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Never ate at Costco before but the only thing I would've drank would've been come. Pepsi is nasty.

You're reading it wrong.

Origin.com, EA's online store, has decided to stop selling games on discs. Because that was a thing they did. You could order a game on Origin.com and have it shipped to you by mail.

Origin has now stopped offering that service. That does not mean EA will stop publishing retail versions of PC games.

Nothing to see here, move along.

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A quickie live streaming guide for Shacknews

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1motYhz6D0rXy-quTwyvlwecuOeUhXI4X0P7BAXM0aR8/edit?usp=sharing

I hope someone gets some use out of this because words are hard!

A free society must be an ethical one, and an ethical society demands transparency. There can be no one above reproach--especially not the government.

Anyone who, in good conscience, leaks information to the public because they believe their government is behaving unethically should be celebrated, not vilified.

The government claims state secrets on virtually anything to rubber stamp behavior that is illegal, unethical, and violates the spirit and letter of any law in the land--including the highest law in the land, the Constitution.

That should be utterly unacceptable to all citizens of the US and every free thinking individual in the civilized world. Period.

one of the heads of my department at work is gay, and flew to san francisco to get married over the weekend. he's been with his husband for twenty years. they own a home together.

we threw him a surprise party this afternoon, with gifts and cake. he was genuinely surprised, and at one point started to break down in tears because he was so happy. he couldn't have imagined being able to be so open about his relationship, let alone be married, and have all his colleagues and friends support him.

it was really amazing and he's a great guy and it made me SO ANGRY that there are people out there who want to take this all away from him and people like him. there's no other point to this other than it was a sweet story, i felt really happy for him, and i'm really pissed off at the thirty-seven states that still don't recognize same-sex marriage.

this is what they're afraid of. two early-40's professionals with impeccable taste, a beautiful home, stable jobs, in a loving relationship.

it's already pathetic that you care at all

Tell you what.... The day you are trapped in your house and your friends and family are in danger you can tell everyone else how they should cope. Until that day you can 100% go fuck yourself with this sociopath attitude towards other Shackers. I've had it with some of y'all acting like pieces of shit against other posters here because you think it's hilarious to run some fuckwit meme into the ground like a retarded child. From here out people are going to goddamn well act like human beings here or I will permaban them until Gamefly yanks me from being able to. I will not have any other good Shackers run out of here by social retards.

How does your girlfriend feel about your extra-curricular activities?

http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=28389571#item_28389571

the real red flag here is that your wife thinks that's ok.

Shredder of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fame, also known as Oroku Saki, is the primary antagonist. He appears to some extent in every form of TMNT media so far produced. Originally, he was supposed to be a one-shot enemy, but he was so popular that he eventually became a recurring character. The creators of TMNT did not intend for him to become the primary villain, even comparing him to their “Darth Vader” for unintentional popularity.

Interestingly enough, Eastman and Laird (creators of TMNT) got the idea for the Shredder's armor late one evening after the two creators had been drinking. Kevin was drying dishes and came across a triangular cheese grater, he put the cheese-grater on his arm and said, "Could you imagine a character with weapons on his arms like this?" He thought it would be awesome to have a villain called the "Grater," but Peter responded with, "How about the Shredder?” The next morning the two of them put their pens to paper and actually created the infamous character we know today.

But, is he really the main villain to the TMNT? As leader of the Foot Clan, he has a number of disposable henchman, but his plans are often shortsighted and foolish. Look at the first two TMNT movies. In the first, he rallies what amounts to an underground kid's movement. Then, in the second movie, he decided to mutate some animals. Hardly insidious. By contrast, look at Krang.

Krang rarely joined in actual combat with the turtles. Usually, the only times he was directly involved with a fight was when the Technodrome was fully up and running. For seven years, though, he organized the plots of the Foot Clan to conquer earth; it probably only became his objective after he was exiled on the Earth, but this point is never made clear, as most involved the short-term objective of re-powering the Technodrome. He does not share Shredder's obsession with the Turtles and Splinter; while Shredder sees them as mortal enemies, Krang seems to regard them more like annoyances to be destroyed when they interfere in his plans. This shows why Krang is the true enemy.

Krang is using Shredder as a pawn, leveraging Shredder's shortsighted obsession with the turtles as a means of distraction. The added benefit is the substantial, and disposable, members of the Foot Clan, whom Krang tasks with work building his nefarious devices. Remember that Krang comes from Dimension X, a world of perpetual war. He knows how battles are fought and won, not just with force, but with deception as well. So, Krang is the puppetmaster who is pulling Shredder's strings.

Welcome to the world of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. You're in for a hell of a ride.