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by Maarten Goldstein, Nov 11, 2002 7:31am PSTHaven't checked out that Spearhead demo yet. Allied Assault was probably the best shooter this year imho, but its multiplayer modes never really appealed to me. Even though this has a new game mode I'm still not sure I'll spend the time downloading the demo instead of just picking up the expansion for its single-player part. Hopefully EALA did a good job on it. Looks like the cats wanted to give me a little wake up surprise by knocking over a glass. Yay for broken glass everywhere on the kitchen floor. Movie: Why is this man here? Why is he taped to my father's favorite chair?
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I am writing a research paper on video games and if it causes kids to kill(I know shitty topic). But I need to know what actual gamers think and not just the media and such.
So the choices are
1) Yes it helps create violent behavior that can lead to further violence
2) No it causes no change in violence levels
3) Yes it causes kids to become more violent but doesn't lead to further violence
4) No it actually reduces violence due to the stress relieving properties
5) Other [Please Elaborate]
I really appreciate it thanks.
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"Oh wow! There's hawaiian pizza here today, my fave! I never get to have it."
So she takes the WHOLE PIZZA from the buffet and stacks it half a foot high onto her little plate all for herself.
Wtf is wrong with people today?
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How many times can you bounce the beachball in VC? I just discovered it, and am at 11.
One of the EGM editor's gave it a 10: http://www.gamers.com/game/289115/reviews
(this in addition to IGN's 9.8 http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=5958509)
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Post yours!
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I dunno if this was in the demo at stores, but it wasn't in the demo at e3. Samus loses her Varia suit and all her equipment at the beginning of the game. I just thought it was really badass to go back to being a weakling like at the start of the original game.
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Recently divorced, ex-military type.
First thing he did when he moved in was put up an American flag with a giant gold eagle silkscreened on it (like something you'd see at the State Fair) blocking his front windows on his porch. Cheesy at best, tacky is more like it.
I come home to this today : http://www.shackspace.com/~drucifer@shackmail.com/DCP_0146.jpg hanging from his porch in front of mine...
My interpretation : A DUCK IN A NOOSE!
this guy is gonna go postal soon. >:(
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Verdict:
Seems quite interesting. It takes a few minutes to adjust to what it does but the difference is noticeable. The effect it gives with headphones isn't so much surround sound in terms of front to back as it is from left, center, and right. It feels like it is filling in the gaps between your ears and places some of the music in a virtual center channel. So far I've tried it with a few Shoutcast streams and they seem less static sounding and more dynamic and fuller, even at lesser bitrates. Most MP3s also place the instruments and vocals in various locations within the audible zone Dobly Headphones create. There are three different settings: DH1 (small room) DH2 (larger auditorium) and DH3 (hall) and they are all announced on the fly by a woman's sexy Aussie accent. DH2 seemed to be a good mix between the two. The difference if you turn the Dolby Headphone effect off and on is staggering. The basic version of musicmatch doesn't allow you to change the equalizer so the music must be listened to in a flat response but overall it's major improvement over the QSound effects floating around with some sound cards.
In one sentence: It's like having a strong center channel within headphones. Very nice.
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pics + divx!
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1. Subway or Blimpies (blimpies is closer)
2. KFC
3. Checkers
4. i'm sure all the other standard stuff
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pics + divx + omgxboxishugelol
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http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/INW20021111S0001
http://makeashorterlink.com/?R2FB13A62
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/28025.html
And a recent article in (I think) CPU magizine about a new nano-size hard drive that can hold something like 20x more storage and access it much faster.
And it appears that Apple will begin using their PPC970 chip starting next year.
Dunno...might be time to buy some stock...
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ER ER ER ER
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http://www.sleepbot.com/ambience/broadcast/
ahhhh *stretch*
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Say what you will about length or a few tedious early levels, but NOLF2 was far superior to MOHAA in almost every way. Sure the Normandy invasion was impressive, but the game had so many flaws as to be ridiculous.
Once you hit the Sniper-town map there was really no need to play the game further. From that point on, the AI got ridiculously hard and I even resorted to playing in Easy mode. RTCW also had limited AI, with the enemies playing more like Quake3 bots than soldiers in WWII. The final missions of both RTCW and MOHAA were insanely difficult (with RTCW being slightly less so in that he was beatable without cheating).
There hasn't been a Quake3-based singleplayer game yet that has been satisfactory.
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Inspired by this http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=5958837
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