Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Oct 06, 2008 6:52pm PDTWell, I managed to get some deep fried cookie dough at the state fair over the weekend,
so I'm gonna call it a success.
- The electric car
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/05/60minutes/main4502448.shtml">race
- Smart guys totally
href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=5951979&page=1">get some hot tail
- A secret blocking of
href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/judges-top-secr.html">DVD copying software
- Even eBay is
href="http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1847451,00.html?cnn=yes">firing
people now
- Alternative energy
href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=5951041&page=1">means jobs
!
As for the the videogame news around these parts:
- Crysis Wars weekend trial files
- Gears of War 2 hands-on preview
- Gears of War 2 screenshots
- Deus Ex 3 details emerge
- Blits: The League 2 trailer
- Busty nun with a chainsaw
- Tomb Raider Underworld 360 gets 6
hours of extra DLC
- Guitar Hero DS Decades on November
16
- Cliffy B loves the PC
- BioWare Star Wars MMO on October
21
- Halo Wars cinematic trailer
- Matt Hazard trailer
- Quantum of Solace PC
href="http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/13041/Quantum+of+Solace+Demo">demo
- X-Blades screenshots are more than
sexy
- Sony fully commits to console MMOs
- Rock Band website offers custom
gear
- Nintendo says DSi not a iPhone
response
- Max Payne hits Chicago
Lastly, that game library project? Yeah it kinda expanded to be just a bit larger.
Kinda sorta ended up overhauling the entire new category and game category database
instead. The good news is that means more rad stuff, the bad news is that it takes a
little longer. It should be rad though!
Jam Live Music Arcade announced for PS3, Xbox 360
Metal Gear Online to quietly die this summer
Mad Riders: Techland's ATV racer coming to PC, PSN, XBLA
Notch 'can do' $13 million for Psychonauts 2
Shack Giveaway: Mighty Switch Force (3DS)
Since this is the only kind of shackmeet we ever seem able to pull off up here in seattle.
http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=5316
naios just moved into the Wallingford area, and is looking to have some dinner with shackers. I suggested a place with food, and some decent beverages. You should come too.
TIME: 5:30 on Saturday, October 11th (This coming Saturday)
PLACE: Brouwers Cafe in Fremont.
If you haven't checked this place out, it was started up by Bottleworks, and has a killer draught list, and a HUGE number of bottles available. It's also fairly large, so it should be able to accomodate anyone who shows up, unlike uber, which was pretty cramped.
So far, it's me, naios and wytchsansmerci.
I'm sure people will already have plans, as it's fairly short notice. However, i figured anyone who was free and interested could show up. We've had pretty good luck last time, with 8-10 people showing up to these things. Anyone interested?
TL;DR - seattle shackmeet. Saturday 5:30. Brouwers. Come.
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Last weekend I decided to play through Max Payne 1 again. Even 7 years later this game still holds up well. If you haven't played it yet, I highly suggest taking advantage of that Steam deal and getting it asap.
Here comes the PSA part
However, even if you have played Max Payne, have you played the Max Payne: Kung Fu mod?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIhjtSY-nxg
If not, you owe it to yourself to check this mod out. It is, I have it on good authority, "the shit".
New things:
- Kung fu fighting (fast as lightning)
- Punching
- Kicking
- Combos
- An experience-based level-up system for your kung fu skills
- Wall Jumping (run straight up a wall - or an enemy's face)
- Wall Running
- Jump kicks
- Completely new diving moves, for both running and from a standstill. This gives each weapon a total of 8 possible dives.
- Jump dodging (jump + left/right/up/down)
- Juggling
- Style. This mod just oozes style.
- The animations are top notch.
- The proverbial "and more"
- Just watch the damn video already it's awesome.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/18835181@N05/2913061689/sizes/l/in/pool-35468135754@N01/
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ignore the text, LOOK AT THE EYES jesus.
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http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jxkUg4zynfokgF2LpE2Sbb33JZswD93L85T00
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Alright this is my last update on this config for a while... I think I got the bugs worked out finally. Had some people over at the Guru3d.com & inCrysis forums helping me get things worked out. It looks like the crash bug that was present is now gone...
http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/Crysis
Here are the changes for v1.4:
- Fixed a texture corruption bug/glitch on the ambush level
- Fixed a crash on level load or save
- Fixed shadows not showing on ice sometimes
- Fixed dynamic shadows not rendering correctly on moving objects
- Improved Shadows Render Quality (HUGE Improvement)
- Slight change to HDR Rendering
- Slight drop in performance over v1.3, but nice increase in image quality!
Comparison Pic
v1.4: http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/Crysis/pics/Gamer-Max-v14.jpg
v1.3: http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/Crysis/pics/Gamer-Max-v13.jpg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiRgYBHoAoU&fmt=18
This game has a garry's mod-level potential of awesomeness.
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i just broke my second officeworks chair (by leaning back)
this is where you suggest a good chair for my office. try to keep it below $250. quality + cow pls
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reaching that point in my life where everything is turning boring.
Cant load up a video game anymore without being bored within 5 seconds
I keep buying and selling motorcycles within 3 months because i think its the bike thats boring, but infact i am.
Work is boring
People are boring.
SO... what now folks
Jump in a time machine and go back in time when everything was awesome and new? or kill myself
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http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=379346&altf=OJHHFS&altl=DPDL
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Is there another database site beside wardb.com? I am trying to find some decent armor, and it is really lacking in info.
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Aegeri/tiny-turtle.jpg
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So do I take it back to Costco and try my luck again, or should I call Microsoft and deal with them?
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I bought How To Cook Everything and its great but statements like "cooking for yourself takes the same time as ordering takeaway!"
Now this might be true but the auther, a typical chef, never mentions the fucking cleanup time. I just had my first crack at making my own pasta dough, its a lot messier than ordering pasta delivery from down the road and i haven't even eaten yet!
I know I know, i'll get better and make less mess, but still...
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I missed it again.
I wasn't too impressed with the first few episodes, so I haven't been very interested in watching the last couple episodes.
I really liked the first few seasons, and I don't know if it's worth it to catch up :(
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BTW, I also forgot how much I disliked the space missions. I'm looking forward to getting back on the planet.
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why kill the kids?
They have a chance to become adopted and still grow to be somewhat of a normal person, right?
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dont follow friend into dense black forest on big bike
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f247/vashdrz400/32b7528e.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f247/vashdrz400/e40c6f64.jpg
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Especially annoying when I'm blasting Band of Horses and I get "clink clink clink".
>:(
in before "get a lightning bolt" posts
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this game is awesome fun!
MEAT BOY
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/463241
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I met up with some friends I haven't seen or heard from in 3 years. 1 of them is knocked up. She broke up with the guy immediately after finding out because she couldn't stand him. She's going to let someone adopt the baby.
Another is dating/screwing her 42 year old boss at kinko's. The guy is 12 years older than her, has a son 8 years younger than her and is a grandpa. Apparently she's all giddy with love though, but it seems like a fucked up situation.
Another dude is divorced. I don't know details about it, but its just sad. He seems like he's recovered but its taken a few years to get to where he's at now.
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