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Evening Reading: RTS Madness!

by Brian Leahy, Feb 25, 2010 5:00pm PST

Every once and a while, there seems to be a rush of games in a particular genre. Right now, the RTS is hot news, mister. Blizzard launched the beta for StarCraft II, EA's Command & Conquer 4 is also in beta, Supreme Commander 2 hits next week, and the first Dawn of War II expansion pack, Chaos Rising, drops the week after. It's the season for real-time strategy.

All of these titles have different gameplay systems and offer unique experiences. RTS gamers tend to get extremely focused on one game at a time, much like FPS players. It's a sad trend that makes a small genre even smaller. I wish the teams behind the non-Blizzard game all the luck in the world. It's still just in beta, right? How about a Game of the Evening?

Savage: The Battle for Newerth - "Savage was one of the rare attempts at RTS/FPS fusion. The incredible thing is that the gameplay worked, it was stable, it was fast and fun. More incredible is it somehow managed to be not as popular as it deserved to be. The FPS portion included multiple classes while the RTS commander gave orders, built units, and assigned buildings to be built. Each team supported up to 128 players." (LoioshDwaggie)

Daily required reading, Video Games 101:

Alpha Protocol gets a release date, again.

Plants vs. Zombies sold a bunch on the iPhone.

Final Fantasy I & II are released on the iPhone.

New Battlefield: Bad Company 2 videos make me happy.

Finally, I've spent way too much time today putting random phrases into TranslationParty, which translates from English to Japanese to English to Japanese and so on. Tip: StarCraft-related sentences are particularly amusing. Or this.

Oh, and the last ever (probably not) Day of Defeat: Source Shackbattle is tonight. So go play it with Shackers one last time!

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How do those ice skaters keep balance after doing those twirly moves? I'd expect them to come out of one and just fall over.
Also, that south korean chick was awesome.

Feb 26, 2010 2:09am PST

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This video sold me on the 7D.

http://vimeo.com/8967457

Feb 26, 2010 2:00am PST

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- That's a pretty nice video. Yeah, video on DSLR's rocks. : Creepin_Jeezus
- Wow that's really good. : marmite

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 trailer
http://www.giantbomb.com/super-mario-galaxy-2-trailer/17-2077/

Feb 26, 2010 1:12am PST

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 trailer http://www.giantbomb.com/super-mario-galaxy-2-trailer/17-2077/ : humbleone
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  i cant get over the 720p and 1080p mario galaxy. it looks amazing : oHnOES
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      slap all that and ill drink it up in a milkshake, ILL DRINK IT UP : oHnOES
      
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  - it does. a lot of the mechanics look neat as well. : Supine

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Awesome. The God of War III demo is up on Playstation network now.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/02/god-of-war-iii-goes-gold-e3-demo-now-on-psn-and-new-gameplay-revealed-tonight-on-spikes-gttv/

Feb 25, 2010 9:26pm PST

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Awesome. The God of War III demo is up on Playstation network now. http://blog.us.playstation.com/201... : smax
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New softwares needed: alarm with countdown with autorestart and stopwatch, custom alarm

Cool timer: I have been using it for quite some time... but it is buggy. Sometimes the time will jump to infinite and you don't hear a thing

Grindstone2: I have been using it for quite some time... great for managing your time but doesn't have an alarm... which I need badly

Not too sure... maybe in a few hours I will come up with an alternative. Maybe you have an idea.

Feb 26, 2010 12:09am PST

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      I would go as far as to guess you have filed a bug report with screenshots : dognose
      
      Also lol at "crappy but buggy :( : dognose
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  I use a Windows Sidebar Gadget called Date & Time. It's not bad. Give it a try! http://www.buildaga... : Rice-Rocketeer
  - (It's really simple, though.) : Rice-Rocketeer
- Seems it would be pretty easy to code but judging from your experience maybe not. I'm a novice coder :( : Reavers!

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External Hard Drive Menz

err..

So anyways, looking into buying a good, not to expensive 1TB external hard-drive, for backups. My 250GB is becoming full, and its one of those cheap internal-HD-encased-to-make-it-feel-like-external. I'll prolly recycle it into a second internal instead. Photoshop is crying for a separate scratch disk.
So what are the good ones?
It's just gonna sit on my desk, so no fancy portability needed.

Feb 26, 2010 12:00am PST

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So I have an idea. Don't know if it's a good, stupid or crazy one yet. In reply.

Feb 25, 2010 10:54pm PST

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- god damnit : the city
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    Legally feasible, but financially, more than likely not. : trove
    - :( gotta get rich : CaptainSurly
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    - We've all thought about it, investigated it, and were let down like receiving sweaters on Christmas morn. : Sink the Pink

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After work today, Davantalus and I went exploring around the hills of Irvine with our cameras. I pretty much suck at landscape photography since I never do it, so I stuck to macro stuff. However, we did find a cool tunnel and I asked him to be a silhouette for me. PICS!!!! http://sparklyfresh.com/photos/feb25/

Feb 25, 2010 8:03pm PST

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It's pretty thoughtful of the heavy rain developers to give you origami to do while the game installs

Feb 25, 2010 9:41pm PST

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      if you're into that sort of thing, absolutely : dirge23
      
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      I quite liked the demo, I hope there's a bug patch within 3 weeks tho. : abrasion
      
      it crashed on me twice during my playthrough, but it autosaves frequently so it was no big deal : dirge23
      
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      you mean like the very end of the game? You can see all the endings just based on some decisions at the v... : derelict515
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More gaming PC build stuff ( http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22254958 )

The GTX285 arrived today; I installed it, booted off of Memtest86+, and completed two test runs successfully. Yay. I have Windows 7 and 3 Noctua 140mm fans on order to replace the Corsair fans.

The 800D case is really quiet, even with the Corsair fans. The videocard fan is the loudest one in there, and it's faintly above the level of the other fans at idle. Ambient temperature at idle seems to be holding at 42 C. I have to remember that the i7 920 is a 130W TDP chip (wow, remember back when we got away from 130 W TDP CPUs from the NetBurst days to 65W Core 2 Duos? The heat is back!). Unless I throw Knoppix at it or something, I'll be waiting for the Windows 7 CD to arrive so I can start installing stuff.

Feb 25, 2010 10:32pm PST

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So who else is playing Lord of Ultima (aka Evony 2)
http://www.lordofultima.com/

Be a lord

Feb 25, 2010 5:57pm PST

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      really? pls don't rape me. Also, ocean to the north west.. I plan on expanding that way, sooner or later. : g0nk
      
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      I just sent a contingent of dudes to a dungeon I hope they come back : boring gegtik
      
      That's MY DUNGEON! : daedraug
      
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      Yeah no shit. Scroll dragging is balls. : g0nk
      
      I tried to send you some but kept getting an error : jonin
      
      Please rape and pillage sexybunny, there is not room for more than one bunny. : daedraug
- I think I'll tag this to play later, it sounds like fun! : Aragoat
- READ THIS: before making your city.. http://www.lordofultima.com/en/forum/showthread.php?tid=39377 : g0nk
- i just joined 'mwasher' : mwasher
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  - You sir win the best online name. : repeat2k
- Looks cool. Joined as MrHorseshoe : herradura99
- I believe my name is LordCannibus : AgentPothead
- Im in the shack alliance. Its not a shabby game... seems like it'll be a light time killer here and there : limpossible
- tgstolen here. Add me to the shack guild please! : StolenNosferatu
- ^invites out until here : razorblade79
- Seems vaguely interesting, web based, ok sign me up (name Goncyn) : Goncyn
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ATTN SYDNEY BLOKES

I'll be in town, from London, next week visiting family. Anyone want to grab a few beers in the evening? I'll be in town on March 4th (rest of the week will be spent wallowing in the suburbs).

Short notice, I realise!

Feb 25, 2010 11:10pm PST

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  - ^^^ knows a good Japanese place : shavenewok
  - I might be able to get down there. : bombay

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Awesome, I was all excited about work upgrading us to these soon, I have the narrow shit BlackBerries but don't want fried brans. :( http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/02/26/0057254/BlackBerry-Bold-Tops-Radiation-Ranking

Feb 25, 2010 11:04pm PST

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- fried bran sounds disgusting : RikiTiki2

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This was posted in the daytime chatty, I am reposting here for you fine people:

http://www.gaming.fi/keskustelu.php?kat_id=9998&ketju_id=4418

Hint: It's an awesome Bad Company 2 commercial.

Feb 25, 2010 11:18pm PST

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  - GoGamer had it (PC one at least, not sure about the 360) for 20% off just a few hours ago :( YOU MISSED ... : DrWaffles

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Pagani's test driver is named Davide Testi.

Lamborghini's test driver is named Max Venturi.

I see where I have gone wrong with regards to my love of testing :(.

Feb 25, 2010 11:24pm PST

Pagani's test driver is named Davide Testi. Lamborghini's test driver is named Max Venturi. I see w... : moe6

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Hey Shackers - requesting your help in identifying a couple of tunes!

They were on the disk of an old music synthesis program. The first:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5fRBkCt9qo

Every single file on this disk was a rendition of non-original music, so I don't believe this was just something the program's author whipped up.

The second is Bach, of that I'm absolutely certain:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpBklKYlTK8

I've heard it a million goddamn times, and I know it's in C major (it's transposed up a bit due to an emulator quirk), but that's not enough for me to Google it down. I know I'm asking for a facepalm by classical music buffs but it's worth it if I can find out what the hell this is.

There's actually a stunning low-res graphics display that the program generates in time with the music (hence the program's name) but I'm too lazy to get capture software.

Feb 25, 2010 6:01pm PST

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- bump :( : eldersveld

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Yiiiikes plentyoffish.com is a fucking meat market from hell. Unsee, UNSEE. Need to cancel that right now.

Feb 25, 2010 7:28pm PST

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LOL @ autotune puking:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7n8GqewJ2M

Better than the actual song.

Feb 25, 2010 9:18pm PST

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  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_cGo0q7krk : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles

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game idea: The Dresden Files books done in the style of Indigo Prophecy and Heavy Rain.

Feb 25, 2010 11:01pm PST

game idea: The Dresden Files books done in the style of Indigo Prophecy and Heavy Rain. : Psigun

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It's official! I'll be an Enforcer at PAX East! Can't wait to meet all you Shackers!

Feb 25, 2010 8:42pm PST

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      Holy shit I remember this game. : spazzium
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    - lol congrats repeat2k! : ThomW
  - they turn away people who don't smell bad enough to attend PAX : veras
  - you haven't played Duke 3D? : megarust32
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Flash Game

Lateral: The Word Association Game -- http://www.kongregate.com/games/zdbzd/lateral-the-word-association-game
One of these fill in the related blocks type games. This one has user added levels, but I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing =|
flashgametag

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This has to be one of those "OHH SHIIIIITTTTTT" moments!

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/02/dubais-30-inch-thick-shark-tank-is-leaking/

Feb 25, 2010 6:46pm PST

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    - Dubai as a whole is basically built on slave labor. Thousands of immigrants from India/Pakistan who real... : Crimsonbeak
- "Land shark." : trOmblyj
- I'm terrified of sharks, just the idea of being in that mall scares the crap out of me. : Serrin
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I just finished Valkyria Chronicles.

It's not a perfect game by any stretch, but it's the closest I've gotten to the kind of tactical game I enjoy since the original Final Fantasy Tactics. Graphically, it's at least very pretty, and frequently gorgeous with the way it evokes the look of a sketchbook. The story really impressed me too, especially considering it's basically a brightly-colored anime reframing of World War 2, right down to certain operation settings, and even some of the warcrimes. It gets (relatively) dark in parts. The ending was exceptional, and considering what anime is usually capable of, surprisingly low key.

That said, some of the bullshit luck moves the computer can sometimes pull off, and a late-game need to grind in the skirmishes, as well as the sometime -crazy difficulty of certain battles, keep it from being totally top shelf. I honestly don't know how many times I lost an hour of battle progress to a single missed bullet.

The 8/10s in the world pretty much get it right. But if you have a PS3, and you like turn-based tactical games, you should REALLY pick this up.

So now I'm wondering what to play next. What say you?
-Get back into The Witcher (I'm 20 hours in, somewhere in chapter 2. Stopped playing at the end of summer.).
-50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
-Assassin's Creed 1 (PC), which I've never played at all.

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The third and final trailer for How to Train Your Dragon:

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/how-to-train-your-dragon/feature-trailer

Everyone please go see it when it comes out March 26!

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Has this been posted already?

Batman Arkham Asylum PC is 75% off on Game for Windows on Demand (Microsoft's digital distribution service).

So that's $12.50 for an awesome game. Completely worth it and if you haven't checked it out I suggest you do.

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these are real men:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_o

oh and this is kind of cool too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFACrIx5SZ0&fmt=18

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Can somebody recommend me some great stand up comedians and that I can maybe check out on youtube? (Please no Silence I kill you)

So far I like Dave Chapelle and George Carlin. That one show by Bob Saget wasn't too bad either.

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http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=12590

I still wouldn't buy it, but I thought it was pretty lol.

Feb 25, 2010 10:34pm PST

http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=12590 I still wouldn't buy it, but I thought it was pretty lol. : nyranger66

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Gogamer.com is having a 'enter email subject here' sale, apparently. Check your inboxes!

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I was looking at some of these used-but-pretty-new Infiniti G37's, and some of them seem like pretty good deal with not many miles on them:

http://tinyurl.com/y8sseyt

Two questions: (1) Why would somebody sell a 2008 car with only 20k miles on it, and (2) would you consider it riskier to buy a sportier car like that that probably doesn't have the best reliability ratings to start with, and probably has been driven harder?

It could be that I'm just being nervous.

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Thom Yorke's band is called .... Atoms For Peace
They are playing bunch of shows in U.S. again. Go see them. http://www.radiohead.com/tourdates/

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Ok, shack, ME1 help here.

I'm finally playing Mass Effect 1, and really liking it so far. My question is this, I'm at the point where some of the romance is heating up and I'm wondering--if I start this shit with one of these chicks, do I end up having to stick with the same girl? Or can I be a whore and make the rounds? If it's the first option, I want to make sure I pick the chick I dig the most--otherwise I'll just do whatever or whomever.

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