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  I am going to try to complete 30 games in 45 days, for a couple reasons. Most important of which is I nee... : dmaownsyou
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    Here, use this too: http://backloggery.com/ : kallanta
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      http://backloggery.com/games.php?user=dmaownsyou : dmaownsyou
      • Added you to my feed. Good luck! Seriously. : kallanta
    • this would be nice if it hooked into xbox live for achievements and stuff. : stamps
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    Uhh, you do know a few of those games, like GTA IV, Fallout 3, and Far Cry 2 are super-long? Nonethele... : notd665
    • Fallout 3's critical path is pretty short, but yeah, some of those games are going to take a lot of time ... : Kentor
    • Yeah there's at least a couple there that you would miss out on by just blasting through them. Work on a ... : kagath
    • Yeah, I am going to try to stay on the main quest as much as possible. King's Bounty and Sam and Max sea... : dmaownsyou
    • took me like four days straight to beat fallout 3 : GloriousCow
    • NWN2 + expansion packs will take a while. You can't really cheese through the main campaigns, either; the... : azshack
    • Fallout 3 is actually pretty fast if you don't let yourself get tied up in sidequests. Of course, not do... : TheMongbat
  • Are you doing any sort of side quests, or just the main quest. If the former, then it could take a lot l... : Rag and Bone Man
  • This is incredibly exciting! I'll be following for sure. : Shadsy
  • 30 games in 45 days is a flat out insane goal to go for (especially with the ones you listed). You're ... : roushimsx
  • You're going to turn into the Super Size Me guy and almost die. I can't wait. : hoov1185
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    I understand that you're trying to pack in as much enjoyment as possible in a tight span of time, but I w... : David Craddock
    • yup, agreed. Whenever I see someone post here about beating Fallout 3 in 12 hours and barely doing any si... : derelict515
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      Yeah, I definitely agree there. The issue I have is though, if I don't do this now, I don't know when I ... : dmaownsyou
      • You should be able to get through most of the FPS ok (except Far Cry 2 which is pretty long), but you're ... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
    • I agree with you completely. I am at the point again where I have noticed that most of my game time goes ... : lacker
  • lol, good luck! : Saman
  • You're stupid for trying to do this, honestly. Why not take your time and enjoy the experience rather tha... : theangrywaffles
  • Do yourself a favor and take supcom off the list. The SP was beyond bad, and the MP which made the game i... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    dumb idea + list should be pruned - you'd be way better off spending more time on the better games : veras
    • I thought about downsizing to 20 or so, but I really couldn't find any games that I didn't really want to... : dmaownsyou
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    After this you aren't going to want t play games for a year. : Bamtan
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      That idea has a certain appeal to it, now that you mention it... : rudds
      • Hah yeah, would certainly help me focus on other things, like I dont know, making money. : dmaownsyou
  • best of luck to you, but I'm going to wager you don't make it past 20. : edgewise
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    Don't generally shit on peoples ideas too much, but this is pretty stupid. You're going to ruin some gre... : boarder2
    • I also do not advise this. You're going to burn out on games so fast :( : PenicillinX57
  • This is just retarded. So many RPG's and large open world games on your list. They take at least a week e... : StriderNL
  • Isnt this quite a wrong aproach? I mean, I love games an I've played many of the games you list, but wher... : camaxide
  • wait oblivion is in there? you are fucked. unless you are a gate skipping pansy. : Downforce
  • Awesome idea, I will bookmark your site and keep an eye on it. Have fun! :) : Leviathan41
  • lol good luck with Fallout 3, Farcry 2, The Witcher & Kingsbounty they drag on for years so you've got ... : spaceyme
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  When you say 100% completion, do you really mean it? Because games like Fallout 3 will take you a long ti... : The Grolar Bear
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    I mean 100% completion of the story arc. So most side quests I will try to avoid. : dmaownsyou
    • The side quests are the best part of Fallout3. : Helios150
    • Dude, some of the side quests are SO fucking good. The main quest is about the most mehtastic thing I've ... : beanman101283
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      Alot of the side quests are what make some of these games fun. But then I guess I just don't see the poin... : yosemiteclimber
      • For the games that have great side quests I set aside extra time. I wont be able to do them all, but I w... : dmaownsyou
    • That seems strange. Why not play a game and experience it for what it is instead of turning it into some ... : OmegaRed59
    • better to avoid the whole game, it's shit. : spaceyme
• Good luck with that : joesnizzle
• I can't even commit to complete ONE game in 1 month, much less over 20+ games that I have unfinished in m... : X-GOUKI
• Good luck. I've thought about taking a week off of work and finally finishing off some games that I've st... : benwha18
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  Sounds like, fun, but I think I'd narrow it down a bit. Like Mirror's Edge, for example, was terrible. I ... : Mahalie
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    Mirrors Edge was not terrible. It needed a combat overhaul, but otherwise it was a decent game. : theangrywaffles
    • don't give DICE ideas, they're probably going to try to enhance the combat but destroy the whole game. Th... : hanged_man
  • ME was awesome man! : Snipergen
• That's fucking awesome, but yeah, someone already said it, is the Journey that counts. I started my backl... : Darkfox76
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  why not narrow the list to the top 10 games and play those. : edgewise
  • Thought about it. But I would see the games in my steam list and be pissed I never finished them when I ... : dmaownsyou
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  I realize this is a gamer website, but I find it quite funny that nobody here thinks that's a dumb idea b... : neo69
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    A man should be able to do something crazy and selfish like this once in his life! : Snipergen
    • oh i agree! i had the best summer of my life probably with deus ex : neo69
• This is insane. NWN + expansions is going to be crazy hard to get through. I wish you the best of luck th... : kurumba
• I'm from the future, and I'm here to tell you you only finish 7 games and then stop posting about it. : J4NUS

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  Man, just motivationally I can't get past the 2nd level. I just get past the sniper rifle segment and ju : Lunatic Angelic
  • I recommend sticking with it. There are some really great gameplay segments throughout. Where past Call... : PenicillinX57
  • I was pretty bored with it until I got to the AC-130 gunship level. : pyide
• If I had to choose 1 game where I felt like I was playing a movie, that would be it. : aethyr
• I echo these sentiments exactly. : Deathlove
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  Infinite Spawns! : hatelull
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    The experience is greatly hindered by this. : CrustaR
    • Yeah. : mathyou
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      Not if you, oh I don't know, walk forward and stop playing whack-a-mole. : eonix
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        Well, I don't want to get shot!! Gotta clear all those dudes out before moving forward like in a real mi... : CrustaR
        • this is why I can't play it. : RogerDandy
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    I might be alone in this but I enjoy this element of the game. For me it encourages a feeling of having t... : Big Luke
    • Kind of related, but it made completing shit in Cod:WaW much more satisfying with having to get through t... : DonarUDL
  • plain stupid, it was a bit reasonable for a 2nd world war game but not in a modern warfare, they need to ... : hanged_man
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  I thought the atmosphere was good, but the gameplay was average. Multiplayer was great though! : Dave-A
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    Why did you find the gameplay average ? I'm not asking this because I disagree, I have some gripes with t... : qwpeoriu
    • It was very linear, and tactically it was a little dull. The enemy AI didn't offer any challenge, and cra... : Dave-A
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  Thread Hijack: Who's buying COD:MW2 on PC when it comes out? Wondering if there's going to be a bunch ... : Alco23
  • I will, definitely. : Wisp!
  • im torn on this one, because im sure the pc version will get whatever dlc will come out in the future. w... : X-GOUKI
  • Alco, good buddy, I will buy it. Maybe not right at release, but I will definitely get it. : deject
  • definitely buying it on PC, possibly 360 too but most likely not due to lack of accuracy with the game pa... : bawbeh
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    360. The Shack Rape Squad alone is worth the price. : Fred Garvin
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      Shack Rape Squad? There is a Shack 360 MW group? I want in. : Dr_Cube
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        There was until WaW, but I am sure it will re-form when MW2 comes out. : Fred Garvin
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          I was studying when the COD4 Rape Squad was around, getting all kinds of pussy, but now I live at home an... : Bamtan
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            There were about a dozen of us that played fairly regularly. It wasn't had to get an entire Shack only sq... : Fred Garvin
            • Shack Rape Squad 2.0 is going to make me fail out of law school :( : a uberboy
            • We had a few nights of private matches full of shackers. So much fun. Can't wait for MW2. : FormerHPB
        • What happened when WaW came out? I thought it was a pretty good game. : Cliffzorz
        • AWWWWW YEAH. : freakord
    • I have to play with you guys more often this time around. I always had gay loser friends I was playing wi... : DonarUDL
  • if it's on steam and is not $60 I will : crummynz
  • PC for me. : NFXFSX
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    And then the question becomes how many PC people will pay the full $60 for Modern Warfare 2 at release? : carbontree
    • Huh? A PC game for $60? : Dontdrop
    • I don't remember them heavily supporting COD:4 on PC. (could be wrong) I'm waiting till it goes down to ... : tree8
  • I'm buying both, just like COD4 : greh kleh
  • Steam dealie and I will be... : biofrog
  • PC, all the way. : Nitrium
  • 360 and PC : Wolfanoz
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    probably gonna rent it on 360 for awhile then buy it for pc on sale. : RetroRedEyeJr
    • you probably will wait a very long time, Modern Warfare has became cheaper only recently (when MW2 was fi... : hanged_man
  • Dont have a 360 and the SP was fun on the PS3 but I'm thinking this time around I'll get it on PC so I ca... : grayscale
  • I thought COD4 was more fun with a gamepad than mouse / keyboard *runs away* : razorblade79
  • PC for sure! : AlexXdude
  • PC : Dschinghis Khan
  • PCing it up! : MercFox1
• I wouldn't say better but it was amazing, felt like I was in a $300 million Hollywood movie : Serpico74
• I don't think the experience of playing COD4 is at all like Half-Life 2. But I also think Episode 2 has g... : Wisp!
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  damn, I still need to fucking do this. I'm so focused on multiplayer with these games that I never finis... : bawbeh
  • i always play through the vast majority of single player (on veteran) before i head online. ill hop on... : -=kodiak=-
• there's absolutely no way I can agree given the number of blatantly scripted infinitely respawning enemie... : derelict515
• I wish that they'd added a cover system like R6:Vegas. That would have made the game wy better for me. St... : Rauol Duke
• I wish I hadn't come late to the party on this one. I just started playing multiplayer and it's amazingl... : dirtboxer
• That's no surprise, the Infinity Ward guys were the ones who spearheaded the whole superscripted trend. : SpaecKow
• I tried playing on a higher difficulty and I think it just got to be kind of ridiculous how much the enem... : FlatlineDixay
• Indeed. Best shooter made so far. : uncleanmonkey
• If it wasn't for the respawning enemies, COD4 might very well be sharing my "best single player FPS" titl... : ramshot
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  No, Infinitiy Ward and Valve make for a very interactive game, yes but the closest to a movie for me is b... : abrasion
  • Indigo Prophecy. Maybe not a great movie, but definitely a movie. : kallanta
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  If Infinity Ward would stop using the cheapass tactic of infinite waves of enemies spawning in toilets th... : Beady
  • I felt that way the first time I played through, especially in the TV station. A lot of ducking behind st... : steauengeglase
• almost perfect, except the endless spawning enemies part : razorblade79
• The movie experience, yeah I agree. The single player gameplay wasn't that great though. : razlebol
• I just started World at War and am immediately immersed in the story. Fucking nips and their Banzai tact : Wolfanoz
• I wouldn't really compare it to Half-Life, but if I had to, Half-Life would win and you'd be wrong. So l... : Sapiens

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  jesus christ dude why would you take a macro photograph of that : electroly
  • because it's awesome : moshman
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  Nice macro lens, what camera you using? : Serpico74
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    5DmkII with the 180mm L series lens. I am not happy with the noise in the photo though... think I mucked ... : steelsamurai
    • I like the noise in the out of focus zones : umegastar
• that's awesome! : Rigg5
• Wow, that's pretty cool. : tinfoilhatter
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  post related: when is SC2 Beta? : sirsteven
  • Forget about it for the moment. : abrasion
• Those guys are quick as hell. When you smash them, all the detached legs kick around. : Wyvern
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  looks tasty. : gfboixx
  • o_O : hanged_man
• Centipedes? In my vagina drain? : BlackCat9
• i'm actually jealous that you got there a cool 5dmk2 grr.. : ebackbone
• Isn't that a sign of the apocalypse? : Ender.Wiggin
• holy crap look at the fangs : skryte
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  There was one in the urinal at work yesterday. I did what had to be done. : ryuuseki
  • i never get such interesting things in the urinal, peeing on pubes is getting boring : hanged_man
• North American Deathipede : drucifer
• The dentalpede is making sure you floss, in addition to brushing properly. : iamgoat
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  thats not a centipede thats a silverfish : imma let you finish
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    No, its a centipede.... : ShadowRam
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      http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=house%20centipede&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi : ShadowRam
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        lol it is NOT a centipede because uneducated idiots on google tagged it as a centipede. this my friend... : imma let you finish
        • are you being sarcastic? i cant tell. provide proof of your silverfish shenanigan claims : hobosapien
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          holy hell you're annoying, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutigera_coleoptrata : Home Nugget
          • ^^ truth. I've had to come home early from work to kill one of these before :P : J4NUS
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          My insect knowledge is far superior to yours! : shadebane
          • Don't get him started on bird law. : Haku-Jin
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          This man is correct. : sheepraper
          • This man will soon learn that a 'Centipede', 'House Centipede' , and a Silver Fish are not the same thing... : ShadowRam
        • It's funny when someone thinks they're so right then it turns out they're so wrong. Like in your case. ht... : ieGod
        • You need some learn.... : ShadowRam
• Pretty cool, I thought they were more orange than that. Glad they're not in CO : boarder2
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  I had a few of these show up in my apartment. They are not all that bad, if you read up on them. They are... : ShadowRam
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    Not a big fan of potentially poisonous things living in the same space as me. : boarder2
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      I doubt their venom is that dangerous to humans. I won't be inviting any to climb on my mind you, but I ... : flagg209
      • Oh they definitely can bite humans and from what I've heard it hurts pretty fucking bad : boarder2
• Freaky? Yes. BUT IT EATS SPIDERS, AWESOME!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutigera_coleoptrata#Behavior... : vitaminzach
• Awesome pictures! Thanks for posting. : ieatpubes
• how's the MK2? i'm thinking about getting the 7D : vassili_zaitsev
• they are UGLY little fuckers . . . but they eat a hell of a lot of other bugs : fuzzydamnit
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  http://media.photobucket.com/image/giant%20centipede/cacoseraph/pals/yikes/King_of_Heros.jpg : abrasion
  • Why would you ever let that thing on you?! : ieatpubes
• So I thought when you said "drain" you meant a draining abcess in your mouth. I'd consider quitting if I... : nevlos
• You know that's quite the misnomer. That dude has at best 30 legs on a good day. : ieGod

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  Very awesome. Are you working for a game company yet? : CrustaR
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    i was at cryptic studios a few years back and more recently ignition entertainment. jobless atm. : robingchyo
    • Apply at Valve. I hear they make cool games and stuff : Drewus
• looks amazing : gmd
• Pretty sweet. :D : DM7
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  Dude, this might be one of the best you've done. I'd love to purchase a print of this. : ashkie
  • Same, flipping through your gallery there are a few I wouldn't mind prints of. : DonarUDL
• awesome stuff! : prime8
• Badass. : omnova
• How long did it take you to draw that, and what tools did you use? : skitzo
• absolutely amazing. : sparkly
• awesome; you have a great career as a sci-fi book cover artist ahead. : DonkeyPopsicle
• ***** : drucifer
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  it's cool, but it made more sense when it was a sword. How is the laser bent? : aethyr
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    it's a laser whip! haha, silly idea, but it's something i thought about for years in my head. there's lik... : robingchyo
    • is it just me or the laser whip really long? trailing back about a mile?? : sirsteven
    • johny mnemonic style : mnok
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  I love your style. Where do you work? : phipple
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    no job at the moment. :[ : robingchyo
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      it doesn't seem like you would have a hard time finding a job given the art work you post here. Are you h... : bad_fish
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        concept artist. there's a lot of jobless concept artists out there (due to the recession) that are better... : robingchyo
        • are you hitting up the smaller studios for contract odd jobs? That's what I've been doing lately, been u... : deathofrats
    • You are great at envisioning entire worlds. Get a writer and try making a comic. : phipple
• I really should learn how to do photoshop, that looks cool and I'd love to be able to make cool digital w... : breadsticks
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  Stuff is looking great. You've improved dramatically from a couple years ago. : GeorgeB3DR
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    Out of curiosity, how hard is it for an artist with this amount of talent to get into the gaming industry... : skitzo
    • Concept art is hard. There are less positions than there are people. With 3D modelers and character mod... : GeorgeB3DR
  • I agree. Really enjoying seeing his work grow and improve over time. : deathofrats
  • ^^ I remember the stuff he used to post and while it was cool, this is pretty amazing. : bcyde
  • I was just about to post this. Great to see an artist grow like that. Good job Robin, keep it going so on... : [7]kami
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  that dragon is big and strong but now he has significant problems! : sirsteven
  • MASSIVE DAMAGE : ashkie
• Crap, if somebody as talented as you is unemployed, I'm just gonna give up now! : drbriefs
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  very, very good. The hero's pose looks like he's about to putt or something, other then that I think it's... : sharpie
  • Yea, I kinda liked the sketch/color roughs where the hero was down lower (#3). A lot more dynamic angles ... : Jiven
• These: http://robin-chyo.com/blog2/?p=133 : Awesome sir. When you hit it, you can really hit it. : Jiven
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  I agree.. keep it up! : ghostnote
  • sorry miss-reply... message is clear though : ghostnote
• I would love to play a game with this kind of art style. : Orange Pylon
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  you are good at art! : The Fork Ninja
  • good !!! he's EXCELLENT. keep up the great art, robingchyo. Hopefully you will find a job in a place ... : hanged_man
• Thanks for all the comments, guys! Glad you guys enjoyed this one :] : robingchyo
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  Nice work! I like your art style. I really liked the tutorial process you put up too. Thanks for that.... : ImageOmega
  • thanks! everything was done in PS with a tablet. and yes, the different grays were done by having a dark ... : robingchyo

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  Can someone help a PC gamer make sense if the outrage over the review? I thought they mostly critisized ... : Dessicator82
  • Some people like games. Some people hate games. They're fighting. : UselessHack
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    what? you're asking if Halo is a big franchise still? http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showAr... : derelict515
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      Uh, that was two years ago. : Tissen
      • that was the last game in the series, and yes, only 2 years ago : derelict515
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    Your post makes no sense. They didn't htink the game was that good, thus they gave a relatively negative... : soggybagel
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      Sorry to not be clear - the comments on Ars and the other articles/blogs written about it were pretty ove... : Dessicator82
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        It has a 87 overall on gamerankings, I'm not sure where you're seeing all the hate : derelict515
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          He's saying hate for the Ars review, not hate for the game per se. : carbontree
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            People have an issue with Ben because he dislikes FPSes and especially Halo. : LoioshDwaggie
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              What good FPS has he shit on in a review? I am curious because i have ODST coming from gamefly and if i w... : RetroRedEyeJr
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                Well ignoring his hate for Halo 3 -- Battle Field Heroes, Halo and Halo 2 (he did an after-action blog po... : LoioshDwaggie
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                  Oh yeah, Wolfenstein : LoioshDwaggie
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                    I am sorry but you're not making a very convincing argument. : RetroRedEyeJr
                    • Wolfenstein is a really fun single player FPS : GoodBoy
  • What? : Fred Garvin
  • wtf people, why are you jumping on this guy? what he's saying is pretty fucking simple. "outrage over t... : papaskot
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  I thought it was obvious that it was a small expansion pack from the beginning. $60 is a ridiculous pric... : CrustaR
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    yah when they first announced it I thought it was going to be DLC... I would maybe pay $15-20 for this... : Shadowdane
    • Wait 3 months, then you can get it for $30 : GoodBoy
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  Why is everyone referencing their review? Ben, as state earlier today, has no place nor credibilty to be ... : cyclonebee
  • Because it's a stand out negative and some gamers latch on to that. I would also assume some are PC gamer... : Fred Garvin
  • I was just reading Ars!! I have no agenda and this was the first review I read. I thought I'd share it ... : soggybagel
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    Almost everyone complains when a game lasts 5 hours and you pay $60 for it, WAIT THIS IS HALO????!!! FUCK... : locater16
    • if only it included other modes... : derelict515
  • Why does everybody take PC game reviews on mainstream sites seriously anyway? They just copy their consol... : SnakeIRye
  • They aren't the only ones to call it like it is: http://xbox-360.nowgamer.com/news/1319/nowgamer-respo... : Scrimbo Obeer
  • Why can't Ben review console FPSs? : warcrow
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  $60 for 4 hours is stupid : gyokuro
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    Agreed, but keep in mind it also comes with Firefight (which most reviewers seem to be having a great tim... : Head Rush
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      Yeah but other games to coop survival better: Gears, L4D. How long will people really stick with Firefigh... : Dr_Cube
      • Not to mention WaW's Nazi zombies : GilesH
      • I will. My friend dont have gears and none of us cared for L4D. This and batman will hold me over till... : broly1718
      • Killing Floor. : AxeMan808
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    I thought it had a lot of multiplayer content you had to pay for included. : Lightzout
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      i'd suppose that would be worth it if you are hardcore into multiplay. But $60 for a "map pack" and 2 new... : gyokuro
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        If you were hardcore wouldn't you have those map packs already? : byorn
        • This. I am one of the rare exceptions. I've been waiting for a bundle deal like this especially since my ... : Dr_Cube
    • By now most of the people that are into multiplayer have already paid for the DLC maps released thus far ... : Dr_Cube
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    but guys...a moooovie costs $20 for two for 90 minutes of fun...soooo that's $100 for the same ammooont o... : deathofrats
    • 9.75. Who wastes money on buying stuff there? Unless you live in some ungodly place where the tickets are... : King Kavik
    • Paying $20 for a 90 minute movie and paying $60 for a 4+ hour game make about the same amount of sense th... : DinK
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    Obligatory... Hey Bungie, I'm really happy for you and I'ma let you finish, but Valve really had one of t : mockery
    • Where are all the "gonna let you finish" quotes coming from : GoodBoy
  • If you don't count the multiplayer : kallanta
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    If they played it on anything other than Legendary, they are stupid. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      So it's a design problem. : d fluke
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        How would it be? Games on easier difficulty modes are always faster to complete than in higher ones. : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • Linear ones, that is. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          Packaging design; Estimated gameplay time for idiots, estimated gameplay time for geniuses. I'm 103% seri... : d fluke
          • That's more than the average seriousness of a random internet person. : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • Any other game with an actual reasonable amount of content would take even longer on an insane difficulty... : Zek
• Yeah, but then again ARS totally gave Gran Turismo PSP a complete blow job, and the GameTrailers review i... : Wikus Van De Merwe
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  I think reviews should show a price they would be willing to purchase the item at. say a game only got 6/... : ruckboos
  • that'd be awesome. i'd love to see "this game is worth" as a summary. : Bamtan
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  People take ARS game reviews seriously? : Godhatesfatpeople
  • People take reviews seriously? I don't think anyone is saying it's srs business, it's a game review ffs. : d fluke
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  I don't understand people being upset at something they aren't going to buy. And it isn't like the price... : kallanta
  • You can already get it for $50 from amazon and they're tossing in a $10 credit towards the purchase of an... : Prozium
• I don't understand the outrage, the conclusion isn't absurd or crazy: "With so little in terms of new c : d fluke
• Eurogamer liked it: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/halo-3-odst-review?page=3 8/10 ARS who? : Mad Brahmin Disease
• This is an interesting contrast to the 1UP review, in that a lot of the aspects that Ars-face dislikes - ... : Dave-A
• Isn't Ben Kuchera a shacker? : Nitrium
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  Spending that amount of money on a game is pretty stupid, unless of course it was max payne 2. I think... : stgdz
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    Buying games is stupid? : Dave-A
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      well, if the game doesn't have the replay value its not really worth it in my opinion. Unless it's a lon... : stgdz
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        ok, so you're basically saying "buying games is stupid if you don't like them"? : Dave-A
        • Makes sense. And that's why the review concludes with a "Rent" : d fluke
  • uh what? : Nitrium
  • I find that ironic as I remember Max Payne 2 being the game which made 8 hours or less FPS popular : razorblade79
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  People are bound to differ in their opinions on things like this. Some will rabidly defend the Ars review... : theangrywaffles
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    Have you played it? Complaining about length in games is kind of like complaining about width. "I want th... : Dave-A
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      Yeah I played it late last night at a buddies house. He's a huge Halo nerd. We played some Firefight, but... : theangrywaffles
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        Actually Fallout 3 and GTA IV are two of my favorite games! But they're open world, and lend themselves t... : Dave-A
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          10-15 hours is the sweet spot for me. Longer, and I feel myself getting anxious to finish it. Any shorter... : theangrywaffles
          • Yeah, if I can get more than an hour to spare on a game I'm doing good. I feel like I've been playing Kil... : Dave-A
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      This is a valid point, but this review specifically said that the game while short felt stretched artific... : RetroRedEyeJr
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        That review does, others don't. So who knows! From 1UP's T-Frog: "...the campaign mode is a bit brie : Dave-A
        • Yeah, remember here that Ben greatly dislikes the Halo games and does not enjoy FPSes. He never played Ha... : LoioshDwaggie
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          Yeah i guess we will have to play the game ourselves and formulate our own opinions on it. I didn't reali... : RetroRedEyeJr
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            It's funny that I dislike Ben's review since I have no intention of buying ODST myself. I'm a story-fan a... : LoioshDwaggie
            • I'm the opposite, it's all about the gameplay for me. : Dave-A
          • If I was a mod, I would front-page-bubble the first sentence in your reply. I'd front-page-bubble the shi... : Dave-A
    • the ars review specifically mentions that the game is DRAGGED OUT to 4 hours, which is pretty terrible. : slickdoody
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    Sequels are what more people want too though (judging from sales), the publisher/consumer relationship go... : d fluke
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      Sequels are not a bad thing. Look at Half Life 2, along with its episodic content. I often wonder how man... : theangrywaffles
      • There are sequels that make alot of sense, like sports and racing games, you want new versions with up to... : d fluke
• Ha! I love the saxophone and "sqeedle-ridden" guitar digs. : gooblerampling
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  This review suffers from either not enough words, or the reviewer simply not understanding what he was ge... : pixelat3d
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    I have to disagree. A $60 price tag tends to raise one's expectations I think. I like Halo and the idea o... : gooblerampling
    • I think anyone who reviews video games for a living should probably have know this was basically an expan... : pixelat3d
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  So it's being sold at full price in the US? That sucks. Here in the UK most places have it really cheap. : marmite
  • I've seen it here in Germany for 40€, I guess that's an appropriate price for short campaign + Halo... : razorblade79
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    £35 ain't that cheap, although some online shop has it for £25 i think : chazums
    • yeah shopto and amazon have it for £30, I got it from HMV where it's £35 but I get 30% off with gf'... : marmite
  • Looks like Asda is selling it for around £30 apparently, might pick it up today at that price. : -JLN-
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  According to GiantBomb.com, the trick is to play the game on legendary difficulty or higher. : freakynipples69
  • Or heroic or higher, whatever. : freakynipples69
• I skimmed the article, but I didn't see any mention of actually playing the firefight mode. I'd agree th... : Bruzilla

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  sounds like engineer to me. Soldiers don't invent. : irrerno
  • i was going off the cannon-appended part in the title, you could be right though : shavenewok
• maybe they are adding dogs like MegaTF : Patch-e
• haha, i love Valve : Dschinghis Khan
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  Clicking on it.. http://guarddog.50webs.com/ HAHAHAHA! : Space Cadet Harris
  • wow, you can play as a dog : Patch-e
  • what... in the fu... LOL : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • what the fuuuuuuuuuuuuck? That's amazing. And insane. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    why is the english so poor in some places? (not just typos, but really strange grammar) as if it's fake? : proclone1
    • hah durrrr... but damn, this would have been so cool as an update. : proclone1
    • From DrWaffles below... http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=971220 : Space Cadet Harris
  • Hoo, very well done. Convincingly Valve-ish. :-) : Johnny Law
  • LOLOLOLOL : Downforce
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    fuckin furries! : datoo
    • They're totally going to have a field day with this that's for damned sure. : Malku
  • i LOL'd at the jarate dispenser : smax
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    This reminds me of the Guard Dogs in Red Alert. They were awesome. : Sailor of Fortune
    • I got so fuckin pissed when my dogs were killed : proclone1
  • hahaha : Shadowdane
  • haha, no way... : Colleton
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    The achievements are classic : Serpico74
    • Dingo's Revenge definitely wins. : Ctrl-Phreak
  • I love that they acknowledged this guys creation this way. : zakazi
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    Oh hell, is this a joke? I seriously don't know with Valve : locater16
    • I'm a retard, yaaay! : locater16
  • this is genius : mwasher
  • wow, awesome lols : [7]kami
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    lol at jarate dispenser : Mmmmmoo
    • That one is awesome. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Almost seems like a new class? : bRAINsick
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    also the "THIS JUT GOT SIGNED BY" stamp is hilarious : bRAINsick
    • This post is is missing an 'S'! See if you can find where it belongs! : bRAINsick
    • I have to get a stamp like that made haha. : Sailor of Fortune
  • There will be a new class. It has been teased since L4D. : irrerno
  • And the new class is SAXTON HALE! : Orange Pylon
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  FAPPING BEFORE CLICKING !!!! : Downforce
  • lmao we sell items and get in fights : Downforce
• Sounds like it could be a new Engineer building to help the Sniper (Australian). : zerog83
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  Hahah, that's so awesome. A fan crated the page, Valve saw it, and posted it. http://forums.steampowe... : DrWaffles
  • Ah, so this is where it came from! : Space Cadet Harris
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    hahaha awwwww damn NEED MOAR CLASS UPDATES :( : Downforce
    • clicking on the bottom reveals the email too. well played. I've been duped and man I was numb with antici... : Downforce
  • I lost it with the jarate refilling. : Prozium
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  Perhaps we should all sign our posts like Saxton hale, wok? - SpaecKow AUSTRALIAN : SpaecKow
  • i want the YOU JUST GOT SIGNED BY stamp : shavenewok
  • I concur ----------------------------------------------------------- THIS POST JUST GOT SIGNED BY bR... : bRAINsick
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  oh that's cool, I didn't know australians were allowed to play TF2 : proclone1
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    AUSTRALIANS INVENTED TEAM FORTRESS, POOPCLONE >:( : SpaecKow
    • lol : Maddog_Delphi97
    • I don't think many of them even know that. : abrasion
    • Australi-who-nows? : d fluke
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      Australia... that's a state in America, isn't it? Where Sarah Palin comes from? : Aragoat
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        lol; where I am it is far different than alaska, far different. Oh hai abrasion, FNQ in QLD is still ... : bombay
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          You should check out the real parts of the country, you effectively live in Florida >:( : abrasion
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            And I love it; when we come back we are checking out the table lands, and then we are going to the west c... : bombay
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              I can't believe you're going to see Australia at its most ding-ding-diddly-doodiest. Need to hang out in ... : SpaecKow
              • We leave from Brisbane this time ... it is the shortest on the toddlers. But nothing stops us from coming... : bombay
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              What is table lands? :( : abrasion
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                Oh they are great, it is just over the Daintree range, so west / sw from PD / Cairns. Sort of like the Au... : bombay
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                  What does it mean? : abrasion
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                    What do you mean? It is like a mountain with the top cut off, so like a table. : bombay
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                      Ahh ok - I've never heard the term before. : abrasion
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                        Got ya, yeah. It is really beautiful country. I am impressed with it to be honest. : bombay
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                          You should see NZ - it has 85% of the same stuff in a smaller surface area and a more logical currency sy... : abrasion
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                            Yeah, will do for sure. I have an uncle there and being half brit I do get some common wealth considerati... : bombay
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                              I've got an American grandma, dunno if it means I can do the reverse and go there tho. : abrasion
                              • Well for a visit, yeah. But for citizenship, no, it won't work. There are some mitigating issues invol... : bombay
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                    Large flat expanses of grassy territory with blue fluffy clouds and a tree or two here and there. : SpaecKow
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                      Blue sky that is, the clouds are white :( : SpaecKow
                      • Yeah, in the US they are the great plains, which are somewhat high up. Also Table Mesa's, but that drops ... : bombay
          • Northern Queensland isn't even Florida, Northern Queensland is Louisiana and Arkansas. : SpaecKow
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          Haha, where are you in FNQ? I'm sad to say that I've never gone further north than Rockhampton (apart fr... : Aragoat
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            Spent most of the last 4+ months in Port Douglas. In Palm Cove now, and coming back to US on Thur (from C... : bombay
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              Sounds awesome! I've never been up that way but I've always heard good things about it. I guess I shoul... : Aragoat
              • Oh for sure, Port Douglas is the best place I've been thus far, at least for us - and that's coming from ... : bombay
• I'm dying over here. : spazzium
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  From the forums: http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9323/alttextedbysaxtonhale.png lol : zakazi
  • that's awesome : shavenewok
  • Nice Porn Tab. : bakanoodle
• wow that is wild : ass-street
• wow, that site COMPLETELY breaks at 1920x1200 : retarded talking dinosaur
• hahaha oh man that rules : Godhatesfatpeople
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  I love that Saxton Hale is an anagram for Hot Anal Sex. : eonix
  • Genius! : SnakeIRye
  • Well, you see what you want to see. : Wheatloaf
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    This is worth a lol and an inf. : Prozium
    • no unf? : Smirks D

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• Ratchet & Clank / Wipeout HD / Folklore / Hot Shots Golf Out of Bounds / Motorstorm: Pacific Rift : roushimsx
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  My kids love ratchet & clank (new one coming in a few weeks, but the current one is good), pixel junk mon... : jcupitt
  • reminder: get a second controller : jcupitt
  • I'd say Ratchet & Clank is too violent for kids of 7 years and younger. Burnout Paradise is pretty cool (... : Bamii
  • Hell, get a third controller for LBP while you're at it. Amazon has them on sale. : ThomW
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    wow I have LBP and I didn't know there was a 2 player mode? how does that work? : tunis5000
    • It's co-op: you get two sackpersons jumping about at once and you can work together on puzzles and chat a... : jcupitt
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  Flower, Pixel Junk Eden and Pixel Junk Monsters. : abrasion
  • ^ this + little big planet : marmite
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  buy demon's souls when it comes out purchase demon's souls look into getting a copy of demon's souls d... : DeBurgo
  • be warned though, this game isn't for bitches and sissies this shit will fuck you in the ass and cum o... : Modica Sol Solis
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  Ninja Gaiden Sigma : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    O wait i forgot about this one. Is it insane hard like the first one (or second one or whatever ninja gai... : [7]kami
    • I think it's based on Ninja Gaiden Black which has the easier Ninja Dog mode. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  /rythmstick what does MOBA stand for? : razorblade79
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    Dunno exactly, but it was a retarded name for a Dota type game (HoN, LoL), made up by the League of Legen... : [7]kami
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      sounds like it will be as successful as "COORPG" or whatever arena.net used to describe Guild Wars It'... : razorblade79
      • Just call it a Dota clone. : [7]kami
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    Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, apparently. : captfarrell
    • that doesn't even make sense, that's the same genre Quake 3 and C&C 3 are in, and basically every other g... : razorblade79
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  Also, you might want to hook up your PS3 to the internet before your TV arrives. It takes quite some time... : Bamii
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    Can i update the firmware while i play a DVD? Cause it probably will be done updating when i finished cal... : [7]kami
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      If I'm not mistaken the PS3 comes with component cables, so if your monitor supports that you can hook it... : Bamii
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        Because wireless doesn't work thanks to my alarm system. : [7]kami
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          I thought you said the new router would fix that? : Bamii
          • Just (and maybe, not sure) for things like the DSI when they are close to the router. Most likely will no... : [7]kami
    • no, I don;'t think you can download updates in the background, only stuff from the store : jcupitt
    • you can if you switch imputs. (lol obviously) the ps3 will be committed to upgrading. : barichnikov
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  Batman, Uncharted, LBP, Wipeout HD. : Lone Swordsman
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    Forgot about Batman, played the demo and looks and plays great. : Bamii
    • The demo is quite nice on the PS3. Plus you get the Joker exclusive. : Lone Swordsman
• Burnout Paradise ! Its cheap, too ! : barichnikov
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  Street Fighter 4. MK sucks these days. Depending on kids ages... Flow or Super Rub a Dub if they're 2-5y... : hankyJR
  • My daughter thinks Noby Noby Boy is hillarious. She cacks herself every time boy farts out someone. : hankyJR
• Lair, GOTY edition. : noxv1
• You might like Kung Fu Chaos too, it's violent but ragdoll fun with no blood, it's surprisingly good - I ... : abrasion
• i still have to reccomend Dirt 2... even though we all know what happens. add me to PSN: shadebane83 : shadebane

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• Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (and any other Led Zeppelin song too, but first this) : SolveChrist
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  They've announced Dire Straits, I'm sure that'll be in there. : Deathlove
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    When did that happen? I can't find any such announcement :( : pyide
    • I thought it was with another announcement, where they announced like five bands, like White Stripes and ... : Deathlove
• It plays great in Guitar Hero, I'm sure rock band would be good too. : jingletard
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  Several Smashing Pumpkins songs. : chadg033
  • SeveralAll Smashing Pumpkins songs. : Wadmaasi
• Phil Collins - In the Air tonight : radicus
• Walk In The Shadows ~ Queensryche : RookieCAF
• ANY Muse stuff. Only one Muse song is not enough. I'd also love some Living End, but since they're an Aus... : Arctic Fox
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  I'd love to see Dire Straits in Rock Band. I'm also interested to see more Rush and The Tragically Hip (... : Waverider
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    Rock Band: Canada hasn't been scheduled yet : dirge23
    • Doh! And I guess that Madden CFL game I've been hoping for all these years isn't going to make it either... : Waverider
  • And more Presidents of the United States of America please! : Waverider
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    More Rush? They've got like, the fourth most songs of anyone! : Deathlove
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      Really? A number of the songs are duplicates though - the "As Made Famous" by...and it's largely only on... : Waverider
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        I was just going off the top of my head, but the only bands I can think of with more were Judas Priest, P... : Deathlove
        • Fine then - there's no Tragically Hip, so put on that instead of more Rush! : Waverider
• Zeppelin, and lots of it : riptyde
• I love that song so much. : myfasha
• I still can't believe I am not able to do the Slash church yard pose while playing the solo from November... : Saman
• Joy Division. tons, but in particular, say, Disorder. Sisters of Mercy. : dirge23
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  This is one song I've always wanted to see in Rock Band, even moreso now after seeing how terrible the ch... : pyide
  • wait, i didn't know it was in GH5. i just watched part of that video - i definitely think the lead guita... : FrayLo
  • I agree, that doesn't look like fun. Spirit of Radio looks even worse. Yeesh. : willy359
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  After realizing their lyrics in Money For Nothing included: "See the little faggot with the earring an... : kramweil
  • Read up on the origins of the song sometime. : pyide
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    but the shack you're ok with? : Dravenport
    • first thing i thought : das_runt
    • i mean seriously... the shack says "faggot" about 10,000 times a day for no reason other than to say it a... : das_runt
  • you're not comprehending the lyrics correctly : Halen
  • read the rest of the lyrics and you may understand it better. : edgewise
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    'The lead character in "Money for Nothing" is a guy who works in the hardware department in a television/ : GloriousCow
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      I heard an interview where Knopfler mentioned that the guys were watching a Prince video; I think it was ... : mn3m0n1c
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        my brain keeps combining Prince and Fresh Air into a Will Smith reference : dirge23
        • Damn, me too. : Dontdrop
        • Now I'm doing it too. Damn you, dirge! :) : mn3m0n1c
  • do you know the origins of that song, though? : industro
  • You just don't get rock and roll : rosewood
  • i don't look to music for morality, i look for it to entertain me. and as others said, you missed the po... : FrayLo
  • Dire Straits does not care bout gay people : d fluke
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-otAJrtY-w : smax
  • ^ has an earring : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • i hate internet faggots with their video games and their black web pages, they should get real jobs : dirge23
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    that little Clampett got his own cement pond that little Clampett he's a millionaire : Solar Jetman
    • Love Weird Al. Scary how the HIllbillies theme fit that song so perfectly. : genom
  • little faggot : [7]kami
  • what the fuck is wrong with saying faggot? its done all the time on the shack. Do you strive for politi... : retardhumper
• While Sultans of Swing is excellent, I think I'd prefer Brothers in Arms. : Zakko
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  we need rock band: television!!!! : anthonybean
  • I want Rock Band: Redneck Edition, with all the instruments seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR... : Waverider
• Fantastic to play in guitar hero : rosewood
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  i've been saying this for fucking years. i want this song. : FrayLo
  • I think it's the last holdout on my must have list : mrblarg
• Joe Satriani (anything) Although I browsed the store last night and realized that they had Kiss - Deuc... : jake
• I know JoCo is working on stuff for Rock Band Network, but I want him to put up the medley he did with Ze... : mrblarg
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  I'd love to see the Door's greatest hits on Rock Band : flagg209
  • i would sing the hell out of Roadhouse Blues : dirge23
• the whole brother in arms record would be awesome. : RogerDandy
• SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRR \m/ : r3dn3ck
• More Jethro Tull would be great. There's just the one song, leaves a lot to want. : Rich McNinch

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  Thor is Norse God Mode. : Rauol Duke
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    That makes perfect sense. I haven't found him yet though! : brickmatt
    • Collect 5 asgardian runes. : Clay
• I almost always use Storm in MUA1 just because she flys the fastest and I am leveling up her nuke strike. : Lightzout
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  I want to try a team of Storm, Human Torch, Thing, and Iceman so I have all of the elements under control... : SockMonkeh
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    There's a team for that, except it has Thor or Jean Gray instead of Thing. Gives you +5 damage as health ... : BlackCat9
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      Some friends and I had Hulk, Thing, Juggernaut and Venom last night for the +5 Bruiser bonus. And lot's o... : Fyunch Click
      • I was really excited to get Venom, but very disappointed when I actually brought him out... : Clasifyd
    • Oh man, tell me this team (well, 4 of the 5 of them) is real. That'd be hilarious : Entity
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  Is Human Torch as broken in this one as he was in the first? : genom
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    What was wrong with him in the first? I liked using him but I didn't play a ton of it. : DinK
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      Massive, massive damage. HIm + Wolverine = Easy mode. : one random winner
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        He still has pretty high damage, but I don't really know about Wolvie. : Clasifyd
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          That was the last one, I don't have M:UA2 yet, waiting for a PS3. : one random winner
          • Yeah, I'm just sayin he still has pretty high damage in MUA2. : Clasifyd
    • Forget what the name of the move was, basically a high-damage AoE explosion that also popped enemies up i... : genom
• Buddy and I are just crushing legendary mode with Thor and Hulk, it's quite satisfying. : darcspeed
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  Hulk is like hitting the win button. HULK SMASH! : Fyunch Click
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    I didnt unlock Hulk in my first play :( : Degenerate
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      You need to rage-quit then restart : chazums
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        I just started over on a higher difficulty so that's very possible! : Degenerate
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          So far, Legendary is like Super Heroic, but with 1.5 times the beat the crap out of the bad guys. I'll ta : Fyunch Click
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            on my first play through that took a while but really wasn't that hard of a fight. I was excited to see h... : Degenerate
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              He has no other costume and I haaaaate his suit. >:( : Rauol Duke
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                yeah, its kind of gay. :( : Degenerate
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                  Songbirds alt costume is pretty rad. A lot of the alts kind of suck. : Rauol Duke
                  • no Beta Ray Bill :( : Degenerate
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              it was mainly the long periods of invulnerability that bugged me. : Fyunch Click
              • Yeah, and the whole 'reflect his shots' bullshit... : Clasifyd
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            Some of the boss fights are brutal in Legendary. : Rauol Duke
            • Good. I'm playing it through on Casual with my wife and kids and it's painful. : Fyunch Click
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  I love the game but holy christ they need to fix the multiplayer issues: no drop in/out co-op. Really ... : Fyunch Click
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    I was pretty sure that one of the selling points on the box was drop-in/drop-out play. And you say that p... : BlackCat9
    • i'm sure they will eventually for $$$ : pandastrong
• Anyone heard of DLC for this? It would be pretty sweet to grab a few more characters. : Clasifyd
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  How are people using Iceman? It seems like every level has a significant amount of robots, and as far as... : tree8
  • Hated using him... I just put him on my team long enough to get his costume and off he went... The ice s... : Clasifyd
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  Once you unlock a character in a lower difficulty, can you use them in legendary? : Clay
  • yes. Just make sure to follow the onscreen instructions to keep your current character levels. And save ... : Fyunch Click

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  what does one do in a Windows 7 house party? I picture a bunch of people getting drunk, firing up the ... : esecasco
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    latest notepad. Word is for the office parties next year. : filthysock
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      I want to interrupt one of those. "NO!, OpenOffice is just as good! and its FREE!!!" then I'd go in... : esecasco
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        Wherein I would reply, "Yes, but your UI is terrible. Allow me to demonstrate the difference here." Then ... : LoioshDwaggie
        • I am obviously not using word to its fullest potential. What automatic preview or syntax awareness do yo... : boofy
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    Then you torture test it until you get it to blue screen, then every takes a shot, and you do it again. ... : JediDwag
    • People died at the Me launch parties. : magistersmax
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  Sounds like a blast. : ThomW
  • lol it really doesn't :-D : zerog83
• Complete with the WIn7 napkins? : Dechter
• Me too! Hey Windows 7 house party buddy! : SenorSpine
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  I'm not. Microsoft hates me. : rosewood
  • i suspect they've seen your technet posts. : Arsenal
• Hello Windows 7 house party friend! : jbt11
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  I got picked as well. Has anyone figured out what they're doing to try and ensure you actually did som... : Schnapple
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    hahaha I'm in the same boat. : slickdoody
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      I mean I'll do something, if for no other reason than my techie dork friends will appreciate the irony of... : Schnapple
      • Before the site crashed, I think they wanted you to do 9 invites, upload 3 or 4 photos, etc. before you b... : slickdoody
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  Heh - I'm trying to update my "party details" and I keep getting errors. Something tells me HouseParty... : Schnapple
  • yeah I'm getting the same thing : zerog83
  • Yup, it's getting hammered! : Dave-A
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    its bc theyre running a windows server lmao : boring gegtik
    • lmao. : slickdoody
    • lol : Dave-A
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  Has anyone heard back from TheNewEfficiency events? I think I deleted my email... : StuMan1337
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    Yeah I got my confirmation for the one in Boston. Yay for a free copy of Wndows and getting a paid day o... : Crimsonbeak
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      Did you get it through mail or email? : StuMan1337
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        email : Crimsonbeak
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          Yeah, I have a feeling that I deleted that email. : StuMan1337
          • I'm pretty sure the site cam re-email you : Schnapple
          • https://microsoft.crgevents.com/TheNewEfficiency Log in and you can print the conformation page. : Crimsonbeak
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  They told me I had to go set up some damn thing and then I couldn't login. Changed my password, and then ... : Dave-A
  • I think "logging in" qualifies as "settting up your party". It's funny since they sent these emails i... : Schnapple
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    Shackmeet at Dave-A's! : Tincan
    • I was just going to invite my dogs and cat, but that's an idea! : Dave-A
• Jesus christ that sounds fucking terrible. : pres589
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  Same here. I don't even have 9 nerd friends to go to this. Maybe we'll just throw a party for no reason. : CapnChaos
  • I think that's what I'm gonna do. I'll probably just give out whatever swag is in there and take some sna... : zerog83
• A friend here at work is hosting one as well. It's going to be ridiculous! : Fredrik S
• Are there any shackers having these in Texas? I'd like to go. : LoioshDwaggie
• It would be awesome to take pictures of a party that only yourself attended : drbriefs
• so am I! free party pack! free win7 : lordlobo
• Print out blue screens and put em in all your windows. : Ziz

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• Have fun buddy! : irrerno
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  I'll get it from Best Buy sometime this week. You get a $10 gift card for the rewards zone membership, r... : pigvomit
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    No, it's not instant. You need to print outba coupon from your members reward zone page. : freakynipples69
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      But you do instantly receive the gitt card when purchasing the game. You don't need to wait for them to m... : Prozium
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        Oh yeah, that part is instant. Techincally you could buy game, get card, return game, use card to get gam... : freakynipples69
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          Don't think so. Last couple items I got from BB that came with a gift card had the card listed as a purch... : Prozium
          • When I got Batman: AA I paid full price for the game and was handed a $10 giftcard. : freakynipples69
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      FYI if you're not married to purchasing the game from Best Buy, Toys r Us is giving $20 certificate insta... : freakynipples69
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        Amazon code doesn't work :( : nyranger66
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          You sure? It'll show "promotion applied - $0.00" twice if it goes through. : Prozium
          • http://twitter.com/amazongames/status/4088106111 : Prozium
    • Damn rewards zone page. I have no idea what my password is and my email isn't picking up a password chan... : pigvomit
• Should have mine tomorrow with amazon release day delivery. : Prozium
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  Will have it in 45 minutes. You going to be on tonight yet? : cyclonebee
  • i plan on pulling an all nighter, i'm doing campaign right now but message me whenever you want to do fir... : n0v4
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  I'm going to hold out on this one and maybe even just Gamefly it. I'm more interested in the single playe... : Rauol Duke
  • i will be waiting for you dear . . . : jedi_27
• It's coming in the mail tomorrow and my roommate left his 360 at home... : cfalcon
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  I just played some 4p Firefight. It was fun as hell. I wish the skulls were randomized though for each se... : hoov1185
  • Yeah, n0v4, CodeFuzion, me and a buddy just finished a few rounds. Played on heroic and only got to the s... : cyclonebee
• I've been playing it for the last four hours. It's awesome fun. It has a very different pace than the nor... : thecray
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  Picking it up this weekend. I've not played any Halo 3 multiplayer since it was released and the SP looks... : Big Luke
  • oh shit no matchmaking for Firefight mode! Guess I better jump on the shack on the weekend and see if a... : Big Luke
• Today or tomorrow. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Mine was delivered a couple of hours ago. : ZeroSignal
• Just got mine : chazums
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  Does ":D" mean "prostate" now? : mrblarg
  • That would make a good greasemonkey script. : ArB
  • why would it? : RikiTiki2
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  waiting on my half price delivery from the Microsoft store (an MS employee is hooking me up). : metalremains
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    reported : freakord
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      it's not illegal. : moshman
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        i was just messin ;) : freakord
        • reported for messin : geedeck
• should have mine this afternoon sometime. whenever UPS decides to get here : freakord
• Picking it up at lunch but won't be able to check it out until later tonight. : prime8

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  Daang, nice pool and deck!! : CrustaR
  • Teeth cleaning = bling bling : MoreVespeneGas
• more pics of chix : multisync
• You only feel dirty because deep down inside, you are a racist. You know that those dirty Viet untermens... : Caoster007
• someone translate pls : FrayLo
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  who are "they?" : zerog83
  • Direct TV. : edgewise
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  holy shit nice house!! : arizona bay
  • i bet he sends xmas presents to the Coca-cola company :) : filthysock
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  Everybody gets to be Asian but me >:( : dognose
  • Ill trade with you. : bolneze
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    well no one wants to be black. do I win? : creep
    • Black is the new face of America. Except for us crackers in the background at photobomb. : dognose
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    poor dognose. this guy should at least be honorarily be asian. : AMikaboshi
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      he is, but much like Henry Hill, who could never be a made man because his family didn't come from the ri... : edgewise
      • I don't know why, but I find this to be just a bit too funny. : MacemanInTW
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  Why apparently? Is your house shared or something? : ArtilleryMarker
  • he's soo rich other ppl invite little dancing asian chicks over for him?? : godm0de
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20886024#itemanchor_20886024 : shirif
• wow. nice house. : StolenNosferatu
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iK_bu_z6Bk : Sailor of Fortune
  • This never gets old. : Blucklesworth
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  Needs more iPhone version. Also, I worked with a guy named phoung le for a while. Probably not the same o... : boarder2
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    lol, I"m googling Phuong Le and going on youtube to find more videos of him, but there's more than just a... : edgewise
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      Definitely not the same guy, and that song was terrible lol. Nice pool btw. iRdesktop + Air Video ftw. : boarder2
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        oh it's him. did you watch the second video titled "DIRECTV Radio Recording Behind the Scenes" ? :) : edgewise
        • Oh, I meant the guy I worked with, not the dude feeling up chicks in your back yard : boarder2
• i should've been a dentist : synapse19
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  wow, thanks for the compliments. You should see the whole back yard :) : edgewise
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    a little bit more of it http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1836641/CIMG2234.JPG : edgewise
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      What the fuck, do you live at a resort? Very nice house :( : DrWaffles
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        he and his wife are both dentists if I recall correctly, they probably make close to 300k together : sirsteven
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          300k a year gets you a tin shed here in LA. : Serpico74
          • NO, 300k gets you a tin shed, 300k a year lets you make the payments on THAT. I think the ballpark the... : BingusLargus
          • you should come here and steal all the camera equipment they left overnight. there's only one security gu... : edgewise
    • you are the 2nd dentist i know that has a really nice backyard, from this i can conclude that all dentist... : synapse19
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      At least you don't have to mow! Spose you probably have slaves to do that kinda thing anyway. Is that the... : boarder2
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        just part. there's another level with a lawn, another deck, built in BBQ, more tables, hot tub, umbrellas... : edgewise
        • Very nice. Some day I will not have a yard that nice! : boarder2
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      there must be some awesome reason for the lack of shackmeets there ;) : xsoulbrothax
      • He's afraid that we'll steal his wifes $3000 lights. : Ctrl-Phreak
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        parking. that and the fact that everyone would be huddled inside anyways. "Hey, it's 98 degrees ou... : edgewise
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          I will come and swim in your pool : filthysock
          • or maybe just swim in it : filthysock
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      Is that a solar panel, Dad? : Deathlove
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        that's probably a reflector the film crew brought in. : edgewise
        • BORING : Deathlove
    • Holy crap, nice! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      i hate you and your backyard : FrayLo
      • I love him, and his backyard. One day I hope to have the honor of drunkenly peeing on one of his planters... : Dave-A
    • fuck you and your teeth money : maulla
    • that is definitely an often used pr0n set : Downforce