Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Jan 06, 2005 7:42pm PSTEvening Reading sure is becoming part of the evening lately! Dig on these daddy-o
- CD sales up, so is pirating Thanks /. - New image search tech coming - Cabbage Patch doll gettin nasty - Sims2 hack/virus? - Flat TVs are art!Lastly, Microsoft is now getting into the anti-spyware industry. You can check it out here.
Weekend PC digital deals: strategy-o-rama
38 Studios, Harry Potter Kinect - Shacknews Daily: May 25, 2012
Minecraft for Xbox 360 dev working on 'Adventure' update
Demon's Souls servers extended again
Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection coming in June
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finally starting up WoW (was on hold as i played through my stack of xmas games). I want to beat down other players in PVP...what class should I be to best accomplish the smackdown?
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What is GW? This is GW: http://articles.filefront.com/Guild_Wars_Preview_Event/;203;;;/article.html
What is GW? This is GW: http://guildwars.ogaming.com/data/2175~BetaGuide.php
What is this? http://s87349172.onlinehome.us/GW/DECEMBER_WEEKEND/home_sweet_home.jpg
That is this: http://s87349172.onlinehome.us/bringiton.wav
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We didn't get a chance to check out the Xbox exclusive co-op mode, but Fischer promises "a whole bunch of new gameplay stuff. One guy with the flashlight, one guy with the shotgun -- using the voice on Live you can really coordinate it." We'll of course be back with more once we get to sample that offering, but even without it, the game is shaping up well.
Looks like Doom III XBOX will support co-op mode over XBox Live(!)
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I was crazy busy the last day or so and haven't gotten around to posting my gift pictures and experience. The shacker who drew my name was matrix. He's awesome because he had to pay to ship a package from TX to Canada. It was shipped in plenty of time to get here, but Canada Post licks dong and it only arrived on Jan 04. Anyway let's get to the pics and discussion.
http://phaestus.procooling.com/elephant/white_elephant%20001.jpg
The box was big but it was surprisingly light. I opened it up to find my goodies and a lot of bags of air. Oh yeah! Let's check out the letter a little closer:
http://phaestus.procooling.com/elephant/white_elephant%20002.jpg
How did he know that the only thing standing between me and domestic violence was those pesky bruises? NO LONGER!
http://phaestus.procooling.com/elephant/white_elephant%20006.jpg
Remember the Shack gimmick poster I WILL KICK YOUR ASS?
http://phaestus.procooling.com/elephant/white_elephant%20007.jpg
Yea when you strap on the pillowfight gloves then it's a lot like having that account's password. I couldn't hold back!
http://phaestus.procooling.com/elephant/white_elephant%20009.jpg
I'll eat your ass on a lime!
http://phaestus.procooling.com/elephant/white_elephant%20011.jpg
I TOLD you no mayo on my sammich!
http://phaestus.procooling.com/elephant/white_elephant%20010.jpg
None shall be spared!
And when I'm done kicking ass on the dependants then it's time for some gaming (turbolinux 6.0 style):
http://phaestus.procooling.com/elephant/white_elephant%20004.jpg
Thanks again to matrix for enabling my child abuse and to cpt_gloval for setting up this whole exchange.
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http://www.leoburnett.com/ideas/portfolio_pieces/emea_tv/1q04Pitstop.asp
An ad for a Milwaukee impact wrench.
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Shamefully, they cut up the audio track completely and censored a lot of the dialouge, along with some scenes, I must guess. It's very annoying, especially doing that to the film once it would be past the 9:30pm mark. :(
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Thanks!
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http://www.worldofwar.net/comics/heroesofwow/chapter5/index.php
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at first i thought this was fake. like some kind of SA photoshop or something.
then i went to imdb.
:(
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\m/ FUCK YEAH \m/
http://cube.ign.com/articles/577/577841p5.html
9.8 out of 10
Closing Comments
Wow. I had some pretty high expectations for Resident Evil 4 and to my complete surprise the title actually exceeded them. This is simply the best survival horror game ever created. In fact, had it come out in 2004, it would have been my pick for Game of the Year.
With Resident Evil 4, Capcom has successfully -- triumphantly -- taken the franchise to the next level. It's really emphasized the "survival" in survival horror, too. You're oftentimes on the run for your life. And villagers, much smarter than any zombie, team up, dodge bullets, and do other nasty things that I will let you discover on your own. Then there are the boss fights, which are unexpectedly brilliant. This game is extremely scary, and that fear is intensified by the best graphics and some of the most eerie audio on Nintendo's console.
When you add in the new camera and action systems, as well as Leon's excellent new analog targeting function, you have a completely transformed survival horror experience. One that eclipses everything before it. Indeed, even after 20-plus hours of non-stop thrills, you won't want to put the controller down.
You don't own Resident Evil 4. It owns you.
An absolute must-have.
http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/resident-evil-4/577819p1.html?fromint=1
5 Stars
Pros
Fresh story; refined controls; fantastic new camera view; more weapons and ammo for more action-packed gameplay; wonderful graphics and sound; tons of enemies; tons of fun!
Cons
No quick weapon switch; no strafing; could use an extra checkpoint or two; Resident Evil-haters may disregard the game because of it's name.
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OMG, DDR Mario.
am i gonna die?
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Athlon 64 3200+(754) | MSI K8T Neo-FISR2 | 1GB PC3200 | ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB | Seagate 120GB SATA x 2
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Ha ha ha
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So did Bonnie Swanson in Family Guy ever have her baby? She was pregant for most the episodes then I remember in the Christmas special and after she didnt. Where did the baby go?
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Anyone here got a WUXGA 1680x1050 screen on a dell 8600 laptop?
I'm curious if I can h4x0r the ATI drivers to get the screen to do 840x525 in games? - giving me a crisp toasty screen in HL2 for example?
I don't think the little Ati 9600 will have the balls to do 1680x1050 in games :( but I didn't want the 1280x800 as there's not enough screen real -estate.
ALSO I don't want the screen to "scale" I don't like the blurry horribleness.
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Anyways any1 know how I can get these .MOV files to show up so I can copy them out of cache to another directory on my HD?
Windows 98 never had this problem...
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Uh so again I've failed to get mp3 playback with xmms :(. using yum to download xmms-mp3 "worked".. but didn't work. It installed, but xmms is still giving me this error that it won't play mp3s. saying mp3 support has been removed... :( I finally got fedora to read my ntfs drive. now I just want to be able to play all my mp3s :(
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http://shop4.outpost.com/product/3680905
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http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0743719/
This guy has a pretty fucking awesome track record
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http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9312705
WTF, I think. According to USPS tracking, it said it was delivered and signed for on the 17th of December. What is he smoking? LURKER TWEEDS!
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Any special events going on in the city? Cool bands playing? Totally sweet bars i should check out?
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http://www.flashplayer.com/games/dragonforce.html
Are there more such games out there? They don't have to be flash games.
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