Morning Discussion
by Alice O'Connor, Nov 02, 2009 6:00am PSTI completely missed this year Halloween's video game special events due to several work-related whatsits, which is a shame as I usually enjoy their novelty makeovers, quests and the like. I'll still have time to check out Team Fortress 2's Pumpkin Patch at least and pick up some hats, but was there anything particularly interesting this year?
Or, if you actually did something this weekend, what was your costume? Did anyone else's costume catch your eye? As ever, post pics + divx.
Binary Domain demo available this week
Shack PSA: Angry Birds on Facebook today
Resistance: Burning Skies dawns on Vita in May
Shack PSA: Mass Effect 3 demo out today
Daily Filter: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, MLB 12: The Show
Good to see Vanilla getting some work.
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"Just Under Three Weeks Remain!" edition
http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=6581
Three weeks! Lots of signups are now confirmed! You should too! It's going to be a blast!
WHEN? November 21st. Exact time is TBD. I might organize a Rangemeet in the morning like last time, or maybe we'll meet up at Moylan's again like last time (but with better organization, that part was a clusterfuck last time!) Give your opinions about these options here!
WHERE? Novato, CA. Note: I MOVED since the last Shackmeet. Now I am in a house instead of an apartment. It's bigger and way more awesome. There is a huge outdoor area where we will likely barbecue or something.
WHAT? Video games. I'll have Rock Band 2/Beatles set up on the main big TV, as well as a second console (Wii for Smash Brothers or maybe the PS3 for Street Fighter like before?) Booze. Lots and lots of it. Shackers. Meeting Shackers is awesome! Pinball. I got a Pinball machine. It's very fun. That's a reason to come right?
PLEASE RSVP ON THE SHACKMEET PAGE. ACCURATE HEADCOUNT MAKES THIS A LOT LESS OF A HEADACHE SETTING UP. THANKS!
http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=6581
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I have the opportunity to upgrade my Sprint SERO account to a smartphone. I was looking at either the Palm Pre or the HTC Hero. This will be my first smartphone, but call quality and call reception will be the most important part of the phone. Which phone would shackers use? Is there a different phone I'm not seeing (I'm not sure if all smartphones are available to me for SERO upgrade).
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24 years old and I just want to jump in them.
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"Curious - if you could add one thing to Borderlands, what would it be?" http://twitter.com/GearboxSoftware/status/5368035065
This has me asking some questions:
1) Are they truly attempting to see what gamers want so they can update the game?
2) If that's the case, how would they add this functionality to console owners? MS isn't a fan of allowing free content (as is obvious by the Crash Course nonsense).
3) What would Shackers add to Borderlands? (other than a working interface for the PC)
I said a loot roll system, zuff mentioned a storage area to store items between characters. What would you add?
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I need to take a vacation. I haven't taken more than a few days off at a time in more than a year (except when I had the flu) and it's getting to me. Plus, I have to start burning vacation does or I will lose them come July.
My problem is that I have trouble justifying spending a week of vacation on nothing but loafing around. If I'm going to spend that kind of time, I want to do something, even if it's loafing around somewhere novel. The flip side is that I don't particularly want to go somewhere by myself, and none of my friends are generally available.
So I come to you shack. I need suggestions on how to spend my vacation time. I need to spend roughly 15 days between now and July 1.
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http://xkcd.com/657/large/
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http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs034.snc3/12138_177970249784_112352399784_2617720_6333406_n.jpg
some more cross dressing
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs034.snc3/12138_177970074784_112352399784_2617690_6293221_n.jpg
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http://www.shackpics.com/files/ugh_w8r8c2ssr4v9kcefvjf7.jpg
something about that person on the right doesn't seem right.
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Picked a Magician, shits hard, MP pots are hard to come by. Seems like Melee (as a magician) is the way to go initially?
Is going a full magic route worth it (seems limited without Regen that Royal gets with the hax ring).
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Alright, here we go WE2009 !!
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