Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Jul 12, 2005 6:15pm PDTMe? No u.
- Hands-free phones dont help much - Need money? Get a banana suit Thanks Fark - Yahoo! & Cisco want you to use their spam software - Pilots goofing off is funny, really. - Robosoccer - Eating disorder expert digs the whippitsLastly, in a huge shocker.. DVR owners use them to skip commercials!?
Harry Potter for Kinect announced
Mad Riders trailer goes heavy on the meta
Anarchy Reigns finished, delayed by Sega anyway
Jet Set Radio making its way to Vita
Diablo 3 patch coming next week
I know some of the basic magic illusions...but stuff like this makes no sense to me.
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NIMF Warns Parents about "Hot Coffee"
Mouth burning they warn, or maybe sexually explict? The National Institute on Media and Family (NIMF) issued a warning to parents about the San Andreas hot coffee mod that unlocks a sex oriented minigame. Apperently NIMF claims the mod is being mentioned on "popular teen websites" (I knew the Shack had gone mainstream...)
"It should be clear to everyone by now that video games do influence young people," said NIMF founder Dr. David Walsh. "While San Andreas is already full of violent behavior and sexual themes, the pornographic sex scenes push it over the edge. The ratings board has launched an investigation to determine if it was mislead into issuing a 'Mature' rating instead of the 'Adults Only' rating. There may even be legal ramifications since most states have laws restricting the sale of sexually explicit material to those eighteen and older."
Why not read the whole thing over at that small website that merged with gamespy known as ign http://ps2.ign.com/articles/632/632982p1.html
Rockstar 1970 - Another good movie license game?
Because we can't get enough violent games and Rockstar can't think of nice things, they have recently announced that they are working on The Warriors. The real kicker is that yes, this game is based on the 1979 movie that also goes by the same name and will be the first time Rockstar attempts to work with a movie license. Considering the content matter, I doubt they'll have too much trouble.
Incase you haven't seen the movie, Setting aside their differences, every gang in New York teams up under the leadership of Cyrus creating a massive army of 60,000 members in an effort to outnumber the cops 5 to 1. Things don't turn out so hot for Cyrus as he gets gunned down in one of his shack meets pressumably by Steve or some other hooligan. The small but powerful gang The Warriors take all the blame and every gang in New York is out for revenge.
You can check out the trailer and screenshots at The Warriors teaser site
http://www.rockstargames.com/thewarriors/ and even check out the preview on IGN http://xbox.ign.com/articles/633/633051p1.html. So far The Warriors has only been announced for the PS2 and XBox.
Less Button Revolution
Recently London's The Guardian interviewed Nintendo president Satoru Iwata who made some comments about the top secret controller. In an effort to appeal to everyone, Nintendo believes that less buttons is better, claiming that novice players are discouraged by all the sticks and buttons. They still haven't revealed the big secret about the controller but it's supposed to be compatible with several generations of Nintendo systems.
More on IGN http://cube.ign.com/articles/632/632628p1.html
XBox not on top - Japans top 100
While both of the new handhelds from Nintendo and Sony are gaining popularity, both having 14 titles on the list, the XBox couldn't get a game on Japans top 100 game sellers for it's second year in a row. Lets hope the 360 does better once it's released.
If you like numbers, read the full scoop over at Gamespot http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/07/12/news_6128889.html
Alec Matias MIA or KIA?
Well since no one knows where Alec is, I decided to compile some of the rumors floating around. The latest news around the Shack suggest that Alec either has no power thanks to the recent hurricane that hit Florida or he was fired. I believe he was kidnapped by Sony president Ken Kutaragi and will be an added feature on the PS3 as a replacement to the router feature recently removed. Kutaragi claims the PS3 will be able to host and write all the LNC content for Shacknews. Clearly this is not a gaming console.
More on the rumors http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10397972
Stay classy shackers
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Can we get some insight from a ShackGod(TM)?
I dig Alec, and I think he brings a lot to the site, and I'm nosey.
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David Fincher directed video posted:
http://nin.com/visuals/index.html
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I was reading a farming article and they claim that they have spots where farmers can make 15-20 gold per hour. Do these 'magical' spots exist?
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as a result of that session, my Exige has had some major tweakage and is now ~3 seconds faster per lap on Tokyo, still some tuning to do to get it down to the 1:42's though, best I've managed so far is a 1:44.567
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Here's a nice just posted BF2 themed comic for you to sink your teeth into: http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=156
Commence laughter sequence.
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shoutcast.. old radio dramas.... SUSPENSE!
i used to listen to these with my mom when i was like 4 or 5 years old.
radio dramas are the pimpest shit ever.
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http://www.arikaonline.com/download/movie/tgm3shirase.mpg
http://www.arika.co.jp/product/tgm3/index.html
Seriously, the only Tetris better than The New Tetris is Tetris Grand Master.
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All you kiddies that say "the ending sucked!" need to read a book or something.
http://developer-test.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2005/07/12/deer-park-alpha-2-released/#comments
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BWL is awesome :D
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*raises hand*
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plus this:
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8004/wtfonline6yf.png
I think equals this:
SOMEONE STOLE MY FUCKING BATTLEFIELD 2 KEY!
$10 for a new one? This fucking sucks.
<smouldering rage...>
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Recently enjoyed:
Beyond Good and Evil (Very fun. I love games like this.)
Battlefield 2 (until the screwed up patch made online play too much of a hassle)
Moonbase Commander (except that I can easily beat the bots at the hardest difficulty now)
Deus Ex... always a favorite, except that I've played it way too many times.
Katamari Damacy: But I don't think I'm ready for the new one just yet... just finished the first and looking for something different.
Half-Life 2: Totally would be playing the expansion right now if it were out.
Recently not enjoyed:
WoW (while I still am totally addicted to WoW, the repititon of MMOs is getting really tiring... farm, kill, die, respawn, yawn.)
GTA:SA (see above)
Anything in line with Final Fantasy where I'd might as well be watching a movie, except that I have to keep figuring out which button I'm supposed to press to advance the dumb dialogue.
Sims 2: After the fun of the first couple hours of trying out the new stuff, it puts me to sleep.
Pretty much anything that doesn't have a coherent storyline or direction, I don't have the patience for right now.
So, okay, fill me in on some of the good games to have come out while I've been catassing on WoW that you think fall in line with the above requirements.
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The end has begun, conspiracy theory in reply...
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http://waxy.org/random/images/weblog/love_your_job.gif
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Why not just remove that list for now?
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when on selecting my team/class/spawn point, everything seems to be inverted (and it should be linear) and it's really hard/slow to get a start, heheh. once in game, mouse seems to be fine. using the MX lazer 1000 thingie.
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http://pupismyname.shackspace.com/puyol.wmv
this is the best compilation video i've ever seen.
if you're looking for amazing goals or fancy dribbling, you're downloading the wrong video. carles puyol doesn't do any of that crap. carles puyol fucks people up.
i guess it's more awesome to me because you never see a decent highlight video of a defender doing any actual defending. most highlight videos you see just show some weasel striker cherry picking goal after goal in the 6 yard box.
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http://dukenukem.typepad.com/game_matters/
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Psychon's Sleepy Consoling in reply...
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