Evening Reading
by Nick Breckon, Feb 28, 2008 6:23pm PSTIron Lore shutting down is a major bummer. From GDC's Best New Studio in 2006 to shuttered windows, in only a few short months. They were looking to get into console development, and it seems like they just couldn't get anyone to bite. Real shame.
Some of the brighter news from today:
- Silent Hill 5 Screenshots
- Street Fighter IV Gameplay Footage
- Battlefield: Bad Company Multiplayer Preview
- No Doubt in Guitar Hero 3 DLC
- Replay Couch 15: Get Quaked
- Activision to Take-Two: No Way, Girlfriend
- Sins of a Solar Empire Sells 100,000 Copies in Three Weeks
- Shacknews Contest: Your Finest Screenshot
- Metal Gear Solid 4 Dated
Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack preview
Alan Wake 2 would be 'much quicker' than first game, says Remedy
Darksiders 2 releases June 26, pre-order bonuses announced
PlayStation Home getting avatar 'fighting' game
Girl Fight bringing fighting girls to XBLA and PSN
Skyrim Workshop touts 2M downloads, 2,500 mods
Xenonauts dev promises 'proper remake' of XCOM
Binary Domain demo available this week
Shack PSA: Angry Birds on Facebook today
Resistance: Burning Skies dawns on Vita in May
There's also a graphic novel that came out before the movie that's good. It has some additional insight into what really happened... and the art is awesome: http://www.turnofthecrank.com/wtf/fountain.jpg
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How was your day?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZoO8LyizLA
This is all I can think of happening http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiARsQSlzDc
>:(
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The Rules: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16354213
Yesterday's victorious winner on Still Here was Duffman8369 with 55,554 points using Eraser. I knew Mono probably wouldn't make it through that one.
This is the second day I've nominated something due to lack of suggestions, so if any of you have ideas, please post them. I've picked a song I listen to while I play Rocket Jockey. In the spirit of Dick Dale, I chose something new. I chose something different. Today, I chose Rapture Boogie Board, by The Surftronics. This one will be shorter than yesterday, I'm giving the Mono guys a break. It's still easy going but has a definate rhythm and a much quicker pace. It's a straight shot downhill, at a shallow angle, but damn is it bouncy thanks to that bass line. My initial scoring was 50,189 with Mono, I don't like Mono that much, but for some reason I stank up the song with everything else...maybe because the colors in this song alternate between "hot" and "cold" very frequently, making it hard to set up patterns. Regardless, today's limit is 83,000.
You can get the song here: http://music.download.com/thesurfonics/3600-8738_32-100633202.html
I decided to post a bit early tonight, hope it didn't throw anybody off. Enjoy.
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http://kotaku.com/362175/useurope-metal-gear-solid-4-wont-have-japanese-track
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What are the big exclusive games this year?
I can't think of any but then again I'm a bit out of touch...
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Right now it has three strikes. 1) EA. I hate EA. They will all burn in 7 Eleven.
2) One of the game play videos shows the main character unloading on an enemy and the enemy just kinda stands there until he finally dies. I like my COD4 and I like my bullets to do what they are supposed to do: kill people.
3)All the trailers look like the story is gunna be corny, bad voice acting, etc.
That being said the graphics look pretty good, and the gameplay looks solid. Maybe it will be worth it for the MP.
Anyone who is looking forward to this can you tell me why I might want to get this?
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Sharkoon Rebel 9 case
Intel Core2 QUAD, 4 x 3,0 GHZ, Skt 775, 8MB Cache, Basis Q6600 (I have no idea what any of this means)
Coolermaster Hyper TX 2 cooler
ASUS P5K motherboard
4096 MB DDR 2-1066
Samsung HD501LJ, 500GB
GeForce 8800GT, 512MB DDR3
AXP Power 630 Watt
for 899 euros / 1368 dollars
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One match tonight:
Critical Tits! vs. PRESS F10 - 7pm Pacific on #69
Recent Results:
PWNIFY over S&D - hard fought matches, that went the distance on both Dustbowl and Gravelpit. These rounds seemed to be mostly offense and in the end S&D could not overtime the quick times of PWNIFY. And with that S&D has exited the tournament. Well fought S&D, well fought.
Other upcoming matches:
OGC vs. The Fighting Mongooses - Sunday March 2nd @ 7pm Pacific - Server TBD
Heroes of Kvatch vs. Louis Kemp Seafood Co. - ????
Viral Agents vs. Shackrangers - ????
PWNIFY vs. Team Philly Blunts - ????
Captains - Lets get these matches worked out. The HoK vs. LKS and VA vs. SR matches both need to be completed by Sunday. PWNIFY vs. TPB, you can schedule whenever you want.
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http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/wii-outsells-the-ps3-4-to-1-in-japan-sony-execs-not-psyched/
Nintendo racking up the $$$
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RDJ is officially even more awesome than I thought from seeing Zodiack and Scanner Darkly. I can't wait for this.
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SHIT'S GETTING crazy
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I'm trying to get back into shape after a year or so of relative sedentariness. I'm not fat or anything (5'8" 175 pounds), but I do want to start working out some more. I've been getting pretty good at riding my bike to and from work, which suits my needs as far as cardio goes, but I've been trying to work out some more at a gym near my house and had some questions.
It's a tiny 24hr Fitness which has no free weights, only machines. Typically I use the weight machines like the lat pulldown and the, you know, other ones that deal with weights. My main problem is that I definitely tend to stress my right arm over my left arm; even now my right arm feels a lot more worn out than my left. Is there any way to avoid this with machines? Or just come back home and do some dumbbell exercises with the off arm to compensate?
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I realize that any paper transaction (cashier's check, money order, personal check) is suspect for being counterfeit. Is there an electronic version? Cash?
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I want to play against the Shack. Interested? As a tenative date, I'm thinking March 12th (wednesday) at 7pm EST. I would make it sooner, but things are getting a bit hectic and I want to make sure I can round everyone up.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSN2862019420080229?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&rpc=22&sp=true
KIMBO SLICE as one of MMA's biggest stars?!?!?!?! WTF!
They have no fucking clue.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1eFdUSnaQM&feature=related
fucking title says it all
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Hilarity (or depression depending on your point of view) ensues.
http://hawtymcbloggy.com/2008/02/28/another-gamer-screwed-by-microsoft/
http://www.newsweek.com/id/116784?GT1=10856
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http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/video/2008/03/bertinet_sweetdough
That's fucked up :(
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Twisted Tea, it tastes just like snapple but it gets you drunk! I know the first thing you pansies will think is "girly drink" but fuck that.
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So i just ot me a 8800GTX and now need the cpu/mobo to go with it.
It will either be a intel duo or a quad of some sort, and i don't want to spend too much on it.. pricing wise the duos and quads in mid range are sort of mixed - any recommendations on which one to get? rather a better duo or a lesser quad? i'm rather looking for gaming performance here.
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