Evening Reading
by Nick Breckon, May 28, 2009 4:58pm PDTPre-E3 news will continue to roll in tonight, so I'm getting the conversation started ahead of schedule. Are you guys excited about gaming, yet?
News:
- Natural Selection 2 trailer released in high quality
- Carmack muses in Doom iPhone update
- Xbox 360 tops 30 million console sales
- 4mm lets loose the Def Jam Rapstars. They should all be destroyed.
- Rock Band gets more Iron Maiden DLC
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
Now, I know FULL WELL many of you people listen to Electronic, so I'm trying' to help YOU out.
I dunno if anyone noticed me vaguely trying to pimp Beast, but I got the CD 2 days ago, and it's NICE!
It's got 6 great songs, 2 very good, and 2 that are either very good or weird (haven't decided yet). That's a high quality CD release by my standards.
3 of the great songs were the live cuts they did on QTV:
Beast - Finger Prints http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZgkYc-3m1Y
Beast - Mr. Hurricane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwaE1UPUL0o
Beast - Out Of Control http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdIdYrGsUVo
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-i need advice on what stats i should be looking for on the gear i get for fury / arms specs
ive been using tankpoints to get tank gear but i need to start figuring out gear for my other build
any tanking warrior tips would help also
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That said..
SHA-WING
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8073734.stm
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I have an older Dell Optiplex GX270 that my company let me have because they were replacing it. It spent several years in a room that averaged over 90 degrees F. I formatted it, and got XP on it, but it randomly shuts down, and when you restart it, just after POSTing, there is a message that the last shutdown was because of a thermal event.
Now, the room it is in currently is normal room temperature, and the CPU heat sink didn't even feel warm the one time I tried touching it after it shutdown. The shutdowns can happen while XP is booting, or it can run for 5 minutes before it reboots. It does not seem to reboot if I boot into safe mode.
I've updated the bios (was A01, is now A06), but the bios doesn't report temps. I haven't gotten SpeedFan or the like on the machine yet as I apparently need to find the correct ethernet drivers before internet will work.
It there some way I can stop the OS from shutting down because of temperature readings?
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http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14352257/warhammer-40000-space-marine/videos/spacemarine_trl_battle_52709.html;jsessionid=3t4qgtj8q1lfk
I hope it is ported to the PC.
On a related note, here are some excerpts from books by my favorite Warhammer 40k author: Dan Abnett
This one is for Space Marine fans.
The book is called "Brothers of the Snake".
http://www.blacklibrary.com/pdf/brothers-snake.pdf
These are about an Imperial Guard regiment known as Gaunt's Ghosts.
The series has the same name and is excellent.
http://www.blacklibrary.com/pdf/founding.pdf
http://www.blacklibrary.com/pdf/gunsoftanith.pdf
http://www.blacklibrary.com/pdf/armour-contempt.pdf
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I've recently tried out a pretty neat HUD modification for TF2. Sadly, the original website is currently down, but I've uploaded the copy I have. First, pics:
http://shackpics.com/files/cp_gravelpit0000_gkf1onv13g3r9wn03jhn.jpg
http://shackpics.com/files/cp_gravelpit0001_vlgazbxei19upgrpdpjq.jpg
http://shackpics.com/files/cp_freight0004_wuldwydp8j54fv6db29f.jpg
http://shackpics.com/files/cp_freight0005_q24dwh8ysprntbdc396x.jpg
And the hud: http://drop.io/m0rehud
Aside from just being pretty, i'ts clearer and your ammo read out doesn't get overlapped by steam messages or the netgraph.
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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/748-Duke-Nukem-Forever
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipy58SaIRhs&feature=related
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http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/showthread.php?t=35802
Joe Siegler posted about a last project he worked on before leaving 3D Realms where he repackaged a whole lot of games with DOSbox, PDFs of manuals and extra content for release on a revamped store gog.com style.
There are some pretty exciting titles included in the mix as well.
I already have my shopping list written up! =D
Someone may need to repost for those who aren't paying attention at 3am USA time... =P
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I've always assumed that this is what degenerate is like when he drinks.
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I have this resolution; it is to beat all the games I have in my backlog before I buy any new ones.
So far, I have beaten 7. I have 35 left to go.
(Some caveats: I've allowed myself permission to purchase downloadable games and, when I beat my current one, handheld games. I also, when I made the resolution, allowed for Bionic MOTHERFUCKING Commando.)
Will you guys help me pick the next game to beat?
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A track pack in honor of the Bonnaroo Festival:
Ben Harper and Relentless7 “Shimmer & Shine”
Coheed and Cambria “A Favor House Atlantic”
Coheed and Cambria “The Running Free”
Phish “Wilson (live)”
Shooter Jennings “Steady at the Wheel”
TV on the Radio “Wolf Like Me”
http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142793
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/28/microsoft_bing/
Bing?
I don't give a fuck what its called, if the search works better than google, then i'll use it. All their marketing in the world won't change it.
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http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ea-plans-subscription-model-for-tiger-woods
I have no problem with a vastly expandable console game model ala Burnout Paradise, but I do not want an MMO-like model for a console game unless it really is an MMO.
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http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-mass-effect/49798
unf unf unf
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I just spent $76 on their stuff! I had no need at all for Candybar 3 though. I thought it was an icon pack for web stuff but it looks like it's just for the main OS icons. Their presentation of their products is awesome and sold me completely.
http://www.panic.com/sale/ for anyone else interested in some awesome OS X apps.
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http://www.theonion.com/content/news/smoke_monster_from_lost_given_own?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-batman-arkham/49775
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