Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Dec 31, 2008 6:00pm PSTNew Years! I think 2009 is looking to be one of the most interesting years all around
the world and here at Shacknews. I expect big things!
- Zune players
href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/31/zune.player.failures/index.html">locking
- Bears in games
- New views of
href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/scienceandsociety/2008/12/music-of-the-sp.html">Jupiter
- 2008 is a bit
longer
As for the the videogame news around these parts:
- The Year Ahead: PC Gaming in 2009
href="http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=1062">part1
andhref="http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=56567">part2
- God caused the Take-Two stock drop
- Ultima creator pondering more
fantasy
- Demon's Souls trailer
- The devolution of Sega commercials
- Sony paid to help make the Xbox on
accident
Lastly, I took a look at the achievement list in GTA 4 last night and was really kinda
bummed. Really shouldnt achievements be at least half given out to milestones reached
during trying to beat the game? Yeah hunting down 50 stunts is fun and all but being able
to beat the game and only get like 200 points is just odd. My life will remain empty.
Sigh.
Chatty: Diablo III, Dragon's Dogma
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
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My wife and I have a 2 year contract with AT&T. She had a crappy flip phone. It got broken. After looking at prices/phones, I don't want to pay the rape-you-in-the-ass price that most places charge you if you're not buying a phone AND signing up for a phone contract, so I wanted to get this one for her.
http://cgi.ebay.com/8GB-Unlocked-Cect-i9-i68-AT-T-T-Mobile-Cell-Phone-JAVA_W0QQitemZ170287126060QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCell_Phones?hash=item170287126060&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1308%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
Again, most phone prices are way too much (I will never buy a phone directly from AT&T again) and for roughly $130, this looks like a reasonable choice. Anyone got any suggestions other than this?
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The teen was having an online conversation with a representative of Blizzard Entertainment, an online video game company, when he typed that "he was suicidal and that the game is the only thing he has to live for," according to the report.
The company representative called 911.
The juvenile told police it was a joke "to try to get what he wanted for the game," according to the report. He was then handcuffed and placed in a patrol car.
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-Install Stardock's Impulse if you haven't already, http://www.impulsedriven.com/
-Update your copy of Sins of a Solar Empire via Impulse
-Start Sins
-Make an Ironclad Online account if you haven't already
-It'll require your cd-key, which you can find here: http://www.stardock.com/support/
-Login to ICO and switch to channel... wait for it... Shacknews
-???
-profit
shout out to Cheeziologist, Jonathan, Clay, Horn, dael, jimmy-buffett, Soldier of Fortune, Chepito and mittense who all expressed interest
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It's just got patched to shit so it's running on the Orange Box version of Source and they fixed lots of bugs, if you tried it before and liked it but couldn't put up with the painful bugs, it's worth giving it another go. It's sort of like Natural Selection with big tanks.
Interesting stuff:
* Vehicles are fully customisable
* Shit loads of upgrades, engines, armour types, lots of weapons
* You can pretend you're important and just build stuff and repair things all day
Well worth a look, there's a decent server based in Austin that a lot of euro-folk play on too.
http://www.empiresmod.com/
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This fellow comes to confession. "Father, he said, forgive me for I have sinned."
The priest asked, "What did you do, my son?"
"I lusted," the fellow replied.
"Tell me about it," the priest said.
The fellow then related his story. "Father, I am a deliveryman for UPS. Yesterday I was making a delivery in the affluent section of the city. When I rang the bell, the door opened and there stood the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. She had long blonde hair and eyes like emeralds. She was dressed in a sheer dressing gown that showed her perfect figure. And, she asked if I would like to come in."
"And, what did you do, my son?" asked the priest.
"Father, I did not go in the house but I lusted. Oh, how I lusted," replied the man.
"Your sin has been forgiven," replied the priest. "You will get your reward in heaven, my son."
"A reward, father? What do you think my reward might be?" the fellow asked.
The priest replied, "I think a bale of hay would be appropriate, you jackass."
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Myself: Stop taking taxis to work!
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http://www.faniq.com/blog/High-School-Sports-Trainer-Arrested-For-Unlawful-Sex-Acts-With-Minor-Blog-16877
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDnomq8Wf2Q&feature=related
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I don't want a song, I just want a quick, 1-2 second sound effect to play once.
Ideas?
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Some are taken black and white, many are taken at low shutter speeds like 1/4, 1/10 without flash so some are a little soft or people are blurs when they move around. I just held the camera as steady as a could in my hand expecting about the results I got.
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Is zdoom or doomsday better for multiplayer?
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008579418_cellphones01m0.html
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I'm pretty sure I drunk dialed mr. sleepppy a few hourse ago.
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I had so much hope for Gears 2 MP and it is a lot of fun -- when you can get into a match. Epic if you're wondering why you've slipped into nowhere with your hottest game and right off of Xbox Live -- your matchmaking system is a piece of shit. I will enjoy the SP and skip the MP ..yet again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4foUP2LuX8
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Nebraska will be steamrolling over Clemson shortly... Also, anyone think Penn State might actually be good enough to break the Big 10 curse and beat USC?
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http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/9/
New Tim Burton movie...
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I just got home at 6:30am. There was a fairly significant blizzard in Halifax, Nova Scotia that I assumed I could drive through. I was right, for the most part. I got stuck in 2 feet or so (for you Americans) of snow literally within an arm's length of my drive way. I spent the last 2 hours trying to shovel my way in so that the snow plow wouldn't tear the rear end of my car when it came around tomorrow morning.
How was your new years?
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Happy New Year!
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I'm having problems with the playback, everything works just well but sometimes the video drops frames that last approx. 1-2 seconds, after that everything works well until it drops it again.
I'm using AMD's 780G (hw encoding works), AMD 3850e processor, vista 32 and 2gb ram. CPU usage is 6-10% when playing the video. What could cause this framerate drop?
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Too hungover? Not hungover enough? Then join us for some good old Axis vs. Allied fun!
server ip: 63.209.33.113:27015
password: same as it ever was, same as it ever was. If you don't know message me or Alco23, Arctic Fox, or .Jayson
Also it is still 9 dolla on Steam, so pick it up, it really is worth 9 dollars. And disregard any post made by Alco
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Buy 2, get 5$ off. Buy 3 get 10$ off. Buy more and we'll see...
Devil may cry collection 25$ (the first one is still sealed)
Dragon Quest VIII 20$ (The original release that came in a bigger carton box)
Digital devil Saga 1 40$
Final Fantasy VII dirge of Cerberus 10$
Final Fantasy X-2 15$ (Still Sealed)
Manhunt 2 20$ (Still Sealed)
Jak and daxter 1 10$
Jak and daxter 2 10$
Ratchet and Clank going Commando 10$
Arc the Lad 1 15$
Zone of the enders 1 15$ (no box or manual)
Capcom fighting Evolution 10$
Ace combat 5 10$
Dynasty Warrior 4 10$
Resident evil Essentials 25$ (This includes RE4, Code Veronica, Outbreak)
Street Fighter Alpha anthology 20$
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Time Warner Cable and Viacom Reach Deal, Avoiding Blackout of MTV, Comedy Central
I'm conflicted. This is good news, but I was ready to cancel my cable service if they didn't resolve it by Friday. My kids watch Nick and Cartoon Network accounting for probably 90% of the TV time.
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- odd microsoft visual basic drivers get installed
- dosbox launch window
- totally annoying "Rockstar Social Club" popups / application in tray that even set itself to start automatically
- even more annoying XBox / Windows Live sign in creation procedure (very clunky - typical)
- game runs at super lo specs, can't even change resolution from 800*600 to 1024*768
- mouse feels sluggish and unresponsive in the menus
- cannot save without being logged in on Windows Live (WTF?) - Can I please have my save games on my hard disk and not on the intarweb
Will write to Steam tomorrow that they remove the game from my games list and reimburse it - this is utter crap, not at all what I expected from R*. To play GTA IV in multiplayer I need a valid steam login, windows live login AND R* social club (WTF?) login. Are they crazy? Not even a standard MMO has so many logins.
Yours truly,
A very sad GTA series lover
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http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18804427
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