Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Nov 12, 2008 6:00pm PSTWell great, now I've also been somehow convinced that I need to be checking out Fallout
3 as well. I'm playing too many games. :(
- Google detecting
href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/11/11/google.flu.trends/index.html">flu
outbreaks
- Flip
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/12/scitech/pcanswer/main4595859.shtml">getting
HD
- Monopoly movie?
href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ie9098baec9eb95cdc85766d63f68ce1b">What
? - More solar fun
- Classmates.com is
a scam
- Tech ruining dates
As for the the videogame news around these parts:
- Square Enix publishing Supreme
Commander 2
- Street Fighter 2 HD screenshots
and trailer
- ESRB providing detailed rating
summaries
- Gears of War 2 sells 2 million
- Apple says your DS and PSP are
played out
- Wheel of Time MMO incoming
- Games for Windows taking on Steam
- Analysts talk about holiday games
rush
- Hands-On with Netflix on Xbox 360
- Another terrible Guitar Hero trailer
- Spore DRM revolt was Boston Tea
Party
! - 50 Cent developer sells 50%
- Splash Damage going consoles
Lastly, will
social TV take off?
Battlefield 4 launching October 29; confirmed for Xbox One and PS4
In case you missed it, watch the Xbox One recap here
Xbox One doesn't require always-on connection, but mandatory installs tied to accounts
Call of Duty: Ghosts preview: rebooting a franchise



So far, shows that have kept my interest have been:
30 Rock
American Dad!
Burn Notice
Chuck
Dexter
House
Family Guy
Fringe
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Lost
The Office
South Park
Star Wars The Clone Wars
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
I have dropped Heroes and True Blood.
What are other Shackers following regularly?
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:D
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What does the "HybridButton" do?
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I drove down with a friend to Fry's Electronics to pick up WotLK. I assumed that arriving at 12:40 would avoid the crowd. I was wrong. There were still probably a hundred people in line for it, and the line had been moving fairly steady for the last 40 min.
I was in a sea of nerd, and it really made me contemplate if this is indeed the low point of my life. When I took my game to the register. The cashier greeted me with a "Hark yon adventurer, let us begin your quest!"
From there I tendered my money, and he gave me my game, thanking me with a "Your quest is complete fellow adventurer!" None of the other 30 cashiers were saying this.
Thanks Fry's guy. Now I really want to kill myself.
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And hard - on Expert (or whatever the highest difficulty is). It sucks when your whole group has used all their health packs already when they've only gone about 100 feet from the start location. But it makes the game interesting to say the least. And never knowing when the next rush of zombies is going to start swarming you is always tense - especially when everyone is getting low on health. The randomness in the game is awesome - never had it play out the same way twice so far.
My favorite gun so far is the M4, while crouched its my long-range decapitator. :)
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Confirm/deny?
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I keep hearing comments in these articles from "professors of economics" and such stating how "if only GM made products people wanted..." It would be nice if the interviewer would counter with "When is the last time you went to a GM dealer?" New products, such as Cadillac CTS, Chevy Malibu, Buick Enclave, New Equinox, etc are all very competitive with the best from around the globe. As for "...no hybrids or fuel efficient vehicles..." I wish there would be a counter with..."GM has nearly 2x as many models getting over 30 mpg as any other car company". Research it yourselves...go to www.fueleconomy.gov. Look at GM's NEW 2009 vehicles. For example, GM's new 6spd auto equipped Malibu gets BETTER mileage than the Honda Accord (33 vs. 30)...and if you really compare model to model you will find similar. GM does lack a small hybrid, such as the Prius, but offers a full line of mid-size car, truck, and SUV hybrids. We hear so much about the Prius, but for all the hype it does not even break the top 10 list for sales in the US by model. All that I am asking is than when people make statements about the deficiency of GM products, I wish they would get challenged with answering when was the last time they actually went and DROVE one of GM's new products.
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Just got caught by mobile speed camera and pulled over. £60 fine and 3 points, just when i dont need it seeing as im over 500 in the red and about to get a new car with higher insurance!
I know i know, I shouldnt have been speeding in the first place, but fuck. :(
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Last night louis died at which point the girl started saying "oh god louis, oh no" and then immediately said "oh! weapons!" at his dropped weapons laying on his corpse
Also awesome was when I walked into a room with 1 health and the witch was in the middle of the room and my char said "I'm going to die"
SO SWEET
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nU2m70IjasQ
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef6_9Wclh7Q warning: aww fuck you clicked
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If I buy the http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001GUJD2O/ref=s9subs_c1_00_at1-rfc_g1-frt_g1-3237_p_si2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=0TPQ3E1JR7Q3N8N39MT1&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463383411&pf_rd_i=507846 Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog will it be just regluar .mp3 format or some stupid format? I hate buying music online b/c some of them have formats that I cant just buy at work and then take home and put on my pc.
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Guess we're heading below $8,000 this week.
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GO
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1) why is it so bright? i guess that's part of the style? maybe my gamma on my tv is too high or something? the fucking rooftops look like the sun or something. except white.
2) really cool and innovative and is onto something but doesn't really work for me.
3) the dialogue and jet set radio cinematics are retarded.
4) i doubt i'll play it again.
okay guys there you go. bring on the next game i'm on fucking fire.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889433001&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL111308&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL111308-_-LCDTV-_-L0A-_-89433001
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Is this the same nails-on-chalkboard call that you guys get on your pre-orders?
Holyshit I wasn't ready for that at 8am pre-coffee this morning.
All I heard was HIUUUHHH! THIS IS WAAAA FROM GAMESTOP WAAAA AND WORLD OF WAAAACAAAA, WAAAAA OF THE LICH KING and i shut it off.
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Dream = toggle transparent overlay map.
Why must the Pipboy hurt me so :(
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I played for about 10 minutes before the girlfriend got home and she watched me for about another 5 minutes. I liked the game and thought that it was pretty unique and fun. I loved the fire bombs and the shotgun seemed pretty powerful. I do see what people are saying about it could get old quick, because after all it is just a bunch of fast zombies jumping out at you. To me zombies shouldn't run really fast and be able to jump as high as a building so I am probably not going to play this game all the way through.
I did think that it was really cool that the zombies could knock you down and pin you down and your team has to help get it off of you before you can move. I really like the concept of having a team and they are pretty good at actually being helpful and not getting in the way from what I have seen.
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And I'm ready: http://img233.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim0702wo2.jpg
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With the graphics set to "Ultra High", most of the sliders in the advanced settings are still around 20-50%. Cranking those up results in a slideshow even on the $1100 rig I just built for my a relative. Things seem fairly smooth on "High".
I guess the simulation stuff is eating the processor? I have no idea.
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http://www.catswhothrowupgrass.com/kill.php
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http://www.shakeout.org/
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