Evening Reading
by Nick Breckon, Jan 16, 2009 6:36pm PSTEverything has happened before, and everything will happen again.
No, I'm not talking about tonight's Battlestar Galactica premiere, but rather the gaming industry following yesterday's 2008 sales results.
After years of sitting at the bottom of the home console pile, Nintendo has risen once again to absolutely dominate the competition--something that hasn't been seen since the days of R.O.B. and the Zapper. And yet, I haven't actually played my Wii in months. What a confounding, conflicting era for Nintendo fans.
The news today:
- New Fuel screenshots, trailer
- Burnout Paradise Ultimate Box coming to PC
- FEAR 2 demo coming Jan 22
- Retail PC sales drop 14% in 2008
- Rock Band DLC: Steve Miller, Rob Zombie
- Nintendo claims responsibility for 99% of industry growth
- See the $90 Resident Evil 5 collector's edition
- SOE joins Steam with Everquest, more
- Circuit City is no more
- House of the Dead: Overkill media
- Resistance: Retribution demo for pre-orderers
- Deadly Creatures pictured in many screenshots
- Microsoft denies peddling add-ons
- Dragon Quest 5 DS remake screens
- Battlefront 3 tech lost to dev switch?
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
But when they do shit like this as an excuse it becomes retarded
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7834792.stm
Seriously, how the fuck do they expect someone to get another browser without IE?
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Has anyone been able to post in landscape mode? I can post fine in portait but when I hit post in landscape it doesn't do anything.
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I think for me probably Half-Life. I think i played that at least 5 times. Most games it's either once, maybe twice if I really enjoy it or there's some bonus, like in Dead Space where they give you all that extra money/weapons.
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http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090116/wr_nm/us_microsoft
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I just got back from a first date where the chick told me (toward the end of an otherwise nice dinner) that she was sexually abused when she was younger. Seriously, first date? Since when is it cool to spill your deepest darkests on the first date? She apologized for it when I dropped her off, but now I just feel crappy.
Dating in my thirties has become perilous journey. It is like all of the women left are broken in some way.
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As I mentioned earlier, I got my 5D2 today.
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18967509
Well, I just shot my first test video with it, and 1080p looks sweeeeeet-ass on it.
http://flickr.com/photos/re_verse/3202234451/
This is in a DARK room, so I'm very happy with how it performs.
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http://fukung.net/v/10751/5c2369df582478d6d697e670fbbde998.jpg
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It wasnt horrible for a horror flick. I enjoyed it most of the way through... It was REALLY gruesome.
as a Movie Id say its like 3.5/5.... as a horror-slasher its more like a 4.5/5 or so.
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i just watched all last 4 episode of season 3 of Doctor Who (2005)
it was FUCKING INCREDIBLE.
first, i want to say that this new doctor david tennant is awesome. it took me a while to get used to it, but he IS really good.
"Blink" is a standalone out of formula episode, VERY Awesome. love it and loved it even more when we see the doctor running in london with bow and arrow at the end. they're so fucking awesome.
then the EPIC 3 parts finale which is subtlely introduced at the end of episode 11 when the professor is another time lord
they went a little starwarsy on it, but i think it was intentionnal. the scene with the scissors sisters song was 100% truly depressing when we see the doc coming out of the tent, and in the wheelchair
but then they went and introduced the face of boe, which actually BLEW MY MIND wide open Jack is awesome.
So.... would that be a good place to start watching Torchwood if Jack is the president of the reboot of torchwood after its destruction in season 2?
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Awesome.
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I was in shock for a few seconds and then pulled over. Checking for injuries and it wasn't pretty. 1 person completely gone on the pavement, two cars in the left lane we couldn't get to that might also have fatalities, and four other cars piled up on the shoulder with broken bones and a guy who was in complete shock . Only me and another guy made it through the wreck without being hit or hurt.
We both pulled over, dialed 911, and checked for injuries asap but with the lights didn't notice the dead body that was flung from the car until a few cars had passed us by without pulling over at full speed. Sadly I don't know if the person was run over and those cars simply drove off afterward.
Anyway it was good to see another driver keep his cool and try to help even though both of us didn't attempt to move anyone due to lack of medical training. Somewhat disappointed in the people who drove past what was obviously a major wreck full speed so they wouldn't have to be questioned by the cops or be inconvenienced.
Also the cops, fireman, and paramedics did an excellent job in getting to the scene quickly and setting up a perimeter. Somewhat sad when they saw the pavement and didn't bother to do any vital checks because it was obvious and they went straight to the body bag.
Debating how to handle talking with the other witness. I got his number and we talked a bit but I'll prob call tomorrow night and see if he's cool since he was still calm but a bit more distressed by the gore.
TL;DR Version: Drive safely and observe more than whats in front of your vehicle when driving. It may save not only your life, but several others.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001098
It's too big. Sitting even 2 feet from this thing just bombards my peripheral vision with vibrant color and high resolution. Also, getting 2560x1600 to run in modern games is, 1) painful, 2) dips into low 35fps often even with SLI. So then you try to get it to run lower and you see everything pulled ever so slightly to fit.
Does anybody want this thing?
Any of you out there relegate huge monitors to custom duties like only being used for PC games from several feet away? Even for desktop work I'd prefer two or three 24"ers over one megalith.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EblXiO4jaDo
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For some reason my Hot Water is acting funny. In the bedrooms side of my house, all bathtubs and sinks have hot water.
In the other side of my house, my kitchen sink, nor dishwasher is getting hot water.
What could possibly be wrong?
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My life is basically ran by Chase now. Damn damn damn. :(
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Bucs fire Gruden and Peppers could leave the Panthers. Craziness.
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Due to a thread about PSX games that were rare but fun, I've bought Kings Field for the PSX, and am awating my psx to arrive. As a result I am playing it on epsxe.
The game is as fun today as it was 13 years ago. Though I must admit some of what I remember is completely different. I could have sword the guys with the spears (halberds really) swung that shit around and I would time it to attack them...but no, they just stab.
that is all, it is a great game.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVPZBAMh4Hw
How fucking stupid do the CompUSA execs look now for not letting Best Buy take them over?
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Some of the best parts of the movie are Jack telling his wife that the mirrors are dangerous as matter of factly as you'd tell someone that the sky is blue
Jack and his wife bonding as they paint over the mirrors in the house after she realizes that he's right
Jack's wife looking into their hallway and telling him, over the phone, "there's water everywhere" and him replying with "you have to be careful of the water, it creates reflections!"
Jack Bauer kidnapping a nun at gunpoint because she's the reason the mirrors are hurting people
Jack Bauer getting thrown through a brick wall and getting up afterwards
And then he kills the "monster" by shoving it through a pipe whereupon steam starts pouring out of it, just like in Commando
And this movie was 2 hours long. =(
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