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  http://www.shackpics.com/files/awwyeahGTA4_8ypzzzueoewibsrijflg.jpg : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Hustle it up, Teabad! : jimmy_legs
    • puff puff I CAN DO THIS I KNOW IT'S AN UPHILL CLIMB BUT I CAN DO THIS puff puff : Maddog_Delphi97
  • I was only getting 300KB/s... Hopefully faster now... : etherboy
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    You have a dual core PC, don't you? Might as well give up now or you'll have a frustrating night :( : DrWaffles
    • Hey I have a dual core :( : ieGod
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      I have a quad core system.. but a crappy video card.. an ATI Radeon HD 3600 series card : Maddog_Delphi97
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        Eh, it's about on-par with what I have. It won't look pretty, but it should still run smoothly at some s... : DrWaffles
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          Shut up waffles don't tell me these things. : ieGod
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            I'm going to prove you're lying by running it now for the first time. : ieGod
            • Wish my NVidia 8800 card didn't die a while back.. could really use it now. I'd upgrade to a new video... : Maddog_Delphi97
            • I had a Core 2 Duo E6600 and single player was somewhat OK to play, but multiplayer was frustrating as th... : DrWaffles
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    16GB? i remember back in the day when Duke3D was 85MB. : Korban
    • Outta the way gramps, you missed the turn to nostalgia station a while back. : ieGod
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  DOWNLOAD FASTER YOU FUCK. : Orange Pylon
  • Looks like I can make it into the episodes right at 7:00 at this rate. : Orange Pylon
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    I didn't even get started until 5:08 pm cst, lol : Maddog_Delphi97
    • DON'T GET ME STARTED : jimmy_legs
    • 9,700 MB downloaded so far 1 hour and 50 minutes to go, lol : Maddog_Delphi97
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  I propose that we delay the start time to 9:30 to let these slow pokes catch up. I, on the other hand, wi... : ieGod
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    The pokey-dokes can join in on the action in progress, no worries. : jimmy_legs
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      Yeah, try to get an extra long session going, I wanna play with you guys :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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        extra long, just how your mom likes it : jimmy_legs
        • Awww yeah, ridin' dirty!! They see me rollin', they be hatin'! : Maddog_Delphi97
• Thanks to jimmy-legs being The Man I will come on next Friday and gladly get shot by all of you! : ColoradoCNC
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  Don't worry guys! I'll be there in... <click... clickclick>.... <gulp> f..fi...five hours... :( : vile
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    stop clicking on my penis : sanchez
    • He has to find it first! : Maddog_Delphi97
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  AC died at home. We're repairing now. I'm in car with ferrets (they die if too warm). Will be joining in ... : LoioshDwaggie
  • My AC died too :( : Dschinghis Khan
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  LISTEN BITCHES If you're not in teamspeak you don't get an invite. : ieGod
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    Look at this guy. All fresh and new in his dirt. : LoioshDwaggie
    • I move fast. : ieGod
    • It's holyshitHOT right now. Texas with no AC sucks. : LoioshDwaggie
• Still 2 hours till the Episodes have downloaded, let us know when you switch to vanilla. : thane
• We're in EFLC right now. I have room on my friends list. send an invite if you want in and hop on TS : jimmy_legs
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  You'll have to lay down the tarps and buttchug the curly fries without me; wife took me out to dinner to ... : etherboy
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    is she taking you to Arbys? : jimmy_legs
    • Boston Pizza! : etherboy
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  fuck eflc call me when you guys switch to vanilla. : RetroRedEyeJr
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    JUST BUY IT : jimmy_legs
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      I'm just bitter cause I'm broke until monday : RetroRedEyeJr
      • You should've entered my contest earlier, I gave away a copy : jimmy_legs
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  Goddamn, it would be more getting a fucking root canal without Novocaine than dealing with that fucking m... : Dschinghis Khan
  • Locks up on me every time we change maps. Fuck it. : Thresher
• LIVESTREAM up in a few minutes: http://justin.tv/loiosh : LoioshDwaggie
• Welp my EFLC is still only 50% done... I'll join if you do vanilla! : etherboy
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  VANILLA TIME!! Join in cheap-asses! : LoioshDwaggie
  • FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKK you all! : Orange Pylon
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    fuck I forgot to check back : RetroRedEyeJr
    • Get in, we're still playing. : MeenMunky
• Streaming now http://www.livestream.com/_jon : _jon
• had fun....jamesdagger here.... : james_austintx
• so much fun. gg's as always : _jon
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  as always that was a blast. good turnout, good times. thanks for showing up folks. cya next week! : jimmy_legs
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    Next time: Dinocopter Fleet : _jon
    • BonerJam 2k10! : jimmy_legs
• This was well worth the purchase and a fun time. Get it while its on sale, people. : limpossible
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  Sigh, I can't get past the GFWL block.. so I just uninstalled GFWL and GTA4 LC I get the "LIVE service... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    wait, you found the solution after you deleted the game? : _jon
    • It's not a solution until I know it works. Two hours and thirty minutes left in the download. >:( : Maddog_Delphi97
• I JUST got finished with my Belated Birthday party after 7 hours of partying. Hoooooooly shit. Sorry that... : MercFox1
• *FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP* STOP IT! : sanchez

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  Think I've had too much to drink : ryuuseki
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    If you can still see jaggies, I don't think you've had ENOUGH to drink : Thresher
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      alcohol: AA for reality : aeg1x
      • Needs to go to Alcohol Anonymous for him to not have jaggies : mobab
• Same. It's pretty crazy. : SqueegyTBS
• yea even my monitor I can see them in the white text, Iphone4 <3 : supermonkeyballz
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  HAY GUYS R MAGNUM CONDUM THE BIGGEST THEY GOT?!? : warcrow
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    I USE GARBEGE BAGS MYSELF : someWayne
    • HEFTY HEFTY HEFTY! : Karnov
• too bad it cant fix your posting abilities : kelerian
• I agree. Although I still have no problem looking at other displays and using them, but it definitely mak... : ovrlrd
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  Dude, I know. Even the super high DPI display on the 27" iMac looks jaggy in comparison. And the 24" on m... : Serpico74
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    Ugh, I just did a comparison with a Starcraft 2 battle report, one encoded at the iPhone preset (480x270, : Serpico74
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      It's fairly easy to calculate the necessary DPI to exceed what a person with 20/20 vision can resolve, an... : Kentor
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        Yep, and this works with TVs as well of course. We're kind of there as 1080p is past the 20/20 limit for... : DinK
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          There is headroom with HDTV. I sit about 8'-10' from a 60" plasma and I feel that a resolution of 2560x14... : Serpico74
          • Yeah, headroom if you sit at a decent distance, which most people don't. We could use another bump up pr... : DinK
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            Is digital content today shot at a high enough resolution to master to some crazy resolution in the futur... : Kentor
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              I would guess it depends on the resolution they shoot it in, since there's not just one format. I don't ... : DinK
              • Yeah, the 2K that film is scanned at and most VFX are generated in is about the same size as 1920x1080. : Serpico74
            • I think 8K is the max resolution we can really do at the moment, which is a full screen resolution at 819... : ovrlrd
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              It sure isn't. Film generally isn't scanned at such a high resolution either. Bandwidth, storage issues, ... : Serpico74
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                I think as the technology progresses film will catch up. I really think if you build displays that can do... : ovrlrd
                • I think the way displays are going already tells us that manufacturers think the market cares a lot more ... : DinK
                • The biggest problem is that lower quality is generally "good enough" for consumers. DVD looks like crap, ... : Serpico74
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                That's a bit disappointing. What's going to happen in a decade when we reach some massive resolution? : Kentor
                • If there is enough consumer demand then a higher quality format will come out. We will see. 4K scans o... : Serpico74
        • Yeah, it's been the designer's dream for ages and we're finally seeing the necessary resolutions hit the ... : Kentor
• I've been like this (with mobile devices anyway) since last year when I got my Droid. The density is a b... : DinK
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  The one nice thing is now that we are seeing this level of pixel density in mobile phones, the only impro... : SolrFlare
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    how about speakers that don't get quiet over time and better fucking reception? : .frame
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      i love my iphone. speakers never failed me. and what do you better recep : Korban
      • i have a gen1 iphone and while the speaker works great, the 'earpiece' speaker has gotten so quiet I have... : .frame
    • I was just referring to the display technology :P Obviously there is room for improvement in a ton of ot... : SolrFlare
  • super high pixel density would probably help 3D displays since things could have nice sharp edges in any ... : DinK
  • Dynamic range is also a bit problem outside of gamut. : Kentor
  • Or, you know, the ability to make a call with the thing without it dropping. : Ovate
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  It's like what color e-ink would look like if it was backlit for some reason : ninjase
  • Pretty much, its crazy : Serpico74
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  First off, that was a pretty good ra1n post (where's he been anyways? I haven't seen him in a few days). ... : daVinci1980
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    Antialiasing only gets you so far, especially if you can easily see the pixel structure anyway. An iPhon... : DinK
    • No question--AA won't help on a 2x2 screen. But it'll help a lot on a screen with a reasonable dpi (96... : daVinci1980
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    All I see now is anti-aliasing. It is a stop-gap solution that will be solved by extremely high PPI displ... : Serpico74
    • On 100+ ppi screens with 4xAA, I find AA to be pretty acceptable. I agree that high PPI displays will ... : daVinci1980
• I guess you never owned a CRT. It took me ages to get use to LCD after using my 19" CRT. : Vividvoid

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  Have a link to the Square Enix pack? : MagicWishMonkey
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    let's see if this works: http://store.steampowered.com/sub/4583/ : Downforce
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      Neato, I thought you meant the whole deal was $4, lol : MagicWishMonkey
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        the entire THQ catalog for $50 is just omfg : Downforce
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          I have the previous THQ deal. Can I gift all the games but Metro and World of Zoo? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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            there are some I don't have, haha. yeah I wonder if you can buy the pack and gift out portions? I bet no... : Downforce
            • No, I had DoW2 and it wouldn't let me gift it :'( : ucanbfuzzy
            • You can't. : The Grolar Bear
    • Anything in there have insane, draconian DRM that I should be warned about before buying? : Ebu
• I don't believe it can span multiple drives. You can however move your games folder, uninstall re-install... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  Anyone play Galcon Fusion? How is it? : i38warhawk
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    It's like the iPhone game, but obviously playing on a bigger screen. It's pretty fun, and has a solid mu... : Matt Burris
    • Sold! : i38warhawk
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  Damn Alpha Protocol for 33% off. : Sailor of Fortune
  • yeah getting that too. at least 12GB space required. hahaha this is going to be awesome. : Downforce
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    Hop on that ASAP. : kingdepork
    • I already bought it full priced and I'm 1/3 of the way through hahaha. : Sailor of Fortune
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    i figure it will be even cheaper in a month or so : smax
    • and meanwhile i just added 5 games to my backlog. :P : smax
• You can span games to multiple directories/partitions if you use junctions. You can easily do this via r... : Matt Burris
• That Square Enix pack is insane. I want JC2, and I'm so close to just biting on that because it's only ... : boarder2
• I'm making an effort to pick up steam play titles on rash batch of daily deals. Anyone want to try killin... : digital_d
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  Sucks I missed out on the Bioshock 2 sale. But I've nabbed up some other deals since then. : dmason
  • Buying helps ease the pain. : i38warhawk
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  Things I hate: Steam pausing downloads while I play an SP game, while downloading games I just bought!!! : AlexXdude
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    You're not low on disk space, are you? : Matt Burris
    • Not at all, I have 150+ Gb free, it's just always paused games its been downloading when I launch somethi... : AlexXdude
  • Alt-Tab out of the game while you're playing, then pause and resume the download. : The Grolar Bear
• These steam sales make me feel like a woman with a shoe obsession. Don't know if I'll ever wear it, but ... : kingdepork
• Want to mention Super Laser Racer again, just $1.25 for it. It's basically mini cars with Mario Kart/Wip... : Matt Burris
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  Everyone here is excited about so many people getting to play ghostbusters :) : sammyl
  • Ghostbusters is awesome! More people should play it : esad
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  lol they're making millions of dollars getting people to buy games they'll never play : mrtony
  • So what- think of the money we are saving!! : Lightzout
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  Wtf is everything on steam for sale? This is kinda crazy. Also i buy shit on steam and never play it ... : nukewinter
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    Steam seems to have two big sales every year, one in late December and one in late June. I think it'... : i38warhawk
    • It's for a lot of reasons. Boost sales of older games, boost sales of games that got off to a rough start... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • Marketing guy at Steam: "Guys, let's make more money by charging less money. It's so crazy it just might... : slax0r
• Already picked up ghostbusters & Bad rats, have the telltale complete pack in my basket. I am hoping it ... : jmcd
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  Anyone know of any hidden gems that are awesome but not marketed? : ashkie
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    Jagged Alliance 2 : kill9
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      I'd get this on GOG instead. : Sailor of Fortune
      • Agreed. : The Grolar Bear
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    UFO Extraterrestrials Gold (haven't played it yet but it's been getting a fuckton of love) Rogue Trooper... : roushimsx
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      Of all of those, Men of war and Mr. Robot are the only ones worth more then $2.00 : JohnnyRey
      • I disagree quite a bit. : roushimsx
      • Mini Ninjas was good fun! : AhnteisCorazon
  • I picked up Cryostasis, Indigo Prophecy, and The Witcher: Enhanced edition for $13 total yesterday. : Prozium
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    Cryostasis also : kill9
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      I don't know anything about this game. Whats the deal? : Robotic Puppy Eater
      • It's a fun game if you like the crazy Russian-style atmosphere. (The ending is a bit crazy, but the game... : AhnteisCorazon
• "ghostbusters for $4 ??? yep. why not?" Angel gate comes to mind : baron calamity
• Yeah, I just bought 6 games and was only out $13. : gooblerampling
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  steam sales must be like printing money for valve : flasher 907
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    They probably net a lot of new customers which will mean more potential sales in the long run. : Sailor of Fortune
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      They got a former coworker of mine to stop pirating. He will only obtain games through Steam from now on.... : dognose
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        I am trying to get my buddy to stop pirating so I showed him steam. He is not impressed. He is a tight as... : K0LM
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          Is your buddy upset that there is no SiN Ep. 2? : dognose
          • No he is upset cause you have to spend actual money to pay for works of art people have made. He is a wei... : K0LM
      • I know several people who have told me the same thing. : The Grolar Bear
• The Steam servers can't keep up with this sale :( : kill9
• So what games are worth it? : PixelPie
• SUGGESTION: Pick out the games you want but wait until the last day to purchase them, and instead watch o... : eugthinks
• I have purposely closed Steam for the entire weekend...so broke already :( : BongSlayerB
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  can a steam directory span multiple directories/drives if necessary? Yes! Use junctions. They rock. ... : Sapiens
  • Whoa. Pretty neat... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • Thats clever I'm surprised steam doesn't add this as a feature. : massdev
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  I think the key is to buy them but not actually download them. Not like anyone can actually play more tha... : Attica Blue
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    someone said it earlier today that we're buying icons : redfive
    • we're buying the idea of a game. the possibility of sometime playing it. : barichnikov
  • I wonder how many damn TB the Valve content servers are now. : abrasion
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  this transformers game looks awesome. Can anyone confirm? : Techy007
  • I like it. It is like gears of wars with Transformers. : K0LM
  • Doing the co-op campaign is tons of fun. : ErikTehRed
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  how are the controls in GTA4/Lib City Stories for the PC? do the game look good or dated? : grendel
  • Game looks a million times better on PC than console. But it also has some steep system requirements : kill9
  • Easily better than their console counterparts if you have the horsepower to run them. Quad core and a 1G... : Sapiens
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  is Splinter Cell Conviction worth playing on the PC? : grendel
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    because they have a pack with all of the splinter cell games for $50 : grendel
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      and i've never played more than a few minutes of any of them : grendel
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        You should probably wait and make sure it doesn't end up as part of a daily sale before you buy it. : pyrogen
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          they are doing daily sales on TOP of the sale prices they've already cut? : grendel
          • Sure. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City went from 25% off yesterday to 50% in the special tod... : pyrogen
          • Yeah, they did that last time. That's why you've got to wait until the end to be sure. : The Grolar Bear
  • From everything I've read, it seems to be, as long as you don't mind the new Ubisoft DRM. : pyrogen
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    Yes, but I HIGHLY recommend you find a buddy to buy it with you. The single player is pretty good, but th... : Techy007
    • absolutely this. Played it on 360 and I did the SP but it was on my radar thanks to the co-op. Really g... : DinK
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  This is why Steam is dangerous. God the deals are crazy! Good thing I am broke or my Steam folder would ... : K0LM
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    OK I have played RE5 3 times talk me out of buying again. : K0LM
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      god. this thing is only 12 bucks. someone talk me out of buying it. have not played it. : Lionel2b
      • You need to get it. I have beaten it multiple times and it is awesome. : K0LM
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        Buy me a copy well you are at it. : K0LM
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          jedi mind tricks do not work on the internets. must be more persuasive. : Lionel2b
          • I would love to have a copy to help you through the horrible AI. I would love to hunt the gold with you s... : K0LM
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      I have this sitting in my cart and I can't press the button. : K0LM
      • Fuck it had to do it. : K0LM
  • My steam folder is 450 GB and I still need space. : shirif
  • I bought a new computer because of this sale. : ryuuseki
• The biggest mistake of me was to buy all the games I got on Thursday and should have waited until the 4th... : Darkfox76
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  I want x3 tc to go on sale again. : eldiablo01
  • it will : massdev
• 6 games = 22 dollars; resident evil 5, ghostbusters, puzzle knights, and the darwinia pack. Woot me. : massdev
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  How is Freedom Force? : repeat2k
  • It is fun but not as good as you remember. : K0LM
• I feel like Randy Marsh in the episode with the Walmart : Metatron85
• The Witcher for $7 is hard to pass on. Anyone must "see" deals? Warband for $15 is tempting too. : Lightzout
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  I have heard Republic Commando is a classic and the screens look good for its age. $10. : Lightzout
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    Uh-oh Men of War - 75% off -$3.74 EA hasn't lowered Dragon Age or Crysis. Dicks. : Lightzout
    • Is Trials2 better on the 360 or same on PC? I have a corded 360 controller I can use (it works now in W7... : Lightzout
• This strategy game for $0.95 (95 cents) has good a good review, 8.8 from Gamespot. http://store.steamp... : Nixx2004

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  curious, for what reason? : indosauros
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    I just opened it for the first time and closed like 30 apps!! No wonder my battery is dying. :p : m0rfus
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      they aren't running though, unless it is a very specific task like Pandora playing music in the backgroun... : indosauros
      • assuming we are talking about iPhone : indosauros
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        and some aren't even doing that. : Clay
        • Well...hrmmmm. Maybe I'm crazy. : m0rfus
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  It's not wasting any battery by having it on, no? : Bamtan
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    I charged my phone full battery, and now about 8 hours later I'm below 50%. I've been driving to CO and h... : m0rfus
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      Spending a lot of time in EDGE/No coverage areas tends to eat the battery, since the phone is searching f... : walker270
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        Ah! Thank you. This makes more sense. Still...curious...wonder if there is an ability to turn it off anyw... : m0rfus
        • It's a major built-in thing. It would seem uncharacteristic to just allow users to undo the direction in... : DinK
      • This is why I actually leave 3G off unless I'm not on a wifi hotspot and need to access data online. It'... : SolrFlare
    • Well there's your problem! It's constantly pinging for new towers as you're driving. Gets even worse if i... : Prozium
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  yea so far I'm not seeing this battery improvement shit they talked about. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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    I definitely am but I don't use voice or NoseHairTime much. mostly internet and text : mrtony
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      it mostly just idles @ work, but it constantly switches from 3g to E :( also - haha, yea I tried facetime... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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        I don't have the Edge/3G issue. also at both work and home I have a reliable WiFi signal so I don't thin... : mrtony
        • I have seen that any kind of push (email, notifications, etc) makes it eat up battery. : twobeer
  • battery life definitely seems greatly improved to me. : zerog83
  • Me neither. It goes down much faster than before 4.0 : razlebol
• The battery on iPod Touch 3rd gen has been terrible since the update. The jailbroken multitasking I used ... : Dontdrop
• You can't turn it off because there is no downside to leaving it on. : SqueegyTBS
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  I don't like how it leaves everything running. : jingletard
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    It doesn't. It's a very liberal interpretation of multitasking even for the things in the app switcher th... : derelict515
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      It's a recent app list and some of they may happen to be suspended to ram. And a select few may be doing ... : SqueegyTBS
      • Yeah, if you actually check the process list with any of the apps that can do that, you'll see all of the... : boarder2
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        To clarify, these are the only things iOS4 allows to execute in the background: location data, voice ove... : LilCrypto
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          the browser thing and the fact that IM apps still suck makes calling this multitasking very generous, tho... : derelict515
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            At least apps can send their own local notifications now, so an IM app running the background (within the... : ovrlrd
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              and still the fact that the notifications suck no matter their source :( What's this local server thou... : derelict515
              • One of the multitasking abilities is one that can keep and app in background until current task is comple... : ovrlrd
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  It becomes rather less usable after a while since you have your entire App library sitting in the task ma... : quanta88
  • I don't think it becomes less usable at all, it shows the most recent apps first which is really the thin... : ovrlrd
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  Are there any ways to close apps WITHOUT them going to that bar which I've yet to find practically useful... : at0micgarden
  • No. : boarder2
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    What do you not like about the bar? It's just a quick and easy way to find the most recent apps you launc... : ovrlrd
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      But even if you do use the same few apps over and over, they still get bumped over (eh stay in their orig... : at0micgarden
      • I think the whole point is to be able to quickly be able to switch between 3 or 4 apps, the fact that you... : ovrlrd
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      I hate the bar. I don't ever want to have to go in there periodically to shut down all my apps. I have AD... : m0rfus
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        Sounds like you are OCD. You need to relax and let the OS handle it all, the apps aren't running and eati... : ovrlrd
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          Purely OCD. I know they don't eat battery from this thread. I just find it annoying. : m0rfus
          • Sounds like you find it annoying because you think of it as a list of running apps. What ovrlrd said abo... : DinK
• =>Your battery isn't being eaten from MultiTasking, it's being eaten from the phone searching for signal. : mlev
• Tap and Hold, just like sorting icons. YOu can close them that way. : Jiven
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  they're guys, it's off by default : Megara9
  • Zing : SqueegyTBS
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  Cannot wait till Iphone comes to Verizon!!! Fuck ATT shitty ass service! : pluto69
  • It would probably be a great move for apple, but I'm personally happy that verizon is all about android n... : DinK