Evening Reading

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  how the fuck did you beat him? i was just about to post for help. : maulla
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    HALP COMPUTAH : maulla
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      seriously what the fuck. this game really pisses me off. i sat there and shot the faggot 20 times with no... : maulla
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        fuck it, if i dont turn this POS off right now i will take the disc out and crack it in half. im about 2 ... : maulla
        • I'm kind of expecting to see a lot of used copies for sale at EB Games next week. : dognose
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    First time: hide and wait till he reloads then jump out and shoot. Second time: Pick up the uzi before : locash
    • Tagged for review later. : NFXFSX
    • its easier said then done. the aiming system is so sluggish that by the time you zero in on him he pops y... : maulla
  • Noone's mentioned it yet I think, but you can actually get up to where he is. I ended up stabbing him. : dromo5
• Won't be the last time! : Dynotaku
• Maybe if you had taken into consideration the plight of the black slaves... : notd665
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  HELP! How do i Kill the crazy clown by the ride? : snowwolf
  • you pretty much have to stay away from him as much as possible when he blows his balloons up, shoot t : maulla
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  Can't you save anywhere you want? Or have they fallen under the spell of the Romero? * R I B B I T ' : capt tripps
  • They fell under the spell of "replay replaces content". : trove
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  wtf game are you talking about? Can I click the spoilers or not? : dognose
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    If it's about saving it's about Dead Rising. Seems to be the major concern with that game. : NastyJack
    • Ah then I can click them. Thanks! : dognose
• I know. HE NEEDS TO FUCKING STAY DEAD! : NFXFSX
• Hahaha, that sucks man, I had the same experience earlier. Very annoying. : joesnizzle

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  Downloading it now. I'll try and message you tomorrow if you're interested in getting a game or two for ... : bcyde
  • Sounds good! : trOmblyj
  • Is it an open beta? : abrasion
• Agreed. Awesome game. : NFXFSX

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  Holy crap, that's terrible but I can't look away. : enyakk
  • Holy shit, there were some INSANELY close calls in there! The blue car shot through the space between two : rand04
• Watching that was like riding a roller coaster, or worse, roller coasters don't scare me : dognose
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  how do you know it's in russia ? : OrkO
  • Lots of Ladas. : peanut-
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  That is just insane on a crowded public road. The blue car is not an RS4 thats an RS6 avant. : Durandal07
  • Looks more like the RS4 Avant to me. : peanut-
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    Whatever it is, the M5 sounds like some big far crappy slow thing in comparison when that other one takes... : abrasion
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      which is strange because the M5 should be pulling away from an RS4 or a RS6 fairly easily if it were a cu... : Arsenal
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        IF it's an E39 M5 they're actually really close. The B5 RS4 weighs 1620kg and has 375hp, for 4.21 kg/hp.... : mrfunky3000
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          It's not like they're in a full drag race. You can hear from the engine sounds that the M5 guy isn't eve... : DinK
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            I'm just countering Arsenal's objections. I know that the actual cars involved doesn't matter as much as... : mrfunky3000
            • Yeah. I wanted to respond to the whole discussion so I figured I'd just tack a reply on the end. But ... : DinK
            • not really countering though given that i stated current models while you only offered the old E39 for yo... : Arsenal
• Reminds me of the first Burnout. : evildanish
• I actually got a rush watching that, the one part with the big trucks near the end it totally looked like... : ellipticalgrey
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  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2851488008488190547 Check that for doubly impressive. : Drewus
  • Holy... crap.... almost EVERY LIGHT WAS RED : dognose
• That's pretty much how I drive every day : red2lucas

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• hehe...you're my only hope! : mikage
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  Is that new? : bcyde
  • I never noticed it before. : mallfouf
• lolz. Glad someone finally did it. : Zhaneel
• OHHHHH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII : jellystones1
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  It's been there for a while. Maybe a year or more already? : happynoodle
  • Yeah, it's been there since they redid the battle.net site last year. : lord warlock
• That light's going to turn red ;) : dodob
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  I kiss you, 100 times!!! Please mean SC2 : te[R]ror
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    Spoiler for someone who cant find is to lazy to look for his SC disc? : Noobler
    • This image: http://www.battle.net/images/ker.gif And this text: "Help me Jim Raynor...you're my only h... : s2jason
  • Yeah I so fucking hope so! : abrasion
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  This better mean the new RTS is SC2. : brickmatt
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    With RPG elements, hero characters and individual unit spells. : enyakk
    • Ugh, god no. This is the main reason why I never liked WarCraft 3. : theamazingrand0
    • more like hentai love sim? : radula
    • Yes plz :) : abrasion
    • no, oh god no!! : SilverSnake
    • I wonder how they're going to increase the customizability this time. : sgtsanity
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  Hey so you go to that website, you click on "Files" on the left and then you scroll down to the diablo se... : SpaecKow
  • Far out .. that's good. Didn't even know they had that on the web site. : te[R]ror
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  hmm, nothing happens : Patch-e
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    try ie if not already, it didn't work for me in firefox : te[R]ror
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      Worked fine in my Firefox. :) : SilverSnake
      • I fired up IE and installed flash for it and am wondering why I even bothered. That was really lame. : Patch-e

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• and of course by er, I mean FP! owned : Patch-e

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  Just wait until you fail to complete one of the story objectives in time from your last (only) savegame a... : enyakk
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    since you changed your name you have become so bitter! :) : moshman
    • I am holding back! : enyakk
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  Im trying to get through that part right now. Pissing me off! I want to kill zombies dammit not guys with : DarkWolf5
  • just kill the guy with the machine gun first grab a bottle of OJ and the Uzi and take that guy out first : Break
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  Think patching the game is a possibility, or is that unheard of on the 360? So many people seem to be ha... : deathofrats
  • they'd have to throw in some new content for that to happen, but i doubt we'll see a change : Maarten Goldstein
• just hit save continue then shuter off and ull start from where u saved : supermonkeyballz
• Uzi + juice for the win. No problem at all. : brickmatt
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  I've decided to just run through the opening -> saving the first couple over and over to level myself up ... : genom
  • Look at your map and it will be quite obvious. : DarkWolf5
  • there's a bathroom in the fitness club just to the west. : jackrabbit

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  say you searched your name...people do... then later you decided to check your SS# to be sure it's not po... : drucifer
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    then you are a moron. Who the fuck searches for their social security number? : rosewood
    • ok, say you wer a veteran whose SS# (it just happened again, btw) just got stolen and you wanted to see i... : drucifer
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  Because some of the searches were so distinct that it could reveal who the searcher was. : bcyde
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    Then maybe they should have taken head onto the warnings that said that this shit aint secure. : rosewood
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      That's a bullshit excuse. AOL fucked up. They shouldn't be releasing private data like that. : Ecks
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        Im not sure at what point someone would get the idea that what you search for is private. : rosewood
        • Because the terms of service for the companies say they are. : Ecks
• What they should have done is remove the number altogether and just offered the search data without that.... : Ecks
• I think it just confirms what everyone fears is that everything we do on the internet is recorded in some... : bolus
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  It's a massive PR blunder for AOL, and good fodder for their big competitors like Google and Yahoo to poi... : qwpeoriu
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    AOL doesn't care, they are going belly up anyways : drucifer
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      They definitely care, and for how many years have people been saying AOL is going belly up ? They're goin... : qwpeoriu
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        belly up by the end of the year. mark my words. : drucifer
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          drucifer AOL belly up bellyup marked tagged : Hiro
          • He's right you know. Got friends work there. They are scared : dognose

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  That game owned my life for a few days there. :( : sgtsanity
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    What game is it? : Jumperus
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      new super mario brothers - it's one of the side games : losimagic
      • Oh, okay. I've played a fair amount of it, but with the number of Mario Party and such games out there, I... : Jumperus
• He's been banned from several casinos for card counting, I hear. : genom

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• The demo ran like shit for me and the graphics looked bad too. My computer is nice, dunno what the deal i... : deeveee
• Yeah it was seriously awful. I was expecting so much from the videos, and it really didn't deliver. : festivalman

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• love me some roadblasters. I dropped quite the coinage in that machine (and still do whenever I see one!) : hirez
• well, they ARE nature's bandits!! with the masks and everything! : Galadriel07
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  I haven't played it, but there's a demo... http://www.3dgamers.com/games/bandits/downloads/ I'll give... : hellspit
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    Oh and also http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12585233 might be of interest to you. : hellspit
    • Heart j00, I loved reading that for the metal against metal noises in Carmageddon 1 (which were aweome), ... : dognose
• I've played it for 15 mins or so at work, found it fairly entertaining. No idea of the depth / scope of i... : imperator
• Bandits: Phoenix Rising was pretty fun, it featured control similar to the independent game, Treadmarks, ... : Matt Burris

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  I don't ever wanna hear anything bad about him or Johnny Carson. : dognose
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    He sang a song about tying up a woman and shooting her. I know nowadays thats like not bad, but this was... : skitzo
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      And back in the 50's they killed you if you wore white after labor day. : skitzo
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        Edgar Allen Poe must have been a real bastard. : dognose
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          When I go out, I would want to go out Poe style. With syphilis, drunk, broke, and in love with my cousi... : skitzo
          • I like you ♥ : dognose
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        Come to think of it, I think everyone was just insane back then.. I want to live in the 50's :( : skitzo
        • Give it 2 more years. You will :( : dognose
    • I'm pretty sure he wrote Delia's Gone for American Recordings. That whole shooting people thing wasn't : evildanish
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  he was all about balance... he did many gospel recordings too. : drucifer
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    The gospel stuff seemed just as depressing, always talking about that armageddon. : skitzo
    • A man, all in black, was depressed. Go figure : baron calamity

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• yay4u :) : feek
• shit i still play that game just because it looks so sweet. i just run around and stuff. : alsey7
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  Thread hijack: I'm thinking of making a new character. My old character was a stealthy/sword/theiving/bow... : aeg1x
  • You could always just pick all the magic types (and possibly alchemy for one) for your main skills and se... : DinK
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  THREAD HIJACK : What the fuck is a gravy train? : klearlyunseen
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    It's the game that PC Gamer's mascot was working on that's been delayed slightly longer than DNF. : BlackCat9
    • That's Gravy Trader, not gravy train. : mrfunky3000
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    In the 1840's Thanksgiving got a huge jump in popularity. This was largely thought to be due to a clever... : Cottc Cid
    • what : OrkO
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravy_train : ZeroSignal
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravy_train : Tissen
    • That was two minutes late. Serves me right for having thread expire disabled. : Tissen
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    omg out-hijacked : aeg1x
    • USE CAPS, IT HELPS : brickmatt
• Hey Yurik, hows ur awesomeness : Jumperus
• Brilliant game. I played through as a thief, I plan on going through again as some sort of mage sometime : brickmatt
• Just my warning to you... do not let vampirism to set in. Its not worth it. : Angry Max
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  Now you just need to get some kickass mods, and you're set. : Modica Sol Solis
  • i loaded the improved terrain texture it is really nice ! but thats all ive installed : nico2
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  awesome :D im "new" to the oblivion scene as well... i making a battle mage, but i use my bow alot im k... : nico2
  • oh and a detect life ring! quite handy for those will o wisp : nico2

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  needs more SourceForts :( : Mr.Fusion
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    yes...what happen to this? :( : IcomeINpeace
    • videos of it in action http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sourceforts : IcomeINpeace
• Dead Rising > Zombie mod. I can never go back. =( : brickmatt
• Skating Zombie Ice Capades! : CRasterImage

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  On channel emo kittens need hugs... just turn in your man card. I'm afraid to watch that show : skitzo
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    Yeah.. I've mocked it for so long that this is physically hurting me. : TotalFusionOne
    • See this wouldn't be happening if you just went and watched Twin Peaks. : SpaecKow
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  UPN, which is CW now ? : OrkO
  • WB and UPN are forming the CW together. I think it stands for Coloured / Whiteys : TotalFusionOne

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• New Ikea just open near you? :( : dognose
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  But on the otherhand, there is nothing quite like running around in a pink dress wirlding chainsaw. Follo... : DarkWolf5
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    My wife just killed a cow in RE4, and she feels all bad 'cause she's vegan. : dognose
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      She just found the shotgun. See you guys later : dognose
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        Does she now have a taste for BLOOD? Get out of the house! : DarkWolf5
        • Yeah but she hasn't played Blood 2 yet drucifer I am NOT : dognose

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  A little old for coloring books aren't you? ;) : Phreakin
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    Heh, actually, it's for a friend of mine. I just found out today that she likes coloring books and found ... : yoonix
    • Looks like Golden released like 3 coloring books featuring Super Mario Bros. I can only find one of them ... : yoonix
• Bump? Maybe some of you guys have one of these lying around. I'd pay like $10 + S&H for one. :( : yoonix

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  i don't own the game, but i went ahead and complained about the save game system for y'all : GloriousCow
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    its the community spirit that i love : Smellsy
    • Sent me comments too (even though I have nothing related to this) and crossing fingers to win that HDTV. : drbriefs

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• chenkui. : ki11_viru5
• Welcome to Shacknews! IS NICE! : BlackCat9
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  Hey there vanilla face! : peanut-
  • MC Sir Loin I would like to get in to your vagine. Wowee! : drbriefs

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  This is pretty fucking sweet thanks for this. I was looking to buy the xbox 360 or NDS and this is just p... : drbriefs
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    Coupon details say until the 22nd. : DarkWolf5
    • Thanks! Damn, now I don't know what to get. Should I go for the 260 or the DS? : drbriefs

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  Skipping too badly for me =( : Hello Kitty
  • Whaaa :( : TastyWheat
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    reconnect...worked for me...so far : SKI242
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      I had tried it and it didn't work, just tried again and it's fine. : Hello Kitty
      • I'd talk more but everyone's in this room talking shit and making noise and saying things about bullshit ... : TastyWheat
• You've heard some old ACDC this hour, now for some new. Stiff Upper Lip live on the KOCK. : TastyWheat
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  The station IDs this hour were provided by SpaecKow. At least two or three of them. : TastyWheat
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    You mean the ones I made ages ago? : SpaecKow
    • Yup. But you probably know that already. :P : TastyWheat
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  Winamp is so fired. Going back to foobar next show as there were numerous problems... and it seems winamp... : TastyWheat
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    service unavailable :( : Smellsy
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      The show just finished, that's why :P : TastyWheat
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        I preferred it when you blamed winamp : Smellsy
        • I still do. : TastyWheat

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• change the station : drucifer
• "New Math" : CRasterImage
• Meth, the new Math. : Durandal07
• it's called rooounding... seriously. : LexLuther
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  Oh.. I get it, Its because they are so small lol : BigT
  • Oh! Good call! : CRasterImage

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  lol at the Kraken in the background. : Omaha
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    and freaking robocop and Snake Plissken! I wonder who would be the last one standing. : wtf242
    • the alamo! it's still here : RikiTiki2
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  Where do you find cool limited art prints? : zuga
  • i have like 50 artist's web pages bookmarked and I check them weekly for new prints. ebay also. Here a... : wtf242
• Ash with his chainsaw in the middle ! : imperator
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  That poster is cool, but it's too busy for my taste. Hurts my feeble mind. : Bean
  • Yeah, it's not a clever enough collage, just an ugly smash of faces. I like the ones where it's an almost... : rand04
• I need to sue that fucking site : Mondo
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  ah man that's awesome..I miss the Alamo. :( : deathofrats
  • Me too. Their stuffed jalapenos and Raging Bull pizza owned, not to mention all the cool special events.... : Krypt_
• The A lamo :) : dodob

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• dead rising sir. sorry. : supermonkeyballz
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  Chess again? : Nixx2004
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    Sure! What room? : TotalFusionOne
    • Snakes in a Pit! : Nixx2004
    • Never had an adrenaline rush playing chess...until now. That game was crazy (ended in a draw, only Kings... : Nixx2004
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  GET IN USWEST D2 : TastyWheat
  • THERE NOW BUT YOU'RE ON KOCK wtf am I supposed to do? I'm TotalFusionOne on US West in D2 if anyone wa... : TotalFusionOne
  • I need an English copy of this game >:( : dodob
• how about cs:s? oh that's right...ahahaha. : lightly inclined

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• chrome-fucking-hounds : Foxhawk
• Prey or Fight Night: Round 3 : ColoradoCNC
• i'd say pgr3... but its so cheap now, go with something more expensive. : Angry Max
• table tennis even though it's cheap anyway or pay for gears of war if that's possible : JINKY

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  As strange as this sounds, it might have been a bank robbery. I remember when one happened by Safeway on... : Ecks
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    but dude, how would you know you were in bellevue!? : sullisnack
    • ^^ solid alibi : steve_o

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  also, i wish i rented it. : jcutner
  • f'ing signed. : ki11_viru5
• IAWTP. Throw in the frequent loading / cutscenes as well. Very annoying when you're playing thru again.... : Edges
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  Beat the game and get Sandbox mode...the end. And for those homo's who complain about "OMG BUT YOU HAVE ... : soggybagel
  • I'm looking forward to the sandbox mode at least. The game is cool, but the infrequent saves with no che... : Krypt_
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  I don't know why everyone is so whiny about this, as if there weren't upwards of five online reviews that... : JINKY
  • reviews out two days ago i mean : JINKY
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  Do people not know that you can save at more than just the security station or something? I mean, serious... : Helter Skelter
  • i guess i haven't played a "story-driven" "button masher" game in a while with no quicksaves. : jcutner
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    so that makes a grand total of what, 3 save stations? : ki11_viru5
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      Check your map dude, they're all over the place. : Helter Skelter
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        ugh. I hate using the map :( : ki11_viru5
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          THE GAME SUX COS I HATE USING THE MAP >:( : moshman
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            yes. That's right. Would you like a cookie? : ki11_viru5
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              Well, you're complaining about a lack of save spots, yet you don't know where any are since you didn't bo... : Helter Skelter
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                I'm sorry but maybe if I could actually read the map descriptions I would use it. :/ : ki11_viru5
                • I recommend the purchase of a VGA adapter post haste. And maybe a quick read-through of the manual. An... : Helter Skelter
    • I read that as long as you go into a bathroom or (sit on a couch??) it's a save point. Doesn't seem like ... : tomservo
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  thank god I held out and didn't buy a 360 for this game : freakord
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    don't listen to the haters. But, I don't think the game is worth buying a 360 for. Unless you are normal... : moshman
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      Chromehounds, on the other hand, is totally worth buying a 360 for if you can get into a good (active) su... : Helter Skelter
      • with my luck, after I buy it no one on the Shack will play it anymore : freakord
• HAhahahahahaha. Suckers :) : Phreakin
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  GTA games have save locations and they work fine? : abrasion
  • That's what I've been thinking kinda. OH HI ABRASION SUP TWINNER :D : tomservo
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    And they're much, much farther apart, too. So many people complaining about the save system, and I just d... : Helter Skelter
    • thing is, there's not a timer involved while saving in GTA : RikiTiki2
  • yes, but time is of the essence, and in GTA, you can speed away from being killed. : jcutner

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• Warzone 2100 was an interesting concept, but way too much micromanagement. If they had streamlined the un... : deKaf
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  TA is still perfectly playable. : Helter Skelter
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    Does it do 640? : abrasion
    • TA will do any resolution. I run it at 1680x1050, and it's spectacular. : electroly
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      At least. It came out in 97, dude. : Helter Skelter
      • Yeah 9 years dude, time flies, hence the concern - I might check it out after I finish TFT again then. : abrasion
• I play TA several times a week. It has definitely stood the test of time and then some. Each game is st... : electroly
• TA has stood the test of time because the rest of the genre stuck its fingers in and shouted 'I can't hea... : peanut-
• I've never played it.. and TA spring had no documentation. : TotalFusionOne