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VisionTek

A mediocre company that manufactures graphics cards that are (now) powered by ATi. For people who are concerned with their budget but need entry-level gaming performance.
"I bought one from VisionTek, and now I can run Postal 2! Now I get to shoot all these foo's in they head!"
by Gearbox December 24, 2004
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G-Shock

A watch brand by Casio, designed to be a tough, resistant watch.

Certain Some features of the watches might be: Low power indicator, digital/analog, water resistance up to 200 meters, alarm, stopwatch, tough solar/10 year battery, databank pages, atomic clock, world time, and/or a countdown timer, but not without a price; G-Shock watches start at $51 retail.

All of these are recommended for a Male gender (as rated by Casio), so if you're girl, consider Baby-G.
With over 50 kinds of watches, you can't go wrong with a G-Shock.
by Gearbox January 13, 2005
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codebreaker

A cheat device made by Pelican. It currently has support for the Playstation, Dreamcast, Playstation 2, and Gameboy Advance.

All their products are normally retailed at $19.99, which is very cheap compared to its competitors, Gameshark and Action Replay and can be found at any store that features a gaming section.

Its current version of 9.0 features hard-drive support (meaning downloading saves/codes to the hard drive to save memory card space) and has over 70000 codes for over 900 games.

It might have some codes that you won't find on other cheat devices.
Dude, Action Replay wastes on their time on the graphics. Get a Codebreaker, at least it spends their time on codes.
by Gearbox January 20, 2005
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XTASY

A graphics card brand by VisionTek, which is Powered by ATi graphics. It has over 15 kinds of graphics cards, varying by performance, memory, MHz VPU, AGP/PCI, and all come with a lifetime warranty.

Some models lack a decent manual, however.
Want a graphics card but don't wanna deal with ATi prices? Go third-party and get a VisionTek XTASY brand!
by Gearbox December 24, 2004
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Rockstar Games

Creators of the Grand Theft Auto series, they have a reputation of making games with intense violence, strong language, sexual content, use of drugs, and even getting them banned in certain countries.

One thing does remain sure: Their games deliver.
Rockstar Games makes violent games like no other.
by Gearbox January 26, 2005
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Excel

Part of the Microsoft Office Suite, Excel is a spreadsheet program that basically resembles a paper ledger sheet, or a giant table. Unlike paper, Excel makes your job easier by removing the need for erasers or calculators! It definitely makes number manipulation almost painless.
Newbie: I need to do my taxes.
Computer Shop Employee: May I recommend Microsoft Excel?
by Gearbox January 25, 2005
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famicom

The Japanese name of the Nintendo Entertainment system (NES). It might also be known as the "Nintendo Family Computer". It's an 8-bit console that played cartridge-style games. You can easily tell the difference from the US and JP version by its cosmetics; US had gray/black, JP had red/white/gold.
Wow, you're playing the NES? In 2005? You're totally old-school.
by Gearbox January 14, 2005
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