First Post!

Finally managed to get my hands on Dead Rising on Friday, and played it a couple of hours on Friday and Saturday. I'm up to the fourth case, though with minimal zombie killing and totally ignoring survivors. I just don't feel safe getting too far away from where the missions are happening. I also threw my controller to the ground yesterday after getting insanely close to killing a psychopath, only to die..which had already happened several times before. But little frustration aside from that moment, and generally fun.

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    September 24, 2006 2:02 PM

    Just saw this over on Blues....it's gotta be Black is back.

    http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/announcements/black-xbox-360-coming-202791.php

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      September 24, 2006 2:03 PM

      I'd rather see a full-fledged media center with all kinds of codecs

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      September 24, 2006 2:06 PM

      waiting for the brown version so it matches my zune.

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      September 24, 2006 2:07 PM

      Black is a heat-absorbing color :(

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        September 24, 2006 2:10 PM

        orange is far more visible.

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          September 24, 2006 2:14 PM

          True, but it is probably not an optimal color for a home entertainment center because the bright color would distract from the screen which is a bad thing.

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        September 24, 2006 2:14 PM

        You failed physics 101 - Black is also the best at dispersing heat when it is hotter than it's surrounding environment.

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          September 24, 2006 2:17 PM

          Your book smarts are no match for my worthless folk knowledge >:(

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          September 24, 2006 3:17 PM

          Why would color matter if there's no light?

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            September 24, 2006 3:21 PM

            racism exists even in the darkest corners of our society...

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              September 24, 2006 5:15 PM

              ^^ this is a beautifully crafted post that needs more love

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          September 24, 2006 3:30 PM

          arent convection and conduction the two most significant factors in heat transport in this situation anyway? i think the whole radiation thing is a moot point here, but i could be wrong.

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      September 24, 2006 3:34 PM

      If one comes out, I'm getting it and selling my white one. Black is so much nicer and black controllers would be the sex.

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      September 24, 2006 4:04 PM

      It's the same thing in a different color, people....

      I really don't see what the big deal is. It's not like you're a dad in 1950s America and your daughter just came home with a (omg!) black guy.

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        September 24, 2006 4:08 PM

        Yes it is not like that

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        September 24, 2006 4:11 PM

        Do you even know what you're posting 95% of the time?

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        September 24, 2006 4:12 PM

        I like the cut of your nonsexistent jib.

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        September 24, 2006 4:13 PM

        Does it matter what decade it is? /runs

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          September 24, 2006 4:17 PM

          No, although in the next fear years, the stigma will move to Juan instead of Jamal.

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            September 24, 2006 4:18 PM

            I think you're wrong, I think they've both won those special affections.

            The funny thing is here in oz we have Juans and Jamals as well, except our Juans are azn ^___^

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        September 24, 2006 4:18 PM

        I vehemently agree with this. This is not a race issue guys, come on!

        people on the internet, lol

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        September 24, 2006 5:12 PM

        I hear the sticks on the black controllers are bigger.

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        September 24, 2006 5:24 PM

        the stigma against black guys here at Shacknews is awesome

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          September 24, 2006 5:27 PM

          what you sayin', boooiiiiii?

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        September 24, 2006 5:30 PM

        This post is amazing.

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        September 24, 2006 5:48 PM

        Yes it is, it's gone from ugly trendy hip bullshit white for the ipod crowd to simple basic and sexy black for those with a home theatre cabinet they don't want to uglify.


        Not to say it's an ideal peice of hardware in a HT cabinet anyhow but black > white for sure.

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      September 24, 2006 4:17 PM

      dammit, why didn't they have this at launch? All my electronics, except for my 360, are black. >:-(

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      September 24, 2006 5:18 PM

      The black ones are so nice looking, although that looks to be a glossier black than the dev unit ones.

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      September 24, 2006 5:18 PM

      Devkits are dark grey.

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        September 24, 2006 5:21 PM

        I've seen two types, the black one and the standard one with the uber-drive on the top of it. It definitely looked more black than dark grey to me, although they keep the lighting pretty dim at my work so that might explain why it looked darker.

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      September 24, 2006 5:44 PM

      Sweet, that's one thing fixed for me, now all I need is a model which doesn't break.

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