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by Chris Faylor, Nov 06, 2008 7:01am PST

Fear not, for today is Thursday and there are things to celebrate.

For example, if you like Gears of War, the sequel gets released at midnight! And there's that Left 4 Dead demo coming today, that is, if you've already bought the game.

But above all else, tomorrow is Friday. Yay!

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By: dahanese x Show Full Post

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note: this is not me. it's not even me pretending it not to be me. this is seriously a story about a friend.

a friend drove through a big puddle (no choice, in a tunnel, couldn't back up, didn't see or know of the puddle before entering tunnel) and it got water in the engine. the insurance is on the cusp of deeming the car a total loss. the car is owned outright, and bought at a steal, so if its a total loss, buying the equivalent brand new will be about 10K over what the car now is worth. the mechanic who looked at the car says the only thing that's fucked is the engine -- everything else is still in perfect condition.

if my friend decides to retain the car even after the insurance deems it a total loss, and replace the engine with insurance money -- what happens to the car's future insurance? will the old insurance company drop the car and all the next companies rape the car because of this engine replacement?

Nov 07, 2008 10:54am PST

note: this is not me. it's not even me pretending it not to be me. this is seriously a story about a frie... : dahanese

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By: boring gegtik x Show Full Post

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DEMON CORE

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FutilityCloset/~3/443135928/

Nov 06, 2008 1:54pm PST

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  this post is so not getting as much love as it deserves :D : halophoenix
  - We're afraid our keystrokes will cause it to go critical on us. : RomSteady
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  - Except it actually kills you, instead of making you wish you were dead. : Ride-My-Rocket
- DEMON CORE crits for OVER 9000 damage!! : Ride-My-Rocket

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So in Left 4 Dead there is no such thing as a private dedicated server. If you make a dedicated server it's added to a pool of them and anybody can be chosen to randomly populate it. It could be four shackers, four goons, or four canadians for all you know.

You connect to either friends or random people in a lobby, then the lobby chooses a dedicated server at random from the pool. If one can't be found, the lobby leader starts a listen server - but as things currently stand listen servers are completely unplayable. I've not gotten a successful game in the last hour of attempts at playing, because whenever the AI director tries to do something cool the server craps it's pants. Every time.

Oh and if you want to choose a local server - you're screwed. If you want to host your own dedicated server for you and your friends - you're screwed.

Nov 06, 2008 7:58am PST

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Mirror's Edge - PC or Console?

Usually I find it easy deciding which fits the game best.. but just not with this one.
Please list pros and cons for each.

Nov 06, 2008 1:31pm PST

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Mirror's Edge - PC or Console? Usually I find it easy deciding which fits the game best.. but just not... : humbleone
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By: Cliffzorz x Show Full Post

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Alright Windows Vista edition experts I need your helps!

What doesn't Vista Home Basic have, that the other editions (Home Premium, Business, Ultimate) do?

If someone wanted to build a desktop for games and web browsing (but mostly games) on a very tight budget, would it be reasonable to buy Vista Home Basic?

Nov 06, 2008 5:14pm PST

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By: razlebol x Show Full Post

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Because I like doing like everyone else...
Watch me play Fallout 3.

http://www.xfire.com/live_video/razlebol

Not sure if the sound works though.

Nov 06, 2008 5:31pm PST

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Because I like doing like everyone else... Watch me play Fallout 3. http://www.xfire.com/live_video/... : razlebol
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By: vile x Show Full Post

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Left 4 Dead

AMAZING. Seriously, as good as it looks.

I think your experience will heavily depend on the people you're playing with. After a few false starts (trying to figure out the new server system, mainly) I got a game going with gnomish, prox and bonessy, all frequent TF2 players. We were playing on Advanced.

Super, super hard. Super intense. Very, very fun. I love the fact that the game doesn't give a shit about you. So 2 people are dead, one of the remaining alive is at half health, and you only have an uzi? Doesn't matter. Here comes a Tank. Deal with it.

So brutal and fun. I can see this keeping us up until 5am many a night to come. Pumped over here!

Nov 06, 2008 1:49pm PST

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Left 4 Dead AMAZING. Seriously, as good as it looks. I think your experience will heavily depend on... : vile
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  - no lol script but i am lollin' : crummynz
  - lollol. : hirosushima
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    - Obviously. The Romero version would get team killed at the very end of the level : deathofrats
  - hahaha! : yosemiteclimber
  - LOL, nice. : orgcaptainnemo
  - haha shit thats hilarious : gimpness
  - lol fuck : midgetherder
  - hahahaha : thekidd
  - jesus christ that's amazing : randomposter
  - rofl : manero
  - LOL : delataur
  - buahaahaa : niceguynick
  - still lolling at this 10 minutes later : AlexXdude
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  I don't understand how that is different from any game. : dilutedq
  - "You've got a swarm of projectiles coming at you, you have 1 man left and you're out of missiles." : Xin Jing Client 1a
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    Yeah, I honestly don't understand the superduperhype for this. Other than being a Valve game, I have yet ... : mittense
- I can't seem to join a game : twifosp
- When I can get a online game going, it's good. : Chowder1015
- Yeah this game is graet. I'm stuck at work dreaming about zombie hordes :( WANT TO SHOOT SOMEONE IN THE ... : Nighteyes
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  yeah its freaking awesome. I think I'll be playing on Expert from the getgo... it's so god damn hard but ... : aeg1x
  - Yeh i wasn't impressed till expert, then it becomes hilarious due to the utter carnage. : marku5
- can we get a newbie game going? (pc) : fletch_
- it's reminding me of all the fun i had playing serious sam 1 on co-op.. but this time its way more violen... : VuduChild
- why is there a tank in the demo :[ : Ace417
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  Well, yeah, it's pretty rad. Just playing by myself was fun. I feel like any game lacking iron-sights int... : mittense
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    What? I've blown all types of limbs off. : Bamtan
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      Really? I didn't see any of that. But, then again, I'm only using pistols and uzis. But the dudes with sh... : mittense
      
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      OH FUCK YES. Okay. I take that back. LOTS OF SEVERED LIMBS. AWESOME. : mittense
      
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      SO MANY LIMBS. : mittense
      
      yeah you can blow off every limb I think. : h o s t i l e
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- The character animation is excellent as well! I was playing as the grizzled war vet, and watched the chic... : u sir name
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    - If you get to start the game, try starting a LAN game. : ImageOmega
- Steam name is ImageOmega . I'm in the shacknews steam chat channel...find me/add me and let's game (on e... : ImageOmega

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By: snicker-snack 2 x Show Full Post

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my fucking ear still feels weird from a concert on saturday :(
Next time I'm getting earplugs >:(

Nov 06, 2008 7:15am PST

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my fucking ear still feels weird from a concert on saturday :( Next time I'm getting earplugs >:( : snicker-snack 2
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By: warcrow x Show Full Post

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Played Podcast

Questions or comments for us? We're recording E47 tonight and will be announcing a new contest that I'm pretty excited about. The prizes are PHIZZLE!! ;p

But seriously...questions here plz...

Nov 06, 2008 4:59pm PST

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Oh Jesus is this working:

http://www.xfire.com/live_video/pancakehumper/

Nov 06, 2008 5:01pm PST

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Oh Jesus is this working: http://www.xfire.com/live_video/pancakehumper/ : pancake humper
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  nice loading screen. : Zolneirz
  - was alt-tabbed :(. My game just crashed though! AWESOME. : pancake humper
- whores are there for you to abuse. : Zolneirz
- Since this seems to be all the rage... GCR is raiding Sunwell tonight, so I set this up for anyone who... : Gnowknayme
- remind me to never, ever hook you up with a blind date. : Zolneirz
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  Wait.. your pipboy is blue and your hud is yellow-ish? Everything on the 360 is green :( : jingletard
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  - I dunno how to get sound working :( : pancake humper
- dogmeat :'( : yakz
- why am I unable to watch any xfire videos like this? I installed the plugin, but when the page loads it s... : Supine
- And it crashed. I believe that's the end of that tonight. Killed 2 whores and their pimp, had sex wit... : pancake humper

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By: stump x Show Full Post

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This day just got a little colder. :(

TV's "Survivorman" calls it quits after three seasons of starvation

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=6bd1b643-12e7-4f1f-ac8b-f44dd33480ea

Nov 06, 2008 12:56pm PST

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By: scottythejock x Show Full Post

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Things that suck;

1) Being in Austin without a car - seriously, I went out for a walk around my hotel last night and there were no other pedestrians! Not one in nearly 2 hours of walking about. Mental..

2) Not being able to play my 360 for another few weeks - FAR CRY 2 I MISS YOU!

Nov 06, 2008 6:08pm PST

Things that suck; 1) Being in Austin without a car - seriously, I went out for a walk around my hotel ... : scottythejock

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By: Trepex x Show Full Post

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OK I'm at my wit's end, trying to figure out why it's so slow to mount SMB shares from within OS X Leopard.

The following is very slow. In finder I use the "Go" menu, then "Connect to Server" and type:
smb://user:password@10.0.1.100/share

It takes 13 seconds to connect.

My NAS is also running an AFP service, and connecting to it in a similar fashion takes less than a second.

When I try to connect to the NAS from my Popcorn Hour A-110 it takes on the order of 2 seconds.

Help? :(

Nov 06, 2008 3:08pm PST

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By: spaceless x Show Full Post

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cooking men
im about to buy some stuff, i really want to get a rice cooker too but i cant justify spending 100+ on an appliance ill only use for one type of food.

tell me if these are good or bad and if so, what a good alternative that doesnt cost a lot more is

food processor
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000H4C5F2/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

jars for spices
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B001D9C32A/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

chefs knife
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000638D32/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

spice grinder
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007Y6BQQ/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

is there any other stuff i might want? im planning on going to the local indian restaurant/store as they sell spices and stuff and the local co-op to get the ingredients i want.

Nov 06, 2008 3:04pm PST

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By: SqueegyTBS x Show Full Post

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Haha.

My wife just was telling me all the crazy shit got done today, and she ended it with "And I'm all out of gum".

Nov 06, 2008 3:58pm PST

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- Does your wife have a pair of those sunglasses? : I7 SilverFox
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- that is awesome : Jackass1233
- keeper, so long as she doesn't intend to cut off your head and shit down your throat :() : johnwissinger
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fable 2 menz

ok, so i beat the main story in fable 2 for the first time as evil. is it any diff playing as a good guy? are the endings any diff? also i wanted to know if there were any legendary weapons/armor like in fable 1. also the ending seemed kinda lack-luster .... maybe its just me but it was just kinda blah. game was pretty fun tho, just a disappointing ending.

Nov 06, 2008 5:44pm PST

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  legendary weapons yes. armor no AFAIK. : Skoal^Fyfan
  - where can i find info on obtaining said weapons. : ScubaSteve25
- there's a few legendary items, I haven't finished yet, so I can't answer anything about the ending. : reznory
- speaking of: anyone want to buy my copy, or trade for fallout? : fotografico

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Cooking with honey.

So I decided to buy some honey to cook some chicken with. Keep in mind, I have not had just regular honey in 15 years. As a kid I hated the taste. Well I just put some on a spoon and ate it and holy fuck it tastes amazing!

So here is what I tried to cook. I put a piece of chicken breast on a glass pan, poured some lemon juice on it and let it cook for about 20 min, then put a bunch of honey on it to give it flavor and cooked for `0 minutes. WTF, It just tasted like bland chicken. No honey or lemon taste. So please post some recipes that I can use to cook with honey, because I now find it yummy and want to eat more of it!

Nov 06, 2008 4:39pm PST

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From the Steam "Shacknews Blotter" on the community page:

MaartenShack and sTeve are now friends.

awwww that's so cute

Nov 06, 2008 5:43pm PST

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- Get a room! : indosauros

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I had the most awesome moment in Fallout 3 last night.

I encountered my first Super Mutant Behemoth. It was a fun fight but took multiple tries because dogmeat kept dying and it was hard to get him to stay inside. Anyway, after I dart gun the jerk he's all slow so I plop down 4 bottlecap mines and watch them go BOOM in succession, taking him about half way down. Then I finished him off with a plasma rifle.

As his body is falling slowly to the ground, I get the 360 message "Achievement Unlocked: Slayer of Beasts". 'Cool' I think, 'there must be an achievement for killing a Behemoth. So I press the 360 button to read the text and find out no, the achievement was for killing 300 creatures. My first Behemoth was my 300th creature. It made the moment so much more epic. :D

Nov 06, 2008 7:59am PST

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Remember when Quake came out and id made a special point to have copies available at 7-11? Did any of you buy it there?

Nov 06, 2008 3:21pm PST

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- I got it at Target for $9.99. It was the first FPS I ever played and it changed me life forever. : dmason
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How do I get an invite to the Shacknews steam group?

Nov 06, 2008 5:43pm PST

How do I get an invite to the Shacknews steam group? : gameagog

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i want to punch whoever made the lost castle level in little big planet in the fucking face. who the fuck thought it would be fun to try to grab onto spinning, diagonally moving wheels? its so fucking shitty. fuck.

Nov 06, 2008 5:42pm PST

i want to punch whoever made the lost castle level in little big planet in the fucking face. who the fuck... : spaceless

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I'm supposed to be playing games. Why am I not playing games!?

Nov 06, 2008 5:39pm PST

I'm supposed to be playing games. Why am I not playing games!? : Sylvanus

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