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  So you're only committed to buying their next release (and maybe anything worthwhile after that I assume)... : dotpain
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    *sheepish grin* D3 is more important than standards!!!! FUCK ME I LACK SPINE : R@zzle
    • Honestly it's most likely Activision not Blizzard that's the problem so I wouldn't lose sleep over it lol : dotpain
    • i only fuck spiny things : papaskot
• Why even buy Diablo 3? Get Torchlight 2 instead. : MercFox1
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  haha after D3. way to make a stand : dantastic
  • after they're done making good games he's out : dotpain
  • At least until WoW2, SC3, Diablo 4, or WC4. : walker270
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  What was the mod? I don't see why they shouldn't take down a game with such a direct name. Surely they ca... : Chipwarrior
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    Basically mods SC2 into a WoW kind of game. There's a video in the article so you can judge for yourself... : R@zzle
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      Maybe they're planning on releasing World of Starcraft and don't want marketplace confusion. maybe?? :... : Chipwarrior
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        This is when you talk to the modder and say "hey we like your mod but could you change the title so peopl... : wilcon
        • "...so it's now called Black Mesa Source." The Source bit being the issue at hand. ;) : RaptorII
  • they can police their game and make up whatever rules they want but unless they actually have a World of ... : Hemtroll
• That looks awesome : pancake humper
• It is a shitty situation, but you can't really blame Blizzard-Activision 100%. If they don't actively de... : twifosp
• Way to stand up for those principles. Have you also committed to stop eating veal as soon as it stops be... : Arcanum
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  i'm sure it's about using blizzard's trademarks in the advertising for the game. this obviously and blat... : electroly
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    It *is* a Blizzard game, it's Starcraft 2. : R@zzle
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      it's a total conversion mod made by a team that isn't Blizzard using a trademark they do not own : electroly
      • seriously. change the name of it and they are fine : maulla
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        It's free publicity from a group of guys who clearly love the game and are making use of tools Blizzard h... : R@zzle
        • It's trademark infringement. If you don't defend your trademarks, you lose them. : Arcanum
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          what makes you think this matters in the slightest? : electroly
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            also why would starcraft 2 need free publicity from anyone? this game is getting free publicity from sta... : electroly
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              mods for games help build communities and garner interest from outside parties. whether or not you think... : R@zzle
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                thats great. they can still make a great mod thats popular with a DIFFERENT NAME. there are a million ... : maulla
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                  i'm not arguing that they shouldn't change the name, just sayin' it's pretty shitty for them to just drop... : R@zzle
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                    Exactly. Maybe just EMAIL THEM? Ask them to change it? Then if they don't, you do this. Blizzard acte... : JohnnyRey
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                      Probably more like Activision's legal department sent them a cease and desist form latter 'cause one of t... : JarEme
                      • At least according to the article, the only action that has been taken is against the youtube video -- no... : walker270
                    • More like they are protecting themselves and their name. Blizzard is obviously very particular about the... : pandastrong
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                      its their IP, they dont need to waste any time pussy-footing around getting it taken care of : maulla
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                        Seriously. Youtube acts quickly on copyright claims so it makes sense this was the way to handle it... I... : pandastrong
                        • ... which is the other odd thing. Youtube acts quickly by yanking the video, yet this video is still up ... : walker270
                      • I totally agree, if this was just the youtube video. OP didn't make that clear. : JohnnyRey
        • If Blizzard has any plans to release a World of StarCraft though like is suggested in the article, this i... : pancake humper
        • stop trolling ya retard. : dedgecko
      • it's the name StarCraft in a mod for the game StarCraft and Blizzard automatically own the rights to it t... : Hemtroll
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  christ he called it "World of Starcraft" what did you expect? : peanut-
  • Seriously, that was a stupid decision. If it got really popular and then Blizzard decided to pursue an ac... : Zek
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  I take it this was another third person keyboard-controlled mod? I wish people would stop trying to do th... : Zek
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    I assume since it requires outside modifications the controls are a little better, but maybe not. I have... : R@zzle
    • What sort of outside modifications? : Zek
• After D3, huh? : The Grolar Bear
• I hope they can just change the name and continue. I want this to evolve. : Johnnsen
• I am confused, did he just have to take down the video on youtube? : byorn
• That looks awesome as hell. : SlingBlaze
• Wait, all this is over a youtube video?! Not the actual mod? : walker270
• Companies that defend their intellectual property are such faggots! I too think we should boycott them by... : veras
• Oh no they got foxed just like they thought they would be. If they used the units as placeholders until ... : melkore

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  You should dress like a Ninja Turtle, one up your friend. : MagicWishMonkey
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    Right now there's four of us so we were debating doing that, although one of them isn't too keen on the i... : helvetica
    • That would be pretty hilarious, seems like the obvious thing to do! : MagicWishMonkey
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  Just A Girl does these. SM her! also she's awesome so send her a message anyway. : kbnerd
  • I can confirm Just A Girl's awesomeness : EricZBA
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    Still feeling guilty about the shackmeet, huh? : Just A Girl
    • i am a terrible person. and it's eating me up inside : kbnerd
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      He left without saying goodbye? : Volatus32x
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        He did =( : Just A Girl
        • it keeps me awake at night. I have an ulcer. tears stream down my face at random. the sad thing is tha... : kbnerd
• KFC bucket Spartan : Chipwarrior
• Go as Faith from Mirror's Edge, easiest costume ever except for drawing the tattoos. : Lone Swordsman
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  team up with someone else and go as a horse! : ArB
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    I change my joke response to THIS: http://cdn.costumesupercenter.com/csc_inc/images/items/480x600/STM10... : ArB
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      That's my superbowl race costume! My hat is different, it says "referee." Just in case there was any ques... : helvetica
      • the idea of running 3 miles hunched over sounds difficult : Slowtreme
      • Thanks for the hat clarification! Slowtreme makes a good point. Maybe a camel would be more comfortabl... : ArB
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  My girlfriend will be doing one of these at the end of January in Orlando, FL. She's quite fit and alrea... : exit button
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    I was planning to go to the first one in orlando with the guys from my team at work. But they don't seem ... : Slowtreme
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      I guess they travel around every year and do it? We also just did something called muddy buddy which is a... : exit button
      • this year is the first time Warrior Dash has an event in Orlando. I'd still travel up there if other ... : Slowtreme
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    I'm going to the one in Lake Wales on... The 28th, I think? So I assume that's the same one. Therefore, I... : FlatlineDixay
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      Yeah it's in Lake Wales. I think they're going on a Sunday? She'll be easy to stalk while being impossibl... : exit button
      • Damn, my posse and I are doing the one on Saturday :( : FlatlineDixay
  • Haha, that's a great combo. I'd love to hear what she thinks of it! : helvetica
  • pics of her during race : FrayLo
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  We did it last year. Get the earliest run possible as the state of the course quickly diminishes. Also,... : kgargs
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    Hot tips, thanks! I was wondering how hard the course was. I should tell my coworker to change from the l... : helvetica
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      One other hot tip is to sign up for whatever time and race whenever you want to. It's like any other hug... : kgargs
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        Oh cool! Chip timing is nice. Twice! Can you do that? : helvetica
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          Technically no! You'd have to go chipless and just time yourself. : kgargs
          • I gotcha. I might do it again for kicks then too! : helvetica
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  Definitely run early before the course gets messed up. Don't worry about the mud, they will have some ki... : Just A Girl
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    Thanks lady! Thanks for the advice, I'll bring a change of clothes. I thinking of running in Vibrams, but... : helvetica
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      I haven't dressed up for either one I've done, but I might dress up for the one in March. It's basically... : Just A Girl
      • Oh man this sounds so great. : helvetica
• we went early but went home and didn't go back and did other stuff in the afternoon : RikiTiki2
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  Sexy Abe Lincoln : riptyde
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    Haha, I like this! I wonder if I could find a tiny stovetop hat. : helvetica
    • that's what she said : fletch_
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  I am signing up for the one in Louisiana : hrdwregk
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    That one's coming up quick! I wish ours was sooner, I dun wanna wait until the middle of summer! : helvetica
    • I do need to train more since it is right up on us. : hrdwregk
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  I needs pics of lefthighkick to share with his team here at work. Please don't forget to send them to me... : FormerHPB
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    Sure, I've some from the recent Lions game on facebook. Where do I send them? : helvetica
    • I mean dressed up at this warrior run. The more embarrassing the better. :) : FormerHPB
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  this looks fun! question: do people puke all over the course? what happens at night? do people hang o... : flubba79
  • Why would people puke? It's not really that hard, but it is a lot of fun. Some people are hardcore and ... : Just A Girl
• I did one in November. It was a blast. A ton of fun. Bring a change of clothes, they'll hose you off a... : Andy Hanson

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  Comon $200 : SuperKoopa
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    I bet $279. : baron calamity
    • I still think that's pretty damn high for the us. We will see. : SuperKoopa
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      249.99 : gornl1
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        That is my bet. Hopefully they keep the games sub-$40 in the US, too. : pyrogen
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          I think they will. Japans game prices are staying the same. Although they convert to about $50 US I belie... : SuperKoopa
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            Japanese launch games are 4800 - 6090 yen, or $57-73. Ouch. I believe DS games were considerably more e... : pyrogen
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              That's what gives me hope they will launch at 200 here also. : SuperKoopa
              • System prices have usually been about the same, though. Even $250 is $50 less than the Japanese price. : pyrogen
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              After paying a $1 to $10 for itouch games, i'm not sure I could return to paying $40+ for a hand held gam... : baron calamity
              • As much as I like me iPhone games, they really arnt on the same level as a good DS game. I think part of ... : SuperKoopa
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                Most of those games have no depth (no pun intended), though. I'll gladly pay $40 for a quality title. ... : pyrogen
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                  The problem is I feel the same about DS games. : baron calamity
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                    I don't buy a lot of DS games myself, but a few of them are as good as home console titles and are easily... : pyrogen
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                      The only games I ever bought for the DS that I felt were worth the money were the Phoenix Wright games. : baron calamity
                      • Have you played NSMB, Mario and Luigi, Zelda, metroid, etc. There are loads of great full featured games.... : SuperKoopa
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                        I'd add GTA: Chinatown Wars, New Super Mario Bros, Mario Kart, Dragon Quest IX, and the Layton games to t... : pyrogen
                        • and Chinatown Wars is $10 on iOS instead of $40 : derelict515
        • $30 still would be sweet, but I also think $35-40 is sadly more realistic. : Xevo
  • Nice name to have in a Nintendo thread man! :D : DM7
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  Nintendo Europe is live.nintendo3ds.nintendo-europe.com but Nintendo America is live tweeting it, I'm kin... : Lakipo
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    http://live.nintendo3ds.nintendo-europe.com/ : Lakipo
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      Working for me, but this is the European and not the US stream boo : Xevo
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        Yeah, :( : Lakipo
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          is there a reason no one laughs at any of these jokes? : Slowtreme
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            Europeans are cold and humorless. Also, nothing has been funny. : Xevo
            • the joke about his wife/more of that later.. I wanted to laugh but i'm at work and then crickets : Slowtreme
          • Yea it's kinda painful. : SuperKoopa
• Region lock :( : dodob
• No friend codes, please. : Lakipo
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  Wow European conference says the 3DS will connect to hotspots automatically and without you knowing it...... : Xevo
  • OMG THEY STEALING MAH SAVE GAMES : Slowtreme
  • No more storing all my bank account details on my DS I guess :( : peanut-
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    I'm sure it can be turned off. What bad could happen though? I'm sure it's very limited with what it will... : SuperKoopa
    • I wouldn't be surprised if you couldn't turn it off since automatic firmware updates over the internet is... : pyrogen
    • Someone could fill your high score table with dirty 3-letter words. : JarEme
• US event is so far behind the Europe event. I wonder what boring speaker will be the Aardman of the US co... : Xevo
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  ... Yea, I'm watching this to find out about Shaun the fucking Sheep. : Ebu
  • I was really hoping for a Shaun of the Dead parody. I was sorely disappointed. : Xevo
• So pumped for pilot wings. Played the hell out of that on the SNES and N64. : SuperKoopa
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  One friend code per console. Thank god. : SuperKoopa
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    Did they say how man digits it's going to be? : Lakipo
    • I'm going to guess a minimum of 8, but probably 10 characters. : one random winner
  • At least they got that right. : pyrogen
  • Ahhhhhh... just felt that release of tension that goes through your back a little. Thank goodness. : geedeck
  • No code needed for friends registered over local wireless. That is nice. : pyrogen
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    can they retro this into Wii pretty please. : Slowtreme
    • i'm still waiting for the Wii & DS connectivity to do something useful : Korban
• FINALLY a fucking game dev : Xevo
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  http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=nintendo3dsunveil1190_nlwerygqfle8go1sloo7.jpg : jeffmoeller
  • *Awkward pause as Reggie waits for crowd reaction that never comes* : pancake humper
  • Haptic feedback confirmed! : pyrogen
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  Built in pedometer. Yay? : Xevo
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    Wii Maker : Lakipo
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      Mii* : Lakipo
      • It prints Wiis which print money! : lolpatrol
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  So apparently Europe has the real conference, since Iwata is there. : Xevo
  • ...and he wants it to "appear to wrong time gaming fan" : Xevo
  • But... Reggie! lol : cyclonebee
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    That's not iwata, that's Reggie's counterpart in Europe. : SuperKoopa
    • I thought that's what they said, but he looks JUST like Iwata. All rook same! : Xevo
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  249 woop! : smackpiece
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    I'm fine with that price point. : cyclonebee
    • thats the magic nintendo number : spiderfill
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    I was hoping for $200, but $250 is fine with me. : Lakipo
    • Me too. : SuperKoopa
  • Sounds fair. I know everyone in my house is getting one so there's going to be tons of Streetpass SF4 go... : melkore
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    That is still crazy expensive for a pure portable gaming system since it's more than the Wii. : Chod
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      I guess. That thing is way more advanced then a wii though. : SuperKoopa
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        but really, what isn't? : zerog83
        • The TI-Nspire... possibly. : JarEme
    • $200 would have been perfect, but I'm sure the system will sell out for quite a while at $250. : pyrogen
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      3-5 hour battery life that aint no portable system LOL : spiderfill
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        I'm glad the Japanese launch is a month before ours so we'll get plenty of hands-on impressions. : pyrogen
        • i hope they have early demo units because there is no other way to see the 3d-ness other than in person w... : spiderfill
      • yeah, i couldn't handle that. the battery life was one of the main selling points of the DS for me. with ... : mindmann
      • I'm never going to be playing longer than that at one stretch anyway. Non-issue for me. : Ebu
      • my ds lite's battery is about 4 years old now and so it's ability to hold a charge has been shortened a t... : Mr.SEX
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      I just can't see carrying around both a phone and a DS anywhere. If I get a 3DS it will probably stay at ... : jingletard
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        Same here. My ds is always used at home. Expect maybe on a plane trip or something. : SuperKoopa
        • ^Pretty much this. : one random winner
      • I don't take my DS anywhere except long trips. I have plenty of 20-30 min games on my iphone if I just ne... : Slowtreme
      • both of my boys bring their DSis everywhere we go. : .frame
  • Not bad, not bad. : Masem
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    Yeah that's what I've been expecting. I'll wait for the 2nd gen with the good battery life. : Xevo
    • I'm waiting for Mega Man Legends 3 to get a release date before I throw money down but it's going to be t... : melkore
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    Was the DS $250 when it first came out? : Fred Garvin
    • $150 if I recall. : Nerdsbeware
    • I think like 179-189 : SuperKoopa
    • It was $199. : mechanicalgrape
    • I'd like to bid 1 dollar! : .frame
• March 27th! : Lakipo
• Man the us conference was pretty sparse compared to the eu one. : SuperKoopa
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  Pre-ordered amazon prime 1day ftw : SuperKoopa
  • I'm not sure I'm ready to preorder without seeing it : Slowtreme
• i'm glad they fixed the friend code thing. really looking forward to giving this thing a try : Korban

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  what news are you referring to? warning: if you say "nothing" i will kill you : dirge23
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    Well I don't want to be killed. So....something? It's just hilarious how they did this big re-announce... : JohnnyRey
    • Duke as usual! : boarder2
    • But dahanese took all these goofy pictures next to a splashscreeeen!!! : proclone1
    • They invited a bunch of us to go play it at gearbox. That was pretty nice of them. EricZBA. DNF Demo Sp... : EricZBA
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    There was some report that said it was coming out in the spring. Considering the hype train is dead, that... : baron calamity
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      spring of what year? : retardhumper
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        joking aside, they said 2011. : baron calamity
        • the spring announcement wasn't official and holiday release seems much more plausible to me : dirge23
    • next century seems too soon : dotpain
• They're still making this game? =) : The Grolar Bear
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  Report from yesterday Duke is on the new Alienware Sandy Bridge Laptops http://www.dell.com/us/p/al... : EricZBA
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    Pwn really? Fuck I'm old. : massdev
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      pwn is one of those internet words that i absolutely refuse to use : valael
      • You just did! Jokes on you! : freakynipples69
      • i always think of eric cartman saying it out loud and how ridiculous that is : dirge23
  • It's good to know the new hardware still supports legacy programs. : dmason
  • lol what is this : NukemForever
  • Why is the villain from Resident Evil 5 coming out of that screen? : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Maybe they are keeping it quiet so as not to hype it up too much and build up peoples hopes : hrdwregk
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    Then why have the big announcement? It's stupid! Just start hyping it up 60 days before release so that t... : JohnnyRey
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      Well, it was a nice place to announce it, and amazing they kept the 'secret' that long. I guess it'd b... : Nixx2004
      • And what about that access to the demo? I don't know I just hope they finish it and do a good job. : hrdwregk
    • that's not realistic. and there's so much more to crafting a campaing, and it doesn't only involve genera... : Maarten Goldstein
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      the big announcement was to let everyone know that shit was back on track and it was going to happen. Duk... : roushimsx
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        i would be happy with a mediocre DNF if it just got the franchise moving again : dirge23
        • it doesn't sound like we're going to be getting much in the way of mediocre Duke games. The two Polish-de... : roushimsx
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  I'm starting to think it's not even an 2011 title. : twifosp
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    i am fairly sure they're contractually obligated to release it during 2011 and will do so even if it's no... : dirge23
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      lol not fit for release. That would be a hoot after 10+ years. : JohnnyRey
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        Well this one has only been in development for something like 2 or 3 years, right? That thing has been sc... : roushimsx
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          given the development fiasco, who knows what state it was in when it got handed to Gearbox : dirge23
          • Gearbox spent 100% of resources on creating a trailer for it. : twifosp
          • I don't think it got handed to them so much as Gearbox absorbed the team that was working on it out of th... : roushimsx
  • I started thinking that back in 2002. : silent prophet
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    If I bought the Duke rights for under $1,000 I would keep the joke alive. A screenshot every 1.5 years t... : handofthrawn
    • I'd release it every april fools as a rick roll until 2018 where downloads of it starting reaching 2 (dog... : twifosp
• Damn, you made me check the front page. : pigvomit
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  It's going to be the best game ever made. Literally every second you have waited for DNF is going be wort... : thecatinthehat
  • Just for fun, I'm going to bookmark this and call you out later. :p : Rigg5
  • Like a pound cake that came out of Zeus' anus. : Godhatesfatpeople
• It's not out yet? CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111111 : Godhatesfatpeople
• What you guys didn't believe me when I said it's not going to be an early 2011 title? What did you expect... : avatar_58
• If you want DNF news you have to buy the game of the year edition of borderlands and on the CD there is a... : NukemForever

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  Hope Quest for Glory and Leasure Suit Larry (the good ones) will come soon. : baron calamity
  • QFG = best games. I own the anthology but would still happily buy them on GOG. : Fayk
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  I love the PQ series, got stuck somewhere near the beginning of PQ3 with a game killing bug though :/ : one random winner
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    I played through PQ3 a couple years ago. Got right near the end of the game and hit a bug that made me ba... : Bull
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      Agreed, it took everything I liked about PQ1 and took it up a notch. : one random winner
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        wow I may need to play that one.. : uebersoldat
        • There are plenty of ways to permanently fuck yourself though, so remember to save early, often, and not o... : one random winner
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          PQ2 is awesome but they lost the driving part. :( Only negative : avatar_58
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            It was too easy to accidentally crash into someone instead of it pulling them over personally. : one random winner
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              i remember the driving in PQ being really difficult for 10 year old me. didn't it like penalize you for g... : dirge23
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                I do recall that, and as I mentioned, way too easy to crash. : one random winner
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                  then in PQ2 you got the fun of maintaining your firearm, or it would malfunction when you needed it most : dirge23
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                    Yeah, forgot to do that one run-through and then saved after I'd gotten on the plane :(. : one random winner
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                      in old games it was so easy to totally fail the game in like the first ten minutes and then it would let ... : dirge23
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                        I don't think they really did think about that honestly. : one random winner
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                          but so many games did it. one of the best things about the lucasarts games was that it was really hard to... : dirge23
                          • I just don't see them having done so on purpose though, unless Sierra was just full of sadistic bastards,... : one random winner
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                        Space Quest 2 had the best one. If you got kissed by an alien early in the game, a baby would burst out o... : Bull
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                          http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnwinnableByDesign Sierra has its very own subfolder : dirge23
                          • interesting quote on the reason behind this from that page: The apparent intent of filling a game with un : dirge23
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            i disliked the driving in all of them really frustrating : spiderfill
            • The remake and Pq3 maybe, in PQ1 it was cool. : avatar_58
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  BTW activision owns way too much classic ip for its own good. : baron calamity
  • i kind of think of Activision as where classic IP goes to die. and if it isn't dead when it gets there, t... : dirge23
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  Still want the thief series, carmageddons, dungeon keepers... : barichnikov
  • Little Big Adventure 1 and 2. : Marrbe
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    I'd love to play through the thief series again. So much fun :) : uebersoldat
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      The last thief is on steam. it's pretty awesome. : JohnnyRey
      • OOooO Imma check that out tonight! : uebersoldat
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  I refuse to play Zork on anything but this http://www.easyscreens.info/gallery/20090310/2.jpg : eldersveld
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    what about a //e, that counts too, right? : skryte
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      For some of the later ones, like Zork Zero, a //e is actually required. : eldersveld
      • i'm surprised Zork Zero even ran on a //e : dirge23
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  anyone else see this? http://www.sarien.net/ looks like a guy wrote a javascript implementation of AG... : sludge vohaul
  • this could quite possibly ruin the rest of my day from a productivity standpoint : uebersoldat