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• cocks : MercFox1
• peepees? : DrFlammable
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  MENTLEGEN... I wish to announce the triumphant return of Grab Bag Shackbattles.... in reply! I've : jimmy_legs
  • quake 1 : DrFlammable
  • Action Quake 2 : Dschinghis Khan
  • LIVING LEGENDS! : JozhGoober
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    bf 1942 tyvm : yosemiteclimber
    • ^^^MAKE.IT.SO. : .Jayson
    • 3rd. : VictoriouSecret
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      just make it the BF1942 wake island demo :D : gx8
      • you know where its at! : BBIJ
      • I second this. 1942 demo or Tribes 2 : Empyric
  • World In Conflict! : MercFox1
  • Can I suggest SHADOWRUN?!?! : Fenring42
  • Quake 2 : james_austintx
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    Can you set up matches in Quake Live? If so that would be free and worth a look. I don't know if it will ... : dfay
    • I dunno! This post is for right now to collect some more game types then I will put up an official votin... : jimmy_legs
    • You can if you have premium. : Teleporting Muffins
  • who will be the first to break the 7 way tie : DrFlammable
  • MW:LL : Xevo
  • Living legends. Or 1942. : d0gbert
  • just let me know the nights you're playing quake, I am so there. HLDM too. boot_camp for life yo : boomstickah
  • One more vote for MW:LL here. : limpossible
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    I'd be down for some TFC for nostalgia's sake , I bet alias would be up for it lets play the real dust... : Chandler55
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      TFC is so bad holy crudgrapplers : DrFlammable
      • are you crazy, being able to upgrade a sentry with one whack oh man so good : Chandler55
  • MW:LL please!! : The Grolar Bear
  • Plain Sight : pyide
  • Original Tribes, also ET. Such great memories. : BBIJ
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    NOLF : ZenzenTen
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      wow that just came outta nowhere. I'll agree with this man! : X-GOUKI
      • A good spy always comes outta nowhere. :D : ZenzenTen
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    i think MWLL actually needs crysis wars. : extrahappyturtle
    • This is true! Technically this version works with Crysis still, but no one plays and the performance ... : JozhGoober
  • Quake Wars : cellx25
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    Flatout:Ultimate Carnage! Altitude! : dfay
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      IAWTFLATOUT : Crabs Jarrard
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        You're ringing non-endorsement of Altitude is... concerning... : dfay
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          ugh *your. I guess I'll blame it on the late hour. : dfay
          • I've tried it for 3 minutes and raged. Still, it was easily worth the 2 dollars I paid for it. : Crabs Jarrard
  • Tribes 2 : Xencer
  • Action Quake 2 : Dschinghis Khan
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    quake 1 : ass-street
    • yeah son : DrFlammable
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    Has anyone looked into Quake Live as a free Quake 3 alternative? I don't know what kind of server options... : Duffman8369
    • I made this post above. I don't know much either. I played a bit way back in beta but I always just got j... : dfay
  • KILLING FLOOR : X-GOUKI
  • F.E.A.R. Combat Nexuiz : ant_hillbilly
  • GTA4, MWLL (can I vote for two?) : MamiyaOtaru
  • Wolvenstein:ET!! : ysbreker
  • action quake 2 fuck yeah : kabex
  • Grand Theft Auto IV: Liberty City Stories : Maddog_Delphi97
  • MW:LL! : Landrosradick
• Sidejack: I built a DoD:S server with map voting and gun game a few days ago and got it working. My PC an : dfay
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  The problem with this last time was that everyone voted for their favorite classic game so the vote was s... : _jon
  • Also, some games were dismissed out of hand even they got good amounts of votes. : watcherxp

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• IKt's built into IE : Phreakin
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  I suggest your brother sit down and have a talk with his son about responsible behavior instead of forcin... : coldfusioncs
  • They already have but he still wants to filter his surfing. : Arcath
  • How many kids do you have? : boomstickah
  • if you outlaw porn then people will only look at outlaw porn : spiderfill
  • I think this is a good idea. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Is it at least good porn? : dmason
  • Dunno. My brother wanted me to come over and clean the machine up. But I am clueless about web filter... : Arcath
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    A blurry 320x240 picture of a half-exposed nipple is all it takes at that age. : reelbk
    • ~young love~ : Majuju
    • She has a dick so I'll just look at the top half of the photo. It's all good. : doozer667
    • A blurry 320x240 picture of a half-exposed nipple is all it takes at that age. : skelom
    • 'omg a breast!' * masturbates furiously* : AMikaboshi
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  Just have the filter set all the sites normally caught and blocked ; sent to one of those terrible sites ... : Discrete
  • or increase his hunger : loke662
  • Do you want him to turn into GloriousCow? : BlackCat9
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  Exactly how old is your nephew? I mean if he's 14.. there's really no point. : Edges
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    I agree with this 100% and he is 14. But I am not going to get into how he raises his son as it isn't ... : Arcath
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      Man when I was 14 all I had was the scrambled spice channel, victorias secret catalogs and the pixelated ... : shortbuscaptain
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        I actually miss the excitement of the whole "Woah! Its a titty....or is it...fuck it whatever!" bit that... : MacemanInTW
        • It was a sad day when our cable stopped picking up the scrambled channels. We had the Internet by then bu... : jeffmoeller
        • Oh, the memories. : master_disaster_17
      • You just described my life exactly at 14. : zuga
      • Lol same here. But we still found ways to jerk it... just like this kid will despite the web blocking. : Edges
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        Tell him to go look in the woods : utgaardsloke
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          Who puts it there? : Chipwarrior
          • no idea but I found some out int he woods as a 14 year old in Alaska : MamiyaOtaru
      • Same man, exactly the same. : HL3dsx
      • Don't forget the bra and panties section of the Sears catalog when there was absolutely nothing around...... : laidback
• just make sure the computer isnt in him room : bolneze
• MS live family safety thingy works GREAT : watcherxp
• use opendns and set the filtering to what is desired. : Crazy Hawaiian
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  k9 is pretty decent. : swiftB3
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    A porn sniffing dog? : rosewood
    • Its a German Shiza Shephard. : HL3dsx
• http://www.opendns.com/familyshield : ant_hillbilly
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  Net Nanny works pretty well. Having the computer out in the open works better : MamiyaOtaru
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    That didn't stop me at 14... : TehShadow
    • what possibly could? you can't stop em, you can only hope to contain em : MamiyaOtaru
• if he wants it badly enough, he will find it regardless of measures you use to stop him. : purekillforce
• squid : rmjackson
• put the computer in the living room? : Gapyro
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  OpenDNS? : Tech T
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    ^^ the right answer : industro
    • easiest way, but then you have to lock down the configuration if the kid knows how to change it. if he... : eisencc
• Just write and semd them a fictional invoice for a made up adult network in the name of the son. Have fun... : Lukiopimp

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• Fassbeendaaaaah! He made up so much of Inglorious Basterds for me, and Vaughan is an ace of doing a lot w... : SpaecKow
• Fuck it, I'm in. : action wombmate
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  Goddamn it I was very curious about this -- Now I am hard and sweaty. This trailer looks good. Hope it's ... : caveatemptor
  • Couldn't have said it better. : shaffe
• It could have been worse I guess. The nrrrd in me still wants to see a live action version of the origina... : Earl Greigh
• epice : hanged_man
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  cool to see McAvoy as Prof X. Good lord is Jones the cash-in as Emma Frost. : varsindarkin
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    Emma Frost is basically Betty Draper except snootier and bitchier. : Clay
    • that would be quite an accomplishment for someone to be able to pull that off : rodneystubbs
• :( damn. guess...ok. : VictoriouSecret
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  I hope wolverine makes a guest appearance : hobosapien
  • He's not, they already said that. : Nerdsbeware
• defo will watch! : tunis5000
• Very nice! I wasnt very impressed with this before, but looks good now. : doomed
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  Nice thx - Im really liking Fassbender : bolneze
  • He is quite awesome. I wanted him to play Superman in Snyders movie but that might have been werid, hes ... : Nerdsbeware
• Looks awesome. Great casting! : invisible_kid
• Have to admit, it looks a lot better than I was expecting : foo
• I'm sold. that looks pretty outstanding. Way better than the crap that Wolverine turned into. : greenbergMD
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  As a stand-alone movie, it looks like it could be good. As part of the existing movie universe...I get t... : Arcanum
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    How old would Cyclops have been in the original films if he was in his late teens during the Cuban Missil... : Tincan
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      The same question applies in the comics. Comic characters don't age in real time. : TwiLyght
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        They age in marvel time! http://enterthestory.com/marvel_time.html ;tldr: Everything happened in th... : baron calamity
        • NERDS : rosewood
        • haha wow : bolneze
        • Haha, I've seen this before. : The Grolar Bear
        • The part about Franklin Richards is crazy! : ArB
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  The music is cool. : dodob
  • There's plenty of trailer music that is great but so many are tailored specifically for them. Not many... : Sailor of Fortune
• well shit, i retract my previous statement. this has potential. : -=kodiak=-
• Love that they're flying an SR-71. : swiftB3
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  There has not been a good X-men movie ever why does anything think this is any better? : whistletits
  • X1 was good, X2 was great. : Darkstarblade
• what the hell does appropriate audiences mean? : mista mista
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  This looks fucking retarded. Thanks again for ruining X-Men. Will they never get it right? Marvels not... : k1ld0r
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    *huge forever alone nerd for over 20 years* FTFY : kabex
    • nah man. This is just lame. IMO there hasn't been an X-men movie yet. 1-3 were shit, and Wolverine wa... : k1ld0r
  • I've been a huge xmen fan for 37 years and they look they are getting a lot right.. So there. Heck if you... : baron calamity
• It looks good, I have a feeling we're going to burn out on comic book films this summer : NukemForever

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  Ars likes no games, except for tf2 : shirif
  • yeah, i dont know about the quality of their gaming journalism. the rest of their articles are very good : retarded talking dinosaur
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    I remember their "Move rules and Kinect will suck!" editorial... lol : locater16
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      but the move IS good and the kinect DOES suck. Unless you bought into the soccer mom wii/balance board h... : deathofrats
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        The move is a wiimote, the Kinect offers something unique but you don't like it because you can't kill al... : locater16
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          I don't like it because you can only do things like waving your hands around or dancing with the thing. ... : deathofrats
          • Are you sure you have enough lighting in your room? My Kinect doesn't lag at all : Galadriel07
• Gotta be honest. After a 12 year development cycle and numerous admitted dubious decisions, what were yo... : EnderWigginDA
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  Well, at least Gibson is still doing the Shack proud: As Steve Gibson from Gearbox told me during our : Grumbeld
  • Hahahah : LoioshDwaggie
  • Well the tits are now the ones making the games these days. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Not for 60$ I DON'T. : TemporalParadox
    • Titties cost money bro. Well not really, but still. : HL3dsx
  • I really miss the humour in some games. : Lukiopimp
  • and ride a bike... : enyakk
  • Painkiller + youjizz : razlebol
• i'd say its pretty clearly going to be terrible : eeeealmo
• Is anyone surprised? Not to shit on the game or anything, but there had to be a reason this game was in d... : Ellissd
• Sounds about like what I expected it'd be. I'll pick it up when it's $20, when goozex has it available, o... : boarder2
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  there are better reviews out there. Kotaku comes to mind. : uebersoldat
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    oops, PREVIEWS. : uebersoldat
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      it's too late, Xav is already driving to wherever you live to beat you to death with a baseball bat : veras
      • That sounds very catty of you. I'm telling dahanese... : Schnapple
  • first the console switch now kotaku over ars? you disgust me sir. : Hoax
• Pretty excited for this. : roushimsx
• It's the game I'll buy, but don't really want to. Oh, well. I'm sure it not total garbage. : dmason
• I'm still of the opinion that after so many years of development, no matter how good it is there will be ... : Arcanum
• PRE-ORDER CANCELLED : X-GOUKI
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  We discussed this one to death yesterday. TL;DR: - Those who are skeptical of the game got reinforced ... : Schnapple
  • It is Wired, if Wired were pro-FOSS (the tech version of "the left") and didn't suck so bad. : steauengeglase
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  After reading the Ars and Shack reviews and The Gibson's interview, I'm sold. It sounds exactly like the ... : rosewood
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    sounds not worth 60 dollars. maybe when it hit 10 dollars on a steam sale. eh. 7 dollars : the city
    • Remove the DNF title and I could see it being a $40. I'm willing to pay an extra $20 to play is the da... : rosewood
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  I will trust my own experience over arstechnicas : dognose
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    I thought for sure this preview would make you lose interest in the game. : NastyJack
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      Nope. I've played it. My perceptions were different from theirs. : dognose
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        Your perceptions are right and theirs are wrong. : MurrayTheSkull
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          Correct! : dognose
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            dognose, did you read my post about one of the Something Awful mods who got a chance to play some of it? ... : MurrayTheSkull
            • I had not seen that, thanks! : dognose
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              i agree with him too. sounds awesome. : AMikaboshi
              • My verdict of the game will depend on whether it falls into the same trap Prey did. Lots of interactivit... : kingdepork
            • Lol. : edgewise
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    You played the PAX levels, right? The fight at the football field part then the driving the truck followe... : Fenring42
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      Exactly that, yes : dognose
      • Okay. Did you notice the DOF being really weird? Like it was too fuzzy or something? : Fenring42
  • ^^^^^ this man shall provide the only reviews required. : CoRDS
• It's going to be an unmitigated tragedy of epic proportions. : massdev
• Gee whiz, didn't see that coming. : zombie man
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  Out of curiosity, does Meh Kuchera like any games? : Dave-A
  • from what i hear the only other game he has ever played is farmville : CoRDS
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  I for one can't wait to play this damn thing. Waited too damn long for this game and its nearly in my g... : mastermike569
  • ^^^This. Oh and pipe bombing people in MP, I look forward to that. : steauengeglase
• It's going to be great. : ramshot
• Haha the venue : bolneze
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  Oh how easy it was for game journalists to take a break from their usual obsequiousness of giving near pe... : SpaecKow
  • Abusively FRANCHISED sequels IPhone more like ipoop :( : SpaecKow
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    this is you at your most poetic :D : Borzoi
    • Eh, it is entirely deprived of rhythm, I've done better. : SpaecKow
  • Well said and written ! : Lukiopimp
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  I understand the love for Duke here, but I don't understand why people are expecting more than an experie... : even4
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    Of course it's going to be good. It's aged to perfection. Do you like 14 year-old Scotch whisky? It's ju... : AlvinKlein
    • Fantastic at first and then puking by the end of the night? : shortbuscaptain
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  I wonder how this game would be received if it was a new franchise with a new characters but same graphic... : Cygnus X-1
  • Discounting the nostalgia factor is smart, however one thing the Duke games has is character, so if they ... : MeestaNob
  • Call of Duke: Modern Lapdance : Lukiopimp
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  I would have liked to play this game if the graphics were a bit cartoony like the first. Now my interest ... : guigr
  • ^^^this : melt_core
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    Agree, it would be smart to apply some comic or cell shading effects to DNS. Like in Borderlands. : matthaeus
    • That was not cellshading, it was just textures that got edited. But that would look terrible with Duke, i... : Johnnsen
• w/e it's gonna 0wn : darkT
• Man, I cant wait until the DNF demo comes out for Borderlands people, the Internet is going to erupt. ... : MeestaNob
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  dunno what all the ars hate is about, i might have missed the memo but other source like gamestar.de were... : Hoax
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    The thing I got out of the Eurogamer preview is that the game wasn't "modernized" by Gearbox, They didn't... : enyakk
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      I am guessing they need to get this game out the door asap to help bankroll Duke Begins as a game of thei... : SpaecKow
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        Are they going to make another Duke game? I don't know, I thought DNF would be the last one (not by choic... : enyakk
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          Gearbox was working on Duke Begins before all this shit went down. I imagine now that they own the franch... : SpaecKow
          • Seems pretty trusting to be tihs hands off with DNF as their base for the IP then. But again, probably no... : enyakk
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      of course once Gearbox stepped in to make sure the game was able to get finished and released, everyone w... : roushimsx
      • No actually I'm glad Gearbox left it alone. : Johnnsen
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      That would be dumb of them. This way they invest minimal dollars into the game. Then they can take the ... : kingdepork
      • They've been giving pretty much all of the credit on making it to Triptych since they announced it. The g... : roushimsx
    • I'd rather play the 3DR version then a "modernized" gearbox version. : NukemForever
  • Hehe you said tits. : HL3dsx
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  This really doesn't surprise me. I can't say I'm too disappointed, as I knew long ago that DNF wasn't go... : Matt Burris
  • The modern leisure suit Larry wasn't a nostalgia trip, they were prime examples of how not to update a ga... : roushimsx

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• Hey cool, I like both of those names! I'll have to look into this when my contract runs out in two years! : Hemtroll
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  More - http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/11/nokia-and-microsoft-enter-strategic-alliance-on-windows-phone-b... : airrob
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    I don't get the bit about Nokia Maps becoming "a core part of Microsoft’s mapping services." Micro... : airrob
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      Bing uses Navteq maps, like Ovi maps. Navteq is owned by Nokia... : Ariakus
      • It says "Nokia Maps", not Navteq, which is interesting? : airrob
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  Smartest thing Nokia could have done, I like it : Serpico74
  • Ok, I really really like this : Serpico74
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  Holy shit. This is a brilliant move for both companies. Very impressive. : Danny5225
  • Reading on, it looks like this is an announcement of an announcement. There aren't many things inked out,... : Danny5225
• impressive, most impressive : jabuck
• nokia has always made great hardware, lets finally see them put out some phones that are actually competi... : smacknca
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  nobody gave a shit when i posted it yesterday >:( http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25236346 especia... : Hoax
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    It was just confirmed about a half hour ago - up to then, it was just rumors. : airrob
    • the lead-up to it was interesting, there were strong indications that is was about to go down. : Hoax
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  I like how the first big feature Steve Ballmer mentions is... Bing : xlarti
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    Yes? It's a flagship product. : uncleanmonkey
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      He names it a brand that consumers "want". : xlarti
      • what is wrong with bing? it seems like a good search engine. : jabuck
      • i would love for bing to catch up too google and as long as i have a choice which one to use its a brand ... : Hoax
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        Xlarti's First Rule of Marketing: If you have poor brand value, have your CEO admit it in every press rel... : Ovate
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          I just thought it funny that it's the first brand out of his mouth mentioned alongside Office and Xbox Li... : xlarti
          • But yeah ofc I see why he does it - it's just not a plus in the vast majority of consumers minds. : xlarti
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  hope this means nokia adopts wp7 , and microsoft adopts nothing from nokia : Chandler55
  • they did, from the press release above: "Nokia would adopt Windows Phone as its principal smartphone str : jabuck
• Synergiastic! : dodob
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  http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/02/11/welcome-to-the-third-ecosystem/ Not sure what the first and ... : airrob
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    I think the first and second 'Ecosystems' would be Apple and Android. : master_disaster_17
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      Damn you! >_< : Danny5225
      • muarharharhar. : master_disaster_17
    • I guess - interesting that they would intentionally position themselves like that. : airrob
  • iOS and Android, I would assume. : Danny5225
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    Look at the nerds crying about MeeBo and Symbian going away. This means it will be a success. : Serpico74
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      I love the commenters who are convinced that qt + Symbian was light years ahead of WP7. : Danny5225
      • Fucking nerds don't understand that bulletpoint featurelists (or as I like to call it, "marketing for nec... : Serpico74
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      i'm going to check the maemo/meego forums today. dudes gotta be pissed given that they have invested 18 m : Hoax
      • That is fucking hysterical, I'm going to have to steal that : Serpico74
    • don't give a shit about the mobile stuff, but I do like the Qt toolkit on the desktop. Hopefully this do... : MamiyaOtaru
• Hell, it's about time. : master_disaster_17
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  I'm surprised they didn't go Android, I bet Microsoft made them a very good offer to get them on board. G... : MeestaNob
  • Going android would make Nokia just another player along with HTC and Samsung. And they'd be late to the ... : master_disaster_17
  • google was in the talks as well. its a good alliance though, win7 seems nice from what i read and nokia m... : Hoax
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    Not going with Android was so smart. Two reasons: 1) Every other handset company uses Android. Commiti... : Serpico74
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      Do not underestimate Nokia's potential to adapt WP7 into a different version for every single one of thei... : melt_core
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        That would be as bad as if they went with Android. I am hopeful that Microsoft will continue to reign ove... : Serpico74
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          haha you REALLY hate android : razorblade79
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            Are you telling me there is people that actually like that about Android? The fact that every Android pho... : ovrlrd
            • I like android, I like my phone with the htc suite on top. I could flash it and install a custom rom with... : razorblade79
      • They're not allowed to. : uncleanmonkey
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      did Andy kill your family or something ?!! i cant find a reason for all this hatred that you have. As for... : hanged_man
      • I can modify the engine in my car, but I shouldn't have to in order to enjoy it. With most Android phones... : ovrlrd
      • If you're looking for a slick and well-designed consumer device, android is pretty far behind both Window... : uncleanmonkey
  • I've always loved Nokia phones - but I wanted WP7. Just not in the crippled state is has in europe with a... : xlarti
  • You shouldn't be, a few weeks ago a top Nokia executive compared going with Android with "kids who pee in... : melt_core
• A post for developers, talks about WP7 SDK vs. Qt/Symbian - http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/nokia-devel... : airrob
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  Well this is interesting - http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/24/editorial-nokia-isnt-building-an-android-or... : airrob
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    Yeah, then this happens: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/08/nokia-ceo-stephen-elop-rallies-troops-in-brut... : Serpico74
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      While competitors poured flames on our market share, what happened at Nokia? We fell behind, we missed bi : Serpico74
      • Wow. Takes balls to tell it how it is, that's exactly what I'e thought of Nokia for a while, they're late... : node
• hoy shitsticks : PixelPie
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  Fantastic news. The Windows Phone development has got to be the easiest platform to develop on from a UI ... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    well some people point out that even their old nokia phones could to what win7 can't WP7-specific limi... : Hoax
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      Irrelevant given that the experience of actually using those Nokia phones is crap. Also note that many of... : Serpico74
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        its relevant to people who buy their phones for specific reasons. i have no doubt that microsoft will man... : Hoax
        • "Features" are useless unless actually using them is facilitated by the interface. This was the real sign... : Serpico74
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      Goddamn some of those 'missing' features are so nerdy and irrelevant. : filthysock
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        I dunno, they all seem pretty relevant to me. What makes this a 'smartphone' if it cant do most of that s... : MeestaNob
        • the following I don't think are that important: No system-wide file manager No Bluetooth file transfers... : filthysock
• This make me happy, even though I love Android, and don't forsee changing platforms. This kind of thin... : famine101
• Obviously, they're finally building this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX-gTobCJHs : Vincent Grayson
• This is great actually, I'm quite excited about this. : nomaad
• good news for us wp7devs Nokia on their own island was losing relevancy and they might as well ride all ... : threeup
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  I think this is gonna be a huge fail. The biggest thing about Nokia is their wide range of phones. The... : kabex
  • This doesn't stop them from still making Symbian "dumb" phones. But they've realised in particular that t... : node
  • They are already losing all their market share this is an attempt to save the future of the company. And ... : furiouschuck
• Dumb. Android would have allowed them to innovate and stay competitive. Nokia is going to be undercut by ... : MeenMunky
• So meego is dead? I wonder how this affects QT development. : GloriousCow

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  ^^^ amrbean : SockMonkeh
  • I also hate that this color doesn't match the actual thing in laryn.x. : SockMonkeh
• Damn you. I already played through this again last year. Fuck. : danws6
• Desperate. Your turn. : Happy Doodle Muffin
• Fuck. Now I'm going to have to play it again. : Freon
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxi7JRJrod4 :D : Freon
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  I was hoping it was an HD mod with high res textures =/ : Turd Ferguson
  • I think that project stalled. : danws6
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  http://www.shackpics.com/files/hypno_tenton_s0fu35npddwqllv50j0q.jpg : SpaecKow
  • it's funny because it's true. : deathmuppeter
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  its so ugly now : bolneze
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    I wonder how moddable DX3 will be. I could totally see someone redoing all of this (with maybe some custo... : drhazard
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      i'd pay $50 for a Deus Ex 1 remake in a DE3 engine : devpaul
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        I'll match your $50 and raise you $10. : steauengeglase
        • Raise you 99$ : Anir
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    It really doesn't bother me to be honest. I find that as long as games are past a certain threshold (typi... : peanut-
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      Do you feel that way about the classics as well, like quake, thief or doom -- that they are a struggle? A... : jujubeads
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        I struggle to play Quake or Doom now. It's only really an issue with games that were 3D dependent and pus... : peanut-
        • with you on that. 98/99 is about the threshhold for me. Brood War and UT99 are great. Anything after t... : MamiyaOtaru
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU1a9iP3urk&feature=related turn off sound : Hoax
• word http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJegc9eEG8M : roushimsx
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  It's a tragedy games didn't go the route of Deus Ex. That's what I loved about the game when it came out.... : freshyk
  • in some ways a lot of games ended up being like deus ex though. just they took bits and pieces of what th... : DeBurgo
• oh yes. : nyranger66
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  OH YES : Vimn
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxi7JRJrod4 : Vimn
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  recently voted the #1 game of all-time by PC Gamer. interestingly, DOOM, Quake, and Half-Life were not... : EvilDolemite
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    Jedi Knight was probably up there, wasn't it? : SockMonkeh
    • did...not make the list :/ : EvilDolemite
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    wheres the list?! : bolneze
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      Latest issue. Kind of lazy list since they did the same thing a year ago :( : roushimsx
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        tried to find a list online, but can't find a new one. they do it like every 6months lol. : AMikaboshi
        • They don't do it that often, but it's surprising that they did it again so soon. This is the smallest gap... : roushimsx
  • lol what : justwr!ght
  • ha, haha hahahahaha : Godhatesfatpeople
  • That list is incredibly skewed towards recent releases. It's a popularity contest, which in a way makes i... : sonicdeathwalrus
  • It is the best PC game of all time. : pgharavi
• One of the funniest and most memorable parts in that game for me is the conversation with zyme-head Lenny... : Tech T
• I love simmons voice : alexpr
• old men are THE FUTURE : razorblade79
• You know, in part we have John Romero to thank for Deus Ex. He was the guy that told Warren Spector he... : Rice-Rocketeer

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• http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?61579-Post-Beta-6-On-Rifts-Raids-PvP-and-Damage%85 Also, big... : Visceral Monkey
• opps, decisive=divisive. Spell check, he, : Visceral Monkey
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  I can see the appeal for DPS meters but I don't care for them personally. When I used it in WoW I found ... : fried sushi
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    There are some unoffical 3d part dps meters for Rift right now, but I expect they'll be considered verbot... : Visceral Monkey
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      I would like to play an MMO that isn't focused on Min/Maxing and rotations and junk. : skinlab133
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        Well it seems like Min/Maxing would be stressed by the class system they created... : Xencer
        • A few things point to that as their intent actually. The sheer chaos of the class system. Not have dp... : Visceral Monkey
      • This one leans that way, quite a bit. : Visceral Monkey
      • Don't min/Max then. Some of us enjoy it. : TheNiXXeD
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  The server names things brings up a salient point. We will *not* be playing on Wolfsbane come launch. As : Visceral Monkey
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    Ok, cool then. We'll just roll on the GLBT official server since everyone is paying attention. Heh. : Visceral Monkey
    • I'm cool with FaeBlight, I was on the official 'roleplaying' server in AOC both the PvP and PVE. The PvE... : fried sushi
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    Why would we roll on another server that's getting attention? That can only mean that server will be crow... : skinlab133
    • This. The downside is it might be crowded indeed. : Visceral Monkey
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  Player housing has almost always sucked in any MMO ever. I don't think it's necessary but it'd be nice t : jingletard
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    SWG had awesome housing and player cities. Heck politician was even a class. : AgentPothead
    • Classic SWG was so awesome. : phate81
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      It was a neat idea, but people were rarely there so you ended up with ghost towns. : byorn
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        I need to check with lotro. I liked their implementation, but it never seemed like people hung around as... : JuffoWup
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          It's instanced housing, it's cool for the decorating and story but there isn't a real sense of community. : AgentPothead
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            right, I meant with the higher activity of going f2p, if it is any better, or just as bad when it was sub... : JuffoWup
            • Same as before, no real reason to go to your house except to grab stuff. There is no crafting area or ah ... : AgentPothead
      • You ended up with ghost towns because everybody quit the game when they fucked it in the face. : AgentPothead
  • Asheron's Call had a form of guild housing which was awesome because it was a meeting and gathering place... : Geoffrois
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  I am so excited for next Tuesday. I can't even play any other games right now because I just want to pla... : crimrOw
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    I want to get in and try the justicar changes and a few other class combos, but not spoil any more conten... : Visceral Monkey
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      Planning on just going through the Guardian zones next beta, already did a bunch with the defiants with d... : fried sushi
      • thats what I did as a justicar before beta ended :) dwarf is fun because they don't have any active raci... : JuffoWup
• This was interesting about the 10 man content. "Once we’re talking about those rifts at the hig... : fried sushi
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  For those who ordered the retail box CE: You'll get your CE mount and pet during the headstart - and so ... : Kiyohime
  • But those who pre-ordered at Gamestop/Best Buy and the like are still screwed by missing the head start s... : Derringer
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  I wish they would address the combat issues I see. The visual/audio feedback from combat is terrible com... : wykd
  • I noticed it at first, but honestly, don't even see it anymore. : Visceral Monkey
  • I definitely agree with you here. I think the visual feedback is there, especially when I watch gameplay... : crimrOw
• I want a webbed cloak to go with my hat. : Lakipo
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  I follow the Incredibles line of thinking when it comes to cloaks and capes. Also I've found that most g... : TexasGameJunkie
  • yeah, that has been my issue in lotro and WoW with cloaks. I always turn them off because I can't stand ... : JuffoWup
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  Why do people hate DPS meters? I like to see what output i am doing so i can improve my DPS. : oneshot
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    I think that for personal improvement, they are probably no worse than going over a combat log, you can l... : Visceral Monkey
    • It also becomes a meter when getting invited into groups. If you don't do 12k dps minimum for example, y... : Derringer
• I cant wait : whistletits
• I haven't been paying attention to this game at all. Can someone explain how it's different than the myr... : kill9

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  I will also take money. : ajvitaly
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    First Bid. $0.99. : Vegtro
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      $2.00 : nwillard
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        dollar fiddy : shirif
        • 50 tokens : reelbk
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  I have an unused Mafia II and a used Just Cause 2 steam key. Trade? : sanchez
  • Best offer so far. : ajvitaly
• can i sell you my soul? i hear you can sell it to the devil for a pretty penny : nwillard
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  I will trade my soul for Diablo 3 : Metatron85
  • OMG spoilers!! : ZenzenTen
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  How much porn do I have to post for these keys? : edge198
  • 3 TB : menar003
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  I have a steam gift copy of Burnout Paradise:The Ultimate Box that was never redeemed. I would trade that... : AgentPothead
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    Thanks, but I'll pass. I'd like to trade them both at once and I'm not into driving/racing games that muc... : ajvitaly
    • Alright. In Burnout's defense, it is less driving/racing as it is crashing spectacularly. : AgentPothead
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  Hey do do I. : sigpro
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    his eye is full of shit? : Metatron85
    • Stupid d and s being next to each other. : sigpro
  • Way to shit up this thread with your name-calling, you big meanie. : Ride-My-Rocket
• Virgin Office 2007 Key? : watcherxp
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  Best I can do is HL2 & HL2: EP1. : punchdog
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    I already have those, but thanks for the offer! : ajvitaly
    • Kinda figured. Good luck... : punchdog
• wanna trade red faction guerilla for just cause 2? lol : R@zzle
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  This isn't working. Let me try a new tactic. $8 for one, $15 for both. Do I have any takers? : ajvitaly
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    Just Cause 2 here! : cyclonebee
    • SM'd. : ajvitaly
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    mafia II! : nwillard
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      The offer still up? : nwillard
      • SM'd! : ajvitaly
  • damn i would've bought both : Makenxero
  • ARgh! : pyide
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    Like I meant to post above I've got them both also and I'll offer the same deal to someone. : sigpro
    • How much for mafia 2? 8 bucks?! : Pacalon
    • I'll take them both! Or either or whatever. : Darkstarblade
• How do I know which PC to give to? : hashd