Quote from duxI'd suggest an AMD chip over an intel one, personally. They are just money, no object. I expect many to disagree with me, though.
I agree, the prices on intel cpus are ridiculous recently, same for the graphics,I recommend an ATI card, save some cash without losing much if anything on the performance side.
Quote from GloglebagJust arrived today. Had no time to read it.I thought it had good reviews http://www.amazon.com/3ds-Max-Modeling- ... ewpoints=1
Whoo 5 of 6 found my review helpful! :bananawrench: Hard to believe I bought it back in '08 though 
.... Its a good book if you know your foundations or have time to tinker, the only problem with it now is that its for 3dsMax 2009...
Quote from SereniusI was 100% sold on the game when I passed a bush and heard a rattlesnake. Then I jumped off my horse and walked back to the bush to see if there really was a snake there, or if it was just ambient sound. Then I got fucking bit twice and died as the little bastard snake slithered off. Incredible attention to detail with little things like that.
this story made my day... 
What kind of stuff do you need? I'm in Washington, not in Seattle or anything but I could keep an eye out for stuff if I knew what to look for. I'm a couple hours out of Seattle, so I don't know if Id see anything nearby but I can give it a shot 
$1567.83 USD 
so glad I actually got most of my stuff in ridiculous complete bundles, and then there's the mistakes like having sin 1 and the multiplayer listed for $10 each when you cant buy them without buying the newer one
Also I guess the site decided that prey isn't a real game anyways, cause it didn't list that one...
I agree with Mino, great read so far!
just got the beta on my account, downloading now. Thanks wacko!
They extended the time on the bundle because Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru, and Penumbra Overture are going open source! Lugaru has had its code released already and the others are on the way apparently. Samorost 2 was added to the deal as well so you get 6 games now.
Quote from JeanPaulHonestly, who the hell even still uses 56k?
People who dont have other service options.... 
Quote from Senturaayn rand - the fountainhead (absolutely brilliant character analysis and story).
Seconded, I love Ayn Rand, Anthem is another good one she wrote that I highly recomend. Atlas Shrugged was ok, but drug on a little long, but it had the same kind of analysis and story as the fountainhead
Quote from vancorsoPhilip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Also a good choice, I love Bladerunner so go figure this was a good read
A scanner darkly is another good Philip K Dick book. (Movie was made from it with the same name)
I would love to be in the beta, but I'm sure one of you guys would have more fun with it, so I'll just update my battle.net account and hope I get one through that. 
Its on steam now, and has a "Loyalty Promo" so if you own SoC or CS on steam you can get CoP for $19.99 vs $29.99
Street Fighter 4 on steam needs you to log into GfWL to save progress...
amazon shipped my CE today, it'll be arriving tomorrow
Lol denied...
Don't know if this has been said elsewhere. But rebellion updated AVP1 and put it on steam as AVP classic 2000, selling for $5. No multiplayer yet, but they said it would be patched in. They also updated it to support widescreen resolutions and gamepads.
I dont have too many games but,
Mass Effect: Galaxies, Wolfenstein 3D, Duke Nukem 3d
These are all really fun. Duke has some control issues, and isn't as nice to play as wolf is, but its the DUKE, for .99 it was worth it to me... 
Whoops my bad, yea a SALE price of $40, regular $60
I wasn't going to buy the game until this dedicated server nonsense got figured out. But I went to a local store last week and saw the console versions on sale for $40. I've now got myself a 360 copy, I haven't tried the multiplayer yet though, just single player and spec-ops
They do a pretty good job of making that apparent...
