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Oh BioShock, why must you torment me so? D:
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/5214/whatthefvg8.jpg

Aug 26, 2007 11:51pm PDT

Oh BioShock, why must you torment me so? D: http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/5214/whatthefvg8.jpg : Boo Pipes

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R. Kelly TRAPPED in the CLOSET

New episodes 13-22 at www.ifc.com

go get your hip-hopera on, saddies!

Aug 13, 2007 12:55pm PDT

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If you live in a dorm, and get your internet from the campus wifi, is there anyway to make it stronger? For example, could I somehow bring a wifi router from home and use that as some kind of signal booster within my own apartment (within the dorm)?

For example, when I'm in my room, my downloads are much slower than when I am in the library. bah.

Aug 12, 2007 8:50am PDT

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Warcrow, Dahanese, The Remo...

So it was mentioned you'll be interviewing Mr. Levine again about BioShock. I had a question about the atistic influences used in the game. Now I'm a huge fan of the 30's-40's style of work here, but I am wonder about a particular influence and I haven't seen it brought up yet at all.

I'm going to spoiler my next few sentences for those who haven't played the demo...

So i understand there is a large influence from Ayn Rand in regards to the downfall of a Utopian city much like that of Atlas Shrugged. However the stylistic art approach reminds me that of one of my favorite movies ever, Metropolis. Metropolis being a silent film by Fritz Lang also spoke of a Utopian city that crumbled by the hands of the blue collar work force and the persecution of the higher class...was this film also an influence?

Aug 13, 2007 5:52pm PDT

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So here is a book thread, because we haven't talked about books much lately. You know, those paper things that contain stories.

I finished reading The Deed of Paksenarrion, by Elizabeth Moon, over the weekend. Many of you recommended this book because I said I liked fiction with some military elements to it. It is also very highly reviewed on Amazon. After reading it myself, though, I have to say it was lacking in a lot of ways.

I can see why people like the book. It has a strong, likeable female protagonist. She follows the standard hero arc of membership, exile, and triumphant return. It has credible action and fairly good writing.

Still, there's a lot that bugs me. There is no world building here to speak of; most of the people, races, and nations in the book feel like they were arbitrarily plucked from fantasy archetypes. "Oh, I could use some elves in the story, let's add elves. They like forests and magic and stuff." That sort of thing. Many of Paksenarrion's "adventures" (she refers to herself as an "adventurer" at times) play out as if Moon is narrating a Dungeons & Dragons game. The paladin, the mysterious thief, and the doughty fighter go down into the dark dungeon. The thief checks the doors for traps. (The thief guy says, "I'm good with traps," I'm not kidding here.) The paladin senses evil. The fighter hacks at things with his axe. They defeat the evil priest and recover great treasure. Ho hum.

I could go on to complain about internal consistency, cardboard characters, etc. I think that Moon wanted to write a morality tale with elements of female empowerment and "rags to riches" mass appeal. Maybe she thought that a fantasy setting was the best way to accomplish this, but she didn't have the knack for writing convincing fantasy.

Aug 13, 2007 11:12am PDT

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I really want the BioShock collectors edition but only for the Big Daddy figurine. I'll never watch or listen to the other stuff. Will somebody please send me that part?

Aug 13, 2007 8:41am PDT

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has anyone heard of that band lcd soundsystem ? they are pretty cool. Here's one of his songs that pretty much sounds exactly like that band New Order.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw-nYD0GQwI

post your own has anyone heard in reply with example videos

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XP Pro is running out of Activation Keys.

http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,135848/printable.html

That's kind of odd.

Aug 13, 2007 7:56am PDT

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Hey, I'm working on a new piece, but a friend claims it reminds them of a song they heard in a movie (of course, they cannot remember which).

So, does this sound familiar to anyone? Don't want to be unconsciously re-writing music that already exists.

http://vantage.shackspace.com/audio/mine/Vantage%20-%20Adagio%20-%20In%20Progress.mp3

(The instrumentation is very rough/tentative at this point)

Aug 12, 2007 10:21pm PDT

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Bioshock. Holy shit. As good as I figured this game would be the demo is actually 10x better. I hadn't watched many videos and the ones I had watched were pretty action-centric. That's cool and all but what I really, really wanted was atmosphere comparable to some of my favorite games like SS2 or Thief.

That's exactly what we got. This game is absolutely dripping ( like water, get it) with atmosphere. It reminds me so much of SS2 it's not even funny. What a great demo. Everything about it is fantastic.

Aug 13, 2007 4:58pm PDT

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What was the concensus on Dark Messiah, I kinda liked the demo - how was the final game?

Aug 13, 2007 4:48pm PDT

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More "Man vs. Wild" in the true..er....wild.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UpSlpvb1is

Aug 13, 2007 1:48pm PDT

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Attention PC to Mac converts

Now aside from games, any regrets converting to a Mac? Are you happy with your decision? Would you recommend getting one? Do you still have / need a PC around for the odd thing?

I'm thinking of getting an iMac (I really don't do anything that requires a lot of power these days, AND I'm moving into a really small apartment so I figure the iMac is perfect for taking up fuck all space). The other option would be to get a Macbook.

Any ideas / suggestions?

Aug 13, 2007 2:48am PDT

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Quick Poll before I go study.

LCD or Plasma?

I plan on getting about a 42" tv, primarily for gaming with the 360, maybe some computer gaming on it with my laptop, and watching HD tv, like sports, HBO (Flight of the Conchords), and movies. I thought I wanted a plasma for sure, but now Im not so sure anymore either :/

Aug 13, 2007 4:50pm PDT

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Ack! ThomW is Web 2.0'ing the [lol] page. Icons, varying font sizes, alignment changes...it's starting to look like a site.

It's even a true Web 2.0 page because there's a JavaScript error when you click a spoiler tag.

Aug 13, 2007 9:34am PDT

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wow, that bioshock tv commercial is rather amazing.

Aug 13, 2007 5:50pm PDT

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Is the CS:S server restarting? It just froze up on me. :(

Aug 13, 2007 5:32pm PDT

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any Mogwai fans in the house? I love this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdBKoiPE78Y

Aug 13, 2007 6:12pm PDT

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- Mogwai are fucking brillent, one of the best shows i've ever been to. : shavenewok

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Any of you shackers have any recommendations for a portable DVD player? We've got a 6 hour flight coming up on Wed., and are looking for a player with a good viewing angle and a comparably long battery life.

Any suggestions?

Aug 13, 2007 5:47pm PDT

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ER is up sugarbutts >:(

Aug 13, 2007 6:11pm PDT

ER is up sugarbutts >:( : dognose

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http://oopslist.com/ Some really great pictures of silly mistakes at shippings yards, airports, military bases etc.

normalyl I wouldn't link one of these pages but the majority of the photo's I've surprisingly never seen before and some good ones in there too.

Aug 13, 2007 5:39pm PDT

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I was bored today so I tried to come up with a logo for my name (no, not for a forum sig). This is all I could think of, what says you Shack?

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8797/mglogo01smqe9.jpg

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The Stranglehold demo has me wanting to play Max Payne 1 & 2 again, but about the only good thing to come out of playing that demo unfortunately. I had such high hopes for this one, too :(

3d Realms, you know what to do. Get with Valve and give us some Payne, Duke, and Shadow Warrior via Steam.

Aug 13, 2007 6:08pm PDT

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New MP3 Preview videos up.

Aug 13, 2007 5:51pm PDT

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So ever since I saw LA Confidential, I knew I'd have to get around to reading a James Ellroy novel at some stage. When I was wandering around the local markets on Saturday, I stumbled across a copy of The Cold Six Thousand in a second hand bookstore.

I picked it up. I brought it home. I thought.
What the fuck.
Why is every sentence so short. At most they are five. Words, I mean.
It can't be like this.
All the way though?
Yes, indeed it is.
What a bizarre writing style.
I'm going to get a headache.

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Hey guys. For those who may or may not be interested. I finished the artworks for the EP release by the band piano bar fight that i've been working on for quite some time now. A few of you liked the other stuff so i though i'd make a wee post.

The first image will be the cover, the next one is the back, and the final image will be a folded inlay mini poster type deal. Let me know what you think, all that needs to be done is finalizing the text on the other side of the inlay and i'm set unless you guys spot something stupid i've done or think of some improvements.

Cheers in advance
http://a252.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/96/l_bfd68c51f658925aab6c4c060ea79f0b.jpg
http://a442.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/123/l_ee044aba7039c08a314a9c24485cebf1.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1072/1053824399_e817c9d896_o.jpg
(sorry about the genjuro sized final image, didnt have the time to upload the full res image.)

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I got The Bigs last night. What a fun game. I'm looking forward to playing a lot more.

Is anyone going to be around tonight to beat up on me?

Aug 13, 2007 2:19pm PDT

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It's 8 o'clock- last I checked, that was R6:Vegas time!

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- I've called you all fags; what more can I do? : tashtego

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Man, Guitar Hero is awesome, but now the world is slowly scrolling upwards... make it stop!

Aug 13, 2007 5:41pm PDT

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Anyone know what kind of boats these are in the background? http://www.lexus.com/models/SC/

Aug 13, 2007 3:32pm PDT

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Paging painangelz, mooglebean, buzzbat, and sockmonkeh's replacement (deathlove?):

How do we stand for finishing the small pangea map tonite? And have you all patched to 303?

I think 9EST was proposed.

That is all.

Aug 13, 2007 4:13pm PDT

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If the idea of fighting off endless waves of charging Russian troops in a ~30-60 player coop mission sounds cool to you, read on. If not, you're dead to me. :'(
http://dslyecxi.com/images/mainpage/shacktac_shack_profile.jpg

One of the noteworthy missions from this past Saturday's ShackTac ArmA session was a simple scenario in which a US platoon is cut off from friendly forces in a small town that is coming under heavy attack by enemy mechanized infantry. The scenario, appropriately titled "Last Breath", was played twice during the session - the first time, with ~60 players, was fought in daylight and lasted about an hour before we were overrun. The second one was played at the tail end of the session, with around 30 players, and lasted only about half that. It also had a twist - we were facing the enemy in a heavy fog at night. Both were epic encounters, and both resulted in some slick footage.

A great aspect of this particular mission is that resident ShackTac scripter Kevb0 made it possible for our engineer squad to deploy sandbag bunkers, walls, mines, and other obstacles prior to the assault commencing. It made for some pretty slick defenses.

The fighting in this scenario is intense. Even with 60 players defending the town, the never-ending onslaught of enemy combatants and vehicles was too much for us to take. Casualties started out light, then grew heavier as the enemy committed more and more troops and vehicles to the fray. By the end of the daytime playthrough there were bodies littering the town, friends and foes mixed together in the chaotic melee. It was epic, as I said.

If you're interested, I'd recommend checking out the second playthrough's Youtube video - it's fairly short, there's some hilarious dialog in it, and the atmosphere of the fight is well-conveyed. The first video is of a more serious nature, since it was earlier in the session and we were all still playing at a higher level. The second one, though, is great for entirely different reasons.
Youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=SexVAtqTU6c
Of course, if you want it to look really slick, download the hires version here: http://dslyecxi.com/videos/aug11_last_breath_night.wmv

The other video is an almost full run of the first playthrough of the mission - you can download it here, I don't have it on GVid yet. Be warned that it's a substantial download.
http://dslyecxi.com/videos/aug11_last_stand.wmv

There are also screens from the session. The first twelve are from the first playthrough of "Last Breath", then the second playthrough is screens 76 through 90.
http://dslyecxi.com/screens/Armed_Assault/0708/11/Picasa/

So yeah, that's ShackTac these days. Haven't been posting too much about it around here lately, but I assume there are a few people who are still interested in the videos and such that result from our gaming.

Aug 13, 2007 4:35pm PDT

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Are Wii's still hard to come by? Its my little sister's birthday this weekend and I know she wants a Wii so I was thinking of picking one up for her

Aug 13, 2007 4:13pm PDT

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Bioshock Demo.

Oh my fucking god...........awesome.

Aug 13, 2007 1:42pm PDT

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