Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Dec 15, 2008 6:00pm PSTWhutup Munday?
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- Heard about global
warming
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As for the the videogame news around these parts:
- Brutal Legend trailer reveals Jack
Black
- Gears of War 2 DLC trailer
- God of War 3 trailer
- Uncharted 2 trailer
- Grand Theft Auto DS release date
- Dante's Inferno trailer
- StarCraft 2 screenshots
- Michael Phelps game announced
- GTA 4 DLC trailer and screenshots
- Mafia 2 trailer debuts
- Katamari creator shows next game
- Mad World trailer
- Terminator Salvation: The Game trailer
- Watchment game debut trailer
- GTA 4 PC sales not quite huge
- Demigod screenshots
- God of War series ending?
- Last Remnant to PC
- Uncharted 2 screenshots
- Myst Online goes open source
Lastly, MONDAY! I had ice cream on Friday. teehee.
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
arcane_ is now my wife!
No ceremony or anything (we plan to hold a celebration in the spring when humans can be outside and alive at the same time), but the legal part is done, and she has taken my last name. Its a beautiful day, and I'm the luckiest person on earth.
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http://www.boston.com/cars/newsandreviews/overdrive/2008/12/driving_the_1987_prius.html
lol
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Rules and Guidelines
- Official announce is located here: Episode 48 - listen to this for more details. (http://www.playedpodcast.com/2008-12-12/played-episode-48/)
- Winner announcement: Episode 50 by Chris Morris!
- Haiku must be about our Podcast.
- Submissions must posted on our forums or emailed to hotforplayed@gmail.com
- US residents only--sorry!
- Disclaimer: Rules and prizes are open to change.
Grand Prize Winner
- Rock Band 1 Special Edition + RB2 disk
- Left 4 Dead
- Crysis Warhead
- The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
- Infinite Undiscovery
- Tomb Raider: Underground
- Pure
- Duke Nuke'em 3D (XBL)
- The World Ends With You.
Runner-ups (2nd & 3rdsPlace)
- The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
- Left 4 Dead
- Duke Nuke'em 3D (XBL)
- Infinite Undiscovery
- Tomb Raider: Underground
- Pure
- The World Ends With You
This is a super-easy way to win a bunch of fun games. Seriously. Everyone should be entering.
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/Raeyn/interceptor3.jpg
THOUGHTS, SUGGESTIONS?!?!?!
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I personally have little musical talent or creativity, but thanks to the power of the internet, I too can dedicate a song to drucifer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPsNAuLY0hw
Enjoy.
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Somehow my incompetent roommate managed to hose the backup drive with all his personal data on it. Windows disk management is showing it as unallocated. What is the best data recovery software I can use to see if any of his shit is still there?
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I know that they can normally be bought at the...uh...hotel (I don't know how to do spoiler tags). But, everyone is dead there now (not by my hand). So, where else can I get the dart gun? I need it.
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A client that knows nothing about computers and only knows finance / business told me yesterday he wants to learn computer programming.
So i had to play nice and told him about Visual Basic for Windows and PHP for the web.
I totally forgot how he should start with something simpler, like Pascal or whatever.
Anyway, what sites do you guys recommend for pretty basic / starter tutorials on Programming?
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/
The ONLY acceptable excuse for not buying this is if you already own it.
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http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=56363
Chatty started on Monday at 3:37 AM PST and ran for 14.4 hours.
285 threads were started containing a total of 6137 comments.
935 unique users participated in this chatty for an average of 6.6 comments per user.
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When is volume 4? :(
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http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/there_appears_to_be_an_event
ha, good list.
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if your wooden cutting board is looking dried out and nasty, it must be time to oil it and return a beautiful sheen to the wood! Get a bottle of heavy mineral oil from a pharmacy and rub it in!
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http://italiano3d.shackspace.com/mycar.jpg
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http://jalopnik.com/5109441/2010-ford-fusion-first-drive
It’s those two models, particularly the Camry, which are the benchmarks for the mid-size sedan segment; the most popular and the most boring segment in the country. Compared trim level to trim level, engine to engine to those two vehicles the Fusion is faster, more economical, nicer inside and, dare we say, not all that boring. That’s because it drives better than its rivals.
That’s not to say that the Fusion is a sports car. For some bizarre reason Ford insisted that we drive slushbox-equipped, four-cylinder Fusions around an autocross course. Even with the traction control off, the vehicle resisted any attempts to push its performance envelope, literally putting the brakes on things the second it transitioned into inevitable understeer. More frustrating was the gearbox, which spent the majority of the time hunting for gears than it did providing acceleration. The same was true of the 3.5-liter V6-equipped whiz-bang Fusion Sport.
In fact, the only thing more boring than driving the Fusion around the course was driving the Camry. We really fail to see what appeal the Camry holds to anyone, but it’s particularly bad at being driven quickly. In fact, it’s hard to believe that a vehicle that drives so poorly manages to find favor with anyone, let alone its millions of loyal buyers.
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http://www.wimp.com/neattrick/
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would all PS3s be able to play PS2 games, specifically katamari damacy?
tia
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Boston Celtics @ Cleveland Cavaliers - 1/9/09
and
Detroit Pistons @ Cleveland Cavaliers - 2/22/09
Purchased! My wallet hates me, but the fan in me is ready for some awesome inner conference basketball!
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I know I'm about forever behind the times, but TF2 is great fun and more people should play it. Especially what with the holidays and all.
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so now im stuck with
a.) jobs that i didnt want BEFORE I GOT A MASTERS
b.) interviewing as a contractor, which generally means I BUY A PLANE TICKET + EXPENSES
Ya know, and its all about my expectations. but fuck. I just had to goddamn rant.
/rant.
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There is going to be Rock Band 2 and GH: WT.
Do I rock the place out or do I not play in fear of being 'that guy'?
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http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/today/index.ssf/2008/12/holland_township_family_angry.html
JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell, Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell and Adolf Hitler Campbell.
Good names for a trio of toddlers? Heath and Deborah Campbell think so. The Holland Township couple has picked those names and the oldest child, Adolf Hitler Campbell, turns 3 today.
This has given rise to a problem, because the ShopRite supermarket in Greenwich Township has refused to make a cake for young Adolf's birthday.
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I hate the holidays. :[
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RICE-ROCKETEER SENDS AWESOME WHITE ELEPHANTS
Here's the whole album, you should definitely check it out! http://picasaweb.google.com/sillyhatsonly/WhiteElephant2k8#
But ATLEAST read this hilarious/hilariously long letter, I think it'll intrigue you to check out the rest!!
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JRvD1ctjB20zJ05yS7Rcew
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Y3K0_NoEHX7lBK4gdmK4MQ
This motherfucker stalked the shit out of me. I think he knows me better than I know myself.
He gave me all these sentimental books, and bonding items with his sister.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/J1hnvsWRwtZdNjXZ7PtxDw
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/OMfdpKZMYnxfLq6wzgEaNg
GAMES! including RED ALERT3 :O :O :O
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ruuM35Msx11MmL-4i0VlTw
the one game i wanted but didnt get myself. now im sure my gf has no idea what to get me for christmas
COMICS and shit
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vHUsk4JQ4bTQe3DFW829Rg
Canadian and azn candiez
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/voA7K_L9VnWbKbCMzEjiGg
That's about it! Here's the whole thing!
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-7T547bvQopyBxDy3WEomQ
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Rice-rocketeer rules!! This was the best white elephant yet!! Some interesting shit, and some garbage! Im glad i havent sent my WE yet because i can regift it :p
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Little Big Planet doesn't sell quite as well as expected
http://kotaku.com/5110889/littlebigplanet-valkyria-chronicles-sales-disappoint
LBP = 346,000 units in Oct + Nov
Good for a niche title, but I think they had much higher expectations than that.
Valkyria Chronicles = 33,000 units in November
http://www.edge-online.com/news/valkyria-largely-ignored-us-gamers
I know the PS3 bashers will show up strong, but it is sad to see two great titles not get their due. Hopefully LBP did not have an insane budget.
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A bit less frantic than previous finales, but I felt the overall closure for the season was tight. Also, Dexter's talk with Ramon was probably one of the best pieces of acting I've seen all year. Very powerful. Great episode; great season. Not as dramatic as Two, or as revolutionary as One, but deeper than both, in many ways. Dealt the most with Dexter's evolving sense of humanity.
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