Morning Discussion
by Jeff "geedeck" Gondek, Jul 29, 2008 12:06am PDTSo let's get the day started, shall we? Did you hear that far off crash? The groaning of glaciers colliding? That would be Activision-Viviendi looking at the fate of their titles in development.
In lighter news, Faylor has first impressions of Soul Calibur 4, see if he thinks it's hot or not. And okay, this Spiderman: Web of Shadows trailer is pretty cool.
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Minecraft for Xbox 360 dev working on 'Adventure' update
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=201105
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good movie, over-rated as it's not the best movie EVAR but it's pretty good
It's the opposite of batman begins because in batman begins the start kicked ass and the end fell down in this one, the the start is boring as hell, especially the first 30 minutes but then it becomes good
I didn't see Heath Ledger playing a character at all I saw a nutcase straight up - none of this circle jerk, he's awesome because he's dead shit - he just flat out did a wicked fucking job - mein gott it was a good job wow....
I am surprised they killed of Rachel - wow, surprising, also I had no problem with Katie Holmes in the original, she's hot and it was before Xenu fucked her up - I also find Maggie hot but she definitely acted it differently - I preffered the composed Rachel holmes presented
I dunno what else - the Imax shots were fucking incredible - it was obvious when it happens because it went from 16:9 to 4:3 (but filled top and bottom) mammoth stuff.
Even Bale's raspy batman voice eventually grew on me - it sucked at the start but eventually you realise he has to put on another voice to not be discovered
I still prefer Bruce Wayne to Batman though, he's a suave motherfucker, he reminded me of Bateman a couple of times which I loved.
I can't believe they fucked up a murcielago - still it's good to see lamborghini's get screen time where normally a ferrari would be
The joker was so messed up and cruel / wicked / evil and strange that half the crowd sat there in silence, almost stunned, they expected Nicholson and he was nothing like it - I think I was the only person smiling or laughing in the whole cinema half the time
Oh one last thing, each new Batman has to have a dumb plot hole, in Begins it was the stupid fucking water to steam device, set off ON A BOAT WHICH WOULD MAKE IT SINK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN In this one there's probably several plot holes which I could be picky about but my number one would have to be the fucking lame "oh just tell them I killed 5 people! I'll take the fall, because I'm a dark knight not a hero!" - fuck off, just pin it on the joker - what a poor plot element
I would give this film an 8.5 out of 10 and Begins an 8 out of 10
(yes, I am one of those people who actually think of using the entire spectrum of 10, not just numbers between 6 and 9.9)
A - would watch again.
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Now, I need you to follow these two easy steps:
1. Install Unreal Tournament 2004
2. Reply to this thread with the gametypes and/or mods you would be interested in playing, or any other thoughts. Are there enough UT2004 Shackers for this to be viable?
Let's try to build up some interest and move towards getting a server running soon.
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It stays at "Starting download.." on game updates in perpetuity for hours even after reboots.
WTF
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I'm trying to work out what inventory / game menu system I want to use. Right now I'm figuring I can do something like I already have built, modeled after FFXI to some degree ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfyYK14bhE0 )
Other thoughts is a complete menu system like a final fantasy game, where you hit the menu button and are taken to a game menu with sub menus (configure, items, equipment, etc)
Thoughts? The game is customized for a controller
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My bike got a flat tire =(
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I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!
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I kinda liked this design
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Fail =(
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Level 20!
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Post your contraptions!
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Fixed team switches on Attack/Defense maps spamming the console
Fixed the Kritzkrieg not working on servers with crits turned off
Fixed some clipped localized strings in various in-game dialogs
Fixed several cases where files were synchronously loaded while the game was running
Fixed a shutdown crash in the material system
Cached rendering of item model panels to improve performance, in particular while weapon selection was visible
Added a gear symbol behind the health bar for Engineer buildings, in both target IDs and freeze panels
Players killing themselves will now give a kill credit to the last enemy who damaged them
Fixed grenades, rockets, and flamethrower being able to fire through grates at round starts
Fixed players being killed and creating ragdolls during team switches
Fixed various exploits and performance problems in CP_Badlands, CP_Well, and CP_Fastlane
Removed health bonus from the Backburner
Die, pyros.
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http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/
People are shown Windows "Mojave", the "next Microsoft OS" and talk about their user experience...
Mojave == Vista
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I can't get any achie... oh wait, it just came back for me. :[
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Looks like yet another WotLK update is out on the beta servers.
Scroll down here to see patch notes: http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php
TLDR Version: DK's got changed around a fair bit, Mages buffed, Paladins are still stupid, and Warlock's pets got some sweet buffs (!!)
Also, if you are like me and didn't get into the beta - here is the current complication of YouTube vids showing spells/talents/etc: http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=11398.0
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The Ultimates Vol 1:
http://believeincomics.files.wordpress.com/2006/07/ultimates-vol-1.jpg
Iron Man Extremis (featuring some sweet cg illustrations):
http://oldschool.wizarduniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/extremis.jpg
I've never read one before. Have I made a huge mistake? They were sold out of The Watchmen, so don't go recommending that one instead.
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So this is on shelves today. Who has it? What do you think? Should I get it on my way home from work?
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Trying to finish up this game. It kicks ass, btw. I don't remember the other games having a city this frickin' huge. I just finished doing missions for Francis and I'm about to starting doing missions for Dwayne. The Bank Robbery Mission with Packie was pretty sweet, btw. Reminded me of Heat.
So this dating/friends thing is pretty annoying. No, I don't want to go drinking. I want to go shoot drug dealers in their faces. Looking at Gamefaqs, Dwayne's special ability of getting two gang members as backup would seem pretty handy on missions...and Carmen's for the healing thing (haven't met her yet tho). So this is a question to those of you who have finished the game. In your experience, which special ability is the most handy for missions?
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So do we have some tables reserved or something? Or whoever gets there first just grab some near the back? I'm probably going to take my laptop down there Wednesday night cause fuck that Thursday line.
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http://www.shackpics.com/files/ironman_shv9a0bv4yi6ocbbzjpa.jpg
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More Dr. Horrible's Sing Along on the way!
http://io9.com/5029327/dr-horribles-singalong-panel-at-comic+con
For those who missed the 3 episodes watch them here
http://www.hulu.com/watch/28327/dr-horribles-sing-along-blog-act-one
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Oh also I gave him half a grape and he devoured it so maybe he just didn't eat the orange because he didn't trust me or something.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObKulsaHnj8
You guys should help digg it.
http://digg.com/pc_games/Team_Fortress_2_Meet_the_Spy_Parody
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