Morning Discussion
by Jeff "geedeck" Gondek, Dec 03, 2007 6:01am PSTAlas, it is Monday again. Hate to be the herald of bad news, but at least my recap has plenty of material. We dropped a special edition ShackCast, regarding Gerstmann and Gamespot, plus Harvey Smith's comments were cast in a different light. And on a totally unexpected front, Vivendi and Activision are merging.
Later on today I'll post the results for the characters after the game contest, in the meanwhile don't forget that Faylor recapped the week's releases for you. Maybe you should help Julie find her way. Oh, and thanks Sylvanus for this thread about feel-good gaming.
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
Sounds nuts, but me and my GF can both remember that bit and nothing else and it's bugging the shit out of us.
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Now I don't haveta walk in the cold!
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This doesn't have to be an application that is particularly important, but rather it should be extremely well designed, and does what it sets out to do very very well. Your choice should get extra points for not having any good alternative (Firefox loses points because without it we'd still have Opera and be happy, or vice versa).
If I had to pick one, I would choose Xbox Media Center. I use it almost every day and it still doesn't cease to amaze me how perfect this program is. It's responsive, easy to navigate, and video playback and navigation is top notch.
My second choice would be Hamachi. There's no easier way to set up a quick VPN with your friends to do some LAN play via the Interwebs.
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Also this plot sounds both intriguing and not so much....anyhow.
So the rumours are true: Christian Bale will star in the new Terminator film, and is set to play... John Connor!
According to a report in Variety today, the Batman Begins star will play the human resistance fighter leading the battle against Skynet in the 4th instalment of the franchise, entitled Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins.
The production is set to be helmed by McG, who previously directed the Charlie's Angels films. Little is known about the plot at present, although the pic has been described as a 'reboot' of the franchise - the first in a new series of films set to chronicle the war between humanity and Skynet.
http://movies.ign.com/articles/839/839052p1.html
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I wish developers would start adding a "fast mode" to their RPGs. Sadly, the games are just too long for me to invest in them any more. Just, make mobs give 2x everything and cut the battle frequency in half. Any one else want this, or is it an abomination in your eyes?
I will never finish Xenogears, FFX (or even buy 12), Xenosaga 1 (buy 2 & 3), FF3 DS remake put me to sleep, and so on. I've given up on looking into or buying JRPGs, even though I generally enjoy the worlds and stories that play out in them, because I never see the whole game!
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MW:LL November newsletter is out!
http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/newsletter_archive/November_07_News_Letter.html
With that, we're also holding a contest for the Male Computer Voice since last month was a great success!
Since it's not nearly as gay enough to say Male Computer Voice, we called it Bruce.. you know, to make it more gay and humiliating when you win! Not that there's anything wrong with that, I mean come on, who doesn't want to win??
The winner(s) will be showcased in the December Newsletter for MW:LL and included into the first release of the mod! As an enticement, winners will be getting Early Version Access when it becomes available.
AS A VOLUNTEER CONTESTANT, BE AWARE THAT WHEN YOU WIN, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE YOUR VOICE FOR THE MOD AND BECOME ONE OF THE TEAM MEMBERS!
You can upload the submissions on the forum but we recommend that only as a last resort!
http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,36/topic,1175.0/
The contest is for both the English and German versions!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV1bRfLHA3A
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Source: http://www.netzwerkomaha.com/pub/soundtracks/ikaruga.tar.gz
So what do YOU nominate? Megaman 2 Wily Stage 1 is already on the list. Links to verify would make it best.
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Also I asked him to supply some copy and he replied with "i don't know what you mean"
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Downloaded the client.
Fired up the game.
Made a badass looking dude.
And then.....
.........
I don't think i ever felt this lost in a game. Holy shizzle.
:(
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The story and conversation stuff is pretty good (I'm at the ice planet right now) and I love that depth in BioWare's games. But there's technical problems (from the driving, to lots of frame drops, to texture loading problems), the combat, particularly when biotics get involved, is almost impossible to tell what's hitting you fast enough to react to take cover (if your team doesn't block you from getting there), plus camera issues don't help, and a few other things, such as the poor locations of autosaves in the game. Plus the structure of the game is yet to be different any previous BioWare title - yay, rather non-linear gameplay but, boo too often plays by the rule of 3 (here's a task in up to 3 unrelated parts, do all three to unlock the next step). Plus there is too many black-and-white choices in the game - It's Dark/Light side all over again and because they don't mix up the responses in the convo wheel, it's really easy to go in one direction or another. I can understand this mechanic for KOTOR, but I was hoping that there would be many more grey choices, or ones that you make way early to bite you in the ass later.
It is the first most engaging RPG on the 360, but that's more to the point that it doesn't have a lot of competition between Enchanted Arms, Eternal Sonata, and Blue Dragon.
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Go.
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I must admit I am asking purely out of personal interest as I think my funniest post ever on the shack - that wasn't nuked - happened today.
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I have XP pro at home, and when I use simple file sharing I can access that machine without being prompted for a username and password (which I need for my TViXHD PVR fileshare), BUT when I enable advanced file sharing, it always prompts for a username / password. I've given "everyone" full access. What NTFS permissions do I need to set?
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Finally decided to put it on my Buffalo WHR-G54S, and the damn thing doesn't seem to want to accept the firmware. From what I can tell, I've followed the instructions to a T. Reset the config (I think), set ethernet card settings to what it wanted, ran the batch script, unplugged, waited, plugged back in, and nothing but timed out attempts at putting the file on the router. I'm obviously doing something wrong. Any ideas?
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Friday Dec 7th. sorry dantastic
Cookblaze has been so kind as to offer to cart rockband into the city, and her0d has kindly offered to host at his place near Yonge & Bloor (provided there aren't too many people, his place is small - so please register your attendance on the shackmeet page).
I'm thinking we can meet here first, and have a couple of drinks:
http://www.dukeofgloucester.net/index.asp
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&q=duke+of+glou&near=Toronto,+ON,+Canada&fb=1&cid=0,0,4336265277687031961&z=17&iwloc=A&om=1
Here's the shackmeet listing, http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=4358 which I'm hoping ieGod can modify.
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How ur gaming Shack?
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We've got a fair few open positions here that we're now actively hiring for. We're mainly looking for artsy types at the moment, along with a producer and a tools programmer:
http://www.splashdamage.com/?page_id=15
Splash Damage is based in London, England and accepts international applications.
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http://blogs.msdn.com/xboxteam/archive/2007/11/30/december-2007-system-update.aspx
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List Price: $150.00
Yesterday's Price: $94.50
Today's Discount: - $27.00
Gold Box Price: $67.50 (55% off)
This is pretty much the best deal I'll ever see on it, right?
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So when I started my Night Elf Druid, I left Teldrassil ASAP. I didn't want to start in an area I was all too familiar with, instead opting to go to Azuremyst Isle to do all the Draenei shit. Is this going to have a significant impact at all on my character progression later on? In terms of reputation and etc.?
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well, zopiclone, but same shit. Sweet beautiful sleep....
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http://www.break.com/index/every-day-normal-guy-rap-song.html
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Trying to grab the Guitar Hero 3 boss battle tracks from PSN. They're not showing in the game anywhere. I'm getting it from the US store but it's not working on either account.
Halp? :(
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