Evening Reading

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 95 replies.

• toggle

  Ok, hopefully everyone has had time to settle down and rest up a bit after the insanity that was QuakeCon... : devnullgt
  • toggle

    Holy fuck epic, let me read this. INF PLEASE! : felicia
    • toggle

      Aw, FPS David is adorable in that first picture. : felicia
      • toggle

        Hahahaaaaa, app lay moh jie toe. Also, that hangover FUCKING BLEW. : felicia
        • Yea, I dont know who looked worse...you or Tasty : devnullgt
  • you weren't kidding when you said EPIC! I'd even add a "Fucking" in front of that EPIC! nice job!! : hirez
  • toggle

    Bonus: pic of FPSDavid getting powerlifted: http://www.1337society.com/genjurodavid.jpg : devnullgt
    • I think that's illegal in Texas for two, possibly three reasons. : Rauol Duke
  • toggle

    Aweeesome. So much scrolling to get back up to the reply button :D : DrWaffles
    • Yea, I had it in MS Word and that post was longer than a lot of my term papers. If only I had the kind of... : devnullgt
  • awesome post! : mwasher
  • toggle

    nyranger66 = Super Daniel Man!!!!!!!!!!!! http://devnullgt.com/gallery2/v/Events/quakecon09/IMG_0235.J... : pancake humper
    • lol truth. : abrasion
  • toggle

    nice. who's the girl on the left here? http://devnullgt.com/gallery2/v/Events/quakecon09/IMG_0262.JPG... : FrayLo
    • toggle

      wrong link. http://devnullgt.com/gallery2/v/Events/quakecon09/IMG_0258.JPG.html : FrayLo
      • helvy! : felicia
      • toggle

        helvetica...she's awesome : devnullgt
        • lefthighkick is equally awesome, they're both funny and very nice! Have great attitudes about everything,... : felicia
        • Also, yea I know I have to go back and tag people in those pics...but I am wiped out after typing that ou... : devnullgt
      • toggle

        me : gmd
        • sup girl how you doin : FrayLo
        • toggle

          at the risk of sounding creepy I WANT TO FUCK YOU GMD. : orgcaptainnemo
          • im pretending your sister typed this oh yeah : gmd
      • toggle

        nice Blow Me shirt :) : bad_fish
        • Took me a second to realise this was not a completely inappropriate comment. : Jonathan
      • toggle

        Ok who is that in the 3 wolf shirt? : hashd
        • toggle

          Dynotaku's housemate. They both had three wolf t's on. It was a hella classy affair. : ThomW
          • The house actually glowed from the outside with all the awesome that was contained on the inside. : mrwolf710
      • She's looking even less nerdy than several years ago. That Michigan tan does wonders! : spazzium
    • I'm not a girl :( : ColoradoCNC
  • toggle

    pretty cute that genjuro and sleepy dressed together : gmd
    • toggle

      That shirt was about 5 sizes too small : genjuro
      • You looked totally ripped in it, though! : felicia
  • Awesome post. I wish I could have been there! : Link.
  • Balls, I knew I'd forget somebody... http://www.shacknews.com/profile/wendigo : devnullgt
  • nice post : pupismyname
  • Bastards >:( sounds like so much fun : shavenewok
  • toggle

    Who is this in the Three Wolf t-shirt? http://devnullgt.com/gallery2/v/Events/quakecon09/IMG_0258.JPG.htm... : freshyk
    • toggle

      I believe that is radula ...also DynoTaku had that same shirt on. : devnullgt
      • toggle

        Not radula! Don't remember his name, though! :( : felicia
        • toggle

          No, youre right, I just glanced at it and thought it looked similar ish....DynoTaku knows, he made the co... : devnullgt
          • Good write up by the way! : freshyk
          • That's my housemate. He has an account here as Superhoss but has only about 9 posts. We didn't both plan ... : Dynotaku
      • That must have been embarrassing for them. : BlackCat9
  • Horray! Look! : Deathlove
  • toggle

    TLDR j/k -- good write up roomie! : ThomW
    • TLDR: Quakecon was awesome, shackers are awesome, See post for pics+divx+links : devnullgt
    • toggle

      ^^ this man has an infectious laugh, A++ would laugh with him again : felicia
      • toggle

        Dude ThomW is the shit! : DrillBit
        • Agreed. And I thought he was pretty cool before just for all the scripts and stuff. : mrwolf710
      • toggle

        That guy does NOT stop laughing :O : dognose
        • Hey, dognose, nice to meet ya. I'm mrwolf710. : mrwolf710
        • I'm jolly. : ThomW
  • awesome epic post : trOmblyj
  • toggle

    Awesome write up. Feliciadidnt drink wine out of a bottle til the house party. We girls are too classy fo... : dahanese
    • toggle

      Yeah, dahanese and I are classy as shit, yo. : felicia
      • toggle

        that picture of us in the bar is classtastic. (do you remember that?) : dahanese
        • toggle

          I remember bits and pieces of that night, but apparently I lost it somewhere before I shotgunned the last... : felicia
          • toggle

            i promise the next time i am with you and you chug LIITs i will know that i am supposed to stop you! : dahanese
            • toggle

              I don't even remember how many drinks or shots I had that night. I'm glad I found my way back to my room ... : felicia
              • 7 at the bar, by my count. in not so much time. silly panda. : dahanese
  • toggle

    http://devnullgt.com/gallery2/v/Events/quakecon09/IMG_0257.JPG.html the guy in the white shirt looks l... : bad_fish
    • bumble bee tuna : happynoodle
    • genjuro and mr.sleepy dressed as bruce banner and the incredible hulk for the party : mikecyb
  • Awesome writeup. I'm sad I missed out :( : pun][sher
  • Thank you for this! : dognose
  • toggle

    I am so awesome I got linked twice! : OverloadUT
    • toggle

      I hope I did not scare you at the BYOC, I was told you looked scared when I hugged you :( : dognose
      • toggle

        I was sitting down and you got very excited when I showed you my nametag and I was not expecting it! But ... : OverloadUT
        • Next time, we'll take a drive for beer and sunflower seeds, and we will bond. : dognose
  • toggle

    whoah. That is the biggest post I've ever seen on the shack. : thecray
    • Yea, I was surprised that it actually fit....but it was worth the effort....QCon was epic : devnullgt
  • Wow, great write up. Thanks, devil nugget. : Alice O'Connor
  • This is a great writeup, I can't wait until 2011. : MercFox1
  • Awesome write up. Thanks for the pics. And thanks to everyone else for a great time. : freakynipples69
  • That was perfect. Incredible write-up. : mrwolf710
  • Wow, nice writeup! : helvetica
• Nice writeup! Almost felt like I was there, but less stinky! : Dave-A
• This is a sweet writeup! : Galadriel07
• Woot! : fleabug
• http://devnullgt.com/gallery2/v/Events/quakecon09/IMG_0240.JPG.html I have that T-shirt on the left (than... : abrasion
• toggle

  UPDATE: Still kicking myself in the nuts for not attending. I pledge 1 keg in my hotel room for 2010 or ... : devi| dog
  • toggle

    damn straight! Just gotta get lucky like me and not get charged extra when shackers trash your room :) : filthysock
    • toggle

      So I can expect you back in 2011 is what you're saying. : devi| dog
      • here's hoping... : filthysock
• toggle

  You guys look like a lot more fun than the people I wound up hanging out with. : Nobody Good
  • Prolly not, we just have better cameras : dognose
• 2011, eh? I want to go. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
• nice write up, really wish I could have gone. : Old_Fart
• toggle

  I didn't even realize QuakeCon had happened yet. Man this site has changed. : Pneum0
  • toggle

    Wait, how do you browse latest chatty and NOT Have known about quakecon? : devnullgt
    • seriously, I wasn't interested in quakecon at all, and there were posts going back for weeks up to this w... : flagg209
    • Things like QUAKECON used to be front page material. I didn't say I didn't know about it, just that it c... : Pneum0
• great time man.. nice meeting everyone! : rbjester

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 71 replies.

• toggle

  sup scott : Juno
  • toggle

    also bought'd : Juno
    • toggle

      Where's your icon then? : intothefray
      • it's there, check it, son : Juno
      • Icon? I bought this and I don't seem to have an icon anywhere? : dafugg
• toggle

  How come you're the one posting this?? You don't even play it! : miasma(&)
  • I thought others might be interested. : abrasion
• Buy the shit out of this, plz. : MercFox1
• toggle

  I need to play the beta a bit more before deciding. It looks cool but makes me feel stupid. :( : node
  • toggle

    Play Warcraft 3 instead :) : abrasion
    • toggle

      I did that years ago, I thought this was the new shit? :( : node
      • toggle

        It's a very different game and depends if you like it, don't just play it because it's 'the new shit' - t... : abrasion
        • I know, I just can't help thinking I'm missing something. You control one dude while the computer plays y... : node
• Your Heroes of Newerth account is now activated! Damn right. : [7]kami
• toggle

  This is only for beta testers btw : pancake humper
  • toggle

    So SM me your e-mailadress if you want to become a beta tester! : [7]kami
    • toggle

      Yeah I think I have 14 invites or some crazy number. I might pre-order this just to support S2. Has the n... : pancake humper
      • toggle

        What do you mean by the seriousness of the game? : [7]kami
        • toggle

          Noob games being plagued/populated by the dota pros : pancake humper
          • toggle

            It is getting better due to the new system and due to time. : [7]kami
            • Nice. Maybe I'll make a new account and try it out again. : pancake humper
      • matchmaking isn't in yet, that's next. The PSR stuff has helped though. And the new patches/heroes are ... : kainen1
• Also: playing Magmus and laning with a good Pebbles = gg for the others. So much fun. : [7]kami
• toggle

  Purchased! One hiccup.. the confirmation email says "Thank you for supporting S2 Games and purchasing ... : dafugg
  • toggle

    You got duped. You just bought Savage 2. : Faluzure
    • Nope.. further down the email it says "Product: HoN preorder" : dafugg
• I don't even have enough time to play the game but I think I'm going to buy it. It's just so much fun. : Sexpansion Pack
• toggle

  Have you guys considered League of Legends? Watching that tidbit of video they released seemed like they... : ImageOmega
  • I've seen the videos and really do not dig the art direction. At all. :( : [7]kami
  • Considered, played, got bored. Gave it another chance, got bored, repeat a few times. Basically, It's not... : Durajim
  • I tried it but it felt cheap and plasticky and had stupid stuff like outside game levelling and rune boar... : kainen1
  • i play it.. it beats me into the ground, and i keep coming back for more.. i think it's fun, especially w... : dextius
  • saw the videos, and the art style really turned me off quickly. : re-verse
  • Played it and like it better than HoN. It cuts out the BS and leaves the good stuff. Can't go into detail... : Zek
  • toggle

    Image do you need a key? I like LoL much more than HoN. The Art style, the level ------------------------ : Slowtreme
    • I have the HoN beta (and extra keys for anyone -- however this is a dead chatty), but not LoL. I'd give ... : ImageOmega
  • toggle

    What specifically is "more streamlined" and how is the ui "upgraded" at all? : DrFlammable
    • toggle

      In-game it's not particularly different, but the shop is organized by bonus which is very nice, i.e. you ... : Zek
      • something else also visible in the trailer, when you open the shop they present you with some upfront opt... : Slowtreme
• toggle

  Ability to Taunt in Game? So you Can't Taunt Unless you Purchase an Account? : capt tripps
  • That's what it sounds like, although I doubt it's real taunting. Probably taunting like you can have your... : skizl
• Purchased! Not felt this happy about pre-ordering a game for ages, I've got so much play time out of the ... : Durajim
• If anyone else is looking for beta invites - SM me. : Kiyohime
• toggle

  purchased. Even if i was to never play the final product, I've easily gotten twice the value of the price... : re-verse
  • toggle

    How true (about the value). I play too much (or maybe not enough). : Faluzure
    • You just hang in the shack channel being idle, fgt. : [7]kami
    • Dude you must, every time I play I see you playing. I envy your free time! : kainen1
  • yea I feel the same way. Good for S2! : multisync
• toggle

  I can't log in wtf :/ : lordlobo
  • Username is case sensitive, could that be the problem? : s2jason
  • me neither... I can log in into the beta page with the same credentials with no problems. : c_man_tmt
• toggle

  That's about $30 too much in my opinion. : chadg033
  • Chad if you don't have anything nice to say,.............. then SM it to me and I'll post it instead. ye : abrasion
  • Your opinion is wrong. : [7]kami
  • And what a well quantified and supported opinion it is : geedeck
  • you're nuts. easiest 30 bucks I've ever spent. : kainen1
  • WHY CAN'T I HAVE STUFF FREE : kpxkrnjc
  • Look at how wrong you are. : MercFox1
• toggle

  i don't have any money :(:(:(:(:(:( : r3dn3ck
  • ^this damn you school & space hulk :< : kpxkrnjc
• toggle

  -Ability to shit on people and make them never want to play again : dantastic
  • toggle

    Like the potd quote I had yesterday, this aspect of the game is somewhat over hyped, for the most part, p... : boomstickah
    • *cough* tabo *cough* : multisync
• toggle

  Surprisingly i'm starting to play a whole lot better, i had a couple of games playing as Legion and as Ac : r3dn3ck
  • toggle

    yea people don't listen to us /take us seriously when we warn them- but to be fair i had no chance as pol... : multisync
    • I've seen both you and joquers put it together and dominate. I'll never take either one of you for grante... : boomstickah
• toggle

  someone send me an invite, I will create the name I want, not noobstickah :( : boomstickah
  • toggle

    we will need an email address : pancake humper
    • nevermind I had a spare invite : boomstickah
• Bought it earlier today, lord help me : action roommate

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 42 replies.

• you? : CrustaR
• limited run wtf? : Unleashed
• toggle

  We did. We're trying to put together a regular board game night to play it. Also got the Battlestar Galac... : BlackCat9
  • toggle

    the BSG game is so awesome. a huge hit with my friends, even got some people into the show. : dirge23
    • toggle

      I've played that game, its fun. Except you are a cylon, you bastard. : el_bandito
      • toggle

        i've played the game like 10 times and i've still never been a cylon. it's kind of a bummer. : dirge23
        • toggle

          What makes the game so fun? Does it play like Shadows Over Camelot at all? : geedeck
          • toggle

            yes, it's very similar in some ways. on the surface everything is co-op, but one or more players may be a... : dirge23
            • toggle

              I think you just gave me the info to sell the wife on it! :D : geedeck
              • i can't recommend it highly enough. my wife and sister both enjoyed this game a lot. there are a lot of s... : dirge23
• I did. : DianeOfTheMoon
• toggle

  I did! I had to think about the price tag of $100 for a second but if it's a limited release I really did... : Psigun
  • toggle

    Yeah, I ordered it too but it basically looks like exactly the same game from 20 years ago. I'm still st... : midgetherder
    • toggle

      I can't imagine they'd spend all the effort on new models and bits and not revise the rules and missions ... : Psigun
      • toggle

        On the other hand, would they spend time revising the rules and missions for a product that isn't planned... : Chris Remo
        • Even so, there is nothing stopping people from playing using first or second edition rules. : Poor Yurik
        • If they did it for the models and bits I would imagine that, yes, they would do the paperwork over as wel... : Psigun
  • toggle

    Wait, it was a $100 board game? God damn it. BRB. : BlackCat9
    • It's either shoes or games...which do you prefer? : DianeOfTheMoon
• toggle

  Is it really only 2 players? That's pretty shitty for a 100 dollar board game : kpxkrnjc
  • toggle

    good 2 player board games are surprisingly rare : dirge23
    • toggle

      I just find playing board games with only 2 people to be kind of boring. Would have been a solid buy if ... : kpxkrnjc
      • toggle

        that's what i'm saying, most board games are boring with only 2 because they're designed for a dynamic of... : dirge23
        • toggle

          I am definitely interested in this, I think I'll sleep on it. : kpxkrnjc
          • i'll expect a full writeup on your conclusions in the morning : dirge23
  • It's a classic that hasn't been produced in decades and it's a limited release. The bits and models in it... : Psigun
  • Space Hulk is fun as hell, and you could always play with more than 2 players. Nothing is stopping you f... : Poor Yurik
• toggle

  Gah, I got all excited for a second that they were making a new PC game out of it. I remember liking the ... : Serpico74
  • toggle

    I'm hoping that the DoW popularity will convince them to remake the Space Hulk game. The atmosphere in t... : midgetherder
    • A remake with the Blood Ravens instead of Blood Angels would be cool. They could even carry over characte... : Psigun
    • I agree, if they can make it feel scary then it would be awesome : Serpico74
• i did. never played this one, hope i like it. : dirge23
• toggle

  I lost the manuals for my edition of Space Hulk a few years back. Every so often i send Games Workshop an... : el_bandito
  • toggle

    http://boardgamegeek.com/files/thing/2163?sort=hot : dirge23
    • I am forever in your debt. : el_bandito
• I did. : ZeroSignal
• I probably will soon. I just hope they haven't fucked up the rules. Not really enjoyed a GW game since Ne... : node
• toggle

  Is it safe to assume that they're unpainted? : capt tripps
  • The Genestealers are blue and the Blood Angels are red plastic. Not painted. : Psigun
• I did. Can't wait to destroy Wadmaasi Tau. : amrbean
• I did but I canceled it five minutes later. I just can't go dropping $100 on a board game right now. :( : jason bergman

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 41 replies.

• toggle

  Ok I fixed my problem if anyone was following. I was having problems with it crashing to desktop on load... : ant_hillbilly
  • toggle

    when exactly did you ctd? : RetroRedEyeJr
    • toggle

      right when I would try to load the game. I would get the bf2 screen, then it would go full screen black ... : ant_hillbilly
      • toggle

        oh okay i think that is the issue that made me quit playing way back in 06 now that i think of it. i neve... : RetroRedEyeJr
        • toggle

          haha now it is crashing when loading the shaders. Get stuck at 62%. This is such a pita. : ant_hillbilly
          • fuck this game. I cant get it to work. Back to TF2. : ant_hillbilly
  • changing sound acceleration from Full to Standard in dxdiag fixed my CTD'ing also : AlexXdude
• WOO! BF2! : Danny5225
• toggle

  Im having issues! i am getting a buffer overrun from bf2voiceSetup.exe when installing. I was able to pat... : RetroRedEyeJr
  • toggle

    also wtf at restarting when installing a game : RetroRedEyeJr
    • You can ignore that. It's just because it runs a directx 9 installer, and if you're up to date it doesn'... : deject
• ON IT : eeeealmo
• toggle

  Also, YOU FAGS SHOULD GET IN TEAMSPEAK! I'M THE ONLY ONE IN HERE!!! : MercFox1
  • I don't know the address! Hook a brother up! : Full.Bleed
• toggle

  aight IGI : AlexXdude
  • Dude, apparently, I have to get that 500 mb patch before I can get on :( Laaaame. : MercFox1
• Was there a how-to guide about BF2 stuff? I am gonna start playing once the 1.5 patch drops, so anyone th... : Darkfox76
• toggle

  why is this game not on steam? : quazar
  • toggle

    Because EA has their own digital distribution. : eeeealmo
    • Well, EA can stuff that. DO YOU HEAR ME, EA? STUFF IT!! : Maddog_Delphi97
• As always, I'm at work. :( : MacemanInTW
• do you mean bf2.shackbattles.com ? : kill9
• my bf2 always freezes at the account log in and I know my log in works since I can play bf2142 without ... : X-GOUKI
• Back up with 16 person mashtuur : eeeealmo
• toggle

  BF2 isn't working on 64-bit Win7, either. I hope someone can figure out a workaround, otherwise this is a... : MercFox1
  • toggle

    This is what I had to deal with. First do the patch. Then update punkbuster manually. Also set admin r... : ant_hillbilly
    • Weird, worked fine at the first try here. : Nitrium
  • toggle

    ? I have BF2 running on Win7 64-bit, seems to be fine. I had to delete my Battlefield 2 folder from m... : RyDogg1
    • Yeah it works fine for me without admin rights in Win7 64-bit as well. : deject
  • Fine for me, 64 bit Win 7 rtm. : watcherxp
• I have got an invalid cd key even after trying the regedit fix FFS! : Lightzout
• toggle

  Word, that was fun, Sunday should be awesome :D : AlexXdude
  • SUNDAY WILL BE EPIC!!! : RyDogg1
  • toggle

    I forgot everything there is to remember about this game! Plus it sucks with key binds :/ : yosemiteclimber
    • toggle

      Yeah, how many patches have there been? Last time I installed it I couldn't bind crouch to shift because ... : pyide
      • toggle

        1.41 is the latest patch. : Nitrium
        • There are a few 1.5 beta patches too and they still have problems with key bindings. I was simply surp... : pyide
• Working fine, RyDogg. Awesome. : Nitrium
• toggle

  Geez just connected on a brazilian server and there were a lot of people using some kind of crazy macro t... : Nitrium
  • Dolphin diving has been around since release. Switch to single fore mode and pop em in the head when the... : Lightzout

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 56 replies.

• Windows Media Player : pancake humper
• I thought you had to use 3rd party media center software?? : DrillBit
• toggle

  http://labs.divx.com/mkvwin7preview install and play. they note that it only runs on 32-bit WMP, but 3... : xsoulbrothax
  • toggle

    Intriguing. Has this been verified? I'm very curious. : Albemuth
    • works on my 360, as long as i can see the mkv files.. iirc i play them from either the 'videos' tab or ju... : xsoulbrothax
  • I will try this tomorrow. Exciting. : scapin
  • There's a 64-bit MKV demuxer (aka splitter aka filter) here which seems to work fine (though I've not tri... : nudel
• I don't think it can : jingletard
• toggle

  Wow sweet. You could rip your own blu ray library now if you had the means : bozer
  • toggle

    You've been able to do that for a long time. : Gonzo
    • toggle

      Yeah but no good way to get MKV to the 360 really. : bozer
      • toggle

        i usually ripped in handbrake and manually renamed stuff to .avi :( i suck with video/codec stuff : xsoulbrothax
        • although.. yeah, blu-ray, nevermind : xsoulbrothax
      • toggle

        Programs like TVersity and PS3 Media Server have done this quite well for a good while now. : Sapiens
        • toggle

          TVersity does it very slowly to the 360. : Pettytheft
          • Agreed, TVersity is a flaky piece of shit in my experience. That's why I use PS3MC instead. :) : Sapiens
        • That stuff sucks for this : bozer
• toggle

  The DivX MKV splitter currently exposes only the primary audio track. This tech preview does not yet sup : mrblarg
  • toggle

    it's pretty easy to fuck around with that stuff via muxing to get around the limitation, but yeah, it's r... : Halen
    • toggle

      the issue iirc is that the players (software on the 360/ps3) don't support subtitles at the moment with t... : Shai-Tan
      • Yeah, I'm interested to see how they'll implement this on the Media Center Extender, which seems to be th... : Halen
• toggle

  can't you do that already with ps3 media server? : Shai-Tan
  • toggle

    ps3 media server transcodes to a supported format. It's acting as a translator for the xbox or ps3 or wha... : DarkWolf5
    • toggle

      it sounds like he's saying Windows 7 does will do the transcoding natively, you still won't be able to pl... : MagicWishMonkey
      • naa, it remuxes the video because the codecs are already supported, it would only need to transcode if th... : Shai-Tan
    • no, at least on the ps3 it can demux the stream in real time, no transcoding : Shai-Tan
    • toggle

      PS3MC has an option to transcode only if the codecs inside the container aren't supported. : Sapiens
      • toggle

        So it's doing 0 processing now on the computer side? that's cool. : DarkWolf5
        • Not 0, but as I understand it if (for example) if you have an MKV with a supported video codec but unsupp... : Sapiens
  • toggle

    you missed the word natively : redfive
    • toggle

      Win7 doesn't understand MKV out of the box so I'm not sure what natively means in this context. That s... : nudel
      • ...I think when the DivX page talks about native MKV support they just mean that the add-on they're provi... : nudel
      • toggle

        Win7 understands h.264 out of the box, and the Divx tech preview adds splitter support to the media found... : Halen
        • sorry, splitter + mkv container support : Halen
• toggle

  just ask sigpro. he keeps ups with and understands all 97 different codecs/containers and all that stuff.... : Degenerate
  • It's not all that comoplex! : boomstickah
  • Trials is pissing me off. I wanted more epic jumps and loops, but all I am getting is repeated incline c... : mwasher
  • toggle

    Fuck video files. Converting blu-ray files is a pain in my ass right now trying to figure out what I want... : sigpro
    • toggle

      When you say regular DVD as in 9gb file size but high def or as in keeping DVD style menus or literally r... : abrasion
      • toggle

        I'm fucking around and attempting to take a 33gb bluray rip I made and put that onto a single maybe dual ... : sigpro
        • toggle

          they sell dvds for like $5 these days. Just saying... : DarkWolf5
          • haha yeah I know. This is pretty much a one time thing though so it's a learning experience. : sigpro
• I might finally be able to get rid of TVersity : Pettytheft
• toggle

  I'd just install PS3 media server it works simply and easily, works for 360 also. : abrasion
  • toggle

    Which transcodes the video chewing up cpu cycles which some people don't like. I just stick with the wd t... : sigpro
    • toggle

      The new model they announced looks pretty damn cool. : DarkWolf5
      • toggle

        Did they fully announce it? I saw some pictures of it with the built in network but hadn't seen an offici... : sigpro
        • toggle

          ahh no I was thinking of the leaked pics. : DarkWolf5
          • If they can make it stream stuff like the popcorn hours but keep the price around 130 or less like the cu... : sigpro
    • toggle

      I don't think it transcodes everything does it? I've never noticed a quality drop myself and it's basical... : abrasion
      • It transcodes anything the ps3 can't play back such as mkv. This solution for windows 7 plus the media ex... : sigpro
    • Depends on the codecs the video is using and the device you're playing it on. I've streamed 1080p h.264mk... : Prozium
    • I've heard that's alright but no network connectivity kills it for me. : ieGod
• toggle

  Speaking of which...Im installing it on my desktop RIGHT NOW : devnullgt
  • FYI, the 64bit version was just released and works great (so far)! : scapin

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 46 replies.

• toggle

  Others here probably know more, but what about a reformat? Start clean? : sixfoot6
  • toggle

    How do I even go about doing that? : Wisp!
    • toggle

      Well there are instructional sites that can help you more than me. But I just did it the other day and it... : sixfoot6
      • Don't forget to burn a copy of your NIC/Wi-Fi drivers in step #1 if there Vista doesn't have an inbox ver... : Sapiens
    • Oh..................... : abrasion
    • toggle

      1. back up all your important data. 2. ask the internets. : cerealSAM2
      • 3. PRINT OUT THE INSTRUCTIONS (especially if this is your only PC) 4. Follow internet instructions. : one random winner
• toggle

  Just a guess: hard drive starting to crap out is a high possibility. : SolrFlare
  • Are there warning signs that can indicate this besides just your system slowing down? : Wisp!
• Most likely it's a part of a government monitoring worm that's taking screen caps and forwarding it to th... : LilCrypto
• toggle

  What resolution are you in? Also 8800GT is getting long in the tooth, you should upgrade in about 8 weeks : abrasion
  • toggle

    What happens in 8 weeks?? : skinlab133
    • toggle

      New video cards will have been out a couple of weeks and prices should settle for a bit. : abrasion
      • toggle

        Also, will my CPU hold back a more powerful GPU? I'm also concerned about whether I have a sufficient PSU... : Wisp!
        • Your CPU is pretty meaty and not many games require a massive CPU - I would hang on to it for another ye... : abrasion
      • toggle

        Really? What's coming soon from nvidia? Fuck it's hard to follow this shit these days. : node
        • toggle

          Nvidia? Who knows or cares? ATI damn well rescued us from NV's most recent complete and utter attempt at ... : abrasion
          • But to answer the question, latest rumors have Nvidia coming out with a new set as early as late November... : one random winner
  • toggle

    1440x900 : Wisp!
    • toggle

      That's not really unreasonable, are you cranking the AA or AF? Do you have a virus scanner or torrent thi... : abrasion
      • toggle

        For TF2, I originally had everything cranked to maximum (16x AA/AF) but in the last week I scaled the AA ... : Wisp!
        • toggle

          Your CPU may be overheating and throttling if GPU setting changes are doing nothing, consider running com... : abrasion
          • toggle

            I'm running COD4 in the background right now as I type this and Speed Fan says my CPU is ~52C right now w... : Wisp!
            • toggle

              Speedfan sorry - 52c is fine - but is your CPU 100% - you need to get prime95 : abrasion
              • toggle

                I'm running prime95, not exactly sure what the fuck its doing, but Speed Fan says 100%. : Wisp!
                • toggle

                  What speed is the CPU running at, do you have a tool to confirm it's 2.4ghz? : abrasion
                  • toggle

                    Not that I know of. What tool would I need? : Wisp!
                    • toggle

                      Though Speed Fan says "Found Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz" : Wisp!
                      • Format and put windows 7 RC 64bit on it :( : abrasion
  • Unless its a really low memory version - the 8800 is still a great card; so good in fact, Nivida just re-... : NoCopy
• toggle

  How much background crap do you have running? Have you recently installed any resident virus scanners? ... : CyCo_PL
  • toggle

    Steam, Xfire, Avast, and Firefox if I'm too lazy to close it, are the only background programs I run. ... : Wisp!
    • toggle

      all of them that are required by your computers, silly man. : moe6
      • toggle

        I'm looking for specifics. Which drivers? : Wisp!
        • That would depend on your exact hardware :P : Shadowdane
        • Get belarc and run it - http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html Then you'll know all the hardware you... : one random winner
• Was the PC actually under full load while you were running SpeedFan? : Sapiens
• Motherboard may be packing it in. These sort of symptoms happened to a computer I had a few years back, r... : Cliffzorz
• toggle

  its your 8800GT overheating. but if you dont think it is replace the fucker with a loan card from another... : spaceyme
  • toggle

    why not just, you know, check the temps? : Sapiens
    • toggle

      cause it could be the card thats fucked, and "checking the temps" isnt an exact science, the OP has trie... : spaceyme
      • toggle

        you did say "its your 8800gt overheating" so checking temps seems like a much easier first step than find : Sapiens
        • SpeedFan does monitor GPU temps and I was running under full load. The 8800GT can go up to 120C before yo... : Wisp!
  • I think overheating is my problem too. Not so much the GPU, as the video RAM : ShadowRam
• TF2 (all Source games for that matter) are fairly CPU intensive, might want to see if anything else is ru... : MeestaNob

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 82 replies.

• Uhh, thats fucked up. : soggybagel
• toggle

  what.. did someone say "Bet you can't sock it?" to you? : Toraz Chryx
  • I'd gone through on Legendary a few times and was looking for a new challenge. One of my friends was dru... : RomSteady
• toggle

  Be WiiPlay with my vagina only : felicia
  • toggle

    Beat, even. I suppose my vagina could actually be WiiPlay, though, couldn't it? : felicia
    • slut! : felicia
    • them some phat lips : hankyJR
    • toggle

      I'm not touching this comment with a ten foot swizzle stick. : RomSteady
      • toggle

        try sideways! : shavenewok
        • toggle

          But I'm not a pretentious wine snob.... : RomSteady
          • bloody merlot drinkers : shavenewok
          • lol : abrasion
    • i wanna play shooting range then : mmogger
    • toggle

      Ever heard of the atari 2600 game Custer's Revenge? : Prozium
      • I see what you did there : henrikb
    • Pre-teens and octogenarians do get a lot of enjoyment out of it, yes : Ovate
    • toggle

      Depends, do you like it with nunchucks attached? : Toraz Chryx
      • toggle

        The nunchucks have to be guided by my third dick, otherwise it just doesn't feel right. : felicia
        • I love your posts :) : vynn
    • Ill take the 4 player version : askedrelic
  • God I have to inf this! : hashd
  • so how does that work exactly? : kevp
  • toggle

    whooooooo weee. you need to be tazed, then frisked. then tazed and frisked at the same time : Downforce
    • Didn't the Aussie cop already take care of that? : hashd
  • Pics or it didn't happen. : Stucky_101
• toggle

  Beat Mega Man 2 start to finish with my back to the screen, using a mirror. : kallanta
  • toggle

    Insanity. I hope this was a bet and you got something cool. : Serpico74
    • toggle

      Um... it got me lunch. I was 14. : kallanta
      • toggle

        Yeah, that's about the age you'd do stuff like that. I know I wouldn't have patience for most NES games p : Serpico74
        • toggle

          It kind of depresses me when I go back and play some old school game I used to be able to beat easily, an... : Ctrl-Phreak
          • toggle

            Gaming is so so much softer than it used to be. That said, replay those classics a few times and it gets ... : Serpico74
            • toggle

              It's funny that the guy who says "they never do pattern memorization anymore" plays rockband like a boss. : sammyl
              • I don't memorize songs, I dodge those fucking bullets as they come at me! : Serpico74
            • You also gotta make sure you're playing them on a TV with as little lag as possible. It's getting harder ... : Prozium
  • Heh I really want to try this now. : CyCo_PL
• No-death F-zero(the original) drunk off my ass. : SolrFlare
• This subthread. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20324918#itemanchor_20324918 There's 300mb and 60 m... : abrasion
• not really a dare but I used to be able to capture the flag on some of the levels in TF just by running a... : deathofrats
• toggle

  Rock Band. Drums and bass at the same time. : Shadsy
  • toggle

    Which song? : Serpico74
    • toggle

      I don't remember now, but it was one of the easier ones from Rock Band 2, and it was on Easy. Barely pass... : Shadsy
      • I hereby retract my unpossible. : Ctrl-Phreak
  • I call unpossible. : Ctrl-Phreak
  • We played on medium, with the directive to rock as hard as possible. Alcohol was involved, and at one poi... : xsoulbrothax
  • Slappin' da bass, mon. : acidnynex
• how did you manage to do that? how did you fire your gun and shoot and move at the same time? : Jackass1233
• toggle

  Bullshit. I demand video proof. : GeorgeB3DR
  • He has posted pictures of his toes here. I believe him. You do not want to look at these pictures : dognose
• That sounds like a waste of time. : dltrem
• toggle

  finished some doom2 levels blindfolded (incuding the last level) : CoRDS
  • toggle

    So how does this work, do you jut go by the noises or is it all guessing at the timing? : dognose
    • i knew the levels off by heart, where things would be etc. : CoRDS
  • Built a PC blindfolded once. : abrasion
  • Actually now that I think about it, I think I can do the same thing with a couple of Doom 2 maps. : abrasion
• toggle

  How is this possible? The whole game? Wtf man. Was the original controller that large i can't recall :( : noobja
  • toggle

    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/03/25/ : Ctrl-Phreak
    • toggle

      http://www.somethingawful.com/hosted/jeffk/muchbettarthanpa/index.htm : uncle slappy
      • Wow.. That's retarded. : razlebol
• COD4 blindfold, one hand , under water on Xbox 360 and PC at the same time on easy :( : Cashh
• Played Tekken 3 with my back to the screen and beat 3 of my friends in a row. That's when I was banned fr... : ChibiJosh
• Beat a friend 18 times in a row at Dead or Alive 3 while watching a movie on another friend's computer. : Cliffzorz
• I call bologna! : Reeves
• toggle

  There was that reviewer who beat DOA3 with his ass to prove that it was a button masher.. : uncleanmonkey
  • Hahaha, do you have a link or something to the review? : Confrustrating
  • Sounds about right. : Cliffzorz
  • hahahahaha : deject
  • You sure it wasn't a much older fighting game? I remember he found he just had to mash a single button to... : node
• Giana Sisters (C64): No upgrades of any kind used. : vx2o
• Beat Gears of War 2 on the hardest non-unlockable difficulty in one sitting on launch day with a partner ... : DrFlammable
• I finished the first two levels of IWBTG (http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/) This game is so difficult you d... : henrikb
• toggle

  I bought Star Wars Battlefront and Tribes 2. : Omaha
  • toggle

    TRIBES2 was awesome. Blasphemer! : Wadmaasi
    • It was awesome after about 9 months, when they finally released a stable, patched version of the game. : Fyunch Click
    • toggle

      Tribes 2 was for people who sucked at Tribes. Also: whiners. : hawkeye
      • Negative. That was after the whole Zodd/Zod thing that nerfed the shit out of the game. : Fyunch Click
• Rock Band, I hung the mic from the track lighting and sang and played Roxanne on expert guitar. Good... : flagg209
• Buy and play Leasure Suit Larry Box office Bust. :( : baron calamity
• toggle

  Zelda 1 without dying. Mega man 2 using my feet (Nes advantage) : riptyde
  • I used to destroy people in SNES Mario Kart Battlemode, with just my feet. : ShadowRam
• When playing friends in Mortal Kombat II, my opponent was allowed to choose not only which character I wo... : jeffcox111
• Finish Batman within 3 hours ;/ I know boring hehe. : StriderNL

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 92 replies.

• Wow, that's definitely a contender. : Conan
• toggle

  all three of them should tour together. : DonkeyPopsicle
  • toggle

    I hope their bus is launched off a cliff. : DrWaffles
    • O'Doyle Rules! : bad_fish
  • and is that the song in the UPS commercials? : DonkeyPopsicle
  • And take a flight over Iowa on a cold winter night. : drhazard
• It's like the Westboro Baptist Church of Music. A group so ridiculous and unlovable that it must only exi... : JarEme
• toggle

  The singer will get throat cancer and the drummer will get blood clots in his brain, fingers crossed! : niceguynick
  • God willing! : skinlab133
• toggle

  I've come to the conclusion that I don't like music if the people who made it can't grow facial hair. : NexusOne
  • toggle

    Um... Women? : skatchbot
    • especially women! : DonkeyPopsicle
    • toggle

      I can't think if any female musicians I enjoy that have made it past gimmick stage. Which is sad. : NexusOne
      • Nina Simone? : industro
• toggle

  if it weren't for the ridiculous video, Attack Attack is probably a little better than these guys lol. : moe6
  • toggle

    Did you even listen to the song? More specifically, did you listen to the end with the techno breakdown? : Mecha Tofu Pirate
    • Seriously it went from awful to worst song ever because of that. : PointlesS76
  • I <3 them running in place! It's so cute. : LilCrypto
• That was the worst fucking cover of all time. They managed to take an excellent song and turn it into a m... : Bamtan
• Hahaha, everything sucks now I guess. Jesus Christ. : Chris Remo
• What the hell is that? : ThomW
• toggle

  Isn't the start of that from Aphex Twin? : Wombat Woo
  • toggle

    It's from a Postal Service song of the same name. : miasma(&)
    • olol... it's a "cover" : miasma(&)
• At least the chick singing has really great hair. : skinlab133
• that cover owns! : FrayLo
• ahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahah i love our planet : xsoulbrothax
• toggle

  is this the crab style one : indosauros
  • oh you linked it nevermind : indosauros
• who is playing drum machine? : drucifer
• jesus christ, the first one... the horror, the horror... : deviantpaul
• That is an awesome cover. lolol : fleabug
• brokeNCYDE will never be topped, ever. Someone should create a site that tracks how long you can stand wa... : wasylm
• toggle

  There's actually more to that brokeNCYDE "Freaxxx" video than originally meets the eye. ( http://www.you... : fishbone
  • this is a good post. : drucifer
  • toggle

    fog machine and lights? thats a band member? wtf : papaskot
    • toggle

      In actual bands, that job is called "roadie". But in actual bands, more than one member plays an instrume... : NexusOne
      • toggle

        i understand this, hence my pointing it out. : papaskot
        • toggle

          I'm surprised no one pointed out that the wikipedia page also lists a mascot as another member. : NexusOne
          • ooh, that's new : fishbone
  • I am willing to bet that they are a bunch of trust fund kids with nothing else to do with their miserable... : deathofrats
  • British commentator Warren Ellis calls Brokencyde's "Freaxxx" music video "a near-perfect snapshot of eve : bad_fish
• he looks like Bill Hader http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4087122688/nm0352778 : MrBig0
• toggle

  I vote for this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNhm7eouUFk&feature=channel : MrBig0
  • also while we're posting shit, check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPbYdo-l-Vc : MrBig0
• toggle

  Rusko Star! I dare you to last the entire song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjlScP6V-JE : fishbone
  • ^^^ A champion appears. Fucking terrible. : UselessHack
  • i dunno. this is kinda awesome. O_O : ass-street
  • That is definitely the worst. That's not even music at all. fd;slaf;'ld';salfd : phipple
  • I have never before felt so strongly the urge to punch someone on first sight. astonishing. I didn't thin... : NexusOne
  • ^^^ Winner ^^^ : ant_hillbilly
  • toggle

    my god. i honestly wanted to abort within 5 seconds :( i'm.. still hanging on : xsoulbrothax
    • I wish he was aborted within 5 seconds :( : skinlab133
  • This is the winner. I don't think it can get worse than this. : DrZettl
  • Thanks, I vomited twice >:( : losimagic
  • I could easily puke. : tohm82
  • 30 seconds ugggggggggg : fathertime
• toggle

  Just seeing a link to Freaxxx makes me barf a little. I need to cleanse my palate with this http://www.v... : mexicanimator
  • I love Eric Warheim's insane music videos. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • is this sarcastic D: : MamiyaOtaru
• reposted worst ever : BauriceMastard
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0oclKNDtDY MILK - Go 2 Hell! Worst song ever. : Lau_Dividni
• No way. Simply for the reason that the first 42 seconds are perfectly listenable and sound very nice just... : NastyJack
• i think they topped their own song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr1JfQyEIZs OH GOD MY EARS! : Shadowdane
• Thx, just found a fav new band. : Dr.Drew
• toggle

  WORST http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQVpITyOdc8 : beansniffles
  • Well done on not even reading the root post. : Arctic Fox
• toggle

  OMG HOLY SHIT : Serpico74
  • toggle

    Attack Attack is the worst but holy shit, these guys doing a cover takes it awfully close : Serpico74
    • at least attack attack makes you laugh :(. I fucking hate the shit out of everything in this video/so... : moe6
• toggle

  I see your crappy song and raise you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuCEcihx2MY Die Krupps: A Tribute... : SolrFlare
  • toggle

    I dunno, that's pretty bad but the best screamo will always be worse than the worst industrial. : Serpico74
    • Really? I dunno, it just gets worse as you go. Try their cover of Battery: http://www.youtube.com/watch... : SolrFlare
• Aaahghhhh I can't stand skinny jeans on dudes! : Vantage
• toggle

  has anyone got a link to the video of some kid 'performing' on stage, screaming into a mic while a bunch ... : stamps
  • noooooooooooooo not that fucking video D: : xsoulbrothax
  • look for "dropping a popped locket" or something like that he was terrible : the city
  • toggle

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNaCgXChvlw : Cihte
    • What.......? : tfsbrian
    • oh god i hate you so much. thanks : stamps
    • jesus fucking christ : mrvandelay
    • i would be unable to control myself from unplugging the PA and slapping that dude in the face : industro
    • wtf is this? : soapland
    • this wins this thread : OrkO
• I always thought these guys doing Final Countdown were bad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAaw9KDlc3Y B... : DrZettl
• toggle

  that was actually a pretty rad cover. most of the shack doesn't care for any form of hardcore in the f... : the city
  • toggle

    There's nothing remotely hardcore about any of this. : tohm82
    • what about when the guy with shiny hair was singing like someone in a boy band? : aeg1x
  • if they didn't look or act so goddamn stupid (or have that incredibly stupid breakdown), it would be tole... : DonkeyPopsicle
• oh jesus fucking christ : synapse19
• Nice, they all three bands should start an emo suicide pact : flagg209

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 81 replies.

• toggle

  Only if you're a more "educated" user who will buy their own hard drive and plug it in. Otherwise, I'd go... : Vincent Grayson
  • toggle

    Who gives a shit about 'educated' users? Firstly it's my recommendation they can take it or leave it. Se... : abrasion
    • toggle

      Sorry that reads harsher than I intended. : abrasion
      • You should reply to most of your posts with this :p : cookblaze
• toggle

  I see the advertisement, but I see no $299 PS3. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
  • They fixed it, rumour has it the picture will be a slim in 12 hours too. : abrasion
• toggle

  At this point, is $299 enough? : baron calamity
  • toggle

    Yes especially with the Slim redesign. : pancake humper
    • toggle

      does the slim offer anything other than being, well, slim"? : Clay
      • Being slim is already pretty slick. The PS2 slim became a practical portable gaming console. That thing i... : ieGod
      • Maybe they're trying to make it crash more so they can attract 360 users. : capt tripps
      • We don't know, but any redesign to the PS3 is worth it. Fucking thing is atrocious : pancake humper
      • toggle

        maybe they'll bring back BC? hahahaha :( : Perturbation
        • toggle

          I hate always having to say "supposedly" (Looking at you, Sony), but supposedly they're going to put an E... : MercFox1
          • toggle

            50$ US right now says they don't do this. : abrasion
            • toggle

              $50 US that they don't do it at all? or $50 US that they don't do it for the PS3 Slim launch? : MercFox1
              • All future efforts to get PS2 games on the PS3 will be downloadable versions they can monetize, it is sim... : abrasion
          • toggle

            An emulator with 100% compatability would be a miracle. : chazums
            • The emulator used in some 80gb models PS3s has decent compatibility, almost every game plays. http://www.... : ieGod
          • An EE emulator isn't what they need though, they need the graphics chip. AFAIK at least the "software"... : DinK
  • Considering what it comes with, definitely a great purchase, God of War 3 and Trico are coming. : abrasion
• toggle

  this has to be kmart US yeah? : shavenewok
  • I'm posting on shacknews, how often do I translate my words, currency figures and even fucking dates into... : abrasion
• toggle

  Shops here have the 80Gb @ £250 to clear them apparently. : chazums
  • toggle

    WTF, chazums, I will let you touch me for £250. : scottythejock
    • toggle

      I'd wait until after the Sony press conference this afternoon... Link to price: http://www.eurogamer.net... : chazums
      • toggle

        What the hell is BST? Use CET or GMT ffs. : Tissen
        • toggle

          BST is GMT+1 : chazums
          • Apparently GMT is replaced by UTC (wich is virtually the same). What a mess, and here I though the imperi... : Tissen
        • Also, 6.30pm CET : chazums
• August 24 http://i32.tinypic.com/ivvm2h.png : abrasion
• toggle

  Slim preorder is up on Sears and KMart http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-ps3-slim-shows-up-for-p... : pancake humper
  • toggle

    Those are some of the 2 most random places to get a videogame preorder I've ever seen : ninjase
    • toggle

      Well I think Sears is the parent company of KMart so it make sense they both have them. I would expect th... : pancake humper
      • toggle

        I want bob villa to hand them out at the store when you go to pick them up : ninjase
        • I've met Bob and Norm Abram! Dad is obsessed with New Yankee Workshop and This Old House. : pancake humper
• toggle

  Still not buying one. At $199 I'd probably bite, but $299...nope. : senseimoron
  • toggle

    $300 for a bluray player. I think I'd bite that.... : ShadowRam
    • toggle

      definitely bite it, if it is the slim version : ShadowRam
      • toggle

        Blu-ray computer drives are as low as 60-80$, unless you really want the exclusive games the ps3 offers I... : AgentPothead
        • toggle

          This definitely makes sense for a PC gamer, very very few of the exclusives overlap, and if you don't hav... : MercFox1
          • Ding ding ding (this is me) : one random winner
        • toggle

          It's worth it for the great games on the system. It's a harder purchase to justify if you have a 360 as ... : abrasion
          • Plus it has Wipeout HD, possibly the best game of this generation. : ieGod
          • toggle

            Such as? : pandastrong
            • toggle

              Drake's Fortune, Killzone, LittleBigPlanet, MGS4... : dchavez999
              • MAG, Ratchet & Clank games, Wipeout HD, Resistance 1 and 2, inFamous, PixelJunk Eden... : MercFox1
              • I meant that in reference to the upcoming exclusive games. : pandastrong
            • toggle

              Current or coming soon? God of War 3, Trico, Pixel Junk Shooter, FF14 (I personally couldn't care less) ... : abrasion
              • toggle

                Mass Effect 2? Halo:ODST? Left 4 Dead 2? Alan Wake? Crackdown 2? I have, and love, my PS3. But le... : pandastrong
                • toggle

                  So PC game / 360 game Game I couldn't care less about (my opinion of course) PC game / 360 game PC G... : abrasion
                  • Abrasion, if we started throwing out exclusives because of personal opinion, there wouldn't be any exclus... : pandastrong
  • toggle

    Not that I'm trying to persuade you, but a Pro X360 is the same price. I don't see $299 as being unreaso... : Perturbation
    • Plus it has WiFi, Blu-Ray, the controller charges itself, free PSN, etc. Its a great deal. : manlyman
    • toggle

      Meh, I have a 360 already so I'll be buying any multi-platform titles on that system because of Live. ... : senseimoron
      • toggle

        I would love to know where the PS3 would be now, if they launched at the same time as the 360. : abrasion
        • Yeah, the gaming landscape would probably be pretty different. But that being said, it seems pretty clear... : senseimoron
• Well, looks like I'll be getting a second one for the theater. : Dynotaku
• Get rid of those PS3 fats and PSP 3000's CHEAP in Europe! http://translate.google.de/translate?u=http%3A... : abrasion
• toggle

  Kmart is such a disgusting store. : ateam311
  • toggle

    That I can agree with, especially here, since we don't have Walmart, the scummy people go to Kmart. : abrasion
    • toggle

      If they'd just keep it clean, brighten the place up, and straighten up the goods on the shelves, it'd be ... : ateam311
      • they hire the dregs of society too - at least the Kmart around me does; they're worse than fast food empl... : flagg209
• toggle

  I didn't even know Kmarts still existed. At least, the don't in Quebec anymore. : razlebol
  • They closed a ton of them years ago. Their parent company (who bought Sears years back when Kmart was str... : ateam311
  • zellers ate em up in canada a long time ago : dantastic
• That's a good deal....unless you just want a bluray player, which you can now get the Magnavox from Walma... : devnullgt
• 399 premium ps3. rumour is that the 360's elite console is going down to 299... they better be quick! : dantastic
• toggle

  that's still toooo fucking hiiiggh! : Dschinghis Khan
  • it's in line with microsoft's pricing but there is no 199 console which i think is a mistake. : dantastic

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 83 replies.

• toggle

  so what your saying is ur famous now? : Jackass1233
  • toggle

    so famous : Serpico74
    • toggle

      Internet famous! : Kentor
      • toggle

        The internet really needs to start paying better. Fucking nerds want everything for free : Serpico74
        • toggle

          It's not our fault, Youtube was pimping it for free! Do you get anything from the iTunes sales? : Kentor
          • I don't, I turned down a fee from go because there was no money anyway. I'd rather they have a little mor... : Serpico74
        • you should probably take that up with the Colorado Department of Internet Money : papaskot
        • toggle

          Teens Just Won't Pay For Music: http://www.pcworld.com/article/170274/teens_just_wont_pay_for_music.ht... : LemonJoose
          • Or movies, or TV shows, or video games.... Then they wonder why nobody makes music, video games (hi PC : Serpico74
        • toggle

          not really. You made a super cheap video and was able to get millions of people to see it for no cost. Yo... : edgewise
          • Yeah, terrible way to make a living though, its not really self sustaining if its your only source of fam... : Serpico74
  • toggle

    He's been famous for a while. Hell MTV nominated him for a moon man in 2005 i think that was the year : sigpro
    • toggle

      Yes. The video also won a Grammy. Fortunately I am not famous because nobody gives a shit about DPs. : Serpico74
      • obviously some people care about them hence you still having a job. : sigpro
• I liked it, Serpico. Now bring that girl around to a Shackmeet. : BlackCat9
• yeah I was just talking to her about it yesterday, really amuses me to see the negative reactions on here : gmd
• toggle

  i've always liked that snoop video : grifter
  • toggle

    Me too, it always makes me laugh and I don't cringe when I watch it. : Serpico74
    • toggle

      What snoop vid : jigstah
      • toggle

        It is linked in the OP : Serpico74
        • Awwwww yeeaahhh : jigstah
        • toggle

          I revere you for that video. I think it's my favorite of all time. It just matches the song so well. : holinka
          • It is so anti-slick and dirty looking, its just perfect. It wouldn't have worked with anybody else. : Serpico74
• toggle

  if you ever need a jib op in LA let me know : chrisschutz
  • toggle

    Cool. What kind of jib do you operate? If I'm not on a Super Technocrane then I'm usually on a Fisher Jib... : Serpico74
    • i operate Jimmy Jib Triangles which is a single-man operated crane. It's usually used on stuff where a te... : chrisschutz
• toggle

  What did you primarily do on a job like this? : Porkasaurus
  • toggle

    I'm a cinematographer, camera and lighting : Serpico74
    • toggle

      Ohhhhh, goooood for you. And how was it? I hope it was fucking good, because it's useless now, isn't it? : haiku
      • Bahahahahahahah : Serpico74
      • XD : SpaecKow
      • toggle

        I'm pretty sure I already told you when that story first came out, but several of my camera assistants ha... : Serpico74
        • haha yeah. He doesn't fucking understand, what it's like working with actors. That's what that is. Th... : haiku
        • toggle

          i've actually heard good things about him. my brother worked on something with him right after that shit ... : chrisschutz
          • Probably because he learned that he should take it down a few notches. Hell, I'd heard stories from direc : Serpico74
    • toggle

      How does the work flow typically go for a shoot? The relationship between you and the director and the re... : Porkasaurus
      • well, he does music videos and commercials so he does all the work and the director stands around. : chrisschutz
      • toggle

        It really depends. Every director/DP relationship is different and I try to accommodate each one the best : Serpico74
        • toggle

          When the director wants to get a certain feel out of a shot does he reference other films/photos/art styl... : Porkasaurus
          • toggle

            Yes, that's usually what happens, magazine clippings, fashion layouts, other movies/ads/videos, etc. U : Serpico74
            • toggle

              If someone wants something high exposure or contrast, do you change camera settings and lighting to get t... : Porkasaurus
              • toggle

                It can be done in lighting or the video transfer. It really depends on if you want high contrast in the s... : Serpico74
                • toggle

                  Cool man, thanks for sharing. I love hearing about this stuff. : Porkasaurus
                  • No problem, you can always msg questions whenever : Serpico74
• toggle

  So are Katy Perry's tits fucking awesome or what. : soggybagel
  • what kind of a question is this even!?! : Majuju
  • The answer is yes, yes they are. : themaestro2657
• wow, i got a 15 second commercial before that snoop video started : FrayLo
• toggle

  Okay so the youtube I can see but what was the myspace one? International mens wanna know :( : SpaecKow
  • toggle

    Get On Your Boots by U2. I think the director did a killer job with all of the background collages he mad... : Serpico74
    • Oooo I hadn't seen that before. It looks very cool, I like it the way I like watching special effects sho... : SpaecKow
    • It's far from my favorite U2 song, but I have to agree that it's a fucking rad video. : Ctrl-Phreak
• Nerds > mainstream. : Link.
• you are aware that many people reading this thread are now highly jealous of you for being a friend of Fe... : Toraz Chryx
• toggle

  What's the first video? It isn't available in Canada. :( : Kentor
  • toggle

    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20687199#itemanchor_20687199 : Serpico74
    • toggle

      This one then? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivvq_2hTZE : Kentor
      • Yes. Also, that clip is way higher quality than the one on the official Universal Youtube channel, wtf? : Serpico74
• Haha, I knew it. When I saw it earlier I was thinking you may have worked on it. It looked low budget and... : Ctrl-Phreak
• toggle

  How long did "Avatar" take to shoot, if you don't mind me asking? : icking fudiot
  • toggle

    One day, I think twelve hours in and out. : Serpico74
    • toggle

      It looked great, congrats :) I loved the bit with her lying on the gold coins in particular. I will a... : icking fudiot
      • toggle

        Thanks, that setup was my one contribution. I'd shot that so many times (without irony) with people lying... : Serpico74
        • Best part by far, good call. : brickmatt
        • Reminded me of all those movies with the American Beauty shot of the girl laid out with the rose petals t... : Porkasaurus
        • My gf liked that part a lot, especially her hair : Halen
• congrats! : dahanese
• Congrats on something that seems to have come full circle! Keep it up! : kallanta
• toggle

  I too am among her nerd herd. You should totally have a shackmeet and invite her. Just a thought. : spazzium
  • toggle

    Also, congratulations on your continued success, no surprises here. : spazzium
    • toggle

      no alarms either : filthysock
      • Hahahaha : spazzium
      • toggle

        http://www.shacknews.com/search.x?type=comments&terms=felicia&cs_user=spazzium&cs_parentauthor=&s_type=al... : spazzium
        • toggle

          gay : felicia
          • haha, sorry for the false vanity alarm : spazzium
      • please : aeg1x
• Serpico you are so money, wish I could join your crew, yo... Ever since that silversun video, I've been m... : drbriefs
• toggle

  so where's the actual vid? i didnt see the earlier thread : synapse19
  • http://www.watchtheguild.com/the-guild-music-video/ : Xevo
• Awesome work. I loved that video. : jason bergman
• toggle

  The difference is that people genuinely like things like Dr. Horrible and Felicia Day, whereas a lot of a... : Lone Swordsman
  • Not to say there isn't an image attached to people like Day, it's just that she's arguably more talented. : Lone Swordsman

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 74 replies.

• Good, it's definitely getting greedier on the ram : boarder2
• toggle

  I'm sad that Chrome killed shack scripts :( : Slowtreme
  • Me too. It's a real shame : Dave-A
  • toggle

    In what way did it kill em? : Topaz
    • In that nobody can be bothered to update them with every new release of Chrome. : SiW.
    • They got rid of contentWindow which is used like unsafeWindow in Greasemonkey. : ThomW
  • it's uninstalled from all my machines because of it : Halen
  • I can't even use chrome. It times out about 50% of the time on sites and freezes a lot on some ajax reque... : itsjames
  • Me too. I was looking forward to doing some new stuff with it. : ThomW
  • toggle

    I'm a tiny bit tired of hearing this. We didn't "kill" Shackscripts. We removed a particular extension ... : Zero|DPX
    • toggle

      send me shackmsg plz, I'm also on the shackscripts project : filthysock
      • Done! : Zero|DPX
      • Fuck, do NOT Google for "script shack" at work. : node
    • I'd explored half the methods Aaron suggested before you even sent me that link. They're all useless for ... : pieman
    • you say potato, I say my shackscript is dead :( : Slowtreme
    • Does anyone know what the actual problem with unsafeWindow is? I know nothing else supports it either fo : hawkeye
    • toggle

      A lot of the scripts require function overriding. I could stomp all over the DOM and override the functi... : ThomW
      • toggle

        To be fair it's not just Google Chrome. No one else implements unsafeWindow either. : hawkeye
        • toggle

          these scripts work in firefox y/n? : Slowtreme
          • toggle

            Yeah, I mean Greasemonkey implements unsafeWindow. GreaseKit (Safari), Opera, and Chrome don't for "secu... : hawkeye
            • I'm sure it's the same reason Chrome blocked it but to me it still doesn't hold water. Until I'm prevent... : ThomW
            • Take a read of http://wiki.greasespot.net/UnsafeWindow : Dave-A
• toggle

  i was just thinking it needed a native bookmark sync, good timing! : re4ctor
  • toggle

    maybe sync themes, new tab page layout, and settings too? : re4ctor
    • I agree with this, although it certainly is more of a one time thing : Thomas Hace
• toggle

  in fun news, eve's in game browser will be updated in the future to a base similar to chrome: http://w... : JuffoWup
  • Hahah Eve threads are popping up everywhere tonight. : Jonathan
• I wish there was a way to utilize the space under the 8 tab spread in a configurable manner sort of like ... : Thomas Hace
• I'm just happy flash works in linux without crashing it all the time now. : batkiwi
• toggle

  Are you one of the dudes on the cover of the September Linux Journal? : owly
  • I believe so but I haven't seen the issue or a big enough picture of the cover online to be legible. I w... : Zero|DPX
• toggle

  Any love for smooth scrolling in sight? : radicus
  • http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=575 : SqueegyTBS
• I'm very excited about this bookmark sync thing. I use Chrome as my primary browser on three different ma... : pupismyname
• toggle

  I'm mad at google right now. When firefox 3.5 was released, the google toolbar stopped working right. Ins... : Goalie
  • toggle

    I'm not sure how this has anything to do with Chrome. I don't know the toolbar folks. : Zero|DPX
    • toggle

      oh it doesnt, it was just better than starting a new thread. : Goalie
      • toggle

        Hmm... gonna go with "wrong" on that. : Zero|DPX
        • toggle

          Sorry for making a google toolbar related post in your thread about chrome. Next time I will make sure to... : Goalie
          • go sit in the fucking corner : Sapiens
  • Highlight text, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+K, Ctrl+V Stop this drag-and-drop madness : Sapiens
• toggle

  Does the mac build have extension support? I can't exactly change my command line on the shortcut like t... : SqueegyTBS
  • someone wrote an Applescript that does it, I just went into the package and ran it from the command line.... : hawkeye
• toggle

  "Success!" <3 you DPX and all your Google buddies! What phone are you using these days btw? HTC Hero? ... : hax3d
  • toggle

    Google gave me a dogfood G1 last year several months before the public release, and so far has continued ... : Zero|DPX
    • toggle

      It's hard to argue with free! Does the email client on the G1/Android support Gmail's features? I really ... : hax3d
      • There is a dedicated Gmail app on the G1. : Zero|DPX
• toggle

  Good stuff. Nitpicky feature request: Can you make the persistent X on the download bar at the bottom b... : indosauros
  • toggle

    I doubt it, since that is consistently sized across a number of UI features. I hate the download UI ri... : Zero|DPX
    • toggle

      Agreeing with this post. I actually use download statusbar in Firefox so I'm not sure why I hate Chrome'... : hawkeye
      • toggle

        Used the download status bar with Firefox and it was much nicer than Chrome's, because it would let you r... : arhughes
        • That's it. When I click on a file in the download statusbar it should do a little dance and disappear fr... : hawkeye
• You guys should get Mozilla to support your bookmark sync standard seeing as how they get ~90% of their m... : thecatinthehat
• On the sync protocol, do you have a reference implementation of a server for people to use? Or have you j... : jcupitt
• toggle

  Good stuff. Can't wait for a a newer Mac release. Thanks for the hard work on this. : Tripps
  • toggle

    Yeah me too - once this does extensions and has more polish I'll probably switch. : node
    • toggle

      The Mac (nightly) version is pretty stable these days. Extensions work (somewhat) too. Worth trying any... : hawkeye
      • toggle

        Got a link? I went to the official Chrome page and it asked me to sign up for release notifications. : umcpwintermute
        • Either this (easy): http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/16/our-mac-chromium-updater-stay-up-to-date-on-the-... : hawkeye
• Awesome, glad you're still focusing on performance and UI snappiness. : dael
• Any plans on taking this sort of thing further? Stuff like stored logins/passwords would be nice to ha... : Beady
• has 'focus on new tab' been added yet? : freakord
• Quick question about the Mac version: Are there any plans to train an elite squad of secret agents to : hawkeye
• toggle

  this must be a really fun project to work on at google. you've got all this previous field research abou... : sumo-hacker
  • toggle

    I wouldn't wish browser work on my worst enemy. Everything you do in the browser space is wrong to someo... : hawkeye
    • toggle

      that's the point, making it so that browsers are better and become invisible. : sumo-hacker
      • It's hard to convince someone to move to something invisible. As an IT guy browsers are a hard sell spec... : hawkeye
• Serious question now: Is the Windows style SSB functionality planned for Chrome Mac? I'd love to be a... : hawkeye
• zero, chrome has started running terribly on my work machine w/ 1gb of ram. Is this normal? Is there anyt... : geedeck
• my chrome with glow skin is slick!! : podizzle
• is there a built-in gmail notifier for chrome ? It would be logical... but I didnt find anything ! : barichnikov
• I want easier bookmark sync with Firefox, either direction. Yeah, fat chance, I know. : Lone Swordsman