Evening Reading
by Nick Breckon, Mar 11, 2009 6:00pm PDTFinished up Resident Evil 5. Still not a huge fan of the direction. Look for the review tomorrow.
- PURE dev unveils Split/Second racer, and a trailer
- Resident Evil 5 getting more multiplayer modes
- Another Resident Evil lightgun game coming to Wii?
- Champions Online hitting PC first
- New Star Trek Online screenshots
- Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor screenshots, too
- Both will fail to compare to CryEngine 3 screenshots
Also, Pantscast. Far more hilarious than you'd imagine.
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.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=5624
I was talking with silentzero last night and asked if he was going to attend and he said "I can't, I'm DJing that night". Then he said "you should all come lol". And so it shall be!
It's at www.fluidbar.com which is here http://tinyurl.com/cfgzmv (Google maps). He plays electronica/electro I believe which we can DANCE to.
"Split over two floors, the venue is unique in many ways. its original arcade games, oriental cocktails, mouth-watering Japanese food and djs all week, make it ideal for small groups, birthdays or exclusive corporate hire."
Apparently its £4 to get in - not too expensive. We should probably meet up and do something beforehand so suggestions are still welcome.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 14 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 26 replies.
NOW FOR SOME TEAMFORTRESS 2 FUN!! :D
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 37 replies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tprMEs-zfQA
Track made up of various youtube videos - check out his other stuff too.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 11 replies.
Played - Episode 50!
It’s our 50th Podcast and it’s time to announce the winners of our Haiku contest! Plus we talk Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II, Killzone 2, more Fable 2, King’s Bounty: The Legend, and Mircosofts claim that games are healthy!
Link: http://www.playedpodcast.com/2009-03-11/played-episode-50
Direct download: http://www.playedpodcast.com/wordpress/podpress_trac/web/76/0/Played-Episode-50.mp3
Discussion: http://www.playedpodcast.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=155
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=22654
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 22 replies.
I have 2 .dot template files, where would I put these files so they show up on the New Document Templates List when you try to create a new Word Document.
Or do these need to be converted to the new .dotx format? :\
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 5 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 60 replies.
Has anyone had any luck beating Seth on higher difficulties (i.e. 'Hard' or better)? I tend to do really well if I just give it to him hard, but the second he breaks out of my ass-kickery lockdown, he spreads rape like peanut butter. That cheap ass quad-teleport always gets me. If I try to backdash one way, he ports to the other side and drives my face into the fucking ground. Can anyone give me some tips or sympathy? >:(
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 15 replies.
My router (Apple Extreme) is reporting "No DNS Servers". Which means no Internet. It's been happening a lot lately but it usually takes a minute to correct itself. But now, after unplugging and repliging in both router and cable modem, I still get no connection.
I called the ISP (Shaw) support people a couple days ago and will call again in the morning. But the guy did a check on the modem from his end and said it was reporting normally. He said that it may be a problem with the router.
So how exactly am I supposed to test to see if the router is working correctly? I've already done the restore thing and the reset button on the back. The thing is, I can connect to other computers on my network just fine.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 9 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 14 replies.
• Supports syncing with iPod shuffle (3rd generation)
• Allows friends to request songs for iTunes DJ
• Adds Genius sidebar for your Movies and TV Shows
• Improves performance when downloading iTunes Plus songs
• Provides AutoFill for manually managed iPods
• Allows CDs to be imported at the same sound quality as iTunes Plus
• Includes many accessibility improvements
• Allows iTunes U and the iTunes Store to be disabled separately using Parental Controls
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 70 replies.
http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=FORSOOOOTH_we9q7nuau05rek88fm17.jpg
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 5 replies.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/11/fusion-io-breaks-out-roomy-nimble-iodrive-duo-ssds/
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 4 replies.
I was hungry for a snack and I saw the peanut butter, then saw a bag of those Tostitos "scoops" tortilla chips. I thought about how great it would be to throw them on a plate, heat up some peanut butter, and pour the melted peanut butter over them.
I didn't do it but omg. Anyone else love peanut butter this much? I'm generally not unhealthy but oh man it's so great.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 49 replies.
http://images.google.com/images?q=house+centipede
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 18 replies.
Deal will only last till 10am PST, so hurry!
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 8 replies.
I said I'd get pics... prepare to be underwhelmed.
http://bluemunky.com/gasleak.jpg
http://bluemunky.com/gasleak2.jpg
http://bluemunky.com/gasleak3.jpg
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 5 replies.
Any poInters.I should know?
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 36 replies.
Games that don't have "regular" save points every 10 minutes or so, so that if they crash and make you lose 30-40 minutes of progress, need to be fixed badly.
(Just had Star Ocean freeze up after a battle, no where close to the last save point :-( )
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 25 replies.
Kids Prefer Poor Quality MP3
http://www.audioholics.com/news/industry-news/kids-prefer-poor-quality-mp3
Audioholics has raved against what Gene calls the dumbing down of audio and warned that no good is coming of it. Well, it’s now official. A new generation of music listeners has had their ‘listening ears’ so corrupted by digital compression they’ve learned to actually prefer hyper-compressed MP3s.
....
To Prof. Berger’s dismay new students increasingly prefer the tinny sounds given off by MP3s. But, how can this be? Anyone who has performed back-to-back comparisons between 128-bit MP3s and CD recordings on a hi-fi system can hear significant differences. You’d have to be practically hearing impaired to pick the MP3 over the higher quality recording.
The professor believes the reason has more to do with psychology than audiology. Professor Berger believes it’s just what kids these days are used to hearing so it’s literally altering their perception of what sounds “good”.
So, a preference for crappy sound is actually becoming learned behavior. The observation may call into question the ongoing debate among audiophiles about the difference between digital and analog. Is the preference for vinyl or CD also a learned behavior? Maybe the presence of those minute pops and crackles when stylus makes contact with vinyl take the analog-audiophile to happy place where they first learned to appreciate music.
...
Youngsters who got their first taste of pop-music from iPod ear-buds might be predisposed to actually like a tinny, compressed recording. The implications are horrible: As Gene’s editorial has noted - quality audio is already being marginalized into a niche market. Is it just going to keep on getting worse?
lol, also the picture is just classic.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 31 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 7 replies.
http://kaputik.com/?p=81
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 15 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 3 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 11 replies.
http://twitpic.com/20z9f
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 11 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 19 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 16 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 17 replies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVhURgVc7Vo
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 21 replies.
was at futureshop last night and they finally started selling those used games they were buying from people a while back. $5 off new price. lol.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 6 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 2 replies.