Evening Reading
by Nick Breckon, Jun 29, 2009 6:00pm PDTHave a cool John Carmack/Tom Mustaine interview going up in a couple, mostly talking about Doom: Resurrection and iPhone development. I'm not sure Doom: Resurrection is my cup of tea, but the tech/mechanics behind it are certainly clever and well implemented.
- A little StarCraft II news never hurt anyone
- Trine to be $10 cheaper on PS3
- Doom: Resurrection hits the iPhone for $10
- id to bring three Quakes to the iPhone
- World of Warcraft faction change feature on the way
Daily Filter: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, MLB 12: The Show
Cradle trailer shows off Russian indie adventure game
WoW Monopoly, StarCraft RISK announced at Toy Fair
Jersey Shore's 'The Situation' signs App deal
Blacklight: Retribution open beta begins Feb 27
"Bay's seven movies ("The Rock," "Armageddon," "Pearl Harbor," "The Island," the two "Bad Boys" films and the earlier "Transformers") before the sequel averaged $152.5 million in domestic theaters, according to the website Box Office Mojo.
That places him alongside "Transformers" producer Steven Spielberg (average gross: $156.9 million as a director), "Titanic's" Jim Cameron ($163.8 million) and "The Lord of the Rings' " Peter Jackson ($159 million). What's more, all of Bay's previous movies have grossed more overseas than they have domestically."
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/06/michael-bay-most-movie-critics-are-born-with-the-antifun-gene-.html
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Of course it's bad for the economy but if everyone else is getting it, I won't say no - so 5k$ to me.
I no longer have a shred of guilt for buying an i7.
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I'd like to see if there's interest, if so maybe the usual suspects can ensure there's going to be a server, hot chat action, all that. Thoughts?
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Any tips?
My specs:
8800GTX SLI'd
2.4 Quad Core
4 gigs ram
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But the game keep track of stats, and they are public. So after a few beatdown, your k:d ratio is like 0.1:1, and then nobody wants you on their team, so you cant play.
Great, a beta that convinced me NOT to buy a game!
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http://www.yubby.com/channel/player/2588/44591
Hehe :D
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This is the greatest collectors edition EVER.
http://media.teamxbox.com/games/ss/2310/1246329582.jpg
It is ridiculous(ly awesome).
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I'm wondering... The game setting thread got me thinking: Is there a name specifically for the NOLF 1/2 setting ? Its the spy 1950s-1960s theme, but its more specific than that, with the bright colors, wacky dresses, bright colors, music, etc...
here are some screenshots and images (from OSS 117 which has this setting too). I'm a complete sucker for this setting, and I can't get enough of it. I keep replaying those games and rewatching that movie.
http://www.agentarcher.com/images/NOLF2_Web/Cate_Front_walk.gif
http://www.techimo.com/photo/data/509/medium/64049nolf2.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/mamenkamon/images/nolf2.jpg
http://absolutemichigan.com/blogs/tcfilmfestival/files/2008/07/oss117_affiche.jpg
http://images.themoviedb.org/backdrops/29048/oss117riofan1.jpg
http://www.cinemaisdope.com/news/films/oss117_rio/OSS_117_Lost_in_rio_12b.jpg
http://static.programme-tv.net/var/actualites-tele-large/0/4663-oss-117-m6.jpg
so is the name just "1960s spy movies with kinda flower power vibe/macho vibe" ?
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15 minutes in and I was saying, "What the fuck is happening now? Why did we see that? Who are those dudes? Why are none of these conversations informative?"
I never got a chance to play FF_VII, so I was prepared to be "out of the loop" on some details, but I expected the movie to make sense based on the sweaty-palms hype I read about it. I think the CGI was really impressive, but there were a lot of anime-type standards that annoyed the hell out of me, like the constant "Hmph!" "Hmmm" "Oh! Ah!" "Hmph!" nonsense and the tired-ass reluctant hero with a guilty conscience crap. And the mystical life-force deus ex-machina endings always makes me furious.
Fight scenes were enjoyable though, with the mild exception of some of the motorcycle highway stunts. I couldn't help but roll my eyes a few times. Only I still don't understand how Cloud could survive the ass kicking he got from Sephiroth. He got sliced like a million times and was skewered on dude's sword. Mystical shit again?
3 out of 5 stars.
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http://www.aliceinchains.com
You have to register and get a link in your email to download. Worth the effort if you're a fan. I have to say, for years I've relegated myself to the fact that every Alice In Chains song I would ever hear for the rest of my life would be one that I've already heard before and its going to be a pretty big deal to me to have a new CD from my all-time favorite band.
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http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=96528
The first day for me was about trying out new things like the mechanics and new units and tech trees. I quickly noticed something bad though, and I am really disappointed and worried that Blizzard did not do anything about it since Blizzcon: The units still don't react fast enough. As Chill described it last year, there is certain latency built into the unit handling, which makes proper micro impossible. This is something that really needs to be addressed by Blizzard as it severely hurts the gameplay.
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http://perezhilton.com/2009-06-30-emma-gets-rough
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I don;t mean to empathise with killers, but if I were in that guy's shoes I probably would have done the exact same thing. Catching my partner and my best friend at it, i'd seriously go fucking mental.
Maybe it's just me.
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http://fukung.net/v/9428/et6ump.gif
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I don't know NiN but I like "The Hand that feeds" and I like it very much.
Also, it might be their last concert here.
Will I have fun or should I know their albums?
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Cliff notes:
I was suppose to go on blind date with this girl, but shit came up.
friend tells me to send blind date girl message on facebook.
I send her this
"Hey there, my name is Conner, I'm sure Kara has mentioned me already but I was wondering if you wanted to get to know each other first?"
Her Reply
"Haha yes, absolutely."
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I thought there were more game modes than Capture The Gold, but up to this point that's all I've played. Didn't I read they added something like the classic BF capture points game mode too?
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Some friends and I are just learning the ropes and starting to play, and we noticed one thing (we're newbs):
We printed power cards out with the D&D Insider Char creator. At the bottom of specific powercards (that make use of our equipped weapons, for a 1[W] attack, etc) it listed our Attack Bonus on the weapon, and sometimes a damage bonus (I don't have one laying here).
Now, lets say the attack is STR vs AC; we've just been adding the STR bonus to the rolls (taking into account flanking, cover, combat advantage, etc). But we've been thinking we should probably be adding just the overall attack bonus (which takes into account STR, proficiency, etc). Do we leave damage alone?
Help me obiwan
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http://www.superpoop.com/archives/2009/Jun/?#180
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When they first go out to a Tokyo bar together with some friends, they get chased out of the place by a guy firing what looks like an Airsoft MP5SD except it shoots awesome looking green tracers? Is there such a thing as Airsoft tracer bullets? How is that even possible?
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Good stuff! Nicely recursive iterations.
Hector is a for sure asshole, very casual about respecting other peoples' property and persons.
A-, will show to friends.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/us/30rename.html?_r=1&hp
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Amazing sand drawing video of female artist on Ukrainian talent show drawing a piece called "1945". The music accompanying the drawing includes Apocalyptica's classical string version of Metallica's "Unforgiven."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1JZ9O15280
Ridiculously talented, and as a shack bonus, she's hot too.
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