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  It's so easy to join! : Bold
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    Okay, I just joined. I gotta admit, that was easy. : Bold
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      IT'S SO EASY TO JOIN! : Bold
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        IT'S SO EASY TO JOIN! : Bold
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          JESUS CHRIST, DID I JUST JOIN!!? : .sticks.
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            Probably. Try speaking to an octopus! : Bold
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              Hebbo, Mr. octopus! : master_disaster_17
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                Hebbo! : NastyJack
                • lol : abrasion
• awesome : Jiven
• Where's Zoidberg? I need to talk to him. : kallanta
• Hebbo!! : vadersgirl
• Someone needs to share this with Ms. Sponge. : ChibiJosh
• Haha WTF : bolneze
• I'm pretty sure she is Tarvu. Or possibly the chatty octopus the people in the video talk to. : SeaLlama
• * J O I N ' D * : mega man
• Heh heh. Clever. : Link.
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  This blasphemous bullshit is an affront to the Flying Spaghetti Monster and all the noodley goodness he h... : riptyde
  • A priest of his noodly appendage molested me. I'm suing. : MercFox1
  • brother the time has come! jihad! there can be only 1 8 limbed religion! : deadfish
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    Fucking newbs. : Eris Discordia : Arcanum
    • Praise Bob, I always find time to slack : phokz
• its lavar burton : oHnOES
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  I'm pretty sure the next big religion will start out as a joke and slowly evolve into a full fledged beli... : MagicWishMonkey
  • lolcats? : Vincenoir
  • it will be called Shackism : Old_Fart
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    Like Scientology? : BlackCat9
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      basically, yea. Except less scammy and more jokey : MagicWishMonkey
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        Church of the SubGenius? : ZTac
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          not enough slack. : Fyunch Click
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            give me slack or kill me : dirge23
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              become a pope. Slack aplenty. : Fyunch Click
              • i'm really more of a doktor : dirge23
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        I'm pretty sure Scientology started out "Let's make sure this religion is so fucking retarded nobody woul... : mrvandelay
        • They didn't count on idiots inbreeding with retards. : one random winner
        • I'm pretty sure Scientology started out as "I wonder if I can start a religion" and quickly turned into "... : dirge23
  • I remember someone suggesting to George Lucas to turn Starwars into a religion like Scientology did with ... : Hoax
  • Anonymous? (4chan) : GodZilly
  • Baby steps my son http://www.venganza.org/about/ : d fluke
  • Heretic! It is obvious you have not been touched by HIS NOODLY APPENDAGE! : ChibiJosh
• Oh my god the baby was fucking brilliant, I lost it there. : abrasion
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  Apparently this is the doing of the Look Around You guys: http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2008/10/14/7588/s... : dirge23
  • Its Pete from Shaun of the Dead :D : nodebug
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  * Tarvu is our Lord God * There are two universes * The Tarvunty is the Holy Book * W... : xxiv
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    it has to be a joke. nobody is this crazy. : xxiv
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      it's a joke to promote a forthcoming tv show. : dirge23
      • not a bad idea. : xxiv
• LOL : rmjackson

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• looks like an Onion article made real : kallanta
• fuck that button mess : moshman
• I was looking for something like that : xxx2xxx
• Awesome. : fleabug
• BM IS IMBA : abrasion
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  Fuck it, we're doing 5 blades! : -efx-
  • Hahahaha, nice. : node
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  I can imagine up to 3 thumb buttons being usable but the problem is that's where you get stability on you... : abrasion
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    pretty sure this is aimed at WoW players and other mmorpgers. : miasma(&)
    • of course, of course but I mean it's got 3x4 rows of buttons! It's ridiculous and would be difficult to h... : abrasion
    • the really shitty thing is I hate this idea, I really do - and I saw an article posted about it at WoW.co... : halophoenix
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  How will you know what you are pressing without looking at the mouse. This is dumb.. : razlebol
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    Can you not type without looking at the keyboard? : skinlab133
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      You really think your thumb can track across 12 buttons on a mouse, quickly and easily? : abrasion
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        Of course it can after using it. Especially if you leveled up a character with that mouse. You would ha... : Nighteyes
        • I guess you guys are superior to me - I think it would be awkward. : abrasion
      • With a bit of practice? Of course. Although I do think it will be uncomfortable as fuck to use. : skinlab133
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        does your thumb remember where the buttons on your TV remote and cell phone are? : maulla
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          Not 14 12 identically shaped ones, evenly spaced apart and on a sideways angle, no. : abrasion
          • i have no problem keying in a channel number on my remote without looking at the pad with 12 identically ... : Slowtreme
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      Hmm, yes. I don't see how easily this could be done on that mouse since the button are so small and all c... : razlebol
      • and the same shape and the thumb (in my opinion) is one of the dumber digits with less sensitivity for de... : abrasion
      • OBVIOUSLY THIS IS FOR WARLOCKS AND SHAMMYS. You don't even need your move your head to faceroll anymore. : Slowtreme
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    Have you never used a telephone in your life? : ryuuseki
    • I don't see how this would mean anything. Sure it's easy to remember which is which but I highly doubt yo... : razlebol
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  Okay, so, maybe I'm in the minority here, but I hold my mouse by my fingertips, so the majority of my con... : Rotten Deadite
  • No you're doing it right http://www2.razerzone.com/MouseGuide/html/advantages.php I am also a fingertrip... : abrasion
  • i hold the ridge right above where that numberpad is with my thumb on my deathadder. seems like it would ... : Slowtreme
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    Same. I use Diamondbacks, but can only ever use one side button out of the four. fucked if I'll ever use ... : node
    • Go ahead and get a deathadder. Less buttons total but the 2 thumb buttons are PERFECTLY designed for a r... : OMGzImBurning
• more pics at the actual site http://getimba.com/ : Slowtreme
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  I don't get Razer. Their keyboards are okay, but their mice are painful to use. Who buys this stuff? : jason bergman
  • i do, deathadder is the best and most comfortable mouse I've used yet. : Slowtreme
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    I bought that stupid Habu, I said fuck it after a few months and went back to my Logitech MX510. The Habu... : vov1n
    • I like my Habu :( : Degenerate
  • I never really liked their mice either, they never felt right : Begawkiness
  • Agreed. The Lachesis is one of the worst mice I've ever used - not because it was uncomfortable or anythi... : halophoenix
  • This person. http://rookery2.viary.com/storagev12/767500/767799_370e_625x1000.jpg : abrasion
  • Back in the quake days we used to overclock our usb rate/ports cut open the mouse shell to ad weight in f... : Hoax
  • I love the light, thin, long, precise design of the Diamondback. Not so keen on the mice after those thou... : node
  • deathadder FTW. Best mouse since the old logitech dual optical : OMGzImBurning
• This would be great for something like Diablo 3. Too bad they design their mice for people who are ove... : Dynotaku
• Hmm. This could be a pretty good Diablo mouse. : Omning

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• where did all the rainbows go?! : gyokuro
• Why, yes, I believe it is! : SockMonkeh
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  Wizard : Zombie Vonnegut
  • yeah i saw the sword looking attack that the wizard uses. Remember ppl each class has both male & female : gyokuro
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    Yeah, it looks like the sorcerer. I'll let you know in a couple of days. :) : DianeOfTheMoon
    • how?! : gyokuro
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      Blizcon'ing? : Zombie Vonnegut
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        Yep, and I pray nightly that there's a D3 beta code in the goody bag! : DianeOfTheMoon
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          Pestiferous! <<<--- wha happens when i try to spell preposterous. : Zombie Vonnegut
          • It's ok, you're a Zombie. : one random winner
    • No...it's the wizard : pancake humper
• oh god that looks good, the death animations on those things in the desert are great. very diablo. : vitek r
• I don't believe I've wanted a game as much as I want this one. : Grumbeld
• Jesus christ, I want this game :( : -sk-
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  Yellow deserts? Not in my Diablo!!! Blah blah. : Alice O'Connor
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    What? Lut Gohlein was pretty yellow. : DrFlammable
    • oh really? : razlebol
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      That was a harsh, acidic yellow. This is a baby yellow, for babies. : Alice O'Connor
      • LOL : abrasion
      • give me black sand deserts with rocks of blood o_o : das_runt
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  I thought money was going to auto-loot : fishbone
  • only if you buy the $40 add-on. : jasoncrowley
  • It does when you run over it IIRC. : Zek
  • Blizzard will be auto-looting YOUR money. : master_disaster_17
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  So hot. I kept thinking he could combo that bubble like in unreal tournament :P. I would actually be... : razlebol
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    They actually did a pretty cool thing with the spells, so that you can slot runes that do different thing... : DianeOfTheMoon
    • Yeah, I know that and it's really rad but you have to switch your equipment. : razlebol
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  I canceled my WoW account and have no intentions of going back, but when this game comes out I might even... : lefthighkick
  • Would you use a left high kick? : stonedonkey
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  Wish I wasn't working, I would have maybe gotten the PPV streaming nonsense. : jonin
  • They are allowing you to d/l the content after the conf ends (if you buy the stream) if you can't watch t... : pancake humper
• Arrgh, Blizzard, CURSE YOU! : MercFox1
• fuck me that got me rock hard : kainen1
• besides the initial gameplay video, i've managed to avoid media for d3. i think i'd like to keep it that ... : xxiv
• Oh my god I'm rock hard right now. I think there's also a little pre-cum. : RogerDandy

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  Seems like Live has got some awesome shit going on at the moment. Splosion Man was loads of fun, Trial... : Drewus
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    I forgot about Splosion Man. I have a spare 800 points after having to buy 2000 so I could get Shadow Com... : Cowburn199
    • Enjoy your sploding platform awesomeness :) : master_disaster_17
• I am still at work. But it's the first thing I'm doing when I get home :D : Perturbation
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  FPS? PC version? Anything blow up? : dognose
  • Don't know about a PC release but it's a Metroid style side-scroller. Lots of things blow up. : freakynipples69
  • XBLA, awesome and everything blows up real good. : GeorgeB3DR
• yeah, i'm thoroughly impressed with it. Best game purchase in a while. : grifter
• I'm waiting for the PC version. : CrustaR
• 100% agreed. it's awesome. Feels great traversing the environment and I'm enjoying the gunplay so far. : cookblaze
• I love it. : WhatIsThisFor
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  I love it! So much fun so far. : brickmatt
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    pandastrong how are you number 310 in the world what the holy lol. : brickmatt
    • I guess he had to be good at something! : Dave-A
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      thats the result of having the day off and neglecting everything else around me today. : pandastrong
      • Ahaha, awesome. Good for you, I've been wanting to play all day and just got to level five after about 20... : brickmatt
• geez thats a deal for $15. Not my type of game but it looks pretty awesome : gyokuro
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  Is this an XBLA game or PSN / XBLA? : abrasion
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    XBLA only with PC port in the future? : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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      i think that game would be very sucessful on Steam : gyokuro
      • Exactly, this seems like it'd be such an easy pickup. : MercFox1
  • xbla only for now. pc maybe at some point..maybe. : pandastrong
• Shackhype is fully erect. : Lightzout
• G-spot I bought it but haven't loaded it up yet :( : Dave-A
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  I'm about an hour in, I'm liking it a lot, one thing I kind of don't get though is - how do you avoid dam... : veras
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    The key is finding boxes/crates/walls to hide behind. At least early on. No clue about the best tactics... : SolrFlare
    • Yeah, this is what I've been having to do. Gets a bit easier with the submachine gun, though. : Rice-Rocketeer
• It's really fun. I'm 33% in but I'm going to play it again for sure to find all the items and all that g... : stump
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  I sunk about 3 hours into it tonite and I couldn't agree more. It proudly wears its Metroid influence on ... : paroxym
  • metroid, abuse, and blackthorne. i think i am in love. : EvilDolemite
• wow...that was a lot of fun. Best summer for XBLA ever. So many great games. : byorn
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  I'm digging it too. Very fun game. : ThomW
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    I fucking told you!!!!!!!!!!!!! : pancake humper
    • I'm glad you told me about it. :) : ThomW
• i just got it and it owns! I always have had a love for sidescrollers and i love how we games like this a... : theWhite
• It is extremely polished. And going underwater looks sooo pretty! Also how awesome was it the first mech : zuff
• Played the demo, might be the first XBLA game I buy in a long time. Assuming my 360 holds out... RROD'd... : boarder2
• im going to play this and im glad the push came from you :) : siknsyko
• First 360 game I've bought without playing even one second beforehand and it was totally worth it. The o... : mrasparagus
• yeah its pretty fucking great!! more games like this please! : grendel
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  I haven't even tried it yet, but you know I think I could play nothing but $10-15 creative little games t... : DinK
  • I agree. I buy or rent games and will lose interest after a few weeks- it's just how I am for most games ... : FrayLo
• I will be buying this as soon as I get home. : spazzium
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  So is this game Super-Metroid-drop-everything-and-play-it-NAOW good, or just wait-till-I-have-a-break-in-... : kallanta
  • It's less good Metroid for people who thought Metroid was too "kiddie". Fun though. : Boxelder
  • Well, only at 20% items here and so far I'd say it's really close. The super metroid influence is really... : SolrFlare
  • drop whatever you're playing now and buy it, totally worth it. : mrasparagus
  • if you like that style of game it's a 'download and play right now' kinda game. It's quite good and I h... : kainen1
• My only complaint is that I was still missing 3 or 4 suit powerups and I somehow managed to stumble acros... : AgentPothead
• The shooting in the 3D background is controller throwing frustrating. They certainly could have polished ... : NoCopy
• the demo was evil. You've just earned an achievement! If you'd like to KEEP it... bastards >:( : stamps
• I'm only an hour in and agree - I'm playing on Insane which is pretty tough. : Milleh
• I just finished playing the demo. I will be buying it tomorrow and playing the fuck out of it. It was rea... : thecray
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  I cannot wait to finish it with 4% items. Going to be so awesome to do that. : pancake humper
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    Also, foaming bad guys and then launching a grenade into the foam surrounding their body is hilarious and... : pancake humper
    • The foam nade combo pretty much 1 hits those jackasses with the huge shield, once I found that out it was... : AgentPothead
• Played the demo for like 15 minutes late last night and then bought it. Haven't gotten out of the demo ar... : silent prophet
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  i still have to play all the fallout3 dlc first. is shadow complex a short game? after the dlc i can sque... : xxiv
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    Shadow Complex is as short or long as you make it. If you do one playthrough and that's it, probably 5-6 ... : pancake humper
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      oh shit I didnt know you could restart a game with all aquired upgrade... thats awsome. : HisKillSkill
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        On the same difficulty : pancake humper
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          might just play it all before batman then seeing as it's cheaper anyway. : xxiv
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            It's an awesome game. One game I am actually looking forward to going through it 2-3 times. : pancake humper
            • being able to buy xbl games online for download when you turn your xbox on is dangerous. : xxiv
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          So you can't up from hard to insane on subsequent playthroughs? That is still awesome, though. I was wond... : nevlos
          • just go back? : HisKillSkill
• It's been fun! : prime8
• i need to try out the demo... it looks fun! : Shadowdane

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• ok i will buy a ps3 if this is true : Vanitas
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  I never played these, so that would be awesome. : Rehevkor
  • Same here. : Bamii
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  so it will play on a ps3 without ps2 backwards compatibility? : fsck
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    The rumour is they would specially port it, man I'd so buy it if it came with chains of olympus too - oh ... : abrasion
    • that would be frakking awesome. : fsck
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      I recently finished GoW2, how/where does Chains of Olympus fit into the story? : Patch-e
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        I don't know, I haven't played it cause I don't care for a PSP :( : abrasion
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          you loose. : Vincenoir
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            Not really, I saved money on not owning a console I'd play for about 1 game. : abrasion
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              well dont forget Pixeljunk Monsters Special edition ! that's the only 2 games i'd ever play on it too : barichnikov
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                Hey, is that FF fighter any good? : one random winner
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                  ???? : barichnikov
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                    Final Fantasy: Dissidia, basically they through a bunch of FF characters together and had them go at it S... : one random winner
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                      how should I know ? : barichnikov
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                        It's for the PSP, I thought you might as it's one of the 3 games that looked interesting, and you already... : one random winner
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                          the spoilers said: that's the 2 games I'd (I would) ever play on it too. i dont have a psp, and I dont wa... : barichnikov
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                            Somewhere in their I read into something and thought you did, way to go early AM brain failure! : one random winner
                            • their there... le sigh. : one random winner
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                If they don't release that on PS3 poor Dylan will never hear the end of it from me. : abrasion
                • yeah prolly as another expansion i hope. can't be too hard. : barichnikov
          • he's loose? : moshman
        • let me tell you abrasion my dear friend, it's fucking amazing. : moshman
      • I think it's between 1/2 : pancake humper
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    GoW2 didn't work on the PS3 backwards compatibility did it? I gave my ps2 to my nephew before I could p... : moshman
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      It does : pancake humper
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        with all versions of the bc? or only the original one on the US ps3s? because the EU ones were castrated : moshman
        • I dunno. Moving to EU to test, brb : pancake humper
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  So it's second hand news from a twitter account that may or may not be related to Sony. Where's this so c... : ieGod
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    I read his posts all the way back to June and not one mention of this >:( : ieGod
    • I found it on Neogaf, it's nothing particularly solid but Sony did ask in a questionairre if people would... : abrasion
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  my sources tell me it is real : gmd
  • gmd's sources are a shackmessage from me : maulla
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    As the resident boy who cries wolf, I can't tell if you're taking the piss or not :( : abrasion
    • my sources are shackmessages from maulla : gmd
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    Have you been gaming 13 years? : ThomW
    • My guess would be at least. : one random winner
• I love the first two games and would possibly consider this depending on what (if any) improvements they ... : Begawkiness
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  I'll just stick the DVDs I already have in my backward compatible PS3 :D : SiW.
  • what if they were in HD? : fsck
• This might very easily push me "over the edge" and make me buy a PS3. Loved GoW 1. : ramshot
• If this is true, why not just wait until GOW3 is finished and release the trilogy? : SigmaDraconis

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• 242, this sounds like an excellent plan. : CrustaR
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  No mercy. : Head Rush
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    Sweep the leg! : ninjase
    • Yes, sensei! : Ride-My-Rocket
• perfect her bleached ass : filthysock
• even I play my nephew or neice, I will always play to win. : cygnus
• mmmmm this has got fuck-up written all over it : hankyJR
• just let her have it. it's not important in the grand scheme, and showing her that you've just been pande... : biskits
• nah, i can't do it. i just play at my natural skill level. i find throwing the game boring to me and insu... : dirge23
• I've done this many times. I guess the difference in my situation is that: - I really, really suck a... : mafu5150
• you have to beat them once in a while SOUNDLY so they know what's up : Slowtreme
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  Yes because otherwise they will just stop playing with you. No fun if you get completely dominated every... : kill9
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    you can teach people things without just playing down to their level : dirge23
    • ya but girls + videogames = LOL amirite : jane911
    • This is true, but still frustrating when you lose 19 times in a row to your friend in Soul Caliber IV. ... : hoov1185
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    Going easy on somebody becomes a web of lies. if they ever find out, you're fucked too : GloriousCow
    • You shouldn't lie about it, if they're offended at the implication that you're a lot better at the game w... : Zek
• I used to play racketball with my old roommate all of the time. I had this serve that she had problems r... : Grumbeld
• yeah i go easy in worms so my friends will actually play with me. : papaskot
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  I did this at the Shackmeet until I started getting really behind. Like the time that the kid (Korben?) ... : the archvile
  • I let helvetica beat me....speaking of which, I still need to figure out who to ban for that : devnullgt
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  I play down to people, but I always play a character that I don't like when I do it. That way, they know... : aasyranth
  • Sometimes I hate the character so much, that I legitimately lose, so I'm not even sure I'm playing down a... : aasyranth
• i do it basically all the time. :( only play as hard as it takes to win, if even that. : xsoulbrothax
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  I always bring my A game and i always get raped : Unleashed
  • in relationships? : hankyJR
• I often attempt to play down ... but rarely succeed. I'm just too damn competitive, if I can beat someone... : InfoBiter
• I play hardcore until askedrelic confiscates the controller from me : lefthighkick
• I've tried this with my GF in Smash Brothers. Most girls don't like playing a game when they always lose. : heartsauce
• of course, this is a minigame I made up that makes it more challenging to me. I try to keep it even as p... : fathertime
• I sort of play down to my buddies in Starcraft, as in not using optimal builds* and trying weird stuff. ... : MamiyaOtaru
• I introduced Kasey to Trials HD last night and laughed for an hour at her attempts. I think she might ki... : mwasher
• I do this when playing table tennis against my brother and my cousins. They stop playing altogether if yo... : sethmarc
• I usually take that time to try and improve my skills with the more difficult and less often used charact... : ieGod
• Did you leave austin yet? : Zombie Vonnegut
• Come on, Just let her almost win and then kill her at the last second. I would let the friends wife whoop... : TOnez
• There is no way to win this. : hawkeye
• MY GIRLFRIEND : HisKillSkill
• This reminds me of the link from yesterday: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect : kaddar0
• I used to have to sandbag CS and Q3 pretty hard when we had lans. I would always win, then everyone would... : maulla
• I can't play VS games with my wife. She's hyper competitive and doesn't practice as much as I do. : hanfeitzu
• You've got to slowly get better, not push the instant "I win" button. Start winning a little more often,... : one random winner
• pics of your girlfriend plz thanks : arizona bay
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  play Blanka and just facebite her to death, over and over and over, focus attack > facebite, crossup, fac... : grandmasterlee
  • i like the end bit. sound advice. : xxiv
• Having kids has helped me perfect the balance of "letting him win to feel better about himself" and "smac... : Deathlove

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• You're so cute : bipolar
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  God, I sank so much time into Diablo 2. I'm frightened about what will happen to me when D3 comes out. : FlatlineDixay
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    I was a D2 addict. I remember leaving work early to play. It started to get away from me when I was bu... : Lightzout
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      Yes, that is perhaps going a little far. I mean, in retrospect the endgame was absolutely pathetic compar... : FlatlineDixay
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        Digital crack. : Lightzout
        • Had to its mind altering powers. I was very addicted for a while. : Link.
    • I had a friend who bought 30 SOJs on ebay and then traded them for a single Vex rune, $30 for a damn rune... : mrasparagus
• i'm actually gonna load up some D2 in a bit : gyokuro
• Neo, that club sucks :( I am glad you're playing D2, though. Find someone to do co-op with! It's so much... : J4NUS
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  Median XL bro, seriously. Just do it. : Lightzout
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    this, and get multires mode mod, http://www.gamershell.com/download_48836.shtml (play at res higher the... : Zombie Vonnegut
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      Can you used the multires mod on battle net? : mrasparagus
      • no, it is considered a hack. IDK why but there it is. : RetroRedEyeJr
    • AND PLUGY! Don't forget PLUGY, http://djaftal.chez-alice.fr/download.html, HUGE stash, more space to carr... : Zombie Vonnegut
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    He should definitely beat the game first before playing around with mods that completely change the game. : Link.
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      BUT he never finished for a reason, regular diablo 2 is meh. It' needs ZyEl or Median XL. : Zombie Vonnegut
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        Median XL drops ridiculous uniques at early levels. Its like Diablo 2 is a line of cocaine and Median XL... : Lightzout
        • You just get to change your gear more in ZyEl or Median XL which is a plus. : Zombie Vonnegut
    • The loot scheme in Diablo 2 was definitely designed to favor people grinding loot from bosses, because yo... : FlatlineDixay
  • Thanks again for that recommendation, Lightzout. : Grumbeld
  • yes, this. we have a shack diablo group on steam too, but the median group is largely inactive : ]pm[chem
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    playing on a Mac, mods dont work.. :( : g0nk
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      from the readme it sounds like it works, brofessor: I am using a Macintosh (OS X and later): · T... : stoned wallaby crop circle
      • Hmmm, thanks I'll have to try that. : g0nk
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  I just finally finished the expansion last week myself : Halen
  • I never beat the expansion! Got bored. =( : brickmatt
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  Do you ever actually finish any games? : Patch-e
  • yes. : g0nk
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  Ive played through that game so many times that I just cant force myself to play it any more : maulla
  • You know you will when the new patch comes out... I know I will be :( : Patch-e
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  I've had a Diablo 2 urge for a while now but I'm resisting until 1.13. : Zek
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    Me too. Any news about this? : Captain Loco
    • All we know is that they're adding respecs. They finished working the WC3 patch a couple weeks ago but th... : Zek
• holy cow 100% damage to undead that's INSANE : grandmasterlee
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  i never really played it... i played it briefly at a friends house back in the day. I never even tri... : Shadowdane
  • How do you manage to frequent Shacknews and not have already been convinced that it's worth playing? : jayacheess
• I love Diablo II so much. The cut scenes, the soundtrack, holyshit the whole thing is awesome. : Phil
• This post reminds me. I could barely ever tell the difference between a 5 and a 6 in the Diablo font. I... : Omning

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• Yes yes yes! : lightly inclined
• wow, environments look gorgeous. : pancake humper
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  Awesome trailer. I really hope the single-player is better than the first one since I'm a highly anti-so : hawkeye
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    Guild Wars was a great single player MMO, I can't think of a better one. IMO they went too far with hench... : Slowtreme
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      It got better in some of the later expansions with better henchmen and stuff but the OOB Guild Wars was u : hawkeye
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        taking henchmen = soloing and OOB GW was fine, I think it should have stayed at that level. They did incr... : Slowtreme
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          Soloing for me is myself and maybe a pet. I realize this means I shouldn't play MMOs. I played as a hun... : hawkeye
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            butbutbut henchmen were basically pets, so you are still good right? wow I hit PRL talking about guild wa... : Slowtreme
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              Pets require direct control, henchmen are controlled by really poorly done AI. My bear in WoW was essent... : hawkeye
              • you can tell henchmen to stay/attack/follow etc. same as a pet : Slowtreme
          • Same here for the most part, if any of my non-internet friends were into MMO's I might have stuck with on... : one random winner
        • Trying to complete some of the later missions was a nightmare with henchmen, especially at first when the... : Alice O'Connor
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  that was very impressive. I hope the animations catch up to the environments. they looked a bit stiff : Slowtreme
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    I've been hoping for that since 3D games first appeared. I'm still waiting. Also: Characters that int... : hawkeye
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      i would say blizz/wow has player animations pretty dialed in. They feel alive, even when standing still. : Slowtreme
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        Blizzard is probably one of the closest but try jumping up a hill or running into a tree. You're still a... : hawkeye
        • yeah well as some point you have to just go with it. : Slowtreme
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        Oh! Assassin's Creed! The way Altair moves through crowds is about the best I think this has been done.... : hawkeye
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          He's a box interacting with the world of boxes! Nah, there would really have to be some creative camer... : one random winner
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            I understand that Altair still is a box, but because of the fluidity of the animations he feels really co : hawkeye
            • I know, I was just pulling your leg, apparently I ripped it right off, sorry 'bout that. : one random winner
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  looks good. it should as long as it's taking : jonin
  • it was supposed to launch in Jan. =-( : kbnerd
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  persistent worlds = subscription fee now? : maulla
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    I would have paid a sub just to be able to JUMP over a log :( : Slowtreme
    • seriously: GUILD WARS 2: NOW WITH JUMPING AND SWIMMING : halophoenix
• I really enjoyed the first one -- until I hit max level a month in. Then I started playing WoW and didn't... : wasylm
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  Half gameplay, half CGI? Fucking awesome trailer. I remember getting Guild Wars when it came out right... : ateam311
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    The instance thing is simultaneously a good and bad thing. Stumbling across someone else who's doing the... : hawkeye
    • Oh this is very true. WAR handled this fairly well I feel like with having a persistent world with some i... : ateam311
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      Guild Wars was never really an MMO. It's Diablo with an in-game Battle.net. : Zek
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        Guild Wars was very much an MMO. You don't need a persistent world for it to be part of the genre. : ateam311
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          Yeah you do. Without a persistent world there's no Massive. If you're only counting gameplay then FF12 wa... : Zek
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            just because there is only 40 people in the zone you are in, doesn't mean the other 40000 people on the s... : Slowtreme
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              Thus, Diablo. The characters are all serverside, you can join chatrooms full of them when they're not pla... : Zek
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                You failed the moment that you said that FF12 could be considered an MMO. What in the flying fuck were yo... : ateam311
                • I said it has the gameplay of an MMO which I assume is the main reason you think of Guild Wars as one. : Zek
              • we will not agree : Slowtreme
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  GW1's PvP was freaking awesome. I think it could very well be the most balanced form of team-based PvP I'... : The Grolar Bear
  • I'd agree, probably the most balanced MMO I've played. : goatjc
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  That looks really REALLY good. I wonder if it'll still be free to play. : halophoenix
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    faq says yes : jonin
    • sweet. :D The fact that it's free to play always made GW the alternative to WoW for me; easier to get ove... : halophoenix
  • according to the faq. YES : kbnerd
• that looks pretty cool. i wonder if they are still going for the 120+ level cap this time around. : kbnerd