Morning Discussion
by Chris Faylor, Sep 25, 2008 7:00am PDTAs Thursday dawns upon us, I still can't believe how many games have hit this month.
Off the top of my head, we've seen Peggle Nights, Spore, The Witcher Enhanced Edition, Crysis Warhead, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Rock Band 2, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, LEGO Batman and Samba de Amigo.
That's not even taking downloadable console games into account--Duke Nukem 3D hit Xbox Live Arcade yesterday, the PlayStation Store receives Wipeout HD later today, and Mega Man 9 arrived via WiiWare Monday, followed by a PS Store release today and an Xbox Live Arcade debut next week.
I don't know where I'm going to find the time (or the money) to play them all, but I'm not complaining. It's been a while since we've had a flood of quality such as this. And hey, are you really going to argue with the LEGO Batman?
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
smashing pumpkins, radiohead, floyd, tool, filter, the verve, stranglers, sublime...
can someone recommend some others in these 'genres'? i need to go get some new music.
i particularly like the pumpkins, sublime and radiohead...
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Is this too much to ask for?
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Been working on ShackDroid some more (yeaaa downtime at work) and today finally got a bunch of stuff tied down and working. SO for those of you doing the Android thing, this should be ready once the phones come out:
http://screencast.com/t/Wiw7pMOyO0v
Stuff since last build:
- Last ten replies are highlighted (Thanks Squeegy for the tips)
- LOL/INF in and working.
- Cleaned up a ton of UI stuff
- ShackRSS feeds from the front page are accessible now, similar to the iPhone implementation.
- Landscape layouts DONE! This was SUPER easy actually.
I only wish I could leave Verizon to get a stupid phone when it's released :(
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comes with hd cable, wireless controller, headset, 20gb hd, and the power thingy which are all pretty much untouched, and the forza 2/marvel ultimate alliance which is in pretty good condition. no hdmi port but who needs that anyway!
$250 shipped within the US!
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We are participating in the Any Soldier campaign, collecting random crap from people like hotel samples of shampoo to send in backpacks to people. Our charter school is a K-8 in the area and they collected over 10,000 items and it is now my and my coworkers responsibilities to sort them into manageable piles before the people from Any Soldier come to help us next week.
I keep finding stacks of letters from the kids and every time I find them I can't help but read them. I could not make this stuff up if I wanted to. Some of my favorite excerpts so far in reply.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l25QTpdE6sc
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OS: Windows Vista, XP or 2000
CPU: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2 (or higher)
RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
DISC DRIVE: DVD-ROM Drive
HARD DRIVE: At least 7.5 GB of free space
VIDEO: Direct X 9 compatible video card (Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for pixel shader 2.0)
SOUND: Direct X9.0c compatible sound card
From the box: http://www.halflife2.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/image001.jpg
Source: http://www.halflife2.net/2008/09/25/left-4-dead-official-system-requirements/
Gamers who haven't upgraded can still play. Source engine is awesome like that.
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I'm a lvl5 Dwarf Engineer right now and having a blast. I came from WoW and been through the AoC-drama so I was a little scared to try it, but I must say so far I'm enjoying every minute of it. So to all the people that haven't decided yet: try it! It's both refreshing ánd familiar.
For the people that already play it. What classes are you playing and do you like em?
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Could someone help me to find the cheapest NON-TN 24" display?
I need all 8 bits.
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http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=imgp2793_sJPG_esm7c541kc2rjezs6wvo.jpg
I somehow think that this is awesome and that this guy should later design platform games
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"Safe for Work" porn.
kinda isn't.
Probably a re-post, but it's so great I have to share it.
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http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2008/09/12-year-old-mcdonalds-hamburger-still-looking-good.html
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Bottle Rocket is finally getting a Criterion release!
http://gizmodo.com/5052324/how-criterion-hones-its-restoration-magic-for-hd
It will be one of the first Blue Ray releases for Criterion.
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Another question, should I go for Half-Life: Source, which I know isn't much of an improvement, or the original? I figure with Source I'll have some nice physics and lighting improvements, but with the original I get the advantage of mods and owning the real game.
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Before:
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.radner/Dogg#5250077405187714850
^^cute!^^
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.radner/Dogg#5250077416737643330
^^sasha and mom^^
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.radner/Dogg#5250077441795338242
After(2 hours ago):
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.radner/Dogg#5250077456768164098
^^trying to OMNOM the camera^^
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.radner/Dogg#5250077471156650050
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.radner/Dogg#5250077484161753090
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.radner/Dogg#5250077527812669250
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.radner/Dogg#5250077546842538962
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.radner/Dogg#5250077561932746450
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.radner/Dogg#5250077573395348210
^^\[DURR]\^^
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.radner/Dogg#5250077592964329682
^^dongnose^^
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.radner/Dogg#5250077615776771154
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.radner/Dogg#5250077636437180034
Also, my afternoon was better than yours!
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.radner/Dogg#5250077493340176722
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.radner/Dogg#5250077506585263938
^^sam oktoberfest^^
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.radner/Dogg#5250077655696617666
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So far I was thinking about going as the horse half of the Cathrine the great and horse myth. Complete with WTf horse mask: http://cgi.ebay.com/Latex-Horse-Mask-Full-Over-Head-Faux-Fur-Mane_W0QQitemZ360074025273QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116
That, or possibly Sergio Leone's man with no name:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_with_No_Name
or possibly Che Guevara:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara
If only because I could rock some facial hair like that in no time.
So has anyone decided what they are going to be?
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I know shackers love it, and I've seen some say it's practically a full $60 game to them. Plus I fired up the demo today at lunch time and instantly loved the whole presentation, music, etc.
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Crysis Wars and Crysis Warhead are suddenly "Not Installed" despite taking up 6 gigs each in my steam folder. Has this happened to anyone else? That's a fucking bitch if I have to download this again. This happened to someone else I know and that was his solution :(
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:(
ps. the Apple Genius had to check online to answer all of my questions.
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is this something i can go to apple and exchange for a new one? or am i going to have to buy another one. it's been over a month since i bought this thing.
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