Morning Discussion

Howdy Shackers, hows your weekend looking? Fabulous? Fantastic. The ever intrepid Aaron brings hands on experience to the long awaited Super Smash Brothers Brawl, and it sounds like I'm going to buy it. Because I was going to anyway, but I went from being sure, to double sure. Also, Nick brings you another installation of the Replay Couch, with it's plethora of video that covers a wide array of games and genres so give it a look.

And given the day, I should ask what are you guys playing this weekend? Also, Faylor. :(

From The Chatty
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    March 7, 2008 7:24 AM

    So what are you lads and lasses playing this weekend?

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      March 7, 2008 7:25 AM

      NHL 08, Burnout Paradise, and Half-Life

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      March 7, 2008 7:25 AM

      Hint, as of sunday, SSBB is the only answer :D

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        March 7, 2008 7:28 AM

        theres two incredibly ugly kids with lawn chairs sitting by themselves outside best buy right now. i feel sorry for them. why not break out the lawn chair on say.. i dunno, saturday

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          March 7, 2008 7:29 AM

          I would love to see people try this around here, as a big storm is coming. They'd literally be frozen and snowed over.

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      March 7, 2008 7:25 AM

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      March 7, 2008 7:25 AM

      D&D tonight, hopefully finish Leisure Suit Larry Magna Cum Laude. Horrible, horrible game but I'm almost done and it has digital boobies. Also trainer FTW.

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        March 7, 2008 7:26 AM

        My son, play 1-7 to be forgiven. Otherwise may thee burn in hell.

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          March 7, 2008 7:31 AM

          Do they even run on modern computers? And I would like to play them.

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            March 7, 2008 7:34 AM

            Dosbox plays them all perfectly, even 7. Without any major configs either, just leave everything on auto and away you go. The problem is hunting them down, since the Vugames collection is incomplete (no speech larry 6, no larry 7) and the original collection is mighty expensive.

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      March 7, 2008 7:25 AM

      chess. lots of chess. I have become rather addicted to it over at chess.com. it's free btw...

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      March 7, 2008 7:26 AM

      Crimson Skies, God of War PSP

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        March 7, 2008 7:31 AM

        Which Crimson Skies? I loved the original one on the PC. They really need to continue that series.

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      March 7, 2008 7:26 AM

      CoH, TF2 and Ratchet and Clank for the PS3.

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      March 7, 2008 7:27 AM

      World of MOTHERFUCKING Warcraft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      March 7, 2008 7:27 AM

      QuakeWorld co-op with another shacker on the other side of the country. EZQuake is awesome :D

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      March 7, 2008 7:27 AM

      Probably some Halo 3, some COD4 on PC, PGR4, and maybe some others I have lying around. And TF2, of course.

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      March 7, 2008 7:27 AM

      Runaway (just bought it on steam), Apollo Justice and with any luck Smash Bros Brawl.

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      March 7, 2008 7:27 AM

      World of Warcraft, RA3/Q3a, and perhaps a smidgen of TF2

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      March 7, 2008 7:27 AM

      bully, pgr4

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      March 7, 2008 7:27 AM

      go get the kids from school and get home in bad weather. Now with 45% more panicked drivers!

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      March 7, 2008 7:28 AM

      Eye of Judgment along with Apollo Justice. I'm iffy about the writing for Justice, it's not as funny as the last one, and there are spelling errors to boot. Still, I'm only in the very early stages of the game.

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        March 7, 2008 7:32 AM

        I'm on the third case, seems good to me. Theres even a nod to the original games with the "step ladder" arguement. :D One thing I didn't like about the second case -

        Having to check the trash twice. What the fuck was that about? Thats a big adventure gaming no no. I never searching for hours only to realize I was supposed to check a spot again after recieving an important item already.

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      March 7, 2008 7:28 AM

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      March 7, 2008 7:29 AM

      It's all about EVE

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      March 7, 2008 7:29 AM

      God of War: Chains of Olympus, Bully, Ratchet & Clank Future, Army of Two, and Lego Star Wras.

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      March 7, 2008 7:29 AM

      Titan Quest, Tetris, Final DOOM

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      March 7, 2008 7:30 AM

      Civ IV and ET:QW.

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        March 7, 2008 7:33 AM

        On this note, are people still trying to get together a Pitboss game of Civ4?

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      March 7, 2008 7:30 AM

      Earthbound because I'll be in Ohio with cell phone internet. :( I WAS going to play Smash Bros on Sunday.

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      March 7, 2008 7:30 AM

      COH:OF, Shadow Magik, Jedi Knight II (avec mods) maybe some UT3.

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      March 7, 2008 7:30 AM

      World of Warcraft - Fgt is going to score his mount tonight.

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        March 7, 2008 7:37 AM

        After weeks of mercilessly beating peons (lol booterang) - I got the Onyx Nether Drake Mount last night.

        http://www.wowwiki.com/Netherdrake fucking sweeeeeeeet.

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          March 7, 2008 7:40 AM

          Grats. That is a sexy dragon.

          I quit my shiny orc (http://home.wanadoo.nl/neessen/KAMIIORC.jpg) early october last year. He had sexy mounts too. Resubbed (damn you ressurection scroll) + rerolled (Gnome Warlock named Fgt) two weeks ago and again Blizzard managed to fuck me up (lvl 40 in 2 weeks yay). GodDAMNit.

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          March 7, 2008 7:41 AM

          Grats. Those are teh sex

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          March 7, 2008 7:48 AM

          i STILL dont even know how/ where to start that quest

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            March 7, 2008 8:20 AM

            The starting guy (Mordenai) is walking around in Shadowmoon Valley in the south-eastern area. He gives you the starting quest and it ends up being about 7 or 8 very easy quests (first 7 quests no groups, just single stuff). Then for the final quest, you'll need to get 3 or 4 ppl and put the beatdown on some dude in that adjacent castle in lower Shadowmoon Valley. Completing these few quests will get you from hated to neutral with the Netherwing Faction.

            Then you fly out to that adjacent island to the south and go nuts. They give you about 6 or 7 daily quests. All pay 12 gold and give 250, 350 and some 500 rep. It's actually kinda fun but got to be a grind toward the end getting to exalted.

            http://www.wowwiki.com/Netherwing

            The whole thing, from Mordenai to the badass Nether Drake took me about 3 weeks playing a few hours each night.

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          March 7, 2008 8:10 AM

          Nice job Phil

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          March 7, 2008 8:32 AM

          Fuck that. I got to neutral with Netherwing and cannot be fucking bothered at all to even reach friendly, those quests are the most unbelievable long grind in WoW. I'll take my Space Stingray and be done thanks. :(

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            March 7, 2008 8:33 AM

            Oh, grats though dude, don't mean to sound an ass, but yeah, not for me.

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              March 7, 2008 9:06 AM

              haha np. I didn't really think it was bad. You make a 120 gold a day plus about 3,500 rep. I skin those Flayers in the mines and make a shitload of cash on the auction house from their leather too. But yeah, I'm done with that area for a while. Mainly because my pc can't take the graphics. The crystals and shit just wig out my system something fierce. Flying around looking for 20 peons who are fucking off at work, makes my box cry.

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        March 7, 2008 7:38 AM

        Come back to Eve! I got my domi last night.

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          March 7, 2008 7:43 AM

          Most likely won't. My account is up for grabs for a fellow Shacker, btw.
          Free experience, Domii and Isk. :)

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            March 7, 2008 8:30 AM

            Just contract it to me in-game. I'll make sure that the ISK goes to newbs and the domi goes to someone in ILTC.

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              March 7, 2008 8:31 AM

              I didn't hit reply yet! That is if someone doesn't take you up on the offer.

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                March 7, 2008 10:19 AM

                Gametime ran out. So can't log in anymore. It is either the account or nothing. :-)

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      March 7, 2008 7:31 AM

      Episode 2, Civ4:BTS, The Show, Patapon, MLB2K8 oh god oh god :O

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      March 7, 2008 7:32 AM

      Eve, TF2, and Dragon Quest: Swords

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      March 7, 2008 7:32 AM

      I'm thinking about picking up Shiren the Wanderer, which is a DS rogue-like. Here's the 1up review, which is pretty positive: http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3166800&p=39

      I love roguelikes, and I'll probably enjoy this one as long as it isn't too crazy.

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      March 7, 2008 7:33 AM

      Probably some more of Episode II (I'm hopefully soon to be out of this godawful mine with all the damn antlions) and a generous helping of ET:QW online. Do I have to play on ranked servers in order to increase stats and get unlockables? How does that whole thing work when compared to playing on the shack servers?


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      March 7, 2008 7:33 AM

      Final Fantasy Tactics, God of War on PSP. then MUTHAFUCKIN SMASH BROTHERS

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        March 7, 2008 7:35 AM

        This PSP talk reminded me that I have Jeanne D'Arc to play! :D

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          March 7, 2008 7:35 AM

          I'm on the last battle of Jeanne D'Arc and can't make myself finish it. It's such a boring battle so far. It should have ended the round before.

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            March 7, 2008 7:36 AM

            I haven't even had a chance to start the game yet. Is it good except for that battle?

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              March 7, 2008 7:36 AM

              Yeah. It's not as good as Final Fantasy Tactics or Disgaea but it's still very good.

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          March 7, 2008 7:50 AM

          I've got Jeanne D'Arc as well, but FFT... man. Such a great game still. No time for Jeanne!

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        March 7, 2008 7:40 AM

        I plan to pick up smash brothers, although I have tons of other crap to do this weekend.

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      March 7, 2008 7:34 AM

      working night shift today, so some crappy flash game probably. then on saturday I'll be playing a bit of titan quest or mythos, as the mood strikes me, and on sunday I'll either be playing the one I omitted on saturday or I'll be giving more guitar lessons.

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      March 7, 2008 7:34 AM

      Some Oblivion on PS3

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      March 7, 2008 7:34 AM

      Titan Quest, TF2, probably continue my adventures into the Earth Cave in Final Fantasy!!

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      March 7, 2008 7:34 AM

      CIS 10 Homework, and how to go from the C chord to the G/D7/E minor chords.

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      March 7, 2008 7:35 AM

      Well GC2, probably a bit of Iron Storm(nostalgic) and of course WoW.

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      March 7, 2008 7:36 AM

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        March 7, 2008 7:37 AM

        I'm hearing not-so-good stories about the beta (ofc. compared to WoW). Is there anything your can share (feelings, emotions, cock) to give an impress on how this game is doing right now?

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          March 7, 2008 7:44 AM

          NDA It's getting better, slowly, but surely.

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          March 7, 2008 7:46 AM

          They are very strict on the NDA front sadly so no sharing possible :(

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            March 7, 2008 7:59 AM

            not if you shack message me and then i post what you say!

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          March 7, 2008 8:00 AM

          If it is anything like the DAoC Beta it will be horrible yet stable then steadily get better and better while still remaining very stable.

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        March 7, 2008 8:08 AM

        How did you get in?

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      March 7, 2008 7:37 AM

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      March 7, 2008 7:38 AM

      I bought No More Heroes last night. I've never played a game where you can actually fill the entire room you're in with spraying blood. Holy shit. So there will be much more of that this weekend.

      On Saturday, I'm going over to my friends house where a bunch of people will all play non-traditional board games, like Munchkin Bites.

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        March 7, 2008 6:11 PM

        Half-Life One and Guild Wars. I picked Eye of the North for $10.

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      March 7, 2008 7:38 AM

      Dark Messiah! This game is awesome, not sure how I missed it when it came out.

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      March 7, 2008 7:40 AM

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      March 7, 2008 7:40 AM

      I've had the urge to go through Doom 2 again.

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      March 7, 2008 7:42 AM

      oh I'm sure Army of Two, WoW, CoD4... Orange Box, might go back and finally play RS: Vegas 1

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      March 7, 2008 7:42 AM

      PW4, and hopefully SSBB.

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      March 7, 2008 7:42 AM

      Army of Two and Bully

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        March 7, 2008 8:17 AM

        good luck on bully. fucking broken

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          March 7, 2008 8:20 AM

          i didnt run into any issues last night with it, aside from framerate. i only put about an hour into it though.

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            March 7, 2008 9:34 AM

            save often if you can. my gf played it for about an hour with no crashes then a couple hours after i played it for 30 minutes and it froze during a fight. i'm done with this game till it's fixed because with you only being able to save at a save point, i'm going to lose a lot of progress when it keeps crashing

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              March 7, 2008 10:05 AM

              actually if you check the main page it looks like if you run into trouble too much, you can wait for the fix next week

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      March 7, 2008 7:42 AM

      COD4 and maybe some COD3 or Assassin's Creed. Also hopefully redeem my self and kick papaboo's ass at NHL08.

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      March 7, 2008 7:43 AM

      I think I'm gonna bust out my Gamecube and play some SuperMario Sunshine and RE4.

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      March 7, 2008 7:44 AM

      Shovel the Driveway. Brought to you by Mother Nature.

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      March 7, 2008 7:48 AM

      Rock Band and Condemned 2 if I can find it early.

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        March 7, 2008 8:00 AM

        Did you get Mass Effect back yet because I finished Assassin's Creed and can return it. Though I really should be studying this weekend.

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      March 7, 2008 7:51 AM

      Visual Studio! \m/

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        March 7, 2008 6:31 PM

        Stupid Job won't let me get a free copy of VS 2k8.

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      March 7, 2008 7:58 AM

      i may pick up Oblivion for 360 since I only got to borrow it for a few days before. Or possibly S.T.A.L.K.E.R if my computer will run it decently. Also, Lost Odyssey is peaking my interest, so maybe that.

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      March 7, 2008 8:01 AM

      Witcher! I just finished act 2. What a awesome game.

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      March 7, 2008 8:04 AM

      Lost Odyssey, Burnout Paradise and some N+

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      March 7, 2008 8:09 AM

      May dust off TF2 for a round or two, haven't played for a week or so. Also looking to play some more Lost Odyssey and some MLB08 The Show.

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      March 7, 2008 8:09 AM

      Army of Two, Crash of the Titans (it is fun!) and of course, WoW.

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      March 7, 2008 8:10 AM

      Bioshock to push the new video card, some ArmA with ShackTac, and more of my Medieval II campaign.

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      March 7, 2008 8:12 AM

      peegle :[

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      March 7, 2008 8:16 AM

      Find a new apartment! It's a great game where your landlord, claiming "rising property values" raises your rent to the cost of a cheap house, and you have to find a new place to live.

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      March 7, 2008 8:22 AM

      Oblivion, Witcher, Crysis, CoD4, TF2, NWN2....pretty much whatever strikes my fancy.

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      March 7, 2008 8:25 AM

      Keep going in STALKER. I just downloaded the endurance mod so now I can carry more than 3 guns and a piece of bread.

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      March 7, 2008 8:27 AM

      I should have a good internet connection for the next week so I'm going to hook up the 360 online and get my NHL08 and COD4 on! For just a week, then it's back to singleplayer :(

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      March 7, 2008 8:29 AM

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      March 7, 2008 8:31 AM

      phoenix wright 3, the third case is hard. First time i ever got stuck in these games

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      March 7, 2008 8:31 AM

      WoW. Hopefully a bit of Mario Galaxy, Metroid and Army of Two as well.

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      March 7, 2008 8:31 AM

      I'm going to catch up on the TF2 I've been slacking off and missing.

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        March 7, 2008 8:50 AM

        Oh yeah and I rented COD4 so I'd better play that some, too.

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      March 7, 2008 8:33 AM

      ETQW, maybe some Titan's Quest in remembrance, maybe pic up my old NWN2 game and finish.

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      March 7, 2008 8:35 AM

      CoD4 and Warhammer online

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      March 7, 2008 8:40 AM

      Dawn of War Soulstorm


      Sisters! Fight for glory!

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      March 7, 2008 8:44 AM

      Maybe some EoJ and on sunday ... SUPER SMASH TIME

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      March 7, 2008 8:45 AM

      TF2

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      March 7, 2008 8:50 AM

      The Waiting Game. Waiting for my GH3 replacement disc, my 8800GT to arrive, and SSBB. :[

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      March 7, 2008 9:07 AM

      Rented DMC4 for xbox360

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      March 7, 2008 9:08 AM

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      March 7, 2008 9:15 AM

      God of War (the first one) I'm late to the party but holy fuck this game is serious rock business.

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      March 7, 2008 9:21 AM

      i have waited forever to say this SUPER SMASH BROTHERS BRAWL

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        March 7, 2008 9:59 AM

        they called me today saying that mine will definitely be ready so that means they have it in the store right now. I have to wait until Sunday.

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        March 7, 2008 10:20 AM

        HOoRaY MiDNiGhT LaUncH...but, I don't know if I'll actually be getting it at midnight. Someone else will be though and that's all that matters.

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      March 7, 2008 9:22 AM

      God of War (Psp)
      Bully (360)
      World of Warcraft (PC)

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      March 7, 2008 9:23 AM

      Hellgate London

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      March 7, 2008 9:31 AM

      Army of Two, TF2, APF 2K8

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      March 7, 2008 9:33 AM

      bioshock and oblivion on the 360

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      March 7, 2008 9:33 AM

      Wipeout Pulse, Patapon, God of War PSP

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      March 7, 2008 9:41 AM

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      March 7, 2008 9:51 AM

      Crysis.

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      March 7, 2008 9:52 AM

      CoD4, just started my first prestige. Also lots of drinking and seeing Michael Beasely play basketball.

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      March 7, 2008 10:02 AM

      ugh maybe i'll finish army of two

      i played to pretty much the end in one sitting with some goon then he had to go

      ugh

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      March 7, 2008 10:03 AM

      Threewave as soon as it's finished installing.

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      March 7, 2008 10:05 AM

      Whatever I can on Dreamcast. Kickin' it oldschool.

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      March 7, 2008 10:15 AM

      The Witcher. FUCK this is a great game.

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      March 7, 2008 10:15 AM

      Resident Evil 4 as part of my scary game acclimatisation. I just began chapter 2 and am having a blast. The atmosphere is really enjoyable and any scares are mild but things are creepy enough to keep me on edge. Great fun. Though I have not played with a gamepad since Mario Kart 64 so I am still wrestling with it all a bit.

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      March 7, 2008 10:17 AM

      Person 3! I want to complete this great JRPG before Person 3: FES is released late next month.

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      March 7, 2008 10:18 AM

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      March 7, 2008 10:21 AM

      lost odyssey, COD4, and maybe some QW:ET

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      March 7, 2008 10:25 AM

      ET:QW - believe the hype, by it now and Shackbattle on Tuesday! Look for Rydogg's announcement!

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      March 7, 2008 10:25 AM

      LFS S2

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        March 7, 2008 10:27 AM

        I wish I could get good at this game. Even with my g25 I still suck :(

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      March 7, 2008 10:30 AM

      warcraft : (


      and TF2!

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      March 7, 2008 10:35 AM

      Super Smash Brothers Brawl! Also doing a LAN party tomorrow so we'll be playing tons of computer games.

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      March 7, 2008 10:36 AM

      TF2, WoW, and SSBB.

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      March 7, 2008 10:37 AM

      after 2 ridiculous weeks at work, I'm going to get back into Final Fantasy 7

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      March 7, 2008 10:39 AM

      frontlines, army of two, & lost odyssey 360 and God of War PSP.

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      March 7, 2008 10:41 AM

      I've got X3 coming in the mail. only $8 at Amazon.com

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      March 7, 2008 10:42 AM

      twister!

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      March 7, 2008 11:13 AM

      I hope to at least finish the original NWN2 content before smash bros brawl arrives.

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      March 7, 2008 11:18 AM

      Probably mostly GH3... we finally have two guitars. And then Smash Bros if anyone has it (I never preorder).

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      March 7, 2008 11:30 AM

      Phantom Brave

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      March 7, 2008 11:33 AM

      tf2, titan quest: immortal throne.

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      March 7, 2008 11:36 AM

      Egregious amounts of Geometry Wars.

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      March 7, 2008 11:49 AM

      Starcraft and Diablo II!

      I've been buying up tons of old Blizzard games and RPG recently, all the big ones I never played.

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      March 7, 2008 5:36 PM

      Lost Odyssey

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      March 7, 2008 5:37 PM

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      March 7, 2008 5:38 PM

      Diablo 2.

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      March 7, 2008 5:40 PM

      Civ IV: BTS, and Warhammer 40K: Soulstorm.

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      March 7, 2008 5:40 PM

      Urban Dead and Ikariam, since I've switched to a Mac....

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      March 7, 2008 5:43 PM

      Accounting Intermediate with the fabulous microeconomics add-on and maybe the mission pack : securities analysis

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      March 7, 2008 5:57 PM

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      March 7, 2008 6:11 PM

      Half-Life One and Guild Wars. I picked Eye of the North for $10.

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      March 7, 2008 6:13 PM

      Hopefully some Titan Quest!

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      March 7, 2008 6:14 PM

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      March 7, 2008 6:18 PM

      Playing Super Smash Bros Melee in preparation for Brawl.

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      March 7, 2008 6:35 PM

      Swallow your SoulStorm and probably Pokemon Diamond, Advanced Wars:DoR ,and maybe some Fantasy Wars. Oh yeah, Flash 8

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      March 7, 2008 6:35 PM

      Dark Forces - User made levels. <3 Dos Box.

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      March 7, 2008 6:45 PM

      Donkey Dong

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      March 7, 2008 6:51 PM

      Fly XC Part II: Electric Snow-Covered Boogaloo

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      March 7, 2008 6:55 PM

      Ep2, TF2, Quake 3, Audiosurf (who just got a new 8800GT?)

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      March 7, 2008 6:57 PM

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