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  This is pretty much common knowledge. There was a massive nerd rage when Bungie was picked up by Microsof... : paulatreus
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    I remember Mac users particularly going into histrionics. : aethyr
    • I was exclusively a Mac user for my own personal stuff at the time. I didn't care. I got an XBox and Halo... : Endymion_
• Everyone knows this. They also forget to point out that without the funding from MS it quite likely would... : derelict515
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  How is this a history lesson? Didn't it happen just a few years ago? : walker270
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    http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/06/22/ms.bungie.idg/ Try "in the year 2000" : one random winner
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      SHIT that was 9 years ago?!?!?! : skelom
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        Amazing aint it, this whole decade seems like a blur. : one random winner
        • of shit : Turd Ferguson
  • Your post is historic. So is this by the time you read it. : ieGod
• I thought that mostly everyone older than 12 knew this? : Milleh
• this is a "history lesson?" lol : deject
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  Gaming History Lesson #2 The famous Monkey Island once was remade in the early twenty first century! : crummynz
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    #3: Monkey Island was inspired by the book On Stranger Tides. I read it a few years ago on the beach a... : gnomish
    • it is a damn good book : hamachi
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  I remember being pissed because it turned into an XBox exclusive, and I was heavy into PC gaming at that ... : MaxPete82
  • Ditto : one random winner
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    I remember when Marathon was Mac-only and then Microsoft bought Bungie. I didn't care. : electroly
    • I didn't care about Bungie until I started looking forward to Halo, though I did like the Myth games a lo... : MaxPete82
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  It was also originally an RTS. : cyclonebee
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    This is a better lesson, it was very much like a sci-fi Myth II, and then even after that I think the i... : Halen
    • bingo, this is the history lesson here folks, Myth II in space turned into Halo. Kinda cool how that happ... : pharom
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  this is good, can we expect this on a daily basis? : FrayLo
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    Perhaps............ With all the retro PC gaming coming out these days I feel like someone needs to schoo... : fadetofunk
    • 2/10 : dewdman
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  ...and would've probably never have seen the light of day on any platform had MS not bought them : synapse19
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    I doubt that - Bungie was a pretty well established developer by then. : Jonathan
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      halo as a pc fps would have flopped hard : brainchild420
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        No it wouldn't. It would've been PC's BF42. : Bamtan
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          bf42 is the pc's bf42 : dantastic
          • crazytalk! : lja83
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            It came out a year after Halo, and IIRC there wasn't any massive vehicle based PC combat at the time : Bamtan
            • One of the early knocks on 1942 was that it didn't handle as well as Halo but then people stfu and enjoye... : rosewood
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              tribes1/2 : synapse19
              • Tribes was so ahead of its time. I hope the rumor about the browser based version is true. : OmegaRed59
      • I'm convinced. : atom519
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        Halo was a third person game until Microsoft bought Bungie : Schnapple
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          Really? man I hate 3rd person shooters. : unjustend
          • Yeah I remember hearing how it was a big deal that MS made them go in and change it to a FPS, which meant... : Schnapple
      • it probably would have been a bit different as well. it was pretty awesome overall though. the co-op al... : dopeman
    • That's not just speculation. I can't find a link right now (Bungie + MS yields a lot of more recent links... : derelict515
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      There was a great interview with the head of Bungie back in the day that pretty much solidified the fact ... : Halen
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        http://halo.bungie.org/misc/interviews/img.seropian.061900/ Our hand wasn't forced money-wise…but we : Halen
        • Yeah about the same time - http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-108427.html "We were already funded throug : Jonathan
    • They were also dirt poor and that's why they were on the market. : uncleanmonkey
    • Halo was vaporware of the worst sort at that point, they'd been running in circles developing it. Was it ... : Serpico74
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  So did Alan Wake and now that it fucked over too. : baronzemo78
  • This is what prompted me to post this. : fadetofunk
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  if you wanna give someone a gaming history lesson about bungie, you should mention how marathon had 8 pla... : OMGzImBurning
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    or how myth had real 3d landscapes with awesome physics when starcraft was still trying to imitate 3d ter... : OMGzImBurning
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      yeah the reason SC wasn't fully 3D was because Blizzard sucked not because SC and Myth are completely dif... : derelict515
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        SC doesn't scale...at all. Niether does Diablo. The don't aim for scale, they aim for Lowest Common Denom... : graceofdragons
        • ok, so the comparison is even dumber : derelict515
        • He means scale in terms of horsepower and compatability. Not resolution. : CRasterImage
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        dude, retract your little blizzard claws, i didn't say blizzard sucked. Anywayl, Myth scaled perfectly a... : OMGzImBurning
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          I loved Myth (and never had SC). I'm just saying they're not worth comparing. Myth was indeed a pretty am... : derelict515
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            Of course they're worth comparing; they were around basically the same time, and they were both top down ... : OMGzImBurning
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              Did Myth have 100-200+ units on screen fighting land and air? They're completely different goals. Of cour... : derelict515
              • No, there were no air units in myth, actually.., however there were 200 units at once on screen in large... : OMGzImBurning
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              as for technically competing, Myth 2 was out at the very end of 1998. I shouldn't have to point out all t... : derelict515
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                i'm talking about engines that are comparable; not FPS engines, but an engine that can scale out to 500me... : OMGzImBurning
                • I believe this thread can all be summed up with "OMGzImBurning likes Bungie alot". : vitek r
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                  And again, you're comparing it to completely different games. Why in gods name would Alpha Centauri want ... : derelict515
                  • clicking in the minimap immediately moved your camera to wherever you clicked in myth. 3d engines with r... : OMGzImBurning
          • Oh TA, how I miss your wonderful explosions and accurate physics modeling. : LoioshDwaggie
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    four dimensional space? explain please. : deject
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      2 characters could occupy the same space...there was actually a map called 4d space in marathon2 that was... : OMGzImBurning
      • that's not a fourth dimension, and labeling it as such is highly misleading. : deject
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        History Lesson #0815 Giana Sisters (C64) developed by Armin Gessert, Manfred Trenz and Chris Hülsbeck... : razorblade79
        • I'm not good with WinChatty, how did this end up here? : razorblade79
      • Haha, that is in no way four-dimensional. : rudds
    • Time progressed in the game world, I guess? : woddemandred
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    It also came out in december 2004, which made it a year later than the doom engine. : vitek r
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      2004? ok whatever dude, you should not be posting in this thread. : OMGzImBurning
      • The second half of his sentence makes it clear he meant 1994. You don't have to insult people for making... : OmegaRed59
    • Marathon was released in 1994... : deject
    • bah sorry, freudian slip. meant 1994 : vitek r
  • <3 Marathon : MrBig0
  • It's a shame Marathon was a visual eyesore. It was a great game which had the appearance of every other '... : thecray
• okay and? : EvilDolemite
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  wasd did NOT start with quake and the pgl. We were using it at least as far back as Doom. : capt tripps
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    esdf imo : fvariance
    • Either, Or. As long as we don't start pretending that Thresh invented it. : capt tripps
    • ^^^ used this for jedi knight before quake came out. switched to wasd for half life : Sparticuse
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  Better Lesson, it was first an RTS, then an MMO Third person shooter, then M$ turned it into a FPS. : graceofdragons
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    and Bungie has been crying in their pile of money ever since : derelict515
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      I was following Halo at the time, and I was angered by M$ for moving it to XBox, I remember quite vividly... : graceofdragons
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        I was following Halo from the very start too. It doesn't make a post like that any less dumb. : derelict515
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          I'm afraid you lost me derelict, what's dumb again? : graceofdragons
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            everything about your post I replied to. From M$, to disgust, to calling it a mediocre game for console k... : derelict515
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              i'm dumb for being disgusted a game I wanted 8 years ago got fucked over guys! : graceofdragons
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                more for continuing to ignore the point now : derelict515
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                  I ignored the point because it was dumb. : graceofdragons
                  • The game you wanted would have never been completed. And it changed so many times who knows what the fina... : Pettytheft
                  • It was a pretty dumb post. : OmegaRed59
      • i remember playing it in co-op and loving it. i remember that. : EvilDolemite
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        iirc, it was revolutionary as far as console FPS' go. Amazing game. : cyclonebee
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          and PC. Unless you know a PC shooter in 2001 that had co-op with land and air vehicles and AI teammates, ... : derelict515
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            1942 was out a couple months later, and other than Vehicles I say UT99 was far superior to it. : graceofdragons
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              and those had co-op and singleplayer campaigns? and some of the best friendly and enemy AI to date? intro... : derelict515
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                Halo still has the superior AI. FEAR matches the group attacks, but Halo is the only game I'm aware of th... : LoioshDwaggie
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                  yup, it's still one of very few games where turning up the difficulty makes enemies markedly smarter and ... : derelict515
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                    i believe that folks who poo-poo Halo's opponent AI simply have never cranked the difficulty. Halo (and 2... : cpt_gloval
                    • yeah, it's remarkably different on heroic and more so legendary. It's seriously difficult but never becau... : derelict515
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                      Yeah, it was a wonderful thing. To this day there isn't another game that matches the creativity of the A... : LoioshDwaggie
                      • I think the problem is it changes with every engine. Even if had you great AI once it doesn't necessarily... : derelict515
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            that's a joke right? Tribes was 1998, Tribes 2 was 2001 : pharom
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              well, singleplayer wise Halo did blow Tribes out of the water, and Halo did alot of things very well and ... : pharom
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                yeah, which you could also use to describe Half Life 1 which the PC elite have no problem lauding as an a... : derelict515
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                  I don't remember Halo having better graphics than Tribes 2 . . . : OmegaRed59
                  • Halo 1 on release was one of the best looking games out there PC or console. I don't think that's an unus... : derelict515
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        I'm primarily a PC gamer and I like the Halo games. They're fun, there's not much more to it. I also like... : thetangent
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          Yes, the books are very well done. I just finished Cole Protocol last week. : cyclonebee
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            I haven't had a chance to read that one yet (only one I'm missing) but I did just finish Contact Harvest ... : thetangent
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              Contact Harvest was alright, I don't understand the nerdgasm for Sgt. Johnson but it was still a good boo... : cyclonebee
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                Honestly, I wasn't thrilled with it being a Sgt. Johnson story either, but after finishing it I actually ... : thetangent
                • True. I've always thought that The Fall of Reach would make a great game, I'm incredibly excited for it! : cyclonebee
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        I'm surprised by the pretty tame responses to this shitty opinion. I would have thought the "M$" part wou... : dewdman
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          apparently I was the only one dumb enough to take the bait : derelict515
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            Nah you did the right thing; someone had to call him out on that retarded post. : dewdman
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              Props to derelict515 for falling on that grenade for the rest of us. : Johnny Law
              • indeed, i figured by now M$ was just automatically a sign of a troll bait =( : pharom
      • First of all, M$? Give me a fucking break. Secondly, I hate condescending garbage about how the game ... : Ovate
      • I posted the news on the original shugashack forum board... thing, and got flamed by about 60 different p... : burning eye
      • I believe it had the best Coop, vehicles and multiplayer for its time. A great game for everyone getting... : podung
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    Can we please start organizing trips to Gitmo for people who use the term M$? It's pretty much the most a... : ColoradoCNC
    • It should honestly be grounds for a temp ban. : dewdman
  • M$ stuff is stupid. Halo was a good game, I won't deny that. But I always wondered what made it as huge... : valael
• I remember Master Chief had voice acting in the first Halo teaser video, and he sounded like a 16 year ol... : tomservo
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  another history lesson: there was a duck hunt/super mario COMBO CARTRIDGE. : Downforce
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    i had duck hunt/supermario/track and field! : lja83
    • Same here! :D : thetangent
  • I HATED the rich kids that had that version :( : pgharavi
  • I totally had that. : ArcKnight
  • I had that. as well as seperate cartridges. i dont remember how that happened. : vitek r
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    That's currently lying beside me. : DHAvatar
    • Covered in your love? : rosewood
  • had it, loved it : fishbone
  • Bah, the true combo pak was Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Class Track Meet. : DinK
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    i didn't know it came separately, lol. : AMikaboshi
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      Hehe, ditto. : one random winner
      • Same here. : MaJeStu
    • i had no idea : MrBig0
  • Back then, the NES came with two controllers AND a light gun. It was awesome. : Mmmmmoo
  • I had that shit! : deject
  • i had that! :D : Shadowdane
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    I thought this was the only version :O : tomservo
    • yeah, it seemed really common to me : Halen
  • I had dat. Also had the Gyromite Robo Bundle : kainen1
  • Yep, got that with my NES in 1990. It was the shit. : Jumperus
  • I never knew they actually came separately. : valael
• Yes. Bungie really owes a lot to Microsoft for picking them up when they did. : ultramega
• Sounds like Alan Wake. : chilln
• Here's another: They paid Sega teh cash monies to cancel the US release of Shenmue II on Dreamcast in : Frank_Mackey
• Tetris was originally Russian! : TwiLyght
• Way to shit all over this chatty. : voodooraze
• Non-Gaming History Lesson Your mother drank while she was pregnant with you : veras
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  So is that what WWII vets feel like when they turn on the history channel and they talk about D-Day like ... : rosewood
  • Dick day? : baronzemo78
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  Also, it was a 3rd person shooter up until that point : fishbone
  • No, articles from PC magazines in 2000 said that the game was already a hybrid of FPS and 3rd person, and... : Carnivac
• The Tandy Color Computer (Dragon 32) game "Phantom Slayer" did everything Doom did but in 1982! : afo
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  Are you new to gaming. Here is another great factoid. Wow had the most suscribers out if any mmo. : Sgt_Boomstick
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    Before WoW there existed, a then concidered, popular mmo called Everquest! : imperator
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      Immediately before EverQuest, Ultima Online had hit its peak, I believe. I think Meridian 59 was the v... : kershner25
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        MUD's predate meridian59 as the first persistent online games : brainchild420
        • Was probably a graphical thing then. I remember seeing it in an ad in PC Gamer, never played though. : kershner25
• There is no Leisure Suit Larry IV : ErneX
• Here's an interesting (and funny!) 10-minute look at Halo's evolution from some Bungie dudes: http://h.yi : mn3m0n1c
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  other history lesson: Mega Man 2 was mostly created at home by the lead dude, because MM1 tanked so hard... : barichnikov
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    And it's still one of the best Mega Man games. : Derringer
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      Pretty much tied with MM3 for the best Mega Man games of all time. : one random winner
      • Oh for sure. : Derringer
• Home video games were invented by Ralph Baer, arcade games were invented by a some potheads, and the earl... : Orange Pylon
• Never forget Marathon, never forget! : kershner25
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  The Atari 5200 console was just as powerful as the Atari 800 PC, and in fact the same games game out for ... : AxeMan808
  • God, the Atari 800 was pure sex ... : afo
• Joysticks were designed to resemble a male appendage. : coyoterys
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  Another lesson : Interstate '76 was badass. And we need a sequel. : mmogger
  • completely bad ass. never get out of the car. : cpt_gloval
  • I played the shit out of that demo. Never got the full version but I wanted it oh so badly. : focusdaily
  • I have nothing constructive for you at this time. : AxeMan808
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    What was Interstate '82 then? : Haxim
    • an abortion : cpt_gloval
    • Interstate '76 : That 70's Show Interstate '82 : That 80's Show : focusdaily
  • i was groove champion :( : snidely sid
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  I still have not played Halo because of that... and I have an xbox360 now. : Demius
  • that's foolish : derelict515
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    haha are you fucking serious? : cpt_gloval
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      yeah... there are MANY MANY games I would rather play. My backlog of games is a HUGE list... I've got thi... : Demius
      • Mass Effect was kind of lame IMO : cpt_gloval
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        a whole lot of people would say Halo. ME had some great moments but I can point out serious flaws in pret... : derelict515
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          I would talk in a strictly single player point of view, since all of my multiplayer gaming addictions are... : Demius
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            Halo is a much more solid, polished game regardless of your frame of reference. But they're like apples t... : cpt_gloval
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              my backlog is a broad range of gametypes.. im a gamer at heart, not solely an RPG gamer or FPS gamer. ... : Demius
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                Don't listen to these other guys - Mass Effect is fucking fantastic and will knock your socks off. The in... : ArcKnight
                • it just doesn't hold up to their previous games. The main story is great but all the game systems really ... : derelict515
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                the only way Mass Effect competes is if you never deviate from the main story and turn it into a 10-15 ho... : derelict515
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                  I didn't hate the side planets at all - wandering around and finding shit was pretty cool. Plus, I played... : ArcKnight
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                    I mean, the first few were ok but they get very repetitive with no real reward (save for the moon one) an... : derelict515
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                      Yeah, I realize that. I guess repetitive combat just doesn't bother me if it's pulled off well - I loved ... : ArcKnight
                      • well Prototype was fun, Assassin's Creed not so much. I don't think Prototype's combat was particularly r... : derelict515
          • I haven't played Mass Effect but play Halo coop. It is a blast. : OmegaRed59
• History Lesson #0815 Giana Sisters (C64) developed by Armin Gessert, Manfred Trenz and Chris Hülsbec... : razorblade79
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  PC: Actual Gaming History: Papyrus Racing's Indianapolis 500 had a 'feature' where the AI would not acti... : LoioshDwaggie
  • Indianapolis 500 was so fucking cool. I could never win any of the longer race modes. : Cliffzorz
• Nope, due to the fact that all PCs run nonstandard, expensive hardware. The fact that graphically the PS3... : Yanks
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  More gaming history: PC - Descent: The AI was regarded as superior to other games at the time for its si... : LoioshDwaggie
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    that game made me dizzy as fuck : cpt_gloval
    • I'm trying to think up other rare gems. I have a little neat one here: Nintendo 64 - Goldeneye Golden... : LoioshDwaggie
• And your point is? It was also an RTS at one point. Bungie also had a good chance of going under without ... : Fred Garvin
• original macworld '99 trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7-Qg7-IvGI : MrBig0
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  PS2/PC - Terminator The first urban mayhem simulator game wasn't Grand Theft Auto 3; instead, it was Ter... : LoioshDwaggie
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_video_games#The_Terminator_.28DOS.29 : LoioshDwaggie
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    Little known fact. GTA3 is actually the third game in the series. : Haku-Jin
    • Terminator came out 7 years before the first Grand Theft Auto game. I meant to say first 3d urban mayhem ... : LoioshDwaggie
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  Yup, I remember MacWorld '97, I think it was, when Bungie showed this EPIC trailer... I was so stoked. Wh... : silentw
  • the trailer at E3 2000 was pretty epic as well, none of that presentation made it into the game though. : cpt_gloval

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  that is such bullshit. they're so obviously just giving you any excuse they can think of to not fix it :... : electroly
  • You beat me to it, its a setting built into the OS! The people at that store are creeps, nobody I know... : Serpico74
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  That is what you get when you name your sales people Geniuses, and your PR reps Evangalists hahaha. : pwnjoo
  • epic pwned : FrayLo
• Sounds like apple needs more quality control on it's store staff. Might be worth complaining about that t... : terath
• That is pathetic. I would ask them to get that shortcut thing in writing, specifically so you can use it ... : Conan
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  I am so laughing out loud here. Keyboard shortcuts causing system crashes? What next, ambient humidity, p... : Fred Garvin
  • Use outside of permissible longitude/latitude coordinates. : losimagic
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  just do what 360 owners do in the end, buy another MBP. : gdestiny
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    Fuck that, it's only 6 months old. : BlackCat9
    • your right, you should probably buy 2 more that way when the next one fails you will still have one to u... : RetroRedEyeJr
• Send sjobs@apple.com that story in full. You'll get hooked up. : Yanks
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  I've read some horror stories about the "Geniuses" in America working for Apple. It seems like a really s... : Bamtan
  • it's been a mixed bag. sometimes they've given me a whole new laptop, and other times i've gotten snarky ... : manero
• if it got to that point i'd ask to see a store manager and seriously rip someone a new asshole. : manero
• I thought that the reason for buying their over priced suff was to avoid these kinds of issues. : trevis
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  This is why I haven't bought a mac yet! L@@K : not work safe
  • OH LOL META META HUMOR : boomstickah
• "I want to talk to your manager." : Arcanum
• lol, you couldn't make this shit up. : massdev
• I'll have to tell you guys what happened when I'm out of our meetings. :/ : DianeOfTheMoon
• Hope you get this resolved. It's really ridiculous. : project13
• anyone who uses dvorak deserves anything they get : boring gegtik
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  Haha a friend of mine, who is an employee at Apple HQ, just got this question on aardvark (where you ask : Ovate
  • Somebody's gotta fix this double-post bug for those of us with spastic fingers. : Ovate
  • I think a simple 'lol' would suffice here : Yanks
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  It's god punishing her for using dvorak. : SenorSpine
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    you mean dvorok. she has 'o' mapped to about 5 different keys. just incase. : thecray
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      I'd like to try this k/b setting out, when in france, i picked up the few rearranged keys rather quickly,... : packav
      • I have never attempted switching because of the intevitable productivity downtime. :( : thecray
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  So I'm just playing devil's advocate here, (and I definitely sympathise) but if they can't recreate your : etherboy
  • Except he doesn't want them to replace it, he just wants them to fix it. It doesn't sound like it's too h... : ArcKnight
  • At this point, since he has warranty coverage and this is a known issue with that hardware, the smart mov... : rosewood
• Please tell me that you called that person an idiot : rosewood
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  They will be setting as much CPU intensive shit going as possible and then leaving the laptop overnight t : peanut-
  • This. So many people think that their computer overheats/runs too hot/fans too loud, that when there actu... : opengl128
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    So they are pretty much the exact same thing as any PC tech and not some godsend of I.T. support? And ... : Derringer
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      No-one except Fred Garvin and his bizarre animosity thinks they claim to be miracle workers. They're cert... : peanut-
      • Well, everyone I know that is a Mac enthusiast thinks they are the Gods of I.T. (they say that at times a... : Derringer
      • STFU, seriously. Did I ever say that? : Fred Garvin
  • So, you have to plead your case for support? Awesome. : Fred Garvin
  • The lead guy said that they would replace the logic board if I wanted, but it would be an out-of-warranty... : DianeOfTheMoon
• Dvorok? Is this common to do? Anyone here change their keyboard layout to Dvorok? Not that I'm saying it'... : BauriceMastard
• Are there any official apps that task the GPU? : SwiftyPants

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  ArmA2. : NFXFSX
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    ArmA2 chokes my E8400 @ 3.5GHz, 4GB ram and GTX 275. Not even on max settings. : CrabsJarrard
    • damn... it doesn't look like Crysis heh : kevp
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      2 Cores are not enough for this behemoth. : one random winner
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        Roll on the era of dual cores not being enough :[ : Mr. Goodwrench
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          It had to happen eventually, they've been around for a long time as far as PC tech is concerned. : one random winner
          • yeah, I built my system 3.5 years ago (just before Oblivion) and back then it was "hrm is dual core worth... : DinK
          • Yep, I built a Phenom II x4 system recently....have never regretted the decision. : Mr. Goodwrench
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      dude, Arma2 chokes my fucking core i7 @ 4.1ghz with 6gb of RAM and a goddamned gtx 260. That game is ser... : OMGzImBurning
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        i got an i7/6gb with 4890 and it runs like butter : deviantpaul
        • uh huh, that depends on your idea of butter i would expect. : OMGzImBurning
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      E8500 stock + 4870X2 = Super smooth on very high. Maybe its related to nvidia cards? : preacher
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        ...no way dude. http://www.pcgameshardware.de/screenshots/original/2009/05/ArmaA2-GPUs-1280-max.png : OMGzImBurning
        • and that's only 3km view distance... : OMGzImBurning
      • Well shit, buddy! A 4870X2 is like two of my cards in crossfire! No fucking duh it runs smoother. : CrabsJarrard
    • Why only 3.5ghz? : Freon
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      Everyone with poor framerates: Are you running with the Fillrate Optimizer at like 200% or something? I... : Derringer
      • Err, Radeon 4870 : Derringer
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        Fillrate Optimizer? What? : ArcKnight
        • It's a video setting in Arma 2, but it's a system killer if you push it over 100% (it maxes at 200%) : Derringer
      • So, I am a liar, I never did check my fps after installing patch 1.02 and I sit at ~30fps instead of 60fp... : Derringer
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  Just a thought, he might also be interested in Full Spectrum Warrior. : Begawkiness
  • THANK YOU! I've been trying to remember the name of that game for about a month! : cyclonebee
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    That game looked so great in that dev walkthrough, then just turned out to be the opposite of fun. :/ : node
    • Shut up, it's awesome. : cyclonebee
    • The first one was pretty fucking awesome. Never played the 2nd one but I heard it wasn't quite as good. : sigpro
  • I preferred full speculum warrior : ihya
  • I loved that game. : hoov1185
• ArmA2 : I'd say build a $1,500 computer to get it up into high detail? $2k to go absolutely nuts? : proclone1
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  i7 920 (oc'd to 3.6GHz), 6gb, ati 4890 ran everything at high @ 1680x1050 without issue ~$1100 for the... : mwasher
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    it'll run it without issue, but it'll also run at ass slow speeds. Cmon now, you just listed a machine t... : OMGzImBurning
    • There are quite a few places where you can find convincing information that A2 is struggling with 2xx Nvi... : Syixxs
    • Don't know what to tell ya man. :( : mwasher
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  If he's got an older system you guys could play the original Ghost Recon together or something. I stil... : DinK
  • I always enjoy some GR : whore
• Strategy or Tactics? : capt tripps
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  tell him to stop being some mouthbreather from montana and get out on the battlefield : snidely sid
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    Present battlefields aren't filled with nifty eastern european terrain with hills and forests and small v... : bostrov
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      Overly? http://lunatic_angelic.shackspace.com/Lucke%20NatGeo.jpg >:( : Lunatic Angelic
      • I guess it's fine if you're a sniper or UAV operator. Not quite the same feel as the ArmA2 terrain though... : bostrov

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  I hate that dude and the character he plays. I just don't get it. : askedrelic
  • I'm sorry for your loss : Godhatesfatpeople
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    I've never seen the show, but it doesn't look a lot more intelligent than Larry the Cable Guy from these ... : wasylm
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      hes not. hes much more about being a hilarious arrogant asshole that you root for : spiderfill
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        i'm expected to root for that guy? : lja83
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          Well one of the first things to come to my mind in describing it is heart. The shows got heart. I found... : kgargs
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            perhaps that clip isn't indicative of his actual character then : lja83
            • This is true - give episode 1 a watch if you can. There are 6(??) episodes and only one season so it's n... : kgargs
        • at the beginning, not so much : grendel
  • HOLD ONTO YOUR DICK : D45hiz
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    Wait, I know you travel a lot. Are you American? He represents redneck South pretty well. : kgargs
    • Redneck South is the area of America I abhor and have only been to once. I guess in that light, I can und... : askedrelic
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    YOURE FUCKING OUT : siknsyko
    • IM FUCKING IN! : klearlyunseen
  • That's just wrong, man. Danny McBride is fucking awesome. One of the funniest guys in Hollywood right no... : shwortdogg
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  haha Stevie is my favorite character : Smitty
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    Best of Stevie... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOxTO0Svhcw : Smitty
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      I hope we get in a wreck. I hope we get in a motherfuckin car wreck and then we can live in Heaven : kgargs
      • pussy appointments! : Smitty
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  he's one of the best characters to come along in a long time : [fry]
  • Agreed, the fact that he goes around listening to his own autobiography is great. : dkrulz
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  Honey I love you, you are a terrific girl, but you have clothes like a fucking dickhead. : kgargs
  • haha that kills me everytime I hear it : Godhatesfatpeople
• One of the Top 5 shows on tv right now. So good. : ant_hillbilly
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  welp now I have something else I have to netflix : rgoer
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    You should not have watched this first. It's still awesome. But you should not have watched this first. : Deathlove
    • well I've watched it twice and it still cracked me the fuck up, I think I can stand watching it again on ... : rgoer
• Seven minutes is like 90% of the entire series! : Deathlove
• pretty funny... i had no idea this show existed. : jvox
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  god i love this show! : glory hole
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    also the season 1 comes out on dvd soon : glory hole
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      It came out June 30 in the US but no blu-ray version yet :( : Smitty
      • /runs to best buy : glory hole
• As a professional watcher of HBO, I can't believe I've never heard of this show before. That clip was fu... : ezanga
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  That's MY game. Dick slappin' is MY game! Also the opening of the last episode is the best payoff ever. : chrisschutz
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    too bad it was a body double :( : Smitty
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      They were still glorious, and I would like to find out who the body double was. : ant_hillbilly
      • yes, they were indeed glorious. I had to rewind and pause my DVR when it happened...haha : Smitty
• best comedy show in years, everyone needs to watch this. : klearlyunseen
• "Honey I love you. You're a terrific girl. But you have clothes like a fucking dickhead." lol! : mwasher
• I lost it when ferrell was crotch grabbing him at his dealership. that's how we do it around here : Prototype
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  He seems VERY based on Ricky from Trailer Park Boys. I do like Will Farrel in this series as Ashley the ... : stelth
  • ashley schaeffer bmw WOO! ashley schaeffer bmw WOO! : klearlyunseen
  • Here's a video of what Im talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKDbXhYQwEY : stelth