Evening Reading

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• I frequent [H]ardOCP but that's about it : shakybonez31
• The shack & reddit are the only sites I check on a daily basis. I also check Drudge Report pretty ofte... : MagicWishMonkey
• There are other gaming sites? : Arcanum
• ign when I need info about a game : skitzo
• reddit and slashdot, and *shudders* digg only when Im truly truly bored (if that happens, I know Ive hit ... : cap n KRUNCH
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  Just giantbomb.com : Dave-A
  • ^^ this. : supaLink
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  Offworld (it's a great source of oddball gaming-related culture news) TIG Source (many great independent... : DrWaffles
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    http://www.offworld.com/ http://www.tigsource.com/ http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ I bring you link... : DrWaffles
    • sure... checking all sites being posted :) : excessus
    • RPS is pretty awesome GameSetWatch is another real goodie : roushimsx
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  I'm getting too old. Shacknews is mostly a community to me now, I dont really play games anymore, sadly e... : Antilles_Prime
  • Same here. Although I'm working my way through Gears 1 and 2 on Casual with my brother, heh. : ra1n
• Digital Press Hardcore Gaming 101 Emulatronia Mobygames Something Awful Games Forum Wikipedia Kotak... : roushimsx
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  I still check in on duke4.net and the 3DR Forums but it is with melancholy rather than excitement these d... : dognose
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    I'll float over to duke4.net occasionally. : freakynipples69
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      It's been kinda slow lately, with good reason, but some of the die-hards there are still pretty cool and ... : dognose
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        Have you played the PS1 port of Duke Nukem 3D? : roushimsx
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          No, I tried playing the N64 port and realized quite soon that I was not having fun. I sold my N64 but st... : dognose
          • Total Meltdown is apparently a pretty straight adaptation of episodes 1 - 3 and the fourth episode is ent... : roushimsx
• Just this. And gametrailers. For my trailers. : -JLN-
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  for starcraft fix: http://www.teamliquid.net/ : miasma(&)
  • hi : Blucklesworth
• I used to visit all the majors, but most of them have been titsup for years now (RIP Redwood). I still o... : Thresher
• While I like the articles on the shack and find it covers a good variety of games, I find it misses a lot : capt tripps
• ZeroPunctuation, GiantBomb, IGN only for trailers (linked from the Shack). That's really it. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Kotaku. They usually post a few stories that slip under shacks radar. The giant slew of Star Trek Online ... : freakynipples69
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    Amusingly, the giant slew of STO screenshots were actually just a compilation of the all shots released s... : Chris Faylor
    • Burn. :P : IndigoAK
• Gametrailers, Kotaku, GiantBomb. That's pretty much it. : Serpico74
• i check eurogamer and neogaf from time to time : Mansmells
• I've been too skeered. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=2330381 I guess the healing can begin no... : Johnny Law
• ign and gamespy, but honestly they are pretty terrible sites imo. Shacknews is all I need. : Navy_Spitfire
• I hit gamefaqs (just the data), game-specific wikis, and official forums. I hate most official forums,... : cerealSAM2
• www.ve3d.com Please dont hit me. : SigENeaT
• N4G is a good hub, but if you want to see an absolute shit community, go check them out. holy fuck is it... : i poop from there
• this is it. great site. can find anything in the chattys. : happynoodle
• kotaku here, but only through rss. Shack gets all my ad moneys. : ryuuseki
• GameTrailers, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun, Idle Thumbs, GAF : notd665
• I'm not willing to go outside our relationship to get what I need. : jigstah
• use to check cached.net, quake3forums and esreality but got filled with too much "im a better player than... : SoNiC :<
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  Its not allowed : Lightzout
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    It's okay. Steve's gone now. We're finally free! : BlackCat9
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      Is that so? : Alice O'Connor
      • Oh shi- : BlackCat9
      • ^^ Steve In disguise ^^ must of murdered A sponge :( : Vincenoir
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        Judging by the server uptime, yes. : Ride-My-Rocket
        • I dunno, I had a timeout or two this morning but it may just be the console fanboy faggots hammering the ... : CasbahBoy
• I look at tech sites, but no other gaming sites except very niche stuff. : Link.
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  ign, gamespy, gametrailers, giantbomb, kotaku, gamespot, neogaf, at least a couple times a week RPS and V... : dahanese
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    and your corporate intranet : Cheeziologist
    • i don't have one of those :-( : dahanese
• Rock, Paper, Shotgun sometimes. Gamespot on a weekly basis. Other than that... : lightly inclined
• Not unless I'm trying to look up a game I'm looking forward to. Since E3 I've been searching like crazy f... : Reeves
• just gametrailers cause they got the vids. : ultramega
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  [H]ardOCP, Joystiq, Kotaku, ArsTechnica, GameSpy, GameSpot, IGN, 1UP, GameTrailers, MTVMultiplayer. I ... : TrickSh0t
  • Oh, left out BitTech and BluesNews. : TrickSh0t
  • oh crap i check joystiq and 1up also. and destructoid! mother fuck. : dahanese
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  neogaf and thats about it : quadalupeupe
  • also n4g.com fanboy war central : quadalupeupe
• Steve told me if I left his website again he would kick my ass. Even though he left, I'm still afraid of ... : Ctrl-Phreak
• I visit Gametrailers the most outside of Shack by far, and GiantBomb has been getting more and more of my... : Begawkiness
• I don't even come here for the games. I don't really know why I still come here infact. lol. :) : thecray
• i dont like how shack videos cant be downloaded : spiderfill
• gametrailers. i seem to have issues streaming HD content here (constant buffering). otherwise, nope, n... : sixfoot6
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  The Shack was my only gaming news source when Remo was around because there used to be lots of interviews... : freshyk
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    Remo is no longer around? o.O : excessus
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      He stopped writing for the site like... a year ago? He still posts in gaming threads. : BlackCat9
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        Probably more like two years ago, come to think of it. : BlackCat9
        • Jesus christ... two years and I didnt notice.... : excessus
• only when i want to look at screenshots without getting annoyed to fuck : VuduChild
• I find I mostly just listen to Podcasts these days and they tell me all the important stuff without havin... : peanut-
• I watch GT.com reviews, and read the idlethumbs / neogaf (only sometimes, too many posts) forums. als... : razorblade79
• just shack. sometimes SA's gaming forums : smax
• rss of shack, ve3d, joystiq, kotaku, then whatever threads are floating at the top of neogaf : Shai-Tan
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  I have a ton of gaming news in my rss... don't ever visit frontpages. : dael
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    ok... so you're getting news from other sites. which? : Draugluin
    • rockpapershotgun, giantbomb, joystiq, kotaku, majornelson, playstation blog, lot's of developer/publisher... : dael
• LEAVE MY WEBSITE AGAIN AND I'LL KICK YOUR ASS : eco : CoRDS
• The Shack is kind of the Daily Show of game sites. I shouldn't really get all my news from here but I do... : mrwolf710
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  gamereactor.dk ....but there's not much point unless you're scandinavian :P : master_disaster_17
  • Even then theres very very little point ... god that magazine can be retarded. : imperator
• I read reviews on eurogamer, and check in on arstechnica.com's gaming section (opposable thumbs) now and ... : d fluke
• Wired News and Ars/Techreport one/two times per day. : Nitrium
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  This is a gaming website? : Anti_dentite
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    Yea I thought this was a ROCKBAND/GH DLC site : SlingBlaze
    • Yea I thought this was a We Heart Valve site : SlingBlaze
• Only 1 person saying TIG Source =/ ... and I didn't really see very many flash game sites listed eithe... : Kniggit
• http://ps3.qj.net/ shacknews/latestchatty - I get 99% of my info from those 2. : abrasion
• arstechnica Best News. : LoioshDwaggie
• I have feeds in google reader for giantbomb, kotaku, joystiq, and destructoid. Giantbomb is the one I pa... : c_man_tmt
• ve3d.com Because they're PC gaming whores like me. : Rehevkor
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  I have gamasutra in my RSS feeder. : mancide
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    Oh, and Giant Bomb. : mancide
    • Also, I think some of the Giant Bomb guys hang out here. I know Brad does for sure, and he even uses game... : mancide
• IGN for game guides, Kotaku, MobyGames and the shack. : baronzemo78
• kotaku, bbgames, fidgit, tiny cartridge, tig source : geedeck

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• Holy fuck. I heard he was going to produce and not direct. Any word from him confirming this? : Super Sparker
• You have to be kidding. This is a joke. I'm dreaming right? : quadeh
• My usual reaction to this sort of thing is to sigh and make some sort of negative comment, but... it's Ri... : lightly inclined
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  isnt the alien franchise the one that usually leaves development hell with a bland script that gets horri... : spiderfill
  • Yeah, but it's Ridley Scott. And it's a prequel. : Nick Breckon
  • GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! : zuff
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  Woot! (Anyone who paid to see AvP should get a free ticket to this as an apology.) : nudel
  • IAWTP : quadeh
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    Ridley scott didnt have anything to do woth that did he? : Lightzout
    • I certainly hope not! : nudel
• I think you meant "Holy Fucking Shit"! : Lightzout
• Wow. Fucking awesome. I hope they get a good cast. : jingletard
• I am thrilled. : silaslang
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  Subthread: we need crew members, let's cast them. Mine: Keanu Reeves, Linday Lohan and Kanye West. : sukabljat
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    Steve Buscemi, Rick Moranis and Joan Rivers. : jingletard
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      Drew Carey, Wayne Brady and Conan O'brien. : lightly inclined
      • Fedor Emelianenko as Ripley. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Sure, ill do it. : Reeves
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    Dane Cook, Miley Cyrus, and T.I. : pigvomit
    • Also Bard Tip and Catarina Seti Stones. : excessus
  • I could enjoy that cast being ripped to shreds you say by xenomorphs, as long as there are real actors ca... : silaslang
  • John Madden, Stephon Marbury, The Undertaker : DrFlammable
  • Actually, Keanu Reeves could be a great android synthetic human. : DianeOfTheMoon
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    Bert Newton, Alyce Platt and Ray Meagher. : abrasion
    • I'd hate to see what the Alien that used Burt Newtons DNA winds up looking like.. : Rodeoclash
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    Gary Oldman as the 5 main characters, plus Eddie Murphy playing 1980s Eddie Murphy : pyide
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      Gay Oldman as the 5 main characters, plus Daniel Day-Lewis as the Alien. : SockMonkeh
      • DDL will spend five months living in a decommissioned submarine, hunting his own meals barehanded, and sp... : sgtsanity
    • This is the only answer. : tomservo
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    Michael Ironside, William Forsythe and Danny Trejo. : siknsyko
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      too many balls : SockMonkeh
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        does trejo have 3 or something? : Supine
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          all of them have at least 7 : SockMonkeh
          • Nah, Trejo has 21 because he cut off the other guys' 7 balls with his MACHETE. : Ride-My-Rocket
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        fuck that, i want to see those badasses fight off an onslaught. of course, they would get taken out -- bu... : siknsyko
        • sequels* : siknsyko
      • Too many dicks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpzmjeCOJdY : Mr.Finkster
  • Adam Baldwin should be in an Alien movie : dirge23
  • Tom Skerritt, Yaphet Kotto, and Sigourney Weaver : spiderfill
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    How about mostly unknown people like the first two movies so we have no idea who survives and who doesn't... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
    • A prequel means that this is probably the crew that sent the distress signal in the first place. So they... : smegmar
  • Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johanssen, and Sameul L. Jackson : SockMonkeh
  • Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus : sikander
  • That is the single worst cast list I could of ever picked. : Shivawn
  • John Cena, Damon Wayans and Lil' Wayne : drbriefs
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    Nathan Fillion, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, and Morgan Freeman : locater16
    • i don't know which to fuckkkkk!! : Bamtan
  • lol, hell to the fucking no. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Jeff ah, hmm Goldblum and MARTIN LAWRENCE : d fluke
• So hot. Can't wait :( : megarust32
• wow thats amazing news. Lets just hope R. Scott does not get replaced by McG : Flynn
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  Hopefully this will be more late 70s-early 80s Ridley Scott and not last-half-of-this-decade Ridley Scott... : sgtsanity
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    wait, are you shitting on black hawk down, kingdom of heaven, american gangster, and body of lies? : fsck
    • he's also praising legend : SockMonkeh
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      I've only seen the first two of those and enjoyed them, but they're leagues away from how ridiculously go... : sgtsanity
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        even his worst movies (which there aren't many of, Hannibal... bleh) are still pretty good : mikecyb
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          One of these days I'm going to try watching A Good Year to see what a genuine Ridley Scott flop looks lik... : sgtsanity
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            I don't remember that movie existing at all : mikecyb
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              Like five or six people saw it in theaters. : sgtsanity
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                the first time I heard about it was reading Ridley Scott's IMDB page randomly like a year after it came o... : mikecyb
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                  Decent, but not as high as the Burton-Depp-Bonham Carter trifecta. : sgtsanity
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                    Burton's attachment to actors is one of my favorite things actually! If you look at his directing career... : mikecyb
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                      I think Mars Attacks! is his best film, actually. :( : sgtsanity
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                        Really? I have a hard time taking that movie seriously for some reason. I think it's a great movie but ... : mikecyb
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                          That's what I love about it: that it's unabashedly and unapologetically screwball absurd, like the Coen b... : sgtsanity
                          • that would be awesome :( : mikecyb
                    • Keaton is good but that dude picks the worst absolute shit to be in. I don't think he can really blame or... : NoCopy
          • It wasn't bad. Nothing blew up however. Marion Cotillard was pretty to look at. : lightly inclined
        • I think that most would argue that GI Jane is his worst but I even liked that http://www.imdb.com/tit... : trevis
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      BHD had a lot of shooting - but not people getting shot like Private Ryan or something. The whole movie f... : bolneze
      • Too clean? That movie was tense as fuck for me. : TShandy
      • American Gangster was closest to Ridley Scott's old form. Body of Lies, ehhh, that film is more frenetic ... : SpaecKow
    • Well, 2 of those were decent at least. : OMGzImBurning
  • hopefully it will be rated fucking R : smax
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  I'm surprised that screenwriter has so many projects lined up considering he doesn't have a single film t... : K1Bond007
  • I want to make the same pact with the devil that he did...awesome news though : drbriefs
• Wow, awesome. If neither Scott or Cameron were involved I would not give a shit at all, but having at le... : Begawkiness
• At least its not another fucking reboot. : themaestro2657
• Holy shit. I have faith in Ridley Scott : Mr. Goodwrench
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  OMFG. The perfect movie is being made. YES! : GeorgeB3DR
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    The perfect movie has already been made, and it is called Alien. : Serpico74
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      +s : kallanta
      • aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, no. : SpaecKow
      • : Ressurection! :P : radula
• Goddammit : Serpico74
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  Eh I was kinda hoping it had more to do with where the Aliens came from - not more humans running around ... : bolneze
  • Did I read it wrong? The story they explain in the article is that of Alien, and not of this new movie? : SilverSnake
• WTF, I was hoping Uwe Boll would direct this... : bawbeh
• i am jerking off in my mouth. : mindshot
• Fuck. Yeah. WEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! Makes me so happy in pants! : pop_secret
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  How likely is it that this falls through like every fucking bit of positive news regarding the Alien fran... : scottythejock
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    First thing I thought, we can't have nice things when it comes to Aliens films these days : nodebug
    • I heard this Alien Prequel rumour a few weeks ago. this is the first i've heard Riddley doing it. so, P... : radula
• wow Jon Spaihts is working on a lot of stuff. : hirez
• Side note, turns out Variety's copy editors took the night off. : Acid Gumball
• oh damn that is so awesome! : razorblade79
• MAN YOU MADE MY DAY!!!! : excessus
• I'm so glad that Rinsch guy didn't get the movie. Ridley needs to being it back to Space Horror after the... : Godhatesfatpeople
• He's wanted to direct a prequel/origin story for years, hopefully it turns out decent, never heard of the... : MoreVespeneGas
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  they should do a reboot instead of a prequil : papaskot
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    Nah... Alien was fantastic... Aliens was OK (specially for the 80s) and Alien 3 was even "OK" in the Dire... : excessus
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      no way that Aliens and Alien 3 are anywhere near on the same level : indosauros
      • Certainly not... Im just saying that Alien 3 The Directors Cut wasnt as bad as the teatrical version. I e... : excessus
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        aliens was great. Alien3 was complete crap. : OMGzImBurning
        • watch the directors cut with cinematography commentary. Alien3 is an awesome film. : radula
    • joke : papaskot
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  BTW - I took some photos of my alien toy, Im so proud of it... have a look :) http://www.flickr.com/photo... : excessus
  • is that the one from the 80's ? : MoreVespeneGas
• oh god yes! : RogerDandy
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  annnnndddddddd I came. : freakynipples69
  • And I've always wondered why this wasn't done sooner. There's seem so much backstory that's yet to be tol... : freakynipples69
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  I wonder how they are going to write the script with out fucking up the lore. The theory of the aliens i... : stgdz
  • where did you read this? i always wondered about the story : hobosapien
  • thats one theory. Other theories include transports, and pyramids and weird stuff! : radula

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  For the worker, getting the upgrade ASAP makes him a beast. The bombs do heavy damage on direct hits and... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • The bombs are good self-defense but they're hardly a combat class. If you have to actually go fight you'r... : Zek
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  PROTIP: You only need to turn lumber and stone into the closest tower to you instead of going all the wa... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • Thank god, the long walk back was painful : Dave-A
  • Yeah I only just figured this out, now I finally know wtf those towers are good for : Begawkiness
  • awesome :D : bad_fish
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    PROTIP: You can recharge your own health by sitting idle...your guy will plop down and start eating cake... : Rasnowl
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      It only seemed like I could do that inside of the castles. : DianeOfTheMoon
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        Oh, you can also do that (for sure) in towers, too. : DianeOfTheMoon
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          Trust me, you can do it everywhere :) : Grumbeld
          • Oh, awesome! : DianeOfTheMoon
• I like to focus my fire on Dianeofthemoon. :P PSN: Jookieman : pigvomit
• PSN: FreakyNipps Haven't downloaded the game yet but will very soon. : freakynipples69
• Its like they mixed Zelda and TF2 into one great cake that isn't a lie! : manlyman
• psn: bunchafunk; trying to play but can't connect to any servers! : lonepie
• Dammit I didn't see this post :( : pancake humper
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  Imma wait until tomorrow morning to buy it sounds like servers are getting hammered. dont want to buy and... : Iwannaacura
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    update i couldn't resist 60% d/l : Iwannaacura
    • Yeah, it's pretty small. : tomservo
    • haha, you won't be disappointed, plus there is an offline mode! : bakanoodle
• PSN: MisterLobo Someone start a game and invite me. I'm unable to join any server for a reason : MrLobo
• PSN : CountOnIt So far ice/fire mage spam is an easy way to get points plus annoying. : dissembler
• I am the best healer ever : maulla
• Good games. The Dark Priest is amazing when helping bring back the princess. Makes chopping down attack... : melkore
• PSN: inc77 i am still having a hard time getting into a game... did anyone check out the credits its d... : inc77
• Ranger is a pretty bad ass class. I was in the top 3 playing that class in 3 games I played today. The... : Sailor of Fortune
• buying now :x PSN: Grimmadog60 : Grimmadog
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  strategy: be worker. upgrade ranger. be ranger. dominate. those warriors cant touch me! PSN: mrazzino : mrazzino
  • More like Be a worker and upgrade everything at once then be a Dark Priest and rape rangers. : melkore
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    More like go Warrior, hold down L1 and be immune to rangers :P : Zek
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      Except it doesn't block the fucking SHOTGUN TO THE FACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am having a hard time deci... : pancake humper
      • Doesn't it reduce the damage or something? Seemed that way to me but maybe it was just an uncharged shot. : Zek
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  Holy shit it's so much fucking fun. It's like the best combination between Warcraft 2 and Battlefield 194... : tomservo
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    well, that seals it for me. : pandastrong
    • Hooray! :D : tomservo
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    It is indeed awesome. : hirosushima
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      I would like to add I have too many games on my plate, Just got streetfighter IV for the 360, Dawn of war... : hirosushima
      • thanks for FP'in it in my server for a bit. Deathmatch is crazy lol. : mrazzino
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  PSN: Begawkiness : Begawkiness
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    You joined my server for a bit. Hopefully it wasn't laggy : melkore
    • Nah it seemed fine. I was hoping that you had put it up for other Shackers to join, we got up to 4 in th... : Begawkiness
• We need to get a big Shack game going, we had a private game going for a while but the most we got was 4 ... : Begawkiness
• Guess it's time to start adding more people. getting a full server is reminding me of being a myspace wh... : prokat
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  22 percent downloaded, 81 minutes left... the speeds on psn :( : bozer
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    dude that sucks, i got it in under 5 mins, all my downloads have been quick since i got it yesterday : oldschoolbob-o
    • Yeah not sure what's up. I'm on Fios and its using ethernet. : bozer
  • Heh... I downloaded mine in less than five minutes... are you sure it's PSN? : CyCo_PL
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  Dark Priest + Warrior to finish fools off is pretty awesome. : bakanoodle
  • You should see Priest+Ranger... we killed over 10 guys right outside their base before they managed to pu... : Grumbeld
• Ah. l1 plus right thumb stick switches targets : hirosushima
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  GG Diane :) Red Team was full of fail, but it was fun otherwise. : LoioshDwaggie
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    We actually started talking to each other, and that's what pulled it out in the end. : DianeOfTheMoon
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      It was not fun seeing all you guys trashing my beautiful doors. No one else on the team figured out how t... : LoioshDwaggie
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        Hey, I was surprised they kept popping up. I also learned that you can't catapult a big bomb. :( : DianeOfTheMoon
        • Watching people jump up and down on that thing is a great laugh, heh. : LoioshDwaggie
• PSN: FISTBUMP Damnit! I still can't add funds to my wallet. WTF :( :( :( : dopeman
• PSN: Nevlos : nevlos
• Oh, people should help me convince BlackCat9 to try playing...he just wants to shack. :( : DianeOfTheMoon
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  The credits are awesome (Go to bragging rights, then "who's your daddy") : Iazu
  • yah :D : bakanoodle
• PSN: LoioshdeTaltos Master Builder and Priest. : LoioshDwaggie
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  this game is awesome all the little quotes and shit "She looks like one of those rap guys girlfriends"... : Iwannaacura
  • omg becky!! : Dave-A
  • Go into 'who's your daddy' under Bragging Rights. You will be in for a treat ;) : pancake humper
  • "They're in our base, killing our dudes!" "Help, we're being ganked!" : Rehevkor
• GG earlier Diane! I need to find my bluetooth headset. : grendel
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  I made the winning cap with less then a minute to go >:) that game was intense, we had them pushed to ... : maulla
  • It can be pretty hard to feed her when you can't leave your base from the other team killing your d00dz. : DianeOfTheMoon
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  what the fuck is it with the schmucks on my list asking if they can "borrow" the game : snidely sid
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    Ugh, I hate those people. I am not sure exactly how it works (being honest), but what I do know it invol... : Pject
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      feel free to nuke the post above. Just pointing out a flaw in Sony's current PSN store games that has bee... : Pject
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        it's only good for like 3 (or was it five?) activations. It's deliberate functionality. : sethmarc
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          very true. They limit it to 3 or 5. But people abuse it so much. Imagine paying only 33% the cost of a ... : Pject
          • they allow this, still you guys are bitching and moaning? Do you go to McDonalds and throw a fit if you ... : grandmasterlee
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  Is it coming out for PC? :( : c0bra
  • seriously damnit, put it on steam , someone clone it for all i care : Chandler55
  • Sony doesn't do things like that sorry. : ihya
  • Doubtful since it's a Sony-funded game AFAIK, : Nitrium
• PSN: linkatime : holinka
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  So I haven't really played online with the PS3 yet. Any ports need to get routed through a firewall? : holinka
  • I've had a very few issues with the ps3 and my network. And they were not that hard to troubleshoot. If ... : Pject
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  Has anyone else earned a rank? 'Squire' is put before my name now. I've also seen an 'Ensign' and a 'Pr... : Grumbeld
  • I just got private : maulla
  • no, I've barely been able to join any games :/ Thats cool though : bakanoodle
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    Salute Sargent DM_7 >:D : DM7
    • I don't salute my equals :P : Grumbeld
• PROTIP: It's a 3/4 view camera that can't be changed. That means that if you find some southern spot to... : Grumbeld
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  I just spent a good hour playing the single player and I couldn't beat the first level =( That being s... : bozer
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    Hit up on the D-Pad to get the stupid AI to follow you. You can get up to 3 followers at once. : getfrisky
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      Is there a certain way to beat that level? Should I be switching classes constantly? I guess I don't unde... : bozer
      • The easiest way is to upgrade warrior and build a catapault as soon as possible. Then get 3 guys on the c... : getfrisky
  • Don't just send trees. Go back upgrade the hat machines : jcrockerman
• Sir Mix A lot baby got back - Credits check it out : quadalupeupe
• So this game can either be really off or really on. It kind of depends on finding what class you're most : Begawkiness
• the music loop while tryin to get into a game is gonna haunt my dreams. psn: prokat : prokat
• PSN: vege-zombie : Poooks
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  Dudes and dudettes, I can't play this until I get decent Internet but I absolutely require your impressio... : mittense
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    Just played a solid 3 hours. it's fun, I am surprised how well it is running for just being released. it'... : hirosushima
    • I KNOW IT'S WORTH PICKING UP I HATE YOU. I miss having a real apartment and internet. : mittense
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20551068#itemanchor_20551068 Not necessarily impressions but I hav... : Begawkiness
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    The game is a lot of fun. I like it because if you're good enough, you can solo 2 or 3 other players... ... : Grumbeld
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      I thought you could return resources to towers (that your team has full control over; flag is all your co... : Pject
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        I thought that's what I said. : Grumbeld
        • my apologized. I fail at reading. : Pject
    • The Warrior upgrade is for catching people who run, it's very useful for that. But the sword/shield is be... : Zek
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  Haha, I finished the top scorer and we capped the princess. When your team wins if you're top scorer you ... : Sailor of Fortune
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    You can also turn into a giant chicken that insta-kills too. : dissembler
    • Omg what : TastyWheat
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    Here's a fun trick when you become the reaper, hold down and charge your attack, right after you let go k... : hirosushima
    • Hahah yeah I noticed that in the credits : TastyWheat
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  Anyone still playing online?? Aussies are coming home with chubbies : hankyJR
  • im on : Poooks
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  Having a lot of fun... but, what ports do I need to forward to host games? : SLUDGE^
  • PS3 Fat Princess requires you to forward the 80,443,5223,3478,3479,3658 ports From this : http://portfor... : Pject
• Oh and I am using my logitech usb headset and it works perfect. : hirosushima
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  Sad this isn't on PC. Missing out. :( : felicia
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    You mean 360. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • This game would be a blast to play on the 360 or PC with a matchmaking and party system. It would be awes... : Nitrium
  • You wouldn't be sad if you had a PS3 though :( : pancake humper
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  Is matchmaking broken? I don't have anyone on my friends list, so I tried to just join a random game. Tri... : BlackCat9
  • I haven't tried random matchmaking yet, but I also had about a 50% success rate at joining in on friends'... : Grumbeld
  • It's a bitch getting matchmaking working. I thought it was my ports being a problem at first but it was j... : pancake humper
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  As a priest, is there a way to cycle through healing targets? Everytime I hit L1 I would target the same : Home Nugget
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    Look up in the thread : LoioshDwaggie
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      I did before posting, and I just did again, I'm not seeing it, can you link it? : Home Nugget
      • Apparently holding L1 and moving the right stick switches targets, I haven't tried it yet though. : Begawkiness
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  I don't understand how to build traps/siege/defensive stuff in this game....the options there are disappo... : kainen1
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    You can upgrade each hat building (crucial) You can also build catapults. You can hold L1 to target an... : pancake humper
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      I think he meant TF2 style sentries/dispensers. Buildings that you can build in the battlefield, other th... : dissembler
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        Ah, yeah you can't do that in this. Only siege ladders and spring boards. : pancake humper
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          Even those, I can't see 'where' to build those. It's too bad really, they could have added the ability t... : kainen1
          • On the map there are little green icons with an axe icon on them on spots where you can build. Hit L1 on ... : pancake humper
    • You can also close the dungeon teleport if the other team figures out how to open it. Being Worker isn't ... : Zek
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    I'm disappointed in your hero selection tbh : kgargs
    • I was 3 and 3 with Pest last night dude. :( I actually built him pretty well and was tanking/aoe stun... : kainen1
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      this is not a HoN thread : pancake humper
      • chill out pizza slice it was one comment : kainen1
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    I was a little disappointed with this as well. After all the hat machines and springs are done (which is... : Begawkiness
    • Drop a big bomb from the Worker building on any of that stuff and it's toast. Workers will have their han... : Zek
    • I agree with you...missed opportunity to add a lot of depth. : kainen1
    • Worker's bombs are the bomb, yo : Ebu
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  is this multiplayer-only? : fsck
  • There's a "campaign" that's basically a series of game type tutorials, and an arena mode, but it's probab... : Zek
• you fuckers, I just bought this. PSN: Conandan1 : conandan

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• Windows 7 SE! : mrasparagus
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  probably a new kernel and dropping back-compatibility support and going completely file-system (lol) : shirif
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    by that I mean dropping the registry and going into Unix style where emphasis is on data : shirif
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      I hope so. They promised and reneged this in Vista and it seems to have slipped their mind in Windows 7. ... : BlackCat9
      • How would that ever work? COM would break, 99% of legacy apps would break. : Dave-A
      • why would we want to lose the registry? going to flat config files would be ridiculously stupid. ini fi... : Halen
• WinFS or something like that I'd hope. : abrasion
• Windows 7 Millennium Edition : stelth
• Windows VIII-2 : moe6
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  Whatever it is I can only pray they finally kill the Registry. It's an antiquated system that truly needs... : SolrFlare
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    they can't kill the registry, that would destroy a huge number of Windows programs. they're pretty much ... : mikecyb
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      They can escape that trap through virtualization if they can commit themselves to it. Honestly, in my opi... : SolrFlare
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        I can see that happening in the next years, with the advent of multi-core cpus, pretty robust and fast vm... : shirif
        • We're already multi-core. Only the most cheap and persistent types are still single-core. : Lone Swordsman
    • They've made the first step by virtualizing XP on win7. So now your XP programs can install and run in a ... : filthysock
    • They could lose it with some sort of middleware service, but at this point I don't see why it's so bad? ... : Halen
  • What would you see it replaced with? I don't really have a problem with the registry (but then I'm not a ... : cause&effect
• Windows 7 Turbo : j0nchan
• Vista2: Revenge Edition : sukabljat
• If they stick to their .NET naming schema, it should be Windows 7.5 : matthaeus
• X, of course. : vigilante
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  90+ percent market share and total domination as usual i'm guessing : [fry]
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    Probably, but on the subject of quantifying dominance I was once taught that market share is measured in ... : vigilante
    • Well any standardized currency will do I suppose. : vigilante
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      Linux is pretty fucked if market share is measured in money. : nudel
      • Linux is fucked regardless. : IndigoAK
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      If there's one thing Microsoft is short of it's money. : peanut-
      • I wonder what you think you read. : vigilante
    • And 90% of the market will generally grant you more dollars and cents than the people fighting over the r... : nodebug
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  Return of DOS : Mr. Goodwrench
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    DOS2: DOS HARDER : scottythejock
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      DOS 3: Operating System Drift : Robotic Puppy Eater
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        D4S : scottythejock
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          DO5 : dafugg
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            DOS xp: Media Center Edition : someWayne
            • DOS ME: Non Disk Boot Error : pwnjoo
            • Super DOS Turbo HD Remix : Rehevkor
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    I wish DOS would return, I am trying to play some old DOS games and racking my brains to make it work via... : Ender.Wiggin
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      I'm really hoping when we move to Win 7 64bit that there's a very nice Win XP and DOS emulator written, i... : abrasion
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        You mean, like XP Mode, right? Right? : LoioshDwaggie
        • XP mode is a VM thing, I don't believe it does 3D of any kind or gaming :/ : abrasion
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      That's the beauty of DOSBOX! It simulates the difficulty of getting games to run goddamit! : enyakk
      • No way, DOSbox completely simplifies life and allows you to emulate hardware that you either owned and lo... : roushimsx
    • What are you trying to play? Are you just having problems getting disc images mounted or drives mapped? : roushimsx
    • Which games? : Chod
• Windows 7 R2 : Lightbulb
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  The serious answer to this post is singularity, but it is a long way from being consumer ready : kaddar0
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    how is that different from any previous OS? zing! : MoreVespeneGas
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      zinging your own post is pretty lame : dirge23
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        your face is lame but i didn't want to say anything : MoreVespeneGas
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          it's okay, you wouldn't be the first : dirge23
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            your face is lame : zerog83
            • HOW DARE YOU : dirge23
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    here's the wikipedia page for it : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_%28operating_system%29 : kaddar0
    • interesting but its a CLI based OS? : Shadowdane
• Windows MORE : Nitrium
• OS/3 Warp : stamps
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  Power Windows : jonin
  • Now that's Big Money. : Fyunch Click
• quasi-related: Interesting blog post on why Windows version 6.1.7600.16384 will be called "Windows 7": ht : the archvile
• Open Doors v1.0 -- its an open source operating system that is the next logical progression from a window... : TrickSh0t

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  Whoops! :P : Vantage
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    Vantage!!! >:| : CrustaR
    • Whaat? :O : Vantage
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  Good stuff and a good post with info on your site. Thanks : ashkie
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    Oh, I wanted to ask. Whats your opinion on Rachmaninov? : ashkie
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      i'll give you my opinion of Rachmaninov's music: awesome. seriously fun stuff to play. lot of practici... : jipey
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        Can you recommend some of your favourites? : Vantage
        • Sonata for Piano and Cello. mvt 2 is really good but I couldnt find it on youtube. Heres 3. http://www... : ashkie
        • My two favorite piano-only pieces: Prelude #2 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 3 Prelude #5 in G Minor, Op. 23 : jipey
    • one of my favorites. : drucifer
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      I am ashamed to say that though I play the piano, my knowledge of classical piano music is sadly limited!... : Vantage
      • you mentioned Rubinstein so i thought i'd post this. no doubt people have heard it from "the pianist"... ... : jipey
• * S H A C K T A G G E D * : drucifer
• I liked this. more classical please : drucifer
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  Best post yet. Aase's Death is incredibly beautiful, and Rubenstein's performance in the piano concerto ... : treefingers1
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    • Hahaha, I was as surprised as you! I knew he did Mountain King and so forth, but didn't connect him with... : Vantage
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  Quick question my good man, have you consider putting the <!--more--> tag in your WordPress articles, so ... : Bamtan
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    I agree that this would be helpful, especially for browsing through multiple VSMotD's! : quadeh
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      Hmm, I debated this with myself. You can see exactly that by going to the link I put in that first parag... : Vantage
      • I don't think it's a problem! : quadeh
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        http://forum.prothemedesign.com/topic/wpaudioplayer-audio-clip-view-full-post-to-listen : Bamtan
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          Ahh, that doesn't allow the player to work in the previews. It just allows me to cut off the preview ear... : Vantage
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            You're using this one, right? http://www.1pixelout.net/code/audio-player-wordpress-plugin/ Seems to be th... : Bamtan
            • I am, yes. Doesn't work for post previews afaik. : Vantage
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  Awesome man! I love orchestral music, but it's such a hard genre to find good composers in without hearin... : quadeh
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    Buy this book, it's fucking awesome: http://www.amazon.com/NPR-Guide-Building-Classical-Collection/dp/076... : Arctic Fox
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      Wow, that's awesome! Thanks man. : quadeh
      • It's a really good compilation of good classical pieces, and good performances of said pieces. It's a lit... : Arctic Fox
    • This is really cool :D Thanks! I'll buy this with my amazon link partner money once I make enough, haha... : Vantage
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  I meant to reply to you last one about SEBASTIAN. Saw him live with my wife when say Daft Punk in Toro... : SirX
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    Man, everyone's seen him but me :P Did he have a big light show or something? Sebastian and DP in conce... : Vantage
    • Actually they didn't even have anything, very basic lights. There were just set up in front of the contro... : SirX
• I like your site. I don't always like the music you post, but it's always good to experience something d... : Rag and Bone Man
• Grieg - Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJi_rb9D8I4 This... : Ashun
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  Wow, I hadn't heard that first song before. It's beautiful. : S?a?c?
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    You mentioned you're a fan of minimalist classical music. The only other composers I listen to that I wou... : S?a?c?
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      Phillip Glass of course. :D : Vantage
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        Phillip Glass is one of my favorites! Have you ever seen Koriaaniskasti? (I know I'm spelling that wrong.... : quadeh
        • Speaking of -- 5:40-6:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6SOalAygbg&feature=related don't ask how I kn... : Kniggit
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  When I was in high school as part of our honors choir, Samuel Barber came and spoke with us. Such a great... : ateam311
  • Really? Didn't he die like 25 years ago? That's really cool though :) : Vantage
• Excellent post as always Vantage. : graceofdragons
• Grieg is indeed awesome, hadn't heard this in a long time. Great post! : freezejeans
• "verdige" din faggot : d fluke

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• heh that's true : Mr.SEX
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  Don't forget the classic film "Somewhere in Time" : watcherxp
  • As an atheist, the movie "Somewhere in Time" is the closest evidence I have ever witnessed to a God like ... : mace
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  time traveler's wife is an awesome story that doesn't hinge on time travel. although that aspect of th... : dahanese
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    also as much as i love that book i'm hesitant about the film :-( : dahanese
    • I read that they had to do some major reshoots BUT everyone came out of those very positive and with chan... : Goalie
    • I loved the book too, and I just don't think it'll make a good movie. I don't think the plot lends itself... : eugthinks
    • Ron Livingston as Gomez, wtf? I like Ron and all, but that's not how I imagined him. : underground banana plantation
  • The Terminator doesn't hinge on time travel either! That's the beauty of it! Terminator 2 changed this. :... : SockMonkeh
  • I'm not sure about this... at least half the book is devoted to exploring the time travel aspect of their... : itsjames
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    oh holy shit woman this post is so gay I read it and started ovulating dahanese what are you doing : Ajax
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      I would not be surprised if your tiny penis was actually a huge clit : felicia
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        tiny penis... huge clit... does it really matter when I've got it buried depp in your gargantuan ass?in : Ajax
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          Yes.in It does.in : felicia
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            oh yeah right like you've suddenly become choosy about what you will and will not shoehorn into your rust... : Ajax
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              let's not joke, it's as huge as a hangar : felicia
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                okay that kinda gave me a boner I have to go now : Ajax
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                  whew okay false alarm it wasn't you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh5h2hYMjbo this song was playing in t... : Ajax
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                    If you don't show up in two weeks I will be so disappointed. : felicia
                    • If we don't get pix so will the rest of the shack! : node
                  • Are those... wetsuits? : famine101
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  The Time Traveler's Wife is seriously a good book. The movie looks fucking awful, though. : mittense
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    that's how i feel! i got mike to read that and he was very skeptical but did it because he's awesome a... : dahanese
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      When we had a Q&A with Audrey Niffenegger my sophomore year of college, she was talking about how the mov... : mittense
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        yeah the trailer made it feel incredibly scattered. like the way the book was laid out you got a pretty ... : mikecyb
        • ahaha : MoreVespeneGas
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      Wait.... why do people consider TTW a chick book? : batkiwi
      • Because it was written by a woman and is about love. which is pretty silly. : underground banana plantation
  • It's a good story, I found the writing to be pretty bland though. : Vincent Grayson
• Or Hot Tub Time Machine : Porkasaurus
• Both the Terminator and The Time Traveler's Wife are awesome stories though. In fact, as a story, The Tim... : Goalie
• It's a pretty good book. Don't judge it by the movie. : underground banana plantation
• I would say that Time Travelers Wife is a better story. It's in my top 20 favourite books. : batkiwi
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  the terminator isnt about time travel. its about what it means to be human : spiderfill
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    woah. : chrisschutz
    • no, you're thinking of The Matrix. : Goblin au
  • that's pretty deep : sleepyvt
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    Clothes, boots, and motorcycle : invisible_kid
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      /extinguishes cigar on invisible_kid's chest : stump
      • Oh God that scene is so classic. : bolneze
  • as a human, this realization made me shit my pants. now i have to travel down the hall in good time befor... : siknsyko
  • what are you a woman? : aeg1x
  • get the fuck outa here with your feelings : lightly inclined
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    The fuck? The Terminator series is about how technological advances may cause devastation to humanity. Ho... : aldraek
    • In that interpretation, The terminator represents many things, ageing amongst them. : Toraz Chryx
    • machine sacrifices itself for humanity.. I'd say it's debatable : bamb
    • Um, the entire series is chock full of material regarding the fear that the machines will remove what lit... : IndigoAK
  • and guns....and explosions! : handofthrawn
• You know the only reason the time traveler is traveling through time? To fuck all sorts of past and futur... : massdev
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  Just watched the trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu8lYr0kf7g) . Do you think they'll put in the b... : sethmarc
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    It doesn't look like it. What about his first girlfriend committing suicide? That was pretty crucial, fle : underground banana plantation
    • wow terrible use of the spoiler tag there. dont click unless you've read the book. : underground banana plantation
• I would say Back to the Future is a much better example of MEN making a story about time travel. Only a d... : Schnapple
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  Men are from Mars, women are from the kitchen. : trOmblyj
  • From? Why did you let them leave? : zakazi
• Check The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russel. : romulan
• can we have a thread about julie and julia in the next chatty? : maulla
• back to the future >:( : Demius

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• Damn you Cameron! Damn you for giving me a months long boner =( : lodit
• can't wait for this! : anthonybean
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  Why hasn't anyone leaked the comicon footage? : ventro
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    probably never got filmed, security is usually really tight on those things, : anthonybean
    • I'm sure there were 10 guys walking around with nightvision goggles looking for people. : Crimsonbeak
    • Sure, but at the same time there were over 6500 people in that hall, you figure something would have leak... : Serpico74
  • srsly, i want iron man 2 footage as well : Turd Ferguson
  • There has been on a few blogs. But they've been pulled down rather quickly. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • wasnt the footage in 3d so even if you did film it it would look like shit? : hatchet165
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  kinda reminds me of Thundercats. : g0nk
  • Same here : myfasha
• Look for Avatar day coming to a theater near you. http://www.avatarmovie.com/ : hatchet165
• is this a painting, or is that, like, the CG affect they're going for? : Cihte
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  Cameron has yet to fail with a movie. I expect good things. : GeorgeB3DR
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    He's the Blizzard of film directors. : GeorgeB3DR
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      I have four words (and assorted punctuation) for you: Piranha II: The Spawning http://www.imdb.com/ti... : RomSteady
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        Quoted from IMDB: Credit for directing this film was given to James Cameron. Most of the work was act... : treefingers1
        • I know, but even so...hell of a learning experience. : RomSteady
        • hehehe, assonitis : manero
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  Hey! Listen! That's all I ever hear when I see the name Navi : melkore
  • For great justice! http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=42 : SilverSnake
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  I was excited for this until it sounded like it was going to much more Polar Express than anything close ... : rossimo
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    Well it's going to be a mix of live-action and 3d. Mostly the entire alien planet and it's inhabitants ar... : Godhatesfatpeople
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      And according to the people who have seen parts of the movie, the CG humanoid characters are beyond anyth... : Drewus
      • Yup, they said it was astounding. I can't wait :D : Godhatesfatpeople
• What is this movie? WHAT IS THIS MOVIE? : Cliffzorz
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  HEY! LISTEN! : Hoax
  • lol this is the first thing I thought : freakord
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  You know when I heard that they were going to be cat people, I had an awful reaction, I imagined somethin... : SpaecKow
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    Hold the press! This movie will have cat girls? : SilverSnake
    • The shot you're looking at is the female alien which the story partly revolves around. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Don't be a furry about it. : SpaecKow
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  WHAT THE FUCK IS A SAMOPHLANGE?!?! : siknsyko
  • Classic. : Mr.Finkster
  • D45hiz's WoW Hunter Pet flying snake bird thing : pancake humper
  • SAMOPHLANGE! : AMikaboshi
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  I still am puzzled by how a movie this big is only 4 and half months away and there hasn't even been a te... : Vincent Grayson
  • Actually, I'm glad it's gone this route. I wish more studios took that approach. I increasingly grow more... : Godhatesfatpeople
  • There has been a teaser. : SpaecKow
• OK!!!.. What the fuck is this : Reeves
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  i like giavoni ribisi but i have no idea what the fuck this is. and had to google james cameron to see wh... : papaskot
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    yes : scottythejock
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      wat is is tell me : papaskot
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        It is the project James has wanted to make for 15 years. It's one of those life's ambition efforts that h... : LoioshDwaggie
        • Spoilerish summary of some footage on Aint It Cool - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41793 : scottythejock
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          so its not an adaptation of anything? : papaskot
          • no, thats M Night's Shamalayanahaha (Avatar) The Last Airbender : Maarten Goldstein
        • so it's going to be like Last temptation or Battlefield Earth : Slowtreme
• dongs? : chazums

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  haha this is a wonderful post : EvilDolemite
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    this thread has a lot to live up to. : Head Rush
    • I fully expect a hundred replies. : thecatinthehat
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  This is just what this chatty needs : maulla
  • I don't get it : jigstah
  • I am confused... : stelth
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  Congrats! Can you tether using ATT or does it have to be Jailbroken? : jigstah
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    I'm using Rogers, so it was basically enabled by default. I just needed a rogers_com.mobileconfig file to... : stelth
    • Sweet! AT&T better follow suit : jigstah
• You idiiot, you could have got a windows for under $1000!!!!! : askedrelic
• Those are yummy unboxing pictures indeed. I'm guessing since you're in Canada you're using the free teth... : spazzium
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  Install XCode (it's free and you can modify Carbon) Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection 2 for Macs ... : EvilDolemite
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    Ah yes, Flip4Mac... I had forgotten about that app! :D Also, I'll be doing iPhone dev on this thing, I... : stelth
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      You should grab Adium and Perian, and XCode is on the Leopard CD as an extra. : DianeOfTheMoon
      • I got Adium because I did manage to get that installed at work. Basically, it sits up on my desktop. : stelth
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        Perian is awesome, btw... It's like XviD for Windows. :D : stelth
        • Yes, Perian kicks ass. : dmason
        • Yes, Perian kicks ass. : dmason
        • It's more like ffdshow + matroska splitter for windows. : spazzium
• i was hoping to have some mac porn on the last pic but alas, you played it straight. : dahanese
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  link us your Youtube unboxing video, and you'd be set. : TPSReport
  • The only video I have on YouTube is the initial bootup of OSX with the welcome messaging and shit. But y... : stelth
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  Some apps I use: Adium, best chat program I've found Caffeine for stopping my mac from going to sleep... : Demius
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    What exactly do you use Caffeine for? Couldn't you just disable the power save settings to prevent the c... : DianeOfTheMoon
    • could... but sometimes if I watch a hulu video, it won't auto-disable the settings. I have it set up for ... : Demius
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    Pixen sucks, although it is free. Better: Pixelmator http://www.pixelmator.com/ It's $60 but holy s... : ovrlrd
    • I managed to get a free copy of Photoshop CS3... yes, it's legal. A friend I worked with, her dad had pu... : stelth
  • Yeah, dropbox for sure. Use my referal link and we both get an extra 250MB of storage space! :D https:/... : boarder2
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  Apps you'll need to be a mac fanboy: http://adium.im/ http://www.transmissionbt.com/download.php htt... : davantalus
  • Dude, iStat Pro is sweet! I picked up VLC and Adium (I use both at work since I can install them to my d... : stelth
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  I'm jealous of that beautiful beast. : hirosushima
  • Why thank you sir... I had to watch other people go through their purchasing MacBooks or big screen TV's ... : stelth
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  Hey guys, after a day of thinking about it, I decided to eat a banana. It had the MOST FUCKING AWESOME s... : DrZettl
  • ring ring ring ring ring... : stelth
  • stick it up your bum : Mmmmmoo
  • that's like comparing apples and...bananas. : Drakoniac
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    thats just it, its not just a fruit. Its the vessel your new ambrosia came to you from the gods in.... ... : Hoax
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      thinking about it, a banana is basically proof of god an the atheists nightmare. : Hoax
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        What about the pineapple, then? Or the coconut? : evildanish
        • the jews and muslims punishment. : Hoax
    • Also you can stick your dick in it. : Perturbation
    • The Atheists Nightmare: THE BANANA! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-OLG0KyR4 : oo7|bond
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  HOLY SHIT THAT BOX HAS A HANDLE AND EVERYTHING!!!! : CapnChaos
  • While I appreciate the packaging of the mac products fanboys tend to sound exactly likethis : thebigbinky
• MY PACKAGING : Ride-My-Rocket
• Wait is that all there is to the packaging? After the last thread I was expecting magic sparkles to be b... : kainen1

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• i'm not !! : qwpeoriu
• Yeah, I really enjoyed them! We have some shackers here that knows their stuff... : excessus
• Wow, you're not kidding. It's almost down to a youtube level in there. : reelbk
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  I'm not, but I haven't been an avid poster here for the whole of the site's history. Console fanboy wars ... : CasbahBoy
  • It's not just the console fanboys, but some of the stuff posted about Carmack is just amazing. Especially... : Conan
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  I've had a few run ins with the front pagers before, honestly - I might get in some debates in ER and MD ... : abrasion
  • Even then, still better than a lot of what I see on other gaming boards. : dognose
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  IGI : redfive
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    there, that should clean things up a bit : redfive
    • Extra time + nukes = 1000 point bonus! Welcome to the next level redfive! : yosemiteclimber
    • hah. i totally have this picture of a mod gearing up in riot gear and tear gas to get ready for the mobs.... : mindmann
• I miss shugashack. :( : pap26
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  I barely ever post on the front page, unless it's a niche article. : Link.
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    I only post if it's a Nietzsche article : drucifer
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      It's about time we had some games based on his ideas/themes, or at least using them for the game's title ... : nudel
      • It was called Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within : Spezzer
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        Friedrich Nietxche's On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Kart Racing Sense : algernoN8
        • haha excellent : graceofdragons
      • Itsn't that what Too Human was? : jasoncrowley
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      Front Page is dead! Front Page remains dead! And we have killed it. : Home Nugget
      • 13th Level Cleric is ambivalent. : Rotten Deadite
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  Of all the genius comments on that article, BloodDoll's is by far the best. He is truly a bastion of wit... : Perturbation
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    Truly. If only he'd post here. : esad
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      he's not posting here anymore *nudge* *nudge* *wink* *wink* : redfive
      • Aww I invited him to latest chatty hoping the "community" could deal with him :( : yosemiteclimber
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        what do you mean? : mikecyb
        • Redfive, you have deprived the shack of a unique and special voice. : ihya
      • I don't get it. : ieGod
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      eukuriox or whatever is truly a giant as well. I post in the comments for games I'm genuinely interest... : jet-poop
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        eukuriox does some internet research and posts his findings, whilst calling you an idiot, and then LINKS ... : Goblin au
        • I don't understand why he's not banned. He was outed as a troll a long time ago, as if that wasn't blata... : yourGarbageMan
  • Yeah, I was thinking of being a retarded troll for a bit but then I got over it. : Mr. Goodwrench
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  Should I go and look? Most of the people HERE are ignorant of how rasterization works, so I shudder to th... : locater16
  • Just think of how much you could be shuddering! : Conan
  • This dude knows more about rasterization than Tom Cruise: http://www.agencija-palladio.si/_derived/Rasta.... : nudel
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  I wrote up a fairly large post about how if PS3 is hard to develop for, why should any company spend the ... : boarder2
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    The PS2 was difficult to develop for as well and was an enormous success. Sega tried to make the Dreamca... : LilCrypto
    • Exactly, the PS3 in this sense is a failure. Their gambit failed, they are going to have to take second s... : SpaecKow
    • What I find funny is that the PS1 was unusual for being EASY to program for, and they attracted a lot of ... : taronish
    • The PS2 was a huge success because it a) came out at the right time for DVD to take over (and was leaps a... : Yanks
  • I would like to read it still : Durajim
  • anyway only the programmers are stuck dealing with that crap. I work in a huge game company and tons of e... : Uninitialized
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    At *this* point in 2009, how many SDKs are available for the platform? Seriously. The Unreal engine wor... : sukabljat
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      what? I don't really get the correlation between the many cores = more performance, especially with games... : Yanks
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        That's not what I'm referring to. Sony's current PS3 has multiple processors that all serve different ... : sukabljat
        • The way memory is distributed is a significant hurdle for the ps3. : ryuuseki
        • Yes, that's exactly what I think will happen also. Not being a game programmer, this is pulled completely... : qwpeoriu
    • SDKs don't abstract away the entire platform so that the underlying architecture is irrelevant, especiall... : derelict515
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    Send that post to me. : Dr_Cube
    • Why, what would that accomplish? I didn't save it. : boarder2
  • i think companies are just dumb : Chandler55
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  I'm still trying to figure this guy out: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20549588#itemanchor_2054958... : spazzium
  • Holy crap...that guy...uses ellipses...too...much And he sounds like a moron : Makenxero
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    I knew who you were linking to before I clicked. Scary. : Johnny Law
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      Same. That guy is nuts. : -JLN-
      • Yeah, same here. : MacemanInTW
  • That guy's a fucking idiot. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    yea.. do you know what I mean by that? : reelbk
    • "nah your trolling me dingus" : Dave-A
  • Seriously, that dude needs a ban just for abuse of ellipses. : MacemanInTW
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    i can't tell if it's a trolling shtick or if there is really something wrong with him : Mansmells
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      We found his home page / myspace and I think that's why the mods have left him, the poor guy is quite hon... : abrasion
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        yeah i saw it. i'm still not sure. : Mansmells
        • He really is .... not mentally right so unfortunately I have sympathy for the guy. : abrasion
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        you mean the virb site in his profile? : bRAINsick
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          See I feel sad and sorry for him again :( http://virb.com/divit/photos He probably just can't help i... : abrasion
          • haha clearly lives with his parents : kill9
          • now you know how we feel : EvilDolemite
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            The dude has a photo of a cat on his page so he's alright in my book. : nudel
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              Even the description of the dog "Little Dog" the poor guy isn't playing with a full deck and probably can... : abrasion
              • It is a little dog, there's no denying that. I know people who revel in titling photos like that. The ... : nudel
          • oh shit lol : MrBig0
          • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_is_Jordan_Crump also related : Bamtan
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            Look how mysterious he is: http://virb.com/divit/photos/2143984/fullsize : bozer
            • Even his camera is retarded : Phreakin
          • Oh, man, I remember this guy now. He's the one who kept telling everyone that they must not know very muc... : BlackCat9
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            Oh fuck that guy.. I knew he sounded familiar. I'm thinking he must have been a victim of some sort of dr... : Reeves
            • Meta-morphed, metaphorically. : ieGod
    • not a troll, sadly : Bamtan
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      I'm convinced he's autistic or has aspergers or something. It's that or he is really, really committed to... : sharpie
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        I absoloutely believe based on the pics it's one of the first 2 you listed, he's probably a nice kid in r... : abrasion
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          just be thankful that you're aware of your retardery : Bamtan
          • I don't know if I should say thanks or not :( : abrasion
      • With this guy, all of these seem equally possible. He's the perfect troll. : spazzium
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        I read aspergers as ass-burgers in my head, every time :( : abrasion
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          dude i think you've got aspergers : Flynn
          • Mental image of me stuffing a big mac in there :( : abrasion
        • that's how a guy I knew who had aspergers pronounced it. I had never heard of it before and thought he wa... : sharpie
        • Everytime I see Metal Gear: Peacewalker, I just laugh and always see Metal Gear: Pisswalker now. NOW Y... : pancake humper
  • man it's like watching schizophrenia at work or something : zakazi
  • jesus christ i knew who you meant the second you linked to a post. fuck i hate that dude. : MrBig0
  • I love this guy. He also does not understand sarcasm, so you can really go to town. : Beady
  • That's the funniest post I've ever read. It's awesome. : dltrem
  • He's in next to every thread of every news item. Who has that much free time? : Mr.Finkster
  • Oh man. That's the best post I've read all day, and there have been some doozies. : BlackCat9
  • definitely something very wrong with him : smax
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    He's great. I've been a fan ever since he tried to educate everyone on shaders. He's like the Shack's p... : ZTac
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      He's Vissi from WoW. Knightblade87 I think was his username here : Scotty22
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        This explains so much. Except for the mostly proper spelling. If this is indeed Vissi - he must be usin... : Phil
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          * B L I Z Z R E D ' D * : Phil
          • re: http://www.shacknews.com/search.x?terms=blizzred&type=comments : Phil
  • LOADING DOOM2.WAD........................................................................................... : Scotty22
• Its not. Thats the real world. In here is a floating dream. : Lightzout
• Front Page Commenters. Ha ha. To the Moon. : mrwolf710