Evening Reading
by Nick Breckon, Feb 02, 2009 6:00pm PSTFans of the excellent iPhone tower defense game Fieldrunners: a new update was released today. Adds a new map, enemy, and more towers--finally.
Today's headlines:
- EA grabs Bourne for Starbreeze
- New Star Wars: The Old Republic trailer
- Mario Kart Wii tops global 2008 sales
- Resident Evil 5 demo hits PS3
- Killzone 2 demo coming Tuesday
- Fresh Star Trek Online screenshots
- Gears of War PC debacle explained by Epic
- Weekly PC sales see Sims on top
- Wii Shop update brings Chaos, Riots, fun
- Velvet Assassin screenshots hit with a firewall
- 50 Cent trailer sparks goofy comment debate
- R-Type Dimensions hits 360 this week
- RE5 demo sets new Xbox 360 download record
- Disney planning new Tron game
- Prince of Persia DLC not coming to PC
- GTA 4 trailer features Johnny
- Ensemble closure reveals cancelled projects
- Global Game Jam spawns dozens of free, weird games
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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I am from the future and I only have a minute before I have to leave.
Tomorrow your life will be changed forever. I hate to say it but it's going to suck. Good luck to all of you.
Low price would be nice, service and the ability to upgrade to hosting is also good.
Also, I don't need hosting yet, I just want it to redirect to my college hosted site for now, so can I get it to do that without hosting?
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http://www.gametrailers.com/player/45018.html
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Is there any way to defeat the ax murderer on the first level? Guys seem to keep respawning endlessly and I haven't been able to find an exit. He eventually kills one or both of us and, then game over. I must have put about 12-15 shotgun rounds into his head.
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The fact that CNN is saying "f-bomb" is very odd to me.
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solvechrist is on right now and he has rcon.
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An OK article on eBooks over at ars. Honestly, not the best article I've ever read over there. It reminds me though of how much I want eBooks to take off and one of the major reasons it hasn't: stupid publishers that use FUD on their authors to prevent works from going digital.
Look at the Harry Potter series. Books 4+ were online before they were available in stores. Some people had the last book read before it was even out. http://www.bradsreader.com/brads_reader/2009/01/sometimes-the-irony-in-life-is-so-funny-its-almost-sad-heres-one-for-you-ive-been-reading-across-the-internet-first-read.html (Wtf-title.html)
It is crap like this that keeps me from investing in a device like the Kindle (and I really want one that is backlit. I tried one with a book light and meh. I actually liked the Sony one quite a bit more, but love the wireless on the Kindle.) I don't want to find out a book is coming out that I want to read and that I can't read it because it isn't available / is only available on another device / has stupid restrictive DRM.
But why do I want to move to eBooks so much? I hate traditional books. First off, I hate the feel of paper. I hate touching paper and I get goose bumps just thinking about touching paper. Hate it. I also hate holding books. I can never get comfortable when reading. My arm is falling asleep, I'm constantly having to shift where I'm holding the book, I'm turning pages and losing my spot, blergh. I just don't like books.
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/02/03/state_chases_sales_taxes_in_nh/
Massachusetts has ordered a tire chain to charge Bay State residents a 5 percent sales tax on their purchases in New Hampshire in an unprecedented move that could have huge implications for consumers and other merchants.
So you buy your tires in NH where there is no sales tax. They see MASS plates on the car, MASS wants the retailer to charge the sales tax. This is the beginning. It will carry over to best buy and all the other retailers. Insanity.
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I have the [premade] spaghettis. I have the sauce. I have a saucepan and a pot of water.
What the fuck do I do and how do I prevent the inevitable fire and oh god the apartment is burning down I don't have enough money to pay for my neighbor's shitty afghan rugs.
Boil water, put in spaghettis til they get limp, boil sauce on saucepan? Fuck man, hurry, at this rate I will starve to death.
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http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/exclusive-jay-wilson-interview/
We just left an interview with Jay Wilson, and we’ll be posting the transcript and full video of it later today. In the meantime, here are some of the juiciest tidbits. Attribute points are not player-assignable in D3. They’re not in the blizzcon build, but we thought that was just to simplify things for new players at the show. Jay says no, that’s how it is in the game now. Thus every Wizard will have the same base str/vit/dex/etc as every other Wizard of the same level. Same for the Barb and WD. Jay confirmed that the party interface and system is gone in D3. Now when you join a multiplayer game, you are automatically in a party. Jay said that now that there’s no option to go hostile, it was pointless to force players to go through an additional party joining interface. There will be waypoints in D3. Much more from the interview later, when we post it this afternoon.
I am sure that they will be plenty of customization options but this is probably going to generate a lot of cries.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhgsz5DH7Mo
Didn't see it mentioned in the earlier Super Bowl thread. I saw it during the pregame, but it didn't play during primetime.
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Booooooya! I did it and pulled the trigger. Picking up the goodies tomorrow!
Samsung BD-P2550 Blu Ray Player (It's got great reviews and I love it's minimalist sleek look)
Movies which I've got reserved for me to enjoy:
Sunshine (Never seen it but for $18.99 on Blu Ray, had to grab it.)
Man On Fire (Supposed AMAZING PQ and I love this movie. Also $18.99 on amazon.ca but Best Buy $27. WTF?)
Master & Commander - Far Side of the World (Also $18.99 sale on Amazon.ca. Had to grab it.)
Band of Brothers - Complete Series (This was a given and I always intended to grab this right away once I bought a BDP.)
....and the sleeper pick which I purchased randomly cause I hear it's a great epic movie with amazing blu ray quality:
Mongol - The Untold Story of the Rise of Genghis Khan
I CAN'T FUCKING WAIT TILL TOMORROW! :P
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Its probably going to sell for about 6-10k less than the cars its competiting with. To the untrained eye its the tiburon, but its a lot closer to the G37/370z tbqh
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FirstDrives/articleId=137955
http://www.hyundaigenesis.com/coupe/
The 4 banger engine is pretty nice in that you get 30mpg hwy but you still get 226 ft/lbs of torque. The only reason I'm halfway interested is that its RWD!
What do 2010 cars launch? I'd like to hear some official pricing.
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I was listening to the OXM podcast and they had Todd Howard on discussing Fallout 3 DLC. I don't know how well known this is (I had no idea, which might just mean I haven't been paying attention) but apparently the 3rd DLC that extends the level cap also modifies the end-game to allow for you to continue playing. Fawkes might be able to assist you now. I hadn't thought too much about it, but I just assumed the world would just be opened back up without explanation. The last DLC suddenly became a 'must buy' for me.
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Panasonic Viera TH-46PZ85U 46-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00142MUEC
and
Panasonic Viera TH-46PZ800U 46-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00142MUEW
They are the same size, except the 800U is $500 more. It says the more expensive one has "One Sheet
of Glass Design". what the fuck is that? Is it worth $500?
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I am thinking of picking this ebook up.
http://www.fivesimplesteps.co.uk/
Anyone have any opinions on it or the author?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_83514631_1?tag=slickdeals&ie=UTF8&docId=1000319381&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=right-2&pf_rd_r=0DKQ8BCJEBTCWQRDE1GA&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=468581751&pf_rd_i=468642
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my friends and I have the worst time how, wanting to get some gta2 action over lan. i can ping them, but they can't ping me, we opened all the ports in windows and exceptioned hamachi. they're using vista, i'm using XP. is that the problem ? does hamachi not work in vista ?
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Holy christ almighty.
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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/02/02/sports/20090202_superbowl_twitter.html
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A customer of mine bought an office space, gutted it, remodeled it, passed fire inspection, and is getting ready to move in. Turns out even though the city approved 4 different licenses, the clerk didn't give her the form that said you have to have blue prints on file with the city. Ooops.
Anyways, she has all the measurements and $500 with your name on it.
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http://www.kongregate.com/games/bontegames/factory-balls-2
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/03/phantom_russian_os/
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http://www.techpowerup.com/83924/DRAM_Prices_Soar_Post_Qimonda_Bankruptcy_Filing.html
Ram prices are going to start creeping up.
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