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  is the plot similar at all? : orgcaptainnemo
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    Apparently. The creators of Delgo are now suing James Cameron. : Godhatesfatpeople
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      er, considering it. That is. : Godhatesfatpeople
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        That's kinda dumb, didn't he come up with the concept 14 years ago? : Vincent Grayson
        • Something like that. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  wjw : one random winner
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    i just looked up what this means. I wish i hadn't. FUCK : DrFlammable
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      hehe, one of us. : one random winner
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        I prefer to think of it as a dragon. : Rauol Duke
        • It's a resting bat/umbrella hybrid. : one random winner
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      what is it? :( : foo
      • A pronoun. : RomSteady
      • something that i thought was bannable on the shack awhile back : pharom
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        wow just wow I'm guessing : kgargs
        • indeed it is! : pharom
• Wtf is Delgo? : Rotten Deadite
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  i dont get it? a weird alien looking up looks like a weird alien looking up? an alien standing in front o... : Klebold
  • I apologize, that is worded terribly but you get the picture. : Klebold
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    Some of them maybe, but the two that stand out to me as pretty blatant are the first shot flying mountain : indosauros
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      I think every FF game since 1992 has had flying mountains and floaty kissy romance scenes. : packav
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        no shit... Final Fantasy, and every other game that's used "airships" (a lot of Square or Enix titles)... : dedgecko
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          This is not a RPG videogame though, it's a CGI movie of aliens that look awfully similar. They could hav... : indosauros
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            Right. James Cameron, one of the most successful directors of all time, watched Delgo, literally the bigg... : GloriousCow
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              More like: "No one has seen Delgo so no one will notice if I borrow some ideas" : indosauros
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                then he got in a time machine to go back into pre-production several years before Delgo came out : GloriousCow
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                  IMDB: Avatar filming dates: 16 April 2007 - 1 December 2007 Delgo filming dates: 2001 - 2006 : indosauros
                  • what are filming dates for an animated movie? Are you saying they only took 6 months to make Avatar? lo... : GloriousCow
      • SquareEnix sues the creators of Avatar and Delgo : one random winner
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      Blatant? Dude, no one ripped jack shit from Delgo. It was a fucking turd. And I'm pretty sure avatar has ... : Conan
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        http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1652105/ : indosauros
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          I could maybe give you the shot of the alien spores landing on their arms (if that's even what it is)... ... : dedgecko
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            And I don't really care either way, I just find it funny that so many people are riding Cameron's do-no-w... : indosauros
            • An accusation of plagiarism is a far cry from that, man. : Conan
        • OH SNAP : Slowtreme
        • a character animator at Weta pretty much has no say in character or creature design at Lightstorm : lja83
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        http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20757311#itemanchor_20757311 : indosauros
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          Dude, Avatar has been in production for literally more than 5 years. Filming dates are not production dat... : Conan
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            And Delgo had been in production more than 7 years ago.. : indosauros
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              I can only assume you're not familiar with Delgo at all if you really think Avatar stole stuff from it. I... : Conan
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                And you've seen Avatar? : indosauros
                • That's honestly irrelevant. You do realize how easy it is to do this sort of frame comparison, right? I m... : Conan
                • i've seen most of it and no, nothing was stolen or inspired by delgo : lja83
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      They're standard shots for anybody that grew up looking at Yes album covers http://image.guardian.co.uk/... : GloriousCow
      • Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck why doesn't Roger Dean have awesome posters of his stuff for sale? I probabl... : Fayk
  • yeah the Delgo ppl are really reaching : tunis5000
• Nah...I'm not feelin that. :| : CrustaR
• lol I thought this as soon as I saw the trailer : Megara9
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  What the fuck is a Delgo : notd665
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    it was an animated film released a little while ago : Megara9
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      i don't think i've ever heard of Delgo until now : das_runt
      • the trailers had a brief run before other shitty movies : Megara9
      • No one has because was a terrible movie that bombed. The only reason this Even came up is because the cre... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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  this is easily proven wrong because nobody, i repeat NOBODY saw delgo, therefore nobody could possibly ha... : GloriousCow
  • The creators of Delgo are trying to make some kind of money off of it. : CrustaR
  • that reminds me of "If a tree fell and no-one was ..." : Klebold
• Woah. : Slowtreme
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  Delgo was a disaster Budget: $40 million Domestic Total Gross: $694,782 http://www.boxofficemojo.c... : sikander
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    how does a movie do under 1 million? I've never even heard of it. Was there no marketing for it? : DogDharma
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      apparently they spent all of their money on actors and making the actual movie and had none left for mark... : mikecyb
      • much have. i never heard of it. : AMikaboshi
      • This thread is the first time I ever heard of it. : riptyde
      • just joining in this "never heard of it" party : Goncyn
      • It looks pretty bad from the screenshots, cyber mike. : CrustaR
      • the concept that Delgo spent a reported 40 million on just making the film is hilarious to me given the q... : lja83
      • I could tell it bombed from the movie poster : spiderfill
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      I think Primer was a cult favorite that made less than $1M, but they made it for like $40k or something. : Lunatic Angelic
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        More like $8k. : Vincent Grayson
        • Plus it has picked up in popularity and will make money on DVD. No one wants to see Delgo. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
    • I've never heard of it : opengl128
    • According to site it was only in theaters for 7 days as well. That is failure at its best : Lionhart32935
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  avatar is looking so cartoony. : headbone
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    It didn't seem nearly so much so when I saw the teaser in a theater as opposed to on my monitor. I couldn... : Conan
    • it looked like pure sex in digital projection : GloriousCow
  • the scenes with real sets and human actors in frame are exceptional. The avatars feel real, very solid, t... : kevp
• well that explains why it's taken Avatar so long, had to wait for someone else to make it first? =( : pharom
• wow. : mlev
• ahaha anyone who looks at that and thinks its plagiarism is a fucking retarded moron : boring gegtik
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  Yeah no one ever thought of flying mountains karst formations before. I'm sure James Cameron completely : Lunatic Angelic
  • delgo also invented face shots : veras
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  Didn't early scripts of Avatar leak a really long time ago? Who is to say the people behind Delgo didn't... : pandastrong
  • well, considering Avatar started pre-production in 1997, it's not outside the realm of possibility that t... : CrimsonHandHiro
  • The scriptment was floating around back in 1996, so yeah, its possible. : Serpico74
• Both look like some Final Fantasy game. : TwiLyght
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  Seriously, those frame comparisons could be done for so many different movies that are completely unrelat... : jayacheess
  • Sounds like a job for the Shack! : bolneze
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  Most of that stuff is really generic and reaching. : GeorgeB3DR
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    I mean really...do people even think any more? : GeorgeB3DR
    • not unless i'm getting paid : Mr.SEX
• hahaha oh noes : Downforce
• Apparently they're considering a lawsuit. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/aug/26/avatar-delgo-james-c... : rock elf
• HIJACK: Wasn't there supposed to be some Avatar MMO launching before the movie came out, and it was basic... : Schnapple
• how many times does this have to be posted? : ass-street

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• oh yea, i meant to include a link for this : http://www.precentral.net/how-to-install-homebrew-apps : mwasher
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  Sweet, I'll definitely be trying this! : action wombmate
  • you and like 4 other people!!! :D : mwasher
• very cool! :D : packav
• Man the font rendering on the Pre is awesome. : pancake humper
• is there one written for phones that use java? : deadfish
• Looks really nice. Good work! : freshyk
• that is sexcellent : Bamtan
• Way to go man washer : rosewood
• nice work duder. looks awesome. : Yanks
• woah... bizzaro universe? am i dreaming? mwasher programmed something? good job : wtf242
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  That is pretty sexy. Is this built entirely in javascript? : SqueegyTBS
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    yea. the Mojo sdk provides all the widgets, and it uses prototype for ajax calls to your stuff. : mwasher
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      Well then I am glad I made every call support json. : SqueegyTBS
      • yea, that helped a lot! : mwasher
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      That's pretty rad. I made a couple Konfabulator Widgets back in the day and liked the fact that they wer... : ThomW
      • if you like hacking together javascript it can be :) : mwasher
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  looks pretty! OMG CAN YOU ADD INF LOL UNF TTH AND WTF BUTTONS : electroly
  • lol : Yanks
  • http://i25.tinypic.com/wtfxbb.png they don't do anything yet :( : mwasher
• washing out the competition! : Audhuml4
• my LG lotus says :[ : deadfish
• looks good! : prime8
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  Hmm, it's just launching a blank card for me. Installed using the freshest WebOS quickInstall, too. : Deathlove
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    And I just tried using fileCoaster to no avail. Khaaaaan. : Deathlove
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      I just used filecoaster 1.0.2 to install mine. when you launch it should bring up a splash screen for 3 ... : mwasher
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        oh, wait, is your phone not rooted? hold on I can take care of that I believe. : mwasher
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          yea there's an issue with it on non-rooted pre's. i know what it is so i'll upload a fixed package short... : mwasher
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            my phone is rooted, and I had it in Developer Mode...hmm. : Deathlove
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              and it's still not working? that doesn't make sense. :| : mwasher
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                I'm using Filecoaster 1.1.1, but I'd think that'd make it install even HARDER. : Deathlove
                • ok delete the one you have installed, reinstall from the same link above. i forgot to digitally sign it ... : mwasher
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      No filecoaster for me either, typed in the URL, downloading...then nada. Need to be in dev mode for t... : rak
      • Guess ill wait till lunch and use Quickinstall @ home. : rak
  • I didn't even try doing it with those, I used the command line. using linux on my desk workstation i've... : mwasher
  • should have gotten an iphone. : hirosushima
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  Poor Windows Mobile. We're just unloved now that Android, Pre and iPhone are here. :( : tboomer2
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    How many peeps have WinMo 6.0? And do you have touchscreens? Which phone do you have? : Dave-A
    • tboo2 I'm not feeling overwhelmed by demand here : Dave-A
  • Unloved even by Microsoft, who seem determined to do absolutely nothing in a market that is now super-com... : drazz
• Nice! Wish I had a Pre to try it. : majestik
• This is awesome, planning on getting a Palm Pre once it's out for Verizon. : lefthighkick
• I could settle for Pre now that this is out. -Sent from my iPhone : freakynipples69
• I have an iPhone, but I miss WebOS dearly. : Jiven
• This is pretty cool : judoka2

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  Wow, who did you have to fuck to get a free copy of Age of Conan? : SockMonkeh
  • It was me. : trOmblyj
  • hehe : RogerDandy
  • askedrelic. :( : mwasher
  • genjuro :( : TastyWheat
  • *chortle* : Home Nugget
  • ahahaha : sparkly
  • hahaha : Jackass1233
  • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
  • haha nice : maulla
  • lol : Yanks
  • SOOKEH!!!!!!!!! : Wolfanoz
  • roffle : manero
  • oh my : dael
  • spoilers :( : pharom
  • Was it you? : CapnChaos
  • Haha. Well played. : Senate5000
  • Hahahahahaha oh shit! : hashd
  • Well done. : ColoradoCNC
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    haha that took a second. : bRAINsick
    • that's what she said : pharom
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    I don't get it. : thrallie200
    • Conan fucks him! : edgewise
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      i also don't get it :/ : Modica Sol Solis
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        The humor in this post is two-fold. It is funny at face value due to the common conception that the game : DrFlammable
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          wait, theres a shacker that works for FunCom? Said shacker, please tell Ragnar that I'm still waiting for... : Cheeziologist
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            Said shacker works in the US office though, with AFAIK mainly support / marketing staff and such. The dev... : SilverSnake
            • felicia? : cptstern
  • bwahaha : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • lol : sanchez
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    felicia? : festivalman
    • HEH. : DrFlammable
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      oh look more of these : felicia
      • Haven't you learned that the internet is full of pre-pubescent 12 year olds by PENIS now? : locater16
  • doesn't some shacker chick work at the company that made this game? : wtf242
  • someone please lol this in my place : askedrelic
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  good news is it takes less time to uninstall than to DL all those patches. : waxthirteen
  • the first 20 levels are great : retardhumper
  • i uninstalled my AoC after my 14 free days were up for the "please come back" thing they were doing. It t... : Slowtreme
• join Tyranny, I can hook you up with some gold or something. Level 64 necro 'Sordloth' : bipolar
• heh now you get to pretend to like it : dantastic
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  so did i. We should Tag team this shit : CoRDS
  • I'll play with you fucks if you get on something like Ventrillo? I GOTS A LEVEL 50 CONQ GUYS! : SigENeaT
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  AoC is an abomination. : Techy007
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    AoC is pretty awesome. : daedraug
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      AoC is average. : marmite
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        equilibrium reached : lja83
        • http://www.translationparty.com/#3475786 for real this time : Delaric

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• Stop being cheap! Totally worth it to support an awesome service. : kgargs
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  you should take this time to post those blood elf hotties from blizzcon : electroly
  • Agreed : one random winner
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    http://www.shackpics.com/files/P1000651JPG_1abfgndhutb3gl1cme6h.jpg : wurt
    • Hot, and damn those are creepy eyes. : one random winner
    • oh wtf, that's just silly. : kgargs
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      i think the one on the right is the warlock succubus isn't she? : electroly
      • Yea, there were a few other girls that were succies : wurt
    • Oh god the one on the left makes me so HARD!!!!! : ArcKnight
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    some more, i'll try to get the rest up later http://www.shackpics.com/files/P1000643JPG_3xz2tj59u1tyzv... : wurt
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      Very nice work! Isn't this better than Pandora? : umcpwintermute
      • Yes :( : wurt
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      The first chick was the contest winner friday night btw : wurt
      • i can see why. that costume is certainly elaborate : electroly
    • love the succubus. : edgewise
  • I agree with this post : mwasher
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    Okay last set before i get back to work sans pandora http://www.shackpics.com/files/P1000639JPG_5977y2... : wurt
    • that is some impressive headdress on that second last one : electroly
    • Oo, that Alexstrasza is amazing! Do want! : Clasifyd
• It's super cheap. Not Pandora One but the fee they charge for normal listening beyond 40 hours. : Ovate
• Just pay for it. : ashkie
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  Radio Paradise :D : lolpatrol
  • Oh, if you find yourself listening to them a bunch, why don't you support them with a small donation. Ho... : lolpatrol
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  Last.fm ? : Rich McNinch
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    I'm trying this out, but so far pandora > last. I might just end up paying for Pandora :[ : wurt
    • I paid for it. It's pretty cheap, really. : Arcanum
  • ^second this. they also make a great app for Android too : BongSlayerB
  • You have to pay for Last.FM streaming radio now in Canada which sucks. It's still free in the states thou... : renegade732
• Yeah they had to start charging to get around some law. They sent an email about it last month regarding ... : kelerian
• Slacker radio. : ra1n
• Theres erm also Slacker radio, its free but I don't think its quite up snuff with what pandora offers. : Jenings
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  can you hit this limit on the ipod app? because I use it every day for 6-8 hours. : Slowtreme
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    Guess you'll find out soon. : K1Bond007
    • I should have found out a month ago : Slowtreme
  • I'm pretty sure you can. as long as you are logged into your pandora account it's keeping track. : wurt
• It's 99 cents for unlimited listening for the rest of the month. If you think you're going to hit the lim... : jipey
• oh fuck! totally forgot about this site! Thank you shack, you have done a great service this day : Reeves
• stream from kexp.org : cpt_gloval
• spotify? : uncleanmonkey
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  why would they start charging when there are other free alternatives, ie last.fm? : deathofrats
  • They've always had a pay option. : Arcanum
  • Because the internet radio station royalty fees finally got sorted out -- and although the rates are no l... : jipey
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  grooveshark.com : Unleashed
  • this... : akirabob
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  1. Go to http://3voor12.vpro.nl/ 2. Click on 'kijk en luister'(wacth & listen) in the top row. 3. Choos... : ysbreker
  • Sorry for the blatant typo's in that post :( Apparently I suck at typing at 23:00 in the evening. : ysbreker
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  I run it everyday at my work on our blackberry curve display for the entire duration of every shift I wor... : chilln
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    wait.. there's a pandora app for BB? link? : wurt
    • Its in the appworld. i dont know the linky thing. :D : chilln
• I don't mind paying for it - it's really cheap. : action roommate

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  I'm getting one of these: http://www.classic-recreations.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=64 : riptyde
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    I'm getting one of these. http://www.100megspopup.com/photo4phood/webaircraft/h01a26-2c.jpg : RookieCAF
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      A person at the airport near my house owns a B-25 and you can pay to take rides on it. The thing is LOUD... : riptyde
      • Yea, I love the twin engine Bombers. I rode in a B17 once, that was fantastic. Its loud on the inside too... : RookieCAF
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  That is what I would do too. I can't imagine anything to spend that kind of money on; I would just give ... : dognose
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    actual payout after taxes -> http://www.usamega.com/mega-millions-jackpot.asp : peter
    • only $153M after taxes in CA? Hardly worth getting out of bed for. : riptyde
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      I didn't know you could buy lottery tickets online. That is definitely going to drain some people's pocke... : eldiablo01
      • score. that is awesome : sleepyvt
  • if you don't mind me asking, how of your income % wise per yer do you donate to charities now? Of my take... : Zombie Vonnegut
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  i'd buy a plane and fly around the world... also i'd learn how to fly it. : akirabob
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    in that order? : riptyde
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      theoretically you could take a cfi who has all the necessary ratings with you and take the checkride when... : lja83
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        I imagine so. You could record all your hours and landings, and learn on the fly (lol). : riptyde
        • it would totally be the second most badass way to get a PPL first most badass is join the navy and fly... : lja83
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  all I want is $80,000 worth of photography equipment is that so much to ask? : sparkly
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    we'll keep this in mind : peter
    • If we have to work on a budget I can squeeze it down to $50k IF I MUST : sparkly
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  As sad as this sounds, this is pretty much my only hope at getting out of the gigantic financial hole I'm... : jingletard
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    you're $153M in debt? : beastrabban
    • I may as well be, yeah. : jingletard
• donate it to me and get a tax write-off : das_runt
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  fuck now I'm going to have to go waste $10 or so. : cltcprd
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    if i won the lottery i'd probably have one bitchin' party in vegas, holy shit. : FrayLo
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      I'm totally renting the top suite at the Palms (i think it's something stupid like $50k/night) for a week... : cltcprd
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        i have casual acquaintances who went to the palms without a reservation, and the staff put them in the re... : FrayLo
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          true storyyyy : riptyde
          • 7 strangers picked to live in a house! : FrayLo
• I'm going to buy a new Zune and pay in all nickles : jonin
• Or you could take Phile and Mace and you'd be in debt within a few hours : locater16
• buy the rights to baldur's gate, system shock, and donate them to Bioware, Irrational : spiderfill
• FLESHLIGHTS FOR EVERYBODY!!!!!!! : .Jayson
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  The lottery is a waste of fucking money. : Ellissd
  • duh. Though to some of us it is worth wasting $5-10 for a slim chance at riches. : cltcprd
  • Not to the hundreds of people that win every year. : MaxPete82
  • not for the people running it who have more than one brain cell : veras
  • Think of it as paying for entertainment, for the excitement of possibly winning. That's $1 I was just go... : riptyde
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    For the whopping $5-$10 you'd spend every month they have a MM drawing, I don't think it's a waste. : jingletard
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      The expectation of your winnings is below $0. So it's a waste unless you get something else out of it. : Felraiser
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        also gambling in vegas is dumb, yet i do it anyway : FrayLo
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          Right, because it's fun for you. Jingletard's post implies that he thinks it's a good investment. : Felraiser
          • i didn't see that in his post at all : FrayLo
          • Im not hard up on $10 bucks a month, I have no problem spending it to try to win the lottery. The chan... : krym3
          • I think in the context of pissing money away (which we all do) $5-$10 for a 1/100000000000000 chance that : jingletard
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      Statistically, from a "get money" standpoint it's a waste except in a handful of very rare cases. It's j... : Arcanum
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        I know exactly what my odds are of winning. I'm sure you throw $5-10 away here and there on stupid shit t... : cltcprd
        • No one ever, ever, wins the lottery. : krym3
  • cable is a waste of money but I keep blowing that every month :( : .sticks.
  • FUCK! about as much of a fucking waste as buying a goddamn candy bar or soda. except i will get way more ... : porp
  • its like faith healers and video games. let them harbor their illusions if they want. they arent doing an... : spiderfill
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    Women are much more expensive and provide you with less possibility of becoming a millionaire. : Zombie Vonnegut
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      Good analogy bro. : TreMetal
      • Or we can say, "You should buy a lottery ticket for you woman, and tell her "Baby, if you win you can pay... : Zombie Vonnegut
  • I think it's a ton of fun for a few dollars. You get some cool feelings, your mind drifts to what you'd d... : skizl
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  Can I crash at your mansion if you win? : acidnynex
  • You can live there Circa Norm McDonald -- Billy Madison : krym3
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  i love how ppl just like to say stuff like this but if you won you'd never post on here again or remember... : jono181
  • I would. In fact I would hire a private detective full time to find out who you are and where you live so... : Zombie Vonnegut
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  If I win, i'm going to film an unauthorized cutting edge in your face gonzo documentary on shack users. : Zombie Vonnegut
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    And then only release it Indian movie theaters without subtitles. : Zombie Vonnegut
    • And have a shack contest that will have one winner a week for 52 weeks flying to India to see the movie. : Zombie Vonnegut
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  Buy Shacknews.com back from "The Man" and give it back to the people : foo
  • I might buy Shacknews.com and redirect it to IGN just to fuck with everyone. : Zombie Vonnegut
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  I'd build a research facility and hire the top students at MIT to work for me. : skitzo
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    Fleshlight2, designed to work with shacknews.com and created by skitzo's crack team of MIT geniuses. If y... : Zombie Vonnegut
    • Our fleshlight 2 will get you off then cook you steak. : skitzo
  • Then, on their way over, you'd give 'em the old pep talk... "is a man not entitled to sweat of his brow?" : Home Nugget
  • Alfred Loomis already did this like 80 years ago. I hear it ended pretty well! :D : skizl
• so you're going to celebrate a win at gambling by...gambling more? isn't it generally better to quit whil... : lja83
• I would STFU and play it cool. : systatic

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• Bump? : manlyman
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  A prequel would be odd. A sequel would be interesting. A war correspondence type film would be interestin : byorn
  • I could see him doing a little of both in the next film. A little background as to why they ended up on ... : deathofrats
• I also cannot wait. : Mmmmmoo
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  I was hoping they'd called it District 9-2 : SlingBlaze
  • So Prawns are now able to switch armor suits on the fly granting them magical fantasy powers while Jpop m... : Vegtro
  • Districts 9. : exigence7
  • District 9 : District NINER. : ArcKnight
  • 2 District 2 Prawny : SpaecKow
  • D9 2: Electric Boogaloo : fsck
  • District 9: How the Prawns Got Their Groove Back : Prototype
  • District 9: The Prawn that Loved Me : magistersmax
  • District 9: Now with more Pigs : notdeadyeti
  • District 18: Twice as Awesome : orgcaptainnemo
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    Half-Life 2 : spiderfill
    • They got a lot of sequels to go through to get to District 17. : thecatinthehat
  • The District 9 : crummynz
  • D9 Episode 2: Attack of the Prawns : fsck
  • District 9, 21st street. : moe6
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    District 9-11 : delataur
    • Ground Prawnero : mnsnota
    • never forget. : Mmmmmoo
  • District 90210 : willardjuice
  • District 9 Part Deux: Back in Africa : prime8
  • Alive in Joburg : pyide
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  why does everything need a sequel? i understand the business sense of trying to capitalize on a success, ... : lja83
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    That movie was clearly set up for a sequel and there's plenty of interesting stuff to do in a sequel, lik... : SpaecKow
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      honestly, i like movies that don't necessarily tie everything up all neat and tidy at the end, i like hav... : lja83
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        I would generally agree with you on that point regarding lots of games and movies (for example I thought ... : SpaecKow
        • the matrix is one of the films that i thought was WAY cooler before the sequels came out, i'll admit that... : lja83
  • AVC: District 9 doesn’t exactly set up a sequel, but there’s certainly room for one. Do you... : pyide
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    I dunno, the ending is pretty damned suggestive that there's plenty of story left to tell. : WhatIsThisFor
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      there was plenty of story to tell as a prequel to star wars too but i still think it was a lot cooler whe... : lja83
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        I am the exact opposite and wish they had shown even more of the Clone Wars in the movies. Episode 2 basi... : Evil Benius
        • episode 1 2 and 3 should have been what the genndy tartakovsky cartoon on the clone wars was. : pyide
  • Because Christopher promised. : shortbuscaptain
  • not enough heads exploded : GloriousCow
  • My thoughts exactly. : Navy Spitfire
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    This kinda of post hurts when taken literally. You ask a question you have a answer for instead of just s... : Zombie Vonnegut
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      so i'm a bad person because i don't think the movie needs a sequel? that doesn't make any sense at all ... : lja83
      • also, i understand how businesses work and that one of the things a business does is attempt to capitaliz... : lja83
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  man i spoiled all the good stuff from d9 and i haven't seen it yet. i have no self control. the little gr... : packav
  • i didn't find it to be the kind of movie for which spoiling the plot would have been a problem, it played... : lja83
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  District 9: Stop! Or My Prawn Will Shoot. : siknsyko
  • well, this totally showed up where i intended :( : siknsyko

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• Hahahaha okay that's genuinely funny and I love them. : SpaecKow
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  Christ. No split-screen co-op deeply saddens me. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Splitscreen is a barbarian custom and should be eradicated. : SpaecKow
    • Every shooter should have splitscreen. Online and off. : Haku-Jin
    • fucking right : Deathlove
    • purification squads should also be sent after those who ask for it : veras
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      Whaaaatt Nothing better than having your buddy right next to you so you can hit him when he kills yo... : cfalcon
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        It's fun to have a buddy with you ON THE SAME SCREEN. So go play Marvel Ultimate Alliance or some shit. T... : SpaecKow
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          some people actually *gasp* live in the same house and can't really afford twin gaming consoles and big s... : Halen
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            LET THEM EAT CAKE. Or rather, play Marvel Ultimate Alliance. : SpaecKow
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              no, they will play Left4Dead2 coop over Live and love it : Halen
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                But if they're playing L4D co op over live they're.... playing with 2 xboxes?! : SpaecKow
                • yeah, and with 4 players, 2 per xbox! : Halen
    • I agree, some of the best times my friends and I have had would be 2v2 split screen in cod4 on the 360. ... : peat
    • If you don't have friends. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • this is bullshit and you should be eradicated : Halen
    • It's a console version afaik, so splitscreen is very relevant. : abrasion
    • You are a barbarian custom, and if you do not like splitscreen THEN TO HELL WITH YOU! : locater16
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      Shut your face you are obviously insane in the mainframe. : MagicWishMonkey
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        Isn't that an episode of ReBoot? : SpaecKow
        • Futurama ;) : MagicWishMonkey
        • That sounds Obsoletely Fabulous! : dmason
    • wtf.......... : Milleh
  • agree, totally use this feature when available. : kevp
  • Then freeze yourself until october when Borderlands comes out. : dopefish
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  How could they not include local co-op? I'm on the fence now. : Haku-Jin
  • Not enough dev budget? OR they are lazy. OR they hate gamers. : Zombie Vonnegut
• haha that was awesome! : Shadowdane
• awesome. Always looking for more online co-op shooters for the 360, totally buying this. Anyone know the... : sicko
• Yay :D : mwasher
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  so if i accidentally chose a year that says i'm underage...how can i go back to reset it? it won't let m... : kch
  • Sorry I cant support underage viewing of this.. try again in a few yrs jr : supermonkeyballz
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    why did you choose such a late year? you should always choose something between 1901 and 1920 depending o... : lja83
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      i was being impatient and clicked on 1996. regardless i used ie and was able to watch it : kch
      • fbi is on its way : veras
• hahahah love it : Milleh
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  I didn't realize they were doing a PC re-release, I thought it was XBLA only. Now to decide PC or XBLA. : TroZ
  • PC : sanchez
  • PC of course. : SigENeaT
  • PC. (disclaimer: I hate consoles) : thrallie200
  • It's an FPS. PC always if the option is available. : onji
  • 1000% PC if its on Steam : Serpico74
  • I didn't know that either. PC all the way. : omnova

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  pic http://gmd.shackspace.com/asstroidprime.jpg , the wii menu takes up the entire space just fine : gmd
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    Wii : abrasion
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      Abrasion, why are you constantly railing on the Wii? : pandastrong
      • because it's an abomination. : abrasion
  • someone forgot to tighten up the graphics on level 3 : AlexXdude
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    that like half inch on the left and right is what you're bitching about? : orgcaptainnemo
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      that shit is unacceptable, it should use all available screen real estate : gmd
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        you and Downforce should get a room : cpt_gloval
        • this is different than downforce's rail against AR though : FrayLo
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    is there a setting on your tv to "fill" screen? i usually keep mine on 'no overscan' or some shit, but s... : FrayLo
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      the menu itself fills the screen just fine, but when I start the game it does that shit : gmd
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        Wii Menu or Game Menu? : cltcprd
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          Wii menu : gmd
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            Could be a slightly different signal. I would check your TV settings like Fraylo mentioned. : cltcprd
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              It isn't the tv : gmd
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                did you try changing the view settings though? i thought that my tv detected where the picture ended and... : FrayLo
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                  There should be several settings like Full, wide, panorama, etc. Hell there may even be a 1:1 setting. : cltcprd
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                    it is set to wide full, this is the wii not the tv : gmd
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                      I'm waiting for someone else to buy it to confirm. I think it's your TV :) : cltcprd
                      • It's not his TV, it's a problem with the Wii - Prime 3 (non-Trilogy) did the same shit to me, I think RE4... : veras
                      • actually it looks like it is the Wii. I'm guessing they do it to battle overscan on some TVs (though wha... : cltcprd
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                      i know, but when you cycle through settings , it might redetect the edges and stretch/fill accordingly? ... : FrayLo
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                        U R A FGT : FrayLo
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                          woah there banned for personal attack : mikecyb
                          • personal personal attack : gmd
                        • IAWTP : cltcprd
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    I thought the Wii didn't output in 720p/1080i or p anyway? : ArcKnight
    • It can do 480p in widescreen. : SqueegyTBS
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    you play some terrible games : pancake humper
    • i will cut your face!! : Mr.SEX
    • you're fucking broken : zerog83
    • you're fired. : Yanks
  • I hate it when games do that shit. CoD5 coop comes to mind. : MagicWishMonkey
  • Yeah, the Wii does that to a lot of games - it's because it's a PIECE OF SHIT : veras
• did you check the settings menu? : WhatIsThisFor
• it is keeping the correct aspect ratio (i have no idea if that is the case or not) : Mr.SEX
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  lol it is cropped 4:3 http://wii.ign.com/articles/956/956473p1.html : Dave-A
  • yeah they zoomed in, wtf. : orgcaptainnemo
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    cool, the Wii is no longer powerful enough to run Gamecube games : veras
    • yes that's most definitely what caused the problem here /rolls eyes : orgcaptainnemo
    • But I thought the wii is basically two gamecube's duct taped together? : Perturbation
  • Sorry, this post clearly should have opened with an "ummm" and not a "lol". : Dave-A
  • awwhh fuck that's shitty. That's like when Comcast butchers SD signals so they can display them in widesc... : qwpeoriu
  • oh lol : MrBig0
• i not know! : packav
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  heheheeheheh : Downforce
  • awaken the vengeance within. feeeeeel your anger. : Downforce
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  So aside from that nonsense, how is the new game controls on Prime 1 & 2? : ovrlrd
  • I'm really enjoying them, but I never had a problem with the old controls either. Also, this really is... : jayacheess

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  I never played the series beyond 20 mins of the first. I might pick this up. : avatar_58
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    metroid prime was such a great game*. There is so much to love*. I'm really glad that i played through it... : kbnerd
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      Which of course this fixes right? I didn't like the controls either, I felt like I was very limited. : avatar_58
      • All of the games have gotten the controls modified to the Prime 3 version if I heard correctly, either wa... : one random winner
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  if i still had a Wii, i'd be ALL OVER this. The controls made me not play 1 or 2, but 3 was among my favo... : Demius
  • I've got all the originals and a GC controller, actually went through all three of them again earlier thi... : one random winner
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    What is it with you people and selling your Wii, did you really think there was never going to be another... : Zek
    • Oh trust me, the person who got it probably got a LOT more entertainment value out of it than I ever woul... : Demius
• I have the originals but have not bought the trilogy yet : gmd
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  I'd buy the new ones if I could import my save-games, just so that I could beat the boss at the end of MP... : nudel
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    Hehe, which "Last boss fight"? : one random winner
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      I think there's one more after it (not sure as I haven't beat it), so 2nd last I guess. It's the one w... : nudel
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        Hehe, it only gets harder from there my friend, that one has like 3 forms and it sounds like you were on ... : one random winner
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          :( Why must good games have boss fights that are so punishing and tedious? :( : nudel
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            I don't know, MP2 is the worst offender of the serious, at least partially because everything had too muc... : one random winner
            • serious series... fuck. : one random winner
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        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg9zWW5qULA That boss fight is easy, even on hard. You can't dodge 2 te... : MechBFP
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          I can dodge them fine, it's getting a missle lock on the things that are just at the tip of how high you ... : nudel
          • easier to fire your regular shot as fast as possible. : one random winner
      • Yeah that was frustrating as hell. Luckily I never give up so that son of a bitch had what was coming to ... : ieGod
• I gave mine away to my nephew to I can't compare : moshman
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  What is with the control hate. I thought it was a pretty damn good system on the GC. Wii is even better f... : lowayne
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    I'd imagine the inability to strafe on the GC was a pretty steep barrier to entry for players expecting a... : J. Kyle
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      pretty much. i fell off of everything because when i was shooting and the flying bugs i would turn to kee... : kbnerd
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        The thing about the first two especially is you have to realize you're pretty much a tank, the only time ... : one random winner
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          i don't like getting hit though =-( : kbnerd
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            then you're not killing them fast enough. : one random winner
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              then they should explode faster! I'm shooting them with all that i have! : kbnerd
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                What are you shooting at that doesn't stand still for 3 seconds every 5 and is causing you to fall off th... : one random winner
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                  everything! i would get up on a platform guys would come swarming at me. i would turn to shoot at then... : kbnerd
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                    I think you just never learned how to play it right :s : one random winner
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                      honestly it's been so long since i've played it i have very little idea of what about the controls bothe... : kbnerd
                      • Well now it's a fantastic experience with awesome controls :D : one random winner
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      You could strafe in the GCN version? : walker270
      • Err -- assume that's a statement not a question. You could strafe in the GCN versions of MP and MP2. ... : walker270
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        yeah what? you could definitely strafe, you could straight up run circles around bad guys. : Jackass1233
        • In fact, it was something you needed to do to win, or you were fucked. : Entity
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        You couldn't turn and strafe at once, except if you were locked on to an enemy in which case you could on... : nudel
        • I never had an issue with the controls until the final battle in mp2 where I almost rage quit : gmd
        • this is also true. : Jackass1233
  • yeah the controls were a bit weird at first, but after I got used to it I thought they were just fine : zerog83
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    The Metroid Prime controls for me are pretty much the best console fps controls. : Cliffzorz
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      I second this. I think some people's memories might be faulty. Metroid was a pretty tight experience on t... : leadgold
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        im sorry but no. As much as I loved metroid prime, and as much as he is incorrect about not being able to... : Jackass1233
        • the game would've been a lot more awkward to play if the C-stick was used to look instead. For the GameCu... : zerog83
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          Jackass... I hear what you are sayin man... I certainly would not say that it was the best console FPS co... : leadgold
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            I'm still convinced that the GameCube controller is the best controller for any console yet. : zerog83
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              I always thought it was the best too.... I'm also in the camp that thinks the Wavebird was the best wirel... : leadgold
              • I LOVED the wavebird compared to the regular controller; specifically because that weird area in between ... : Jackass1233
      • The controls were fine for a single-player experience. The controls didn't work well for multiplayer gami... : David Craddock
• I'm going to have to pick this up eventually. : Shadowdane
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  The Metroid Prime Trilogy is out?! : walker270
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    http://www.amazon.com/Metroid-Prime-Trilogy-Collectors-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B002ATY7JE : one random winner
    • Drool. Do want so badly. : lowayne
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  i am tempted to get this even though i already own all 3. it has got to be one of the best goddamn serie... : Mr.SEX
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    I own all 3 as well and will be buying it, just for 1 and 2 in 16:9 and sharper textures, also they added... : gmd
    • i know i will end up buying it too. shit is too good not to : Mr.SEX
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  Came in the mail today. Will report back in Evening Reading after I get a chance to check it out. (I sti... : sevogajre
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    excellent : one random winner
    • I'll try and take some comparison pics tonight : gmd
• I have all 3 and want these. I may bite when the price hits $20 or so. : Tawler
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  I preffered the GC controls and seamless world instead of stupid level chunks in 3. Better graphics be da... : node
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    Yeah, the one thing I didn't like about 3 was the multi-world aspect, even if it really didn't make that[... : one random winner
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      It made me give up on it. I just loved the seamless wandering/expanding of the last two and do not unders... : node
      • I didn't really see the big deal of that? Instead of Samus going down an elevator it was Samus flying in... : choppp
• I haven't even opened up MP 3 yet, because I wanted to play through the first 2. I will probably end up ... : bcyde
• I wish I wouldn't have purchased that other FPS shooter this summer and got the prime trilogy instead, pr... : stgdz
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  Can Metroid Prime 3 saves be transferred to MP Trilogy? : Serpico74
  • I don't know unfortunately, also, I'm curious as to whether or not you can do the Metroid Fusion/Metroid ... : one random winner
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    Nope, and GC saves for Prime and 2 won't either. : manlyman
    • I expected MP1 and 2 but no transfer of 3 saves sucks. It would have been an instabuy if I could. : Serpico74
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  Visually it looks basically the same albeit in widescreen and with minor hud updates for widescreen. MP2 ... : Conan
  • excellent, thanks for the info :D : yAak
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    Prime has had the same lighting engine used in Corruption and Echos to it as well. : manlyman
    • added to it that is... : manlyman