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Battlefield BC 2 Tips:

-Just like a lot of the other battlefield games, if you're a sniper and you hold down your fire button after your shot you will stay zoomed in.

-As a sniper, be sure to call out enemy locations- not only does this help your team locate enemies, but it will give you assist points if they get killed while spotted. Default spotting key is Q

-To control the UAV.. R is to ascend and D is to descend. Remember that once you fire you'll have to keep your target "painted" the entire time.

-To switch positions in a vehicle use the F1, F2, F3, keys.

-If you wanna rank up in a matter of no time, play as a medic and heal/revive the fuck out of people. This works especially well if you're in a squad, as the points will nearly double when reviving or healing a squad member.

Share some of your tips! :D

Jan 29, 2010 10:53am PST

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  bump I want to read some more tips. Console version tips works also. : humbleone
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http://web.archive.org/web/20011024015856/www.apple.com/ipod/

Jan 29, 2010 7:12am PST

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Star Trek Online thread

TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE!

Remember to type /channel_join shacknews in the game!

Jan 29, 2010 5:17am PST

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http://www.xkcd.com/695/

Jan 29, 2010 5:15am PST

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e-reader:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/steve-jobs-compares-ipad-battery-life-to-kindles-youre-not-g/

Jan 29, 2010 9:30am PST

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Holy fucking shit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXmv8quf_xM

"10 people are currently using google."

Jan 29, 2010 3:52pm PST

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For ME2 players who don't want to slog through ME1

The Repository of ME saves: http://www.annakie.com/me/home.htm
All sorts of different characters and choices
no doubt a repost

Jan 29, 2010 5:34am PST

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So I ran into an interesting question while I was designing my game: how do you teach someone how to play your game without hand-holding them?

A lot of the recent games, especially for more complicated RPGs and RTSs games, have a tutorial in the beginning that gives you direct commands, tells you to try it out, then it repeats for the next steps. Many times, these are unskippable. For those, it makes sense as there's a ton of variables to consider in those games. However, what about a 2D side scroller case? I've noticed some games put them as signs or in dialogue that tell you to press a button, whereas older games like Mario or Zelda just stick you into the game and assume you read the manual on what A and B does. For example, when did you learn that you can hold down B to make Mario run? I definitely don't remember reading that until my cousin told me about it.

I wonder if there's a way to do it seamlessly? I thought Portal did a good job on this, though you still needed prior knowledge about WASD and mouse look.

Jan 29, 2010 10:45am PST

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LANParty Menz:

I've got Rainbow 6: Vegas 2 for Terrorist Hunt action (haven't even installed it yet, but I hear it's good like the old ones for Terrorist Hunt)

Got MechWarrior: Living Legends all ready to go for those folks who have Crysis and want to play with us.

Got L4D2 and DoW2 as well.

What are some awesome LAN games that I can add to the list of possibilities? We've got people of many different skill levels, so something that is easier to pick-up-and-play would be good.

Jan 29, 2010 1:51pm PST

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Can we do a "Then and Now" analyzation of Steam?

This is what people were saying when it was announced in 2003
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=19379

There were complaints about dial-up speed when using steam, the possible constant tweaks (which turned out to be once every few months), jedi_27 thought we were going to lose out on the kind of awesome deals that Best Buy and CompUSA (lol) would run weekly. And the price is something i have little knowledge on, but we were predicting at least $10 discounts when buying things online on release day because of the low overhead, and that never happened (for various reasons).

I think if we can call steam a success it's because it was able to grow and implement in ways that we didn't see coming in 2003. Adding any game into the system, inviting friends to your games, chatting with them in game (Remember when not having an Away message up in AIM would send you to desktop if someone IM'd you), and Steam Cloud were all very hard to predict 7 years ago.

I'm also wondering if it would have caught on if Valve hadn't had the market presence it did with the Half-Life series (and counterstrike for that matter). As great a system as Steam is, would enough of us have adopted it without Valve forcing it on us through counter-strike and Half Life?

And still no porn implementation.

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Yesterday was my birthday. At my advanced age, its not something one dwells on. Below is an email I received from my 10 year old daughter . . . .

http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=urold_gxib5yyfrc5i17j4groo.jpg

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Mega Jan WE 2009 Post of DOOM!

Jan 29, 2010 3:51pm PST

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Hey, I don't get all the hate on Bad Company 2.

Sure, there were a lot of problems yesterday with the lag and other issues - the game could use some polish, too, specially in the UI - but I think it is going to be awesome. No way I'm cancelling my preorder. I predict great shackbattles in the future.

Jan 29, 2010 5:19am PST

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Re: Bayonetta Patch v1.01 - Day 2

http://playstationlifestyle.net/2010/01/28/sony-responsible-for-bayonetta-patch-not-sega

Well, shortly after the much anticipated patch dropped, word broke on the streets internets that not only did it add an HDD install option, but people were noticing graphical improvements all around (sharpness, color reproduction, reduced tearing), as well. The improvements are arguably marginal, but any strides taken on bringing Sega's half-assed PS3 port closer to the 360 version is a good thing.

Placebo effect? Maybe, but outside of significantly squashed load times, I didn't notice the graphical improvements myself. Whatever was wrong with it before took a backseat for me 2 playthroughs ago. A number of outlets, however, are confirming the improvements, as well as reporting in an M. Night turn of events that Sony was responsible for the patch and not Sega (and confirming word of their involvement awhile back). It's almost as if Sega was still bitter with things and a lazy port to the PS3 was a way to channel wicked weaves jabs at them from the grave. RIP Dreamcast. :[

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I don't want to sound like I trying to be too divisive but why does Gamefly carry links to those cheesy cheat sites. They may be hit magnets but there is precious little of any value on any of the three I have perused. Can someone let the boss know its the 21st century and those spamtastic dead end cheaters honey pots reflect poorly on Gameflys otherwise sharp image.

Jan 29, 2010 3:13pm PST

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NODE'S WHITE ELEPHANT FROM NODEBUG

Aw, see? Our names are similar! Isn't that cute? The nice thing about this is nodebug either read the fuck out of my post history or got VERY lucky. Because all this shit is TIGHT, yo. In reply:

Jan 29, 2010 11:27am PST

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L4D2 vs time - come on you guys, let's shoot each other in the face with shotguns!

Jan 29, 2010 3:45pm PST

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Nip Tuck

Anyone know the name of the actress that played Dr. Curtis Reyerson's wife in the last episode. I cant find her anywhere.

Jan 29, 2010 6:00pm PST

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Just saw Let the Right One In, pretty fantastic and not at all what I was expecting. Didn't really know anything about it before going in other than it was a vampire movie. Next up this weekend, Moon and District 9. What's everyone else watching this weekend?

Jan 29, 2010 5:32pm PST

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So iPad... Pretty disapointinh IMO. I see no reason to get one. Terrible battery life and pretty damn limited features. I mean you could get a decent laptop for the price.

I'll just stick to my iPhone.

Jan 29, 2010 7:27am PST

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In the WORST NEWS EVER department, Studio Liverpool apparently got shut down today according to http://wipeoutzone.com/

"Studio Liverpool Internal Development shut down by Sony
January 29th 2010

It's with a heavy heart I report that Sony Computer Entertainment has taken the decision to terminate almost everyone at Studio Liverpool Internal Development today.

This essentially brings to an end a long history of game development at Studio Liverpool, formarly Psygnosis."

If you own a PS3 and you didn't buy Wipeout HD (and Fury), I hate you.

Jan 29, 2010 3:01pm PST

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- WTF? That's sad :( They made awesome games. : PointlesS76
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GUITAR PEOPLES

Which of these should I get?

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Prewired-Pickguards-Electric-Guitar-Pickups.gc

I don't play metal.

Jan 29, 2010 2:01pm PST

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Day of Defeat: Source Shackbattle Awards time!

Rounding up the stats ( http://dr-alco.com/hlstats.php?game=dods ) from last nights game:

Quote of the Week: <something about killing Nazi Jews here>

The most heroic players:
01. "Running Currahee" award: Bunga ( 38 flags captured)
02. "Get off my lawn" award: ArcKnight ( 11 flag captures blocked)
03. "Future McVeigh" award: Bunga ( 7 bomb plantings)
04. "Fetch Felix" award: sanchez ( 4 bomb defusions)
05. "Rambo was a pussy" award: Bunga ( 162 kills [highest for the day])
06. "Golden Shower" award: _jon ( 7 dominations earned against other players)

The shamed players:
07. "Bukkake" award: .Jayson ( 7 dominations received from other players)
08. "Who trimmed my grenade fuses?" award: Dschinghis Khan ( 3 suicides)
09. "I never really was on your side" award: .Jayson ( 12 friendly-fire kills)

Individual weapons awards can be found at the above link. Great games everybody!

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hey garnettttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt.....ttttttttttttttttttttttt and dave-a, who won the free copies of Mass Effect 2?!?!?!?!

Jan 29, 2010 3:33pm PST

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god DAMMIT.. just wrote a post and accidentally clicked the "read the rules" and lost it... FRUSTRATION.

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