Morning Discussion
by Jeff "geedeck" Gondek, Mar 11, 2008 3:13am PDTWelcome to another day on the Shack, let's begin the discussion of most all things great and small again. I saw that Maarten posted a demo for Lost Empire: Immortals yesterday, so if you're hankering for that so called 4x goodness, then try it and let us know what you think. Some of the gamers who have been around for a bit might crack a smile about the news that Derek Smart is offering a money back guarantee for his latest game Galactic Command, in case it doesn't float your boat. And then in the somewhat serious news, you might want to read up on this Holocaust-centric DS game being developed.
Today's ShackBlog flavor is irony
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
Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection coming in June
Sony patent would interrupt gameplay to display ad
Weekend Confirmed 114 - Diablo 3, Max Payne 3, Lost Planet 3
New Zone of the Enders project underway
Carmageddon ploughing into GOG
Mine has to be defeating Rank#8 (Shinobu) in No More Heroes. First real big challenge of the game. I died a million times figuring it out.
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Tried my hand at 100man brawl again last night. Got furthest with Donkey Kong (10). Also tried as Kirby, Pit, Link and no dice. Any protips? :(
Also per the guides for character unlocks I beat the CLASSIC mode as Link and GannonDorf did not unlock :(
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In case you haven't heard, quite a few people have expressed interest in returning to Malton for an encore of slaughter. As such, anyone who is interested in eating brains is invited to change their group name to "Shack Reborn" -- to avoid screwing with the historical status of the old Shacknews name -- and shamble down to Giddings Mall in Pitneybank ( http://tinyurl.com/236462 ).
It will take a few days for everyone to get there, but we're hoping to have enough folks for a major coordinated strike by Tuesday evening. Hope to see you there, and barhah zanbah to all!
Map of Malton @ http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Suburb
Mall Status Info @ http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Mall_Information_Center
Also, since during our last stint I ran a Day-Trader group that attacked targets during the day. If there is demand for it I will do this again.
Also, check in if you have reactivated your account as well as posting your current location. I'm curious as to how many of us have made it to the Rally Point.
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It's really difficult to post this to complete strangers, but I do love this website. I know I'm not as active as other Shackers but this site's been a good resource for me for many years. I am sort of freaking out about trying to get into the real world after six years in college. My original hope was to somehow make it into the video game industry. To that end, I pursued a second degree in multimedia at a school here in Tempe, AZ.
Long story short, I'm graduating in May and am worried sick about finding work as a static 3D modeler/texture artist/God-willing, a writer. I want to stay in Phoenix more than anything but will have to go with whomever throws me a bone. You can see my portfolio at www.bmnathanson.com. It's the best I've been able to do. Just wanted to know if it's good enough to take a chance on or am I totally boned because I can't do enough? I applied to Rainbow but they canceled the job posting. I'm also trying Cheyenne Mountain but after that the pool gets shallower. 2xl games is out here but they've not updated their site in two years...
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We're going to have an LKS party.
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http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh48/EightBitArtist/dumbdog.gif
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I'm looking at possibly getting a new car and want something sporty and fun. I have no problem looking used( > '99). Requirements are:
1. Must be a manual.
3. No Rag-tops, my condo only has covered spots so I wouldn't be able to garage the car and pretty sure someone would cut the top in the area I live in.
Currently I'm looking at the '04 GTO since ~350hp would be awesome but the older MB slk320s look like a neat little hardtop convertible.
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This is one of the few games (Zelda and WoW as well) that gets me excited enough to scour the net everyday for any new information or media. Maybe it's because I've had some great experiences with all the past titles or something, some sort of positive association with the series that elevates them to an all new meaning to me. Definitely one of those games where the whole is greater then the sum of its parts to me.
This is my favorite shot so far http://www.shacknews.com/images/image-o-matic.x?/images/sshots/Screenshot/9324/9324_47cc1a828e8ee.jpg Seeing shit like this gets me really excited to kill a hooker and jump off a bridge for absolutely no reason at all.
April 29th couldn't come any sooner :( yes, I have the collectors edition on reserve
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i have this problem on two dells, one is a laptop and the other is dimension desktop.
anyway i have this invisible recycle bin in the top left corner that covers up whatever icon is there so you can't really click on it. i can't figure out wtf this shit is! any ideas? these computers are unrelated from two different people. i just did extensive virus and spyware removal on them using hijack this and some other programs.
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So I have my Popcorn Hour and I really love the hell out of it. Last night I set it up w/ my WRT54GL setup as a wireless bridge thanks to the magic of WDS. DD-WRT tells me I'm getting 75% signal strength (as there is only a floor between the two devices. They are practically right on top of each other.
The Popcorn hour itself maxes out at 25mbit/s for SMB anyways. This means wireless should not be the bottle neck. Also, a 25mbit/s max should not be a problem for HD content or even a DVD iso. When I view the stream info for a 720p x264 mkv, it never goes over 8000kbps, a DVD is way less than that.
I can't figure out how there wouldn't be enough network throughput here. My simplistic view of the situation is that: A 2 hour movie takes less than 2 hours to copy from my PC to my Laptop over the bridge, way less.. So if I can copy in less time, I should be able to stream it.
(It isn't the PH choking on the HD content. When I use a usb hdd, it plays it back like it ain't no thang. Later today I'm going to try taking it down and plugging it directly into the network and make sure it isn't my stupid vista machine choking the bitch down)
Any suggestions on tools to test network throughput? I'm not talking about just copying files in windows explorer as that adds a lot of unaddressable variables in the troubleshooting. Ideally something that tests using data stored in memory and not off the hard disk and working in XP/Vista.
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I was shuffling through some Bad Religion the other day and while I think they're awesome, their pre-1985 or so material is just... wow... I can't believe they put this stuff on a record and said "that sounds good let's sell it". And it's not like they're not proud of this material as they've re-released it a few times on various compilations, nor is it that they're incapable of telling if something is bad because they have an entire album, Into the Unknown, which they're so ashamed of they've never released it on CD and it's never gone beyond the initial 10,000 printing circa 1982.
GWAR is another one, their debut Hell-O is just really bad. It's got a couple of songs that are OK live but for the most part everyone just ignores it.
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i saw someone say that there are comparable kenmore models; what should I be looking for here?
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What single book do you think everyone should read?
Mine would be Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. If you have not read this book yet, you're missing out.
They were the most depressing group of people Yossarian had ever been with. They were always in high spirits. They laughed at everything.
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So who is picking the game up for 360 today? Hopefully we can get some multiplayer in this week before Vegas 2 comes out next week and owns everyone. Some of the modes actually sound kind of fun and a nice change of pace although I am not sure how deep it will be. Of course it is a given that the singleplayer will be awesome.
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I need a time machine drive.
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List what vehicles you have owned, and a brief description. --> Watch everyone tell you why you're an asshole/proffer casual sex. --> A gang rape/circle-jerk of awards for biggest POS/most awesome. --> ???
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$3.83/gallon for 92 cctane. Chevron station.
Seattle, WA
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FUCK CONTRA 4
Seriously though, it's an awesome game. I got it last week, beat easy pretty quickly. Now, i've got 28/40 of the challenges done.
But good fucking lord some of these challenges are unforgiving. I think i'll eventually get all of them, but they really don't give you much room for mistakes. Some of these things are crazy.
I know i probably missed the bout of hype for this game, but it really is awesome. However, it is also extremely frustrating. Maybe it's just my lack of skills as a gamer, but i'm definitely having a tough time on some of these challenges. However, after i get through these, i think beating it on normal will be doable.
What did you guys think about this game? Hard, too easy, just fucking boring?
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this was probably the pinnacle but she still continues to be a walking mass of incoherence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt5-wn3fvlw
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Got a Dedicated Server setup and running this afternoon... As of right now I only have my TMU maps on it, I'll be grabbing some more tonight to add to the server. But I'm all for hosting shackers maps on it. Of course if they really suck or people hate your map, it will probably get axed. :(
Anyway cause the server browser sucks, its no good to give you my hostname or IP.
You can find the server in the Multiplayer listings under:
United States / Maryland
Shacknews TMU
password is in my profile
If you have any problems connecting to the server, or downloading maps... please let me know!
Thanks
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http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4503&Itemid=99
Didn't know about a bunch of these. Some cool stuff.
anyone have an opinion on that brand? it looks like a pretty decent deal since im obviously not going for top of the line here, and am on a budget.
Anyone want to play with a 29 hunter? Game name: shacknews
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And like all of those quirky, fantastic DS games where the Japanese take a chance at exporting to the Western market, it might be a limited run so I suggest picking yours up asap :) Not to mention if you do, they'll bring more over, hopefully.
I've put a couple of hours into it and it's amazingly roguelike. Hunger, traps, limited storage, randomized dungeon layouts, permadeath (but made friendly by letting you keep some stuff), lots of tilesets, lots of wacky items and special monster abilities leading to strange and surprising near-emergent behaviors.
Man, the DS is becoming my favorite console of all time. Once Civilization DS comes out (and I pick up Anno 1701) that will just about cover all the genres I'm interested in.
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Just my kind of stuff - melodic, gorgeous and relaxing. Brings back old memories just like boards do.
You will not be disappointed.
(on a side note, see also: blue states, tycho and christ.)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52gcC3Sn-Gw
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What's the difference between Non-ECC and ECC memory. Same with buffered and unbuffered?
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Windows keeps popping up the windows failed to startup properly, safe mode, last known yada yada. Start normally always brings me to the desktop and it seems stable and perfectly normal. Updated the video drivers and to SP2, to no avail.
Any ideas, all the hardware passes the diagnostics..
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When: TONIGHT, March 11th, 9 pm est/8 pm cst/7 pm mnt/6 pm in the west
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