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  Is the driving still a traffic law simulator? : bolneze
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    Not that bad. If you are doing 90 past a cop though they will flip their lights on. Easy to lose them t... : kill9
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      Also maxed everything out at 1920x1200 (Core i7-930 and GTX 470) and it ran without any hiccups : kill9
      • Seriously this is the best looking PC game out there right now : kill9
  • Didn't seem like it at first. The minimap shows you where cops are though. : Sailor of Fortune
  • You can hit L to enable a speed limit thing too : Beady
• I'm surprised how well it ran on my 3.2Ghz overclocked E4300 and 8800GTS. 1680x1050, medium shadows and h... : Blackdawgg
• shooting the Tommy Gun seemed pretty awesome : trOmblyj
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  sim mode you say, preorder still not cancelled! : shirif
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    Wow that sentence went all crazy. And I meant to type 50's too. Yeah, there's a simulation mode as wel... : Sailor of Fortune
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      Is the normal mode similar to the driving in GTA4? or is that closer to the simulation mode? : shirif
      • The Former it feels like. Though all the cars aren't like honda civics and they either felt like they han... : Sailor of Fortune
• I loved it. : BlockheadBrown
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  holy shit. I know nothing about this going into the demo, but damn that impressed me. sold. : mwasher
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    :D :D :D : dahanese
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      dahanese, why is is coming out 3 days later in Australia.. 8-( Also, pre-order price went from $50 to... : biofrog
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        distribution and the international territories continually confound me which is pretty much the best answ... : dahanese
        • I should have said 'unlocked' opposed to 'out'.. It really breaks my head digital distribution gets dela... : biofrog
  • Me too. I wasn't really planning on even looking at this game but after trying the demo I'll be picking ... : mrwolf710
• Pretty cool. Also tits in the first 2 minutes. : pigvomit
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  I think this game has the best gun combat of any sandbox game out there. The music and sound are top not... : Medster
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    I don't think it's as sandbox as you're thinking. The only review out so far mentions just how linear the... : skinlab133
    • Maybe sandbox was the wrong word, but I meant to compare it to other "open city" games. : Medster
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  I just put in a Nvidia 285 - I wonder how the phsX stuff looks (if it even works with that card). : Cygnus X-1
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    my 275 seemed fine : filthysock
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      Damn, I couldn't get over 30fps with mine. Mix of High/Low settings @ 720p. : Crabs Jarrard
      • http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79364 : aethyr
      • whats your cpu : filthysock
  • From the videos I've seen, more detailed and "messy" but in a good way. So far the gameworld is varied bu... : Sailor of Fortune
  • I spent most of the day dicking around with using a second card as a dedicated PhysX card. In the end it ... : skinlab133
  • I went through it with Physx off and on and didn't really notice anything other than more debris explodin... : pyide
• Hell yes , this demo was amazing ! They pretty much nailed everything the shooting the driving the great ... : Cashh
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  The lack of significant vehicle damage sucks. : noxiousgg
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    you haven't seen me drive - i can fuck a car up really well! lol women drivers : dahanese
    • I doubt it. I was ramming things in the opposing lanes with a semi truck and they still didn't look like ... : noxiousgg
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    I crashed my car and broke the engine so I had to get out and fix it when I was using sim mode for drivi... : sigpro
    • Yeah, but it doesn't look damaged, which makes it seem silly when the engine ist working due to what aset... : noxiousgg
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  I would have to say that the cleanliness was the thing that bothered me the most out of the demo, I guess... : Normality
  • Yeah, I just kept thinking of how someone during development go, "Hey let's have some of the cars have bu... : Sailor of Fortune
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  I hope Rockstar plays this, combat felt miles better than any GTA game. : derelict515
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    is this the kind of feeling difference like unreal v's quake? : radula
    • It's more like Tomb Raider 1 vs Max Payne. : marmite
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  I have 5850 and thr fps greatly drops when there's too much smoke, anyone else having this issue ? : hanged_man
  • Rendering many layers of alpha is still a major weakness in modern cards, the fill rate climbs dramatical... : imperator
• Ran really well on the ol' C2D 8400 and ATI 5770. A paltry 2GB of ram as well. It runs much much better t... : skankcore
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  Liking it a lot. Anybody know if this is going to be a steamworks game? I noticed the 360 controller wa... : contentious roy
  • Yeah, it's Steamworks for achievements. No word on whether it uses the cloud for saves though. Hope it do... : MeestaNob
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  First known reviews give it 7/10 and 8/10. Not super, but then again the point the reviews make sound str... : ramshot
  • PCZone actually uses reasonable scales, so 80% is good. : Beady
• I love the soundtrack. The trailer that automatically plays at the end makes me smile every time! : Cliffzorz
• I just don't use the cover. Run and gun works really well in this game and it's so much more fun. : razlebol
• Yep, the demo sold me. The game hadn't even been on my radar until a week or so ago. : gooblerampling

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  I might be into playing some organized TDM. I am not very good, especially now since I've only just begun... : Mansmells
  • Yea, casual but organized TDM is good fun. I really enjoy our TDM games. Don't worry about skill level at... : Lionel2b
  • Yeah, don't worry about skill level. The game is pretty rough in the open wild, but we've got a broad ran... : reelbk
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  I'll be on in half an hour or so... : Johnny Law
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    Haha, the asshat quotient is as high as ever in quakeland. Hope some of you guys are on to play with nex... : Johnny Law
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      yea pubs are a nightmare. 99% of people are elitest or annoying pricks. dont think I have you added, so s... : Lionel2b
      • We're already friend-ed (me = jlaw). I don't have most of the other Shackers on list yet though. : Johnny Law
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  if you guys start playing CTF and can get non-subscribers onto japanctf, I'd love to play that map someti... : ]pm[chem
  • We can get non-subscribers in games--Lionel2b, reelbk, and myself all have pro subscriptions. I haven't p... : skizl
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  you play east or west? : synapse19
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    Everyone in that video is an east-coaster, I'm pretty sure. We were playing on a VA server. We can always... : skizl
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      yea mostly East Coast, but I don't think anyone has a problem playing with higher pings. It's a casual ga... : Lionel2b
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        im out in vancouver and always stuck to speakeasy/gamecloud servers so i'm spoiled with my low ping play.... : synapse19
        • I'm sure we can find a server that's decent. there's tons. be happy to try at least. : Lionel2b
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  Yay, you finally got these up! Whoever wants to play definitely can--we can always balance out the tea... : skizl
  • pfft, my donkey could spam nades as well. : Lionel2b
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    i really enjoyed 9:10 in part 1 ;D : synapse19
    • Haha.. that quad was fucking hilarious. My brain didn't process what really happened, so I paused and was : Lionel2b
• God this gets my twitch adrenaline going. Are you guys doing the premium subscription? Played for a few o... : Prototype
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  I haven't done organized tdm in a long time. I think I might be interested. : giant boy detective
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    How am I supposed to find monty? Doing a search for his name gives a shit ton of results : giant boy detective
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      man there didn't use to be that many. All those wannabes :P you can also search for my email u sername... : Lionel2b
      • I think I found you. I'm brainsick on qlive : giant boy detective
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  With qlive coming out of beta I just started playing again. So much fun. I'm pretty rusty but few things ... : flasher 907
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    nice- what is your name so I may add you? : Lionel2b
    • Flasher907 : flasher 907
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  I'd be down to play with Shackers. : ImageOmega
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    Went ahead and bought Pro...I guess I have played Quake for so many years that it will eat away at me not... : ImageOmega
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      Awesome, we should have no problem inviting non subbers now. Which quake did you play btw? : Lionel2b
      • Quake 2 and Quake 3 : ImageOmega
• Awesome! I need to play QL again. : YerMothah
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  Is there a Shacknews clan set up and can I get an invite? : Haxim
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    Yea, what's your name? I'll send an invite. Also you can add me as my username a t g m a i l . com : Lionel2b
    • Same as my shackname, thanks! : Haxim
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  skizl got quadowned at 1:20! : SockMonkeh
  • it's his favorite pastime : Lionel2b
  • Kentor's gauntlet was great at game time 9:32. Unfortunately he left and didn't reap his RL Gun reward fr... : Lionel2b
• Threadjack: How many shackers are going to quakecon this week?? Me! : GoodBoy
• hope you don't mind I just fast forwarded to see how it ended :) : GoodBoy
• I wish you got awards for finishing the different training maps. I can't believe I finished the last rock... : Haxim
• Can't have a Q3 post without some awesome frag videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbJtY5Df9a8 <3... : synapse19

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  unless you covered the floor with water it should dry relatively fast. relatively speaking. : dopeman
  • or you know you could wring out the mop and soak up excess water. : dopeman
  • Yeah, this seems to have been the case. Thanks! : hankyJR
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  Aim your summer floor standing fan at it for 5 minutes. : abrasion
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    But it's not Summer here :/ : hankyJR
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      It still works, honest. Use the dry as he'll mop that silentb suggested and a fan. Dry in 5 minutes. I dr... : abrasion
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        After reading your reply several times, I still do not understand it. Could you please phrase your respon... : hankyJR
        • It's already dry now. : abrasion
• Wring out the mop a lot before you apply it to the floor. More than you think you should, like so much th... : skankcore
• Hookers then blow. : radula
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  top tip: Remove all the tiles or wood flooring after cleaning and hang them up to dry, that way they will... : moshman
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    Look around you, just look around you. : abrasion
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      Maths! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drE5cHe6c3s : famine101
      • haha, classic : moshman
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        was the sleeping guy Simon Pegg? : MrBig0
        • According to IMDB, yes. : MrBig0
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        this one is great http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBcrTucxiRc peter serafinowiczczwczwciwc is great : moshman
        • great! : moshman
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        Man, I went to UK schools and in the late 90s they were STILL showing this shit on old VHS etc. : node
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          the originals or that spoof? because the spoof was first shown in 2002 :) : moshman
          • Oh I know. The originals. They've got the style absolutely spot on - the film grain and tinge, the voice ... : node
    • have you worked out what we're looking for? : stamps
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      What are birds? We just don't know. : dpgagnon
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCWA7uevo_Q#t=1m52s : dpgagnon
• Blow on it : Beady
• FHITA! : klearlyunseen
• flamethrower : smax
• Some sort of rag or absorbent towel. : ryuuseki
• Scoot around the floor like a dog that needs his glands drained. Or get a dog that needs his glands drain... : anhero
• use a dry mop? : gakera
• use a hanky? : Ender.Wiggin
• stand with your legs apart, bending at the knees. Go really low and swipe the floor with the tip of your ... : dodob
• use boiling hot water, cleans the floor better and will evaporate : nodebug
• Dry the mop then wipe it over the floor to pick up excess water. : silent prophet
• hire a bunch of mexicans : mindshot
• I dunno my GF cleans the floor. : HL3dsx
• there has to be an easier way!!!!! : industro
• Set your hourse on fire : Utopia
• towel under your feets , slide around : Frush81

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• I really enjoyed The King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters. First thing that popped into my head. : ecclesio
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  I recently watched & enjoyed GasLand. : jimmy_legs
  • Yeah this was on HBO - I think I caught 2 minutes of it but since I was somewhere in the middle of it I t... : trOmblyj
  • that shit has me all worried because there's some new billboards regarding natural gas in this area. if m... : fatman
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  Murderball, Super Size Me : dmason
  • Supersize Me? Really? : EruditeCaveman
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  http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Touching_the_Void/60033287 : indosauros
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    What an incredible story that was! And I liked how believable the re-enactments were. : LeapingFool
    • Yeah, really well done : indosauros
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  Ken Burns, David Attenborough, Louis Theroux. : kramweil
  • watching law and disorder in philadelphia now : trOmblyj
• BBS: The Documentary, Get Lamp : LoioshDwaggie
• Anything by Louis Theroux perhaps? : Rag and Bone Man
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  Baseball, The War, most stuff by Ken Burns is pretty great. : .Jayson
  • Yeah, the Ken Burns stuff is pretty great. I hear he has a Vietnam doc in the works. : trOmblyj
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23327457 : 60days
• Man on Wire, The Bridge, The King of Kong : Languid_Heap
• I sort of watched Harlan County USA today; its brutal but well over 10 years old. : massdev
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  I watched Independent Lens: Between the Folds last night on netflix instant. It is a PBS doc about origam... : stgulik
  • my friends watched that too, and now every paper in their house is folded into some kinda shape :[ : drucifer
• Ghengis Blues : pigz
• Anvil - The Story of Anvil. It's about a Canadian metal band from the 80s that had lots of potential but ... : sonicdeathwalrus
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  Vernon, Florida is required viewing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RMRMf_-j0s : shortbuscaptain
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OicR5WmOLCo : shortbuscaptain
  • Errol Morris has a great blog on the NYTimes if you enjoy photography/film/history http://opinionator.bl... : aethyr
• most recent in memory is The Cove : mwasher
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  Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie Excellent soundtrack! : Sailor of Fortune
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    Yeah love that one, esp in HD : trOmblyj
    • Where can I find this in HD? : Sailor of Fortune
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      Ok NVM, found the bluray! =D : Sailor of Fortune
      • it plays on HD-NET Movies from time to time. : trOmblyj
  • I'll sign this. : dael
• reporting america at war http://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/ : Alpha Class Android
• also i forgot The Red Star http://www.theredstar.com/ : Alpha Class Android
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  Hoop Dreams is one of the best ever, even though it doesn't fit in your "10 year" rule. : treefingers1
  • Hoop Dreams is awesome. I think that one is on instant watch or it was. : lukej1337
• I really enjoyed "The fog of war" and "Commanding Heights". : Cheespuff
• le cirque: a table in heaven excellent. : crypt420
• Murderball : kallanta
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  The TV series of This American Life is absolutely incredible. : sgtsanity
  • (It's on Netflix Instant Watch too) : sgtsanity
  • was :( : Dave-A
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  Grizzly man was it called? The story of Timothy treadwell? It's been so long but I really liked it. : griebelking
  • I've seen it - it was good. Werner Herzog is a good filmmaker. : trOmblyj
• I've watched/listened to Truth in 24 an unhealthy number of times. It is about Audi's 2008 24 Hours of Le... : kazanma
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  tyson. i find mike tyson endlessly fascinating. he's smart, he's articulate, he's well read, he's philos... : mXENO
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    I really enjoyed that doc too. Most surprising to me was how trusting and honest he seems to be, especial... : Languid_Heap
    • oh yeah, i forgot how surprisingly candid he was. he's totally an open book, self-aware in a way that ten... : mXENO
• F.L.O.W. Why We Fight Century of Self : KxRook
• I love pretty much everything Frontline does (Obama's War) - http://video.pbs.org/video/1295117818/ Th... : Prototype
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  It might get loud was amazing. : akirabob
  • really good if you are interested in the creative process in any way : mXENO
• The Core : smax
• anything by Ken Burns really but the one he did about the history of our National Park Service seems to b... : Degenerate
• Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy Murderball : Nation
• It's totally not a documentary, but I saw Thirteen Days a few months ago, it was great! Very Cold War-re... : Rasnowl
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  The Yes Men : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Fix The World : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • they do some crazy stuff : bolneze
• Beer Wars is a must. : yldragon
• The Union: The Business Behind Getting High : thetangent
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  Garbage Dreams : Drewus
  • http://www.garbagedreams.com/ : Drewus
• Ears, Open. Eyeballs, Click. : Confrustrating
• Ken Burn's Civil War : Fenring42
• You should definitely check out Why We Fight. Great documentary on the military industrial complex. : braaains
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  Cocaine Cowboys : xsii
  • This was very good. : EruditeCaveman
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  Food Inc., The Corporation : Nitrium
  • Food Inc. was pretty good. The Stony Field guy kind of saved it for me. He was the only one that said an... : EruditeCaveman
• I've heard When We Were Kings as being amazing : zakazi
• Love the beast..... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1284028/ : chumleychuff
• Yellowstone. It's done by the BBC guys and it's on the same level as Life and Planet Earth, although not ... : silent77
• war photographer was great. and anvil! the story of anvil : JohnnyDanger
• TRINITY ABOVE AND BEYOND NUKE PORN : abrasion
• The Union: The Business Behind Getting High, Bigger Stronger Faster, Art & Copy : Navy Spitfire

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  Hard to see how it would've worked without him up there, since there were so many facial shots of him. Bu... : azshack
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    I kind of felt Nolan was grooming him to replace Heath Ledger. : Sailor of Fortune
    • I've gotten the same feeling. Personally, I'd like to see it. : steauengeglase
• JGL is amazing. I'm so glad he got huge exposure from this movie, as opposed to the smaller ones (that h... : passingstranger
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  oh man i didn't realize that was the kid from 3rd rock from the sun : GloriousCow
  • Yeah, I kind of miss that show. : i38warhawk
  • I did and I loved 3rd rock from the sun. Only problem is: Trough out the ENTIRE movie I was thinking: ... : Snipergen
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  http://www.collider.com/wp-content/uploads/joseph_gordon_levitt_the_riddler_slice.jpg : spiderfill
  • This would be soooooo good. : Arctic Fox
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  the zero-g sequence was my favorite part of the movie. anyone know how they did it? CG? wires? a : smax
  • No idea, but I kind of suspect a bit of each. Maybe not the airplane; I don't think they have a lot of vo... : azshack
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    It was real : Drewus
    • or was it? : byorn
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    All of the above. Double Negative lead guy talks about it here - http://www.fxguide.com/fxpodcast.html : SpaecKow
    • Awesome. Thanks! : basketofkittens
    • Learned a new word: Mandrolic. lol : Jobos
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    There's some behind the scenes footage on YouTube kicking around for it. Looked like a big mechanical rot... : Dave-A
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=685R2P6j26E#t=4m52s : spiderfill
  • They used a couple different techniques detailed here: http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2010/07/a_beh... : okhelosir
  • It was all tricky wire work and camera placement + CG replacements and rotoscoping of the wire work and p... : Jobos
  • it was a confined space so i thought it was most likely a rotating set. i think it was shown briefly in ... : dantastic
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  Saw that movie tonight and that dude was spot-on. Loved the whole movie, actually. Side-note: I shoul... : owly
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    I went this afternoon and it was an older crowd and the theater had about 25 people in it. An older coup... : i38warhawk
    • I've mentioned this before, but Nolan seemed to explain the movie WE were watching in the scene where he ... : Jobos
• I can't believe Bronson couldn't do it : Mondo
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  I became a huge fan of his after seeing him in Brick and Mysterious Skin within a week or two. So amazing... : lyme
  • a guy in my acro class was mentioning Mysterious Skin. He said it was awesome. What did you think? : mindmann
• Gah, I need to see this movie so I can click on these spoilers. Soon I hope. : Nixx2004
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  I thought they might've used the vomit comet for that. : abrasion
  • oh man, you guys get those shitty carnie rides too? : Godhatesfatpeople
  • They can barely fit the Apollo Command Module set in it for Apollo 13 for the Zero-G shots. : Sailor of Fortune
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  I need suggestions for JGL movies to watch. I still view him as that faggy kid from '3rd Rock From the Su... : Danny5225
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    Brick, The Lookout, Mysterious Skin : SpaecKow
    • Thank you Mr. Kow. : Danny5225
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    500 days of summer : shika.art
    • it's the only other movie with JGL in it I've seen.... but I liked it : shika.art
    • I've seen this one. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't much of a break from the normal mold I'm used to s... : Danny5225
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    BrickBrickBrickBrickBrickBrick : BlackCat9
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      ^^It's a trap, don't watch Brick. That movie sucked. Watch 500 days of summer instead. : Wikus Van De Merwe
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        brick was good all who doubt me suck cock by choice : rgoer
        • I keep thinking I don't like brick, but then I remember that I've never seen it, but that I associate it ... : famine101
      • Brick is fantastic. : nomaad
      • Brick was awesome. 500 days was good too but Brick, for me, was delightful. : zakazi
      • Ignore this blatant lack of knowledge about things that are good. : ieGod
      • Brick was strange. Good though. : node
      • brick was an awesome movie to watch knowing literally nothing about it beforehand besides the neflix desc... : DeBurgo
      • You, sir, are upside down and confused. Brick was awesome. 500 days of summer was less awesome and a good... : Navy Spitfire
  • GI Joe : ArB
  • Brick for sure. : marmite
  • I liked The Lookout : moe6
  • Angels in the Outfield. : treefingers1
• who give a shit about that, really. movie was great, actors were great. that,,, who fucking cares? : papaskot
• I have an acting-crush on him right now. Can't wait to check out The Lookout. : nomaad
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  I've been keeping an eye on him since his name came up in being The Joker in a new Dark Knight film. : dael
  • It wasn't Joker, rumors were he was tipped to play The Riddler. Nolan won't say shit about anything deal... : Nerdsbeware

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• It's a tie in. The game was originally basically WarCraft in space, and then they made it the miracle it... : Omaha
• The latter. : The Grolar Bear
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  That's the name Jim Reynor used to dance under : ninjase
  • I thought that was 'StarCrotch'. : dumb.
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  They changed it when they realized they couldn't call it Warcraft 40k. : BlackCat9
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    good one :P : k1ld0r
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      Sadly, it was more a C&C clone than anything. : capt tripps
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        Say wut? So they ripped off Space Marines from C&C, and not WH40k? : Topsiderover
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          gameplay is very C&C. universe/style is obviously 40K. : PlanetPerfecto
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            Ummmmmmm, it's more Warcraft? Or is this some kind of fucking joke!!! : midgetherder
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              NO IT IS U WHO ARE THE JOKE!!! I WILL CRUSH U AS PROTOSS EVEN IF U ARE MY TEAMMATE :( : PlanetPerfecto
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                Tell me you finished downloading it. : midgetherder
                • you giant vagina i already sent you a msg about it indicating as much - WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO PUT A GIANT ... : PlanetPerfecto
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          Crystal havesting. Seriously, they couldn't think of anything better than copy C&C's basic mechanic. : capt tripps
          • In their defense though, having SCV's harvesting wood and saying Zug Zug would have just been silly. : capt tripps
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          No they ripped the Space Marines from 40K, but the gameplay and atmosphere from C&C : Odoyle
          • uhhhhhh what. C&C is contemporary, semi-sci-fi "modern" warfare. StarCraft is 100% fantasy with 2 complet... : dewdman
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            Space Marines = Space Marines Zerg = Tyranid Protoss = Eldar : Kentor
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              Sorta. In concept, yes. Aesthetically, 40K artists adopted a lot of the Zerg look later in the series. ... : Odoyle
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                They're both Alien rip-offs. : Liquid
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                  they are both Starship Troopers ripoffs. : hatchet165
                  • Those troopers are Sardaukar ripoffs, so there. : Fenring42
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          My understanding is that the lead developers on it were big Warhammer fans and wanted to make a Warhammer... : BlackCat9
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            has this been confirmed anywhere? I thought I heard the same thing, but don't recall if it was just specu... : Modulus
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              Not as far as I can tell. It sounds like the kind of thing that someone would make up, but it also wouldn... : BlackCat9
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                Does it matter if it's confirmed or not? The 3 races are incredibly close in both character and appearanc... : Kentor
                • Meant for Modulus. : Kentor
                • I'd like to know if they tried to get a license, but couldn't and just went forward altering assets or if... : Modulus
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                  Warhammer + 40K have something like 18.7 billion different races. Every conceivable idea has already bee : walker270
                  • The core Warhammer 40K races back when Starcraft was released were: 1) Humans (space marines and chaos) ... : Kentor
              • wouldn't be surprising *. Derp. : BlackCat9
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            I heard that same story, but for the Warcraft / Warhammer Fantasy IPs instead. Regardless, the similariti... : The Grolar Bear
            • This is more correct. Warcraft was originally going to be a Warhammer game. Starcraft coming from Warcr... : Senate5000
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              Yeah, the story I heard was Blizzard & GW had a deal to develop a game based on Warhammer. The deal fell... : walker270
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                Xenomorphs were heavily inspired by dicks. Dicks and vaginas. Do a little cursory research on H.R. Giger... : Odoyle
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                  the game industry has been ripping off dicks and vaginas for decades : ArB
                  • Ouch. : BlackCat9
          • This would not surprise me in the least. : thetangent
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          yes, why can't it be both? : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • No. Starcraft is Pong. : BlackCat9
        • http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/4/10/ : BlackCat9
      • This is very wrong. The races are obviously direct clones of 40K (space marines, tyranids, eldar) and the... : OverloadUT
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        Sadly, C&C was terrible after the first game. : On the Brane
        • LOL : thetangent
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        Also warcraft was released a year before C&C. : On the Brane
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          I said starcraft, not warcraft. And the fact that they couldn't think of anything better than to rip off... : capt tripps
          • so your point is that tiburion=mineral crystals? k, give you that. uh, is that it? : On the Brane
          • It's almost like there were two different studios back then, one that liked making RTS games and one that... : Senate5000
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            It's not WHAT is being harvested that matters (besides, the Tiberium fields were just crystal versions of... : thetangent
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              Aren't Tiberium fields just a ripoff of Energon? :p : BlackCat9
              • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberium#Conception Tiberium was first introduced in the original 1995 Co : thetangent
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            Really? Out of all the mechanics StarCraft and Command and Conquer share, you choose crystal harvesting? ... : Danny5225
            • And if we're going to be faggots about this, let's at least get the facts straight. Tiberium has a car... : Danny5225
        • this is kinda huge : Slowtreme
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    One of my coworkers was reading an article about a professor somewhere doing game archiving focusing on W... : mtgDoofy
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      I sure am tired of all these star crafts. : slax0r
      • Was that the title or the titular line? : BlackCat9
• Not quite, but Raynor does refer to someone's warcraft at one point : geedeck
• http://www.starcraftrv.com/ : vynn
• The developers are actually a huge fan of starcraft RV's and just thought it sounded cool. http://www.... : FreshwaterAU

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• borderlands nukem forever : rtrson
• My only beef with Gearbox is the truly woeful PC port of Borderlands. I was looking forward to that game ... : SpaecKow
• sigh : CoRDS
• uck i hope not. that would be a sad end to the dnf story : smacknca
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  Steven Gibson shall deliver DNF. All shall rejoice and we can finally close a chapter in shack history. : ant_hillbilly
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    He will spend all of his GF money to bring DNF to market : rosewood
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      Then buy the Shack back with his profits! Yay! : BlackCat9
      • Then sell it to FlyGame for even more money hats. : Sailor of Fortune
  • That would be kind of poetic. : aethyr
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    He's like our Moses or something. : ThomW
    • Or SOMETHING? YOU DOUBT THE GIBSON? : ejectorpod
    • When Gibson was in Shack's land: Let our game go gold, Oppress'd so hard they could not stand, Let our g : angrytaxman
  • quick, someone photoshop a box cover of DNF onto steve's old modeling picture. : -=kodiak=-
  • So say we all. : pigvomit
  • I'm going to wait until I hear from a source other than Kotaku before I give any credit to this. : slax0r
  • DNF:TGR (The Gibson's Redemption) : fsck
  • The GIANT VAGINA Strikes Back. : massdev
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    maybe he'll finally give beta access to mercury subscribers : dantastic
    • this deserves a lol. : ant_hillbilly
    • lol : ThomW
• Oh yes. Duke will never die. I hope this news is true and something will be unveiled at PAX Seattle. : Kolzig73
• god damnit : mista mista
• You know, if that actually happens, I might start attending church. The church will likely be outlandi... : pigvomit
• guys, im going to release dnf. : arizona bay
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  borderlands was such a let down : spaceless
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    they are going to release DNF in it's current state, but just add credits to it. : jane911
    • they'll probably sell us half the game then release the rest as DLC : mista mista
  • My most played shooter this year bitch. : ihya
  • Despite the suck port, I really had a ton of fun with some wow guildies. I took us away from WoW...nuff s... : bundy
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    I had dead low expectations for it, so when we played it coop it was a blast. Yeah, it had faults, but n... : Halen
    • i had NO expectations of it, i had not even seen a trailer before i bought it and played it and i fucking... : CoRDS
• Gearbox, in my mind, is still awesome just because of Opposing Force. And Steve Gibson, I guess. : Orange Pylon
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  I hope so. :/ : TaintedSyringe
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    That or Human Head. : dognose
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      or Apogee : hirez
      • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes : dognose
• the only Gearbox game i think i ever played was Opposing Force. it was ok. : Korban
• grooooooooooaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn : abrasion
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  Duke Nukem is the mother in Psycho. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Your mom's a psycho, Maddog told me. : dognose
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      I knew it, Maddog spies on all of our mothers. : Sailor of Fortune
      • They do say he's a motherlover. : Kentor
• development will never stop, but the game will never be released : pyrogen
• bleh. Did DNF at 3DR have a big focus on the console port? Because this studio will. : ]pm[chem
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  Wow. If true, it will be interesting to see how large a dump Gearbox will take on the game (assuming 3DRe... : Bean
  • "it will be interesting to see how large a dump Gearbox will take on the game" lol : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Preaching to the choir, Bean. Preaching to the choir. Amen. : Clone42
  • I mostly agree although I'm in no position to throw chip at Gearbox or Steve really, it's not their fault : abrasion
• http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/04/shacknews-dnf-is-real.jpg : fried rice
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  DNF is being finished by Notch as a new game mode for Minecraft. : systatic
  • I think that... yes, I do believe I'd be a-ok with this. : Zips
• No thanks, Gearbox can DIAF : sanchez
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  george has one-itis. he is incapable of releasing again : theoneidontlike
  • Yeah, they hate him down at the Happy Ending Massage Parlor : Old_Fart
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  why such hatred on gearbox, opposing force and blue shift were good halflife addons. maybe they are good ... : Chandler55
  • Well, that'd be a good sign in this case. : Conan
• this could be gearbox redeeming itself from mediocrity but then again... maybe not :( : JohnnyDanger
• Its like a bad girlfriend who left you and keeps calling you every 6 to 9 months saying we should hang ou... : NukemFornever
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  The 'new' gameplay trailer that was uploaded a few days ago really makes me want to play it still. :( : pancake humper
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    link? : Crimsonbeak
    • http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/342927.html It looks like a lot of previous used gamepla... : pancake humper
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  It was designed on the PC for years so this means it will be a great PC experience. Right Randy? And not ... : Beady
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    Actually , it was more designed for consoles. : freakynipples69
    • Yeah, all the gameplay footage we recently saw seemed console-oriented. : The Grolar Bear
• Fuck the haters! DNF is going to be the best game ever. : thecatinthehat
• I am for a Gearbox made DNF. (This is going to end like Marvel's Civil War, isn't it?) : baron calamity
• DNF multiplayer to feature Gamespy: CONFIRMED. FUCKING HELL. : MeestaNob
• The only good game Gearbox ever made was Opposing Force. If this is true, hopefully 3DR either did a majo... : jet-poop
• If true, Gearbox will probably be wrapping up everything that 3DR has done already, so it really won't be... : freakynipples69
• that's fine, I'd like to play it : tunis5000

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• So what's actually wrong with the PS3 version? Are there any comparison screenshots, or what? It'd be nic... : Arceihn
• You care too much. : pgharavi
• PREORDER CANCELED : Confrustrating
• I only own a ps3. I do not share your problem. PC for multi. Ps3 for console version. : radula
• You forgot the third, and most important version. : Sludgehead
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzkIhgp27r8 Yeah, what a huge difference in visuals. QQ more. : heartsauce
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  If you have a choice of both consoles, why would you ever buy multiplatform stuff on the PS3? I play PS3 ... : marmite
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    Because for some it's their primary console. : abrasion
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      You mean like they might have their PS3 on their main TV but the 360 in the bedroom or something? Wouldn'... : marmite
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        No, some people just have a 'preferred console' - (generally, the console they got first) - on shacknews... : abrasion
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          Why would your preferred console be the inferior one abrasion? I completly agree that the PS3 has better ... : marmite
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            It's not inferior, in some multiplatform games it's inferior. It's vastly superior if I want to play on : abrasion
            • I guess. I only really play MW2 multiplayer on it but every time I do I'm frustrated by the lame ass part... : marmite
          • In my case I always check online to see what the diferences are between platforms and as a result I think... : marmite
          • I hate that usually the deciding factor for me for multiplatform games is achievements :( also f the PS3 : pancake humper
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    Because my PS3 works when I turn it on. : roushimsx
    • except you have to wait 30 minutes for a firmware upgrade each time you do : OrkO
• PS3? Xbox 360? I have no want for these inferior versions. : Jimbo Ro
• If you never played the 360'version you probably wouldn't notice :/ I love the ps3 exclusives and honestl... : abrasion
• Who cares? If you have both systems, just get the 360 version and save yourself the headache. : Gojirah
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  As far as RAGE goes, the PS3 version will most certainly get higher res textures at some low key places. : humbleone
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    If the higher res textures are going to be unnoticeable, then whats the point? : VeshDrown
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      Just pointing out that the PS3 isn't always going to receive the worst treatment. : humbleone
      • Burnout paradise agrees. : abrasion
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  What about RDR? Afaik it was glitchy as hell on the x360. Saw vids of flying horses and whatnot. I never ... : xlarti
  • i have only played RDR on x360 and i did not have a single glitch or error, not once : CoRDS
  • 360 was better graphically, I can't speak to the glitchyness. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfo... : Fenring42
  • Those glitches sound more like Rockstar code rather than platform differences. : Beady
  • Just finished RDR on the 360 and never saw a single noteworthy glitch, or had a single crash. With millio... : ramshot
  • I noticed only one glitch in my playthrough on the 360 - I managed to get stuck in a physics object and i... : marmite
  • It happens but its certainly not common. : imperator
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  you are pretty much right GTA IV was better and smoother on the x360 than ps3 ( i have both also pc) ... : CoRDS
  • Yeah... There really has to be some specific reason (or a few) why multiplatforms are generally worse on ... : ramshot
• Heh, loving the console rage here: http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79265 Essentia... : ramshot
• I feel I should point out that im not saying that all PS3 versions of games are to the severity of Mafia ... : VeshDrown
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  Battered Wife Syndrome? I'd call it PC Syndrome - Where you look at the alternatives and you see that the : MeestaNob
  • The PS3 has memory constraints and an arguably inferior GPU. : Beady
  • I would really like to game on my PS3 more due to realizbility and all that, but I cant justify that over... : VeshDrown
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    "it's clearly the most powerful" Only according to Sony's marketing. : marmite
    • I don't know that for certain, and to be honest I'm a PC fanboy so I don't even really care, but I don't : MeestaNob
• Imma just call you Nick Rox from now on. : roushimsx
• I agree. I played the PC version on my 4 year old computer and it looked miles better and even smoother t... : Blackdawgg