Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Aug 30, 2002 5:15pm PDTWell, sadly the week comes to a close. We shared some special times together this week, and it wont be easily forgotten. It's a holiday weekend we're going in to here in the US, so for the 80% or so of you guys, have some good times eh? dont light the cat on fire or anything unless he's asking for it. Here's some stuff:
- Those e-textbooks are all the rage - Clean Flicks lawsuit.. will boggle you - The poor hackers are having trouble finding jobs - Broadband = porn - Lance Bass in space, some space guys are convinced this is good pr. - Construction workers apologizing for traffic, the end is near.Lastly, Ford has pulled the plug on their electric car division. (HAHA OMG GET IT? PULL PLUG?). The quote: "The bottom line is we don't believe that this is the future of environmental transport for the mass market"
Daily Filter: Sleeping Dogs, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Kingdoms of Amalur needed 3 million sales 'to break even,' RI governor says
Former Modern Warfare devs wanted to give Call of Duty series a 'rest'
Konami accused of bank loan fraud over Def Jam Rapstar
Capcom aims to shorten development cycle
Best Game Soundtrack?
I think Quake 2 has the best!
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Mafia has got to be one of THE COOLEST games I've played in awhile.
Comparable to GTA3 the fact that the missions tie to eachother and you're freedom is restricted (You do get FREE DRIVE mode which lets you wonder around the city like GTA3). The cars ARENT like GTA3, they behave like ass (I guess old cars drove 40-60 mph and took forever to stop), but I suspect the actual physics behind them is a lot more realistic than GTA3.
Graphics: ANYWAYS, the car models look BEAUTIFUL. Right now there is a 1936 Buick sitting in the garage underneath my room and good lord do the cars in the game look just like my parents antique cars. The city is eye popping. The player models look sweet. This game is just beautiful! ( I run FSAA 2x, 800x600x32 maximum detail) (athlon 1.33, 512 pc133 ram, gf4 ti4600)
Sound: The car horns loop instead of ring out as long as you are holding the horn key. The car sounds are pretty nice, guns and such sound nice, and the speech is perfect.
Music: 1930's music owns me!
Gameplay: Well for the first few levels I've just been driving around as taxi/errand boy. Nothing supar but in a few levels I finally got to bash in some windshields and shoot some bastards with my tommygun. This made me happy! Driving around is simple as you don't get lost with the much needed MINIMAP. Unfortunately 1930s streets are confusing and I don't know the rules about traffic laws. Few stop lights and stop signs confuse me :( Cops are a lot smarter, so obey the speed limit!!!
Bottomline: Hey if you enjoyed GTA3, this game is definately for you, but don't buy it for the driving around (these cars aren't speed demons, go drive a jeep in bf1942 if u want that). The plot is uber sexy and is keeping me addicted. So go down to your local game dealer and pickup a copy, why? Do'it 'o Tony'll break ya kneecaps, capeesh?
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yes, its true, I admit it. 3 new articles!!
First, Making WinXP look like Win2000. http://members.shaw.ca/ventro/articles/w2_wx/index.htm
Next we have 2 Bf1942 Guides.
First, a Torpedo Bombing Guide by syixxs
http://members.shaw.ca/ventro/articles/bf1942/torpedo/index.htm
And then 10 Bf1942 Tips from celerity!
http://members.shaw.ca/ventro/articles/bf1942/bfguide1/index.htm
view the main site here:
http://members.shaw.ca/ventro/
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I need some tips.. i cant pass this one for the life of me.
Watch video below.. the video is a spoiler i guess, for those that havent gotten to this level yet.
http://planetquake.com/shadowdane/dl/smb2_2-8.avi (Divx 5 Required) - 5.6MB
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*oh shit what the fuck did i drink last night*
AnswerL: 2 shots of whiskey
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Me = Sarge(Q3A)
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Simon and Garfunkel - America
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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I notice that the main light turns off but the mouse stays off even when I turn the PC off. Wiiiiiieerrrddd shit.
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C:\QUAKE>quake
Quake v1.06
Locked 1 Mb image
Locked 11 Mb data
malloc'd: 11837440
Exiting due to signal SIGSEGV
General Protection Fault at eip=000452cb
eax=fd24046c ebx=0011f240 ecx=0000ffff edx=fd240000 esi=00000054 edi=000db354
ebp=0011b34c esp=0011b2a8 cs=01a7 ds=01af es=01af fs=01cf gs=01cf ss=01af
Call frame traceback EIPs:
0x000452cb
C:\QUAKE>
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/bakes appelflappens to wake him up and start FP
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Last night we were out with some friends, and at dinner one of them brought up klerck's masterwork! They were shocked and amazed when I revealed the truth! (and that I knew the guy who did it!)
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With all the garbage coming out lately, it's good to see a game pull off what it promised. Everything the developers said about this game was true; it's fast-paced, exciting, fun, scary as all hell, and so beautiful that you'll die repeatedly because you'll be admiring the game more than actually trying to play it.
Top-knotch gfx, frighteningly intelligent AI, destructible objects (trees, rocks, etc) that you can use to kill enemies, some of the best weapons EVER (with nearly all having multiple firing modes) (weapon spoiler: the mechanical spider scout is cool as hell and great controller configurations (it plays almost exactly like Halo) make this one of the "must have" titles for the console.
Tons of fun here, folks. :)
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So big and so round
You brighten my day
With screams from around
They click you and then cry
I admit and do say
My love for teh goatse
Is happy and gay
(in the non-faggish way)
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I guess I could break into the vending machine or something
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boy!
boy!
Oh Boy!
Boy!
Gotta love the fridays.
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