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December 27, 2006 6:08 PM

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Well this has been a fun holiday. The Christmas eve eve Shackmeet here in town went well, I got nifty presents and ate all kinds of cookies and stuff. Hopefully its been fun for you girls too. Try these on for size!

- Pond scum is hot
- This thing hurts
- The year of blogs :(
- Fuel cell laptop

Lastly, hey ladies! Time to get plowed and then get plowed!

Steve Gibson

Steve Gibson is the cofounder of Shacknews.com. Originally known as sCary's Quakeholio back in 1996, Steve is now President of Gearbox Publishing after selling Shacknews to GameFly in 2009.

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- [deleted] 1060093934
  
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  December 27, 2006 6:31 PM
  
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- TreMetal
  
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  December 27, 2006 6:42 PM
  
  Make your character a QB.
- Pacalon
  
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  December 27, 2006 6:44 PM
  
  I thought FS was pretty fun. SS if you wanna be involved in blitz more. If you want tons and tons of action, go with a QB, TE or HB.
- Ajax
  
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  December 27, 2006 6:51 PM
  
  I can't wait until EA and the NFL's exclusivity agreement ends and other developers can try their hand at making a football game.
  
  Microsoft should see if they can get Vivendi Universal to part with their currently unused Front Page Sports brand or partner with Sports Illustrated or Sporting News.com and put the remants of the Visual Concepts guys hanging around MGS to work on a new line of sports games. Of course, knowing Microsoft, they'd fuck around and pull an EA themselves and secure an NFL exclusivity agreement of their own, locking EA and Sony and Nintendo out of an officially licensed football game for the next umpteen years which would pretty much put us right back where we started. Except the shitty football game would be relegated to a single console which would sell like hotcakes in the US because of it's exclusivity. Great news for Microsoft, bad news for everyone who didn't own a 360.
  
  So even though things are bad, maybe they could be worse? Cross your fingers and hope that Madden '08 doesn't include gameplay "innovations" like exclusive halftime show performances from 3D model renders of the EA Trax recording artists featured in the game, or BOOM! Tough Actin' TinactinÃ¢Â„Â¢ presents Extreme Tailgating: Madden '08 Hot Dog Eating Contest sponsored by Ball ParkÃ¢Â„Â¢ Franks and French'sÃ¢Â„Â¢ Mustard.
  - Pacalon
    
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    December 27, 2006 6:53 PM
    
    That Snickers hungriest player of the game change didn't sit well with you, did it?
    - Ajax
      
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      December 27, 2006 7:00 PM
      
      I don't mind the advertising, but I also wouldn't mind a real running game, kinda like the one that briefly showed up whenever they had Ray Lewis on the cover.
      - Pacalon
        
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        December 27, 2006 7:07 PM
        
        Yeah, the running game has been kinda lame now. I play it on the PC though. I'm assuming you play on a console? Things might be a bit different with the games there. PC tends to always be a step behind as far as new stuff goes. Stupid EA.
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    December 27, 2006 7:35 PM
    
    i had heard some goofy rumor that the NFL was going to end its deal with EA.
- pandastrong
  
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  December 27, 2006 7:30 PM
  
  classic example of a good idea with poor execution.
  - jedi_27
    
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    December 27, 2006 7:34 PM
    
    agreed. The last version the xbox actually had a decent superstar mode.
    
    By the way the NCAA 2007 football game is more enjoyable then MADDEN 2007.