOManiac
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      ^^^^ this You guys didn't grok the entire post : manero
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        but it wasn't started by valve i thought. : SolveChrist
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          Robin Walker etc (I dunno about all of the TF guys) work for Valve. : jimmy_legs
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            hmm yea, didn't know that. Crazy after all these years. Though it was just three guys back then so it w : SolveChrist
            • Robin Walker was hired by Valve in 98 (maybe 97, not 100% sure). Either way, he's been there for a very v... : Serpico74
        • You thought wrong. True, Valve was not formed as a company when TF came out. But the people who worked... : DOOManiac
• F-Zero GX, Metroid Prime, FarCry 2, Punch-Out!! (the new Wii one), Donkey Kong Country, : K1Bond007
• ooh here's a good one BF2 (mostly done by Kaos - Desert Combat Mod). : dedgecko
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  Duke Nukem Manhattan Project Duke Nukem Zero Hour Medal of Honor: Allied Assault: Spearhead: The Expans... : roushimsx
  • Man you know too fuckin much >:( : dognose
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    I loved Generals so hard. : tomservo
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      it did not get enough love, the expansion was sweet too. Weren't they making another? : derelict515
      • supposedly there is another in works... : dedgecko
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    Ghost Recon 2 fucking sucked balls. It's sacrilege to even speak of it as anything near "good". Regardles... : K1Bond007
    • There's two Ghost Recon 2s: Ghost Recon 2 for Gamecube and PS2 was by Ubisoft Shanghai and it sucked bal... : roushimsx
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    What is this Quake: Scourge of Armagon and can I buy it outside of eBay? : dognose
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      Mission pack for Q1. Steam! http://store.steampowered.com/app/9040/ : Cliffzorz
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        Hey thanks! Gotta dig out my Quake 1 CD, right? Or is it stand alone somehow on Steam? : dognose
        • No idea, as it's pretty much just an expansion I guess you'll need Quake 1 in some form whether you'll ne... : Cliffzorz
  • Ghost Recon 2 does NOT belong on that list. It was "consoled" to hell. Raped, that is. : GodZilly
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  MDK 2, back when Bioware was the one doing sequels to someone else's IP. : BlackCat9
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    Good one, MDK2 was fantastic. : Orange Pylon
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      I would love another MDK game, stylistically there was nothing else like them : Halen
      • Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal is pretty much MDK3 : roushimsx
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  Mona Sax naked. : askedrelic
  • No, that was Remedy. : dognose
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    That shower modle hack was rad. I spent hours dodging in slow-mo so I could look at her featureless mound... : Goblin au
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      Mona ®. By Mattel.™ : dognose
      • you raped my charmap :( : yosemiteclimber
• Homeworld Cataclysm was excellent, that was done by Barking Dog Studios. : Sailor of Fortune
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  Diablo : Hellfire - was good times. It was an expansion, so it doesn't fit your rule though. : graceofdragons
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    Well it kind of does, since I included the Sunstorm add-ons for Duke and Blood in the OP. : dognose
    • Yeah, I've had issues actually reading posts lately before replying to them :P : graceofdragons
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      and roushi included Scourge of Armagon in his list : Halen
      • Rotating brushes? MADNESS! (Or was that Dissolution of Eternity?) : DOOManiac
• Oh Tribes Vengeance wasn't horrible. It didn't touch T1 or 2 in terms of multiplayer but the campaign was... : cfalcon
• Conventional wisdom seems to be that Thief Deadly Shadows was a good game overall... I should dig that ou... : Johnny Law
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  Portal: Flash Map Pack : kallanta
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    god that one is so hard. I think i haven't made it past the 3rd or 4th level :( : SolveChrist
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      Stay the hell away from the Portal Prologue map pack then! : kallanta
      • Actually, I may be thinking of this one. Now I'll have to try em both out again to be sure. : SolveChrist
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  Metroid Prime is probably the best example of this I can think of : Serpico74
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    This is the first thing that came to my mind. : rosewood
    • It is like the Aliens of videogame sequels. It came out way better than it had any right to, considering ... : Serpico74
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  ...this is really INF worthy...? : Korban
  • I dunno I didn't inf it. Perhaps some mod sneezed : dognose
  • in answer to your question: yes : hirez
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  I saw a pic of max payne from a mag cover, does anyone else think he looks like John McClane? : silentbobuk
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    the cover does: http://i40.tinypic.com/11slfys.jpg but the ingame screenshots dont: http://img5.alloci... : spiderfill
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      LOL, ya got me pal : dognose
      • i would gladly accept fat bald max payne for those graphics! : spiderfill
  • I think he looks badass and this game is going to 0wn : fishbone
• Super Mario RPG, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines : Link.
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  Nintendo's Tetris on both the NES and the Gameboy : rosewood
  • also, H2O's The New Tetris & Tetrisphere and Arika's Tetris: Grand Master series : roushimsx
• Minish Cap was from Capcom, and I thought they handled it really well. : slax0r
• AvP 2 : kallanta
• System Shock 2, Ultima VII Serpent Isle (Warren Spector instead of Richard Garriot, if that counts as "a ... : razorblade79
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  Does Opposing Force count? : peanut-
  • Yes, it certainly does. : dognose
  • OP FORCE > HL1 : X-GOUKI
• Devil May cry 3 even they also made dmc2 which sucked. : razlebol
• Splinter Cell: Pandora Directive and the PC and Xbox 360 versions of Splinter Cell: Double Agent (but not... : evildanish
• TRON 2.0 : stgdz
• MechWarrior 3 by Zipper Interactive : Landrosradick
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  Return to Castle Wolfenstein was pretty sweet. But the multi was done by Nerve Software and was AWESOME (... : Landrosradick
  • Sorry, I was wrong, the free W:ET was done by Splash, not Nerve. : Landrosradick

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  http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/prototype-review http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/992/992950p2.html : alnya
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    Ouch, 7 and 7.5 no wonder it was embargoed. : raspu2n
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      A 7 is bad now days? : LoioshDwaggie
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        It's not all that great. : MagicWishMonkey
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          (definitely not $60 great) : MagicWishMonkey
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            I agree, also beyond the numbers some of the criticisms that totally scared me off. This is all i ne... : raspu2n
            • That's pretty much what I said when I saw the first teaser videos of it. It's supposed to get better from... : LoioshDwaggie
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              look how bland and lifeless the city is :( http://www.shackpics.com/files/prot2_jsb3j1jkpkl5kvff5w67.jpg : waxthirteen
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                That's not with a low-texture-RAM setting or anything is it? Part of why it looks so bad is that almost e... : nudel
                • Seriously that looks like Spider man 2. : raspu2n
              • .....this is a next gen game? The one people bitched InFamous was copying? : avatar_58
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        Welcome to mainstream reviews. : avatar_58
        • This is why I only get my game reviews from Ars technica. : LoioshDwaggie
      • A 7 is rental material, that's all. Probably a damn fine rental at that. I think a lot of us were just ho : waxthirteen
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        A 7.5 (or 75%, whatever) is average. It's like getting a C in a class in college. : Arcanum
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          For me 50% is average. Isn't that the definition? :) Man I hate review inflation. : LoioshDwaggie
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            if a game got 50% its probably fuckin terrible. : dantastic
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              just like your exams at school that you got 50% on : dantastic
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                I got a 41% B once : gmd
                • High school, not college. : Totenjaeger
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            1-5 is better in my opinion. A percentage never works because all games get 8's and 9's if they are good,... : avatar_58
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              The best is no score at all. That's why I mentioned Ars Technica above. : LoioshDwaggie
              • inFamous review: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2009/05/infamous-review.ars : LoioshDwaggie
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                then i have to read the whole multipage article : dantastic
                • I think that's the point, dan :) : LoioshDwaggie
          • No, that's not the definition. : Arcanum
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            No. Do you get a 50% on a test and call that average? It's the same as school grades generally. : thebigbeefsandwich
            • Actually, most of the tests I took were graded on a curve. So average ended up being whatever the class d... : LoioshDwaggie
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              What does the academic grading system have to do with review scores for video games? : walker270
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                you mean besides the fact that they both grade performance on the same scales? : aeg1x
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                  What do you mean by "scales"? There's no inherent scale to percentages -- that's something specific to t... : walker270
                  • are you being purposely obtuse? The game rating scale clearly aligns with academic grading. : aeg1x
          • In theory, but people aren't smart enough to differentiate academic grade scales with other uses for perc... : walker270
        • that would have been a B+ where i went : dantastic
      • most review places work on a 10 point scale but what you have to understand is that it's really a 5 point... : dantastic
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        in my book anything below an 8.5 is almost certainly trash : aeg1x
        • In this day and age, yeah. So many games are out, you shouldn't waste your time with ones that are medio... : CrustaR
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          I don't play anything with a metacritic aggregate of less than 90. Unless I have a specific interest in t... : dirge23
          • This is a good plan and will shorten my backlog even more. : CrustaR
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            You're missing out on a lot of great games. Ones that I can think of off the top of my head in the last y... : Wisp!
            • The hell? Crysis Warhead only got an 84??!? Man, I don't know about this metacritic stuff. Maybe anyth... : CrustaR
            • Also, I noticed that Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 got an 87. How does that happen? That game sucke... : CrustaR
    • Should a 7 be considered bad and is a 7 bad are two different questions. With the way games are scored... : walker270
  • Ouch. Then again...some reviewers gave Starcraft an 8.0. Moral of this story: some reviewers should b... : [7]kami
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  http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/992/992950p1.html : zerog83
  • oddly enough IGN australia rated it an 8.5 : dantastic
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  well, glad i only rented it :( : waxthirteen
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    Did you start it? I'm curious for your impression. : raspu2n
    • not yet, unfortunately. on its way from gamefly. : waxthirteen
• i'm getting this game for free, which is a relief because i want it but not quite enough to shell out for... : dirge23
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  http://www.metacritic.com/search/process?sb=0&tfs=all&ts=%22Prototype%22&ty=3&x=0&y=0 : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Could the story be that much better in Prototype that it would make up for the graphics? : Totenjaeger
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  Not bad by any stretch. If graphics and realism are your thing you may want to shy away, but the game is ... : VictoriouSecret
  • When did i bitch about it? I read a review that said the missions were cookie cutter, in an open world g... : raspu2n
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  Lotion, this stuff; http://www.eucerinus.com/products/hb_calming.html : pres589
  • Oh son of a bitch, misreply. : pres589

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• What are you talking about. : abrasion
• what're you talking about? : derelict515
• whachu talkin' bout? : graceofdragons
• whatchu talkin' bout, willis? : Korban
• You are talking about what again? : jingletard
• Whuts u talkin about ?? : doomed
• What? : Moonraker7
• wat. : Yanks
• spacekow you silly cow : boomstickah
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  your username has a typo : underground banana plantation
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    at least my user name isn't RACIST. : SpaecKow
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      what are you talking about? : Relentles$
      • black people love being underground, indians eat a lot of bananas, and the chinese plantations are truly ... : Juno
• eh? : Whistler77
• what is this post? : Flynn
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  And while they're at it they really need some sort of menu from which to start programs. : owly
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    and some sort of viewing portal or box in which programs are run. : edgewise
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      does windsows have video games? because osx has it : spiderfill
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        They need that puzzle game with the apple logo. : FirstPersonCooter
        • Breakout? Super Breakout? : yosemiteclimber
• Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? : Mecha Tofu Pirate
• yeah i've never been able to drag and drop things in windows wait what : the city
• Yes... it... sure would be nice to have... drag and drop... in Windows... o.O : kallanta
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  I agree. Dragon drop sucks compared to drag and drop. : PointlesS76
  • No way. http://www.doomaniac.com/stuff/random/dragondrop.jpg : DOOManiac
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  i'm guessing you mean spring loaded folders? : retarded talking dinosaur
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    I think he means the new Dock Expose. : Serpico74
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      Windows 7 accomplishes the same thing with the new task bar, kind of. : spazzium
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        Kinda sorta. Either way, using dock expose to drag and drop things between applications is pretty awesome... : Serpico74
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          Yeah I saw the presentation and thought to myself "well surely Windows 7 lets you do that" and then went ... : SpaecKow
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            Everyone is talking about iPhone OS 3 and the 3Gs, but I'll be honest, the OS 10.6 demo is what has me re... : Serpico74
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              The things that got me were the price and the storage benefit. My mac is only 40 gigs, so that savings h... : spazzium
              • All that and faster performance is a-ok wih me. The move from 10.3 to 10.4 gave a slight increase in spee... : Serpico74
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            they should also do a similar preview, instead of the tiny ass IE thumbnail preview they do now, why not ... : Chandler55
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              well you can do that, hover over the thumbnail and then you see the full window. : nomaad
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                Yeah, the win7 system is really not bad at all. I think expose reveals more information more quickly abo... : spazzium
                • The method in Windows 7 isn't as good but I'll take what I can. The fact that they put real effort into i... : Serpico74
              • oh yeah thats true, hm, for some reason i like apple's implementation better, I guess I just want bigger ... : Chandler55
• I don't want to have blood on my drags and drops :( : Lightbulb
• They don't have a year. Win 7 is practically DONE except for driver revisions. Comes out Oct 22nd. Will... : Optimus Prime
• dost thou drunk? : cygnus
• Whatsallthis, whatsgoingonhere, whatthefuckiswiththispost? : thetangent
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  You're high, galactic bovine : Godhatesfatpeople
  • me too : Birchman
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  lol. ^^ bunch of expose noobs. : dopeman
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    some people need to do real work on their computers instead of just dicking around! : Sapiens
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      Exactly, that's why using a mac is so awesome. It lets you get work done instead of dicking around holdi... : batkiwi
      • copy and paste for life : Sapiens
    • i didn't discover the functionality by dicking around. i had to move a number of files from one location... : dopeman

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• Pretty much sounds like it. : Wolfanoz
• I doubt McG will be back for t5, the movie hasn't broke even state side and really doesn't look like it w... : stgdz
• Considering the current one's box office, I wouldn't count on a 5th movie. At least one with McGeeGee : baron calamity
• I liked Salvation, but this sounds stupid. : Evil Benius
• god that sounds worse than salavation. and thats saying something! : radula
• This is some sort of threat, right? : alnya
• It he does this, we should scrape up enough cash to put a contract out on his ass. : Colleton
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  they travel back to the civil war and fight t-800s with single shot rifles and canons : gmd
  • then to ww2, in the final scene john connor gives up his socks to make a "sticky bomb" out of plastic exp... : xxiv
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    They need to go back to the Jurassic Period so we see terminators shaped like dinosaurs. : Evil Benius
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      Termisaurus Rex : one random winner
      • Velocirapt-800's : Goblin au
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  We need to travel back to the '60s and kill Mrs McG : Dave-A
  • The only sensible option. : chazums
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  sounds like they don't want to have as high a budget as the first one. although you would think filming ... : trOmblyj
  • also, this sounds like the worst idea in the history of worst ideas. : trOmblyj
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  So the robots alter time enough that Skynet is never created? Sounds a little pyrrhic. : GilesH
  • What gives you that impression? : Evil Benius
  • Hmm. Yes. Shallow and pedantic. : foo
• FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU : conandan
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  Thats bullshit I want the terminators to go back in time to the medieval age and fight merlin : boring gegtik
  • No way, terminators need to go back to the Jurassic Age and fight dinosaurs! : trOmblyj
• Didn't Planet of the Apes do something like this with its 20th sequel? : transmetal
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  as shitty some people think 3 is, doesn't this just fuck up the time line considering in 3 didn't that al... : NukemFornever
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    You have to look at it in a weird way. Those movies lead to the current timeline which leads to Connor go... : Evil Benius
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      Huh? If he went back it would already be the dystopian future. He can't go back to the time before pre-T2... : avatar_58
      • It's a movie series based on time traveling robots, they have to kill continuity somewhere. : one random winner
      • Yeah I was thinking of another argument, nevermind. : Evil Benius
      • go watch star trek and get back to us. : stgdz
      • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-worlds_interpretation : bipolar
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        Actually my original thought was wrong, they s{blew up the t800 factory so basically wouldn't that mean t... : NukemFornever
        • I FAIL AT SHACK TAGS : NukemFornever
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    time travel movies have to break continuity that's their nature : boring gegtik
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      They could travel back in time to fix the continuity, Mr. G. Egtik. Did you consider that? Fuck no you di... : Dave-A
      • continuity presupposes causality and a one-way timeline : boring gegtik
• I just read the article and I know now why you cry. : SockMonkeh
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  wow, I'm just going to pretend everything after 2 didn't happen. : unsound
  • I need what you're smoking so i can also forget everything that happened after 2. Man, Terminator 1 and 2... : Master_Leep

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  I think I liked the other one more. It had more comical moments. http://www.onemanga.com/Uzumaki/1/... : lolpatrol
  • Woah, how long is this? I'm on page 174 - chapter 6 of 19! Good so far thought! : TroZ
  • This series is so upsetting. It's one of the only manga that I've read through... : jessipoo
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    Christ I'm going to have messed up dreams tonight. D: : Vantage
    • no kidding, I quit in chapter two just so that I know I can go to sleep tonight. : naios
• They have plenty of those... I think I've never been so terrified of turning a page as I am when I read t... : zehh
• That one with the holes was fucking creepy as shit. : phipple
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  I just read the hole in the mountain one earlier. That was some strange shit. : MacemanInTW
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    Which one is that? : stuka
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      Dave-A dug it up earlier: http://brasscockroach.com/h4ll0w33n2007/manga/Amigara-Full/Amigara.html : MacemanInTW
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        I never got this one...it was very anti-climatic. : naios
        • It didnt do a hell of a lot for me either. It was more just short and odd. : MacemanInTW
• Try to track down his Tomie series. It's better than Gyo, imo. : deathofrats
• NEAT! http://www.onemanga.com/Jisatsu_Circle/1/12/ : MrLobo
• Just finished. The end was sure anti-climatic. : Edges
• what a tvist!!!! : askedrelic
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  knock knock who is it? candygram : spiderfill
  • hah, exactly : plunkymeadows
• Haha, unrelated but great. They have most of the Riki-Oh manga online.. example of greatness, the page ... : deathofrats
• I have all those books. I'm a big fan of Junji Ito. : BongSlayerB
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  You know many of these are actually licensed in the US, right? So this is just piracy. : SiW.
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    and what do you call the kids sitting in the aisles of Barnes & Nobes or Borders reading through entire v... : jessipoo
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      Hey, I have my own collections of scanlations and fansubs of stuff that is later licensed too, but I'm no... : SiW.
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        illegal piracy is legal in japan : spiderfill
        • isnt it crazy? japan is crazy : spiderfill
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        I live with someone who spent the past 12 years working in legally licensed manga, and told me this shit ... : jessipoo
        • Interesting stuff. I really do think it benefits a lot of titles, and know publishers pay attention when... : SiW.
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    I don't normally make an argument for piracy of any kind, but manga/anime is a huge money sink. I don't ... : deathofrats
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      Who in their right mind spends $60 on ONE videogame?!?! :D I'm in agreement though. Manga and anime p... : SiW.
      • oh man, i've had this debate with manga-type publishers, all 2am in a bar somewhere. there are lots of pr... : jessipoo
• What a weird story. : trove
• Fsssssssssssssssssshhh tok tok tok : Gojirah
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  oh god wtf. D: : GrimmyD
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    inorite? I'm still trying to figure out the point at which the story just completely jumped the shark (h : Vantage
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      its ultimately a cautionary tale against the dangers of nanotechnology so the best way to tell that story : spiderfill
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        I thought it was more a jeremiad against whaling. : trove
        • I took it as a fitting ode to H P Lovecraft, the man, not the mythos. Lovecraft had an intense fear and ... : deathofrats
• Both of these gave me the willies. I can just imagine them with music, long shots on the holes, and the a... : focusdaily

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  I was just going to make a post about this I like this one: http://www.switcheasy.com/products/RebelSe... : mojo the helpr monke
  • i have the skeleton and artic. GF has the serpent and they are hands down worth every penny!! : m0rfus
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    I've got the Capsule Rebel Black and love it. Protects the phone great and lets you get a nice grip on th... : malevolence
    • Wow, these are beautiful. I really like the CapsuleRebel green one : theamazingrand0
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    These fir the 3Gs, too? Same dimensions I'm guessing? : Robotic Puppy Eater
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      I'm 95% sure it's the same dimensions. : mojo the helpr monke
      • Yep. According to http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html, the 3Gs is just 0.1 ounces heavier. Otherwise t... : Robotic Puppy Eater
    • Exact same. http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/iphone-3g-vs-iphone-3g-s-the-tale-of-the-tape/ : DOOManiac
  • dammit, just was going to post this. its nice. : historyinthemaking
  • i have this case and it's fantastic. : mindfk
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    I have the Black on black version of this, I got it for $5, I didn't think I'd like it but I needed a new... : boarder2
    • Actually, it appears I have a knockoff version of it, but hey, it was 5 bucks. Shipped. I would only im... : boarder2
  • Ditto, got this one and love it. : batkiwi
  • I've had both this and the incase slider. I prefer the slider. Feels much more solid, and looks better. : Greymatter42
  • Yeah, got this and it is nice. Makes the phone a bit bigger, but its a pretty sturdy case. : Beady
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    Anyone know what B&M stores carry this? I think I'm gonna pick up one in my lunch break tomorrow and don... : uncle slappy
    • I wasn't able to find it anywhere locally (Boston) when I was looking. Had to order it from the switcheas... : nakedsavage
  • I have the solid black one and love it. I had problems with the screen protectors that came with it, but ... : nakedsavage
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    My cousin got that one, I don't like it. It doesn't add any sort of grip (even made it seem a bit slippe... : TheNiXXeD
    • I should note that I don't have a case on mine. If I *did* get a case, it would be solely for the reason... : TheNiXXeD
  • The Serpent is what I have and love it. The wife has the Capsul Cherry. : mancide
  • I just emailed them to ask if that will fit the 3Gs, I'm wondering if the camera opening or some other pa... : multisync
  • I have it and I LOVE it. And after seeing mine, 90% of my friends with iPhones went out and bought a swi... : Ormsbee
• www.switcheasy.com : m0rfus
• None, just the screen sticker thing. I tried some, inclusing the cool switcheasy ones and they just cause... : MoreVespeneGas
• None. : derelict515
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  on this same subject, anyone have a running armband holder they like for the iphone? i tried looking in ... : smacknca
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    they all suck, I looked into them and then ended up getting a holster style case but the iPhone is still ... : vynn
    • ive been holding it so far but that's getting old. thing is im using it to do the timing on the cool run... : smacknca
• I hate cases, even though I have a shack recommended one. It's so uncomfortable imo. But I have a broken... : devi| dog
• Iskin revo. Thing is amazing. : sumo-hacker
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  iSkin Solo : vynn
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    This is a sweet deal, the Solo plus revoClip. http://www.mygearstore.com/Products/iSkin-Duet-includes-... : vynn
    • Coupon for 10% off: ITSMEMORPHIOUS : vynn
• My 3g doesn't look bad at all. My phones stay nekkid. : spazzium
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  I highly recommend one of the PowerSupport static cling films for the front of the phone to avoid scratch... : icking fudiot
  • apparently the 3G S has an oleophobic screen coating to help reduce fingerprints, I wonder how well scree... : vynn
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    I don't see a point putting film on the glass. I've had iPhones ever since they launched and I haven't ha... : Serpico74
    • one time I forgot (actually it happened a lot) and put my keys in the same pocket :( my screen is all tor... : Slowtreme
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  I use the Incase Power Slider. It's huge. It has finally grown on me after half a year with it. Everytime... : DooBall
  • the Mophie juice pack air is another good option for a battery case. http://www.mophie.com/juice-pack-... : vynn
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  In a similar vein, anyone have a recommendation for an in car holder for the iphone? I plumbed in my ... : nodebug
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    I'd wait and see what the TomTom is like. If you have to have it now I'm pretty pleased with the Kensing... : hawkeye
    • That thing looks pretty damn funky though mine takes the power directly from the car stereo using a diffe... : nodebug
    • Thanks, that tomtom thing looks perfect, will keep an eye out for it http://iphone.tomtom.com/ : nodebug
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  So any 3G to 3GS upgraders in this thread? What is your rationale in upgrading so quickly, and what's you... : kramweil
  • Well, the 3G has some issues for me. Apps crash a fair amount, the camera sucks, google maps loads so sl... : broly1718
• www.vajacases.com EOT : fuzzydamnit
• NONE. unless you're a girl that throws it in her purse with keys and things then why would you get a case... : xxiv
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  The best answer continues to be Invisible Shield: http://www.zagg.com/ : LoioshDwaggie
  • Here. Take a look at the videos: http://www.zagg.com/invisibleshield/apple-iphone-3g-cases-screen-protect... : LoioshDwaggie
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    The Full Body Invisible Shield was impossible to put on the phone. I gave up and just used the screen pr... : hawkeye
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      Get a nerdy mac owner to help you. (This is what I do) They're finky enough to do it right. : LoioshDwaggie
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        He IS a nerdy Mac owner and I swear he almost injured himself with the damn thing :( : laurgasms
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          Stickyfingas : hawkeye
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            Find a better Apple user. :) We have a nice guy out here who does the I-Shield installs for all of us. I... : LoioshDwaggie
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              I am so bad at things that require precise hand movements :( : hawkeye
              • The trick is to use a lot of liquid so you can slide the shield around before it starts to stick. The ... : nudel
• http://www.vajacases.com/ : Squirrely
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  hijack what's the point of ordering it online for instore pickup if it's STILL first come first serve ... : xxiv
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    * Pre-authorization does not guarantee iPhone availability at an Apple Retail Store. iPhone is sold on a : xxiv
    • Basically, they is stupid. : one random winner
    • some stores (ATT in particular) will open at 7am for pre-auths and at regular hours for folks who want to... : multisync
  • Are they doing shipped orders right now or is it only in-store pickup? : byorn
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19843920#itemanchor_19843920 : Arcanum
• I love the feel of the iPhone bare, but that can't justify dropping it. I use the iSkin revo2 and th... : pturvz
• hollow out a laptop and put foam inside it, cut out the foam in the shape of the iphone and put it inside... : not work safe

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  I like girls : dognose
  • well is "like", "like", or "LIKE" cuz you gotta remember not all of them are Chinese and full of heart at... : yosemiteclimber
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  They got the sugar, we got the shack. : Johnny Law
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    someone should register the domain name Shugashack.com , then we could try to convince these girls to pos... : kaddar0
    • Dude, Shacknews.com used to be shugashack.com a long time ago. : Kolpath
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  holy fuck look at the very bottom of the page there are 14 sub-sites named something-sugar : Luminair
  • they're not even sub-sites, they're just sites : Luminair
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    if they're girlshack does that mean we're boysugar : electroly
    • Don't be stupid. We're girltart. : DOOManiac
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  lol i used to do work for them. : jessipoo
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    what are you some kind of a faggot? : Luminair
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      a faggot that will write for cold hard cash. : jessipoo
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        how good was their pay? : kaddar0
        • eh, i've gotten better. but it was entertaining and not quite soulcrushing compared to other gigs at the ... : jessipoo
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    haha I was looking at working for them : askedrelic
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      what are you some kind of a faggot? : Luminair
      • LOL it's funnier the 2nd time. : voodooraze
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      No. Msg me about this for deets, but no. I can give you better options for freelance if this is what you ... : jessipoo
      • I think a friend's GF loves one of their blogs and recommended I work there. Their job descriptions actua... : askedrelic
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  http://teamsugar.com/user/truthaintpretty/blog/3276097 This is girlshack alright. : zehh
  • fucking bitch needs to make her own tea goddamnit : kaddar0
  • gotta make an account to reply with "blowjobs" as much as possible : Luminair
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    I bet her "joke about dinner not being ready" was hilarious. : red2lucas
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      Yeah what a bitch. : menar003
      • What the fuck, why wasn't she cooking? Jesus H fucking Christ. : Bamtan
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    He's cheating on her. : delataur
    • That is a great reply! : anhero
  • Something tells me the comment in reply is from a shacker : mactu
  • I lol'd : ColoradoCNC
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    fucking lol who is this: http://teamsugar.com/user/Colt%20Commander/comments : AlexXdude
    • LOL "cool story bro" : MercFox1
  • www.helpmewithmyboyproblems.com : DingoStoleMyBaby
• Those drawn chicks are hot! : soggybagel
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  This game is AWESOME: "Which Movie is better? Choose what Movie is better, game ends when you get 1 w... : SeaLlama
  • If you picked The Happening, you deserve to be wrong. : edgewise
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    Why didn't you choose The Sandlot? : thetangent
    • I haven't seen either. : SeaLlama
• finally a place for cooking tips, dressing tips, beauty tips, shopping tips : spiderfill
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  that hurts my eyes. i wonder if girls have different eyes : gyokuro
  • you guys are SO sheltered. you want pain? check out the shit at http://shine.yahoo.com/ : jessipoo
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  We need a Top People section on the front page. : nurglich
  • http://www.shacknews.com/top.men.x : DOOManiac
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  http://teamsugar.com/3275135 Luisa keeping it real. Also, it looks like she's a Gold subscriber (aka G... : das_runt
  • No, that'd be platinum. : jessipoo
  • LOL Its completely different and yet its still bad in all the same ways. : Smirks D
  • oh man she got banged and left. POOR LUISA. : steelsamurai
  • We need a few agents to enlighten them with "He's cheating on you" posts. : DOOManiac
• I think I might leave the shack for teamsugar. I will give them both barrels of male bitterness. : steelsamurai
• LOL what kind of userimage is that http://teamsugar.com/user/Fallen85 : askedrelic
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  GirlShack LatestChatty.x: http://teamsugar.com/blogs/comments : das_runt
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    You guys, clearly the Jezebel.com threads are more GirlShack than Sugar. DUH. Know your enemy much? : jessipoo
    • but i love women : das_runt
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      also, teamsugar's user base appears to be overloaded with trolls : das_runt
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        quite unlike the shack proper, which is filled with right proper citizenry who would NEVER start shit ;) : jessipoo
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          i'm just saying, i don't think they have mods over there. it's probably like Lord of the Flies. : das_runt
          • Troll the thread, spill it's blood! : the_burd
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      jezebel makes my fucking head hurt. i dated a chick into that site. that didn't last long. recipe fo... : the city
      • their comment system looks terrible. you did the right thing. : das_runt
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    I wonder who their haiku is : haiku
    • her name is BIG GIRTHA. : abrasion
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      sonnet : Deathlove
      • :) : Colleton
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    when two CHICKS argue on Shacknews, some gets called "hon," alliances form, and bitches get stabbed. but ... : das_runt
    • WELCOME THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, MOTHERFUCKER : jessipoo
    • hahahah i love how it goes to a serious discussion about politics for 90% of the thread and then derails ... : AlexXdude
  • Holy crap, there was a huge hockey thread. Chicks actually talk hockey online to other chicks? : timmie
  • so when are we going to get comment wheel of fortune? http://teamsugar.com/group/676777/blog/3266242#c... : buzzbat
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  Scary's Team Sugar Shack : sammyl
  • sCary :( : sammyl
  • sCary's Quakevagiolio? : Sapiens
• I just threw up in my mouth a little. : mysled
• It would be cool if the reverse meme happened over there. "I just met this great guy and..." "Your are ... : SeaLlama
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  Goddamn. So this is where the white knights go when they are banned from everywhere else. Look at half... : anhero
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    I'm sensitive, ladies. I'm a FEMINIST! : das_runt
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      reminds me of woddmandred sometimes or whatever his username is : AlexXdude
      • sup troll : woddemandred
  • haha seriously! Check this guy out: http://teamsugar.com/forum/topic/1653265 : itsjames
• They aren't very bright :/ http://teamsugar.com/group/676777/blog/3266242 : Slowtreme

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  http://ve3d.ign.com/images/50705/PC/Max-Payne-3/Concept-Art/Max-Payne-3 : tomservo
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    Sweet jeebus D: : Dave-A
    • I was kinda hoping they'd make him look like Field Marshal Haig. : Dave-A
  • I think it looks cool! : opengl128
  • That looks awesome, they're definitely injecting a lot more of a gritty feeling, which is definitely real... : dancingpolkabear
  • I don't know if I like the idea of Max in a city that's not NYC. I had my doubts when I heard him describ... : jet-poop
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  It's Jeff Bridges as seen in Ironman! : moe6
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    DAMNIT SO MUCH! : locater16
    • so owned. : moe6
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  damnit bill stop shooting me : CoRDS
  • i thought this too : ass-street
• He looks awesome, seriously. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  lol. a fat ass eh. : bakanoodle
  • Not really fat. Average I guess : thrallie200
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  No no no, he looks like Jeff Bridges in Iron Man: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2769982976/ch0033334 : locater16
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    He ruled so hard in that. Fuck I love Jeff Bridges. : tomservo
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      maybe they'll use him as Max's voice actor! : moe6
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        "Staggering on the mill roof in ice and snow and wild wind, I was a Ninja. My Kung Fu was strong. I wasn' : tomservo
        • Please say you're writing for the game : locater16
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          ""The things that I want", by Max Payne. A smoke. A whiskey. For the sun to shine. I want to sleep, to fo : tomservo
          • *cue dramatic piano* : DrWaffles
        • "I hadn't asked for this crap. Muffins served drier than Sara Lee's snatch. The bacon, appetizing, but co : Bamtan
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        duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude the blood is spraying out your neck like a lawn sprinkler duuuuuuuude : johngloid
        • thx servo for showing me up :P : johngloid
      • Duke Nukem killed this many bad guys in a cave!!!!!! WITH SCRAPS!!!!!!!!!! : Rauol Duke
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  Perhaps they prefer John McClane to Marky Mark? : das_runt
  • That's the first thing I thought, too. JohnMax (Mc)Payne. O_o : mn3m0n1c
• http://squareeyes.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/iron-man-site-obadiah-stane.jpg : not work safe
• Sam Lake is NOT writing this one :( : Bamtan
• FUCK I'M SO PUMPED FOR THIS GAME. : disposition
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  Guess he didn't live happily ever after with Mona Sax. :( : bryanvlo
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    They killed her too :( : moe6
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      Well... it depends on what difficulty you played on. : Johnny Law
      • I saved her! : bryanvlo
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  why even take the license if they're going to turn him into a 50-year-old janitor looking guy? does that ... : thebigbeefsandwich
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    I think he looks like a badass. I'm tired of pretty boy leads in games. : systatic
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      but max 1 & 2 didn't have pretty boys, so I don't understand the radical change : X-GOUKI
      • This is actually pretty awesome. I can't think of another instance in which a character radically aged i... : fishbone
  • Who gives a shit if its more profitable. Either way, a washed up, aging, drug addicted retired cop works ... : nodebug
  • I'm guessing this thread would not exist if it was another picture of middle aged trenchcoat Max : spiderfill
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  well that just sucks for marky mark then, no sequel for him. Now they have to hire some hobbo off the str... : X-GOUKI
  • no, they have to hire Jeff Bridges. : moe6
• I think that looks a lot more compelling then the past Payne's. I love the original games, but I like thi... : byorn
• I'm confused by this. I mean, what are the odds a guy like Max Payne would make it to that age? : Totenjaeger

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  See the cat? See the cradle? : obiquatro
  • no f*cking cat, no f*cking cradle : quartic0
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  I ain't getting him SHIT. Because he's DEAD. : Deathlove
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    same here. gonna try to down a sixpack with my father-in-law, though. : dirge23
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      He's dead, too. I'm going to steal someone else's dad! : Deathlove
      • Your user name makes sense now. : one random winner
  • Likewise. : JT
  • Same here :( : stump
  • I'm going to get hookers for myself, because that's what pop woulda wanted for me!!! : askedrelic
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    Maybe I'll go put some flowers on my dad's grave. I haven't been out there in a while. : cerealSAM2
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      Neither have I. Makes me feel like an ass when I realize I haven't been there in so long. : stump
      • Mine's buried 1000 miles away, so I have an excuse. My mom goes out there every year, though. He died jus... : Deathlove
      • To be fair, though... he ain't goin' no where. : cerealSAM2
  • Yup. Two months ago. : sonik887
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    I don't even dream about him anymore. My dad, not yours. : owly
    • It's weird, I can see him in full detail when I dream about him. He's all fuzzy when I try to picture hi... : Ovate
    • You might be surprised. I went a long time without remembering dreams about my pop, but he showed up ag... : cerealSAM2
    • I had a dream just a few nights ago with my dad in it. I was in a bookstore and I found a book I thought ... : thetangent
    • This made me sad as fuck. : zuga
    • I don't remember what my dad's voice sounded like. Of course it's been 19 years. : stump
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      My dad died 8 years ago today and I pretty much repressed most of it. I cried the day of and during his f... : askedrelic
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        <3 : Deathlove
        • Good times. : askedrelic
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        I'm glad you're doing better. I hope things get better between you and your mom. I was always close to ... : owly
        • Hey, similar situation! I was about 14 and had no clue how to comfort my mom or what to do at the time. ... : askedrelic
      • *hug* : riptyde
      • talk to a therapist for awhile. i was the same way after a traumatic event in my life, and until i actual : biskits
  • Same, ill drink a 40 for him and watch some muscle car videos, he loved that shit : GBeer11
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    Yeah, my father died almost 2 years ago. :( I hate fathers day. : thetangent
    • The worst part for me is the e-mails. I could ignore it pretty well without every single company remindin... : laurgasms
  • man fuck this sub thread is a huge bummer =( : the city
  • Well hellloooo fellow holiday money saver! : jingletard
  • I ain't getting him shit because he and my mom stole from me. It makes Mother's and Father's Day very ea... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Same here, but I took my kids to "see" him at Arlington Cemetary for the first time last weekend while I : riptyde
  • WHATS UP MOST DEPRESSING SUBTHREAD OF THE DAY. : xxiv
• 1/3 of a truck cover. : DOOManiac
• but thats 3 months away : CoRDS
• Something for his car i think this year : grabbie
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  I was thinking a high-end air rifle for shooting all the squirrels in his yard : jimmy-buffett
  • buy two and make the present you hanging out with him shooting squirrels. : edgewise
• i think he might need a new kidney : ultramega
• Command and Conquer Collection (Tiberian Sun, Tiberian Sun Firestorm, Renegade, Red Alert 2, Yuri's Reven... : liqker
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  another blowjob. i'm predictable :( : GloriousCow
  • hot : riptyde
  • make sure you wipe your mouth afterwards. : vorm
• Funny, my dad named me after Cat Stevens. I wish I could buy him a cure for cancer, but we've been watc... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• Damn, between the dead fathers and cancer guy over here I feel bad even asking. I guess I'll get my dad ... : mizterd99
• flying to visit him. he's going through a breakup, and the bank pulled a business loan from him at the la : biskits
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  Just a card and a phonecall. Dad rant: All my dad ever does when I talk to him is complain about how : kallanta
  • Don't stop trying. It took me almost twenty years to repair the relationship that fell apart in my early... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• truck nuts : DJ Clipdat
• GPS he wants for the car. : TK-421
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  a kidney. just kidding, but he's just started dialysis. Once he gets stabilized, maybe we'll see about a : edgewise
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    Good luck, man. Can you donate? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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      1) haven't been tested yet. too early still. 2) Not sure he'd even want one. He knows he fucked his kidn... : edgewise
      • Can a fresh cadaver be used instead? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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        you mean his kids? : Dravenport
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          Edgewise means himself : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
          • He always refers to himself like that. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        My dad's going to be due for his second kidney transplant soon. Those replacement parts just don't last a... : BlackCat9
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          I wonder - can you take a kidney back when someone is on their death bed? Then it's just like you're lend... : aeg1x
          • No givsies backsies!! : zerog83
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            Dude. I don't want something after it's been in someone else's body. Gross. : BlackCat9
            • "Hey lemme borrow your kidney" "FINE BUT I NEED IT BACK WHEN YOU ARE DONE" : laurgasms
        • That happened to my friend's mom. Got a kidney transplant, then 16 years later she had to get another. ... : riptyde
      • What'd he do to mess his kidneys up? : zohar79
  • Wow. Hope all goes well man. : Wolfanoz
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  A Lego Factory recreation of his airplane. Just finished designing it. : Conan
  • pic or you didn't do it. : ssj4megaman
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  How do you subtely tell your uncle he's more important to you than your dad? I should do this before eith... : abrasion
  • I would have figured in your case that your uncle was the same person as your dad. : ryuuseki
• Vinturi Wine Aerator : ryuuseki
• A phone call. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Probably chocolate or a novella. My dad is very old and sits on his couch all day long. : excessus
• my bro and I are taking the whole fam to an indians game. whats better then beer + hotdogs + shitty baseb... : maulla
• Gran Torino on Blu-Ray. I think he'll really like it. : Colleton
• a new laptop, so he'll quit bitching about my old one i gave him : vov1n
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  when is father's day again? : X-GOUKI
  • in canada/US it's the weekend after this coming weekend : boring gegtik
• Nothing and he will like it : rosewood
• My parents just sent my brothers and me an email asking that we not buy them gifts for any of the holiday... : AllYourBase
• My dad is impossible to buy for. He takes everything back because "you paid too much for it, I can get i... : silent77
• I am not sure. Probably just helping him with my moms memorial the day before. : not work safe

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  winamp! http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details/131643 : sanchez
  • I use this. : naios
  • winamp 5 has included a flac plugin for a while now : Sapiens
  • Winamp 5 plays them with no need for a plugin ;) : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Winamp 5.555555555555555555555555555555555552 is the best. : deject
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  foobar2000 : Goncyn
  • ^^^ this. : dromo5
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    Foobar is functional but ugly, and the plugin dependencies required to make it look nice are kind of a pa... : ieGod
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      Yeah I looked at skinning it one day and looked at the 6 different items that needed to be installed in s... : spazzium
      • I once spent like 5 hours customizing my foobar, now I don't even bother, then again, I just play everyth... : vov1n
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      Foobar isn't ugly if you spend time setting it up nice. (Unless "not looking like something from outerspa... : nudel
      • My foobar setup: http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/7685/232truenature.png : nudel
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      I never look at the actual app. media keys on the keyboard + random playlist = never see app. : epit
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        You could use any player for that though. What I like about foobar is how easy it is to make and manage p... : ieGod
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          agreed. hency why I could care less if its ugly :) : epit
          • You don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire! : nudel
    • Pretty, easy to install, and they work: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=71633... : sirkne
  • I vote this. : Sailor of Fortune
  • Yup. : spazzium
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    ugh foobar is like linux, infinitely customizable but nowhere near practical unless you "know this" : gakera
    • Haha that's exactly how I feel working with it. It's like pulling teeth. "Plugin x only works with ver... : ieGod
    • agreed : feek
  • Foobar is the only answer. If you are spending time looking at your media player you are doing it wrong. : AgentPothead
• Notepad++ : hankyJR
• I just use VLC : quadeh
• foobar2000 foobar2000 foobar2000 : miasma(&)
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  open in a hex editor and interpret the bytes in your head : electroly
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    i much prefer the binary versions.. easier to read and interpret : sikander
    • there are arguments either way, i think hex gives it a nice, rich sound. binary makes the music sound so... : electroly
• foobar2000 : Link.
• a.flac : historyinthemaking
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  Mediamonkey. It manages your library better than Itunes [doesn't alter your file timestamps or anything j... : PlanetPerfecto
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    If there's one thing I hate, more than anything, it's a program altering my file timestamps as it sorts m... : pres589
    • I can't tell if this is serious but I kind of hope it's a joke. : Sapiens
    • haha, oh man. pres, never change <3 : PlanetPerfecto
    • The worst one is WMP re-writing your nice high-res album cover JPEGs with scaled-down low-resolution vers... : nudel
  • Great program. : Arctic Fox
  • Mediamonkey is fantastic. : baronzemo78
• fOOBAR : Jinxplayer
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  You can also convert the flac files to .wav with winamp and then either import them as the apple format o... : ju$tmon3y
  • If you want to convert FLAC to AAC or ALAC, it's best to batch convert to WMA-Lossless first. You can ... : nudel
• I use winamp 2.9x with the FLAC plug-in, works fine. : dkrulz
• don't people give ya enough .flac as it is? : Ziz
• AIMP2. A little buggy but the sound engine is alot nicer than winamp or cowon jet audio. : TOnez
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  Hijack! Best program to convert .flac to .mp3? : suqur
  • dbPoweramp DMC: http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm (The MP3 encoding part isn't free but it's worth buy... : nudel

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  On the plus side, they make really excellent space heaters. : Thresher
  • haha yeah. That will be a bonus in the winter I suppose. : Galadriel07
• This is a joke, right? : Link.
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  http://reviews.cnet.com/green-tech/tv-consumption-chart/?tag=contentBody;nextPage : mafu5150
  • ^^^ ooo have to show that to some friends : NastyNorman
  • sweet. the TV we are looking at gets a pretty decent rating! Thanks! : Galadriel07
• Yeah thats the one thing I hate about mine. It's not horrible but I hate it being such a hog. : baron calamity
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  FOR FUCKS SAKE. : abrasion
  • iawffs : gmd
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    I know. I know. I am getting annoyed with myself and all this nonsense. I think we have chosen the 50"... : Galadriel07
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      Serpico knows his shit, AVSFORUM is full of FAT DIPSHIT DORKS WHO RESEARCH THIS SHIT ALL DAY LONG, becaus... : abrasion
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        I am totally listening to you. I just happened to hear the ad on the radio today about how HDTVs eat a t... : Galadriel07
        • True, well they certainly don't use a small amount but in the global scheme of things, the money I save b... : abrasion
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          Well compared to something like OLED, yeah, they're going to devour electricity like madness. Compared to... : ieGod
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            OLED is also gonna cost you a fortune upfront for the set alone. are they still double the price of a re... : dantastic
            • Well they aren't even really out yet, not big screen ones anyways. : Toth21
            • The prices are stupid expensive, yeah. 11" for $2500? Hah. : ieGod
        • Its better research than most regular people. Most regular people's reserach is a joke even when they thi... : Toth21
        • you say research online says this, not forums you post on : Luminair
      • Ummm, AVS forum is actually pretty good for signal to noise ratio. : Fred Garvin
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        Hey you know what I did today I fired up the PS3 for the first time in a while and the image retention wa... : ieGod
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          Really? I fucking Adore My 40" LG Plasma!!!! No channel lag as I've been told about, no image retentio... : Solstice
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            I must have got the shit model. I'm at a crossroads now. I have a week left to return it no questions ask... : ieGod
            • I will agree with earlier comments about it be a space heater tho, WOW : Solstice
            • Panasonic? : abrasion
            • Return it. There's no reason to regret buying a large-screen TV. : Ride-My-Rocket
            • Return it man, that shit is unacceptable. : electroly
            • Return it. 720p Panasonic 42" are under $600 now, 50" under $900; B-stock Kuros are under $1600 : Merconium
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          Play back full motion video of something for 20 seconds, it will be gone entirely and barely noticable in... : abrasion
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            The video I watched afterward was full motion 1080p content. After 40-50 minutes the XMB outlines were ST... : ieGod
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              How old is the LG? I'm really surprised by this, I have left shit on my screen for 18 hours twice now and... : abrasion
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                It's a brand new 2009 model, 50PS30. It's roughly 23 days old. http://ca.lge.com/en/products/model/det... : ieGod
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                  Look swap it for a Panasonic, if you can - I heard murmours that the Panasonic somehow has even less burn... : abrasion
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                    Take a look at this image, the menu is so badly retained after less than 10 seconds of use: http://stolda... : ieGod
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                      I would genuinely say my image retention is one tenth of that and it lasts for almost no time. Image ret... : abrasion
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                        It's definitely in home mode with the contrast and brightness set at 50%. : ieGod
                        • Yeah look return that thing, I just showed a colleague the photo and he laughed. It's just un-acceptable... : abrasion
                    • Damn, dude. That thing is defective. That's not right at all. : electroly
                    • My daughters left Viva Pinata on pause for about 4 hours (seems the only 360 game that won't engage the d... : Merconium
            • that's what you get for not buying samsung or panasonic : dantastic
        • yeah my dad's LG plasma is like that. he thinks it's good though all stretched and 4:3 though : dantastic
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          Yes, we've commented before to you (and others) that LG plasmas have much worse IR (image retention) than... : Bold
          • I appreciate the feedback you guys are giving me. It's helping me make this decision a lot easier. At lea... : ieGod
  • oh : felicia
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    Oh hey pot, I'm kettle. : ateam311
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      for a second i thought you called him honey pot : shavenewok
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        pretty sure abrasion is more of a vinegar kind of guy : felicia
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          On my chips (fries) definitely! : abrasion
          • jebus fuck balsamic is where it's at! Salads, bruschetta, fuck man you can even put that bitch on st... : shavenewok
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      Hi ateam311, what's news today man? : abrasion
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        that guy really does seem to follow you around. it's starting to get blatant : electroly
        • It's cool man, to be brutally honest he actually has me on this one, I kinda do bring up the same topics ... : abrasion
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          Nothing gets by you electroly! : ateam311
          • i should sell my services as an internet forum detective : electroly
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    ABRASION DOES NOT LIKE THIS THREAD!!!! : Drewus
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      SEETHING RAGE!!!! : moe6
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        I aged 4 months alone typing up that post, the anger is clearly undeniable. :( : abrasion
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          Hey there buddy, turn that frown upside-down :) : underground banana plantation
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            Hey man what's going on, I saw you post about WOW the other day, aren't you on holiday internationally? ... : abrasion
            • I just got back in the States last week. Today I signed a lease to rent a studio here for the summer: ... : underground banana plantation
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    Hahahah man, there is a collapse button ya know? Why rage? Plus I like Gala threads. I learn stuff. H... : Solstice
    • Hey I'm not attacking her, don't take bad language as harshly as it sounds, I was basically brought up fr... : abrasion
• Ok. Listen. Stop now. You can find something wrong with everything you're going to buy, you just have ... : boarder2
• Compared to the way we used to get big screens (rear projection, huge CRTs) the TVs of today draw miniscu... : Halen
• http://blogs.consumerreports.org/ : Luminair
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  I would not be buying a TV right now with OLED sets right around the corner. I know it will be a few year... : Toth21
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    Please don't even go there, Toth21, why have you done this? : abrasion
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      Because it needed to be mentioned. She won't listen anyways, and I wouldn't expect her to, she just want... : Toth21
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        And warp drives are going to be awesome in 200 years but I'm not gonna buy a shitty car now while I wait.... : electroly
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          Bullshit, 5 years is not that long, and I honestly don't believe its going to be 5 years before you can g... : Toth21
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            Opinions differ, I guess. 5 years is without question DEFINITELY a long time for me. I would not "make ... : electroly
            • (This assumes that we will actually have affordable, large OLED TVs in 5 years. I believe that it'll be ... : electroly
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        Just wait 40 years!!! GXGOLED will be 18$ for a nine foot screen. : abrasion
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          Don't you think you are being a teeny tiny bit more hyperbolic than necessary here? : Toth21
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            Toth, based on this post. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20129445 you've clearly admitted that we're... : abrasion
            • Why is it tangential? Shes an adult, she can read between the lines. I was stating my opinion and that op... : Toth21
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        I remember when the buzz for OLED started. I was in my first year of undergrad. We decided to do a resear... : ieGod
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          I would be really really shocked if they aren't competitive in 10 years. Especially if they are putting o... : Toth21
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            Plasma televisions were 45,000$ for a 36" model about 16 years ago, when I was a 15y/o boy at a huge home... : abrasion
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              Man come on you know better than this. You really think the time lines are the same as they were 16 years... : Toth21
              • Why do you think I said 6 or 7 years, instead of 10? : abrasion
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        well, what am i supposed to watch TV on right now!? : Galadriel07
        • Haha, whatever you want. I was just saying, that if I were in your position I would go out and buy a reas... : Toth21
  • no don't do this : boomstickah
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    OLED is at least a year away from being within an order of magnitude of current HDTV prices, and plasmas ... : electroly
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      This is precisely the advice I would've given when I was 18, because the wool had been pulled over my eye... : abrasion
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        Yeah I guess thats my point I would wait the 5 years. Buy some average set now, and buy a OLED set in 5 y... : Toth21
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          I used to be a HD CRT nazi Toth, search my post history, I'm the king of the CRT nazis. Let it go, Plasm... : abrasion
          • As I said I am getting rid of my HDTV, its too big to move at this point and just not worth it. I have no... : Toth21
  • nope : Luminair
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    When do you think OLED screens will cost $1500 for 50"? : edgewise
    • I dunno but AT&T should give me a discount when I buy one!!!! : abrasion
    • 2020. : hirez
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    You wouldn't buy a tv right now because of new tech that's coming out in a few years? What? : PointlesS76
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      I know it sounds like falling for the technology trap, but their are technology gaps worth waiting for. : Toth21
      • flat screen TV's are dirt cheap now. Even if you only use it for 5 years as your main TV, it'll be well w... : edgewise
      • I would agree in some cases like processors or video cards where you're waiting a month or two, but I don... : PointlesS76
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        Have you used a 50" mid range plasma before? Seriously "worth waiting for" ? : abrasion
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          No, but I've used a 50" inch high end DLP before (one of the first Toshiba sets with the LED matrix and n... : Toth21
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            I do not believe you are the target demographic for this thread. : abrasion
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              I never offered myself as any target demographic. I have to ask you something, are you all defensive a : Toth21
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                Actually I was a big SED believer :( : abrasion
                • HA I KNEW IT! Actually I was too :( : Toth21
      • damn i just got a 46" lcd tv this weekend, should've waited for oled instead. : arizona bay
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        What you need to be waiting for is television technology where they literally beam the image into your ey... : LilCrypto
        • Nice attempt at insulting me, but how would you watch movies with prospective girlfriends on the couch wi... : Toth21
  • They will be great, but it's not like current LED backlit LCDs are terrible. : Conan
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    I've been hearing that OLEDs are "right around the corner" for four years now. I'll get it when I get it,... : Serpico74
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      Agreed, OLED at decent sizes/prices isn't in the near future. That said, I bought a smaller & cheaper pla... : Bold
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        Hey, he was right! :) : Serpico74
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          And yeah, I finally got tired of waiting for OLED and went for the best plasma on the market available la : Serpico74
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            Well yeah those things are nice, how much did that cost you? : Toth21
            • $6000. Got a decent deal on it, regular price is $7000. The Panasonic I recommended earlier is also gr... : Serpico74
      • Wait, "a few years" to you is 15 years? Can I borrow your new TV for a few years? : Bold
• buy one of these to test out all your appliances. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16... : edgewise
• please stop listening to your mother in law for TV advice =[ : the city
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  buy a tv from a brick and mortar. if you dont like it return it within the return policy : dantastic
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    going to grab it from Costco. : Galadriel07
    • does that mean your costco is selling the g10s? if so cuanto es? : smacknca
  • This is a very good idea, I know a couple of people with real horror stories from buying online, particul... : Toth21
  • stick with the major online sellers (amazon primarily) and you'll be perfectly fine. : mwasher

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  wrong : JINKY
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    Are you serious? I am not having fun, mainly because the game just isn't giving me the urge to explore a... : manlyman
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      how can you complain about crap side quests but praise GTA4 and Crackdown? : derelict515
      • First I said GTA, mainly the entire series, not looking specifically at side quests but the motivation an... : manlyman
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        GTA4 had crap sidequests? right... : mrseldowski
        • you were essentially on the story or doing nothing. If you mean 'side missions' had great cutscenes, ok, ... : derelict515
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      the game isn't about exploration, dude. at all. it's about combat and fucking shit up. the game gets bett... : JINKY
      • I didn't emphasize the graphics more than anything else, it was stated in only one of the sentences in my... : manlyman
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        http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20122060 imo although I do agree that the graphics are fine. it... : Shai-Tan
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          I agree, the movement controls feel nice because there is so much that is going on that requires very lit... : manlyman
          • I didn't think the number of buttons was an issue, in fact the combo system was very simple. It's mainly ... : Shai-Tan
• For a reference, Spiderman 3's New York looks better than this... : manlyman
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  Gonna have to take this with a grain of salt since I thought GTA4 spent so much time on story and realism... : derelict515
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    The story in Prototype moves really fast, and since you are an anmesiac then you start out with the same ... : manlyman
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      yeah I didn't really care about the GTA4 story either... (I tried twice). I just like having a fun open w... : derelict515
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        I thought Crackdown was fun while it lasted. It was getting boring towards the end but you could also co-... : Shai-Tan
        • yeah I mean I was in awe of GTA4 at first. But after a few hours I was just like, this isn't actually tha... : derelict515
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  Have you gotten very far in the game? It wasn't that great and it was difficult in the beginning, but I'... : Xencer
  • Yeah, thats another problem I have, just how much I don't care about Mercer. There is no moral choices, ... : manlyman
• Anyone remember those awful pretentious videos the developers shot of themselves talking about the game..... : deathofrats
• I still love this promo interview video. http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/51377 : freshyk
• Tell us more about the city evolving. Does it work? Does it gradually change or is it instantly differe... : Edges
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  Im thinking about buying crackdown tho, since I've heard its pretty good now... : Xencer
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    Crackdown set the bar for sandbox titles and doing whatever you want - for this generation. However sinc... : dedgecko
    • I hate to say this, I really do, but Crackdown has shown quite a bit of age. You're right though. It did ... : Greymatter42
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      only complaint about crackdown is when you finish it it doesnt take that long and youre basically done be... : dantastic
      • when you finish crackdown, there is no more crackdown! : spiderfill
  • I just bought it last week for $24 and it's worth it. Lots of fun and now I'm really looking forward to ... : stump
  • I got it for $15 shipped and it was very worth it. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  what did you rent it on? : CoRDS
  • 360 : manlyman
• I'm three hours in and I can already tell you I'm having more fun with this game than I did in inFamous. ... : Greymatter42
• How many of these are fixed/less of an issue in the PC version? : alias
• ive been playing now for 30--45mins and am having a world of fun (ps3) : CoRDS
• I disagree. Graphics aren't terrible, maybe just not to the level some newer games are. Animations are mo... : VictoriouSecret