Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, May 14, 2008 6:00pm PDTYup, enjoyed the GRID demo enough that I dropped a preorder for it. I'm such a sucker
for racing games.
- Honda robot doing
symphony
- Next iPhone using
Intel Atom
- Rocket man!
- Gates on Surface
As for the the videogame news around these parts for today:
- CliffyB teases Gears of War 2
co-op
! - Gears of War 2 preview
- Banjo Kazooie preview
- EA: PC gaming isnt dying, just
changing
- Xbox 360 getting 7 years of
support
- PlayStation 3 sales numbers
- Guitar Hero 4 drumkit details
- MS denies Xbox 360 dashboard
updates
- EA: Please compare Battlefield
Heroes to TF2
- Metal Gear Solid 4 product
placement
- Xbox 360 is #1! as long as you dont
count #1
- WoW: Wratch of Lich King release
date
Lastly, Maarten has indeed begun plugging away on our newfangled Shack Library system
where you'll be able to compare all your gaming library and ratings to the rest of the
Shackers out there. The database has about 5,000 games in there with over 170,000 votes
compiled from you guys so we've got a running start. Apparently I rated 270 games with an
amazing 78 of them being Excellent!
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
Shack PSA: Mass Effect 3 demo out today
http://b2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00248/24/05/248115042_l.jpg
Your Options:
1. Run very fast away
2. Give her fart candy
3. Drink plenty and have a good time
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 50 replies.
Have you been in an earthquake ? I can't imagine what it would feel like when the whole earth moves :(
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 72 replies.
i just took kiki out on the first date again, because of a botched save the last time. so we get to the katt williams show and i hit A to skip it because i've already watched it. we pop out of the show, and she's bitching that i didn't watch it through with her.
I FAILED A FUCKING DATE MISSION BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO SIT THROUGH YOUR STUPID FORCED CONTENT FOR 5 MINUTES! YOU GUYS ARE FUCKING IDIOTS.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 51 replies.
Both the east and west drafts have started and first picks chosen.
in the east: Terath has chosen rs|Jackass as the number one pick
in the west: Monkeygone has chosen NastyJack as the number one pick.
As previously mentioned, this is an open draft, and the captains are picking players as they have time to do so. They have access to the google docs to track all the picks.
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16961862#itemanchor_16961862
next up for the East: A Sponge
and for the West: SolveChrist
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 189 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 26 replies.
Man this sounds awesome. And its launching on all these ASUS motherboards.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 8 replies.
Does anyone really decide what to purchase based on that?
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/33800.html
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 20 replies.
Well it's 8 days until it gets released in the UK now, is it really worth buying over Guitar Hero 3? I'm having a few second thoughts because of the price - I only really played Guitar Hero 1 & 2 on PS2 and don't have any guitar hero stuff for 360 yet..
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 23 replies.
Our company pays $0.40 / mile for travel if I use my own vehicle for company travel.
I had noticed the IRS is now recommending businesses pay $0.505 / mile for 2008. The $0.40 / mile that they are currently paying me was the recommended rate back in 2005. In those three years gas has almost doubled in price!
With the way gas is going up like crazy... I brought this up to the President of the company. This is a VERY small company, 9 employees. I wasn't confrontational at all about it. I just mentioned the IRS website and that I'm paying $4.00+ per gallon now. She pretty much just brushed this off as, $0.40 is more than enough! The IRS is just making a recommendation, its not law. And yes I know that, but what she is paying for mileage isn't really cutting it anymore.
You know I think the IRS & the Contractor who did the study knows what they are doing.
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=176030,00.html
I'm seriously gonna just refuse to use my own car, if they don't increase the mileage rate. Currently they just don't have enough Company cars to go around, so I have to use my own car to visit clients.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 28 replies.
wtf.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 62 replies.
BIOSHOCK WORKS -- just played about an hour of it... love it
Just thought id share my geek boner with all you gay wads
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 10 replies.
\m/
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 24 replies.
GFX: SiS M760GX (integrated shit card, I think)
AMD Turion 1.6ghz processor
60GB HDD, 4200RPM
My desktop is busted so this is all I have unfortunately. On a related note, how are those M1330s and the 8400M GS?
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 16 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 8 replies.
So the current "wireless" iTunes Store requires Wi-Fi. Any information if once 3G is available, that you'll be able to access the store via 3G?
Being able to rent/download movies and TV from anywhere is a huge feature I'm looking forward to.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 21 replies.
GTA IV copies finally arrived again in DK after having been sold out for what seems like ages everywhere.
I'M ON MY WAY achievement unlocked.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 4 replies.
Man, I so want this game it's not even funny.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 9 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 3 replies.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6366
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 22 replies.
http://www.gogamer.com/Red-Baron-Arcade-Front-Page_stcVVproductId41116146VVcatId444710VVviewprod.htm
I bought it. Hopefully being "arcade" doesn't mean "totally suck"
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 4 replies.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/290412668/
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=2&lci=lmc:panoramio,lmc:wikipedia_en
google added photos/wikipedia links to google maps... this is awesome!
no more wondering what cool things there are to see when you go on vacation.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 2 replies.
oh my ...fisting as a means of getting closer to god .....there's a mountain of comedic gold just waiting to be unearthed:
"Open for me, my sister, my love, My dove, my perfect one”…My love thrust his hand through the opening, and my feelings were stirred for him. (Song of Solomon 5:2-4)"
http://www.sexinchrist.com/
It's a cute game, has some pretty fun moments, I'd probably rate it about a 7-8 out of 10. My only issue is that the "throwing" motion can be finicky imho, which doesn't bother me on the puzzle stages, but on the timed stages where you have to quickly complete a task it can be a bit frustrating.
I sort of feel like this game could have been wiiware, though.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 6 replies.
How the #$%*$%* do i set the default sort order on a report? I did Field Object > Sort > Define, and there is already an order in place. It won't save the changes I made.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 8 replies.
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16961330
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 11 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 5 replies.