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Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Aug 04, 2004 6:58pm PDTSo I've decided that with the right environment and audio setup, DOOM3 really is freaking creepy. I had a hard time picturing myself actually getting jumpy from a videogame but I was proven mistaken last night. 5.1 headphones are just wonderful paired up with the game too. Oh, look at this!
- The Vietnam cybercops are on the loose - Kobe may not even go to trial - Anti identity theft tactics - Whatup with online news? - Mobiles to run off of youLastly, eBay scammers are still out there. Lots of em.
I've started on the DooM3 single player mode. It was generally creepy, but not really scary. That's before i got to the bathroom in Marine Command. As soon as I looked in the mirror, the screen turns blood red and I see a very scary man staring back at me. Funny thing was the PA System saying "The UAC cares about your mental healt"h right before that happened. Seriously, this is worse than any scary movie I've ever seen. This is some unholy shit!
I just turned the game off, turned on every light in the house, and my hands are still shaking. Carmack owes me a new pair of pants too.
Now everyone laugh at me :(
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Some kind of new game apparently came out while I was gone. Hmmm. I guess I'll look into it at some point.
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Thank you for your letter rejecting my application for employment with your firm.
I have received rejections from an unusually large number of exceptionally well qualified organizations. With such a varied and promising spectrum of rejections from which to select, it is impossible for me to consider them all. After careful deliberation, then, and because a number of firms have found me more unsuitable, I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your rejection.
Despite your company's outstanding qualifications and previous experience in rejecting applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet with my requirements at this time. As a result, I will be starting employment with your firm on the first of the month.
Circumstances change and one can never know when new demands for rejection arise. Accordingly, I will keep your letter on file in case my requirements for rejection change.
Please do not regard this letter as a criticism of your qualifications in
attempting to refuse me employment. I wish you the best of luck in
rejecting future candidates.
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www.mozilla.org
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my local games store just got DOOM3 in! Will I be the first eurofag shacker to get D3? ;)
anyone living in germany or viscinity may order theirs from http://shop.gamezone.de , they are trustworthy and I know them personally.
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just scored a PAIR of G4 cubes WITH displays (albeit crt's, decent ones though) for £560
ph33r!!!!!!!!! + BOW DOWN BEFORE ME
heh
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I have a hard time choosing the weapon I want to whip out. I also don't like that I can't see which weapons I'm currently holding. I end up pressing 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 until something decent pops out, and usually end up nading myself =(
Also,, is there some sort of high jump? Like usually its cntrl/spacebar...
I'd love to see some good players in action, and some configs...
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I bought these to go with my onboard sound from my A7N8X mobo. Other than watching movies I havent really appreciated them until Doom3 came out. This small system is great for the money. Bone chilling vibes!
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http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1167777
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They're televising most, if not all, preseason games. I know they're at least showing the three Steelers games that aren't nationally televised. It has always been so hard to get through the preseason only getting to see my team in action once. NOW I WON'T MISS A BEAT!
NFL Network = greatest channel ever. 54 games in 25 days!
http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/7512016
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Who has gotten their Ipod yet?
Are they still available?
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http://www.comicon.com/thebeat/archives/00000164.htm
"Numerous rumors have been flying of late regarding Superman, Superboy and the copyrights to these world famous characters, including whispers that the heirs of creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster have regained the rights to the characters.
While the rights appear to be caught in legal limbo, according to paperwork filed at the Library of Congress, in November 2002, Joanne Siegel and Laura Siegel Larson filed to terminate the assignment of Superboy's copyright to Time Warner, The Beat has learned. The termination becomes effective on November 17, 2004.
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For everyone who has a headache after all this legal talk, the question may be, what's the bottom line: well, here's one word for you: SMALLVILLE, an enormously successful show about a young Clark Kent, who is about to become Superboy. Should the copyright termination stand, DC could be forced to make a very large payment to the Siegel family.
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I value most of the gamespot reviews...I find them quite acurate because they are usually free of the zombie fanatism of other robot behavior derived from the media hype machine (IGN and gamepy being the biggest examples).
Nevertheless I just think they dropped the ball with DOOM3's review. I mean, DOOM is more evolutionary than revolutionary but a 8.5 its just too little when you compare their past ratings for second or third parts which didn't bring anything new you know somethign is not right. For example:
GTA Vice City: 93
Serious Sam: Second Encounter: 91
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow: 91
Painkiller: 85
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2: 86 (Yikes!)
And those are only quick examples of reviews that got higher rarings than DOOM3 and didn't bring anything new to the table or share at least the quality of a extremely fine release like DOOM3. In fact DOOM3 PC has to be one og the more bug less PC releases in this year (except the silly browser error), and that only deserves a good rating taking in account the horrible patch mania we've been though with 99% of PC games.
In the Serious sam cases things get worse cause you just can't compare the quality of DOOM3 with those two fun but budget titles. And don't get me started on game clones likeVice City or Tony Hack which only grang to the table new autos or new outfits.
I don't know hwat hapenned there...maybe $$$ didnt flow enough..maybe Greg got caugh in the hype machine and was disapointed like many gamers are which expected DOOM3 to be a orgasmic revolution on PC gamming discovered what it really is: A Good damn fine recreation of one of the first FPS PCgames.
DOOM deserved more....maybe not the best game ever but still a worthy winner of more than 90 points in any rating. At least Im sure is way better than any of the other games I mention ed.
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It's gonna be a long day. Also it's gonna be a long night. >:]
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http://www.reddesigns.net/absolute/op1/main.html
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One of the reasons that I have gotten so into the game is because I see a darkened hallway or a darkened corner and I know there is some armor and health there because I can see but I know if I go in there something bad/interesting will happen. That and the fricken voices I hear taunting me to come down that way makes it all the worthwhile to go down there.
So bravo id you have created one heck of a game.
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Okay, so ID and NVidia were in bed together and Valve and ATI, so the graphics card menz are always gonna bitch about this performance > * and that performance > * ... however, people comparing the two games themselves is just retarded.
C'mon people, they are chalk and cheese as soon as you remove the first person perspective from the issue. Doom III even has third person cutscenes so that's a further difference when it even comes down to the fact that they're both FPSs...
The differences?
Doom ]|[: A horror game, first and foremost, action melded to that almost symbiotically. It's deal is to make you so frightened be it through the use of the environment or hoardes of enemies or psychological mindfucks to get you under the game's control. It wants you to be afraid to continue but too hooked to stop. It wants you to believe that you're actually walking around a real world that is lifted straight from every horror film that involved space, Hell and dirty dank basements and engine rooms. You move from A to B to C and the key of the whole game is survival.
Half-Life 2: An action game, first and foremost, conspiracy theory-style alien invasion game second. It's deal is to stick you in an urban setting so realistic and give you massive freedoms within your environment and interactivity. It wants you to question the reality of your situation and think about the secrets of your government -- at the same time, it's throwing you into an urban warfare situation. Think on your feet, figure out the conspiracy as it unfolds around you - the name of the game, right?
So, does anyone else agree? The games are chalk and cheese.
Sure, talk about the single-player experience... cos so far Doom ]|[ has surpassed any other game for me in terms of being so sucked in and so mentally affected by it ... talk about the ability of the engines but comparing them is going to fall down too... urban realism vs stylised futuristic setting. All of these arguments have strengths and weaknesses but I just don't want to see shacknews become embroiled in an LOTR vs SW style argument and I can already see the makings of it brewing.
And again, come on 3DR, this would be the best gaming year EVAR if DNF was released... Thief III, Doom III, HL2, DNF?? Wow.
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http://www.danger.com/consumers_hiptop2.php
mid august they say..looks pretty dam slick.
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http://www.penny-arcade.com/
Monday's post is a good example of the phenomenon I'm describing. I created this alternate universe version of my holy union where our marriage is a cage of despair, certainly I found this very amusing, but it turns out that this concept did not test well with the actual Brenna. In fact, it enraged her, and with good reason - I described her as a domineering harpy to hundreds of thousands of people.
She's not, actually. The truth of the matter is that I can do pretty much whatever I want because she has her own interests that take up a lot of her time. The urge to say something inappropriate regarding those interests is really quite strong, but I am restraining it. Do you see? This is growth. You are watching me become a better man.
To conclude, I am very, very sorry and would like to sleep indoors again. She is a projection into our universe from the Perfect Dimension and she wears a diadem of radiant gold.
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Looking for an ATI chipset card as powerful as I can get for under $400. It could be $400 and that's ok, but I don't want to go above.
Bonus extra credit for explaining why the card is the best for the cash.
Thanks in advance!
can it play Elevator Action in 1024x768?
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Can't upload, the remote file always just ends up 0kb... ffs
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Neblix's random poll of the morning....
If god were a celebrity....what celebrity would he be?
I vote for George Carlin
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Holy shit
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I just checked the bid history at http://offer.ebay.com/ws3/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=8122008245 and noticed that most of the people who bid on it seem to have "Not a registered user" showing up by their accounts. Does this mean that eBay completed killed all of those accounts?
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I have one broadband connection (one ip)
Need to share it between 4 systems and one xbox.
Do i use a 5 port router or a 5 port switch ? my networking knowledge is ZERO so i dont know the difference.
Anyone care to explain ?
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As long as it's got at least 200mb of space, 5GB transfer, .ASP, and FTP, it'll be fine.
Everyone and their brother is offering hosting out there, so I'm looking for any personal recommendations.
omgthanks
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I'm thinking I need a new car. I'm seriously looking at a Mazda 3. Anyone have one of these?
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