Evening Reading
by Nick Breckon, Feb 24, 2009 6:00pm PSTSo Quake Live is finally out. What's this business about a position in queue? Is this bologna or video games?
A little news:
- Red Xbox 360 announced for RE5 bundle
- Over half of Xbox Live accounts were Gold in 2008
- Square Enix joins Steam
- PSP getting Rock Band, Assassin's Creed, LittleBigPlanet and MotorStorm
- Rock Band PSP details
- MotorStorm PSP trailer
- Left 4 Dead patched on Xbox 360
- 50 Cent options Saints Row movie rights
- God of War 3, MAG may not arrive this year after all
- id Working on Quake 3 iPhone port, considering Wii game
- Dante's Inferno CG trailer
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
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPJpfNE73fQ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burzum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varg_Vikernes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTigajfK_1g
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very solid effort -- those of you scared away by Always Outnumbered (AKA the Liam Howlett Knob Twiddling Solo Show) can come back now. it continues that vibe of sounding like what the band would have done in 1991 if it had the experience and equipment of today, which is a good thing.
the highlight tracks are indeed likely to be "Invaders Must Die" and "Omen" for most people, but I'm sure people into this music at all will probably find others. I need to relisten (and I will!) to tell you my other favourites.
if there's a weakness, it's that I could swear there's occasional "drifts:" that is, the track doesn't build up quite the way you'd expect it would and instead hums along for a little while longer until it really finds its hook. but it's not exactly a pain.
also, if you're going to get the album: the iTunes exclusives are interesting, but I'd get it more for the $8 price than these; the "Invaders Must Die" remix is good but not great, the "Omen" edit is just that, and the track-by-track commentary isn't super-exciting (though insightful).
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I think I will make time to finish it this week.
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Blizzard probably ripped off 40k didnt they ? Not the other way around ? there are SO MANY things similar...
I love starcraft and blizzard, please dont hate, this is mostly asking for information
even just the concept of the dreadnought vs dragoon (soldier serving in death), of course the zerg, terran, and protoss...
I realize that Blizzard "inspired" themselves off of 40k, but they didnt change much ;)
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I love you Valve.
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Sorry!
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/gilly/945843/
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Live stream available on http://www.hulu.com/ and finer news organizations everywhere.
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Is the book Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar out of print or something? It is selling for pretty high prices on Amazon and eBay, and it isn't in the Valve Store anymore. Suddenly I really want it (after many passed up opportunities) and it is now playing hard to get :(
*picks up that can*
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Goddammit.
http://www.gogamer.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=61665826&extid=Feb2409
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Every Best Buy store across the country is participating and the best part, it's entirely free!
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=category&id=pcmcat149900050025
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I think I might go out and pick up a slave. And a wireless 360 headset.
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http://www.operationsports.com/ostv.php?id=314&no=1&outof=1
1 more week! (3/3)
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Carrie Oakey is a classy name! I don't get Anna Sasin tho - what's that supposed to be?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM9o4VnfHJU&fmt=22
nature > sci-fi
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cat rape is the funniest kind of rape IMO
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http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/24/popcap-videogames-peggle-technology-enterprise_popcap.html
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http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/2911901/
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http://arstechnica.com/software/news/2009/02/oneswarm-friend-to-friend-p2p-likely-to-irk-big-content-isps.ars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Viku5XzpmMg
... is fucking terrible.
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Figured I'd post some progress pics from my current project. In reply.
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I am a complete Team Fortress 2 newb. I downloaded it about two months ago, and it's fun.
I enjoy paying as the Scout, and when I first downloaded it and discovered you could unlock things, I was disappointed to discover that there were no unlockables for some classes, including my beloved Scout.
Imagine my delight when it was announced that the next set of unlockable items would be for my favourite class! I felt revitalized! I spent the last week practicing my Scout play, to the point where I am now in the lower half of useful players, rather than simply the least useful.
Excitedly, I loaded up TF2 this evening, and a terrible thought struck me: I have no idea how to unlock these weapons! What am I doing? How do I get a sweet baseball bat? Help me use a shotgun that lets me travel to even more absurdly high locations on the map!
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http://www.adsneeze.com/sports/roller-derby-2008-calendar
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