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  The Bible : Sludgehead
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    He said NON-Fiction....... hahahahahahahahaha I couldn't resist : Solstice
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      Okay the Qur'an then. Or maybe The Book of Mormon, or one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religi... : Sludgehead
      • How about no. : Thornfist
• Everybody poops. : ryuuseki
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  Inside the Third Reich by Albert Speer http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Third-Reich-Albert-Speer/dp/068482... : james_austintx
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    While Speer is mostly pretty candid, there are disputes about some of his claims, for instance how much h... : Lone Swordsman
    • I was really joking, its not an easy read. : james_austintx
  • Rise and fall of the third Reich is also quite good : bostrov
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  Why non-fiction? : LoioshDwaggie
  • because he asked for a non fiction book : FrayLo
  • Recommend a restaurant that serves lobster that's not too pricey. "Why lobster?" : Sgt_Boomstick
• everyone poops : qwpeoriu
• Nobody Poops: Hold It In or You Go to Hell : Wyvern
• Made to Stick : spiderfill
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  Godel Escher Bach : WhatIsThisFor
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    ^^^^ I give this to kids right after their "My First Counting Book" : Arctic Fox
    • Kids really identify with the rabbit and the turtle. : WhatIsThisFor
    • I find that GEB is a bit too elementary for kindergartners, so I just have them read the original Godel p : DonkeyPopsicle
  • This book is awesome. : Sludgehead
  • It's brilliant, loved it : tcs
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    This book always seemed over-hyped by the pseudo-intellectual set to me. Not a bad read though. : gooblerampling
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      Read the follow-up then. : WhatIsThisFor
      • I Am A Strange Loop : WhatIsThisFor
    • i find those dialogues pretty cloying : jvox
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  world war z : davislovestacobell
  • aw maaan, beat me to it : silentbobuk
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  Masters of Doom : freakynipples69
  • ^^ Just started this one myself, pretty good. : nodebug
  • Just finished this the other day. Good read! : Orange Pylon
  • I've read this book prolly 15 times. I love it. : stelth
  • This is a really good/fun nonfic read. : uebersoldat
  • I enjoyed this. : mactu
  • I read this in one sitting. Great book. : g.lee
  • Big time. Easy read but very entertaining : ctlaltl33t
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  The Undercover Economist or Stumbling on Happiness : DonkeyPopsicle
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    I just read the first and am midway through the second. : givemesnacks
    • Also, expanding on these suggestions, any of Malcom Gladwell's books, though I wouldn't say Blink. : givemesnacks
• The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman. : kelzmelzer
• With the Old Breed : usmcmueller
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  A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. Enrich your god damn mind. http://www.amazon.com/... : Duffman8369
  • This, you absolutely should read this. : Lexicon_Leidun
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    Bill Bryson is a great writer, his book A Walk in the Woods is very funny. : WhatIsThisFor
    • I'll get behind this. Loved it. : davantalus
  • That is good indeed - I'm reading Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson at the moment. It's about him tra... : five_percent
  • Wow, this seems really awesome. I do believe I'll pick this up. : vile
  • This might be my next book. Thank you! : stelth
  • i was going to recommend this same book. : Thresher
  • this this this : indosauros
  • This is another good one. Aside from the science itself there's a lot of interesting/amusing stories abou... : mactu
• three cups of tea by greg mortenson and david oliver relin. it's about a guy who built schools to teac... : sammyjojo
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  History of the Screw. Sounds stupid but was pretty interesting, and I'm not screwing around. : Sludgehead
  • actual title is One Good Turn: etc etc http://www.amazon.com/One-Good-Turn-Natural-Screwdriver/dp/0684867... : Sludgehead
• Where Do Babies Come From : Slowtreme
• freakonomics : slacko
• The best non-fiction book I've read in a while is the Lost City of Z by David Grann. But I love Bill B... : jasonepowell
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  On Writing by Stephen King On the Road Jack Kerouac The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fa... : Modica Sol Solis
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    Just read On Writing myself and I have to say this is a good book even if you aren't a King fan. : gooblerampling
    • I'd give this a read too and yes I agree you don't need to be a King fan to enjoy it. : mactu
• Generation Kill : Hemtroll
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  The Path to Power - Robert A. Caro Biography of LBJ, which may not sound all that interesting at first... : stgulik
  • Caro is the bomb. Know, though, that his books a pretty serious commitments to read. But they're one of t... : sgtsanity
• A Perfect Storm. : Lightzout
• Anything by Jim Corbett. : kramweil
• 1776 or The Great Bridge, both by David McCullough : beanman101283
• The Rommel Papers. Fuck yes. : uebersoldat
• The Valachi Papers - true story of the first Mafia informant in the early 60's : gorphine
• 4 Hour Workweek Getting Things Done Tipping Point Blink : yoonix
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  King Leopold's Ghost. American Lion. This Band Could Be Your Life. Webster's New American Dictionary. : zipr
  • Also, Blink. : zipr
• The Killer Angels : Sailor of Fortune
• World War Z : r_Ed
• Billionaires Vinegar. : akirabob
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  The Bible : peters4life
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    The Iliad, as well. : DonkeyPopsicle
    • Hesiod's Theogony : DrFlammable
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    Dianetics : boring gegtik
    • He said non-fiction. : K0LM
  • non-fiction, dumb dumb : dantastic
  • lol : hobosapien
  • LOL : thetangent
• World War Z, It happened man, you weren't there, you don't understand. : silentbobuk
• "The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber", about the goalie of the national Hungarian hockey team, his string of... : nutrient
• The God Delusion or The Elegant Universe : uglysad
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  _The Ghost of a New Machine_, Tracy Kidder _Chaos_, james Gleick : rms
  • Chaos... great book : jvox
• If Chins Could Kill by Bruce Campbell : quazar
• Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex or anything by Mary Roach (Bonk is probably the best, but t... : jet-poop
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  Guns, Germs, and Steel. : ColoradoCNC
  • ^This. Also Freakonomics and Super Freakonomics. : Sgt_Boomstick
• Motley Crue - The Dirt. Once you start you wont stop. : natural born chaos
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  Skunk Works : hobosapien
  • Oops. : anhero
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  Born to Run by Christopher McDougall It's about running, not Bruce Springsteen. : burgertime
  • I'm reading this right now. Interesting book. : ShekkyBoy
• http://bit.ly/aKDCXv : kek
• Brothers of the Snake : noobja
• Forces of Fortune by Vali Nasr : ninjase
• The Lucifer Effect : thinkp0l
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  Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman : ArcKnight
  • ^^^ This book is awesome : Arctic Fox
  • ^^^^^ the best and most enjoyable non-fiction book i've ever read. Feynman is so fucking awesome : wtf242
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    I vote for this too. This is an awesome, inspiring book. : Hyper-r3v
    • yeah. that dude had an awesome attitude about life. very inspiring. : wtf242
  • This book is completely awesome as is "What Do You Care What Other People Think!" by Richard Feynman : Kentor
  • fav book. : horsman
  • Full, free text of the book here: http://www.gorgorat.com/ I read that over a month or so of compiling... : Ecks
  • Very easy read and entertaining. : Rag and Bone Man
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  Guns Germs and Steel. : alexkward
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    I wanted to like it, but it was just way to textbooky. Dry. : Fooldozer
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      Very dry. Plus it's not held in the highest repute in academic circles. :( : sgtsanity
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        Do you know of any links where people talk about it? I thought it was supposed to be fairly well written... : Ecks
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          It pops up every now and then. Wikipedia summarizes it somewhat ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_Germ... : sgtsanity
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            I don't think anything there really justifies your comment. Criticism is a good, normal thing, and nothin... : Conan
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              The overarching concern about his account is that it, like evolutionary psychology, makes claims that are... : sgtsanity
              • so what you're saying is that it's anthropological? : akirabob
          • Show me a similar text that isn't criticized, pretty much any anthropological theory is criticized, even ... : MagicWishMonkey
      • who has disregarded this? my evolutionary bio teacher recommended it as did my bioethics prof. not to say... : akirabob
      • By who exactly? Not to say the work as a whole is perfect or anything, but I haven't seen too much detail... : Conan
• the fly in the cathedral : strandgeck
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  The Alphabet Of Manliness : swimteampie
  • +1 : ctlaltl33t
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  Holy Blood Holy Grail and Spear Of Destiny. : AxeMan808
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    Holy Blood Holy Grail is a fascinating read right up until the moment you realize that it's based on a fa... : lightly inclined
    • Well, but the authors are reporting facts that others believe means something biblical. I really liked th... : AxeMan808
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  shameless self promotion. my site.. filtered by non-fiction - http://thegreatestbooks.org/nonfiction n... : wtf242
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    how does this work? who chooses? : akirabob
    • great site too btw. : akirabob
    • based on "best of" lists from critics, authors, etc. aggregated : wtf242
  • I read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius last month. Great book and it really sucked me in. I'm a... : cfalcon
  • I love this site : packav
• what kind of book are you looking for? If you're interested in food (specifically produce), check out How : mindmann
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  People are not very good at understanding "easy to read." Probably my quickest read in the last year w : sgtsanity
  • the book i posted is pretty easy to read. =( : mindmann
• Marking this after I also saw the mention of Elegant Universe. : royalally
• Skunk Works. : anhero
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  The Devil in the White City. It reads like fiction but it is non fiction. Great book. : Chod
  • Seconded, loved this book. : Thornfist
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  The Big Short Reading this right now. It's excellent. : holinka
  • Michael Lewis also has several other great books. I've read Liar's Poker about his experience as a bonds : sgtsanity
• The Game : whereiwannab
• The Making of the Atomic Bomb : tsuba
• Good To Great by Jim Collins (see video, and such at his website: http://tkn.bz/collinsmedia ) The T... : Nation
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23176207#itemanchor_23176207 : rmjackson

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  If I had a wall that big, I'd buy a sweet projector. : ryuuseki
  • It is tempting idea, but I can't imagine the projector being all that bright during daylight situations,... : EqualsP
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  Gaming? Ok well since Plasma is cheaper than LCD / LED per inch and it's better for gaming and overall pi... : abrasion
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    I'm running on old info here, but my understanding is that Plasma's are heavy and prone to burn in. but t... : EqualsP
    • Does weight really make a difference once you have mounted it? : Patch-e
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      EqualsP that information is like 5 years old. I would definitely get a Panasonic 65" Plasma - it'll be c... : abrasion
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        I appreciate the information everyone, i really do. I realized my information is old.. I'm hoping to u... : EqualsP
        • ooh, actually I see monoprice has some that are rated that high.. 175-20lb ratings for the tv I linked wh... : EqualsP
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          I can't answer your swivel questions but yes, a TV exactly like that jesus christ that's only 2.2k US I f... : abrasion
          • you bring up a good argument and I appreciate it. honestly, thanks for opening my eyes to these other... : EqualsP
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          I think ieGod tends to exaggerate the IR issue. I have a 42" Panasonic plasma, and the only time I ever s... : Bold
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            There's no way I'm exaggerating this. I will take some images of my screen after watching a few episodes ... : ieGod
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              Did you forget that I was one of the people who told you that "LG's plasmas are rather notorious for thei... : Bold
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                Nope, but I'm just clarifying that my Panasonic also has noticeable, albeit less so than the LG, image re... : ieGod
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                  I have a Panasonic 50" 1080p plasma that I bought a little over a year ago. The only time I ever notice a... : snot3353
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                    I guess I'm pretty OCD. I also use the set in total darkness 98% of the time, which really brings it out.... : ieGod
                    • I didn't intend for that to come off as insulting you or calling you OCD :P I'm just saying that in my pa... : snot3353
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                    Same. The only time I ever notice IR is if I walk right by the TV just after I turn it off. I've quite li : Bold
                    • More info on phosphor trails (aka "green flashing"): http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/plasma-phosphor-trai... : Bold
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      They'll burn in about as much as a CRT would. So if you never had a CRT burn in issue, don't worry about ... : ieGod
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        CRT's burn in like crazy : hussdelrio
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          They do not. When was the last time your CRT monitor retained the windows taskbar on the screen? I've bee... : ieGod
          • By the last 10 years I mean exclusively for my home PC use. : ieGod
        • i had a NEC 19" monitor for almost 10 years. Never any burn in. I owned a 30" samsung CRT HDTV for a g... : -=kodiak=-
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          I had 2 21" Mitsu Diamond Pro's and both started getting burn-in after about 3 years. Took all the preca... : hussdelrio
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            Of course you eventually had burn-in with a CRT monitor, a lot of the information is static. With a CRT T... : aggressor
            • True, but I grew up as the youngest of 10 kids...with the amount of NES, SNES, and Turbo Grafx we played ... : hussdelrio
    • They weigh about the same ... a G20 plasma 50" is 29kg, a 47" bravia lcd is 22kg. The plasma will have a ... : jcupitt
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      Yep, old info. Plasmas have better image quality and are cheaper, but they aren't as bright. In your typi... : Bold
      • This is a great point too. Plasmas have glass screens that get some pretty awful glare so if you're going... : snot3353
  • One important consideration in the plasma vs. LCD choice is how bright the room will be. LCD is better in... : Rice-Rocketeer
• Look for deals on last year's Panasonic 58" V10. I've seen them recently for $2000 - $2100, even in B&M s... : Head Rush
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  fuck TVs, nothing like playing a video game on a 100"+ screen and dont even bring that distance to size r... : HisKillSkill
  • i don't even argue about that. it's a matter of practicality for most people. a lot of us don't have me... : EvilDolemite
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  Projector with motorized screen. : ant_hillbilly
  • ^^^^ or just a really clean looking wallmounted screen : GBeer11
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  Honestly $2300 is a lot of money for a new TV these days. You can get an awesome LCD for $1500-1700 and ... : hussdelrio
  • 60+ in screen which I believe he wants you cannot get for under 2k. : ant_hillbilly
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  I just bought a panasonic 65 inch S1 and the picture is superb.Price varies from 2200-2400 on amazon.Pict... : mcpstoner
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    is it the one I linked above? the TC-P65S1? how is the glare on it? do you need to have the lights off? I... : EqualsP
    • Glare is fine and Im in a really well lit room. : mcpstoner

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• reminder to capitulate all freedom to comrade jobs : boring gegtik
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  Doesn't Foursquare do that? : pancake humper
  • Reminders and customisable? : abrasion
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  I would set up where if Abrasion is logged in to Shacknews then log redfive out : redfive
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    get it? location being here? : redfive
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      haha just kidding abrasion : redfive
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        :( : pancake humper
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          ^Abrasion character account. : ryuuseki
          • Considering how many times PH and I have had silly internet tiffs, I doubt it. : abrasion
          • Considering how many times abrasion and I have had silly internet tiffs, I doubt it. : pancake humper
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            Considering how many times redfive and I have had silly internet tiffs, I doubt it. : Mr.SEX
            • lol : abrasion
  • :( I thought we were friends. : abrasion
• There's an app for that. : dodob
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  Does the iPhone let you build apps that run in the background 24/7 now? : MagicWishMonkey
  • I think kind of - just part of the app. : abrasion
• reminder to fap between the times of 8am and 11pm if i'm in the vicinity of my house : davislovestacobell
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  Way too complicated for me to think of any reminders like that. Although I'd love to program someone else... : rosewood
  • Man - I'm basically a flesh bag with no brain at all, a reminder to do the simple things will help so muc... : abrasion
  • hehe or the wife's phone 'if leaving house alert("lock the door!!!?!")' : jcupitt
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    Or "Hey Tracy, I can see you're outside that dudes house you cheated on me with again. When you get home ... : jbury
    • Oh god........ oh god! : abrasion
    • Is it wrong that my first thought was Tracy Morgan? : Zek
• I would set up my BB calendar. If I'm not in the proximity, I press snooze, : anhero
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  I would write "Buy milk" on my whiteboard, and I would remember to buy milk. : PointlesS76
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    I don't check my whiteboard. : abrasion
    • Set a proximity alert for your whiteboard : Dave-A
• do you have bad memory, do you have unrealistic requirements of software? There's an app for that, and th... : everybodysuncle
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  Wouldn't that require always-on GPS? That's gotta kill the battery. : MaxPete82
  • No, Apple figured out a smart way to do it. You can either have always-on GPS for something that needs it... : BlackCat9
• That's the thing I was going to build if someone else doesn't make it first. Yeah, I can think of all kin... : BlackCat9
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  You mean like Android does? : daVinci1980
  • ^ this, there are already Android apps that let you do this ... I'm surprised they don't exist for iPhone... : ThrillKill
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  thats too much... : mr.thing
  • TOO MUCH AWESOME : abrasion

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  I think only 2.jpg is a screenshot; the rest look like concept art. : UtilityMaximizer
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    Nah, too many jaggies for the rest to be concept art, it's just really good lighting. : one random winner
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      They may have been created with the aid of a 3D tool, but there some pretty clear "brush" strokes on them... : UtilityMaximizer
      • Ah, you're right, my bad. : one random winner
    • It is clearly concept art.. you can see the brush/marker strokes in them. Look at the highlights etc. I... : Gwyndion
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  I will quit gaming if this game does not deliver. : omnova
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    Might want to just pack it in now. It may be a decent game but it's not going to hold a candle to Deus Ex... : avatar_58
    • At least it'll look purdy. : Rotten Deadite
  • How many suitcases you got? : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Concept art =/= screenshots Still, some nice art. : breadsticks
  • there are new screens in the articles themselves : deKaf
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  I want a game that looks like that concept art : indosauros
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    mirror's edge! : Majuju
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      He wants a game, not a tech demo. : noxiousgg
      • concept demo rather. : noxiousgg
  • looks like theyre getting pretty damn close. its impressive how closely the screens follow the look of th... : jujubeads
• the main character dude looks like dave navarro http://tengossip.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dave-n... : cptstern
• If the game really looks like concept art then awesome. I've always wanted that. : WhatIsThisFor
• I have such high hopes for this. : The Grolar Bear
• It looks and sounds excellent. I've got high hopes. : -JLN-
• This is definitely one to watch for. : deject
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  It's still concept art only, yawn : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • There are screenshots in the main article. : Carnivac
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  concept shots...weak. : CrustaR
  • http://www.eurogamer.net/gallery.php?game_id=8980&article_id=1127204&position=4#anchor u can see ingam... : chilln
• I hope you guys aren't getting your hopes up for this game. : phate81
• It helps, of course, that the game is utterly beautiful and its world painstakingly created. As you desce : TaintedSyringe
• JC Denton - transgendered? : Lightzout
• Parts of the preview/interview like name-dropping uplink as the hacking dynamic is a glimmer of hope (fuc... : Hoax
• I am so fucking hyped for this game... :| :| :| : Rice-Rocketeer
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  that concept art is so blade runner it is awesome, blade runner is still the best looking future city con... : gmd
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    now that you mention it, yeah it does look BR-ish .. Looks good!! : ghost hacker
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      just look at the apartment with the large windows and massive buildings with huge video billboards, that ... : gmd
      • Yeah, the shots of Adam's apartment in the previous trailer really evoked Deckard's pad (hazy, amber ligh... : ZTac
• are we getting an in-game/engine video of this at E3? : Korban
• paging SpaecKow - this thread is not complete without his majesty's ruminations! : PlanetPerfecto
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  Quotes like this make me worry : ( The augmentation and skills from the first game were extremely satisfy... : DarkDeus
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    goddamn less hardcore gamers fuck everything up : indosauros
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      basically. Fuuuuck they took the skills out too : ( "At the beginning, when we were first developing ... : DarkDeus
      • By the end of the game, half of my skills went mostly unused, instead of rebalancing melee they just gave... : Amnesty_intl2
• I thought this was nws. I was disappointed. : OverloadUT

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  I think '98 would like to have a word with you. : Nali4Freedom
  • True, but 2010 is looking like it might beat it. : pun][sher
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    It depends on the late summer/fall season, and how good a couple of highly anticipated sequels are, but i... : one random winner
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      dude, even thus far it has been the best year ever for video games. ever. and it's just been nonstop good... : mr.sleepy
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        I'm not saying it isn't going to be a banner year, but 98' was pretty fucking stellar too. It's a matter... : one random winner
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          Yeah, 1998 has games still at or near the top of their genre 12 years later. People claim every year i... : walker270
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            for awhile every two years we had amazing games. 1996, 1998, 2000. quake, duke nukem 3d, diablo, diablo... : EvilDolemite
            • But 1999 had UT, Q3, Planescape Torment, and probably other shit I'm forgetting. Those are some pretty im... : Vincent Grayson
            • 2002 and 2004 hold up as being damn impressive as well going with the 2 year incremental from '96 : CryosSR
  • I think 98 is far better too. 2010 has been nice, but 98 was truly special in terms of spoilage for game... : Matt Burris
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  If we got Rage, HL Ep3, Fallout Vegas (looks like it), and a new Elder Scrolls I'd agree. : grandmasterlee
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    the chances of a new ES game this year is so unlikely the probability is actually negative : eeeealmo
    • yeah I know, that's just what it would take to beat '98 imo : grandmasterlee
    • the chances of a new HL game this year is so unlikely the probability is actually negative : breadsticks
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  If I get Demon's Souls 2, then I will heartily agree. : Rehevkor
  • On my face, please : David Craddock
• civ V all over my face yes please : umegastar
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  I agree, and was gona post a similar thread, but what I was gona add is the following: It blows my min... : valcan_s
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    Agreed. The games announced for the motion controllers are all bland, boring, and stupid looking so far. ... : Rehevkor
    • All the industry has to know is one thing about future gaming Its all about the freeking software thats a... : valcan_s
  • Yeah, the motion stuff really isn't all that appealing at the moment, especially with so many awesome con... : Vincent Grayson
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  Whatever year Diablo 2 came out in disagrees. And Doom 2. And Street Fighter 2. And Star Control 2. Look,... : Dynotaku
  • I have never played and enjoyed a sports game that wasn't NBA Jam : mr.sleepy
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  BioShock 2, Assassin's Creed 2, Just Cause 2, Red Dead (2) Redemption, Mafia 2 would all like to agree wi... : Korban
  • Super Mario Galaxy 2 : Korban
  • Mass Effect 2 would like to point out a flaw in your list. : Dimmona
• what are you smoking this time? : spectr3
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  There's really not much out this year that I'm interested in when compared to years like 2007, 2008, and ... : Begawkiness
  • Mass effect 2 and deus ex 3 coming out in the same year basically makes it the best year for games ever. : mr.sleepy
• No. : walker270
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  2011 is the best year for video games in history ... : mo13
  • Yeah, next year looks way better than this year at this point. : rudds
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_video_gaming * January 21 – Resident Evil 2 (PS1) : EvilDolemite
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    you just can't beat that list : tunis5000
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      it's debatable. i mean there are years that might look as good on paper. and years with people's person... : EvilDolemite
      • StarCraft, Half-Life, Metal Gear Solid, and Ocarina of Time all set radical new standards in their respec... : rudds
    • It's true, that's the year that always comes to my mind whenever these discussions are started. : sevogajre
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    1998 wins for Half-Life, Fallout 2 and Shogo alone. : melkore
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      and R6 : mrvandelay
      • FUCKING STARCRAFT : walker270
    • Zelda64 : David Craddock
    • And Zelda, starcraft, and banjo-kazooie. FUCK I loved banjo-kazooie : Ambient80
    • motherfucking GRIM FANDANGO : deject
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    Why is Mask of Eternity on that list? : atom519
    • Because it was released then (and, sadly enough was my intro-foray into KQ, which probably meant I liked ... : one random winner
  • Holy crap. It's... beautiful :') : ZTac
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    Holy Crap @ at the week of November 30th. That might be the best week ever. : wretchedradio
    • That is nuts. I think people would flip their shit if 4 games of that caliber were released on the same ... : aethyr
    • That's just ridiculous. Four amazing games, and three of them practically worldwide classics on the same ... : Ambient80
    • For real. : givemesnacks
  • Holy shit that WAS a good year : bolneze
  • I enjoyed the two Myth games. : usmcmueller
  • ...Whoa : CrustaR
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    Oh man, look at all those PC games. : thetangent
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      if you look at the 1999 and 2000 lists they are just as heavy on classic PC titles. 2001? almost jack sh... : EvilDolemite
      • PS2 came out in north america at the end of 2000, and the Xbox was in 2001. End of an era :( : Omning
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    Look at all of those beautiful brand new and original franchises and IPs. Unheard of these days. : Full.Bleed
    • yup. Not only some of the best games of all time, but the beginnings of some of the best franchises of al... : slickdoody
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    yeah sorry you can't top this : umegastar
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      a close second: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_video_gaming * January 31 - The Sims (PC) : EvilDolemite
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        I'm still a fan of 2007: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_in_video_gaming World of Warcraft: The Bur... : Grumbeld
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          Yeah, this is usually the year I look to for the closest competitor to 1998, but I'd have to really sit d... : Begawkiness
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            yeah that's pretty goold but half of that list are sequels. 2000 was greater imo. : umegastar
            • Yeah it's close... I dunno. GTA3 and Halo made pretty huge impacts that year you're right. <3 games : Begawkiness
        • Yeah this was a great year. I think this is the only thing that comes close to 1998 : Dontdrop
      • Sacrifice and Giants: Citizen Kabuto defined 2000 for me. That was when I was heavily into 3DGPU and cov... : Matt Burris
  • What an amazing year! : The Grolar Bear
  • game. set. match. : biskits
  • UNF'd : biskits
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    Wow, that's a lot of high class games in a year. Also, BroodWars came out only 8 months after StarCraft ... : DHAvatar
    • It was a time when expansion packs were released on average like 6months after the base game. IMO, it's ... : one random winner
  • Yeah I can see why I was always so skint back then now. I was alsomad on Quake 2 and Forsaken multiplaye... : dasampla
  • *Fap, fap, fap, fap, fap.* : Rice-Rocketeer
  • OMG it's full of stars. Seriously, that was a great year for gaming. I can still vividly remember playi : Ormsbee
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    I've only played 7 of those. :( : K1Bond007
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      I need to play thief and ocarina of time. But I'll probably play just thief cause I don't have N64 : umegastar
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        It's on the VC if you've got a Wii. : one random winner
        • I think I'm buying one for my mom. Any news when wii will suport dvds? I want to get rid of my shitty dvd... : umegastar
  • Yeah... definitely can't beat that year with any that we've seen since. Too many classics were born that... : Begawkiness
  • Yep, people were dazzled by the Orange Box a few years ago but nothing beats that list. : Pettytheft
  • That's magical. : lightly inclined
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  so far, 2009 was better imho dow2, batman: aa, rock band: beatles (I don't care for it, but it was a b... : Nitrium
  • Add Uncharted 2 and Demon's Souls to that list : Begawkiness
  • Street Fighter IV, inFamous, Borderlands, Trine, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City, The Sabote : tunis5000
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    yea 2009>1998 definitely : eeeealmo
    • As good as those games are, you're on crack. : one random winner
    • you may be a pro engineer, but you are completely wrong. : deject
  • yeah 2009 was pretty awesome, i also loved AC2 : qwpeoriu
  • I actually felt that 2009 was a weak year compared to 2007 and 2008...there were good games but it wasn't... : Vorlonesque
• Whatever year DNF finally comes out, so like 2015, 2020 maybe? : freakynipples69
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  Being unemployed and broke sucks. : vx2o
  • ^^^^^ : Orange Pylon
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    being unemployed would rule then I could play all these games all day instead of just buying them all and... : mikecyb
    • yeah being unemployed has always forced me to play through all my back catalog games, the long ones i nev... : EvilDolemite
    • so true. so sad. : dopeman
    • Sadly so. :( : node
    • I forced myself to play video games last night, I've been so fucking busy. : freakynipples69
    • you speak the truth good sir! : happynoodle
• It has been pretty fantastic so far. : thetangent
• its really hard to find a year as the worst in gaming, this one is probably the best i could find http:/... : Chandler55
• 2009 was fuckin balls to the wall epic though... : Downforce
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  1999 ... quake 3 and everquest, wow the hours those cost me : ]pm[chem
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    yeah, q1/q3 were [wonderful] time sinks. much of ]pm[ still around? : liquidlies
    • yeah I know recoil and northman lurk here now and then, and there is still an irc channel where old membe... : ]pm[chem
• In addition to the heavy hitter, A++ titles everyone is mentioning, there's also a huge crop of really so... : Dimmona
• At least say why... : razlebol
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  This, or next year. Starcraft 2 and Civ 5, is almost an auto-win, but next year is Diablo 3, Guild Wars ... : Sixcos
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    No way D3 hits in 2011 : umegastar
    • You shut your face! : Geoffrois
  • and doom 4 and halflife 3 plz : liquidlies
• I don't think 2002 gets NEARLY enough love http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_in_video_gaming * Jan : rosewood
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  2000 was good. Thief 2, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate 2, Diablo 2, Red Alert 2, Giants, Icewind Dale, Final Fant... : Marrbe
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    that was a great year as well. if I can go back and relive the span of 98-2001 just for gaming reasons al... : happynoodle
    • Hell yeah...just for QW, Q2, Tribes, UT, and Q3 in their prime, thats a fucking dream come true. : Vorlonesque
• for me 98-99 was the pinnacle of gaming, not only was I playing quake and UT, playing on dreamcast and go... : X-GOUKI
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  1998 through 2010 is the best 12 year period for games EVER : twifosp
  • I'd say 1995 to 2007. : Marrbe
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    I dunno, there were some significantly awesome years prior to that too. Specifically, 1996 Notable re : one random winner
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      I factored all of these games into my analysis and they didn't make the 12 year cut : twifosp
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        It's been an awesome couple of decades for video games honestly. : one random winner
        • I can't think outside of a 12 year period : twifosp
    • i think 96 is when VF2, Sega Rally, and Virtua Cop 2 were released for Saturn : qwpeoriu
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  wrong... 1972 : skelom
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1972_video_games :o : humbleone
    • damn straight... PONG FTW : skelom
• Nope. 1998 and 2004 are. : vx2o
• I'm not feeling it yet, think a lot will slip or disapoint. ME2 is the only standout for me, though not f... : node
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  What was the best month for games in history? I'm going to go with May 2009 : twifosp
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    November of 98 gets a lot of votes. : Matt Burris
    • This. That's one hell of a month for gaming. : Ambient80
• 1991 - 1993. Just look at the games that came out then. You cant beat those years. : ant_hillbilly
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  possibly... Heavy Rain, Red Dead, Mario Galaxy 2, a lots of good B-class titles like Alan Wake, (probably... : WhatIsThisFor
  • You forgot the 2nd best game this year: Mass Effect 2 : retarded talking dinosaur
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  what was the best 168 hour period in history for video games? : EvilDolemite
  • This reminded me of BES :( : abrasion
• I'm still playing last year's games. Seems like a down year compared to last year. : Vegetolo
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  Maybe, but Quake did set Year Zero of computer gaming. : excessus
  • DOOM has something to say about that (I mean its mother fucking DOOM...it changed fucking everything and ... : Vorlonesque
• the rep that confirms "no half life or portal game" would like to speak to you : head crab

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  Fuck, I will probably buy Oblivion again at that price just to have it on Steam with all the DLC. : mechanicalgrape
  • I probably will too. I never played it on the pc just the 360. I hope that sweet new addon works with the... : Lawgiver
  • Yup. $8.50 is worth it not have to go digging for CD's and the hassle of updates. : ShadowRam
  • Oh shit, does it have the horse armor? : legato17
  • holy what the fuck! I didn't know there was THAT much official DLC. I wonder though if it can just supple... : Downforce
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  Nice! Finally a decent price for Fallout 3: GOTY. Close to that December price screw up. Does Oblivio... : pigvomit
  • Yeah, the Deluxe edition does. : The Grolar Bear
  • Agreed! I've been watching for a sale on both Oblivion and Fallout, so I jumped on this. Picked up Morrow... : Bold
  • Yay! Rebuying this... I hate looking for my physical disks. : inc77
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  Holy shit look at all that stuff. : abrasion
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    Is that ALL the Oblivion DLC? God this is reminding me of this post :( http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?i... : abrasion
    • I think its everything, yes. In the Deluxe edition, that is. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  Awesome! F3 GOTY bought. Was waiting for a sale on that. : zyklonbee
  • Me too. Now how should I play through all this? Do I start one of the DLCs first or anything? : SatansFist
  • double-boughted! : vynn
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  gaaahhhh how long is this sale for? : Kombit
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    Bethesda weekend : Arctic Fox
    • o, didnt see that! : Kombit
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  Oblivion worth it? : [7]kami
  • Totally. That and Fallout 3 had me hooked for months. : guido anchovy
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    it's $8.50. i can't understand any hesitation over a game under $10. it's fantastic at full price. : EvilDolemite
    • Homer: Hmm! Frink: I take it from that little impressed noise that you are interested in purchasing that : Home Nugget
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      Not the price, the time i need to put into it. : [7]kami
      • wtf is this shit scanning for licences updates... : [7]kami
  • The music alone is worth $8.50 : dael
• I'm in for morrowind and oblivion GOTY just for the convenient luxury that is a steam purchase. : massdev
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  shit. does oblivion include all DLC? that is insanely cheap. : EvilDolemite
  • Yep, even horse armor! : gooblerampling
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  Oblivion for $9 and forever accessible on Steam? Tempting... : Begawkiness
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    Well fuck I bought it, even though I probably won't play it for a long while : Begawkiness
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      Obligatory post questioning "forever" part. : Gylis
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        Sarcastic retort. : foo
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          gay porn link : PointlesS76
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            shacknews.com? : sanchez
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              shackpics.com : PointlesS76
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                Confused root poster replies to sub-thread : Begawkiness
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                  Opportunistic personal attack actually motivated by prior thread. : stratedge
                  • ILTC post : hussdelrio
        • Questioning of sexual preference. : Arctic Fox
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYxAiK6VnXw#t=2m38s : stoned wallaby crop circle
• If anyone wants to gift me Fallout 3, by all means go right ahead. : DJ Clipdat
• alright i guess i gotta start researching fallout mods : RetroRedEyeJr
• I guess I should probably finally buy oblivion, then. : Cheeziologist
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  Is batman AA still for sale? : twifosp
  • as of now, yes. : hirez
• Morrowind for $5 has been something Ive been waiting on for a long while. Completes my steam collection. : limpossible
• fucking steams stupid Geo IP. If I have a valid card, let me buy it. Some people don't spend 100% of the ... : 60days
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  holy shit that's +600 hours of playtime Which is better: morrowind or oblivion? : umegastar
  • If you arent playing for the pretty graphics then Morrowind was arguably a "better" game in terms of worl... : SigENeaT
  • I'd rather watch grass grow. : Pneum0
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  I already have the Oblivion GOTY edition through Steam. Is it worth it to get the Deluxe Edition? : Rag and Bone Man
  • Nevermind, it's the default. : Rag and Bone Man
  • It wouldn't even let me get it as far as I can tell. "you own this" but I'm pretty sure I don't (all the... : Fayk
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  I hate the Steam "release dates". If you want to tell me when you added it to steam, that's great, I'll ... : Wheatloaf
  • June 2006, I think. : Attica Blue
• Pulled the trigger on Fallout. Normally me and fps dont get along very well. I hope this one is differe... : mountdreamer