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by Maarten Goldstein, Mar 11, 2005 4:28am PSTIt's only been 3 years (I think) but it looks like the chair I'm using has seen its best days. The right side support is slowly coming off, and since it's attached to the back I can't really lean back anymore (in fact that's how I found out, I nearly fell backwards the other day). I guess $90 chairs just don't do. That Stubbs the Zombie game seems like it will be pretty entertaining. It's definitely something different. And hey who doesn't like zombies. Also on FileShack
- LEGO Star Wars demo - yes, they actually made a game out of this.
- Obscure gameplay video #2 - more footage from this upcoming adventure game.
- Trackmania Sunrise video - gameplay footage from a few tracks.
Daily Filter: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13: The Masters, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
Dear Esther Mac port confirmed
Killing Floor hits a million sales, discounted on Steam
Jam Live Music Arcade announced for PS3, Xbox 360
Metal Gear Online to quietly die this summer
on one hand, it's so beautiful out here in seattle.
but i can't go anywhere until my dad buys me a car battery and charges it so i can actually use it in my car.
and then i have to work tomorrow at the normal time (7am).
dammit.
hi shack how ur friday
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I was one of the lucky few in attendance who got the world's first semi-public view of the game, and it stunned everybody.
It's in essence an evolution simulator which starts asa meager 2D game, but eventually spawns into a mix of Civ, Populus, Sim City, and Black and White.
It plays like stages, where for about three minutes you try to survive and propagate, starting with eating simple cellular life forms. With each stage ending, you get to an editor where you modify your creature with some evolving feature, such as a defensive horn or faster fins. Take this basic concept, and then imagine the stages progressing something like this:
Amoeba-Stronger Amoeba.....Sea Creature, Land Creature, Sentinent Beings, Social Structure...City-management, Offensive/Defensive gameplay (think an RTS,) Planet Exploration, Inter-stellar Travel, Inter-star Travel, and eventually, you get a view of an entire galaxy, complete with their own unique solar systems and alien life.
Along with all the amazing scale, all the content is either randomly generated or user-created, and you will be able to have content from all over the world, since the game apparently will connect to a central server and have content sent to you.
It's now the talk of the show, and people are incredibly excited for the prospect. It is the first example of emergent gameplay I've ever seen.
People, be ready for a pardigm-shift in game design. Will Wright and Maxis have outdone themselves and created something so revolutionary that I can guarantee it will change the way everyone thinks of open-ended gameplay forever.
I cannot wait for you guys to see it. :D
-Falkon @ GDC, out
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You should donate too!
http://www.aidslifecycle.org/3152
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Look ma, one of my first asp apps!
It does...nothing much really.
ESPN is holding a contest currently on their Page2 for one of their columnists to spend a week at Illinois in a campus house. My house has made it to the final poll, and I would be greatly appreciatve if you guys could throw a vote my way. We're Sigma Phi Epsilon in the poll on the top right.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple/050311
I know you might have issues with voting for a fraternity, but we're good guys and not the type of fraternity you've come to expect. For example, last year we spent our Spring Break on an Indian Reservation in South Dakota building homes and are going there again this year.
http://www.sigep.org/development/success_03.asp
So, I would appreciate a vote.
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Brothers In Arms: Road To Hill 30 (XBOX)
Bought it last week. Maybe put 3-4 hours into it so far.
When I play it, I enjoy it. But I am not completely freaking out over it. It's just not calling out to me "Play me!" "Play me!"
I've since gone back and started replaying Splinter Cell 1. WTF would I do that :/ I've beat SC 5 times already.
I'm going to go pop it in now and have at it. Maybe I am just getting sick of the whole FPS thing and need to take a break for a bit. But it's not begging me to play it, like say the original Star Wars: KOTOR
(BIA and KOTOR being 2 games I got completely ShackHyped tm on and bought on release day, sight unseen.)
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I am looking for a site that details out different warrior specs.
I just hit 24 and I guess now is a good time to stop training in stuff all willy-nilly and get a solid build going.
Any site suggestions?
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It seems like it's really common for players to get stuck on some area in a game where the difficulty ramped up unexpectedly or where there's suddenly a lot of backtracking/repetition or where the level design or mission objective is unclear. They put the game down, then never pick it up again for fear they'd just have start it all over again from the begining.
Obviously making games shorter or easier wouldn't necessarily solve this problem. Having a better plot isn't the answer either, because there are many fantastic games with zero plot too. 'Seems to me there are just a lot of games out there that don't understand what a good balance of effort vs. reward is, and that's the primary culprit. Pacing & emotional response also seems like it gets short changed very often.
What do think? Have any particular games that you feel were paced perfectly or that were great games with a horrible slump in the middle, etc?
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Suicides are big news (at least they are where I come from) and wouldn't it be possible that the local news website has posted a news story + PIX of him about this? Usually they show a family photo or something.
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http://images.rebel-scum.com/halo2s2.jpg
The new warthog is way cooler than the halo 1 versions :D
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All in all, I really enjoyed it, but the ending when Zombie-Tom-Cruise is alive for about the 3rd time, in the car, with Christian Slater was probably the STUPIDEST ending I've seen in a long time.
Pair that with the song they played, and yeah.
Brad Pitt was excellent as always though.
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Iam looking for a deal on a CPU and MotherBoard... like within 200 bucks
and i'm from Canada
can anyone help me out or sugguest or lead me in a good direction.
Thank You.
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Also, when all your friends are college students finals week is really boring.
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Another World: http://membres.lycos.fr/cyxdown/raw/ (Download removed)
Heart of the Alien: http://sourceforge.net/projects/hota/
Flashback: http://membres.lycos.fr/cyxdown/reminiscence/
Star Control 2: http://sc2.sourceforge.net/
Got one you like? Post it here!
Again, non-FPS, damnit
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God, this is so annoying. I NEED ASSERTS!!!@~!@$#@#
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I just love how these bored lvl 60 horde come around and do more damage to me than I have total health - while I am selling at a merchant in a town.
I really hope the new honor system blizzard is adding will fix this annoyance. Plus the battle grounds will give the level 60 players a place to go kill other level 60 players instead of all the low level people (I'm level 43). Blizzard needs to work faster :(
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I just bought a Canon G6 from Dell and the shipping date is showing as 3/28.
<homer>Awwww, but I want it now</homer>
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