Evening Reading
by Nick Breckon, Oct 21, 2009 6:00pm PDTCivilization Network just makes me want an actual Civilization V more. Then again, I still want Sim Mars, so I'm probably doomed to dissatisfaction on that front.
News:
- Killing Floor large update, free weekend announced
- Eufloria demo released
- Bruce Willis starring in Kane & Lynch movie
- 2D Boy's 'Pay What You Want' sales data released
- Sid Meier bringing Civilization to Facebook
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
Holy shit, I know what I'm doing tomorrow!
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i havent felt this sad since friends ended
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I'll be crossing the US/Canada border tomorrow enroute to California (Tulare to be exact), to marry my fiancee as well as become a US citizen! I don't know when I'll be able to post next, so I wanted to leave my thanks to the community as a whole.
http://grimmyd.shackspace.com/us.jpg
I've been a Shacker for a few years now (2002 or thereabouts) and have tried to focus on quality of posts over quantity in the time since. My time spent here has been rewarding, entertaining and enlightening. I've never regretted being able to participate in conversation or a game with you fine folks, it's truly been a pleasure.
Of particular note, I'd like to thank dognose and Maddog for being incredibly upbeat individuals with positive and upbeat attitudes, you've both helped me in the past, and I appreciate it.
With luck, I'll be back sometime after this weekend, looking forward to playing Borderlands with everyone eventually! :)
p.s. - is anyone else unable to read the first sentence without hearing the professor from futurama?
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http://www.classification.gov.au/www/cob/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/%283273BD3F76A7A5DEDAE36942A54D7D90%29~Mediarelease-Left4Dead2-22October2009.pdf/$file/Mediarelease-Left4Dead2-22October2009.pdf
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I am so happy to finally upgrade to 64 bit. Something was busted with my Vista 32bit and it was only giving me 2046k of memory even though 4 gigs were installed (yes, I tried everything imaginable to try to remedy it but nothing worked).
I actually accidentally installed the 32bit version of Windows 7 first and it reported I had 3.3 gigs available which I thought was strange since Vista only gave me 2046 max.
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i have avoided every preview, video, screenshot (save for two) of borderlands since i read up on it like 16 months ago. i am going to get it on release and know nothing other than the basic gameplay premise.
it's going to be like the mid-90's all over again! i miss that feeling of truly being surprised by a game.
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Here's some of the Bush songs that were awesome:
Everything Zen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE7SgQHlGCE
Little Things - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9fZrMIJLXY
Machinehead - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er1bwzZCik0
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http://www.gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/57923
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1438962 dirge23 the Executioner (level 25, 237/237 HPs)
Began as a Mountain Dwarf Fighter on Oct 19, 2009.
Was a High Priest of Okawaru.
Escaped with the Orb
... and 3 runes (of 3 types) on Oct 22, 2009!
The game lasted 06:12:08 (81700 turns).
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However, you cannot assign anything in a class declaration (Ball). I get an error if I try to pass parameters to the constructor I made for it. I also get an error if I do not pass it parameters, since it needs them.
What do I do here? I know it's a pretty basic question, haven't been programming in a while.
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OK, this HAS to be said!
I love how Jessica Chobot pretends to be a gamer, yet she smiles everytime gamers are raped in marketing. Microsoft just announced that, once again, they are forcing gamers to spend more money by no longer supporting 3rd party memory upgrades. After the next update, you will now be only able to use Microsoft's storage media to store games, saves and profiles. They did it with their wireless adapter - making it $100, and every other wireless adapter is only $30, but only Microsoft's will work. Bill Gates is like 'What? What are people doing? The were using sim cards to expand their storage? We'll fix that!"
And there is Jessica, smiling, laughing. Is she a PS3 fangirl? Maybe she gets paid well that she doesnt care how much gaming costs. Course, she could get fired I guess if she said anything about any console.
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Google rank is effected by the amount of links TO your site right?
If you have a link to your site on an external site that is set to display:none in the css will Google still count that? Can google see the CSS and ignore based on that?
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Only progressed with a co-op friend so far, but when he had to leave I bounced into Fyunch's game to fill their 4 slot (they were all level 13) and helped out with a lower level mission. Still got some decent experience and a rifle upgrade! :D I'm really glad I went ahead and got it for the 360 as it plays really nicely on it. Now I have to sleep until tomorrow night. Fuck employment!
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Re: gunfighting in Uncharted, which I actually complimented yesterday... well I'm getting the crap shot out of me now!
It would be funny if, as an exploration game, it left a skeleton every place you died that you would see when running back through the area in which you died. There would be a lot of bones in this one underground water chamber.
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http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/10/bellevues_new_4m_video-game_center_was_almost_too_big.html
fucking lucky strike lanes in that same area--is bowling for rich microsoft indian contractors, the prices there are retarded expensive.
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I need friends to play Borderlands with tomorrow (and the rest of the weekend). Hook me up.
XBOXLIVE ID= Moeder
See ya there
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give us more money please?
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/11/kingfishers/james-photography
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http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/commandos_2_3
Tack on another $6 for its predecessor+expansion and you've got yourself a trilogy of pretty fucking rad.
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/commandos_ammo_pack
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