Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Nov 16, 2004 6:13pm PSTWell I've only gotten to experience a couple of hours of HL2 so far but so far it is delivering. Good times. I did have a fair amount of frustration with my machine locking but it turns out my videocard was overheating... but only with HL2, and not CS:Source. Oh well, fixed!
- Trial reveals spammer tactics - Computers make you blind in more way than one. - Sex for rent is bad. - Mach10 is hot - Remember kids.. violence is totally cool, but sexuality is not!Lastly, as mentioned by Chris Morris of CNN, yes Shacknews was nominated for the Videogame Awards. It's like GameSpy/GameSpot/IGN/1up and us. If you vote for us, Maarten and I can meet Snoop!
Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection coming in June
Sony patent would interrupt gameplay to display ad
Weekend Confirmed 114 - Diablo 3, Max Payne 3, Lost Planet 3
New Zone of the Enders project underway
Carmageddon ploughing into GOG
It's based on the 1993 Bungie Studios game "Pathways into Darkness" and involves a special-ops squad, a sleeping elder god, and a forgotten nazi expedition team.
Before I make a final release, I was hoping Shackers could give it a spin and make some comments. And if anyone is willing to host a mirror, please shackmessage me! (I only have access to Fileplanet, which can be flakey)
screenshots: http://www.planethalflife.com/blended/pathways
download: http://www.fileplanet.com/dl.aspx?/planethalflife/blended/path_11_16_04.zip (9.6 mb)
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but ddaaaaamn this game is AWESOME. The use the physics is utterly amazing. The spray from the choppers blew me away.
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It plays, it looks cool, but for what I spent (already) on this game, it should look FREAKING AWESOME RIGHT?!?
Best video card for my money? I'd like to keep it under $400 Cdn.
Best place to buy it in Canada, online?
Current card = GeForce4 Ti4200 128 MB (and system is 1.7Ghz AMD Athlon, 768 MB RAM)
Also side note: Monitor will only support 1024x768 so I won't be venturing into 1600x and 2048x territory
Thanks!
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The Wonders of our justice system.
I'm sure most people in the United States have heard about
the discovery in 2002 of hundreds of bodies at a north Georgia crematory.
Well, the crematory operator has agreed to a plea deal that will give him no more than 12 years in prison. If he had been convicted on all counts he could have served 8,000 years in prison.
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/10199560.htm
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"We want people to think of the suffering of the fish," said Stephanie Bell, a Seattle resident and PETA's regional animal cruelty caseworker. Bell, 35, said up until 10 years ago, she, too, ate fish and meat. That was before she learned of the suffering of the animals to be consumed.
"It's something many people have not stopped to think about."
I really hope these fucking PETA people walk instead of driving everywhere and have nothing to do with ANY animal products whatsoever. else they'd be effing hypocrites.
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Review Here:
http://xbox.ign.com/articles/566/566498p1.html
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TL;DR version: TITTIES AND SEX ARE NORMAL YOU UPTIGHT RETARDED FUCKS.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041117/D86DASH80.html
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041116/D86D4ARO1.html
I wonder if these are "public tracker .torrent related" people or just the retards who never turn off Kazaa? I'm guessing this is Supernova related stuff and I misspelled that on purpose.
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OHWOWOWOWOW CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?!?!?!? FUCKING REVOLUTIONARY. NEVER BEFORE SEEN
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I have the option of getting a new hard drive with Serial ATA for my system. I've done some initial research and found that they perform a tad bit better. However, at this point it's nothing that can really push me over the edge in justiying the extra cost.
Do SATA hard drives really perform all that better than regular IDE, better cabling aside?
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Nov 17, 2004 04:43:00 AM RICHMOND CA US IN TRANSIT TO
Nov 17, 2004 04:42:00 AM E. SYRACUSE NY US DEPARTURE SCAN
Syracuse was only like an hour away :(
is that just a display glitch or are they really sending it to california?
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in reply because the link I'm posting is some desparate housewives thingy...
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I wonder if valve made that expensive phone call to bump up the bandwidth.
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I am running Athlon 64 2.0 Ghz
ATI X800 XT PE
1 gig of pc3200
I avg around 70-80 fps.
http://www.geocities.com/glimpse08/bui2.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/glimpse08/buihl2.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/glimpse08/swamp.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/glimpse08/tunnel.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/glimpse08/waterhl2.jpg
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http://www.buy.com/retail/product_jump.asp?sku=10292847&SearchEngine=Froogle&SearchTerm=10292847&Type=PE&Category=Comp&dcaid=17379
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7 : 43 am Arrived at DHL facility. Uptown East, NY
Oh snap! I wasn't supposed to get this until Friday!
Guess I won't be going to my classes tomorrow :(
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saw this on the [H] but it talks about how CS:S is beta at best and how crappy the admin implementation is in it.
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I hope Steve doesn't have to shank a motherfucker at the Spike awards. what the shit is wrong with these tards?
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http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2004-11-17
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O_o What exactly does the "audience" for MNF want to see then???
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The picture of Kelly Carlson of Nip/Tuck on the cover (October) has to be the hottest pic I've ever seen in my miserable, long, drawn-out, never-ending, unholy cracked shell of a married life. I cannot bleieve hot hot this woman is. Tell her I'm waiting for her call.
- Phil, Midland, Texas.
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my friend had the same problem with it chopping a lot, and he found out disabling his antivirus software seemed to help a lot.
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It looks like there's tearing even when v-sync in turned on. I had this issue in CS:S Beta as well.
9800 Pro. The problem isn't continuous, but it pops up quite a bit.
Any ideas? It's kind of annoying and it's especially noticeable around fallen enemies.
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Even at my most formidable gaming stage (16-22) I usually only did 8-hour sessions at a time, max (though I'd play 3 or 4 8-hour sessions in a row).
Now if I get three uninterrupted hours of a game I consider it a mini-spree. Six hours? Forget it!
It's a blessing and a curse. I wish I had more hours to devote, but I also enjoy playing a game for a couple of weeks rather than a couple of days.
So I'll probably finish Half-Life 2 next Friday, which is okay! I plowed through Halo 2 in six days, which I consider a damn marathon! 26 and married
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Wtf happened in HL1? Where was black mesa? When is this taking place? Why am I in some police city all the sudden? Who are these alien fuckers? Wtf is a headcrab? Why does Sean Connary hate me in this game? Any and all relevant information would be a plus ...
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Any early reviews? I may find myself off to wal-mart to pick it up!
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