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This is why we can't have nice things!

Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:58 pm
by KingOfDoma
You just KNOW Lieberman and H. Clinton are going to be all OVER this. <p>

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Re: This is why we can't have nice things!

Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:04 pm
by Idran1701
Why? It's only tangentially related to video games. It's some muggers holding up a group of people for money. It just so happened that the group was a line waiting for a PS3, but I don't see any reason to expect the muggers cared about that. <p>

"Never let your morals get in the way of doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
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Re: This is why we can't have nice things!

Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:06 pm
by Jak Snide
Maybe the muggers figured there'd be a tonne of people with cash out and about for the PS3 releae? And there's also the guy who got his PS3 stolen, either to be sold on or played by someone else who really, really wanted it (for some reason).


Re: This is why we can't have nice things!

Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:07 pm
by PriamNevhausten
Dammit Jak, stop stealing my ideas! <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

Re: This is why we can't have nice things!

Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:07 pm
by Archmage144
This happens at sell-out concerts, sporting events, and Super Wal-Mart grand openings, too. Why should anybody care? <p>
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Re: This is why we can't have nice things!

Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:20 pm
by KingOfDoma
OK, maybe not Lieberman.

... Thompson? <p>

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Re: This is why we can't have nice things!

Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:23 pm
by Rubeispostingagainhidethe
Ya'll are forgetting the most important thing: Resale value!

I also fail to understand why people are getting so worked up about this PS3 thing. Not like it's gonna have wario fartting in any of the games or anything.


Re: Re: This is why we can't have nice things!

Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:28 pm
by Jak Snide
My thoughts exactly. Then again I'm tainted by the British gaming press, all of whom seem to have something (or many somethings) against the PS3.


Re: Re: This is why we can't have nice things!

Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:38 pm
by Choark
I'm not biased or anything but I know I'm buying the Wii.

Wait...

... Damnit I meant...

.. Oh fuck it you know I waiting for a year or two so theres more shit out and its cheaper. <p><div style="text-align:center"> </div>
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Re: Re: This is why we can't have nice things!

Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:43 pm
by Archmage144
According to TIME magazine, it's not worth stealing anyway.

And another source says that Sony is losing $300 on every PS3 they sell anyway, so what's a few stolen units? <p>
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Re: Re: This is why we can't have nice things!

Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:43 pm
by Idran1701
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OK, maybe not Lieberman.

... Thompson?



Yeah, I'll give you that one. Don't think he will, but wouldn't be surprised if he did. <p>

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Re: Re: This is why we can't have nice things!

Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:54 pm
by PriamNevhausten
Thompson pitches a fit if Ronald McDonald faces south, though. <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

Re: Re: This is why we can't have nice things!

Unread postPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:50 pm
by Justice Augustus
In January, during the traditional post-Chrimbo sales, I am buying a PS2. That's not a typo, a T W O. It's not as if the second the next console comes out all the old games aren't fun any more. Hell's bells, last summer I pulled out my old Mega Drive (Genesis) and booted up Sonic the Hedgehog. So much fun. So, with the sales and the release of the new console, I figure I'll grab a PS2, a couple of dance mats, and some DDR games and possibly Guitar Hero for under $200.

Just so you know, this is what my girlfriend and I are buying each other for Christmas this year. We're just splitting the price of the machine. I like my relationship.
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"Moreover, when on the following night, much to his dismay, [Caesar] had a dream of raping his own mother, the soothsayers greatly encouraged him by their interpretations of it: namely, that he was destined to conquer the earth" - Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars - Julius Caesar, chapter 7</p>

Re: Re: This is why we can't have nice things!

Unread postPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:33 pm
by Kai
That's pretty keen, Gus. It's a team present. <p>-------------------------
<span style="font-size:xx-small;">I've always followed my father's advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble. --John Wayne</span></p>

Re: Re: This is why we can't have nice things!

Unread postPosted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:33 am
by Spleen
My family is doing the same thing with the TomTom portable GPS doohickey. Probably because half of my family can't navigate their way out of a paper bag with MapQuest directions. <p>-_-___-___-___-_-

"There are four types of men: one who says what's mine is mine and what's yours is yours - he is a neutral person. One who says what's mine is yours and what's yours is mine is a fool. One who says what's mine is yours and what's yours is yours is righteous. One who says what's yours is mine and what's mine is mine is evil."
-Talmud, Avot 5:13

Arch mage144: Spleen doesn't bother with penis size contests; instead, he goes straight to penis number.</p>