Evening Reading
by Maarten Goldstein, Jul 18, 2007 6:14pm PDTEmbedded videos, podcasts, what the hell. Clearly this won't last.
- Grandma with internet speed record
- FBI uses MySpace to install spyware
- Guy finds tens of thousand of bees in his house
- Boeing working on algae powered engine
- Comeback of the Brazilian blue parrot
Daily Filter: Planetside 2, Deadlight
Weekend PC digital deals: strategy-o-rama
38 Studios, Harry Potter Kinect - Shacknews Daily: May 25, 2012
Minecraft for Xbox 360 dev working on 'Adventure' update
Demon's Souls servers extended again
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Is the 360-specific version of that remote still the best if you have a 360, or have they since come out with better versions that are also compatible with the console?
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What airport should I fly into for a conference I'm attending there at the end of next month?
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I made some noises! (a new song)
http://moshman.shackspace.com/raw.mp3
Very raw, just a quick mix, not completed at all. no bass guitar, drums not mixed and song not done!! And drums by far not final
Those of you that have heard my previous music will find this a bit different but don't worry, the (very) heavy bit is to come :)
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That asian girl is really good looking, but man o man is her english just absolutely terrible. If she were being interviewed on dateline they would be subtitling her even though she's speaking our native tongue.
Its really distracting.
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I got my 4th 360 back from repair today. Here's a picture of the box it came it. Looks pretty good right?
http://img341.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0613av4.jpg
Sweet! A clean 36- ohshi.
http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0611ja7.jpg
Close up of the damage:
http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0612jk7.jpg
Maybe it's just the face plate, oops, nope. Also note how dirty the interior of the face plate is. The customer rep assured me I was given a "brand new console":
http://img181.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0616dj4.jpg
Ended up popping the tab just to the left of the usb ports, and re-seating everything properly w/o busting the shiny warranty sticker:
http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0617eh0.jpg
New face plate is coming in the mail, but I have no doubt I'm dealing with a 360 that was dropped on it's head at birth (or rebirth is more likely since it's just a refurb). And since I'm sure that it'll poop out w/in the year, I'm just holding on to this one instead of going through another 6 week replacement process.
Thanks MS, you fags.
what more can i do other than beat this dead horse?
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I remember playing GRAW2 and noticed when you were driving outside Fort Bliss and it looked like it was in a desert, which was wrong, it's co-located with El Paso and there's a lot of freeways and builds around it.
Also the M26 Pershing Tank in Company of Heroes during D-Day is inaccurate as it was never fielded until February of 1945 and saw limited combat.
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Good times were had by all.
Highlighted by: Ajax levelling up for the first time; a whole team of Counter Terrorists equipped with shields getting owned by grenades; and of course plenty of TKing
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Got me thinking about the whole UFO thing. I bet UFOs are fucking time travelers!! More or less time tourists checking out back when Earth was all fucked up.
Of course no way to prove that.. just a thought, a lot better than "OMG Aliens".
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Please to be having Blockbuster Online add game rentals to their service. That shit is so fast it's ridiculous. I'll drop a movie off on Monday and have a new one Wednesday. Plus with the in-store exchange policy I have more movies than I know what to do with. I'd gladly pay extra for games from them.
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What have I done that has broken my comments. All of a sudden when I click a comment reply it won't just expand and show me the reply, it will reload the page showing only that particular thread and the reply I clicked on.
I've changed nothing since yesterday and I can't see any settings to reverse this!
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http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070719/NEWS01/707190440
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Q6600 $266
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DQ6 LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard $228.99
Crucial Ballistix 4GB (4 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 $319.98
OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W $139.99
Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower $149.99
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Requirements:
- Good weather
- outside of the US
- not in continental Europe
Not required, but bonus
- located in South America, Australia, or Antarctica
- off the beaten path
- decent scuba diving or skydiving
- English is common as a second language, if not the primary
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does anyone have experience with jeans from Paper Denim and Cloth? i am wondering if they shrink, or if they need to be dry cleaned, or something like that. i want to get the full scoop before i start droppin mad loot. i don't want to them to shrink too much and get tight and then show off too much of my gigantic mass of manmeat. i am too modest for that.
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It'll have the new Civilization expansion on release day.
I wish I could Steam all my games :(
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So I'm specing out an upgrade, considering that I just bought a EVGA 8800GTS today from newegg.
Is C2D e6600 still the new hotness for CPU's?
Also - is this MB good? I like the price for a dual PCI-E 16x board:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130081
New PS I got today was an Antec Trio 550w.
Will buy MB, CPU, 2GB ram and new 320gb hard drive.
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So intrigued by the thought of exploring the best stories that the gaming world had to offer I settled on The Longest Journey as my next muse. Steam had a deal to get both TLJ and its sequel for relatively inexpensively, and I thought that I probably didn't have much to lose even if I was somewhat let down by them.
Well, I just finished The Longest Journey, and it was nothing short of stunning. Yes, the polygonal characters on screen look very dated, and even ugly (running widescreen), but the story and the setpieces were just so magnificent that they completely sucked me. From Charlie, to Crow, to Abnaxus, the game world featured this beautifully fleshed out cast who made the story just that much more rewarding. It was great to see a nice, normal, and very human character as the lead as well. No machoness, no gun toting, iron pumping dumbness, just a genuinely heartfelt and largely exceedingly well realized story. I loved it, and it really defined to me in a way that no other game has, what a powerful medium for storytelling a game can be. I will even admit getting a bit moisty-eyed at the end.
Next up is the sequel, I expect great things. I also wish that more games went to this kind of effort. What are some games whose story lines have affected you?
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=7sK3AqFYAWQ
I hereby declare this the most 80s music video of all time. Yes, even more than the New Kids' Step by Step.
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Schwarzenegger's dog?
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pretty pretty please :(
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Ok, so I'm a bit late on this one, but I have a question about the stupid howling stones and even the internets are failing me right now. I'm at the stone in Upper Zora River by the fishing shop and I can't figure out how to activate this thing. I passed by it earlier on when it was Twighlight and didn't use it at that time. I'm trying to use it now, is the lack of Twighlight the reason why I can't use the stone? Will I ever be able to get it? Soooo stuck :(
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A) wtf Cardinals and tigers? Gay. Might as well have put two Japanese teams in there. Nobody likes these ass clowns.
B) Gary Sheffield just just a home run off the scoreboard so hard I think it bounced all the way back to home plate. :(
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http://kotaku.com/gaming/talk-to-the-chest/mass-effect-dialogue-is-sexy-hot-280280.php
The voice acting actually sounds like it should. Can you punch people mid-sentence? Because that would be cool.
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/48041
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Lets do this!
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Does it matter which component cables i buy, Official Nintendo cables or no names? Also i don't mean to state the obvious, but is it best to get some rechargeable batteries for the remotes? (i haven't bought batteries in years)
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http://www.ziggyware.com/weblinks.php?cat_id=5
Probably repost, screw this search
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