Evening Reading

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• That second sentence should say "as a form of having fun" before the dash.... : wytefang
• I think the first thing would be to see how many shackers are in your area. : ArcKnight
• I wouldn't go to a shackmeet that didn't have any joking. : tinfoilhatter
• sitting around the table and talking shit about shit posters is usually the experience : ghost in my shell
• If you don't drink there's no point really. : Boxelder
• when i had a tiny apartment in new york drinking was always involved. i think that was a must given how s... : dahanese
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  I've been to 3 shackmeets so far, First was at a restaurant 2nd was essentially bar hopping 3rd was a BB... : tinfoilhatter
  • ^^^ This. The Shackmeet doesn't have to be "go to someone's house and play games". They just tend to defa... : Arctic Fox
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  Whores, coke, disco, waterbeds... oh wait that's an 80s night club party. : Fred Garvin
  • Something awful has meetups? : tinfoilhatter
  • Only if filthysock hosted a meet. : braaains
• Shackmeat : Drewus
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  Your derisive quips about iD games is enough to keep any party going :P : anhero
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    Hey now! I only disliked parts of Quake Wars - it showed promise. I resemble that remark! : wytefang
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      just print out a sheet of your front page comments and turn it into a game of pictionary! Kidding to ... : anhero
      • I feel pretty strongly that my posts (whether front-page or not) are genuinely well supported. I don't t... : wytefang
• Last TC shackmeat we did we went to a brewpub (I forget which) in Minneapolis, then hit up Watchmen on Bl... : jimmy_legs
• Beer, hotdogs, chips, Rock Band, more beer then some whiskey. : Phil
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  Chicks. : breadsticks
  • With or without dicks. : breadsticks
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  Non-drinkers get gang-raped. True story. Ask aux7. : Afterglow
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    Literally my first night on in over 5 weeks and I just had to find this. : aux7
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      oh wait are you talking about the Ryu incident? Now I understand. That filthy pervert : aux7
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        Well all know the real Reason you went westward. : Afterglow
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          I'll find him. : ryuuseki
          • I'll bring the case of Red Bull. : Afterglow
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  the most casual random shackmeet i was at was simply RB + mild drinking at a graah's house. remo and i dr... : xsoulbrothax
  • SHACKNEWS: HOW DO I HAEF FUN?! : quadeh
• Getting kicked out of at least one pub : shavenewok
• I had a 'I'm out of the hospital' shackmeet. Two shackers showed up. It was mostly coworkers and friends,... : anhero
• Shackers. That is all. : InfoBiter
• Buttsecks I am mildly surprised to be the first one mentioning this : blindi0815
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  These! http://picasaweb.google.com/sharonh.lee/ShackmeetSoCal9262009#5389289612227441186 : Jumperus
  • http://picasaweb.google.com/sharonh.lee/ShackmeetSoCal9262009#5389639668054657922 haha : even4
• We had a few in Atlanta but always at a restaurant or bar. Or Dave & Busters. : Dante
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  Alcohol. Lots of it. : askedrelic
  • preferably enough to put someone in hospital :) : filthysock
• Don't worry, they all just awkwardly sit about looking at their iphones anyway I kid! I kid! : niceguynick
• A comfortable place to play games, enjoy good food, and chill (and drink) : GBeer11

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• I think it's fair to say you can protect your internet experience. this is getting comet cursor-esque her... : Downforce
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  Dear ShackNews User, Buy the fucking lightning bolt. Sincerely, IndigoAK : IndigoAK
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    I might have considered it before shacknews got bought out, but I'm not going to pay gamefly when it does... : datoo
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      I think this was mentioned in the other sub-thread that got nuked, but the fact remains that GameFly allo... : IndigoAK
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        I don't necessarily want more from them, I'm just sayin I'm not going to pay them when they don't show mu... : datoo
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          sometimes the greatest nod to the community is to leave it the fuck alone. : massdev
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            well these damn rollover ads are not leaving me alone!!! : datoo
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              buy a fucking lightning bolt : valael
              • why don't you buy me one if you like them so much? : datoo
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    if I subscribe to GF does that count? : X-GOUKI
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      I bet that's in the works, the GF guys seem pretty cool. : nyranger66
      • yeah game fan was a pretty cool magazine back in the day. : Jenings
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    i like ads, though. i am interested to see what most sites have, and how each site tracks you (and shack ... : dahanese
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      Think about how many goddamn places there are ads these days. Newspapers, junk mail, before movies, on TV... : Jumperus
      • i'm a specific and narrow case. i work in video games marketing so yes, i'm fascinated to see the good, b... : dahanese
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      I wonder how many people actually like ads. I can't stand them. I filter them out before I even realize t... : ieGod
      • i do that too, usually. today was really annoying for me because i switch between so many tabs at work, a... : dahanese
• "Sir, I think these ads are sufficient for our revenue." "No, no, no... Thing bigger! Think louder! T... : Omaha
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  Shackers rights? Fight the power. Btw the moderation is out of fucking control. YEAH I said it. RUN BAN S... : massdev
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    The moderation is out of control? LOL. : ArcKnight
    • fucking nazi mods! : nyranger66
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      Well we are :/ : dognose
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        Your love for L4D is out of control Ajax's lust for felicia is out of control haiku's ego is out of con... : ArcKnight
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          I wish my ______ was out of control :( : socksta
          • Apparently only the mods are out of control though. Maybe some day massdev will declare you out of contro... : ArcKnight
          • boner : deject
          • Your Shacking is out of control. : sr71photo
          • ringtone : massdev
        • felicia is the Lily Von Shtupp to my Sheriff Bart. IT'S TWUE! IT'S TWUUUUUEE!! : Ajax
      • You guys do a pretty great job, even if it's at times inconsistent. I don't really have a problem with th... : ieGod
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      you missed the bit when the thread was longer and I used caps; that means something. I have no idea why t... : massdev
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        So you're bitching about posts being nuked? : ArcKnight
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          Jade Raymond please to be giving head on U be Soft. I very much pleasured by Ass in ass Cream although my... : redfive
          • I am confused and, to be honest, a little aroused. : ArcKnight
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            top drawer. but I was going more for shacking is a privilege not a right. I honestly don't have an issue ... : massdev
            • ok : redfive
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  it's pretty fucking ridiculous regardless of having the "right" to buy your way out of it with Mercury. ... : mwasher
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    The ads they added to the side of the front page also kill my browser. It very slow and difficult to scro... : socksta
    • those ads cause my i7 / 4890 to be a bit choppy so don't feel bad. it's horrendous. haven't seen em i... : mwasher
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  If only my LB hid comments whining about the advertisements too. : rosewood
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    What about a filter that removed all non LB posts? : massdev
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      Why would anyone want to read posts that are written by you plebs? : nyranger66
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        I just said that. What? : massdev
        • oh i thought you were making fun of LB'ers. Nothing to see here folks, move along. : nyranger66
• that ad is pretty obnoxious. I hit it every time I try to get to Latest Chatty : Flynn
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  Talking ads on the shack are something I never thought I'd see. : NastyJack
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    Just wait until you have to watch 30 second commercials before posting! : devi| dog
    • Interstitial PRL : GloriousCow
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  It's a bit much to take a site that we relied on to remove annoying or crazy ads on request of users and ... : devi| dog
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    i'm not positive but i dont think myspace even has expanding or talking ads once logged in. also their my... : dearjamie
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      Ah, I haven't had the pleasure of seeing an expanding or talking one. The only thing I saw was Wolverine... : devi| dog
      • yeah its funny that myspace is the go-to example of obnoxious advertising but they aren't as intrusive as... : dearjamie
• They do suck, but on the plus side if you move your mouse off them they shrink again. I really hate the ... : uncle slappy
• Just thank you're lucky stars they aren't as annoying as the McDonald's Franz Ferdinand ones... maybe tha... : elosorojo
• I cannot Shack from anywhere but home now because of the ads. Kills my PC's browsers. : sheepraper

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• also wondering : eeeealmo
• I haven't heard much about it. Is there a hilariously obtrusive and frustrating advertisement that I coul... : deveus1
• Also a curious cat : malloc
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  Live stream of 360 version here: http://www.justin.tv/toasty411 : geneshifter
  • BTW, stream sucks and goes offline here and there :/ : geneshifter
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    the maps are really that huge? looks like campaign co-op would be fun, but multi looks rough unless the s... : Downforce
    • As far as I know, the game is one big open-world island modeled directly after Kiska Island, Alaska. : IndigoAK
• Steam is about 70% into the download so far, I'll let ya know later. : u sir name
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  Just played the first mission. Definitely need to restart on a higher difficulty level. Normal is far t... : kill9
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    keep us posted as you get to play a bit more, I'm still curious about it : AlexXdude
    • Ok, without going into too much detail, this game really feels like what a *true* sequel to the old Ghost... : kill9
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  Not too impressed with it so far. On the plus side, it has some nice particle effects. Aside from that, t... : Dslyecxi
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    how is it compared to ArmA 2? : yautja
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      Feels a lot more scripted/restricted in general. I play A2 primarily in MP, though, so I'm not the best o... : Dslyecxi
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        It is, in no shape or form, any way at all like CoD4. Everything about it feels like ArmA2, down to the ... : kill9
        • Ok, whatever. From my point of view I see it as closer to CoD. I don't really feel like arguing my own pe... : Dslyecxi
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    No bias here at all, lol : kill9
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      Believe what you want. I don't like it because it's not fun, and that's all it boils down to. Once upo... : Dslyecxi
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        Well I believe that I stopped playing ArmA2 because it was not fun. So far, DR has been more engaging fr... : kill9
        • I'm on both sides here. I bought Dragon Rising because it seems to fill a void between highly script... : IndigoAK
      • Disappointing, i have heard that the game is alot of fun for a co-op romp so that's really all I'm hoping... : Silent Wolf
  • What's up with ArmA2? We need to get a Shack game together or something. People bought it right? I bou : Sapiens
• I'll probably pick it up when it's $20 probably during the Steam New Years sale : Sailor of Fortune
• I loved the first game, as buggy and crappy looking as it was. You could do so much crazy stuff with it.... : MacemanInTW
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  Curious as well, 4-player co-op makes my pants tight. : nyranger66
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    maybe 4-player co-op should not leave your pants in the drier so long : deject
    • you are so fired mrfunkygaythousand : nyranger66
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  That justin.tv stream is pretty scathing atm : TastyWheat
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    I keep tuning in and out, looks pretty fun to me though. : nyranger66
    • It looks awful to me :/ : TastyWheat
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  that guy just rolled his humvee and kept on driving. what the hell, i though it was gonna be realisti... : X-GOUKI
  • It's halo but you're playing as a Grunt this time? : TastyWheat
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    Humvees are pretty sturdy. I would think one or two rolls wouldn't necessarily mean it won't run anymore... : IndigoAK
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      No, it's more how the humvee did a complete barrel roll in midair from hitting a rock at ~20mph. I sti... : ArcKnight
      • yeah, they are. : contentious roy
• Watched the justin.tv stream, not bad. Might pick it up on Steam if it goes on sale later on : timaste
• As much as I want to play the game, i'm not going to bother with the console version, which means I won't... : Drewus
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  I just played the first campaign mission for about 45 minutes, and it seems alright so far. Not great, b... : contentious roy
  • With ArmA and ArmA II I've found that a lot of people enabled the Super AI feature not realizing that ena... : IndigoAK
  • No join in progress? What a huge step backwards... : sanchez
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    Based on this post I think you should try Arma 2. It's way better than the first one. It has all of your ... : SockMonkeh
    • Nah, I think the movement would turn him off. : ArcKnight
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      I can't say I'm not tempted to get ArmA2, but I just have a feeling it's going to have the same problems ... : contentious roy
      • Well in Arma 2 they fixed the weird delayed mouse bullshit from Arma 1/the release version of Arma 2 and ... : SockMonkeh
  • This game sounds like it needs a patch for the multiplayer, which I was very much looking forward to. Sig... : Link.
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    Looks like I spoke too soon about there not being any filters in multiplayer. There isn't a filters menu,... : contentious roy
    • Players filter is number of players you want in the game, not levels. >=1, >=2, or =3 for co-op. Which ... : contentious roy
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  Open up the "Bonus Codes" menu in-game and put in OFPWEB1 and OFPWEB2 it should unlock 2 extra missions : AlexXdude
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    Are these the only two codes? : IndigoAK
    • I'm sure there are more, but that's all I could find. I read there were bonus codes for people who pre-or... : AlexXdude
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      there are four more as of now: RaidT18Z StrongM577 AmbushU454 CloseQ8M3 Those are all case sensiti... : contentious roy
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        Are these available for co-op? And do they work with the 360? : ArcKnight
        • yes, they are available for co-op under the single mission game type, not sure about if they work on 360 ... : contentious roy
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  Okay, so my impressions thus far are as follows: The Good -Feedback on the cursor if you land a hit... : IndigoAK
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    heh, here's a PS3 to PC comparison on the graphics. http://lookpic.com/i/600/NVuYhbWV.jpeg I think the ... : contentious roy
    • Yeah, the smoke effects staying there is nice, but as it stands I think World in Conflict still has the b... : IndigoAK
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    Followup. So, some of my guys get wounded while taking out the guys at the Sunburn missile launcher ca : IndigoAK
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      I'm not sure I like the command radial menu either. Not being able to move while navigating through a bu... : contentious roy
      • Yeah, this was a complaint brought up in IGN's review. the menu system is extremely clunky, : IndigoAK
  • Another complaint from me: You can't place civilian buildings in the editor, which essentially means t... : IndigoAK

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• lol, took me a second to realize those were millions, not thousands. almost felt bad for disney's ceo : Korban
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  fuck minimum-wage people. should have stayed in school or learn a trade or leave your mom's basement. : Utopia
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    minimum wage workers are mostly italians anyway : boring gegtik
    • va fancoulo!!!! : Utopia
    • cmere gegtik I've got a baseball bat I want to show you. : CapnChaos
  • Its funny because everyone grows up in the same situations. Oh wait. : erebus
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  lol, eiger should get paid handsomely for what he did with Disney. : stgdz
  • He did pretty much save the company after all. : Kentor
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    Iger made $16 million in cash (2 million salary+14 million bonus) the rest was in Stocks and Options. I ... : Crimsonbeak
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      All of those people are overvalued. : Lone Swordsman
      • The market decides the value, my friend. Millions of americans really want to see brad pitt in a fuckin m... : retarded talking dinosaur
    • Yeah the stock options is where he made a ton of cash and it should because Disney was doing pretty shitt : stgdz
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  This may sound crazy communism but I'm French so who cares? Why not limit the maximum wage to 200 times ... : guigr
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    It's called greed. Once they have more then they need even more and the cycle continues. : gooblerampling
    • how many raises have you turned down? : Dravenport
  • Because if you were a big company you'd have no way to get a better executive to come to your company. : DinK
  • Because no one will do jobs that are worth a single penny over that number in a freer market. Or they wil... : creeping-judas
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  You know what I always find funny, in the computer section of every book store I've been to Oracle and Ci... : mrblarg
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    i really doubt thats the case. : maulla
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      It may just be the places in my area, but I swear it's true. They'll even go out of their way to not put... : mrblarg
      • It has nothing to do with the companies stock, it has to do with the demand/popularity of the product. Th... : maulla
  • What. : Arcanum
  • this is a really great comment!!! : moshman
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  Tiger Woods makes nine figures too. Does he deserve it less or more? I just have this image of him ... : DinK
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    http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/moneyLeaders A Caddy will generally get 10-15% so his Caddy made a million... : Crimsonbeak
    • So what you're saying is his caddy needs his own poster where he's standing on the back of the guy who co... : DinK
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    Just like not everyone can golf as well as Tiger Woods, not everyone can run a Fortune 500 company. Thus... : liqker
    • I find this post confusing. It describes compensation but makes no mention of what somebody needs, deser : DinK
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  hmm I had never even heard of Lazard or Nabor : indosauros
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    have you heard of Lazarus and Nebuchadnezzar : boring gegtik
    • yes I've seen the Matrix : indosauros
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  Isn't Larry Ellison the founder of Oracle? That dude should be able to keep every penny he wants. : leadgold
  • Not as many as larry David : boring gegtik
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  it seems like these huge compensations contribute to these companies going under. if an exec makes $20 mi... : smax
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    Greed keeps them going. 20m may seem like a lot of money to us, but those guys are always in need of mor... : liqker
    • ah yes greed is the word I was looking for : Utopia
  • When you make $20G millions a year, chances are that you have the lifestyle (and cost of life) that comes... : Utopia
  • The incentive is that having $40 million is way cooler than 20. And having a hundred million is way bett... : DinK
• ALL OF THESE GUYS ARE BLACK : Sexpansion Pack
• lets declare war on capitalism guys! the unemployment is only 9.8% GOBAMA! : gyokuro

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  I feel like $200 is probably going to be my breaking point on it. : Vincent Grayson
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    CMYK please : Ebu
    • I guess that'd be cool, but I really would only use it to read books, so black and white is fine for me. : Vincent Grayson
• So is that international version for people who travel outside the US, or people who live outside the US?... : nevlos
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  WHAT THE FUCK Good news. Kindle can now be shipped to customers outside the U.S. Click here to see i... : nevlos
  • hahaha, terrible. : pyide
  • FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU GODDAMMIT : MrBig0
  • WTF!!!!!!!!!!!! : ventro
  • Silverbacks need love, too. : Jumperus
  • Oh my lol, that is brutal. : MercFox1
  • lololololol : opengl128
  • bwahahahaha god canadians r cursed : proclone1
  • It would have cost us an extra $100 anyways. Just like every other piece of tech. :( : moogle
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    is the probably that Canada only recognizes copyright for 50 years? : GloriousCow
    • i can it probably sentence form : GloriousCow
  • time to move : dirge23
  • yeah canada's that worthless right guys : Link.
  • They're still trying to figure out to get the maple syrup off those canadian "dollars." : cerealSAM2
  • maybe if you faggots picked up a rifle every once and a while they'd respect you. in the congo even the k... : [fry]
  • No Kindle, No Zune, $70 for video games even though the exchange rate is close to par. FU. : stump
  • copyright issues, obviously. : edgewise
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    Canada should secede from North America in opposition to this outrageous behavior. : cerealSAM2
    • ill get my saw : synapse19
  • hahaha : smax
  • hahaha weird : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    * C O N G O W N ' D * : someWayne
    • hahaha : Perturbation
  • lol, sucks to be the frostbacks unlike the silverbacks. : stgdz
  • hahahahahaha : deject
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  I wish Amazon had a Kindle Rental Program of some sort. I'm intrigued by the device but I'm afraid actua... : Perturbation
  • Go into any Borders, you can check out the Sony eReaders there (they use the same display). It's surprisi... : Arctic Fox
• Does it do ePub? : Ebu
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  can they make one that handles programming textbooks yet? : derelict515
  • i think the bigger one is slightly better at that. : dahanese
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  Oh sweet jesus available in AUS: http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-International-Generation-charging-Austral... : filthysock
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    does the kindle have a selection of free, out of print books, or does everything cost money? : filthysock
    • there are free books, but most stuff i've seen costs money. if you want me to look, i can tell you how mu... : dahanese
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      I think it works with other formats, such as the ones here: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page : bipolar
      • http://ireaderreview.com/2008/01/18/getting-project-gutenberg-books-on-your-kindle/ : bipolar
    • It uses other formats. There are tens of thousands of free books in the public domain, you can get a bunc... : Serpico74
  • Argh - saw this too - must...restrain....self : MaddeningLoop
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  i fucking love my kindle. i would probably buy the next generation if they gave the US one 3G. it's amazi... : dahanese
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    i'm kinda disappointed the international version is the smaller one : filthysock
    • i had a choice between the smaller and larger one. i went smaller because i wanted it to fit comfortably ... : dahanese
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    It's absolutely fantastic and now that I have it I've been reading more than ever (have had it since Marc... : skinlab133
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      i read like a book a week before the kindle so i'm spending a metric asston of money on books now. luckil... : dahanese
      • The current one has "3G". It's just using sprint's EVDO network which is basically comparable to AT&T and... : Prozium
• question: so what's the advantage over whispernet? coverage? i'm so annoyed because i want one of thes... : dahanese
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  You guys should also opt for the 2 year replacement warranty. I speak from experience. : Sailor of Fortune
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    Were you the one that sat the kindle down and it broke? : rosewood
    • no, my brother was playing rock band and knocked it over from the table reaching for his guitar and it fe... : Sailor of Fortune
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  No reading in the dark still... ;-( : Metasparks
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    This is why you get 3 week battery time off of it. You can read in any normal light situation where you ... : GeorgeB3DR
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      Camping/Hunting? My step-father and I bring books out when we hunt so we have something to do in the e... : IndigoAK
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        But if it's light enough to read books won't it be light enough to read on the Kindle too? : SilverSnake
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          They're talking about a backlight. : IndigoAK
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            Nevermind, I get what you're saying now. :P : IndigoAK
            • Yeah, I'm just trying to point out that this doesn't sound like a "downgrade" from books. But it's not an... : SilverSnake
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      It's the only thing stopping me from buying it. It's not a non-issue, it's critical. : uncleanmonkey
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        How do you read normal books in the dark? I guess there's always braile... : bipolar
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          With a light, which is the whole problem. If I could use it to read books in the dark without keeping my ... : uncleanmonkey
          • but then you wouldn't get the battery life or no-eye strain features of e-ink : filthysock
          • But if there was a backlight, you'd still have light coming from the screen... : Arctic Fox
      • Get the Kindle app for your iphone too then. You can read all of the content you bought for your hardware... : bostrov
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      what? why should it not be an issue, why shouldn't it be made a possibility? : moshman
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        the display isn't transparent, it's reflective, so you can't backlight it : jcupitt
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          ok, but saying it's a non-issue is ridiculous. why push technology forward at all then :) : moshman
          • But wanting a backlight on a reflective display is a bit crazy. It's like saying "these triangles are gre... : jcupitt
        • Maybe if they could just edge-light it with some tiny LEDs or something, that might satisfy people. It'd... : DinK
  • buy a book light. it works great. : valael
• They offer to ship to Ukraine now (yay!) but they don't mention if it supports cyrillic text yet. Anyone ... : bostrov
• Blogs and the experimental web browser are currently not available for your country wierd! : jcupitt
• This'll sound nerdy but that DX version would be really cool for comics if it were color : free2game365
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  16 shades of gray? is this 1982? 4-bit color sucks. : skryte
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    can you put PDFs on it yet (without paying amazon?) : skryte
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      Only on the DX version : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        That's not entirely true - you can email the PDF to amazon and they'll convert it and email it back to yo... : Jonathan
        • there are also converters you can run on your PC, fwiw : jcupitt
    • sure, convert to kindle format on your PC then drag over the USB cable : jcupitt
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    it's not a gameboy einstein : qwpeoriu
    • thanks, dr. science. it costs even more, so wtf. : skryte
  • it's a completely different display technology, you might as well complain about the 6" display when you ... : dooberzoo
  • Actually it works great when the point of your display is to simulated printed text on paper. : DinK
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  Nice, but books are cheaper! : nomaad
  • books are gay. Only slightly less gay is the kindle... : gakera
• not available in this country :( : fsck

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• Please tell us your impressions. I'm curious! : coyoterys
• 59% for me. I'm looking forward to seeing how this compares to ArmA II (which I absolutely love). : IndigoAK
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  Impressions Okay, I played the first mission and some of the second. Here's everything I can think of ... : tomservo
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    playing co-op or solo style? : smacknca
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      Tonight was solo but I'm hoping a friend buys it because I'd really like to try coop. : tomservo
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        Tomservo, I'll play with you sometime if you want to add me on Steam. : IndigoAK
        • Done! : tomservo
  • Ok, time to get another game. :-D : MacemanInTW
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    Yeah I'm really liking it so far. The squad command menu kind of sucks, but I'm hoping I can get used to... : kill9
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      • I hard a weird thing where my mouse arrow disappeared in the menus. I'm not sure if that was my mouse or ... : tomservo
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    lol it's so funny Dyslecxi hates it versus ArmA. : Lunatic Angelic
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      I can see why. I love hard, complex games. Operation Flashpoint and Rainbow Six (not the shit new one... : tomservo
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        why thomas, i do believe you are maturing : EvilDolemite
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          No, but my attention span is definitely shorter for games these days. About an hour at a time is all I ca... : tomservo
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            + Rep for having good taste and loving CoH. - I always knew you were cool, TS, just never knew you were ... : wytefang
            • Best RTS game ever : tomservo
          • you should try Red Faction Guerilla TS. the game is so much fun and it quickly became a "I can quit afte... : stgdz
      • Fuck this comment sold me! : timaste
    • I'd like to see a detailed list of the differences between the two games : sanchez
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    How much would a gaming rig like yours cost me? I am so out of the loop right now in PC components and w... : bling1bling
    • next to nothing! core 2 duo and 8800GT are cheap as hell now. you could spend..$600 and get a system tha... : EvilDolemite
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    I plan to get this on Steam soon, keep us updated! : nomaad
    • And wow you have my exact system, does it run well at say 1680x1050? : nomaad
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  I LOVE the music. It's got that crazy throat singing in it! : Edges
  • Yeah it's great! : tomservo
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  Goddamn hearing all this talk about it is making me wish I hadn't gone grocery shopping today. I'm pickin... : ArcKnight
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    Food > Videogames : Drewus
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      Yeah, it was necessary. I had some chicken left in the freezer, enough pasta for one meal and a few cans ... : ArcKnight
      • Just don't feed the Beefaroni to a horse. : wytefang
  • My advice if you're getting the console versions is to play it on Normal. This game relies on your abili... : IndigoAK
• Aussie menz: Does anyone know if this unlocks for us on Steam tomorrow? Also is the Steam price the same ... : Big Luke
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21087072#itemanchor_21087072 : AlexXdude
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  What's the max players? : Metasparks
  • 4 Players in Co-op for both PC and consoles 32 players in MP on PC 8 players in MP on console : IndigoAK
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  Just played the first 2 missions as well. Graphics range from great : lighting, gun models and smoke effe... : nodebug
  • Here's a screenshot of the game's shitty environment textures, for those that want to see what we mean. ... : IndigoAK
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    wtf I thought it wasn't out yet over here? What did you get, pc or 360? : marmite
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      I pre-ordered on shopto.net and it was posted yesterday first class and delivered this morning! First tim... : nodebug
      • Oh, PC as well. Runs perfectly with everything maxed out on my machine : e8400, 4gb ram, 8800gt Its ac... : nodebug
• I fell asleep early to my disappointment, but then I woke up at 3am and dragged my ass out and started to... : PointlesS76

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• I failed by blindly betting the farm on best buy and newegg will rescue me by friday : Downforce
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  I haven't started yet :( I heard the starter area takes about 2 hours and I have to go to the airport ... : mechanicalgrape
  • It doesnt take that long, i completed it in less than half an hour. : mastermike569
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  Does anyone know if you can fight a defeated boss again? I died IN THE FUCKING NEXUS and I want to be ali... : skinlab133
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    Oh man how did that happen? : warcrow
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      I was running around trying to find the Monumental and ran off a ledge. I was pissed lol. : skinlab133
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        I saw a few blood pools on the ledge so I watched people jump/fall off. : RuffasBluetain
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          That cracks me up eveytime when you can tell someone slips. :P : warcrow
          • Haha yeah. I saw one guy just jogging up the stairs and veer off to the right until he plunged to his dea... : Rehevkor
  • They say that monsters will respawn in the stages, but bosses will not. : pturvz
  • I don't believe you can re-fight the very first boss, phalanx, but you can fight/re-fight other bosses by... : DeBurgo
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    You can find/buy a stone that 'revives' you into non-soul form. : dissembler
    • There is one at the very top of the Nexus. : silent prophet
  • no the only time you can fight a defeated boss is if you beat the game and start over again or play as a ... : mastermike569
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  In regards to the beginning area, has anyone looted the goods from the red dragon roost? : warcrow
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    I managed to loot I think 2 bodies before he came back. Didn't get all the items though. I may try again. : skinlab133
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      lol the dragon's tail wiped me out : Legolas5
      • Me, too. I didn't even attempt to get my souls back. : DianeOfTheMoon
  • I got the Purple Flame Shield (which looks awesome, but needs a 22 str to use). Basically, I ran to the b... : silent prophet
• Now (early) is probably the best time to die and learn from your mistakes. : Fayk
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  what class is everyone picking? i dunno which to choose and i feel it will be important :( : eeeealmo
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    Apparently it's not that important, every class can do everything, it's more of just an initial template.... : mechanicalgrape
    • The Demon's Souls English Wiki (which is down right now, or something) confirms this - there are some min... : Majuju
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    Royalty--and it's awesome. :) : warcrow
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      What do you like about it? : David Craddock
      • One shot with with the magic missle spell plus the regen ring. It's just fun. : warcrow
    • They have a class named this? Fucking sweet. : royalally
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    Royal is the easiest, magician is the hardest - from what I've read. They all end up however you make th... : Boxelder
    • The magician is actually one of the easiest, it just has a hard start. : dissembler
  • solider. figure i should go straight laced first time through : kainen1
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  Chat about the game here. How's everyone enjoying it so far? Some questions for those who have entere : David Craddock
  • I think I know the answers: 1 - yes 2 - don't remember exactly, but the game rewards you for searching a : warcrow
  • Oh and 3 I think after you beat the 1-1 boss, two npcs appear in the nexus : warcrow
  • 1. You have to kill a boss to get your body back, or find a rare consumable item. 2. The very beginning ... : skinlab133
  • There are walkthoughs on youtube that might give you a better idea of what you should be doing at first. ... : Boxelder
  • I fucking love it. Combat is great, the world is extremely, extremely atmospheric. Enemies creative, ga... : kainen1
• I got the last "open" copy of DS at eb; thank the darklords. : massdev
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  How does one aquire more spells? : warcrow
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    buy them with souls. : Boxelder
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      and save certain NPC's. : dissembler
      • I was missing the npc...ah-HA! : warcrow
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      from who? haven't seen the vendor yet and I just finished 1-1 : kainen1
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        In the left and right wings of the nexus, on either side of the blacksmith, are vendors that sell spells ... : beanman101283
        • oh shit those guys - they were rude to me calling me a 'brute'. I guess thats the penalty for having suc... : kainen1
• this is my second real playthrough and all I can say is that this game plays like a little tiny kitten th... : DeBurgo
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  haha.. watching people suicide in the nexus is awesome. : walker270
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    some people are dying in fights on the ground though, what's that about? Invasion? : kainen1
    • probably attacks a shopkeep. don't do it! they don't forget. : Boxelder
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  I still need an answer to my freezing problems. : Malku
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21085019 FML I was just hoping I'd do something that I'd enjoy for... : Malku
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      try posting that shit on the atlus forums if you haven't already : DeBurgo
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        I don't see a thread for it there and it's not letting me post... : Malku
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          were you having any sort of internet trouble - like erratic connection? because a friend of mine lost his... : Borzoi
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            I've noticed every freeze except one of them was during auto save... How would I go about fixing thi... : Malku
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              you will probably have to delete your profile, sad to say. hopefully you're not too far in. i'm playing o... : Borzoi
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                I still don't know, do you mean delete my save or my whole damned profile? Because my friend is on a dif... : Malku
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                  God fucking damnit! I just had it freeze half way through that Amorphous Blob Dingie and when I resta... : Malku
                  • Sounds like your PS3 is overheating or your disc drive is going dead. : pancake humper
  • You'd probably die just as often anyway. : kingdepork
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  Tower Knight! OUCH! : irrerno
  • I started with a magic oriented character and ran around zapping him in the back of the head. Much easier : Rehevkor
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  where do you upgrade your stats? the manual says something about a maiden in black but i cant find her : eeeealmo
  • you have to beat the first boss first. : Boxelder
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  the red-eyed armored dude at the end of a bridge owns me :( i have loads of fun though, and I can't wait ... : barichnikov
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    yeah took me two deaths to realize you're not supposed to go that way just yet. : skinlab133
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      I was I was owning everyone with magic until I got to that guy. I lost so many souls. :( I don't even rea... : beanman101283
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        How to easily beat him make him follow you to a ledge or pit (near the large gate at the beginning), or t : warcrow
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          Yeah I just read that in the strategy guide. I'm curious as to how to beat him legit though. I'm not too ... : beanman101283
          • I beat him one on one, heads up as a Royal--I just spammed some magic. : warcrow
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            Lol. That was in the official strat guide? : byorn
            • Yeah, as part of the easy leveling section : beanman101283
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      yes thankfully i saw a message that told me not to go that way yet : eeeealmo
      • I foolishly ignored that message. :( : beanman101283
      • I did all of 1-1 offline, the servers weren't up yet or were having issues when I played :( : skinlab133
    • i don't know where to go then. It feels like that's the only place I didnt go yet. :( : barichnikov
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    I lured him off a cliff :D! : Malku
    • do you get souls in that case ? : barichnikov
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  I was going to gamefly this but that failed. Where's the cheapest place to buy online? : jigstah
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    Amazon? : warcrow
    • I'm leaning newegg due to awesome shipping. Probably cheapest price. : jigstah
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  How long is this game? No review that I've read even hints at how long the game takes to complete. : getfrisky
  • I've read 40 hours but given the difficulty it must vary wildly. : Boxelder
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    It took me 2 hours to complete the first stage. :P : warcrow
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      Phalanx? : irrerno
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        Brat the first time actually. : warcrow
        • *beat : warcrow
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        He was easy. Yeah, took me ~2 hours to beat the first zone. Died twice, and then started to learn the... : walker270
        • *Playing as a knight, btw. Seemed like a decent starting character.. : walker270
        • I'm stuck on the tower knight. I almost got him =]. : irrerno
        • What are you playing as walker? : irrerno
      • the use fire message right outside made it a piece of cake : eeeealmo
    • At least it doesn't insult you with "Ninja Dog" ratings at the end of the level like another stupidly har... : getfrisky
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    It actually never ends! The first playthrough is around 40 hours to complete, less if you know what to d... : SolrFlare
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      Oh and to make matters worse, the world and your character change depending on if you do good or evil act... : SolrFlare
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        i had no idea it was so fucking in depth : eeeealmo
        • There is so much shit in Demon's Souls it's unreal. A ton of stuff to be found off the beaten path. : SolrFlare
      • Alright you just fucking sold me on it. Sounds awesome! : getfrisky
    • I think max level is 712 : Boxelder
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  haha.. seeing the souls of other people playing keeps freaking me out... I mistake them for bad guys. :( : walker270
  • It's humbling once you realize every time you screw up or do something stupid, someone else probably will... : SolrFlare
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  I think I may have fucked up something at the beginning. I was doing what I'm guessing is basically t : Ctrl-Phreak
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    Basically, yes, that's what's supposed to happen. : Majuju
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      Correct. Basically the idea is you ventured into the fog and died like the other Heroes before you. Now y : SolrFlare
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        Makes sense. Thanks. Another quick question, I can't find the answer in the manual. What is the signif... : Ctrl-Phreak
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          I believe they have to do with multiplayer. Like, if you summon other players into your game, they will ... : Johnny Law
          • They can cross fog doors as soon as the alive player activates them. : pancake humper
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            I think it actually has to do with summoning. Generally any time you cross a fog door (or an area where a... : DeBurgo
            • also, thinking about it, it's also probably to prevent players who've never played through an area before... : DeBurgo
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  I couldn't find this damn game anywhere! 3x Walmarts, resorted to 2 gamestops, best buy, target and a lo... : devi| dog
  • my impulse buy was denied as well, i feel your pain. : nevlos
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  Damn, this game is hard as balls. Died in 1-1 after accumulating 5600ish souls and ragequit for the time ... : Adm.Snackbar
  • don't worry too much about souls that early on =p : irrerno
  • If you go to where you died you can get your souls back. : Malku
  • You can't level until you beat 1-1 anyway so they were essentially useless. Once you're stronger you'll ... : Boxelder
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  Cleared the first stage with no problems at all, but immediately ran into some nasty difficulty spikes in... : sevogajre
  • This scares me since I'm getting raped to hell in the first area. : Ctrl-Phreak
• It's completely what I expected/hoped so far. I just got rid of the first boss. It hasn't been frustrat : Johnny Law
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  UPDATE: This game is awesome. : David Craddock
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    BREAKING NEWS: Whoa. : Johnny Law
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      ATTN: MINORITIES Johnny Law is Keanu Reeves : mlev
      • FAG SIGNAL: Finkle is Einhorn! : CRasterImage
  • UPDATE: This game is buggy as shit! at least for me. : Malku
• KAHN! I want to throw my controller :/ : Shodai80
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  any word on an international release yet? : Daggoth
  • it's out in north america, and was launched first in asia. i don't know if anybody's picking it up for eu : qwpeoriu
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  This game is AWESOME. It's kinda amusing to read a lot of these replies... I've beaten 1-1 and 1-2 and "o... : Rehevkor
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    I beat 1-2 last night in co-op (Tower Knight right?) and after we beat it, it didn't let me touch the Arc... : pancake humper
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      Yeah, when you join another player's world you can only stick around until you kill a demon and recover y... : Rehevkor
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        but I am right to assume that the boss is going to be back and I will have to beat it again? I need b... : pancake humper
        • Yeah, it should still be there in your world. : Rehevkor
    • 1-3 and beyond are actually the final stages of the game : dissembler
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  I'm surprised there's so much interest in this game. Barely anyone reserved the game on gameaccess (renta... : Shai-Tan
  • I think a lot of people are standoffish because of the difficulty : pancake humper
  • It's the third most popular request after Uncharted 2 and Brutal Legend. : treefingers1
  • game like this has no advertising $ nor hype machine. Which is kinda good because it's an absolute gem. ... : kainen1
• So how does the game determine which messages and blood stains are visible at any given time? : Zek

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  Let's talk about how fucking awesome Uncharted 2 is going to be : gmd
  • And the new ICO game. : marmite
• when God of War 3 comes out I think I will crack under the pressure : cap n KRUNCH
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  Phalanx Down! Epic fight! : irrerno
  • Firebombs! :) : warcrow
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  I want to like it so much, but I don't know just yet. I have having to replay parts over and over. : pandastrong
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    You open up shortcuts that makes it easier : irrerno
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      Well, I think I made a mistake somewhere or I'm doing something wrong. I kept getting killed by that dra : pandastrong
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        When you died, did you go back and loot your corpse? : warcrow
        • i kept dying before i could get my corpse : pandastrong
      • man just time your run better. that dragon never even hit me once. and hit circle to run. : kainen1
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  I have never seen a game come out of nowhere and captivate the Shack like this one. Seriously, how often... : treefingers1
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    From Software isn't exactly an unknown developer. : mechanicalgrape
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      I had never heard of them before this :/ : OverloadUT
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        It's surprising to me how many people haven't Have you at least heard of their games, like Armored Cor... : qwpeoriu
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          Half their shit doesn't get a US release. He'll, I never knew enchanted arms was from them until this mor... : Fayk
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            Don't feel bad, it's a rotten game, unlike Chromehounds, which was AMAZING. : Majuju
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              I liked Chromehounds, but the bullshit negative money bug was a ridiculous bug to let through (and basica... : Fayk
              • They're shutting the server down in January :( : Majuju
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          Yes I have heard of Armored Core and Enchanted Arms. Not familiar with Otogi. But even the other two I ha... : OverloadUT
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            Watch this trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZySNXLnCtQ The Otogi games are forgotten, but if ... : bilbo202
            • Holy shit, that looks awesome. Never heard of it before. : razlebol
          • oh god- Otogi is one of the best and most beautiful hack 'n slashers ever made. Search the review databas... : Borzoi
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        Most of their games are ugly and poorly made, full of shitty mechanics and about as niche as humanly poss... : Vincent Grayson
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          didn't they make kings field? I remember playing on the playstation and it being amazing, of course if I ... : gmd
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            yep they made kings field. AND Otogi 1 & 2. AND Echo Night/Echo Night Beyond. AND Metal Wolf Chaos. (and ... : Borzoi
            • AND Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit! I really liked that one. : bilbo202
      • I really like both Tenchu Z and Ninja Blade. Before those I never heard of them, too though : razorblade79
  • Well, it's a game made for hardcore gamers. I've been talking about it here because it's kinda a perfect... : Boxelder
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  I have a PS3 I just don't want to plunk down $70 on a game just yet... my girlfriend would kill me : shakybonez31
  • 60 after free shipping from newegg : Downforce
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    Holy shit you get permission from your gf to buy a game? Hahaha Jesus fucking Christ : gmd
    • He never said he had to get permission. What if it's that he doesn't have the money and to get it he woul... : OverloadUT
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      right now I do, I'm on EI and she's working... : shakybonez31
      • Tell her that if you can't buy a game, then she doesn't get to use your adequately large penis. She'll li... : BlackCat9
  • What the fuck is this post? : jahulio2
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    70???? : bagelcc
    • I'm in Canada the normal edition is 69.99 and the deluxe is 79.99 : shakybonez31
  • haha just dont tell her. : mastermike569
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  It looks cool but the difficulty is a deal-killer for me, maybe if I get a chance to play it and see for ... : MagicWishMonkey
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    Games like this, and like Monster Hunter, are far less frustrating because when you get completely owned,... : Majuju
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      They need to make a Monster Hunter for PS3 and forget the PSP stuff. : mechanicalgrape
      • Agreed! Tri comes out for the Wii in March, though. : Majuju
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      Yea, but you lose all your shit if you die twice right? That would get old pretty fast, because I'm sure ... : MagicWishMonkey
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        Pretty sure you don't lose your equipment, just souls. : mechanicalgrape
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          Can you cash them in for shit or something? This is what would happen to me: I would spend 8 hours beatin... : MagicWishMonkey
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            Yeah, you cash them in for level-ups/gear upgrades/magic/whatever. So you go out and farm out a bunch of... : Majuju
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              Ahh ok, that's not too bad. : MagicWishMonkey
              • Yeah it's no worse than Diablo 2 which does basically exactly the same thing with your gold on hand. : Majuju
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    I thought you were a man. : omnova
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      I am. That's why I don't like getting pounded in the nuts repeatedly. : MagicWishMonkey
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        Sissy girly man. : omnova
        • :( I'll wait till it's on sale and buy a copy. : MagicWishMonkey
  • is it too hard to figure out what you did wrong and trry a different strategy? : snidely sid
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    I dunno - man it's challenging but not brutal. I made it through the first boss only dying once and it w... : kainen1
    • Once you level a bit it'll be pretty easy to earn back whatever you lost in the first bit. Don't worry a... : Boxelder
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  Gamespot Review http://uk.gamespot.com/ps3/rpg/demonssoul/review.html : irrerno
  • Metacritic Average bumped to 90. : irrerno
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  Ok, let's talk about how fucking awesome Valkyria Chronicles is instead. http://www.gametrailers.com/v... : roushimsx
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    I just finished the spectacularly stupid Batomys mission, what a pain in the ass. I don't want to touch ... : Majuju
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      That mission pissed me off initially because it was the one mission that really forced you to start over : roushimsx
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        What's-her-name totally ran over my entire force, which was mostly stationed around that trench in the mi : Majuju
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          once i realized she couldn't damage the tank, that mission went from "OH FUCK PLEASE DON'T KILL ME OH SHI... : roushimsx
          • Same thing happened to me. One of my guys died, but it was a random heavy gunner filler that i thought i ... : barichnikov
      • that battle caused me to not want to play the game anymore so...yeah, bad design decision. : kainen1
    • it gets alot better after that, you get a second tank and weapons start getting additional upgrades. : BaronVonSnakPak
  • Valkyria Chronicles has cool DLC. : irrerno
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    I just can't get into this game for some reason. Must be getting old or something. I'll probably throw ... : Vegtro
    • That's pretty much how I feel about obscenely difficult games. I enjoyed them a lot more when I had less ... : roushimsx
    • Well hello future White elephant sender! : razlebol
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  Can you play it offline? I really don't want to bother with the black phantom bullshit : gmd
  • yes, but you miss out on all the other cool online stuff (Blue phantoms, seeing deaths and messages and ... : Fayk
  • The gametrailers review said if you are logged into the PSN other people can try to join your game, so I'... : mojorisen1117
  • oh my god, man up. the passive multiplayer is badass. : kainen1
  • MAN UP : pancake humper
  • you don't even have to play it online you can just play it in spirit form, black phantoms only invade whe... : DeBurgo
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    I want to leave you a note containing only an ascii cock (_(_)=========D : maulla
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      I still haven't figured out how to leave a note lol : pancake humper
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        push select : silent prophet
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          Thought I tried that. Is that how you rate them as well? : pancake humper
          • I couldn't figure that part out. :( : silent prophet
• I love how this got tossed on the front page. Nice one. : Senate5000
• I'm dying and having a blast! =p : irrerno
• I picked this up today, awesome!!! : Funran
• I know. I want to play Demon's Souls more than Valkyria Chronicles by miles and miles now. Fuck. : Link.
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  Diane just got one-shoted by a dragon's tail on level 1. That's pretty darn brutal. : BlackCat9
  • Yeah although the game gives you open opportunity to go take on or mess with the dragons.....you really d... : kainen1
• DO EEEEET : Rehevkor
• I played it at a friend's house last night... and now I want a PS3 even more. :( I'm trying to pay off a ... : silent prophet

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  Add Demon's Souls to that and it will kill those other games. : DM7
  • Upper left corner! : Yanks
  • it's there, in the top left. : Majuju
  • Ah I didn't see it, I was looking for the Glowy Blue Suit of Armor. I'm surprised the other games are ... : DM7
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  God Hand was pretty fun. What is that Xbox game? : kagath
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    Spikeout: Battle Street : Majuju
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      Don't think I've ever seen it before. : kagath
      • It's not the best followup to the greatest networkable arcade brawler ever :( : roushimsx
    • Co op experience was a different game from the single player and the single player was FUCKING. HARD. co ... : roushimsx
  • Play this first please : xsoulbrothax
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  Hell yea, we're always accepting new members! : MagicWishMonkey
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    Hell yea! What are we playing for October? : roushimsx
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      Seasonal games, like easy-mode L4D, Plants vs. Zombies, the old FMV classics Ripper, Phantasmagoria, Gabr : RomSteady
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        Beast Within was a fucking cocksucker of a game. I nominate that for deletion from casual game club's sea... : roushimsx
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          WTF? Beast Within is one of the very few FMV games that's actually good. It's not really that hard eithe... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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            I thought it was harder than hell back when I played it :( : roushimsx
            • Well, it's also possible that I've played it enough times that it's going to seem easy to me because I re... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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          You can play as Louis. We'll be playing at 9p. Would you rather replace Beast Within with Voodoo Vinc : RomSteady
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            Oh shit, sign me up for Voodoo Vince! I've heard really good things about that game and have been meaning... : roushimsx
            • Voodoo Vince is pretty cool, I think you'd like it. I guess gameplay wise it's not actually that innovat... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
            • Voodoo Vince is an enjoyable easy platformer with the voodoo element woefully underexplored. Grabbed b : RomSteady
      • I wouldn't really say Ripper is a classic. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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        Phantasmagoria and Gabriel Knight! Two series I've always wanted to play. That would be perfect if GoG... : Bull
        • If you get a chance to play Phantasmagoria and forget to grab the snowman Christmas ornament during the e : RomSteady
    • I'm in the middle of a leisurely game of Dead Space right now, probably won't finish until next week thou... : MagicWishMonkey
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      Arkham Asylum, Zeno Clash and Afrika! : Ebu
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        Already played through Zeno Clash when I joined Short Game Club! I think they're playing Project Snowblin... : roushimsx
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          Is Project Snowblind the game that started off as a Deus Ex spinoff? Is it any good? Does it still maint... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
          • Yea, it's pretty snappy! It's short as hell, a lot more linear and way more action packed than Deus Ex, b... : roushimsx
    • Just finished up Mega Man: Powered Up, working on Castlevania DX Chronicles and The Witcher. Next up for... : kallanta
• You guys really know your shit. Props. : ra1n
• yes, it is. I need some peeps for marvel 2, 4 player comedy. :( : Downforce
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  I loved Battlecry. It wasn't perfect, but it was a pretty damn good Robotech game. So sad that Japan se... : Wadmaasi
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    Battlecry's difficulty curve was completely fucked and I wound up ragequitting not too long into it. Firs... : roushimsx
    • LOL the next 1/3 of the game is a cakewalk after that face-raping Miriya-esque space boss. Then there's a... : Ajax
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    I remember being so impatient for that game to come out. I could swear I was dreaming about it at one poi... : Greymatter42
    • I think Battlecry was the first game I ever preordered. Goddamn it was awesome. I remember playing the... : ArcKnight
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    If you can, try Macross Ace Frontier. It's the best Macross/Robotech game so far. I mean considering that... : geedeck
    • This game looks like it's right up my alley. Time to import it and find my PSP. How bad is the language b... : Greymatter42
• the hard game club was cool when we were 12 had loads of time and lightning fast reflexes. nowadays the o... : Hoax
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  Robotech Battlecry isn't that bad, but Shinobi and Gradius V can lick me all up on my balls. : Ajax
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    robotech was fine up until that fucking escort mission. Fuck that shit with a broken bottle. : GloriousCow
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      Are you talking about the times escort? That was fucking stupid and someone should have been slapped for ... : Ajax
      • err... timed escort, rather? : Ajax
      • I was talking about this loathsome mission myself http://www.robotechresearch.com/battlecry/Chapter3/... : Greymatter42
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  Shinobi is great fun (and hard) : Begawkiness
  • Shinobi is awesome, but the sequel Nightshade is much harder. : elosorojo
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  Why the fuck isn't Breakdown in that picture? : Bull
  • It took the picture. : omnova
  • I fed that fucking game into a shredder after reaching the white room a second time : roushimsx
• I only saw the end of Gradius V because I played it enough to unlock free play. Oh shmups, why must yo... : slax0r
• i am still haunted by the last ninja on the c64 : CoRDS
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  Is red faction considered a hard game? or do I just suck that much at games now. I had to put red faction... : Guybrushed
  • Apparently theres a bit of contention, some say its a great game on normal and up as long as you plan you... : Jenings
• Yeah, Urban Reign is fucking hard. I feel stupid when I play it. It doesn't seem cheap though - God Han... : SiW.
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  your missing FRONT MISSION 4 (ps2) : X-GOUKI
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    Never heard of it being hard, just heard that it was slow as hell and dull as shit :( : roushimsx
    • that's why its hard to play that game :P : X-GOUKI
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  i need to get another hard game. i miss them. i haven't played anything really hard since contra 4. I've ... : mindmann
  • Go play Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis/SegaCD), Mission Impossible (NES) or Long Ranger (NES). : roushimsx
• Add EDF on Inferno to that pile. : DrZettl
• it isn't even possible to beat godhand on normal, your ps2 ejects the disc on the final boss and then del... : Mr.SEX