Morning Discussion
by Jeff "geedeck" Gondek, May 20, 2008 11:33pm PDTTogether Shackers, we shall valiantly charge into a new chatty. So thanks to Nick we had a nice little interview with the lead designer of the forthcoming Silent Hill 5, so if Pyramid Head means something to you then take a look. And if you're looking for something a bit more interactive, then why not sign up for the Battlefield Heroes beta for PC?
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
Here's some of his statements - help me shoot him down please.
What’s going to be harder/more expensive/take longer/prolly not work as well in the long run?
making games for anything above 1280. or making games for 1280.
I’m thinking if they’d quit worrying about games running in rezes above 1280: we’d TRULY start to see some serious improvements in the types of fx, and other misc post processing shizzle. As it stands now: if they were to concentrate on 1280 and no higher, they could quit worrying about people needing two v. cards, and they could go forward with making games that look amazing in 1280. Higher rez needs MORE horsepower. Which means less money to spend on developing games to run better in what’s already a beyond respectable resolution (1280).
They need to concentrate on simply making things look amazing in 1280.
If we need rezes higher than 1280 to reach full graphical jerkoffness, then the industry is definitely going in the wrong direction. If you can honestly answer ‘yes’, then all you’re doing is impending progression. If everyone goes with that train of thought guess what dude, and mark my words cuz I’m brilliant: by end of ’09 – the “greatest new achievement in graphics is going to be a Crysis quality looking game that runs at a solid and smooth 30-60 in 1900xsomething w/V-Sync and 4xAA.
Fucking yay
I’d much rather have something that looks 2 to 3x as good as Crysis in the next year or so wouldn’t you?
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So, the other day I was thi--
RING RING RING, MEGARA PHONE!
What?! That's right! Everyone's favorite shacker Megara9 is coming into town this weekend, along with an other of significance, I suspect. In honor of this momentous occasion, perstephanie and myself are looking to organize a short-notice shackmeet!
But...WE NEED YOUR HELP! I do not live in the city, I do not often venture into the city...frankly, I'm not a city person. I need ideas for activities, restaurants, bars, etc. at which we can have the aforementioned shackmeet.
So, ye denizens of DC, what say you?
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We're setting up on Tyranny. There are at least 4 of us so far, my name is Kyundo in game so add me to your friends list. We need to get a guild going on a PvP server so reply here if you're going to join up.
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Interesting article about how the guy who plays as Niko in GTA4 made roughly $100K for his voice and motion-capture work on the game, and has received no royalties based on sales or on TV commercials that use his voice.
I worry that the unions will see "OMG $600M" and turn this into Movie Industry v2.0, where many risky/non-mainstream movies don't get made because the risk isn't worth the cost of production.
What I want: this guy to get paid some amount of royalty money based on the performance of the game. Yeah, they could have used almost anybody to play Niko, but this is the guy they used, he did a good job and the game is huge.
What I don't want: GTA5 starring Tom Cruise, where Cruise gets $10M up front and the game costs $100 a pop.
Although this may not be that big of an issue going forward anyway, considering that GTA4 might very well be one of the few epic single-player games still made, if everything keeps going multiplayer.
p.s. I wonder how they did the deal for Mark Hamill and Malcolm McDowell for Wing Commander 3
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Just when you thought it couldn't get more over the top... well, at least it was funny.
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Anyone have any tips on money? I'm rapidly blowing through my half million on $5000 rocket propelled grenades.
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Penny Arcade achievement list:
http://helpmewithmygameproblems.com/wiki/Penny_Arcade_Adventures:_On_the_Rain-Slick_Precipice_of_Darkness_-_Episode_1
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So I just finished playing the demo.. color me impressed. The demo is short as hell, so I'm not really 100% sure i'll buy it outright or wait until it (possibly) goes down in price, but i know for sure, eventually I'll be picking it up.
Whats the shackpinion?
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wow... it really is a work out, not just a game. i did the first round of yoga, strength tests, and balance games, and am a bit worn. maybe i'm a bit out of shape.
my WiiFit age is 30. i'm 26/27. and my BMI is 24 >:(
it was definitely worth picking up, though. even if i had to drive around to 5 different places. went to circuit city first, the guy laughed at me because they sold out by 10.30am (i was there at 1pm). went to the mall next to see if Sears had it, no luck. i even dared to set foot in a GameStop to see if they had any unreserved left, the guy almost yelled at me for not reserving it. drove over to Toys R' Us, sold out but they had 4 Wiis. it was the first time i had seen a Wii on the floor. drove to Target, same deal.
on my way home, feeling defeated, i passed a Kmart and figured i have nothing but 5 minutes of my time to lose. so i went in and there were 3 WiiFits left. i snatched that up mighty quickly. almost thought about buying the other 2 to sell on ebay but then i remembered how much i hate people that do that kinda bullshit (except for zigzag, i love him).
yay!
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http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17010302
The TF2 Draft is complete! Felraiser and I have independently calculated points per hour scores for each player+team. His presentation of the data is here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pWiPXgIV2Yj7v_Bv1LLNKAg
I used pph as part two of my two-part rating system when drafting (I did NOT draft on pph alone: that would be silly). It's obvious Felraiser and Jackhammer (who had access to Felraiser's spreadsheet) factored that information in too. I think it will be interesting to see what matters most -- finding a core half-dozen dominating players, or drafting-in-depth with strong pph players down to the last player on the team. Most teams have a pretty damn strong core. This should be a good tourney.
tl;dr - click the links, see how your team stacks up!
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So today the Grand Cru plans on shutting up several people in the forums by bombing the enemy forces into the stone age.
How are the other shack team matchups coming?
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With all the talk recently about the prices of gas\oil and commutes to\from work, I thought it would be cool to get an accurate mileage of my own. Using google maps and it's ability to manipulate highlighted directions, I recreated my commute to work.
http://tinyurl.com/45rnwt
(tinyurl'd for truth and justice)
This is my daily drive from Pacific Beach (the STD capital of San Diego) to UCSD
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abSgaDOv_u4
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Scroll down in the flash section and select "Andrew Bacevich discusses the Iraq war". It's 13 minutes long but a really good interview.
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http://www.break.com/index/woman-stripped-by-mechanical-shovel.html
I wouldn't think a digger could get close to woman like this.
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Tell me what to do shacknews. What server do I play on and how do I meet up with shacknews people so that I can be terrible and annoy everyone. Also is there in-game voice or do people use teamspeak or ventrilo or something?
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