Very good things! *keep it clean* (big images)

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by TiE23

Very good thing: Deleted the god-awful Crysis Demo thread.

ORLY?

[BongoBob]

****er, you beat me to it!

[Darth Groovy]

Words cannot describe how amazing this is. The frame rate, the graphics, the Single player campaign, the online multi-player. All top notch. Finally a new game I am absolutely addicted too. I played this from about 8pm, to 4am. CRAZY!

[BongoBob]

I must rent that game. I was absolutely addicted to the Multiplayer beta. Leveling up was as addictive on there as it was on WoW except more twitchy kill and less grindtastic questing

[Commander Obi-Wan]

Blasted 360!! I have the money to get it, just not the Xbox.

Otherwise, more "on-topic"...umm, I went to see American Gangster for free (work). Great movie, I must say. And ah, staff event yesterday, played some "lasertag" and yeah. Life would be great with my 360. Yeah, it's sad.

[TiE23]

I didn't pre-order CoD4 but I'll try some other stores tomorrow to see if I can get it.

Anyway, my HDTV arrived today, a day early. And my "The cake is a liar" T-shirts came, also. So I'm happy.

[jon_hill987]

I got myself a replacement for my RAZR V3.

[Commander Obi-Wan]

Today, I received my Cincinnati Bengals fleece that came with the subscription to Sports Illustrated. So far, I've received two issues.

[jebbers]

Originally Posted by Darth Groovy

Words cannot describe how amazing this is. The frame rate, the graphics, the Single player campaign, the online multi-player. All top notch. Finally a new game I am absolutely addicted too. I played this from about 8pm, to 4am. CRAZY!

I picked this up for the PS3 and I am in pure amazement! It's so good I want to call in sick tomorrow just to play it!

[Pie™]

CD+DVD, found it in the local record store's bargain bin for 10$ (which is cheap compared to other CDs here). Hell yeah.

[TiE23]

Originally Posted by Darth Groovy

Words cannot describe how amazing this is. The frame rate, the graphics, the Single player campaign, the online multi-player. All top notch. Finally a new game I am absolutely addicted too. I played this from about 8pm, to 4am. CRAZY!

Got it for 360 and it's a crap load of fun. I think I found my new MP game- better than Halo 3, better than R6 Vegas. It's seriously an awesome game. And it's fun because it's a lot like CoD1 MP on the PC. I kicked ass at that game and I'm kicking ass in CoD4- I got a 14 kill streak already. And last night I had 4 rounds in a row on a 12 player room where I was the MVP.

[jebbers]

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE CoD4:MW
ENDING SPOILERS AHEAD!

spoiler:

What's with the airplane 'mini-game' at the end?

EDIT-

Cheats spoiler

spoiler:

THE FIRST 4 ARE THE LAMEST CHEATS I HAVE EVER SEEN.

2 intels - COD Noir cheat (black and white mode)
4 intels - Photo-negative cheat (inverts colors)
6 intels - Super contrast cheat (gamma over-correction)
8 intels - Ragtime Warfare cheat (as above with quickened gameplay & SFX)

NOT EXACTLY MY CUP OF TEA AND NOT WORTH MY TIME TO GO AND FIND ALL 30 LAPTOPS. [/RANT]

[Jeff]

But I think I need to return it, the whammy bar is really loose. If I don't hold it while I'm playing then it falls to pointing straight down.

[BongoBob]

That sucks. I was at a gamestop the day after it came out, and this lady was on the phone with the regional manager, saying how she had to defect out 3 copies of the game because it had the guitar, but no game in the box.

[TiE23]

I finished the CoD4 single player on Hardened difficulty (extra 90 points, woot!) after a massive marathon from around 9pm to 2:30am. There were some real places that totally kicked my ass over and over and over.

Somethings, spoilers I guess...

spoiler:

Hard parts in chronological order as I remember:
-Getting into the barn when the helicopter is flying around delivering death to you.
-The TV Station control room, total chaos for 90 seconds.
-Breaking into houses to find Al-Asad.
-Escaping from the assassination, the first section in the streets.
-Escaping from the assassination, carrying around MacMillian.
-Waiting for the copter, holy sh*t was that the hardest thing I've ever done, ever! (Hint: go behind the bumper cars thing, MacMillian is practically/is invincible, wait for the copter and shoot anyone who gets near.)
-The massive shoot-out at the barn.
-Going the hell back down, running for my life and dodging bullet spray.
-For some reason, Act III was a cake walk for me until we got to the missile base. I guess because there was plenty of cover and only so many soldiers at any time.
-Almost all of the missile base underground.
-The hardest single part by far was the 'maze' through the launch tubes. Holy hell, that 40 second section took me over half an hour to get through.

Essentially, this game is tough. Enemies constantly respawn and cause chaos for you. For an analogy, most of the time it's like a thunderstorm of bullets. The enemies never stop shooting, ever. And since it only takes a second or two of fire to get killed, it really sucks. The dudes don't pause for no reason shooting, and most of the time they will just peg you. Once they have a shot at you, they don't stop firing.

Cool ****:
-The whole cargo ship thing was the best first impression on a game, ever.
-The nuclear explosion and the crawling out the wreckage. Sorta sad and depressing.
-The sneaking around Chernobyl. STALKER should have been more like this.
-The One Shot Sniper kill. My bullet was funny, it curved to the left and at the last moment veered back, just barely hitting him in the face.
-Shooting the heli pilot and seeing one of the most M-Rating deserved thing in this game.
-The helicopter crashing down in front of you, and MacMillian barely avoiding disaster.
-Scaring a bunch of dogs in a pool I had no idea were there, and accidentally getting them to kill a patrol outside.
-Cornering the blue-track clothes wearing dude on top of the roof, holy crap. He shot himself, can you shoot his knees or something before he does? I guess he'd just fall to his death, though.
-The CoD series staple car chase at the end.
-Griggs getting hit at the end.
-Taking that evil dude the **** out.

[leXX]

[TiE23]

Bankruptcy much?

[acdcfanbill]

wtf, R1 of BSG Season 3 isnt going to be out until next year...

[leXX]

Originally Posted by TiE23

Bankruptcy much?

Not as much as you'd think. I wasn't gonna get the iPhone when I heard it was tied to a contract, but it turns out to be quite a good deal. £270 for the phone with 200 minutes and texts free and month, plus unlimited data for £35 a month. I was spending more than that on my pay-as-you-go. As for the iPhone itself, set it up with no problems whatsoever, and after having a couple of days to play with it, I gotta say it's pretty damn awesome.

Bill, that sux =/ Season 3 isn't as good as 1 & 2 imo, but having to wait that much longer than us is ridiculous.

[ET Warrior]

I really thought season 3 was right up there with season 2, and am very distraught that you already have it on DVD =(

[coupes.]

I just bought The Orange Box tonight after work. I was atually looking to buy Mario Galaxy, but they didn't have it yet...



I can't wait to play TF2... this game look like so much fun !

[Pie™]

[milo]

Just dl'd Chaotic's Maphack for Warcraft III from a friend - works like a charm, even in ladder games :3

[MrWally]

Originally Posted by milo

Just dl'd Chaotic's Maphack for Warcraft III from a friend - works like a charm, even in ladder games :3

What on earth is a Maphack?

I've heard people refer to it so many times, but I never actually found out.



Why have I been playing WC3 for years yet still utterly confused by what this actually is?

[milo]

Originally Posted by MrWally

What on earth is a Maphack?

I've heard people refer to it so many times, but I never actually found out.



Why have I been playing WC3 for years yet still utterly confused by what this actually is?

http://www.answers.com/topic/maphack?cat=technology

This particular hack I downloaded does three things:

1. At the beginning of the game puts all 5 peons on gold, queue's up two more at your town hall, and auto-selects one of the starting peons so you can build an altar or whatever. It does it all at once the instant the game starts, so you waste no time with idle peons 'n crap.

2. Reveals your opponents location and details such as skills learned on their heroes, units queued up at barracks, etc.

3. Gives you the option to disconnect in AT games, which will count as a tie instead of a loss on your record, letting you achieve 100% win ratio.

Of course it will be useless when the next patch comes out in December. D:

[BongoBob]

To milo:


Very good news, Patch 2.3 finally went live for WoW today.
Slightly bad news, I'm not done Battlegrounding it up for PvP reward gear.
More good news, because I both heal and DPS for my team, the shapeshifting changes for druids will make things much easier for me.

[MrWally]

Originally Posted by milo

http://www.answers.com/topic/maphack?cat=technology

This particular hack I downloaded does three things:

1. At the beginning of the game puts all 5 peons on gold, queue's up two more at your town hall, and auto-selects one of the starting peons so you can build an altar or whatever. It does it all at once the instant the game starts, so you waste no time with idle peons 'n crap.

2. Reveals your opponents location and details such as skills learned on their heroes, units queued up at barracks, etc.

3. Gives you the option to disconnect in AT games, which will count as a tie instead of a loss on your record, letting you achieve 100% win ratio.

Of course it will be useless when the next patch comes out in December. D:

Oh. So you're a cheater.

I maintain a positive playing record legitimately


Honestly though, it does sound like a lot of fun just to abuse the hell out of your opponents.

[Pie™]

Bought 5 movies from the Kubrick Collection:

Lolita
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
The Shining
Eyes Wide Shut

Already have Spartacus, Dr. Strangelove, and Full Metal Jacket, which means my collection will soon be complete.

[milo]

Originally Posted by MrWally

Oh. So you're a cheater.

Now I am. :S

Originally Posted by MrWally

I maintain a positive playing record legitimately

Honestly though, it does sound like a lot of fun just to abuse the hell out of your opponents.

It's fun if you're playing against noobs, but experienced players usually catch on after you creepjack them for the tenth time in a row and proceed to bombard you with whispers of "fuk u noob im sending this replay to blizzard support."

[RoxStar]

I really like it. 107 USD and I'm using the 150 that I saved for a mac :3

[Anthony]

Got all my PC parts.

Put the thing together, and after some heating issues (8800GTX OC= flaming ****ing hot)

everything works ****ing awesome.

I can play the Crysis demo on 100% very high settings at 1280x1024

[Ratmjedi]

I've been playing it since I've gotten home and it's so fun. My eyes are bloodshot from playing COD4 and now they're even worse. They should of spread out releases throughout the year instead of bunching alot of good games in 2 months.

[TiE23]

Originally Posted by Ratmjedi

Yeah yeah. I don't know why like, 1 out of 4 reviewers had sticks in their bums giving Assassin's Creed 7s and 8s while everyone else is handing out 9s and 9.5s - but from my 4 hours gaming spree so far this game has been a hell of a lot of fun. The free-running mechanics is incredibly fluid and solid and it's a whole lot of fun. It's like what Skate. did for skateboarding games, the movement is incredible.

I don't get why people don't like the fighting AI, yeah sure- guys don't attack you while you're obviously open, but they're still dangerous, if you get beat into a corner you'll really start to take a licking and will have to run for your life.

The most fun thing is grabbing people and throwing people off high places. The counters are extremely cool looking, the fighting is a hell of a lot of fun. The story is really cool, and the big twist of the game is revealed within the first few minutes of the game, and I've got to say it's really cool.

For the levels there are some invisible walls, but they're just a way to keep you out of places until you've progressed more through the story. This game is so great.

[Darth Groovy]

Originally Posted by Ratmjedi

They should of spread out releases throughout the year instead of bunching alot of good games in 2 months.

Quoted for emphasis. We had a pretty dull summer for video games. Now, all the crap I reserved is coming out every day, and I can't afford it all. I have run out of crap to trade in. All these developers want to take advantage of the holidays, but what they fail to realize, is that when there is THIS much stuff to pick from, we scrutinize even more, and find us trying to talk ourselves out of buying this stuff.

Picked these up last weekend:



I am a dork and I love the FEAR games. I like what I played so far. Many people don't and the FEAR buzz has probably worn off, but I still enjoy it.



I adore the Silent Hill games ever since I first discovered Silent Hill on PSONE. They are so creep, cool, and just fun to play. This one is no exception to the rule. Truly another landmark in the chapter of Silent Hill. Good controls, outstanding sound....great graphics, and awesome story!



I picked up this tonight:



So far seemed an awful lot like CoD4, but I guess that game has spoiled us now. The achievements are fun, and the Havoc engine makes it worth while. This one is a hell of a lot gorier than CoD4. Overall I like it. I am a sucker for shooters...

[tyrone333]

Just got Battlefront RS for my psp bad graphics but the mutiplayer is fun the Create
a guy it's mad worth getting

[Samuel Dravis]

<3

[acdcfanbill]

whee, finally got that new AC/DC DVD set, there is some nice and some not so nice footage on it, but a gem for sure.


Picked up the first Death Wish too, I already had 2-4 since Bronson is a badass.


Lastly, a very cheesy movie from the 80s about kids on roller skates in the desert who save the post apocalyptic world

[Sam Fisher]

^White Zune(It was $100 less than retail...yay)


^TunePower (Only because it wasn't for $60 like usual.)


^Because like... who hasn't?

[Darth Groovy]

I just got a ticket to the last ever Ministry show.

[BongoBob]

Halo 3 after 7 bud lights is fun as hell.

That is all.