Morning Discussion
by Jeff "geedeck" Gondek, Apr 21, 2008 12:08am PDTAlright Shackers, let's kick off the week with a fresh chatty. If you weren't around this weekend, Faylor posted the latest Release List if you want to be on the up and up for the week's good (or otherwise) tidings. And today we have word that River City Ransom, one of the best NES games ever, is out for the Wii VC. That's what I want a next-gen remake of. Oh, and here's word that Blizzard loves you. Yes, you.
Notch 'can do' $13 million for Psychonauts 2
Shack Giveaway: Mighty Switch Force (3DS)
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
It says it will be back online at 10 GMT which I hopes means 10am GMT.
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Aside from wandering around bloody in torn formal clothes, clutching a pipe and muttering: Jesus loves me this I know 'cos the Bible told me so.../]s
My thinking at the moment is purely pin-stripe trousers my pressed Gucci shirt with my champagne tie... I'd maybe like to pick up a cheap waistcoat and a trilby to go with.
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http://nysun.com/news/food-rationing-confronts-breadbasket-world
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What determines who hits first in a fight? Is it agility? What good is agility?
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http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/1001albums.htm
This was a book published in 2006 (though, for some reason, only 998 of the albums are on the page listed above). I just did an experiment in Excel and I've apparently listened to 130 of them, and 109 are on my iPod right now.
How about you guys?
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So I have become a big fan of the DFH 60 Minute as my normal beer of choice, and on occasion the 90 Minute. Today, however, I decided to try out the Indian Brown Ale for the first time.... and I really like it! It definitely is a drastic change from the IPA's that I've become fond of so much. You have to be a fan of roasted malt as well as chocolate/coffee type flavors to enjoy this, but I think it's something that I will definitely pick up again some day.
And thus concludes my non beer-nerd review of Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale.
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This movie is so good.
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Seems to be working so far, but the web interface on my Linksys router is REALLY slow. Like waiting over a minute for a page to load. What's up with that?
But did some jerk running on the same channel as I actually totally screw my network up?
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How in the name of all that is right in the world did you decide that this smiley: :-/
Should be represented by this graphic: http://www.apartment167.com/otherimages/KILL_ME.png
As the URL suggests, I can't look at that smiley without imagining it moaning "Killlll meeeeeee"
Your fan,
OverloadUT
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As you may know, it has been a difficult few months in these parts. No reason to rehash things - and only a couple of them are things I've discussed here. But today... TODAY!!!!!
a) my mother-in-law, who has been here for a week, has gone home.
b) I got an intriguing freelance offer that I'm mulling
and, the real reason for this post....
c) Angie Harmon has decided to get nekkid.
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/04/20/2008-04-20_actresses_go_naked_for_magazine.html
Maybe things will indeed get better afterall!
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My character is pretty agile, and after doing so many (I've closed 30 gates now) the landscape of an Oblivion gate poses little hindrance to me. I was talking with another shacker a couple days ago when running through one of the gates in about three minutes.
He wanted to see a video of a quick runthrough like that, so since then I've been recording my runs through the gates and uploading the more interesting or humorous ones to Vimeo. Only a couple are up now, but I hope to add some more good ones in the near future
#1
http://vimeo.com/921598
#2 (the better of the two!)
http://vimeo.com/925825
Oh by the way, Vimeo is a really really really nice website.
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/04/video-russian-m.html
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in a few threads on another msgboard there were talks about having characters that advance not based on level, or necessarily skills, but more on stats. I thought it was an interesting concept and something I had not really thought about before, so I am just seeing what I could do by making a character class that advances based on their stats in an very basic XNA project.
So far, Its actually a pretty interesting concept the way its laying itself out. I currently have;
STR: Raw Attack Power
STA: Health + Regen
AGI: Run Speed + Dodge
DEX: Crit + hit percent
WIS: Magic Regen + Magic hit percent
INT: Mana + Magic Power
MaxHealth: Characters Base Health + (STA * 3)
MaxMana: Characters Base Mana + (Int * 3)
Health Regen Per Tick: Sta / 10
Mana Regen Per Tick: Wis / 10
And the only way to really advance your character is by getting items to increase your stats. Could be an interesting way of going about things, but again I'm just playing What would you guys think about various stats?
Have you played any games where a method like this is used? Did it work well? So far its fun to tinker with :)
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA LOL.
How does this come about, Hey mom, mind if someone takes a picture of us in our undies in the shower???
SURE NO PROB LEMME FINISH THIS HAM NOM NOM NOM
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My brother wants to use a recipe from a cookbook that involves dipping fruit into a mixture of melted chocolate and.... paraffin wax! No joke, this is from a published recipe book. What the hell is paraffin wax made from, and is there any chance that it won't kill us?
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http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/174111/dell-poweredge-server-117-free-deli/showthread.php?t=174111&page=2
Dell Poweredge with a 16x PCI-E slot (8x electrical) for £117
E2160 Dual Core 1.8 GHz
160GB
DVD Rom/512Mb Ram (can be upgraded if necessary using Ebuyer etc)
Broadcom 5721 Gigabit Ethernet Controller NIC card PCI-E (in addition to on-board NIC)
1 Year NBD Onsite Warranty
No OS
No KB, No Mouse (these can be purchased through the Electronics/Accessories)
Free Freight (Saving £60) - Probably a mistake
Hell of a baseline for a cheap gaming rig or whatever for the money.
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Do the one-step-growth curves of bacteria display an eclipse phase like that of viruses? I'm thinking it would be akin to Interphase in the cell life cycle.
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So it's the same as EVERY other codemasters racing game then :(
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I was a pc gamer for well over ten years (I was also a console gamer throughout this time), from zzt city, to mechwarrior 2, warcraft 2 all the way to doom3 / hl2 etc when I made the switch to the 360 exclusively after selling my pc, and these arguemtns seem silly to me - I don't feel less challenged at all on consoles, and the games certainly don't seem dumbed down. Also, I have a much larger library of quality games to choose from. I want a decent PC for Stalker and Crysis, but that's about it.
I've experienced both worlds thouroughly for well over a decade, and to me these arguments make very little sense.
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Does anyone know what type of input that is shown on here for Display:
http://www.bose.com/images/home_entertainment/components/pc_vclass_io_back_l.jpg
not a great picture but gives you an idea.. it's 3 pin, 4 pin, 2 pin :(:(:( I can't figure it out.
Thanks
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Does anyone have any good suggestions for places that would have a 50' HDMI cable? Ordering online is too iffy, since I need it by Friday.
Are there such things as HDMI gender benders or anything like that so a couple of cables could be connected?
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several times there has been a site linked here with photo sets of chicks. nekked, semi-nekked, and clothed. i think some 4chan dude ran it because some of the clothed chicks were kinda young. i also think the "good to go" pic on shackpics was originally there.
halp. halp me plz.
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