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  weird. so where did the Kids video with the dancing painted people come from? : Perturbation
  • This guy made it for fun: http://www.itsjonsalmon.com/ : FirstPersonCooter
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  i cant stand that fucking song anymore, I think I heard it one too many times in the past few months : opengl128
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    i want to break their legs for making electric feel, worst song ever : Dravenport
    • honestly i like that song compared to kids : opengl128
• You are late sir, PassionPit is this years hotness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp1Dk7nzs7M : Iwannaacura
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  They honestly should've made the fan made video the officlal one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIEOZCca... : Skoal^Fyfan
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    cant really do that after the fact though, unless they reshot it, but atleast that guy got to be apart of... : Iwannaacura
    • bullshit can't do that after the fact. the "band" can just be cool and talk to the creators and ask them ... : Skoal^Fyfan
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    Yeah, it's 100% better. Although the guy's peeling face paint irritates me, for some reason. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • Yeah, that bugged me too, until I realized that it's his goatee that they just painted over -- and then c... : Kniggit
• That video sucked. : soggybagel
• shittiest song ever. : MrBig0
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  That was a terrible video. wtf. : Ctrl-Phreak
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    seriously? what was so terrible about it, I thought it was pretty cool. : datoo
    • Yeah, I thought it was alright too. I like this song and video more though. http://www.youtube.com/wa... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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  I am so pissed off at that video. Tormenting a kid for the sake of some asswipe flash-in-the-pan music g... : deathofrats
  • I am still trying to decide if this a utopia post or not : anhero
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  two minutes in and jesus christ who thought this was a good idea? : xsoulbrothax
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    oh hey the mom's pretty hot : xsoulbrothax
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      ok. here's a blow by blow TLDR of the video: 0:00-1:00 = mark twain + explosions Xtreme 1:00-2:00 = w : xsoulbrothax
      • what did they do to the kid? Can't watch at work. : Old_Fart
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  i dug the song on "that's it, that's all" but as soon as i started hearing it on the radio, it got old. : d0pamine
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    I think its a good song and it fit well in "That's It, That's All." : soggybagel
    • i agree. it was great in the film. im just tired of hearing it. : d0pamine
• That song always makes me want to play some FIFA. : SockMonkeh
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  That "music" is terrible : / : phreakin911
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    I've always been confused by that song's popularity. It just seems so bland and plodding. : Felraiser
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      I'm going to have to break the news to you. There is a lot of music out that there you won't like and ye... : soggybagel
      • Yeah, I'm aware of that. But it's a very, very popular song, from a sort of genre area that I like, so it... : Felraiser
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  I have always felt this way about MGMT... This band fucking sucks. There are a few folks at work who play... : ghostnote
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    I love AIR and FL and BMSR, but they aren't even going for the same thing. : anhero
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      If you can describe just exactly what any of these groups are going for I'd love to hear it. Oh yeah, and... : ghostnote
      • I meant none of the bands have the same sound. Are you retarded? : anhero
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  This video is not available in your country due to copyright restrictions. Am I missing anything? : bigexplosions
  • Just a load of infuriating shit. So no. : ghostnote
• Youtube has pre-video ads now? : phobium
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  A Friedrich Nietzsche (mis)quote attributed to Mark Twain? ┌─┐ ┴─┴ ಠ_ರೃ Mono... : jasoncrowley
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    Edison and Tesla touched balls no joke! : ghostnote
    • EAT COSBY! http://drecosby.ytmnd.com/ : jasoncrowley
• I like the song, and I like the video, so there : fishbone
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  kid is a method actor : drucifer
  • hope so :( : ghostnote
• Man, that song sucks. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Based on the above comments, I think I'll purposely not click on the link cos I link MGMT and "Kids" is m... : TwiLyght

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  Is there metal braids showing? : pancake humper
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    i dont think so, you can see the wear bars like the tread is a couple mm below the wear bars but i dont t... : arizona bay
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      wear bars? never heard that term before. What do you mean? : pancake humper
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        Have you uhh ever checked tires? http://www.super-cheap-auto-insurance.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/... : Yanks
        • No, I've never checked tires before. I had no idea what they were called, big deal. : pancake humper
      • On Toyo T1R's at least, they have these rubber bars that run perpendicular to the tread to tell you when ... : arizona bay
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  you are good to go, just keep the stuntin' to a minimum and drive like your grandma in the rain : Patch-e
  • Even in normal driving I'd be be worried about them over heating and blowing out in Arizona. : JT
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  Sorry brah, I would say you got 211 miles, tops, b4 the whole thing goes up in flames. Get some tire juic... : theghostofsmdever
  • hahahaha : MagicWishMonkey
• Bad idea. Depending on how much tread is left, you may be doing something illegal. Also, pray it wont ... : evildanish
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  Terrible idea. Get them changed out. : Modica Sol Solis
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    Don't have time until after I come back. : arizona bay
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      Dude, it takes all of a couple hours to get your tires changed. You have that time RIGHT NOW unless you'r... : Modica Sol Solis
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        Yea, go to SAMS, they will do that shit in less than an hour and it will be cheaper than the other tire p... : MagicWishMonkey
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          No, az bay is right. It can be very difficult to take a car like his anywhere and have them actually have... : Patch-e
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            It is when your tires are bald and showing, fuck being picky at that point. : Modica Sol Solis
            • It has nothing to do with being picky, at all. : pancake humper
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              you can't be picky about tire sizes. they have to be the correct size, and when you have larger-than-stan... : zerog83
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                I wasn't referring to being picky about the size, just the actual brand of tire, as I know some peoeple g... : Modica Sol Solis
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                  Yeah I'm not about to drop $500 on tires which are the wrong size and not the brand I'm looking for. Sor... : arizona bay
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                    Well now that you said it wasn't that dire, then cool beans. But yeah, mine were bald. Drove through a su... : Modica Sol Solis
                    • Yeah I can certainly understand that. My tires were never completely bald, don't really know why I put t... : arizona bay
                • it's not even about being picky about the brand, it's the fact that most places don't stock a lot perform... : Patch-e
            • What do you mean by "bald and showing" exactly? It sounds like they still have tread, just very little. ... : DinK
          • That's true, I forget that some people care about the particular type of tires that go on their cars : MagicWishMonkey
      • I know, right? Even Sam's Club can change your tires in like 45 minutes. : suqur
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        Okay here's my situation. They aren't normal tires so I need to get them online, unless any local place ... : arizona bay
        • You could always see if your local shop would price match tirerack for you. I just got new tires for my ... : DinK
        • Tirerack.com shipped my tires over in 1 day. : CrustaR
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    i have a feeling you wouldn't follow your own advice :P : xxiv
    • No, I don't fuck around with car stuff. Having been in several close calls does that to you. : Modica Sol Solis
• you'll be fine. i'd stop every 100 miles or whatever though just to make sure they're not wearing through... : xxiv
• pump them up to 45 psi : g0nk
• You'll be ok, just don't go acceleratin around them tharr corners with TC off. Bald tires are ok. Just... : boomstickah
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  If your tires actually have tread all the way across them, you'll be completely fine driving on them in d... : DinK
  • Actually I just went out to check them, situation isn't as dire as I thought. For some reason yesterday ... : arizona bay
• check your spare, bring an air compressor and a patch kit, and fucking DRIVE : packav

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  Wait what? Ammunition? What the fuck america? : avatar_58
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    what is the confusion? you buy ammunition for your firearms. obviously that woman is fucking nuts, of co... : EvilDolemite
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      So.....you can buy guns at your local walmart or what? : avatar_58
      • Yes. Most of them, anyway. Rifles and shotguns only though - I don't think I've ever seen a Wal-mart carr... : ArcKnight
      • Yes you can. : ConfusedUs
      • Not my local one, but you could in Missouri. Hell I'm pretty sure they sold fireworks there. : AgentPothead
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        "hunting" weaponry basically. shotguns and semi-automatic rifles i believe. : EvilDolemite
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          semi-automatic bolt action. You aren't going to find AR-15's or AK-47's there. I think the only semi-auto... : ArcKnight
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            i thought ar-15s and ak's can fire continuously if you hold the trigger? i know not much about guns thoug... : EvilDolemite
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              You have your definitions right, but you have to have a special license to sell (or own) automatic weapon... : ArcKnight
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                interesting. so what do you call like a .22 or a .308 or whatever? : EvilDolemite
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                  Depends on whether they're bolt action or semi automatic. I don't know of any .308 semi-automatics that W... : ArcKnight
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                    when i hear bolt-action i always think of a kar98 or something but i'd imagine tech is much more sophisti... : EvilDolemite
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                      Not really. Bolt action technology is pretty much reached it's peak. : trove
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                        so now that i think about it the legendary m1 garand was kind of the first semi-auto rifle right? no bolt... : EvilDolemite
                        • I don't know if it was the first, but it was semi-auto. : trove
                        • No sir. The first semi-auto rifle was unveiled before the turn of the century - Mannlicher IIRC. The Gara... : ArcKnight
                    • Other than better extraction techniques for the round, the basic principle is the same. Hell, one of t... : ArcKnight
                    • The Kar98 is still considered a fine example of a bolt action rifle, and though many consider them as ant... : deject
                • Technically, that's a reference to the diameter of the bullet or round. Doesn't have anything to do with... : trove
                • Those are short hand names for a ammo's caliber. .22 means it's .22 of an inch if an inch is 1.0. 50 C... : Sailor of Fortune
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              The military and cops can get full auto rifles, but ordinary citizens can only buy semi-auto. IIRC this ... : Liquid
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                Wrong. You just have to jump through some hoops and pay a fee, along with a $200 transfer fee for every i... : ArcKnight
                • jimmy_buffet can give you all the details, as he's been through the process and has posted about it multi... : ArcKnight
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              AR-15s are not fully automatic by definition, and in fact as they are very popular in the civilian market... : deject
              • The semi-auto AK is typically known as a WASR : h0cake
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              Semi-Automatic is where one shot and the weapon will cycle completely to prep the next shot after the spe... : Sailor of Fortune
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                That safety on the back is the only reason I don't have a Springfield XDM .40. Otherwise that's a fine pi... : ArcKnight
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                  The only way a Springfield XD or XDm is going to shoot is if you deliberately pull the trigger with a fir... : deject
                  • Yeah, but the grip safety was just annoying. Having something pressed into the web my of thumb like that ... : ArcKnight
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                    I find it funny a lot of people don't know the XD is a licensed design from like Croatia or something. I ... : Sailor of Fortune
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                      How many semi-auto pistols are 'all-american' besides the 1911? I don't think there's very many. : ArcKnight
                      • Seriously. My S&W SW99 is a licensed version of the Walther P99 and My Sig P226 is from Switzerland/Germa... : Sailor of Fortune
      • Some counties bar Walmarts from selling guns or even ammo. Like the one I live in and many of the surroun... : Sailor of Fortune
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        You can buy ammo at canadian walmarts as well. Good prices. : stump
        • I bought my plasma rifle there. : Fred Garvin
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    It's an American trait to flip the fuck out over irrelevant shit. I saw a guy rage at a cashier because s... : ArcKnight
    • I don't get why so many people try to use coupons that they know are expired. Do they think it's only a s... : sanchez
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    Yeah, and assholes complain more about the violent video games they sell than the guns. Go figure. : ThomW
    • Not that I agree with the stance, but those are two seperate things. Guns are not sold to children. : ArcKnight
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  I'm more confused about her getting a refund. I thought all ammo sales were non-refundable. : ArcKnight
  • Bitch and moan enough and they'll process a refund to get you out of the store. : sanchez
  • Argue enough and the customer is always right. : Sailor of Fortune
  • See above. You can return an empty bag of apples if you bitch enough and get the right manager. : the_burd
• This is still won't deter americans from shopping at walmart. : skitzo
• half the nation shops at walmart..there's bound to be some weirdos : fathertime
• Walmarts in California don't sell ammunition anymore =( Also, Walmarts are from the debul : sesmaster
• oh you crazy walmart shoppers! you can buy your meds there too at the pharmacy! : i poop from there
• [HONEY BUNNY] I love you, Pumpkin. [PUMPKIN] I love you, Honey Bunny. [PUMPKIN] Everybody be co : BauriceMastard

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  Don't fire 'till you see the white of their eyes! : heff
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    zulu right? : peat
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_bunker_hill#.22The_whites_of_their_eyes.22 : jimmy_legs
• I found the cockpit view makes flying 10 times easier and shooting down the bombers is fun too. I never t... : niceguynick
• remember that people can still see you on their HUD if theve spotted you even if you dart back into cover... : Excacheon
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  I dont think everyone knows you can shoot down the bombers either. I got them down to one bomber tonight.... : Rauol Duke
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    Also, if the enemy has just done a bombing run, a couple of seconds after the bombs hit, the player will ... : riptyde
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      If I know they're there I'll stick dynamite to the walls outside the door. : Rauol Duke
      • surprise! : riptyde
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    I am so fucking bad at sniping. Do people generally go for headshots or a more reliable center mass shot? : NastyJack
    • Center mass won't kill them unless they've taken other hits, so they'll just dart back behind cover until... : Haxim
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      Head shots usually, otherwise you have to pop them twice pretty quickly. The best cover for a sniper is a... : Rauol Duke
      • My E key is on strike it seems. >:( : Rauol Duke
  • infantry rockets are not useless against players, just not a smart thing to use when going up against ano... : -=kodiak=-
  • I fucking own that lighthouse. I will pair up with one of my buddies in a squad and we both take one side... : maulla
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  If you have a well coordinated group, between planes and AA you can pretty easily destroy all three bombe... : riptyde
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    Where do those bombers come from anyway? I noticed the other day it said some shit about bombers were com... : MagicWishMonkey
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      The bunkers with the small dishes on top. Not the big giant antenna ones. : Rauol Duke
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        If a bombing run is available, you'll see an icon on the mini map that looks like 3 tiny bombers : riptyde
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          Oh sweet, I had no idea. So you just go there and stand next to something for a few seconds to trigger th... : MagicWishMonkey
          • The bombing run happens at regular intervals. I'm not sure exactly how long apart they are but I'd guess ... : NastyJack
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            If it's available you run up to the door on the small bunker and press B. Then it flips you to a chase ca... : Haxim
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              Hmmm, that sounds awesome : MagicWishMonkey
              • You can put a hurting on people with it. It's not enough to control a map, but it can clear out a base t... : riptyde
              • I think you can practice with it in the tutorial as well. : Haxim
• Don't try and kill infantry with tank shells. It's far more effective to use the machine gun. : riptyde
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  if there's a bunch of noobs running around on your team taking the vehicles and accomplishing nothing, d... : thebigbeefsandwich
  • yea when that happens I just pick a class I want to play and just try to learn little tips, find hiding ... : jonin
  • Very good advice actually. : NastyJack
• If you're going to masturbate while playing, shut your mic off or go solo. : JasonReece
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  i'd like to see a BF:Vietnam rerelease :-( : packav
  • me too : riptyde
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    Fuckin' A. My favorite game in the series. This new engine would suit it perfectly. : NastyJack
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      destructible environments + BF:V jungle setting would be total sex. It'd be like that scene from Predato... : riptyde
      • yeah, most of the foliage wouldn't last that long with frostbite. :D glorious. : xsoulbrothax
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    for PC too. updated to the frostbite engine. helicopters must have same flight mechanic as the original : hirez
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      YESYESYES! the choppers were the funnest vehicles to control EVER in a game for me, kinda tricky but once... : shackwack
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        kinda like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Dp96wqvMs : shackwack
        • Ah the good old days. Also fun: Using the Chinook to pick up a bunch of people and a tank and droppin... : riptyde
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    Did it sell well enough to justify a remake? : Wisp!
    • I'm sure sales were pretty good, but there was a ton of backlash for the first couple releases/patches un... : Halen
  • if it releases with M60 & LAW being separate it'll be a good release : RikiTiki2
  • I also hope they release BF:'NAM mods for this. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I would love that. I always enjoyed Vietnam over 1942 and BF2 because infantry were more relevant. I love... : maulla
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  I have one more tip for EA. Fix the goddam hardlocks. Four times in one night is brutal. Especially when ... : NastyJack
  • Hear hear! : heff
  • They're working on it. Apparently they figure it's caused by packetloss and they're fixing it serverside. : Haxim
  • I didn't have any yesterday in 4 hours of play. Not nearly as bad as during the weekend. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I find when I join a squad with people I don't know and they are newbs, I end up dying more frequently in... : at0micgarden
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  Reloading tips: If you switch a weapon while the reload animation is still going, the reload is cancel... : Xevo
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    That's not true, the rifle does reload if you switch weapons. You do not cancel it but it might take a bi... : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • It definitely dosen't, dude. The only stuff that reloads and lets you switch weapons is the explosive amm... : Xevo
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  So, is this $15 well spent? I'm still on the fence. : FirstPersonCooter
  • Definitely. : joesnizzle
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    I'll probably get it when it comes out for PC : thejay247
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      is it coming for pc? : filthysock
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        I don't think so, no, they've got Battlefield Heroes on the PC. : SpaecKow
        • http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=1131 Yeah it is. It's not out now because they wanted to... : pyide
        • They must not have any faith in Battlefield Heroes because Bad Company 2 will get a PC release this time ... : pyide
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          thats a different target audience : Maarten Goldstein
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            That seems to be mainly in the sense of business model and platform as far as I can see. Both games are a... : SpaecKow
            • Not really, Bad Company is a full retail game where Heroes is free and simplified. : at0micgarden
      • Yeah, september. : Nitrium
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  Anyone playing right now? I tried adding you guys but have a lot still pending. GamerTag: BaShildi . ... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
  • Bold and I had a good hour and a half of squad battling. Playing with the shack again makes me regret pl... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
• Shoot stuff and don't get shot. That is pretty much how ive been playing :) : Drewus
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  Delete your save on the PS3 and your demo expiration is reset to 30 mins. I can live with Wake Island onl... : pyide
  • Hey, thanks! : kagath
• Don't focus too much on planes (or shooting them down) if you want your team to win: they are a ton of f... : johnwissinger
• I've been debating on getting this lately. A guy at work has a PS3 also and wants me to get it but I shou... : kagath

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  there are about ten games coming out a week right now! http://www.gamespot.com/newthisweek.html abo... : EvilDolemite
  • Only SOMI and Officers for PC, neither of which I can really get excited about :( : Gore87
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  Re-play Warcraft 3, it still stands up. : abrasion
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    I used to have alot of fun with the TD mods. : Gore87
    • I just realised I never finished TFT, I had no idea but I must've got half way through and quit! ... I am... : abrasion
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    the single is pretty good but jesus the multi is so awful : veras
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      It's probably best for the internet if you just stop posting. : abrasion
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        what? its widely held that the war3 multi is weak and dimensionless compared to say, SC : veras
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          oops a bit too strongly worded - at least I'm under the impression it's widely held that is if you like i... : veras
          • Yeah that is not widely held. Warcraft 3 has great multiplayer. : datoo
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            Warcraft 3 has some of the best multiplayer you can get, SC caters to the crowd who want to build 19 barr... : abrasion
            • I loved wc3 multi, it was just too darn competitive around level 10. I used to love getting meat wagons w... : Smellsy
            • i agree wholeheartedly, although i think your examples are a bit too short-sighted. Its not good because ... : barichnikov
  • But it pees sitting down..... : CrabsJarrard
  • On two seperate occassions over the years I have tried to play through WC3 SP, and both times I've lost i... : maddy
  • Multiplayer, definitely. But I tried to replay the singleplayer a while ago and holy shit - the laughably... : Arceihn
  • I want to play Diablo 2 again but I simply have no time :( : h0cake
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  Get Call of Juarez if you haven't played it already : kill9
  • Played both last week and they were actually pretty fun. : Gore87
• Get Dawn of War 2, the multi is really damn fun after the recent patch. : Arctic Fox
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  Nobody else actually feels depressed without a game to get excited about? Ugg, it may be time to see the ... : Gore87
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    Not depressed, too busy playing Dawn of War :P : Arctic Fox
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      I love when a game does that for me, sadly I'm not a really big fan of rts games. : Gore87
      • Well, the single player is more of an action RPG. Multiplayer is more traditional RTS though without base... : Wisp!
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    no, there are so many great games i haven't played, and so many classics i've missed, and so many coming ... : EvilDolemite
    • I have no life so I've already played pretty much every game I have to death. To give you an example of h... : Gore87
  • nope sorry... too busy to play all my games so pretty much always have a stack of games to play. : Shadowdane
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  Wait, what? Normally yeah, but this summer has been dense so far. HoN Beta, Trine, Monkey Island Episodes... : zakazi
  • Loved Trine, but dont care for HoN or console shooters, so basically theres nothing until HOI3. : Gore87
  • Oh and I might get ToMI just becuase I loved the Sam and Max episodes. : Gore87
• Nope. I have a backlog miles long. : delataur
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  not atm. i lost my 40+ hours of Fo3 so i go tthat to replay. plus i got The Witcher off Steam a couple ... : i poop from there
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    To get to play both the witcher and mass effect for the first time is like having a gaming orgasm. : Gore87
    • good, cuz im unemployed atm (fuck you GM) and i needed a good SP to play. Shackers said it was work the ... : i poop from there
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  Yes, I am bored out of my mind. It pains me to think the next game I plan on buying isn't out until the e... : theangrywaffles
  • That is very sad :( : Koral06
  • are you looking for a job? : OrkO
  • Get a job, dude, for your own sake :( : nomaad
  • I bought Red Faction over the weekend. It's a lot of fun. : mmt681
• Coincidentally I've been feeling an urge to reinstall and play through warcraft iii again. That and I... : doozer667
• the witcher is GREAT : GBeer11
• Download the Age of Conan trial. It's a good game now and I subbed, join up on Tyranny (roll as necro or... : bipolar
• I just picked up Fallout 3 again to go through the DLC. Having a blast so far : melkore
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  I always get depressed at 9 months after the last FIFA release. The new one cant' come soon enuff. : Skoal^Fyfan
  • Especially with transfer season in full swing :( : dissembler
  • Same here, I can't wait for Fifa 2010. : Bamii
• I have so many games I can play now it's ridiculous. Assassin's Creed Far Cry 2 The Witcher Civ 4 +... : deject
• when that happens i just reintsall diablo 2 :( : ninjase
• BF1943 my good man! : shackwack
• I finally got around to playing dark messiah of might and magic for the first time. Only took 2 days to b... : boarder2
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  There's always WoW. : electroly
  • Except right now, goddamnit. Fucking maintenance. : Modica Sol Solis
• No. Now I can finally fucking play these tons of games I have! : SockMonkeh
• Nope. I have a crazy backlog, especially thanks to WoW. :/ : node
• No. Without the down time in the summer, the back log of unfinished games would really depress me. So I... : IHATEDUST
• Not really. I have like 20 games to play that I haven't touched yet if not more. : razlebol
• yes there is nothing to play right now. i can feel the freshness from HoN slipping away slowly. need natu... : DrFlammable
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  No, I get depressed when my backlog grows. : dael
  • haha, this, I have more games than time playing them : OrkO
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  Did you play SF4, Anno 1404, Tales of Monkey Island, Trine, COJ2, Ceville, Blood Bowl, Arma2, Overlord 2 ... : guigr
  • Red Faction Gurilla! I'll be upset if such a great game is ignored by people. : cdbeckman
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    Is anno worth $50? Should I just wait? : JohnnyRey
    • I just began playing but it seems promising. : guigr
• No way, gives me time to catch up on things. : lplasmatron
• i just nabbed bf43 and red faction after completing the awesomeness that was ghost busters. tales of mon... : dantastic
• This is the first summer in a couple years where I haven't been bored out of my mind waiting for new rele... : Begawkiness
• That's when I usually work on my backlog or hit the indie games on steam. : ZombieAcademy

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• Dear lord, $26,760 raised so far. : MercFox1
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  Man, why are all the off camera people standing next to the mic? All you hear is buddy's wife, a baby, an... : JarEme
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    A bunch of them are getting ready to leave for the night. It only gets like that during shift changes. : SolrFlare
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      whaaaaaaat? There are shift changes? This ain't no marathon! : Cihte
      • Well, only 3 guys are actually playing. They cycle between them. The other people cycle in and out to s... : SolrFlare
      • They do shift changes (max every 4hrs) durring the 24 hours of Lemans, this is fair. : bld
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  I've never played MS (MARIO SUNSHINE FUCK) but that looks like a lot of fun! : focusdaily
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    It's fun but there are pacing issues. Basically it's very open worlded and a lot of time is just spent w... : SolrFlare
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      I had the closest thing to a religious experience when, for about a month, I came home from the bars aft... : focusdaily
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        Oh I love Galaxy but Sunshine throws me off. What they did in Galaxy was up the speed and pacing, made e... : SolrFlare
        • Yeah there really was incentive to progress and see what cool new environment you'd go to next. So fun. : focusdaily
        • Sunshine was the first Mario game I played that left me overwhelmed with what I was supposed to do at cer... : bld
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        you did this on a regular basis for a month? that's a lot of MDMA :D : mwasher
        • Yeah pretty lengthy kick of it. maybe once or twice a week. Haven't touched it in months since. : focusdaily
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  They just broke $27,000 and will be doing the Mario Dance shortly! : TroZ
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    man, i feel sorry for these guys...this only reminds me of how awfully tedious Mario Sunshine was.. I do... : deathofrats
    • But they're doing this so that no child has to endure it. At least, I think that's what this is for. : BlackCat9
  • Here is the dance. They are definitely delirious at this point lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j... : SolrFlare
• They are past 87 hours and have the blue coins and and 1 other Shine left before 100%ing Sunshine. : TroZ
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  Haha, they are getting a bit touchy, one of the guys just got a little snappy with the chick after he sai... : cyclonebee
  • haha yeah, the one they're working on looks crazy hard to complete. I'm starting to feel bad for them. : jojomcbobo
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  Starting to reach the breakdown point now. They had to force Brian one of the players to go take a nap s... : SolrFlare
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    This guy is just terrible at jumping, which is really really bad when you're playing a Mario game. : cyclonebee
    • I honestly think he is purposfully not trying very hard so he can buy his friend more sleep time while ke... : SolrFlare
• OH SHI, they're out of coffee!! : jojomcbobo
• These guys are going to dream in Mario worlds for weeks. : cyclonebee
• god, that leaf ride level he's doing now would make me ragequit : bad_fish
• jesus fuck. I can't imagine the insomnia of my brain in mario world continously after all this bullshit. : Skoal^Fyfan
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  lol someone just dropped ass : delataur
  • yea the dog : sleepyvt
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  Jesus, how are they still awake? I've only stayed awake for 24 hours a handful of times and it made me pr... : systatic
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    Actually, it was more than 24... more like 35 of 40, but still. 88 is insane. : systatic
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      They took shifts between 3 guys with one playing, one support, and one sleeping. But, because of people ... : SolrFlare
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        Wow. I'd be ready to kill people at that point. : Serpico74
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          Sunshine has taken them forever to 100%, I was watching when I got to work this morning at 9am and it's a... : mikecyb
          • Its 2:36am PST and they are still struggling to find those "purple coins" sleep deprivation ftw. : IHATEDUST
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    I did 96 hrs non-stop in University. Tuesday -> Friday ....and got wasted Friday night and then passed ou... : Skoal^Fyfan
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      i find that hard to believe. : xxiv
      • Not that hard. I stayed up for 70 hours straight and beat Xenogears in one sitting. Not that difficult. S... : Modica Sol Solis
• oh shit, i remember that area.. it was a pain in the ass. : dopeman
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  They just broke 89 hours - they are at 103 Blue coins out of 240, only the 24 blue coin stars left (you c... : TroZ
  • 117 now. God that looks so fucking boring. Sunshine can be so boring. : IHATEDUST
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    i don't get your math...103 plus 24 is 127...not 240... : deathofrats
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      10 coins per star. 24 stars. 240 coins. : IHATEDUST
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        ah now i see.. man who thought that would make for a fun game mechanic. that's worse than 'fishing for ... : deathofrats
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          This game is killing me and i've only been watching for a few minutes...fuck. Sunshine...I'd play any ot : IHATEDUST
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            i think they said they were ending it at 90 hours. Good for them.. : deathofrats
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              They just hit 90, but they are too tired to realize it. : IHATEDUST
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                well now i think they are actually going to take a stab at finishing..they are at 105 coins left.. : deathofrats
                • Real American Heroes. : IHATEDUST
            • the donation icon says "ends july 15th." so 20 more hours now. : anhero
        • yeah but the difference is collecting all these coins is optional you can still beat the game with way le... : datoo
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  erm... did he even get that last blue coin under the umbrella? it looked like he got something else isnte... : technotica
  • ... id die if they got stuck at 239 coins... : technotica
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  92hrs $28k. one man. LUIGI dance. : IHATEDUST
  • haha wow : DrFlammable
  • 95 hours, $28.4k, 12 coins left. These guys are machines. : IHATEDUST
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  $20 donated. : chazums
  • ditto : ZeroSignal
• OH man, the blue coins :) : LoioshDwaggie
• 3 blue coins left : DrFlammable
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  they found them all : DrFlammable
  • Good lord. : MercFox1
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  the got all the shines! - fighting the final boos now I think : TroZ
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    ^^ They're nearly done : chazums
    • It's over, 100% Mario Sunshine. : metalremains
• Is it over? I'm not seeing any more feed. : kagath

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  I should mention if it is not already obvious... Money is a concearn. The original usb wired 360 controll... : ghostnote
  • Ah, my post was too late. Yeah, a 360 controller will be recognized with no problem in Windows, plug and ... : Serpico74
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  Is a USB fighting stick an option for you? A 360 controller will work, but if you can swing the space and... : Serpico74
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    Can you recommend a good one at a decent price? : ghostnote
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      They seem to be much more expensive and limited to this game only... that is how tried to frame my post..... : ghostnote
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        Most games on the PC either use mouse and keyboard or a gamepad, I can't think of too many that use a joy... : Serpico74
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          Yeah that is pretty much the conclusion i have come too. Can I ask have you played the game with a 360 co... : ghostnote
          • I tried it on my 360 with the controller and just couldn't get used to it. D-pad was terrible and with th... : Prozium
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            I have played it with a standard controller, yes I play better with a stick. This is what I have: http://... : Serpico74
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              PS - Thanks to this thread I bought the game on Steam so I can play it in my home office if I feel like, ... : Serpico74
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                I wish I had your cashflow lol! Thanks for the advice! : ghostnote
                • No problem. You'll be set with a 360 gamepad whether it is by Microsoft or Madcatz, just simple plug & pl... : Serpico74
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              don't forget that fightsticks are great for classic arcade games or SHMUPS on MAME, XBLA, or PSN. : Prozium
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                Yeah, only other game I've played with it is Ikaruga. I should use it more often. : Serpico74
                • I know it'll get plenty of use once Marvel Vs Capcom 2 is released. I also just remembered that I have th... : Prozium
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  I bought a 360 controller so I could play it on steam. It's awesome. : Sink the Pink
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    Cool, thanks. What did you assign to the shoulder buttons? : ghostnote
    • SFIV is a GFW title so it'll auto-assign buttons to the 360 controller just as if you were playing on a 3... : Prozium
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      before I bought my stick (if you get into this game you will WANT a stick bad) X was lp Y fp A lk B fk t : shackwack
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        Fuck this game really seems worth dropping some money on... I just don't have it now... :( : ghostnote
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          Just get a 360 wired gamepad for cheap right now (you'll always be able to use it for tons of Windows gam... : Serpico74
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            I think you nailed it for me... thanks Serp. ! : ghostnote
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              No problem. In the future go for one of the Hori sticks I linked (the EX2 at $60 is pretty nice), put an : Serpico74
              • Metal slug would be awesome right now.. I will look into that, : ghostnote
    • All 3 punches go to RB. RT is all 3 kicks. LB I turned off because I use the analog stick and I found my ... : Sink the Pink
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  If you are going for a gamepad I'd suggest anything except a 360 pad. The d-pad is universally known to b... : pyide
  • Missed out on this completely, thanks for the heads up though. : ghostnote
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  Got this: http://www.amazon.com/Street-Fighter-FightStick-Tournament-Playstation-3/dp/B001M22WN8 Expensi... : spectr3
  • I can't afford that but thank you! : ghostnote
• This is my updated stick before http://lacker.org/images/fitjoy1.jpg after http://lacker.org/imag... : lacker
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  Fun with the PC version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xz702-M8M4 : razlebol
  • hahaah, that is ridiculous : pyide
  • That is hilarious. : h0cake
  • wow lol : eeeealmo
  • That's pretty goddamn funny : AroundTheFur1380
• I just got this on steam as well. I grabbed a couple logitech controlers they just felt right in my hands... : RogerDandy

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  I'm excited for it. It looks fun. : thrallie200
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    It looks fun? There hasn't been any gameplay details, gameplay videos, or anything to give any impressio... : manlyman
    • It's not like this is uncommon with a lot of other games. I'd say the worst is when a game announcement i... : Sailor of Fortune
    • What I've seen so far looks superb, and id has not let us down yet. But I agree with your post overall, ... : dognose
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      Uh, whatever. It just seems like it would be a fun movie. : thrallie200
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        er, game. : thrallie200
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          I've had too much. : thrallie200
          • green tea??? : gmd
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  the whole racing thing has me kinda barf. report back. maybe ill change my mind. : i poop from there
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    they didnt they say it was a shooter first and a racer second? : eeeealmo
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      yeah it is. but when i think id a racing element just doesnt jive with me :/ im sure ill still like the... : i poop from there
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        One of the greatest games ever, Carmageddon, was a racer. : dognose
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          im a huge Twisted Metal fan. never played Carmageddon. should i be ashamed? : i poop from there
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            No, you should fix that. Got a legacy Win98 machine with Voodoo card in? : dognose
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              hehe. no. i r the suck. : i poop from there
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                Get one. I doubt you;ll see it on gog.com any time soon since I understand Carmageddon doesn't play well... : dognose
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                  ill do my best. : i poop from there
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                    You need one for Blood 1 anyway. : dognose
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                      ok, what am i missing here with this reply.....please tell me : i poop from there
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                        You can't get Blood via gog.com or Steam or anything. You want to run it in pure DOS. : dognose
                        • DOS is like so 94 : i poop from there
                    • Loved Blood 1, but there's still a soft spot in my heart from the first time I fired up the Blood 2 demo.... : CrabsJarrard
                • I'm now pissed I threw out my Voodoo 2 12MB. A dedicated Carma box is just what the doctor ordered. : CrabsJarrard
      • remember swoop racing in KOTOR? : sparkly
      • Freelancer had one racing thing in it and it was easy. : Sailor of Fortune
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    Every first person shooter has a shitty vehicle sequence anyway. Maybe this will be the one that actually... : FlatlineDixay
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      I like the vehicles in the Halo series. : Dave-A
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        The warthog controls still annoy me to no end. I can drive one, but the controls are fucking wrong. : Turd Ferguson
        • Took me a while to get used to, because instead of using standard vehicle controls they use the standard ... : Dave-A
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  I think you'll like it. : lplasmatron
  • If I can bind mouse to movement, we will find out. : dognose
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    thread hijack: lplasmatron is there any chance we can get a pair of binoculars in Mothership Zeta? seems... : grendel
    • A little late for that I think. I did try to get it into Point Lookout, but we only had so much of an art... : lplasmatron
  • please tell me you've seen it. if so, i'd like to subscribe to your newsletter : Yanks
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  we need doom 4 info, now. : gmd
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    It involves hell. FYI. : lplasmatron
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      I heard it actually takes place in heaven, that is the twist : gmd
      • at the end you have to shoot jesus in the face with rockets. it's rated E for Everybody : dirge23
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      And it is supposed to have swarms of enemies like a Doom game should : Serpico74
      • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
  • The cake turns out to be a lie : _jon
  • It looks better than Crysis 2 : locater16
  • It will have 4 player coop on the same keyboard. : Sailor of Fortune
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    The monster closets have gotten a Martha Stewart makeover. : quadeh
    • id hired a closet consultant : filthysock
    • and they're in cars! : freqq28
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  fallout with cars : filthysock
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    oblivion with fallout : yosemiteclimber
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      Sandwich with the meat falling out : Sink the Pink
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        Jeans with the meat falling out : Ride-My-Rocket
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          $500 Jeans with a tip falling out : marmite
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            jorts : _jon
            • mini-jorts : one random winner
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    Fallout with cards sounds fine to me. My only fear is that I'll be post-apoc'd out. Not sure if I'll be ... : steauengeglase
    • Grrr, cars not cards. : steauengeglase
  • Sold : tomservo
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  Dognose you should be excited for Rapstar too : mr.sleepy
  • Oh I am Sir, i am. I want to hear your "stole my dog" song on it. Check your SM's, I am hungry. : dognose
• I'm already going to buy it, I just want to know if there will be an 8 player death race mode with splits... : locater16
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  I am excited for Borderlands, you should be too! : pyide
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    Yes! It is our Responsibility as Comrades of the Shacknews Community to offer nothing less than our full... : Rotten Deadite
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      Yeah, and it's coming out in a few months! Not end of next year or whatever like Rage! :P : SpaecKow
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        i heard we'd all be getting beta keys for it!!! : Dave-A
        • and key chains! : qu1nton
• It's hard to be excited by ID's new games for me. : guigr

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  I'd say Wolfenstein 3D, which would have made me 11 or 12. At 29, I can honestly say that I've never kill... : tomservo
  • Same, in 8th grade if I recall. It never really sated my desire to kill German Shepherds. : steauengeglase
  • Wolf3d for me as well. I must've been 9 or 10. : h0cake
  • Same I think, though I'm trying to remember which I played first - Wolfenstein 3D or Robocop vs. Terminat... : Begawkiness
• duck hunt :[ : drucifer
• Shadow Warrior. Whenever it first came out. : Moonbase Commander
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  my first violent video game was GTA San Andreas and it made me black : xsoulbrothax
  • word : drucifer
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    LOL you hadda sell your Rod Stewart albums. : dognose
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      Oh man, no more New Balance tennis shoes :( : tomservo
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        No more Yoga! : Morgin
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          no more mayonaise LOL : datoo
          • No more Mad About You :( : tomservo
    • true story, i have some smothers brothers 33.3 vinyls and love them : xsoulbrothax
• my first really violent game ever, aside from stuff on NES and master system, was probably body count on ... : EvilDolemite
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  probably narc on the nes : packav
  • oh wait. I change my answer to this. Only I played the Arcade version. : Cihte
• that was my first violent game too (other than street fighter 2) and it fucking owned! Carmageddon is ... : itsjames
• Karateka on the C64, i was probably around 13. : boomdeath
• Mortal Kombat. 11 - 12 years old. Played it at a grocery store. :) : Cihte
• 1st violent game for me was Altered Beast for the Sega Genesis. My best violent game memory, however, ... : jlboyd132321
• Commando Libya, I probably played it when I was 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYhPplBTdZ0 and Bea... : cygnus
• Mortal Kombat, i thought they were robots, because Sub Zeros fatality was the head rip and the spinal cor... : Dschinghis Khan
• Yeah, Carmageddon is about as boring as a night in bed with Jessica Alba. : CrabsJarrard
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBtxB_PnCTo&feature=related : baconisgod
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  Violent video games never afftect me much. If I do shrooms I feel a strange need to murder the fuck ou... : bld
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    why would you murder a turtle? What did it ever do to you? Sick fuck. : baconisgod
    • Luckily I have never eaten a shroom and come across a turtle. If I did though I would stomp the shit out... : bld
• where to begin : Duck Hunt, I'm killing ducks for points, and I just wanted to shoot the fucking dog. Su... : esecasco
• Hmm, Wolf3D when I was 11 I guess. My dad was into gaming and therefore, so was I! : delataur
• good ol' Wolf 3D, at my uncle's house : pyros
• The Bilestoad, age unknown. A wee'un. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bilestoad : eldersveld
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  duck hunt, 5... I fucking wanted to massacre the dog infinity x10 : nolram
  • i still wildly pull the trigger at that bastard when he laughs at me : EvilDolemite
• I can't remember when these games came out so I think Mortal Kombat, or maybe Robocop vs The Terminator, ... : gibolas1234
• Bionic Commando Come on, Hitler's head asplodes! : Derringer
• Either Wolenstein 3D or Mortal Kombat when I was 10-12 years old. : doozer667
• Counter-Strike when I was 11. : Wisp!
• Smurf's - Collecovision. Those little fuckers got pulverised by the stairs. Anybody who has played it kno... : K0LM
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  Wasteland for the C64 : smax
  • oh yeah, i played this before wolf3d. it was pretty gruesome. : dirge23
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  How violent is ultra-violent? I played Doom right when it came out, so I guess I was 11. I don't remember... : Vincent Grayson
  • How about the exploding head at the end of Bionic Commando? Monster Party went from cute to gore fest ... : bld
• DOOM at age 9 : TastyWheat
• Damn near anything after pong but im an old bastard. : hashd
• I dunno if I would consider Doom or Wolf3D ultra-violent, blood and carcasses were just a heap of red pix... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Killer Instinct. I haven't taken a life yet though. : GodZilly
  • No wait, cancel that. After reading the replies I of course remember Doom, age 14 I think. : GodZilly
• First time I got scared or freaked out was Project Firestart on the C64, that was pretty gruesome for its... : abrasion
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  i don't consider doom ultra-violent so I will have to say Soldier of Fortune : kpxkrnjc
  • Having a 'realistic' flamethrower was novel and ultra violent : nrgXs
• Wolfenstein 3D or Phantasmagoria (which was WAY more violent) : MrBig0
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  Barbarian for C64. I always made the attempt to chop the other dude's head off. I think I was 9 at the ti... : forksalad
  • I played the hell out of this. I still need to convert the SID to MP3. : drazz
  • Me too, but I was five or six : knepus
  • It was easy to do too, attack and stick opposite direction of opponent :) : abrasion
• i was playing games like quake 1 and doom when i was pretty young. 7-8? i have no idea. i remember playin... : DrFlammable
• Wolf 3D. Carmageddon was brilliant. I remember playing the demo for that non-stop (especially after fi... : Beady
• Wolf3D, and I've been slaughtering Waffen SS ever since. : dirge23
• I started with Doom, Blake Stone and RoTT back in the day. Moved onto Quake multiplayer during college. I... : lightly inclined
• operation wolf on the master system. damn what a game : steve_o
• I have never played a violent game : not work safe
• Mine was probably Street Fighting Man. I think that is what it was called. It was an isometric view fig... : .faxen
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  Wait, wait, wait one goddamn minute. Did you just imply that Carmageddon was a bad game? Because you, m : Kniggit
  • I suppose the first real violent game I played was Wolf3d.exe, and that must have been when I was in my e... : Kniggit
• Do text based adventure games count? I remember playing 'Suspended: A Cryogenic Nightmare' at age 7 ( 83'... : jasoncrowley
• Let's see, Wolf 3D probably, and I was a youngin'. Don't remember exactly how old I was, played Doom an... : one random winner
• Mortal Kombat on the Genesis first. My grandma walked in while we had the blood code on, and witnessed Jo... : theo20185
• Wolfenstein 3D when I was... 10? 11? I was completely mesmerized by the Nazi death animations. Haven'... : sevogajre
• Wolf3D, I think. : Ride-My-Rocket