Morning Discussion
by Chris Faylor, Feb 17, 2009 7:11am PSTIn case you haven't seen it yet, you should probably watch kittens inspired by ....kittens!
There are certainly worse ways to kick off your Tuesday.
Oh, and Coraline 3D was pretty rad. I've not been one to really jump behind the whole 3D movie bandwagon, but there were some rather impressive effects at play.
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
Demon's Souls servers extended again
Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection coming in June
Sony patent would interrupt gameplay to display ad
Weekend Confirmed 114 - Diablo 3, Max Payne 3, Lost Planet 3
New Zone of the Enders project underway
in 1988 undefeated heavyweights Mike Tyson and Michael Spinks fought for the undisputed title. Before the fight, Spinks' trainer, Butch Lewis, requested that Tyson rewrap his hands three times. (presumably to make sure nothing illegal was applied to it).
Tyson grew so agitated, he slammed his hand through a wall. Seated in the next room, where Tyson's fist protruded, was Spinks, who was 'Scared beyond scared' by the force of that blow, Sugar said.
Tyson knocked out Spinks in 91 seconds
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I noticed that the MP3s are encoded at 128kbps, is this normal for an album on iTunes?
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You guys need to see these:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=789974
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I went to a couple of stores and it's nowhere to be found.. :(
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Woot! Talk about a great Valentine’s Day gift! GameFly reaches out to shackers on fun terms. They have kindly offered to pick up the tab and enhance the giveaway goodies too! Gamefly folk are coming to mingle, bowl and play laser-tag with all of us at the Main Event in Frisco, TX on Feb. 28th. Steve Gibson and I are happy dancing. Wow. What a warm and generous hello! GameFly LOVE.
Please make them feel welcome and encourage them to join the fun.
Sign up instructions remain the same. Our final count is due on Mon, Feb 23rd.
1. Go to www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=5523 for details and sign-up.
2. Send your completely refundable $15 per-person deposit via paypal to sHugamom@gmail.com Note your shack name and who all you’re reserving for by name on your paypal transaction. Deposits will be returned in cash when we give you your shack name-tag at the Main Event sign-in on Feb 28th.
3. Questions? Shackmessage to sHugamom
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This thing is quiet. The ticking of my radiator in my room is louder than this thing. By a lot.
It's got a 10" screen, and the size is just big enough that I can type with my sloppy mechanic hands.
I love new toys!
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Just got this email from a friend,
The Dallas Stars are running a little promotion to reward their faithful season ticket holders (but it doesn't appear you need to be an actual season ticket holder to take advantage). Basically they are giving away two free upper level tickets to either the Mon, Feb 23rd game against San Jose, or the Thu, Feb 26th game against St Louis. You still need to pay the service charges, but that only amounts to about $4.
To claim the tickets visit this link and use the password SEASON:
http://protected.tickets.com/buy/TicketOnsale?orgid=20392&agency=STARS_B2B_34&poid=14456
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I've had it on my desk for a few weeks now, and haven't had much of a chance to play it yet; but riedlos' and CrustaR's video makes me want to play.
We should organize a shackbattle sometime. Who would be interested?
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Not sure if this is old news or not but I noticed on Steams homepage today that pre-orders of Empire are now available. Looks like they're pushing it at the 49.99USD price point.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/10500/
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I just got done playing for a while with Break on the PS3
Pros:
- Graphics are pretty good
- The game handles well and is very responsive.
- The characters seem balanced with different techniques needed to effectively combat each one. For example, ABLE, one of the new characters, is a grappling character that will toss you around the room very fast. After getting my ass handed to me over and over again, I found out that you needed to use quick punches and kicks to combat his grapple. Simple little things like that can, and are what will make this game long lasting.
-The difficulty on medium is pretty insane, I can't imagine what it will be on harder settings.
-Multiplayer for the most part is lag free. Its hit or miss, but so far, very few matches were unplayable. And when it determines that the match is unplayable, it drops both players from the round, and does not count them in ranking.
- The ranking system is pretty good I think. It takes away points from the person who lost and gives them to the person who won. If the person who lost has no points, there is a base score that will be awarded.
Cons:
- No lobby watching in multiplayer. Meaning, only two people to a fight, so no one can watch. This is a big letdown, and hopefully it will be added in later as an option.
- I think there is something wonky going on with the controls, (it could be me), but sometimes I preform moves that I did not execute, or come near to executing, but it never seems to be at the wrong time. Seems like some kinda assistance may be going on here, or it may be me just getting lucky.
- Some of the players seem to be out of proportions. I mean, Ryu's arm is as big a thigh, and Chungli's thighs look like horse legs on a half man half horse. Its not that big of a deal, I mean, come on its a video game.
- My Thumb hurts
Overall: Awesome. I didn't want to put it down, and that's kinda scary. I wanted... just... one... more... round...........
Anyway, I should be getting this in on gamefly as for the 360 as well. Ill give impressions of minor differences when I get a chance.
Add me on the PS3 as conandan1. And for the love of God, update www.gamewith.us Its a must for PS3 owners.
Also Break whooped my ass :-(
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I'm going to be really bad.
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http://www.teamfortress.com/scoutupdate/
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UV filters... ya or nay? Are these essential? Or are the (pen) lens cleaners good enough?
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what the fuck? It's pretty easy for them to see that I spent massive amounts of money every month using their card. It's also easy to see that I buy LOTS of things from amazon.com. Don't fucking randomly deny my card when I'm trying to buy something from Amazon.com. I realize there's a lot of identity theft going on, but i still think this is ridiculous.
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http://www.shackpics.com/files/finalDOW2betagameJPG_795ak2vxeorylmxsgqeb.jpg
Thanks for all the great Beta games dudes, I had fun playing with everyone! I hope my shooty 'Nids weren't too annoying... Hope most people have pre-ordered so we can get our game on with the retail version starting this Friday!
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https://www.pearljam.com/sites/all/themes/pearljam/images/media/xspf_player.swf?playlist_url=https://www.pearljam.com/sites/all/themes/pearljam/images/media/ten.xml
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there is a name for this
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General Motors said on Tuesday it could need a total of up to $30 billion in U.S. government aid—more than doubling its original aid—and would run out of cash as soon as March without new federal funding.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/29243063
I'm wondering if even the Dems are gonna look at that number and have second thoughts.
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I had originally contemplated flying to lubbock, TX in April. But after pondering a great deal the logistics of flying, baggage, mailing my bike back and forth, renting a car, and purchasing hotel rooms, I've decided instead to drive. Because I like driving a lot.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=raleigh,+nc&daddr=lubbock,+tx+to:st.+louis,+MO+to:raleigh,+nc&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=33.321349,-87.978516&sspn=28.212497,39.550781&ie=UTF8&ll=35.46067,-90.263672&spn=27.52757,39.550781&z=5
This is the portion of the evening where you tell me fun things that are on this route.
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