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• Thought I would throw this up here and see if anyone is interested before I part it out and put it on eBa... : USteppin

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• mystery solved! (I connected to it) : filthysock
• Huh. I've seen this many times. Interesting. : nwillard
• I've seen it on almost every train I've been on in the last year. : underground banana plantation
• this is news? : sanewave
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  whoa. I have seen this too and was always pissed I couldn't get internet. : DarkWolf5
  • yeah, "ad hoc, wtf is this shit even. <disabled>" : skryte
• Wow, I've seen it at a ton of places with my iphone. kinda funny how it has spread though. : nyranger66
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  "Thank goodness for Mac. I have also wisely stayed with my iMac G4. I just bought an iMac G5 which does n... : gyokuro
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    Well, at least his iMac will probably never connect to a rogue network at the airport. : BlackCat9
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      I bet he's one of those guys that lugs his iMac to starbucks. : Prozium
      • At my coffee shop, there's almost always a guy there with a Dell tower and a combo printer/scanner balanc... : BlackCat9
    • It looks like they connected to the network voluntarily but then the default behavior in XP is to start a... : MrBig0
• Heh I see hpsetup all over the place. : edgewise

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  That's cool and this is a stupid question. Is there a way to change the wallpaper? Not digging that whole... : dodob
  • Yeah, it's just your wallpaper. The text is over the wallpaper. And I had no issue with limera1n JB. Geoh... : Scrimbo Obeer
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  Also, is it safe to jailbreak my iPhone 4 yet? : dodob
  • yes, always has been. : Arsenal
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  I installed this but the normal clock and date are still over it at the lock screen. Do you know how to g... : Sirus2400
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    Lockscreen Clock Hide : Arsenal
    • Awesome Thanks! : Sirus2400
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  I had the SlantedLock version for a while with 4.0.1, but it was a bit laggy coming on from standby somet... : Arsenal
  • i keep mine jailbroken for this http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_fwqwvv5whb3dik0gnekg.jpg : Arsenal
• my 3GS is on 4.0.2..... can I unlock that while preserving and hopefully unlocking the baseband?? : Chunks
• I like lockinfo because it gives me an overview of all activity going on with my mobile. Yours is real... : Rice-Rocketeer
• How do themes work? Do you have to use winterboard or can you use them by themselves? : Trips

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  Nobody plays these? Any other light war games to recommend? : Haku-Jin
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    I don't but I am curious to see if someone answers your question, as I'd like to find the same thing too : geedeck
    • Battlelore seems to be my frontrunner but Memoir '44 looks like it may be a bit easier to learn. Battles... : Haku-Jin
  • Mem '44 is excellent, our group powered through the entire campaign without playing anything else over a ... : Haxim
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  I thought that they were pretty much the same thing? Memoir '44 is enjoyable, but it takes forever to ... : roushimsx
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    Really? I heard it was super quick to setup and get going. : Haku-Jin
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      I heard that as well, but that hasn't been my experience. I may or may not be spoiled from playing quicke... : roushimsx
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        Catan is easy to setup! I just bought Smallworld the other day and it's pretty damned fun. Looking forw... : Haku-Jin
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          Smallworld is fun. The iconography takes a bit to learn, but they did away with the lame parts of Vinci a... : riptyde
          • Yeah it's really easy to play/learn/teach too so that's a bonus. : Haku-Jin
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  I'll recommend Memoir '44, it's a solid game that abstracts a lot of what bogs down "real" war games. Yo... : Ely
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    I'm almost tempted to get Battlelore because it's so hard to find and I happened across a copy the other ... : Haku-Jin
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      BoW isn't really Battlelore, either. It takes a lot of departures from the Battlelore rules, and it isn't... : Ely
      • Yeah that game seems to piss off Battlelore fans. From just watching video reviews it looks really simil... : Haku-Jin
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  I'm not sure when there's gonna be a rerelease of BL, but Fantasy Flight bought the rights. A quick scan... : capt tripps
  • I've seen a lot of videos, just wondering if there were any shackers playing that preferred one over the ... : Haku-Jin
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    FFG bought the rights? I look forward to a future version of BL with 5000 pieces that takes 17 hours to ... : riptyde
    • Yes. There's even a product page at the FF site and everything. I believe the main game is "in producti... : capt tripps
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  Memoir '44 is one of the best 2 player games out there : riptyde
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    Have you played Battlelore? I think I prefer the fantasy theme. I like the price on Memoir though... : Haku-Jin
    • I have not played Battlelore yet. : riptyde
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  I recommend "Tide of Iron" over Memoir44. I don't know about battlelore. : CRasterImage
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    Is it a two player game? : Haku-Jin
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      2 - 4 http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/22825/tide-of-iron : CRasterImage
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        How is it compared to Memoir '44? It looks more complex. I'm looking for something that's easy to learn... : Haku-Jin
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          The rulebook is freely available on the FFG website. Memoir44 uses an abstract, almost eurogame determin... : CRasterImage
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            It looks really cool but I'm thinking it might be the game I buy after Memoir '44 or Battlelore. Looks l... : Haku-Jin
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              go to Memior's board game geek page and search / ask if it is casual. : CRasterImage
              • All the reviews I've read/watched say it can be taught and setup in about 10 minutes and games last about... : Haku-Jin
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  Memoir '44' would be FAR cheaper. : wytefang
  • Yeah $55 for Memoir as compared to $100 for Battlelore. : Haku-Jin
• They just released a Song of Ice and Fire themed one too, its a different designer and its got quite a bi... : illwill18

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  "its a reboot"..."but the core tenants still remain"... nice sound bites there : gyokuro
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    It's so pretty. Gameplay looks leagues better than COD:MW. None of this push up and stop the spawners non... : ZenzenTen
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      yeah i'm still watching its beautiful looking : gyokuro
      • I just bought it. Such a sucker for slick marketing. : ZenzenTen
  • You know what I miss most about the Medal of Honor games? A fucking storyline. The way the first three (M... : roushimsx
• The beta was alright, i guess it wouldn't do justice if I keep think it would be the same as the beta, bu... : Darkfox76
• I decided on Fallout: New Vegas : ShoCon
• At the beginning his teammate "Voodoo" looks like mindless AI half the time, standing out in the open not... : Nighteyes

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• Nothing sucks like an Electrolux. : henrikb

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• Max 4 hours. LOL at games being too long. : ZenzenTen
• You're fairly close to the end. Not a whole much more. : deject
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  If you follow the main story line, then you have about 4-6 hours left at most, if you do all the rest of... : Darkfox76
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    Yeah it's really quite good. I do every side quest I can so I guess I'm looking at another 10 hours. :) : Rampancy
    • Yeah, I would have enjoyed the tunnels a lot more if it was just someplace you could explore. : ShoCon
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  I got to the same point and I cannot figure out how to progress. It just says I need a technician for the... : braaains
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    Well, there's only 3 techs in the game (the guys who can repair/modify your equipment). One in each secti... : ShoCon
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      Yeah, I ended up just doing a lot of side quests hoping I would stumble upon it and i've been to him mult... : braaains
      • Is it possible that he already gave you the access card for that lab? Check your inventory for it and if : ShoCon
• I finished it a couple of weeks ago. Was a little disappointed that the Pripyat section didn't have more ... : ShoCon
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  Pripyat zone is really short compared to the other zones. Too short actually because I never felt like I ... : Nighteyes
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    It was definitely underutilized/empty. Yet it was the area I was most tense in and always sprinted from c... : ZenzenTen
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      You could sum up all of Pripyat like that. Just about everything in that game was user created tension. T... : Nighteyes
      • Also fuck fast travel in STALKER, completely breaks the mood. Just have better, more well thought quest p... : Nighteyes
      • Friendly bandits didnt help much either. : ZenzenTen

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• That is incredible. The cost of this "fusion rector" is crazy. : mikefr24
• Scientist sure do dream up some crazy shit. : ZenzenTen

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  http://www.bodyrock.tv/ : sanchez
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    Is this her: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrFdgKxhksQ&NR=1&feature=fvwp She sounds like she has more o... : CRasterImage
    • Yeah that's the same one : sanchez
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    nevermind. It IS her. She just has a thicker accent in the video I linked. I still think she is too sk... : CRasterImage
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      There is such a thing as "too skinny" but she is not it. : Odoyle
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        Her abs bother me the most. Her lack of jiggle bothers me second. Her skinniness is debatable but not the... : CRasterImage
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          Here's some more jiggle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl9dMkwVkIY&feature=fvst : sanchez
          • BOOMER!! : ZenzenTen
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          I have not a problem with any of it. : Odoyle
          • I didn't dig her much before, but I dig her more now. I think it is the accent. Or the Wild Turkey. : CRasterImage
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      In a recent video I saw she did a flashback of her old vids - then she did some kind of sideways push up ... : abrasion
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        Drink more whiskey. It is working for me... : CRasterImage
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          She used to do porn btw, wasn't muscular at all back then, just plain looking : sanchez
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            Did she jiggle? : CRasterImage
            • Probably, she was definitely more curvy : sanchez
    • You're crazy. I'd take her home in a second. : Dr_Cube
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  The blonde or the brunette? : massdev
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    I think she fluctuates. : CRasterImage
    • So she is like Hannah Montana? Seriously I thought the blonde did the hardcore workout and her sister did... : massdev
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  lol hardbody : bolneze
  • She isn't? : CRasterImage

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• It started with Goatse : soggybagel
• It starts with i. : abrasion
• I want to say 4scrape : pyide
• www.interfacelift.com ? : Werkin
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  4walls.org I think : razorblade79
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    4walled actually : razorblade79
    • doh! I was close : pyide
• wallbase.net ? : choppp
• http://4walled.org/ It recently suffered a crash though : MovingTarget

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• haha, poor guy got phised : filthysock
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  Banshees? Better make more reapers! : Serpico74
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    I... I guess he better build more reapers... that's the only thing I can think to do. I was laughing s... : TheVietSpecial
    • That was my favorite, so good. Only thing that I would liked to have seen is a game where the players go ... : Serpico74
• Funday Monday is the best day : Serpico74
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  so next week is FFA and kill your opponents in alphabetical order. could be pretty lol : valael
  • So far it's been pretty dumb =\ Mostly because everyone is doing it, so if you're not #1 or #2 you just m... : InfoBiter
  • This is one type of FFA I could not participate in! : aaarrrgh
• King of the Hill still going. need more people. : valael
• Is it sad that I've been waiting for this all day? : Odoyle
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  Why couldn't I have started my name with a z... : InfoBiter
  • AaronAardvark was a bad name for this account... : Serpico74
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  Why was he upset at the end of the daily? : abrasion
  • Tired, ill, not enough Bear Semen : Serpico74

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  haha oh yea, check out my awesome sentry play to get a feel for how fucking stupid i can be sometimes : synapse19
  • and seriously... what the fuck was i trying with that stalker drop? what was that supposed to do that bli... : synapse19

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• cool. I'll check it out. thanks : hirez
• Seconded. It's an extremely good book. : BouillonCubes
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  Most of Banks' books are relatively easy to find these days, as his US publisher is releasing them in tra : elosorojo
  • The one about the gas giant dwellers was amazing. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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  and $10 on kindle. sigh. : Draugluin
  • I'll PayPal you half of that. It's that good. : Odoyle
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  iPhone and iPad people: http://manybooks.net/titles/wattspother06Blindsight.html : Kentor
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    do you recommend Stanza? : Draugluin
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      No? I just load my ePubs into iBooks. : Kentor
      • grabbed. thanks much : Draugluin
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    why is it that all epub's i download have the worst goddamn fucking formatting ever? i can get an epub f... : dopefish
    • People suck, that's why. : Kentor
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  ive read it! : radula
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    ok! So tell the rest why it's so awesome! Initially I thought that the introduction of vampires was compl : Odoyle
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      well, i studied biology at university so I just love the way he blends real science into the fiction. th... : radula
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        The author is a marine biologist and his Rifters novels take place in the deep ocean rifts a la The Abyss : Odoyle
        • lol Seinfeld marine biologist : bolneze
• this is pretty good so far : bolneze
• inf'd for later. : spazzium
• thanks i downloaded the pdf for later. : grabbie
• different author, short stories: http://eidolon.net/?story=The%20Moral%20Virologist http://www.asimovs.... : radula
• I read that awhile ago. Very good. But it does come undone a bit at the end. : Albemuth
• Bought. Thanks for the scoop : jimmy_legs
• El Oh Fucking El: His success has been, shall we say, mixed. His first novel, Starfish, netted a "Nota : Odoyle
• Sounds good, but that dedication is cringe-worthy. : sharpie

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  wha happon : chrisschutz
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    Spoilers: Nancy in hot sex scene, full nudity : sanchez
    • PICS + VID : MurrayTheSkull
• is it any good? Havent watched this season : bolneze
• y : pgharavi
• I just got the first season of that and can't believe I never watched it before. Awesome so far. : perstephanie

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  should have mailed it : DrFlammable
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    he did mail it, but his horrible hand writing defeated the best attempts at delivery, and it was returned... : harold.johnson
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      lol he couldn't type out a label or something? : DrFlammable
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        also the gas it took to drive out there might have actually cost you more than just buying new ram from n... : DrFlammable
        • It was 8 gigs of ram. I was going to go on a drive somewhere today, going to pick up the ram was a good ... : harold.johnson
• Also need to know about parity checks, that E=MC2 stuff, and backward compatibility with DDR1 : dognose

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• You have all the sharing options turned on your Win7 machine? I created a new user called Mac on my PC, ... : DarthStank
• Use a domain controller, it'll make things much easier for a heterogeneous network. : Lukiopimp
• Try changing WORKGROUP in System Preferences > Network > Advanced... > WINS to whatever your PC workgroup... : BlackCat9

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• lullaby renditions of tool FTW : CoRDS
• Funkadelic - Maggot Brain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKJGKu5QIfI : Godhatesfatpeople
• Anything by Emancipator. : Melignus
• Priscilla Ahn - I Had A Dream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKfDwChOoHI : R@zzle

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• ”Hello… how bout that ride in? I guess thats why they call it Sin City haha. You guys might n... : massdev
• Is there a matching bedroom set? : lacker
• aka How To Dry Up A Vagina In Seconds : Godhatesfatpeople
• "Forever Alone" : Mondo
• Definately participating! : radula
• Ironic hipster is so 2007 : hankyJR
• THAT IS BEAUTIFUL : MrBig0
• And with this I'm done for the internet tonight. Thank you baconisgod. I can now rest well and easy. : Malku
• Well, all the dating advice sites told me to decorate my house with matching sets of furniture. : BlackCat9

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  hahahaha at the end the squirrel's all "laugh at me will you motherfucker!!" : proclone1
  • Get off the phone bitch and make me a sandwich!! http://www.viddler.com/explore/cheezburger/videos/710/ : proclone1
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv9wTYMw5iA : Godhatesfatpeople
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    thats pretty fucking awesome. except that the damn things are actually getting food from it. : filthysock
    • ha, they figured it out. Smart little bastards. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • LOL "As a hater of squirrels and a lover of 80s music this video delivers" : gyokuro
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    all these fools are doing are breeding genetically superior squirrels : DeBurgo
    • the fools :( : drucifer

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  Better off to do it every 6 months or yearly to avoid that nightmare. : NFXFSX
  • I completely agree. Now that I am handling this, it will be done on schedule. : zohar79
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  i have to do that too :( : dahanese
  • It is awful. I'm trying to go from 3.5.4 to 3.8.6, and it's hung up on 3.6.1 twice now. : zohar79
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  Hint: Next time, do a test run on a secondary environment first, then on live. Like that its also easier ... : Lukiopimp
  • This is the secondary environment. : zohar79

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  Is that...a good thing? : PointlesS76
  • It is to me. : NexusOne
• Hell yes. Sierra Nevada puts out a wet hop ale every year. Hard to find but it's delicious. : Pettytheft

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• Same. I have Enslaved and Castlevania from Gamefly and haven't put more than an hour or so into either. ... : Vincent Grayson
• Same here. Half the time I think "oh I wanna play L4D2!" but then I think about how I gotta commit to lik... : h o s t i l e
• I know what you mean :( I'll buy a game and won't even play half way through it most of the time now. Ev... : m0nkz
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  Welcome to adult life :( : PenicillinX57
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    it's not the time constraints. it's actually having free time and deciding not to use it to play games. ... : EvilDolemite
    • i'm with you too. there are certainly good games out there for me to play, i just choose to do other thi... : FrayLo
• Priorities change as we get older. : orgcaptainnemo
• Yeah, I need to stop buying games, I just don't play them any more. Need to save my money for the very fe... : boarder2
• Same here...but I think it's more because we don't have many original games these days. I don't get as e... : CrustaR
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  i started feeling that way when i was around 18 years old. : arizona bay
  • Yeah me too =( Even games I am really into, sometimes I'd rather just lay on the couch and watch TV. : invisible_kid
• Same here, besides the usual l4d and Tf2, I play almost no other games at all, despite an ever-growing ba... : shirif
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  In the same camp. Worst of all is when you're bored and no game at all even seems enticing. : Zips
  • I hate that. I just get burned out, sometimes on specific types of games and just on anything, and then I... : perstephanie
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  Yep, these days I'd rather stalk the Shack than play, and when I do play...I play Minecraft. It's sad rea... : uebersoldat
  • I stalk the Shack looking for inspiration to game, and I usually find it here. : IHATEDUST
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  Genre change is in order : Mondo
  • ^ Try something different, something you don't normally play that often. Recently for me, that has been a... : pyide
• It's probably the reason why I've shifted to consoles as of late. Gaming on the PC tends to go for marath... : Pettytheft
• I spend more time scrolling up and down my Steam games list than actually playing anything. : The Grolar Bear