Evening O'Reading
by Alice O'Connor, Apr 16, 2009 6:00pm PDTWhat do you want--blood? Well I'm sorry, because all you're getting is an assortment of news items and mild ramblings. Sadly my quest for cephalopod representation has thus far gone ignore by the video games industry, but rest assured I shan't rest until the betantacled can at long last the raise their squishy appengades to the sky in victory, having earned the right to be shot indiscriminantly by roving bastard adventurers.
The not resting part certainly is true, at least. It's Thursday April 16--this is the news:
- Bethesda to squish Interplay's Fallout MMO.
- The Internet will have a field day with the Sims 3 movie maker.
- $250 The Beatles: Rock Band bundle revealed.
- Yes, Borderlands' new art style is lovely.
- Time Warner reconsider bandwidth caps.
- F.E.A.R. 2 Toy Soldiers delight Faylor.
- 22 minutes of Starcraft 2 gameplay video.
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
How do I copy over Bookmarks from firefox?
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Shack No Limit Hold 'Em Poker Tourney
What?
$5.50 buy-in
$5 to prizepool, $.50 rake to FTP
Where?
Full Tilt Poker
Tournaments -> Private Tab
Look for Shack Tourney or Tournament #87862399
When?
Friday 17th, 9pm ET
Aussies: Saturday 18th, 11am
Who?
randomposter, dromo5, childers87, graah, mwasher, anhero, chrisschutz, HAMGASM, ...?
Got a bunch of people who can't make it this week but can next week, so let's get the ball rolling on this to be a weekly thing!
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i want to speak out about how awesome roushimsx is.
i was bitching to him over IM about how i wanted an NES but the local shops were charging $70, 80, even $100 for them. he deftly maneuvered and today i find a brown cardboard box addressed to me sitting on my doorstep. inside are two NES decks. awesome! i am so pumped to pimp them out at the used games shop down the street.
yup he sent me two NES decks for no reason other than he's cool.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFDjk1zMH54
I need something new to obsess over...what's the latest hotness in tower defense or whatever?
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There are lots of mechanical changes, of course, but overwhelming them all is the fact that this is the most claustrophobically frightening game I've ever played.
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such a great entry in the Zelda franchise. i like that you don't have to do that stupid scavaging minigame whenever you go searching for treasure. just drop the claw and that's it. that's probably the only part of Phantom Hourglass i didn't like.
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girlfriend was watching CSI before she left for work. It took place at a sci-fi convention. There was a short cameo from Ronald D. Moore as an enraged fan of a star trek like show. Reason for the anger, it got remade, modernized and more violent.
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http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/4/17/
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http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/qld-news/grieving-us-crash-tourist-spared-jail-term-20090417-a9yc.html
If any of you yanks come over here be careful when you drive damnit.
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"I have been told that I have just made a mistake" .. I wish ppl would hand me a post-it whenever I make a mistake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IXa2pNGVj8
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http://www.designareusablebag.com/vote-for-designs/bag.aspx?BagId=16104&ad=1
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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/04/16/marquis.ca.coach.playboy.pics.kxtv
She was completely honest with the district about it but a mothers daughter couldn't try out of the team so she complained to the district about the posing and then got her fired.
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http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/one-gamer-s-xbox-360-rrod-is-another-gamer-s-arcade-stick
Pretty awesome :D
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Fantastic game. I love the game and the metagame that goes on. I'm definitely onboard. I got into regular starcraft way too late in the game and I can't get past some things about it like the way it looks and the massive amount of catching up I'd have to do to get back into it.
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http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/268628/IMG_1223.JPG
They used to say something like "Do not approach within 100 meters or your will be shot".
Also, we've had in the past four days, Orange/Peach colored sky:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhe6iQ75WRQ
full on sandstorm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U4pGnsh-CM
and lightning storms, heavy rain, and hail:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX33RIR_qb8
Still better weather than march 2008 though.
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http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/17/take-this-marvel-vs-capcom-2-achievement-list-for-a-ride/
ON MY FUCKING FACE!!!!!!!!!!!
call of duty 4 shackbattle in 20 minutes. starts at 9pm cst. the lobby is already up now so you can join.
we can't have more than 12 people in hardcore matches, i believe, so if you're not part of the original twelve you're shit outta luck. or at least kodiak tells me.
xbox 360, username is dollhands, etc!!!!
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For me it's gotta be War, Inc. I love Cusack and the movie was so close to ring brilliant like Grosse Poont Blank. It had some great ideas and fantastic characters. The concepts behind it were entertaining but it crossed the line from satire to full blown parody and failed. The soundtrack had some excellent tracks but they were edited terribly. Shitty execution all around. Sadness.
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Several fixes have been implemented within IT to improve order processing. As a result of these improvements, the processing time has been reduced by 112%.
So if it used to take 100 seconds to process, now it takes -12 seconds? SCORE.
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"He will be replaced on NBC’s Sunday night games by Cris Collinsworth, who has been the network’s primary analyst on the “Football Night in America” pregame program. He will give up his role as an analyst for the NFL Network."
Woo! I think Collinsworth is great, I hope he fits together well with Michaels.
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I jotted down her license plate and gave it to the BMW lady, she was a cougar milf. I didn't get any pics so this story is a failure :(
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From Wikipedia: Mimosa pudica (Sensitive Plant) (pudica = shy), is a creeping annual or perennial herb often grown for its curiosity value: the compound leaves fold inward and droop when touched, re-opening within minutes.
It is not known exactly why the Mimosa pudica has this feature but many scientists think that the plant uses its ability to shrink as a defense from predator. Many animals may be afraid of such a fast moving plant and would rather go and eat a less active one.
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