Evening Reading: Boxed In

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• everyone has already played it weeks ago : dantastic
• i agree on all counts. hasn't dethroned BG2 as my favorite RPG of all time, but it comes close. : robosextoid
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  chkchk sound? : Senate5000
  • traps, maybe? i did a lot of 'FUUUUU NO GODDAMMIT DONT WALK THERE' : xsoulbrothax
  • I would guess it's the walking sound : henrikb
• what chkchk sound? : biofrog
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  I like the game alot, I agree with your penalties conclusion it was a step in the right direction. I don'... : Mondo
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    I'd say Dragon Age is every bit as good as KOTOR if not better. Actually I'd say for most people it comes... : K1Bond007
    • Dragon Age is way better than KOTOR, its hard to compare the two seeming bioware has learnt from alot of ... : thewindcriesmary
• My mage died in the final battle when I wasn't looking and I had to go without "cone of I fucking win". S... : K1Bond007
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  Once my thief spotted a trap my party wouldn't trigger them. : Pettytheft
  • They would try to walk around the when possible but often they would get a little to close and set them o... : johnlocks
• On the note about the AI not noticing the fighting in the next room. I don't think I've ever seen a game ... : johnlocks
• To me it was a dumbed down nwn2 with better acting. Systems are all less complex. Classes are flattened. ... : steelsamurai
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  heh, I went through the entire game casting cold of cold maybe 4 times. From what I've heard, I'm happy ... : valael
  • I tried to cast "Storm of the Century" whenever I could. Such a good spell. :| : Rice-Rocketeer
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  I feel like I´m the only one that never used cone of cold in my game(on normal)... : gebz
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    Same here. I have it on Morrigan but I never use her anymore. From what every is saying it's pretty cheap... : Reeves
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      I felt cheap using sleep, waking nightmare, force field and crushing prison :) : gebz
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        I've been saying this in every Dragon Age thread, but mages are ridiculously powerful. Ridiculously. : Rice-Rocketeer
        • They're mages. it's fucking magic. : Juno
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          Yeah, ridiculously powerful, until you fight a major boss, then its RESIST RESIST RESIST RESIST RESIST NO... : Nighteyes
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            that´s why mages should have the standard heal at least, that´s pretty much their only use in boss ... : gebz
            • Well, to be far, they are useful for staff DPS. Since it can't miss or be blocked, you have a constant st... : Nighteyes
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            Fuck Resists! http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=HowAMageRolls_kfnhpsxjpq5ysl9omvbm.jpg Boss Fight Sp... : Werkin
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              that combo did not work once for me : gebz
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                I think bosses are immune to freeze+crit insta-death, no matter what skill. It still takes a good chunk o... : tashtego
                • While not technically a boss the first Alpha Ogre I encountered succumbed to CoC + Shatter. I didn't thi... : Derringer
        • They should be. It's GOOD to see them getting something in return for their weaknesses. Plus one of tho... : DinK
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  Has anyone actually managed to make a viable ranged bow class yet? everything i've read about the class s... : thewindcriesmary
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    I bult Leliana as an Archer, she sucked bigtime early on, but I found her to be very strong later. My ... : gebz
    • Same, she is kicking ass now : Mondo
  • Yes. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21531296#itemanchor_21531296 Playing on hard. It's mostly... : walker270
• Controls? Bad? On the 360 yes, but it is as good as it can get on the PC. What "chkchk" sound are you... : herradura99
• Racist! Not all of us elves live in the woods. Some of us are hardened criminals, born to a tough life on... : Juno
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  I still haven't beat it :( Though I am approaching the end. I think I have one Plot/Blight related quest ... : f4lln
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    Isn´t that the way D&D was aswell, mages start out weak but become seriously strong later on. : gebz
    • Mages didn't exactly start out weak, either. The thing about balance is, it's largely irrelevant since... : walker270
• I have to admit that World of Warcraft and Diablo fucked a bit with my head... I didn´t use any runes ... : gebz
• I think the reasoning behind the Cone of Cold being so powerful. A big part of the ability is to freeze ... : Crimsonbeak
• I think the controls on the PC are as good as any 3rd person game I have played. As for the setting, it'... : Salad Sammich
• I swear I'll never tire of the standard fantasy setting. Keep giving me beautiful RPGs in sword/elf/dwar... : DinK
• I have learned to call the Hold Position button the Retard Mode. If i turn it on my party does the stupi : Derringer

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  Nope. We are close don't get me wrong and I appreciate and agree with much of your sentiment but here is ... : massdev
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    One aspect of games that I find desensitizes me to any emotion the game might be trying to relay is the u... : David Craddock
    • This is a great post. : massdev
  • The only times I've ever cried after playing a game, were when I was playing Portal or Call of duty 4. : Amnesty_intl2
• People said this back in 1999. They'll say it again in 2019. And games will still get more immersive from... : DOOManiac
• maybe if you specifically mean what's possible in the 'shit blows up and people get killed' genre : derelict515
• There's this game called Modern Warfare 2 : notd665
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  Uncharted 2 might be a tight and awesome experience, but it's about as far from interactive as you can ge... : BlackCat9
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    This is true, but the characters, the world, and the story are far better than 99% of what Hollywood puts... : IndigoAK
    • is the fact that one of the best games of the year is of higher quality than 99% of film drivel really im... : derelict515
    • I thought the characters in both games were absolutely vapid, I felt like I was playing a bad Bruckheimer... : TabsAZ
  • you're really reaching : CecilPhilpot
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    thats so absurd i can't believe you posted it seriously. its a linear experience but its not a one-butto... : grendel
    • I never said I didn't like it. I thought it was pretty clear that I thought it was very well done. But st... : BlackCat9
  • It's one path, not one button. True that it's not interactive in the multiple-choice sense, but it is in... : qsylvr
  • as opposed to half life or batman? : spiderfill
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  Oh just stop. Why the hell does anyone feel the need to compare games to movies anyway? They are two diff... : locater16
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    Exactly. Movies and games tweak different parts of your psyche. IMHO games will have a tough time pushing : Serpico74
    • I disagree, there is absolutely no hard wall, or limitation on games as a medium in this regard. All ... : SpaecKow
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    When I finish a campaign of L4D, I feel like I have just participated in an epic action film. : dognose
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      same here, i always watch the credits : dignan
      • Yeah me too, even though I generally suck at everything but most zombies killed and headshots. : dognose
      • I am mostly at the bottom of all those credits and it annoys me when three people have voted to skip it a : Durajim
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      Dognose, I love the L4D series as much as the next guy but no offense, if L4D2 had a cock, you'd be gaggi... : prime8
      • No offence taken as it is all true. This is epic brilliance in gaming form. : dognose
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        He would? I would, and I could name a dozen other doods. Other games whose dicks I'd suck: - Deus Ex ... : SpaecKow
        • - System Shock 2 - Bioshock - Heavy Gear 2 : Flakmanz
• The best action movies nowadays are video games. : jabuck
• Plants vs Zombies. GOTY 2009! :) : SilverSnake
• The year was 2004, the games were: Splinter Cell: Pandora Tommorow (Most immersive Multiplayer game I'... : Amnesty_intl2
• cinema is a dying art, video games haven't even got started. gimme gimme gimme : cpt_gloval
• Not yet imho. But, we are getting close. I think the big jump in recent games has been the combination ... : SolrFlare
• Fallout 3 GOTY : matthaeus
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  what developer said something like "oh in 5 years everything will look like Toy Story" : gyokuro
  • I think it was Cliffy B. or Tim Sweeney, might have also been Carmack. : Amnesty_intl2
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  I'm LOLing this as hard as I can : Serpico74
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    Don't you work in the film industry? You're biased. :P : IndigoAK
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      Games and movies are two different mediums that stimulate different parts of your brain. I have yet to se : Serpico74
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        --> Ico : LoioshDwaggie
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          Love Ico, love SOTC, still stick by what I said : Serpico74
          • SOTC? Sucking On The Cock? Sorry. It's the first thing that popped in my head after seeing ILTC so much a... : prime8
      • Yes! If anything people need to equate games with porn. Does anyone expect to cry over porn? (except in s... : gooblerampling
      • some great games evoke emotions other than the basic fun, and how much impact they have on individual peo : razorblade79
  • I think the OP is embarrassingly hilarious/wrong too, and I agree with you that games and movies are diff... : veras
• close, but not yet. : happynoodle
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  Books are still the best. : Juno
  • Juno, I agree. : LoioshDwaggie
  • yep. books and music have indefinitely more value than games. it's true. and I really do love games : JohnnyDanger
• Whilst I don't agree, I would say that Assassin's Creed 2 is probably the best game at establishing a sen... : peanut-
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  I've never really felt particularly immersed in any game. : Sacred Sperm
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    Ever played L4D2 Hard Rain? With a great graphics card? Outside, in the cold? After huffing paint? : dognose
    • i can't see the rain :( : dignan
    • after huffing paint? lmao : technotica
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    I find great audio work helps immerse me in a game as much, if not more than, great graphics. System Sho... : pyrogen
    • I think I just end up too focused on the "game" part to pay much attention to the presentation. : Sacred Sperm
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  Dirt 2, Risen, really? : Milleh
  • yea the fact that risen is listed and not dragon age is kinda lol :( : eeeealmo
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  I think we should call it. Games have finally overtaken comic books when it comes to... Oh wait, these th... : gooblerampling
  • I think 2009 is the year that videogames officially have better graphics than books : veras
• Dawn of War 2 >:( : Degenerate
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  It really depends on what your in the mood for and type of movie/game your looking to get into. It thi... : technotica
  • the fact is movies and games can never really be directly compared. The way you become immersed in the me... : technotica

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• Damn that Jimmy Gibbs! : ConfusedUs
• ass-street also had him in-game and posted a screenshot the other day: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?i... : Arsenal
• he slings motor oil at you : GloriousCow
• Can't wait to get home and try this! : hax3d
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  Also the banter at the beginning of that level between Nick, Ellis and Coach is fucking great. I love the... : Dschinghis Khan
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    D. Khan you know that the characters could never compare to the originals. I knew this before even playin... : Drakoniac
    • You're so wrong it's like you're wrong. You're so wrong, you lost on Jeopardy. baby. : Dschinghis Khan
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      They're better than the originals. : eonix
      • I don't know about better but I was trolling, I am sorry. I never felt really connected to the characters... : Drakoniac
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  FAKE : Degenerate
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21546366#itemanchor_21546366 : Amadan
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      FAKE : Degenerate
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        If you weren't such a terrible player you might not have been incapped. Jimmy only appears to the worthy... : Amadan
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          that even if zombie Jimmy was real and only revealed himself to the worthy he wouldnt have picked Rochell... : Degenerate
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            Zombie Jimmy (unlike Living Jimmy) doesn't care about race when it comes to poontang. : AxeMan808
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              brown sugar, how come you taste so good? : Amadan
              • Because she's black. And he's a zombie. : Amadan
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  It isn't mud, it is supposed to be oil. http://www.l4dmods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4243&start=0&... : TroZ
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    also mentioned in the trivia here: http://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/Dead_Center : TroZ
    • That's awesome! I want to play it to find him now. :D : Aragoat
• Did anyone find mention of Chicago Ted in L4D2 yet? : Dave-A
• i killed him, it's true. he exists. : grifter
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  who the hell is Jimmy Gibbs? Google results mostly result in threads about him in l4d2. : Agrona
  • he's only the greatest nascar driver ever : GloriousCow
  • Americas greatest natural resource : Degenerate
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    Just the best stock car racer of all time. Try reading a book sometime. : Amadan
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      I thought that was Richard Petty or Dale Earnhart or that one guy that the fans either love or despise : bipolar
      • try. reading. a. book. : Amadan
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        Jimmy Gibbs isn't real. Neither is the rock band from Dark Carnival : Vincent Grayson
        • I haven't had a chance to play more than 1/2 of one map yet : bipolar
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          I thought the bad was supposed to be real. Seems like I read it somewhere. But maybe it was just viral : CRasterImage
          • bad = band : CRasterImage
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    It's pronounced Gimme Jibbs : Dave-A
    • hahahah nice! : .frame
    • heheh, thanks for saving this thread : cryptical
    • lol nice : deathofrats
    • he really loved to race sailboats. : yacoub35
    • Awesome : tomservo
  • The new Chicago Ted : WhatIsThisFor
  • How do you not know this?! He's like the best stock car driver EVER : MercFox1
  • "if the laws of nature allowed it, I would have his children" : Postal
  • wow... just wow : mrtony
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    Don't feel bad for not being a redneck like the people that replied to you. I didn't know who he was eit... : bipolar
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      Hahaha, I can't decide if you're being sarcastic or just stupid. : ArcKnight
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        Probably the latter. : bipolar
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          most of us were just quoting dialog from the game. One of the characters literally asks 'who the hell is : Amadan
          • bwuahhaha. I should've guessed I got it verbatim =) I should really play this sometime instead of just l... : Agrona
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      I've never heard of him. Not that that means much, but I am surprised at the responses. : photonzach
      • Surprised? If the laws of nature allowed it I would bear that mans child. : Malku
    • lol! : Godhatesfatpeople
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    lol : CRasterImage
    • I can't tell if bipolar is masterfully trolling or not :( : MercFox1
  • I did not know who this is either. : fleabug
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    God DAMN you, Jimmy Gibbs Jr. : Ely
    • Hey now, that's not cool. : kallanta
  • he's kind of a big deal. : J4NUS
• I thought I saw that when I played. It didn't occur to me though when there were 20 other zombies after m... : PointlesS76
• Yeah, yeah, sure you saw him. Keep telling yourself that. : Arcanum
• It makes sense he'd be a random spawn if they have the assets including sounds for the survivors to go wi... : pyide
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg2BEzkCUgE : Godhatesfatpeople

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• It's a helluva drug. : mechanicalgrape
• I drank a pitcher of Coke once. No big deal. : guido anchovy
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  I don't get how people drink soft drinks like soda to begin with. I'm talking specifically about people w... : haiku
  • I've quit many times but then I buy a pack or a 2L bottle and this is what happens :/ : sikander
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    I used to be on a Red Bull/Monster a day due to the culture of the last place I worked at. The random hea... : Afterglow
    • I used to have a Red Bull every day (the giant cans). When I'd go without one for a day or two, I'd get t... : Cihte
  • we'd be lost without our coffee, booze, smokes, pain pills, sugary juices, cokes, porn, dvds, games, 24-h... : aldraek
  • word. : yacoub35
  • i dont drink coffee or energy or sports drinks, but soda is my vice. : BaronVonSnakPak
  • Drinking tons of energy drinks this week since I have to stay up much later than normal for work. Not lo... : fanax
  • I drink 1-2 cans of diet coke per week, easy cafeinne delivery system. : MagicWishMonkey
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  only thing I use Coca-Cola for now is marinating steak. : Crimsonbeak
  • What. : bolneze
  • really?How long do you marinate them like that? if you boil baby back ribs in 50% water and 50%coke for a... : supermonkeyballz
  • that's interesting ...coke is acidic so I wouldn't think this would work : llamameat
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  I wish I could cut down to a 2L a day. My soda addiction is intense and I really need to cut it out entir... : InfoBiter
  • holy shit dude : busdriver3030
  • Jesus fuck : opengl128
  • wow and I thought I was bad. that is fucking terrible lol : eeeealmo
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    jesus christ that is so incredibly unhealthy it blows my mind : Yanks
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      I just ran the math. There is 27g of sugar in 8oz of coke. In a 2L bottle, there is ~68 fl oz. 3 2 : Yanks
      • I mean again, in lbs that's 1.5 pounds of sugar. Seriously. : Yanks
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        Like I said, I know =\ It's amazing I'm not a fatty! (probably helps that I'm overly active). It al... : InfoBiter
        • You probably have a fat ass liver : snuff
        • how about just switching to diet? : Cihte
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          im surprised you still have an esophagus and it hasn't been eaten away by the acidity of the soda. you'l... : eeeealmo
          • I think someone is trying to die. : Total Exodus
        • A friend with the same crazy habit made himself go from coke to iced tea to water. : swampangel
  • :( jesus : Bamtan
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    Please say it's sugar free soda. Otherwise you're on the fast track to diabetes. : LilCrypto
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      Even if it's sugar-free, I imagine those sugar substitutes are pretty awful in that quantity. : Vincent Grayson
      • im pretty sure everything is awful in that quantity : eeeealmo
      • that wont help. that shit is worse for you. : jdcope
  • 6 litres per day? go see a doctor : sikander
  • http://diabetes.webmd.com/ : d0pamine
  • Holy fucking DIABEETUS!!!!!!! : Drewus
  • headless? : riptyde
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    I drink at least a 12 pack a day :( : TigerRei
    • That's 486g, or a couple short of half a kilo of sugar. A little over 1 pound of sugar. Per day. : Yanks
  • I bet you have sugar crystals forming subdermally. Do you crackle when you walk? : sgtsanity
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    Do you weigh 300 pounds? : stump
    • or more? : yacoub35
  • I guess I don't have to tell you about diabetes at this point. : Moonbase Commander
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    Mark Mangino's diet is healthier than this : bipolar
    • and whoever he is, he has mangina in his name so that can't be healthy. : yacoub35
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    I think taking out 12 2L of Mt. Dew to the trash after 3 days is what prompted me to drop that shit and n... : rosewood
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      I've gotten a lot better about drinking other things around the house (for similar reasons). I only go th... : InfoBiter
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        Just remember that you're not addicted to soda perse, but sugar and caffeine. At this point, your brain h... : busdriver3030
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          COFFEE. NO CREAM. NO SUGAR. MAN UP. : orgcaptainnemo
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            I drink my coffee black. : InfoBiter
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              You're drinking coffee on top of 6 liters of coke a day? That is awesome. : Arsenal
              • 6 liters was something of an over estimate as I think about it more, and I don't drink coffee every day. ... : InfoBiter
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            shit even I start the day with a cup of good, strong coffee and a spoonful of sugar + little cream. i'm ... : busdriver3030
            • Try stevia, it really actually tastes pretty good. : zuga
  • Switch to water and some lemon, JFC. : orgcaptainnemo
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    I remember reading some old post on shack of someone who was drinking like two 12 packs a day or somethin... : aldraek
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      =( http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=12940726 : InfoBiter
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        ahhhhh.. oh man you're the new title holder: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=9205718 : aldraek
        • That's the one I remember. : Nixx2004
      • that post is from 2006!! : sikander
      • you say fountain drinks so im assuming they are at least watered down a bit : jono181
  • kidney stones m'dude. If it's cola. : Cihte
  • woah shit man. don't die dude, that'll be one less person to play CS with! : fart
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    Did you bet someone you could beat them to developing diabetes? : systatic
    • I feel like a glutton for drinking just one almost every day. : systatic
  • Jesus Christ man : bolneze
  • Diane was drinking about this much when her doctor told her to knock it off because it was causing hypoth... : BlackCat9
  • do you have teeth left? : d0pamine
  • Cut it out, stupid. This place is low enough on quality DM players without you working on an early disco... : omnova
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  Is this you sikander? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRuaq_KilzQ&feature=related : pigvomit
  • Coke Zero has zero cocaine innit! : sikander
• freshmen year I think I drank that much mountain dew per day :/ i drink coffee now. : copy paper
• Gross. : ThomW
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  You almost blatantly did not say you drank it; Was this a soda pop enema? : CerealSam
  • it was a soda pop curtis : yacoub35
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  almost cut soda completely, feel way better, but weigh the same though : shirif
  • same here, but now I'm addicted to coffee. that's even more socially acceptable! : aldraek
• i haven't had soda in more years than i can remember. at least 8 or 9 : gyokuro
• headless , former shacker: drank 10-15 cans A DAY and had callouses from opening cans of mountain dew. ... : FrayLo
• Better things happen when you put 2g's of coke in your body! : hashd
• Water or Moxie. 'nuff said. : Navy Spitfire
• Oh please noob.... that's not even a six pack! : Sludgehead
• you would be better off drinking 2 liters of beer. : mindshot

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  he has managed to turn a completely awesome fully functional application into a twitter clone. : wtf242
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    ... with shitty and annoying games that piss off people that are trying to use it for something other tha... : ThomW
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      ThomW has found a giant Turnip growing in his Alfalfa field! : pigvomit
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        ThomW has sent you an invite for FarmVille ThomW has sent you an invite for FarmVille ThomW has sent yo... : Sapiens
        • ThomW would do no such thing. : ThomW
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    http://lite.facebook.com/ ? : Jenings
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      do you realize that lite.facebook is even MORE like twitter? it should be called twitter.facebook.com : wtf242
      • haha I can only hope, but it does seem to get rid of the spammy game stuff the litters regular facebook. : Jenings
• Regional networks were pretty worthless anyway. : Sapiens
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  Why? I think the regional thing is stupid as hell -- at least from where I'm sitting. Why would you want... : ThomW
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    sooooo... I'm the only cyberstalker here? eeeeembarrrrasing. : sr71photo
    • Whats really in it? At least with 4chan you have a better chance of laughing/puking. Facebook pics are ... : kanix
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      I've used the regional thing to get in touch with people I went to high school with in North Carolina, pe... : IndigoAK
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        Regional networks seem like a terrible way to do this. There are almost always networks for individual s... : Sapiens
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          They're getting rid of these networks entirely is what I'm getting at. They mention that in the letter I... : IndigoAK
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            The quote says only regional networks are being removed, not all networks. Then again SOMEONE didn't lin... : Sapiens
            • Sorry. http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=190423927130 : sr71photo
            • Eh, I guess you were right, but then again his wording isn't very specific even in the full letter. We'l... : IndigoAK
      • you can still get in touch with them, you have their names, right? : FrayLo
• i dont see how that's bad. regional networks are useless. : synapse19
• The amount of data analysis that they perform to make a decision like this is probably staggering. : haiku
• not really, i think im in my country group. i'd rather have a friends group than the whole country. : radula
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  You forgot the bit where he says: "We're adding something that many of you have asked for — the... : Drewus
  • He can't bash it if he gives all of the information away. Sheesh, Drewus, where are your trolling skills? : aggressor
  • Yeah, I think that part is pretty cool. : sr71photo
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  All I am really saying is that a major change like this is going to upset the crazy mob that is facebook.... : sr71photo
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    And I think most people are saying 'Not really.' I would be thrilled to have the regional network go away... : Zhaneel
    • I agree in this case. Certain other kinds of networks make some sense, but regional is fairly pointless. ... : Arcanum
  • ridiculous : synapse19
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  eh, whatever. my profile has been totally friends-only for forever anyway. it was kinda nice in college... : electroly
  • Yeah I mine is locked down as well. : sr71photo
• no one uses facebook anymore anyway, it's all about FRIEND FACE http://www.friendface.org/pg/profile/m... : slickdoody
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  I dont use facebook much because I want to keep my friends and clients/colleagues separate. Looks like th... : ventro
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    linkedin : synapse19
    • Yeah but the problem is that said clients/colleagues keep adding me on facebook. : ventro
  • With the privacy changes that are coming and the group system already in place, why not just group people... : Sapiens
  • I would like to do that now. I am really hampered since clients have been adding me. Grr. Can't post abou... : steelsamurai
  • what? how is MORE privacy controls worse? you can put your friends in one list and clients in another, ... : FrayLo
• Good. You could change settings so people on your network couldn't see your stuff, but it was involved a... : MamiyaOtaru
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  If you think that's bad wait for the redesign: http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/f... : Ovate
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    That's already gone live. : IndigoAK
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      They must be staging it since nobody at work has it yet : Ovate
      • Ah, makes sense. I've got it already. : IndigoAK
  • I like it. Better grid layout, it seems much cleaner. I always felt like the current design has too much ... : BlackCat9
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  FULL LETTER It has been a great year for making the world more open and connected. Thanks to your help... : IndigoAK
  • makes perfect sense to me, it locks down more things so you can be more private and selective. : FrayLo
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  god damn.... I can't believe how much of a douchebag Mark Zuckerberg is. Look at this: http://www.yout : burning eye
  • I just spent way too much time researching this guy. He seems to be so awkward and, well, not very intel... : burning eye
  • I work with a couple of programmers that do that. Starting every sentence with "so" is a nasty meme that ... : gooblerampling
  • wow what an asshole lol : fathertime
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  complete FAILURE. COMPLETE FAIL DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE : FrayLo
  • he accidentaly the URE : GloriousCow
• Fine with me. : Fred Garvin
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  I don't think I've ever browsed my region, so I can't say how much I would really miss it. If I'm trying ... : BlackCat9
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    your 2nd sentence is what i'm wondering about - they must keep something around so you can tell, "oh, thi... : FrayLo
    • Yeah... I don't know what they'll do. It sounds like you'll be able to select what's publicly viewable. S... : BlackCat9
    • You bring up a really good point... Generic Name'd : sr71photo
    • They're just removing the regional networks though, right? So, I would still be listed within my schoo... : Vincent Grayson
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  Is there a way to group a person when you friend request them? I always seem to have a bit of a lag perio... : Goalie
  • yes it says "add friend to this friend list" : FrayLo
• Actually I think thats a good idea : matthaeus
• I don't see it making any difference given that 90% of people have their profile set to only be visible b... : peanut-
• Never knew what regional networks even did, except show off my hometown and school. : DooBall
• I'm really getting fed up with Facebook. Its interface is becoming 'Full Retard' : ShadowRam

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  Is this less shifty than mercs 2 : multisync
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    Signficantly less so. : Entity
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      I shall send back MW2 posthaste and try this. : multisync
      • shacker multiplayer is nonexistent atm, but the blow-shit-up aspect is pretty glorious : xsoulbrothax
  • haha it is a billion times better than mercs 2 : dantastic
  • It is way better than Mercs 2. : ThomW
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  Space asshoooole : Dschinghis Khan
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    In a truck, flying ooooff a ridge. : Hyper-r3v
    • and as he landed, out came a hammer : ArcKnight
  • God damnit not a day has gone by without me singing this song thanks to you guys and this game. It's jus... : Malku
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  I'd recommend not bothering to farm nodes for scrap, just save your upgrades until you see stuff that's a... : old and busted vs the new hotness
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    how do you know something is gonna be useful or not? Is this ripper thing any good? : GloriousCow
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      er, grinder : GloriousCow
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        I actually never used it once. : old and busted vs the new hotness
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          what were your favorite weapons? : GloriousCow
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            nanoforge, charges and then whatever else I felt like using, whatever I needed for the mission. : old and busted vs the new hotness
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              Rocket launcher, of course. : Mad Brahmin Disease
              • Yeahm the thermobaric missle launcher is pretty fucking kickass. : IndigoAK
          • The electric shock weapon was good for clearing out crowds and emptying vehicles once I got the thing tha... : ThomW
          • rocket launcher, nano forge, and electric shock was my typical layout. : stgdz
  • As soon as he gets to the thermobaric rocket he's going to wish he HAD farmed for scrap! : MercFox1
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    I finished the game with charges, that lightning gun, jetpack and the nanite rifle. : sethmarc
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      arc-welder? : GloriousCow
      • That's the one! Upgraded those weapons and only felt short of ammo a couple of times. Main thing is to... : sethmarc
• also here's an awesome map of all the stuffs if you want it: http://www.msxbox-world.com/features/Red-Fac... : GloriousCow
• I had a lot of fun with Guerrilla, but by the end of the game, my system took a crap, and I haven't bothe... : The Kazlor
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  i have this game for quite awhile but haven't really played it yet... i am waiting for the PC patch... th... : inc77
  • set sound to stereo in control panel and not 5.1 : stgdz
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    Oh damn, I forgot about this. Is the patch still coming out though? : enyakk
    • yea... it's been in qa testing for awhile... it was pushed back cause of another bug found : inc77
• sanchez, once you get the mecs the game completely changes. Nothing was more fun then going into a hea... : stgdz
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  How is this game on PC with a 360 controller? I would assume since it was designed for consoles it would ... : rudds
  • Plays just fine with mouse/keyb. No consolization there. : sanchez
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  So how's the PC port of this game? Is it worth it? : Arceihn
  • I haven't played the console version but the PC version seems just fine, no lame consolization...other th... : sanchez
• The destructible buildings is something more games need. : bolneze

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• Is that another Twilight movie in July (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (9 July))? http://www.totalfilm.com/f... : capt tripps
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  That was pretty informative, thanks. : megarust32
  • Also, Moon followup in a Blade Runner fashion? Badass. : megarust32
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  Wow, i didn't notice that they pushed back Shutter Island that far. I saw a whole bunch of trailers for ... : pigvomit
  • Yeah, it was supposed to hit in October originally. : Vincent Grayson
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    I've never paid much attention to DiCaprio or been a fan, but the trailer looked pretty good. : capt tripps
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      He has pretty much been making great movies for like 10 years. : theWhite
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        Pretty much. It's like after Titanic he decided he never really needed to be a heartthrob again and start... : Vincent Grayson
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          um, actually, it started much before Titanic with What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Titanic was also awesome. : Cihte
          • No. : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • Kinda weird. That's the Johnny Depp Guide to Acting Talent. : AxeMan808
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      Inception. Holy fuck. DiCaprio is going to get an Oscar for sure... although at this point I'd be impre... : treefingers1
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        I'm excited for Inception based on the talent involved, but the only trailer I've seen didn't really give... : Vincent Grayson
        • You're absolutely right, but the trailer is brilliant because I have no idea what the movie is about, but... : treefingers1
  • he's probably spending all his time right now trying to free polanski, rather than selling his film. : deathofrats
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  the book of eli looks cool. : ibrokn
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    kinda Borderlands on Earth. : yacoub35
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      You mean Fallout 3? Cause that's what you mean : locater16
      • both, really. there are definitely Borderlands-esque characters in the mob that surrounds him. : yacoub35
      • I thought Wasteland, meself. But that's me. : AxeMan808
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  Didnt know they were making another Predator movie. : Havoc1c4
  • Didn't know they were making fucking up another Predator movie. I fixed it for you. : socksta
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  WHAT! Mute (TBA 2010) The Talent: Duncan Jones will direct, Sam Rockwell will cameo. The Pitch: Still : nevlos
  • I heard it's really F-Zero. : Grumbeld
  • Fucking sweet that he's tying it into the same universe as Moon. It'll be exciting just to find out what ... : quadeh
  • Yeah I saw an interview with Duncan Jones last summer and he eluded to a Rockwell appearance in Mute. : trOmblyj
  • This will be the 2nd best movie of 2010. I love Berlin (Never been there though). : Amnesty_intl2
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  lmao wall street 2 with shia lebeouf : DeBurgo
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    Sellsellsellsellsellsell! : pigvomit
    • More like...Oh no...no...nonononononono! : ImageOmega
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  WTF is up with all the vampire movies? : Rag and Bone Man
  • twilight : grifter
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    what would happen if a zombie bit a vampire or vice versa? : mindshot
    • A zombie biting a vampire is still a zombie; albeit one with broken teeth. No vampire would ever bite a z... : AxeMan808
    • some mythologies about vampires say that they can't feed off a dead body. in interview with a vampire th... : dantastic
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  Wall Street 2? This is a joke right? : steauengeglase
  • Greed is good. : Prototype
  • NO! nonononononono : jamesray
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  Can Russel Crowe be a better Robin Hood that Kevin Costner!? : Cihte
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    at least crowe has the accent. lol : -=kodiak=-
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      but no Bryan Adams! : DapperDan
      • it was the summer of 1069! : yacoub35
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        oh god... uuug.. WHY DID YOU HAVE TO REMIND ME OF THAT SONG?!?!? my sister played the living fucking s... : -=kodiak=-
        • lol I think of that song before I think of Costner's "accent". ps, your sister is a sick and twisted ... : DapperDan
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  This is the only movie on that list that matters: The Expendables (20 August) im booking the day of... : -=kodiak=-
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    meh, i'd be more excited for Predators, myself. That sounds more interesting..the trailer for Expendable... : deathofrats
    • The Expendables does sound like one of the best "shitty action" movies ever, though. : Amnesty_intl2
• sweet, lots of promise in that list!! : yacoub35
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  I just want World War Z : ninjase
  • Such a great book! : rmjackson
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  Isn't the Pacific out next year? : Vegtro
  • March : NFXFSX
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  lol Robin Hood with Russell Crowe?? What does he need a bow for? *smack!* : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • "Robin! Why did you just fire two arrows at once like omg?!" "The frost. Sometimes it makes the arrows... : lightly inclined
• People still haven't learned not to fuck with Mel Gibson's family. : s2jason
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  I cannot be more excited for Mute. Moon was such a shocking surprise for me. : LoioshDwaggie
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    i missed all the Moon threads as i saw it really late, it was good but im not sure what everyone was tri... : dignan
    • It was more of a character study than a "what a tweest!" thriller. What makes it special to me was Rockw... : ZTac
    • Most of the plot is presented in the first half-hour. It's about the tension and the character. 'It was p... : Arceihn
• Holy fuck, look at the description for Priest: a Post-apocalyptic western. A Priest whose niece is kidnap... : baron calamity
• Aw snap! I didn't realize Oldman was the villain in Book of Eli. He is the best antagonist. : gooblerampling
• Cool find. Thanks : Fredrik S
• Scott Pilgrim will destroy you all. : Super Sparker