Daily Filter: Planetside 2, Deadlight
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Weekend PC digital deals: strategy-o-rama
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38 Studios, Harry Potter Kinect - Shacknews Daily: May 25, 2012
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Minecraft for Xbox 360 dev working on 'Adventure' update
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Demon's Souls servers extended again
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8Been having quite a bit of fun with Trackmania Nations, Starforce or not. I've always enjoyed the Trackmania series, especially Sunrise; or at least, I enjoyed the demos.. it never felt like the sort of game I would buy. Just not enough there for me I guess. But a free game like this, with a ton of crazy tracks, can't really go wrong there. Also on FileShack
I'll let someone else provide a proper writeup and/or the one photo taken, but uh, woot.
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-- Diablo II Shackbattle --
When: Saturday, 2/4, 2pm CST (3pm EST)
Where: Lord of Destruction closed BNet, USEast
Game Name: shacknews
Game Password: battle
-- Other details --
We'll all be starting BRAND NEW characters, so if you haven't played in a while, don't worry: we're all starting fresh.
Only 8 slots available, so first come, first serve. If you wanna play, sign this thread and tell us a bit about the character you'd like to make, in case anyone wants to avoid class duplicates. It can also help ppl plan their character build.
Bookmark this thread. I'll update it Saturday as soon as the game goes live. Plan to play through at least Act I.
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ATTN: Katamari-folk!
Hi guys! It's been a while! I've been doing some translation practice for fun lately, and I've brought something to share with you all!
This time, prepare yourself to embark on a kite-flying odyssey with Mr. Keita Takahashi!
I know, this may sound a little perplexing. You may be asking yourself, "Kites? What's that got to do with Katamari Damashii??" To me, however, this little tale of perseverance and of the birth and the realization of a dream is as true to the spirit of Takahashi's work as any piece of writing could be. Do note that it is, at its heart, a kite-making manual, so don't go in expecting a laugh a minute. Just let the magic sink in.
If you still need more convincing, see if this streaming video doesn't do the trick! mms://wm2.streaming.ne.jp/namco/takoage_4.wmv
(NOTE: If you were already convinced, don't watch this video! It'll be better for you to see it within the context of the actual page!)
If that doesn't do it for you, then, well, I admit that this tale might not appeal to everyone.
Okay, well, enjoy!
http://chopdb.com/katamari/index.html
This is dedicated to haiku! Happy birthday and happy your-car-will-be-okay day! Special thanks to my brother for hosting!
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http://www.theonion.com/content/node/44460
Sean Penn Demands To Know What Asshole Took SeanPenn@ gmail.com
LOS ANGELES—In an impassioned 1,900-word open letter published in Monday's Washington Post, actor-director Sean Penn urged the unknown person who registered the e-mail address SeanPenn@gmail.com to "come forward immediately, rather than wallowing in the shame and ignominy of fraud."
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I must re-pimp this amazing mod; it adds 800 megs of high-resolution textures to the game and MAKES THE WEAPONS MUCH MORE SATISFYING AND FUN TO USE (yes, the machine gun isn't a ridiculous pea shooter now).
HL2 is now pretty much perfect now. The screenies they have on the site aren't that impressive and don't do it justice; the world has much richer tones and feels even more immersive because you don't get that dithery look up close. This blows away the Substance mod which I tried to replay HL2 through with and got bored with because I found the changes to be really amateurish and tedious.
http://halflife2.filefront.com/file/FakeFactorys_Oggs_Cinematic_Mod;55317
(also a Vileplanet mirror if you so choose)
http://www.fileplanet.com/160218/160000/fileinfo/FakeFactory's-Cinematic-Mod-v2.20
FAKEFACTORY & OGG Cinematic Mod for Half Life 2 V2.20
What is this:
- The Cinematic Modification adds Hires-Textures to all human characters, some non-human characters, nearly all items, walls and vehicles (and the vending mashine of course). (Hint: If you prefer the original Low-Res Textures, delete or rename the "materials" folder inside the Mod.)
- It replaces the original HL2 music with a more classic score in the style of large Hollywood productions, that fits to the specific game-situations. More orchestral, more ambient, with unique themes for combines and Alyx. (Hint: If you prefer the original HL2-music score, delete or rename the "sound" folder and the "scripts" folder inside the Mod.)
- It adds a new weapons-balancing and strengthens all the weapons to a more realistic level. No more firing numerous rounds at the combines; kill them with 3 to 5 direct hits, just like in real-life combat, but beware: Your opponents weapons are comparable. After 3 to 5 direct hits (or 1 direct headshot) you *will* be killed. (Hint: If you prefer the original Weapons balancing, delete the file "skill.cfg" inside the Mod's cfg-folder)
- The additional Insane Hires Props are previous unreleased Hirestextures for nearly all props in the game, even little items like binders, computerparts, doorlocks and so on. The huge amount of details will give your HL2 virtually the look of a render-intro, but be warned: The amount of new textures will tax your hardware to the limit. Better don't use this pack with outdated DirectX8 cards. Don't even think about it, unless you are using a 256+ MB card.
DO EEEEET
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http://boards.ign.com/board/b5554/107290602/p1/?3
That's funny, pathetic, and really sad all at the same time. I HATED that bug. I would get a great game going against some AI in skirmish and eventually the game would suddenly start to chug horribly. If I could manage to save it, sometimes after rebooting I could load the save and it would be fine. Unless I played long enough for that problem to rear its head again.
Never did quite figure out what caused it, but there were always threads about it on the C&C:G forums.
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I got to Gameworks and found Mr.SEX chatting with the lovely hostess. Apparently they'd had two kids together or something a while ago. Chod was also hanging around but he hadn't slept with anyone there so he was waiting patiently for Mr.SEX to wring some free gaming cards out of the girl.
Deathlove rolled in about five minutes later and we figured four was enough to get started, despite there being thirty or so Chicago-area shackers, plus melancoholicz, whom this event was originally planned in honor of. A good thing we didn't wait long, either, because no one else showed up. or at least, they didn't wait three hours for us to come back to the front lobby and check.
We sat down to have some food and immediately started talking about pornography and gross-out images like g---se or t--girl. At that point the waitress came up and we realized how hungry we all were. After making sure the waitress knew he'd had sex at least twice, Deathlove ordered some monstrosity of a hamburger that earned him a free gaming card if he finished the whole thing.
With nothing much useful to talk about, we turned back to discussions of pornography and notorious shackers until the food showed up. Deathlove did indeed clean his plate, but the joke was on him because some guy came buy and slipped Mr.SEX some cards good for two hours of unlimited gaming. I guess he'd had a couple of kids with that guy, too.
Armed with the cards, we played everything from puckless air hockey to buttSkyPirates to Guitar Freaks (not nearly as much fun as Guitar Hero) to Dance Dance Revolution. No doubt there are some embarassing pictures and videos soon to come. We finished with some epic 4-player MarioKart, and we had to keep playing until everyone else slowed down to let me win, because I wouldn't stop whining otherwise.
Good times!
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what. the. fuck.
i'll buy it
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A twinked toon is a person who maxes out at say lvl 19 or lvl 29 and buys the best gear and enchants for that level. A lvl 19 rogue just demolished my lvl 30 mage in 2 hits. I think these enchants (crusader, fiery weapon) should have a level requirement.
discuss
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The "Jane and Finch" Math Exam
(took me a few mins to figure out what the "Jane and Finch" bit was from.
IN REPLY
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Using the text below as a guideline, create a text file where /var/www/html/private/ is the absolute path of the directory where you would like to store your authentication usernames/passwords and My Private Directory is the name you would like for the authentication window.
what am i supposed to put for the part where it says /var/www/html/private/ ?
is that path supposed to be somewhere on the upload server for my site? or am i supposed to make that path?
here is the tutorial i am using just to see what i am talking about http://www.sitedeveloper.ws/tutorials/htaccess.htm
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What will they think of next?
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loved the hardware. loved the iTunes music store too. so, my issues:
+ apple's music store does not have a subscription service. i'd like to be able to download metadata on 2million tracks and be able to listen to whatever the fuck. downloading a meagre amount of files believing i "own" them is old school now. and don't talk about "other methods", that route doesn't have the clarity or capability or quickness of finding new music in the same way a subscription service has.
+ i'd like to be able to transfer music to a variety of devices, not just ipods. to buy music that can only be played on a particular device is outragous. windows media is DRM'D, but at least I can choose from a range of players or play it back on PDAs/Cellphones. come on apple.
ANYWAY, recommend a shuffle replacement pls!
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Fatal1ty is going to be on the kevin and bean show this morning.
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1858640896825067657
And also, that looks like a hell of a lot of fun :)
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http://security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3169
http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x23-advisory.txt
http://security-protocols.com/upcoming/sp-x23.jpg
go here if you want to crash IE7 -> http://www.security-protocols.com/poc/sp-x23.html
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7880449039153812110&q=nintendo
skip to 10:00 and 31:17 if nothing else
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http://users.adelphia.net/~jrockcls/3for1.jpg
You hear the radio operator call out an alert for you while you're on the highway.
You make a couple high speed passes back and forth until you see your radar detector alert you that there's a cop ahead.
You pass that cop going at least 180mph (not sure exact speed necessary).
You get tagged with all three speed-related infractions at once.
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I'm talking DS <--> DS, not over the internet. Or do you have to play it over the internet?
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Does anyone know of any good tutorials online to learn how to scratch and whatnot with a turntable? I have one available to me and don't have a clue where to start. Any help would be appreciated.
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yes, I've been a bit of a slacker about this, mostly b/c of work & family stuff.
To make up for this, I went out and found a bunch of games that are coming out.
I'll try to be better about posting this regularily. really. for reals. I mean it.
Today is Wednesday, February first, the 32nd day of 2006. There are 333 days left in the year.
There are 6 days until the PC release of Command & Conquer: The First Decade
There are 6 days until the PS2, PC, PSP, and XBOX releases of World Soccer Winning Eleven 9
There are 6 days until the DS release of Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
There are 6 days until the PSP release of Street Figher Alpha 3 MAX
There are 13 days until the XBOX, PS2, and PSP releases of Fight Night Round 3
There are 13 days until the PC release of Empire Earth II
There are 13 days until the PS2, XBOX and PC releases of Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
There are 13 days until the DS release of Age of Empires: The Age of Kings
There are 13 days until the XBOX360 release of Full Auto
There are 14 days until the PC release of Star Wars: Empire at War
There are 20 days until the XBOX360 release of Fight Night Round 3
There are 20 days until the PC release of EverQuest II: Kingdom of Sky
There are 20 days until the PC release of Galactic Civilizations II
There are 20 days until the DS release of Super Monkey Ball Touch & Roll
There are 27 days until the PC release of LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth II
There are 27 days until the DS, PSP, XBOX, GC and PS2 release of FIFA Street 2
There are 27 days until the PC release of Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach
There are 27 days until the PS2 release of 24: The Game
There are 27 days until the PS2 and XBOX release of Black
There are 27 days until the XBOX release of Painkiller: Hell Wars
There are 28 days until the PC release of Jaws Unleashed
There are 20 days until the PC, PS2 and XBOX release of TOCA Race Driver 3
There are 34 days until the XBOX360 and XBOX release of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
There are 34 days until the XBOX360 release of Burnout Revenge
There are 1063 days until Conan O'Brien takes over the the Tonight Show
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SHACKDAYS haiku, esad, EvilDolemite, filtersweep !
super extra sorry to these guys for missing your days:
22nd = epit !
24th = SenorSpine !
27th = SqueegyTBS !
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Today’s Highlight in History:
On February first, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members.
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Unfortunately I'm overseas and haven't yet told the customer service person that. I'm not sure if the limited warranty becomes void in such a case or not? Anyone know?
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http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BY9FU6/104-1284335-2767940?n=130
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http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9372/youarenext4jh.jpg
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