Morning Discussion

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  I got Prince of Persia for 99 cents when it first came out and the controls suck. I can't walk/tip toe, ... : amrbean
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    Oh it's not just me. Stupid game is impossible without that. I can't even beat level 1. : derelict515
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      Same! WTF, it is infuriating. : amrbean
      • The controls/movement are actually pretty faithful to the original. Yes, it's clunky... but you can get... : noknyc
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    If you touch the screen you do the special stuff like tip-toe when walking. : Zoopy_Iscariot
    • And grabbing ledges? What an absurd control choice, not to mention that they apparently don't tell you th... : derelict515
• This is awesome thanks! : Dalant
• i liked simcity : manero
• Need for speed shift was worth $10 I'm interested in command and conquer - does anyone reccomend it?? : lukej1337
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  How is Red Alert? : marmite
  • There's a free version that will give you a taste of it. It's kinda cool I guess but the free version ha... : boarder2
  • It's a pretty streamlined and simple Red Alert, but you can't complain for a buck. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• oh shi thanks for the headsup : SatansFist
• So many games that I will buy and play once. But I must. : Albemuth
• For $1 I couldn't resist picking up a bunch of those. : rosewood
• Nice list. : prime8
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  would this mean you can't get the game on your iPhone4 without purchasing it again? : Rigg5
  • No, it will work fine as long as you use the same iTunes account on the new phone : boarder2
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  nice, I'll have to grab C&C, NFSShift, SimCity and Dragon's Lair tonight for my itouch. iTouch/iPhone ... : Zakko
  • Yeah it's funny, I never expected to do much gaming on my iPhone but there are some great ones out there ... : SatansFist
  • Could you report back in on Shift and C&C? : Goto10
• Nice! I was going to hold off on buying any apps till my iPhone 4 comes, but I grab a few of these. : AltZero
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  3G owners should avoid SimCity. It takes like 2.5 minutes to load up and it's sluggish as hell. Steve Job... : Schnapple
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    How does Sim City play on the iPhone? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      iPad, I mean. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • It would be good except making bridges is horribly buggy to the point where making a city on land with a ... : derelict515
    • To their credit the interface is really well done. I just never could get too far in a game due to the sl... : Schnapple
• I think I will get SimCity, thanks. How are NFS Shift and C&C? : Begawkiness
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  Is golf worth a buck? : pyide
  • I'm curious about this as well. I already have Let's Golf (which I don't play much but it's pretty cool n... : SatansFist
  • I bought Tiger Woods for like 10 bucks or something not long after I got my iPhone. It's pretty fun. Mi... : dltrem
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  They're not worth 99 cents let alone full price. Can't believe how much they normally charge for this cra... : brecht
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    You are saying sim city is not worth 99 pennies? Crazy I tells ya! : manero
    • Yet another EA port that is utter shit because of the controls. : Pandilex
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    You're the guy who goes to the garage sale and argues until the $1 thing is $0.50, aren't you? : Schnapple
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      Hey I just prefer buying games that are actually designed for the platform instead of half-assed ports. : brecht
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        ^^^^^ knows what the fuck is up. None of these games are worth getting (on the iphone) for free, let a... : roushimsx
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          Seriously, trivial pursuit isn't worth 99 cents? You people are being dicks about this. : treefingers1
          • dicks? ON MY SHACK?! : Phil
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          Red Alert is really neat for a buck. Jesus Christ roushi. : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • There's a free version that you can try to confirm that it's not worth a buck. Jesus Christ MBD. : roushimsx
      • I agree that these are all games whose properties were not initially on the iPhone but to say that they w... : Schnapple
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      I agree with him. They all suck like almost all EA games. The only one that looks ok is Dragon's lair. : razlebol
      • Oh yeah, I forgot about that one. But apparently it's been 99 cents for a while now. : brecht
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  Are any of these iPad native? It'd be nice to pick them up now even if I don't have an iPad yet : OverloadUT
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    It'll say in the AppStore if they are. Red Alert I think is but SimCity definitely isn't. : derelict515
    • Apparently the "+" next to the price means it's universal : Schnapple
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    iPad native ones are not on sale. i.e. Red alert for iPad is ~$12 : Alco23
    • Then again, Red Alert iPhone plays quite well on the iPad. A steal for a buck. Too bad you can't change s... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Trivial Pursuit isn't too bad, probably worth $1 : dumb.
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  Does anyone know if the NFS games run well on a 3G? I could use a racing game : Schnapple
  • I'm waiting for it to finish dling and then I'll let you know. : SatansFist
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  EA is pretty lame... no iPad sale? : v1ctoly
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    yeah 13 dollars for the iPad version of Red Alert is a joke. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Also the iPad version is supposed to be really choppy. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  i LOVE need for speed undercover. : Phil
  • It's got cinematics. FMV cinematics. On a fucking phone. Welcome to the future. : treefingers1
• For the games that are board games, do any of them have asynchronous online play? (like Words with Friend... : Schnapple
• I shit 5 dollars. This is nothing for some descent quality games. Just think of all the times that you ... : mr.thing

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• Cheers to DX. Thanks to Ion Storm Austin for giving us the crown of PC gaming and for showing what gaming... : Marrbe
• Sometimes you've gotta make a silent takedown. : Alice O'Connor
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0U7OUtRvXM : Lone Swordsman
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  the code phrase is IRON and COPPER!!!! : razorblade79
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    JUNIOR and WHOPPER!!! : Dave-A
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      Why would a bakery need infra red security???? : SpaecKow
      • Clearly you haven't tasted the magic their ovens are capable of producing. : Marrbe
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  Oh my god, JC! A bomb! : ZTac
  • A bomb! : drazz
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    I laugh every time he says it. Someone should make a song of this. : lcizzle
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0U7OUtRvXM : mikecyb
  • NO MORE INTERNETS! : Waffles!
  • Not a ba...a bomb. : FirstPersonCooter
• 0451!!! : deject
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  I speeel my drink!!!! : freshyk
  • yevgenny! : toilet
• I wanted orange, it gave me lemon lime. : dael
• skulgun : ArB
• hmm, maybe its time I go back and play past the first level : maulla
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  If a person bought Deus Ex on Steam and had never played it before, what mods (if any) would that person ... : rudds
  • I've always been a fan of doing going through the game vanilla first (with certain exceptions like Vampir... : one random winner
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    Honestly, all you need is the updated renderer and you're good to go. I completed Deus Ex yet again a few... : Alice O'Connor
    • ^^ This : lcizzle
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      This is what I did as well. Also I forced Vsync on to prevent speedups and applied an anti-mouselag regis... : Marrbe
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        Please detail this anti-mouselag registry fix. : SockMonkeh
        • Now that I think about it, it was anti mouse acceleration. I had acc in DX even though it was turned off ... : Marrbe
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        Wow, I'm going to try this v-sync fix. I have the same problem with the game speeding up at random places... : phate81
        • Couldn't find an option for it in DX so I forced it on for the application in nVidia Control Panel. : Marrbe
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      updated renderer yes, plus New Vision and HDTP. Also purely graphical : MamiyaOtaru
      • No! The texture replacement packs don't feel like Deus Ex. Stylistically they're not quite there. : Alice O'Connor
  • I say play the original like god intented it to be played also, don't take swimming and if you don't i... : razorblade79
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    Shifter+ for earning points for being sneaky. : breadsticks
    • And this for updated computers: http://www.kentie.net/article/dxguide/index.htm : breadsticks
  • I just played through it with Steam vanilla version and had no issues. : JMro
  • dialing wand. : steelsamurai
• Greasy Greasy Greasels But truly, hats off to Ion Storm and Warren Spector. Deus Ex is the pinnacle of... : Anir
• This is an epic day. : The Grolar Bear
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  I bought it on sale on steam a few weeks back, currently up to the Paris level. I feel that the the story... : transmetal
  • Anyone that says DX has great voice acting is deluded or being sarcastic. The story's great, but the voic... : AlexW1203
• Who dat der wit da birtdat todat? : noobja
• I speeled my drink! : tfsbrian
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  What a shame.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DAPXMZk2iw : scary_monster
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    BAHAHAHAHHAA the comments on this video are what did it for me, i'm in stitches : OhSnapHighFive
    • Best set of YouTube comments ever. : Johnny Law
    • Yep...I fucking love the comments!! I can't believe youtube commenters actually managed to pull it off! A... : scary_monster
• bloodshot. : umegastar
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  Flatlander Woman : MercFox1
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    Laputan Machine : deject
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      I may have just missed a couple of lines in the game itself, but are you two referencing http://designr... : AlexW1203
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        Those are the killphrases for Anna Navarre and Gunther Hermann, respectively : MercFox1
        • Aaaah, right. Well, that explains that then - I was never good enough for those. I did make a mean MJ12 C... : AlexW1203
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    I thought it was sticky LAM in airplane? :D : Grimp
    • I did Sniper Rifle to the FACE. : deject
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  10 years old next week: Diablo II : MatthewPhillips
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    since no thread is complete without fanboyism or some degree of threadshitting: Deus Ex > Diablo I + Diab... : Hoax
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      I think oranges are better than apples. Does anyone else think that is an ironically legitmate comparison : SockMonkeh
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        No fruit can compete with perfectly ripe cherries. : Marrbe
        • +INF like a motherfucker : deject
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          carrots > * : devpaul
          • carrots != fruit : one random winner
      • you can't compare oranges and apples it's just not possible to prefer one to the other. If you ever have... : MamiyaOtaru
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  Yay! I'm transcribing my interview with two lively fellows from Eidos-Monteal now and should have it post... : warcrow
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    your excitement over this makes me wary because you were also pretty excited over the xcom game while eve... : Hoax
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      Everyone? : warcrow
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        EVERYONE! dunno listening in and reading some preview people were less enthusiastic about it, basically t : Hoax
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          There is more it than that, but yes I'm excited for it because it looks new & fun. I'm going to write som... : warcrow
          • cool i will wait for your write-up then before calling you a fag (more so on the dx one than on the xcom) : Hoax
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    That shaky cam footage that Screw Attack had up for a bit looked like they were trying to do Deus Ex just... : deject
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      Yep, they had multiple entrances to the bar area, silent takedowns (hoping for nonlethal) on that guy in ... : MercFox1
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        There are both lethal and non-lethal take downs (mechanically, you tap the button for non-lethal and hold... : ZTac
        • I hope it's not like MGS3, so many poor dudes' throats got slit :( : Zek
      • Non-lethal takedowns are always the most silent takedowns. : AlexW1203
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  Played the game for the first time a few weeks ago, really liked it. I laughed so loud when Maggie Chwo s... : lausai
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    the whole segment in HK may be the worst voice acting ever. : ass-street
    • yeah I feel that the worst has to be the bartender : lausai
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  Still the best game of all time, except for maybe System Shock 2. : phate81
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    I loved system shock 2, but still havent gotten around to playing dues ex. I need to get it working on ... : GoodBoy
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      Don't know what version you have, but Steam's ran just fine for me, I went through it recently with no tr... : hunhauu
      • I have the original game as well as a game of the year version, both on CD. Probably still in original s... : GoodBoy
    • I haven't tried it myself on Win7 x64, but all I had to do on XP was apply a no cd crack because the copy... : sanchez
• EYE did itI EYE did it! : jvox
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  Are you kidding? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7tRYj-Y6qI : sanchez
  • lol Kept fat fingering the key pad and had to pull out the baton. : lcizzle
• It's not today... and certainly not ten years old. I'm almost 40, but thanks! : excessus
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  So I have the GOTY edition. Does someone have a list of fixes (mouse acceleration, v-sync) for Win7? : warcrow
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    use http://www.cwdohnal.com/utglr/ the OpenGL renderer version 1.9 for Deus Ex its faster and less prob... : Hoax
    • Thanks! :) : warcrow
    • sweet, will try this as my urge to replay Deus Ex again is rising : devpaul
    • hm, ok I might have to try it. : Flinz
    • Thanks for the tip about notebooks! : Enkidu
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    I get BSOD's like crazy when I try to play it from Steam. Sad panda, I am. : Wolfanoz
    • Wow you get actual blue screens? Or a pop up saying this program has stopped responding? If it's the sto... : lcizzle
  • See my reply to SockMonkeh above. : Marrbe
• Deus Ex Yakety Sax http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cenmlaW8qiU : tunis5000
• Birthday song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j8jMn2Kcgs : StriderNL
• Rock, Paper, Shotgun's long writeup on the game - http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/06/22/the-rps-verd... : Dontdrop
• What did you do to celebrate?? : arcane_
• this thread is severely lacking JC Tenton : pancake humper
• I am no deus ex fanboy or anything, but this is one of the best games on pc, ever. And I mean it : JohnnyDanger
• It's about time to play this again. I've played through 3 times over the years, getting to be time for an... : nodge69
• Just beat it on all three endings last night. If I'd known, I would have waited... : Conan
• Best PC game of all time. : pgharavi
• Great game! I never complete games, but i finished this and tried out the different endings. : kingfish
• It's 75% off on Steam now, just $2.49. Seriously fucking buy it if you don't own it already!! Fuck I am... : mikecyb
• i see this came out for Mac, so i can only hope that it gets a Steam release and our PC license transfer ... : Korban
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  Now if I could just get it to run on win7 now... And I've already been through a bunch of the renders,... : Freon
  • I just played through it on Windows 7 64-bit. Had a ton of weird speed issues and whatnot at first, but e... : Conan
• i have like 3 or 4 full copies of this game that i got for free from various PC magazines over the years. : -=kodiak=-
• You're wearing sunglasses on a night operation?! : Majuju
• Here's to Warren Spector. Thanks for taking it all in stride. Looking forward to Epic Mickey. : Navy Spitfire

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  I can trust Valve enough to know they are taking their time to make ep3 the best game they've made thus ... : freshyk
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    there is supposed to be a Hl3 though : stgdz
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      I thought Gabe said HL: EP3 is actually going to be HL3. As in a stand alone game. : DJ Clipdat
      • Sorry, meant HL2: EP3. : DJ Clipdat
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        did he??? : lukej1337
        • I think that's just an Internet rumor that keeps perpetuating itself. If he actually said it the quote wo... : freshyk
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        Loumbardi said Ep 1-3 is HL3: Doug Lombardi: Once Episode Three is complete, we will basically have ma : matthaeus
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          This was written a couple years ago, Valve has a tenancy to change things around dramatically. : nwillard
          • I feel like Eps 1-3 will essentially be HL3 and the saga will end with that, and they'll focus (moreso th... : Navy Spitfire
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    The thing is we don't even know if they've been working on it. The lack of screenshots, videos, or any in... : The Grolar Bear
    • Oh come on. I don't see how people can think they're not working on the next installment of the series th... : freshyk
    • hahahahah : manero
    • They're keeping it secret because it's not far enough advanced yet and they want to retain the element of... : Lone Swordsman
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  I had serious doubts when they announced their episodic content and it looks like I was right. : danws6
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    INTERNET POINTS +50 : manero
    • Yes, I love this. Hahaah : phipple
• If they weren't working on it still they would say so. : bozer
• Do not count valve out ep3 will arrive with a yuuge bang and it will be worth : lukej1337
• I wonder how long they've been actively working on it. It takes a long fucking time to make a game, espec... : Orange Pylon
• The quality of ep1 and ep2 and the frequency with which we got to enjoy them was better than waiting 4 ye... : lukej1337
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  You clearly don't know what vaporware means : OverloadUT
  • Seconding this. : Conan
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    how is it not vaporware, we haven't seen anything for EP3 as I outlined. The only reason people don't co... : stgdz
    • they believe it because valve has said it : EvilDolemite
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      In order for something to be considered vaporware, the company needs to make a big deal about how it's co... : OverloadUT
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        Gabe also mentioned at some point that it's going to be worth the wait. So they are pimping the shit o... : Gylis
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          Do they ever say "it's not worth the wait?" : The Wilhelm Scream
          • All the time. : DM7
      • They've mentioned things here and there but you're right, they haven't made a bigass deal about it. : Schnapple
  • I think this counts. : deveus1
  • I agree with this. It has been less than three years since Episode 2 came out. There were three years... : Omaha
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    Exactly. It hasn't even been 3 years yet since episode 2. In Valve time it's only been like 3 weeks. : mrwolf710
    • YOU ARE CORRECT SIR! : lukej1337
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  entitled PC gamer : dopefish
  • I wish I could +inf this post again : ColoradoCNC
• they can take their sweet time as long it's better than EP2 which was amazing : mista mista
• Ask yourself--did you think the same thing about HL2? Relax, they're working on it. I have a feeling E3 i... : warcrow
• They've rebooted it to be a PS3 exclusive. : moe6
• I think that vaporware is when games have been shown, promised in a finished condition, and then not rele... : sgtsanity
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  yeah I think you nailed it I e-mailed Gabe to confirm and he never got back to me so I'll take his silenc... : Ajax
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    Valve has betrayed us for the last time : freshyk
    • NOT MY DEVELOPER : Ajax
  • I emailed Gabe to find out why they removed first person feet on L4D2 and he never got back to me. :( : SockMonkeh
• I do think Episode 3 is now Vaporware in the sense that it has become Half-Life 3 and is going to Showcas... : Crimsonbeak
• lol what the fuck? : eeeealmo
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  This sounds like what they did with TF2. : zipr
  • Honestly, TF2 was so utterly different, and yet the fact that they still came through, says everything. : Merconium
  • TF2 was scrapped and redone twice I think. they came out with the current/final design like one or two y... : mikecyb
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  Has EP3 even been officially announced? How can you call it vaporware? : sanchez
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    Valve confirmed working on it several times : matthaeus
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      that doesn't mean anything I mean look at Team Fortress 2 Valve said they were working on that game but i... : Ajax
      • Nope. Never. Really though, they were working on TF2 the whole time they said they were, if you listen... : nwillard
      • tf2 has been released?!? : matthaeus
• They likely moved a lot of resources to finishing Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 while keeping EP3 in a design/technol... : pyros
• Everything is vaporware until it's released : Dave-A
• All I know is after playing left 4 dead 1&2 the combat in hl2 and the episodes seemed really tame. Left ... : DM7
• I agree that HL3 would have been better but EP3 will come out sooner or later and it will be fucking glor... : NastyJack
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  Nobody's mentioning Portal 2. Sure, nothing's been announced about Episode Three, but have you guys seen ... : nwillard
  • It does look great :) : Godhatesfatpeople
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  HEY GAUIZE HALF LIFE 3 WULD HAEF BEEN BETTER THAN 3 EPISODES HURRRRRRRRR Six fucking years since Episo... : DrWaffles
  • Oh the irony. : NastyJack
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    The episodes are fucking amazing, anyway. : Dschinghis Khan
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      I know! To the people arguing for HL3: did you enjoy the two episodes? Yes? So why bring this up ag : DrWaffles
      • This is like the kid and marshmallow experiment. Wait 20 minutes and get another marshmallow, or eat it ... : DrWaffles
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    You mean Half Life 2 right? Episode 1 came out in 2006 : tfsbrian
    • Indeed. Four years makes the HL3 argument even more inane. : DrWaffles
• http://i47.tinypic.com/2zs5snt.gif : Godhatesfatpeople
• THIS IS A SLAP IN THE FACE : walker270
• seriously fuck this shit, pre-order cancelled : mikecyb
• I'm going to jump on the "WTF is your problem" train here. I would much, much rather that this turned int... : Cheeziologist
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOdpX6dcrU4 : Rauol Duke
• Half-Life 3 will come. Mark my words. : vx2o
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  This is a retarded post. Games take time to develop. It hasn't even been 3 years yet. Quit bitching an... : Senate5000
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    Oh come on, pick one, either they have multiple teams working on different games or it's been four years.... : AlexW1203
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      who really cares? do you not have other games to play or something? they'll release info on it when the... : mikecyb
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        Sure, I'll survive. It's still frustrating, though, and I maintain that it's not so bad to ask for just o... : AlexW1203
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          No he's right, your privileged attitude is verging ridiculous. Valve doesn't owe you anything so stop act... : warcrow
          • Again, I didn't say they should have released the game by now. I said it would be nice to have some more ... : AlexW1203
      • Valve needs GeorgeB style Twitter updates. : Dontdrop
    • I'm assuming they've scrapped several ideas like what happened with TF 2 and I believe like TF 2, when th... : Dontdrop
• Do you really think Valve would never release episode 3? lol It might be re-branded as half-life 3 but... : razlebol
• Don't be a retard. Valve has released every title they've announced no matter how long it has taken. Va... : pop_secret

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• Anyone play it yet for the PC? If yes, how is the SP? You can ow get it. : valcan_s
• co-op? cool! : onji
• It looks great, but I'll wait for reviews of the actual gameplay. : zehh
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  Where are the reviews? : CrustaR
  • Not sure there are any out, I will check out the game for myself tonight. : valcan_s
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    found one: http://kotaku.com/5569679/transformers-wars-for-cybertron-review-now-light-our-darkest-hour : onji
    • Seems like it could be good. : K0LM
    • LOL: I had one sliver of health left, and my teammates were not following me down the corridor to provide : o0JediBeavis0o
• Seriously considering buying this... : etherboy
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  http://www.destructoid.com/review-transformers-war-for-cybertron-177164.phtml another review : K0LM
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    It sounds really good! 3 player co-op through the campaigns and a 4 player horde mode. Very tempting! : nodebug
    • We can play as long as I am Optimus. : CrustaR
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      I wonder if this is worth the 20 extra bucks for the 360 version over the PC version : K0LM
      • It never is. * : CrustaR
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        I need some info on if the PC version is good. I don't want to spend the extra dough. : K0LM
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          Streaming it now. Just sorting out some issues! : Rice-Rocketeer
          • Watching the stream. Looks pretty awesome. : K0LM
  • It's a shame that the multiplayer can be so annoying with lost kills and overpowered weapons, because it' : etherboy
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    http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/110/1100843p2.html IGN 9/10 : K0LM
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      wtf a transformers game people like? am i stuck in bizzaro universe again? : smacknca
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        I was shocked as well. This can't be real. : K0LM
        • It's not tied to a movie, just like Batman AA wasn't. : DinK
    • What the fuck? This came outta nowhere : Bamtan
    • I knew it LOL, when I saw the first gameplay videos I was screaming like a school girl. I was almost w... : valcan_s
    • 0h dang, son, that sounds awesome!! : CrustaR
    • It will blow you away - IGN.com : Dontdrop
• Just checked on Steam, and for some reason I can't buy it... is it not out in the EU yet? :/ : jbury
• Trademark symbols? Really? : Lone Swordsman
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  I had no idea this was even getting a PC release. : repeat2k
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    If its on the PC and its awesome I will find it :) Ya, its great hey, you Eyefinity guys are gona have... : valcan_s
    • Hurry up and review it for me! : YerMothah
    • Wonder how buggy it'll be :| : Bamtan
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  Is it first person? : baffula
  • Third, Gears-style shooter : etherboy
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  so is this any good or what? : rtrson
  • In work... ? we will see... : valcan_s
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  The demo was fun on the 360. My only complaint was that the vehicle mode felt too slow but maybe that's ... : mrwolf710
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    Did you try the scout? That + boost is pretty zippy : geedeck
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      I think I was just playing the main warriory / fighty kind of class. : mrwolf710
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        So you're asking why the M1 Abrams can't beat the Ford GT in a race :( : geedeck
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          OK, I'm wrong. Gahhhh. : mrwolf710
          • So I played some more of the demo when I got home. I'm still a noob with 3rd and 1st person shooters and... : mrwolf710
  • I agree... I had a lot of fun with the demo. Felt like a combination of Unreal Tournament with COD weap... : laidback
• Well motherfuckers, It wasnt there the other day when I did a search . Just got it from Best Buy. : Cashh
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  where is a stream dammit : mo13
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    http://www.livestream.com/derekeric Should be up in a few minutes... : Rice-Rocketeer
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      Alright, I'm streaming. Tell me if this is working. : Rice-Rocketeer
      • looks like it : mo13
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        where's the sound? : mo13
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          Oh, sorry - I'll put that on. : Rice-Rocketeer
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            I'm not sure how to get back into the livestream options... :| : Rice-Rocketeer
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              Gotta stop the stream. Give me a sec'. : Rice-Rocketeer
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                Stream is off now! Thanks for watching. : Rice-Rocketeer
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                  So what is your opinion? : K0LM
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                    It's not bad, but the controls are confusing since I can't actually change them nor can I see what the co... : Rice-Rocketeer
                    • Gah this doesn't help. I really want it on 360 but DAMN why is there a $20 difference. : K0LM
    • It's working. : Dontdrop
• Mine's almost done downloading. : Rice-Rocketeer
• Gamefly shipped this yesterday and I got it today. (360, not steam obviously) I think their service has ... : DinK
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  Locked to 30FPS and cant change controls ? any fix for the framerate ? : Cashh
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    You can't remap the controls? : K0LM
    • Pretty sure you cant remap but the default layout feels ok. If you're using a pad i guess you can change ... : Cashh
  • uh oh........... : at0micgarden
  • Uh oh. I really hope it isn't a bad port for a great game. : repeat2k
• Another review http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3180025 : K0LM
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  Thought I would ask.... I got a steam key for CoD MW2. Anyone interested in trading this key for a... : Arcath
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    That's strange. How does one just have a key? : repeat2k
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      Came with my video card. So this is my 2nd copy. : Arcath
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        I was under the impression they only gave away copies of HL2 deathmatch with video cards and other such s... : repeat2k
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          I got a copy of Dirt 2(Steam) from one of them crazy veediyo card things. : Dontdrop
          • Yeah so the offer stands. If anyone wants to trade a Transformers key for a MW2 one. Let me know. :... : Arcath

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  I didn't like it. Didn't have the same feel as the original. At the risk of using another shackmeme, I ... : silent77
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    it doesn't have the same feel as the original, but i would give it another go whilst trying to view it as... : purekillforce
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      I played solo. Yeah the jump height bothered me too. Also, can you only hold one weapon at a time? May... : silent77
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        X changes weapons. no duel-wielding if that's what you mean. although that would be an awesome skill to a... : purekillforce
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          Not duel-wielding, switching weapons. It felt like if I stood over a weapon and held X it would just pic... : silent77
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            yeh, holding X over a weapon replaces the one you are using. tapping x will swap your weapon to your seco... : purekillforce
            • basically the same as Halo. : riptyde
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  I thought it was great. i mean it's no fun because of the time limit, but the core gameplay is a riot. ... : slickdoody
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    how do you release mag grenades? i played around with them a little. me and a friend were drivin round... : purekillforce
    • hold down RB to explode / release. : slickdoody
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  The time limit really kills it, and all the guns look identical, so I never have any idea what I'm really... : Clasifyd
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    How many guns can I carry? : Dave-A
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      Only 2 at a time, and a grenade : Clasifyd
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        How do you swap between 'em? : Dave-A
        • Press X : Clasifyd
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          RB is reload aswel :p : purekillforce
          • LB! : slickdoody
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            I think RB is grenades, isn't it? : Dave-A
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              now im not so sure. i think slickdoody is right with LB. ive been learning so many new games this past we... : purekillforce
              • Yes, RB is grenades, LB is reload : Clasifyd
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  I really want to like the first one and this demo but both games' art style, camera distance and physics ... : gooblerampling
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    you just have to try to let go of realism and enjoy it for how it looks. i had a problem with wind waker ... : purekillforce
    • Oh, I have no problem with stylized art. It's more the "feel" compounded with that. Maybe I shouldn't hav... : gooblerampling
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  I ran out of ammo a few times which never happened to me in the first one. It was weird. : warcrow
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    I was constantly out in my SMG. I didn't even make it though the initial drop point before I ran out. : Clasifyd
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      Yup. The default difficultly appears to be a little more tough--the weapons are weaker or the bad guys ha... : warcrow
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        I didn't mind it so bad, I ended up just punching the shit out of people or hitting them with a car door.... : Clasifyd
        • I think I was around 400 bullets max with all the automatic weapons. The default shorty is lime 60 max I ... : prime8
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        I didn't have much trouble with it. I remember them saying the default difficulty on the first game was w... : Dave-A
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          That last part sounded like a backhanded suggestion, David. : Clasifyd
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            Isn't that what the easier difficulty option was called? : Dave-A
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              Oh yes, it is. But it's hard to say "Did you try 'Fragile'?" without implying, "Did you try letting a rea... : Clasifyd
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                I wonder if the higher difficulty is there to make co-op more challenging. : Dave-A
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                  Did it unlock? I saw Major Nelson's tweet last night about us needing to unlock it somehow. : Clasifyd
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                    Ah, looks like some crap you have to do: http://gamerscoreblog.com/press/archive/2010/06/21/fj375.aspx : Dave-A
                    • I hate that all these stupid things go through Facebook... : Clasifyd
                  • i will probably be playing it on the hard, if not hardest difficulty. from the trailors, dev diaries e... : purekillforce
    • The SMG is kinda weaksauce anyway. I swapped it for the carbines the Cell carry as soon as I had the cha... : Arcanum
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  There's a fun game in there somewhere, but it doesn't hold a candle to the original. : Silent Wolf
  • Eh? It seemed very, very similar to the demo for the first game. : Arcanum
  • Wha? it's basically the same game, look! C1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfb4U9m_2Fc C2: http://www.... : niceguynick
• For some reason it was giving me motion sickness, which I normally don't get while playing games. I'm goi... : Gore87
• I liked it though the target lock often locked on a barrel or car when I was wanting it to target a Cell : prime8
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  I found I wanted to do too much in one go. I'd kill a few guys, then start jumping after orbs, then try ... : UselessHack
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    If I remember right, the driving was 'off' in the first one until you leveled it up some, too. I didn't ... : Clasifyd
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      I got to level 4 driving. The buggy seemed too twitchy, but that might be because it's considered the st... : UselessHack
      • i was driving around in the agency supercar for about 15mins and loved it. handled nicely and was able to... : purekillforce
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  I was a huge fan of Crackdown, so the changes to the look of the game were a bit jarring. I must have mis... : Dave-A
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    Agree with auto targeting. Agency voice guy got less chatty as my 30 minutes progressed, but super c... : slickdoody
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      targeting could do with an improvement but it only messed up for me a couple times. agency voice got t... : purekillforce
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        What is the orb ping? I didn't see/hear about that. : Clasifyd
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          Press the top of the D-Pad and Agility/Hidden Orbs will appear 2-dimensionally on the mini map in your HU... : Dave-A
          • Sounds just like inFamous, interesting : Begawkiness
        • press up on the d-pad and you send out a radar ping on your minimap and for a second all the orbs appear ... : purekillforce
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    • The one white agent on the bottom left of the selection screen looked like he had a stroke. That's the o... : Clasifyd
  • which changes to the look exactly? : niceguynick
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    i vastly prefer the targeting system to R*'s. i get all confused in theirs when it jumps to a different "... : biskits
    • See I like how you're describing it here, but I was having trouble getting it to target what I was pointi... : Dave-A
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  I have a feeling that the demo is hyped up on everything, giving you little time to get used to what's ha... : Masem
  • Crackdown was a bit of a slow burn for me. I tried the demo a few times before it really hooked me. : Dave-A
• I really wish the climbing was faster. There is a long pause as your guy grabs a ledge and settles before... : byorn
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  I had a lot of fun, but it felt much like the first one, but I feel demos lately don't show the overall p... : Tattoo Trav
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    What? The Just Cause 2 demo sold it for me and seemed a perfect indication of what you would get in-game. : gooblerampling
    • The demo didnt show the scope of the game world, I was surprised at how many cool things there were when ... : Tattoo Trav
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  I don't understand why people are saying it doesn't have the same feel, it's pretty much identical to the... : niceguynick
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    I feel the same on everything except the targeting. The targeting on this one is pretty fucked. Is there... : Clasifyd
    • the targeting could definitely be tightened up a little but it's not too different from the first, I don'... : niceguynick
  • Yeah, I had never played either before yesterday but I downloaded the demo for 1 and 2 to give them a try... : mrwolf710
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  they should rename it to Crackdown Again, because it's just more of the exact same. that said, i'm happy ... : biskits
  • I can't wait to try this in 4 player co-op, there could be some funny shack battles...such as a race to t... : niceguynick
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    Crackdown 2: Crack Downer : Dave-A
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      Crackdown and Bound : Dave-A
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        Crackdown Periscope : Head Rush
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          Crackdowns : zakazi
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            Rescuers Crackdown Under : Clasifyd
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              Crackdown and Out in Beverly Hills : dumb.
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                Black Hawk Crackdown : prime8
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                  Hot Tube Crackdown Machine : metalremains
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                    I don't think you understand how this works... : Clasifyd
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                      I'm going to start calling you fyd. : one random winner
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                        K. Why? : Clasifyd
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                          Fuck Yo Downs : Head Rush
                          • System of a Crackdown : Klebold
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                            Crackdownsyndrome : Korban
                            • Crackdown Smackdown in Shacktown : GoodBoy
                            • Crackdown Wid Da Kidz : node
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                              At the Crack of Down. : FirstPersonCooter
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                                Churchill Crackdowns : kungfusquirrel
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                                  I get cracked down, then i get up again. : corey
                                  • Crackdown Vs Raw : purekillforce
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                          It was slightly more random than your response to metalremains, also, I like the sound as it comes off my... : one random winner
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                            Lovely. Whatever creams your twinkie. : Clasifyd
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                              lol, I'm just yanking your chain. : one random winner
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                                No no, I'm not getting sore. I was really okay with it. ha ha It's almost like we're friends now. /tea... : Clasifyd
                                • +1 Internet Friends : one random winner
                  • Crackdown 2: Crack Down Syndrome : Dynotaku
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    The name Crackdown 2 kind of already means exactly that doesn't it? : OverloadUT
    • Sorta, I think Twilight: Crackdown might be more appropriate? : zakazi
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  Here's a good analysis of the demo compared to the original Crackdown http://www.eurogamer.net/article... : Masem
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    thanks for posting this, it answered a few things in my head :D : niceguynick
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      What does it mean near the end when they said the first Crackdown has another layer or texturing? I could... : h o s t i l e
      • CD1 had a cel-like rendering layer that gave the characters thicker outlines like in a comic book though ... : Masem
      • There's a pair of comparison shots in the article that illustrate what it's talking about. There are lan... : Johnny Law
• The combat didn't quite grab me at first, but as soon as I started going after agility orbs I was quickly... : riptyde
• I love it, more of the same and allot of new stuff has been added, it feels much better. Talked a bit ... : valcan_s
• I was kind of meh. All the running and jumping and getting orbs and stuff is cool, but the combat is stil... : PointlesS76
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  Wasn't nearly as enamored with it as I was the original. Being dumped with no prep or explanation sucked... : brickmatt
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    Not feeling the auto-targeting either... couldn't figure out how to switch to different body locations l... : tangles
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      just flick the stick in the location you want to shoot when locked on. : DarkWolf5
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        Although it appears that if you want a really specific shot (like a head shot), you have to wait a second... : riptyde
        • That decreases in time as your agent skill goes up. Also decreases by getting closer to the targer. Take... : DarkWolf5
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      Do you use inverted Y-axis like a good American? I found in the demo that if your camera Y-axis is inver... : DinK
      • yeh, i noticed that, took me a while to lock onto car tyres. i got confused for a second and had to work ... : purekillforce
  • a character used to select a loadout when they joined a coop game or or respawned at a safe house, so it'... : purekillforce
• It made me go back and play the first one til 2AM last night. So yeah I'll be picking up the sequel. : beanman101283
• I played one round of the demo solo today. It was fun and all, but seriously we're talking about 4-playe... : DinK
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  What's with not being able to melee while locked on? : ChibiJosh
  • i know, seemed like a backwards and pointless decision, if indeed it was and they didn't just forget to i... : purekillforce
• I didn't find it fun, and it feels super outdated. : thebigbeefsandwich
• another 2.5 weeks until it's out, speed up time god damn you! : niceguynick
• Fun demo, played 15 times now. Pre-Ordered'd'd'd'd''d'd'd''d'd'd'd'd'd''d'd : Old8Leg
• Very pleasantly surprised. I loved it. It's funny, I dislike APB but I love Crackdown 2. I thought i... : Derringer
• There is a bug that disables the 30 minute limit (as long as you don't start any races) 1) Start up th... : Dalnor

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• Interesting! : cjcharv
• crazy : Maarten Goldstein
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  The Mariana Trench contains the Challenger Deep, which is where that bathyscaphe went. : Marrbe
  • Yeah, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_Deep : Nitrium
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  holy crap mt. everest is tall :( : mikecyb
  • It just sails on past the death zone : Dave-A
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus_Mons : Marrbe
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      what's the emoticon for crying like a little girl? : mikecyb
      • //:_;\\ : Marrbe
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      Both the size of Olympus Mons and its shallow slope (2.5 degrees central dome surrounded by 5 degree oute : mikecyb
      • Ah, we both caught that. lol : jayacheess
      • Too bad Mars has such a thin atmosphere. Imagine flying a kite from the top with an Earth-like atmosphere... : Marrbe
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      Wow, that's interesting. I didn't realize it was such a gradual slope (5%). And you aren't able to really... : jayacheess
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        I'm struggling to comprehend that. : ShekkyBoy
        • same here : riptyde
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      Sounds like the name of a whore in Roman mythology. : riptyde
      • Think earlier. Mount Olympus. : thetangent
  • It really is. If you read Krakauer's "Into Thin Air", it'll give you a whole new understand of exactly ho... : reelbk
• wow that's pretty crazy actually, didn't realize the oil pocket was that deep. : Shadowdane
• see, plenty of room for oil left : askedrelic
• Man, this gives some serious perspective on our planet. Also, that's a long fucking way to drill for oil... : eseiat
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  Dang rupellsvulture can fly freaking high. Also the Russians drilled equally as deep and deeper on la... : theghostofsmdever
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    You know something is crazy when then Russians say it's too dangerous. : Blackdawgg
    • For real. The shit that comes out that deep is Abiotic oil, there is all sorts of nasty benzine and god k... : theghostofsmdever
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    Chevron is currently drilling a deeper well in Canada right now. : cltcprd
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      Offshore? : theghostofsmdever
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        Yessir. http://www.oilmarketer.co.uk/2010/05/12/chevron-canada-commences-drilling-for-deepest-oil-well/ : cltcprd
        • ruh-roh, it's on this side of the country too : Dave-A
        • Chevron Canada has commenced drilling the country’s deepest oil well on record, in a bid to preven : riptyde
    • not our problem!!! : mikecyb
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  Holy shit, puts things into perspective. Did not know the leak was situated so deep : caveatemptor
  • we're fucked :( : umegastar
• So seep. So deep, put her ass to sleep? : magistersmax
• that's really cool : biskits
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  It needs to have the TauTona gold mine on this map. Over 12,000ft deep. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... : ant_hillbilly
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    that was a cool ep. : CoRDS
    • Shit was scary. I would never go down there unless of course I could have some free gold. : ant_hillbilly
  • fuck those fucking dwarves they are going to dig too deep!! : mikecyb
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    The mine is so deep that temperatures in the mine can rise to life threatening levels. Air conditioning e : mikecyb
    • If you ever get a chance watch the episode. Its on the science channel. : ant_hillbilly
• too deep, too greedily : c0bra
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  Deep oceans scare me. : soggybagel
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    same, had a strange feeling of anxiety as I scrolled down, deeper and deeper - don't know why : lonepie
    • I blame watching The Abyss at a young age. : soggybagel
    • Well, if you notice, after about a mile, there is no light whatsoever. Anything can creep up on you, and ... : AlexW1203
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  goddamit, so how long does it take to boil an egg on the ocean floor? : filthysock
  • 0.2 seconds : cltcprd
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    Haha my first thought as well, especially since I ate one 5 minutes ago. : Porkasaurus
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      You did?!? : CrustaR
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        http://www.shackpics.com/files/deeptrench_pzz8vlmw21z63t1liqfb.jpg : Porkasaurus
        • what the : CrustaR
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    water no longer boils past about 218 atmospheres down and the liquid and gaseous states merge, becoming ... : YamatoTwinkie
    • Thanks for ruining this thread with interesting scientific facts : caveatemptor
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  and to think with all that distance between the highest mountain and the deepest sea the earth has a smoo... : cap n KRUNCH
  • I was thinking this as well. : riptyde
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  damn that is fucking deep. Must be like going into outer space to go down there. : baconisgod
  • Funnily enough, more people have walked on the Moon than been to the deepest known part of Earth. : ShekkyBoy
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  Yeah we have heaps of oil left! so we're drilling how deep to get it now? wow. : abrasion
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    the thing that blows my mind about it is that oil is just decaying organic matter that's been compressed ... : beastrabban
    • Those are the decayed ruins of the dwarfs. : DarkWolf5
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      Until the 1990s, nobody even knew that gigantic deposits of oil and natural gas had pooled under the deep : cltcprd
      • wow, neato! thank you kind sir. : beastrabban
    • It's mostly plankton. Surface life doesn't have anywhere near that kind of density. : yakz

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  More of girl from #10 please. : Omaha
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    I want #8 to end my nations : Majuju
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      You idiots. It's all about #9 : bipolar
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        #29, on the left. Winner. : aggressor
        • See KaKo? we should've focused on strictly booth babes. :) : warcrow
• Also, nice work. : Omaha
• I subconsciously read your name as "Cat Fancier" : Majuju
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  hahaha what is going on in #7? : Begawkiness
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    The Sims was promoting their game with diamond headbands. : tinfoilhatter
    • It was funny hearing about the plumbobs and the effect they had on the sims line on the giantbombcast. : Haxim
• Neat! : pukerat
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  What's the thing in #24? Passthrough module for the RB3 Fender guitar? : Haxim
  • Allows you to plug in an existing MIDI keyboard, guitar, or drum kit and use it with Rock Band 3. : jra101
• Great Pics! Thanks! : cjcharv
• Nice pics! : prime8
• Awesome work! : Portax
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  Hey Baby http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4705224322_c97f108133_b.jpg : DJ Clipdat
  • I am to that pic as Phil is to this one http://www.philsized.com/lol/philsreunion.jpg : tinfoilhatter
• I'm still in awe of your photos, always love checking them out. Great work! \o/ : Demius
• you're a good taker of pictures. : darcspeed
• whoa awesome work! congrats! : Nitrium
• Fantastic pictures. Well done. : Ecks
• Awesome! Thanks for doing this, really good stuff. : pixelat3d
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  Lovin' all the vivid colors on the show floor. Did you do any post-processing? : kazanma
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    I adjusted exposure on a couple, but otherwise no. The showroom floor really looks like that. : tinfoilhatter
    • I always forget how crazy the show floors look until I see them the next time. The first time I ever wen... : Ecks
• lovely shots : mXENO
• I'm drooling over the Rock Band guitars. : MatzL.E.
• excellent work mrs tinfoil! : zuff
• Those looked good enough to be in the Big Picture. Nice. : mrwolf710
• Very nice photos; thanks for those. : pillzer
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  Awesome photos man, what type of camera do you have, damn they came out well? Very well done, \m/ : valcan_s
  • Canon 5D with a 50mm f/1.4 prime lens. My 24mm lens isn't working correctly, so I had to leave it at home... : tinfoilhatter
• Wohooo another Red Faction comin our way !!!!! :D : ghost hacker
• is there a story behind this, was Boston 'big picture' going to do one but decided not to? : deathofrats
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  Great work, as always! Did you guys try some gamer grub? : Dave-A
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    Great shot of Mark stepping into a portal : Dave-A
    • It was crazy in there--I saw episode 3! : warcrow
  • I wouldn't touch that stuff. Pizza flavored trail mix?! : tinfoilhatter
• Major props. : jcrockerman
• I may ask if you can/are able to license some of those (through flickr) appropriate for reuse for Wikiped... : Masem
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  Wait. In the last image. Was that??? Aquaman??? : AhmNee
  • That is James Camerons new movie. : pimpium
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  Goddamn you take nice pictures. Where are the riot pics? We almost died TFH! : warcrow
  • The LAPD scare me. I don't want to know want to know what it feels like to be tazed. : tinfoilhatter
• One day, I'll go to E3. :( I'll imagine it through your photos. : DHAvatar
• So many great picks. Thanks for sharing. : midgetherder
• I can't navigate with j / k like on Boston Globe. :( Cool photos though. :D Thanks for sharing. : SilverSnake
• Great pics. Wish I could of been there. : holycow
• Thanks everyone for the nice words. : tinfoilhatter
• Awesome pictures. Thanks! : Senate5000
• those space marines are amazing, they pretty much even got the scale right. : theWhite
• great shots, thanks for sharing : MikkleThePickle
• Pretty cool : bolneze
• Very nice pics : at0micgarden
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  I'm almost positive #18 is related to Homefront. : ArcKnight
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    That game looks freaking different, and by different I mean rad! : warcrow
    • It really does. Red Dawn the video game, except it's not the Soviets. : ArcKnight
• very excellent photos. : Fredrik S
• Excellent pics! : Phil

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  First game I'll buy this year. Have it preordered. What? For the PC, of course. : vx2o
  • i'm still up in the air regarding PC vs. 360. if i get it for PC, i'd want the Steam version (if it gets... : Korban
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  oh dear god so much to do : dahanese
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    You had better hurry!! : CrustaR
    • fo realz! i can't do her job for her. i'm not personable enough. : Korban
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      i think i'm going to avoid thinking about it and shack some more : dahanese
      • GeorgeB is that you? : ColoradoCNC
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  someone should really post a daily countdown to upcoming games & stuff... oh wait... nm. : hirez
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    Whatever happened to that guy? I heard gamefly ran him out of town. : Dave-A
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      For real?!? : CrustaR
      • sure why not : Dave-A
  • yeah. but he shouldn't do it in any impressive and technically advanced way. it should just be a .TXT f... : Korban
• want : yakz
• dahanese - you gonna hook us up with some exclusive dlc? : devnullgt
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  I played some if it. I love the original, so much fun! so the voice acting is done well enough, the missi... : warcrow
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    Is this game more open like GTA, or is it a guided, serious experience like the original? : Dontdrop
    • please use spoilers. i'm trying to avoid all media & story info : Korban
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      I only played it fir 15-20 minutes so I dot know, but I'm assuming it's using the gta paradigm--open work... : warcrow
      • World. : warcrow
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      It is more like the original. It's a pretty heavy story about being in the mob - not becoming the head gu... : dahanese
      • That sounds fucking awesome. Will purchase. : virus
      • I think it sounds like crap dude. Just like your Harvest Moon plush horsey! : warcrow
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        I'd love it if it sticks to the original(in gameplay terms). While I love GTA, I really think Mafia creat... : Dontdrop
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          yeah, GTA is great, but the way Mafia did it was really nice. I dont' think everything needs to be like G... : mindmann
          • Exactly. I'm so pumped. The official trailers looked great. : Dontdrop
        • I must have set the world record for speeding tickets : aggressor
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    When I played Mafia, the framerate would sometimes dip below 10fps while driving around and I still could... : roushimsx
    • Yeah I also remember the fps dipping awkwardly in that game but I still loved it and replayed it a few ti... : sanchez
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  I half-want to wait just a little longer. I'm not quite ready for it yet. Or someone should wipe it from ... : Alice O'Connor
  • *poof* I'm a Mafia II : dahanese
• Preorder : still not cancelled : shirif
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  remember the church mission in mafia? how about the rooftop escape? or the betrayal at the old farm, in... : EvilDolemite
  • I loved all of those : sanchez
  • If you don't shut up I might have to go replay it for the third time :( : aggressor
  • yea the roof top escape was crazy. : warcrow

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• Engadget link for those who hate Gizmodo: http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/no-pre-order-atandt-wont-ha... : EricZBA
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  Fuckin nuts. Glad I was able to get a preorder in. : prime8
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    It's only 5 more days, not exactly life threatening. : aggressor
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      aggressor, clearly apple is going to run out of iphones and not make any more. : manero
      • oohhhh noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo : aggressor
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      Tell that to the people who won't see those posts and camp out at the stores! : prime8
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        Pretty sure AT&T isn't that dickish and that they would tell them what's up before wasting their day(s) i... : aggressor
        • True. : prime8
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  No news on the white iPhones? :( : atom519
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    They better have them on release in Canada or... I'll just have to wait. : brecht
    • I'm hoping they will be available on June 29th, but looking doubtful since there has been zero updates re... : atom519
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  I have no idea why you wouldn't order directly from Apple anyway, I try to avoid dealing with them direct... : Yanks
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    my tracking # say it's in Newark - DELIVERY TOMORROW WOOP : multisync
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      mine is still showing as being in Anchorage. "Package available for clearance" and it's been that way fo... : pandastrong
      • tomorrow apple unveils teleporter technology : Omning
      • Mine just updated with "Jun 22, 2010 11:54 AM Int'l shipment release ANCHORAGE, AK" after being available... : freshyk
    • I didn't buy one! I am sure this shocks the entire Shacknews community! : Yanks
  • I had to order from AT&T because they fucked up my account and Apple couldn't recognize it in their syste... : BlackCat9
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    I have to order from an AT&T store since I'm on a business account. Apparently Apple Stores can't do the... : hussdelrio
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      Explain how you went through this plox. Mine says the same thing. : bolneze
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        If it's his first time (he doesn't already have an iPhone) and he wants to get a business rate/discount o... : tashtego
        • What is true? I dont have one either. : bolneze
  • The Apple Store was down while I tried to pre-order. : tashtego
• These are certainly the end times : watcherxp
• I'd love to know how many they have going out in the UK. Every mobile operator is shouting that the iP... : Beady
• haha att pwned : askedrelic
• they just sold the entire stock as pre orders. i dont blame them really. itll cut down on the number of c... : rtrson
• Fuuuuuu- the line at the Apple store is going to be LOOOOONG. Better get there tomorrow afternoon. : BlackCat9
• FFFUUUUUUUUUU Oh well, I'll just have to shuffle around my schedule of watching the world cup and pack... : Ambient80
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  http://www.loyalmoses.com/2010/06/my-iphone-4-arrived-2-days-early/ I HATE THIS PERSON : Metatron85
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    That display is bananas : pancake humper
    • fucking right it is http://www.loyalmoses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dsc05850.jpg can't wait! : opengl128
• 1 million iPhones sold on launch day? This launch is going to be insane. : pancake humper
• Shortage until mid August, I'm calling it. : abrasion
• What about Canada >:( : ventro