Evening Reading: Game Of The Evening!
by Brian Leahy, Feb 23, 2010 5:00pm PSTAfter reaching out to the community for suggestions of what to bring back to ER, I was reminded of Console Game of the Evening during the era of Jason Bergman and Late Night Consoling by shacker RevRaven. I thought this was a capital idea of the highest quality, though I will be extending it to all games, not just consoles. I'll be taking submissions during each day's Morning Discussion so keep an eye out for my post.
If the nightly game sparks some inspiration, positive or negative, be sure to chat about it in the comments. To kick things off, here is RevRaven's Game of the Evening.
The Adventures of Willy Beamish - "Made by Sierra. Owned by Dynamix. It was a silly early 90s adventure game with cute dialogue. It was ported to the Sega CD, where I discovered it, and I'm surprised it isn't as well remembered as some of the other Sierra games of that era." (RevRaven)
I know I played that game when I was younger, but for the life of me, all I can remember is his frog, Horny.
Here are a few notable video game type stories from the day:
- New 2D Worms Game Announced For PC
- iPhone Street Fighter 4 Roster And Price Revealed
- Warner Bros. Buys Batman: Arkham Asylum Dev
- Just Cause 2 Hands-on: Grapple Your Way To Fun
Also, if you're wondering who "That Guy" was in a movie you saw, check out this list of character actors. Thanks Thresher!Talk amongst yourselves.
Chatty: Diablo III, Dragon's Dogma
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
Anyone else get fucked in a game like this and just have it kill any desire at all to play it again? I can't see going back to this for at least a month. I'll just be all "Oh yeah, I remember doing this..." >:(
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This week's first game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6fFqBKeqwI - Amusingly one-sided game...?
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A co-worker of my wife wants a PC for his son to play WoW at good settings, budget is $1,700 CAD
Here's what I came up with:
NZXT Tempest EATX Mid Tower Case Black 3X5.25 1X3.5 8X3.5INT No PS Front USB Firewire Audio - $109.99
Intel Core i7 860 Quad Core Processor Lynnfield LGA1156 2.8GHZ Hyperthreading 8MB Cache Retail Box - $304.79
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT DVD OEM $109.99
XFX Radeon HD 5850 Black Edition 765MHZ 1GB GDDR5 4.5GHZ 2XDVI HDMI Display Port PCI-E Video Card - $349.99
Corsair XMS3 CMX4GX3M2A1600C7 4GB DDR3 2X2GB DDR3-1600 CL 7-8-7-20 Core i5 Dual Channel Memory Kit - $126.99
Corsair TX750W 750W ATX 12V 60A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 140MM Fan - $111.98
Samsung SH-S243D/BEBE 24X Black DVD Writer SATA OEM - $32.99
ASUS P7P55D-E Pro LGA1156 P55 DDR3 2PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 2PCI SLI CrossFireX USB3.0 SATA 6GB Motherboard - $199.79
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 7200RPM 32MB Dual Proc 3.5IN SATA Hard Drive OEM 5YR Mfg Warranty - $69.99
Total BEFORE Price Match $1,485.24
YOUR TOTAL $1,416.50
+shipping, tax
I had an Intel SSD in there (I spent about 2 hours last night researching the benefits of SSDs) but it blows the budget pretty bad; I figure I'll suggest one when SATA-3 SSDs come along...
Thoughts? (this is pretty much the system I would build for myself right now)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/27810/
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Woot. Two new awesome games for the price of one. How was your day shack?
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So I downloaded the client even though I'm not in the beta to watch some replays but for some reason there's no music playing when I'm watching replays. Is it just me or are we non-beta folk screwed out of the music?
Also anyone got any really great replays? I loved the david kim's baneling nuke. So bad ass to watch those things destroy everything.
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-When people (profs, clients, etc.) double clicking shit that doesn't need to be double clicked (links, quick menu icons, etc.)
-Touching my fucking screen (or any screen, really)
-When my mom refers to her laptop as her "laptop" and her desktop as her "PC"
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Man. I cannot remember the last time I had such mixed feelings about a video game. Some parts are awesome & some...I just don't seem to get.
It's definitely an interesting game, no doubt.
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Garnett's gonna kill me.
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Pooop.
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What program do you guys use to stream your desktop? I was using VHScreenCapture, which will work in conjunction with Flash Media Encoder 2.5. My problem is getting sound to stream on the broadcast without disabling it on my end. I tried and failed at using Virtual Audio Cable. It did install successfully on VIsta-64, but I have yet to find a good set of instructions on how to properly configure everything. Anyone using this have advice or something better to recommend?
The reason is that I was thinking of streaming DoW2 1v1 battles. I figured with the expansion coming out, there would be some interest in watching the broadcast. I was hoping to be able to speak into my mic so that people watching can hear me as well so that I can explain why I'm doing whatever it is I am. I primarily just wanted to give people live-feeds so they can learn/improve their own skills to better their chances against the Chaos horde. I play a lot, so I figured why not broadcast it? Steam says over 500 hours But...yeah I cant even get the sound to stream and the video is still sort of shitty quality and laggy. I haven't figured out the best performance/quality ratio quite yet. Help?
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After getting to blow money in them in the first game and then get to work at a host bar in Yakuza 2, I was looking forward to going to the next level and actually managing one in the third game. Sadly, they're just chopping that fucker right out of the US release.
If I wasn't so fucking hard up for the game, I'd totally wait for the inevitable price drop (probably not going to be too hard to pick it up for $35-$45/new within the first three months of release). The game is going to be fucking slaughtered going up against Final Fantasy XIII and God of War 3, but Sega just doesn't give a damn.
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Goodbye, old chap.
Whats the next hotness?
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http://www.giantbomb.com/ryans-inferno/17-2074/
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1. Fighting Force. A goddamned classic beat-em-up, but FUCK THOSE SHOCKFIST GUYS.
2. Daredevil Derby 3D. A hilariously babyish racer that led to many lols.
3. Enter the Matrix. And I still play it occasionally.
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I've been seriously considering pulling the trigger on a 3-year contract for this sucker before the end of the month on the Milestone, which is essentially the Droid, but would like to know if there's anything I should be wary of with this phone. I've been waiting for a decent Android-powered phone to come to our oh-so-awesome Canadian telcos for a while, and it seems like the Milestone is the first serious candidate. So, again, does anyone know of any red flags about the device (and how Telus has no doubt gimped it) before I pull the trigger on a 3-year?
And Droid owners, how are you liking the Droid after having it for the several months it's been out?
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found in the beta ipad sdk that apple quickly pulled after an hour for mysterious reasons:
http://images.macrumors.com/article/2010/02/23/212108-acceptbutton.jpg
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How did I not know this?
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Next on the shopping list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylenedioxypyrovalerone
With a name that long, it's bound to be good. It's 2x as expensive as Methylone and 3.4x as expensive as Mephedrone... so i'm guessing its probably better.
I just ran the DeadMines for the first time. Hooked. Dungeon Finder + RAF = joy.
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