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mlmp08: Jul 11, 2004

Jefferoo posted:

Wrong, Crank: High Voltage is the greatest film ever made, and nothing will ever compare to how utterly perfect it is.

I loved Crank: High Voltage.

I was shocked by the number of people who genuinely like stupid action movies who could not handle just how self-aware and stupid Crank became.

# ? Jun 17, 2012 22:22

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# ? May 24, 2013 21:40

DeesGrandpa: Oct 21, 2009; Probably like King Nazi

Crank was absolutely superior in every way.

(as was saints row two)

# ? Jun 17, 2012 22:22

Capn Beeb: Jun 29, 2003; Can it be fired with a massive erection?

It's me, guys.

I want dat woit meat.

E:

The Mechanic with Jason Statham and Ben Foster was also enjoyable.

# ? Jun 17, 2012 22:25

DeesGrandpa: Oct 21, 2009; Probably like King Nazi

I find most any Jason Statham awesome. I just thought crank 2 had the same problem as the expendables, trying to build an entire film around the elements that made the other films awesome but just somehow losing the charm.

# ? Jun 17, 2012 22:29

Capn Beeb: Jun 29, 2003; Can it be fired with a massive erection?

DeesGrandpa posted:

I find most any Jason Statham awesome. I just thought crank 2 had the same problem as the expendables, trying to build an entire film around the elements that made the other films awesome but just somehow losing the charm.

I hope Chuck "Raging Homophobe Shitlord" Norris dies immediately in Expendables 2. Like within the first three minutes, just pow, get out.

# ? Jun 17, 2012 23:15

Memento1979: Aug 25, 2009

You mean Chuck "This movie has to be PG or I'm not going to be in it because curse words make baby jesus cry" Norris? It would be hilarious, but I'll be very surprised if he doesn't have a big part and is actually made to look like a tough guy.

# ? Jun 17, 2012 23:28

NerdyMcNerdNerd: Aug 3, 2004

So, what's the consensus on the fastest way to level in Diablo 3 anyways? I'm thinking of leveling a Barbarian or a Wizard. I already have a Witch Doctor that's nearly 60, but she isn't as awesome as I'd hoped she'd be. I pretty much can't advance into Act 2 with my Monk, either.

# ? Jun 17, 2012 23:50

DeesGrandpa: Oct 21, 2009; Probably like King Nazi

Capn Beeb posted:

I hope Chuck "Raging Homophobe Shitlord" Norris dies immediately in Expendables 2. Like within the first three minutes, just pow, get out.

I hope the entire project dies. Besides my aforementioned Man-Crush and Terry Crews being tittiefucking awesome, the expendables was my most disappointing movie since snakes on a plane. I got my hopes up with how awesome the fourth Rambo was.

# ? Jun 18, 2012 00:48

mlmp08: Jul 11, 2004

DeesGrandpa posted:

I got my hopes up with how awesome the fourth Rambo was.

Ha, what

# ? Jun 18, 2012 01:43

Hentai Tentacle Demon: Apr 11, 2002; Spacy Spicy Love

NerdyMcNerdNerd posted:

So, what's the consensus on the fastest way to level in Diablo 3 anyways? I'm thinking of leveling a Barbarian or a Wizard. I already have a Witch Doctor that's nearly 60, but she isn't as awesome as I'd hoped she'd be. I pretty much can't advance into Act 2 with my Monk, either.

Pony land runs with someone wrecking the place for you.

# ? Jun 18, 2012 01:45

DeesGrandpa: Oct 21, 2009; Probably like King Nazi

That was the kind of film the expandables should have been. Crummy plot, godawful acting, and people exploding when hit with bullets.

# ? Jun 18, 2012 01:46

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

I hated the console-y GTA ports and didn't care for the parts that did work, nor did I play SR1 or SR2- and SR3 was $17 well spent.

# ? Jun 18, 2012 02:33

NerdyMcNerdNerd: Aug 3, 2004

What's with all these people that didn't play Saint's Row 2? Buy that poo poo on Steam the next time it goes on sale. You won't regret it.

# ? Jun 18, 2012 03:13

Davin Valkri: Apr 8, 2011; Maybe you're weighing the moral pros and cons but let me assure you that OH MY GOD
SHOOT ME IN THE GODDAMNED FACE
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!

NerdyMcNerdNerd posted:

What's with all these people that didn't play Saint's Row 2? Buy that poo poo on Steam the next time it goes on sale. You won't regret it.

Just make sure you get the unofficial bug-fixes. It's not the greatest of console ports, and on some computers runs at about 125-150% speed. I think this is the biggest one, here:

http://idolninja.com/sr2.php

# ? Jun 18, 2012 03:40

Capn Beeb: Jun 29, 2003; Can it be fired with a massive erection?

You should get Gentlemen of The Row just on sheer general principle honestly. Bug fixes are one thing, but all the rad poo poo he adds is another.

# ? Jun 18, 2012 03:52

Arrath: Apr 14, 2011

Capn Beeb posted:

You should get Gentlemen of The Row just on sheer general principle honestly. Bug fixes are one thing, but all the rad poo poo he adds is another.

For example an RPG that fires Molotov Chainsaws.

Yes, a Molotov Chainsaw Launcher.

# ? Jun 18, 2012 05:46

Thief: Jan 28, 2011

I just interrogated a guy in Chaos Theory about shutting off some fans.

Sam's joking about being Harry Tuttle from Brazil and the guard is like "Don't forget to fill out your 26-7b/6" haha! In the level before it, you slide down some wires to get off a roof and I instantly thought of De Niro. Seeing this little easter egg just made my day, this game's cool!

It's my first Splinter Cell game, I wasn't expecting Sam Fisher to provide so much comic relief

# ? Jun 18, 2012 07:04

Capn Beeb: Jun 29, 2003; Can it be fired with a massive erection?

Chaos Theory is the best one of the series. So goood.

# ? Jun 18, 2012 07:15

Hotwire: Mar 11, 2006; hehehe

Capn Beeb posted:

Chaos Theory is the best one of the series. So goood.

Goddamnit Beeb. I was about to say Chaos Theory was the pinnacle of the series.

'Did you just say I have to win one for the gipper?'
'What does that even mean?'
'I am old.'

# ? Jun 18, 2012 11:54

NovemberMike: Dec 28, 2008

Capn Beeb posted:

Chaos Theory is the best one of the series. So goood.

Yeah, SC 1 and 2 were both more about trial and error with a right way to do things while the later games turn into StealthCod. I heard Splinter Cell 4 for the xbox was almost as good, but the 360 version wasn't that impressive. I'd recommend it for $10 if you need to scratch that itch, but Chaos Theory is the point where you can complete missions almost any way you want, the writing hits a perfect note and the graphics are actually good enough to seem modern.

# ? Jun 18, 2012 14:14

Micromancer: Apr 17, 2002; He went out to the store
and when he got back
Roll-marks said .22 Short, jack.
If anything I could say that
this gun was rare
Its covered it sweat,
toilet water, and hair

Spent the entire weekend playing paper Magic and so didn't get anywhere in D3 at all. I do have a Hell Staff and a level 60 DH though so if anyone wants leveling or assistance in making their own staff or whatever I'll be on in the evenings. Micromancer#1866 is the tag.

# ? Jun 18, 2012 14:28

Psion: Dec 13, 2002

I spent the weekend playing Pocket Planes

# ? Jun 18, 2012 15:47

Fell: Feb 22, 2007; It is torment. It is that which draws all tormented souls to you. The flesh knows it suffers, even when the mind has forgotten.

NovemberMike posted:

Chaos Theory is the point where you can complete missions almost any way you want, the writing hits a perfect note and the graphics are actually good enough to seem modern.

A friend and I played the poo poo out of the coop on Chaos Theory. We played on every difficulty with every restriction and loadout we could do on every level, multiple times. Setting up different ways of taking out the AI together while moving through the level in different ways was so much fun and so satisfying. I think it's the definitive coop game for me, and I guess it was really one of those lightening in a bottle things.

# ? Jun 18, 2012 15:57

Capn Beeb: Jun 29, 2003; Can it be fired with a massive erection?

Hotwire posted:

Goddamnit Beeb. I was about to say Chaos Theory was the pinnacle of the series.

'Did you just say I have to win one for the gipper?'
'What does that even mean?'
'I am old.'

'You weren't working for the CIA then?'
'Nope, I was in junior high.'
'Oh. Yuck.'

Oh Sam.

# ? Jun 18, 2012 18:07

right arm: Oct 29, 2011

Psion posted:

I spent the weekend playing Pocket Planes

same here, jesus that game is addicting.

# ? Jun 18, 2012 18:45

commissargribb: Aug 12, 2003; The most dangerous thing on the battlefield is a junior officer with a compass and a map.

Propagandalf posted:

I hated the console-y GTA ports and didn't care for the parts that did work, nor did I play SR1 or SR2- and SR3 was $17 well spent.

# ? Jun 18, 2012 20:52

Thief: Jan 28, 2011

Finished Chaos Theory, I kind of want to get every Splinter Cell game now but I'm too cheap. Just gonna wait for that GTA Hacker game to come out or the Ico w/Ellen Page simulator.

Have a video: http://youtu.be/sTM6iwKEAXw

# ? Jun 19, 2012 08:12

LvK: Feb 27, 2006; HA, Too-Ticki! We haven't been to the wild west for nothing!

Memento1979 posted:

You mean Chuck "This movie has to be PG or I'm not going to be in it because curse words make baby jesus cry" Norris? It would be hilarious, but I'll be very surprised if he doesn't have a big part and is actually made to look like a tough guy.

You mean Chuck "Fast enough to go toe-to-toe with Bruce Lee and almost take his head off but every single one of my action scenes since has been me failing to even grimace right while slowly extending my leg and turning in place while stuntman do absurd breakfalls in slow-mo" Norris? That Chuck Norris?

Wait... I think I killed it.

# ? Jun 19, 2012 13:32

Micromancer: Apr 17, 2002; He went out to the store
and when he got back
Roll-marks said .22 Short, jack.
If anything I could say that
this gun was rare
Its covered it sweat,
toilet water, and hair

I have an Asus motherboard that is randomly rebooting on me. I have swapped out everything else including processor, the problem will not go away. Yesterday was so bad I couldnt even shop for a motherboard to replace it. Which is good I guess because I can't afford one in the slightest.

If anyone has an AM2 board (I'm using X2 4200 proc) with a PCIe slot for trade - I have VG related things I can swap.

# ? Jun 19, 2012 14:22

Interrupt: Mar 30, 2010

Micromancer posted:

If anyone has an AM2 board (I'm using X2 4200 proc) with a PCIe slot for trade - I have VG related things I can swap.

I just put a new mobo / cpu in my machine so I have the old motherboard sitting around. I had a Phenom in it, I think that's AM2+ and not AM2 though.

# ? Jun 19, 2012 15:26

priznat: Jul 7, 2009; Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.

Anyone get or getting that Civ V expansion (Gods + Kings)?

I know nothing about it so need to check into what's added.

# ? Jun 19, 2012 17:26

Micromancer: Apr 17, 2002; He went out to the store
and when he got back
Roll-marks said .22 Short, jack.
If anything I could say that
this gun was rare
Its covered it sweat,
toilet water, and hair

Interrupt posted:

I just put a new mobo / cpu in my machine so I have the old motherboard sitting around. I had a Phenom in it, I think that's AM2+ and not AM2 though.

Ill check tonight if the model I have can handle Phenom, and if it can I'm definitely down

# ? Jun 19, 2012 17:39

Psion: Dec 13, 2002

priznat posted:

Anyone get or getting that Civ V expansion (Gods + Kings)?

I know nothing about it so need to check into what's added.

I've heard it's pretty badass, the new espionage/faith systems are really good (faith can be kinda broken apparently maybe?) but basically a Good Improvement To Civ 5

of course this means my resistance to buying civ 5 in, say, a potential upcoming summer Steam Sale is about 0. So, well ... poo poo.

# ? Jun 19, 2012 18:23

Nipponophile: Apr 8, 2009; Man of the Rising Sun

A friend of mine asked me a few days ago "So how was Civ 5?" I thought to myself, "Did I ever buy Civ 5? I know I've never played it." After checking my Steam library later that night, I found that I had indeed purchased it during a sale months ago and never gotten around to installing it. I think I can safely hold off on the expansion.

# ? Jun 19, 2012 18:52

Cyrano4747: Sep 25, 2006; American planes, full of holes and wounded men, took off backwards from an airfield in England. Over France, a few German fighter planes flew at them backwards, sucked bullets and shell fragments from some of the planes and crewmen. They did the same for wrecked American bombers on the ground.

Nipponophile posted:

A friend of mine asked me a few days ago "So how was Civ 5?" I thought to myself, "Did I ever buy Civ 5? I know I've never played it." After checking my Steam library later that night, I found that I had indeed purchased it during a sale months ago and never gotten around to installing it. I think I can safely hold off on the expansion.

Honestly? If you've already bought it and never played it, I"d get the expansion and use that as an excuse to get into it. Civ V was pretty decent in my book, but it certainly had some shortcomings compared to the final version Civ IV. A lot of the ways they changed it up were controversial to begin with, and it certainly had some flaws.

Reading over the release notes for the expansion it looks like they've fixed up a LOT of the issues that I had with it, and added some stuff that just looks neat.

Again, this is coming from someone with 100+ hours logged on normal Civ V, so the vanilla game isn't something I'm going to recommend you to actively avoid, but it just looks like the expansion is going to finally make it a really good game, and not just a decent game.

# ? Jun 19, 2012 18:59

Interrupt: Mar 30, 2010

Anyone been playing Day Z? I managed to outfit my current guy with a Glock 19, M16 and an Alice backpack full of steak during 1.7.0 before everything went to poo poo with the newest patches.

Micromancer posted:

Ill check tonight if the model I have can handle Phenom, and if it can I'm definitely down

If you want I could include the Phenom, it's a quad core 2.4ghz but it suffers from that Phenom TLB issue where performance is halved each startup until you run a patch tool: (http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...our-phenom.html)

# ? Jun 19, 2012 20:21

Nipponophile: Apr 8, 2009; Man of the Rising Sun

Cyrano4747 posted:

Honestly? If you've already bought it and never played it, I"d get the expansion and use that as an excuse to get into it.

When I'm into an MMO, I have no time for other games at all, and I'm currently into an MMO. At least I've cut way back lately on the games I'm buying and not playing.

# ? Jun 19, 2012 21:29

Micromancer: Apr 17, 2002; He went out to the store
and when he got back
Roll-marks said .22 Short, jack.
If anything I could say that
this gun was rare
Its covered it sweat,
toilet water, and hair

Interrupt posted:

Anyone been playing Day Z? I managed to outfit my current guy with a Glock 19, M16 and an Alice backpack full of steak during 1.7.0 before everything went to poo poo with the newest patches.

If you want I could include the Phenom, it's a quad core 2.4ghz but it suffers from that Phenom TLB issue where performance is halved each startup until you run a patch tool: (http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...our-phenom.html)

I have http://h10010.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...us&dlc=en&lc=en and so Id need the processor as well just to make it work shoot me an email christopher.c.conant g mail and we can hash it out from there (or as part of the trade I can buy you plat so you can PM me)

# ? Jun 19, 2012 21:39

SpookyLizard: Feb 17, 2009

Interrupt posted:

Anyone been playing Day Z? I managed to outfit my current guy with a Glock 19, M16 and an Alice backpack full of steak during 1.7.0 before everything went to poo poo with the newest patches.

If you want I could include the Phenom, it's a quad core 2.4ghz but it suffers from that Phenom TLB issue where performance is halved each startup until you run a patch tool: (http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...our-phenom.html)

People still play that? I thought everyone stopped after the dev freaked out and CD-Key banned a thousand or two people and then laughed at them for whining.

# ? Jun 20, 2012 01:27

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# ? May 24, 2013 21:40

Psion: Dec 13, 2002

^ I think I was talking about the same thing.

e: oh it's "battleye" doing it and you can't appeal that because they are all 100% perfect bans ... even though it appears there's a ton of evidence this was not the case (cf thousands of guid bans that rocket is whining about saying these were all innocents harmed by griefing assholes)

you know, the supposed "alpha" Arma mod. hahahaha

the hell is that about? Aside from saving people from having to deal with people who are clearly insane.

Psion fucked around with this message at Jun 20, 2012 around 01:50

# ? Jun 20, 2012 01:39

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