Evening Reading
by Nick Breckon, Oct 07, 2009 6:00pm PDTHeading off to a Left 4 Dead 2 event tonight. Should be fun.
News:
- Torchlight dev diary touts action-RPG all-stars
- Rumored Ripper details include supernatural slayer, bullet-time
- Forza 3 includes free DLC with new copies
- Left 4 Dead 2 may be censored in Australia
- Uncharted 2 getting more competitive via DLC
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
Minecraft for Xbox 360 dev working on 'Adventure' update
Demon's Souls servers extended again
Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection coming in June
Sony patent would interrupt gameplay to display ad
Weekend Confirmed 114 - Diablo 3, Max Payne 3, Lost Planet 3
Ratalon is going to start trying to get them back using some program he has but he said that he has to select each individual song and that it would take a long time.
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*sigh*
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free win 7 = sweet
deck of cards = pretty cool pattern on them if the box art is any indicator
poster = lol
centerpiece'y thing = LOL
tote bags = cheaply made, quite a nice pattern on them tho'
unimaginable hilarity that microsoft believe ANYONE is going to have one of these parties in an un-ironic fashion = off the scale, am i rite
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http://au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/103/1032675p1.html
http://au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/103/1033110p1.html
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Here's what happened:
- First i bought a big ass HD TV
- Then i got me a PS3 Slim for blu-ray
- Bamii called for FIFA 10 so i bought that
- Yesterday i caved in an got Wipeout HD.
DUDE, WIPEOUT HD. That shit is awesome!
So now, instead of pwning noobs in HoN, i am sitting on the couch trying to unlock those goddamn hard tracks. Fuck.
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Neato.
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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7fc_1254794177
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Here are the picks, but I will most likely add a few more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ3Vo5dFjAQ - 1st night room party at the Gaylord (lol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pg-vVjtN9w - After we got kicked out we went to the Texan grill where everyone got drunk and mr. sleepy showed up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PimzSaWMa64 - Batman ride at Six Flags! Fuck that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkFVzA1W7es - Vegas! This is our room. Also shown: more Shackers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A31CMpHwQQA - Felicia, CoRDS and myself discuss drinking strategies and Gloomy Bear while I spin out at the toilet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A31CMpHwQQA - Gambling in Paris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU0rZcm8ZdM - 100oz drinks that ctrl_phreak and myself got
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HrTY645k6Y - FUCKING AWESOME STAR WARS SLOT MACHINE
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For whatever reason, my mom tolerated crap and suck, but "piss" was over the line. The traditional swear words were out too.
At least... when she was in the room.
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My favourite instance of this is in GTA4, walking down steps. You walk down steps really naturally, taking each step as you'd expect, but the coolest is when you're running, and you kind of take the steps side on and jog down them just as I do in real life. This was so damn amazing when I first saw this.
The first instance I remember of something like this, though this was a bit bigger I suppose, was realising how different environments made sounds different in the original Half-Life. Walking in sewers was all ... echoey. I don't know the term.
A more recent one, and even smaller, was in FEAR 2. There's an in game cutscene early on when your team is talking back and forth about the mission they're going on, and one of the younger guys is pretty excited and his knee jiggles up and down as he sits, ready to get some action.
Do you guys know what I'm talking about here or does no-one else notice this?
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try to ignore the horrific xbox players..
Scavenge Sword Gameplay
http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/26705
Scavenge Victory Gameplay
http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/26707
Jockey Gameplay
http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/26706
Charger Gameplay
http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14352241/left-4-dead-2/videos/l4d2_gmp_charger.html
After seeing the new mode in action, it looks good. Still slightly disappointed it wasn't something more though..
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second of all this URL is lols
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/07/kbr-rape-franken-amendment/
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http://www.bangitout.com/articles/viewarticle.php?a=2874
#44 is so true
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The Ford Shelby GT500KR looks nice but not like the original KITT :-(.
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http://www.gamespot.com/news/6232117.html
Sigh. I guess it's best just to look at it as having just raised the retail price by $7 and deciding if it's still worth it. Additional skills and a market seem like features that would be important to have and I'd feel the 'real' game was missing content if I didn't get it. So conflicted on this game.
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Anyone find all the audio files yet?
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Why is it so hard for L4D and L4D2's flashlights to be seen by everyone? I think it would really add a new dynamic in the game for you to see things illuminated by your team mate's flashlights. As it is right now they just have that sprite that makes it look like their light is on but it doesn't cast any shadows or illuminate.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2TmbmtmxHw&feature=player_embedded
Stolen from Kotaku
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cause if so the industry that I am in and the state I am in are royally fucked with the taxes
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Vaio specs after customizing:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9600 (2.80GHz)
4GB DDR2-SDRAM (DDR2-800, 2GBx2)
320GB SATA Hard Disk Drive [7200 rpm]
Blu-ray Discâ„¢ playback
ATI Mobility Radeonâ„¢ HD4650 graphics card with 1GB vRAM
16.4" widescreen with XBRITE-FullHDâ„¢ LCD technology (1920x1080)
Weight 6.4 or 6.6 lbs i forget right now
Totals: $1499.99 ($1633.00 with tax and ship)
vs. the macbook pro:
2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo not sure which T model
4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
320GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm
MacBook Pro 15-inch Antiglare Widescreen Display
5.5 pounds
Cost $2,299.00 ($2503.00 with tax and ship)
Now I think these are pretty comparable laptops hardware wise (please correct me if I'm wrong). The cost difference is pretty significant at $870.
Oddly I can use either OS. I like them both the same. I can get my work done on either fairly equally and I am not really biased towards one OS.
The antiglare screen on the mac is really nice. I am not a fan of glossy screens but I have never owned one. some people say they are extremely nice and then theres people who always seem to confirm how I feel that you won't be able to see anything. still saving close to 900 would not be a bad thing.
How do these processors and video cards compare. is the macs a lot more powerfull and therefore the price jump?
Any thoughts? Feel free to throw in any similar laptops into the fray.
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Holy crap, I beat up the abominable snowman and now I"m fighting a frickin' dragon! I'm also sick of fighting these damn giant worms!
The one enemy I'm having trouble dealing with are the red fire breathing dinosaurs. At first the Vigoorian Flail seemed to do a good job on them but now I'm finding out that the Dragon's Fang and Tiger Claw (dual katanas) seems to be more effective, especially when charged up. Unfortunately, if I'm in tight quarters... which happens many times... I don't get enough space to charge up and I end up getting pushed into a corner and they bite my head. Ow.
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The Leopard install disc that came with my MBP is scratched and damaged. I was planning on buying Snow leopard but the only copies i can find are upgrades. Is there a stand alone version i can buy that won't require my (damaged) original leopard disc?
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http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=023457&cid=DPC.405
Relative to what I can buld myself, at say NCIX, that's a very good deal. It also has a 500W ps which should be able to handle a 5870.
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muahahahahahhaha
http://buildingreputation.com/writings/2009/10/the_dollhouse_mafia_or_why_to.html
Thank you for your recent order #1XXXXXXX @ Play-Asia.com. This E-Mail contains a summary of purchased items. Please check this email carefully, it lists availabilities, prices and release dates as of the time when placing the order. If you wish to make any amendment to the order, please see the link further down.
Item Qty. Price
God of War Collection (PlayStation3*, US, No Region Protection) 1 US$ 44.90 (~50.95 AUD)
(http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?From=USD&To=AUD&Amount=1 AWWW yeah!)
Not yet published or released / Nov, 2009
<3<3<3<3
* Only on Playstation 3 suckas!, tripple for life, yo!
Get it while it's hot Aussies, since no fucking store is even aware it exists yet, I'm pretty sure we're copying Europe on this one
http://kotaku.com/5351451/god-of-war-collection-not-until-2010-europe
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