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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #795 - Sep 25^th, 2012 at 10:55pm I noticed your mom made a cameo: -b0b (...bazinga!)
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #796 - Sep 28^th, 2012 at 9:45am I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought so... -b0b (...rofflecopters.)
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #797 - Sep 29^th, 2012 at 12:31pm For Wes and anyone else that might be playing Borderlands 2, Randy Pitchford is tweeting temporary Shift codes for golden keys throughout the weekend. They're only good for two hours at a time, though. Here is his Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/DuvalMagic -b0b (...has snagged two so far.)
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The_Fat_Man Wootzor von Leetenhaxor FTP Server Offline Grand High Overlard Posts: 910 Colorado Springs, Colorado Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #798 - Sep 30^th, 2012 at 8:41pm Nice, thanks sir
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Cait GeekCrew Hax0r Offline Winter is Coming. Giggity. Posts: 380 Pittsburgh, PA Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #799 - Oct 6^th, 2012 at 8:34pm When I want to add-in my two cents on this thread: Cait (...a bottle of raspberry wine later...)
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Re: Game Thread!
Reply #800 - Oct 23^rd, 2012 at 11:13pm

I'd like to buy a memorable title to commemorate #2,000. It seems like too good an opportunity to pass up. Here's a list of titles that are currently in my wishlist:

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Game of Thrones
Dishonored
The Darkness II
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
Confrontation

I'm leaning toward XCOM or Dishonored, and Dishonored seems to be the popular game of the week. Will it be memorable enough for 2,000?

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X Post Whore FTP Server Offline Truth Is Treason, In The Empire Of Lies Posts: 3903 Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #801 - Oct 24^th, 2012 at 7:50am XCOM! Make it a throw back sequel. I've heard good things too.
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The_Fat_Man Wootzor von Leetenhaxor FTP Server Offline Grand High Overlard Posts: 910 Colorado Springs, Colorado Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #802 - Oct 24^th, 2012 at 11:09am Game of Thrones and Dead Rising 2 are pretty lame, all things considered. Neither would be 2000 worthy.
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Reply #803 - Oct 28^th, 2012 at 2:03pm

I finally decided on Hotline Miami. I'm a sucker for quirky games, and this definitely looks like it will fit the bill. It certainly looks unique if nothing else, and it has received rave reviews.

Hotline Miami on Steam

For some odd reason, I fell from 1,999 to 1,996 titles over the course of the week, presumably due to the way steam counts DLC, soundtracks, game guides, or some other oddball content. I also picked up Deadlight and Giana Sisters along with some DLC to get back up to 1,999 before making the big purchase.

-b0b
(...will post a review on Hotline after playing it a bit.)

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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #804 - Oct 30^th, 2012 at 8:31am A stupendous badass has created a "real" Myst linking book. He traced down the same 136-year old book that was used by the Cyan team for their modeling and converted it into an amazing touch-screen PC. This is definitely inspiring. http://www.riumplus.com/mystbook/ -b0b (...wow!)
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The_Fat_Man Wootzor von Leetenhaxor FTP Server Offline Grand High Overlard Posts: 910 Colorado Springs, Colorado Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #805 - Nov 1^st, 2012 at 1:17pm Anyone else have the problem where every time they play a new game on Steam, it has to install DirectX.... Is this just me, or is Steam not smart enough to figure out it's installed DirectX 50+ times on my computer
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #806 - Nov 1^st, 2012 at 3:02pm Yeah, this has been a long-term issue. Apparently, Valve's response is that different games use different DirectX packages, even for the same version of DirectX. It still seems like they could use a package hash to determine whether or not a specific DirectX installer has been run previously. -b0b (...always found this irritating.)
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The_Fat_Man Wootzor von Leetenhaxor FTP Server Offline Grand High Overlard Posts: 910 Colorado Springs, Colorado Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #807 - Nov 1^st, 2012 at 7:13pm That is slightly amusing, considering the other 30 games I own that I did not buy through Steam don't make me install DirectX every time
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X Post Whore FTP Server Offline Truth Is Treason, In The Empire Of Lies Posts: 3903 Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #808 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 7:39am Or how you can close a game and open it back up and there's the DLing of DirectX...again!
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #809 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 10:23am X wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 7:39am: Or how you can close a game and open it back up and there's the DLing of DirectX...again! I've only seen this a couple times. I blame the developer of the game for this one, not Valve.
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