Morning Discussion
by Alice O'Connor, Dec 28, 2009 5:00am PSTIt truly is the most wonderful time of the year. Friends and family gather round, feasts are held three days in a row and there's enough half-melted refrozen snow slush for you to feel some kind of victory. Unless, of course, so much flu courses through your veins that even your sloshed uncle is more alert, stabler and a better conversationalist than you.
I ended up mostly playing King's Bounty: Armored Princess. It's fun. That's my review.
I've tried almost every potion, poultice, syrup, pill, powder, lozenge and tincture under the sun, all to no avail. Desperate times call for desperate measures and it'll be a cold day in Walthamstow before I let Kwanzaa be ruined too so if I'm not on the mend by tomorrow it'll be the ole Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap. Dilute! Dilute! O.K.!
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
Can't remember when I last paid any attention to an advert of a TV movie broadcast, but hell.. I have been looking forward to this for 2 weeks now.
Hope it won't let me down.
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What are YOU wanting to see on sale? I'd love to see some awesome deals on DA:O, maybe under $20? (hint hint?) Maybe Fallout?
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Lots of pics in reply
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The parking bays are one metre (3ft) wider than normal spaces, he said.
Sorry, but if you're that bad at driving then perhaps you shouldn't be doing it.
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So Im going to have some cash, and Ive been looking at the e-readers, kindle, kindle 2, Sony's Reader, etc
It looks like that Sony's touch edition does notes but I am not sure how well and I dont see that it has any kind of wireless function. Does anyone know how well it does PDF's?
The kindle seems like a very simple device in comparison, as I see that it does very little for notes, and does not natively support PDF very well.
I have heard the Nook blows bawls.
Can I get some shackers to weigh in on this?
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Does anyone else remember this game? Anyone care to share what they think their "genesis" game was?
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ever since they released the iPhone app, i love it even more.
considering getting the 50gb storage. any Shackers out there get the extra?
also...please hit my link! https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTEyMzAyMTk if you dont have DropBox already.
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Fry: The less fortunate get all the breaks!
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I already picked up GTA IV, Dragon Age: Origins (Digital Deluxe), and gifted (2) Torchlight, The Witcher, and Peggle Complete.
I'm just waiting for Mass Effect to go on sale. I could of bought it from EA Store for $9.99, but I prefer to have it on Steam. DA: O is pretty awesome in the mean time!
we had christmas eve off last week. cool. my boss called and insisted i come in after hours on wednesday to respond to an issue (workstation reboot with an explanation that you need to reboot occasionally and that doesn't mean anything is the matter). OK FINE no huge deal, not that i'm particularly thrilled to return to work after having left for the weekend.
then the shit hardware we call a vpn server because the boss thinks underbudgeting IT is a good way to save money decided to die. sometime friday or saturday cause i was using it friday evening. and he waits until 6 am this morning to call me then chews me out for responding too slowly; my start time is 8, i delayed my morning routine by a half hour to respond to the call, and arrived at 8:15... and he says i wasn't called over the weekend because he doesn't want to bother me at home, bull shit all lies.
fuck IT, seriously.
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lol
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However, did they mention the controller vs. mouse/keyboard issue? I'm probably going to go with the micro-console and controller setup. So when I play a multiplayer game like MW2 (yes, I know activision is being dumb and hasn't signed up on it yet), will I be playing against ALL OnLive users, including those who are playing on PC with mouse and keyboard? If so, I see this being a HUGE problem. They would have to make an option to separate the two user bases for competitive play.
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The Mamba is definatly more comfortable, rather good wireless and there is the option of having it wired which is awesome. The software sucks, its slow and unresponsive and lacks the features logitech has.
The G9x, felt quite unconfortable but then I changed to the wider grip and that made things better. Still not as good as the mamba. I'm more palm than claw (nws) but I could see myself getting used to the g9x feel. The G9x also feels a touch more accurate and setpoint has a lot more features.
I can't decide :(
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But then i started to think about it, and what would be my reasons for buying a PS3? I have a pretty current PC, Xbox 360, blue ray player and a Wii. I can't think of many ps3 exclusive games that excite me. I do want to play LBP and Infamous thou, but I don't know if 2 games justify almost $400 bucks for a console. (console + 2nd controller + game). Plus I don't know if i can see myself buying a PS3 version of a nonexclusive game over a xbox 360 version.
what would a gaming jesus do?
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http://www.shackpics.com/files/rebootJPG_ogggiduiu0po4emeqr59.jpg
you click on the upper X button, and the server instantly goes into a reboot. wow now I look stupid and people are pissed off at me! hooray!
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Installing L4D1 Maps on my l4d2 server: yay or nay?
Apparently they havebeen modded for rain, day/night stuff etc.
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I got two for Christmas, and need to know which one to keep.
1. Harmony 670
2. Philips SRU9600
I know nothing about these, but assume that the Harmony is the one to go with - which one should I keep?
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http://consumerist.com/2009/12/snuggie-mates-with-snowpants-evolves-legs.html
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79,766 120,882 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Multiplayer
60,173 93,669 Counter-Strike: Source
50,899 75,600 Counter-Strike
24,432 30,708 Left 4 Dead 2
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Duke Nukem comment was funny.
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http://www.motionbox.com/videos/7a97d7b31112edcbf5
I was surprised I could record, as FRAPS usually freak out trying to record these type of games. It did hitch a bit, though, which is why I didn't bowl as well as I normally do. The game is $5 now, which is decent, but a steal at $1.
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I never liked female action heroes, as they always came off like some... I don't know. Just not cool, fake and smug. It always were overdone in my opinion, not only with heroes but also villains. Like that annoying uzi woman in underwear from The Transporter 2.
But Ripley, dayum sister, that was badass. The first female action hero I found truly awesome.
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