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  Which process is taking up 100%? Should be able to see under Task Manager.. : cause&effect
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    nothing is, only tasmger.exe and iexplorer are at about 10 or so, the rest are 00 : niceguynick
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      Are you showing all processes? It should at least show "System Idle Process" and add up to 100% total. : umcpwintermute
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        yes, here it is http://i44.tinypic.com/el1jpl.jpg : niceguynick
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          Ok, but that's not 100% usage, that's 25% usage. : umcpwintermute
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            yeah I realise its not 100%, the yes was for showing all processes, sorry :) i've taken 2 gigs out and it... : niceguynick
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              Put the two gigs back in and take another screenshot for us. Also, check the "Performance" tab for a g... : Schnapple
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                done, here you go: http://i39.tinypic.com/dbk4yc.jpg and the graph cpu usage is now 0-5% : niceguynick
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                  um, so? problem solved? : Toraz Chryx
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                    but I want more ram in :( I have 2 more gigs but it goes mad when I put them in : niceguynick
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                      Holy f...what would you have to do to make the graph show 100% usage? Whatever it is, do that. : fishbone
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                        hmm? : niceguynick
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                          aaaand I think we're done here. : fishbone
                          • sorry, I misread Schnapple's post and my cpu was only fine after having 2 gigs in. I just have the extra ... : niceguynick
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                      PUT THE EXTRA RAM IN AND THEN SHOW US WHAT HAPPENS good god man. : Toraz Chryx
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                        cpu usage is between 60-100% on the chart with 4 gigs in. With 2 gigs in its totally fine. : niceguynick
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                          show us this. please. : mrvandelay
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                            4GB + Screenshot of Processes. : mrvandelay
                            • posted below, sir! any ideas? : niceguynick
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                          If you show us a screenshot of the 60-100% usage we may be able to tell you what's causing it and how to ... : Schnapple
                          • You'd think we're pulling teeth here or something. : umcpwintermute
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                            SCREENSHOTS: CPU USAGE http://i40.tinypic.com/2pt5g9k.jpg PROCESSES http://i44.tinypic.com/30uz66d.... : niceguynick
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                              Try running with the other 2GB stick on its own. Maybe you can trace the problem to one of the sticks. ... : DinK
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                                I've tested each stick on their own and all work fine. My mobo is an ABIT SG-95 so i'll see if its that.. : niceguynick
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                                  After a bit of Google'ing, the two most common solutions to this exact problem are: 1.) Run the latest... : Sapiens
                                  • In before BIOS goes boom. : [7]kami
                                  • Thank you, I'll see if theres a new BIOS update. : niceguynick
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                              Ideally you could figure out exactly which svchost process is taking up the CPU time and what that relies... : umcpwintermute
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                                jesus, the Abit website doesn't even work, its totally broken http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/about/about_... : niceguynick
                                • uh, Abit went under last year iirc : Toraz Chryx
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                Bollocks, i thought this read take the 2 gigs out, so did so. This explains the confusion.. : niceguynick
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                  "Put the two gigs back in and..." "Take the 2 gigs out and..." O_o : Ebu
                  • I know, my pc was a slideshow so maybe I didn't take it in. Looking for a new Bios update now :/ : niceguynick
        • um.... dude.... That number doesn't represent what you seem to think it represents.... : Toraz Chryx
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  Virus? : GodZilly
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    I'm up to date, scanned and this only happens when i add more ram. it happened when i added a 2 gig stick... : niceguynick
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      dude, dodgy ram cannot cause that problem... not that your screenshot actually shows any sort of problem?... : Toraz Chryx
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        Yup, I have no idea whats causing the problem.. adding more ram = slow / high cpu usage....I'm clueless n... : niceguynick
        • the screenshot you linked didn't show high cpu usage : Toraz Chryx
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  "system idle 95" that means only 5% of your total CPU is being utilized... whats teh problem? : GBeer11
  • oh no its the DREADED SYSTEM IDLE VIRUS!!! : grandmasterlee

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  The only class I feel uncomfortable playing is heavy. : dmason
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    This is true. You suck at everything else. It's pathetic. : K1Bond007
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      DOH. I misread your post. I thought you were saying you were only good as heavy. Way to turn the tables o... : K1Bond007
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        I'm just that good of a SPY! MUWAHAHAHA : dmason
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          share your spy tactics with me dmason : manero
          • Say one thing but do the other. Then occasionally don't. : dmason
  • Weird, I find the heavy ridiculously easy to play. My most played class by far is the pyro since I just ... : Horn
  • Heavy is the only class I feel comfortable playing... I am getting better at Medic though. : sugarwaffle
• Soldier, definitely. God, I can't wait for the class update. I've been waiting sooo long. : DrWaffles
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  Yes, I am. : f3ynm
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    This shit has to stop : Moonbase Commander
    • He's right tho. : abrasion
• I suck at all of them, but I enjoy playing pyro the most. : Colleton
• I enjoy playing the pyro, and probably consider it my best class. : Drakoniac
• probably demoman , i like all classes though, sniper and scout are my favorite if im in the twitchy mood : Chandler55
• I AM GIANT! : r3dn3ck
• HUDDA HUDDA HUDDA!! I like burning down things. Burn it all down, pookie! : Maddog_Delphi97
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  i play pyro because i know that's what shitty players play and i am shitty : n0v4
  • Pyro is the class real men play. : Cliffzorz
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  Typically Sniper. : K1Bond007
  • I seem to recall having some fun Sniper battles with you. =D I think you usually won : zakazi
  • I shot you a lot last shackbattle in our sniper war. It was fun. =) : Pacalon
• I have not played TF2 in... oh... looong time, but Medic was my best class. I got real good at dodging sh... : Demius
• scout, then medic, then pyro : YamatoTwinkie
• ALL OF THEM : pyide
• Once backburner came out and Payload Maps were added Pyro became my most effective class. However he's st... : zakazi
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  Medic.... : coyoterys
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    Yeah me too... does this mean we're good or bad? : five_percent
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      It means we are the glue that keeps a team together, and we do the job nobody else wants to. : coyoterys
      • Yeah. Yeah!! That's what we are! :-) : five_percent
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    Yeah, me too. I have like...45 hours with the medic, 1 hour with the next highest class. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • Wow. That blows my mind. : Geoffrois
• It use to be heavy for me, but I think Spy has overtaken that. I am trying to get into Demoman, but I st... : SolveChrist
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  Probably sniper as my best class but I get bored. I was hoping that the bow and arrow and jarate etc made... : Guybrushed
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    I was topping the charts as an offensive bow sniper the other day. The only disappointing thing for me is... : pyide
    • If you can predict a bit, leading with the bow isn't too difficult. Best shots are always watching the h... : On the Brane
• heavy, im a one trick pony :( : Unleashed
• Bastard Engie : watcherxp
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  Can't aim worth shit - so I play medic. : sergeon
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    *high five* : Demius
    • *high five* me too : Flynn
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    Same. This, and pyro. You don't have to aim to spam the flamethrower. : electroly
    • You don't need precision but you do need to be able to lead the flames really well to land it reliably on... : Zek
• Spy for me, but it's not always the best depending on teams/maps so I like to just play random stuff. I ... : TheNiXXeD
• Pyro, by far. : PenicillinX57
• Sniper! : zerog83
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  engineer. fucking spies, though. : thekidd
  • I cant wait to see what new toys the Engy will get in their update. : coyoterys
• Pyro and Medic. I used to be good at engy but I don't see them being as useful as a medic or pyro burnin... : melkore
• Pyro. : RikiTiki2
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  all of them because i am the best. ice scrubs 24/7 : DrFlammable
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    This is the same thing I was going to post : H@rvester
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      Harvester, you are terrible at everything except engineer and soldier. : Dschinghis Khan
      • Harvester, you are terrible at everything except engineer and soldier dying. : zerog83
• Scout : snuff
• scout for sure I.eat.your.sandviches. I eat em up!. : shika.art
• Heavy. Prolly followed by Pyro, and then its all down hill from their, with sniper and spy being the b... : mordaken
• Depends on the map. Scout, Soldier, Demo, depending on the map and situation. : Serpico74
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  scout best lines, awesome gun, uber in a drink and the ablity to bonk people with a ball : mista mista
  • scout domination audio clips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX__swbUwag&feature=PlayList&p=7E0452416A9... : mista mista
• Pyro for sure. : Link.
• pyro, bitches. Then soldier. : halophoenix
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  People that say the pyro have no capacity for aiming at all. You won't ever improve playing it, just be ... : alias
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    I love setting shit on fire and I certainly contribute much to my team. : Link.
    • <joker>And here. we. go. </joker> : H@rvester
    • Don't feed him. You only fuel the professional gamer-ness. Even though he's usually right. : skankcore
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    skankcore says you're so fucking wrong that it makes him sick. : ateam311
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      Liar. : skankcore
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        Name the last time I lied : ateam311
        • Here: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20138941#itemanchor_20138941 : skankcore
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    I disagree - the pyro/medic uber is walking destruction for clearing turrets, and pyros are excellent def... : halophoenix
    • They are also decent at breaking up or holding up ubers with the air blast, but that goes both ways. An u... : pyide
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      Every single thing you mention is done easier, better and with less risk as a soldier or demoman. I am q... : alias
      • ah okay, I see what this is about. : halophoenix
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        Find spies : the_burd
        • The best way to counter spies in TF2 is to use your brain, not any single class. You will be many time... : alias
  • I wouldn't hate pyros so much if they only had... say.... 12 uhh "bullets" of ammo. : snuff
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    Wtf, you can say that for almost any class. Heavy and spray shots Demo and his spamming Medic is ob... : devi| dog
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      I don't think you are aware of how the flame thrower is modeled in game. Figure out how it is modeled an... : alias
      • I don't think you are aware that the solider and demo both have ranged weapons as their main making the s... : devi| dog
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        alias, stop it. I've seen the future and I know how this argument ends. : boomstickah
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          A lot of bad players claiming personal anecdotes that somehow completely invalidates what is the truth? : alias
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            Nah, the truth is that top players break most games and developers can't/won't balance the game for them.... : boomstickah
            • This is my personal post of the night :D! : Malku
      • However with a Soldier or Demoman, you can do immense amounts of damage by simply just spamming your fire... : ninjamoo
  • Today I burned right through 8 soldiers, heavies & medics with an uberkritz Unless ppl are bunched up it... : MrLobo
  • Alias TF2 post!! Whew, it had been awhile-- I was getting worried that he would start casually discussin... : sasoi
  • Burning things is fun, so who gives a shit. : action wombmate
  • ughhhhh : EvilDolemite
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    Alias, while I tend to agree that as it stands, the pyro is an underpowered class vs a competent team of ... : YamatoTwinkie
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      you're crazy, we all know pyro is just W+Mouse1 no skill pros say noes to pyros : RikiTiki2
      • put a period after "skill" : RikiTiki2
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      In a comp setting, the pyro is terrible, which is probably what alias is trying to say. And this is not f... : terath
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        right... I think TF2 generally has a lot of serious problems in a competitive context. Valve are clearly ... : aeg1x
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          Eh, competitive games are a lot of fun too. They're just different. :) : terath
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            they're full of so many arbitrary rules though, I can't stand that shit : aeg1x
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              The rules are not arbitrary. Also, they lead to surprisingly good and tight game play. When it comes down... : terath
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                Chaos and Random Craziness are what makes a pub match so fun IMHO. It's awesome knowing that you'll neve... : Malku
                • I do enjoy pubs as well, but mostly so I can spend time goofing off with friends or play classes that I'm... : terath
              • the reasons I don't like it is because they change the game. I just don't like the idea of a two-tiered g... : aeg1x
    • i agree, yamato is a fucking beast with that thing : Dschinghis Khan
  • oh... i'm sorry... was i not suppose to [lol] this? : Korban
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    BAWWWW I'M SO PRO KEW KEEEEWWWWWW, FIRE IS GHEY COS IT BUUURNS WAAAAAAAH : Cliffzorz
    • I do understand him on that. Being of fire hurts :(. : Malku
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    I don't think you realize how poorly you come off when you reply in these TF2 threads. Listening to you c : Ajax
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      I play like one night every 1-2 months only, but when I do, I tend to run around with a Medic. I feel tha... : ramshot
      • rofl yeah right as if I meant to reply to this message instead of the original post. As if! : ramshot
  • Hey dude, sup?! : Godhatesfatpeople
  • you are insufferable : Zek
  • PROS ONLY : maulla
• Heavy : gimpness
• Heavy, then Medic, then probably Soldier. : skankcore
• Medic and Demoman : Mmmmmoo
• spy and then medic : datoo
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  Scout and soldier. : omnova
  • I very much enjoy our soldier battles : .frame
• Heavy for sure, but the pyro is really catching up on him and more fun to play. : devi| dog
• Heavy followed by Medic : SigENeaT
• http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/08/tf2sandwich.gif : vile
• I'm the worst class in TF2. I suck at all classes but it get more points and kills when I play as a heav... : dantastic
• Soldier, Scout, and I suppose I'm all right at Demoman. : Wisp!
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  PRO ENGINEER : eeeealmo
  • HIGH FIVE ENGINEER BUDDY! : deject
  • arent you the gay pyro : Chandler55
• Not really my best class, but I love playing the Spy. QWTF cemented that class as my favorite. My secon... : Rag and Bone Man
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  So what is the Shack server address? I finally got this back when the Orange Box was $10 and am just now ... : kagath
  • Check rydogg1 profile : doomed
• Spy when im on a roll, unkillable machine. On the crappy days i play soldier well. : yautja
• Pyro/Spy then sniper : AMikaboshi
• I don't know that I'm "best" at anything but I most often play Pyro, Demo, and Engineer. : action wombmate
• I'm usually top on pubs as a Sniper Yet we still fucking lose because my team can't take advantage of ... : Malku
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  soldier #1 and spy #2 : jane911
  • maybe pyro and spy tied.. : jane911
• Hard to say. I'm pretty decent at soldier. However, I can really rack up the points as heavy and I feel l... : the_burd
• Heavy and Medic. I'm getting better at Soldier though. : nurglich
• scout w/ force of nature : mwasher
• Consistently the demoman, though I have more points with the Heavy. : aaarrrgh
• Probably soldier. : project13
• Soldier/Heavy Though I'm awesome at krit-medic and love to play pyro and offensive engi : mad-d00d
• Sniper is probably my #1. #2 would be scout and #3 is heavy. : Pacalon
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  Pyro + Compression : okhelosir
  • then engineer : okhelosir
• Still looking for my fave, though i can be pretty annoying with a sniper rifle or a rocket launcher. At l... : [7]kami
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  Pyro for sure. : Bamii
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    You and your fucking flare gun. : [7]kami
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      Ahaha! Up for a few rounds tonight fag? : Bamii
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        Avondvierdaagse first (sigh), then some work (about an hour). Plus, due to reasons you already know, i am... : [7]kami
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          Fag ;) : Bamii
          • Hehe, f u. When your boss starts ringing alarm bells, you know it is time for drastic measures. So yeah. : [7]kami
• Im disappointed so many people are listing Pyro here. I hate Pyros. : ColonBlow1
• scout, unless the team needs something in particular in which case I will usually do better as whatever t... : Juno
• All. : Mystery0000
• Depends on the map and what the team is doing. But then It's Pyro, Soldier, Demo in that order. : smegmar
• At the moment it's been between Demoman and Soldier. Lately I have been leaning towards Sniper, Scout, an... : Godhatesfatpeople
• Pyro. I wish I had more time to play, I've been trying to jump on more oftten :( : laurgasms
• sniper -> soldier -> pyro coincidentally, I like playing the pyro more then soldier, but I am a much b... : maulla
• Used to be Pyro. Not the hardest class in the game but requires at least as much skill as Heavy/Medic/Eng... : Zek
• With the exception for eng (worst player ever) and sniper (good aim but no situational awareness or patie... : Hoax
• Soldier or Pyro : ass-street
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  i've gotten pretty good at scout and spy. but i always used to play medic or heavy. : Dschinghis Khan
  • fuck you and your scout : .frame
• i like to play soldier : .frame
• I play like one night every 1-2 months only, but when I do, I tend to run around with a Medic. I feel tha... : ramshot

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• So the facial recognition works in game to change players when people switch out, that's cool. : Sailor of Fortune
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  This is why I think it'll succeed where Sony's will fail - it's perfect for casual parties where even pas... : SiW.
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    God help us as a society if passing around a controller is too much of an inconvenience for some people. : Zips
    • Well, how about buying multiple controllers? : Zek
  • ^ this. Pretty much how I feel. : kainen1
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  This has incredible potential. : mwasher
  • Also, Fallon is so goddamn awkward. : mwasher
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  Oh it's that sunglasses wearing shithead from MS. : freshyk
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    Shithead? What has earned him that? Seriously though, I've met him, he's a really good guy. : uncleanmonkey
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      Those sunglasses earned him that. Tech is neat though. : freshyk
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        So wearing sunglasses means he's a shit head? Come on. : uncleanmonkey
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          Yes, his head is made of shit. : freshyk
          • You head is made of shit. : uncleanmonkey
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        What if he had been exposed to mustard gas years ago and as a result his eyes became sensitive to sunligh... : Sailor of Fortune
        • Actually this is quite true except the mustard gas. He is sensitive to light like U2 Bono. : Vegtro
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        I heard on a podcast he has eyes that are overly sensitive to light. : Evil Benius
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          then he should just say that to disarm the audience. when i see a guy with sunglasses inside i immediatel... : Maarten Goldstein
          • That just screams "Pity me while I defend what I have to do to you." I mean my eyes are pretty sensitive ... : Evil Benius
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXN7vLPsDSM : Cashh
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  Awww, US only links... : uncleanmonkey
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    anyone got this in euro friendly mode? : dfz0r
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l34mJ6qYm7I : raeven
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  The response time didn't look very good on that breakout game. : Nali4Freedom
  • breakout isn't that good of a game to begin with : RikiTiki2
  • It's an early tech demo. A lot of off-the-shelf engines have latencies upwards of 150-200ms which is is ... : uncleanmonkey
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    You can't necessarily judge that based on this; screens vary dramatically in latency as is. The hands-on ... : Conan
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      They had a page where they showed celebrities playing the game. It didn't look like it was too responsive... : razlebol
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        For virtually any racing game I always crazy oversteer until I get the hang of that specific game, and th... : Conan
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          Well there is crashing wildly and not being able to control it at all. It's not like burnout is a difficu... : razlebol
          • Well, I don't know what to say other than actual game journalists have said it felt fine. : Conan
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  That looked pretty shitty actually. Maybe ok for party games, but I'm not sure what else. : brickmatt
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    its full potential is years away, when this, AI, and graphics are good enough that we can start doing hol... : RikiTiki2
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      By that logic the full potential of everything is years away. What they just demoed sucked. : brickmatt
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        it's better and more responsive than fucking wii sports, which everyone loves : EvilDolemite
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          wii sports is a sham, in fact nintendo was a sham up until they made this motion plus accessory motion... : Chandler55
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            Nintendo was a sham. What? : brickmatt
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              i dont remember 2006 but i felt like they were pimping the wiimote like it could do sword fights and ligh... : Chandler55
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                I thought Mario Galaxy used it well for some of their levels (riding a ball) : Cihte
                • ok thats true that was pretty good BUT IM STILL MAD AT NINTENDO, i love motion plus, tiger woods IS ACE,... : Chandler55
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          So you've played it? Cause it doesn't look that way to me. : brickmatt
          • You're right. As we all know, technology never improves so MS should cut their losses now and stop develo... : Prozium
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            Several people that have done hands on have said it's responsive. The lag visible in the video here could... : Conan
            • ^^^ there were hands on from engadget, eurogamer, etc and they all were surprised how accurate it was : derelict515
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    way to think inside the box : red2lucas
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      I'm just talking from a technical perspective. With that shitty of a response time, it won't be acceptab... : brickmatt
      • says you who's watching a video of other people playing on hardware and software that's still in developm... : red2lucas
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    Natal and the PS3 motion control will probably have a similar growth cycle to that of the DS and its touc... : Prozium
    • If used with a 360 controller in concert I think it can be used like that one cop shooter where you can l... : Sailor of Fortune
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  natal cant do black people "When game consultant and former Newsweek writer N'Gai Croal gave Paradise ... : Chandler55
  • Yes, because that's totally true. That video of Sugar Ray Leonard playing it was obviously a CG simula... : uncleanmonkey
  • LIES!! Sugar Ray Leonard says it's the most realistic thing ever. I mean, he knows about gaming!! http... : red2lucas
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    There was a link on reddit recently with an academic paper saying that infrared depth detection works poo... : Ovate
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      well I'm guessing thats because black people have more melanin, which is a pigment that absorbs light , a... : Chandler55
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        Yup that's exactly what the paper said. Now I'm really curious to see how big the effect really is :-p : Ovate
        • Microsoft Natal White Satin Glove : focusdaily
      • .....Stole my light? : Beady
    • Except it didn't actually say that. People who hadn't read the paper said that it said that. : uncleanmonkey
  • Life Imitates Art: http://abc.go.com/primetime/betteroffted/index?pn=recaps#t=132644&d=180209 : Warlock
  • Probably because Croal just sucks at games :P : Evil Benius
  • This could be a huge shitstorm, if MS can't fix it. "Certain... uh, ethnic groups may need to paint expos : Bold
  • Bullshit. I think the Internet saw the episode of "Better off Ted" where their new motion detecting syst... : Altanar
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    False. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-443dE5-gk : zehh
    • Oh damn, already posted. Sorry. : zehh
    • They've blurred something out on the shelf. Camera? Genitalia? : jcupitt
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  I still want to see this work in a real living room and not on a stage being demoed by a Microsoft employ... : BlackCat9
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    Yeah, I mean in this case they are out there with bright orange jumpsuits on. I know he says after it all... : ovrlrd
    • im guessing they had to wear those jumpsuits due to all of the lighting used in making a tv show : agentlead
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    Here's some videos of the 3DV tech (which is the company MS purchased and basically used their tech to cr... : Prozium
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      Actually, MS has said that their stuff isn't based on 3DV; the speculation is that they bought 3DV more f... : Conan
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        Yeah they've had this thing in the hands of developers for over a year according to that Phil Spencer int... : uncleanmonkey
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          so is it time of flight then? I'm now unsure again :-( it could be stereoscopic IR : jcupitt
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            It's not stereoscopic though. It only has one IR camera (and one RGB one). Also, why would they need to b... : uncleanmonkey
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              Because 3dv have a lot of patents on related ideas I guess, I don't know. Pictures of the front of the Na... : jcupitt
              • But that menas they have their existing tech, then they've bought new tech that's even better, and yet th... : uncleanmonkey
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            I thought I read that it does depth by doing like a brightness map with the IR. So the brighter a surfac... : DinK
            • That's not how IR works. The brigher IR is the hotter the surface. It has to shoot out IR and then read i... : uncleanmonkey
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            I'd guess it's like the SwissRanger http://www.mesa-imaging.ch/ an early version of which I got to play ... : maddy
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              Wow, I thought 3dv were the only people doing tof imaging, interesting. I guess it's quite widespread the... : jcupitt
              • Not really. It's too expensive, field of view is restricted, and the resolution isn't great. The best com... : maddy
            • Yeah, I programmed with the SwissRanger before and it was neat how it worked. However, it failed horribl... : DHAvatar
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  core gamer like fallon! : Cihte
  • he's cute. he got all excited, "Oh my god thsi is awseome!" : Cihte
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  Anyone think Falon is getting better? Hes growing on me. : ColonBlow1
  • I haven't been watching but this isn't surprising to me, I think he'll grow into the job as he gets more ... : Begawkiness
  • Me, too! Sometimes he still really annoys me though. I think his excitement gets the better of him too of... : maddy
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  Any non-US links yet? :-( : uncleanmonkey
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l34mJ6qYm7I : raeven
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  why are they all wearing orange jumpsuits? Is it due to it being early work with natal and the orange is... : stgdz
  • You assumed a product that doesn't even have a name yet to be released this year? : uncleanmonkey
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    i'm guessing to see your limbs better. The whole "wha-bam!" incident was, i think, due to kudo wearing ... : broly1718
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      WARNING: Long, technical post ahead. Actually, I think that was a combination of things. I worked on v : maddy
      • They've explicitly said that lighting is irrelevant (and even shown it working in the dark) so it must be... : uncleanmonkey
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    I'm sure its something to do with it being infrared and in a studio. Very hard to predict what could fuck... : 60days
    • ^^^ This is my guess too. But they should have mentioned it in the interview. : Arctic Fox
• this thing better be less then $100 : maulla
• I can't wait for this shit to be perfected in like 10 years, then it will be amazing : NukemFornever
• While the technology is amazing, this looks really shitty. : Begawkiness
• I thought it was a great demo, actually! So much more impressive to me to see it working in less controll... : maddy

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  When I used to work from home I pretty much treated it as a day off. I would get some stuff done, but not... : Evil Benius
  • I do long projects and find it easier to sit at home watching something while working then stuck in an of... : TOnez
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  I'm better at staying focused at home than I am at the office for some reason. : MagicWishMonkey
  • same here. Also if I didn't do anything it would be noticed very quickly and I wouldn't be around for lo... : .frame
  • Yep me too, I had a billion people distracting me when at the office. : Halen
• Yea I'd say about half a day till I'm totally not working. : RogerDandy
• I actually end up getting more work done because I can smoke at the keyboard. : MannyM
• Depends on what project I was working on. Sometimes 30 minutes, sometimes I'm working my ass off for 14 h... : Ebu
• I have to bring my laptop to Starbucks just so I won't get distracted by the toys at home. : TwiLyght
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  More often than not, I'm more productive working from home. I think I just want to prove that I really a... : tedv
  • ^^^ this : Colleton
  • yeah. I worked from home today, and worked until 5:30 when I usually leave work at 3:30. I just find my h... : thecray
  • This is my deal. When I have piles of legal documents to draft I am more productive at home. : dirge23
  • Yep, me too. : Just A Girl
  • This is the same way I am. Not to mention it's just easier to stay focused at home. : boarder2
  • I think it's this and I actually have less distractions at home than at work. : Chod
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  Before kids, I could be rather productive working from home. After kids, not a chance. All day long my ... : riptyde
  • this made me lol : Metasparks
  • Kids are awesome at that age. :) : Colleton
• I have as much down time at work as I do when I work at home ... however at least when I work at home my ... : cap n KRUNCH
• I usually stay pretty busy, plenty to do. Definitely no playing games. I might do laundry but that take... : Freon
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  i thought "working for home" was code for "vacation where you're on call"? : supersonic potato
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    This is true and it's the reason why I would never let my employees "work from home" under any circumstan... : LemonJoose
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      I do some of my most intense and productive coding at home, with my own music and the lights down. The... : Conan
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        because it's never that black and white, if you have any managerial experience you know it either comes d... : xxiv
        • (deadlines aside, where it comes down to oh shit mode) : xxiv
        • That's not completely true, a lot of people work harder when they aren't treated like children. : MagicWishMonkey
        • That's why you give them a kick here and there to keep them in check (and I have managerial experience). ... : zakazi
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    ^^^^^ Bingo, anyone says otherwise and they are trying to justifying working from home. Sure some days yo... : rhuntley12
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      I disagree. Then again, as a software developer my job performance is measured by what I get done, not by... : MagicWishMonkey
      • Yeah I think it might depend on what your job is. As a developer I could code from anyone on the planet, ... : Chod
• I don't even work for 4 months or more out of the year while I am at work. I love my job but hate how boa... : hashd
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  the only thing I work while at home is my disco pogo. Its chronic. But hardly a problem. Also I am paid t... : massdev
  • Just because you have things better than others doesn't mean you cannot still feel disappointment. : ra1n
• Depends on the work. Usually I have no problem, but If it's really banal like borderline data entry (I re... : Afterglow
• Don't worry, you're doing it right. That is exactly how I understand working from home to be. : Alice O'Connor
• I work from home every day, so I can't really afford to goof off for more than a few seconds until lunch,... : Lone Swordsman
• 15 minutes : baron calamity
• I log in at 8am. so about 8:05 : Slowtreme
• Well, i have 3 kids (2, 3 and 7) so working from home is pretty much impossible. : [7]kami
• I work from home all the time. It depends on the day. If I worked 12-13 hrs yesterday, yeah, I will take ... : heatmizer
• i wish i could work from home. one of the other security admins started doing it every other friday and i... : xxiv
• About the same as going in really. Heck when you bring "chatting with coworkers" into play probably less ... : zakazi

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• Loving it , so much fun. : Cashh
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  I really don't understand unlockable difficulties either. I never beat a game more than once. : Poor Yurik
  • ya me either. : AMikaboshi
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    When I beat Shadow of the Colossus I felt like I had gotten so much better at the game from beginning to ... : Lunaran
    • I think it really depends on the game. Hard mode in SotC changed things up, added new weak points and mad... : Vincent Grayson
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    Recently I wanted to play Max Payne 2 at the highest difficulty again but couldn't because of that unlock... : freshyk
    • and the real ending to Max Payne 2 is seen at the highest difficulty : grabbie
  • I think the only game I felt I needed to beat on the unlockable difficulty was Ninja Gaiden, just to prov... : bld
  • It's like if you had to first beat Monkey island 2 on easy mode to unlock hard mode with all its puzzle g... : mobab
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  Here's the problem with the controls: everything you do is chargeable, so they don't start any of the mov : walker270
  • Here's the other problem: the camera isn't fixed behind your character, but you always attack in the dire... : walker270
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    get a better tv. when you start charging you see the stuff on him move up/down his legs, arms etc. : CoRDS
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      My TV is fine. The current charge animation starts before the actual movement animation. This is the ... : walker270
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        the charge is the stuff moving thru him into his muscles and bones etc. you let go of the button and the ... : CoRDS
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          ... which is exactly why it feels unresponsive. : walker270
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            feels fine to me. : CoRDS
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              I guess that's because you're old and have the reflexes of a doped up elephant. that's cool for you I gu... : consanguine
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                he jumps when you let go of the button, not when you press it. : CoRDS
                • That's the problem he was stating, having to release a button to perform an action makes the game feel le... : mobab
          • feels fine to CoRDS : CrustaR
          • I think CoRDS is OK with it. : Johnny Law
          • CoRDS feels fine : shavenewok
          • might want to see how CoRDS feels about it. : pigvomit
          • someone should check Cords LiveJournal : kevp
          • I could be wrong but I think CoRDS doesn't mind that. : ieGod
          • CoRDs is Australian : acheron
          • I wonder what CoRDS Sr. thinks about it. : Sailor of Fortune
  • Well, Alex does shoot in the direction HE's facing if you haven't locked on a target. Which is confusing. : encogen
• I really like it so far. Actually reminds me of ninja gaiden now and then, games quite a bit harder then ... : kelerian
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  Anybody got it for PC? How is it with keyboard + mouse? : FiReaNG3L
  • i had to dig out my dualshock knockoff controller. its ok with m&k but its easier with a controller. : drewroy
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20136284#itemanchor_20136284 see here. I will let you know late t... : sheepraper
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      i don't quite agree with that. it's *playable* with mouse and keyboard, but much more enjoyable with a pa... : waxthirteen
      • nothing can be as bad as Devil May Cry 4 with a keyboard : Shai-Tan
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        I definitely enjoyed Wolverine more using the Xbox 360 controller over the mouse/keyboard. : Matt Burris
        • Same with BioShock, HAWX, and X-Men The Official Movie games on PC. : Sailor of Fortune
    • I guess at worse Ill cave in an buy a damn 360 controller - could be useful for racing games and flight s... : FiReaNG3L
  • Its great using KB+mouse no problem with movement or the moves. : Cashh
• I played through the tutorial opening this evening and loved it. I'm eager to get some more time with it ... : Syixxs
• Unlockable difficulties are the biggest load of cock fuck, right above cover systems. : tomservo
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  Anyone get it on PS3 and have the installing issue? Been thinking about picking it up. : pturvz
  • nope worked fine for me. : CoRDS
• I really really wish there was a demo for this... : Begawkiness
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  Trust me, you don't. The game is hard as balls on medium. I cracked a 360 controller trying to finish it ... : rudds
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    This is not encouraging to me. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good challenge, but I tend to avoid games th... : Chris Faylor
    • This is what the Wii Vitality Sensor is for I bet. I hope Nintendo comes out with the Wii Smell-O-Scop... : Sailor of Fortune

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  Pics of cow? : anhero
  • My mate took some this morning but he hasn't sent them to me yet. : TastyWheat
• convertibles are for gays : CoRDS
• Damn, that was about as close as it gets. : Conan
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  now I get why Bart says not to do this. : radula
  • don't hit a cow with your VT commadore man : CoRDS
• holy crap. Glad you're still with us : red2lucas
• Tasty, look at it this way, you got rid of an Australian car, this is only a positive thing! : abrasion
• jebus, I know it's been said before, but, how in the hell are you still alive?! : losimagic
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  You're lucky that didn't turn out to be hamburger on a TastyWheat bun. : cerealSAM2
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    Nice floormats, btw. I hope you salvaged them. :D : cerealSAM2
    • Damn fucking straight I did! : TastyWheat
    • they're both covered in piss though :) : moshman
    • Seriously, those are the most awesome floormats ever. Where did you find them? : Ride-My-Rocket
• I know we've already talked about it, but i just have to say it again- fucking amazing. I know I speak fo... : PlanetPerfecto
• Holy shit that's crazy. Glad you're alright. : batkiwi
• that is some crazy damage.....btw awesome floor mat : gimpness
• that'll buff right out : moe6
• That's ... AWESOME! Oh, sorry about your car man. : .sticks.
• christ, thats some mental damage. : Klebold
• You're damned lucky to be alive. 0_0 : Colleton
• If this is the beginning of some Final Destination:Quakecon stuff I will not be amused. Well maybe a litt : Jonathan
• Jesus christ, I only skimmed the thread yesterday. You were damn lucky. : SiW.
• wow thats crazy. look it as an opportunity to get a new car! : maulla
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  you linked to a nuked post : urban garlic
  • Check your filters. : Jonathan
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    no he didn't. the shack-mantra is as follows: "Check your filters" : Xanthos
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      well that's weird, the only one I didn't have checked was "relationship-related content." : urban garlic
      • Off Topic is more than that... the description is a bit misleading. : laurgasms
• Wow. That's crazy. *pours one out for fellow Holden owner* : FormerHPB
• i think pic 13 shows premeditation. : barichnikov
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  Wow. What kind of car was that? Looks like the driver cage is really strong. The pillars don't seem to ha... : mancide
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    It's a Holden if I'm not mistaken. : guyver-za
    • this is correct. : FormerHPB
• Wow your car is fucking demolished! : Ellissd
• You are one lucky mofo. Glad you are still with us. : theghostofsmdever
• That is truly astounding. Seeing a car wrecked like that, you'd really think the driver had his or her he... : maddy
• Global Warming Nut: *nodding slowly* whispers "two birds with one stone, oh yesssss" : grandmasterlee
• If you think that's bad, you should see the other guy cow! : CrustaR

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• that's actually a pretty interesting article, thanks! : skizl
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  I love how Conan has been mocking the stupidity of Twitter's pointless use by celebrities. : coyoterys
  • TWITTER TRACKER! TWITTER TRACKER! *bird explodes* : Optimus Prime
  • I like that he doesn't do the obvious thing though, its more about how over-the-top the announcer is abou : Serpico74
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  Isn't "10% create 90% of the content" pretty much the law of nature for any user-content-sharing thing? ... : Johnny Law
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    the article says its 10/30 for other sites : GloriousCow
    • Hmm. Maybe I was just thinking of the worthwhile content. :-) : Johnny Law
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    The main issue with twitter, imo, is that it doesn't really replace an existing communications medium wit... : riptyde
    • I think it replaces personal blogs - instead of 900 words on WHAT I DID TODAY, you can just knock out sin... : Deathlove
    • file under: procrastination : melt_core
  • Pretty sure that's about what it was for Digg. : BlackCat9
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  It's inherently self-indulgent. Which is perfect for most people, since they don't really want to hear ... : cerealSAM2
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    but most people are just listening and not posting which kind of goes against that i would think : Mansmells
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      Yeah, you'll always have lurkers, but at least forum software invites discourse. Admittedly, it tends t... : cerealSAM2
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        well it's hard to say, but the vast majority of my posts on twitter are replies to people : Mansmells
        • You're doin' it wrong. :D : cerealSAM2
• Isn't the same is true for most user driven websites though? I know it's true for supposedly democratic s... : aeg1x
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  http://twitter.com/abrasion/ : abrasion
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    lol and yet you still have 9 followers : halophoenix
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      I never know why I have followers or what they are waiting for. : dognose
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        they want to read your witty thoughts and entertaining conversations in the desperate hope they can say s... : halophoenix
        • My twitter posts are not very entertaining and I don't know how that @ stuff works :( : dognose
        • www.shacknews.com : focusdaily
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        what is your twitter name? : pupismyname
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          dognose. swear to god it's not worth it : dognose
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            turns out i was already following you. update that bitch. : pupismyname
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              yeah don't hold your breath : dognose
              • DNF is gonna 0wn I had Chinese food today Miley Cyrus will be here in October! : dognose
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      Make that 10 : batkiwi
      • lol : abrasion
    • 12 followers :D : purekillforce
• "i'm on the shack! reading Evening Reading!" : gyokuro
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  It's going to be dead within a year I'd say. Eventually attention whores will lose their fans : bozer
  • yeah i'm bored of it, i've even stopped reading shaq's updates : filthysock
• you can always tell a twitter hater, they don't have an iphone : multisync
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  Need a new service that really mico-blogs, like only one letter ate a time. They could call it: Bitter]... : Awun
  • oh fuck me : Awun
  • Plurk (another micro-blogging service that I like a little better than Twitter in a few ways) did this fo... : halophoenix
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  definitely not punctured. Only going to get more prevalent as people start adopting smart phones more and... : Sgt_Boomstick
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    How much potential is there in posting small sentences? seriously. I don't get it at all. : Optimus Prime
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      It's cool for things like GOG.com and Amazon MP3 sales. I can see it being a useful marketing platform. : Sailor of Fortune
      • I see it useful as a marketing platform, as a way to let lots of people know information, etc. What I ... : Schnapple
    • Have you read a long shackpost that didn't start/end with TL;DR? There you go. : Deathlove
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      Restaurants and food writers usually post what specials or menu items a particular place is offering. I'... : focusdaily
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        What mythical land do you live in where restaurants use Twitter? : Lone Swordsman
        • haha that made me lol : purekillforce
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          Vancouver. As with all technology related things, there are going to be more users and people disseminati... : ieGod
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            Apparently Ottawa isn't metropolitan enough. : Lone Swordsman
            • I guess not. : ieGod
• As a social thing it's annoying and faddy. As a way to put out or read quick dev updates it's great. : SiW.
• In other news internet trend hyped beyond it's actual value. World is shocked and stunned by this revelat... : Fred Garvin
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  pretty sure the twitter founders are or will be millionaires. Wish I had done it. : supersonic potato
  • well i know at least one of them founded blogger and sold it to google before he moved on to Twitter, so ... : aeg1x
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    how exactly does twitter make money though? : swoopx
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      It doesn't, except that it keeps getting VC funding. The founders were millionaires before they starte... : Schnapple
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        it seems very easy to monetize. Just do a search for any brand... that information is pretty valuable. : aeg1x
        • On the other hand, once it's flooded by advertisements are people going to stay? That's about the only e... : umcpwintermute
• Twitter has legitimate uses, and certain celebrities use it well, like Charlie Brooker. But yeah, everyo... : Lone Swordsman
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  I think my one and only post pretty much sums up people on Twitter... http://twitter.com/stonedonkey : stonedonkey
  • i did the opposite and twitted every 10 seconds, not very effective because it spams in the wrong order t... : radula
• I started a fake twitter posing as a local weatherman. I have almost passed the real weatherman's twitte... : AllYourBase

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• That's what I always expected seeing how those Military simulators had better graphics 10 years ago than ... : enyakk
• That is REALLY awesome :( : abrasion
• i need it : d0pamine
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  That's how all flight games should look. : pigvomit
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    they probably could if it wasnt for the physics. i would guess that is what is using most of the power (a... : CoRDS
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      eh? What makes you think the physics simulation of a jet fighter is complicated? : CRasterImage
      • because it's simulating the physics of a jet fighter : Juno
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        shit gets kinda weird at high speed. control reversal, etc. : d0pamine
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          But it is all well-documented and known. The equations are already written. There are no random eleme... : CRasterImage
          • what? you mean no air or wind?! : radula
• cool. cant wait to see what they have in 10 years or so : CoRDS
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  And the town below is still just a texture on a flat surface. : Cliffzorz
  • You don't need to see clearly to drop bombs. : umcpwintermute
• And still the screen is a set of projectors, with seams visible in between them. I used to hate that back... : utgaardsloke
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  that would be awesome with a MechWarrior game. : g0nk
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    steel battalion? : Klebold
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      worms! : radula
      • Under a killing moon? : Klebold
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  Classic military money wasting at it's best. There is no way that simulation couldn't be done with better... : LoioshDwaggie
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    Glad to know you know their exact requirements and what was needed to meet them. : Evil Benius
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      This stuff has been done for years. You want realistic avionics with realistic physics? It's there. ht... : LoioshDwaggie
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        Here's what one of these systems looks like if you're curious: http://www.projectmagenta.com/cockpit/fini... : LoioshDwaggie
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          That looks like a heckuva lot less screen and action than the F-16 one. I don't think there's many explos... : Pacalon
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            Actually, there's a lot more going on in your average big iron than something like an F16. They are runni... : LoioshDwaggie
            • Actually, it looks like they use Z-8002s and the newer ones use MIL-STD1750A : LoioshDwaggie
        • That looks significantly less involved from a display standpoint than simulator posted. I'm assuming the... : abunch
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    • I am just saying that there were obvious requirements that this much hardware was needed to meet. They ma... : Evil Benius
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      There's a big difference between fully simulating how something works, and assuming how a machine would w... : Altanar
      • Yes, it can simulate all of that. It's just up to the designer to implement it. You should take a look at... : LoioshDwaggie
  • I mostly agree, that video is amazing to look at and the screens kick ass but I fail to see how that coul... : abrasion
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    Would you rather them train in the real thing? Do you realize how much it costs to just get an F-16 off t... : phate81
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      I guess my point is that the more realistic the experience, the better training tool it becomes. Making t... : phate81
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        Not that much. It would look better with FSX's graphic engine (as pointed below) and it fully supports ev... : LoioshDwaggie
        • Actually it doesn't. FSX dumbs down a lot of the aerodynamics and avionics. The stall and spinning charac... : phate81
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          what's your aerospace background? while i agree it seems like an exorbitant amount of money for a sim... : FrayLo
          • "All that processing power gets you 10,000 "entities" on screen at once" : gmd
          • Well he did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. : phate81
        • Why do you keep latching onto the computer count? I guarantee the cost of the 120 computers is a drop in... : electroly
        • I like how you have no fucking clue about the system you're talking about, yet still feel you know enough... : walker270
• I want one of those : jonin
• Lighting sucks. : vx2o
• Awesome. Truly Awesome. Microsoft called from three years ago to ask if they were really that far behind... : vitaminzach
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  Now they just need to make X-Wing and TIE Fighter for it. : kungfusquirrel
  • If I ever had millions of dollars my dream was to make a big 'xwing and tie fighter sim center' : lordlobo
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  This news will be fun to read in 10 or 20 years, when our kids will laugh at us for our inferior technolo... : Bwery
  • 10 or 20 years 3 years : CrustaR
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  will it blend? run Crysis? : r3dn3ck
  • 17 FPS : Arctic Fox
• I wonder what the actual resolution is, giving 20-40 across a 180 degree FOV. I'd guess the nine project... : DinK
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  Based on that screenshot alone I don't see anything they're doing that wasn't done in F-15 Strike Eagle 2... : walker270
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    i knew you would be on my side! : FrayLo
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      This is a gaming site -- people here will focus on the graphics and nothing else. My guess is the requ : walker270
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        i was being sarcastic : FrayLo
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          Wait, what? You confused me... What's going on now? I made an overly sarcastic comment about the men... : walker270
          • dongs, walker270 : FrayLo
• It better play Iron Eagle music while I fly! : D45hiz

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• Ninja Gaiden 1-3 : pigvomit
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  Little known game from that era called Metal Storm. It was on the NES. : Robotic Puppy Eater
  • Hmm, that's a new one on me. Thanks! : Orange Pylon
  • yes this was a great game : vitek r
  • Awesome game. : Evil Benius
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    is that the one where you flip gravity? : GloriousCow
    • yup.. : deathofrats
    • That was an awesome game : batkiwi
  • I've been hot for that since it graced the cover of my first issue of nintendo power : johnwissinger
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  Robocop vs Terminator \m/ : spiderfill
  • i still have my snes cart of that :D : AMikaboshi
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  Alladin : Sailor of Fortune
  • was looking for that on virtualconsole over the weekend...no luck : flasher 907
  • great pick : megarust32
  • the assassin's creed 2d game should have just been this : johnwissinger
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  The Castlevania series, Duck Tales, Ghosts N' Goblins Series, Donkey Kong Country Series? : pigvomit
  • IMO DKC > all SNES platformers : wwonderboy334
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  Earthworm Jim and it's sequel. : dmason
  • ^^^ THIS. : AMikaboshi
  • good stuff : megarust32
• Rescue Rangers Little Nemo Karnov Earthworm Jim 1+2 : mechanicalgrape
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  Solar Jetman (NES) : Wolfanoz
  • yes! god I blew so much time on that game. For its day, that was a pretty complicated game. : JuffoWup
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  Kirby's Adventure, all the Contras except fucking Special Forces or whatever that one that runs at 3 fps ... : wasylm
  • This one, ugh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_Force : wasylm
  • Contra 3 is so good. (Super Contra?) : zakazi
• Commander Keen : vitaminzach
• Duck Tales, Rescue Rangers : Serpico74
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  Cave Story, PC. Play it. Love it. : skankcore
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    I keep forgetting about that one. Seems right up my alley. : Orange Pylon
    • Oh it is, Pylon.It should cost money, it's that good. The art, the music, and most importantly, the gamep... : skankcore
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  Cave Story. : Link.
  • Heck yeah! : davantalus
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  gunnnnnstar heroes : EvilDolemite
  • I was going to suggest this but I didn't think that it really classified as a platformer. It was more of... : DrWaffles
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  Battletoads! You'll love it. : ChibiJosh
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    AHHHH GET THE MEMORIES OUT OF MY HEAD. : Orange Pylon
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      Hope you still remember the Jet Ski Race pattern! : ChibiJosh
      • christ that took so long to finish : spiffymc
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    Is this really a platformer though? : mechanicalgrape
    • its the platform right before SUFFERING AND TEETH GNASHING : vitek r
    • I think it's a brawler if you want to get technical, but there are a couple platformer levels. Fucking sn... : wasylm
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    http://hardestgameever.ytmnd.com/ : c_man_tmt
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQUmipv-IG0 : datoo
  • Did anyone ever beat this game? I think I may have...w/ Game Genie attached. : ImageOmega
• Bionic Commando (NES) : mukumuku
• the metroids, ghouls and ghosts. : vitek r
• Kid goddamn Chameleon : Yanks
• BONK. : creep
• super turrican, mega turrican, also a game called doom trooopers for SNES was enjoyed by me though i dont... : vitek r
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  Out of this World and Flashback : siknsyko
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    FLASHBACK! Will SOMEONE do a full HD remake of this game? Please?! : kallanta
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      It's just been released on iPhone. Not HD, but still appreciated! : hankyJR
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        oh fuck. i never got into flashback much, but i would absolutely love OOTW on the iphone : manero
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          the high resolution version of Out of this World/Another world that came out a few years ago was pretty s... : grabbie
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            link to High Res re-release of Out of this World / Flashback ? : PlanetPerfecto
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              Demo here: http://www.anotherworld.fr/anotherworld_uk/telechargement.htm : guigr
              • thanks, i grabbed it but forgot to post the link. it looks great at native res on my LCD. I urge anyone l... : PlanetPerfecto
    • It doesn't really need one. It still looks awesome. Good game to play on the PSP. : razlebol
• this thread reminds me that i really need to try to play mario galaxy again. i hated it the first time i ... : [fry]
• shinobi series. these keep coming to me piecemeal. : vitek r
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  Kid Icarus - bad ass on NES : quazar
  • great game : riptyde
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  The mickey mouse game was awesome too! http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/home/588462.html : factor27
  • Also: Yes -> http://www.mobygames.com/game/castle-of-illusion-starring-mickey-mouse Yes -> http://www.m... : roushimsx
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  Super Metroid : pyide
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    I've tried to play that game a few times. I get sucked right in from the beginning, then there's always t... : Orange Pylon
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      Super Metroid is one of the greatest games of all time, but I do feel ya on the getting stuck part. It h... : riptyde
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        I swear that this isn't a "WTF GET BETTER AT GAMES" post, but I don't understand getting stuck in Metroid... : Serpico74
        • Yeah, I'm having a hard time figuring that out myself. If anything, the game was too guided. : Conan
• Ristar for Genesis is pretty cool. I think it was made by Sonic Team. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ris... : datoo
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  toejam & earl : aurealis
  • ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron : nevlos
• Blackthorne : grabbie
• Wonderboy 3 the Dragons Trap (Master System) is one of my favourite games. : Guybrushed
• Kid Niki, Rush N Attack, Vector Man, Legend of Kage, GI Joe for NES. : SolveChrist
• i loved the mickey mouse one on the megadrive/genesis it was hard as well. : CoRDS
• Batman and blaster master on NES. Kid chameleon, bonk's adventure and ninja spirit on turbo grafx, kid ch... : dealie
• Legend of Mystical Ninja : owly
• ufouria on the NES : shavenewok
• More of a sidescrolling shooter I suppose, but Super Turrican 2 for the SNES had this unwieldy grapple ho... : doc.solo
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  haven't read the thread but here are some of my favorite NES platformers: MASTER BLASTER, DUCKTALES, META : rgoer
  • Master Blaster rocks : megarust32
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  Knytt Stories. On pc, simple metroidvania style gameplay, but the music and atmosphere is sooooothing. ... : deathofrats
  • oh and Spelunky. Throwback to nes platformers with diablo-like randomized levels: http://forums.tigsour... : deathofrats
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    Anything by Nifflas is amazing, WADF is one of my favorite games, ever. : MercFox1
    • I need to try the other ones. I only played Knytt Stories and it was really good. : razlebol
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  Jurassic Park for the genesis was great. : AMikaboshi
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    That was indeed pretty neat at the time : megarust32
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      i thought so too! you could play as alan grant and a raptor, couldn't you? : wwonderboy334
      • yep : razlebol
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  I've never played it, but Umihara Kawase for SNES always looked cool in the videos I've seen of it. : TroZ
  • It is .... it's... hrm... it's worth playing I guess. It's unique, it's good, it's also VERY HARD -- mor : Kniggit
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  Mickey's Magical Quest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXNojV5ie9E : wwonderboy334
  • This too (GG David Jaffe!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdfrivZ1lmU : wwonderboy334
• Faxanadu! : Sapiens
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  Alex Kidd (Sega Master System/Genesis?), Faxanadu (NES), Giana Sisters (Several PC systems) : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Alex Kidd is so terrible now. I played it on Sonic's Ultimate Genesis collection. : razlebol
• Shinobi III : razlebol
• Shinobi, double dragon, Wonderboy, Earfworm jim : dfz0r
• Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers is actually a very solid platformer. : Kniggit
• River City Ransom : doozer667

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  oh god thats just wrong...that wouldnt be determined by genetic predisposition : spiderfill
  • Oh yes, they've already mapped it out on the short arm of chromosome 6. : menar003
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  I have that gene :( : Whistler77
  • You should have been aborted :( : BanjoBoy
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  more like 2019 : aeg1x
  • I thought the comic was about portable holographic projectors? : Sailor of Fortune
• Better: http://explosm.net/comics/1671/ : thetangent
• one for drucifer http://explosm.net/comics/1668/ : anhero
• It's about time that comic came through with something good! :D : abrasion
• lol : NFXFSX
• i was browsing through previous comics and i kept seeing the same thing over and over http://www.shack... : DrFlammable
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  God this comic is bad : Chris Remo
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    what is a good comic then : DrFlammable
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      http://explosm.net/comics/784/ : RikiTiki2
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        i think he meant explosm in general. either way i fail to see how this post does anything for anyone. com... : DrFlammable
        • explosm comics come in two varieties: hilariously awful, and just awful. : Arcanum
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        I actually laughed out loud at that : retardhumper
        • Same........ lol : abrasion
    • http://explosm.net/comics/360/ : RikiTiki2
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      http://www.explosm.net/comics/1511/ : Afterglow
      • I've seen this somewhere else before. Quick Elaine, to my archives! : Sailor of Fortune
      • Hahaha... Love that one! : cruel dem
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      Don't say Penny Arcade, because that comic is also fucking horrible : Drewus
      • Is that you Dennis Duck Fat? : Klebold
    • He'll link xkcd or something :( : abrasion
    • perry bible fellowship : Rodeoclash
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      does Concerned http://www.hlcomic.com/ count? : Klebold
      • yes! i loved that comic : Dschinghis Khan
    • Achewood is the best IMO : MagicWishMonkey
    • http://m.assetbar.com/achewood/uua90s19m : Judecca
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    You're a negative nancyl : anhero
    • maybe because you take the semen but cannot consider the option of abortion. I imagine you feel the ri... : anhero
  • bad as in not funny or bad as in naughty? : chazums
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    As far as web comics go, it's pretty good in my opinion : fishbone
    • I find it is normally awful, Chris has mocked one of the few good ones :( : abrasion
  • Patented Remo Shit-n-Run! : SiW.
• Love it! : RogerDandy
• http://www.explosm.net/comics/882/ : smax
• http://explosm.net/comics/1678/ : Wolfanoz
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  Tangent: I think I might enjoy PA's attempts at longer-running fiction more than I do the regular comic.... : Arcanum
  • I agree, but I have never gotten CTS. I mean, fine, the first time it was cute because we all beat our s... : boofy
  • his art has gotten soooo much better over the years. : ass-street
• Gattica'd : CrustaR