Morning Discussion
by Chris Faylor, Apr 08, 2009 5:30am PDTIt seems like today is the day to announce that your game is coming out on June 9. Activison's all about Prototype getting out then, as is MTV with Rock Band PSP.
Me, I'm just happy that big-name releases are starting to be a bit more spread out across the calendar year. Used to be a time when darn near nothin' came out in the summer, only to see your wallet and your will broken by the ridiculous fall onslaught.
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38 Studios, Harry Potter Kinect - Shacknews Daily: May 25, 2012
Minecraft for Xbox 360 dev working on 'Adventure' update
I wonder why Apple has never pursued games on the platform. They must have some secret mandate to remain niche.
*Okay not ALL the time, but it's really irritating when I'm playing CoD4 and start choking down to 2 FPS cause the HDs start going mental for no reason.
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I agreed to help a professor friend of mine with his research project. He's hiring me for a few weeks to do some statistical analysis of homelessness data in our city. Mostly I'm just going to be compiling the numbers, checking out correlations between variables, and trying to point out anything of interest. I come to you seeking your wise advice.
What's the new hotness in software for statistical analysis in the social sciences? I could try to do it with Excel but I'm worried about coming off as a n00b (which I am) if I do that. My background is in math, programming and physics, and my stats knowledge is mostly theoretical. What do you guys who work in the social sciences recommend?
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my dog's sick (she's got the shits.) she's at work with me because it sucks to be home alone when you are sick and i'm waiting for her medication to make her feel better. so, she's snoozing on my desk when i am called into a conference room to explain a contract i'm working on to a lawyer.
i bring pan, of course, and plop her on the conference room table (she usually hangs out on tables) and start talking to the legal dude on speaker and the other licensing person who is working on the contract. however, in mid-sentence of my explanation to the legal dude i see pancake starting to do her "i'm going to take a shit" squat on the damned conference room table and i, of course, start screaming NO NO NO!
the line goes silent and my coworker says "oh we have a dog here right now" as if that's a good way to explain away my frantic screaming. and while pancake didn't actually poop on the table, she did let out a whopper of a fart which we both had to suffer through until i wrapped up the call a minute later.
i'm pretty sure explaining the situation to him is not the way to make that situation any better, so i guess he just thinks i'm a nutjob now.
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I even called Blizzard to do it, I felt I just had to tell them it was a good game as well. I told the gentleman I talked to today if Blizzard offered a lifetime subscription model, like Lord of the Rings Online offered, you would get me back in a heartbeat and he said "That is a great idea I'll mark that down and pass it on." I don't know if he will or not but I wonder why Blizzard don't offer that?
So now I guess I can worry about other games now, bring on Diablo 3 now please. ;)
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Who here misses, "Space: Above and Beyond" ? What other short run shows do you guys miss?
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Awesome.
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Why? Are cellphones now a requirement for existence? Why should I be paying money for this?
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Bad news. Last night David Arneson, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, passed away in his home amung family and friends. Now we've lost both the original D&D people.
RIP Dave, you will be missed and your contributions remembered.
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Anyone have any Google Voice invites? If so, please share!
dr@nevernet.com for me
Ranked team anyone?
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I'm going to a shack server to do this.
7 of you should join me.
IM GOING IN
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since when are itunes songs $1.29?
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Car A: Brand new, 0% financing, sales tax deductible, better daily driver.
Car B: Used (3 years old), out of warranty, low mileage, more powerful version of Car A, obviously no 0% financing.
both are the same price.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/evanhort/3420061607/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/evanhort/3420063945/sizes/l/
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Holy crap this thing is small: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/26791/netbook.jpg
Mini 9, 512MB Ram, 8GB SSD, Ubuntu
Soon to be 1GB Ram, 32GB Runcore SSD, OS X - Maybe 2GB
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Currently interviewing for a job that would entail that :( Wondering if anyone has words of encouragement.
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http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html
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rockin tribe called quest - scenario absolutely rumbling is good times.
8 channels of PPI going now, and my 12" box that could survive a nuclear bomb is back online. never finished the exterior for showy purposes, but it's akin to "it might not look like much, but she's got it where it counts"...
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It might resize your browser window, so beware.
Also, this movie looks awesome. The sound effects are a sweet homage to TOS.
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http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/fuo/1113292942.html
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The timing is kind of fucked though since I just picked up Valkyria Chronicles. New tracks would have surely done me in. :[
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Is TVersity still the best option? I used it a while back... something about the interface annoyed me.
Anybody else using something that works better?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x34icYC8zA0
Show me the good synthpop in this thread with youtubes :(
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