Evening Reading

Back from BlizzCon. I'm getting the shakes already.

This year's build of StarCraft II multiplayer was so excellent. In fact, I came away far more excited about it than Diablo III; not only because it's closer to release, but also because Blizzard's really knocking it out of the park.

The new units have transformed the game into an entirely fresh thing at this point, and nearly everything else about it is clicking in a way that I didn't even expect. The music, for example, actually lives up to the original score, which was something I did not anticipate in a million years. The beta can't come soon enough.

Today's news:

From The Chatty
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    August 24, 2009 6:00 PM

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      August 24, 2009 6:01 PM

      I wish i had stat tracking back in the days of goldeneye. My brothers and I must have played split screen so many hours.

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        August 24, 2009 6:05 PM

        Seriously, we played Goldeneye after school every day for more than a year. At least 4 people, normally 6-10. We'd play 3 losers out, whoever got the best score would stay in everybody else was rotated out. We even had a lacrosse stick with a towel that we setup in front of the TV so that you couldn't see where the other team was on the map. No radar, health -10, no odd job. Those were the days.

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          August 24, 2009 6:09 PM

          We played a game where we would select a location and one person would run out and plant proximity mines around the level. the remaining 3 people had to slowly make their way out of the level without setting off any proximity mines. It was intense.

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      August 24, 2009 6:13 PM

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      August 24, 2009 7:07 PM

      Those screens look awesome. Huge texture improvement and I'm sure the FPS will be bearable this time

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