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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/08/09

    In reply to Trials Dev Pirated Its Own Game to Drive Interest
    Didn't they used to call these things "free demos"? #trials
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    Image of Nâ—ŹGage Croal Nâ—ŹGage Croal
    11/06/09

    In reply to Trials Dev Pirated Its Own Game to Drive Interest
    That's really clever. "Leak" their own game... but have it limited. It removes the need for someone else to spread the full version of the game, and still allows people to pirate it. #trials
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    Image of Cpryd001 Cpryd001
    11/06/09

    @Nâ—ŹGage Croal: I read how Arkham Asylum for the PC was gimped to thwart piraters. So, you can play but you lose the ability to glide, or reach certain areas. So in reality, you couldn't beat the game. I think that's an awesome way to cater to those who want an extended demo and have a habit of torrenting. #trials
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    Image of Nâ—ŹGage Croal Nâ—ŹGage Croal
    11/06/09

    @Cpryd001:
    That was already patched, from what I've heard. #trials
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    Image of Cpryd001 Cpryd001
    11/07/09

    @Nâ—ŹGage Croal: It was patched day 1 for consumers. The whole plan was to stop the pirates. And I just checked the torrent sites, and looks like those pirates are still forced to use the gimped version. I see torrents for the 1.01 patch, but it looks awfully shady. #trials
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    Image of Neko_Tech Neko_Tech
    11/07/09

    @Nâ—ŹGage Croal: This stunt reminds me of this RvB PSA episode. #trials
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    11/06/09

    In reply to Trials Dev Pirated Its Own Game to Drive Interest
    Hooray for latching onto the 'Try before you buy' group.
    Finally a developer that realise Piracy is a fact and unstoppable force, and if its there, may as well use it.
    EA, while not actively doing it themselves, did do simialr with Sims 3, with a neutered copy going on the torrents.
    Be interesting if any more dev's took a simialr approach. #trials
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    Image of Culebra Culebra
    11/06/09

    In reply to Trials Dev Pirated Its Own Game to Drive Interest
    Creative, actually.

    Trials is one hard ass game, one of the few games to really just bend you over and unapologeticly have it's way with you.

    Cruel, sometimes.

    Love it. #trials
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    Image of QualityJeverage QualityJeverage
    11/06/09

    In reply to Trials Dev Pirated Its Own Game to Drive Interest
    That's...pretty kinda cool actually...I feel all weird about this. #trials
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    Image of Tyber_Zann Tyber_Zann
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot
    Nothing will beat the actual intro to the game itself. I watch that and get pumped up every time.

    I did like the twitching hand at the end, though. Nice touch. #left4dead2
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    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot
    I tried the demo, and it was...ok. Didn't hate it, didn't love it. Some of the new items are neat, and some of the new special infected are interesting (although the jockey doesn't seem to be much of a threat). I cannot stand the music in the game, though. It's a horrible mess. The new characters still haven't won me over, either, except for maybe Nick. #left4dead2
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    Image of DrowningInMercy DrowningInMercy
    11/04/09

    @Mister Jack commands 1000 prinnies!: The new characters are terrible...I actually liked all the old characters...except maybe Louis...but now we have 3 Louises! It's an outrage! Ellis is so fucking stupid...he annoys me and all of my friends. He's like....super hick. The thing that made me hate him in the first place is his first line in the intro video. "Kill all sons of bitches. That's my offishal insthructions" And then the conversation about eating head or whatever in the demo...just no. #left4dead2
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    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    11/04/09

    @DrowningInMercy: Out of all four characters, Ellis is the one I hate the most. I'm not surprised, though. I knew as soon as I looked at him that he was going to be a douche bag. #left4dead2
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    Image of Rozeros Rozeros
    11/04/09

    @Mister Jack commands 1000 prinnies!: Eh... I've been in a couple of games where the Jockey has made the shit hit the fan. #left4dead2
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    Image of lostpuppies lostpuppies
    11/04/09

    @Mister Jack commands 1000 prinnies!: The music is actually my favorite part of the game. I live in Hattiesburg, Mississippi though, which is only an hour and a half from New Orleans and being able to recognize the sounds and sites from NO is pretty neat. The music is a very nice change of pace and fits the atmosphere perfectly. However, I suppose if you're not from around here and can be a little too twangy ;P.

    If you're from the South (I can't speak for all of us), I think Ellis isn't as bad as he sounds. For all of us here, he's hilarious. We all know someone like him. The only character I don't like is the girl, because she seems so plain, personality wise. Coach and Nick are pretty cool though. #left4dead2
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    Image of Luke Plunkett Luke Plunkett
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot
    Hah, Clutch, brilliant #left4dead2
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    Image of Ackers thanks Brian Ashcraft Ackers thanks Brian Ashcraft
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot
    Is it me or does the Kotaku player take AGES to load videos?

    It may be my slow Internet but youtube and other videos from other players load quicker.

    I am happy to wait but it would be nice to play the video all the way through and not have to stop half way through to pause it, wait for it to load and play again. #left4dead2
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot
    That just kicked me in the face with Awesome. #left4dead2
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    Image of dowingba dowingba
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot
    I read the title as "Second Life 4 Dead" and was truly and utterly horrified. #left4dead2
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    Image of Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition ([k]) Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition ([k])
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot
    Hell yeah Clutch! I saw them on my birthday. They're awesome live :D #left4dead2
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    Image of VenomIreland VenomIreland
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot
    Awesome. #left4dead2
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    Image of Invisible-Echidna Invisible-Echidna
    10/24/09

    In reply to PlayStation 3 Wins The Console Ad War With A Little Montage
    Love the commercial, but, a little late on a post for it. Eh, Kotaku? :P #playstation3
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    Image of Torokun Torokun
    10/24/09

    In reply to PlayStation 3 Wins The Console Ad War With A Little Montage
    Kevin should lead Sony's press conference from now on.

    In those wig. #playstation3
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