November 22, 2003, 12:39
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The beautiful thing about video games...
yesterday, I went to the Gamestop in the gallery, a mall in center city philly, to see if they had that game Victoria yet (I figure i'll get a chance to play it during the long ass winter break they give you in college). There was a clean, trimmed white man in a business suit there who got my attention looking at the racks and beside him was a typical young black teenager (probably 14 or so) in the urban 'uniform' of jeans, a long white tee, state property jacket, doo rag, etc. looking on the same rack. and not that far away was some real nerdy asian college-aged guys chattering away in their nerdy voices.
so how bout that? what else could unite three very different types of people as a white suit, a black 'thug', and an asian nerd, all of different ages and backgrounds, but video games? such a beautiful thing 
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November 22, 2003, 12:43
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And of course, it all happens to the glorious exclusion of Women. 
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November 22, 2003, 12:53
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Do you have to complain about everything, Snappy? 
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November 22, 2003, 12:54
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Now that's not fair. There are lots of women in gaming chatrooms.
Oh, wait, I meant "women", didn't I?
Either way, I do see AS's point.
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November 22, 2003, 13:00
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nah, the black boy was waiting for an opportunity to rob you...
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November 22, 2003, 13:05
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November 22, 2003, 13:16
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wouldn't the nerdy asians have been a better target?
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November 22, 2003, 13:18
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No, they know kung fu.
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November 22, 2003, 13:55
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Cool! A white suit, a black 'thug', an asian nerd and a white trash facist all gaming together in harmony..... 
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November 22, 2003, 14:28
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Speer isn't really white, Rogan
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November 22, 2003, 14:42
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Originally posted by Alex
nah, the black boy was waiting for an opportunity to rob you...
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And the white guy was there anticipating him filing charges and needing an attorney.
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November 22, 2003, 15:43
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Originally posted by Osweld
And the white guy was there anticipating him filing charges and needing an attorney.
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And the asian guys were planning to count the number of matches in the box of matchsticks held by the whitey after drop-kicking it out of his hand in about as much time as it takes for Bush to pronounce "the".
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November 22, 2003, 17:16
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in about as much time as it takes for Bush to pronounce "the".
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they plan on being there a while dont they?
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November 22, 2003, 17:45
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The Asians are looking for Civ3, the white suit is in there to buy Sim City 4 and the black guy is trying to shoplift Serious Sam
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November 22, 2003, 18:56
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Originally posted by reds4ever
The Asians are looking for Civ3, the white suit is in there to buy Sim City 4 and the black guy is trying to shoplift Serious Sam
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You have your stereotypes all mixed up. The asians are there for starcraft, the white guy's there for deer hunter, and the black kid's there for GTA.
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November 22, 2003, 19:14
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deer hunting games are fun
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November 22, 2003, 19:27
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Originally posted by Osweld
You have your stereotypes all mixed up. the white guy's there for deer hunter, and the black kid's there for GTA.
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Why buy a game to do something that you can do in real life? The whole point is escapism?
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November 22, 2003, 19:31
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Originally posted by reds4ever
Why buy a game to do something that you can do in real life? The whole point is escapism?
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The white guy is wearing a suit, which probably means he isn't much of a hunter and can only fantasize about it.
The black kid is just that, a kid. He's got some years ahead of him before he can start geting in high speed chases. 
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November 22, 2003, 19:33
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True, but he can start massacring innocent people with assault weapons at this age...
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November 22, 2003, 19:34
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Why buy a game to do something that you can do in real life? The whole point is escapism?
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because there arent any forests up here and shooting caribou you can see from more than a mile away isnt much fun.
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November 22, 2003, 19:38
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Originally posted by Osweld
The white guy is wearing a suit, which probably means he isn't much of a hunter and can only fantasize about it.
The black kid is just that, a kid. He's got some years ahead of him before he can start geting in high speed chases.
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Oh, we're getting into role play now are we?
The white guy is a Mafioso looking for Mavis Beacon Typing and the black kid is Gary Coleman taking back a PCI graphics card he bought in error last week.
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November 22, 2003, 20:26
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Originally posted by Space05us
because there arent any forests up here and shooting caribou you can see from more than a mile away isnt much fun.
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And after all you get spared from seeing the caribou slowly bleed to death, because you didn´t expect that, unlike the Tagets in the shooting range real Caribous are able to move and don´t have any circles painted on them indicating vulnerable spots and so you just hit his intestines instead of his Heart
Oh and of course unlike in a real hunt you don´t have to gut a virtual caribou afterwards
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November 22, 2003, 21:57
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Women exclude themselves from gaming. And not all. There's plenty of hardcore gaming women I personally know online.
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November 22, 2003, 22:02
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There's plenty of hardcore women I personally know online.
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OH MY GOD, HE'S A PERVERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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November 22, 2003, 22:13
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Misquoting?
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November 22, 2003, 22:17
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Originally posted by Anun Ik Oba
quoting?
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just a little
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November 23, 2003, 12:09
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the game victoria? anything to do with victoria's secret?
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November 23, 2003, 12:10
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the game victoria? anything to do with victoria's secret?
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You poor ignorant fool. 
It's the latest paradox game, set in the victorian period.
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November 23, 2003, 12:10
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do facetious comments always require a
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November 23, 2003, 12:27
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Since I am unimpressed with Europa Universalis, I don't have high hopes for their newest game, either.
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