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    Throwing a Windows 7 Launch Party in NYC or SF? We Want to Crash It

    Games2U Brings a Portable Arcade To Your House

    The Party Pump: A Pump for All Occassions

    Disco Ball Hat Makes the Top of Your Head a Party Zone

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    10/16/09

    In reply to Throwing a Windows 7 Launch Party in NYC or SF? We Want to Crash It
    "NY Giz staffers are generally more attractive, but our SF crew is way, way sluttier."

    *Biting. Tongue. So. Hard. Feel. Blood. Warm. But. Not. So. Tasty. But. Can't. Stop. Biting. Tongue.* #windows7launchparty
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    Image of EBone EBone
    10/16/09

    In reply to Throwing a Windows 7 Launch Party in NYC or SF? We Want to Crash It
    Make sure you have LOTS of Mt. Dew and Doritos on hand, 'cuz we know the install can take up to 22 hours. That's not a party, that's a telethon. #windows7launchparty
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    10/16/09

    In reply to Throwing a Windows 7 Launch Party in NYC or SF? We Want to Crash It
    Is Ponies still doing his? He was talking about it at the Giz Gallery, in between humping the dog sex toy and inviting people to post obscene comments with his account.
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    10/16/09

    In reply to Throwing a Windows 7 Launch Party in NYC or SF? We Want to Crash It
    Hey Giz, don't forget to take along your clicker so you can randomly turn on/off their screens. #windows7launchparty
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    10/16/09

    In reply to Throwing a Windows 7 Launch Party in NYC or SF? We Want to Crash It
    You guys are just hating because I didn't invite you to my Windows 7 party. #windows7launchparty
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    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    10/16/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Don't you even #windows7launchparty
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    Image of EBone EBone
    10/16/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: I want an invite! You're somewhere in SD with me, right? #windows7launchparty
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    10/16/09

    @EBone: Yup, I'm sure we've passed each other on the freeway before. Anyhow, it will be a blast. We're going to get drunk, play board games, commandeer OMG! Ponies!' Gizmodo account and use it to promote the most heinous of unapproved Gizmodo comments *evil laugh*, and finally, to end the evening, we're going to build a giant helium balloon and tell my insurance company that my old truck that's been rusting in the parking lot took off in it.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/30/09

    In reply to Games2U Brings a Portable Arcade To Your House
    You mean the only time people visit arcades in the US. In Japan arcades are still very much a happening and social experience last I knew.


    I'm actually disappointed that Arcades have taken such a beating over the years. As an avid pinball player I go out of my way to do business with places that still have pinball machines. My wife and I go out on Pinball Dates even.


    It still depresses me that the arcade/amusement industry is in the shape that it is. It used to be a great way to hang out with friends. Now everyone just meets online to play instead, and it just isn't the same.

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    Image of vidmeister vidmeister
    06/30/09

    In reply to Games2U Brings a Portable Arcade To Your House
    I think most of the posts about this are from soon-to-be geezers, like myself... Unlike the rest of you guys, who are NOT the demographic they want anyway, I'd bet kids would light up on this in a hurry, as long as the van is air conditioned, and there no one who even bears a passing resemblance to MJ is inside... I agree: 25, maybe 50 cents is most anyone should have EVER charged for a game that lasts 90-180 seconds...Existing arcades suck because their rate is about $12-15 per hour, which is more expensive than Disneyland!
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/30/09

    @vidmeister: Not if you eat at Disneyland...
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    Image of bobmarley101 bobmarley101
    06/30/09

    In reply to Games2U Brings a Portable Arcade To Your House
    Arcades have to have pinball to be worthwhile.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/30/09

    @bobmarley101: Amen.


    I put a shitload of effort into keeping my Wife's Twilight Zone pinball machine working.

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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    06/30/09

    @Act Now and get a 4th Celebrity Death Free!: Lite: that IS a classic machine.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/30/09

    @DeusExMach: Actually it's pretty much THE classic machine. And it's an utter bitch to keep running because it's so complex. =|


    The only machine in more demand is like Medieval because the geeks like it. But for rules depth and play style TZ is an amazing machine.


    The only pinball machine with more units made than TZ is Addams Family.


    Personally I'm hoping to get a Monster Bash someday as my own machine.

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    06/30/09

    @Act Now and get a 4th Celebrity Death Free!: Lite: AF was the other one I was thinking about. I bow to your knowledge of pinball machines.


    Your name wouldn't happen to be "Tommy" would it? :D

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/30/09

    @DeusExMach: Addams Family is the #1 most prolific pin ever made. It was so successful that Bally gave the designer (Pat Lawler) basically a blank check to build his next machine (Twilight Zone). Which yielded the first widebody pinball machine, magnets for flippers, and it is the only machine featuring a ceramic (gumball) ball that changed the rule set of the pin when it was in play.


    I love me some AF, I truly do. I'd happily own one if you could get one in decent shape (most have been beat to hell and this was before Bally started clear coating their play fields)...

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    Image of VideoVampire VideoVampire
    06/30/09

    In reply to Games2U Brings a Portable Arcade To Your House
    When I was a kid they asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. My answer was I don't care I just want an arcade in my house. Well I got one now and it is way smaller than I thought it was gonna be.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/30/09

    @VideoVampire: Do you have a pinball machine? Skeeball?
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    Image of tok3ninja tok3ninja
    06/30/09

    In reply to Games2U Brings a Portable Arcade To Your House
    Video games give me a reason not to go outside and tan my beautifully whitened Asian skin. Not only will the sunlight put a stupid glare on the TVs, it'll also burn my eyes out faster.
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    Image of I see the light. It burns! I see the light. It burns!
    06/30/09

    @tok3ninja: Coming from the northwest, I too wouldn't want to tan my whitened african american skin(yes, I've "faded" alot in color since coming up here). You're right about the glare on the TV, plus, that van just looks too cramped. I can see fights breaking out among the little brats for space to play.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/30/09

    @I see the light. It burns!: What sun? It's usually overcast here. Which means I can actually see without my sunglasses on those days.


    But there's still a good game infrastructure in the Northwest.

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    Image of Valnen Valnen
    06/30/09

    In reply to Games2U Brings a Portable Arcade To Your House
    I personally don't see this succeeding. Too much money for too little entertainment.
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    Image of Eavangel Eavangel
    06/30/09

    @Valnen: My boss did this for her son last year and she said it was pretty cool. Showed me some pics and yes... the Hamster Ball is pretty freaking sweet. Laser tag is a a plus but i agree with the cost of these things being too much.


    Her son is actually painted on the side of the Van... but you can't really see him in the pic above.


    It would have been cool to have something like this when i was growing up but now being 21 i'd rather go drink with some buds and play some old school games like SC and metal slug. YAY BEER!

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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    06/30/09

    @Eavangel: Do you think arcade games in bars are going to increase in number? Because I can understand needing room for the pool table, but lining the walls with old-skool classics might not be a half-bad idea.


    Of course then you run the risk of being charged with attempting to lure in children with video games, but some of my fondest childhood memories involve dad knockin' them back at the bar while I played pinball in the corner for hourse.

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/30/09

    @DeusExMach: I'm actually starting to see a lot of dive bars that feature immaculately maintained pinball machines...
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/27/09

    In reply to The Party Pump: A Pump for All Occassions
    i thought this story ws about wingdings. it's not. i'm out.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    05/27/09

    In reply to The Party Pump: A Pump for All Occassions
    Just so you know, GitEmSteveDave is also known as Rev. John, and can legally perform marriages. My fee is usually dinner(no Olive Garden), and I'm open to pretty much all kinds of ceremonies, even nudist. Just putting it out there.
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    05/27/09

    @GenerousHelpingOf_GitEmSteveDa...: Please stop "putting it out there", you're embarrassing the kids, and those ladies over there are pointing and giggling....
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/27/09

    @Barry99705: OTOH, several of my friends have asked me for his number...
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    05/27/09

    @bosskev: Who? Names, pictures? er… shut up, SteveDave. Close the deal… close the deal!


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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    05/27/09

    In reply to The Party Pump: A Pump for All Occassions
    Why haven't I got my save the date card yet?


    Surely he needs a dozen Giz commenters sitting in the back row making snide remarks and witty jokes in response to everything the priest says.

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    05/27/09

    @Hiphopopotamus: that's why i go to weddings.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    05/27/09

    @Hiphopopotamus: Wedding Crashers: Gizmodo/College Humor Edition.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    05/27/09

    @Hiphopopotamus: Damn. Now I have to slim down to fit into a seafoam bridesmaid dress.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    05/27/09

    @Hiphopopotamus: @mfusion: You guys haven't got yours yet. ummm, maybe it's in the mail?


    /awkward silence...

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    05/27/09

    In reply to The Party Pump: A Pump for All Occassions
    JASON, YOU BASTARD!!! YOU SAID YOU'D MARRY ME!


    I hope that squirrels shit all over your lousy reception and give you and all your guests necrotizing fascitis. You two-timing prick. You said your heart belonged to me.


    GO TO HELL, JASON! I WANT ALL THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT CHEN IS A LYING JERK WHO WILL TAKE A STEAMING DUMP ALL OVER YOUR FEELINGS!


    And to think I used to love you.

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/27/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: PONIES!, YOU BASTARD!!! YOU SAID YOU WERE MINE!


    When the squirrels are finished with Jason, I hope they set up camp in that hollow space where your heart was supposed to be.


    GO TO HELL, PONIES! I WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT MY NICKNAME FOR YOU WAS "TICONDEROGA" AND LET EVERYBODY FIGURE OUT WHICH OF YOUR PENCIL-SIZED APPENDAGES EARNED YOU THAT NAME.


    And to think I ate bacon for you.

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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/27/09

    @bosskev: JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    05/27/09

    @bosskev: For your information, it's called "Ticonderoga" because it's the size of an aircraft carrier and half the Navy has taken a ride on it.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    05/27/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I've also heard you can "launch" a "Volkswagen" all the way across the room with it.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/27/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: seamen. you just had to reference seamen.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/27/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: @bosskev:


    OK you two, you're out of the harem. Sorry, but this battle of conquest is no longer alluring.

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    05/27/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Strangely, I said that very thing last night.
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