Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Jul 31, 2004 6:16pm PDTWell we've gotten a few emails from store employees saying they got DOOM 3 early but they arent allowed to put it on shelves until the 3rd. Commies. Looks like a few copies have slipped out there though so if you poke around in the comments you can find some info.
- South Park, butchered! - Congrats to Grand Haven on being all WiFi and stuff. Thanks /. - Sony's iPod killer not hot - An upside to file sharing?Lastly, Intel pushing back the 4ghz launch :(
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Fucking a.
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For those of you that still play City of Hero's I made a small little vb app you can run in the background while playing to track little stats.
Screenie:
http://uploader.stonedonkey.com/uploads/cohlogger_a_0.2.jpg
It basically parses the text widow using regular expressions and lets you add new ones via a config file. Requires .NET frame work since I wrote it in vb.net.
Download:
http://www.stonedonkey.com/files/COHLogger_alpha0.2.zip
Readme file contains details on how to get it working. The screenshot is from tonight (yes I played for 4+ hours :( , so while I havn't tested a ton with it, it didnt' crash tonight.
Feedback and such is always welcome.
Donk
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I know doom3 hype doom3 hype but I am more excited for Vietnam does WWII. I feel nam could have been so much more. SO much more and it just fell flat on its face.
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the story blows, the art sucks ass. everyone looks ugly as sin, especially emma frost, who looks different kinds of ugly on different pages. the coloring is drab, inking is passable. the dialogue is dry, i was expecting more from whedon, whose fray stuff and buffy work was top notch.
i guess my biggest gripe, besides the character designs and how GODAMN UGLY they look, is how the panels don't flow at all. it's so amateurish. reading some good comic books is like reading a movie, because every panel has direction, and flows to the next like good camera work. y: the last man, 100 bullets, preacher, and countless others have this quality. superhero books that flow well include amazing spiderman, daredevil and punisher. astonishing x-men is shitty to read.
yet everyone is praising this book like the second coming of jesus. what the fuck. am i missing something here?
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Has anyone seen any water in the game yet? What does it look like? screenshots?
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/040801/ids_photos_en/r422701609.jpg&e=4&ncid=1756
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Wow, right here in my home town. People gagged, tied up and robbed at gunpoint. Stuff like this isn't supposed to happen in Canada!
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I seem to remember last year there beeing much more buzz around Quakecon. People were pooping their pants in anticipation MONTHS in advanced. ANd last year, iD had not just released a new game! There seems to be less broo-ha-ha around Quakecon in years past. Shit, I tried to get together a trip to the baseball game and it couldn't even pick up some blue.
So, who is your daddy and what does he do? / Are you going to quakecon, YES or NO?!
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Just a contrasting opinion.
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The urge to run out to EB and Gamestop and try to weasle Doom3 out of them is growing, it's like rising in my balls, omg, I may explode soon.
What do I do???
Course, if I go to those two places and they wont sell it to me, then my head will explode.
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had to say it. that's all it looks like to me now anyway.
in other news i'm gonna do that whole doom 1/2 coop via jdoom tonight if you wanna install/get it ready. as for now, i'm going out on the boat. in the light. of the sun.
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now it's "oh oopsies" time:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/08/01/missing.woman/index.html
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Right now I'm wondering whether it may be best to bump up the CPU and especially go to DDR ram. I want this system to be "good" for DOOM, HL2, Far Cry, etc, and serve as a secondary system for a few years after I build a new one, maybe in early '05.
So I'm thinking NForce2, probably a gig of ram, and a CPU in the ~3000 range. Any ideas or links? (I know there are a hundred sites that recommend their systems)
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(a) Hear him speak.
(b) Avoid the masses.
(c) Walk up there. Get a feel for the situation then decide.
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Think I'll go there and pick up a few DVDs and then steal a copy of DOOM3.
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it sucks. everytime this happens i swear i will not put shit in my ear again but i keep scratching it deeply when it itches. i should tape my ears shut.
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So I when I first heard about The Village, I was intriqued, seeing as I irrationally loved Signs and enjoyed Shyamalan's other work.
The movie was well done, that's for sure. People should not be saying that it sucked, it clearly did not. There were some instances that I felt were not strong, especially the cuts, but the movie as a whole was well done. M. Night provides some interesting twists and directs in such a way that emotion comes from his films in a way that I don't think other movies do. His suspense building was strong too, although I think it was layed on thick at some times.
Joaquin Phoenix was good as always, though subdued. Bryce Dallas Howard was very good too. I thought I had seen her in something before but a glance at her imdb.com profile says otherwise. William Hurt did a good job, I enjoyed his character a lot.
Adrien Brody was outstanding. Some people might not think so, saying that it would be easy to play like he did; but that one seen (you know which one), he just makes it sooooo uncomfortable and unsettling (like it's supposed to be).
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Now for some reason at the theater I was at, there were nearly 40 teens in the rear of the theater who went up and down the stairs in groups nearly 6 times a piece. I don't know why, but being inconsiderate like that just rubs me fiercely the wrong way. I guess that's why I mostly go to very late showings. I just had to whine about it though. You kids don't be like that. Stay in school.
Lastly, a question for those who saw the movie and were paying attention (not a super spoiler, although I can't say for sure):
When the ranger is getting the meds from the cabinet in the station and you see the guys reflection in the glass, who is it? I missed it because I was watching the vials.
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Time to shower and change. G-Phoria after party starts NOW!!!!
HALO 2 MULTI IS FUCKING AMAZING!
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I went looking for a 5.1 setup for my PC for under $200 and wasn't happy with the selection.
I demo'd speakers at local retailers, and to be honest, nothing sounded as warm and punchy as the Klipsch 5.1 and 2.1 setups. However, no one had the Logitech z-680's, so those could kick ass (as I've been told).
That said, Klipsch PC speakers are overpriced. $150 for a 2.1 setup? (ok, I paid $180 way back...and I know I got screwed) $350 for the 5.1? Amazing. They must sell, though.
So Doom 3 is going to be in 2.1. I'll just have to make up for it by cranking the volume :/ I never get to go past "3" anyway.
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I'll start with Rygar for PS2.
http://roushimsx.shackspace.com/Rygar.jpg
Graphically amazing and accompanied by a beautiful musical score, the actual game was slow, tedious, controlled poorly, and was loaded down with less-than-fun puzzles. Not a TERRIBLE game, but after everything good I'd heard about it, I really expected more.
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max payne 1+2 (pc) - $20
halo (pc) - $15
battlefield 1942 (pc) - $15
sword of mana (gba) - $15
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