Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Jan 26, 2009 6:00pm PSTBananas.
- Your DNA is why
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/26/tech/main4754189.shtml">you are so popular
- MS pondering mobile
services
- EPA may allow state level
href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Economy/story?id=6732327&page=1">emission
standards
- Trying to fix the
href="http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-02/mf_brianroberts">Comcast image
As for the the videogame news around these parts:
- The video game release list for
this week
- Resident Evil 5 demo hits Xbox 360
- Lionhead denies Fable 2 PC port
- The Sims 3 delay looming
- Mortal Kombat sequels still coming
- Weekly PC sales charts
- Game sales overtake DVD/blu-ray
- TMNT brawler screenshots
- Hellgate: London going free-to-play?
- Gears of War film director ponders
trilogy
- Crysis Warhead DRM deauthorize
tool
- Madden disc kinda upsetting
- Spre Galactic adventures explained
in video
- Huge UT3 patch incoming
- Saints Row 2 PC patch improves
performance
- Guitar Hero World Tour 2:1 over
Rock Band
- Final Fantasy XIII screenshots
- Latest HAWX trailer
Lastly, I am all out of words.
Heavy Gear Assault continues crowdfunding on Kickstarter
Strike Suit Zero mod tools released
Nintendo kicks off 'Crowdfarter' promo for Game & Wario
Narco Terror announced from Deep Silver
Call of Duty: Ghosts teaser gives tenuous look at next-gen COD



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http://www.shackpics.com/files/relic00058_f0dn4z79onnbebrbhymo.jpg defending a power point
http://www.shackpics.com/files/relic00064_w2l25pls6vnix11cooqw.jpg wraithlord with the back up
http://www.shackpics.com/files/relic00052_ih2ia6k1yvlsvgfwyy3o.jpg kill9's scouts blasting some suckers
http://www.shackpics.com/files/relic00066_x5sixupqi1uf2pkqjq6t.jpg dreadnaught taking hi
http://www.shackpics.com/files/relic00045_4v105m4esod2uut6rc4j.jpg finally an avatar ravaging their shit
if you didn't know, after every game you play, in mydocs/dow2/playback there is a temp.rec file which is a recording of the last game you played. simply rename it and once in-game, it will be listed under game history (double click to watch)
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http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Internet_Explorer_8_RC1_First_Look/551-98241-643.html
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http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/56926
My impressions in reply...
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_6716412_1?ie=UTF8&docId=1000208101&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=right-1&pf_rd_r=1ZGB6EW96627SZP12F3S&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=457286001&pf_rd_i=468642
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http://timesnews.typepad.com/news/2009/01/apparently-sir-richard-branson-thevirgin-bossthought-this-was-the-funniestletter-of-complaint-hed-ever-received------dear.html
I had overheard that you could make a drink by mixing vodka and refreshers. I lied to my new friends and told them I’d done it loads of times. When I attempted to make the drink in a big bowl it formed a cheese Richard, a cheese. That cheese looked a lot like your baaji-mustard.
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I DID NOT.
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However... that fucking steak cost me $19.50 raw at Whole Foods. Almost $20 for a raw steak so you can cook it. I checked at two smaller neighborhood grocery stores and the difference in price was $1/pound tops. Fucking christ.
Was I fucked up the ass at the cash register? I've never been to a mexican butchery because, although I love everything mexican, these butcheries don't usally look very hygienic.
What say you Shack, where should I get cuts of meat in the future?
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Its monday night, and im dead set on finishing this 750 of Johnny Walker Black. Maybe 1/5th the bottle left.
Do I chug it or finish it with shots every 5 minutes. Not finishing it is NOT an option.
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Judge Uses Vulgar Language As She Is Charged
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-cofield0127.artjan27,0,2287060.story
"Asked if she was ill, Cofield replied, "I'm sick of being treated like a freaking Negro from the 'hood," and added: "Write it down, write it. Did you hear what I just said?"
Asked what her illness was, Cofield said: "Negro-itis."
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impulse.purchase(MassEffect,19.99)=true
When i was your age, I used to walk 5 miles to the Best Buy, in 2 feet of snow, uphill both ways to buy my fresh video games. Now, its just clickity-click <moves fingers rapidly in air above keyboard>
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Despite an INCREDIBLY rough start, and easily the highest number of bugs I've ever seen on a AAA-level console release, along with a thousand little other things that generally irked me, it still managed to utterly win me over.
The Bad:
-Piles and piles of bugs
-Movement in the game is awkward
-WILDLY inconsistent framerate
-Did I mention bugs? Jeez...
The Good:
-The ways you can exploit the world, both big and small, are astounding (a 7 person with the wife while the kid watches on? Become the world's worst landlord? Kick chickens off cliffs? Sign me up!)
-Genuinely funny writing with excellent acting all around
-Beautiful art and graphics
The Ugly
-The first 2 hours, getting used to the world.
Definitely on my shortlist for best games of 2008, and a 9 out of 10 from me personally. Everyone with a 360 should own this game, hands down.
Next up, Fallout 3!
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0-60 in 2.5secs
More impressive though is the apparent 10min recharge time and 150-220 mile range. How the hell it charges that fast I have no idea
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/27/shelbys-amazing-aero-ev-0-to-60-in-2-5-seconds-10-minute-rech/
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Actually no, I can't handle that. Maybe George doesn't like good games? He is on a plane now to demo DNF to some publishers so can't weigh in here and probably wouldn't anyway, so I will withhold unfair vitriol, but this hurts. Blood and Shadow Warrior are two wonderful games that do NOT need to be gived up on but it looks like this is the case.
But how about a Shadow Warrior movie? Y'all seem to think that movies based on video games suck, but I think this is largely because of the Uwe Boll curse, if we removed him from the equation, would/could things be different? I didn't mind the Doom movie, but didn't play the games. Was the Tomb Raider movie good? Didn't see it. I understand the Silent Hill movie was actually good, is this true? The Max Payne movie would have been okay if the game wasn't 500 million times better.
So what about a Shadow Warrior movie? Should I start a Internet petition to Scott Miller about this, or would it be destined to suck no matter what? Can a great game be a good movie? Who would need to direct this, and star in it? I am tired of our great nation's new immigrants living a Shadow Warrior-free life.
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I already have a 360 and I prefer the controller so 99% of the time I will get multi platform games on that. None of the exclusives that are already out interest me all that much (except maybe Drakes Fortune). I like the idea of blu-ray, but unless it comes down in price significantly I won't be buying many at all.
I'm worried that I'll regret passing up on the deal later on when something good comes out - although I'm not sure what's coming out aside from Killzone 2.
Convince me.
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Western Digital makes a 500GB SATA2 drive - here's the 500GB model
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136040
And here's the same drive only it's one of their "green" models
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136334
Months back when I went to Fry's to get a hard drive these two drives were identically priced. As of this moment, the green drive is $20 cheaper but that's not my question
Instinctively, I figure if there wasn't some sort of disadvantage to the "green" hard drive then they wouldn't even make a "non-green" one. Kinda like how if there wasn't any actual taste difference between Cola and Diet Cola then they would just make Diet Cola and call it Cola.
So I bought the "non-green" drive because fuck the planet, I want performance.
So my question is - what's the difference between the "green" and "non-green" hard drives? Is there a performance hit? And if there's no difference then why do they make the "non-green" drives at all?
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pretty bad ass for a fan made vid
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I'm fine with the massive chunk ripped out of my investments, job losses, the fucked up real estate market, and no end in sight. However, this is too far. There aren't that many tagalongs in a box to begin with and now I'll probably need to double or triple up on boxes this season!
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Sorry it's taking so long. I couldn't find a big enough box.
xoxox,
n
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I'm pretty much looking for a cheap, affordable ADSL2+ modem that I can put into full bridge mode so I can use my WRT54GL.
I'm currently using the ISP Be* [in the UK], and modem they give you is a steaming pile of shit. Too many connections? Let's reboot! I'm bored... let's reboot!
I had seen a Netgear DM111P suggested in the past, but 1) it's not cheap, and 2) the reviews seem to suck...
So, any other suggestions?
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I'm about to format. Is there a way I can backup Firefox so that it will remember all of my passwords and autofill stuffs? I don't want to have to go through and re-enter all of them, and then tell it to remember.
Especially my SA password.
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http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16489-truckmounted-laser-shoots-down-spy-drone.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
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OMGWTF! why must leveling a priest suck so much. anyone here have a priest with any tips. im still low level but please tell me it gets better once i can start going deeper shadow, i really wanna play shadow cause i suck at healing, how does the spec do overall?
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http://criggo.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/that-mustve-hurt/
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http://www.square-enix.co.jp/fabula/ff13/
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