Weekend Discussion
by Jeff "geedeck" Gondek, Jul 13, 2008 2:55am PDTHope you're enjoying a fine specimen of a weekend. We've got the Video Game Release List if you aren't up to date on what's coming out this week. If you're looking for a 360, Microsoft just announced the 60gb model, with the 20gb taking a temporary price drop to $300 with Target offering an even better deal.
One rather noteworthy Shack-feature is that Nick Breckon interviewed a little studio called id software, covering Quake Live, Doom 4, Rage and more. Also, while there are conflicting reports as to the exact nature of it, something is going down at developer Flagship Studios.
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
I was in the Saturday NYT paper too, but can't find a scan of it. My 15 minutes of fame is almost up.
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After glancing at prices for laptops, I've been rather disappointed by the fact that even AFTER rebates and the back to school deals, Dell is cheaper for superior processing power.
Is there something in a Mac laptop I'd be getting that I wouldn't be getting with a Dell?? Build quality? Is the OS something I should be excited about? I've never owned an Apple laptop before... but I'm considering one when the new MacBook/MacBook Pros come out. However, if I'm going to wind up getting raped on the price I'm a bit wary.
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Is anyone still a regular on IRC channels? I spend way too much time on just this site as it is.
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http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36029.html
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Little did I know...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23382621@N02/2662884578/
IMHIO, she's got the whole Sandra Bullock thing going on, only hotter.
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I think that means I've crossed over into a whole new realm of geek. save me.
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/wow-adventure/
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Problem?
WoW cd's lost!!!!!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSiQA6KKyJo&feature=related
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This little thing is amazing. It's smooth. It's slick. It does a lot of things that I didn't even realize I wanted from a console. As for Live...before live, my only experience with online console integration was through the Wii.
So you guys can pretty much imagine how much I think Live rocks right about now.
So far I've bought a pair of Arcade games (Bomberman and Worms) and played them for a couple of hours. Lots of fun. Tomorrow I'm picking up GTA 4, Crackdown, and probably another game. Maybe Viva Pinata for the wife. She's hardcore into Neopets and several other such things. VP seems right up her alley.
Add me! Gamertag: ConfusedUs
Tomorrow, we can play.
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Oh just swimmingly, thanks for asking! I got to the airport to find that the entire population of Philly and the lower half of NJ were flying USAir, resulting in two long ass waits.
Then I got here and found out my luggage hadn't. It only had minor stuff, like all my business cards, the charger for my cell phone and blackberry (separate items) and, ya know, clothes...
Then they called and said they had no fucking idea where it was. So I've gone out and bought $5- worth of clothes and necessities for tomorrow (and only tomorrow).
Also, the hotel is too hot and I can't adjust the temperature in the room.
I've been to this show 12 times now and can't remember one starting off quite this frustratingly.
/rant
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tl;dr I'm losing my Wii-faith
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Listening to the Impulse! years of John Coltrane, and that's insane genius right there. So is Ornette Coleman's work.
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We bought a new window AC unit to replace the one that died. It's installed and it was working fine for a few hours, turning on and off according to the thermostat, etc. But a a few minutes ago it started having problems.
Now when the AC tries to kick in, it struggles for about two seconds, the lights in the room dim, and then it gives up and goes back to fan mode. Ten seconds later it tries again with the same results.
We tried the Reset and Test buttons on the AC plug and those works ok. The breaker is not being tripped because everything upstairs stays on. The fan on the AC runs just fine, it only has problems when the cooling part tries to turn on. We've tried turning everything else in the room off to see if that helped but it didn't. Our last window AC unit ran in the same place for years without problems.
Why would it run fine for a few hours then all of a sudden start having problems? I don't understand electricity.
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To the Shacker that linked http://armorgames.com/play/1716/gemcraft
Fuck you.
Tower defense + leveling + talents = hooked.
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Would a quad core encode faster or how does that work?
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For a lot of us, Civ:Rev is our first foray into the Civilization series. Let's use this thread to get some of our noob questions answered.
My question is, when you build the Manhattan Project wonder and finish your nuke, how do you determine who to use it on? Occasionally a list of "Best cities" will pop up, which appears to be ordered according to population (I think?). Do you take out the highest city on that list not belonging to you? Do you only get one nuke? What happens when you use it? I built one last night, but never used it because I was going for the Technology victory and didn't want to piss off every nation so late in the game.
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Since I'm now officially addicted to watching SC pro matches, I found a weekly king-of-the-hill show which is aired at esl.tv each monday. It's in german but still worth watching if you don't understand it I guess, since they have top players competing. Last three game rounds (3/5 wins each) Nony held the position. Seems he is too occupied right now though, so they picked other players for tonight, Fenix & dinot.
You'll need a free account (page is multilingual) to watch live/VODs plus octoshape installed (that player blizzard used at WWI)
Linkage: http://tv.esl.eu
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http://vse.marketwatch.com/Game/StartViewGame.aspx?id=shackmonies
Game ID: shackmonies
Game Password: dognose
Show the world Shack how good you are with real fake money!
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Does this mean Americans are going to switch to Stella?
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