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by Steve Gibson, Jun 11, 2008 6:00pm PDTJavascript is horribly annoying.
- Dude a unicorn!
- Plutoid? Really?
- Judge loves porn
- The latest
href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/the-webbys-in-five-words-cynical-campy-goofy-hot-long/?ref=technology">webby
winners
- Hacked by Chinese!
As for the the videogame news around these parts for today:
- Take2 pondering DLC approaches
- Turok film planned
- Nintendo Europe calls out Geeks
and Otaku
- 1 in 5 casual gamers are 'disabled'
- Small dev stealing Oblivion assets
- Street Fighter 2 HD beta on June
25th
- Xbox 360 failures because of cheap
MS
- Rumored Rock Band DLC: Nirvana,
NIN
- Latest Hellgate issues
Lastly, GRID is indeed the bees meow. If you're a racing fan it will make you giggle
with joy. Go play it.
1) France
2) Andy Dick
3) Whoever decided that LucasArts should suck and not rule somewhere in the early 2000's
How about you!?
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It went from a average fps to one hell of an awesome game. The beginning of the game is just boring. They give you those shitty guns that handles like shit and couldn't hit something 3 inches in front of you. Head shots are instant kills but it's so hard to get one with the early guns.
After reaching the first lab with that fucking scary fire monster, it got a whole lot better and it kept getting even better. The atmosphere is dark and gritty. I loved it. The ending was very cool too. I think I got the good one. I'll replay the last section and see what the other one is.
I really recommend everyone who stopped playing the game midway to make sure they have reached the lab and if not, they should really pick it up again. The patch also fix a lot of problems. It does brake the saves from version 1.0 though.
Can't wait for Clear skies now.
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It sorta skipped across the K-State campus, and there was a moment where the doors were blown open and we all ran for the hallway. A few buildings lost their roofs, some of the town got demolished, and things are basically FUBAR at the moment.
On the upside, the sirens started going off when I was wandering back from a bar drunk and alone, and I managed to survive.
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Ok, so that whole thing is kind of silly...but, I thought Pluto was reconsidered and redefined to be a planet? Or is that just the education system saying, "Screw it -- we're teaching that Pluto is still one of our galaxie's planets?"
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Got the game. Took some screens. It looks absolutely amazing:
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/2156/mgs403oa6.jpg
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/1600/mgs411yc4.jpg
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/3613/mgs412vr3.jpg
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http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/7333/mgs402ae6.jpg
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http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3328/mgs410qi3.jpg
http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/6329/mgs404bm3.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9759/mgs408qo1.jpg
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TLDR: Holy shit, I should've bought one of these at launch.
Color me impressed. This thing happily played every video file I threw at it, with the exception of Quicktime files and some very very old and strangely encoded crap that only plays in GOM player on my PC. Everything else worked great. Watching the DNF teaser in 720p was awesome.
I love the fact that I can just put shit on a thumb drive and read it directly from there, and then easily copy it to the PS3 itself if I want. Much better than the 360's stream-only solution that requires you to be running a UPnP whatsit.
Also the UI is pretty damn slick once I changed the background color to blue. There's too many options presented, but it's fast. Fast fast fast.
The thing I love about it the most though is DVD playback. I've been using this standalone "upscaling" DVD player for the past few years, but the PS3 does a much better job of it. The Matrix and Kill Bill looked phenemonal. But my absolute most favorite thing is that the menus are FAST. You push the button and shit happens. On my old player it took a second or two. I guess it's one of those things you never notice till you have something better.
I also love how the PS3 is almost completely silent. I never wanted to make the 360 a DVD player both due to the klunky/slowness of the UI and the fact that the console itself is so loud it's noticeable during movie playback. Also Playing HD-DVD's on the 360 was always a bit of a hassle because every time you tried to watch anything it wanted to do an update first and then restart. One thing I don't like for BD discs is that there's not an option for "always deny" Internet access to a movie. I don't want to allow it, but I don't want to be prompted every time either. :X
As for the formats themselves, BD seems identical quality-wise to me. I need to find some sucker Shacker who wants to trade HD-DVD 300, A Clockwork Orange, and King Kong for BD 300 & A Clockwork Orange...
Oh and I hear that tommorrow there's even a game coming out for this thing. I hope it's good!
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What are the MUST HAVE games for:
PS3?
Drakes Fortune
Ratchet and Clank
MGS4
??
Xbox360?
Ninja Gaiden II
Gears of War (can get for PC)
Forza
??
Available for both:
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Call of Duty 4
Grand Theft Auto 4
Rock Band
Grid
Thanks shack!
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Help, who/what do I consult to enlighten myself in the ways of shacktags?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEAkChFGhVI
Includes gems such as: ...no one can make money on the internet... and ...I like to use A/S/L/#/Z...
Be surprised if this isn't a repost.
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Fun fact I caught tonight that even after all these viewing over the last 25+ years that I never had noticed before, probably because I'm not used to seeing him that young, the Cook County Clerk at the end was played by Steven Spielberg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDw4gk5pYl8
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http://picasaweb.google.com/silentwolf/Skye/photo#5207814474570567794
bonus pic...wifey:
http://picasaweb.google.com/silentwolf/FamilyPhotos/photo#5197828079761122546
http://corp.giantrealm.com/press/
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I'm pulled a noob stunt and just posted this in the MGS4 thread fail
If I were to try and organise a London shackmeet who thinks they would be up for it?
I haven't been to one in about 2 years and it's about time we rectify that shit!
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According to leaked docs, Comcast is officially bumping up their previously tiny upload caps on two of their plans tomorrow. Their 6Mbps/384Kbps plan is becoming 6Mbps/1Mbps, and the 8Mbps/768Kbps plan is becoming 8Mbps/2Mbps. This will be done on Friday.
http://gizmodo.com/5015669/comcast-increasing-upload-caps-by-2x3x-tomorrow
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When late April came GTA4 changed everything for me.
That game was the only positive thing to look forward to from Feb till April in my life(don't ask) and when it arrived it was worth every second of waiting
The problem was GTA4 didn't like my CRT, it laughed at my overscan, it giggled at the lack of crispness of the CRT, the minimap and mobile phone mocked me - even in large text.
I still don't know the names of most of the cars or neighbourhoods because I could not read them.
this was further exaggerated by the 'blur' effect on the PS3, due to the 640p rendering
GTA4 is clearly a game developed by people with high end displays at the office, GTA4 says quite loud and quite proud "console gaming on a 19" 4:3 CRT is dead" and "console gaming on the spare TV in the billiards room is over!" GTA4 says to me that console gaming is meant to be done on a high end display not just a regular old TV.
My poor 36" HD CRT couldn't hack it - not with my eyesight to boot.
I'm going to miss those amazingly deep blacks and rich incredible colours - but as a gamer, I need to be able to damn well see these finer details.
The CRT is officially dead.
/Nietzsche
guess who is going to re-play GTA4 over the coming weeks
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BIOSTAR MCP6P-M2 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 / nForce 430 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard $44.99
ASUS EN8600GTTOP/HTDP/256 GeForce 8600 GT 256MB $75.99
Rosewill RP500-2 ATX12V v2.01 500W Power Supply $44.99
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400 $44.99
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2 $99.99
Total Shipped: $347.70
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The GOOD:
-Got a suite with a bunch of friends at the Tigers game saturday
-Drank out of the stanley cup after detroit game at Chris Chellios' bar
-Bought a new truck
-Moved into a new Apartment
-Hooked my system up in said truck (bought a a new head unit too)
The BAD:
-Didn't play video games once
Los Angeles horror movie fans- tomorrow is the LAST NIGHT to see Dario Argento's Mother of Tears at the Nuart! The final chapter in the trilogy started with Suspiria (one of the most influential horror movies ever made).
Here is the website: http://www.motheroftearsthemovie.com/
I am going to be at the 7:30 show for 100% sure. Come get your demonic witch takeover on!
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PC Oblivion dudes!
I've got a problem. I can't get my health and fatigue to max out. Look at this screenshot:
http://shackpics.com/files/ScreenShot1JPG_fxuf705r1puaun689a1f.jpg
130/178 HP.... I can't get my health to go any higher! Casting healing, potions, even going to the temple and getting the gods blessing won't let my health OR my fatigue up to 100%.
You can see here: http://shackpics.com/files/ScreenShot0JPG_xwb5spxw79piy0ao4ll0.jpg
I don't have any negative effects on me. I've also tried unequipping and dropping everything in my inventory, so it's not something I'm holding. I've also double checked my spell effects, I'm not cursed or diseased or anything.
Checklist: Not diseased.
Not cursed.
Not my equipment.
I've tried praying at the church/alter for healing.
Any ideas??
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http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/06/11/japanese-metal-gear-launch-events-canceled-after-fatal-stabbing/
Link explains it all.
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well, project is starting to get fairly big and I'm spotting a few bad design decisions that I'm fixing now... damn i hate this :( I guess this is why its best to plan more for bigger projects eh? :(
back to work!
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http://hirez.shackspace.com/Shack_PWNS_Ars.7z
I think the title says it all
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The spy is the class in which I have my most hours played. It was the most fun class in TFC: his grenades wreaked havoc on enemy snipers, worked through walls and floors, and it was easy to penetrate behind enemy lines. In TF2, he was a little less attractive, but you can still backstab people. What's not to love about that? It's so... satisfying to successfully sneak behind enemy lies, line up a perfect stab (or three), and then get away scot free.
It was pretty easy the first six months of TF2, too. Most people were just clueless at spy detecting or anti-spy tactics. On many pubs, this is still the case. Even on a shack server, sometimes our spies just get on a roll and rack up a huge score. But, as pub players improve their skills, noobs quit the game, and spies develop reputations on the shack... reeling off double digit backstab strings becomes more difficult.
It doesn't help either that the backstab is notoriously buggy as hell. Yeah, lots of people complain about face stabs or side stabs. But what you don't see is that a good 1/4 of the time when spy + target are moving, the spy will execute a perfect stab from right behind, hear the backstab hit, and the target will not die. Dear Valve, please fix. It's infuriating, and it seems to be happening more often lately. Having higher ping as spy really sucks, too, which limits the servers where you rock 'n' roll.
Lastly, the new pyro achievements. Oh god. Spy and pyro were pretty much at the bottom of the totem pole in the game, and pyro gets the boost before spy? The best anti-spy class in the game? We all know it will be impossible to join a server without at least 1/4 of the team being pyros for a couple months after that. Hell, one of the achievements will probably be "kill 500 spies".
I still have fun backstabbing people. Especially snipers. If I'm goofing off, I enjoy the class. But man, it just feels pointless compared to playing soldier or demo. I needed to vent.
/rant off.
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I have a window that I think might be positioned outside my screen when it's being opened. The problem is that it's a "children window" opened inside another program, so it's not listed when you apple+tab.
Is there a way to list windows? If it helps it's a plug-in for Maya that I'm trying to open.
(If you can't tell, I'm a total noob at Mac)
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If anyone is interested 6PM at the Boiler House 152 Brick Lane
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-emea-uk-goog-gm&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=google%20maps
There will be free booze!
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