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• The upside-down TOTALLY takes the cake. : sgtsanity
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  hahahahaha what the hell. That's so bad, even the Onion wouldn't try to pass it off as a parody. It mak : bipolar
  • actually it looks like he works for one of those small outsourcing/contracting studios where they do art ... : DeBurgo
• mondo crazy : zigzag
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  This reminds me of the Donkey Kong Country VHS I got sent that had this blond-haired rad dude going throu... : slax0r
  • Hah, I loved the perks of being a NP subscriber. That video was so mondo cool. : roushimsx
  • i have this VHS along with some others : dignan
  • lol when i worked at EB Games years ago, someone brought one of those in and gave it to me. weird. : MrBig0
  • lol, I remember getting that VHS in the mail. : voodooraze
  • Yup asked for it too, was going to buy it with my allowance but my parents wouldn't let me, apparently my... : one random winner
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzgJSv3SEO4 : sludge vohaul
• That game was pretty fun too. : getfrisky
• Look at that amazing font stretching on the first line. I hope nobody paid money for that. : DrWaffles
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  http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,51028/ : GloriousCow
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    haha so we can blame this kid for Hellgate? : zuff
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      As someone who purchased two copies of Hellgate, I have to feel sorry for that studio. I never actually ... : slax0r
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        Wait you purchased TWO copies? That's three more than you should've! : Shadsy
        • I know! :( I purchased one from one site, but wasn't given an invitation to the beta, so I purchased a... : slax0r
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          I did the same :( : DeBurgo
          • WHYYYY? What's the point of buying two copies unless you have a brother you want to play with or somethi... : deathofrats
  • lol @ his last two games : thrallie200
• http://www.shackpics.com/files/Screenshot20090916at114357PM_x0gcxdpx5dxzkmhq2p65.png : zuff
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  "I, me" ??? : thrallie200
  • Mine. : Prozium
• I remember the game actually being pretty decent platformer. Then again, I was 11 years old. I only got a... : Prozium
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  what scanner do you have? I use an HP all in one and I don't like it. I use an Epson at work that is bett... : lacker
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    Espon Perfection V30 Really quick (<40 seconds per page) and the software package is pretty decent. : roushimsx
    • thanks roushi : lacker
    • I got to use this printer/scanner/fax AIO at my girlfriend's office, don't know how many thousands this t... : Ebu
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  That game was rad. : bakanoodle
  • but crazy hard. : bakanoodle
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    i heard it was mondo : skizl
    • :[ : Mondo
• on the other hand it is completely awesome. : sirsteven
• that's pretty fucking educational : Amadan
• I remember that game being waaaaay more involved than expected. : zakazi
• That game was awesome despite being a McDonald's commercial : wasylm
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  What scanner? My wife's just died...it needs to do film and whatnot too though. : CapnChaos
  • Your wife just died and you're worried about a scanner? Jesus Christ dude, let the corpse cool first. : SiW.
• Hey it has the Nintendo seal of approval though,.................... : abrasion

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  Jason Statham has been signing onto some really shitty movies lately... c'mon In the Name of the King? WT... : shakybonez31
  • The Expendables might make up for all that. (or whatever the Stallone movie is called) : K1Bond007
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  it's not credible to claim that there is a worse movie than Transporter. : bostrov
  • Transporter 1 is probably one of my favorite action movies. It's very simple and straight forward. The ac... : Nighteyes
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    Crank, and/or Crank 2. : cerealSAM2
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      I have not seen any of these, but how are movies worse than Transporter released to the public without so... : bostrov
      • Crank 1 was awesome. Crank 2 was a shitpile. Transporter 1 was awesome. Transporter 2 was a shitpile. : shwortdogg
    • crank 1/2 are the probably some of the best, most mind numbingly awesome time you can spend watching movi... : ibrokn
  • Battlefield Earth : bolneze
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  The worst part about Transporter 3 wasn't even that it was a shitty movie, but that it had more gratuitou... : umcpwintermute
  • lol.. so true. I didn't think the Ukrainian girl was all that hot anyway. She was pretty stupid and clich... : K1Bond007
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  Don't bother watching salvation.....its better, but not by a whole lot. : Turd Ferguson
  • holy shit, I did the same thing. I read the first "Transporter" as Terminator. : esecasco
• I like Jason Statham, but yes, Transporter 3 was a fucking terrible movie. : boarder2
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  only good jason statham movies i recommend are Crank, Crank 2 and The Bank Job : mayooms
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    Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch beg to differ. : hatelull
    • woops you're right forgot to add Snatch : mayooms
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      Also don't forget, "London". : X-Nice
      • uhh : MamiyaOtaru
      • London wAS an independant film where he spentthr majority of a party sniffing lines in the bathroom with ... : X-Nice
  • They're in my Netflix Queue. Pretty much the only movies of his I've liked are The Italian Job and the Tr... : K1Bond007
  • The Bank Job was a let down. The only hot chick in the movie got fucking chopped into pieces. BULLSHI... : IndigoAK
• I don't like Statham at all in any of his movies. He also ruined that Jet Li movie War. It was pretty pat... : thrallie200
• i thought it was better than transporter 2 but that's not really saying anything : qwpeoriu
• Definitely the weakest of the three but still worth a watch for Statham fans. The fights were not as goo... : natural born chaos
• I just watched Crank 2 tonight and it was awesome! : SockMonkeh
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  That reminds me - I saw Crank 2 on the rack at Wal-Mart today. Did it go straight to video or did I miss ... : Colleton
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    it was in the theaters early in the year like April-ish : grabbie
    • Really? Damn. Thanks. : Colleton
  • just watched it tonight, and it's fucking batshit crazy : nevlos
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    No, but it is indeed terrible. : CrustaR
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      Crank 2 was fucking awesome. They just kept adding wtf after wtf after wtf is going on and it just kept g... : sigpro
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        oops I meant Amy Smart. Although Amy Adams is decent too. : sigpro
        • I couldn't get into it. :[ I had beer after beer, and it wasn't helping. :[ : CrustaR
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  I enjoyed it. It was a shit load better than 2 and compared to other movies like wolverine I found it muc... : sigpro
  • I agree, it's not that bad : Shai-Tan
• I can't believe you even tried after the complete abortion that was Transporter 2 : graceofdragons
• First one is a good movie. The rest are awful. Same thing happened w/ Crank. First one rocked and I don'... : Darthbrooks
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  Is this the one with the ridiculous BMX chase scene? : givemesnacks
  • Yes. That part was absolutely retarded. : K1Bond007
• Such a shame, the first transporter is a good dumb action flick, : abrasion
• Well sir, good thing you warned me in time... : FS|Archangel

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  I've already got them all, so no purchase for me. : MacemanInTW
  • same : jonin
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  Definitely. JK:DF 2 was my first PC game and it was quite an awesome way to start. Look forward to going ... : Lionel2b
  • the zone was newschool - #jediknight in the good old days was far better, with far better players. : even4
• I will be when I get home, I'm looking forward to a bit of nostalgia and I'm also hoping that people will... : Aragoat
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  That is why you fail : edge198
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    Yeah, see.. I'm wondering if I should just call myself a faggot & buy it anyway, it's only $20. : jingletard
    • might as well, 20 isn't a lot of scratch. : vertdang
• If I didn't already have them all, I'd buy them. : guido anchovy
• I already own them all except for the expansion to JK and I probably won't play them anytime soon. : K1Bond007
• Buying them just to show a little support to LA for releasing them again. Also want to check out the rere... : roushimsx
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  I will probably be picking them up. I really would like to play them in order, but I am more likely to sk... : gimpx32
  • Yeah, those early games would be brutal on a current system. : hatelull
  • no way! Dark Forces has held up really, really well. With modern mouse+keyboard control it's really not t... : roushimsx
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  Outcast was hella fun once you turned on that truesaber action, and could start chopping heads and other ... : hatelull
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    Before I got the full game I would do that in the demo. I'd spawn like 50 jedi guys and chop off arms, l... : MacemanInTW
    • Yeah, once I realized I could turn that on I actually started the game over and played it through again. ... : hatelull
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      i mentioned it in the MD thread - it was g_saberrealisticcombat. one of my favorite cheats of all time. ... : xsoulbrothax
      • Yeah, it's really silly how they decided to not included it as a standard choice in the options menu. No... : hatelull
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        Ok... I'm reloading this when I get home. : MacemanInTW
        • Hahaha, as am later. I'm remembering how much fun I had killing off troopers. : spazzium
• For $20 why not, it's a donation to good memories of the past if nothing else : MoreVespeneGas
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  I played a lot of outcast when it was out but never ended up getting academy, how does that one hold up? : extrahappyturtle
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    It's fun in that you don't have to muddle through two overly long straight shooter levels before getting : hatelull
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      thanks, i think ill check it out later : extrahappyturtle
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        protip: This game gives you the "Light Side/Dark Side" choice. However, keep in mind that none of your ... : hatelull
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          protop 2: if you put your saber away (default key is 1) and use lightning, its 2x more powerful because y... : riedlos
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            protip 3: it's worth putting some points into that goofy "shield" power for the really obnoxious level w : hatelull
            • such fond memories...i'm going to have to buy it now : holinka
    • I thought Outcast was way more interesting. I hated the story in Academy, it felt like an afterthought. ... : Whistler77
• i have dear memories of dark forces 1 and 2 the other two, i don't care about as much, but i'll probab... : EvilDolemite
• I prob buy them later on since i can't find the originals anymore. : grabbie
• JK is awesome, DARK FORCES is LEGEND I have discs for everything but JK, that's because my disc broke.... : unjustend
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  I still have the original jedi knight on CD I wish I can just get the expansion and it would work with th... : gmd
  • Actually, Mysteries doesn't need the original anymore, I installed it yesterday and it worked fine withou... : yobock
• i dunno, i've played them all and beat all of them but the worst one (dark forces 1) already : dantastic
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  JK:DF2 isn't worth buying because youll probably have to use the fucking software renderer because lucasa... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    Apparently the music isn't included with the game, either. It also is not updated for modern hardware Peo... : FirstPersonCooter
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      no music??? fuck that. seriously? : EvilDolemite
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        The music was on the the audio CD. They would need to recode the Steam version to play music off the HDD.... : FirstPersonCooter
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          i had assumed they would. i knew it was all cd-based and was concerned about this. this really bums me ... : EvilDolemite
          • Me too. I was really hoping of an update of some sort, not a straight retail copy(minus music). : FirstPersonCooter
        • Yep Quake/Quake2 on Steam have the same issue. Redbook audio. : Johnny Law
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        Yeah, seriously. The music in JK is fucking brilliant and it adds so much to the game. I have such incred... : jipey
        • Personally, it makes it a LOT easier to install given that the old installers don't work on 64 bit, or pr... : node
    • Fuck that. I was so close to getting it too. : Whistler77
    • This is horribly disappointing. :( : Link.
    • WHAT?! How in the world do they let this slide? : byorn
    • WTF, no buy from me. : kainen1
  • The JK software renderer runs at half the color depth as the hardware renderer, so it'll be an ugly dithe... : Bold
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  http://darkforces.jediknight.net/ Dark Forces Mod for Academy. It's very good. : lyme
  • Looks like it's coming along nicely, I'll keep an eye on this, thanks. : node
• I'm debating. : hirosushima
• I'm gonna grab the pack, i had these back in the day. So some old school gaming is gonna get done. : boomdeath
• I find my jedi outcast retail cd, i think that was before games had CD keys, so im gonna try that : Jackass1233
• i cant get the quake3 based ones to work, it only displays the top right corner of the screen and the mou... : CoRDS
• I bought them all and am playing through DF for the first time ever. It looks like a turd, but it is fun!... : rick
• I love Nar Shaddaa so much. : givemesnacks
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  Outcast is pretty good. I have it installed on my laptop for random slaughtering of stormtrooper sessions... : father_crown
  • Oh wait I guess it was just a console command to get the truesaber stuff. You don't even have to swing th... : father_crown
• I loved all of them, very very much. I'll be grabbing the pack. I doubt I'll get much joy out of the olde... : ramshot
• I bought them on principle, might actually play the two latest : d fluke
• Jedi Knight & MotS had some of the most atmospheric levels I have ever played in any FPS, Dark Forces was... : razorblade79
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  Dark Forces was instrumental in expanding level design. The Nar Shadda levels in particular with the open... : Fyunch Click
  • I bought DF and was playing it again last night for the first time in ages. They should remake the damn ... : ThomW
• woah I didn't realize they rereleased fate of atlantis. : not work safe
• Dark Forces was great but that was ages ago and Star Wars has been drastically devalued since then : dirge23

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• it really is just plain awful : zerog83
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  I would think their hardware failures trump it : Schnapple
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    no, because they've actively tried to remedy the situation : filthysock
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      but failed : MoreVespeneGas
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        i never had a problem getting my 360 serviced. It was quick and free too : zuff
        • You had to get your console serviced and didn't see a problem with that? If you were the random person w... : Schnapple
      • The point stands that they never put down a billion dollars in one quarter saying "yes, our harddrives ar... : mrblarg
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  The portability of it is really nice though, and the wireless adapter is probably worse : jimmy_legs
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    I hooked mine up to the ethernet port on my HTPC to avoid paying the $100 for an adapter. It should have ... : godwit
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      3rd time lucky eh? i wonder if theres a 360 slim in the works .. : disembodied potato
      • I think they already debunked that rumor : zerog83
    • I'm glad it doesn't : Halen
    • I'm glad it didn't, I don't want wireless for my 360 and I like that I didn't have to pay for it. : WhatIsThisFor
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    The wireless adapter is a good thing in my opinion. I don't need it so I wouldn't want it to cost extra t... : OverloadUT
    • I never could get my old Linksys XBOX1 wifi adapter to work but I'm just a moron. : h o s t i l e
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      Except any ethernet to wifi bridge costs about as much as the MS adapter. Cheaper you'll get wireless for... : godwit
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        Where the hell do you get your <$10 figure? Because I have a sneaking suspicion that it came from thin ai... : OverloadUT
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          I just based it on the cost of 802.11g adapters currently on the market. Even when the Xbox 360 was first... : godwit
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            Its a 802.11a/b/g though, not sure how much that changes things though. : hadronflux
            • If a PSP, DS, Wii, PS3, and damn near everything else out there that is released nowadays with internet c... : AndyGoin
      • because designing an entire board and chipset around an onboard wireless adapter costs just as much as bu... : zerog83
    • I agree that a separate purchase is the better strategy, but I meant that it costs $100. That is ludicrou... : jimmy_legs
  • Their pricing on peripherals is completely bananas. Nothing ever drops in price and doesn't match the cur... : h o s t i l e
  • Canadians have it good here: $330 Elite bundle with the Wi-Fi adapter and Halo 3 : Postal
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    That IS nice. I am still upset about getting a PS3 slim and finding out I can't just swap my 60 Gig HD i... : AndyGoin
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      do you have to buy a memory card to transfer all your saves and such? : derelict515
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        You can transfer everything to an external hard drive or memory stick. It really is painless. : treefingers1
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          Unless your old PS3 is dead and won't boot and you never backed it up. Sony says "Well you can't as th... : AndyGoin
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            God.. That's terrible :/ : razlebol
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              Have you tried plugging it into another phat ps3 though? Maybe you could back it up that way. : razlebol
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                Hmm.. good idea that might help us out here but I still wish I could just put the HD in the new slim, hav... : AndyGoin
                • yeah that still won't work = ( I'm sorry for your loss Andy i broke a ps3, by having it dropped from ... : Break
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                Won't work. I've got 2 fat ps3s (one has a dead blu-ray drive) and I can't swap hd's between the two with... : sigpro
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                  That is so stupid. Oh well, I still intend on fixing the old PS3 and trying to get my shit off of it. F... : AndyGoin
                  • It annoys the crap out of me too as I want to be able to move the hd's back and forth because even though... : sigpro
                  • it's a copy protection thing: the drive is tied to the console serial number : jcupitt
                  • Also, do you mean the DVD is stuck in the drive? There's an emergency eject feature which might work. ... : jcupitt
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  The networking strategy is just as bad. : MagicWishMonkey
  • i wish it had built in wireless : smax
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  Their entire accessory strategy is garbage. Rechargeable batteries and cable to charge them with are not ... : funnynamehere
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    The best thing with the rechargable batteries, all three sets of mine are now totally dead. I have to us... : MacemanInTW
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      yeah, my play&charge kit is totally fucked. It lasts, at best, a couple of hours. : filthysock
      • Same, I started using some old rechargeable AAs I had but they suck too. : h o s t i l e
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      I buy giant blocks of AA batteries at Frys for exactly this reason. $15 for 100 batteries. Even if they'r... : Conan
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        why do you hate the environment : CoRDS
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          The environment can take a back seat to my hobbies thank you very much. : ieGod
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            Just try and save them and drop them off at a Radio Shack on the way to get more so they at least get rec... : CasbahBoy
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              We lost radio shack in the great shuffle of... I forget when. I wonder if the Source takes them though. : ieGod
              • It's quite the interesting story actually. See, RadioShack never officially operated in Canada. Some c... : ieGod
        • *LOL'D* : zuff
    • Sanyo Eneloop rechargeable AA's, and a La Crosse charger. : Bold
    • I think it's random. I've had the same pack since about 6 months after the launch. I'm on my 3rd 360 howe... : Pettytheft
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    Thank god they don't include the battery. I want to be able to use my controllers in a few years if I wa... : WhatIsThisFor
    • I see your point. : funnynamehere
• Works well for them financially, they wouldn't be able to have a $200 console otherwise. : WhatIsThisFor
• It's bad thing, yes. : Mad Max Dugan
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  yup. i don't even have enough room left to rent an HD movie or install GTA: Lost & Damned, but fuck me i... : EvilDolemite
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    Do any local shackers have it? I could mail you my cable+disc if you mailed it back, this thing is gettin : xsoulbrothax
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      if i could be assured of delivery i'd buy the 60GB because 120 is just too much (i don't plan on installi... : EvilDolemite
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        Well it looks like they're going to release a 250GB XBox (and probably accessory drive) soon, so hopefull... : Arctic Fox
        • ....aaaaaaand I just saw the linked story. Regardless, they'd be stupid if they didn't release the 250 dr... : Arctic Fox
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      where exactly did you get the cable and disc? was it discontinued a while back or what? did it come with ... : steve_o
      • You can go on xbox.com or call them up and they'll send you the cable for like 5 bucks IIRC. It's nothin... : TheStupidOne
  • Exactly this : gmd
  • my 20 gig hd has been maxed for quite a while. I've deleted a lot of XBLA games i never play or played (d... : -=kodiak=-
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    i bought a new 360 since mine died, and i still haven't used the new hard drive because i can't get a fuc... : FrayLo
    • dude, you live close to cltcprd, borrow his. I did, degenerate did and a few other shackers have also. : sigpro
• I've been saying this for years and it hasn't materialized so maybe I'm wrong, but it really *has* to cha... : uncleanmonkey
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  i remember the days when accessories like this never sold and may even help hasten the death of the syste... : harold.johnson
  • well the hard drive really is essential. also it comes with every "proper" version of the system. their... : EvilDolemite
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  I'm seriously considering flashing a drive of my own to work on the 360, because this is flat out retarde... : Haxim
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    You can do that? : broly1718
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      Apparently if you get the right drives you can flash them with M$ (yeah I wrote it) firmware, thereby byp... : Haxim
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        I was under the impression that, despite using your own drive, you were still limited to their maximum si... : ieGod
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          No. 120GB limit remains the limit. : Dr_Cube
          • Until someone reads out a 250gb serial sector thing. : abrasion
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        Is it true that you can get your ass band if MS catches you with a modded HDD? And how can they tell? : Anastomosis
        • They can see hardware changes and they can and will ban people from Live permanently. I don't know the... : Derringer
        • probably. although i wish they would just let you put your own drive in, and have the xbox format it and... : broly1718
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          and ass band? I got a mental image of a bunch of dudes mooning the audience with trumpets in their buthol... : filthysock
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            yeah, for all intensive purposes it's the same thing. : Prozium
            • Don't make an escape goat out of him. : abrasion
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          Apparently they have never banned anyone for the HDD mod yet : abrasion
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            Yeah I can't imagine it's that detectable, since it runs the exact same firmware as an M$ drive and beha... : Haxim
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              Yes but Microsoft can see 10,000 Xbox 360 Pro / Arcades on the network with 120gb HDD's with ALL the same... : abrasion
              • Yup. The "guides" say to take the series # from your official 120gb HDD and flash it to your WD drive tha... : Prozium
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            You're paying $50/year (well, maybe 40 or less shopping around for cards) for LIve, plus a % of games you... : jermm
            • I agree but hell - they can do it :( : abrasion
        • I want an ass band! Is that like a lap band? : AndyGoin
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        Can we fucking ban people that use this lame, old, completely retarded nerd meme? : Drewus
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          Hey guys someone says something I don't like, ban! Cmon dude, I expect more from you. : abrasion
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            I don't mind 99.9% of meme's, but we're talking about "M$" here abrasion. This was old back in the 90's. ... : Drewus
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              Drewus, being called a dipshit is fine, I get called an idiot all the time and most of the time rightfull : abrasion
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                I've called too many names. I think i'm riding the fine line of perma-ban. All of those temp bans are add... : Drewus
                • Well insult them cleverly like haiku does! You don't see him getting banned do you now? : abrasion
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              We're talking about M$ here. Not a Kanye, not a keyboard cat, wee talking about M$. Not lolcat, not a b... : boredguy
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                Grow some balls and ignore it, ugh - who cares. : abrasion
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                  I think that was his attempt to take the piss out of me abrasion. : Drewus
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                    Flopza 3 M$ = FAIL, LOL : abrasion
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                      FLopza 3 on teh SUXBOX : master_disaster_17
                      • CRAPBOX : umegastar
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                  haha abrasion, I am going to link to this post whenever you complain about something. It's gonna be so gr... : moshman
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                    Moshman you wouldn't dare :( : abrasion
                    • gonna be great I said!!! : moshman
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                NOT A GAME.........PRACTICE : Chandler55
                • hahaha... : dmason
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          plug and play more like plug and PRAY amirite?! : podizzle
          • xbox is huge lol : moshman
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          oh shut up... : razlebol
          • no u : Drewus
      • Each of the drive signatures that you flash are unique. I am sure Microsoft could find duplicates if the... : jbt11
• M$ is so rich, they should just donate the hardware to us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : boomstickah
• Hard drive and wifi built into the $199 unit. : sukabljat
• Yes. It's even worse than the RROD. : Dr_Cube
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  I thought the worst thing about the xbox was the 150% failure rate... ?? : Rigg5
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    More failed than were produced? Now that's a feat. : slax0r
    • repaired units failing again. : abrasion
• STRATEGY : Downforce
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  I'm not starting a console war, because I really don't care that much about either console (I own both an... : valael
  • I don't think you can install other operating systems on the PS3 anymore with the new firmware update. : Mmmmmoo
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    And bluetooth headsets. And built in wifi. And joypads that just charge by USB. Seriously, I love my 3... : node
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      ^^^ This. The PS3 is much more consumer friendly in many ways. : Serpico74
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        And this is coming from someone that plays way more games on the 360, if only because I'm locked into pus... : Serpico74
        • Same,and also Xbox Live, and I guess habit since it was first. But I fucking hate how they've made so muc... : node
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      Swings & roundabouts. The 360 can use standard rechargables if you want. If not then when you buy the spe... : nudel
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        sony have said they'll replace any controllers whose battery fails, fwiw : jcupitt
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          Does "fails" cover only keeping a charge for a few hours though? That's not a failure, that's expected d... : DinK
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            They promised a generous replacement programme: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-to-replace-... : jcupitt
            • That mentions a service to exchange the items. It doesn't say it will be free. : DinK
      • Bluetooth headsets are all standard, there are no compatibility issues. A $5 set will work with the syste... : ieGod
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    But theres nothing to put on the hard drive so who cares really. That being said I cant wait for Uncharte... : bozer
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      So true, Sony need to copy MS with the load to HDD feature. : abrasion
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        • It's up to the developer, they can do (almost) what they like I think. Some games copy almost the whol... : jcupitt
        • Exactly, they only copy a portion of the game - I've got a 320gb, I don't care if the games are 25gb, I'd... : abrasion
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  I think Microsoft should release a hard drive enclosure for the 360. That would be really awesome. : aggro crag
  • Another great way to help customers buy more crap. Thats a great way to make money and make people happy... : Lightzout
• fucking signed- I would buy more crap if I didnt have a 20 gig drive. Newegg doesnt even sell 120 gig dr... : Lightzout
• The detachable hard drive is nice IMO. So are you talking about the price, or the fact that they aren't ... : DinK

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• All of it. : CoRDS
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  Check out some of the tracks here: http://hypem.com/#/AlexXdude : AlexXdude
  • checking! : xxiv
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    I have always really enjoyed reixes of current songs....anyone know where I can find any for downloading? : sticktastic
    • I would like to know this as well. : gendail
    • Not really current, but I have nearly 3,000 mashups on my blog: http://goodblimey.com/tunes/ : Matt Burris
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  Pendulum? : davantalus
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    *cringe* : mwasher
    • I'm looking for your contribution, dude. : davantalus
• free -> www.bluealchemist.com : eeeealmo
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  Underworld - Oblivion With Bells http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=266025... : Postal
  • Everything they did after "Underneath the Radar" has been crap : watcherxp
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  This is relevant to my interests. Anyone have any Goa/psy-trance suggestions? I have listened to philosom... : funnynamehere
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    the, THE classic artist, is infected mushroom : boring gegtik
    • which are the best albums? : xxiv
    • I use their album I am the supervisor to make everyone in my car feel embarrassed and awkward. : kingdepork
  • Juno Reactor, Nuclear Ramjet are good starts : Postal
  • Infected Mushroom, Juno Reactor, Hallucinogen, Man With No Name : drazz
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    People are suggesting Juno Reactor, and that's a good call, but for the love all things good, do not buy ... : Vincent Grayson
    • I stopped with Shango and would argue that you really only need Transmissions. If you're REALLY hard up : hatelull
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    hard to find but Shaolin Wooden Men was interesting. : On the Brane
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iwHrCFRHME : On the Brane
  • go here, it's 100% free http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/touch-samadhi-001/ this song = win Dragon... : -=kodiak=-
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  is telefon tel aviv on there? : industro
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    of course it is :) : Postal
    • that's what you want, then first album! : industro
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  Crystal Castles. : Wikus Van De Merwe
  • beat me to it! : get_navi
• architeq : disembodied potato
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  Pictureplane Teengirl Fantasy Daft Punk Air Justice : zuga
  • LCD Soundsystem Chromeo : zuga
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    The preview version of this list reveals a totally awesome supergroup that would melt your face : Home Nugget
    • hahah : AlexXdude
  • i'm really glad to see pictureplane getting so much attention : ass-street
• Frank Klepacki : Mr. Goodwrench
• I don't know if it's on itunes but I like 1200 micrograms for certain occasions. : thrallie200
• For one single track, you should really not come back to this thread until you purchase, download, and li : hatelull
• No idea if they have this on itunes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXqUH-ESJzU&fmt=18 You can putt... : cetra00
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  I'm going to say this again, because all the shit being pimped is recent. Orbital motherfuckers. C'mon : hatelull
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    I'm going to see Orbital on Saturday! Can't fucking wait! : Mr. Goodwrench
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      They're playing shows again? : hatelull
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        Hell yeah, they got back together! : Mr. Goodwrench
        • whaaaa??? didn't know this? do they have a new CD out too? : Borzoi
  • Got to see them in concert in 2001. Good show, except they were way too loud and I forgot earplugs. Eas... : bipolar
  • Haha thanks for posting this. I remember buying the Mortal Kombat CD when I was little after watching the... : Gojirah
  • I like the Tom Middleton Re-Model of Halcyon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4UgVvZbw68 : R0wz
• I dont listen to hardly any electronic music, but ever heard of LCD Soundsystem? Sound of Silver is a rea... : Jenings
• What the hell? Just "electronic" music? That's a huge-ass broad category you're picking there. Check... : Matt Burris
• http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=205193688 everything this guy does is ... : filtersweep
• Autechre - Tri Repetae++ a masterwork : dirge23
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  Related: What D&B/House/whatever electronic podcasts do you recommend? Someone mentioned the Hospital ... : hoov1185
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    I think you might like Roger Sanchez' podcast as well : AlexXdude
    • Downloading. : hoov1185
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    You might want to try http://www.garethemerypodcast.com/ I like his music but I haven't listened to his p... : R0wz
    • I will check it out thanks. : hoov1185
• get live asot tracks on torrents. free(LEGIT) and all the latest, best tracks. : x[sliver]

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• maybe some drinks will help : oHnOES
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  I'm tired of kids coming into my classes sick. Our university is making people take a mandatory leave if ... : hirosushima
  • mandatory week leave. : hirosushima
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    Mine has a contingency plan to close the campus in the event of widespread swine flu. It has a contingenc... : Shadsy
    • Not that's it isn't serious, but more people die from the regular flu than swine flu. : Derringer
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    Yeah, we're supposed to take four to seven days, with the one major rule of not returning until 24 hours ... : Modica Sol Solis
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      It's such a retarded rule though. I'm already freaking out about missing 2 days of classes, and I know my... : mysled
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        Three of my classes only meet once a week, one is a language class in which our teacher does not teach, m... : Modica Sol Solis
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          Tuesday and Thursday classes are my favorite schedule. I have Friday through Monday to recoupe if I get s... : hirosushima
          • I actually really like my classes this semester, and mostly want to go just to hear the stories they'll t... : mysled
        • BRING IT ON! : braaains
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        you should show them this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/05/us/05flu.html Professors were : FrayLo
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          I know, my professors have all been really supportive and told me definitely not to come back until I'm 1... : mysled
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            i'm aware of how college works, i once graduated from one. ask for help if you need it. : FrayLo
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              I'm probably freaking out over nothing. I did get away with not going to class at all one semester with a... : mysled
              • Just get the notes from someone. : ZombieAcademy
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    ASU has an entire formerly abandoned dorm hall set up to house students with H1N1. : invisible_kid
    • that is hilarious captain trips indeed : Modica Sol Solis
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  I'm on day 2.5. It's not getting any better. I had to come home last night because it was impossible for ... : mysled
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    The only weird thing is that, despite all the other symptoms, my fever isn't that high. The health center... : Modica Sol Solis
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      Weird...mine was totally opposite. i started coughing sunday night, and developed a fever on Monday. It's... : mysled
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        If you have swine flu, stay the fuck home for gods sake. Don't get other people infected. : bling1bling
        • But so many people have it that don't stay home, that by my staying home I'm getting even more behind. Pl... : mysled
    • Huhoh.. It's mutating, man get out of there!!! : AndyGoin
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    There is a 24 hour Safeway on Solano in Albany : sludge vohaul
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      That's where we went :) I couldn't get there from Berkeley though because the buses weren't running. : mysled
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        Oh yeah go on a bus with your swine flu : snuff
        • I don't have a car and it would have been a 3 mile walk each way at 4:30 in the morning in a not so great... : mysled
  • My first 3 days were shit, then the next 10 days were not quite as shit but still shit. : abrasion
• I got it last week as well. It does suck. There was one day where I was basically stuck in bed for the en... : thecray
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  Posts like this boar me. : FS|Archangel
  • Take 2 Porkocet and then come back to this thread. You'll enjoy it more. : Sink the Pink
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  I'm not even joking, 2 or 3 months later and I still feel like I have parts of it. : abrasion
  • My mom thinks my dad had it last January, he had a really bad cold/flu and then had respiratory problems ... : mysled
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    A bad sickness could do that. I still have an occasional cough 4 years after having pneumonia. : Shadsy
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      I had diarrhea once and I still take a shit most days : moshman
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        Well it's the kind of cough that I associated with pneumonia. I'm prone to sickness a lot more after that... : Shadsy
        • Yeah this is what u meant, there is just this feel to the cough like it is the same one from the flu. : abrasion
        • I know, I was just fucking about. : moshman
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  You've got Porkins :( : SolrFlare
  • He can hold it! He's all righ-- : Bold
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  I'm fucking terrified of this shit not for myself but my kids. :( : Visceral Monkey
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    When I thought it was just a cold (cause the vomiting and diarrhea hadn't started yet) I went to a class ... : Modica Sol Solis
    • Why, did you knock her up? : Jumperus
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    It targets fatties, be warned. : abrasion
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      Well that's good, no one here is fat. : Visceral Monkey
      • Oh my God, wait, my cock..my cock might get swine flu :( : Visceral Monkey
• im fine as long as i stay in my bubble : oHnOES
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  were you officially diagnosed? i am actually curious as to how many people go to the doctor and they spe... : dopeman
  • They don't test anyone anymore because it's so widespread they don't care. : mysled
• thank god for laptops and wireless internet. i've been, more or less, stuck in the bathroom for the past ... : Modica Sol Solis

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  i'd rather piss off the poles than the russians. : dirge23
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    Dude, Poland is badass : MagicWishMonkey
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      maybe, but russia comes ahead of poland in any meaningful list of badassery : dirge23
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        Poland is so bad ass that it invaded the USSR. : bostrov
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          And conquered Germany. : MagicWishMonkey
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            They had what it took to be a bad dude. : Ride-My-Rocket
            • Germany had it coming, after kidnapping the president and everything. Those kraut bastards. : MagicWishMonkey
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  Good. I think the United States is finally realizing that the Cold War is over so we don't need to waste ... : phate81
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    the idea that we're ever going to protect poland/eastern europe against the russians is pretty laughable. : dirge23
    • ya, even if they ever did decide to attack anyway... : ShadowRam
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      I don't see what Polish are afraid of, the UE would be obliged to defend it's member countries against Ru... : guigr
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        lol : stgdz
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          Poland has nothing to be afraid of, no one has ever done mean things to Poland in the past. My advice... : MagicWishMonkey
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            You mean '45 or do you mean or '56 with with hungary or '68 with the czech's or hell even afghanistan... : stgdz
            • crap this was meant for jcupit : stgdz
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        I doubt we'll see the UE hold up that part of the bargain should it ever be tested. : one random winner
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          they did in 1939, though against Germany of course, heh : jcupitt
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            No they didnt each country was basically left to fend for its self, poland, chezc, holland all feell one ... : pwnjoo
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              Holland isn't a country. : pres589
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                Holland is a hippie compound. : MagicWishMonkey
                • It doesn't even make sense. Let's pretend he meant The Netherlands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neth... : pres589
              • excuse me the Netherlands. : pwnjoo
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              england and france were like "seriously germany dude, that's not cool" : dirge23
              • http://angusmcleod.deviantart.com/art/World-War-Two-Simple-Version-73625561 : stgdz
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              The UK declared war on Germany after they invaded Poland. : jcupitt
              • Oh heh and France declared war too, not that that frightened the Germans very much. : jcupitt
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                Then why did it take untill April just as Denmark and Norway are invaded the following year for them to d... : pwnjoo
                • Because everyone was beat after WWI and no one wanted to fight, nor was in any good condition to fight. T... : SpaecKow
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                and Australia and New Zealand! : aeg1x
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                  good point! sorry : jcupitt
                  • You can watch that Australia movie that came out last year for a good history lesson :) : stgdz
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  The missile defense didn't even work. It was a silly waste of money that should never gotten as far as it... : frenziedbadger
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    Pretty much. And fuck pissing off the poles and czechs. They were dumb enough to make that deal with Bush... : geedeck
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      Post WWII politics - according to that this statement is retarded. Although, my sarcasm meter is in the s... : anhero
      • That's way extrapolating things from where I was going. I was just going with more of a... Didn't the res... : geedeck
  • I'm sure the underlying technology will be useful for other applications though. : MagicWishMonkey
  • I work for a company that receives missile defense research funding, I hope this doesn't fuck us over. : kaddar0
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou7BLV_X2WQ : eldersveld
• Hooray! : chazums
• thank goodness! are they scrapping the whole big dumb thing, or just these two outposts? : jcupitt
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  In before "soft on national security" : wasylm
  • Well it figures that Commie Obama would sell out the russkis. : master_disaster_17
• This gives me an urge to play some DEFCON. : theangrywaffles
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  I disagree with the move, but I also think we should have figured a way to side with germany against russ... : anhero
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    what i want to know is: is russia and/or china secretly funding the taliban in afghanistan? because that ... : dirge23
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      eh, considering some of the major players who moved from armies the US has sponsored to ones we wanted de... : anhero
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        yeah, i mean, it's good realpolitik strategy for russia or (particularly) china. but they'd be making the... : dirge23
        • China knows a lot more about its civilian population and can control the flow of information much better ... : stgdz
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    Don't get POLITICAL with you? You think proposing an alliance between pre-War Nazi Germany and the USA is... : SpaecKow
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      perhaps I should have said ethical. : anhero
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        Perhaps you shouldn't have said at all. : SpaecKow
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          Negative. Russia having such a great role in western Europe 45 and beyond, while it may have given wester... : anhero
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            God, what a wonderful alien world your mind must be. : SpaecKow
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              a) you did not note my 39 disclaimer b) are you discreditting the influence of russia in western politic... : anhero
              • I must know: what makes say, May 1939 Nazis okay to ally with vs the September 1939 Nazis? : SpaecKow
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            What in the hell? Dude, just stop, you're drunk and typing about things that make you sound crazy. : pres589
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              really? keeping russia as a china would have been bad for the US? exploit them for resources and manufact... : anhero
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                ..but the tradeoff would have been a massive Nazi Reich in Europe and western Asia and that's not good fo... : dirge23
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                  Indeed. It's fun to play historical devil's advocate, aint it? Who the hell knows! I, in all honesty, ... : anhero
                  • Hah. You just didn't know when Hitler took power, did you? lol. : SpaecKow
              • Keeping Russia as a China? They didn't *want* to make anything decent. Look at the cars coming out of S... : pres589
      • I think the word you're looking for is "intellectual". : pres589
• shit : loboca
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  we don't need a missile defense system when Obama can single handily fly up and just punch all the incomi... : NukemFornever
  • ^^ lol this : holinka
• Extremely expensive system that didn't function well and seemed to antagonize Russia. I wish the Gitmo c... : pres589
• now where will America get all its po? : aeg1x
• Meh, it was an outdated idea anyway. Missile defense doesn't stop tanks. Besides, Poland joined to EU for... : Visceral Monkey
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  This is a good thing. Huge waste of money for an idea that was more in line with 1980s Cold War thinking.... : digweed014
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    conservatives bemoan all kinds of excessive government spending only when they aren't the ones doing the ... : dirge23
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      So what you're saying is that they're politicians? : c0bra
      • yep. : dirge23
  • They use the "oh it's the governments job to defend us!" to justify spending trillions on shit that eithe... : MagicWishMonkey
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  Oh no not perturbed Poles and chagrined Czechs, we must waste money on this worse than scifi useless bull... : eskimo spy
  • eskimo spy I don't think you understand the direness of the situation. With this development, NATO's dick... : SpaecKow

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  You poor sad Aussies. THIS is why I will never live there. Censorship is worse than the giant man eating ... : VictoriouSecret
  • At least ass cracks aren't censored here :( : moneyshot
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    It's just because Australia has no R rating for games. So anything over MA = banned. : Arctic Fox
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      That's a shitty excuse, maybe you guys should invent an R rating, surely it can't be that difficult. : MagicWishMonkey
      • Believe it or not it can... All of the gov generals of each of our states have to agree to allow the p... : SigENeaT
      • There's tremendous demand for it. It's really embarrassing, actually. According to a report over 90% of a... : Arceihn
  • Wait a second.. you would give up living in an almost paradise just because a couple of games have to be ... : SigENeaT
• oh for fucks sake. : stamps
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  Will this stop us buying it on Steam? : Goblin au
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    If the Steam AU store doesn't show it, you can always ask a Shacker to gift it, and Paypal them the money... : Bamtan
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      Ah yes. I had forgotten about gifting. This situation is now becoming quite rediculous. Our movie clasi... : Goblin au
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        All the other Attorney Generals want to but good ol Micheal Atkinson refuses to do it : shavenewok
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          the other thing is there is no point in going HUR HUR FUCKING FAG WE GOING TO FUCK YOU UP RAAAAAAAAAAAAAA... : shavenewok
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            I hadn't seen this response before, something like this is more like it http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/03/... : moneyshot
            • Apparently Atkinson has gotten Death Threats and all kinds of things you'd expect. We need more people... : shavenewok
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      Bad it means Aus won't have local servers right? : Alco23
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        Depends on how their servers work. I'd imagine each server has exactly the same catalog, just in case som... : Bamtan
        • our local steam servers won't host the content, but we'll just download it from one of the os content ser... : shavenewok
  • you won't be able to buy it directly, but if it's like the other steam content that isn't available in Au... : shavenewok
  • sure will! : zerog83
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  What a goddamned nanny state. Enjoy your dystopia, fags. : skinlab133
  • haha cheers. : moneyshot
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    Dystopia, now there's a cool HL2 mod. Haven't played it in a while. : Goblin au
    • veering off track... almost there... BOOM! THERE WE GO! off the rails we go : StolenNosferatu
    • and it's almost 90% aussie! :P : graincloud
• ahh jeeze : CoRDS
• Why do they even bother? Every major game that gets banned eventually gets reclassified after some minor ... : dissembler
• the ultimate boycott! a whole fucking country! : mega man
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  WHAT THE FUCK SHIT CUNT FUCK CUNT SHIT?! : filthysock
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    well, now we know what Gabe will be doing in Australia : filthysock
    • "Mr Atkinson, there is a man here from overseas to see you." "BOOMER!" : MeestaNob
• ok lets guess at what could possibly be in L4D2 that isn't t in L4d, Dead Rising, the RE series, House of... : shavenewok
• there needs to be a revolt. FREEDOM! : reverend~heresy
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  i emailed them: http://www.oflc.gov.au/www/cob/classification.nsf/Page/ClassificationinAustralia_Contac... : radula
  • so did i : filthysock
• Basically they have banned a game that is exactly the same as it's predecessor and was given full classif... : MeestaNob
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  Why has the censorship bug taken root in the land down under? I love that place. The aussies are perhaps ... : Dr_Cube
  • Maybe it's due to our censorship? : Drewus
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  wow that sucks. thought u guys were a free country :( : smax
  • Only if you like 16 year olds. : dognose
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  Uh huh. This happens every time. A game is "banned", the developer works something out to get it through ... : Drewus
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    Whenever these websites report on this, they really need to change "banned" to "under review" but then... : Drewus
    • Yeah that's true. There's no way L4D2 will not make it to AU. : moneyshot
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    Leisure Suit Larry 4; Lost in Thailand : dognose
    • Clever. : kallanta
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  Fattest country in the world AND you can't play video games? There's going to be gigantic fat rioting soo... : Nighteyes
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    How are Australians fat when they eat such small portions of everything? : dognose
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      Meat pies : aeg1x
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        And HFCS sauce. : SpaecKow
        • But what about kangaroo and ostrich burgers? : ShekkyBoy
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  They seem to have a problem with games allowing dismemberment. Then again the original had that, so I don... : aeg1x
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    It's because of the melee weapons. Specifically the chainsaw : Drewus
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      But what about gears of war? : aeg1x
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        See this is the really retarded thing about no r18 rating. There's this bizarre grey area at the fringe w... : aeg1x
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          They seem convinced that R18+ games means that bad games will get in to kids hands (?) whut. : abrasion
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            Atkinson is on record as saying he doesn't believe parents can be trusted to make the right decision so h... : shavenewok
            • I don't really care about L4D2 but I still disagree with Atkinson, he's such an idiot - thank god for the... : abrasion
      • or the Evil Dead games, Resident Evil 4, Dead Rising, etc : shavenewok
  • What about Fallout 3 that had bodies exploding to bits and it was fine...oh thats right it had drugs in i... : gimpness
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  ahahahahahha ahahahahahah : abrasion
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    Also this makes me want to buy it more now, over the internet - because i hate these censor dicks. : abrasion
    • oh snap : moneyshot
  • Do you want it, now that you can't have it? ;D : moneyshot
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  The game contains realistic, frenetic and unrelenting violence which is inflicted upon "the Infected" who : K1Bond007
  • fuck the description sound awesome! Also it says the minority wanted to let it through : filthysock
  • "Projectile shots to infected humans can cause abdominal wounds which can reveal innards or even cause gu... : SpaecKow
  • Oh well, we can all wait till they tone it down for L4D3 in Nov 2010. : abrasion
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    I love that they humanized monsters : Godhatesfatpeople
    • OR DID VALVE MONSTERIZE HUMANS, HMMMM?!? : action wombmate
    • Who's the monster now you bastard? The infected are just trying to live the dream. : Merconium
• I knew Australia was racist. Nothing to see here folks. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Better get the CIA to Gabe's upcoming flight. That plane is getting highjacked : cfalcon
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  Gotta love this comment someone posted RE: OLFC decision on an Australia news site: Tanya of Perth Po... : MaddeningLoop
  • not AG's one solitary AG. Atkinson is in a pretty conservative seat so this is exactly who he is pand... : shavenewok
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  won't someone think of the children? : nunami
  • Don't we all? While we're in the shower..? : Jumperus
• Well, I find some sort of twisted comfort in the fact that there is a country out there "pioneering" on t... : ramshot
• Time to riot. : ryuuseki
• This is why Australia will not be ready for the great Outbreak of 2012. LFD2 offers great training scenar... : laidback
• Well duh... as if they'd give violent games to the penal colony!!! : ShadowRam

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  I am. The SP looks pretty fun and Firefight is always good for the co-op fix. : hoov1185
  • Plus the map packs, I still play Halo 3 MP from time to time with friends. : hoov1185
  • Yeah firefight looks like a lot of fun actually : two50six
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    i will only play if I get a commitment from other aussies to play through the campaign with co-op : filthysock
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      The SP is co-op? Sweet! I didn't know that. : hoov1185
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        from wikipedia "The game's campaign mode can be played alone or with up to three other players cooperativ... : filthysock
        • The Halo3 co-op mode was pretty much perfect in implementation (any combination of players split-screen o... : DinK
• Cardboard halo kid is. : Jiven
• Definitely! Can't wait! : cyclonebee
• Sure. I'm gullible. : pigvomit
• I think I might just end up renting it for the single player campaign. I'm getting CoD6 for MP action. : stump
• everyone :) they just don't want to admit it yet! : x[sliver]
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  I already purchased a copy unwillingly :( : abrasion
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    you just hate video games and computers so much :( : MrBig0
    • That's why I'm always buying games, consoles and parts :( : abrasion
• I'm grabbing it. As much as people hate on the franchise, none have let me down. : shwortdogg
• I'll wait till it's cheap. The MP is the same thing we've been playing for years now, so I figure $30 for... : carbontree
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  Made out on the bestbuy deal, grabbed it for $30 : pun][sher
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    what deal was that? : freakord
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      Probably the buy one get one half price. (which would mean it wasn't really $30, but whatever) : DinK
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        Correct. But I was going to buy MW2 anyway :P : pun][sher
        • I tried that, but they'd instituted the "no preorders" policy before I got around to it. : umcpwintermute
• Sooner or later. SP campaign sounds fun. : Johnny Law
• Getting it for the SP. : master_disaster_17
• yeah : chazums
• I pre-ordered it before bestbuy.com pulled their buy one get one half price deal. Got Assassin's Creed 2 ... : prime8
• Once the price comes down. : jonin
• Really looking forward to it! I like the Tron-style look you get with the visor. I can see myself wasting... : Dave-A
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  that guy on neogaf played through it already, slightly spoilerish but I don't think anyone cares in this : razorblade79
  • oh, damn. this gets me all hot and bothered. I was mostly getting it for whatever story there was (I'm a ... : freakord
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    No flood? Fucking sold. That was the worst part of the series. : melkore
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      Yeah, pretty much. Bungie should pretty much just run all the advertising as ALL THE HALO, NONE OF THE FL : geedeck
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        I hated the Flood levels so much. The one in H3 where you're in whatever the flesh-colored hive was, I s... : umcpwintermute
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          IMO the most annoying part was how they had to randomly drop weapons around as your enemies didn't have a... : razorblade79
          • Yea, I remember having to melee my way through large parts of that because I was out of ammunition. : umcpwintermute
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        I never understood all the Flood hate. They added variety, and performed a similar role as the zombies in... : Dave-A
        • For me it's a personal preference. I just get so fucking bored fighting the Flood. So much more fun and i... : geedeck
  • sold! : marmite
  • Alright I'm definitely more excited now. : sevogajre
• Yea I plan on picking it up next weekend. : Big Luke
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  i am pretty sure i am going to get it. why not . . . Bungie must need the money :) : jedi_27
  • Pass here. As with all thing's bungie, it will have great art...but not much else. I'll gamefly it at so... : Silent Wolf
• I might. Firefight could be fun times and the single player reminds me of Metroid Prime with all the ite... : melkore
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  I just canceled my pre-order for it. I'm trying to save money and I'm just not that excited for this game... : freakynipples69
  • I've kinda avoided all Borderlands press, but after seeing it at PAX i'm sold. : pun][sher
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  Firefight sounds like Horde Mode, but I've always thought Halo A.I. is much more fun to fight. Blue alien... : pun][sher
  • My buddy does Halo AI, so he'll be thrilled. I've always enjoyed the Halo AI and all of the random crap ... : umcpwintermute
• Already ordered : WhatIsThisFor
• I am. Looks good! : senseimoron
• Looks boring, the same old uninspired halo shit. Should have been an expansion at best. Not getting it. : kainen1