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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    10/20/09

    In reply to Dungeons & Dragons on the Microsoft Surface
    I read that as, "armed with butt blades". I am a sad person. #ddsurface
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    Image of soggy_cheerio soggy_cheerio
    10/20/09

    In reply to Dungeons & Dragons on the Microsoft Surface
    Meh. Doesn't make the gameplay any more compelling.

    This, [arstechnica.com] interested me far more. #ddsurface
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    10/20/09

    In reply to Dungeons & Dragons on the Microsoft Surface
    I have a flash drive of holding rated at +12GB. #ddsurface
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    10/20/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Hates #DoucheDad: I've got a Hand of Holding and I just want to be loved. #ddsurface
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    10/20/09

    In reply to Dungeons & Dragons on the Microsoft Surface
    Is there any way to make a Dungeons & Dragons gazebo? #ddsurface
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    Image of Ajh Ajh
    10/20/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I attack the gazebo.

    _ Sorry, running joke with my D&D group. It went something like

    DM: k...There are a lot of nice places to sit under lots of nice trees around the marketplace. There's a pretty garden and everything. With a gazebo!
    Player 1: neat!
    Player 2: I want to attack the gazebo. #ddsurface
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    OMG! Ponies! promoted this comment Ajh was starred Ajh was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    10/20/09

    @Ajh: It's an old joke that's been around for decades. "The attack-happy guy who doesn't know what a gazebo is."

    "There is a clearing. In the clearing stands a gazebo"

    "I shoot an arrow at the gazebo."

    "The arrow hits the gazebo. The gazebo is still standing."

    "Is it hurt?"

    "No. The gazebo takes no damage."

    "I shoot another arrow at the gazebo."

    "The arrow hits. The gazebo takes no damage."

    "What is it doing?"

    "It's just standing there in the clearing."

    "What kind of armor is the gazebo wearing? Is it wearing armor?"

    "No. The gazebo is not wearing armor. It has no weapons. The gazebo is just standing there - with two arrows sticking into it."

    "I cast Magic Missile at the gazebo."

    "Magic missile hits the gazebo. It takes no damage." #ddsurface
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    Image of Ajh Ajh
    10/20/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Didn't say she didn't borrow it. (I just couldn't find the story and thought I imagined it...) #ddsurface
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    10/20/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: #ddsurface
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    08/16/09

    In reply to CRISTAL: Control Your Living Room By Dragging, Dropping, Swiping a Surface Table
    This could be interesting... couple of months ago.

    But now? Meh.

    Project Natal + Mod.
    Instead of having a stinking table filled with handgrease, germs and whatnot (which will also require a projector and f*ckton of money it seems), you just point to your lamp and say "LET THERE BE LIGHT!!!"
    And thus thou shall have spoken, for light will be.
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    Edited by Bokusatsu_Tenshi at 08/16/09 12:45 AM Bokusatsu_Tenshi was starred Bokusatsu_Tenshi was unstarred
    Image of the real that guy dave the real that guy dave
    08/15/09

    In reply to CRISTAL: Control Your Living Room By Dragging, Dropping, Swiping a Surface Table
    Pirated Ice Age 3, nicely done. I keep all my "backups" on a media server as well.
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    Image of green or blue green or blue
    08/15/09

    In reply to CRISTAL: Control Your Living Room By Dragging, Dropping, Swiping a Surface Table
    not about this article whatsoever, but anyone else notice they pulled the apple tablet article?
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    Image of jasondiaz jasondiaz
    08/15/09

    @green or blue: I notice the same thing.
    I wonder if Apple ask them to take it down?
    could it be...
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    green or blue promoted this comment jasondiaz was starred jasondiaz was unstarred
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    08/15/09

    @jasondiaz: exactly what I was wondering, maybe it held water.
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    Image of kylenalepa kylenalepa
    07/24/09

    In reply to This Is Exactly What Touchscreen Surfaces Were Invented For
    Very impressive. Maximum PC had an article a few months back on how to make your own multi-touch table (article here) It might be worth making that a side project if RUSE ends up having touch support in the final product.

    EDIT: Removed price estimation. It should be under $1000, IIRC, but I didn't see an actual total in the article.
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    Edited by kylenalepa at 07/24/09 4:45 PM kylenalepa was starred kylenalepa was unstarred
    Image of Adam Curry Adam Curry
    07/24/09

    In reply to This Is Exactly What Touchscreen Surfaces Were Invented For
    Starcraft II anyone?
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    Image of dallasmay2 dallasmay2
    07/24/09

    In reply to This Is Exactly What Touchscreen Surfaces Were Invented For
    Wow. For only $10,000 I can buy a kick Ass arcade game.

    What else is MS Surface good for? Oh that's it. Really, that's it? A $10,000 game console? And it was supposed to come out in '07?

    Is this what they call 'Vapor-ware'?
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    Image of avconsumer2 avconsumer2
    07/24/09

    @dallasmay2: Yes - that's all it's good for. They haven't done anything else with it. It doesn't have any other application possibilities. None. Just a "kick Ass" arcade game.

    "Supposed to come out"? They've been out and available for corporate purchase for quite some time now.

    Nice post.
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    Image of macegr macegr
    07/24/09

    In reply to This Is Exactly What Touchscreen Surfaces Were Invented For
    Touchscreen table does not equal Microsoft Surface, let's try to separate user interface hardware from a software concept. Tilting a touchscreen 90 degrees doesn't turn it into a Microsoft product. This one is actually made by Intuilab.
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    Xeno promoted this comment macegr was starred macegr was unstarred
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    07/24/09

    @macegr: RUSE was announced to have Microsoft Surface.

    http://gamerblips.dailyradar.com/story/ubisoft_reveals_ruse_surprise/
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    07/24/09

    @Xeno: Actually, it appears that Joystiq saw the same video from E3 and then also assumed it was a Microsoft Surface. Then all the re-bloggers and rumor mills repeated the assumption thousands of times, which doesn't make it any more accurate.
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    Image of Eruanno Eruanno
    07/24/09

    In reply to This Is Exactly What Touchscreen Surfaces Were Invented For
    It looks like he's spending more time fiddling with the camera than he does controlling his units and actually playing the game.
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    Image of kswiss19 kswiss19
    07/24/09

    In reply to This Is Exactly What Touchscreen Surfaces Were Invented For
    A touch screen on a table makes me think of the book "Ender's Game"
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    07/24/09

    @kswiss19: Heart click.
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    Image of robinandtami robinandtami
    07/24/09

    In reply to This Is Exactly What Touchscreen Surfaces Were Invented For
    Something like that might actually make playing an RTS kind of fun!
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    07/24/09

    In reply to This Is Exactly What Touchscreen Surfaces Were Invented For
    Touchscreens will also make Black and White complete. How much I love Black and White.
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    Edited by Pessimippopotamus at 07/24/09 2:35 PM Pessimippopotamus was starred Pessimippopotamus was unstarred
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