Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Jun 19, 2008 6:04pm PDTSo amazingly over 50% of our FireFox audience switched over to the new browser within
24 hours. Kind of surprising. Just about every major plugin already works so that's dandy.
- Yahoo losing
staff fast
- Koreans clone
dog
- Ice on Mars
- NVidia vs AMD piss fight is
amusing
- Fighting disease
href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/18/weather.hazards.ap/index.html">with
weather forecasting
As for the the videogame news around these parts for today:
- Crysis Warhead runs smoothly on
$620 PC, honest
! - EA pondering standalone game
expansions, C&C Generals update
- Star Wars titles coming to Wii and
DS
- Chinese economy fighting with game
currency
- BiA: Hell's Highway screenshots
and trailer
- Final Fantasy Versus XIII not
delayed
? - C&C 3: Kane's Wrath interview
- Witcher Enhanced Edition meets the
delay tag
- Battlefield: Bad Company 1.5
million downloads
, new trailer - Tecmo comments on the employee
lawsuit scandal
- TF2 Pyro update is out
- Son of Godfather Author sues
videogame maker
- PlayStation store updated with MGS4
and Rock Band
- Ubisoft announced Wii-only party
game label
- Atuls shows off Master of the
Monster Lair
Lastly, indeed www.shackvideo.com now points
over to our newfangled video section. There are still some quirks to work out and many
features to add, but for less than 2 weeks of development by 2 guys, Maarten and I are
pretty happy. Once we get a new logo and some coloring chosen, it will be broken out
entirely as a separate domain.
FileShack: Unity of Command, Skyjacker
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
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i wanna go watch some sci-fi now
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7462876.stm
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Overall A+, I had a blast. Out of all the games I've played this year, it ranks right after COD4.
Is it worth it to do a 2nd runthru as a tech and/or biotic char? And on hardcore obviously. Also, any point to going for level 60 with my lvl 50 soldier?
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This is by far my favorite single-player game ever. The story and gameplay were amazing. There was a few lines in ACT4 where my eyes rolled but everything else was awesome.
I finished the game with about 10 badges including the one for no kills. Is there any way of seeing what badges you have acquired other than finishing the game again? Also, no theater mode or VR missions? :(
Kojima might have been crazy saying that all movies were going to be interactive in the future but I would really love to see a new type of media that would be all about this. Movies where you play a certain part in it. I hope other developers would create something like it. Maybe something more serious or dark next time.
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I tried to move on by renting Lego Indiana Jones and I can't even start it up, just not interested. I guess I'm gonna have to beat MGS4 on The Boss Extreme or something. Play til I get sick of it.
Anybody working towards the other trophies/ranks? I'm not sure I have the skill to get the Big Boss emblem, but maybe someday...
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Youth of today, no respect but I love the balls - awesome.
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http://shackpics.com/files/whatthe_dhfl3dqby6rqgfpya0xh.jpg
(note the ad)
http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/06/18/max-payne-set-photos/
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However I need to buy something with four doors so I can access the rear seat for car-seat stuff. I probably need to do this in the next three months or so, so not super urgent.
I could spend in the neighborhood of $30k.
Things I'm looking for in a car:
- Sporty (engine and handling)
- Four Doors
- Decent Mileage (lower 20's city, higher 20's highway)
- Techy is a plus (blue tooth, ipod integration, good sound system, possibly installed Nav)
- Luxury is a plus (power this, auto that, sunroof, etc)
My current list is something like:
'09 Acura TSX
'08 or wait for '09 Audi A3
'08 Mazdaspeed3 (although the wife alread has a regular 3)
I think I'll go test drive the TSX and A3 over the next week or two. Any others I should be contemplating?
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JESUS WHAT THE HELL?
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I've got 2 invites left so if anyone is interested, drop me a PM with:
First Name
Last Name
Email
Skill level (Beginner, Intermediate, Expert)
It usually takes some time (1-2 months before invitations are sent out).
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I knew this was coming, and I knew it wouldn't be good. But. LOL.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/35336.html
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http://buzzcuts.uproxx.com/movies/1639
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tastywheat is on that train.
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its only a 20 meg download for the demo and it is spectacular, at least so far(im about 20 minutes in).
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The biggest roller coaster they have at Dollywood is called Thunderhead. It's your regular fair wooden coaster....most of the reviews I've read has given it a 8 out of 10. Now, if you set that puppy on FIRE and put SNAKES in the car with you.....I bet it would get a 10!
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Today I made it in, sat in there for an hour doing work, and then realized I was in the wrong class. Wow.
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http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14172-fastestever-flashgun-captures-image-of-light-wave.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14172
But Marangos thinks even shorter pulses are possible. "There's nothing magical about the atomic unit of time," he says, saying zeptosecond pulses of trillionths of a billionth of a second might be possible. These would be capable of imaging the movement of nuclear particles like protons, says Marangos.
Nuts. That would answer a lot of questions.
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Okay, regarding your internal monolog while reading someone elses thoughts or words, like a post- do you ever create an internal "voice" for that person, say someone ....a well known character who regularly posts around here. Do you ever imagine a silly voice for them, or just a specific personality type that reminds you of someone? Or is that just me and my crazy brain?
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