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• well my ps3 was stolen(god damn mother fucking crooked landlord fucking glad im a homeowner now) But ps3... : godm0de
• agreed on all counts. I'd say they were closer together before that NXE trash. : DogDharma
• I love my 360 but the ps3 ui is just better, I think most people would agree as well : klearlyunseen
• I prefer the PS3's. Simple is better and quicker. I want the end result to be pretty the menu should be... : legsbrogan
• Ps3 GUI is slick but I'm still hunting for options, plus thier friend list features are horrendously slow... : Silent Wolf
• I definitely prefer the XMB. It's slick and simple. : ieGod
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  MY OPINION. Xbox 360 = content ++++, reliability +, design ++, value +++, network ++++ PS3 = content ... : massdev
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    I disagree with your value rating. The 360 just seems like you get so much more for your benjamins. : zerog83
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      Huh? The PS3 has built in Blu-ray and Wi-fi, upgradable hard drives, and free online play. : pyrogen
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        OMG REALLY?!?!? Cause with that you can play all 10 of the games. :D : akirabob
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          The game library argument doesn't make any sense to me. Almost the entire library of the 360 and PS3 are ... : Serpico74
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            the bigger issue is the fact that the cross platform games are all better on the 360 so it almost seems a... : edgewise
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              Eh, its a bit exaggerated, most of the time the differences are non-existent or too marginal for me to ca : Serpico74
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                well, that's one way of making the game better, i suppose :) The differences individually aren't very lar... : edgewise
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                  Amen. : boarder2
                  • Consoles are not religious material. : irrerno
                • AA and Burnout? : pgharavi
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                  slightly better graphics: ps3 exclusves have better graphics see Uncharted 2, Killzone 2, and Gran Turism... : irrerno
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                    how can they have better graphics if there is no counterpart? he is talking about crossplatform. 360 has ... : razorblade79
                    • updates installs : razorblade79
                  • lol, Killzone 2's graphics are only achieved by using an FOV so small it ruins the game. I swear the FOV ... : edgewise
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              Launch titles, sure. But I doubt you could even tell the difference between cross platform games release... : CyCo_PL
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                Even Bayonetta, which isn't out yet, is getting some press for the PS3 version looking worse. : Fayk
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                  I can't compare them because it isn't out, but Rocco from Mega64 in their newest podcast pointed out that... : CyCo_PL
                  • Err, the differences between the two versions. : CyCo_PL
                • Isn't the PS3 version being ported by Sega or something, rather than the original developer? : Vincent Grayson
            • Most multiplatform games look very close. Only terrible recent one i can think of is Ghostbusters. Bayo... : irrerno
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              Somebody who owns just a ps3 wouldn't care about the slight differences though. : razlebol
              • this is exactly right. : edgewise
          • 360 console exclusives(by that I mean they can be on PC, but not other consoles): Fable 2, Mass Effect, A... : uncle slappy
      • The wi-fi is garbage :( : Milleh
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      Straight out of the box I'm not really seeing it. The PS3 offers more as a standard device. Gaming select... : ieGod
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        I disagree. The biggest thing going for the 360 is that it has better exclusives and that cross platform ... : edgewise
        • I personally think ps3 has better exclusives. The dualshock 3 is not a bad controller. The only thing t... : irrerno
        • I do agree with most of this. : Milleh
        • I don't buy the controller argument, the DS3 is great. As for better exclusives that's debatable too. I m... : ieGod
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      I hear you, obviously subjective, but the slim with bluray and wireless is tasty. : massdev
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        unfortunately the wireless isn't very good. : edgewise
        • It is if you have a good router. Wired is still the best for gaming. Cell phones, microwaves, and other... : irrerno
    • In what way? I have both, and consider the ps3 a much better value due to wifi and bluray. : DogDharma
  • YOUR OPINION IS WRONG : CyCo_PL
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  I prefer the XMB but I still can't handle the sparkles : Serpico74
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    Turn them off then : irrerno
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      I did within moments of the update. : Serpico74
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        Why complain about something you can disable : irrerno
        • he said he can't handle them (and therefore turned them off), simmer down bubbles : fishbone
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  I like the sparkles, but I think the NXE has better discoverability than the XMB. : Dave-A
  • Discoverability? : irrerno
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    What does this mean : abrasion
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      It means every time you use the NXE, you discover it all over again because it's so fucking unintuitive y... : Vincent Grayson
      • I was actually tempted to follow up with that response :) : abrasion
      • hahaha : Milleh
• I don't really care for either of them, but both get the job done. : yakz
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  The PS3's UI is far better overall, though the friends list and messenger are abysmal in comparison to wh... : Link.
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    I wouldn't say far better, but definitely more intuitive. : edgewise
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      But you would say live is far than PSN better right? : irrerno
      • I don't have enough experience with PSN to say for myself, but that's the common conception. : edgewise
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  Too bad it takes fucking half an hour to start a game usually if it has to apply updates and install it. : ryuuseki
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    I have never had this problem. : RuffasBluetain
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      never played Little Big Planet? : edgewise
      • nope, is that some sort of Wii kiddo shit? lololololol : Downforce
      • I own it. I guess the installation experience never tormented me so much that I still remember it. : RuffasBluetain
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    Yeah, I remember when I first got my PS3 I was all excited until I was stuck at an update screen for 30 m... : jingletard
    • MGS4's handling of installs was pretty bad. I would have preferred one big install at the start versus t... : IndigoAK
  • Little big planet is probably the greatest offender of this. Though it is not the norm. : irrerno
  • This is one of my complaints, the constant installs / long patch download times / installs, really get an... : Milleh
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  I like the PS3 UI as it's much more sleeker and simpler than the 360's UI. However, I prefer the 360 beca... : Mmmmmoo
  • I definitly prefer the 360 for gaming, no question there. : Milleh
• I used to like the XMB better hands-down but since they cluttered it the hell up in the 3.0 firmware it's... : rudds
• I prefered the original Xboax dashboard but the NXE update I hate with passion. My dealings with the PS3... : bld
• I really miss the original PS3 boot sound, the new one is similar but I adored the old one, also the UI o... : abrasion
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  The NXE is absolutely horrible. But at the same time my experience has been that people who aren't especi... : peanut-
  • The NXE makes me feel like im constantly browsing thru the most hated parts I have with the Mac OS. When... : bld
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    We've got both here, and I live with my in-laws. Explaining to them how to use the PS3 has always been wo... : Vincent Grayson
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      I consistently have trouble finding my downloaded demos vs downloadable demos on the store - the naming s... : abrasion
      • Agreed. I hate the way advertising is integrated into virtually every aspect of the 360 UI. It's confusin... : Vincent Grayson
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  i like the sparkles too : Mansmells
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    Me too : irrerno
    • let's bump uglies : Mansmells
  • Yeah, I like the new interface. And I definitely prefer the PS3's UI to the 360's. I haven't touched my : valael
• Both are total crap. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  I do like the PS3 GUI better, but I like the online experience on the XBox MUCH more. : Thresher
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    What does online have to do with the GUI? Seriously, people. : treefingers1
    • Absolutely nothing. Simply stating my opinion. : Thresher
• I don't understand why MS has this beautiful MCE interface implemented for media, and yet we are forced t... : biofrog

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  Sopranos, Dexter, Futurama, Southpark. : abrasion
  • seen them all silly abrasion! : moshman
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  Bones? Fringe? Dollhouse? House? : IndigoAK
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    haven't seen Bones or Dollhouse. which one is better? :) : moshman
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      Dollhouse is a little contrived, has arch. Bones is light whodunnit fare with humour. : d fluke
      • OK, "little contrived" is not accurate. The concept/title itself is a plot device to get hot chicks on-sc : d fluke
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      I'd say Bones is the better show. It's lighthearted crime procedural about a lab run by a forensic anthr... : IndigoAK
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        But here's the twist: the FBI agent is a VAMPIRE. : Alice O'Connor
        • a vegan vampire! :( : moshman
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      Did you see Firefly? Watch nothing else if you haven't seen Firefly yet. : BlackCat9
      • yeah, watched the fuck out of that and have serenity on hd-dvd (lol) : moshman
• I just started watching Kings, which is pretty cool. It features Al Swearengin from Deadwood (also totall... : BlackCat9
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  Deadwood seems popular. I haven't got round to it yet. And just because I watched it recently, the BBC... : rock elf
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    deadwood is the dr.who spinoff isn't it? watched that a bit on bbc but can't stand it : moshman
    • my mum was raving about the thick of it too. will have to check that out on on-demand : moshman
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      No, Deadwood is a western based on historical events that was on Showtime. Torchwood is the Dr. Who spino... : BlackCat9
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        oh right, i did hear good things about that too : moshman
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          It is very good. I had trouble getting into it at first, because they introduce a lot of characters at th... : BlackCat9
          • I'll grab that on DVD then. thanks! : moshman
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        it was on HBO you cocksucker !! : gmd
        • cockducker : Dave-A
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          I'm sorry, you goddamned hooplehead! : BlackCat9
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            did anyone ever keep track of how many times that was actually said within the series? : gmd
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              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpsKKPuTYCI : gmd
              • Haha. I love the ones between Swearengen and Woo. : BlackCat9
  • Yes, yes The Thick of It is superb. This is as good a place as any to point out hey, London Shackers, ... : Alice O'Connor
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  TWIN PEAKS : bipolar
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    watched that years ago, was thinking of getting that complete box set though. : moshman
    • The Gold Box edition is pretty damn nice, even has the real pilot instead of the ridiculous European pilo... : bipolar
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  Peep Show is great if you're in the mood for some comedy. True Blood is decent as well so far - I can onl... : Guybrushed
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    seen peep show, always catch that as it's on. true blood I haven't been able to get into really : moshman
    • I struggled to get into True Blood but by about 6 episodes in, I was hooked and it's not disappointed. I ... : marmite
• Castle. : g0nk
• FRINGE : exmx
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  Carnivàle? : ryuuseki
  • Great story. Disappointing ending. : BlackCat9
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  CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM - i just went through season 1 to 6 in the past few weeks. larry david is fucking hi... : fsck
  • love it, seen them all at least twice. : moshman
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  Six Feet Under : nutop
  • how dare you assume i've not seen that?? :) : moshman
• Sons of Anarchy : PhoenixArisen
• Mad Men is great. : Affliated
• True Blood, Generation Kill : marmite
• thanks for all the suggestions fags! : moshman
• Supernatural is a great show. I highly recommend it and Breaking Bad. : Evan_C

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  Jezzz I want to hate this game so much, but when 2 out of 4 threads in ER are about it, it's hard not to ... : DogDharma
  • I've done about 100 since tuesday about it. ;) : DianeOfTheMoon
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    Don't worry, I'm sure we'll have another "I just watched a youtube video and here's my review" set of pos... : walker270
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      Well I don't doubt the game is good but it doesn't seem like my style for 2 reasons: brutally hard, and v... : DogDharma
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        IMO, it's hardness is really overblown. It's not easy, but I wouldn't call it "brutally hard" either. : walker270
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          Depends on how you play it. After 1-1, 1-2, and 2-1, it get's real hard real fast. Especially if, like ... : TheVietSpecial
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            Playing pure anything in this game seems like a bad idea, and the game will own you for it. Enemies have... : walker270
            • Lol that's what I was getting at.... I learned it the hard way when I got roflstomped by so many things a... : TheVietSpecial
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        Meh, it's not that hard if you have the wiki to help. Then again, I'm not that far, and royalty class is ... : nevlos
        • Playing as a Knight, I've learned two things: - Upgrade your weapons. That "+1" is badass, and higher... : walker270
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  i stopped by blockbuster to rent it since i cant find any news on a demo coming out, and they didnt even ... : QMS|superdave
  • Haha, when I went to EB to buy it they told me they were sold out, but there was one last copy hiding in ... : nevlos
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  I'm ready to get home and play but 1-2 has sort of crushed my spirits. Maybe I just suck at the game. : bRAINsick
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    Yeah, that pissed the fuck out of me. Do you creep up as far as you can (usually behind carts) before run... : nevlos
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      I can get through most of it easily. The blue knights are bastards and the boss pwns me. But I think I ... : bRAINsick
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        If you're playing a melee character, take the time to kill the Red Dragon. There's a spear along the : walker270
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          I'll give it a shot. I have soul arrow so as long as I can hit the damn thing I should be able to take h... : bRAINsick
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            There's a bow somewhere in the level, too. Just go in there with ~200 arrows and whittle him down from o : walker270
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              The 1st tower ftw. : notdeadyeti
              • Yeah, took me ~150 arrows with the short composite bow you find on the second tower. : Majuju
      • For what it's worth, it took me four boss tries and about an hour of running back and forth to be able to : DianeOfTheMoon
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        Haha my pansy royalty character got me through 1-2...I soul arrow'ed the blue knights and boss from afar.... : Rasnowl
        • Then again I upgraded my scimitar (+2) and two heavy slashes takes down a blue knight. I feel awesome no... : Rasnowl
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  update: i still want to play and no one has provided me with a ps3 : mwasher
  • I am entitled to one you know. : mwasher
• Nobody around here has it : ( You guys got me all excited too : the_burd
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  I bought the only copy my Gamestop had. Figures that it was open and they were going to put it on display... : ArcKnight
  • This sounds like Psychonauts all over again. People want to play it, but the big stores don't have any c... : treefingers1
  • The Gamestop I picked it up at actually had like a video review of it playing on one of the TVs there, sa... : Guypz0r
• Picked up the last copy at Fry's for $50. : byorn
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  im getting womped by the 2-2 boss. im a knight, and my only ranged attack is the fire spell, so that h... : BaronVonSnakPak
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    That boss was stressful enough that my hands were shaking once I was done. What I started doing was equi : DianeOfTheMoon
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      where do you get that shield? i have the steel shield and the heater shield from 1-1. : BaronVonSnakPak
      • You can get it in zone 1-1, where the dragon is. You can get it by running to the bridge to lure him out : DianeOfTheMoon
    • Ha, this is the exact same thing I did, except I was using a claymore for the single hits. That boss was ... : ucanbfuzzy
  • I fought him up close. Man to man. Fucking felt so good when he fell. : Malku
  • If you have spells, you should go back and buy soul arrow for 1000 souls. I'm a melee character, but that... : silent prophet
• As soon as someone gets bored or gives up on the game, I'll be happy to buy it off of their hands. : kallanta
• i just took down 2-1 as well in my first try. used every single herb i had but managed to kill that fuck... : eeeealmo
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  best place to farm souls? : pancake humper
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    So far for me it's 4-2, run into the first room with the monster that looks like death, shoot him with ar... : ghost in my shell
    • Just wait till you get to the end of that level. I'm making ~12-15k souls in two minutes, tops. : ucanbfuzzy
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    Farm the final stage of the 4th world after you've killed the boss. With an XP ring you can get 25-30k in... : dissembler
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      Where is this XP ring? : pancake humper
      • You can buy it from an NPC in world 3 or you can find it in the same world. : dissembler
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  Playing as a Wanderer is hard :( Also the fact that I have no online capabilities makes it even harder ca... : kikilupo
  • Yeah, playing without messages is a pain! : DianeOfTheMoon
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  Thief class is almost like easy mode, roll, roll, backstab. Just one-shotted the 2-2 boss :smug: : ghost in my shell
  • Yeah I love my thief so far. Nimble bastard. : jigstah
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  I hate World 5 so much. Poison god damned swamp. : ucanbfuzzy
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    It does, I just got snail'd. If you are a player who likes to roll you are gonna hate that shithole. : ghost in my shell
    • It's easily the most excruciating place to be in the game. Not rolling sucks, for sure, but ignoring that... : ucanbfuzzy
• full chainmail or full assassin's armor for a wanderer? the assassin's armor isn't very protective but h... : eeeealmo
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  I died in 2-2 so put down my blue stone and was summoned as a Phantom. I thought if I helped kill the Dem... : David Craddock
  • you help someone else to end up being revived, and then once you are in your body, you summon other peopl... : eeeealmo
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  I've done 1-1 and 2-1. Which should I tackle next? I tried 2-2 and died a couple times so I'm kind of pi... : skinlab133
  • 5-1 is pretty easy, and 3-1 isn't too bad once you get the octupus guy's patterns down. : DianeOfTheMoon
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  add me to PSN for some coop action. pancake_humper : pancake humper
  • Added. Add me. Jigstah. : jigstah
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    So how does it actually work? : Kentor
    • basically you setup predetermined locations within the level to meet up. The person places the soul and t... : pancake humper
  • I missed you message, sorry man. : warcrow
  • me too Tashtego76 : tashtego
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  anyone in Austin have this game and want to invite me over? i'll bring beer. : mwasher
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    It's hilarious watching you mope in each of these threads. I hope you manage to figure something out tho... : Rasnowl
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      I will be inundated with new games to play very soon so it's all good. I really enjoy reading all the s... : mwasher
      • It'll still be around when you finally get around to getting a PS3. : Boxelder
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  Newb question: so I had 1000 souls in the first stage and was kicking ass. I got one-shotted by a dude ... : jigstah
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    You can get those souls back by going back to where you died and touching your blood stain. If you were t... : skinlab133
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      Oh awesome levers are saved that all I care about. Thanks. : jigstah
      • Yeah, the game throws you a lot of bones with checkpoints and stuff. If you pull levers/switches to open... : CyCo_PL
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  Just had the pleasure of meeting the huge fucking boss knight of doom at the end of 1-2. What the fucking... : Ctrl-Phreak
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    He has a strategy and I think most people do him just after 1-1. You just have to figure out what his we... : DianeOfTheMoon
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      Apparently I have lots of "bad" gaming left in me. After getting owned by him 4 times, I think it's time ... : Ctrl-Phreak
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        You gotta stick and move, man, stick and move. : AndyGoin
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          I was in the process of sticking and moving behind his ankle and he jumped backwards and smushed me :( : Ctrl-Phreak
          • Hah, he managed to jumped up onto the stairs for me and I basically swore until he got back down. : Majuju
  • dont forget to use turpentine : snidely sid
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  to those who havent tried, the Tower of Latria (4-1?) is the most amazing level so far. fucking incredib... : eeeealmo
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    Yeah, it's a great level. Spent a lot of time there, enjoyed it all. 3-1 BTW : Boxelder
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      is there a boss up that huge staircase and in the cathedral? i've got about 9k souls i want to spend and... : eeeealmo
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        yeah, before you go in make sure you kill that guy chanting a spell way off in the balcony corner or she : Boxelder
        • yea already got him : eeeealmo
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      also how do you help the blue guy? i can't open his cell or find a key :( : eeeealmo
      • I think it's on the bottom floor it's called the special cell key : Boxelder
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    Incredibly intense, I was so nervous getting into those cages. Definitely my favorite level so far. P... : TheVietSpecial
    • o [ ] o (no spaces) : eeeealmo
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    Agh, I need help with those octopus guys]o. I try to range attack them and they two shot me, i get to mel : Adm.Snackbar
    • try fire spells : Boxelder
• valcan didn't like it so i won't be wasting my time : [fry]
• Wahoo! Just one-shot the 1-2 boss, and now I have enough strength to use the big fuckoff purple shield. ... : Majuju
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  4-2 just raped and murdered me almost instantly. That zone is serious business. : Boxelder
  • Compound longbow is your friend against that first grim reaper dude. : CyCo_PL
• I don't like this game, but I love the bosses. : Tawler
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  My friend keeps watching me and saying it looks boring as shit. Fuck him :( : Malku
  • tell your friend to make himself useful and blow you. : massdev
  • Let him play and see how much it "bores" him. Spend all of your souls beforehand, because he's gonna los... : CyCo_PL
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  Woot just finished 5-3. That was fun and creepy as fuck. I'm sad though my escore npc died in 1-3, I a... : ghost in my shell
  • Should be there when yoyo back? : nevlos
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  I <3 this game but I'm having a hard time finding new loot to help me with my progress. I came close to ... : grayscale
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    I'm starting to have this problem myself. Even through I have learned to start loving my spear and bow I'... : kikilupo
    • Use your shards! They are easy to farm, AFAIK : nevlos

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  Usually console chipset contracts include fabrication rights for the chips in question in the event that ... : RomSteady
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    Yea, as I thought about it I think it would almost end up being better for Sony. They could buy the right... : DogDharma
    • If it's a bankruptcy for nVidia, they'd still be getting a royalty per chip pressed (although it would be... : RomSteady
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  Kind of off topic, but I prefer ATI as a company. If Nvidia go down, ATI will pretty much be the domin... : Mr. Goodwrench
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    Intel will eventually find a way into the graphics market with Larrabee. Intel maybe the only company tha... : thecatinthehat
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      Tough market to break into given the engineering requirement. Becoming a contender with ATI would be a he... : Shodai80
      • If anyone has the financial might to do it, it's Intel. : Whistler77
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        It's not as if people don't switch jobs. I'm sure there's dozens of engineers at Intel with a few GPUs un... : uncleanmonkey
        • (not to mention Intel could just hire the best and the brightest from NVidia if they go under) : uncleanmonkey
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    Take Creative as an example. They bought out every other sound hardware manufacturer years ago, to the... : Mr. Goodwrench
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      On board audio has also gotten a lot better. : thecatinthehat
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        I'd rather have a bad soundcard than a good onboard sound chip. I can tell the difference very easily. : Mr. Goodwrench
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          No, you can't. : Yanks
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            Yes, ok. Obviously you must be right, because you believe so. : Mr. Goodwrench
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              Or because you're wrong. : Ebu
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                I like turtles : Mr. Goodwrench
                • I like traffic lights. : Ebu
          • Oh yes you can. On board sound on most motherboards is noisy as hell. : Fred Garvin
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          If the audio isn't being run through DACs on the mainboard (eg, outputted over SP/DIF or optically) then ... : Toraz Chryx
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            Why would you bother with anything less than SP/DIF? : Mr. Goodwrench
            • If you're using SP/DIF as a minimum, how exactly is it going to be noisy as hell unless the external DAC ... : Toraz Chryx
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            Different software mixers used by different chipset makers can change the balance of the sound radically.... : Fred Garvin
            • That's dependent on the chipset and software pertaining to it though, not whether it's onboard or not.... : Toraz Chryx
        • Not if you're using digital output, which anyone caring about sound quality would be doing anyways... : batkiwi
        • bahah no you can't. : fishbone
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      Uhm, what? : pres589
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        You heard me : Mr. Goodwrench
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          "They bought out ever other sound hardware manufacturer years ago" - no they didn't. "The only real ch... : pres589
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            I want evidence : Mr. Goodwrench
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              They never bought Turtle Beach or M-Audio or Behringer or MOTU. Those four I thought of in as many secon... : pres589
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                When I said PC sound hardware, I meant generally gamers with audio hardware. If you look at any e-tail... : Mr. Goodwrench
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                  http://www.newegg.com/store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=57&Tpk=sound%20card http://www.amazon.com/s/ref... : derelict515
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                    Like I said, a few years back. : Mr. Goodwrench
                    • give it up : derelict515
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                    On a side note, I think Newegg moving Sound Cards into the Input category was a STUPID decision. I was g... : IndigoAK
                    • yeah I only found them because I searched 'sound card' once I didn't see them on the 'Computer Parts' dro... : derelict515
              • Also: Realtek and C-Media : deject
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            lol you could have just typed "no u" and saved yourself some time. : Whistler77
            • I kind of thought I did that already. : pres589
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            why did you write [sic]? : crummynz
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              If I say something about improper grammar on the part of the OP I will get called a grammar nazi and prob... : pres589
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                I was trying to figure out the grammar error. : crummynz
                • I think he misread it. : Ebu
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                  "a" should have been "to" based on the plural nature of "manufacturers" juxaposed against the singular na... : pres589
                  • he was using play as a noun : MamiyaOtaru
                  • You're a gramma-dummy. Also, juxaposed(sic)? : heartsauce
        • No I didn't. Do I need a creative sound card to hear you? : bashildy@speakeasy.net
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  lol go under? seriously? : eeeealmo
  • hay guys remember me.. it's 3dfx : _jon
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  I don't think you realize how much spare cash Nvidia has on hand : nickjolly
  • Or how much financing they could obtain. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  I'd like to know what happens with Intel versus AMD, speaking of that. If Nvidia goes down and ATI reign... : jingletard
  • err Dual/Quad core was more successful than ever last year this year. : jingletard
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    That said, ATI are doing a lot better than Nvidia....and ATI is owned by AMD.....so does ATI give excess ... : Mr. Goodwrench
    • Right, this is what I'm wondering... are they that interconnected that if one goes under, the other does ... : jingletard
    • I think ATI has been fully merged into AMD at this point. ATI is now just a brand. : IndigoAK
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      Soo... you're advocating being a fanboy? : SigENeaT
      • I'm advocating a change in domination. : Mr. Goodwrench
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    Once CPUs reach a certain level of parallelism their resources will begin to be used for rendering. Intel... : SpaecKow
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      I look forward to a day where multicore processors (think like 1000+ cores) each have a core allocated to... : everybodysuncle
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        while it will certainly help, processing power isn't really our primary problem on the AI front. Of cours... : derelict515
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          5 years if Moore's Law has anything to say about it. : zerog83
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            what? we have quad core as a commodity now, so in 5 years we'll have more like 64 not 1000. And that's if... : derelict515
            • or we'll have 32 full on OOOE cores and 512 inorder cores (just picture a 32 core i7 with 512 Larrabee... : Toraz Chryx
• Companies that big generally don't go under so much as be acquired and reorganized. : riptyde
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  Link to nvidia being in trouble plz. Google seems to have failed me. : godm0de
  • www.atifanboys.com not a real link btw : gyokuro
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    They aren't so much in "trouble" at least not that they have officially announced. But, they are pulling... : SolrFlare
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      I believe they already stated the rumor about pulling out of the high end market as being 100% false info... : cetra00
      • Yeah, I pretty much figured that would be the case. : SolrFlare
      • nVidia pointed that out, yes. They also said that Fermi board they showed was real, before recanting and... : MamiyaOtaru
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      I have two HP laptops with the 7600 go gpu that have both failed and had to be sent back for motherboard ... : palewussy
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        Yeah, the 7600 and 8600 GPUs are notorious for failing, frequently. Other models in the 7000 and 8000 li... : SolrFlare
        • OH SHI. My laptop has a 8600, hasn't failed yet /knocks on wood. : nyranger66
  • ARS covered the chipset thing here: http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/10/day-of-nvidia-chipset-re... : NoCopy
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  if they go under? lol what : kill9
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    ATI got bought by AMD. Nvidia has no one. Intel doesn't need nvidia to survive. Can Nvidia survive with j : gyokuro
    • trident will make a remarkable comeback and acquire nvidia... : j0nchan
• Bitboys Oy will rise from the ashes and Glaze 3D will smack all asses. : pimpium
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  nvidia has had 3 quarters of net loss (the last being due to warranty claims) and has over $1B in cash h... : factor27
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    I'd imagine AMD's assets could bankroll Nvidia quite a few times over. : Shodai80
    • If you're talking about fabs, they split those off into GlobalFoundries a while ago. I don't know what ot... : SpikeMeister
• They will not go under anytime soon. Nvidia has the majority of the graphics card market and half of its ... : SnakeIRye
• THey are just dropping out of the chipset business where they have been taking massive losses. Too bad as... : Pettytheft

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  Also: this is with like speedboost or something as I'm getting 56k speeds here. : buzzbat
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    test with http://www.pingtest.net - bet you're having other problems. : Conan
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      This might be completely coincidental, but after I ran pingtest my internet went fast again. There is no ... : buzzbat
      • Haiku is just that awesome at web design. : Prozium
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  Is this your direct cable modem connection or is this access provided by the apartment? : Prozium
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    free wireless provided by apartment, usually pretty good speeds but the last few hours were shittacular : buzzbat
    • well there's your answer, fishbulb : opengl128
    • one of your neighbors just learned what a .torrent file is : goatboy
• http://www.speedtest.net/result/587903290.png I'm only paying 40 a month for this connection so I can'... : soggybagel
• http://www.speedtest.net/result/587916184.png I'm digging my download...just wish my up was a tad more. ... : Dookeyfingers
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  Internet Do you use drivers for your ethernet card from the manufacturer website or just the stock Win... : jingletard
  • I had the same problem on a M2N-32 Deluxe. When I dropped back to the default windows drivers for my ethe... : ucanbfuzzy
• http://www.speedtest.net/result/587942044.png : rmjackson
• Hah you're at Houghton? It's probably the wireless pr0n being pushed around. Sausage fest up there. : kagath
• here's charter for me: http://www.speedtest.net/result/587955039.png : valael
• http://www.speedtest.net/result/587957294.png lol i'm at work :( : Sapiens
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  what the fuck you are in Houghton? : mysled
  • Marquette : buzzbat
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  YOU ARE IN HOUGHTON?!!?1?1?!?!!?! : Drakoniac
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    Hey I already posted asking if he was in Houghton you just want to have a sausage fest like Kagath said d... : mysled
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      shut the fuck up this doesn't concern you. : Drakoniac
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        make me. : mysled
        • ^^^^ Shacker foreplay. : ArcKnight
• http://www.speedtest.net/result/587977237.png not bad for $40/month. It sucks when I want to upload larg... : Wheatloaf
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  You've got a potty mouth. : schwinky
  • Are you squiky's cousin? : spazzium
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  Feast your eyes upon my FIOS and suffer: http://www.speedtest.net/result/588014815.png : LoioshDwaggie
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    http://www.speedtest.net/result/588020088.png Not bad for a backwards country eh? : abrasion
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      That's some good speeds. Is that in or out side of that self-protection firewall they have? : LoioshDwaggie
      • It's ADSL - there's little need for uploads in general, voice chat and gaming are fine at 80kb uploads, I... : abrasion
  • http://www.speedtest.net/result/588038604.png :) dunno whats up with my upload today, should be closer... : moshman
  • its your ping that i want. : Turd Ferguson
• Charter sucks fat dick. : Madwacker
• charter is a little like mace, they fuck everyone in the ass. : StolenNosferatu
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  http://www.speedtest.net/result/588264733.png - hooray for Comcast. : Crw22
  • your comcast is better than my cox http://www.speedtest.net/result/588268976.png : skizl
  • http://www.speedtest.net/result/588284615.png Comcast here too.. although technically I'm on the 15mbps p... : sludge vohaul

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  I tried a year and a half ago but nobody cared. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16604333#itemancho... : Prozium
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    I wish I'd noticed then :( GOM and VLC suck cock for usability even if the codec support is awesome. : abrasion
    • VLC seems really slow on my PC compared to MPC... For bonus marks, use MPC-HC with a Logitech G15 keyb... : SigENeaT
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      I like GOM, why do you say it sucks cocks? It doesn't suck my cock :( : gakera
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        Double click, space bar, enter - all these keys do not work how they should. : abrasion
        • Which is why they're customizable. I change them around too. : sirkne
• VLC, despite my dislike for it, plays everything I throw at it :/ : Shodai80
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  It still does not have native subtitle support *sigh* : sanchez
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    What do you mean by "native" here, because it does have built-in support (based on gabest's vobsub, IIRC)... : GreatGooglyMoogly
    • I've got mkvs that it won't let you enable subtitles unless you install directvodsub : sanchez
  • um, yes it does : Mr. Goodwrench
• I've known about that for ages. It's the successor to MPC, and the biggest thing is that it added DXVA. : batkiwi
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  It's been in CCCP for more than a year so you don't have an excuse. : Sapiens
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    Who still installs those nasty codec packs? Best way to ruin a system installing those. I use VLC, GOM, ... : abrasion
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      I find the fact that you have to use four media players amusing. Or maybe you use four because you're ab... : Sapiens
      • And it's more of a filter pack than a codec pack, really. : Sapiens
      • It's very simple, WMP11 I have no choice, MPC replaces WMP11, since it uses Windows codecs (so technica... : abrasion
    • Vista/win7 codec packis the hot shit for media centers. ESP with the multicore processing : CoRDS
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      Ok, so GOM installs a codec pack as part of its setup routine though. : enyakk
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        I didn't know that, I thought GOM itself had the decoders somehow built inside the program? : abrasion
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          I could be wrong, but I think it installs codecs. Only VLC has completely built in codecs AFAIK. : enyakk
          • I know that because if you try to start Bioshock with GOM player installed on the system there's actually... : enyakk
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        No, GOM uses ffmpeg, just like VLC and ffdshow. GOM player is even listed on ffmpeg's "Hall of Shame" ... : rock elf
        • If you read the issue, you'd see it's pretty much been resolved: http://roundup.ffmpeg.org/roundup/ffmpeg... : sirkne
    • I do. CCCP all the way here. I only use one player for everything. : GreatGooglyMoogly
    • cccp is not actually a nasty codec pack though, it's the exception that proves the rule, read up on it : OrkO
    • CCCP is fine, nothing nasty about it. : d fluke
    • I don't know why you think it's nasty. Everything about CCCP is awesome. : razlebol
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  I use XBMC with the excellent Aeon Skin: http://xbmc.org/ http://xbmc.org/skins/aeon/ Plays everythi... : NoCopy
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    I tried XBMC for PC and found it to be sluggish shit compared to the Xbox version and it certainly didn't... : abrasion
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      god that looks so awesome for the loungeroom, why oh why did Sony block XBMC for the PS3 >:( : abrasion
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        They didn't block it specifically... 1. New PS3s won't run linux 2. They never gave access to the GPU... : batkiwi
        • I forgot about 1 but 2 there was a loophole found and they closed it >:( : abrasion
    • Both actually. I have it on a HTPC and now using it on my desktop. I agree with you it doesn't make the m... : NoCopy
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  I've gone though MPC, Media Player Classic, Zoom Player, etc however Windows 7 moved me back to Windows M... : cetra00
  • MPC-HC that is. : cetra00
• I've had little niggling issues with just about every player I have tried. I'll give this a shot and mayb... : nodebug
• MPHC is as close to perfection as I have ever found. I've used it, and MDC before it, for years. Oh, e... : Perturbation
• should i delete MPC and install this? : niceguynick
• GPU accelerated video playback instructions for MPC-HC here: http://nunnally.ahmygoddess.net/watching-h26... : TrptJim