Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Nov 05, 2008 6:00pm PSTSo happy the election is over. We stopped even looking at our phones here at home when
they rang.
- Some gamers
href="http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1856671,00.html?cnn=yes">like Obama
- The next wireless
revolution
- Google hates Yahoo!
:(
- Behind the magic CNN
wall
- California
href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gf5HBYTJTXebd3kVnFkXW_SAaowwD9490L5G0">hates gays
As for the the videogame news around these parts:
- China taxing money made in games
- Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe gone
gold
- Cliffy says something crazy and
provocative
! - Capcom sales and profits are up
- Games to outsell DVDs and CDs in
2008
- Far Cry 2 patch 1.01
- Rare hates you if you dont have a
HDTV
- Free Rock Band 2 DLC coming
- Galactic Civilizations 2 update
- THQ delays a couple of games
- THQ has a new plan, firing people
Lastly, you girls may have noticed that the shackhype bars on news items now link to
the actual game entry pages. On these pages you'll actually now see vote trending and
distribution stuff with pretty charts! Plus all the screenshots / videos / news etc
availalbe on those particular games. Watch Spore href="http://www.shacknews.com/reviews/game.x/4227">tank
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
Demon's Souls servers extended again
Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection coming in June
Sony patent would interrupt gameplay to display ad
Weekend Confirmed 114 - Diablo 3, Max Payne 3, Lost Planet 3
New Zone of the Enders project underway
I got a call from my parents, saying they were going to throw out some of my old crap. I couldn't think what the hell it was I left at their place, so went to take a look:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3005/3004745277_66ef708322_b.jpg
TL;DR; Descent 2, Mech Warrior 2, Ultima VIII Pagan, Stonekeep, The Complete Ultima VII (The Black Gate & Serpent Isle), Diablo, Command & Conquer, Protostar, System Shock (Enhanced CD edition no less), Full Throttle and DOOM!
Here's a closeup of the DOOM 1.0 Shareware I paid $10 for:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/3008158496_c4da91435b.jpg
Post some box collections of kick-ass old school PC games you guys might have!
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So I've noticed recently that my PC has been sluggish with blue screens and such. So I finally decided to investigate it a bit, looks like my CPU temp is waaay to high, (like upwards 82C), and that actually causes the CPU to clock down to 1.6Ghz (lol).
WTF could cause this? I know that it definitely wasn't like this always, I remember seeing it idle at 45C or so. Could it be Vista 64 causing this? Could it be that i installed a new (more taxing) GPU somehow causing it to get hotter (e.g. causing the CPU fan to not get enough juice or something?). The CPU fan is at slightly below 2000RPM which I gather is pretty normal?
What's the deal? I have the case open and in the middle of the floor with no obstructions and it's still the same temperature...
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T minus 1 hour!!!!!!
Who's wants to play with me?
I'll try to setup that xfire thingie so that people can watch me play live.
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I love rushing a baddie and doing a VAT 1 foot from his face and aiming all at the head ;o
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Give me advice for the future in case this happens again!
poor tripsy :(
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My mod made it onto fileplanet's list of scariest mods!
Scroll down to Zombie Slayer.
http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/mods/index.aspx
I'm still not done with the full version. :[
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Anti obama RagE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa2Zl4Utndg&feature=channel
Please to be posting more for maximum lol's
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So I love the game, but I don't want to go diamond hunting for hours to get enough cash to buy weapons earlier, and I'd like it to take fewer hits to kill people. Someone before mentioned a trainer, but since I'm using Steam on 1.01, none of the current ones seem to be working.
Does anyone know of any built-in cheat codes or current trainers for it?
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http://www.idlethumbs.net/
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It's good stuff. Now go use some IronRuby and IronPython along with it and I'll be happy.
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Tomorrow!!!
I look forward to shooting you bitches in the back by accident while i flail and cry like a little girl and back-up into a pack of zombies.
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Look at it this way -- who *else* are the fundie nutjobs gonna vote for? DEMOCRATS?? And on the flipside, who else are the greeny hippies gonna vote for -- REPUBLICANS?
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Now that is change I can believe in. It was so unnerving to be up against Tokyo for the 2016 games. The Japanese are so appealing. You know their olympics would have mechs and drifting. That is hard to compete with. Thanks Obama!
The Dark Knight - Obama - 2016 Olympics
The prophecy has come true. Chicago is the global superpower of badass shit.
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All I really need is a decent case, motherboard, ram and vid card (that's assuming I the board doesn't have a decent onboard HD solution) - anyone got any suggestions? If going down the custom-build route, I think I'd like to build it around this http://www.custompc.co.uk/labs/220125/antec-fusion-black-430.html case.
Toraz.. you're my only hope?
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Tell me some of you other web punks have CMS gripes? :(
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is this going to affect my credit score? i am going to deposit some money in my account this morning to resolve this but i'm mildly worried about it
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So I look up Daniel Craig on IMDB and what do you know:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0830515/
it comes out in less than 2 weeks.
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Anways, been looking at motherboards and memory
PC800 or PC1066? Is there a difference between the two or are the 1066 memory chips just hand selected PC800 chips? I have been checking out that the OCZ memory that new egg sells http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227267 as it has gotten good ratings.
Motherboards, is there a big difference between the P35 and P45 chipsets? The difference in price between the two I have seen on ebay typically has the p35's come in at half the price of the P45.
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Looking at your checking account balance and having "Living On A Prayer" go through your head.
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The story was interesting but I think there were some serious flaws. Everything seemed to move too fast. It seemed like it needed more back story and character development and really really felt rushed. That one aeronaut cowboy guy for instance.. Wtf where did he come from and why was he hanging out with a bear? WTF? Also the last battle wasn't climactic enough and the ending just felt so abrupt and lacking. I know it was setting up for the 2nd in a series but I think they could have done a better job.
So my question: Is the book any better?
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there you go gentlmen. date not going so well? your best friend was just in a car accident and needs you there. gotta go.
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