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  Why would they include you unless they thought you had some important input? Are you somebody's reply al... : midgetherder
  • I'm confident that there is some "Vantage" company that works with South Asian businesses whose email add... : Vantage
• I get accidental emails/fwds/etc. all the time, I usually just respond with "hey, you sent this to the wr... : MagicWishMonkey
• "Sorry guys, I accidently the whole thing." : Nullzero
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  Advise them then inform them of your consultancy rates and failure to reply to the message being breach o... : ryuuseki
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    Attach an invoice : rosewood
    • I like this idea. : Lucien Irenicus
• "Guys, now Google knows everything we're talking about." : stuka
• theres no such thing as humor in malaysia thats not really gonna translate : spiderfill
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  Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like? : indosauros
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    Your gonna make some poor Indian guys head explode. : MagicWishMonkey
    • This makes my head explode. : overkill
  • I like this idea more. : Lucien Irenicus
  • Haha, that's exactly what I was looking for. :P Thanks! : Vantage
  • Haha win!! : Shadowdane
  • Haha what the hell is this from? : hussdelrio
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  Original Message: Morning En Abdullah, One of our expatriate (Sporean) will resign 11 Jan 2011 , H : Vantage
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    I think oyu just activated a terrorist cell??????? : boring gegtik
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      I am anxiously awaiting a reply. I hope he actually does call whomever I am supposed to be to ask about ... : Vantage
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        What if your reply makes total sense to him and he keeps going? : Hemtroll
        • One can only hope! : Vantage
  • No "do the needful"? : pyrogen
  • Hahahahaha, excellent! The Vantage a.i. comes through! : paulatreus
  • Oh, man, I really hope he replies! Update! : BackSinner
  • Hahahahaha. Awesome reply. : Ormsbee
  • You know the number. WTF? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • I guess theyre hiring at Polanskcorp : ninjase
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    Got a reply from Davee... Sorry ,send to wrong email. Sorry for inconvenience caused. Should I send... : Vantage
    • Hahaha, too bad he caught on to the wrong email address so quickly. : paulatreus
    • "No problem Davee, Attached is an invoice for my services." : rosewood
  • haha, truly a great reply. : destinyofdeath
  • Nice. : shurcool
  • hahahahahaahah : the city
• Has anyone really been far as decided to use even go want to do look more like? : Discrete
• damn i would have milked them foe corporate secrers and sold it to competitors. : Flying h4x0r

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  Isn't the sandy bridge stuff being released now only replacing the 1156 socket or mid level entry stuff w... : Strid3rtheGreat
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    Yep, but this is the best bang for the buck stuff. The 1366 replacement is going to have more expensive m... : jipey
    • and they wont come until Q3 or 4 of this year. The Sandy Bridge 2600k OC'd to ~4.5Ghz gives you almos... : sanchez
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  What did Gabe Newell mean with his 'Make things more 'console-like' thing? Maybe I missed the full quote... : Durajim
  • I guess its regarding the Sandy Bridge integrated gpu allowing you to play games similar to console-like ... : Vegtro
  • the gpu is good enough to run source engine games : Chandler55
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    Consoles have set hardware combination, while with PCs there's hundreds of possibilities. I think he's me... : K1Bond007
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      Makes sense : Durajim
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        If you want crap graphics at crap resolutions. :[ : ZenzenTen
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          It's enough for Portal 2. Honestly, I think the PC industry is due for a change anyway. The PC game marke... : K1Bond007
          • OnLive walks in. : shurcool
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  why is everyone so excited about a 17% increase in performance? ..or am I missing something? : IcomeINpeace
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    Because a <$175 chip (2500K) can OC to 4.2GHz+ on air cooling while still having a higher IPC. I'm still... : hussdelrio
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      Why hello there OC'd C2D E6600 buddy. I've been at 3.0 GHZ for a long ass time and I'm pretty sure most ... : xylopagus
      • Running an e6600 here still too running at 3.1ghz. Recently paired it with a new amd 6870. Should do the ... : flasher 907
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      I'm on a Q6600 that used to be OCed to 3.2 but then BIOS got reset and ever since then I'm too lazy to pu... : shurcool
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        Being too lazy to make something faster seems like a bad place to be. : overkill
        • If my CPU is faster than enough for everything I do, why bother... : shurcool
    • sup E6600 buddy : indosauros
  • do you play games on a PC by chance : Downforce
  • It's more of a 2/3rds price cut for the high end segment : sanchez
  • Because a $200 CPU is as fast in games as a $1000 CPU. : Serpico74
  • ah..ok that's pretty awesome : IcomeINpeace
  • Lol what? : rosewood
  • I'm not excited about having to replace nearly everything that I have in order to adopt Sandy Bridge, but... : jingletard
  • Seventeen!!! : BouillonCubes
  • Because I'm still rocking a Core2Duo chip. For the price that they are offering for the performance you g... : Pettytheft
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  anandtech used this ram in their review. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168202331... : ant_hillbilly
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    That x2 on my face please : rosewood
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      Plus the $20 off until tonight makes it worth buying today. : ant_hillbilly
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        I'm not big on the tall coolers. G.Skill's are much shorter. : ZenzenTen
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          What's the big deal? They will be in my case where I won't see them. ;D : DM7
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            high/tall coolers on the memory can prevent you from installing some large aftermarket CPU coolers becaus... : retardhumper
            • depending on your motherboard layout of course : retardhumper
  • I've been doing the Asus + Corsair combo for my last 2 builds (lol over 6 years) and I've had good luck. : xylopagus
  • Thanks, I'll keep this in mind one I can build a sandy machine. : dmason
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    what is your ram taking vengeance on anyway? : GloriousCow
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      The great bit war. Have you already forgotten? 10/10/10. Never forget. : burning eye
      • 01/01/0/1 wants to have... words with you. : Toraz Chryx
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  I'm trying to figure out what to do. I move a lot. I want a small PC, or even a laptop :( But I wan... : Chunks
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    build a small form factor system... mATX or mini-ITX, if you're feeling adventurous. : miasma&!
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      I've been googling since I posted that, check this! case: http://www.techspot.com/review/323-lian-li-m... : Chunks
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        awesome that theres ITX boards out already. I would get a Silverstone case though - that Lian Li looks to... : bolneze
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          They refer to the silverstone in that review a couple of times, mentioning poor cooling. Also, the Silver... : Chunks
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            Oh I was thinking of 05 not the 04 one they mentioned: http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_conte... : bolneze
            • I think those look like they're Mini-ITX which is smaller than micro I haven't seen any mini-itx P67 m... : Chunks
      • this mini-itx case will take a 5970 if you're so inclined - http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2010/0... : Toraz Chryx
  • You could get one of the new i7 laptops with a nice GPU. A new sandy bridge laptop chip is as fast as a ... : nukewinter
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  2500K. G.Skill or Corsair 1600 ram. Still working on mobos. The Asus PRO, EVO and Deluxe are still in the... : ZenzenTen
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    EVGA's offerings: http://www.evga.com/articles/00604/ The SLI is trending to the top of my list. : ZenzenTen
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      That is very nice. My current board is an EVGA, my first one, and it's been great. : Serpico74
      • I've been strongly looking at the Asus P8P67 Pro but this EVGA SLI may be a contender! : hussdelrio
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  I just bought a P55 recently (just got it actually)...but it doesn't bother me...it'll last for a while (... : Vorlonesque
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    Sandy Bridge is massive for people on 775, not so much for people on 1156 or 1366. : ZenzenTen
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      My i5 will survive for awhile yet... although I might jump into an i7 if I can find one cheap... : etherboy
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        Even C2Ds and C2Qs are still pricey. A q6600 is more expensive than an i5-2500K. : ZenzenTen
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          Thats why I jumped over to P55...I decided it wasn't worth it pay 300 bucks to get a 3GHz quad core to re... : Vorlonesque
          • I'm considering justifying the upgrade by giving my core 2 duo to my mom as well. She'd finally be able t... : flasher 907
• I'm building a new PC for a friend... i5-2500k I think... but we'll see... ASUS board looks good... : etherboy
• Mobo reviews: Asus, Gigabyte, Intel, MSI: http://techreport.com/articles.x/20190 Asrock: http://www.a... : sanchez
• Mbp. : Omning
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  I got my Gigabyte P67A-UD7 in the mail today, it is omgwtf awesome looking. I'll probably be picking up ... : camel_jockey
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    Does the heatsink block the top 1x slot? That's where I'll put my sound card, and it's a concern. The sou... : ZenzenTen
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      Yep, it definitely blocks it if it's that long. : camel_jockey
      • Good to know. The UD4 lacks that. The Asus and EVGA heatsinks there look low enough to not cause a cleara... : ZenzenTen
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  I posted this in another thread, but is this pricing confirmed? http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic157230... : freakord
  • That's per 1000, prices will be slightly elevated above that, perhaps $20-30. Not to mention initial goug... : ZenzenTen
  • http://www.microcenter.com/storefronts/powerspec/index.html?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=E0971%20Compute... : camel_jockey
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  when does this release? I dont see it for sale yet : malloc
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    The 9th. Intel has said heads will roll if the date is broken. : ZenzenTen
    • i'd be more frightened if they said balls would roll : flasher 907
    • there are some places selling them now, but you have to go in person, not many selling/advertising on the... : retardhumper
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  anyone have a microATX mb out? : hirez
  • I just found one above there... the asus one seems like a no brainer. Man, my C2D 6400 went from being ... : Chunks
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  I'm lazy. What's the street date on these things? : dmason
  • The 9th : Serpico74
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  I'm getting the same mobo / CPU that you are. RAM and a SSD will be the next things I'm looking at. :) : DM7
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    Wait on the SSD, Everything else should be go go go. : ant_hillbilly
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      Why wait on the ssd's? im quite out of the loop on this stuff... : Chunks
      • I'm guessing the new ones are coming out soon from CES with more storage etc: http://www.engadget.com/20... : DM7
      • Intel is supposed to be dropping their 3rd gen. SSD's next month that from all accounts will be quite a ... : hussdelrio
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  Who has good mobo reviews? : rosewood
  • The ASUS P8P67 PRO is the editors choice: http://techreport.com/articles.x/20190/1 : DM7
• Maybe I will finally upgrade my PC, and by upgrade I mean buy a completely new one : gmd
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  February mid-february a good time to pick up this stuff, or hold off awhile longer? My C2D system is dyin... : Zolneirz
  • The other wave of the Sandy's aren't coming until Q4. But they will be more expensive, the most bang for ... : DM7
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    January 9th is good if you have a Micro Center near you. Those are great prices, considerably below the ... : pyrogen
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      $369 for the 2600K is a good price? That's what I am seeing on their website, is there some other link I... : grendel
      • http://www.microcenter.com/storefronts/powerspec/index.html $369.99 BEFORE $90 INSTANT IN-STORE ONLY ... : ant_hillbilly
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    Now is a great time for a new system, and you're getting ridiculous bang for the buck right away. : Serpico74
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      My plan is to pick up a Sandy Bridge proc, mobo, RAM, and case now and then pull the trigger on the 3rd g... : hussdelrio
      • What size SSD you getting? : Serpico74
      • Crucial C400 is announced!! http://hothardware.com/News/Micron-Unveils-Bigger-Faster-C400-SSD--Hands-O... : biofrog
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  Laptop hijack What laptops should we look at using this thing? : AllYourBase
  • Next elitebooks coming from hp... : pullmyfinger
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  HIJACK! With Sandy Bridge so soon to releasing, do you think there will be a price drop with the LGA 7 : The Kazlor
  • Simply not worth it. Save some more money for cpu/mobo/ram upgrade and sell the old stuff. : sanchez
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    Which C2Q is $350? Seriously, swap out, you'll be able to get a faster Sandy Bridge CPU + mobo for abo... : Serpico74
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      http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115210 In that case, what I might wind up doi... : The Kazlor
      • Oh yeah, absolutely not worth it, a i5-2500 and mobo for the same price will destroy that. : Serpico74
  • look for stuff on ebay. I got a used qx9650 off ebay about 6 months ago for $200 : retardhumper
  • You may see some drops soon, but for that much money just get a 2500K and Asus P8P67 (standard) and you'r... : hussdelrio
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  UPDATE! I ended up buying my motherboard and RAM and patiently await delivery (hopefully prior to the : hussdelrio
  • Looks good. Sandy bridge builder. : ashkie
  • That sire.. is a lot of cowbell. \m/ : Toraz Chryx

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  We Doodle? : Brian Leahy
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    Well it's not called "We Guess Correctly" : Clay
    • i think you mean "We Know How to Draw" : dantastic
  • Nope... thought this too, but nope : fvarije
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  Is the last one a gun, or a deer suckin' someone off? : Dave-A
  • can't......un......see....... : peters4life
  • lol : PointlesS76
  • oh god i see it now : StolenNosferatu
  • it's bambi : umegastar
  • oh damn : Chandler55
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    dammit dave-a. : hirez
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      You haven't lived until you've had a hot doe-job, baby! : Dave-A
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        don't go buck wild, Dave-A : Borzoi
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          oh deer. you got me all doe-eyed with that one. : hirez
          • I'm absolutely fawning over this sub thread. : Wikus Van De Merwe
  • hahaha : sanchez
  • >:( : Volatus32x
  • Oh my lol : ShekkyBoy
  • LOL gonna come on comet on cupid on donner and blitzen : spiderfill
  • lolol : cyclonebee
  • well that certainly redefines it for me. : zakazi
  • hahahaha dammit. : Alco23
  • hahah awesome : bolneze
  • I see it. I see it now.. : Mmmmmoo
  • :( Thanks! : shirif
  • hahaha oh man : mikecyb
  • time to shut it all down : Downforce
  • Fucking christ : rosewood
  • Haha, FUCK : overkill
  • the deer even looks unhappy : Delaric
  • jesus christ hahaha : manero
  • lolololol : MercFox1
  • D-fer, you're seeing what you want to see!!! : CrustaR
  • now I can't see anything else, hahah : Serpico74
  • Oh my! : obiquatro
  • saved : GloriousCow
  • Amazing. : Brian Leahy
  • I didn't see it before... :( : thetangent
  • Hahahaha! : chadg033
  • Shouldn't the OP be marked NWS? : thecatinthehat
  • lolz! : RogerDandy
  • let me ask my boss : Hemtroll
  • lol... god damn it : Shadowdane
  • hahahaha : timaste
  • My lungs. Oh god my lungs. : squigiliwams
  • Once it's seen, it can't be unseen. : disposition
  • I can't keep from seeing that now =o : RobFlinn
  • oh bambi... how far you've fallen : synapse19
  • negative space lol'ed : Borzoi
  • need to install lol on this computer : Just A Girl
  • Holy lolol : -hyroth-
  • What was hidden is now revealed for all to see. : vx2o
  • I must go hunting : mmaster_pw
  • Loling from the future. : one random winner
• bottom one is angry squirrel with inverted penis nose. : Head Rush
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  yes, yes, rudolph's giving a bj... WHAT GAME IS IT : fvarije
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    READ THE FIRST REPLY IN THIS THREAD AGAIN. : Galadriel07
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      I did. It's wrong. : fvarije
      • no its not. : StolenNosferatu
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        Are you daft? "We Doodle" is the name of the game. : jimmy_legs
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          I've never seen this screen in we doodle :( : fvarije
          • have you played it? : marmite
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    Oh deer. : yosemiteclimber
    • I lol'd : Mister Groin
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  anyone fancy a match?! mikeunderscorew !!! : mikecyb
  • Bring it on! : brickmatt
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  cliudy? stotm? gunahot? O_o : DingoStoleMyBaby
  • iPhone, I'm guessing. : GreatGooglyMoogly

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• You ahh, you get that OEMs get to install whatever they want, right? : daVinci1980
• You know it just occurred to me that since windows will now support ARM chipsets you are going to see win... : thecatinthehat
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  CES desktop: http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/5228/imageqyw.jpg : shurcool
  • That's how I keep my desktop : skelom
  • That looks like my desktop. : sheepraper
  • Mine too. : thecray
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  http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/ : Fred Garvin
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    http://www.apple.com/ Just imo. : shurcool
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      Seriously. Enter your name, enter your email info, enter a password, DONE and your shit is working. : Serpico74
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        Unless you want to play many and various games. In which case you're screwed or relegated to a console. : Herman Toothrot
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          Wait for the Bootcamp and Macs aren't that expensive arguments. : Fred Garvin
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            Bootcamp is great but at that point you're back where you were with your PC and the amount of work it tak... : Herman Toothrot
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              Some of us don't like the vast majority of PC laptops, which is why we buy Macbooks. If we want to play a... : Serpico74
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                And installation is brain-dead simple. Run Boot Camp assistant, drag slider to how much space you want to... : Serpico74
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                  Have you installed Windows in the last like 10 years? It's also brain-dead simple. It takes nothing but... : Herman Toothrot
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                    Yes, I build all my own gaming PCs, new one every two years. Pay attention, in this same thread I said "P : Serpico74
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                      I agree that PC vendors are the problem and I agree that hardware is important. I was only comparing the : Herman Toothrot
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                        If a PC owner goes to a big box retailer and gets a Dell/HP/Gateway/etc desktop, it involves reformatting... : Serpico74
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                          Who the fuck used email applications anymore?!? Hasn't everyone moved to webmail by now? Also, it's not... : Herman Toothrot
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                            You're basically arguing that Macs are better because you like their bloatware better. If the Windows ma... : Herman Toothrot
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                              How is a fast and integrated application "bloatware"? You are really reaching here even trying to make th... : Serpico74
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                                You're also making the assumption that I believe Microsoft's email program would be "bloatware". Again, i... : Serpico74
                                • Fair enough point. : Herman Toothrot
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                            Dude, you keep missing the point. Normal people don't reformat/reinstall to remove bloatware, it doesn't : Serpico74
                            • I don't know when we started talking about normal people. I've been talking about gamers. My first post... : Herman Toothrot
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            Boot Camp Windows for games. Macs aren't that expensive. Unless you're poor, lulz : Serpico74
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              until fewer apple users are like you, no amount of evangelizing is going to make me want one : MamiyaOtaru
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                To be fair, I think that at least in this instance, he was being tongue-in-cheek. : Herman Toothrot
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                  I was, the "lulz" should make that obvious, but the fact that it still trolls people with sensitive vagin... : Serpico74
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                    In context with the post above, it's pretty obvious what you were doing. I don't even think the "lulz" w... : Herman Toothrot
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                      The internet isn't always serious business, we can have fun too! : Serpico74
                      • You are demonstrably wrong, sir! : Herman Toothrot
              • http://serpico74.shackspace.com/lum.jpg : Serpico74
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          OnLive. It will have more variety soon. : shurcool
          • OnLive is certainly very interesting and better executed than I had expected but it has a long way to go ... : Herman Toothrot
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  PC vendors ruin Microsoft products, it is why I only assemble my own machines. They need to take a cue fr... : Serpico74
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    The problem with laptops is even if you install a clean Windows, you STILL have to rely on installing cra... : shurcool
    • Boot Camp drivers are very out of the way, works real nice. : Serpico74
    • no, its true for most. : SirX
• appwiz.cpl : Draugluin
• http://www.pugetsystems.com/ : Arctic Fox
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  Buy a Dell from their biz department : rosewood
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    Even they aren't as clean as they used to be. : SirX
    • They are if your rep puts the order in right. Mine ship with no extra software, period. : rosewood
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    I wish consumer laptops and desktops from Dell/HP/etc were as nice as their business machines. :/ : Serpico74
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      I got an HP business laptop for school wayback when and the build quality on it was insane. You could gra... : JarEme
      • Lenovo business laptops are still pretty great. Very durable, great keyboards, and matte displays. : Serpico74
• Stop buying computers ready-built from a store or install Windows on your own if you want to avoid bullsh... : Herman Toothrot
• they probably just right-click'd the desktop -> view -> show desktop items : re4ctor
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  Like it's so fucking hard to uninstall some junk. Sure, the less technical user might have problems doing... : sanchez
  • It's not hard, but it doesn't give me that "clean system" feeling. It feels like a crappy bloatified syst... : shurcool
• I don't really think about it. : not work safe

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  Dual-core mother truckers! : oldschoolbob-o
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    I'm sure Apple is going to unveil a duel core a5 SOC in June. I mean they kinda have to at this point bec... : thecatinthehat
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      They don't have to at all since no one outside tech blog readers cares about hardware specs since they're... : derelict515
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        What about about all the people who bitch about how slow the iPhone 3g is? I bet they wish the specs were... : thecatinthehat
        • The iPhone 3G used the same CPU from the first generation iPhone. The tipping point for good performance ... : Serpico74
        • I don't care about the specs. It was perfectly smooth when I got it until software changed that. I don't ... : derelict515
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        I'm not sure if it's due to 2.3, but the nexus s is really damn smooth. : terath
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          All I know is the Galaxy Tab is absolutely not : derelict515
          • Galaxy Tab is a piece of shit. : Wisp!
    • It's actually an apple tradition to be behind the hardware curve. Just in recent years with the transitio... : Hoax
• Nice!!! : TEXIT
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  There's 20 quadrillion fucking tablets. I go to engadget and have tablets forcibly raping my brain. Hopef... : locater16
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    This is basically the "official" Android Honeycomb tablet. If this isn't an iPad killer than I doubt any ... : thecatinthehat
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      why does it have to be an "ipad killer"? why does the entire market have to focus on one device? : harold.johnson
      • It doesn't have to but the iPad showed that there is a real tablet market. : thecatinthehat
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        Because that one device practically owns the entire market. : afty04
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          The market isn't even remotely saturated, though. Android tablets don't have to "kill" the iPad. They j... : Arcanum
          • I agree. My point wasn't whether competitors have to kill it or merely compete with the iPad. HJ remarked : afty04
• Specs look good. Wonder what it will cost. : edgewise
• I don't care that much about what's going on inside the tablet. We know it's not that difficult to have e : Danny5225
• I hope I can buy this without any Verizon strings attached. : TEXIT
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  There will never be an iPad killer. People that purchase apple products won't be swayed by things like b... : Turd Ferguson
  • What if the product came with a turtle neck? That would get 'em thinkin. : TEXIT
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    Except features like low cost, the best software market and excellent build quality? Unlike the desktop m... : edgewise
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      The software thing is a big issue I see for Android tablets. There's so much momentum with the App Store... : riptyde
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        This is basically where I stand. I have an iPad and an iPhone and even though much of the new Android toy... : yoonix
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          Blame it on the "app" crazed society. Despite the fact we have a completely neutral platform (the web bro... : flasher 907
          • Probably because the web apps are massively inferior in general if not outright impossible to do compared... : derelict515
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            This, one thousand times. If someone argued a few years ago when internet applications were coming to the... : g3dHorse
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              even over wifi I pretty much never want to use a web app/mobile site on my phone or tablet if a well desi... : derelict515
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                Well yes we definitely need to see an advancement in internet applications through web browser before I'd... : g3dHorse
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                  Sure, but why not use a native client when possible? Office Web is great but if I'm at my PC I'm going to... : derelict515
                  • Personally I avoid native apps where I can. When faced with managing my linux work laptop, win7 home gami... : flasher 907
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        It's shaping up to be an even more dominant position than the iPod market. At least with music you can ri... : edgewise
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          Not really. Android phones are selling faster than iOS phones. Apple is already losing dominance there.... : Arcanum
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            Apple is restricted by carriers I the phone space so the analogy doesn't carry over to tablets. : BouillonCubes
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              The point is that riptyde and edgewise were talking about dominance due to applications carrying over fro... : Arcanum
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                Abundance of hardware is hardly the only factor to consider. It's well known that despite there being mo : BouillonCubes
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                  I attribute a great deal of the app selection and purchasing to a chicken-and-egg problem. People don't ... : Arcanum
                  • It may be solvable, it may not, but your core argument that sheer numbers is wrong. A good number of pho... : BouillonCubes
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            I don't see how you're making the jump from "Selling more" to "App advantage in the long run". : Danny5225
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              It's not complicated. More people with Android phones -> more people buying Android apps and more people... : Arcanum
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                Wrong. There are more Wii owners than 360 owners and yet 360 has much better downloadable sales than the... : BouillonCubes
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                  The Wii has huge inherent limitations compared to the 360. They're arguably not even competing in the sa... : Arcanum
                  • But they are. They're both consoles. They're both for games. They both have an online store. They bot... : BouillonCubes
              • I think you're over-simplifying what's required to create a successful marketplace. It seems like it requ... : Danny5225
  • Well Apple usually puts a really good first product, like the ipod. Other companies can do it better, b... : kingdepork
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    That doesn't matter, Apple was there first much like they are with everything else and that's a huge head : jingletard
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      apple was the first to do a multimedia smartphone right. blackberry and palm were big long before the iph... : maulla
      • Same with MP3 players. The iPod didn't even really start to take off until the 3rd iteration. (the first ... : Fayk
    • I actually take a different stance on the smartphone thing. When I think of the word "smartphone", I thi... : riptyde
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      Clarification: Apple was there first and done right : Serpico74
      • Er, first to do it right : Serpico74
    • like the iTV. : gyokuro
  • Enjoy your itunes and mouse with one button! : Xencer
  • You're right, it's the total experience and price that matters but this doesn't just apply to "Apple Peop... : BouillonCubes
  • I WANT THE ONE WITH THE BIGGER GEEBEES : MercFox1
  • how's the weather up there? : halophoenix
• I sure hope they can fix that screen glare. Holy shit that's terrible. ;) : K1Bond007
• yes but can it play we doodle : Chandler55
• i like it all except for the lack of a pixelqi screen :/ and i hope it isn't verizon only, a wifi vers... : harold.johnson
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  Wow, that's the first credible threat I've seen for the ipad. Pretty sweet. : Mister Groin
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    Yeah, hardware-wise this thing looks killer. : edgewise
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      I want to engrave this on the back of every Android device. : sgtsanity
      • lol :\ : bolneze
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  oh, cool, the palmpad is the xoom killer now, then, good to know I wish I were the tablet market. I ju... : Deathlove
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    I'm super excited for the webOS printer though. Not only that I want a WebOS toaster. I want to check my ... : thecatinthehat
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      Don't rip on the WebOS printer. Everybody spooges on AirPrint but man HP takes some steps and it's LOL PR... : Deathlove
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        MONDAY NIGHT COMBAT FUCKER : armybob
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          I've got two episodes of Cougar Town to watch. It's so good! : Deathlove
          • Lord help you. : anhero
• price?!?!?! : spiderfill
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  They could release a quad core, 4gig ram, radeon 6850 video card, blow job giving android tablet, but if ... : freakynipples69
  • ^ This. So many good and useful apps for the iphone. Both Business and home. : SirX
  • if it gives blow jobs it don't need no apps : kabex
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  How heavy will it be? How will it stack up to the iPad 2 (which will be released by then)? Are ther... : sgtsanity
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    Most importantly, will it blend? : Mister Groin
    • I want them to invent a tablet or phone that won't blend. : guido anchovy
  • The specs say 1.6lb. Same as the iPad. : boarder2
• Why do I find Aussie female accents so sexy? : Fred Garvin
• Spelled zoom with an x. Preorder cancelled. : flasher 907
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  The Asus tablet with Wacom looks much more interesting... : ArtilleryMarker
  • http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/04/asus-eee-slate-ep121-officially-unveiled-ips-display-core-i5-a/ : ArtilleryMarker
• yay! 2011 is bringing many a sweet android tablet option to the table. im glad most of these guys waited ... : smacknca
• It looks really good actually - and the preview of Honeycomb looks really really good too. Here's hoping ... : halophoenix
• Ok, that looks pretty nice. If its got a TN display I will be sad. If it's priced the same as an iPad a... : boarder2
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  That space-eating bottom bar needs to go. I hope that's not a Honeycomb thing, and just Motorola's custom... : GreatGooglyMoogly
  • I guess it's a Honeycomb thing: http://www.droiddog.com/android-blog/2011/01/t-mobile-posts-a-handful-of-... : GreatGooglyMoogly

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  nolf 3 shogo 2 blood 3 no joking : spiderfill
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    whhaaaa.. No shit? All of them? : TEXIT
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      He's joking. : shirif
      • I vote he be banned for getting our hopes up. : Mmmmmoo
  • This is a mean post : pyrogen
  • Might as well add Tie Fighter 2 to that list of fiction. :( : MeestaNob
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  Posts like this make me confused. When I tried FEAR, I really disliked it. I was shocked how people wre s... : shurcool
  • It is a great game. : shirif
  • It just feels right to me. : TEXIT
  • it was a solid FPS : bolneze
  • The FPS action was very good. Weapons felt very powerful, especially shotgun to the head at close range. ... : sanchez
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    fuck the one scene where you climb the ladder and as you turn around, BAM! creepiness. : varsindarkin
    • I always jumped that ladder. Until one day I got it spoiled and did it the correct way, still was creepy. : shirif
    • I think I know where you are talking about. My step-dad had already played through it, so he knew it was... : TheVietSpecial
    • yeah that was one of the most scary ones : sanchez
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    It really nailed certain moments. That said, I'm a sucker for fighting in an office building, at night wi... : steauengeglase
    • Yeah, I know people bitched about it being bland, but I loved it. : Halen
  • I tried playing it, didn't dig it. : orgcaptainnemo
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    It depends on what you wanted. I LOVE the gameplay - the feel of the guns, the sound, the slomo, the john... : avatar_58
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      The nades in slomo were soo fucking sick. I loved when you'd creep on a group of dudes, roll out a nade a... : h o s t i l e
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        They removed some neat effects in the second, such as the ripple effect and the destructible walls :( : shirif
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          WTFFUUU : h o s t i l e
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            Yeah, I have no idea what the devs were doing. Was it a different company than the first game? I seem to ... : g3dHorse
            • The sequel was originally to be named Project Origin as they didn't have the rights anymore, then Warner : MeestaNob
    • fear's multiplayer was awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl0ONHNVwFs i actually played a lot of ... : EvilDolemite
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    haha, most people seem to dislike Prey but like Fear. Then again, I think they were both quality titles -... : g3dHorse
    • I loved both of 'em, but I also liked Alpha Protocol, so that makes me weird. : CrustaR
  • fear destroys prey in almost every way. prey has a great opening, some creative levels, horribly uninspi... : EvilDolemite
  • I'm with you dude, it's one of the worst games that I've ever played. The game was promising in the begin... : sammyjojo
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  It's a shame FEAR 2 blew. :[ The demo was cool, though. : CrustaR
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    You are on to something... I loved the demo, but I keep waiting for the full game to get better. It does... : TEXIT
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      Wait till the ending. You'll be overcome with an emotion. : Fenring42
      • Regret? : CrustaR
      • Buyer's remorse? : CrustaR
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      You haven't made it to the school level, have you? One of the best levels in gaming ever, : shirif
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        shirif, that level was in the demo. : CrustaR
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          Not really, the demo level was a mix from all the levels in the game. I don't want to give more spoilers,... : shirif
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            shirif, you have to admit that FEAR 1 was way better than FEAR 2. : CrustaR
            • I will agree to this. : shirif
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              What in the hell were they trying to do with FEAR2? Seems like they had the formula perfected with FEAR.... : TEXIT
              • It was much too linear and spoon fed. It almost seemed like they were trying to compete with Gears of Wa... : CrustaR
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        I don't think so. : TEXIT
        • That whole school part with the underground lair was pretty scary and had some tremendous art. I loved ho : shirif
      • yea that level was awesome. The levels were set up better for gameplay in the first Fear but FEAR 2 real... : DarkDeus
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    I liked it, CrustaR. But i thought the was WHAT THE FUCK!? : Dschinghis Khan
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      the ending was what the fuck : Dschinghis Khan
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        She was hot though. : shirif
        • omg i know. : Dschinghis Khan
        • Pics. : shurcool
  • FEAR 2 was decent enough. But I didn't really care for the ending. Can't wait for the next one. : Halen
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    FEAR 2 is the opposite of what I just said about FEAR. Everything BUT the gameplay is cool. Nice level de... : avatar_58
    • Absolutely this, I don't know how they managed to do it, it is like they realised the world in the first ... : g3dHorse
  • It wasn't as good as the first, but it was still decent enough. And talk about a WTF ending. Worth it. : Conan
• The gunplay in that is unmatched to this day. : stgdz
• It was great in every aspect except environment design. Encounters were almost always thrilling and uniq... : filtersweep
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  I tell you what they are NOT doing, NOLF3 and that should be a crime : X-GOUKI
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    I would sick an infinite bag of dicks for a NOLF 1/2 remakes and sequel. : MeestaNob
    • sick = suck : MeestaNob
• Hopefully they are baking something awesome right now...I'm banking on an E3 announcement this year. May... : PenicillinX57
• They're working on an FPS. That's all that anyone knows. : K1Bond007
• I fucking had so much fun with that game. Horrible level art - just fucking awful, like the car ride at t... : seven
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  I never got into it. The moving felt kinda weird. : matthaeus
  • that was my first impression too. I'm oldeschool winquake/qw elitist, so I was unhappy. With a way fas... : seven
• Hopefully a new IP since their sequels are never, ever as good as the original. Blood, NOLF, Fear... : node

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  I can't say I've ever found them fun, since I can never figure out why my city doesn't grow. :( : thecray
  • Yeah i really need to avoid overcomplicating : PixelPie
• The ability to punish the puny citizens in any immoral way I deem fun. : u sir name
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  Witness the organic growth of your city. That's why block placing games like City XL suck. : guigr
  • Interesting. : PixelPie
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    I hate trying to build organic looking cities in SimCity 4. They're not optimal. I always have to desig... : Volatris
    • That's what I always do, too =/ Haven't played a City Building game in years, though. : famine101
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  There's a certain tactile pleasure to them; something like the pleasure that comes with putting things to... : Happy Doodle Muffin
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    Great articulation. : PixelPie
    • You mean 'building big cities' doesn't help?!? Heh, yeah. I guess it's fun finding the balance betw... : Nixx2004
• Building big cities. : Nixx2004
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  seeing that newspaper fly up that says we invented fusion energy : rgoer
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    also YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS! : rgoer
    • serious answer: a lot of the fun comes from in-game rewards for having a well-planned, well-functioning c... : rgoer
    • LOLOL : PixelPie
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  Achieving perfection. Optimizing the perfect design. Exploring the limits of how successful a city can ... : Volatris
  • #1: being able to debug in-game the cause of my city's success or failure. Detailed stats on money in/mo... : Volatris
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  Weirdly, my favourite thing is building a nice big wall around it. : marmite
  • Checkpoint Charlie included ? : Lukiopimp
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    LOL this is awesome. : PixelPie
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      I'm serious too but I can't really explain it. The screen shots of the Settlers 7 with the walls in ma... : marmite
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        Play Minecraft. Build walls. : Nixx2004
        • but then your eyes will bleed : PixelPie
  • I love it when RTS games let me build walls, I always build the most incredibly fortresses :) : thecray
  • This is what I did in Stronghold all the time; make the most awesome castlewall! : Smoochy666
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  Tangent What are your favourite Iphone city building games? : Vincenoir
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    There aren't any good ones. SimCity is fucking horrible. : PixelPie
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      aka I'm making one lol : PixelPie
      • Awesome! Look forward to it! If you need a beta tester let me know ;) : Vincenoir
• Building perfect cities. I don't want any disasters, or wars, or shit that randomly destroys my city; ... : master_disaster_17
• Being able to watch a tornado roll through and destroy everything : R@zzle
• Time to play Tropico 3 and study :P : PixelPie
• Building small, efficient, self contained cities. Also hearing the citizens say "this city is the best... : Cliffzorz
• The ability to nuke your city once complete would make these types of games interesting for me. : Milleh
• I always thought that the SNES version of Sim City had an awesome reward structure as your city grew. New... : zakazi
• Detail. Being able to watch all the little things happening in the city. : trelain

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  Max Payne 3. : Wolfslice
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    For some reason I doubt it will come out in 2011, if it comes out at all. : pyrogen
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      I'm having some reservations as well. : shirif
      • Same here, it just looks wrong. Why change a good thing? : TEXIT
  • You shut your mouth whore! : Navy Spitfire
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  i have no idea how gears 3 will not be more of the same : spiderfill
  • Gears to Gears 2 may be my most precipitous loss of interest in a franchise ever : dirge23
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  Duke, mainly because the hype will be way too high for any game to hit. : SlingBlaze
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    Honestly, with Duke I think people will be satisfied if it is fun. Nothing spectacular, just old school ... : TEXIT
    • Duke hasn't really promised much aside from 1. it has Duke and 2. it will eventually come out : dirge23
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      I think Gearbox will find a way to botch it, be it activation DRM, a shitty PC port, gameplay bugs, etc. : the archvile
      • yeah, it'll be like Borderlands and be aaaaaaaaaalmost really amazing. : dirge23
      • Dude, you are constantly super pessimistic about games. Do you still like them? Do you still play anythin... : geedeck
      • Gearbox never fails to disappoint. : PenicillinX57
      • DRM would be down to 2K but there is plenty of scope still for Gearbox to fuck it up : Beady
  • He said 2011. : dmason
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    DNF is going to be the greatest game of all time. Every single second you have spent waiting for it is go... : thecatinthehat
    • High DNF expectatiions are high ! : Lukiopimp
• Bulletstorm or The Old Republic (if it comes out). : TylerJSmith
• Really? It's out in March and I'm actually surprised at the lack of hype for this game. I'm looking forw... : Mister Groin
• There are a LOT of high-profile games coming out this year so I would say several may very well crash and... : The Grolar Bear
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  Homefront is prety good, trust me. : watcherxp
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    I hope they learned from FrontLines. : TEXIT
    • front lines was pretty good though, I don't know what ppl were expecting from it : X-GOUKI
  • Hey now, not fair. Double standard sir! ps. I agree : InfoBiter
  • I played a few minutes at GamesCom 2010 and it felt very default shooterish to me. The only thing that is... : Lukiopimp
• Minecraft : BeowolfSchaefer
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  rage. : CoRDS
  • nooooooooooooo : TEXIT
  • my guess : indosauros
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    i assume it'll be a fantastic engine with lackluster gameplay, like all id games : dirge23
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      I really feel like id is throwing all it has at RAGE. I think they are treating it as a make or break t... : TEXIT
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        i think id needs to reassert their relevance, and rage is their chance to do it. : dirge23
        • Well said. : TEXIT
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          i really wish they had done a new quake like quake1 and none of that strogg bullshit : CoRDS
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            I agree!!!! EVIL MAN EVIL! That is id. : TEXIT
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              was : pyrogen
              • I have a feeling DooM4 will be pure evil. ::::Inset evil laugh here:::: : TEXIT
          • Although I bet DooM4 will blow our socks off. : TEXIT
      • nah. they are just sharpening their toolset to release quake5 with CTF and RA5. : Downforce
    • yeah but at least older id games had the virtue of being able to sell those engines to other developers. ... : DeBurgo
    • call me when that statement is not made in every fucking discussion about id since the last 5 years anymo... : xxx2xxx
  • This is a pretty good guess, though I hope it turns out to be false. : noxiousgg
  • Yeah, I'd guess this too. : The Grolar Bear
  • You are so wrong, it's gonna 0wn! : Dschinghis Khan
  • Agreed. The E3 video had respawning enemies...yeesh. : CrustaR
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    Add me as another vote for Rage bombing. The whole Roadwarrior-esque post apocalyptic world thing has ju... : PenicillinX57
    • In shooters? Really? : d fluke
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    The only hype I've seen for Rage has been in the media, and basically nobody should pay attention to game... : ughhhhhhh
    • im just worried that they took the easy game design decision with the post apocalyptic crap. it might be ... : CoRDS
  • It all sounds and looks promising to me. *shrugs* : node
• You know what will surpass the hype : Mass Effect 3. : shirif
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  Every new MMO released. : Volatris
  • RIFT for sure.. It's not clear just how MMO Guild Wars 2 is yet, but I'm confident it will be awesome... : biofrog
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  i'm worried about Dead Space 2 : dirge23
  • I feel it may pull a FEAR 2 . : TEXIT
  • I'm really not - I think it'll be great. : marmite
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  Bulletstorm. : pigvomit
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    You have to give People Can Fly the benefit of the doubt. Of course, since they announced GFWL, I'm not a... : Crabs Jarrard
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      I missed that announcement; requiring GFWL means I'm not buying it. : the archvile
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        yup, GFWL required: http://eastore.ea.com/store/ea/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/ThemeID.718200/product : the archvile
        • Fuck. : dognose
        • Lol who cares : PixelPie
        • Eh, it didn't stop me from buying SF4 or DoW2. : pyide
        • Haha, looks guys, someone still using GFWL! : node
    • Does that mean matchmaking for multiplayer? Might get it on PC after all. : Cliffzorz
• I don't want to say it, but The Old Republic (whenever it comes out). Also, I don't like how Homefront h... : freakynipples69
• Probably kotor but it will take a year or two for it to fully sink in for some people after mostbrealize ... : stgdz
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  Please don't be Deus Ex. I wouldn't be able to live with another failure like the last one. : BlackCat9
  • all too likely, though : dirge23
  • It's already known that there's no way it'll be like the first. But it can still be enjoyable. Even IW wa... : Marrbe
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  Crysis 2. I have a feeling it will hit and no one will care : melkore
  • It has the potential to be a big console hit. Setting it in Manhattan immediately turned me off, though. : Happy Doodle Muffin
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  i'm worried that one of my favorite franchises will misstep this year: Mass Effect, Elder Scrolls, Assass... : dirge23
  • I honestly can't see any of those franchises fucking up to be honest. : Creepin_Jeezus
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  The KOTOR mmo : Magus
  • ^^^^^^^^ : Mondo
  • Guaranteed to be this. : doozer667
  • yes : dael
  • my bets on this as well. still buying :( : razorblade79
  • Sadly, this :( : Stage
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  Another one I suspect will disappoint is Shogun 2. It will get good reviews, but some bugs and bad AI wi... : PenicillinX57
  • No man, fuck you. More like please God I really want a great TW game and I'm scared you'll be right : Dontdrop
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    I hope not, I'm surprised they're even doing a fan favorite sequel : Mondo
    • Nothing like a little fan service to get back into everyone's good graces, eh. : Happy Doodle Muffin
• Homefront has hype? : Lucy Labia
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  Batman : Arkham City There's no way it will be as good as the first one. : master_disaster_17
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    Don't you dare say that. It's gonna fucken 0wn. : pyide
    • I hope so, I just don't dare believe it. : master_disaster_17
• Skyrim is gonna be another Oblivion. It will be good, but it won't be as good as any of the previous game... : Fenring42
• Duke. It may be a good game, but it won't... can't live up to the hype that has been bubbling under the s : Bean
• You guys are so negative. : justwr!ght
• I don't know about crash and burn, but I'm most scared about Deus Ex: Human Revolution not living up to m... : K1Bond007
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  HOMEFRONT has hype? : gyokuro
  • Well it has Wolverines... : greasyjohn
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    This is my pick for crash and burn. New studio, don't even recognise any of the names there, and it got p... : node
    • Actually they've been a studio since 2006 and have already released Frontlines:Fuel of War. Before that a... : AgentPothead
• DC UO : spaceyme
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  No mention of Deus Ex 3 yet? You know it's gonna. : enyakk
  • It was mentioned above. : Dontdrop