Morning Discussion
by Alice O'Connor, Oct 02, 2009 6:00am PDTCor blimey luv a duck stone the crows would you look at that it's only bleeding Friday.
I think the weekend will bring an assault on my backlog of books and games. If my pile of uncompleted games is silly, my stack of unfinished books is downright shameful. The situation's so bad I am ending up with doubles, where people give me books I entirely forgot I even had. Books it is, then, peppered with Space Invaders Extreme 2, assuming it arrives grumble grumble. What are you up to, Shacknews?
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
I still own and like halo 3. I think that's because I enjoy the single player a lot more. ODST is really a different kind of game, at least from what I saw so far of the first level. It felt more like a rainbow six style game.
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This is a reminder that Assignment #30: Favorite is due on Monday at midnight! So get to it!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/shackassignments/discuss/72157622432025802/
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KOTOR 2 peeps:
You know that Team Gizka restoration mod that's been worked on for what feels like longer than KOTOR 2 has even been out? Well, you're not the only one tired of waiting for it. Some intrepid modders decided, fuck it -- we'll do it ourselves.
And they've actually released it.
http://www.deadlystream.com/showthread.php?t=339 (make sure to get the patch as well as the mod, linked at the bottom of the post).
SA'ers love it. I can't find my KOTOR 2 disc so I don't have an informed opinion, just thought I'd pass on the news.
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- I can play the same level several times and yet swear I have never played entire sections. Each game is different, it's like they only needed to make one level
- I just loaded Steam and looked at my community and there is a huge list of people who preordered L4D and Borderlands, this is all so very exciting :O
- I have only twice played coop games where Zoey was played by an actual female, and I felt guilty checking out her butt when following her up the ladder
- I downloaded some mega map pack off of l4dmods and I want to play each one
I have things to do today but I want a quick game of coop NOW!
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Fuck me. We just got our PG&E bill for our first month at our new 3br house.
We used 1,301 Kwh. The Baseline Quantity, meaning the amount you can use at the lowest rate, is 411 Kwh.
Our total bill is $323.94.
Okay so serious question: How can I track how this electricity is being used? I mean I want to install some sort of computer (hopefully one that uses tons of electricity) that will tell me how much kwh is being used on each of the circuits, so I can get a feel for how I am using this much. I have a wattmeter which I can use to test individual outlets but that doesn't help me test the built-in oven, dishwasher, AC, etc, all of which are on their own circuits anyway so I figure there should be some sort of magic device that analyzes this shit!
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Demon's Souls will be misread as a game that punishes the player. It does not. Instead, it asks you, sincerely: What would you actually do if you were thrust into a dark fantasy world? What is it really like to be a hero?
http://playmagazine.com/?fuseaction=SiteMain.Content&contentid=1855
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http://www.wwtdd.com/2009/10/holy-crap-15/
Yea I think I am going to pass.. the nerd in me goes wtf
Let's take every chase scene in the world and roll it all into 1 pile of crap.
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http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2009/10/psp-go-review-sony-is-charging-you-much-more-for-much-less.ars
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* The controller is uncomfortable as hell. I can't even begin to understand how the managed to fuck up so badly.
* The cable that comes with the controller is ridiculously short, there's no way I could play while having it connected.
* Jesus fuck you have to wait a lot. It took me 30 minutes to get the damn thing set up including the system update. You can install an operating system in less time than that.
* It's very silent. Will probably use it as my main streaming device from now on for that reason.
* Uncharted is pretty cool. Very Indiana Jones-y. But fuck if it's not glitchy graphics-wise. Loads of texture pop-in and aliasing.
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http://www.gametrailers.com/game/zombie-apocalypse/11088
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I want all five expansions:
Operation Anchorage
The Pitt
Broken Steel
Point Lookout
Mothership Zeta
I would love a deal in any combination of retail or digital download so that I don't have to resell my original for scraps and re-purchase a GOTY edition.
Anyone have any good links to sales on these expansions?
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It takes waaaay too long to get your fancy PS3 up and running for the first time.
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http://kotaku.com/5373011/left-4-dead-2-preorder-lurches-to-life
http://store.steampowered.com/app/550/
10% off if you buy, plus early demo access + in game baseball bat.
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I do, and I think I hit that point tonight after a year or so of being bored as shit with night life.
tl;dr...I wanted to kill every person I met on the street tonight.
I was out for a friends birthday in this god awful place with shitty pop music and felt so out of place that I had to sneakily leave...and proceeded to venture to my favourite rock pub for a drink with some complete strangers who were better company than the retards at the place I was in. Then I went to the off license, bought a load of beers and came home to rant here.
I feel better already.
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So... I totally got dropped out of a game last night. Thank you Time Warner. Our mutual hatred will one day engulf the world in flames of wrath and indignation.
And I realized that I am totally out of practice with valkyrie. Guess I'll have to play a few ap games to get my skills back up!
How are your HoN endeavors shack?
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If it's super bitching I'll pursue it, otherwise I'm not going to bother. It was so late last night when I tried to enter the code (Crash Course VS is pretty fun) that I had decided to just go ahead and buy the damned thing. Sadly, it's not available for purchase.
repost for the evening crowd
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what movies do you have a decent amount of dislike for (not outright hate, but a strong dislike), but yet you always find yourself watching that f'n movie on TV whenever it's on, because it happens to be the only damn thing on TV anyways. Yet, you still somewhat enjoy the movie.
that movie for me, sadly... is Forest Gump. What's yours???
thank christ a fuck buddy hit me up online and im going to have a smoke, shower, and then go fuck his brains out while smoking LOTS of weed and snorting LOTS of poppers
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What are you having?
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come on Freeman. beat out Link. id love to see Freeman win it all for shits and giggles :)
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http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/10/china_celebrates_60_years.html
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