Morning Discussion
by Chris Faylor, Dec 11, 2008 7:24am PSTGoooooooooood morning, Shacknews.com. Let's give it up for Thursday!
I'm usually not one for card-battling games, but for the past few days, I've been playing Neverland Card Battles on PSP. Sure, you have to arrange a deck of troops and the cards are randomly drawn, but it's as much of a strategy game as it is a card game.
The actual battling reminds me more of a strategy RPG, like Disgaea or Final Fantasy Tactics, as you have to move troops around on a map, heal them, etc. And there's definitely some strategy in customizing your army, or, in this case, organizing the deck.
It's an odd mix, but I'm kinda digging it. At the very least, it ended the months-long monopoly that Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee 2 had established within my PSP.
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The Terminator in 1st grade.
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1. Whatever I say through my mic comes out my speakers. This happens everywhere, in game and in just windows. Is this normal?
2. My mic works fine in Left4Dead, but not in LOTRO. I have hands free chat enabled and the mic test seems to work. However when I talk my little chat icon doesn't turn red and no one can hear me :(
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How good of an exercise are pushups? I thought i remembered conflicting things on The Shack about them.
I'm running a couple of times a week right now, but i don't do much working out. Would throwing in pushups in the evening do anything? Like, would i see any benefit to just doing some pushups until i feel tired, every day or every other day?
I'm not looking to improve a specific activity (lifting, etc.) just looking to get maybe a little more toned. I'm already changing my eating habits a little, and running, but i'm not doing much else.
Would this help? Or would it not matter at all? yes, i know hitting the gym would probably be a better option, but i will not be doing that in the near future, so i'm asking about this.
Thanks.
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Did anyone actually like it? Where did all of the scary elements and foreboding atmosphere go? Game just felt silly.
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http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/downloads/geck.html
*your results may vary.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcOxMnEtJbQ&
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We just can't a break in this modern world of ours.
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I seriously do not play with enough shackers.
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Anyone thinking of refinancing, you should definitely check rates out now.
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things are heating up with this obama switch
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_space_thewritestuff/2008/12/nasa-has-become.html
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I cannot wait to use it this weekend.
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WHERE HAVE YOU DROPPED OFF THE EARTH TO?
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http://gizmodo.com/5107742/ftc-halts-massive-scam-that-tricks-consumers-into-buying-anti+virus-software
Now of course there's the question of if this will actually stop them, but on one level it's just bizarre to see a government organization weighing in on tech issues
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So my character is wearing some Brotherhood of Steel Outcast armor, and it's awesome, but expensive to repair! Last night in my travels, I came across a roving band of BoS Outcasts and decided to rove dirty with them through the wastes. They walked slowly down a road, and we were gradually attacked by giant scorpions, Enclave soldiers, etc.
However, it all started when we were attacked by a Molerat! The little bastard runs up on us and one Outcast, in all of their wisdom, fires a rocket at it killing another Outcast! This is where I benefited because I pilfered his armor, and repaired mine with his. One by one in our travels, my Outcast brethren would meet their demise, and I would gain more material to fix my own armor with. Finally it was just me and Miss Outcast who was out of rockets, and had only her fists. She died valiantly defending my honor from two giant scorpions while I cowardly stood atop a rock where the poisonous tails could not get me. She punched and kicked her way to victory... but it was too late and she had little chance from the start :(
I then killed both giant scorpions with my hunting rifle (which I have nicknamed Sharlene) and pilfered her armor too :D :D
Dogmeat and I had a funeral for her, where we dined on her femurs. :(
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I guess it's time to start running again.
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The top 15 xbox 360 case mods. I want modification #7. Too bad I don't have an xbox yet. :D
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I came home during lunch and there was an angry postman with a huge box. He said it was marked as "damaged", I thought fuckkkkk, then I realized it was my White Elephant, and didn't care because its supposed to be junk anyway. So lets see what Rydogg sent my way:
The Letter: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3100549955/
The Opening: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3101386988/
Hm, some kind of ATi card: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3100550957/
...and some kind of adapter: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3100555381/
A BAG OF ROCKS: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3100555085/
Red Hat 5 Enterprise: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3100551243/
Game Informers!: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3101388600/
a CD from Embrace: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3100552217/
a HD Cooler (awesome, will be using this): http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3101388336/
Halo PC (awesome!): http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3100578459/
City of Heroes Art: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3100557497/
City of Villians Art: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3101393938/
Trinity: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3101392856/
Windows XP Baseball? wtf hahahahaha: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3100554763/
John Woo is... the KILLER: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3101389342/
Chow YUN FAT IS... Hard Boiled: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3101389662/
City of Heroes comic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3101393214/
PSP Game - Hotshots Golf (I don't have a PSP /cry): http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3100553685/
LucasFilm Archive (shows all kinds of awesome art): http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3101390132/
Misc Comics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3100558193/
Transformers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3101394666/
Supergirl Comic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3100556809/
StarWars Bobblehead: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3100554041/
ALL THE LOOT: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xembler/3101391126/
Thanks rydogg!. Fuckin awesome WE.
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http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2096
Teleporters will be upgradeable to level 3. As the teleporter is upgraded, the cooldown will decrease.
Dispensers will be upgradeable to level 3. They will heal faster and generate metal faster as they are upgraded.
Spies will be able to recharge their cloaking ability by picking up ammo off of the ground.
We've made a bunch of minor changes by adding particle systems and upgrading the HUD to show things like deaths by critical hits, players that are overhealed, and giving more information to medics when people are calling for them.
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