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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 7:42PM Blay said

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Is the guy on the far right playing a game or touching himself?

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 7:44PM dakoe3 said

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Look like he's about to shoot a free throw.
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 7:49PM Brendan H said

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Judging by his proximity to a girl gamer, I'd say the latter.
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 7:51PM Blay said

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Girls don't play video games, thats a man baby!
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 9:11PM Dr Blight said

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Sorry for the hijack, but Joystiq is missing stuff from the list.

This week’s Spring Fever highlights Killzone! Find Killzone 2 Napalm & Cordite, Thunder Pack, and Steel & Titanium DLC on sale for $3.99 each (regular price, $5.99 each), the Killzone 2 Bundle Pack DLC on sale for $7.99 (regular price $11.99) and Killzone: Liberation PSP on sale for $9.99 (regular price $15.99). Offers good through 4/14/10.
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 1:25AM (Unverified) said

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Maturity strikes again... /scarcasm
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 7:44PM TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2 said

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Lol, The Tester...

Anyways, not much for me this week. I may check out the Crime scene theme because the Heavy Rain themes are usually pretty good.

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 7:45PM TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2 said

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Oh, and the Flower Soundtrack. Almost missed that one.
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 7:47PM Blay said

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Still waiting for them to date FFIV, till then....
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 7:48PM Blay said

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Errrrrr FFIX rather, make that **** grey people.
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 8:01PM Grey said

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Holy Sh*t. People actually pay for themes. I just browse the free ones. The bioshock one is pretty sweet. I guess to each his own...
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 8:10PM TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2 said

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Well, you can't download Dynamic themes online for free... Those are the ones I pay for
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 8:11PM TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2 said

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All my other themes I get from here...

http://www.ps3-themes.com/
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 8:46PM Dr Blight said

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I bought the Little Big Planet one, but that's been it.

Sackboy is just too cute to refuse.
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 9:04PM UnnXandros said

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Afrika and Wipeout Dynamic themes were free :P
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 9:56PM Fausk said

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The preview for that Lord of the Rings dynamic theme looks really awesome, but I haven't taken the plunge for it yet.
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 10:09PM TheBrainninja said

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Flower Soundtrack! Flower Soundtrack! Flower Soundtrack! *explodes from uncontainable, unexpected awesome*

Also, @ Unnxandros: Were the Afrika and WipEout dynamic themes really free at one point? Last I looked, they were for moneys.
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 9:35PM UnnXandros said

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@TheBrainNinja...

Errr dunno, havent check, but not on the US PSN

WipeOut HD Dynamic Theme for free was in the EURO PSN
AFRIKA Dynamic Theme was in either HK or Jap PSN... Ill guess the JAP PSN.

Anyways i got tired of overwhelming Dynamic Themes so im sitcking with the PSN sparkling one :P
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 7:45PM Funkmaster General said

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Airboat racing!

F!ck yeah!

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 7:46PM MLS said

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This started?

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 7:47PM AlvinRod said

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"LocoRoco 2 Permanent Price Drop (now $7.99, original price $19.99)"
That sounds pretty good, what about the original?

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 7:49PM Funkmaster General said

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Yeah, I'll probably end up picking that up along with Patapon 2.
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 8:02PM Kodros said

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Yep, I might need to dust off the ol' PSP and buy Motorstorm and Patapon2.
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 7:48PM Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell said

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These movie companies should be giving their themes away not selling them. It'd be free marketing.

Another weak update.

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 7:52PM Levi said

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I thought the Mega Man special stages were supposed to be a buck a piece?

Posted: Apr 9th 2010 1:25AM Link408 said

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I know
not buying anymore
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 7:55PM Sly C said

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at $8, anyone who doesn't buy patapon 2 is an idiot. just sayin'.

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 11:57PM mikeburnfire said

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I don't have a PSP, but I still feel like an idiot for not taking advantage of this.
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 7:59PM linebeginstoblur said

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I watched the season finale of The Tester live on PlayStation Home. If you enjoyed the show at all, you'll like the final challenge. It's quite intense. I hope it was successful for Sony so they can continue offering free exclusives. It was a good eight-week run...

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 8:18PM Maulok said

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I didn't watch it, but I'm with you in hoping it's successful. Original programming on PSN and XBL is a wonderful idea that just needs it's "killer app" so to speak.
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 12:14AM ToTheMoon said

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My wife and I watched it as well and thought it was quite good actually. I like the challenges as they do test the people on certain skills quite well and to be honest, I never really liked all the gossiping on shows like Survivor.. I hear/see it all day long at the office, why would I want to watch it at home?

Hope Sony comes out with more of this stuff - well produced and it was great to see Jaffe show up in 2 of the episodes. I wouldn't be surprised if Nauseous had a temple of Jaffe setup at home so he can worship him.
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 8:00PM PhilipJWitow said

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I've been watching the Tester with my girlfriend and it's pretty decent. My only complaint is that it's WAY too short and would benefit from being an hour long or including at least two challenges per episode.

Besides that it's pretty enjoyable, really high quality, and pretty much like any other reality tv show, except I can relate a bit more since it's about games.

If you have the spare bandwidth and don't have any other tv series to watch, this is definitely worth watching. :)

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 10:01PM Fausk said

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Yeah, I agree that it needs to be an hour, but I think that'd be better spent showing what the people do during the time when they're not doing the challenges. The only people that really got any "star time" were the 4 or 5 that made their little alliance, we didn't really get to see much of the other people, aside from when they were doing the challenges and their thoughts before, during and after.

I just felt there really wasn't much time to get "invested" in the people doing the challenges. On others, (Hell's Kitchen is a favorite) it's fun to get invested and start picking out your favorites and going "Yeah, this is who I hope wins it." Usually within the first three episodes or so I have a favorite that I'm rooting for. And in two seasons that person was actually the winner, which made me feel like y'know... "Yeah, I helped pull for this person, they won, I'm very happy for them." Where as in The Tester, I'm still not really sure who I should root for, and we've only got the last episode to go.

Just my 2 cents, or 25, or 50, or a buck, however much this post is worth.
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 8:03PM killdash9 said

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I seem to be the polar opposite of Fausk. I started watching with the fifth episode because the Pulse preview showed that it had a PlayStation trivia challenge, which piqued my curiosity. I then watched the remainder of the show, plus episode 4, because each of the recaps and next-episode previews showed interesting challenges again (LARPing, paintball, martial arts choreography, and what looked like a multi-discipline race). It wasn't the people which had my interest at all; not that I didn't like any of them, but I just didn't have any interest in their personal relationships and wished those portions of the episodes were dedicated instead to more extensive footage of the challenges.

If the show had been filmed to seem less like a reality TV show and more like a game show, I would have had more interest. Then again, I don't like reality TV in the first place.
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 8:03PM Adorialea said

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Very excited to see the Patapon 2 price drop. I almost got it at Toys r Us last weekend, but decided against it. Glad I did!

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 8:03PM Red Axis said

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I've been watching it, it's been neat.

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 11:12PM emperorzeroxx said

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only thing good this week is the bass dlc? =/

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 8:17PM Ballistic H said

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Flower soundtrack! Finally!

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 8:25PM (Unverified) said

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Is it me, or is their a Tinker Bell theme??

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 9:46PM operator17 said

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/fail
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 8:40PM Ashkental said

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You guys should see Freekscape, is an AWESOME mini!

Try it: www.freekscape.com

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 8:42PM Dr Blight said

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XS Airboat Racing! YES!

Oddly, all the release dates say that the game came out for the original PlayStation in 2004...which would explain why no one ever reviewed it.

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 9:11PM Dr Blight said

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This week’s Spring Fever highlights Killzone! Find Killzone 2 Napalm & Cordite, Thunder Pack, and Steel & Titanium DLC on sale for $3.99 each (regular price, $5.99 each), the Killzone 2 Bundle Pack DLC on sale for $7.99 (regular price $11.99) and Killzone: Liberation PSP on sale for $9.99 (regular price $15.99). Offers good through 4/14/10.

Why didn't JS post this?
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 9:00PM KinseySS said

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I've been watching it too. It's ok, some of it is just way to cheesy and the LARPing was way to nerdy, even for the contestants. The host is pretty good looking but they way she speaks some times is annoying. I've had celebrity crushes before but i think I might have a nerd crush for the last chick there.

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 9:31PM Canefan said

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Canada looks nice...
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Posted: Apr 8th 2010 9:06PM UnnXandros said

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FIFA 10 WC! WOOT! :)

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 9:13PM Angel Mass said

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I hope she winds away from there as well

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 9:14PM (Unverified) said

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I wish i cared enough to watch this, but i really don't.

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 9:16PM DrunkRaba said

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Awesome to see Locoroco 2 finally drop! I will pick that up after I get through The Saboteur which I picked up last night from Amazon, since it is a permanent price drop.

Posted: Apr 8th 2010 9:21PM (Unverified) said

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Here's our comic that we made about the Tester:

http://www.original-gamer.com/?action=article&id=1104

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