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  Far Cry 2 is an interesting open-ended game. This is both a blessing and a curse. Because of this, I wi : CrustaR
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    CrustaR, I agree. I found it a very compelling experience once I figured out the primary gameplay concept... : mn3m0n1c
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      I started a different character and I thought it was different. At least I know I'm not crazy now. : thejm4n
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        I really enjoyed the first part of my second run (as the Chinese dude) - for some reason all my early mer... : mn3m0n1c
        • I got that as the Israeli dude. It made no sense to me. : Agrona
  • yeah you really need to spend a few hours before the game starts to become really fucking awesome. I actu... : moe6
  • I finally got around to finishing the game last week and did the ending you linked to but didn't get any ... : ShoCon
  • CrustaR, I like your review and agree with it almost completely. Except the game really clicked with me a... : freshyk
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    99 percent of blue screens on a modern Windows OS is are not an application's fault. Drivers, hardware, ... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
    • No clue then. I have been able to alt tab out of other games just fine. It was just this one, my friend... : CrustaR
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    Good review, I've had this game for a few months but haven't gotten time to really get into it... as far ... : Magus
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      There are plenty of explosive & incendiary weapons to play with. Including: The obligatory frag grenad : mn3m0n1c
      • That sounds awesome. Lookin forward to playin' with mortars. : Magus
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    God I wish this game was better. I mean, it has everything I want in it, but the 3rd time I got a mission... : Dynotaku
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      The buses are really useful for traveling vast distances. Once you figure out how to travel most efficie... : CrustaR
      • Making learning how to navigate the world a game mechanic was a bold move on Ubi's part. I really liked i... : mn3m0n1c
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    Good review. I know now that I'll never finish the game. I just stopped finding the play interesting af... : spazzium
    • *plain : spazzium
  • It's funny you say you didn't start enjoying it until about 60% through, because I was enjoying it up unt : Begawkiness
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  Good review, I really enjoyed the game myself. Crouched outside of a camp at night with storm winds gust... : deadhorse
  • The environment effects are amazing. I had everything set to high with one setting thrown on highest. I... : CrustaR
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  for some reason i never got tired of doing missions for the guy at the weapons shop. I could just IED th : ass-street
  • lol you're not the only one. Those were great missions. : moe6
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    Yeah, they were great fun for trying different tricks, tactics 'n' shit - I did one where the convoy was : mn3m0n1c
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      My favorite was parking a truck at the end of a bridge, causing all the convoy to get piled up on the bri... : Agrona
      • Yeah, stuff like that never gets old. :D : mn3m0n1c
      • Ya, the explosions rock. I hate blowing up my own jeap tho, heh. The single shot grenade launcher is the ... : loboca
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        it's really great how the convoys just drive in circles until you destroy them. : ass-street
        • Not always, and not on harder skill settings. If they spot you they'll sometimes stop beyond weapon-range : mn3m0n1c
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  If you can get over the driving / malaria annoyances, it really is a great game. : Milleh
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    Oh, and the respawning checkpoints - that's infuriating. : Milleh
    • I learned how to avoid most of 'em. : CrustaR
    • But yeah, that was annoying as hell. : CrustaR
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      I love it when they respawn while you are still there. : Rag and Bone Man
      • This made me cry. =..( : Anastomosis
      • that never happened to me but it sounds pretty loltastic : mikecyb
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    driving is fun and malaria is hilarious and not that much of an issue (holy shit I have to press a button... : mikecyb
    • I found malaria grating because it meant I had to do another boring side quest. : Dontdrop
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    I liked the malaria and the degrading weapons. They lend an air of randomness and urgency to the game, an... : mn3m0n1c
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      my favorite broken weapon was a rocket launcher I picked up that failed to launch any rockets. they woul... : mikecyb
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        I picked up one in Mokuba (the shanty town in the first map) and the fucking thing blew up in my face on ... : mn3m0n1c
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          I swear people talk about a sort of ramping up to get used to the game before it 'clicks' for them but I ... : mikecyb
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            Yeah, I liked the weapon degradation since it gave a sense of urgency when things don't work out, but not... : DHAvatar
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              Once you start using the safe houses and weapon lockers it's really a minor hindrance. Or heck, just stop... : mn3m0n1c
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                With your personal weapons, yeah, that rarely happens, but that was a regular occurrence for me in the be... : DHAvatar
                • Oh, certainly! I quickly learned never to trust a pick-up weapon though it never seemed to cause problems : mn3m0n1c
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            I think it was mostly (at least for me) that the 'tutorial' section could have been done better and made ... : mn3m0n1c
            • i hate tutorials though : dantastic
            • yeah the tutorial was just totally non-memorable and weak. once you're out of that it's pretty awesome t... : mikecyb
          • FarCry 2 "clicked" for me during the tutorial. Too bad it was laced with bad coding/design. Still the m... : Anastomosis
  • thats like saying "mario is great if you can get over the jumping and mushrooms" : not work safe
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  I cannot stand how it limits what guns go in which slot (primary, secondary, or whatever). If I want t... : loboca
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    Are there any mods, maybe? : Pacalon
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      you could buy sniper rifles that fit in different slot. i think there was 1 that fit elsewhere : dantastic
      • That was the dart gun, a totally badass weapon. : CrustaR
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      No SDK. After 5 years of development they ended up not having enough time. = ? : Anastomosis
      • well there was the level editor : dantastic
  • Oh yeah, that was some bullshit too. What was the justification for that? Your back has certain shaped gr... : Dynotaku
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  I still need to beat that game. I know I'm close the end at least, just need to spend the time playing i... : DHAvatar
  • I probably never would have played it again, but I recently made a spreadsheet showing all of my games in... : CrustaR
• I've had this sitting on my shelf for far too long. I've been waiting until I have the proper amount of ... : Haku-Jin
• I had to give up on the game after a while because of it liked to crash on me, but I am determined to pic... : king_darius
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  So many problems were solved by tossing a grenade under a car and running away. : NexusOne
  • and caused at the same time! :) : cpt_gloval
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  I defeated Far Cry 2 in only 30 minutes by quitting and deleting that giant ball of craptacular open worl... : festivalman
  • I wish I had done that with Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30. :[ : CrustaR
  • Suck. : deadhorse
  • Wow, what a great Far Cry 2 story. My emergent experience was very similar! : Felraiser
• I had a pretty negative impression on the first couple hours, but there was a moment where the game just ... : blender81
• I liked the ending. Just finished this game myself this weekend. Sun shining thru trees, grenade lau... : GoodBoy
• I got bored with it real quick. I found myself driving more than fighting. There was a cool selection of ... : tinmann840

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• I managed to see that he was indeed correct on the update2, it's weird watching the color bleed to green ... : unjustend
• nuts! : zerog83
• That is indeed jaw dropping. : spazzium
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  Some people have said color isn't about hardware in our eyes, but more about software in our brains : spiderfill
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    It's both. Different components in the retina react to different wavelengths of light, but all the signa... : Arcanum
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      Yeah there was this article saying people have drastically different components in the retina which is we... : spiderfill
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        Well they can. The distribution and frequency of rods and cones is a genetic component. By and large th... : spazzium
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          ...because there's far more in your eye than just rods and cones ;) : Arctic Fox
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            You don't say.... :P : Alco23
            • Honestly, what do you know :P : Arctic Fox
• wow that is crazy. : chazums
• whoa : opengl128
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  Our brains don't suck actually. This is a symptom of our brains being awesome. : OverloadUT
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    Exactly. To me this is actually the 'correct' interpretation of the scene. If you didn't see this illus... : boofy
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      uhhhh. wat. : merkinberries
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        Color cannot be an absolute measure as we don't live in an absolute world -- our visual system has to dea... : boofy
        • What. Performance in a variety of situations does not mean we see that situation *correctly*. That is an ... : terath
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          uhhh.. ok. that still doesn't justify saying that when our brains are tricked that it's the "correct" in... : merkinberries
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            The point is in the real world these things you are calling problems (like the illusion here) actually wo : OverloadUT
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              Maybe for hunting and gathering, but illusions can be dangerous in the real world in modern situations. : terath
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                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_illusions_in_aviation : terath
                • Ooo, cool article. I never thought about it but aviation would probably be an area where a lot of the lim... : OverloadUT
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                  Isn't this one of the reasons why Kennedy Jr. died in his plane crash near Martha's Vineyard? : Sailor of Fortune
                  • That and Illuminati of course : rosewood
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                  In aviation (and in space flights as well) it is a case of not enough perceptual information. Not necess... : boofy
                  • Another area our brains seem to fail is in admitting or even recognizing when we are wrong. : terath
                • Now I'm scared to fly again. Thanks. : rosewood
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              I never said it was a problem in the real world. it potentially could be I guess. no one is denying h : merkinberries
              • The brain sacrifices accuracy for efficiency because reaction time in the environment in which we evolved... : WhatIsThisFor
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          I wonder how Data, or Six, or C3-P0 would preceive this. : shyguy74
          • (A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail : Beady
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          a super vision would do the same thing, and be able to detect the spiral as one color. efficiencies are ... : Chandler55
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            Most neuroscientists would disagree. There is a balance between generalization and specificity that is e... : boofy
            • well, i guess im thinking more in scifi terms, where theres a robot with a brain like ours, but with a co... : Chandler55
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              Yo boofy, are you going to SfN this year? Me and Dr. Alco will be in attendance... we could have a mini-s... : Arctic Fox
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                I'm unfortunately skipping SfN this year :/ But I'll most likely be at Cosyne! Too much work to get don... : boofy
                • Boo, Cosyne scares me :( There's a 6 month leadtime before most major conferences I go to... you just ... : Arctic Fox
            • Why on earth would you think that an evolutionary system would optimize for optimal visual interpretation... : terath
  • *high five* : Arctic Fox
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    OUR BRAINS, FUCK YEAH! : Nali4Freedom
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      They really are pretty fucking awesomely amazing. I mean jesus look at the stuff we can do. : OverloadUT
      • I can walk without falling over 99% of the time! : Nali4Freedom
      • can be even more crazy with drugs! : mindshot
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  Actually, our brains don't suck. Our visual system is optimised to do one main thing well -- present you ... : Arctic Fox
  • this image is hacking my brain's gibson : spiderfill
  • Mother Nature is a hell of an engineer. : midgetherder
  • We probably see illusions more often than we think, but simply don't notice them as such. If you saw some... : terath
• just like womens brains automatically like douchebags : quadalupeupe
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Albers : ass-street
• whoa : riptyde
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  not as good as the spinning silhouette : gokart.
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    http://www.maniacworld.com/Spinning-Silhouette-Optical-Illusion.html : gokart.
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      whoa...didn't notice anything for a few minutes then it switched. After trying to get it to switch again... : sampson
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        and then the screaming witch face popped up? : jvox
        • but it was just an illusion right? I think i'd shit my pants : sampson
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  More: http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/ : uncleanmonkey
  • http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/2005/healing-grid/ this one from the sidebar is great : kungfusquirrel
• ungghhhhh fuck its green no wait its blue no its green FUCK : GloriousCow
• That is bullshit! ...<loads photoshop>... holy shit! : nudel
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  uhhh the spirals are definitely different colors, according to my digital color meter and the screenshots... : Yanks
  • http://www.cuneytozdas.com/tutorials/illusion/color_illusion.png works though. : Yanks
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    they are slightly different due to jpeg compression but they are both certainly green and not the blue th... : mikecyb
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      http://www.elrepositorio.com/shack/illusion1.png http://www.elrepositorio.com/shack/illusion2.png The... : Yanks
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        ?!? http://mikecyb.shackspace.com/illusion.png : mikecyb
        • optical illusions even fool digital color meters!! : mikecyb
        • what the hell is going on here, why do I suck : Yanks
• I think this one may arise from retinas/nerves as opposed to the brain. : retarded talking dinosaur
• If you have one of those mouses with the "old people" zoom capability, you can zoom in on the spiral, and... : MercFox1

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• Anyone? : angrytaxman
• I don't know LA but I am sure there are people here that can give good recommendations! : OverloadUT
• In n Out : Sailor of Fortune
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  Grace in Miracle Mile The Inn of the Seventh Ray in Malibu I'll dig up some more when I get a chance. : midgetherder
  • Il Cielo - Beverly Hills (Food is good, not the best. Romantic setting) Luau - Beverly Hills (A friend ... : midgetherder
  • I second Inn of the Seventh Ray This place is gorgeous, the food is great and the service was fantastic. ... : tinfoilhatter
  • Not a super refined place, but Cafe Bizu is always a good place to go, check out the one in Sherman Oaks.... : sesmaster
• Type of food? Setting? : Godhatesfatpeople
• Sorry, not familiar with LA. Me and my fiancee's anniversary is today and we're just going out for generi... : bstrad
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  AOC and Osteria Mozza are both very good: http://www.aocwinebar.com/ http://www.mozza-la.com/oster... : Serpico74
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    Confirmed on Osteria Mozza. Don't bother with the pizzaria though. : midgetherder
    • Agree on the pizzeria. Great appetizers, great desserts, overrated on the pizza. I'm a purist, I like min... : Serpico74
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    Serpico from HardOCP? : Makenxero
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      Any place I registered before 2002, pretty much :) : Serpico74
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        Missing a good thread man http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1034274284#post1034274284 : Makenxero
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          Wish you hadn't posted that, I took a break, couldn't get tired of the rampant stupid over there, now loo... : Serpico74
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            I took a break from Hard 4 years ago, I miss it but don't : graceofdragons
            • I get roped back in every six months or so. I go hunt for some info, then I get dragged into a vat of stu... : Serpico74
  • Fuck I had a fantastic dish at Osteria Mozza. Uovo al Forno, eggs soft baked in the oven, covered with w... : scythide
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  I like Morton's steakhouse in LA. I'm sure you know of all the Ruth Chris steakhouses, but I have never ... : dopeman
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    for some reason your post got me stuck on steak places. : dopeman
    • You can't go wrong with Morton's Steakhouses for steaks. Absolutely my favorite. : bstrad
  • Ruth's is awesome. As is Lawry's. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I wasn't so impressed by Ruth's is Lawry's better? : angrytaxman
  • Morton's LA is good. Their OC location is not. My favorite steakhouse in Orange County is Mastros. I've h... : afty04
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  That place where they invented french dip. Whichever one you think actually did. : Nali4Freedom
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    Philippe the Original! They have great mustard. : midgetherder
    • Yeah, so hot and spicy. Love that place. : Serpico74
    • Yeah, that's the place I prefer : Nali4Freedom
    • We went there a few months ago I think I'd call that the opposite of where you want to go on your anniver... : angrytaxman
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  What sort of food are you looking for, and what sort of atmosphere? : riptyde
  • Just something nice and cozy. We both really like steak, but she also likes French food even though I'm n... : angrytaxman
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  yamashiro, it's next to the magic castle in hollywood. the view is amazing, it overlooks all of hollywoo... : entropy
  • for indian food, there is also gaylords on la cienega. great service, good food. : entropy
• http://www.wolfgangpuck.com/restaurants/fine-dining/3789 cut is supposedly pretty awesome. : wetard
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  does your wife eat steak? because your two choices are steak and steak : cptstern
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    Yes, we're both big steak fans so thats why I was thinking of those places. We went to Ruth's Chris last ... : angrytaxman
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      Cut Steakhouse, Beverly Hills. Very expensive, but best of the best. : afty04
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        Is it too pretentious though? I've read a bunch of reviews on Yelp! and people say it's very over the top... : angrytaxman
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          the pictures make it look like you are dining in a library : mwasher
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            you might as well just sneak Mickey D's into a library : Megara9
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              the McRib will never compare to a $140 8oz wagyu strip : mwasher
              • er wait, i meant the other way around in an attempt to be sarcastic. i failed. :( : mwasher
        • I wish I could provide some personal insight, but I have never been. Cut it is on my to-do list. My ... : afty04
• Greek place in Manhattan Beach (Petro's or something, it's on opentable), Yamashiro, Laurys, Arnie Morto... : adev
• KFC , dine in. : CoRDS
• Fogo De Chao in beverly hills!! : proclone1
• Providence is awesome. A little more froo-froo than a steakhouse, but damn that chef is good. Yamashiro i... : tostador

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• yeah, that is not good. : adev
• Yeah. My eyes are instantly drawn to that half deflated tit. : midgetherder
• it looks more like her shirt! also, she's still cute : Postal
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  the fucking low neck, loose fitting shirt thing needs to die. : mwasher
  • Who's more to blame, the Olsen twins or Lohan? Burn them all! : king_darius
  • only on guys : wtf242
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    I didnt even know it was a "thing" but yeah it should die. : chilln
    • pretty common around here : mwasher
  • She's wearing a giant loose vagina around her neck. : Godhatesfatpeople
• I kinda wish both her boobs were doing that since it's kinda hot ... ish.... : gakera
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  Jesus she has a cute face but yes that boob thing is way distracting : OverloadUT
  • they arent the grandest tits in the world, maybe she doesnt wear bra's : mindshot
• The second greatest optical illusion ever. : graceofdragons
• nope, not just you : dael
• I don't mind it to be honest. : Ellissd
• Fuck, I want to screw the FUCK out of this girl. : disposition
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  That portra? I found myself a roll of portra the other day and I'm gonna use it in my Yashica after I fin... : sparkly
  • yeah porta 400nc : wtf242
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    the glow is because of the camera i think... but i'll shoot some fuji this next roll and make sure : wtf242
    • That's quite a unique side effect of the camera. I still haven't developed anything from my Yashica yet s... : sparkly
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      It does look a little flashed. : midgetherder
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        here's a sample of "the glow" that's a lot worse: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2445/3657723047_ff9b993a... : wtf242
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          You handsome son-of-a-gun you. : focusdaily
          • he really glows like that in person. it's freaky. that freak. : mwasher
• wtf, it's like fucking Half-life 2 Lost Coast up in there. : cdbeckman
• If you don't like the chick, what exactly do you like about the photo? Doesn't seem to have much artistic... : underground banana plantation
• I agree. It looks strange and not very classy. If she wasn't cute then this picture would be an absolute ... : freshyk
• She reminds me of my girlfriends lesbian friend. unf. : freakynipples69
• yes, distracting : Megara9
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  Is that a corn cob tat? : theghostofsmdever
  • It's a bird made out of corn. you can't see the bird's head. It's awesome. It's really well done and comp... : wtf242
• Hey wtf242 just so you know, it's pretty much impossible for someone to read this post and then not find ... : OverloadUT
• All I see is the tit : rosewood
• corn, fuck yeah : fletch_
• less bra more boobs. : Ziz
• Yeah, it would have been fine if she had fixed her shirt so it didn' t look like she just took off a mess... : Sirus2400
• Its the horse's ass by her head thats distracting me. : hirez

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• Interesting. Looks like a lot of it handles similar to 1942... : silent prophet
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  It's as I expected and then some. Especially the bombers, those look sweet. : Sailor of Fortune
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    Can finally run over trees. Thank god. : ant_hillbilly
    • When we had that last BF2 shackbattle I kept trying to blast the trees and buildings from the tank which ... : Sailor of Fortune
• Looks fun as hell. I can't wait. : pun][sher
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  What was with the splash damage on the sherman tank shells. That was ridiculous, but I couldn't tell if t... : Toth21
  • If the splash radius is larger than the flag radius, yeah, you might have a small problem... lol. : silent prophet
• Looks like fun. Can't wait for this. : Jeepy McJeeperton
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  I thought this was supposed to come out this week :( : maulla
  • me too. Makes me sad : pun][sher
• looking forward to this : char2009
• GIMMIE! : PointlesS76
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  Great and all, but they are running out of days in June before promises become lies! : wendigo
  • they already said it's probably coming in july like 2 weeks ago. they want it out but the cert process fo... : thebigbeefsandwich
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  aren't they planning to charge full price for this? or is my rage over ODST bleeding into every other hal... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • It's $15. : PointlesS76
  • I believe it is $15. : wendigo
  • My sources tell me it's $15. : CrustaR
• I want this so badly. : Head Rush
• Any iPhone friendly videos of this? : bling1bling
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  when is this damn game coming out : generexic
  • *Hopefully* next week : PointlesS76
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  Sounds like they haven't passed cert yet http://twitter.com/officialbf1943 : pun][sher
  • I wasn't aware it was on Partnernet. : ColoradoCNC
• Ohhh I think it moved! : yosemiteclimber
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  How many people were playing in the first video? I skipped around through it and saw guys just hanging ar... : pyide
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    Looked like 8 vs 8 with DICE versus 1Up, also PC should be at least 32 players last I heard. But since... : Sailor of Fortune
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      What do you mean by 'since it's BFBC style'? The one and only game mode here is conquest, with both sides... : pyide
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        As in spawning with your squad not SL like in BF2, merging classes together so that there wouldn't be a s... : Sailor of Fortune
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          Yeah, but the maps are still wide open. Spawning with your squad might increase the chances of larger ski... : pyide
          • spawning with your squad means the fights stay more focused. we played a ton of conquest in BFBC, and nin... : xsoulbrothax
      • Bad Company also had CONQUEST !!!!!!! : quadalupeupe
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    Is this coming to PC? On the EA site I see 9/30 on XBOX Live and 9/30 on PSN, nothing about PC. http:... : yosemiteclimber
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      Ah never mind it is coming on PC "and on PC later this fall" http://www.battlefield1943.com/content/ga... : yosemiteclimber
      • It's been said that they may tweak it for the PC. Wether that means gameplay tweaks...map tweaks...player... : PointlesS76
• you go give now! : AMikaboshi
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  watching people play FPS on a console is fucking torture lol : eeeealmo
  • lol cod4 and cod;wow : Iwannaacura
  • lol cod4 and cod;wow : Iwannaacura
  • lolololl how do they aim without a mouse lmao : OverloadUT
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    Yeah, FPS will NEVER be successful on console! Why do they even make them? No one buys them or anything. : pun][sher
    • good job at reading buddy : kill9
  • paintball on wheelchairs : eisencc
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    I look at it more as torture because some other motherfucker is playing instead of me, essentially just g... : focusdaily
    • Who is that chick? : focusdaily
• but those are xbox controllers in their hands : jimmy-buffett
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  Did they fix the latency problem? I never bought 1942 because I always had to lead targets by 10+ feet, ... : Rag and Bone Man
  • lol that was a long time ago. I'm sure it is equal to any FPS netcode now. : pun][sher
  • That was how the game was made, you had to lead based on distance not latency....wow, just wow. : dkrulz
• I think I'll wait for BF3. : notdeadyeti
• Font Page says "Might be two weeks away" : pun][sher

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  I wish there was a PC demo, I'm pretty sure it would run like crap on my rig :[ : aethyr
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    Mwahahaha the consoles score another point ;) : shwortdogg
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      YEAH! ONE MORE BATTLE WON ON THIS ONGOING WAR AGAINST PC GAMING! : Nitrium
      • Calm down big guy, it was just some playful teasing. *Note the wink : shwortdogg
    • Is there a console demo? I haven't been on Live/PSN in a while. : kek
  • You would be surprised at what it will run on, really good port. : Beady
• I won't go that far but it is very fun and I still can't believe the hate it got here, especially given h... : derelict515
• Amazing game. : sheepraper
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  It looks like tons of fun seeing my friend play it. More carnage and action than inFamous. I ended up ... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Wolverine was not as good as the demo lead me to believe :( Terrible pacing and the story was all over th... : derelict515
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  Going up a 35 story building, then jumping off with the hammerfist elbow is ridiculously awesome when you... : industro
  • I've done it at least 20, so suck it :D : shwortdogg
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  I dunno. I got halfway through it and gave up. Possibly because the assets weren't diverse enough, if t... : Rotten Deadite
  • This is my main complaint - you did see everything the first time you came across a Hive - nothing change... : dedgecko
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  im at the stage where i just got all my powers back and im having such a ball. : CoRDS
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    Yeah, I think I'm about two missions ahead of this. I've been doing all the side things to get a shit to... : shwortdogg
    • i love how quickly i can take out those strike teams now. and the blade is fucking sweet. : CoRDS
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  it's so dumb. I mean, I am not going to be too upset about a game where you can kick a helicopter but I ... : mikecyb
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    yeh i actually said out loud last night , wtf story , why did they bother. : CoRDS
    • it's even worse than something like Far Cry where the story is dumb and feels tacked on because it feels ... : mikecyb
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    You can get a power to grab someone on the run, and then you can hop ontop of a building or out of the wa... : unjustend
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      yeah I can grab them on the run but later in the game when you have a billion tanks and choppers on you a... : mikecyb
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        It is annoying but given how easy it is to run and grab I think if you could consume while also doing tha... : derelict515
        • That's an issue that I had by the end of the game - there's a lot of stupid piddly shit that I figured yo... : dedgecko
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          I will say I giggled like a crazy person the first time I did a run and grab and just carried some poor p... : mikecyb
          • haha - I grabbed someone and did the power bomb off the empire state building... : dedgecko
          • using people to take out those drones is so much fun : CoRDS
      • One neat trick is to leap off a building, bodysurf and immediately grab the person you just surfed and th... : Beady
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    I kinda liked the story. Sure the dialogue was terrible in the cutscenes, but the voice acting was great ... : Beady
    • the videos for the web of intrigue are well-made but the story they convey is generic and uninteresting t... : mikecyb
    • I agree as well. I think the story is cool, and I'm not trying to flare anyone up here because it's just... : shwortdogg
    • I liked the story screw the haters I had a great time with the game! : hashd
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    Damn, I'm wondering if I'm going to like this game now. There are so many games out there to play that so... : qwpeoriu
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      I am mostly ignoring it in favor of fucking shit up, which this game lets you do in spades. the main iss... : mikecyb
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        The fact that fucking shit up is so ridiculous and fun just makes me even more confused how everyone here... : derelict515
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          never once while playing Crackdown was I annoyed by that game. you were pretty powerful in that game, bu... : mikecyb
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            the weapons in Prototype are pretty useful. The rocket launcher at minimum for lots of things but even th... : derelict515
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              claws beat machine gun any day! : mikecyb
              • powers are definitely more fun (I prefer whipfist) but if you pick up a machine gun and shoot 2-3 bullets... : derelict515
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          There was an element of danger in Crackdown. You could actually die. There isn't any of that in proto... : walker270
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            Yeah that's something I was about to mention as well. Even though you could destroy shit pretty good in ... : mikecyb
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              Yep. I've never been able to overwhelm myself in prototype, so there's no real reason or desire to get be... : walker270
              • the only time I ever feel overwhelmed is when there are a billion army dudes and I can't keep hidden long... : mikecyb
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              funny because I've heard the opposite. I definitely died plenty of times in Prototype. Later in the game ... : derelict515
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                I've died quite a few times in prototype. I like making the strike teams come after me :) : shwortdogg
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                  Strike teams aren't hard, though. They only consist of two apaches and a few of those mobile detector th... : walker270
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                    My strike teams are definitely 4 apaches plus drones plus whatever choppers and other military units firs... : derelict515
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                      These are pretty much what my strike teams consist of as well. They were weak earlier in the game, but t... : shwortdogg
                      • I like to whip arm up onto one of the helicopters then try to use it to take the rest of the team down. : shwortdogg
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                      Are they 4? Regardless, Apaches are stupid easy to take down, so they could send 10 and it wouldn't make... : walker270
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                        How do you take them down where 4-6 don't at least knock your health down a bunch? They're often far enou... : derelict515
                        • Charged whipfist, usually. Or grab a tank, or just hijack. There's absolutely no danger in hijacking ... : walker270
      • Well mindlessly fucking shit up for a while is definitely fun. Hmm, this or Overlord 2, not sure which to... : qwpeoriu
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        So you liked Crackdown more? : Serpico74
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          see my above reply, but yes, Crackdown is better in spite of being far less structured : mikecyb
          • I'm still trying to decide if I want to get Prototype or Infamous. : Serpico74
• http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/789-Prototype that sums it up nicely. : chilln
• Has anyone played this on a PC? What are the controls like? : hatelull

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• WAT : mojorisen1117
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  ZeniMax Media Acquires id Software Brings together two of world’s best game studios Library of ... : aethyr
  • ew, Carmack used the term "leveraging" ugh : indosauros
  • That would explain the collaboration of Bethesda and Splash Damage I suppose. : SpaecKow
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    The next TES with id tech would be interesting. : re-verse
    • i'm wondering if it's too late for that, but it sounds like it could be awesome : qwpeoriu
    • They need to drop that gamebryo shit. : freshyk
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    Anyone know why we haven't seen any rage stuff lately? Personally I think its gonna show up and blow ... : boomstickah
    • I was expecting id to release at least a couple of screenshots during e3 to get people super excited for ... : freshyk
    • Maybe they were low on funds. : Altanar
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  holy shit, is this real ?! : qwpeoriu
  • Does seem it - http://www.zenimax.com/id.htm : Jonathan
• Wow that's not something I thought I'd see. : Jonathan
• holy crap, is this real? : sanchez
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  I think I'll wait on confirmation from other sources. : FlatlineDixay
  • like http://www.idsoftware.com/ ? : indosauros
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    This good enough for you? http://www.idsoftware.com/ : Jonathan
    • Yep, that's good enough for me. : FlatlineDixay
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    http://www.idsoftware.com/ : Degenerate
    • Maybe id's homepage might have information. : deject
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  No changes will be made in the operations of id Software in the development of its games :o : AMikaboshi
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    Given what I've heard about the way BethSoft operates...I actually believe that. : Arcanum
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      Instead, they'll be able to use id's tech at their leisure (not a bad thing, I suppose). : CrustaR
      • not bad at all... in fact I quite like that :) : Demius
    • Yeah, I'm strangely optimistic. I'll be waiting for the news that will shatter my hopes and dreams, but ... : ZTac
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  this is the end of an era : dirge23
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    Or fallout 4 using iD tech 5 could be super awesome : mroizo40
    • I'll be in my bunk : Degenerate
    • on my face plz! : melkore
    • unf!!! : Fyunch Click
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    I think the era ended when they fired Romero. Say what you will about Romero, but he added a certain c... : Maddog_Delphi97
    • IAWTP : r3dn3ck
    • Yeah, lameness. : Sailor of Fortune
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      and Romero hasn't been able to replicate on his own since he left :P : mikecyb
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        I still haven't finished my play through of Daikatana, I got through the second level when I started to h... : gmd
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          I haven't even installed the copy I bought as I am currently devoting time to being annoyed at how bad Pr... : mikecyb
          • I really wish they would put this game on steam for a few bucks I imagine they could double their sales i... : socksta
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        sort of like Pink Floyd. Gilmour + Waters = magic. But apart... mediocrity! : Cihte
        • This is very true. Carmack has the techical ability, but is not as creative. Romero was the creative pa... : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Yup, classy guy: http://twitter.com/theromero/status/2313797026 : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • "Fallout 3 bought DOOM. Wow." lol : Cihte
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  I bet this doesn't affect much. : pun][sher
  • Quakecon is doomed! Everyone should come this year just in case : Jonathan
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  Everyone has a price, aethyr. Everyone. : CrustaR
  • Actually, I think a Fallout 3 type game in the Doom or Quake universe would be cool, maybe with more acti... : aethyr
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COk1QORtRCI : kungfusquirrel
• Wow this is huge. : d3tached
• Oh, WTF. : Colleton
• Wow : ventro
• My reaction: http://5secondfilms.com/watch/morning_read : PointlesS76
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  Goodbye id, nice knowing you. Yeah yeah "it won't affect anything!" except it always does. Wouldn't be su... : avatar_58
  • yeah, except he signed a long-term contract to stay with the id. : nyranger66
• If there's a company I trust to take someone over, it's Bethesda/it's parent company. : Entity
• Damn. Although id was kinda in a downward spiral, this might help a bit. : razlebol
• Aww shit, : dravalen
• IT'S THE END OF PC GAMING!!!111! : tashtego
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  ... holy shit, I can see this going well for both parties, or going badly... I'm going to look at the "it... : Demius
  • also, this means that all new id stuff goes on steam? : Demius
  • Probably not too much. They haven't really been licensing out the engine on a large scale since the quake... : sigpro
• damn, unexpected : moshman
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  cross-posting from the other thread I wonder if Activision/Blizzard is pissed? I always assumed Activisio... : mn3m0n1c
  • They were already moving their separate ways; id signed Rage under EA Partners a while back. : kungfusquirrel
  • I'm wondering if id was tired of dealing with activision. They went with EA as a publisher for Rage and n... : sigpro
• WHAT! : pigvomit
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  Oblivion with guns fo realz : zebosausamite
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    Quake with Stats : moe6
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      Doom with a real PDA. : Sailor of Fortune
      • You are overencumbered! : Goblin au
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  wtf texas? ritual, ensemble, 3drealms, and now id too??!! : spiderfill
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    The others shut down, not bought out. : freshyk
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      just saying what happened to the hotbed of independent texas style game development? : spiderfill
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        Costs to create titles have gone up at a significantly faster rate than the available pool of development... : RomSteady
        • that really sucks : spiderfill
• I always thought id would be one of the few to always remain independent. : freshyk
• wow what : mikecyb
• how does this compare to gamefly taking over shack : ]pm[chem
• This is surprising, but at the same time makes quite a bit of sense. From what I've read, ZeniMax gives ... : Arcanum
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  Update QUAKECON renamed to OBLIVICON. : trOmblyj
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    If they have ponies there I call dibs on the speedy black one! : helvetica
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      you have to pay extra to ride the ones with armor on : MoreVespeneGas
      • lol nice : goatjc
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    KVATCHCON : indosauros
    • EOT : r3dn3ck
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      EVERYBODY'S A HERO AT KVATCHCON! : ChibiJosh
      • Nice one! =P : SigENeaT
    • lol : SeaLlama
• Neat. : kallanta
• in quake 5 you will be able to find cigarettes and darts in boxes : Foxhawk
• Someone just got paid! More than before! Holy shit! : virus
• SNAP : askedrelic
• Oblivion using id tech 5 please : gmd
• They should release some pictures of Doom 4 and Rage to mark this occasion! : freshyk
• Posting in this thread of sadness. : .frame
• :( This is the saddest news I've heard in a long time. : malevolence
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  thank god no more gamebryo : Yanks
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    Seriously guys this is awesome news, we know that id will continue in its current capacity and Bethesda g... : Yanks
    • id will also have more stable cashflow which I assume is helpful since they release a game every five yea... : mikecyb
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      No, it does mean that we've lost one of the last truly independent major developers. : Lone Swordsman
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        You forgot this: Valve Software : pancake humper
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          Name another one, though. : Lone Swordsman
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            TellTale : Cheeziologist
            • They're not major. : Lone Swordsman
          • Isn't Epic still independent? Bungie is independent again. Rebellion is still independent Gearbox is s... : roushimsx
      • Is id really a major developer anymore? They haven't made what I'd call a AAA game in years. : Vincent Grayson
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      Article implies internally developed id IP which better mean motherfucking commander keen MMO : spiderfill
      • 2D! : zebosausamite
      • man, command keen on the fucking tech5 engine would be hot : Cheeziologist
      • ^^ This man speaks the tru... err... wait, MMO? Huh? : transmetal
      • Ah, yes, the legendary long-in-development Keen MMO : d fluke
  • amen : silent prophet
• Maybe they will teach Bethesda how animate their damned models : theWhite
• The Elder Scrolls VI - The Quaking Doom of Commander Keen. With Nazis. : porp
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  Just like Ben and Jerry's, id will slowly, but surely, lose its awesome roots : Ovate
  • hey as long as cherry garcia is still in the ice cream section it's all good : RikiTiki2
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  Is it possible id's finances have dropped since the unreal engine seems to be the defacto licensed engine... : abrasion
  • There was that big shift in the late 90's. I remember it was a cover article on PC Gamer, when that magaz... : Sailor of Fortune
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    the Unreal engine has been built to be developed for since probably around the original UT. it's been ma... : mikecyb
    • Dennis Dyack says what a pig u r. Seriously though, I could believe that - it's a bit of a shame, I real... : abrasion
    • The Unreal map editor was pretty much the best thing ever when it first came out, so easy and powerful. : gmd
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      Hasn't Todd Hollenshead (sp?) stated repeatedly that the bulk of id's income has always come from the gam... : Arcanum
      • that wouldn't surprise me. the only games that seem to use id tech these days are ones that also use id ... : mikecyb
  • Seems they are making the same mistakes 3Dfx made in the 90s. Their cycles are too long and they ignore t... : kaewan
• Fucking sellouts - Xian : r3dn3ck
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  id Tech 5 + Elder Scrolls and Fallout universes = thoroughly awesome! : Postal
  • I was thinking this also. : cerealSAM2
• That was inevitable I think. id may be huge in many Shackers' minds but I can't see them being an endless... : gooblerampling
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  Blizzard already has BLIZZCON, Bethesda has .... They bought them so they could go to Quakecon! :) : GoodBoy
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    I can't wait to see the in-fighting between the Bethesda fans and id fans at quakecon. I might actually ... : pigvomit
    • Well, the id fans are faster and possibly have superior fire power and definitely better aim. However, t... : hatelull
• I know this is really good for both of them but I'm still pretty sad that ID is no longer an independent ... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
• id puts out great engines with mediocre games to showcase them.. this isn't bad news as long as they can ... : rmjackson
• what. the. fuck. : Downforce
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  Neat. : lplasmatron
  • lol. you are going to have lunches with carmack, arent you? : hirez
  • you need to report to the shack how awesome tech5 is, now that you will be creating games with it : Cheeziologist
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  Oblivion on the Iphone get it done : egg5hen
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    Give me 3-5 days. - John : pancake humper
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      haha so fucking true. : freakynipples69
      • And then he'd fucking do it. : ZTac
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  id needed the funding, they were banking on selling id Tech 5 to a studio for the next restart of a game ... : vitaminzach
  • Very subtle. : gooblerampling
  • heh.. nice : stonedonkey
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  I saw an imp the other day. Filthy creatures. : Helter Skelter
  • I didn't know Dio was on tour. : Fyunch Click
  • It's you! The hero of Phobos Station! : Teiresias
• i dont think i've been eager for an id game since rtcw : dantastic
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  Noooooooooooooooooo : themaestro2657
  • Maybeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee? : Nali4Freedom
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  holy shit : grabbie
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    The enemy team has your developer? : hatelull
    • just shocking news. Had a extremely busy morning and didn't expect to see this. : grabbie
• I wish 3drealms had this outcome. : pigvomit
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  Does this really sound like a John Carmack quote to you? “This puts id Software in a wonderful posit... : kek
  • it sounds like a marketing statement read by John Carmack : dirge23
  • well if they do have the real Carmack tied up in a closet somewhere, all we need to do is go to id HQ wit... : Cheeziologist
  • Sign of the times. Companies are hurting, and buyouts/outsourcing/mergers/crap like this is par for the ... : GoodBoy
  • Actually, yeah it does sound like him. He's surprisingly business oriented. This does sound like a bit of... : Schnapple
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    You're right, that doesn't sound like him at all. There isn't any of those odd little Professor Frink noi... : Zeeliv
    • this, and the fact that I didn't have to look a single one of those words up! : Joseph
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    So if I understand your subtext correctly... you believe John Carmack was killed and replaced by a cyborg... : silent prophet
    • if the end of days could possibly mean bethesda open ended rpg sex with id engine, graphics and bang-bang... : Joseph
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      My subtext is that I wish marketing bullshit was not bullshit. It seems to me some marketing yahoo wrote... : kek
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        I understand. The problem is no considers you to be anything other than part of the lowest common denomin... : silent prophet
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          what does denominator mean? : spiderfill
          • It's a synergistic paradigm. : silent prophet
    • Carmack is pretty much a cyborg already. They just had to upload some new firmware into his brain. : Penis Brittle
  • The "trite" part sounds like a weird thing to put in a press release. The rest of it sounds like the usua... : Dave-A
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    The dirty little secret is that most of these statements are crafted with the help of the PR hacks. The ... : Lone Swordsman
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      That's my point. It's a poorly held secret and rather insults the intelligence of the reader. Especiall... : kek
      • I sympathize entirely then! At this point, they're following protocol for the sake of doing protocol. : Lone Swordsman
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        but this kind of press release type thing requires such a statement. it's not insulting -- it's business.... : dahanese
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          They don't have to "quote" John Carmack to get that message across. They might WANT to quote John Carma... : kek
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            yes, they do have to quote him, because he is a voice and persona that is important. and just because it ... : dahanese
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              I'm operating under the assumption that he neither said nor wrote that, you're not. You can call me a fa... : kek
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                why do you not think it's Carmack? it's very business-y but who do you think sold the company? just bec... : mikecyb
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                  http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20250894#itemanchor_20250894 : kek
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                    this isn't marketing though it's just a statement from the head of the company in a fucking press release... : mikecyb
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                      That seems like a cop out to me. It's okay to make shit up, it's just a press release. We just want the... : kek
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                        it's not made up though, Carmack probably thinks exactly what that quote says! he read the press release... : mikecyb
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                          The fact that you think Carmack *probably* thinks exactly what the "quote" says means exactly that it was... : kek
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                            caught in a lie, what the hell? it's not a lie! if you are quoted in a press release that you yourself ... : mikecyb
                            • The lie was they quoted him as saying it/writing it. He didn't. “This puts id Software in a wonde... : kek
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                chances are, john carmack has a fucking lot better things to do with his day than personally pen quotes f... : dahanese
                • Bullshit press release? The man just sold his company. I don't think that would be unimportant. So y... : kek
          • Jeez, you make it sound like "they" raped him or something. Who is "they"? The people who secretly run ... : qsylvr
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          Are the recipients of press releases really so braindead that they pay any attention to statements that a... : nudel
          • Yes! This. It seems that everybody's in on the gag, so don't bother with the gag. : kek
          • Are the recipients of press releases really so braindead Yes. : Arcanum
      • It's a press release. It's tailored to a certain audience. : deveus1
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        its a business statement to the press, its not meant for the consumer : Maarten Goldstein
        • no maarten business statements that consumers read are just insulting and poorly held secrets get it r... : dahanese
  • he most likely didn't pen it himself, just approved it. : dahanese
  • What's wrong with the statement? Yes, "leveraging our capabilities" is business-speak, but it's also a s... : riptyde
  • they wanted to be small, lean, and indie. but now theyre big and beholden to shareholders. but if this ... : spiderfill
  • Carmack is perfectly capable of making such a statement if he's wearing his "I'm a Businessman" hat. Whe... : qsylvr
  • Sounds exactly like Carmack to me... I mean, it sounds like Carmack when asked about the deal, which is o... : uncleanmonkey
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    Here's another recent Carmack quote that surprised me: "I am fairly hostile to most of the environmen... : GloriousCow
    • That doesn't surprise me at all. : midgetherder
    • That's a cool quote. That's an obviously short-sighted opinion. I was always under the impression that... : kek
    • that statement sounds too generic to be useful : spiderfill
    • the typical anti-social programmer conservative... no that's not surprising. although I wonder if he was ... : thebigbeefsandwich
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  Next generation Elder Scrolls using the Rage engine? : Ellissd
  • God damn you for seeding that into my mind... : graceofdragons
  • There's been no proof so far that tech 5 can render green yet. Fallout 4 would be likely though. : mroizo40
  • If I see another Elder Scrolls installment before 2012 it will be too soon. IMO we still have a few year... : Wombat Woo
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    I really hope so. A better engine that can actually do complex lighting and shadows would be fucking awes... : Vincent Grayson
    • Or one that lets you run diagonally properly. : kpxkrnjc
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  lol, http://twitter.com/theromero/status/2313797026 : Maarten Goldstein
  • haha. I wonder how his mmo is going at slipgate. : freshyk
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    hahah, what's his problem with zenimax? : hirez
    • Probably that they actually publish successful games : d fluke
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  What the. Who's left independent now? :( But oh god, TES on the Rage engine amirite, oh god, oh god : d fluke
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    why do people keep saying this? there are plenty of independent game developers left. it's just that be... : mikecyb
    • Yeah, well, poop says I! : d fluke
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  I bet Carmack will announce he's leaving games and concentrating on rocketry. : peter
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    Since evidently you didn't read the PR: All the principals at id Software have signed long-term employ... : taronish
    • I read that. I didn't say he would leave tomorrow. I bet he will announce he is working on his last engin... : peter
• Am i the only one who didnt get the feeling that the two dev groups would be exchanging notes/assets? Ev... : SigENeaT

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  Did you just realize this? I mean it was released in 1993. : cltcprd
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    I am just now getting into hip hop : wtf242
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      Why start now? : snuff
      • its got the word hip in it? /runs : filthysock
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      ... : genjuro
      • are you out of africa yet? : anhero
    • cuban links is among the best hip hop albums ever made..at the top : agentlead
• Hahaha, I was listening to 36 chambers since I was like, 13! : shwortdogg
• Do you like Huey Lewis and the news? Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when S... : xxiv
• Protip: They are just using it for filler. : silent prophet
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  depends, they can be used appropriately in certain theme albums. ala Black Trash: The Legend of Kirk Jone... : gokart.
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    The ones from Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele are annoying as fuck : wtf242
    • Definitely hit and miss. One of favorite albums though. Did you like the track Buck 50? Great sampling th... : focusdaily
• YEAH cuban linx is great. : jvox
• Ditto, but I do enjoy the Eminem skits. They were more like comedy intermissions or a brief intro to the... : Wombat Woo
• Please tell me you're not hating on the shameek from 212 just got bust in his head skit from 36.. : Mondo
• Check out Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted, if you haven't. great album that uses skits judiciously--th... : jvox
• We told you niggas on cuban linx stop biting our shit : theghostofsmdever
• 313, Fuck the Free World, 313, Fuck the Free World : PapaBoo
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t3Ltarqxn4 : merkinberries
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  There is one that I don't mind it on - Deltron 3030, some of those are hiliariously awesome. (though they... : zakazi
  • That and the ones on the Lovage album about the guy talking about hygiene. : Godhatesfatpeople
• also popular: 01 - Intro : zakk
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  Have you listened to Kool Keith yet : genjuro
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    no which album should i buy : wtf242
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      Black Elvis/Lost in Space & Dr. Octagon : Godhatesfatpeople
      • These are the most recognized (and my favorite) of his work, and if you really like it you should look ou... : On the Brane
    • Diesel Truckers! KENWORTHS WITH WINGS : zakk
    • get "Matthew" : mr.sleepy
    • Project Polaroid : cpt_gloval
    • What? Pick up Dr. Octagon Octagonicologist stat. It's his best album. : deathofrats
    • Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagynecologist easy choice. don't settle for any other keith work, that's easily ... : the city
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    I just bought Mobb Deep - The Infamous. is that album good? : wtf242
    • that's one of the golden era's best albums (IMO). 96 was a goodass year. that album doesn't get old a... : the city
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    Do you like Dr. Octagon? : freshyk
    • Halfsharkalligatorhalfman! : santa-s
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  Check out UGK - Supertight and Ridin' Dirty and their latest one Underground Kingz : bling1bling
  • good houston / southern representatives. : anhero
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  Ahh, it's like sophomore year all over again! : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Also check out Liquid Swords by the GZA, too ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Swords ). : Ride-My-Rocket
    • This album is fucking amazing, but "Breaker Breaker" from beneath the surface is my favortie GZA song : shwortdogg
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  Three Feet High And Rising had some fun stuff between the songs. : ThomW
  • i remember the gameshow, talking about how certain people need a ludens, and someone got called a scungil... : qwpeoriu
• the arsonists did some pretty cool shit where it was like a skit but also an experimental song on their a... : wetard
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  Hey, what do you guys think of the new Eminem? : father_crown
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    Where muh killah tapes at god? : wetard
    • how you aint got my shit when I let you hold it : rgoer
• Is he dead what do you mean is he fucking dead? : freshyk
• Have you checked out the latest lookitzpancakes record? Word on the street is that it's really hoppin'.. : CrustaR
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  Wu albums are notorious for this crap. You can't even skip their stupid skits, they're attached to the s... : scan
  • Also OB4CL is classic, can't wait for OB4CL2 : scan
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    i hate that, especially the torture skit on 36 chambers. : supersonic potato
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      that's the only worthwhile example of that stuff : AssGoblin
      • it's a decent skit but I don't want to listen to it every time I play that song : supersonic potato
    • i'll fuckin stab his tongue with a rusty screwdriver : valael
    • I’ll fuckin I’ll fuckin tie you to a fuckin bedpost with your ass cheeks spread out and shit Right : tcxsnoop
  • NWA did a lot of that as well. : riptyde
• Wu Tang and Tribe Called Quest are pretty much the only hiphop artistsI still listen to today. : pyros
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  I'll just repost this in here: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20250655#itemanchor_20250655 Is any... : focusdaily
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    I'm thinking about it. I'm not super hyped about the lineup this year, but it's definitely solid. : Ctrl-Phreak
    • It's the first time it's been in a city where I'm living. Is this like a multiple stage type deal or what... : focusdaily
• yo where my purple killa tape at god? : agentlead
• you need to listen to Dr. Dre - The Chronic. err wait you DONT like skits never mind then! PFFTTT lame : med1c
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  ODB and Method Man - Dirty Dancin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxUuplyQPVI : grendel
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    Facebook told me that the member of Wu-Tang Clan I am most like is ODB. Russel Jones Ason Unique Ol... : focusdaily
    • Old Dirty Chinese Restaurant : grendel
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  Isn't all of rap people talking about random shit? : freakynipples69
  • absolutely there's nothing else to it. what : the city
  • Isn't all of rock just people yelling about random shit? : NastyJack
• You might like the new Redman/Method Man joint effort, Blackout 2. : hatelull
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  Craig Mack - Project: Funk Da World The Fugees - The Score KRS-One - KRS-One And if you dig R&B with : the city
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    and srsly ginuwine had some goodass tracks. if you dig 90s hip hop you'll feel it. ex: Ginuwine - Hol... : the city
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      oh fuck how did i miss... Onyx - All We Got Iz Us Onyx - Bacdafucup Onyx - Shut Em Down : the city
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        bacdafuckup is still great.. black vagina finder ftw : Mondo
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          haha that song is great jusssss me and jack : the city
          • and she was sukin da next niggas dick... ooooooooooo shit! : Mondo
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    here's a list i'm going through right now my friend made me: 1. 36 Chambers-Wutang 2. Infamous- Mobb ... : wtf242
    • oh don't miss the free mixtape by the cool kids www.myspace.com/thecoolkids Gone Fishing some great tr... : the city
    • Deltron 3030 is amazing. I'm not a huge hip hop fan but I think that album is really good. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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  I just got into rap/hiphop as well. After years of everything but that type of music I am really digging ... : bongturbo
  • the mixtape kid cudi put out (A Kid Named Cudi) is pretty slick. good tracks are Man On The Moon, Clevel... : the city
• Check out the old KMD stuff: Black Bastards and Mr. Hood are the albums you'll want to check out. : focusdaily

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  definitely get god of war. best psp game, bar none : generexic
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    if you are gay for quick time events : dantastic
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      gay like a fox! : generexic
      • http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/1/14669/503059-fox_design_large.jpg : uglysad
• Disgaea : guido anchovy
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  Resistance Retribution is fun. So are the Killzone games. I think someone was having fun with Chinatown W... : prime8
  • chinatown wars is on the DS, coming to the PSP at some point, but not available yet. THere are 2 full bl... : FormerHPB
  • Chinatown Wars has been just announced for the PSP and isn't out yet. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I like how they implemented things in Resistance. Definitely a good choice. : Entity
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  God of War, Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops (Not Ops+, waste of money), Patapon 2, Monster Hunter 2 : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I really liked the Metal Gear Ac!d games. : jcrockerman
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  if you have it, and have not plaeyd it, pop in Crisis Core. I have not played it myself, but its one of t... : Demius
  • I just couldn't get past the character design :( : Majuju
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  Disgaea, hands down. : SiW.
  • (Given that you're going to be gone a few weeks, and you could be playing this for a few years just insid... : SiW.
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    yeah, this was high up on my list, and I was trying to track it down for months, and couldn't find it :( : Majuju
    • http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Disgaea+psp : capt tripps
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  Dungeon Siege is probably my favourite game on the PSP. 2nd place goes to Star Wars Force Unleashed. Pl... : dantastic
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    I love Dungeon Siege as well.. played through it quite a few times now. : stonedonkey
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      And there's a sequel too.... : Masem
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        for the psp? : stonedonkey
        • Crap, thinking about the wrong game. Thinking of Dungeon Maker. : Masem
• Probably too late for you but I'm really looking forward to Unbound Saga next month. It sounds like an R... : SiW.
• Rock Band Unplugged. : deadhorse
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  I loved Jeanne D'arc but couldn't get into Final Fantasy Tactics at all. It seemed way too slow. Will... : razlebol
  • Oh and Lumines 2 is a must if you don't have it and love puzzle games. : razlebol
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    See this is exactly the reason I stopped playing Jeanne! I was like "BOOOOORING", made it through maybe t... : Majuju
    • I'll try to find a copy. There is also spectral souls but it didn't have very good reviews. It might stil... : razlebol
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  Wow, it took this many posts for someone to ask what the hell you're doing in the arctic? Do share... : punchdog
  • helping to do mapping for work : Majuju
• i'd be super wary of that phantasy star game, they've all been shit for a little bit and i can't imagine ... : Mr.SEX
• Hot Shots Golf Open Tee Hot Shots Golf Open Tee 2 : Smitty
• Funny enough the Killzone game for PSP is a lot of fun and the controls are awesome. : Sailor of Fortune
• I forgot to mention Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops : guido anchovy
• I hear the new Monster Hunter is pretty awesome : kainen1
• I don't have a PSP, but if I did have one, I'd want Lumines, Ectochrome, and Exit (but I love puzzle game... : aethyr
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  the new monster hunter owns. jeanne d'arc owns. you shouldn't play crisis core. god of war psp is overrat... : JINKY
  • God of War psp was pretty fucking awesome IMO. It does start a bit slow though. : razlebol
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  Wipeout Pure! : Cliffzorz
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    Is it better than Pulse? I only played Pulse which I think is the newest one. : razlebol
    • Both are great, so you can't really go wrong with either. I prefer Pure for the neat map packs. I have... : Cliffzorz
• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite and Disgaea, you will never run out of shit to play. : phokz

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  good lord wall of text : sparkly
  • hush, sparky : Deathlove
  • He is attempting to make a point! : cjcharv
  • that is nowhere near a wall of text. There's paragraphs there sparkly. Paragraphs! : redfive
  • At least it's game and shack related. : Fyunch Click
• I most likely won't be playing in it because I've got in laws in town until wed. of next week starting fr... : sigpro
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  Is this for the wii or 360? : Jimb0v2
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    360. : Deathlove
    • K, im gonna rent this tonight I think. :o : Jimb0v2
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  ALSO: The mystery DLC course was announced, and it is PREDATOR from TW'04 so FUCK YES. : Deathlove
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    say what now? course info plz : Degenerate
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      rapes you. : On the Brane
      • let me buy it right now! : Degenerate
• when I collapsed this thread there was an actual sound effect : grandmasterlee
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  you didn't include my name so I'm hurt and not playing. : cltcprd
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    If you went ten over and nobody noticed, would it make a sound? : Deathlove
    • I still have some beginner clubs :( : cltcprd
• awesome. please add me: SquanderBot : jvox
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  wtf, It didn't record my second round. Goddamnit. : Fyunch Click
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    Maybe it was for the best looking at your first round... : Haxim
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      I was 5 under my second round. :( : Fyunch Click
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        Sure you were, cupcake. : Deathlove
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          It asks me to play round 3 on the menu. :( And second round was after I retuned my clubs and boy did I ne... : Fyunch Click
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            When did you do it? Those scores are from early this morning. Anyway, play round three and we'll see what... : Deathlove
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              Played it the same night I played the first round. /sigh. Hopefully I didn't get EA server'd. : Fyunch Click
              • Sounds like it! : Deathlove
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  Also, for new people to golf/the game here's a link to my Clubs and tuning for noobs post: http://www.sh... : Fyunch Click
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    This is a great post and needs more love. : Haxim
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      nothing he posts needs more love : Degenerate
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        this scragly hobo is correct. : Fyunch Click
        • it is a good post though. just dont tell you I said so. : Degenerate
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  Anyone else having problems with this game freezing up? Happened four times now. Hard lock up. : Jeepy McJeeperton
  • I've had the odd time after completing a tourney challenge where the UI stopped responding. Oh and and on... : Haxim
  • no problems here. works fine. The only problem is that I lose often. :( : FormerHPB
  • Clear your cache is what I've seen on the EA forums. I've had it happen twice myself. : Fyunch Click
  • I've had it lock a couple times, but I also had RB do a couple weird things, too, so I was thinking 360 i... : Deathlove
• I almost forgot I have gamefly. Wonder if it's available. : FrayLo
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  I was -1 on the front 9 in the second round. WHERE DID IT ALL GO WRONG : tashtego
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    Probably on the back nine. : Fyunch Click
    • * chuckle * : jvox
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  Can people with the WII version play too? : trOmblyj
  • No! Nor do we want you! : Deathlove
  • give it a shot this evening and let us know how it goes. : Degenerate
  • yeah, I wanted to play too, and have the Wii version. Getting used to the motionplus controller in golf i... : mmogger
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  Can people with the PC version play too? :( : pyide
  • you can take your imaginary PC version and play against the Wii people : Degenerate
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  playing practice/warm-up round now. I'll knock out at least one of my rounds tonight. : Degenerate
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    WTF your first round is your practice round : tashtego
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      sorry, I cant hear you over the crowd cheering for the 17 foot birdie putt I just made : Degenerate
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        cough, pussy, cough : Deathlove
        • I was playing ok and quit out of my practice round after 10 holes and started the real thing. I was start... : Degenerate
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  so I had to take this back to the rental place, but have decided I want to buy it. are there any deals o... : mwasher
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    yeah, if you pre-order from Gamestop you can get a free Spyglass Hill code. : Degenerate
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      fuck you : mwasher
      • ; * : Degenerate
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  the game just told me that deathlove got a hole in one on the 15th hole. I took my tee shot really quick ... : Degenerate
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    did you watch my video degenerate http://beta.easports.com/media/play/video/6469423 : Deathlove
    • I dont like the title of that video very much deathlove. : Degenerate