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October 9, 2007 10:01 PM

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Hello Shacknews! Everyone awake? Maybe need a cup of coffee after a bit too much Portal or Episode 2? Understandable. Take your morning easy, peruse our Orange Box MS Paint contest gallery, maybe step out and grab a bagel if you like. Oh and if you need to get your chat on regarding The Orange Box, this is where you want to be. Later this afternoon, I'll have some more results for you with the ET:QW contest results. Random Shacker recap of Half Life 2: Courtesy, Mikecyb (that's "Mike cyb," as in "cyber")

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DM7

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October 10, 2007 5:24 AM

:D Golden age of Gaming folks .
- Clay
  
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  October 10, 2007 5:26 AM
  
  Yeah this is a pretty good time. Gotta find the NWN2 Expansion.
  
  I still have to finish Halo 3, Bioshock, Metroid Prime 3 and Zelda TWP :(
  - DM7
    
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    October 10, 2007 5:27 AM
    
    This reminds me of the old SNES/Genesis days.
  - razorblade79
    
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    October 10, 2007 5:48 AM
    
    Zelda TP is pure awesome :D
    
    Need the rest, too though :[
- [deleted] 1522032705
  
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  October 10, 2007 5:27 AM
  
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  - SeaLlama
    
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    October 10, 2007 6:25 AM
    
    I still won't be caught up by then.
- Gauss
  
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  October 10, 2007 5:29 AM
  
  No kidding. I can't believe how bad the FPS drought was, and then this year... Stalker, COD4, Quake Wars, TF2, Halo 3, UT3, Crysis, Ep2, what else am I forgetting?
  
  And that's just the FPS stuff, there is a metric fuckton of other great games either already out, or coming out.
  
  Amazing year, completely amazing. I'll still be playing some of these games in the years to come.
  - avatar_58
    
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    October 10, 2007 5:50 AM
    
    FPS drought? What are you talking about? it's been nothing but shooters for the past few years, at least in the AAA category. For those of us who like a litte variety we have to look to the DS.
    - Gauss
      
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      October 10, 2007 5:53 AM
      
      I detest modern/realistic/ww2
      - avatar_58
        
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        October 10, 2007 5:59 AM
        
        I just want a decent in depth RPG that I can full enjoy, or a full AAA adventure game that isn't just a storybook like Dreamfall. I'd some variety please...
        
        avatar_58
        
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        October 10, 2007 6:00 AM
        
        I no good type today yes?
        
        Gauss
        
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        October 10, 2007 6:01 AM
        
        Yeah, I am kind of jonesing for a hardcore rpg. Dear Mass Effect: plz to not be sucking
        
        avatar_58
        
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        October 10, 2007 6:09 AM
        
        Mass Effect 360 only? If so then it's no help to me. :(
        
        Jonathan
        
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        October 10, 2007 6:13 AM
        
        oh well I guess you're not going to have much satisfaction with RPGs for the next few years...
        
        avatar_58
        
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        October 10, 2007 6:40 AM
        
        Well when I say in depth I'm looking for more than just Oblivion grade. So unless Mass Effect wants to alienate console gamers its not going to be what I'm looking for anyway.
        
        Gauss
        
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        October 10, 2007 6:15 AM
        
        I'm enjoying Guild Wars again recently, but I suppose that doesn't really help either.
        
        Dunno, traditional giant rpg development on the PC seems to have been seriously damaged by the MMO glut, sucking up a ton of creative teams.
        
        Fallout 3? Dragon Wars? A ways off unfortunately :(
        
        SeaLlama
        
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        October 10, 2007 6:26 AM
        
        I'm hoping I can convert a few friends over to GW, I played a little a way through the original, but sounds like it just keeps getting better.
        
        Gauss
        
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        October 10, 2007 6:38 AM
        
        it is *vastly* superior to its first launch. grab nightfall if you're going to play. prophecies was fucking boring for pve, despite having some awesome ending areas, it was wayyyyyyyy tooooooo sloowwwwwwww
        
        factions has possibly some of the worst voice acting and story presentation I've ever seen, despite having some amazing areas
        
        But Nightfall has Heroes, which combined with Henchmen/hero control means you can play through the whole game comfortably with just one friend (you + friend + 3 heroes each = 8 person party)
        
        GWEN, which just launched is cool, but you need a l20 char to reach it, so you have to do one of the campaigns first, and Nightfall is easily the best.
        
        That's just pve stuff though, there is some *really* fun pvp to be had. If you enjoyed wow battlegrounds, try it out.
        
        All that, plus no monthly fee, no grind, no epic/casual gap... yeah, I'm a fan :)
        
        SeaLlama
        
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        October 10, 2007 11:01 AM
        
        Too... many... games... arasrhashd;fkjashdfldh________
        
        avatar_58
        
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        October 10, 2007 6:42 AM
        
        No, I tried Guild Wars. For what it does it's nice, but thats not the type of game that turns my crank. I want Fallout 3 to be good but we all know that isn't going to happen, not unless Bethesda has thrown out all they know about RPGs.
        
        razorblade79
        
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        October 10, 2007 6:21 AM
        
        One of the reasons for me to buy a 360!
- hirosushima
  
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  October 10, 2007 5:44 AM
  
  Seriously, we had such a long drought. My problem now is I have to decide what game to play and when to play it! TF2 has been consuming most of my gaming time, but I also have a 360 with Halo 3,Skate and more to come.
- Grumbeld
  
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  October 10, 2007 5:45 AM
  
  Yeah, it's been crazy these past couple of months and I don't think it's going to slow down for some time yet. I'm still awaiting Galaxies, Brawl, and Mass Effect.
  - Gauss
    
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    October 10, 2007 5:46 AM
    
    Sonic in Brawl is O_o Mario vs Sonic vs Snake vs Kirby!
    - razorblade79
      
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      October 10, 2007 5:49 AM
      
      Now they need to put in the master chief and duke
  - hirosushima
    
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    October 10, 2007 5:55 AM
    
    I keep hearing tidbits about Mass Effect and I am growing with excitement.
  - cookblaze
    
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    October 10, 2007 6:08 AM
    
    Brawl was delayed wasn't it?
- -efx-
  
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  October 10, 2007 6:27 AM
  
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