Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Apr 24, 2008 6:57pm PDTWoah there... some light evening reading here for you:
- OMG
- WE ALL
href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/24/close.call.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview">ALMOST
DIED
! - Penguin
href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/04/24/penguin.wetsuit.ap/index.html">wetsuits
! - lolcat is hiring :(
- Watching commercials
As for the the videogame news around these parts for today:
- The Wii isnt a real console!
- Nintendo Wii selling well
- Really odd Age of Conan PVP
trailer
- Final Fantasy 4 DS screenshots
- echochrome trailer etc
- Treat Pat Hook like a rock star
- Xbox sitcom or something?
What?
- Favre on Madden 09 cover
- Ubisoft doing well and
href="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52388">selling well
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
Turns out, Jenkins' death was the missing part of the puzzle for Kevin Gannon and Anthony Duarte.
They think Jenkins connects dozens of other deaths around the country over the last decade. The stories are the same all over the country--an athletic, intelligent, well-liked college student goes missing.
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"I think it is a serial killer, but not one individual," Duarte said. "I would just say, a group of individuals, probably located in more than one state," Duarte said, adding that he thinks that he thinks they may kill again.
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City after city, when they'd find the spot where the body went in, they would find something else: The symbol of a smiley face.
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In Michigan, they found something strange among the groups graffiti, the word 'Sinsiniwa.' They couldn't figure out what it meant until a few months later when they arrived in Dubuque, Iowa to investigate the death of Matt Kruziki.
His body was found on Sinsiniwa Avenue. Plus, they've discovered the nicknames of people in the group at more than one location.
http://kstp.com/article/stories/s421846.shtml?v=1 (link will play video on the page)
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So I have a question.
What's at Last Hope outpost? I'm trying to decide if it's worth going there or staying in Neo City or going home to Impact Area 68.
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1) This game is far from a demo, the content and features of the game making up 70 percent of gt4
The only thing i can think of off the top of the head is acquring licence, and modifying cars.
All that is really needed is more cars more tracks, nad more races, but core game FEATURE wise is basically 70 percent there
2) the Feel of the car is improved but not drastic upgrade unless you put on professional physics.
3) nice car models and sharper background but AGAIN one can not avoid the fact that the replay looks much better than when your actually driving (this was the same as gt 3 and 4.... I guess this is sony's marketing at work ( showing only replays and no bumper cam
4) The track graphics and background look almost the same as the early release of gt HD, which did not impress me much
5) car models are SUPERB and have a photo realistic view to it but hey you can still easily tell its a video game
6) Sorry xbox fans the physics and graphics are really that much better in forza and pgr, maybe its the art style (photo realism)
7) I do notice some chopping here and there when turning and when there are a bunch of cars in front of you
8) online beh WE need a lobby system where we can have private games.... unless im missing something
9) online there is lag when you see others on the track but the driving experience does of ones own car does not suffer from this lag feeling.
10) ai is still not the best
Conclusion, gt5p is far from a demo yet a friend of mine who is a true xbot is convinced its JUST a demo which i paid 30 bucks. I can feel the fear in his voice.. My response to him was if this were only a demo I guess forza is pretty close to demo material also.
Full story in reply,..
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http://wcbstv.com/local/sean.bell.verdict.2.708321.html
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I just Gold Starred More Than A Feeling on Expert. :D
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=Iloa8DpKgfY
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7366375.stm
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http://www.superherohype.com/imageGallery/Batman/The_Dark_Knight/The_Movie/Posters/large/hr_Posters_2.jpg
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http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1812947
We're the hottest girls on campus, you have no chance...
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i can't find the list of shacker psn names when clicking on the ps3 link, just the add games and stuff.
can somebody less dumb than myself link me?
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Report: Fallon to take over for Conan O'Brien
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24303205/
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This disc will spin for the rest of the day at work.
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http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/
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http://progressiveboink.com/archive/calvinhobbes.htm
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New Update available for download, go, go!
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Before anyone thinks i'm part of the 'wii defence force' i'll point out i don't own a Wii, or a ps3 or a 360 for that matter.
First off as everyone should know, everyone has different tastes. This goes from the hardcore gamers, right down to the most casual. So arguing over which console is best is retarded, because each console (even if the distinctions so far between ps3 and the 360 are a little blurred) caters to some extint to a different taste.
But some of the arguments being made against the wii are really hilarious, and i guess quite revealing to the nature of a lot of gamers immaturity. Recently apparently we're being told the Wii is more of a toy than other consoles which are 'gaming systems.' This is the most pretentious thing i've ever heard, the fact it intially came from experianced developers is fucking awful. For starters, it implies that in some way the entertainment you get on your 360 or ps3 is anything more than just entertainment(generic derivative entertainment for the most part), do these guys really beleive the vast majority of stuff on their consoles is Art? Or culturally uplifting original design, hardly? oh come on.
Secondly the argument the Wii is uncapable of certain types of games, due to what i can only guess must be hardware limitations. Thats right we never had story driver games until this generation. I dont even know what they can mean by this to be honest, it blows me away.
Also the ammount of crap games on the Wii is mounting, but its the same for every console. If you define games as either what you would buy, what you might buy as a bargain and what you would never buy. you start to realise each console has fucking reams and reams and reams of crap your not interested in. I guess it depends on your tastes like above, but personally i'd find it very hard to buy more than 3 games for the 360 i'd enjoy. (although that would change when fallout and gta IV come out)
So what is the source of all this ill feeling? Are gamers riled that the gaming market seems to be changing underneath them? Are they pissed off that all their predictions for the console war couldnt have been any more wrong? I just dont get it , apparently have a little more choice in your options between 360 and ps3 is a bad thing . oh well.
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http://zomghott.com/robo/q-mrf.html
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We are still looking for more players on the Seattle Shack team. All the starting positions have been filled, but more WRs, CBs, and then any other position (in that order of importance) are needed.
Please use: http://goallineblitz.com/game/signup.pl?ref=1923899 to sign up
and http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=6371 as a guide to make a player.
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I think that the psychiatrist opened the letter from Leo, and told the police/Marky Mark, so he showed up at to fuck Matt Damon shoot Matt Damon?
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Any recommendations? I'd like to keep it under $1000 if possible. Way under would be great.
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Whoops!
Fucking 5 points, fucking Mastering Physics, fucking irrelevant lectures, fucking last two weeks of this MP shit ever. >:(
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DONNIE'S STILL GONE! PeopleBerg is PEOPLE!