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e30b27 — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:57:34 MDT

Check out that system built into the rock wall, impressive!

e30b27

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Xul — Sun, 18 May 2008 23:50:20 MDT

@ShaggE: Yeah years ago I saw a kid playing in an arcade in Vegas and he only had a palm. No fingers or thumb on one had. He was pretty good too.

Xul

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Chiriko57 — Sun, 18 May 2008 21:40:58 MDT

Well, if there's an NES there, you might get to use a controller that doesn't require thumbs. Like... like uh...

Oh! The U-Force!!!

Oh wait -- if you find a U-Force, you MUST be in hell. That thing was worse than shit.

Chiriko57

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dumanue — Sun, 18 May 2008 11:48:54 MDT

Wii especially needs thumbs...

dumanue

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archos — Sun, 18 May 2008 07:48:25 MDT

Thats why the Nintendo Wii got invented. :-)

archos

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Klayonic — Sun, 18 May 2008 06:15:21 MDT

Don't need thumbs to play Amplitude. I'm good.

Klayonic

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Ignatius — Sun, 18 May 2008 05:38:50 MDT

@Fbu:

Hell, you don't even need brains to play WoW.

Ignatius

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Foxstar Sixtail — Sun, 18 May 2008 04:55:17 MDT

@Sailorcancer:Troll harder, please.

Gaming hell for me would be no games.

Foxstar Sixtail

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onikuwagata — Sun, 18 May 2008 03:19:06 MDT

I can say with confidence that the other thing that gamers enjoy, doesn't absolutely require opposable thumbs.

onikuwagata

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Pugnate — Sun, 18 May 2008 02:29:04 MDT

The devil was smart by not having a high end PC there; you can play PC games without thumbs. :P

Pugnate

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Mike918 — Sat, 17 May 2008 22:42:15 MDT

Guitar hero?...it would be hard as hell but not impossible...the drums of rock band comes to my mind too.

Mike918

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pandafresh — Sat, 17 May 2008 22:10:31 MDT

"Think of another thing gamers enjoy that requires opposable thumbs."

...putting my thumbs down as i scream "this is my house bitch! you ass is done now!" in friends face as were playing some multiplayer game?

pandafresh

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cjlopez — Sat, 17 May 2008 20:23:07 MDT

So, if I ever my thumbs choped down, 'll just adapt to a new form of using the controlls, that's what is marvelloues of humen beigns, we can adapt!!!!

cjlopez

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Atheist Jew — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:56:22 MDT

Hey, Owen!

The Intellivision was awesome, and you know it! Just ask famous person George Plimpton!

Atheist Jew

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man in gauze is king ramses II, actually — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:06:24 MDT

It's hell because there's no gaming PCs in that picture.

Yes, Starcraft II is out ("...any game you want"). No, you can't play it, thumbs or no thumbs. I would tear off my big toes and graft them to my hands if I was in that situation.

man in gauze is king ramses II, actually

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Xcite79 — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:50:46 MDT

I thought before how horrible it would be to loose a hand or arm. It would be extremely horrible.

Xcite79

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cybereality — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:45:04 MDT

Thats nothing, I broke my wrist once and had to game with one hand and my knee. I got pretty good at it, I was beating people up in soul calibur! With one arm! Now thats hardcore!!!

cybereality

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Kitty — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:41:03 MDT

Love the image. Heh... I bet that guy with the thumb for a penis in the Sony advertisement stole them.

Kitty

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The-Simpsons-Rule!! — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:25:11 MDT

@batdrox: Maybe he has a thumb for a penis and likes to show it off?

The-Simpsons-Rule!!

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relic1980 — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:23:39 MDT

@batdrox: Maybe the devil's a free swinger o_O.

relic1980

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batdrox — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:04:56 MDT

why does satan have no pants?

batdrox

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Mav — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:58:24 MDT

Cartoonist. Cartoonist hell. Dammit.

Mav

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Mav — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:57:50 MDT

Having to draw crap like that for eternity: cartoon hell.

Mav

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Chewbenator — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:55:11 MDT

I think the real problem here is that he doesn't have a gaming PC, sure you couldn't put in spaces or jump, but you could still play WoW.

Chewbenator

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TheCleaningGuy — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:53:42 MDT

I'd be fine with that hell, for the most part...
Nearly every arcade fighting game and brawler ever made would be playable! Except for Virtual On, I couldn't dash.
Maybe I couldn't last an eternity without that game...

TheCleaningGuy

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scarecrow — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:41:52 MDT

asshole

scarecrow

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KamuZ — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:35:26 MDT

@MaxS: *gasp* i tried before posting and i couldn't do it, guess it depends on the coin and skills which i lack :P

KamuZ

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ggodo — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:03:54 MDT

@Inzoum: You mean you don't look like that?

Darn, you just destroyed my entire image of you.

ggodo

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kingme — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:03:40 MDT

Video Gaming, the only real thing that seperates us with the animals!! that and posable thumbs!! OH NO!!!

kingme

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Zerbrecher — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:00:58 MDT

Hmm, no one seems to have mentioned the pantsless Devil...
"You don't like my games!? I've got something else you could play!!"

Zerbrecher

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SaanZ — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:00:29 MDT

I have actually played without thumbs... alot of people have... thumbs werent truly needed until the thumbstick and even then Ive seen someone without a thumb get around it pretty easily..

now what would suck is unlimited string cheese without thumbs... and i mean every kind of cheese you can think of in string cheese form... but you can never peel it... you have to munch..

*shivers*

SaanZ

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sweet_n_low — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:55:23 MDT

ahem... girl gamers don't need no thumbs for that second activity either ;)

sweet_n_low

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ewewew — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:35:29 MDT

eh? you can play arcade sticks without having thumbs

ewewew

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if_deez — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:23:52 MDT

gamers hell would be all systems, but the only game he has to play is kane and lynch

if_deez

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GamerBunny — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:20:25 MDT

Without thumbs, the DS is still totally doable ... just put a little pointer on your finger ... but a Wii without thumbs? I dunno, man ...

GamerBunny

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bayonetblue — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:08:22 MDT

Is that a Sega Game Gear?

bayonetblue

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t3hOutlaw — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:00:15 MDT

No thumbs!?

I've had a hypoplastic right thumb all my life. Using my index finger is all I know!

t3hOutlaw

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bauer19 — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:59:53 MDT

www.gamershell.com

bauer19

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William Killer Shatner — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:50:34 MDT

@Inzoum: Dude.... *Facepalm* I guess somethings are completely lost on people....

William Killer Shatner

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Psychomax — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:32:39 MDT

Pheh, when I broke my right thumb I just trained myself to play Gameboy with my index finger! And it was Superstar saga, too! This guy can manage.

Psychomax

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Inzoum — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:32:21 MDT

There are so many things wrong with this drawing... Except for whatever's playing on the TV (and the fact it's a 16:9 LCD TV), everything in there is tainted with video game misconceptions from the 90s... Wires comming out from behind a console?? seriously, any industrial designer would know the only thing that would do is reduce cord lengths... not gonna talk about the arcade cabinet colors and stickers... As for Pac-man on the leftmost screen, well, it's an old timewaster, games have evolved into much much more than that.

Although the joke is fun, the image is poorly rendered... probably from someone who thinks gamers look/act like this:

[www.wagnerur.hu]

Inzoum

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thesycophant — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:29:59 MDT

If I couldn't pull a plum out of my Christmas pie, indeed, that would be the worst form of damnation.

thesycophant

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MaxS — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:24:24 MDT

@KamuZ: I just did that in 5 seconds with my index and middle fingers :P

MaxS

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Krackatoa — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:15:03 MDT

This is why we have JRPGs.

Krackatoa

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Shalashaska — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:14:28 MDT

No electricity. I have tons of games, but when the power goes out (damn storms or what have you), it's very sad time.

Shalashaska

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MaxS — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:08:14 MDT

It would be a lot of fun to watch someone try to play Wii without thumbs. Even if you manage to hold the 'mote with only 4 fingers, using only 1 button is a bit over-simplified.

MaxS

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KamuZ — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:58:00 MDT

oh oh i got it. They can give the each coin on a flat surface everytime the continue message is on. It should be hell to try to pick up the coin without a thumb and put it on the cabinet, i doubt you can do that in less than 10 seconds :P

KamuZ

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Kankel — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:56:11 MDT

Since when do you need thumbs for the arcade cabinets?

Kankel

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KamuZ — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:53:33 MDT

You can easily play the arcade games behind him. You have Pac-man so it could keep you busy for a while trying to beat your own score :P

KamuZ

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Peronthious — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:43:42 MDT

Fine with me, I'd just stick to PC games. A bit unwieldy, but doable.

Peronthious

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Cactuar — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:34:38 MDT

my version of hell would be having every console and game I could want, but only having a really old telly to play them on. and you can't set the channels, static snow everywhere!

(not to mention no scart)

Cactuar

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Strangelove — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:32:10 MDT

Thumbwrestling? ... No? ... Hitchhiking? ... What could it be? Haha.

Strangelove

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Poisonous Taoist — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:31:51 MDT

Any game I want? I would play Street Fighter IV. No thumbs are needed for that.

Poisonous Taoist

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z357x — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:24:40 MDT

I can think of a lot of games that don't need thumbs. most Final Fantasy and RGP's for that matter.

z357x

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AUAnonymous — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:22:58 MDT

Being forced to play Nintendo games could be pretty terible.

AUAnonymous

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Knoxximus (XBL/PSN) — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:22:29 MDT

@kidnicky: Said gamer had to have been born fairly recently then. He probably doesn't even know that those are games.

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

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kidnicky — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:20:42 MDT

Two bad there's an entire room of arcade machines behind him,all of which do not require thumbs.

kidnicky

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huginn — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:20:24 MDT

Wow or DDR anyone?

Still, kinda funny :D

huginn

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Candlejack — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:18:09 MDT

@fusilero: This just in: WoW N64 exclusive confirmed!!!!

Candlejack

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fusilero — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:13:22 MDT

Why is world of warcraft controlled with gamepads?

fusilero

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Riotpoll — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:12:40 MDT

@Pezdispenser: That's what your nose is for!

Riotpoll

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MrCitizen — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:10:47 MDT

Well, I can play WoW with only fingers, sooo. Heaven!

MrCitizen

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Knoxximus (XBL/PSN) — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:10:00 MDT

@ecurtz: 'Cause he's at home.

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

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ecurtz — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:07:21 MDT

Ah, sweet eternity of Robotron...

Also, why is the Devil not wearing any pants?

ecurtz

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relic1980 — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:06:43 MDT

Well, he could always play Robotron, Marble Madness, Centipede or any one of the many early shooters (Galaga, etc.)...Of course, ol' Nick could always just force him to play Superman 64...

relic1980

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Knoxximus (XBL/PSN) — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:56:41 MDT

Pac Man it is then.....Pac Man it IS.

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

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My name changed for an unknown reason — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:53:47 MDT

@RageW: You can keep the jump key on space and just bump with your hand. You'd have to adapt to it, but after a week or two it should be fine.

My name changed for an unknown reason

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Josh* — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:48:51 MDT

Wii Fit and DDR forever, then... which some may consider hell :D

Josh*

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Silenced — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:47:30 MDT

what about wii fit?

Silenced

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Grey Gecko — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:46:49 MDT

D=
so thats how its going to be....damn

Grey Gecko

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Roto13 — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:45:03 MDT

It probably wouldn't be particularly hard to play around with some of those arcade cabinets back there.

Roto13

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Pezdispenser — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:44:00 MDT

PC biznatches, don't need thumbs! :)

Except to hit the space bar... :(

Pezdispenser

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Cat-Duck — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:42:34 MDT

@ItsHammerTime: It can't be described on paper, you really have to see it to understand. Like visual art - if visual art brought about an enormous sense of discomfort.

Cat-Duck

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TalKeaton — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:42:00 MDT

Left Behind wasn't THAT bad. Worse would be ET for the Atari 2600.

TalKeaton

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ItsHammerTime — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:40:13 MDT

@Cat-Duck:
tell me more..

ItsHammerTime

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ItsHammerTime — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:39:20 MDT

Another weekend with Owen Good! Always looking forward to the weekend-kotaku these days~

ItsHammerTime

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Cat-Duck — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:38:39 MDT

I can do that other thing without my thumbs. I just require an inflated plastic bag, soap, and a candle stick.

Cat-Duck

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Ether02 — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:33:45 MDT

Having the wii as the only gaming console would be my hell lol :(

Ether02

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Sailorcancer — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:29:51 MDT

WELL you could play SOME games.

My gamer hell would be a room full of Wiis and it's games.

Sailorcancer

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BlackFreefall — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:23:38 MDT

He can always borrow some thumbs from Sony since they are not putting it for some good use.

BlackFreefall

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Astrodust — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:21:14 MDT

Wii Fit comes to mind.

Astrodust

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ban_hammer — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:20:59 MDT

@RageW and RPharazonius: it can take some learning how to use a mouse if you useyour thumb often, but if you palm your mouse to begin with, then its no problem, but most people use their thumbs without knowing it

ban_hammer

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NuclearSun — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:18:17 MDT

I used to play NES back in the day all the time with the controller on the ground and using my index fingers.

NuclearSun

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Dee4leeds — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:16:20 MDT

Dance mat's forthewins

Dee4leeds

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Indietendo64 — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:16:20 MDT

Guitar hero would still be playable enough!

Indietendo64

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joemoemino — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:15:21 MDT

A guy learned how to play video games with his face, so Im sure if this happened you would eventually figure something out.

joemoemino

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Ryumeka — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:12:00 MDT

I can play almost any PC game without thumbs.

The real hell would be no masturbating.

Ryumeka

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SupaPhly — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:11:11 MDT

omg this isn't news!!!1 (just kidding)
i'd just have to reinvent the controller that doesn't require thubs

SupaPhly

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ShaggE — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:11:02 MDT

I just examined that controller closer. One button and a D-pad? Definitely don't need thumbs.

ShaggE

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Lyner — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:10:59 MDT

I'm pretty sure you can play without thumbs, even on a console. you just need a flat space of some sort to put the controller onto. :3

Lyner

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Malevolentburrito — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:10:16 MDT

Is this gamer hell or fanboy hell?

Malevolentburrito

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TheNocturnalSun — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:10:14 MDT

no pc games?

TheNocturnalSun

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JTBX — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:09:27 MDT

Left Behind: Eternal Forces looks really, really bad for a 2006 game

JTBX

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Shocky — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:08:34 MDT

@ShaggE: totally can.

inb4 "you need thumbs"

Shocky

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Waka in Japan — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:08:08 MDT

I can still play on my pc :D

except when i have "jump"
but i guess i could just change they keys.

Waka in Japan

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RPharazonius — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:07:59 MDT

What about PC gaming?
I can use a mouse and keyboard without using my thumbs...

RPharazonius

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Fbu — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:07:52 MDT

WoW on that console can be played with no thumbs =p

Fbu

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RageW — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:07:49 MDT

PC games don't require thumbs if you bind jump to a different key =D

RageW

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ShaggE — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:05:37 MDT

I know it's major nitpicking, but it'd be perfectly possible to play without thumbs. Much harder, but possible.

Also, in before "omg this iznt news"

ShaggE

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jonathan. — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:05:18 MDT

@karasu is my homeboy: that weirdo watching me play*

jonathan.

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jonathan. — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:04:52 MDT

Even if I hard thumbs, having that weird watching be play a console where my face has to be 6 inches from the tv screen because the wire is oddly short in length is hell enough for me.

Plus, no sofas?

I never knew every gamer's ideal game pad was a rocky dirty floor inside of a cavern.

jonathan.

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Kenny — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:02:53 MDT

He could play simple joystick games, just put the thing between two fingers.

Kenny

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Raziel Dune — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:02:37 MDT

.....this is evil well we could always play wii! lol thats right i went there lol jk.

Raziel Dune