Morning Discussion Lite
by Alice O'Connor, Jan 12, 2010 5:00am PSTWhen you're pushing it to the xtreme, you need a chatty you can rely on. A chatty, not an identity. Discussion, not branding. Minimum fluff, maximum chat.
Morning Discussion Lite: Chat It Out.
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
Kinda NWS: A nice letter with pictures of a white elephant and a penis shooting love at a dilapidated shack logo:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/K3OChNWw8NMHi5aUzcRh0Q?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ-s-qXisfT9BQ&feat=directlink
A bunch of PS2 games!
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Ki_aZx9N_RzswAI8JXI52Q?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ-s-qXisfT9BQ&feat=directlink
I just found an old 250MB zip drive at work today!
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/em20wHtKSslRQdZDFqs0Fg?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ-s-qXisfT9BQ&feat=directlink
Toilet Paper!
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/H4CAapjF8QfHrXf9q23MBw?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ-s-qXisfT9BQ&feat=directlink
Never played either of these but I'm looking forward to trying!
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cWZg5gpHnse_D1v42Y_k7w?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ-s-qXisfT9BQ&feat=directlink
I forgot to put this one in the other pics of PS2 games!
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/m4Ezd-U5cGsJf2XvpQKztA?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ-s-qXisfT9BQ&feat=directlink
I wonder which one has a penis:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-7gzHlM_pef-3ZTZezDC8Q?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ-s-qXisfT9BQ&feat=directlink
Lips:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/voRD0wkZNoyoX1h0KjRj0Q?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ-s-qXisfT9BQ&feat=directlink
I'm looking forward to reading these, I just finished an Einstein Biography:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dg_PUUtAXB-ft5wUEHWP3A?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ-s-qXisfT9BQ&feat=directlink
I framed these and put them around my house:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-j4WClAcfNFaNOCgRjlk2w?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ-s-qXisfT9BQ&feat=directlink
Be Kind Rewind Please:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/oGzU4sRqezR12WbH4NFr2Q?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ-s-qXisfT9BQ&feat=directlink
The gravitational pull of this item almost made the box collapse on itself:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/t9KV2VfrJNE8vVyB2lxDYA?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ-s-qXisfT9BQ&feat=directlink
Luggage tag and piggy:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dM75gYpxjVRkSlp3eqtzdg?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ-s-qXisfT9BQ&feat=directlink
I've got my weekend planned!
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1NxMy2X47iO8SbmwzZ1U6Q?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ-s-qXisfT9BQ&feat=directlink
Link to gallery: http://picasaweb.google.com/a.j.clark/WhiteElephant?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ-s-qXisfT9BQ&feat=directlink
Thanks Koral06 for these wonderful gifts!
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The new Irrational Games has a podcast with Shawn Elliott.
http://irrationalgames.com/insider/irrational-podcast/introducing-irrational-behavior/
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Here's the latest one. It's currently 6pm, and Im in the office a bit late finishing up a server, and get this gem:
"I have 3 employees starting tomorrow in customer service. [...Crap about queues...] I will need them programmed into the phone system, and I will need 3 desktops with [software list]"
Right...good job asshole, let me know the day before that 3 people that need equipment ordered are starting tomorrow. I'm quite certain that I'll get shit tomorrow as to why their work area is not ready.
Any gems you guys have to share?
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tldr in reply.
I'd really like to hear stories from other shackers, both in the game industry and not, about the conditions at their places of employment. Particularly as it relates to long periods of working overtime.
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Anyway, she mentioned the idea of adopting if stuff doesn't work out, and I pretty much said "no". I kinda surprised myself with how resolute I sounded, and after thinking about it for a few days, I still refuse to raise a kid that isn't my own. Is this unreasonable?
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Is it possible to patent a ecommerce site if you have a unique way of marketing/selling items? For example, that one ingenious (but evil) site where you bid up the price on items people were posting, would such an idea be patentable?
I have a great idea that no one else (that I know of) has done but I'm not sure whether you can patent "a unique way of marketing and selling goods" on the ol' interwebs.
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This. Is. Awesome.
What are your thoughts on it?! I'm only posting this because I got disconnected :(
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State Help Desk job opening for $39k+ in Austin, TX...free health care and State pension when you retire. All good deals for your future :)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOR8-IJ4jIg
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is there anything you guys recommend to label ethernet cables coming off a switch? We've got a huge amount and are cleaning everything up this year in our server room. Just wondering what you guys use.
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http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1068188
I suggest everyone say hi to Nick and nicely comment on his interview!
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I expect to cry alot, but I predict I will love the pain.
HARD GAME CLUB.
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So I know this is coming a little late, but I had some thoughts on Assassin's Creed 2--why I loved some of it and why I really disappointed in other areas. Here is a snipet:
"Though the economy has been improved over the first game I still think that, overall, it's broken. I'm not pretentious enough to consider myself to be any more skilled than your average hardcore gamer so I don't think I was doing anything unusual here. I was buying just about everything I wanted and whenever pleased! Whenever I entered a newly discovered city I was able to buy 90% of the items (paintings, weapons, armor) as soon as they became available. Other things were acquired, generally, within an hours time. This is probably due to the massive amounts of side-missions that are available with huge monetary rewards."
http://eat-games.blogspot.com/2010/01/review-assassins-creed-2.html
Lets discuss! :)
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http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=emergencyexit_w8kqs6hj1c8o6vzm0bfw.jpg
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Is it possible to import notification ring tones? I can import into the phone ringtones just fine, but I want to change the notifications (emails, messages, etc) and I don't see any options outside of the default library.
When I dug around the google site faq for nexus one I could only find instructions on how to do it for the phone ringtones, which was already stupid easy and not what I needed.
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I'm in the market to finally take the plunge into the HDTV world. Right now, I am looking at the Samsung LN40B530 40" LCD HDTV. Does anyone have this model? If so, are you happy with it? Feel free to make other suggestions. 32"-40" is preferred. Primary use will be HDTV and 360 netflix streaming.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bMjeYV1zhY
Good stuff in there
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One of my label mates is trying to win the Let's Mix contest and I think he definitely has a chance. It's a really good mix - 46 songs in a little over an hour and a half. It's chock full of electro-house so any fans of Justice, MSTRKRFT, Deadmau5, etc will know what's up.
It only asks for an email address when you vote and I've gotten no spam so far. There's no registration bullshit - all you have to do is click the five stars and enter your email. I would love you long times.
P.S. I'll give free blowjobs to anyone that wants them.
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Fallout 3: Enhancement Project is the culmination of a lot of work on my part. Its rather expansive mod project and is a compilation of my own core overhaul named Enhancement, with the Unofficial Patch and several complementary additions/mods that have been integrated(modular). The overall purpose is as an enhancement (obviously) overhaul of Fallout 3, increasing depth, variety of combat, item and other game mechanics, while retaining the overall flavor and balance of the original Fallout 3. It spans all DLC. I will go into more detail when I release it... and that is the conundrum. I come to you, Shacknews community, for assistance.
This is package represents a lot of hours of work and even more hours of enjoyable play. I look forward to being able to share it and get some feedback. Its all ready to go for a release, but for some reason, File Dropper stops uploading ~12 MB. I have no idea, no error, just stops. Other sites seem to be doing the same. It is ready to go, just need to be able to upload it for sharing with folks. The .rar file is 2.65 GB. Anyone have any ideas/help? Thank you in advance.
"Estimated wait: 549 minutes"
fffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!
that's freakin' 9 hours before it even starts to download
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Fry: Why use my own legs like an idiot when I can use a Chickenwalker?
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"Wow, so what clan are you in? Do you guys have a website?"
lol!
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So I bought Bayonetta, but I haven't opened it yet because I know that I'll be done with it in like 2 weeks.
Is there any replay value?
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Its really impressive how Apple managed to make such a shitty piece of software. I lost all my contact info upon upgrading to Win7 and I've had constant, random error codes when connecting my phone ever since. I solved the first problem by turning off the USB sleep mode option, but now its broken again for no apparent reason.
Three days ago I plugged in my phone to charge and it synced fine. No error message, no problem. Today I plug it in to charge and get some random error about how the phone can't be accessed and it gives me some obscure error code. Googling didn't help much, just other people with the same problem and no Apple response, of course. I plug it in again and get a DIFFERENT error this time, which makes no sense. Apparently its flipping back and forth between one error and another.
"iTunes could not connect to this iPhone because an unknown error occurred (0xE8000065)."
iGG Apple. That's real fuckin helpful. I'm not so sure I'll be purchasing the next iPhone.
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In case anyone is interested, the full From the Basement show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8byXSML4bY
epic show
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I need to record about 16 hours worth into an MP3 for playback a couple days after for a Canuckian post-Aussie Day party.
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I want my 3 minutes back