Evening Reading
by Jeff "geedeck" Gondek, Sep 18, 2007 7:46pm PDTWelcome to late night at Shacknews. Interesting to see everyone's responses to Team Fortress 2. I put in some time with it, and I think I like it but my computer is acting pissy and will probably keep me from putting much time in with it. For those that have played previous renditions, what changes struck you as most notable? Mine was the sound. Everything seems to have a sharp vocal presence, and sound seemed to travel more naturally though I'm unsure how to quantify that easily. Oh, and the serenity of battlefield when the majority of the population no longer have grenades. It's like a deadly little Disney experience in it's para-realism. Anyway, may I direct you to this buffet of reading, for the evening?
- So now stuff like Blabalicious has a festival?
- These are some pretty awesome Legos.
- MRI Magnets are no joke.
- It looks like we didn't properly protect the kilogram. Someone tried to warn us. :(
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Demon's Souls servers extended again
That's so awesome.
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What's the verdict?
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Setting people on fire is hilarious, and he makes a great invinci target for a Medic, but his flamethrower is just bad
He's dubbed as 'the most dangerous close range class', and that's just bullshit
Even if you ambush someone, it still takes too long to kill them
And I've gone up against a fucking sniper at close range and come out with ~30 health
Flames obscure vision? Yeah, mine!
Plus he sucks balls against turrets, and his range is *short*, making him nearly useless on many maps and objectives
But I suppose the pyro has always been the red headed stepchild of tf, so nothing new under the sun here
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http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2075/fuckyeahmn6.jpg
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http://www.beyond3d.com/content/news/462
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What is your least favorite boss in a game?
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http://www.damer.com/pictures/events/burningman2002/vehicles/draco-pano.jpg
http://englishrussia.com/?p=1469
http://www.thedailybackground.com/2007/09/18/video-the-view-co-host-doesnt-know-if-the-world-is-round-or-flat/
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The combat system is excellent. It may take a bit to get used to a lack of a block button, but after that you don't miss it. And there's no jumping, so no jumping puzzles! The game is pure action. The aftertouch thing took me some time to get used to, but once you get the hang of it, it works fairly well. The pacing is really well done, and there is a lot of unlockable stuff to look at. I seem to be halfway or 1/3 of the way through the game after about 3 hours of playing (just got to Chapter 3).
The presentation is top notch, as is the voice acting. And with the possibility of downloadable content coming along, I may end up buying this. In fact, does anyone know if there is more than one difficulty level?
I didn't really expect this game to be as good as it is, until I saw some of the posts around here singing its praises. It really is that good. The combat animation, combos, battles...are just so damned... sexy because they're so well made. I'll be curious to see how it sells, too, with the PS3's low install base.
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I have a pretty strong team, especially with raping another team yesterday in a trade that got me Randy Moss and Ronnie Brown for Isaac Bruce and Reggie Bush, today I have been approached with the opportunity to trade for Randal El and Phillip Rivers, giving away Matt Leinart and Laveurneus Coles, whom are backups for me this week. This trade isnt the slam dunk trade that yesterday was, but i think Rivers will be better than Leinart, but Randal El is not quite as acomplished as Coles, but IS getting more chances this year. Thoughts? worth the $10 trade? should I stick with what I have?
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Problem:
One common problem people are having is crash to desktop or no video (just sound).
Possible Solutions:
http://shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15154689
Search List:
crash to desktop - black screen - no video - hwm - resolution refresh rate - slow - stutter - update - scoreboard - tab -
Please feel free to add your solutions to problems or ask for one in this thread.
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Also one murmour that the 65nm model may be Feb 2008 :/ so hard to stay on top of all this.
Some poor sap just wants to play Halo 3 but he's on his 5'th console now - lol.
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http://www.philsized.com/haiku.jpg
http://www.philsized.com/hirez.jpg
Lovin this game. 3 hours flew by in what seemed like 15 minutes.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003888002_brier17.html
It's the most retarded thing I've read this week.
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not sure if this is news or not, but Aparently one of the reasons why Mass Effect will be getting an M rating in the US is due to a Sex scene, in which a bare booby is seen.
apparently, if you are female, it can go female/male female/male(alien humanoid) or female/female female/female(alien Humanoid), and if you are male, you're choices are male/female, or Male/female(alien humanoid).
Thought this was interesting.
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Any word on if they are going to reset all stats when retail goes live?
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http://www.handlebarclub.co.uk/wbmcwinners.shtml
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http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070918/NEWS01/709180321/1006
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What games should you play to consider yourself "gamer literate?" What experiences are so important, whether in terms of story, gameplay, atmosphere, music, or some other reason, that they must be played in order to consider yourself knowledgeable about gaming?
Some examples that came up on the podcast were:
Super Metroid
Sim-City
Castlevania: Symphony of the NIght
Full Throttle
Final Fantasy 7 (lol)
I think everyone can come up wtih the obvious examples, such the big first party Nintendo games: The Mario classics (1, 3, World, 64), The Legend of Zelda and Ocarina of Time.
Half-Life
Quake
Doom
etc.
But what are some less obvious games that you would nominate as necessary for someone who wants to be gaming literate?
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TF2, I'm doing everything I can, baby, just hang in there, Daddy will take care of you...
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Assuming my daughter doesn't manage to kill herself (probably by tripping over the cat) between now and 7:08pm, my wife and I will have managed to keep a living thing alive for an entire year!
http://www.jenandcraig.com/Alexandra/set10/target24.html
http://www.jenandcraig.com/Alexandra/set10/target26.html
9/19/06 nevar forget!
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http://www.mcvuk.com/news/28315/Microsoft-threatening-Live-ban-for-Halo-3-gamers
http://kotaku.com/gaming/clips/master-chief-performs-ballet-301208.php
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http://lolsecretz.blogspot.com/
Ok I'm no fan of LOLCats but some of these are fucking hilarious.
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As you may know, I am currently teaching english in south korea. Tomorrow I will be doing Karaoke day with western music.
What should I have my students sing? I will videotape all of it and upload it to youtube afterwards.
Nothing obscene, nothing too fast. Something relatively even and easy to sing. I was thinking Let it Be by the Beatles. And Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi.
What are some good songs for korean kids to sing? If you want to see a bunch of koreans singing rock songs with terrible accents, this is your chance to suggest something rockin.
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RO90IG1&show_article=1
lol
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Not sure its worth the trouble, but an awesome idea nonetheless!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5F7fVwr--Y&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45WY57lS708
Didn't expect the accent.
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But why doesnt the RIAA go after Usenet? I guess its because the userbase is so minuscule compared to torrent kiddies and you have to have half a brain to use it?
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ahahahahhahah
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im glad his head broke his fall
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Does stress cause acne? Of course it does. I also get this large protruding bump when I'm stressed. I guess its my horn pushing through :( :(
It goes away with time, when I get less stressed. I suppose I need more exercise. But seriously I'm 25, why do I still get acne?
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