Evening Reading: War Modernized
by Garnett Lee, Nov 10, 2009 6:53pm PSTI just finished pressing "Post" to publish my thoughts on Modern Warfare 2. If things go as planned we'll have an official review up Friday too. It's funny how it all worked out. To play the completed game we had to go on that trip to the review event and agree to today's embargo. Of course, as it turned out street date didn't hold and I could have just played it on my own over the weekend. Whatever. The reality of those events is far less glamorous than you'd think. Most of us take what we do seriously and are there for the games.
For those playing MW2 I'm curious what you think of the game. I'm expecting plenty of heat for not gushing over the single-player. It's become the summer action blockbuster flick of the biz. Don't expect more and you can enjoy all the stuff that blows up real good. And, now I know this is going to be a small subset, for those who also finished 50 Cent Blood in the Sand, tell me that MW2 isn't basically the same ending. And 50 was around the team a lot during development. Just saying.
There were a few other things that happened today:
- Zombie DLC for Borderland on 360 and PS3 Coming Nov. 24
- Patch Hints at GTA IV DLC Coming to PC
- MAG Enters Beta 4 Boasting Over 6000 Changes
- Modern Warfare 2 Complete Impressions
As you head out into the rest of the night try to be more careful than this very inebriated Bostonian who fell in front of a subway train.
And how about a moment of silence for the poor tropical fish who perished when Yamile Campuzano-Martine smashed into a 1,500 gallon aquarium at the Tampa airport.
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
New Zone of the Enders project underway
http://www.jenandcraig.com/pictures/set25/target43.html
Looks like those guys are way up on some cliff somewhere, when in reality the ground is maybe 10 feet below the bottom of the picture. On the other hand, I will say that they didn't have much to work with on the climb up there:
http://www.jenandcraig.com/pictures/set25/target54.html
http://www.channel3000.com/news/21576388/detail.html
Robbers return goods and apologize after finding the guy's military ID.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 6 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 23 replies.
http://www.flicksandbits.com/?p=272
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 8 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 19 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 143 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 80 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 110 replies.
.But if you bought the game on release day from a retailer... it will activate from steam immediately?!!!
WTF is that shit? Its like Activision wants the pc version of the game to be known as the sucktastic version?
And now John Carmack suggests... they might follow the mp system used in Modern warfare 2.... as in no dedicated server support?
Then we get 2 Posts from the Shack team about Modern.. and no mention of this fucked up shit. instead its all about this stupid Press junket to some swank hotel in Cali. Sigh selling out really has killed the journalistic integrity of this place.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 31 replies.
I loved the first one though, if you weren't a fan of the first you might not like this one.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 36 replies.
how important is combat training for a rogue. it says i can equip the highest tier items but wont those require a lot of high stats?
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 10 replies.
Maybe certain regions get a different access priority for the servers?
At least the demo has updated successfully.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 6 replies.
I won a game at work. Any game, I can just choose it and it's mine. My problem ? In the past weeks, i kinda overloaded my new games queue and bought 4-5 new games i wanted. I have Torchlight, L4d2, Brutal Legend, WotSamurai3, Ratchet and Clank 6, Dragon Age, Borderlands (yuck)... I'm out of inspiration.
There are 2 games i would buy eventualy on the clearance rack: Uncharted 2 and MW2. Which should I choose? Also, feel free to suggest any other game you might feel I need to play!
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 24 replies.
Besides that i haven't even cracked Drakes 2 yet, i've been putting all my time in Dragon Age. Great game!
I wish regular furniture stores weren't full of awful greasebags/sold things that I actually found attractive.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 45 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 10 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 5 replies.
Obviously Modern Warfare 2 just dropped and Forza 3 was huge too. Anything I should start precumming for right now?
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 11 replies.
i bought, installed, and played it fine yesterday. but i cant play it today because its asking me to reregister my serial key and its saying its invalid. i noticed it was patched today, also.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 8 replies.
I need a new printer, I would like a quality one that from a good brand. Photos and text basically. Can somebody recommend THE printer?
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 8 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 20 replies.
dan brown probably did not do enough research on the iphone. It is not supposed to light up your face when you use it as a phone, it should turn off the screen because of the proximity sensor
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 14 replies.
now what movie to see
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 2 replies.
If you can't beat them, lobby the government to change how their business is treated and force their labor costs through the roof: http://reason.com/archives/2009/09/28/using-unions-as-weapons
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 13 replies.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8353000/8353068.stm
Got some questions and spoilers about Leliana's development:
So has anyone gotten her to turn back into an assassin?
I can't find much detail on that on the web, aside from the fact that it's possible after you deal with Marjolaine, which I've done both ways. After that event, and nudging her in the proper direction, doesn't seem like anything changes.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 2 replies.