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Letter from the editor: Standing up to generative AI
Shacknews Hall of Fame: Class of 2025

Evening Reading
Steve Gibson
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Nothing like getting a new printer that is supposed to be all fancy and it cant even handle doing labels without jamming. What a scam. That Dungeon Siege 2 demo followed by the F.E.A.R. demo sure packed up the file sites. I managed to play F.E.A.R. for about 5 minutes. Really liked what I saw.

- Hugh Hefner reality TV
- Flirts get paid less
- The worlds coolest gadgets
- Italians are all coked up
- WiFi fights
- Moore's Law hits blogs

Lastly, dont forget to check out that HD Gears of War video! I'm starting to actually become a little eager for an XBox360. I would be eager for a PS3 but I've got no idea what the heck to really expect.

Steve Gibson is the cofounder of Shacknews.com. Originally known as sCary's Quakeholio back in 1996, Steve is now President of Gearbox Publishing after selling Shacknews to GameFly in 2009.

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  • jcutner legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    August 5, 2005 7:07 PM

    That FEAR demo sure is freaky/hard

    • mmt681 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      August 5, 2005 7:07 PM

      The AI does some crazy stuff thats for sure, and they did it differently each time I played the demo...which rocks.

      • AbortedFetusChristi legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        August 5, 2005 7:25 PM

        the AI sucked for me BUT I had it set to easy. not much to expect from them then, eh? I hope they'll be better on the harder settings, and not just have weapon damage increased. they did some cool stuff... until I ceased doing stuff. I just sat on the stairs so that I could just barely get a shot or two off whenever they sidestepped, but could see a larger area. seems railings make for decent cover... anyway, they basically just kept leaping through the window. out of the booth, fire, sidestep, into the booth, sidestep, ouf ot the booth... wth? but as I said I'll attribute it to the difficulty setting (I know I'm a wuss, but I wanted to try it mainly for atmosphere, not combat)

        I read every single spoiler in the f.e.a.r. comments and considered myself well prepared and well hardcore. the doom3 demo was as scary as a stratholme 5-man run, no movie besides the ring ever scared me even a bit (okay, "who framed roger rabbit" did when I was 10), and I go to the basement alone at night.
        I ended up using eight save slots, each labelled something along the lines of "damn" "nonononono" "oh fuck"...
        also I probably wasted more shots on fettel's apparition after the "ladder incident" than any of you combined.
        I don't really want to go into more detail... let's just say I felt a little uneasy. thou shalt not fuck with the player's mind while he's still trying to come to terms with the controls, alright?

        performance was really good. I only played at 800x600 but with everything besides FSAA and soft shadows on and it was thoroughly playable at all times. just not in the intro when they show all those mind controlled soldiers and at the very end when the behemoth breaks through the window, but maybe that wasn't bad framerate but a design decision?
        3,2GHz P4, 2GB RAM, ati x600 (set to "quality" in the control center)

        but yeah, it was HELLA short.

        I need to have the full game asap. having me scared is quite a rare accomplishment, and I love it. plus I neeeed to know the entire story.

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