Evening Reading
by Nick Breckon, Oct 16, 2009 6:00pm PDTHit the meat of Uncharted 2 last night. It sure picks up after that stealth stuff. The cutscenes are certainly well done, but so far I wish they were relegated mostly to chapter breaks. Combat is definitely dynamic--having fun trying out different tactics/weapons. A good purchase, I think. Will have to try out co-op this weekend.
News:
- Borderlands DLC announced
- Mass Effect 2 release date set
- New Aliens vs. Predator trailer
- New New Super Mario Bros. media
- Soldier of Fortune: Payback devs making budget dinosaur hunting game
Also, I totally owned GameSpy in a round of League of Legends today. Of course, I had two Riot devs on my team. But who needs them?
In related news, very glad to hear that Runic was able to work a deal with GOA to allow European players to continue playing with North Americans when LoL launches. That was going to be a real pain.
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
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88VPZ74zk6w 'Harry Patch' (Radiohead)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXwyE0IrA2M 'Hearing Damage' (Yorke)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yassj4iJK1k 'All For the Best' (Yorke)
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- ASUS M4A79XTD EVO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131402
- GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128378&Tpk=GIGABYTE%20GA-MA790XT-UD4P
- MSI 770-C45 AM3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130228
im totally clueless about motherboards, the most important thing for me is to get one that is compatible with DDR3 1600 RAM
One last thing, do you know any good online retailer in u.k with prices very close to newegg ?
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Do you guys even exist? I've seen tons of Shack stuff posted from most other metropolitan areas, especially places in Texas, but... never ever DC. And we're not a small city either!
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This Randy Pitchford guy doesn't seem to be all that nice.
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Theres lots of small details I'm finding out whilst reading this info page:
http://www.zombicidal.com/l4d2/
BUT the thing I found extra cool was this animated gif
http://www.zombicidal.com/img/pre-l4d2/SUP_pipebomb_high.gif
Pipe bombs no longer simply vaporize Common Infected. Instead, they turn the zombies into ragdolls, expelling them dramatically. Some zombies will remain whole while others may be torn asunder.
Zombies may now have a range of different skin tones and sport new glowing eyes. Chet has said that Common Infected will not be able to see as far in daylight. In Left 4 Dead, the average number of zombie deaths over the course of a co-op campaign might have been somewhere around 1000. In Left 4 Dead 2, the average body count will be closer to 2000. This is both due to higher densities and longer campaigns.
lots more on the top link..
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwQtd0bufw8&fmt=22
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I'm amazed how much M$ charges for these authorized devices. I've been thinking about a 360 but damn, its an expensive pill to swallow.
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Gotta say, between Eric B, himself and now.. Rakim is still awesome.... that also goes for DJ Premier
Examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KZbdFyzkds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCU-qgR_4bM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfmez7tdc2Q&feature=related
It's so random and ridiculous, but it made me laugh.
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"Perhaps I've been hard on this thing. Ok, now this isn't a good film, I can't really say I've enjoyed my time with it or been satisfied in any real way, but there's genuine effort to maintain a coherent narrative, and the character interaction, hokey and stupid though it is, shows some level of interest in the source material because after all isn't this sort of silly soap opera drama a trademark of X-Men anyway? That's stuff you can't say for a lot of other big budget blockbusters. So maybe Brett Ratner isn't such a bad director, maybe he-
I'M THE JUGGERNAUT BITCH
- oh never fucking mind."
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http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=7069834
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http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE59F4RM20091017
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On a full charge it seems I only get about 3 hours, and the battery life estimator is changing constantly. It's a brand new MBP and I take care of the battery properly. Shouldn't it last longer?
Yesterday I was just browsing the internet for a couple of hours and it ran out from a full charge.
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Not even sure if this can be answered yet, but if one (me) were to have a Full Version of Win 7, and wanted to pounce on the student discount promotion, which is apparently offers a digital download of the upgrade. Would he be able to use the key they're given for the promotion, but their full version disc to do a hassle-free clean install?
This guy was the inspiration for Dracula
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5V0wfB3Iic
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The drive isn't making much noise to suggest it's dead, but at this rate it's going to take a loooong time.
The reason I started doing this was although I could access files on the drive, I started copying some new files across to it (about 3GB), at around 60% explorer hung for 10 minutes, during which time the drive made noises as if it was frequently losing power. It's an HDD in an enclosure which takes external power, the LED on the transformer is good so it doesn't seem as if that's faulty.
In the 5 or 6 minutes it's taken me to think/type up this post (+distractions), it's got to 457 files processed.
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He was, without a doubt, one of my favorite console shills of all time.
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http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/57141/firefoxaddons.png
After some digging, seems it's a new bug - bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522777
Caused by all the MS patches this week - http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139459/Sneaky_Microsoft_plug_in_puts_Firefox_users_at_risk
Good job MS!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0210b6Os4I
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Not sure about Norwood being thrown in since he's a backup. Peterson makes it a little more appetizing. Still feel queasy about pulling the trigger on it considering three quality backs vs. 1 amazing back and a meh backup.
Adrian Peterson
Mike Sims-Walker
Eli Manning
Jerious Norwood
for (my team)
Jay Cutler
Andre Johnson
Rashard Mendenhall
Marion Barber