Anarchy Reigns finished, delayed by Sega anyway
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Diablo 3 patch coming next week
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First Post!
by Maarten Goldstein, Jun 04, 2005 10:53am PDTSome news for you Mercury subscribers today. If you download from one specific server most of the time, you can now specify that as your favorite server (at the bottom of the account settings page). Doing so immediately spawns the popup when you click Download Now on a file page, so you skip the server overview page. Yeah you like that don't you. Also on FileShack
- HighPower v0.93 - a Desert Combat mini-mod.
- Dystopia teaser movie - some pretty neat footage from an upcoming Half-Life 2 TC.
- Obsidian Edge demo - teamplay multiplayer mod for Far Cry.
- Onslaught 3.5 - mod for Homeworld: Cataclysm.
what is needed to test drive a car?
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The official site is
http://www.nexuiz.com/
Download Mirrors
http://www.nexuiz.com/index.php?module=downloads
And some screenshots
http://www.nexuiz.com/index.php?module=media
Looks good, check it out.
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I mean, i know you guys like some real shitty music, but this is going too far. am i rite?
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The Wynn is even prettier in real life
http://drewmarlowe.com/pictures/vegas+LA/wynn.jpg
But I thought this (from the Venetian) was in bad taste
http://drewmarlowe.com/pictures/vegas+LA/tsunami.jpg
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Thanks!
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Composer of tomes of music including Total Annihilation, Giants, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights, Dungeon Siege, Morrowind, the Harry Potter games, Warhammer DoW, Star Wars KOTOR, Guild Wars, and the next Unreal game. He's a digital fricking Mozart, his music is better than some of the games its written for. Samples of his music are playing on his website: http://www.jeremysoule.com/index2.html
Years ago the he tried to pull off a series of CDs with his music, but that went down the shitter for unknown reasons. Now he's apparently back with http://www.directsong.com/ , which looks like an online music store + music development and distribution frontend for him.
And with Guild Wars as the launch product, things are even better! http://www.guildwars.com/community/fansite-friday45.html
The idea is that this "Direct Song" front will offer albums for sale (starting with the Guild Wars deluxe soundtrack that people want to buy but so far cannot), and offer "soundtrack expansion packs" for sale which will automatically integrate with the game, in the starting case Guild Wars. That's a foreign idea, but more sweet music is better, baby.
Personally I think Soule writes awesome music, and as a preorderer of his defunct music CD, I'm in lineup to help his new cause as well. The poor guys who compose classical music can't be making that much money, what with their music dieing with the games. Hopefully this revives old music (imagine the TA soundtrack for sale, hopefully the billion of us with the MP3s will purchase it!) and gets the composer(s) the credit they deserve.
Support your favorite musicians by giving them money - downloading their music might not be stealing, but it sure is being a cheap motherfucker!]b
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LET's PLAY A GAME!
Game title: Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
License: Freeware
Download: http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src?type=begins&file=WolfET.exe&action=Find
patch: http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=6551 or http://hxman.askluke.com/ET_Patch_2_60.exe
Time: 6pm CST (plenty of time to download the game)
I'll try to host the game but I cant guarrentee it..
If not, we'll hop on a public server.
we are already on hxman's server. feel free to join already.
think about it it will be like the fall of the berlin wall. you will see people you havent met in ages. no korean sunshine policy needed, just join the game.
i'm sure some of the shackmods will feel right at home (sexninja we love you)
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This game seriously puts the survival in survival-horror. Not only are you going to have to sneak around, you're going to have to remember every detail of the areas you have seen in order to complete later missions. And I mean, seen with your own eyes, as well as through the eyes of the roaming undead your characters can sightjack into. Missions are given out Memento-style, spread over 3 days and 10 different characters. You might notice a locked door that a few missions later is unlocked, with something inside that will have to be done to unlock another mission, to help continue unlocking or surviving other missions, that might come later in the timeline, but even later in the game.
All in all, a VERY sophisticated, puzzle and stealth fest. Not for people afraid of a major challenge. It's cheap now, give it a try!
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Come play the game that started it all!
BF1942 SHACKBATTLE this Sunday, June 5 at 6:00 PM PST (9:00 PM EST)!
We'll be playing BF1942 v1.61 at bf1942.shackbattles.com:14567 - password is in themelon's profile.
We'll also be using Teamspeak. EVERYONE should be on Teamspeak, at least to listen even if you don't have a mic. We'll be connecting to rydogg1's server: ts.shackbattles.com - no password required. It's helpful to put [TS] in your name (or [TS-L] if you have no mic and are listening) so people know you're on Teamspeak. If you don't have a mic, I've got a spare crappy one, and themelon has many spare crappy ones. We can send you one. Let us know.
Last week we had a very manageable 35-40 people, and the games were great. We've gotten a few BF1942 newbies involved. If you're new to the game and need training or help, I (and several others) will be happy to spend all the time you need walking you through the different classes, weapons, tactics, etc. Just let me know!
We'll be playing Vanilla BF1942 1.61! But the map rotation will also include Shackmaps and the tournament map pack. You can get them at the links below.
All right, here's the batch of useful download links if you don't have them:
http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=4501 (BF1942 anything -> 1.6)
http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=5928 (BF1942 1.6 -> 1.61)
http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=5284 (Shack map pack)
http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=6351 (EA Tournament map pack)
http://www.toldyouimhardcore.com/umax/ShackTraining.zip (Shack training map, which will be running before the battle for training purposes)
http://www.goteamspeak.com/ (Teamspeak homepage)
http://www.redhavana.net/teamspeak/ (cpt_gloval's guide to setting up Teamspeak -- a bit out of date, but still useful)
http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10065483 (Another utility for those of you that use speakers and a mic with teamspeak.)
http://www.qbnut.com/tso/ (Teamspeak Overlay, puts the usernames of those who speak onto your screen. Has caused some stability issues for a few people in the past.)
Punkbuster will be disabled for the time being.
Thanks to hirez for the bandwidth.
Finally, we played some Forgotten Hope last Monday, and there was some love expressed for it, but neither themelon nor I know which maps work better with the smaller numbers of people (<= 32) that FH brings out. If you're interested in seeing a Forgotten Hope Shackbattle happen on a different night, please feel free to either announce it and hype it yourself (we can make sure the server is running FH) or reply and let us know. I suspect the BF2 demo might start sucking up people's time as soon as it releases, but you never know.
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http://www.crutchfield.com/S-WPO07fjkpIu/cgi-bin/prodview.asp?i=158KD34XBR&g=148350&search=sony+xbr
Anybody else have one? Judging from reviews it looks like it's gonna be a badass TV.
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We're starting a game momentarily!
Loading up: Landing at White Falls <-- Myth equivalent to Omaha Beach
Followed by: Siege at White Falls <-- Same map, massive counterattack
You'll need to put the file in this zip in your Myth 2 plugins folder: www.igneferroque.org/myth/Siege2.zip
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http://img61.echo.cx/img61/8444/clipboard016xr.jpg
Now say bad things about them to make me feel better. Also, I wonder if they will shut me down completely if (more like when) I go over limit.
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can anyone find me an article on the web about it that DOESN'T reference back to the CNET article?
anyone
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http://www.archive.org/details/GunstarHeroes_expert_4115
Author's comments:
-Goal: Complete the game on the hardest difficulty setting
-Single-segment
-No deaths
-Damage taken, most of it doesn't save time =(
-Played at Hardest difficulty setting
-One minor programming error abused (Dice Palace)
-A Genesis model 2 + VCR was used to record the run, thanks go to Nate for capturing the run.
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Speaking of things I don't like, I must admit that Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is very well done, just not my kind of movie. I didn't watch it, I just dreamed I watched it.
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How many of you (relationship or marriage-wise) get told by your significant other that they feel your computer / gaming habits are more important than the person themselves?
I'm kind of in that boat right now when I know for a fact I budget my time for everything. It's getting kind of ridiculous because it's something I like to do in my own spare time and she gets offended by it.
Thanks.
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Im doing this writeup to try and spark interest in old players once again. I know BF2 is coming out soon, and many of you guys are all hot for that, so lets get some great halo2 action in while we still can.
in reply
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The pay is "meh", but it's more than I make now, and the benefits package is amazing:
3 weeks vaca
12 sick days
11 holidays
Zero insurance premiums (dental, medical, and vision)
4% gross monthly salary dumped into a fund by the company (not matching, just them giving you cash)
403b with 28 levels of investment
/crosses fingers
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Besides fraps, what are my alternatives?
Danke.
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I've been playing sid myer's pirates...
After playing probably 20 hours, I finally had my first land battle.
I lost really bad. It's like a RTS game or something without the ability to build new units or even control what units you have already.
Is there more complexity to it than what I'm seeing, or is it really as lame as it seems?
Also, I keep getting promoted and getting land from all the countries but I've never gone to my land nor do I know where it is.
What am I missing here?
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thoughts? comments? opinions? suggestions?
very basic right now..
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Ok, so I just moved to a new apartment (in a new area) and couldn't move my DirecTV & DirecTivo with me, and thus had to get cable (Comcast -ass ).
Regular TV SUCKS
I can't bear watching comercials and not being able to rewind anymore. It has become a requirement for TV watching. Yes, I know I can get a DVR from Comcast, but a) it's not Tivo, and the interface is lame, and b) I paid $45 for everything I wanted (extended basic) from DirecTV and in order to get an equivalent # of channels in digital DVR goodness, it's going to cost me almost twice as much. Fuck that. Hell, if it wasn't for my cable modem I'd go without TV all together if I can't have Tivo.
Ok, end rant, had to get that out.
Bleh, I guess I'll end up biting the bullet here in a few months after I recover from the move and pay them their outragous fees just to get less than what I had before.
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PLAY MORE UT2004!
In celebration of our new UT2004 server ( http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10183148 ) I'd like to announce a ShackBattle for tonight at 7:00 PM CST. I'm aware it's a short notice and we probably won't have a huge crowd, but even if it's just DM/CTF/whatever it'd be better than nothing. We'll put out an earlier notice for a ShackBattle next weekend, promise!
Server IP: banhammer.servegame.org
Server Password: tehshack
Things you'll need:
- UT2004
- v3355 Patch ( http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=6384 )
- ECE Bonus Pack ( http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=5499 )
Things I'd like to use in the future:
- Community Bonus Pack 1 ( http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=5677 )
- Community Bonus Pack 2 Vol I ( http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=4988 )
- Community Bonus Pack 2 Vol II ( http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=5024 )
Frag See you then!
*prays to shacktag gods*
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http://www.gunzonline.com/
ganked this from SA:
"You create a character, join a match in the lobby, and commence wall-running, uzi firing, sword swinging, and various other...things in order to kill people and gain experience and bounty; the experience adds up to give you levels, while the bounty acts as money to buy new weapons and clothing."
if anyone wants to join me, i'll be on as draconic once my download finishes. heh. if it sucks don't blame me.
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Moved the pc from the room to the living room for tonights lannin. Booted up, and then kept on rebooting. Took it out back gave it a good dusting then threw in some extra fans(it is like HAWT in here). Cleaned it all up, plugged it all in and booted up, then kept on rebooting. Finnaly got the blue screen where it sais 'Hey your ATI driver, she be fucked up'. So removed all the old ATI stuff, did a driver clean up. Installed new drivers. Rebooted.
All is well.
I really thought my PC was fubbed.
So, we are gonna play some Dawn of War, maybe some CnC Generals. Then hop online for some HL2 DM .. maybe.
SO what games are YOU playing tonight?
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The story is fine I suppose, but the characters are so well done that I could care less about the story really--I just want to listen in on more conversations between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth.
Funny how I enjoy all these novels now that I'm older yet thought they sucked in high school--education is wasted on the young =/
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