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January 25, 2008 5:45 AM

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So once again we find ourselves at the weekend. Bust out your party hats if you haven't already, I just had a new tassel put on mine. I've got our latest sweepstake up, check it out if you like free stuff courtest of 2k Games. So what are you guys playing this weekend? If you're looking to coordinate some of that gaming online, Gamewith.us is a pretty handy service by our own ThomW.

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January 25, 2008 5:46 AM

So what are you guys playing this weekend? Have all your games and friend codes up at http://www.gamewith.us?
- chazums
  
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  January 25, 2008 5:49 AM
  
  I'm playing house. Stupid DIY :(
- PapaBoo
  
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  January 25, 2008 5:49 AM
  
  Half Life (still)
  - geedeck
    
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    January 25, 2008 5:51 AM
    
    You should setup a webcam on a 2nd pc to look over your shoulder, and a ventrilo voip server so that 50 shackers can backseat drive. It'd be awesome.
    - Maddog_Delphi97
      
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      January 25, 2008 5:52 AM
      
      "HIT THAT HEAD CRAB WITH A CROWBAR!!"
    - PapaBoo
      
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      January 25, 2008 5:56 AM
      
      ventrilo wut?
      - geedeck
        
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        January 25, 2008 6:32 AM
        
        It's a multiperson voice over IP service
  - Rasnowl
    
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    January 25, 2008 5:52 AM
    
    I'm thinking I might start Half-Life 2. I finished Half-Life last year, maybe it's time to move on.
    - onji
      
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      January 25, 2008 6:24 AM
      
      oh man, do it
  - jonin
    
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    January 25, 2008 6:08 AM
    
    Man I envy you, I wish I could play Half Life and Half Life 2 again for the first time.
- jrock
  
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  January 25, 2008 5:49 AM
  
  CoD4, if I get some time, to finish the last few headshot challenges.
- even4
  
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  January 25, 2008 5:50 AM
  
  Mass Effect and Assasin's Creed
  - Haxim
    
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    January 25, 2008 7:50 AM
    
    I hope you stocked up on extra lotion/tissues for Mass Effect...
- lacker
  
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  January 25, 2008 5:50 AM
  
  team fortress 2!
- boomdeath
  
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  January 25, 2008 5:51 AM
  
  The Witcher
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  January 25, 2008 5:51 AM
  
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- moe6
  
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  January 25, 2008 5:52 AM
  
  probably more oblivion... a little. I don't have a good computer :'(.
- A Sponge
  
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  January 25, 2008 5:52 AM
  
  Peggle until the Shack wakes up, then Team Fortress 2.
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  January 25, 2008 5:52 AM
  
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    January 25, 2008 5:53 AM
    
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    - painangel
      
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      January 25, 2008 6:05 AM
      
      I bet having us spout off game names is kick ass for the search engine rankings lol.
- Jonathan
  
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  January 25, 2008 5:53 AM
  
  I'm playing the great game known as WORK! :( Oh and driving to Fort Lauderdale... for work.
- voodooraze
  
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  January 25, 2008 5:53 AM
  
  The Witcher and Oblivion.
- yellowtexan
  
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  January 25, 2008 5:54 AM
  
  All portables for me. New Super Mario Bros, Elite Beat Agents, and Final Fantasy Tactics PSP remake. Maybe, a little single player Civ4 action.
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  January 25, 2008 5:56 AM
  
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    January 25, 2008 5:57 AM
    
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  January 25, 2008 5:58 AM
  
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- nomaad
  
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  January 25, 2008 5:59 AM
  
  Burnout Paradise awwww yeah
- dirge23
  
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  January 25, 2008 5:59 AM
  
  Oblivion. Finally got into Shivering Isles.
  - agentlead
    
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    January 25, 2008 10:28 AM
    
    such a great expansion for such a great game..it was like a whole new game with that expansion
- samduhman
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:02 AM
  
  World of Warcraft and Witcher are the current plans.
- helvetica
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:02 AM
  
  Phoenix Wright yet again! I'm on the fourth case, which I believe is the last one.
  - dirge23
    
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    January 25, 2008 6:04 AM
    
    I just finished the first real case (Stolen Turnabout) in Trials and Tribulations and I thought it was great.
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      January 25, 2008 6:13 AM
      
      That's my favorite first case out of all the Phoenix Wright games. The writing in this game is really great, Maya's comments at times had me laughing!
- smax
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:04 AM
  
  TF2, CIV IV:BTS, and Witcher+Mythos if I have times :((
  - smax
    
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    January 25, 2008 6:08 AM
    
    the commercial for the new Advance Wars makes me wants a Nintendo DS :(
- Fyunch Click
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:05 AM
  
  the new Advance Wars and Burnout Paradise.
- topkatz
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:06 AM
  
  I think I'm going to pick up Mx vs ATV. I dug on the demo, and got a BB gift card.
- Wolfanoz
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:07 AM
  
  WoW, C&C 3, CoD4 - PC
  Uncharted, Ninja Gaiden - PS3
  College Basketball 2K7 - 360
- Fyunch Click
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:08 AM
  
  btw, while pimping Thomw's site is excellent, he is still having host problems and is getting lots of errors still.
- MatthewPhillips
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:08 AM
  
  Finishing PoP: Sands Of Time (3rd playthrough) and slogging my way through GTA: Vice City Stories (the GTA gameplay is there, it's just not that interesting yet).
  - FormerHPB
    
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    January 25, 2008 6:10 AM
    
    I lvoed Vice City Stories. Are you playing it on the PSP or PS2? That's still probably the game that has the most playtime on my PSP. Did you get to the robot mission yet? THat one was lols.
    - MatthewPhillips
      
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      January 25, 2008 6:20 AM
      
      PS2, and not at the "robot" (?) mission yet.
      
      I just finished the mission "Hose The Hoes" (where you steal a fire truck and try to put out the fire in a nearby building that has prostitutes.) I had to restart the game because of a controller bug, and I made it a few more missions past this the first time.
      
      So far it is my least fave GTA game. But I remember GTA: Liberty City Stories also starting off realllllly slow.
      
      After this I am restarting Bully . Now that is a fun open world game.
      - FormerHPB
        
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        January 25, 2008 6:28 AM
        
        I think you are still pretty early in the game. I think the missions definintely get a lot more fun. Been quite a while since I played that game though. I beat the game and had just about every property under my control though. I had pretyt much unlimited cash at that point. Plus one hideout you unlock has a sweet mode of transportation there for your use. Just take control of some real estate so you have tons of cash and you'll be set with weapons in the game easy.
        
        MatthewPhillips
        
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        January 25, 2008 6:36 AM
        
        I forget, did you ever play Scarface? Because it's pretty awesome. I finishing it twice in the first few months that it came out.
        
        FormerHPB
        
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        January 25, 2008 6:45 AM
        
        I did not. Did you play it on the PSP? If it was good on that, I'd probably pick it up.
        
        MatthewPhillips
        
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        January 25, 2008 6:53 AM
        
        Nope, the XBOX
        
        FormerHPB
        
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        January 25, 2008 6:55 AM
        
        :( I am going away on vaca in about a month so a new game for the PSP would be perfect.
- FormerHPB
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:09 AM
  
  COD4 as usual, and maybe some Ass Creed and NHL08. Tonight I might get some play time on the PSP with PUrsuit Force or I might go see Cloverfield by myself while waiting for my daughter at her 2 hour gymnastics class.
- Pittst3r
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:19 AM
  
  Team Fortress 2
- changejar419
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:19 AM
  
  WoW and The Witcher.
- AMikaboshi
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:20 AM
  
  AW & TF2
- c_man_tmt
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:31 AM
  
  I might pick up No More Heroes if I have time.
- smoove
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:32 AM
  
  Slowly making my way through Painkiller and hope to start Mythos soon.
- scottythejock
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:32 AM
  
  Stalker :D it looks like bleeding pus on my rig tho!
- GodZilly
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:46 AM
  
  Metroid Prime 3 I believe. I started it, guess I should finish it before I start another game.
- baron calamity
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:48 AM
  
  Hopefully the "build the new computer" game if all my parts show up. If not, I'll probably start up Hitman Contracts.
- omontero
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:49 AM
  
  COD4, Peggle Deluxe, N game (the flash ninja game)
- pandastrong
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:53 AM
  
  Burnout Paradise. One of the better Live games I've ever played.
  - Degenerate
    
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    January 25, 2008 7:09 AM
    
    totally. While I was excited about the game I was also worried because of some of the gameplay decisions they made. It's really exceeded my expectations.
    - pandastrong
      
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      January 25, 2008 7:47 AM
      
      those co-op challenges were a great idea.
- Vantage
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:57 AM
  
  Warlords II
  
  ON MY PHONE
  
  OH YES!!!
  - Phearsome
    
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    January 25, 2008 8:44 AM
    
    tell me more about this.
    - Vantage
      
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      January 25, 2008 4:23 PM
      
      There's a mobile version of Warlords II for Pocket PC
      
      http://www.ppcstudios.com/warlords2prod.shtml
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  January 25, 2008 6:59 AM
  
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- baronzemo78
  
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  January 25, 2008 6:59 AM
  
  Hopefully finish Assassins Creed, maybe a little Burnout Paradise, and finally install some PC games, maybe Thief 3, or Hitman Blood Money.
- tashtego
  
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  January 25, 2008 7:00 AM
  
  gamewith.us is still broken =(
- Koed
  
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  January 25, 2008 7:05 AM
  
  Call of Duty 4 with the guys.. some of us have plans to play Team Fortress 2 because we haven't played it for a while. We all agree it's more fun than Cod4 :)
  I'll be playing the Witchter (came in my mailbox today) and World in Conflict.
  
  Looks I'm playing all the 2007 classics.. come on 2008!
- cookblaze
  
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  January 25, 2008 7:05 AM
  
  Roooooooooockkkk Band!
  Burnout Paradise and CoD2
- Rauol Duke
  
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  January 25, 2008 7:22 AM
  
  I was going to finish up CoD4 and play some Rock Band but my 360 reverted to it's pre-towel trick ways last night and I'm shipping it off today. >:(
  - FormerHPB
    
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    January 25, 2008 7:28 AM
    
    :( I think I sent you an invite for COD4 last night even...
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  January 25, 2008 7:32 AM
  
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- mmogger
  
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  January 25, 2008 7:38 AM
  
  going to try to get some more time in on TF2 and stop sucking. Maybe I'll venture onto the shack servers. Adventure!
- Deathlove
  
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  January 25, 2008 7:39 AM
  
  Burnout Paradise, Rock Band, and Super Mario Galaxy.
  - Degenerate
    
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    January 25, 2008 7:47 AM
    
    'sup "exact same weekend planned" buddy?
- skizl
  
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  January 25, 2008 7:43 AM
  
  Finishing Phantom Hourglass, probably. Speaking of DS, do I have to put my router on WEP to connect this thing to wireless? Seems kinda antiquated and I might as well just turn off security all the way if that's the case. Oh, also may play some WoW and will definitely play some Quake. :D
- Haxim
  
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  January 25, 2008 7:52 AM
  
  Rock Band, and maybe I'll finally get around to trying this CoD4 multiplayer thing. I mean I've only had it for about a month now...
- maldoror
  
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  January 25, 2008 8:07 AM
  
  TF2 + Eve
- Koral06
  
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  January 25, 2008 8:14 AM
  
  Mario Galaxy! I just started it and that game is so awesome. If only the damn lag on my wii would go away. :(
- bigblack
  
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  January 25, 2008 8:16 AM
  
  Mass Effect and ET:QW
- mittense
  
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  January 25, 2008 8:18 AM
  
  Burnout Paradise and Team Fortress 2. YAY.
- TreMetal
  
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  January 25, 2008 8:23 AM
  
  All Pro Football 2k8, Burnout Paradise, TF2
  - Sylvanus
    
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    January 25, 2008 9:22 AM
    
    Yeah, APF 2K8 too. :)
- pointyelbows
  
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  January 25, 2008 8:27 AM
  
  WoW, Guitar Hero 2, Rock Band, maybe some Simpsons
- megarust32
  
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  January 25, 2008 8:47 AM
  
  I'll probably only play TF2. Right when this tournament was rolling around, I was starting to feel a little burnt out on TF2, so I started up some other games. I feel a little shoddy now, so I'm probably going to keep it limited to TF2 until this is over.
- Begawkiness
  
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  January 25, 2008 8:48 AM
  
  Company of Heroes, Mass Effect, Burnout 3 (not Paradise)
- My Documents
  
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  January 25, 2008 8:49 AM
  
  Days of Ruin, TF2, GH3, Peggle challenges, etc. A little bit of everything since we're rained in. :[
- melt_core
  
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  January 25, 2008 8:51 AM
  
  Probably Heroes of Might and Magic V, as my brother in law wants to go 1on1 sometimes soon..
- mwasher
  
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  January 25, 2008 9:05 AM
  
  Call of Duty 4, dude.
- Sylvanus
  
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  January 25, 2008 9:13 AM
  
  Mass FREAKING Effect :)
  - mikecyb
    
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    January 25, 2008 10:40 AM
    
    popping in the ol' sex simulator, eh?
    - ESPNman321
      
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      January 25, 2008 4:01 PM
      
      That's some of the most ridiculous stuff I've ever seen, too bad they got rid of the amazon spam :(
- tomservo
  
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  January 25, 2008 9:15 AM
  
  Tetris. Hopefully some S.T.A.L.K.E.R. too! It's time to finish this bad boy and play the patched version plz
  
  Oh and maybe The Witcher demo finally hahaha
- duncandun
  
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  January 25, 2008 9:30 AM
  
  TF2 and heres to hoping for a COD4 PC shackbattle lol
- Syixxs
  
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  January 25, 2008 9:31 AM
  
  You know, I think I'm going to play some Lost Planet multi-player this weekend, along with ArmA.
- NFXFSX
  
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  January 25, 2008 9:34 AM
  
  Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, Mount&Blade, and Oblivion.
- paroxym
  
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  January 25, 2008 9:44 AM
  
  Burnout Paradise, Mass Erect, TF2 and GoShoppingAtIkeaWithTheGfForShitWeDontNeed
- mechanicalgrape
  
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  January 25, 2008 9:44 AM
  
  Finishing up God of War II hopefully.
- jedi_27
  
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  January 25, 2008 10:28 AM
  
  WOW
- FushigiDenki
  
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  January 25, 2008 10:32 AM
  
  I'm going to play Wii Sports with Mike Huckabee
- kevp
  
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  January 25, 2008 10:40 AM
  
  Hopefully, I will finally beat Bioshock. I started over and I'm rescuing this time. Haven't turned it on in weeks until this past weekend.
- excessus
  
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  January 25, 2008 10:42 AM
  
  Q3A but with colored Ranger skins a la Quake1 if I can fookin find them!
- Boxelder
  
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  January 25, 2008 10:43 AM
  
  Burnout, Endless Ocean, Jeanne D'Arc, Advance Wars and maybe some Warhawk. Long weekend with nothing to do.
- Phearsome
  
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  January 25, 2008 10:46 AM
  
  Maybe some Dwarf Fortress, Bioshock, or halo3, but mostly making sure the dog is recovering from surgery ok.
- jasoncrowley
  
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  January 25, 2008 10:46 AM
  
  starting with HL1 now, finishing with HL2:EP2 later this weekend, and everything else in between. <3
- Damodred
  
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  January 25, 2008 10:49 AM
  
  New PC ordering game, Assassin's Creed and some WoW. X-Com, maybe.
- ESPNman321
  
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  January 25, 2008 4:01 PM
  
  Definitely some Burnout, and perhaps a little CoD4 if I get bored.
- Jayx77
  
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  January 25, 2008 4:07 PM
  
  nothing on the fucking PC as its fucked up again.
  
  http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16095157
- Dynotaku
  
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  January 25, 2008 4:13 PM
  
  COD4 PC
- Serpico74
  
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  January 25, 2008 4:26 PM
  
  Advance Wars: Days Of Ruin and TF2
- Sneeb
  
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  January 25, 2008 4:26 PM
  
  Probably a lot of TF2 and possibly a little HL2
- great-white
  
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  January 25, 2008 4:33 PM
  
  Mario Galaxy. Just finished Mass Effect, woot. Great game.
  
  Oh, and more Rock Band drum practice.