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Old Jan 24, 2014 | 07:08 AM
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True and true. I'm thinking rage quitting will be confused with when you just yacked your Red Bull and Doritos everywhere.
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Old Jan 24, 2014 | 08:39 AM
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Old Jan 24, 2014 | 10:15 AM
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you guys been following Oculus Rift VR at all? it's supposed to be like, a "finally" in terms of VR gaming and experience. I feel like I'll try it.

http://www.oculusvr.com/

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Old Feb 19, 2014 | 10:27 PM
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Old Feb 20, 2014 | 07:07 AM
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That's crazy
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Old Feb 20, 2014 | 08:15 AM
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LOL pretty accurate, actually. I see several of my favorite game series in there, although I'm not sure I'd agree 100% with the path that led to all of them.
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Old Feb 20, 2014 | 04:57 PM
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Old Mar 7, 2014 | 10:00 AM
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Old Mar 8, 2014 | 01:19 AM
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I was considering Need for Speed Rivals for PC.......... but the reviews turned me away...

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Old Mar 8, 2014 | 01:22 AM
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^ It got decent reviews...?

http://www.metacritic.com/game/plays...r-speed-rivals
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Old Mar 8, 2014 | 01:36 AM
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wanted to get it for PC. for the graphics. but I guess the PC port ain't so hot

I forgot its also on PS4. maybe I will get that
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Old Mar 8, 2014 | 12:28 PM
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I have it on the PS4. It's not bad. Not great either.
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Old Mar 8, 2014 | 02:01 PM
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Sounds like Gamefly or Redbox is the only way to make a decision whether to buy it or not.
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Old Mar 8, 2014 | 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by srika
you guys been following Oculus Rift VR at all? it's supposed to be like, a "finally" in terms of VR gaming and experience. I feel like I'll try it.

http://www.oculusvr.com/

Best of CES 2014: Oculus Rift 'Crystal Cove' Prototype | Engadget - YouTube
I heard of this a few times. Virtual boy comes into mind and I dunno if it will work
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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 12:36 AM
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The Halo universe is surprisingly deep and detailed. It is also one of my favorites, up there with Mass Effect and Star Wars.

Just stumbled upon this and it gave me a lot of nostalgia. I need to catch up on the Halo books.


Spartans never die. They're only MIA. the feels
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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 12:43 AM
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and actually, after reading some *surprisingly* insightful Youtube comments, a lot of people are mad about Halo 4's story. Though not as bad as Mass Effect 3, apparently. I never played Halo beyond 3, but was going to borrow ODST, Reach, and Halo 4 from a coworker just to see how the story goes.

Without spoilers of course... is it really that bad?
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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 07:55 AM
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I hope they make a live action movie based on the series.
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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 10:25 AM
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Wasn't one shelved?
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Old Apr 16, 2014 | 12:37 PM
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I only found out recently that the PS4 installs the entire game onto the hard drive, when you put a new disc in. I had previously thought it only copies certain portions of it to speed up game loading, but that the main content stays on the disc. So like for Ghosts, the install size on the hard drive is 32GB. This means you can only play maybe 10-12 full titles on a PS4, with its 500GB drive. I just think that is pretty dumb. Also I'm mad because if I knew about this, I would have bought NFS Rivals on a digital download so I don't have to bother with the disc. (And then I could have just left Ghosts in the PS4 since that's what I play mostly).

Am I comprehending this right?
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Old Apr 16, 2014 | 12:40 PM
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It's the same way with the Xbox One. I have Battlefield 4, NBA 2K14, Forza 5, and a few apps installed and I have 247.8GB free.
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Old Apr 18, 2014 | 03:24 PM
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worn out, to say the least!

I've had this controller for about 6 years now. The padding long since fell off the joy sticks, but it wasn't till a few days ago that I realized why the joy sticks were cause me to walk into walls and randomly look at the ground.

Both of them look like this..... That is not a round hole my friends, it's elliptical now. Plastic rubbing on plastic, wow! 6yrs or roughly 100,000 kills.
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Old Apr 25, 2014 | 07:58 PM
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Man, they don't make controllers like they used to I still have Playstation (1) and N64 controllers that are in good shape. In fact my SNES and NES controllers are in even better shape, but they don't count since they don't have analog sticks.
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Old Sep 4, 2014 | 12:18 PM
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Old Sep 4, 2014 | 01:23 PM
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She's definitely evolved. Chest size? Not so much, right?
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Old Sep 4, 2014 | 01:31 PM
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I wonder if Angelina is upset its not her face or if shes like THANK GOD!
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Old Sep 4, 2014 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by usdmJON
I wonder if Angelina is upset its not her face or if shes like THANK GOD!
I'm glad it's not
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Old Sep 5, 2014 | 07:02 AM
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Thank God it's not since she didn't get paid.
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Old Sep 5, 2014 | 04:22 PM
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So, who's getting the XB1 next week, for the free game?

Thinking of picking up the Madden Edition, and Destiny.

2 free games? Seems like a good deal to me!
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Old Sep 8, 2014 | 04:53 PM
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Got an email from Newegg on Saturday night. Free Destiny with purchase of regular XB1. Deal ends at 11:59 Sunday night.

After I found out that Target wouldn't include Destiny in this week's promo, and the Madden Edition sold out on both Newegg and Amazon, I took the deal. Thanks, PayPal!

My 18 y/o will be excited! I spoiled him with this video game thing since he was 10.
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Old Sep 9, 2014 | 07:19 PM
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Note to everyone: Do not buy from Gamebreakerz (yeah, with a Z). I decided to do the half-noble thing and buy a game from a small business. Big mistake. About a week after I ordered it, the game still hadn't shipped. So I called them and they strung me along for about another week, telling me "Once we get it from our distribution center, we'll ship it to you. Should be here next Monday." So by the end of the day on Tuesday, it still hadn't shipped. Called them again and they said "We cannot get this item in stock, so we'll refund your money."

So not only did they waste about 2 weeks of my time, but they waited until I questioned them about my order before they stepped up and gave me my refund If I bought from Gamestop I'd have the game right now. So what, is this karma or something?





But on the bright side, it seems to have dropped in price by $10 while this all happened, so I guess it's good.
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Old Sep 10, 2014 | 10:44 AM
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Agreed. I only buy though slickdeals' unofficially approved vendors. I did order a used PS3 Dualshock for $14 shipped and promptly got it a week later from an Amazon fulfilled seller. Seems to work alright.
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Old Sep 15, 2014 | 08:02 PM
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And the ironic thing is that I got the game from Amazon 2 days after I ordered it... I don't have Prime and it was free shipping

btw the game was Tales of Xillia 2. I still have to finish the first one on my 2nd playthrough before I can play the sequel
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Old Sep 15, 2014 | 09:38 PM
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Lol haven't finished milla's story yet
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Old Sep 15, 2014 | 11:15 PM
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Same here. I thought it was kind of odd and counter-intuitive that they separate the two stories yet in each story you do get to see things that the character you chose shouldn't have been able to see. Like in Milla's story you see scenes that Milla wouldn't have been able to see, and likewise with Jude.
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Old Sep 16, 2014 | 11:09 AM
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lmfaooooooooooo

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Old Sep 16, 2014 | 11:28 AM
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Same here. I thought it was kind of odd and counter-intuitive that they separate the two stories yet in each story you do get to see things that the character you chose shouldn't have been able to see. Like in Milla's story you see scenes that Milla wouldn't have been able to see, and likewise with Jude.
Yeah. i thought it was kinda odd. i was so used to using Jude that when i had a chance to switch to jude in Milla's story i did lol .
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Old Sep 27, 2014 | 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Rapture
Note to everyone: Do not buy from Gamebreakerz (yeah, with a Z). I decided to do the half-noble thing and buy a game from a small business. Big mistake. About a week after I ordered it, the game still hadn't shipped. So I called them and they strung me along for about another week, telling me "Once we get it from our distribution center, we'll ship it to you. Should be here next Monday." So by the end of the day on Tuesday, it still hadn't shipped. Called them again and they said "We cannot get this item in stock, so we'll refund your money."

So not only did they waste about 2 weeks of my time, but they waited until I questioned them about my order before they stepped up and gave me my refund If I bought from Gamestop I'd have the game right now. So what, is this karma or something?





But on the bright side, it seems to have dropped in price by $10 while this all happened, so I guess it's good.
Update! Almost 3 weeks after they refunded my money, I get this:





I'm on the fence between ignoring it and replying with something like "No, I bought it from a more professional business for a cheaper price (Amazon!)"
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Old Nov 27, 2014 | 04:23 PM
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Xbox live gold 12 months(card), $39.99 at Newegg.com. Don't know how long sale's gonna last.
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Old Nov 28, 2014 | 05:05 PM
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Update! Almost 3 weeks after they refunded my money, I get this:





I'm on the fence between ignoring it and replying with something like "No, I bought it from a more professional business for a cheaper price (Amazon!)"
did you reply to it?
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Old Dec 2, 2014 | 08:38 PM
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No I didn't. I guess I felt it would be redundant to tell them I'm permanently taking my business elsewhere. Would have been funny to hear their response, though.
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