Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Oct 20, 2008 6:49pm PDT25% more webserver power in the cluster! Can you tell!!?!? Yeah me either. Oh well.
Almost exciting. Maybe.
- Microsoft touch is
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/20/tech/cnettechnews/main4531944.shtml">getting
hot
- Moon dust for
concrete
- New strong
paper
- The electric mini is
here
As for the the videogame news around these parts:
- Max Payne movie makes some money
- Call of Duty: World at War PC open
beta
- New Bungie game could hit PS3
- Midnight Club: LA launch trailer
- Sony to reward trophy winners
- Far Cry 2 Adult Swim trailer
- Recalled LBP copies on eBay
- Get early access to the Xbox 360
dashboard update
- Microsoft patents real-time
censorship
- Left 4 Dead is being advertised a
lot
- EndWar heading to handhelds
- Unreal Tournament 3 expansion
content
- PCGA wants to make money on
pirates
- Left 4 Dead zombie screenshots
- Weekly PC games sales
- ESA spends money lobbying
- Muslim group pissy over LBP
censorship
- Sonic Unleashed trailer
- Old overcrowded E3 coming back.
:(
Lastly, as most of you have probably noticed we have little game rating bars now on
game specific news items. What you may not realize though is that you are now allowed to
change your 'hype' level for a game once per week. So if the initial video kicks ass and
then you see that trailer that shows actual gameplay sucks ass you can rate the game as
such. This thing will be fun, really. So make sure to update your hype on
games when you see new info! We'll have the overhauled game library and tracking systems
to you as soon as we can.
Warning: PS3 firmware 4.45 crashing consoles
Dragon's Prophet preview: how to catch your dragon
Report: Respawn Entertainment co-founder left due to personal conflict
Oculus Rift secures $16 million in venture capital
Max Payne 3 slowly dives onto Mac this week
Report: Frostbite 3 games to be 'optimized exclusively' for AMD cards
Candy Crush dev exploring IPO
Castle of Illusion preview: more than a repaint
Steel Diver sequel is Nintendo's first free-to-play game
Why Pikmin hasn't made the jump to handheld
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10070076-2.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody
Greasemonkey Coming to Chrome!!!
not being able to use any of my Shack Scripts is the reason i went back to FF3.
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According to Metacritic, Games Radar said the following about the PS3 port of BioShock, "Really, though, the only glaring weakness we can find in BioShock is that it may be too unusual, too original, too artistic and too genius to be embraced by the general public. Please don't let this game become that forgotten, one-of-a-kind masterpiece. We need sequels. We need more."
Right because, 5 million copies sold is clearly indicative that the general public is opposed to this sort of game... and they didn't announce a sequel 6 months ago.
Gamer.nl said this as well, "The graphics haven't aged that well." What the fuck? It's on the Unreal Engine 3 which is basically the most popular middleware engine available today. There may be valid complaints about the over use of post processing in the engine, but fuck...it's not "old."
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( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkline )
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http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/20/android-g1-rap-song.html
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http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/wad_10_17/wad03_16669071.jpg
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This... has tormented me for 2 months, I wasn't even able to complete it before today...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEInnH2EUbc
I did that. In all of Bionic Commando, I have the 12th fastest time on that challenge, the highest success score in the top 30, and the 2nd least amount of tries before success.
This game is so fucking awesome and it has something for everybody. I'm fucking proud, please say that looked hard or something. >:(
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What's the rough average cost of a pack of smokes here?
Tomorrow marks nine years since my last cigarette and I every year I calculate how much I would have spent on smokes had I not quit (as of last year it was over $35,000!). Since this is my first year in California and I never actually smoked here, I need to know what these things cost!
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http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/20/fable-2-collectors-edition-may-have-missing-dlc-card/
Make sure your collectors edition has an orange "48hrs of xbox live" sticker on it to make sure you get the card with the DLC code on it.
been with the company 8 years, and have been mentoring the new starters the last 2 years, and doing more work on an organisational level, not just my own group. hope management reward me for the hard yards!
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I'm not allowed to have regular pets in my apartment, and I think a turtle would be far more entertaining than a fish. Are they high maintenance?
Or maybe one of these: http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/10/19/axolotl.jpg
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People like this?
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I hate HP printers so much...everyone I know who has had one (including myself) has had problems, both mechanical and software related.
Are Canons any good? How about Epson?
I think I'd like to get a B&W laserjet, so any advice down that line would be helpful.
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God I'm tired of studying. Only have the Seismic portion left to pass, so hopefully this is it.
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I'm on Vista x64 with an 8800gtx if that matters.
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There is so much talent being poured into the Obama campaign.
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Join us for some good old Axis vs Allies fun!
Starts 9:00pm (EST) and goes until the server dies!
New Shack Dallas Server:
IP: 63.209.33.113:27015
Pw: dodshack
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http://www.shackpics.com/files/shack_prob_0sarjljd6ooqgoz3sjvg.jpg
anyone else get that? firefox 3.0.3
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Hello!
I am contacting you with a short survey to verify your eligibility for an upcoming usability study with Google. This study is an opportunity to provide feedback on a Google product that is currently in development. This study will help the Google team better understand your needs in order to incorporate them into future product enhancements.
We are currently scheduling participants for a study to take place from October 23-30, 2008 out of our office in Mountain View, California. If you are interested in participating, please reply to this e-mail after filling out the information below. We will then schedule appointments on a first come first served basis.
**Please note that you will not be compensated for responding to our questionnaires; you will only be compensated if you are invited and complete a study with Google.**
Details of the study:
* The duration of the study is one hour.
* Compensation is $75 USD (Amazon gift certificate OR American Express gift cheque).
* Sessions will be run remotely via screen sharing unless you live in the San Francisco Bay Area and would prefer to come to our Mountain View office for your session.
To participate you will need to:
* be at least 18 years old
* be willing to sign our Usability Non-Disclosure Agreement
* allow us to video or audio tape the session
If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, you may participate in-person in our Mountain View office.
If you live outside the San Francisco Bay Area, you will participate remotely via screen-sharing, for which you must meet the following technical requirements:
*have a desktop or laptop computer with Windows 2000/XP/Vista with Internet Explorer or Firefox browsers installed (sorry, we cannot support Apple Macintosh at this time)
* have a Broadband Internet connection or stronger (DSL, Cable, T1 all fine)
* have a phone next to your computer that we can use to call you during the study. A speaker phone is recommended.
Please complete the questionnaire, which can be found here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for your time.
Kind regards,
Trudy
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Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
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http://darthsbrokenheart.ytmnd.com/
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That's all.
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So if any one feels like just looking at it in IE and what ever other browser for the hell of it, It would help me out. Thanks.
(Reposted in new chat thread)
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http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/fable2/review.html
8.5
Can you think of anything I might need?
Thanks!
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