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    Image of ZenGaijin ZenGaijin
    08:54 PM

    In reply to Detroit Shopper Gets Cray-Cray When He Can't Return a Console
    I live in Detroit, the biggest surprise is that the police arrived on time after being called to actually prevent something from happening.
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    Image of the7k the7k
    08:51 PM

    In reply to Which Games Made Google's 2009 "Best/Worst Of"?
    That which is popular rarely is good.

    It's something I've said all my life, and I see that the proof is in the pudding.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    08:38 PM

    In reply to Which Games Made Google's 2009 "Best/Worst Of"?
    The most popular "how to" is all kinds of sad.

    The internet cannot teach you how to kiss. Trust me.

    Well not me. A friend. In Canada! A Canadian friend. You don't know him.
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    Image of Vecha: One more Month Vecha: One more Month
    08:36 PM

    In reply to Which Games Made Google's 2009 "Best/Worst Of"?
    Guess the reason for Crossword having such a big hit from October On is from all the college students, like myself, who need something to take our attention away from our final papers...
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    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    08:35 PM

    In reply to Which Games Made Google's 2009 "Best/Worst Of"?
    On a related note, I was checking out if Zoom Player or some other free media player could play region-specific dvds without locking out my drive so I entered "Can you" into google and paused to think a moment how best to phrase the question. The no.3 top search?

    "Can you get pregnant by getting fingered?"

    Oh, how I laughed.

    Anywho, more on topic, It'd be interesting to see the top reasons for these rating so high in searches. At a guess, I'd say Ghostbusters was texture related or release date related. Bakugan was a "What the fuck is this?" search and Twilight was a "Where do I buy this! Is there one of these? Do I get like a free poster or something with the game?" search.
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    Image of hk458 hk458
    08:31 PM

    In reply to Voice of Roxas Tweets Kingdom Hearts PSP Localization
    Square is great at keeping their voice actors consistent, if only they had kept David Boreanaz Squall Leonhart. That man knows how to brood.
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    Image of daneology daneology
    08:28 PM

    In reply to Which Games Made Google's 2009 "Best/Worst Of"?
    Gostbuster? I love to see that gaining interest. That is a name that has been not fully appreciated or explored.
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    Image of alaren alaren
    08:22 PM

    In reply to Merry X-mas: Get The Witcher For $20
    This is not the best price I've seen for The Witcher, but with all the chatter about Dragon Age: Origins lately, I just wanted to throw in my $0.02 that this game is worth picking up even at $20. I enjoyed DA:O but the plot (poison-drinking monster hunters!), the game world, the "choice system," even the alchemy crafting system regularly made me think, "Wow, The Witcher did this so much better."
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    Image of Knoxximus ver. 5.66 Knoxximus ver. 5.66
    08:18 PM

    In reply to Medal of Honor Soldier Evokes Real Afghanistan Warrior
    RawMeat Cowboy? ^_~
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    Image of spiderweb1986 spiderweb1986
    08:17 PM

    In reply to Merry X-mas: Get The Witcher For $20
    After all of the Steam Black Friday sales, $20 feels like a lot for a digital download.

    My rule of thumb has always been that if it's a digital copy, it needs to be cheap - really cheap - for me to give up the peace of mind I get from owning a physical copy.
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    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    08:16 PM

    In reply to Medal of Honor Soldier Evokes Real Afghanistan Warrior
    I hate how cleancut the world is these days. I love having a beard but nowadays it's seen as grubby or bumlike. I demand this stops now. Men like myself and "Cowboy" should have the freedom to grow awesome beards and not be persecuted! A great beard is a sign of a great man!

    Plus, you can stroke them thoughtfully!
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    Image of CapnCourage CapnCourage
    08:22 PM

    @-MasterDex-: Amen, a-freaking-men.

    I'm always saddened when I walk down the street and see nothing but clean-shaven dudes--variety people, c'mon!

    Admittedly, my own facial hair has not matured to the level where it looks any good, but someday. Someday.
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    Image of Chester Coat Sleaves Chester Coat Sleaves
    08:23 PM

    @-MasterDex-: I agree, we are an oppressed people. Perhaps one day the beard wearers of the world will once again live through "the glory days" of openly sporting there man pride upon their faces. Perhaps not, but fuckers like Zach Galifianakis (that's right I copied his name from IMDB) aren't helping our cause. Castro ruined the beard I swear just like Hitler ruined the Charlie Chaplin mustache.
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    Image of Weirdwolf Is Playing With Googlewave! Weirdwolf Is Playing With Googlewave!
    08:26 PM

    @-MasterDex-:

    It only works if you have long hair to go with it though, that way you can pull off the thoughtful seventies rock star/psychopath sizing up his next helpless victim combination that is good for all occasions!
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    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    08:29 PM

    @Weirdwolf Is Playing With Googlewave!: *sniff*

    I cut my long flowing lockes along with my beard just last week! I want my beard back but with short hair....*sniff*...R.I.P. My Beard.
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    Image of Weirdwolf Is Playing With Googlewave! Weirdwolf Is Playing With Googlewave!
    08:42 PM

    @-MasterDex-: You have my deepest sympathy, I had a bit hacked off my hair by my partner a few months ago and so it only just reaches down to the small of my back now!
    She's actually pretty mellow about it as long as I keep the old 'tache trimmed she doesn't care so much about the length of my beard.
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    Image of KiLLeR_friend KiLLeR_friend
    08:54 PM

    @Chester Coat Sleaves: Although I agree that you should beard it up whenever possible (I have one, with long locks of awesome) I disagree that Zach Galifianakis is anything short of a promoter of the beard. Plus he is fucking hilarious. Another guy that is damn near my idol has provided the world with awesome beard action as well: Brian Posehn
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    Image of Weirdwolf Is Playing With Googlewave! Weirdwolf Is Playing With Googlewave!
    08:16 PM

    In reply to I Had One Good Tiger Woods Anecdote (Emphasis On *Had*)
    Are you sure you've got the right zombie game and he wasn't talking about their love of Dead Rising?
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    Image of buddhathing buddhathing
    07:59 PM

    In reply to Reviewing A Game On Their Terms: The Increasingly Prominent "Review Event"
    Loved the article. The more coverage and perspective on the trade-offs involved in balancing ethics and access in reporting on and reviewing games, the better.
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    Image of Ursus-Veritas Ursus-Veritas
    07:51 PM

    In reply to Merry X-mas: Get The Witcher For $20
    You should totally get behind the idea of Advent Calendars, AJ. Mine has The Stig from Top Gear on, and behind each window a Stig fact!

    Some say... that he puts up his Christmas Decorations in July.
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    Image of bleepsndrums bleepsndrums
    07:54 PM

    @Ursus-Veritas: Where did you get that?!
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    Image of Ursus-Veritas Ursus-Veritas
    08:00 PM

    @bleepsndrums: Good old Asda here in blighty. They're everywhere over here! Dunno about America though.
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    Image of One Man Freak Show One Man Freak Show
    08:06 PM

    @Ursus-Veritas: A Stig advent calendar? My sister would flip if she saw that. Do link me to a site that has them for purchase.
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    Image of craigcarter craigcarter
    08:07 PM

    @Ursus-Veritas: looks like its a trip to asda for me :D
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    Ursus-Veritas promoted this comment craigcarter was starred craigcarter was unstarred
    Image of mousearmy mousearmy
    08:13 PM

    @Ursus-Veritas: Asda is the Wal-Mart of the UK. In fact it's owned by Wal-Mart even though it was recently sold and bought by another Wal-Mart company. Useless fact since I doubt Wal-Mart would be stocking a Top-Gear calendar.

    Some say that his heart ticks like a watch, and that he's confused by stairs..
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    Image of Ursus-Veritas Ursus-Veritas
    08:19 PM

    @One Man Freak Show: I can't find them online, other than eBay unfortunatley.
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    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    07:45 PM

    In reply to Merry X-mas: Get The Witcher For $20
    If you don't have this game for PC and enjoy RPGs, pick this up. It's a gem of an RPG and I find it's far too overlooked.

    I'm really looking forward to the second game and I hope CD Projekt can deliver as compelling an experience as they did with this.
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    Image of PoweredByHentai PoweredByHentai
    07:49 PM

    @-MasterDex-: I was just wondering, for the games that are delivered digitally via Steam and/or Direct2Drive, if you bought a game from D2D and you also have a Steam account, would Steam recognize it as a legitimate copy or would it get in a hissy fit?
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    Image of MDog MDog
    08:02 PM

    @-MasterDex-: Completely agree. The Witcher is one of the best RPGs I've played in years, and - if you get your hands on the Enhanced Edition - one of the best value deals you can get. I picked it up for £20, and so that £20 netted me the game (much improved over the first release), one soundtrack CD and another "Inspired by..." CD, the first Witcher short story, and two Making of DVDs. Not bad!
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    syafiqjabar of Mars promoted this comment MDog was starred MDog was unstarred
    Image of syafiqjabar of Mars syafiqjabar of Mars
    08:02 PM

    @PoweredByHentai: Steam only recognise games bought through it as Steam games. That is, it will appear in the 'Community' tab and Steam profile, and update automatically. You can, however, launch any game on your PC through Steam. This will allow you to access the Steam overlay while playing to browse websites or communicate with your friends.
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    Image of Alcoves Alcoves
    08:02 PM

    @PoweredByHentai: I bought Saint's Row 2 during that $5 deal D2D had and it was immediately recognized by Steam once I opened the install file. Dunno if that's the standard though.
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    08:05 PM

    @syafiqjabar of Mars: I've only ever bought one game from D2D (woo for £5 sales) and it installed in Steam.
    So I can now run it just like any normal Steam bought game.
    So its not always the case with D2D games that they will be their own thing.
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    Image of CCAF drlard CCAF drlard
    08:09 PM

    @-MasterDex-: this is a great game, and for the 10 bucks i paid - it's a real gem!

    i'll be buying the sequel as soon as it is released
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    -MasterDex- promoted this comment CCAF drlard was starred CCAF drlard was unstarred
    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    08:14 PM

    @MDog: The great thing is that if you don't get the enhanced edition, you can still get everything from the enhanced edition. I got the game before the Enhanced Edition was released and I thought "Feck it! I should have waited" but found that out! It's really cool they did that.

    @syafiqjabar of Mars: There are certain games, especially newer games that can be added to Steam even if you bought the game through retail. Unreal Tournament 3 is an example. It doesn't require steam whatsoever but I was able to activate my key on Steam and download and patch it via Steam.
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    Image of syafiqjabar of Mars syafiqjabar of Mars
    08:19 PM

    @Alcoves: Some games are added to Steam even if you buy them at retail. Any Valve games do this, but also others like Saint's Row 2, Modern Warfare 2 and Dawn of War 2.

    Some retail games that have CD keys can have the CD key activated through Steam, so you have a physical copy and a downloadable one.
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    Image of syafiqjabar of Mars syafiqjabar of Mars
    08:21 PM

    @deanbmmv: With Modern Warfare 2 not being sold through other download services (they do not want to support their competitor), maybe after this only retail and Steam games are registered in Steam.
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    Image of darktrooper2112 darktrooper2112
    08:25 PM

    @syafiqjabar of Mars: It will recognize any retail games that are listed on [support.steampowered.com]
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