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I refuse to take anyone with a stripper name seriously. Alright gentlemen, coming to the stage now is our next lady, Jade.

people @susurrate: What does a biker game have to do with killing hippies? The only notable death of a hippie at the hands of a biker I recall was at Altamont. Biker's and hippies actually got along for the most part. The had two things in common, weed and acid. As the years went on, the bikers started to barely tolerate the hippies, but rarely did it turn to violence.

Now, if the game was called Ohio National Guardsman, then I could see killing hippies as being part of the gameplay.

@SuperPope: The jaw is Campbell's, but the overall character looks more like Brando in The Wild Ones.

@etchasketchist: This is the bikers of the 60's, not current day bikers. Meth was around, but not nearly the white trash scourge it is today. If done properly, this could be a perfect game adaptation of the Hunter S Thompson book Hell's Angels. I wonder if they'll have Thompson turning on the Angels to LSD at Kesey's ranch. After that, they started selling it which is how drugs became a major business for the Angels. If this game sounds the slight bit interesting to you, I really recommend reading the book. Here's a link to an online copy which is free to read, [www.scribd.com]

How exactly does living in the city look better? Sure, I'd save money on gas moving to the city, but what about all the other higher prices? I'll pay at least $500 more a month on housing, $200 for a parking space, and Cook county's 10.5% sales tax is much higher than Kane County's 7.5%. I'll stay in the suburbs and keep paying $175 a month for a train ticket.

@Ali: Same thing here. I thought the 83mb download size seemed a little small.

If only they put the effort into making the game better instead of trying to pick songs for the soundtrack. But when you have the only NFL game in town, why bother?

[www.gamecareerguide.com] is a link to another interview with this chode. Big surprise he started off as an intern at MTv. He also lists several of the 'bands' which were propelled to stardom because of EA games. In addition to making Avril Lavigne huge in Europe, he credits games for helping this list: Robyn, Mando Diao, Arctic Monkeys, Klaxons, Bloc Party, LCD Soundsystem, Dúné, Tribalista, Go Team, Bullet for My Valentine, The Caesars, Kasabian, Lupe Fiasco, MIA, Wolfmother, Hawthorne Heights. I know these are all on my iPod, how about yours?

In my time at EA, I dealt with the music licensing people plenty of times. They tried forcing Daddy Yankee on me for months because they were on the verge of being huge. While sometimes helpful, their fanatical pushing of shitbox artists was annoying as hell and seemed to border on payola at times.

How is it legal to exclude people from a scholarship based on gender or race? I first noticed this in the financial aid office at Purdue. There were several phone book sized books filled with scholarship opportunities. 90% of these required the applicant to be a woman, a minority, or both. So, because I am vaginally impaired, I get a $78,000 in student loans and the little miss keeper of the cooch gets free money.

Men really get a raw deal sometimes. Too bad we own everything.

Everyone seems to be missing the real story. A rapper dies unexpectedly and there is no talk of East Coast vs. West Coast beefs or the secret police hip hop hit squad being part of the death. Where's the Lone Gunmen when we need them?

"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die." --Mel Brooks

@privatejoker75: I think Pat Healy said it best, "There's this one kid, we call him Mongo on account of he's a mongoloid. He got out of his cage once, so I went out and got him a leash you know, one of those clothesline runners for the backyard. He's got plenty of room out there to dig. The kid's really blossomed. Now I can take him to ball games, movies--you know, happy stuff."

Are we supposed to be impressed this guy wrote the X-Men and X2 screenplay? Did anyone on the panel ask why he ignored over 30 years of great storylines and wrote what he did?

And for the guy wondering why Watchman was being said, this hack writer worked on the Watchmen script. And to think I was looking forward to the movie. Hopefully, he at least read a few of the comics before he wrote this one.

If Jethro Tull could take home the first Heavy Metal grammy, anything is possible.

Yep, anytime sex is traded for gasoline, the terrorists win. Don't we have better things to worry about as a society?

How did any of us survive childhood? Between the fluoride in the water and pervs in raincoats, shouldn't we all be mutated, dead, or molested by now?

Both of these companies have done their part to destroy the economy. The difference is, Wally World has taken much longer and done more deep damage than Cuntrywide. Fact of the matter is, Cuntrywide took advantage of people who should have been smart enough to know they were getting a mortgage that was completely unaffordable. Their victims chose to do business with an obviously unscrupulous company. Wally World's victims on the other hand, made no choice. They were harmed through no fault of their own. Wal-mart drives down wages and drives smaller businesses out.

@GOD: Just because your girlfriend is over educated doesn't mean she has common sense, which is evidently what it takes to understand these horribly confusing pieces of technology. And since when is any degree, regardless of title, in psyche supposed to be impressive? I've known plenty of undergrad, grad, and doctoral level psyche majors and most of them are morons. Hence why psychology is their chosen field of study. Having a PhD in Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology only means she knows how to write papers on people who are messed up in the head.

If the dashboard of any console confuses you, maybe games aren't your bag. Go and get your VCR to stop flashing 12:00 instead.

Reminds me of Chris Rock ordering ribs, How much for one rail?

And yes, buying furniture at Value City is a great idea. If by great idea you mean having to replace whatever you bought in 3 years because it has fallen apart. It's better than thrift store furniture, but not by much.

Have they fixed the feeling of snapping the neck off at any minute? The last one was nice looking, but felt very cheap.

@nyxtom: "He definitely reminds me of Dane Cook."

He would remind me of Dane Cook a lot more if I had already seen this video 5 years ago done by someone with much more talent.

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