Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Apr 03, 2008 6:00pm PDTWell it has been a pleasant surprise to have an internet website actually online for a
couple of days in a row. I hope you guys have enjoyed it as much as I have! It's crazy!
Woo!
- Paramount is There
- MySpace music
company
- Mobile TV finally coming?
- Google firing people!
Evil!
- Sharing millions
href="http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080403/METRO/804030376/1409/METRO">in
gas
- Flying spaghetti monster
href="http://www.crossville-chronicle.com/opinion/local_story_092184403.html?keyword=topstory">persecuted
!
As for the the videogame news around these parts for today:
- Violent games are relaxing
- Dawn of War 2 announced
- New Unreal mod contest
- Sonic Unleashed HD trailer and
- Tome Clancy's HAWX media
- Alone in the Dark delayed again
- The Force Unleashed ship date
- The evolution of Nintendo
commercials
- Halo 3 legendary trailer
- Okami artwork
- Alpha protocol screenshots
- Project Origin trailer
Lastly, here is your scandal of the day. Government funded search engine claiming to be
the best site out there for finding information on reproductive health is href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/a-government-fu.html">blocking
interesting information.
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
Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright are penning "At World's End", what rumours suggest is their take on the sci-fi genre.
After Shaun of the Dead nailing zombie movies to a Z and Hot Fuzz being the next best parody in the world after Airplane!, I'm confident these guys will knock it out of the park. I can't fucking wait.
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So I have been working on two characters lately.
The first is a female juggernaut(defense + earth) named Juggs. She has reached level 15 and does pretty well after I respecced her to be a bit more heavy on the earth skills and kept the skills more focused instead of spread out. The downside to this class is that it is potion heavy (The lack of int and the buffs cause a negative energy regen) but after putting my gear more towards resists and armor, she can just run around owning thing things without even swinging a weapon due to the fire shield effect.
The second is a summoner(nature + earth). I have very mixed feelings about this spec. I feel at higher levels it may be more useful once I get an AoE heal spell to heal both wolves and the core earth guy at the same time. As it is now, bosses slaughter my wolves too quick (lvl 9 wolves) and the earth pet doesnt do much damage. Also the range on the earth weapon buff is too short. Having to chase after my wolves to give them the buff(which makes them freaking hit hard) gets annoying and can put me in danger. I'll keep at it to see if it starts shaping up but the pets really eat away the points.
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I am so tired of half-assed AI. It seems like no matter what game I buy these days I can't avoid running into AI that doesn't blatantly ignore the rules/physics of the game. I understand it's difficulty to program a good AI but for god's sake what the fuck is up with blatant out right cheating being an industry norm?
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You broke Shacksearch. Again.
Vr.gr.
Kami
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nerd rage activate!
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http://bbboobs.blogspot.com/2007/06/more-fort-boyard.html
I don't really know what's going on here, but I'm glad they did it.
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http://www.azcentral.com/i/5/E/F/PHP47F5E373ADFE5.jpg
related article: http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2008/04/03/20080403mr-MCSO.html
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basically it's a list of all the words and phrases banned in US textbooks. some of these are pretty hilarious. actress, waitress, even Middle East is banned (needs to be South West Asia.. .wtf)
also, apparently you can't depict mexicans riding a donkey.
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WHAT
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She was a college student or something and one of the pictures was her screaming in front of a pool in the rain.
I'm watching an episode of CSI: Miami and it reminded me of her because they have a character in her position, basically.
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ShackWest TF2 Tonight 9-11pm Pacific
Who wants to play some TF2?
Are you just saying you want to play some TF2?
or do you REALLY WANT to play some TF2?
How about some new maps?
make sure you get these before joining tonight!
ctf_depo22: http://www.venguard.net/ctf_depo22beta.rar
cpctf_depo22: http://www.venguard.net/cpctf_depo22beta.rar new game type - ctf, with a CP centerpoint to move up spawn!
cp_labor: http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/37889
cp_redstone: http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/50608
cp_fastlane: http://dayofdefeat.fi/temp/cp_fastlane-test1.rar NOTE: you need to get the password to extract from the map author's profile. he wants to keep this private to shackers for now, so please dont post it, or his name, here.
REMINDER: if you dont know the password for ShackWest. shackmessage me and I'll send it to you.
TF2 Tournament Update for feek - HoK vs. PWNIFY scheduled for 10pm Saturday the 5th. F10 will play the winner on Sunday night.
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Emil Bulls http://www.emilbulls.com/ http://www.myspace.com/emilbulls
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It's a GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L. I'm just wanting to know if you have 4GB of RAM running fine in it and how the board is over-all.
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Waiting for new computer to arrive, getting impatient of course. Figure I should get a new game to go with it.
I haven't bought much in the last few years. I have Titan Quest, Oblivion, Civ 4...uhh think that's it for fairly recent games.
I like strategy, RPGs, hmm what else. I kind of like FPS but they get old before long. Not too keen on RTS.
First thoughts are either Medieval II: Total War or The Witcher, but open to suggestions.
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I can't stand how much the media is fixated on Obama's dad being black. Its always black this, african american that when it comes to Obama. All I know is if I was his mom I would be pissed: http://www.kansasprairie.net/kansasprairieblog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/copy-of-barak-and-mother-small.jpg
Its like she isn't a part of him. When a white girl gets knocked up by anyone but a white guy the kid can't be white? What kind of bullshit is that. I grew up with a couple kids who had an asian mom and a white dad. People took them as part asian and thats about it.
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Mercenaries 2 trailer.
http://media.video.ign.com/ev/av.html?dlURL=http://ps3movies.ign.com/ps3/video/article/863/863969/Mercenaries2US_040208_flvhighwide.flv&object_ID=793793
No one shoots him in the ass and gets away with it.
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You guys should check out Merz, that guy is really talented. I absolutely love his style, so moody and chill.
He's just released a new album too and you can check out his stuff here
http://www.myspace.com/merzuk
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http://www.hulu.com/watch/16088/dave-chappelles-block-party
Monty Python's Meaning of Life
http://www.hulu.com/watch/16090/monty-pythons-meaning-of-life
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Something reminded me of it and got me remembering how funny me and my friends used to think it was, 8th grade was spent imitating either Neil or Vivian much to the chagrin of the teachers......
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then i start noticing that the air is getting a bit thick... then i notice she hasn't meowed in a few minutes... then i smell the FUCKING STINKIEST SHIT IN THE WHOLE WORLD. i swear to god the WINDOWS STARTED FOGGING UP. so i park the hell out of the car (mounting the curb in the process), run out, pick up her carrier out of the car, and run through the house and into the laundry. after busting open the carrier it looks as though she's done a full blown, regular size cat shit in there. crazy.
so yeah, i just got done washing her carrier and blanket. how's your friday night/day been so far?
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Any help (and experiences!) appreciated!!
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