First Post!
by Maarten Goldstein, Jul 30, 2007 3:04am PDTGood morning ladies and gents. BlizzCon and QuakeCon kick off this week, and we'll be at both events to cover the announcements and games on display. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing more from id Tech 5, as well as getting some hands-on time with Left 4 Dead. Movie: Drive, monkey, drive!
Resistance: Burning Skies dawns on Vita in May
Shack PSA: Mass Effect 3 demo out today
Daily Filter: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, MLB 12: The Show
Cradle trailer shows off Russian indie adventure game
WoW Monopoly, StarCraft RISK announced at Toy Fair
Jersey Shore's 'The Situation' signs App deal
Blacklight: Retribution open beta begins Feb 27
Super Stardust Delta free with Vita 3G activation
Chronovolt announced for PS Vita
Ms. Splosion Man challenge to give away steaks
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bourne_ultimatum/
Hopefully they dumped the shaky cam from the last one.
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Finished it this weekend. Great game. I highly recommend it to any fan of Deus Ex/Max Payne. It has a good amount of depth to it and excellent production value across the board. I noticed that Lauren Ambrose from Six Feet Under plays one of the main characters. I'm already playing again to explore some things I missed the first time.
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"P, as in..." I began.
Pausing for a half-second to determine what to say, I quickly uttered the first word that came into my head.
"...pterodactyl?"
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Is there any generic problem w/ Windows Vista and Wireless networks?
Small network, XP comps have no probs but the 3 Vista laptops all disconnect after some minutes...
2 Wrt54gl's on WDS, with Ddwrt 2.3 sp1. WPA encrypted.
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There Are:
1 day until Babylon 5: Lost Tales - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_5:_The_Lost_Tales
1 day until 300 on HD-DVD / Blueray - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_(film)
1 day until Shaun of the Dead on HD-DVD - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_of_the_Dead
1 day until Hot Fuzz on DVD - http://hotfuzz.com/
3 days until Quakecon 2007 - http://www.quakecon.org/
4 days until The Bourne Ultimatum - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bourne_Ultimatum_(film)
5 days until SIGGRAPH - http://www.siggraph.org/s2007/
11 days until Survivor Man Season 2 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorman
15 days until Lair for the PS3 - http://www.us.playstation.com/Lair/
20 days until Brain Age 2 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Age_2:_More_Training_in_Minutes_a_Day
22 days until BioShock - http://www.2kgames.com/bioshock/
23 days until Games Convention - http://www.gc-germany.com/gcinfo_e.shtml
25 days until PAX - http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com/
28 days until Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid_Prime_3:_Corruption
29 days until Warhawk for the PS3 - http://www.us.playstation.com/Warhawk/
32 days unitl Dragon*Con - http://www.dragoncon.org/
32 days until Guild Wars Eye of the North - http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Guild_Wars_Eye_of_the_North
35 days until Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - http://www.enemyterritory.com/
36 days until Heavenly Sword - http://www.heavenlysword.com/
39 days until the PC release of Settlers VI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Settlers_VI
39 days until the 360 release of Dark Messiah: Elements - http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/10704/Dark+Messiah+of+Might+and+Magic:+Elements+Trailer
50 days until World in Conflict - http://www.worldinconflict.com/index.html
54 days until the Wii Release of Brothers in Arms: Double Time - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms:_Double_Time
57 days until Halo 3 - http://www.halo3.com/
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57 days until Jericho Season 1 on DVD - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho_%28TV_series%29
57 days until Gods & Heroes Rome Rising - http://www.godsandheroes.com/
64 days until Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts - http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/47032
64 days until Tabula Rasa Online 10/2/07 - http://www.playtr.com/index.html
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64 days until Folklore for PS3 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore_%28video_game%29
71 days until TF2, Episode 2, and pOrtal - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Software
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81 days until E for All - http://www.eforallexpo.com
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94 days until the 360 release of Mass Effect - http://masseffect.bioware.com/
94 days until Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - http://www.us.playstation.com/Uncharted/
94 days until Unreal Tournament 3 - http://www.unrealtournament3.com/
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105 days until the Wii release of Super Mario Galaxy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Galaxy
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113 days until Rock Band - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Band_(video_game)
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120 days until Futurama: Bender's Big Score - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama:_Bender's_Big_Score
126 days until the Wii release of Super Smash Brothers Brawl - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._Brawl
141 days until the HD-DVD/Blueray/DVD release of Blade Runner: The Final Cut - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner
297 days until Indiana Jones 4 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_4
354 days until The Dark Knight - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_%28film%29
375 days until the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China - http://en.beijing2008.cn/
466 days until Bond 22 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_22
790 days until Conan O'Brien takes over the Tonight Show - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Night_with_Conan_O'Brien
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toothpaste work?
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So, the boy & I were introduced to this show by his brother. From Tim Minear (who worked with Joss Wheadon on Firefly & Angel), what would happen to an overeducated underpaid retail clerk who could now speak with be harassed by inanimate animals (think stuff bears, beer fish, lawn flamingos, etc.)? The answer? A whole lot of craziness.
I enjoyed a lot about this show. The supernatural animals talking to Jaye, her resisting their instructions and the overaching theme of 'surrender to destiny', and her stop/start romance with the bartender recovering from a broken heart. But the overlay with the day to day realities of the life just struck an odd tone to me. For instance She was arrested and fined multiple times, but never lost her (dead-end) job or her trailer park housing.
The dialogue is very clever and rich with multiple meanings. Also, there is much with the hot or cute womenz. Both in terms of single shot appearances (yay nude from waist up) or recurring characters (panty shot!).
Anyone else seen this show? It was canned by FOX after 4 eps, but there are 13 (I think) that are availible on DVD.
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So, the Shackhype sucked me in...and it is good. Very good! I'm definitely addicted to the game after just a couple days.
The way I'm learning to play has been just jump in and see what I can figure out. So, far, that strategy has worked for me as I stay ahead as the largest Civ (thank you settler mode). But, I can't help, but feel like I'm missing soooo much!
Hell, I was halfway into war when I realized I had the ability to draft. Also, I'm tending to automate a lot of things -- like workers. Is that a good idea? Should, I be forcing them to build more of a certain something? What else should I or should I not automate? Citizens?
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Oh, well, Rome tomorrow!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xn8M7s17pE
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But since I'll have a proper computer room and separate rec. room, I won't be able to just hook up the computer to my HDTV. So I'm considering alternatives.
Are there any cheap systems that can stream any content (and I stress this part, because my requirements are pretty diverse) to my TV while outputting 1080p resolutions and optical audio out for my receiver? I'm wondering if I should even just build myself a completely new HTPC because I'm anal about what I want my system to do and handle, and closed boxed proprietary solutions will probably hinder that.
And while we're on the subject, what sort of data throughput do typical HD films require? I'm guessing wifi doesn't have the necessary bandwidth for streaming that, does it?
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Pan's Labyrinth is fucking insane. I'm not too far in, she just retrieved the key from the toad. It's a wonderful movie, but good lord, this is some really strange shit.
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After beating metroid prime 1 last week, today i have beaten Metal Gear Solid 2.
Thoughts:
ummmm yeah. MGS1 was in many ways much better, made easier to take these days thanks to The Twin Snakes version on the GC (although i played the original PS1 version as well). MGS2's story, while i did follow it, was just really not that good, The ending had no emotional impact whatsoever.
the qualities of life and love for ten minutes? Seriously though... did kojima completely forget how to
direct in this game?
My problems with it:
1. The storytelling. Pacing, which was already a bit strained in MGS1, is completely out of whack here. there are at least 2 cinemas that last around a half hour. my girlfriend walked into the room, and after ten minutes was like "can we stop watching this show, it's really boring", and for once i was sort of agreeing with her.
2. The boss battles were not as memorable as MGS1, and there were less of them. We got almost no history on Vamp, the Fatman was a throwaway character, and we get cheated out of really fighting Fortune, whom snake fights for real offscreen. and what was with all the weapons that really had no use? not once did i have to use a claymore or c4 or grenade launcher. I was more stacked than Rambo and killed almost everybody with my bare hands and/or pistol.
3. I wanted to punch Rose in the face every time I saved and she bitched for 5 minutes about relationship stuff. I am trying to turn the game off and i have to listen to her flap her gums for eternity.
4. The final battles sucked hard. For being more advanced, the new metal gear Rays were really easy to kill (one Rex was waaaaay tougher). The fight with solidus was complete shit. The hand to hand to hand fighitng is really clunky in that game, and tacking on some swordplay at the end felt really cheap and badly used.
5. I really thought Solidus was going to mean a lot more in the grand scheme of things, what with Snake being alive and Liquid being reborn within Ocelot. The most interesting part of the Metal Gear story is barely touched upon, the relationships and motivations between all the Snakes.
I am being fairly negative, and it didnt totally blow, but it was disappointing that for being so highly praised, it felt unrefined and downright clunky at times with a story that could have totally used a few more writing sessions. I just hope MGS3 brings back the love i have for this series, or I am not even going to worry about 4...
Up next... God Of War 1 and Metroid Prime 2
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oh man..
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If its the deal that was rumored earlier Ainge gave up way too much.
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his car already broke down near butte montana. he's calling AAA right now.
any shackers live nearby?
my ILTC post from his account yesterday was awesome. I even surprise myself sometimes.
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Is there anything I should get ready in preparation of the new computer? what's this xp64 biz all about and what can i do to get my winxp+sp2 copy ready for that? I really have no idea, I blocked out the past 3 years technology wise.
(this is to replace nf7-s, 1 gig ram, amd 3200+, ati 9800 pro. I'm keeping my 2 sata hard drives (one's a 74 gig raptor) and dl dvd burner)
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TL;DR: My friend is insecure and uses money to make himself feel superior, even thought I'm not in competition with him.
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http://www.metacafe.com/watch/560879/2007_airpower_over_hampton_roads_f_22_raptor_demonstration/
Holy fucking shit. This thing just says "fuck you" to the laws of physics!
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Anways.. is it worth playing? Is it really one of the best games ever made?
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my other hand/wrist is all black and blue. :-(
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A techno remix of the melody appears in this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8A0uoNQCOc
What is it called?
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These kids are lucky no one had a gun.
http://www.break.com/index/kicking-footballs-into-cars.html
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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/07/30/vo.ca.officer.killed.cnn
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/30/otc.bush.blair.henry/index.html
MAKE IT STOP.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136123
And it's actually semi-affordable too.
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Why can't WoW be more like this? The undead starting areas are some of the best examples of artwork I've ever seen in any game, much less in WoW. There's so much atmosphere, like the little glowing eyes in the bushes, and the wrecked gates of the cemeteries, and the broken wheels on the carriages...
Excellent stuff.
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