Evening Reading
by Nick Breckon, Jun 09, 2009 5:15pm PDTGo Wings?
News:
- Crackdown 2 gets four-player co-op
- Cryptic prepping Neverwinter Nights MMO
- Dungeons & Dragons Online becoming free-to-play
- New Left 4 Dead screenshots that no one wants to talk about
- Xbox Live Arcade games capped at 2GB limit
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
razlebol's Max Payne 3 thread got me to wondering about game sequels/IP spinoffs that were not made by the original's creators, and any instances where they have been good.
The concern is that since Remedy is not making Max Payne 3 (and presumably has little or no involvement), how can this be a "real" or "good" Max Payne game? No one who hasn't seen the game can make any educated guesses as to whether it is good, but let's come up with examples where a game not originating from the original dev house HAS been good.
- My submissions: Sunstorm's Duke it Out in DC/ Sunstorm's Cryptic Passage for Blood; Raven's Quake 4
- rock elf submitted Tomb Raider: Legend and, along with the archvile, Fallout 3.
Marmite contributed SWAT 4.
SigENeaT contributed CoD: WaW
And, roushimsx, being roushimsx, had a large list that I will simply link: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20127618#itemanchor_20127618
Yours?
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http://lmnopc.com/greasemonkey/shack2007/stupid/sparkly_comics.user.js
I tried to make his expression suit the contents of the frame. This one works out pretty well:
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20114100#itemanchor_20114100
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Does this jacket and jeans go with the shirt and tie? It seems like the shirt and tie should be replaced with a regular t-shirt to me? Also further lols at the gloves.
yeah 9/10 whatever
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Source: http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/06/terminator-5-set-in-modern-day-london/
If this happens I'll start crying...
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http://www.onemanga.com/Gyo/1/
A totally messed up japanese graphic novel/manga/comic/etc... Similar to the other one with the people-shaped holes in the mountain.
It needs to be made into a movie.
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http://www.stoofoo.net/chatty.x?id=18001
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Fallout 3...good times.
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Congrats Phil on breaking the 10,000 LOL mark!!!!
http://www.lmnopc.com/greasemonkey/shacklol/funniest.php?tag=lol
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http://teamsugar.com/
Connect. Share. Enjoy.
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90% of everything I play sucks and I just keep rotating 3 or 4 old games that I love.
(Dues Ex, Metal Gear Solid 1, 2 and 3)
I need to ditch world of warcraft too. I keep trying to play it because I like competitive games but the arena system and class balance are so fucked up right now and not to mention the massive time sink that is grinding honor and the pve weapons that you need to even compete.
Fallout 3 and Mass Effect are two of the better games I have played in a long long time.
Can any of you suggest something that I might actually like?
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http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/slimybug/news/?a=7894
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/16/kaixin001-chinas-apple-of-social-networks/
A new chinese Facebook clone that got 7.5 million users in 5 months (!!). Apparently it's huge, especially with white collar chinese workers, who do nothing but do this at work.
I think this pretty well settles which is the best mobile phone OS.
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K.
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Like when his son and daughter-in-law visit him and start talking about him moving into a retirement home. or when he goes to this neighbors house for the bbq and he is hanging out with the kids in the basement, and that whole general scene really.
Really a great movie all around, would recommend to anyone who likes good movies.
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http://ps3.ign.com/dor/objects/14218851/ghostbusters/videos/ghostbusters_review_060909.html
WHO YOU GONNA CALL!?
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The worst offender is the fact that exploring isn't that great because there isn't much to explore, New York seems really small and the enemies can get on your ass so quickly that the free roaming aspect feels like a chore, you never really break free. The missions aren't all that fun as the enemies are either too stupid, or just way too large in numbers and overwhelm. Attempting to regenerate health is a difficult task and makes the larger battles very difficult. Other than the movement controls, everything else seems rushed and incomplete. inFamous melded together great shooter, platformer and sandbox gaming elements so elegantly, none feeling half assed, while Red Faction, despite the huge amounts of physics at work, looks better and is a hell of a lot more fun. Hopefully it gets better, but usually the first hours of a game are what hooks you, and I just am not getting that addictive nature that games like GTA and Crackdown reeled me in with, instead I feel simply like getting it over with.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9bWEz4ME-M&feature=related
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http://mancide.net/shackstats/?ranks=1&sort=desc&order=gamerscore
sigpro now has someone new close to his throne.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG-0H0giMys
previous viewing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I0QN-FYkpw
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i got tickets to Game 7. i cant wait! i wanna see my Wings hoist the Cup on home ice for the first time in my life. the last couple years my passion for sports has switched from Football (Lions helped with that) to Hockey. my mates and i paid out our ass for tickets but i cant wait to experience the atmosphere of a Game 7 for the Cup.
What is you guys most intense sports game experience?
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Good news, she heals fast. Bad news, she's hyper and I'm worried she might pop a stitch :(
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