Weekend Discussion
by Alice O'Connor, May 30, 2009 10:00am PDTI'm feeling a little shellshocked after yesterday's unexpectedly huge pre-E3 mediabomb, so I plan to have a quiet weekend. The Shackstaff have been resolving--and fuelling--our petty rivalries with TF2 as of late so there'l be plenty of that, especially since Valve added sniper and spy achievement milestones, finally netting me my bow and arrow.
Just a quiet weekend of relaxation before the coming storm. No news to write. Nope. None. What's that, Sony? A download-only PSP? Oh no, not today, you wouldn't...
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
I just reinstalled today, and will be spending a few hours this afternoon replaying it :D
I installed the updated texture pack and got it running at 1280x720, amd it looks much better!
Anyone interested in trying out MP at some point? I played a couple times a long time ago and it was a blast
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Terminator 4 Salvation wasn't nearly as bad as the Shack told me it would be. Quite decent action movie with minor 'wtf' details, but overall I liked it. Those who don't have too much sand in their vagina, or are big internet nerds. Maybe both.
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So who's going?
We came into a tiny bit of money. Some is going to necessary bill pays but a lot is going into a Quakecon fund. So as long as my stupid sister-in-law can hold in her baby during the week of Quakecon then we are going. And the only reason she is a factor is that if she has her baby then my mother-in-law goes to see her and we lose our babysitter for the week.
Who's going to Quakecon 09?
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http://xkcd.com/
Shut your fucking mouth
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It was an awesome time, and another will be planned this summer for some of you who did not make it!
rt702, Head Rush (+1), KatyAnna, Merconium, RoyalAlly, and Myself were the ones that ended up showing up.
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I need to know something if you own these.
I want to know if you can set the scaling option for the monitor in the nvidia control panel of if it is grayed out. It's an EDID problem and if you have the option to change the scaling settings, I'd really like it if you could send me your EDID. I'll give details on how to do this if it works for you.
It sucks because I can only play old 4:3 games stretched. The only way to fix this is to boot windows with my monitor off so that it doesn't load the EDID driver...
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So i just bought myself a GTX275 to replace my 640MB 8800GTS, and lo and behold its about 5-10mm too long to fit in my case (http://www.dansdata.com/llpcs80.htm).
So now i'm thinking i should have just thrown caution to the wind and gone for an all out i7 upgrade, however even in that scenario i hadn't banked on replacing my nice Lian Li case.
So i ask you Shack, what's the smallest decent case i can procure that will still allow me to fit my new video card and also give me enough space to put a reasonable cooler on an i7 920 and get 3.5Ghz+ out of it? I was thinking the Lian Li V351 looked perfect, but unfortunately it doesn't look like it has reached the land of all creatures deadly.
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Toraz's epic HTPC of "old parts" mark II... IS COMPLETE!
Windows 7 RC - check
Bluray playback, HD-DVD playback both working - check
MKV playback in media center - check
downloading Trackmania united forever to play it on a 42" HDTV - FOR THE FUCKING WINCHECK
Man, this thing is so much goddamned overkill.
just the way I like it, just enough kill.
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I'm fed up with my PC and have some serious Mac envy of my wife's new 24" iMac, so I have a weird question to ask.
How long will a new Quad Core Mac Pro last me as far as being usable for occasional video editing and photo editing? Davantalus claims I can get 6-8 years out of one, but I think that's too long. I realistically don't get even 2 years out of my PCs, so I'm skeptical about the 6+ year remark. If true though I've gotta think that a $2300 Mac Pro is a great deal and I'll probably end up buying one.
Also, is there anything I should know about the Mac Pro's that's not so good, besides the lackluster Geforce GT120 or whatever?
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- MGS4 on the 360
- Forza 3 this Fall
- PS3 Slim is the real deal
Yours?
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http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/16328
seems like one of those movies you wouldn't brother trying to remake... then again there is a Predator remake on the way too...
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No details on the game, as they're on a pretty strict info lockdown right now, but I will say that it's pretty damn fun.
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It's a band I just discovered - Owl City. Their music (really his music, as it's just one dude doing everything) is relentlessly melodic, endlessly catchy synth-pop, or as one reviewer puts it "indietronica". Really beautiful stuff. I've been rocking out to this all day. Think, hmm, Lights or The Postal Service perhaps?
Check it out!
Listen to the VSMOTD and get more info here:
http://www.monstunes.com/?p=169
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I've seen this guy before riding his bike around with the cat draped over his shoulders, I need to try and take a pic of that.
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http://www.lojacksafetynet.com/bringthemback/?page=henry
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I vote Shadow Warrior.
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http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/toystory3/
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Do any of you use a daily lotion? I was thinking about using something and this one girl said she liked the smell of some mens lotion, it smelled like wood or cedar or somethin.
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http://www.destructoid.com/got-300-you-can-have-the-voice-of-duke-nukem-134223.phtml
TLDR: You can hire Jon St. John to do voicework for $300!
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Where's the best place to start? Something like Javascript? Or something even more basic?
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http://www.shackpics.com/files/booksPNG_ul18bva022xkpk4x4hir.png
What books did you buy?
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I posted yesterday about Roland vDrums. These are the most acoustic-like electronic drums you can get, with mesh heads rather than rubber and dual triggers so rimshots and head shots can be mapped independently, you can do rolls on the snare drum pad as well as rimshots and needless to say the kits are awesome (and expensive). The top of the line kit starts at about $6000 for the full set minus the bass pedals and hi-hat stand and throne, but it includes the drum module with 50 different sounding drum kits and a ton of music to play along with as well as hundreds of modifications you can make to the sound of the included sets. I was looking at their 2nd tier setup, which costs around $3000, has one fewer drum and one fewer cymbal and has smaller mesh head pads but still has a full drum module that the $6k set has.
Today I went to Guitar Center. They had the top of the line set (regularly $6000) used for $3300 and that included an extra drum (which is normally around $400). All of the drums and cymbals worked and I sat there for an hour drumming and having a blast.
I don't know if this is some mid-life crisis (I am only 36) or some desire to recapture something I loved when I was a kid or something I truly would benefit from. I am worried that this is some pathetic attempt to make myself happy by buying something and its a lot of money to spend if the real reason I want it is something else entirely. I am really torn here. It seems like a great deal but I really don't have room for it in the house and I am worried that I will buy it and never use it.
I was pretty happy for that hour that I sat there jamming away today. Advice?
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Curse my chobo skills.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F4yinVt5IS8/SA5kbokgo3I/AAAAAAAAD9E/dVf0-2dy0O0/s1600/Mel+B1.jpg
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I will keep playing F.E.A.R. 1. It is pretty good. I get lost though.
They don't make linear non open world no-stealth no-magic-powers PC games any more. I miss the 90s :(
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Can I download Windows 7 and use that as a main OS until it finally releases? (october isn't it?)
Is it too much of a risk or will it be stable enough? All I seem to read about it is good things and I'll be backing my stuff up regularly just in case..
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http://www.factualtv.com for great documentaries.
With this and livestation.com for my BBC, i don't need to have cable tv anymore.
Man, that was so warranted
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we put out a very short teaser, because it's fun to tease:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-borderlands/49924
this game is pretty much the biggest reason i wanted to go to gearbox. i love diablo, shooters, and co-op. oh and television experience came in handy! i shot a few of the shots in that teaser.
lets hope you guys think this VERY brief trailer is good otherwise i am back on the streets. :(
digg/rate10/tellyourmomplz.
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My grandfather owned a ford 9N tractor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_N_Series_Tractors and the thing was built like a tank. He passed away awhile ago and the tractor got passed on. We used to use that thing at our cabin all the time hauling stuff out of the lake, pulling bogs off the beach and grading our yards. It was great and our family is looking at another tractor from that era.
Most of the ones that I have seen on CL have a dump bucket added to them but since it has PTO has anyone ever seen a back hoe added to it? It would be really nice to have but I don't think the frame is built for it and we would have to step up to a much larger frame that would probably end up ruining our yard.
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