Morning Discussion
by Jeff "geedeck" Gondek, Nov 28, 2007 5:58am PSTGood morning everyone, I hope you're ready for another exciting day of gaming news. I mean, if you were only ready for a day of boring gaming news then you're just shooting too low, and we can't have that. To that end, we should have a new Replay Couch courtesy of Breckon later on and I might have a contest in mind. Also, new Rock Band DLC came out, so if he's your thing, Ziggy Stardust awaits.
Speaking of contests, I've tried to keep them varied and such with photoshopping, writing, and more. Are there some contest types we haven't tried, that you would like to see? Or were you just totally in love with a past one? Either post something or drop your friendly neighborhood Judy McCoy a line.
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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http://break.com/index/barf-bags-dont-work-at-0-gs.html
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HOW TO KICK ASS AT COD4
this is a 360 guide, but im sure this will translate well onto the PC.
all in reply folks... all in reply.
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I heard a nasty rumor from some Cisco representatives today. Is it true that WPA encryption has recently been hacked?
WEP hacking is old news, but if WPA isn't safe, what the hell are we supposed to do?
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But with the steep price tags I was hoping to get some opinions on how well they work (if at all) and if they're really worth the $80+ price tags.
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http://www.mbusa.com/models/main.do?modelCode=C300WZ
http://www.mbusa.com/models/main.do?modelCode=C350WZ
I know it's just a C-Class (you could say it's also just Mercedes), but aesthetically, I think it's the best looking Mercedes in a long time. Probably, the best looking entry-level car from any manufacturer. Now if only they'd administer the cure to the rest of their line-up (McLaren Batmobile included), they might be... interesting (?), again.
Also, 335 coupes are getting played-out around hereabouts at a rate faster than the number of soulja boy videos that just got posted on youtube while I typed this sentence. I thought I wanted one, but the allure of driving one weakens as it's dime a dozen ratio approaches Honda Civic levels.
Anyway, I'm in the market for a new car and overall, everyones current offering looks pretty boring. I also wish the trend towards making things more bulging, vertical, and triangular would die already. Already because I think I said the same thing half a decade ago and it's still very much alive. Alas.
Anyone here want to go halves on a E92 M3 new RS4 or importing a 22B Subie over? :[
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I'm not the last level of Assassin's Creed, and i'm having problems.
1) Ass dude keeps falling through the earth.
2) Game isn't triggering any events.
How can i make it stop breaking?
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Background on the BF...he has resorted to playing Baldurs Gate II after completing Assassins Creed and I can't stand watching him play through it again.
Shack, please help me.
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Oh yeah. Nice rack. ahha
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Every ten minutes or so (or twenty, it's random), it's like the DNS just shits out on me and it can't find ANYTHING. I stay connected to IRC and IM networks, but browsing is just Try Again Try Again Try Again until it wakes the hell up and resumes normal operation.
I've already eliminated the ISP/modem 'cos I can use the modem's ping function to find and ping plenty of places while the router (or even computer, if that's the case) can't seem to find the IP.
Any ideas? I have a WNR834Bv2 if that matters.
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Okay, let's try this again, without the obvious NWS.
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hbo dvd sale at bb.
did a quick search and didn't see it.
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Who would win in a fight, Conan the Barbarian, Scorpion King, or Conan O'Brian?
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Regarding life of the battery.
Is it best to keep the battery fairly charged whenever I get a chance, or wait until the battery drains down before recharging it?
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does anyone want to buy my DS Lite (white) and three games (Tetris, Advance Wars Dual Strike, Pokemon Diamond) for $110? (price somewhat negotiable, especially where shipping is concerned)
shackmessage me if you do.
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- New Super Mario Bros
- Zelda Phantom Hourglass
- Animal Crossing
- Castlevania Portrait of Ruin
- Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow
My questions are thus:
- What's a fair price for these 5?
- Which Castlevania is better? DoS has an 89 on Metacritic, PoR has an 85.
- If I just went with one of the Castlevania games, what would be a fair price for those 4?
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Mythbusters is doing a MacGyver special in a few weeks!
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http://homepage.mac.com/thresher/wake-upcat.wmv
It cracked me up. It's kind of subtle though.
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I've never attempted to sell anything on craigslist before and have a question.
I'm trying to sell my WoW account, and I posted it to my local craigslist. I can't imagine many people visit my small cities craigslist looking for wow accounts, so I planned on cross posting it in bigger cities in the state as well as the country. After I attempted to do so, I found out that that is a no-no.
So, am I ok leaving it on the local craigslist? Or should I try harder to cross post it?
Also, anyone interested in a 70 druid on malganis?
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Let me preface this post with the following: This thread is just to see if anyone would be interested in returning to EQ2 now that Kunark is out, and fucking amazing. If you hate EQ2, think that it's ugly, find the art direction to be bad, etc etc, that's fine, but that's not what this thread if for. Lets have this be constructive!
Around this time last year a bunch of us were playing EQ2 in anticipation of the Echoes of Faydwer expansion. In the end a few of us stuck with it, moved to different servers, etc.
However, Rise of Kunark just came out a few weeks ago, and it is completely fucking amazing. The random changes to the game during this time, including crafting (which got even better!), the pure scope of the world, and how many unique instanced dungeons/raid encounters there are make this an MMO teeming with content. There are so many choices as to where you level 1-80, it's amazing. The combat system has a ton of depth, especially with the Achievement system added with Echoes of Fay.
What always sticks out most to me with EQ2 is just how much there is to do; the crafting is so involved and full of depth you could easily have a character solely dedicated to crafting and have a lot of fun. Community wise many people have built awesome businesses such as Bars, shops, spas, etc and a lot of them are frequently busy. The best part for me though is just the variety of adventuring places. Each dungeon is so radically different from the last, each with their own secrets and puzzles; and there are just SO many of them. Oh, and its also got Legends of Norrath built in now (SOEs TCG) if you're into that. I really think the reason I enjoy it so much is it's as close to the things I enjoyed from old-school Ultima Online as I'll ever get.
Anyhow, if you're at all interested in playing, I've rolled a char on Antonia Bayle and am having a blast. Right now its just a friend and I playing, so hopefully we can get a few others on board. Rise of Kunark comes with a 14 day trial key that unlike the other trials unlocks the entire game for the user (all races), so you can get a real good feel for it. If anyone has already bought RoK and wants to share their key with other Shackers, that'd be awesome.
We're on the Good/Qeynos side, but obviously betrayal is always an option for people who want the evil races (Betrayal is WORLDS easier now).
If you're really interested, or played previously and are on the fence and want to know what's really changed, http://clockworkgamer.com/2007/11/09/ten-reasons-you-should-buy-everquest-ii/ is an AWESOME read.
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