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Steam Hidden Gems

What are some little-known or talked about games on Steam that you think everyone should play?

Oct 26, 2010 10:07am PDT

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  Railworks : MagicWishMonkey
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    >:( : deathofrats
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      You haven't lived until you've put on your conductors outfit and settled in for a long night of choo choo... : MagicWishMonkey
      
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      i just hate seeing the dozens of 'expansions' on steam every time i log on. Steam is clogged with them. ... : deathofrats
      
      I wonder how well they sell? It looks like a pretty boring game IMO : MagicWishMonkey
- Popcap should release a game on Steam called "Hidden Gems". : Dave-A
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  Audiosurf! It was talked about a fair bit when it came out but it's still awesome. :) : SilverSnake
  - I've been playing Audiosurf again lately. Great fun. : nurglich
  - That's the thing about Audiosurf, it never really gets old. You always have new songs you want to try it ... : nwillard
  - Audiosurf has excellent two player same screen support. It is extremely fun with friends, and something ... : Wheatloaf
- Cryostasis is a good one : kill9
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  This is going way back, but I always enjoyed The Ship. Too bad it never really got very popular, but I th... : paulatreus
  - The Ship is an amazing game if you can get a bunch of friends to play it. I ran a Shackbattle a year or t... : OverloadUT
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    I actually always wanted to try this. Are people still playing it at all? : snot3353
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      No one was ever playing it. You have to organize events for this game but they are always worth the effor... : SockMonkeh
      
      DOG FIGHTER : D45hiz
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      I want to play it too, but they're still charging $20 for it. : The Grolar Bear
      
      The price really isn't the problem (it's worth $20 easily), it's actually playing it with people. : Moonbase Commander
    - There's a group called The Ship is Alive that organizes games of hunt pretty regularly. Last I played wit... : Happy Doodle Muffin
  - Man, that game was awesome. I really liked all the secret rooms (until they weren't secret and everyone ... : Moonbase Commander
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    this is a game that i'd love to see updated to a new version/sequel : dirge23
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      There's a sequel-in-spirit coming out soon called Bloody Good Time. Something will definitely be lost wit... : Happy Doodle Muffin
      
      sweet. the execution of The Ship was so rough around the edges i wouldn't mind substantial changes, as lo... : dirge23
  - The new Assassin's Creed games multiplayer is basically The Ship. : Frozen Pixel
- Kings Bounty, Flotilla, Altitude : geedeck
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  Killing Floor. : AxeMan808
  - +1 for this game. It's the game that I have the most hours in (probably because Steam lost my first stat... : SgtPepper78
  - Hell yeah!!! : CrustaR
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    Just to provide a counter-point, no way. Found this to be a far, far inferior Zombie game compared to L4... : wytefang
  - Can't +Inf this enough, such an underrated game. : timaste
  - I don't think I've ever had more fun-per-dollar than with Killing Floor. Just a plain great game. : passingstranger
- Flat-out Ultimate Carnage - I've yet to see anyone who got this not have a blast. : Crabs Jarrard
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  Altitude : justwr!ght
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    Totally Altitude, that game is FUUUUNNN - So many shackers have it too, we need a decent game of it. : Durajim
    - Also, people with the demo can play with us for free. : Durajim
  - this game is AWESOME : kgargs
  - OH yeah, for the low price I paid, I got quite a lot of hours of enjoyment out of it. I may return and h... : Matt Burris
  - Another vote for Altitude. We should have a Shackbattle sometime! : dfay
- I play a couple rounds of Spectromancer almost every day. : isezni
- Side-jack: In a similar vein, what are some touch-screen friendly games on Steam? I'm looking for more co... : Rehevkor
- Chime. : The Grolar Bear
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  Everyone should have Geometry Wars :( You jump in, have a balls-out shooty-fest for a couple minutes, an... : nwillard
  - What I mean to say is it's the best possible game to play for when you're indecisive a lot about what to ... : nwillard
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    I like Super Stardust HD on PS3 for this. : Rehevkor
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      Yeah but the you have to go start up your PS3 and all that. Geometry Wars is just a click away if you're ... : nwillard
      
      Because TURNING ON A TV is just too much effort. : Ebu
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  Nexus: The Jupiter Incident. Especially if you miss and/or enjoy realistic space combat. : theangrywaffles
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    WTF, is this on Steam? : Rice-Rocketeer
    - Yessir! http://store.steampowered.com/app/6420/ : theangrywaffles
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    I've looked at it a bunch of times... Mind selling me a bit more on it? : geedeck
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      The graphics are a bit dated, but it the game itself still looks pretty good with the widescreen fix in p... : theangrywaffles
      
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      And here's the intro. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWjxTLwnhKk&feature=related : theangrywaffles
      
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      Eh I guess it does feel a bit like EVE, only with a hashed out single player campaign. And there are a fe... : theangrywaffles
      
      Oops, meant as reply to Juffo. : theangrywaffles
      
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      wtf? That gameplay looks like EVE. : JuffoWup
      
      i hope that doesn't mean i have to sit around and mine with no hope of ever making a difference in the wo... : Herman Toothrot
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  Defense Grid Mirrors Edge : quazar
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    Mirrors Edge isn't little known or not talked about you karazy : nwillard
    - I would say the PC version would fall into the criteria above. : quazar
  - I've really been wanting to play through Mirror's Edge again, but I'm waiting for the inevitable $5 sale. : passingstranger
- Trials 2. : Pneum0
- Obligatory Darwinia : dael
- Delve Deeper : locash
- MI2 Special Edition, Arx Fatalis, Broken Sword 1+2 : speon
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  Half-Life 2 : kgargs
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    Left 4 Dead 2. : Dschinghis Khan
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      Mass Effect 2 : justwr!ght
      
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      Bioshock : Dschinghis Khan
      
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      Team Fortress 2 : jcrockerman
      
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      CounterStrike : Ride-My-Rocket
      
      Desert Bus : _jon
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    They have Valve games on Steam now? : amrbean
    - only in australia : vitek r
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  The Ball, just released today but I have yet to see a single thread about it. It's like Portal, but more ... : freakynipples69
  - Would you say that The Ball just... dropped? : Rehevkor
  - That's not even possible. : SgtPepper78
  - Oh that's out? That games looked badass. : Dschinghis Khan
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    I made a post about it but nobody responded :( : veras
    - (a Shacker is one of the dudes who made it!) http://www.shacknews.com/profile/markusarv : veras
  - If you're willing to wait a week you can pre-order a copy from GamersGate and save 2 bucks. I think I'm g... : Happy Doodle Muffin
- http://store.steampowered.com/app/45100/ : ass-street
- After my cablemodem blew up leaving me with dialup... Getting offline mode to work, although it's not som... : nem00
- Avencast and KF but Axe already got that of course. : AgentPothead
- Left 4 Dead : dognose
- AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity : PointlesS76
- Blood Rayne 1. Actually it's not a good game but falls squarely in the guilty pleasure zone. : Dynotaku
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  Flotilla is a great little game with stylish looks and a beautiful soundtrack. And it's made by a Shacker... : Dessicator82
  - Yeah Flotilla is awesome! : marmite
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  Mount & Blade doesn't get talked about enough, it's really awesome and has a very lively mod scene that r... : RetroRedEyeJr
  - Yeah, this is a crazy fun game. : JonathanBedrava
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  Recettear is pretty cool! If the anime-cutesy thing bugs you, try to overlook it because the gameplay is... : yAak
  - Yeah! Recettear is awesome, go buy it. : Rehevkor
  - i got my gf's daughter playing this game but she doesn't seem to understand economics at all, she keeps s... : Herman Toothrot
  - Fourth'd. : daVinci1980
- Cogs fucking rules if you like puzzle games : veras
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  Titan Quest is a lot of fun and is on sale for $5 today. : aethyr
  - other things I really enjoyed: Osmos, FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage, Lumines, Shatter, Torchlight. : aethyr
- Day of Defeat. : rotten element
- Actually, Zombie Driver is a lot of fun. Let's see, there is also Osmos, Beat Hazard, Audio Surf, Fore... : Dschinghis Khan
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  Trine. I don't know how little known it is, but I recently started it and I can't stop playing it! : Patch-e
  - Trine is fucking amazing. Soundtrack is really good, too. : Dschinghis Khan
  - I payed too much for it when it was released, but it was a good game. It's gorgeous. : Snipergen
  - Agreed. It took me a couple tries to get into it, but then it had me 100%. Such a great, peaceful, fun ... : passingstranger
- Super Laser Racer. Only paid a buck for it and got a bit of fun out of it. Here's a MattPlays video for... : Matt Burris
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  Multiwinia was a lot of fun but nobody played it : melkore
  - It was. : Happy Doodle Muffin
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  Rogue Trooper : Tech T
  - Really enjoyed that game, didn't know it was on steam now. : USteppin
- My favorite HL2 mod is The Hidden. : the if
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  Installing Trine now : dael
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    excellent choice... archer rules! I do as much as possible with her : Patch-e
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      You start back at the beginning of the level that has your most recent checkpoint, but anything you did u... : Patch-e
  - Yes! : dumb.
- I liked Sol Survivor. Its multiplayer tower defensive coop. : bashildy@speakeasy.net
- Lucidity - it gets shitty reviews and people usually don't like it, but for me it is a hidden gem, with a... : Kub666
- Lucidity, DeathSpank and Shank : hanged_man
- Let's see. Sol Survivor Recettear Super Laser Racer Dog Fighter Zombie Driver I'll have to ta... : Thornfist
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  Sol Survivor. http://store.steampowered.com/app/45000/ Was on sale for $4 or something last week an... : USteppin
  - Multiplayer works *GREAT*, lots of maps and modes, my friends and I play all the time. Feel free to join... : Thornfist
- Machinarium : Ender.Wiggin
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  More of you should be talking about Torchlight. We don't even need to wait till 2025 for Diablo 3 single... : MeestaNob
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    Call me when it gets multi. : Thornfist
    - Torchlight 2 will have multi. : Kub666

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oh shit

windows 7

If you shake a window, it minimizes all your other windows

Oct 26, 2010 1:46pm PDT

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oh shit windows 7 If you shake a window, it minimizes all your other windows : AllYourBase
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Via Chris Remo's twitter feed:

Who at Disney is responsible for this abomination:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_pn4x8OpLk

Oct 26, 2010 2:26pm PDT

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- BLAM! : drucifer
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  Oh jesus it's gone international too >:( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk_skG-X5pE : ysbreker
  - As an English speaker, I totally enjoyed the German version far more. : stratedge
  - just as terrible, only with positive youtube comments. Germany and comedy :( I guess BLAM can take its ... : MamiyaOtaru
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  That makes me hate. Just hate. It makes me hate. Argh. So hate. : mrwolf710
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    IT'S ALL I'M PROGRAMMED TO DO I HATE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifsMeule-C4 : drhazard
    - haha awesome : Entity
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  That's the worst thing I've seen all week. : Ride-My-Rocket
  - Month, easily. : Happy Doodle Muffin
- WHAMMIE! : skinlab133
- It's about as good as most Disney stuff. : Grumbeld
- Chuck Norris jokes in video form : Godhatesfatpeople
- let's rewind the blam! cam and see that again! : pyide
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  so terrible, :-( : threeup
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    Seriously. I'm seriously contemplating banning my son from Disney products until he's old enough to enjo... : Ride-My-Rocket
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      Aside from the classics like Peter Pan et al, my kids see no Disney. : dumb.
      
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      Yeah, oldies are fine. But no Disney TV at all -- that shit is mindpoison. : Ride-My-Rocket
      
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      I know I am a big old Disney fangirl and all that nonsense but how is it mindpoison? Phineas and Ferb is... : Galadriel07
      
      The commercials alone make me want to head down to Disney HQ and stalk from office to office with an Arma... : Ride-My-Rocket
- I blame ADHD : deathofrats
- OW! My Balls! : MagicWishMonkey
- Boooooriiiinnnng : dumb.
- Great... youtube is now buffering on 360p videos. FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU : reZaun
- In before BLAM! gets BLAM!'d. : omnova
- These are the same people that made Ducktales. How the mighty have fallen. : Masem
- damn that sucks some serious fucking shit covered nuts right there. so shitty. : RogerDandy
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  "This guy"? What the fuck. : boarder2
  - That's what bothered me the most too. : Lionhart32935
- i was never into disney cartoons growing up so this doesnt phase me at all. I'm not surprised Disney doe... : ultramega
- This is like when they did those shitty low budget re-edits of the Loony Tunes cartoons. : Fred Garvin
- Jesus christ I want to murder that guy. : Drewus
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  Well, this made up for it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1rVF8Np4xw Fucking LOL at "INCONCEIVABLE!" : Full.Bleed
  - yes, this is a fantastic parody : crummynz
  - did someone call the blambulance? planks for nothing! lololol : pyide
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    what's sad is how it's so horrible but you're not actually tipped off that it's fake until like halfway t... : mikecyb
    - I thought it was real until I came here : rosewood
  - My sides still hurt : Serpico74
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    Wow... the blam targeted at her barren womb. : spazzium
    - perfectly awful. : Turd Ferguson
  - this is amazing : GloriousCow
  - Blam blam blickety blam and Up spoilers incase people haven't seen it. : abrasion
  - lol : Godhatesfatpeople
  - hahahahaa : royalally
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    I can't stop watching this. Did anyone tweet this back to him yet? : pyide
    - yeah I did but he hasn't responded to me that bastard!!!! : mikecyb
  - Oh man. So good. : tostador
  - OMG this is incredible. : Brian Leahy
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    man, i thought it was real at first until "INCONCEIVABLE". now i feel horrible for laughing so hard. : shyguy74
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      Oh man, I just got that joke! Holy shit LOL!! : treefingers1
      
      I love how it's an actually funny and semi subtle joke that gives the whole thing away : MamiyaOtaru
  - outstanding : veras
  - Oh man that made me sad :( : thekidd
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    Is that Up? I haven't seen it, and now I'm glad I won't. That looks wayyyyyyyy too sad. : skinlab133
    - Watch it. It's really good. : pyide
    - its only the first 10 minutes or so : Turd Ferguson
    - That's just the first 10 minutes, and it's some of the best cinema you'll see, animated or otherwise. Th... : Ride-My-Rocket
    - first 10min made my girl cry like niagra falls but its such a great movie and its well worth seeing. aft... : handofthrawn
  - LOL! : HL3dsx
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    Seems like some serious spoilers for Up in there if you haven't watched it... I haven't. : TheVietSpecial
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      eh its like the intro to the movie really : Chandler55
      
      Oh alright then. That's not so bad. : TheVietSpecial
  - oh lord ahahah : kingfish
  - just brilliant : Bamtan
  - That was incredible. : nurglich
  - Excellent, my faith in humanity is semi-restored for now.. : niceguynick
  - amazing! : edgewise
  - aaaaahhhahahaaha. Now THIS guy knows comedy. : Wikus Van De Merwe
- I just facepalm'd myself into the guest bedroom. Thanks Disney! : Druuge
- shitty youtub clip shows turned into disney horror : dahanese
- i not only want my 1m30s back, but also my next 5 minutes as i try to shake the horror i just witnessed f... : shyguy74
- Horrible. : ghost hacker
- wraparound central : spiderfill
- Blam-o-rang! : DM7
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  the first thing I thought of was "Well excuuuuuuuseeee me, Princess" : reZaun
  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPxY8lpYAUM : reZaun
- I dont think Disney can get any worse !!! : hanged_man
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  is this new or old oh god its terrible : nomaad
  - This is at least 2-3 years old and I watch the Disney Channel all the time. I haven't seen this short se... : Galadriel07
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  They took this idea straight out of Idiocracy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_4jrMwvZ2A : Rigg5
  - Poor Hormel. : Happy Doodle Muffin
- This might explain it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6riQ-9CBbs : baron calamity
- I heard about it on TalkRadar a few months ago but never bothered to check it out. That is worse than I e... : Haxim
- Disney.. To.. THE . . . . EEEEEEEEEEEEEXTREME! : tboomer2
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  http://twitter.com/gregbrown/status/28828429541 http://twitter.com/chrisremo/status/28828526132 http://... : greasyjohn
  - well played : rosewood
  - this needs more love : Goblin au
- LET'S REWIND THE BLAM CAM! : FlamingGimp
- Is... is this real? I feel like killing myself. : TheVietSpecial
- what the FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK : MrBig0
- I'll never let my kids watch tv. : RetroRedEyeJr
- I hope that BLAM guy dies a slow, horrible, torturous death in a ditch filled with maggot-infested rottin... : niceguynick
- Poochie. : edgewise
- I heartily agree with the most liked comment on this video. : swiftB3
- THis is just plain offensive... who signs off on this shit? : Goblin au

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CSS/HTML (wo)menz

In reply, halp, I need halp.

Oct 26, 2010 2:08pm PDT

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CSS/HTML (wo)menz In reply, halp, I need halp. : Durajim
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  I have the following set up (It's more of an example) <td align="center" class="{CLASS}"> <a href=" : Durajim
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    It's easiest to just swap the image with one that contains the overlap already there. : one random winner
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      Not an option, tens of thousands of images : Durajim
      
      That was my previous answer to what I wanted to do, I don't want to have to keep editing images every tim... : Durajim
      
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      if the images are a standard size, I might set a div with specific dimensions to use the image as a backg... : cpt_gloval
      
      or set up a script to use gd or imagemagick to do the overlay on the server side and then request the ima... : cpt_gloval
      
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      basically I'd do this, but it's not super cross browser compat since ie is retarded and doesn't have the ... : sKetchflow
      
      See my solution to that here: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24355140 : ysbreker
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    do something like this: <a href="" class="productImage"> <img src="" alt=""/> <span class="clickMe">Cl... : ysbreker
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      lol, the original post originally said "the actual code doesn't use tables, but I don't have it to hand a... : Durajim
      
      Good! :) If you need more help let me know :) : ysbreker
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      I presume the 'click me' is one size. Oh and the a:hover .clickMe, a:focus .clickMe should read .productI... : ysbreker
      
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      I made a few changes to suit and this works like a dream, thank-you! :D : Durajim
      
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      I've been reading through this and it's incredibly simple and straight forward - I need to spend less tim... : Durajim
      
      Just don't go reinventing the wheel! :) : ysbreker
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everyone still thinks Zerg is nerfed!

Oct 26, 2010 5:40am PDT

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everyone still thinks Zerg is nerfed! : radula
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Since it is getting near Halloween I have compiled a list of my top scary games, what are your top three? Here is mine:

1. Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl (x-labs make the best atmospheric game so intense. The sounds absolutely made it 1000 times more scary.)
2. DOOM 3 (sure it was jump out and scare tactics, but if you weren't expecting it it was terrifying. I'll never look at mirrors anymore. ;)
3. System Shock 2 (a classic. No ammo and running from the "nurse maidens" made me have minor heart attacks)
4. Clive Barker's Undying (a shame the end boss was terrible but events leading up to it were great. Many different ways to scare you in this game)
5. F.E.A.R. (the ladder and the elevator is all that needs to be said here)

I haven't play Amnesia yet, but from the demo I could see it overtaking my number one spot. What's yours? :D

Oct 26, 2010 7:05am PDT

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Morning Fallout: New Vegas Thread

Who's your favorite companion? Mine is Veronica http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=Veronica_uc0j9m0ahxb20bgducgz.jpg

Oct 26, 2010 5:25am PDT

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no white iPhone until spring 2011... read: iPhone 5.

http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/10/26/apple.pushes.white.iphone.until.next.model/

this hasn't been Apple's best-engineered device.

Oct 26, 2010 4:27pm PDT

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no white iPhone until spring 2011... read: iPhone 5. http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/10/26/app... : Postal
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Interesting article about heading into a post-PC world. I feel we're already getting there slowly - iDevices, consoles, etc are encroaching on and replacing PCs for more and more aspects of their functionality. PCs will one day once again become of the tools of programmers and hobbyists. Please note this is my opinion, so relax your reply-hammers.

http://www.tested.com/news/microsofts-ray-ozzie-we-are-heading-for-a-post-pc-world/1214/

I think Apple and Google are ready for this. What about MS? It's going to be an interesting time.

Oct 26, 2010 10:58am PDT

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I'm trying to find the screen cap from the history channel program that basically said what you are about to see is total bullshit or hasn't happened yet or something like that -- but it still had the history logo.

Please halp - I need to show why the history channel sucks balls these days

Oct 26, 2010 9:46am PDT

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  top gear US next month, wooooooo! : Dravenport
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    That is going to be on History? oh good god : rosewood
    - the history of bad american television shows must be recorded : EvilDolemite
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  And http://www.asuccessfulwebsite.com/tag/history-channel-sucks/ : rosewood
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  History Channel, like The Learning Channel before it, has jumped the shark. : TickHeadDog
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    The Science channel is still pretty cool, at least. : MagicWishMonkey
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      The nova series is where it's at. : nyranger66
      
      I only catch that occasionally, I should tell my DVR to record it. : MagicWishMonkey
      
      maybe because nova is a PBS show : RikiTiki2
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      How it's Made. Woot Woot : Crabs Jarrard
      
      I see what you did there! : SgtPepper78
    - It too will eventually fall : rosewood
    - I really like that Sci Fi Science show. : o0JediBeavis0o
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      That one new show with Morgan Freeman is pretty awesome. : phate81
      
      Morgan Freemans Bunghole? : pimpium
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  Nobody's a fan of Pawn Stars? CHUMLEE!! : Zman0404
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    You got it, Big Hoss! : pimpium
    - I think it's funny how that Pit Boss show is just another excuse to have a show about midgets. : MagicWishMonkey
  - I like Pawn Stars. It is hilarious though that it is on the History Channel. : silent prophet
  - Haha, that show is awesome. : timmie
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    speaking of something that is completely made up... : baron calamity
    - What is made up? : pimpium
  - That show is my guilty pleasure : ColoradoCNC
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  They just need to rebrand. History Channel made a pretty big shift in their programming strategy a while... : midgetherder
  - I really miss the hitler channel :( : nyranger66
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    you know what show used to kick ass? DOGFIGHTS : MoreVespeneGas
    - lol, i know a bunch of guys who used to work on that show : Herman Toothrot
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  The Military Channel needs some new fucking episodes of Spec Ops Warrior. >:( : NFXFSX
  - Warrior Mission : NFXFSX
  - How copy, Whiskey Whiskey? : silent prophet
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    I watched Season 1 on Netflix. It's heavily scripted, no? : HamChowder
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      i remember thinking the sniper one was scripted. : RetroRedEyeJr
      
      Haha, you mean the one where the target "accidentally" wanders away from his bodyguards and out onto a ba... : silent prophet
      
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Tuesday Morning Minecraft Thread!
Zombie goasts Edition!!!

The contrysides were nice and the plants were singing and the birds and the sun was almost down from the top of the sky.

Multiplayer Servers!
MercFox1 : shackeast.sytes.net
Shadowdane : shadowdane.shacknet.nu
Chicken Fur : 69.169.149.253
m0rfus (PvP/Mobs on) : morfus.dyndns.org
Haxim (TNT Server) : asplode.dyndns.org

Teamspeak : ts.shackbattles.com:9987

its a good day to do what has to be done by me and help my brother other players to defeat the enemys craft mines

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      It works in every other browser and I haven't figured out how to fix it in FF. : mroizo40
      
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      Objects in mirror are smaller than they appear :( : foo
      
      Start buying convex mirrors for your penis! : Dong Patrol
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      If it's encased in rough stone/glass it should be ok, right? : Clay
      
      Yep, should be fine : foo
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    - Yep, that's how you do it. If your lava is encased in anything other than wood, it's fine : foo
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      ok. cool. : ass-street
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      Or he meant highest priority after finishing the Halloween update with the promised feature set. : Zek
      
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    - lol bug fixes. you're crazy arctic fox : electroly
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      tough crowd : james_austintx
      
      that gag works better in motion. it's kind of a failure in comic form. : mikecyb
      
      7.77/10 : dumb.
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      No. Make sure you arent accidentally putting in some extra spaces when you are copying and pasting the ad... : EricZBA
      
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For the last few weeks I have been on an "unsubscribe" mission. I only use one e-mail address, and that address gets so much spam. Not the normal penis enlargement and scam messages, as those are all filtered at the server level, but the kind of inadvertent spam you get from doing anything at all on the internet.

You know the kind; the newsletters, offers, event notifications, and tons of other random miscellaneous messages that show up just because you bought something once, or signed up for some related service. It doesn't matter how many times you un-check the "send me emails" box on forms, you just get them anyway. After a while I was getting 10-15 emails a day from amazon, aopa, charities, local venues, local restaurants, various shopping outlets, and my annoying spammish bank.

So I decided that I was going to unsubscribe, or find a way to stop, every single email that came in that was unsolicited. It's been about 3 weeks now of consistently doing this and I think I have finally got it down to only 2-3 messages a day that I have no interest in.

The latest one I had to unsubscribe to was from my Vet, sending me an automated e-mail about my dog being 7 years old and how I should bring him in to do a mid-life check up: http://cl.ly/3ba27da293a8d7dfde67 fuck you, vet!!

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New Vegas

Picked it up the other day and played it for about 7 hours. A few things hit me so far

Technical:
-The game auto set me to max settings at 1200x800 even though my monitor resolution is at 1680x1050.
- No matter how much I decrease the games visuals, it never seems to run all that better. I do notice some increase in performance, but not as much as I'd expect in other games.
- Slow downs are at the weirdest places. I could look into the horizon with trees, grass, buildings, etc and the game would run perfectly smooth. However, I could look at a plain side of a wall (maybe side of a house) and I'll get considerable slow downs. It doesn't make any sense.
- Looking around, this game has this odd feeling to it, like the fps are capped at 30fps. There's always this feeling of slight latency. After about an hour of playing I couldn't take it any more and had to get up and get my eyes off the game. I don't normally have this problem in other games. I could go hours on hours w/o taking a break.
- Sometimes when I try to take a small step (slightly tapping move foward), I'll take what seems to be one step. Other times, I'll literally continue to move forward long after I've let go of the foward button.

Is there a config file I could manual edit? I haven't tried yet, but I'll probably try when I get home.

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The Road.
mushrooms, truffles, lichen, and other fungi don't need light to grow. Why weren't there savvy entrepreneurs with massive mushroom farming operations. Yay, society is saved!

Oct 26, 2010 2:35pm PDT

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Deadmau5 Wants To Make Music For Minecraft? (Rumor)

Just saw this post on the Minecraft forums and a guy said he chatted with Deadmau5 and apparently he's a fan and has e-mailed Notch about lending his talent to the game. Today someone with the username "deadmau5" posted. It would be disappointing if it was just some guy trying to fool people but would be great if it were true. Is there any way to check when someones account was made?

Post Here: http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=64161&sid=322b9b955c6b9adc87c296820ef4d4d2
Profile Here: http://www.minecraft.net/skin/skin.jsp?user=deadmau50r

Oct 26, 2010 2:34pm PDT

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    http://serato.com/forum/discussion/342114 : Danny5225
    - Uh, wouldn't they be better off with a musician rather than a DJ? I mean, do we really need somebody to : capt tripps
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  Deadmau5 sucks, his music is so boring. : datoo
- awesome : harold.johnson
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  Here's deadmau5 playing Minecraft too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqwSul5YmJ4 and notch tweeted about ... : Clarkek
  - Haha that video is pretty funny :) : dumb.
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    listening to the opening DJ play my own tracks before my set. ouch. party foul. : GloriousCow
- UPDATE: notch just found the email from deadmau5: http://twitter.com/notch/status/28831880847 : Ride-My-Rocket

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http://www.dorkly.com/video/5325/dorkly-bits-yoshi-hates-mario

Oct 26, 2010 3:44pm PDT

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repost?

http://tv.gawker.com/5667748/the-most-ridiculous-edited+for+tv-movie-lines

Oct 26, 2010 2:39pm PDT

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The End - great The Doors song or greatest?

Oct 26, 2010 3:51pm PDT

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- It's mostly good. : greasyjohn
- It's very, very close. : skinlab133
- Greatest. : trOmblyj
- greatest - it's hard not to be when it's designed to be epic : Postal
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      Come Together : riptyde
    - talk about a Mean Mr. Mustard >:( : Postal
    - you're fired, Deathlove : Yanks
    - Maxwell's Silver Hammer : ColoradoCNC
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    The Beatles suck. : BeerHunter
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      someone should just kill that there John Lennon! : _jon
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    Blackbird is my personal fav. So simple and beautiful. : dumb.
  - A Day In The Life : c0bra
  - that's easy, In My Life : sublime
  - I think my favorite is Two of US, close second is Don't Pass Me By. : SolveChrist
  - Tomorrow Never Knows : mikecyb
  - Side 2 of Abbey Road, not just the Medley. : ruckboos
  - Quit posting high. : pres589
- They have so many great songs. It's hard to choose :( : Godhatesfatpeople
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  - No, The Doors. The Who are in another thread. : Teiresias
- People are strange takes it. : akirabob
- You just reminded me, I have an autograph from John Densmore on a promotional flyer for his "Riders On Th... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  - I've seen very little of the Venture Bros. I need to buy some season DVDs :( : ArcKnight
- Greatest. : Fenring42
- Greatest. If not one of the greatest songs ever. : Mr. Goodwrench
- Greatest : Omning
- Greatest. Hands down. : riptyde
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  - keep your eyes on the road & your hands upon the wheel-ah : hirez
- I'm sad it isn't part of the Rock Band Doors pack. : pyrogen
- I feel like LA Woman holds up better as a good rock and roll song where The End feels a bit overused and ... : mattavius
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  Peace Frog/Blue Sunday is the greatest The Doors song. : hirez
  - mod abuse! mod abuse! : ArcKnight
  - See, yeah, this. I was afraid to admit the truth but I will back you up on it instead. : pres589
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      they better clean that up :( : drucifer
- Greatest. : HL3dsx
- If you've never heard Travis Meeks' version, check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kovVLWAnujE ... : MatthewPhillips
- Eh. : pres589
- greatest - TEOT : davislovestacobell
- Most tolerable out of all of their stuff. I just cant stand 6 minute songs of his voice and other crappy... : tsuba

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http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_c7zq1alow8g8svej7mse.jpg

Chicken Tacos!!!

Oct 26, 2010 3:50pm PDT

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I didn't want to shit in the TF2 thread, but does anyone else feel just completely left behind by all this crafting and trading shit that suddenly popped up? I hate it and secretly hoped Valve would never let the RPG-eyness get this far.

Oct 26, 2010 1:05pm PDT

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FO: New Vegas

Did anyone else not invest into lock picking? It seems like it is not an option, but a requirement for many, many quests. I remember FO:3 being more forgiving in that regard.

Oct 26, 2010 4:21pm PDT

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So the Home button quit working on my iPhone 3G and now I have to shut the phone off and turn it back on to switch between applications. I know this is a longshot but is there a software app that would allow me to quit put of an app without using the Home button?

Oct 26, 2010 4:51pm PDT

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  - sbs settings btw. : razlebol

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Do you like Civilization? Do you like board games? Well it looks like the new Civ board game that is soon to be released is shaping up to look pretty damn cool!

http://blog.gamesparadise.com.au/sid-meier%E2%80%99s-civilization-boardgame-video/

Oct 26, 2010 4:52pm PDT

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  - How retarded are your friends? :/ : Drewus
  - Double Sixes. You win all my cities. : tboomer2

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Hey look at that M3!

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/ctd/2025624009.html

Wait...

wut?

Oct 26, 2010 4:19pm PDT

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- 0-60 in 15.3 seconds motherfucker YYYYYYEEERAAAAAAHHHHH : jingletard
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repost from last night

WoW: Cataclysm beta menz

Has the proper animation for the Worgen's Running Wild been implemented yet? I'm really curious about what it looks like but all the vids I found on Youtube were of the silly sped-up running animation.

Oct 26, 2010 11:04am PDT

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win phone 7

What are the big cons to this thing, My 3GS has taken 1 too many drops since it's launch, and I'm in the market for a new one. The zine and live stuff have pretty much sold me on it.

Oct 26, 2010 11:09am PDT

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Fable 3 is pretty fun when it's not doing something stupid.

The areas are much bigger, combat is way better, animation and controls are more solid. Too bad the menus are kind of annoying, you can't buy shit until you level up enough (what, is my character too retarded to buy a business?) and worst of all they fell back on, I can only describe them as quicktime rpg moments and they are just awful. Remember that part in Fable 1 where you could kill Whisper by hitting the attack button, or spare her by walking away? Fucking cool right, a big morale decision to make entirely in game. In Fable 3 that's reduced to "press X or A" I mean wtf?

Still enjoying it so far though.

Oct 26, 2010 4:12pm PDT

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when the nukes fall and the zombies come and I'm living the Fallout dream the first person I'm gonna save is that JustAmber chick from myfreecams

Oct 26, 2010 3:49pm PDT

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    - She'll be a ghoul. And still be doing cam shows. : Arcanum
- Jalyn is currently sticking things in her ass : AllYourBase

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