No can do, my friend from the north. My home PC is a fucking Emachines with a mid-level AMD Athlon. I paid like $280 for it at Walmart using gift cards I got from switching to ATT. It's strictly a porn/internet machine. Sucks that we game on different platforms. I'm tired of wiping the floor with my seven-year-old's ass in Marvel Vs. Capcom 2.

Tomb Raider is a little tougher. I think that's mostly from games becoming easier and more willing to hold your hand as time goes on. I can honestly say that I was a much more skilled gamer at the age of 14 than I am now in my early 30's That one level that's completely vertical( St. Francis' Folly I think) still pisses me off to this day. I fall to my goddamn death 10-20 times every time I play that level.

You should have seen the stats on NV when they first released the game. There was a bug with one of the companions, where if you give him the Sniper Rifle it gave him like +11 critical multiplier or something ridiculous. I had this guy one-shot killing deathclaws from miles away. They nerfed the shit out of him with the second patch, though. I do own Portal 2, although my sister in law is currrently borrowing it. Are you telling me that I can play portal with you over XBOX live while you play on PC?

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