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  First off, here at the pics from my visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/_chumpo_/sets/72157621929420357/ ... : BauriceMastard
  • thats a pretty sweet beard : AlexXdude
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    my forged email worked, you've now broken NDA : multisync
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      ya man i checked with steve before i posted homie. NO HAXXORING. : BauriceMastard
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        Troll just got ROCKED! :D : MercFox1
        • The internets hath doth vanquished me. : BauriceMastard
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        What about the rest of the random weapons? Is it just like diablo 'Shotgun of the Whale' or do they provi... : multisync
        • Ya the weapons can spawn with elemental types of damage. The ammo was generic from what I could tell, you... : BauriceMastard
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    Great pics! What's the deal with red lights in the server room? Is it to look cool or is there some benef... : Dave-A
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      Gibson alert System. : Fyunch Click
      • lol! : packav
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        http://gamewith.us/shackspace/no-steveg.png http://gamewith.us/shackspace/no-steveg.jpg : ThomW
        • hahaha : razlebol
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          so that's what you were photochopping eh? lol : Patch-e
          • Exactly. :D : ThomW
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          I'd like to see him try and pick one of those up : mikecyb
          • Steve is strong. : ThomW
          • I don't see any handles on them. : Prozium
          • the servers themselves slide right out. i doubt he could pick the racks themselves up, they weigh a ton e... : Dave-A
        • We had a NO DOGS sign on our server room after Willow got in there one day and got tangled up in the CAT6... : Dave-A
        • hahah : Shadowdane
        • hahahah great now coffee is sprayed on my desk >;( : happynoodle
        • I can hope someone posts this up at gearbox. : DrWaffles
    • It's to add awesome. Randy was very proud of the awesome. : BauriceMastard
    • Probably the same thing as LBLs (little blinky lights). : MercFox1
    • \m/ EMC \m/ : yonderboy
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      They're special chocolate melting red lights. Better safe then sorry, when you have Steve working around ... : Frozen Pixel
      • Ooo! Piece-a-candy! Ooo! Piece-a-candy! Ooo! Piece-a-candy! : AxeMan808
    • it's to indicate which one should be DROPPED : Downforce
  • thats awesome :( : maulla
  • I'd sum this up as a 7.8/10 preview if you were to rate the game. : freakynipples69
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    hah awesome photos, congrats! : Nitrium
    • specially the clothes pin haha, good work : Nitrium
  • Thanks for the write up. Great pics! : byorn
  • Tagged for later (when is shackmarks getting fixed?) : prime8
  • Woo Woo That's pretty cool. : DM7
  • Your pics are hilarious. :) : ThomW
  • haha I am glad someone who obviously had a lot of fun with it got to go : Patch-e
  • Sounds pretty sweet, I'm definitely getting pumped for this game : Begawkiness
  • Steve Gibson I miss you : Sapiens
  • Thank you for the impressions, good read. : Milleh
  • Hi Steve :( : virus
  • The fact that you pinned Randy is simply too awesome. : stelth
  • Oh man, your pictures and write up are awesome! You look hilarious to drink with, please come to a shackm... : felicia
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    your beard rules : EvilDolemite
    • yah i wish i could grow a beard like that... my facial hair is too damn thin. : Shadowdane
  • haha you got a picture of the caterpillar building on I-35! awesome :D : mwasher
  • Haha! You rock and it looks like you had a blast! : project13
  • awesome write up, thanks! : Scotty22
  • I was wondering what the significance is of the clothespin you mention?? : wytefang
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  http://www.flickr.com/photos/_chumpo_/3825814653/in/set-72157621929420357/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/... : Degenerate
  • They should really bring back faux wood paneling on consoles : Dave-A
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    Do my eyes deceive me? I do not see an original NES in there. : MechBFP
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      far left middle shelf : Floppygrandma
      • Seems outta place to me on that shelf. Would think it belongs with the other consoles in the 2nd picture. : sigpro
  • Randy made those stands himself. Randy's name is also a killing word. Again it is the legend! : BauriceMastard
  • Fuck the consoles, I want those chairs : pancake humper
  • That is pretty badass : cookblaze
  • fucking awesome : eeeealmo
  • haha that's awesome! : Shadowdane
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    i can't think of what could be between the PSX and the N64. I thought for a minute a Saturn; but that's t... : Cihte
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      It's the 1st gen NeoGeo CD : qwpeoriu
      • God that thing was so fucking slow, it was a 1X CD reader. They released a much better version not too lo... : qwpeoriu
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    how is that stand holding up that original XBOX! : Patch-e
    • The stand is made out of old Xboxes. : ThomW
  • I hope the dreamcast is actually plugged in and used : NexusOne
  • Nobody even notices the Odyssey2 sitting RIGHT THERE? (Img_8689) : AxeMan808
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  We never get visitors off the street that want to come test my Oracle Financials user management system. : Saman
  • If you gave out posters/had Steve Gibson, they might. : byorn
  • ooh oooh pick me! : kbnerd
• you seem like a really cool guy IRL! : packav
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  Those photos are the best damn thing I've seen on this site in months. Bravo sir. THAT'S the way to do ... : Phil
  • They do rule. : ThomW
• CURSES I WANT TO PLAY! : bolneze
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  i want to meet Steve Gibson while im here in texas : CoRDS
  • Shackmessage him. Tell him there are clip on koalas in it for him. ;) : ThomW
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    just go to gearbox and beat on the door until they answer. : kbnerd
    • Hell, someone posted a link to the house he just bought. :P : ThomW
  • I'm afraid he's out of the country at the moment. Went off to GamesCom in Germany. : Chris Faylor
• Why didn't you come to Qcon and say hi? : ThomW
• Hey if anyone is still looking for random Borderlands info, twitter up @mikeyface today, he's answering q... : dopefish

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  Nice to see that got it running well on the consoles. I see that the tree breaking physics are still weir... : CrabsJarrard
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    Everyone is friggin' aching to see PC footage, it's so crazy. : vx2o
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      I was under the impression they were getting out of the pc engine business in favor of consoles, no? : Visceral Monkey
      • Err... no they aren't getting away from the PC. : vx2o
      • no, yerli cried like a little bitch about how bad crysis supposedly sold (1,4 millions apparently wasn't ... : Hoax
  • Looks more detailed to me, in terms of textures, lighting and polygon counts. : Lone Swordsman
• Hey they should make a game out of this stuff! : Vangoghs Ear
• GG flash video. *HIC* ..... *HIC* : Freon
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  Noob Question: When someone makes an engine like CryEngine 3 do they also have to develop the audio side ... : notdeadyeti
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    Well there certainly has to be sound, but no one pays much attention to the sound "engine" so to speak, s... : Freon
    • ^This, pretty much. : one random winner
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      I'd have to say that Doom 3 had the most impressive sound engine that I've seen in a long time. Wonder i... : Wombat Woo
      • I'd have to say any sound engine you've seen would be impressive. : one random winner
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        ever played bad company? : HisKillSkill
        • i agree, bad company had one of the most impressive sound engines ive experienced. : Klebold
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        Halo 3 has the best sound engine of any game system as far as I'm aware. In addition to doppler, reverb a... : LoioshDwaggie
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          Have you played BF:BC or BF1943? : ArcKnight
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            This sound engine has some good capabilities, and Dice's sound team is pretty great, but it also is glitc... : cpt_gloval
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              I wonder what would happen if Dice released a bug free Battlefield game. : ArcKnight
              • dead rising from the grave, cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria. : cpt_gloval
        • Yes, Halo3 indeed has what I believe to be the most advanced sound engine. I don't think I have heard its... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • Crytek has always preferred to do everything by themselves. I've noticed that they try to avoid using 3rd... : vx2o
  • Yes they do, although they can buy parts of the solution from other audio specific middleware providers. ... : imperator
  • No one these days sells a "rendering only" engine. You really need full systems to call it a game engine. : Fred Garvin
  • Audio, network code, interface, developer tools, ect. : locater16
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  Did he say rectal physics? : Fred Garvin
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    It's cutting edge. No other engine has it. : esad
    • Don't get the cutting edge near the rectal physique, please :( : GloriousCow
    • Cutting edge rectal physics? 1 Guy 1 Cup. : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • I was just going to post the same question. : voodooraze
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  lots of popups in the geometry and low resolution textures (as far as i can tell by the low quality flash... : Hoax
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    I don't think many PC gamers got used to Crysis at 60+fps. :) (Game seemed fine at lower FPS, too, unt... : nudel
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      heh try one of these http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/Crysis/index.html also a lower resolution does wond... : Hoax
      • also take a look at the crysis section of http://tweakguides.com/ : Hoax
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        Crysis' 60 FOV doesn't seem all that low to me. It actually looks and feels more like 85 in an engine lik... : pyide
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          Low fovs really bother me, most games I change it to 100 or 110 if possible, but in Crysis anything over ... : pyide
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            Same here i need to have a fov of 90-95 at least. 100-120 in mp shooters like quake but at 100 the distor... : Hoax
            • Yeah I can change the DPI on my mouse too, but it's another freaking button I have to use in the heat of ... : pyide
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              I can't find anything out on the internet so I think it's simply not possible. I was hoping some shacker ... : pyide
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                Make a post on a crysis forum like incrysis. there should be a way to trigger a script that makes use of ... : Hoax
                • I took your advice and made a post on incrysis, hope someone out there can help. Thanks. : pyide
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            The config file is text/xml I think so have a look in there for a variable. I think there may be one b... : nudel
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              I plan on playing through Far Cry 2 as well, I hope I don't have the same issues with that one too : pyide
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                nope you'll have plenty of different issues though! like mouse acceleration and vert - widescreen! unless... : RetroRedEyeJr
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                  Oh man I hate crappy mouse acceleration. Widescreen was fixed via a hack, and it looks like they patched ... : pyide
                  • awesome if we can find a way to get rid of this shitty acceleration i might actually play the game! Right... : RetroRedEyeJr
                • They fixed the vert- in a patch a long time ago, there's now a 'widescreen fov' checkbox on the video set : mn3m0n1c
              • I can't remember why (or even if) I had to go into the FC2 config file. Maybe to turn off mouse smoothing... : nudel
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          it works somehow in non restricted environments (far view at the beach tube like view down the road) but ... : Hoax
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            I really do think their engine or renderer is just that different when it comes to fov. Some games will ... : pyide
            • i settled with 80 because anything above would show some visual error in the lower body model. but yeah ... : Hoax
            • Do they possibly just define it as vertical FOV or no? : DinK
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        I tried all of those configs and they make my game crash everytime :( I tried a few other configs, like t... : ashkie
        • You can make your own config if these are instable for you. its not hard to do, check the links above. ma... : Hoax
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          the latest version I made crashes your game?? hmm... only had crashes on the earlier version. You patc... : Shadowdane
          • Yes its completely patched. I tried a few different variants of your config too and sometimes the game do... : ashkie
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    Someone's in a bad mood... : vx2o
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      I'm abrasions lost twin brother when it comes to cervat yerli. : Hoax
      • Yeah, we could tell. : Conan
• He's pretty much showing Crysis 2 off here, though the art standards will probably be more coherent. Kind... : locater16
• Famous breaking the tree thing. Oh come on man, no one really fucking cares. I mean congrats, you got you... : Zombie Vonnegut
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  man that is a pretty massive weapon model. : stgdz
  • Yeah, I hope every enemy comes in on the left. : melkore
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    Large weapon Z-occluding a large chunk of the scene on a platform that is fill limited? Can't be! : RomSteady
    • Eh... iron sights did not slow it down at all. : vx2o

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  Agreed, the Maryann stuff has been boring for at least 5 episodes for me. It's getting dragged out too l... : Halen
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    Seriously blah blah, she's really old, she's powerful, she's a goddess, she's Calypso, she's a Minotaur, : pharom
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      Agreed. hawkeye gets mad at me every time I gripe about Maryann :[ glad to know I'm not alone. : laurgasms
      • Yep, you're not. it's like this plateau of a storyline that isn't coming to a peak in what seems like fo : Halen
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  I'm sure MaryAnn will die or be banished by the end of this season as she's the generic secondary story l : multisync
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    She's getting her own show that's replacing True Blood. It's called the Maryann Orgy Hour. : freakynipples69
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      I would watch this. : trOmblyj
      • we already are for a third of true blood every week? : pharom
    • It will come on after the Terry and Lafayette PTSD variety power hour. : DrillBit
  • Yeah, he was, but it was an important part of the story. I'm sure there will be further, interesting old : node
  • I had a hard time liking Godric because of how temporary his character felt, he surrendered, heck even be : pharom
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  I agree, I want more Eric, more TV Vampire lady, more big stuff - Vampire bureaucracy (or rather hierarch : gakera
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    yea that was a goddamn waste of a role. But to be fair it's from the books and the books are nothing but... : multisync
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      Eric and Vampire Bitch are great, I'd like more hierarchy/bureaucracy too. I also like that Eric's act... : node
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        Alexander Skaarsgard is awesome. Watch Generation Kill. : hawkeye
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          I will! Been meaning to, thanks for the reminder. It was just one season or something right? : node
          • it was a miniseries. think there were 7 episodes or so : dantastic
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            7 episodes. I'm making laurgasms watch it to try to get her to watch The Wire. : hawkeye
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              Generation Kill is seven episodes. The Wire is SIXTY. AND I HAVE NO ATTENTION SPAN. : laurgasms
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                I got bored of the wire, I don't really get on with cop shows. :/ : node
                • I hate copy shows but I loved The Wire. The Wire really isn't a cop show so much as it has cops in it. : hawkeye
      • I loved it in season 1 when he spoke some swedish but it wasn't subtitled and I understood it (I understa... : gakera
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  S1 was alright. S2 is kind of shitty. and they killed off godric already? wtf? seems like he had a bigger : thebigbeefsandwich
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    No wonder laurgasms wants us to get HBO. You guys fail at spoiler tags : hawkeye
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      Wrong post. : hawkeye
      • pointing out fail fail? : pharom
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  My wife and I are playing catchup - wrapped up s1 ep 7 or 8 (at the end bill has to turn the red head at : dedgecko
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    Yeah, sometimes the writing feels meh, but sometimes I like the lines. The characters are the best bit th... : node
    • "S" is for Sookie, that's good enough for me : ezanga
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  glad to see Skarsgard got to do a bit of acting. i liked him in Generation Kill but he hasn't had much to... : Dave-A
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    I think he's taller than everyone of the other regulars on that show combined : gakera
    • I wonder if they make the guy that plays Bill stand on a box for some of their scenes : Dave-A
    • IMDB says he's 6'4" which means Eggs is the only guy close in height. : hawkeye
  • Yeah, clearly a good, proper actor and he did a great job with a tough scene. That ending was surprisingl... : node
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    his crying really sucked : dantastic
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      agreed, that ending really seemed rushed and forced : pharom
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        huh i thought it was pretty great. seems to be pretty polarized opinions about it : eeeealmo
        • it was just so... counter intuitive to the Eric that we've seen so far, for being so in the power of Godr : pharom
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        I thought it was one if not THE best scene in the entire TV series so far. Not sure what you've been smo... : kainen1
        • Yup, same. It was powerful stuff, beautifully done. : node
      • I disagree. I found it to be pretty powerful. : notd665
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  SOOOOKKEEEHHHHHHH : Milleh
  • MILLLLEEEHHHHH : re-verse
• VAMPIRES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : oHnOES
• the ending was terrible. : mindshot
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  One thing that confused me with Godric's death via sunrise was that he said something to the effect of "a : HojuSimpson
  • He's really dry. : one random winner
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    sunlight sort of brings them back to aging like normal, so a younger vampire will be 'fresher' or less dr : multisync
    • I was being facetious, as I haven't actually watched the show, I think it's kind of funny I was right on ... : one random winner
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      this is what dahanese explained to me and she has read all the books so she's probably a true blood exper... : mikecyb
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        Are the books any good? I won't read them either way but interested to hear. I'm also curious how far thr... : node
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          she says they are trashy but entertaining, so pretty much like the show : mikecyb
          • Yeah, sounds about right. Cool, I've already got too many books to get through first. : node
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    its not that confusing, hes been a vampire for so long, he's more vampirey. : papaskot
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      sure it's confusing, so by that logic Jessica should have been able to act like nothing happened the day ... : HojuSimpson
      • yeah i dont know anything about vampire lore. and also i agree this show doesnt really have continuity, ... : papaskot
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        Correct what is so confusing about that? : MoreVespeneGas
        • Correct? You see no flaw whatsoever in that? You kids with your sparkly vampires that can walk around ... : HojuSimpson
• I enjoyed the show during the first season. The second season I have not. I find the pacing to be slow an... : corey

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  "Rogers Ultimate encourages you to push your surfing limits with an enormous 175GB bandwidth allowanceââ... : GrimmyD
  • d2d, steam? : re4ctor
  • digital distribution is pretty widespread isn't it? : retardhumper
  • probably advocating legal digital distribution platforms : AlexXdude
  • Doubtful, but it'd be nice to get patches to WoW faster. Some of those fuckers are 375Mb. Also, I was dy : stelth
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    So you're capped at 175GB/mth? : Dave-A
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      You are charged after that limit to a maximum of 20 additional dollars a month. I blow my 5mbps service ... : tboomer2
      • I thought that was on the old tier. There is no cap on charges on the newer tiers iirc? : Shai-Tan
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    what is a high resolution game ? : sikander
    • Not Diablo II : Sgt_Boomstick
    • you can play quake1 at 1920x1080 -- a high resolution game it is! : nova_x
  • At that speed, you could use up your entire bandwidth allowance in 2.3 hours, haha. : Vantage
  • Linux Distros lots of linux Distros. : thecatinthehat
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  I've got Shaw and through them for 50$ a month I get 25/2 : RogerDandy
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    how? on their web page its $94/month http://www.shaw.ca/en-ca/ProductsServices/Internet/ : retardhumper
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      There's *always* a better deal than what they advertise if you ask into it. : Majuju
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        Shaw are anal-retentive fucks though, I don't hear of deals or retention offers very often if at all. : pyros
        • I got them to match a Telus deal once, and they threw in a free month. : SenorSpine
  • How? "Warp" is $94 a month. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • Third on the how. I was planning on getting warp soon. : pyros
• I got some good luck with them .. i had bumped downa tier for price, and now it is bumopped back uo becau... : ghost hacker
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  unlimited? : HisKillSkill
  • nvm didnt refreshed : HisKillSkill
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  thats weird im not eligible, im currently on the 10mbps plan... what would be different for the 25mbps a... : Chandler55
  • Yup http://www.lightreading.com/blog.asp?blog_sectionid=397&doc_id=171603&site=cdn : Dave-A
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  I can get 2 options: FiOS $89.99 - No bandwidth caps 50 Mbps down 20 Mbps up Cablevision $9... : ant_hillbilly
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    Whoops sorry yea, not Canadian prices. : ant_hillbilly
    • Either way, that is so vastly better than the raping we get. : terath
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    No caps? definitely not canadian isps. : Ellissd
    • somebodys got to pay vernon well's contract : Chandler55
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  FYI: Rogers throttles all P2P and encrypted traffic 24/7. For example, if you use a VPN, your upload spee... : quanta88
  • that's pretty crappy : fatalsync
  • rogers is so awful, the lack of cablecards sucks my balllllllllllls : veras
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  They need to get Extreme over 10 mbit already. : JarEme
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    Isn't extreme 16mbps? I get 10mbps on the normal tier (may even get more but my internet gateway still ha... : Shai-Tan
    • Express and Extreme are both at 10 mbit. The only difference between the packages is a the bandwidth cap. : JarEme

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  google phone does this :) : NeoMoose
  • If only there were enough apps to need it : adpalumbo
  • I'm torn between wanting one of these (I don't know what all Android phones there are) and a Palm Pre. ... : Ebu
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  Categories does this : Affliated
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    How do you do this? : ninjase
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      jailbreak+cyndia : Hoax
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        why the fuck do i keep calling cydia cyNdia? argh : Hoax
        • Better than clamydia? : ninjase
• I like the search bar. : hoov1185
• We have an app for that. oh wai... : Ariakus
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  You can always just organize them by page. : byorn
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    oh, i have an app i want to use on page 9! 9 swipes then select. If there were folders, select fol... : jayares
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      I only have 1.5 pages of apps on my ipod touch. 9 pages? Really? : rosewood
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        i have 135 apps according to itunes : jayares
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          stop treating your dashboard like it's a windows 98 desktop : Bamtan
          • is there any other way to do it on an Iphone? : cltcprd
    • I have a lot of pages too and I agree with your grudge as I'd love folders but the search function helps ... : ashkie
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  Categories is one of the two main reasons I jailbreak : Horn
  • The other ? : Sgt_Boomstick
• Supposedly iTunes 9 has app managment. : sgtsanity
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  With os 3.0, the search feature eliminates the need for this. : treefingers1
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    It so, so doesn't. : abrasion
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      It so, so does. : Bamtan
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        Bullshit, are you taking the piss? A folder icon means TWO presses of your finger to find an app - techni... : abrasion
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          I mean, search helps... But its no replacement for "Social", "Games", "Finance" or whatever as a means of... : SqueegyTBS
          • Exactly. : abrasion
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          Depends how OCD you are. If I had 9 panels worth of apps, I wouldn't remember the layout of any past the ... : Bamtan
          • I've used it once on the iphone, I wish I could disable it entirely. : abrasion
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          you don't have to hit search, it searches as you type, sucka! : mikecyb
          • You have to go to the search window though. : abrasion
        • not to mention the search bar on teh iPod touch 1G is terribly slow... (well not terribly slow, but its e... : Demius
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          I'd love to see your names of the folders.. FOLDER 1 _____________________ THIS IS A GAMES FOLDER I TH... : sludge vohaul
          • dude your a moran they aren't properly aligned FOLDER 1 ______________________THIS IS A GAMES FOLDER I... : Bamtan
          • This is not particularly funny, sorry. : abrasion
      • really, it doesn't. Many apps aren't named after the actual game/app, making searching for them impossibl... : sharpie
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  I've got 6 pages, I admit even a shortcut icon which took me to page 6 would be nice. : abrasion
  • It be cool if you could touch the dot of the page it's on and it'd jump to it : ninjase
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  App organization tools need to appear in the next iTunes update. : dmason
  • True that! : ninjase
• I'm always hoping they make up some shortcut key that you can do to bring up all 9 pages similar to Expos... : Mmmmmoo

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• Probably slim! : packav
• The possibilities are endless. : MagicWishMonkey
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  It definitely will. Xbox 360/PC : pancake humper
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    i thought it was confirmed that this would be 360/PC at launch : dirge23
    • Everywhere I've looked says it will be. : MercFox1
    • REALLY? I thought I was going to have to wait an extra year to play on PC. YAY : jenisthebest
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    pancake, is it a 360 EXCLUSIVE like Alan Wake, or are they doing a simultaneous release? : CrustaR
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      Simultaneous launch, CrustaR : pancake humper
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        That is a relief! : CrustaR
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          Should have a 360 for Shadow Complex anyways. : pancake humper
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            I'll wait for the PC version! : CrustaR
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              For what it's worth Epic's Community Support Specialist is saying 360 exclusive offically on Chair's foru... : sigpro
              • Weak sauce. :[ : CrustaR
              • I'd say it has a much chance of coming to something like Steam than Gears 2 did coming to retail shelves ... : pyide
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    By multi-platform I meant XBOX360+PS3 : mr.sleepy
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      It may be an EA game, but Microsoft has a vested interest in the property after publishing the first game... : RomSteady
      • This. : notd665
    • MS has exclusive rights to the trilogy : pancake humper
• Results fuzzy, ask again later : megarust32
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  iv been gameing for 13 years, so i firmly beleive it will go multi-platform. : GAMER4LIFEYO
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    Are you a video game expert? : phate81
    • can't you tell by his user name? : kbnerd
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      for life, dude : electroly
      • I wish this guy had a newsletter, because I'd be the first one to sign up for it. : tboomer2
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    Facepalm. Just... facepalm. : Moonbase Commander
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      wjw : FrayLo
      • ...it's like a mini Jesus, with wings : Goblin au
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    I've been gaming for 22 years so I believe Mass Effect will come out on SNES. : TrptJim
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      24 years here, and it should arrive on Atari 65XE as well, will probably take 14 days for the game to loa... : deviantpaul
      • How many cassettes you think that'd fill? 800XL guy here : freezejeans
  • YOU HEARD IT RIGHT HERE FOLKS : virus
  • You've been registered for an hour, you don't get to claim anything. Aug 18, 2009 10:46am CST : one random winner
  • hahahaha : maulla
  • yerah brsofuuufff hell yeah fuck those guys broaaahhh : Jackass1233
  • I'm convinced. : Rotten Deadite
  • awesome first post. Keep it up. : kevp
  • what kind of game were you able to play at 1 year old? : indosauros
  • yeah well i believe the ps3 slim will also play wii and 360 games : EvilDolemite
  • the oracle has spoken. : jayares
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    so which one are you : felicia
    • that'd be Yo. He has a brother named Brah. : Fyunch Click
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    I can't [lol] any harder :-( : opengl128
    • mash the button like its a QTE. : MercFox1
  • hahaha well played : action wombmate
  • wow, 13 years, that's pretty impressive brah : acheron
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    4 lyfe!!! : CrustaR
    • YO : LordHellMaX
  • what the hell is with the trolls here today, did someone alert 4chan or something? : Delaric
  • the wisdom of xenu is here for all. bask in it, my brethren. : Downforce
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    Awesome character post. Well done. : MercFox1
    • It's probably sesmaster. :| : CrustaR
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    OK, who's character account is this? : thetangent
    • Bet it's Sleepy's.. maybe even haiku's : royalally
  • I've been gameing for longer than that so my opinion is better than yours : TastyWheat
  • OMG!!11! 13 years??! YOU MUST BE L337!! : ReckHavoc
  • This guy will turn into a chrysalis one night and Michael Pachter will crawl out of the crusty eggshell : ihya
  • one of the top front-page'd posts, if I must say : DinK
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    I've been gaming for 22 years and I guarantee it will come out on the Jaguar : ColoradoCNC
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      I've heard from industry insiders that it will come out on the Virtual Boy. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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        Will I be able to use my Power Glove in the game? : Totenjaeger
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          That's pretty much standard by now, I don't know why a game wouldn't use a Power Glove. : one random winner
          • Actually they have confirmed an add on for the "Love-Glove". It will be magical... : Q-ball
  • WINNER! : disposition
  • Youre playing since you are 2 years old? Nice : Johnnsen
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    This is why we rarely get new people to become regular posters : Omning
    • In some cases, that's probably a good thing. : PointlesS76
  • This just has to be a Gibson or Goldstein character account : bipolar
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    finally, a professional opinion : das_runt
    • lol, my thoughts exactly. : Klebold
  • http://www.shackpics.com/files/gamer4lifeyo_nr6ams9b1j8ts5xw73dn.jpg : das_runt
  • Sweet. 34 years o' gaming here, soon as it hits Odyssey2 I'm all over it! : freezejeans
  • ahahaha : lausai
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    We should rub cocks, you know for good luck. : voodooraze
    • Oil. Two fat cocks. : gibolas1234
  • I've been gaming for 13 years and 9 days, and I'm thinking it's not gonna happen. : ^rec
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    The shack is such a nice place to post for the first time : henrikb
    • We don't tolerate the BS if that's what you mean. If we did this place would turn into youtube comments. ... : DM7
  • if only we had this sort of insider information for DNF : jigstah
  • I've been gaming for 13 years, so I firmly believe you will be banned. : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • My favorite part about that post is that it has all the correct letters, just in the wrong order. : Shadsy
  • PS3 SUXOR : Cashh
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  What do you mean by "now"? It technically always was, they published it. If EA wanted it multiplatform do... : avatar_58
  • Microsoft Games published the first one for the 360. EA published the PC version though. : sigpro
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  Last word was that there is still an exclusivity agreement of some kind http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/0... : Carnivac
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    So 2 can't be multi-platform, but 3 could be. : mancide
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      whats the point in releasing the finale of a trilogy on a platform where you cant play the first 2 parts? : dantastic
      • Ask Bethesda about Fallout 3 with the 360 and PS3? gotcha haha j/k : MercFox1
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  When is this thing coming out? : Clay
  • ME 2 is q1 next year. : sigpro
• it's not a possiblity, it's a certainty. EA hates platforme exclusives with a vengeance. : master_disaster_17
• The most recent quotes from Bioware have stated that it is exclusive to 360 and PC. : deveus1
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  It seems like a fair number of people in this thread don't consider two platforms to be multiplatform. Ho... : Chris Remo
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    like sleepy said he was thinking ps3/360/pc being the commonly accepted answer for what is multiplatform. : sigpro
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      So what's a game when it's only on two platforms? That seems weird to me. : Chris Remo
      • I say it's multiplatform just like you, but I think because of the number of games sold on consoles peopl... : sigpro
  • Multi-console then. : SiW.
  • THIS is multi-platform, in so many ways: http://chicgadget.today.com/2008/06/20/gameboy-platform-shoes... : nudel
  • I agree with Sigpro. I think it really is the majority of the mainstream consoles and PC's. I really wi... : Q-ball
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    I consider multiple consoles to be multi-platform, not console+PC. While this may not be an accurate term... : Evil Benius
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      It's a sad day when even on Shacknews so many people don't consider the PC to be a platform : Chris Remo
      • Oh I consider it a platform, but usually people are discussing THE CONSOLE WARS when they talk about mult... : Evil Benius
• The first one was multi-platform, so why wouldn't the second one be? Yes, the PC is a platform. If yo... : CyCo_PL
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  It's been rumoured for a while but they keep avoiding the question :/ : abrasion
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    It's not a rumor, it's multiplatform on day one. : Chris Remo
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      Oh I didn't see sleepy's followup. Why don't you guys just say "Is it coming to PS3" if that's what you m... : Chris Remo
      • it's more fun to confuse you : mikecyb
      • I think its because microsoft and sony see each others console platforms as direct competitors, and don't... : extrahappyturtle
• Guys, we can only speculate for now. We'll just have to wait until Blizzcon to find out. : GloriousCow

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• Don't spray it in your face! : royalally
• holy shit... that is some crazy water cooling there : Shadowdane
• LOL that is awesome. I has a bucket... for my server : Downforce
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  lol wtf are you doing to that server? : smacknca
  • Maximum Speed : pancake humper
  • peeing on it with a 500GPH pump : themelon
• that's not how you brew beer at all :( : mikecyb
• What have you done?!?!?! : mrwolf710
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  trying to run digsby? : pieman
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    Right now it is running 4x 4 thread linux kernel compiles out of ramdisks with a load of about 25. The... : themelon
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      Thought about using another sort of coolant? : c0bra
      • I'm going to use either mineral oil or some variant of Glycol. It is going to be a 2 loop system. Prima... : themelon
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      melon needs a radiator badly : beastrabban
      • I have several. Infact, I have an old 3.5 ton AC Condenser coil that I am going to chop up and use. : themelon
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      Consider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorinert : Omaha
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        Flourinert is not that much different than Mineral Oil in that you can fully submerse even the AC compone... : themelon
        • I think you can do that with most oils, although I wouldn't try it myself. : pieman
  • LOL : .ka`boom.zZz.
• this is what I imagine the shack runs on : Patch-e
• that looks dangerous : dantastic
• Making it rain usually refers to dollar bills. : Fyunch Click
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  that a Tyan mobo? I'm still having loads of fun with my s5397 but the ram bank (16 modules all in a pret... : beastrabban
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    It's a Supermicro. Found it for $75 and it works fine. Paid $150 for the 4 CPU's. the ram I had. $10e... : themelon
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      Unfortunately, VMWare still makes better Vendor Kool-Aid. :-P : the archvile
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        I saw some stuff under NDA at RedHAt that will be changing allot of that. Even without what RedHat is ... : themelon
        • I'll have to see if I can try Xen, but I'd basically be forced to do it at home with my gear, since work ... : the archvile
    • nice! I just got a copy of ESX4 from work which is supposed to emulate better hardware so I was going to... : beastrabban
    • I got a cheap 1U but it's too old to run Xen :( : c0bra
• haha. that's awesome : Mmmmmoo
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  fucking terrorists !!! : ghost hacker
  • holy fucking ram batman !!!! : ghost hacker
• Can you tell us what exactly is in that? : pancake humper
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  The idea of water cooling scares the shit out of me. : ThomW
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    do motorboats scare you too? : kbnerd
    • http://virus.shackspace.com/gifs/youmotorboatinsonofabitch.gif : virus
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    I built a nice water cooled computer for a friend. About six months later he moved, and he didn't empty i... : Conan
    • lol - That's ridiculous. : ThomW
  • the one and only time i helped someone set up watercooling, we got water on the motherboard and installed... : electroly
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    It's a pain in the arse. You have to change the water regularly to prevent algae from forming, never mind... : rock elf
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      Cant you put fish in there to eat the algae? : pieman
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        snails. snails eat algae : c0bra
        • you could get a plecostomus or otocinclus, but really, they're lazy bastids : c0bra
        • ooh, then after a furious gaming session you could eat the boiled snails! : DinK
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          Then what do you put in there to eat the snails? : rosewood
          • The French. : Moonbase Commander
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      Can't you put some crap in it to make it ridiculously toxic? : Marrbe
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        Don't fish eat algae? : CrustaR
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          I think snails eat algae. : thecray
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            How about adding snails to the water bucket? : CrustaR
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              snail poo doesn't have near the cooling power of pure, clean water : c0bra
              • c0bra, I guess that's the trade-off you will have to take! : CrustaR
    • Aren't there some systems that use a special coolant fluid to avoid the algae problem? : the archvile
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      Could you use something like mineral oil? : DrZettl
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        you know how oil doesn't conduct electricity? it doesn't conduct heat either. : biskits
        • Do fry vats use magic to cook fries? : DrZettl
        • This is why oil is never used in cooking. : c0bra
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          It's not exactly an insulator but it looks like it does have a fraction of the heat conductivity and capa... : DinK
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            http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php : DrZettl
            • I meant an insulator for heat, not electricity. (if that's what you were getting at here) : DinK
        • I like you biskits but this statement was pretty bad. : thrallie200
        • This is like the time when you tried to tell me that Inertia is not a property of mater. : rosewood
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      I imagine something like water wetter (stuff people put in car radiators) would keep that from happening,... : Freon
      • My friend who had watercooling (and the algae problem) did use water wetter, but IIRC it still needed cha... : rock elf
  • Yah same here... I kinda want to try it as my PC is a bit loud. But water + electronics just makes m... : Shadowdane
  • yeah me too, I used to overclock all the time. My last PC I just got an e8400 and 4870 that are both b... : stgdz
  • same here. I would never do it : grabbie
• Oh hey look it's the shacknews.com server! : RyDogg1
• You need to do this with liquid nitrogen. It is the only way. : Danny5225
• send me a postcard from hell! : proclone1
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  What does MrsMelon think about you setting up your computer on the kitchen counter? : spiffymc
  • *coughs* : kbnerd
  • Guarantee she doesn't care. : RyDogg1
  • She's probably ok with it. : Dynotaku
  • you fail : HighSpeedChase
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  and that's in your kitchen? LOL! I don't think the wife would be too pleased with me pulling something ... : FormerHPB
  • his biggest worry is having his great dane get curious and putting his paws through it. : kbnerd
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  If I make a crazy water cooled system is it mandatory I refer to myself in the third person? : Lightzout
  • Any equivalent method of implying your craziness would be adequate. : AlexW1203
  • yes. next question : kbnerd
  • don't you mean if Lightzout makes a crazy water cooled system : electroly
  • If you make a liquid nitrogen cooled system, you get to refer to yourself with an unpronounceable symbol. : silaslang
• How much Ram? / CPU's are at what speed? / What is it being used for? : thrallie200

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  I was hoping for a wizard. : Dave-A
  • Shepherd dons his robe and wizard hat... : Cheeziologist
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  And Wrex was the height of naming? : Fyunch Click
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    Not really, but at least it has a little more character to it than "grunt". GRUNT!? : warcrow
    • While I get your point, as long as it fits the character though, and the storyline is decent. I'm fine wi... : Fyunch Click
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      krogans are mainly mercs in present time in mass effect. i could see Grunt being a nickname he was given... : dantastic
      • I don't know if I totally agree with you dantastic Poster. :P : warcrow
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  Hopefully they add a sexy dwarf character. : MagicWishMonkey
  • Should make it a chick and name her Midge. : sigpro
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    ...with the name "Sarg!"--with an eye patch! : warcrow
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      My idea is much better for a sexy chick dwarf. : sigpro
      • Ok how about her long lost twin brother shows up and HIS name is Sarge with an eye patch! : warcrow
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  Are any of the original crew supposed to return? I need to finish getting that blue chick pregnant, and I... : Rauol Duke
  • I think there might be one or two, but it's mosly your decisions that are carrying over--not your specifi... : warcrow
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    The human characters sucked a lot. If I had it in me to replay again, I'd take Tali. Garrus and Wrex an... : brickmatt
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      I just replayed the whole game with Tali and blue chick and the stupid game didnt give me my achievements... : Rauol Duke
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        That shit happened to me, except I used Garrus and Wrex : MagicWishMonkey
        • Yup, had that happen to me as well. : warcrow
      • there's a bug with that. you can't do SHIT until you assemble the team. : Downforce
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      i thought garrus wasn't particularly useful. My normal lineup was Wrex and Liara, and my #2 lineup was Wr... : Cheeziologist
      • Wrex and Liara is the "I win" squad. : brickmatt
      • I didn't get Liara until way late, so I used Ash+Tali. Never used the other dudes at all. : aggressor
  • do not miss lesbo alien pr0n or you have failed : Downforce
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  I wish it was like a JRPG where you could change his name to "Faggot" or "Cuntmop" if you wanted to : mr.sleepy
  • Hehe--perhaps this is why they don't have that option in there. :P : warcrow
  • That can be his first name. : Rauol Duke
  • The convoluted story of FFVII gets really confusing if you just name everyone "Sephiroth" : uglysad
  • haha so i'm not the only one who does that. : dantastic
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  I *just* finished ME one minute ago. : MatzL.E.
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    What did you think of that ridiculous final battle? : mr.sleepy
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      For me I thought it was the best game ever once I convinced the final boss of a video game to commit suic : mr.sleepy
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        Fuck yes. I did the same thing and was amazed. : ArcKnight
        • I convinced the girl at the citadel docking station to kill herself too Best video game ever made : mr.sleepy
      • haha, he comes back though so it doesn't really count. : MagicWishMonkey
      • there is a better, older RPG that did this first in a much better way though : derelict515
      • Yea the first time I was able to pull that off I was stunned and highly amused. : warcrow

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  what is this nonsense : oHnOES
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    he got married. girls only play wiis. : dahanese
    • i know my wife loves my wii. : kbnerd
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  done with gaming, are you? : DinK
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    I really don't play the 360, I just play stuff on my laptop. The wife wants a Wii, so I figure I'd just g... : yoonix
    • W I F E ' D : LoioshDwaggie
    • Ah. Yeah my wife has been the primary Wii user for the last year or so and I don't play a ton of 360, bu... : DinK
    • Tell her to go back to the damn kitchen, she needs to know where her place is : dancingpolkabear
• lol : maulla
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  this is the stupidest thing i've read so far today : dantastic
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    This is the stupidest thing I've read so far today : ateam311
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      your face is the ugliest thing i haven't seen today : dantastic
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        Your cat is the prettiest feline I've laid eyes on today : ateam311
        • we got champions online and have some characters lined up for play tonight : dantastic
    • This is the stupidest thing I've absorbed via osmosis so far today : ChibiJosh
• backwards, this is : Begawkiness
• Just buy a wii off craigslist and keep your 360 : MagicWishMonkey
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  i would try calling them and asking, i've heard that works sometimes : qwpeoriu
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    I tried calling, the pimply-faced asshole told me to bring it in because it varies based on conditions bl... : yoonix
    • what a arrogant acne harboring bastard : QMS|superdave
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      Video phone FTW! : one random winner
      • I'm sure you can just hear the zits popping into the receiver. : Endymion_
• Something tells me the folks over at GameStop know. : ieatpubes
• what :( : Milleh
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  Cheapassgamer reports Core unit + wired controller - $60 (8/12/09) Core unit + wireless controller - ... : sigpro
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    I can't believe people would take that deal : derelict515
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      Some people don't want to deal with the hassle of selling it themselves. : mancide
      • yeah, but there's so little value in that trade in. I'll give you this entire console and you give me... ... : derelict515
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    That's pretty ghetto. Wonder how much I could get on Craigslist. : yoonix
    • I'll give you $90 : Patch-e
    • You can probably get $100 if you add your tree to sweeten the deal. : bashildy@speakeasy.net
  • ahahahahahaha : opengl128
• NOOoooooooooooo!!!! : CrustaR
• Trading it in is quite possible the most retarded thing you could do. Sell it, you will make much more th... : JohnnyRey
• I assume on craigslist you could trade your 360 for a wii. I had offers to trade my wii for a ps3 but th... : SlingBlaze
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  You should put an ad on craigslist to see if anyone wants to trade. : CrustaR
  • They would at least get more at a pawn shop if he's too lazy for CL. : ghost in my shell
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  Is this an ILTC post? : Phreakin
  • ILTWii post, so yes : locater16
• What the hell is wrong with you? : dancingpolkabear
• you're doing it wrong : opengl128
• FRUITBUCKETS? Note that if I were a fruitbucket, I bontanically would not include any strawberries, thoug... : superhoss
• Ban this man please : locater16
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  Aside from being a decent gaming machine, the 360 doubles as a media box. The Wii loses on both fronts. W... : ieGod
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20689877#itemanchor_20689877 : one random winner
  • Pussy is a helluva drug. : K0LM
• My GF enjoys my PS3 much more than the Wii. : gibolas1234

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  PC and console are fundamentally different markets, and you shouldn't expect every game to make it to PC ... : dirge23
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    I don't, just some of the better titles. The AAA ones, if you will. The titles I listed above aren't som : stelth
    • Cooking Mama sold extremely well on the wii though. But that mama is the spawn of the devil : dancingpolkabear
    • Haha, Cooking Mama may be a lot of things, but it isn't obscure. You have a skewed perspective of the rel... : rudds
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  Is there really any form of DRM or anything that has really stopped piracy in it's tracks? Last I checked... : Ctrl-Phreak
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    So do XBox, Wii and I'm sure PS3 games. I remember a chick at my old job used to pirate every single Wii... : stelth
    • I would guess a large number of console gamers aren't tech savvy enough to do that though. I would imagin... : Ctrl-Phreak
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      PS3 has virtually no piracy. It still hasn't been hacked to boot copied games. Back in 2007 they could ... : Physick1
      • That... and 50GB BR disks are so fucking expensive that it's just not cost effective. : Toraz Chryx
    • I can almost guarantee that the piracy numbers for consoles is a VERY small percentage compared to PC gam... : FormerHPB
  • Why were you checking? Huh? Huh? Pirate! : Saman
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  I stopped playing PC games for the most part. The reason why is because of the money costs associated wit... : ryuuseki
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    I'd have to say that this is a lot of the reasons. I don't PC game these days, I used to. But yea, I got ... : mancide
    • same here. Now my PC reboots when I try to play games since my 360 red ringed. lol. I think I'm going... : FormerHPB
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    well it's your loss. We don't miss you. : thrallie200
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      with this kind of attitude I'm sure he misses you too. He gave perfectly valid reasons for switching prim... : derelict515
      • More like trollie200, amirite? Seriousy, though, I never thought I'd give up on computer gaming but I'... : Moonbase Commander
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    On the cost front though you're forgetting the fact that you already need a PC anyway. My PC sees far mo... : DinK
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      those PC needs are filled by a $500-700 laptop for an increasingly large number of people. That means get... : derelict515
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        That 2-3 years number is on the low end. A well-built (you have no excuse to not have a well-built machin... : MercFox1
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          3-5 years from now (I just built an i7 rig) when I go and buy the newest Valve/id/Epic game it's going to... : derelict515
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            I got a Radeon 9800 Pro (2003) to handle Call of Duty 4 (2007) and EP2 no problem. Pretty sure it could h... : MercFox1
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              Does CoD4 even look as good as on a 360 at that point (assuming the rest of that PC is 2003 era)? You've ... : derelict515
              • It looked very good. I was very surprised at how well it ran, IW must have optimized the shit out of it. : MercFox1
          • Everybody knows the consoles have the convenience and predictability going for them. But you're treating... : DinK
        • No excuse? The amount of work it takes to hunt down deals and put a machine together is a lot greater tha... : rudds
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        You say that as if consoles don't show their age after a few years. It's just that you don't have the op... : DinK
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          My point was just that for most people having something work as advertised is more important than the abi... : derelict515
          • The idea is that you don't buy two computers. You spend a few hundred more than you would have spent any... : DinK
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  See, they're abandoning the platform so that smaller developers can get in on it with the DL crowd. Inno... : one random winner
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    This is one of the few things I REALLY hope is true. : stelth
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      I keep telling myself it gets darkest just before the dawn. : one random winner
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        Although I also think I'm a little bit delusional. : one random winner
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          http://despair.com/despair.html : ChibiJosh
          • That would explain the blindness. : one random winner
• They're a hassle and a pain in the ass to deal with and really not necessary. : [fry]
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  The PC model is a different model now, compared to the consoles. I would say that consoles are now, the s... : Demius
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    In the last 10 years PC's have made quantum leaps to become better. Remember fucking around with an autoe... : stelth
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      You're full of shit if you believe they are easier. How many times have you seen people talking about cra... : ryuuseki
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        If you're on a format/fresh install cycle of every six months you will rarely have issues with games. Un... : RyDogg1
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          Ask Dan about fallout 3. : ryuuseki
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            What kind of reply is this? : RyDogg1
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              Did you get BF2 to work on 64-bit Win 7? Can you post your workarounds? : MercFox1
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                Yeah I ran is last night, freakin looks great! Absolutely no work arounds, BF2 install -> Patch 1.41... : RyDogg1
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                  Latest NVidia beta drivers btw, beta Creative X-Fi drivers, everything else is RTM Windows base. : RyDogg1
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                    Ohhhhh I know what happened. I had BF2 1.5 on WinXP, when I moved to Win7 and copied my folders over I be... : MercFox1
                    • Yeah clean that old profile out and have BF2 rebuild it, then go back and make your widescreen mods. Tha... : RyDogg1
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              Excessdan. Check his post history. Running 2 identically configured systems, one would crash all the time... : ryuuseki
              • Again maybe I'm just extremely lucky but I can't remember a time where I've had an issue running a game o... : RyDogg1
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          but formatting every six months is ludicrous and not reasonable at all. you shouldn't have to format you... : EvilDolemite
          • seriously. Shouldn't and don't. It's completely unnecessary. : derelict515
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            Why not? Twice a year for any kind of PC guru is probably less than what most do. I probably reformat m... : RyDogg1
            • Twice a year is absolutely not less than what most do. Vista and Win7 are both quite secure (go read the ... : derelict515
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              I'd think a "PC Guru" would be able to not fuck up his windows install so regularly and predictably that ... : DinK
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                Okay then I'm obviously a lot more hardcore than I thought. I mean I'm constantly changing out hardware ... : RyDogg1
                • I've upgraded the video card in my computer, which is also overclocked. Overclocking and upgrading are n... : DinK
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              Are you on drugs. The average PC user probably only reformats when they A: Have to (due to virus or dead ... : Sgt_Boomstick
              • From my reply above I'm obviously not the average user. : RyDogg1
    • Umm, your timeline is way off. Are you speaking from 1999? Because I don't remember having to do that sin... : DeBurgo
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  isnt bad company 2 slated for same-day PC release? : eeeealmo
  • I thought they said they didn't give any word on that. Even if they did, I'd expect it to change ala, Ala... : stelth
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  It's because the PC exclusives are better than those games. I would mention Crysis but the next one will ... : thrallie200
  • I did very much enjoy Crysis and the expansion, Warhead. Definitely a shame the console guys didn't get ... : stelth
  • The comedy never stops. : Fred Garvin
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  If you don't buy that "piracy" nonsense then I don't buy your "argument". So much is assumed with te... : action wombmate
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    As I stated in another post, you can pirate everything for anything. Music, movies, games. Regardless if ... : stelth
    • It's nowhere near as prevalent on as on the PC. I know what you're saying but you can't pretend that PC ... : action wombmate
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      how can you keep complaining that piracy isn't a factor if you know nothing about it? 1) Steam doesn't s... : derelict515
      • Because: 1. He's full of shit 2. Is massively misinformed 3. Is a pirate himself 4. He's full of sh... : action wombmate
    • Piracy for consoles is *way* more involved. IIRC for the 360 you still need to open the actual box and pu... : uncleanmonkey
• i think it's a matter of them getting the most bang for their buck out of the console platform. forgetti... : dantastic
• Yeah, I really only use my pc for fps games and some others that are designed for it, otherwise I go cons... : dancingpolkabear
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  PC Gaming is doing alright, for the most part. I think the only two console games that I would really lik : MercFox1
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    And I'm glad someone said something about modding (wasn't at QCon to see Carmack :\), because modding use... : MercFox1
    • I just started to play Fallout 3 seriously. I cannot wait to tap into all the mods out for this amazing g... : wurt
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  Why are people still confused? I like PC gaming, but wake the fuck up. Shit doesn't sell. AAA console rel... : avatar_58
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    Yah, but the devs need to learn there is still a market for their shit. I'm not saying everything needs t... : stelth
    • You saying there's a market doesn't make it so. They were doing multiplatform ports for a long time and o... : derelict515
    • But they are learning, based on facts rather than made up opinions, that there *isn't* a market. You're j... : uncleanmonkey
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    That and Microsoft would rather have people develop games for the X360 instead of Windows since they can ... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
    • That's one piece of it. : MercFox1
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      Microsoft wants both. Game sales drive PC sales, which means OS upgrades, etc. : cannelbrae
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        Speaking of which, there's no real reason for me to get Windows 7 since no games really take advantage of... : stelth
        • Holy shit you couldn't be more wrong. I'm seeing much better performance since switching to Windows 7 64... : RyDogg1
        • You only buy OSes based on their gaming perf? You don't care about any actual usability, security, or oth... : derelict515
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  It's a business. Game developers make more money on console games. The only exception to this rule is M... : FormerHPB
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    That doesn't mean it doesn't suck. Why can't they make a console that does 1080p on every game and has KB... : baronzemo78
    • It is not a hard stretch to anticipate at some point in the next 2 generations that consoles will either ... : ryuuseki
  • RTS? : zebosausamite
• but all of the games you've mentioned are console games. do you really want them to port console games to... : cptstern
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  with the exception of Alan Wake, none of those games are worth getting upset over : grendel
  • GTAIV was awesome, but you don't need to play it. But you definitely shouldn't get angry over Gears 2 and... : dancingpolkabear
• who cares? All the games you mentioned arn't worth getting that worked up over . : disembodied potato
• It sucks as a pc fan, but really, there's almost nothing you can do about it. You either get on board or... : Visceral Monkey
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  Its piracy that is killing the PC games http://www.tweakguides.com/Piracy_4.html About half way down : stgdz
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    Seeing information like this and the cost in dealing with hardware permutation/support problems are two r... : cannelbrae
    • Pirates are a bunch of shitheads. : MercFox1
  • Wow, that sucks. I'm probably not alone but I get especially annoyed when I see that hundreds of thousan... : DinK
• wolfenstein 2009 xbox iso was on the torrents but not the PC version. Pirates aren't even putting the PC ... : gyokuro
• Most of the games I give a shit about are PC only. And to be fair, GoW PC controls were a fucking abort... : capt tripps
• They generally don't sell well. End of topic. : lplasmatron
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  PC games generally sell 1/10 of the console version plus have disproportionate piracy:sales rates, plus c... : mikecyb
  • It's even less than 1/10th in a lot of cases. : lplasmatron
  • Yeah, that last paragraph is extremely true. Core PC gamers can be very whiney. : freakynipples69
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  console market was worth 18 billions last year. PC? 3 billions. : scener
  • does that market value include secondary transactions? : Downforce
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  Well I'm a PC gamer and PC's are the far superior platform, as any real gamer like me knows. Anyone who d... : scener
  • Thank god the sarcasm was thick towards the end cause I thought you were serious for a minute. : freakynipples69
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    You copying bastard. I hope you're "elrous0". http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1339883 : MercFox1
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      (the post was a port. This is high level posting) : scener
      • :P : MercFox1
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  I point my finger at Epic and the success of Gears of War and the poor selling numbers of UT3. It just pr... : freakynipples69
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    UT3 got an unfair shake. It is a fun game, different than UT2004 in a few ways, but it's still a good gam... : MercFox1
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      Agreed. UT3 BECAME a good game but way to long after release. Is it really Cliff B's decision whether... : freakynipples69
      • he's the design director at Epic, so he's pretty high in the company but I don't think it's really up to ... : mikecyb
      • I thought he was just the guy who decided to put chainsaws on rifles. I think he described it this way h... : the archvile
• Computers are for nerds. : SiW.
• Bottom line: I'm getting older and my definition of fun is changing as I grow up I used to build a new... : pzilla
• you said "so many good games" yet listed 4 mediocre to bad games.. please revise this post.. : wimpy1
• Making a decent return on a PC game, especially a AAA title, is harder. Period. : Fred Garvin
• Oh, I'm sure the strategy with releasing late (or not at all) on PC has to do with piracy concerns, real ... : TrickSh0t
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  I'm still puzzled why there isn't more internet validity checks. Simple transparent DRM would go a long w : Downforce
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    look at the uproar every time a game tries that method of phoning home regularly (CnC4 is the most recent... : derelict515
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      the main thing is: tough shit, shut the fuck up! remember xbox 1 and mass bannings from xbox live from mo... : Downforce
      • The challenge is in making something that hackers won't immediately break. You require a connection to pu... : cannelbrae
• Oddly enough I'm very happy with it mainly due to companies like Valve, Relic and Blizzard. But mostly Va... : Godhatesfatpeople
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  They're a hassle and a pain in the ass to deal with and really not necessary. - [fRy] This is it. Fro... : SiW.
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    fry is a game developer? : Godhatesfatpeople
    • hah, I didn't mean it like that, just that his statement is true for three groups of people. : SiW.
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    Man Steam is so awesome though. How could people not love steam? I hate swapping discs so much. I don't r... : SenorSpine
    • probably the numbers dont add up for profit :( : Chandler55
    • Yeah, I love Steam too. But as awesome as it is for distribution, it still can't solve hardware issues o... : SiW.
• It all started when they made these little PCs that pretty much do nothing but play games. : Vangoghs Ear
• Gears of War 2 publisher = Microsoft = Not coming to Steam : Rooster Cockburn
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  Why worry about the good games that are not coming to PC? Concentrate on the great games that are out or ... : SockMonkeh
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    That or make a whole stupid thread about how PC gaming is over. : SockMonkeh
    • I have been posting on this site for a long time (entirely too long, in fact) and I can say with some lev... : mikecyb
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  You're looking at it the exact opposite way around. Increasingly, bit AAA action titles are NOT going to ... : Chris Remo
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    Oh look you made my post right before I made my post :( : SpaecKow
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      Well, there's a whole lot more on the platform than "lil indie games," to be fair. : Chris Remo
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        No I pretty much mean by "lil indie games" what you mean by "riskier games". It's an idiom, it doesn't ha... : SpaecKow
        • It's really only the AAA titles that cost too much to make a profit on the PC. Companies like Stardock a... : capt tripps
  • Finally, someone with some sense here. Thanks for this post. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Yeah PC games are kinda dead unless you wanna play lil indie games and shit. But lil indie games are good... : SpaecKow
  • You, Chris and I just dropped a triple-post truth grenade on this party. : SockMonkeh