Evening Reading
by Nick Breckon and Chris Faylor, Mar 27, 2009 6:00pm PDTWhew. What a week. Let's see what I missed while I was under the communications blackout zone that is the Moscone Center.
- Blizzard working on a fifth game?
- Four Ubisoft classics on sale at Steam
- Left 4 Dead dissected at GDC
- G.I. Joe The Game preview
- Wright, Molyneux and others chat on social responsibility in games
- Latest Empire: Total War patch introduces new bugs
- Prototype trailer tries to sell you on 10 points
- Kojima teases new Metal Gear reveal at E3
- Batman Arkham Asylum trailer shows some gameplay
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
Myself, Fleabug, and Drillbit got together one night and thought the Shack deserved it's own show. That didn't work. But I did go off and create this other show recently. Fleabug, Drillbit, and Mr. Sleepy possibly make an appearance. You might be able to spot a few other notable Shackers if you freeze frame on the audience.
For the first episode of Critical Hit we got Rooster Teeth, from Red vs. Blue fame, and Alan Flores the lead project designer on the Guitar Hero series. Sadly this was filmed March 7th, we had to jump through few hoops before release, so some of the topics are a little dated. Hope you guys like it it was a lot of work.
Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qN_BikgQjQ
Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LMEXT6IwCc
Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N43cFqFoyhs
For direct download right now we only have Quicktime versions up and no I can't fix it. Please right click and "save as" I don't want to hear people bitching about how it didn't play in their browser.
Quicktime Large - http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mov/cache.delllounge.com/audio/podcasts/critical_hit/Critical_Hit_v5_LG.mov
iPod/iPhone - http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mov/cache.delllounge.com/audio/podcasts/critical_hit/Critical_Hit_v5_iPod.m4v
AppleTV, 720p - http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.m4v/cache.delllounge.com/audio/podcasts/critical_hit/Critical_Hit_v5_AppleTV.m4v
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http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81238
Hahahaha...
Ticking time bomb folks. People with Steam accounts with lots of games are sitting on a ticking time bomb...
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http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=yepiratemuncher_p6fejnm6b3ygqvjusjk9.png
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Must not need a high end system (my 'opponent' has a shitty built in graphics card)
Must not be too complicated (my 'opponent' is not a big PC gamer)
Something along the lines of the board game Risk (he likes it...)
I am thinking something turnbased, that doesn't require too much system power - or thought.
I totally thought WORMS would be the winner but he laughed at the mention of it.
I am having troubles finding a copy of Risk for PC at the local B&Ms
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does anyone know of any addons that will tell me how much HP my ice barrier has? also i need a cool downs addon that shows me all my cooldowns in bar form
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I did a stupid thing and reactivated my WoW account to try out a Death Knight and see how far I can level my old rogue. When I logged in, I realized my characters were all part of a now-dead guild on Mal'Ganis created by shackers a few years ago called First Post Club. Seeing a chance to have a guild of all my alts with a Guild Bank to transfer stuff without waiting an hour for it, I took over the guild leadership and now have full control.
Then I thought that maybe other Shackers might want to join a shack-only guild for whatever reason. So if anyone wants to join up, I'll be more than happy to invite you to the guild. My main's name is Portax if you want to contact me in-game.
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I just stopped playing WoW and MMOs mostly all together, no subscriptions, lasting entertainment.
Any notable or particularly rewarding/lasting games you would like to Recommend?
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This is the 2nd time this drive has died on me. :(
Time to pull anything I want to save off the drive.
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I do have QuickTime Pro (if that's the answer) and was able to successfully convert the first, but it keeps failing on me when I try to convert the next videos. Does it use Perian in order to do its converting? Could it be an issue there?
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Lisa Hannigan
man she's so cute. a cuter version of maggie gyllenhall
is this normal in irish pubs to stick you in what maybe a phone booth or jail cell or confession booth
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http://wireless.ign.com/articles/967/967531p1.html
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Best Buy wants $20 for their low end version. Fuck Best Buy.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_yIx2fZnnk
look at the smooth animations
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My Mum just showed me a video of something horse related on youtube... usually when she does that I stand there rolling my eyes and being bored, this however, I stood there going "OW, THAT'S NOT GONE WELL!" repeatedly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03YcT74h5Mg
And indeed, that... has not gone well.
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Looks like Toy Story 2 DVD hasn't seen some action in some time!
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http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/storm-g-arcade-game-and-simulator-for-360-degree-flips/
NEW, IMPROVED, Saturday edition! We're starting up a Saturday Shackbattle since the Thursday nights are so popular. Saturday will have a different format to Thursday nights:
* More serious, team-oriented play, as opposed to the more casual Thursdays
* We choose teams at the start, either via captains or some sort of randomizer
* You stick with that team for 3 maps
* teams switch sides (axis to allied and vice-versa) after 15 minutes. In other words, each map lasts 30 mins, total playtime will be 1.5 hours.
* We'll run a script that will enforce the above, plus tally up points for the winner.
* there'll be regular play afterwards for those that want to stick around.
Starts 6:00pm (PST). Serious play for 1.5 hours, then free play until the server dies.
NEW Shack Dallas Server IP:68.232.163.132:27015
Pw: Usual password, get it here if you don't know it: http://shack.herokugarden.com/latestchatty/serverpasswords/?server=dod1
See you there!
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http://www.gametrailers.com/player/47329.html
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The 12-episode Japanese anime series of 'real and fierce combat by cute and fluffy animals' updates the manga’s premise by making the three soldiers part of a modern private military company. In the first episode, the three attempt to rescue hostages, but end up surrounded by guerrillas demanding the withdrawal of United States Armed Forces in the area. (The original manga had an updated manga sequel with a similar premise called Cat Shit One ‘80.)
trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4QBZfjtqs
official site: http://www.catshitone.jp/
release date is early 2010 in Japan
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This week's sixth game, from the beginning of the GOMTV Classic season 1:
http://www.gomtv.net/classic/vod/102 - Famous Zerg player YellOw versus unknown Protoss player asam.
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One of my favourite songs is ascendancy by trivium and i guess its going to take me 2-3+ years to be able to play that...but to achieve it, what kind of picking should i focus on?
What are some ways i can increase the speed? I use a metronome and sometimes manage to stay consistent at upto 120bpm but that seems futile when i have to palm mute in most songs that i want to play...i can never get that chugging-stop-chugging effect.
How should i approach this?
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http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
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http://www.myspace.com/djinnband
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I am currently working my way through the 3x10 tutorial missions you get after the initial 2 (that walk you through different aspects of playing,) but I was wondering if there was a guide or something out there to read through about where to go from there. Something that gives tips for the different routes you can take once the game sets you free.
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