Evening Reading
by Nick Breckon, Sep 11, 2009 6:00pm PDTHey, it's the weekend. Congratulations. We all win.
Think I'll be playing a good deal of League of Legends over the next few days. I'm getting pretty good. Too bad everyone I know is worthless. It really is tough being a legend in a league of fools. But we'll fix that, once the dream team is assembled.
News:
- New LucasArts game Lucidity revealed
- LucasArts also planning more retro remakes, releasing Jedi Knight next week
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat trailer is creepy
- Uncharted 2 gone gold
- Smash Hits now importable to Guitar Hero 5
Chatty: Diablo III, Dragon's Dogma
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
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Thu, Sep 17
Fringe, Parks & Recreation, The Office
Sun, Sep 20
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Mon, Sep 21
Heroes
Sun, Sep 27
American Dad!, Californication, Dexter, Family Guy, The Cleveland Show
30 Rock has historically premiered in October so there should be news on that soon. I'm most eager to see Fringe out of all those. What are you shackers looking forward to?
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If I have a computer that will turn on, fans spin up, LEDs light up, but no POST or beeps, does this mean motherboard = b0rked?
All major components replaced (PSU, RAM, CPU) except for the hard drive which is an old IDE model. That should cause problems after POST though?
It's not my computer so I'm not sure of the motherboard type :(
Video = onboard, not sure if it needs an external speaker hooked up.
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http://kotaku.com/5357724/bethesda-sues-interplay-over-fallout-trademark-infringement
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http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/143455822
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so druid leveling,
i finally hit level 20 on my druid (on tich! hello mace!) and am i doing something wrong by just spamming the cat's main attack..... and thats basically it? i use fairy fire or whatever on the enemy and just ...hit one button until it dies
http://www.wowhead.com/?profile=us.tichondrius.phawx
i have the heirloom chest and shoulders so leveling isnt all that bad, but.. one button? over and over?
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Trials HD
3/4 platinums on extreme difficulty, notch, only 2 faults in the entire game
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Images in reply.
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Also, nobody shout warez because I got it from my MSDN subscription.
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So last night I was browsing the FO3 Nexus mod database when all of a sudden - BAM my Firefox gets redirected with a huge popup window saying My PC maybe infected, click OK to run a scan.
Immediately I pulled up my Task Manager and did an End Task on Firefox. I then relaunched FF and it goes back to a fake screen looking like windows explorer showing a C:\ drive being scanned, then a fake windows security Alert screen asking if I want to protect my PC. Once again, I pulled up my Task Manager and did an End Task on Firefox, then restarted my PC.
This time upon starting FF it says, "How embarrassing I can't remember your last session. Shall I try to restore the old session or start a new session?" I started new, and things seem back to normal.
I ran virus scans and all came back with no active threats. It did show my FF needing a version update.
So, WTF did I encounter? Is FO3nexus compromised, or was it just a random attack on an old FF version (it was 3.5.2)?
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this is much more fun than i expected.
anyone austin shackers bored tonight and/or tomorrow night and just want to drink a few beers, eat some food, and play this?
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Old and busted:
http://i27.tinypic.com/2ai319h.jpg
New Hotness:
http://i31.tinypic.com/2j3jlw8.jpg
oh my god it is glorious
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I finally, finally got my music libraries in sync between my iMac and MacBook. I was never keen on trying to remember which tracks I didn't have on one computer or trying to shuffle them over the hard way. here, it tells you what you don't have on a given system and lets you copy them or auto-sync. easy!
that said, one catch: use 802.11n or Ethernet, at least for your first transfer... moving 200 songs over a 25Mbps maximum Wi-Fi connection (i.e. 802.11g) can be slow. :(
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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-tech-interview-trials-hd
In true Digital Foundry style, the interview is highly technical in nature. 4 pages long, also.
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I don't know what to think so far, this game - is there some kind of polical message "war sucks" I mean that scene was funny, awesome and actually genuinely disturbing, I know it's based on C130 videos but ... it was just so cold, you just click, dead, click dead - and then they glorify the guns in the video before each scene, the airplane it zooms in on a wireframe and shows what gun is what, how fast it shoots, what the calibre is, same for the tank
It's very well presented but I honestly can't tell if they are taking the piss or not with it all.
The C130 scene is fun to play and visually it's like nothing I've ever seen before.
Link to C130 videos which are similar for comparison.
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I turned in a piece of Fel Armor in Shattrath and now I'n neutral with Aldor and unfriendly with the Scryers. Is there no bank for the Aldor, and is there something I have to do before I can turn in Marks for the Aldor? I never got the tour either : /
Oh, and Shadowmoon Valler or Netherstorm? I have ONE more level before heading to Northrend.
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Here's Cornell doing it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaDjBjlGywE
Here's a tab with the intro/verse accurate as far as I can tell: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/s/soundgarden/fell_on_black_days_ver3_tab.htm
The rest should be easy to figure out from the video.
Here's the music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So0OwM_84qE
Great song.
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New Informative PAX Interview with Amy Hennig: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/pax-09-uncharted-2/55798
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http://www.hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2009/25/image/a/
god i love that stuff
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If Anquan Boldin can't go tomorrow, I have 3 receivers to fill 2 spots:
Chris Henry (vs Broncos)
Eddie Royal (vs Bengals)
Santana Moss (vs Giants)
Which two do I start?
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http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20739458#itemanchor_20739458
How about you? You feel up to playing some Left 4 Dead?
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http://www.shackpics.com/files/IMG_0663JPG_07yw0aitzkli8sklvl5e.jpg
WTF!!! Is this a shiv or a shank? Either way someone made it by hand and wtf, am I working in Leavenworth or something? I might take it to HR but am not sure. I put it in a drawer at my desk.
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Did shackers ever play this game? I think it's fantastic. I've logged hundreds of hours in that game. Based on your skill loadout, the entire way you play the game changes. The whole gambit... from Sniping at long range, to close quarters throat slitting, to rambo charges holding the shield. When you pull off shit in that game, you feel like a badass. For example:
Two tangos are camping out in some burned out ruins. They've got the forward approach well covered, but neglect the rear. They're wall humping, trying to spot people coming around the corners ahead... I sneak around behind the first one, who is out of the LOS of the second one. Choke hold! He's mere seconds from unconciousness, but his buddy notices something strange, and turns around. I quickly release the double-arm choke hold, and switch to a one-arm grapple, using my free arm to wield my pistol... my victim, now an unwilling human shield. His buddy levels his weapon at me, but hesitates, knowing if he misses the he can kill his teammate. We fire at the same time, his bullets just to the right of my head, and mine dead center into his. He's down. The human shield struggles to escape, but I holster my weapon, and choke him into unconciousness. Sweet dreams. 1 shot to the head, and he's down too.
Badass. And don't get me started on all the fun shit you can do with the porno magazines... hahah.
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Arcane_ and I are thinking about an impromptu beatles rock band shackmeet tomorrow.
Anybody interested?
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