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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:21PM Giantenemycrab said

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I liked the big controller... >_>
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:31PM bxgt said

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Yea idk why every hates it so much, it's my second favorite after the dreamcast controller.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:32PM (Unverified) said

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I never knew it was called "The Duke." That's hilarious.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:24PM Jouten said

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Xbox gave birth to the 'Tea Bag'
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:11PM (Unverified) said

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Correction:

"Counter-Strike: Source gave birth to the 'Tea Bag'."
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:24PM (Unverified) said

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Double correction:

Dirty-minded husbands and boyfriends gave birth to the "tea bag" long before there were any video games, much less XBOX or CoD.

Best XBOX moment - getting in touch with old friends via live..and then having them kick my ass at Halo. My ejaculations have never been 'pre-mature' enough, I suspect. (its sure going to suck if no one gets that...)
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 6:42PM Larz said

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Love the EQ2 avatar! Unfortunately you're way off. Teabagging in video games was popular way before Xbox.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 8:52PM sinai said

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triple correction, it was your parents. hilarity (and you) ensued.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 9:44PM Roto13 said

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I'm pretty sure that's not the way babies are made.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:24PM corosato said

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"barely nudging out the disastrous Vista launch for the #8 spot."

Um, looking over the list it's pretty much in chronological order. just sayin'
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:25PM Mr Khan said

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I really think the Xbox is responsible for launching what we today know as "Hardcore gaming," the current demands for console features are all features Microsoft brought to the table.

If nothing else, they read the desires of the North American core gamer perfectly
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:33PM (Unverified) said

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And then they dumped the hard drive. And yes, MS may have invented "hardcore gaming". But it wasn't on Xbox, it was when it brought gaming to the masses via Windows with help from id Software.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:38PM (Unverified) said

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Clearly neither of you are old enough to understand where "hardcore gaming" began. It certainly didn't start with Microsoft.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:48PM Mr Khan said

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Hardcore gaming as we know it today certainly did. But hardcore is a silly buzzword and its semantics could be debated endlessly
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:25PM Shmil said

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my best xbox moment: cracking open my 360 to fix it my goddamned self, replaced the thermal paste but didn't put the one of heatsinks back on securely enough, now it works, it just wont transmit any video, just audio. But it still runs games, you just can't see them.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:04PM (Unverified) said

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and your a douche
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:09PM Shmil said

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...sorry?
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:23PM (Unverified) said

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mikey - You'd know all about being a douche, wouldn't you?
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:26PM orionzdrm said

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I liked the Duke. Prefer it now. Im 6ft 3 and like a controller made for a man not a boy.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:31PM (Unverified) said

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Agreed.

I'm 6ft 2, with ginormous hands. I had been so used to the Dreamcasts mammoth controllers, "The Duke" just seemed to fit like a glove. But Duke had one advantage the DC controller's didn't - their weight. After installing a VMU and a jump pack, playing your DC was like getting a upper-body workout, they were so damn heavy.

I still have my Duke controller, and use it far more than my Controller-S (When I play my original Xbox, that is).
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:39PM linkario said

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In internet talk that means you are actually 5'2" and just hitting puberty. Just saying...
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:27PM (Unverified) said

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Playing Crimson Skies and Jet Set Radio Future and being happy as punch (tropical) that I just traded in my ps2. It was starting to die anyway.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 7:06PM Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell said

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Crimson Skies - FTW
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:30PM Erock76 said

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Watching it fall 3 feet from a moving truck onto solid concrete....dusting it off, checking out the cracked case and thinking, "this thing is f***ed", and then hooking it up and playing Battlefront 2 for 6 hours straight! Thing was a monster! I swear a mouse farts and my 360 gets the RROD!!!!
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:33PM Erluti said

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Ironically, my dreamcast died in the first week I had it. My Xbox died in the first week I had it and I had to send it back to microsoft 5 times, and it never worked completely right.

But my 360? Haven't had a problem with it ever.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:31PM koehler83 said

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What's an XOBX?
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 6:42PM thatisandwas said

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dude...the controller is facing the kid...durrrr
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:32PM Nigeria said

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Panzer Dragoon, JSR, and Outrun 2; a constant rotation of the three. Also, being called a chink for choosing South Korea in online PES04 was an eye opener.

Xbox was an alright console, especially the Sega games, a bit shooter heavy though.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:34PM Mr Khan said

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Considering how chummy they were in the Dreamcast dies, i'm surprised SEGA didn't do more for them. Though as a GameCube-exclusive owner, i'm glad they didn't
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:43PM Nigeria said

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Yeah, I basically brought the Xbox as a placeholder for Sega's glorious return. The Wii was also a placeholder; still hoping. It was only when Nights bombed I finally realised the old Sega wouldn't cope in this environment.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:47PM Mr Khan said

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Whoa

"Dreamcast dies" should be "Dreamcast days"

talk about your freudian slip
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:32PM Dirty said

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Kotor, and hauling my beast old tv to a friends house to play teh haloz LAN style.

The best part about the Duke is that it doubled as a weapon to use against screen watching bitches.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:44PM WackyCoffee said

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3 system / 12 player LAN Halo matches were some of my favorite memories

... along with dealing with the INSANE difficultly of Ninja Gaiden!
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:14PM 343 Guilty Fart said

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Halo LAN parties were indeed the best of times.

"You mean I can plug this thing into another Xbox like I can with my PC??"
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 6:30PM dr steve brule said

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yes this was awesome, dragging my 27" tube tv to play halo lan. could've brought a smaller tv but, no thanks. it was worth the hernia, loved halo lan.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:38PM (Unverified) said

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Am I the only person who just didn't get Halo?

The huge controller was nice. I have giant hands, and was almost permanently disabled by the Dreamcast controller (thanks be to MadCatz for making super huge controllers for every system ever).
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:51PM linkario said

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You are not alone. Not only do I "not get Halo" but I just think it sucks. With each new Halo release I decide to give it a rent, and every time I am disappointed.

...and no I'm not a sony fan boy looking for a cheap shot. I own all 3 consoles and the 360 is by far my favorite.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:41PM hsol said

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Big controller ftw!
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 4:46PM jhowlett said

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i can get past the size an offset analog sticks, but the hard buttons suck for long play sessions
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:02PM Zertoss said

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I remember my first time with the Xbox. It was a warm (to put it mildly) summer evening, and I was down at Target shopping for video games.

There was a green flicker on the periphery of my vision. When I turned to see what it was, I was met with her. A PC trying to pass itself off as a console. I scoffed at it.

But being the Mechwarrior fan I am, I couldn't resist the Siren call of Mechassault. I wrapped my hands around and embraced the controller. My mind tried to pull them away in disgust, but my heart longed for nuclear carnage.

And so I began to play. I explored the entirety of the Mechassault demo that night, poking in anywhere I would fit.

"My Mechwarrior!" I cried. "What have they done to you?!" I stumbled away in shock, trying to collect my wits, trying to pull myself together. Then I realized the pain wasn't in my heart. "OH GOD! MY HANDS!" I screamed.

Xbox and I just weren't meant to be.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:06PM (Unverified) said

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no matter how hard you try...joystiq will not hire you
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:12PM 343 Guilty Fart said

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I enjoyed it, but I wish it had a happier ending.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:17PM Shmil said

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Hey steve, omar, mikey, whatever your name is this minute. STFU
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:20PM (Unverified) said

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creative/10
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:24PM Zertoss said

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This post sure does seem to be attracting the trolling threadshitters. They must've just gotten out of school for the day down at the local junior high and because they have no friends, they ran straight home and got on Joystiq so they can circle jerk to their own retarded comments.

Actually, that's pretty insulting. Mentally handicapped kids would post much more intelligent comments.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:25PM Zertoss said

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Oh, and just to clarify, by "this post" I was referring to Joystiq's article, not my original comment.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:27PM Sora said

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Hey, Omar, if you're going to troll, at least be fucking honorable and do it under your ACTUAL NAME. Or, if you're too much of a pussy, at least be smart enough to change the e-mail address so your fake nick's profile doesn't link to your actual one.

Also, in response to your comment under "mikey" way above: YOU'RE the douche.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:31PM (Unverified) said

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"poking in anywhere I would fit"

tee hee
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Posted: Nov 12th 2008 5:16PM Marshy said

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I was a long time Sony fan. I loved the PS2. I loved Final Fantasy and the blue lights as they danced around the menu.

Then a little game called Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas came out. I got an early copy of the game and was determined to beat the game before the general public. I played for 80 hours in the course of 5 days and then a little thing called "corrupt memory" happened to my Sony brand memory card.

The next day, I went out and bought an XBOX. My room mate had one, loved the hard drive and the fact that you could rip music to it, the gorgeous graphics of the DOA girls in beach volley ball... ahhh...

I bought KOTOR and played it straight on through. After that, I tackled Halo. The xbox was such a refreshing perspective on gaming than the heavy Japanese Sony PS2. The graphics were huge along with the controllers.

I never looked back after that. I still own a PS2 but I only have it for backwards compatibility for Final Fantasy VII. And gladly own over 70 Xbox games (both 360 and original.)
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