Weekend Discussion: What's Old Is New Again
by Chris Faylor, Mar 20, 2010 9:35am PDTNearly a decade after their original releases, spruced-up versions of Pokemon Gold / Silver and Perfect Dark made their way into the modern era this past week under the guises of Pokemon HeartGold / SoulSilver and, er, Perfect Dark.
It's tough not to get a little nostalgic and think about how things have changed across the past ten years. Back then, I had to go to the store to buy Perfect Dark on a cartridge and it wasn't exactly cheap or pretty. Today, I'm able to legally download Perfect Dark for just $10, and it's got better graphics, a much smoother framerate, and online play.
Back then, I had to level up my Pokemon by actually playing the game. Today, I can level them up by wearing a pedometer as I go about my day-to-day tasks in real-life.
All the way back in 2000, we were waiting on Final Fantasy IX for the original PlayStation. Here in the future? We just got Final Fantasy XIII on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
What's that, past self? What's an Xbox, and how have there already been three hundred and sixty of them? Oh, you silly goose. Just wait until you hear about the Wii...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePelcaQOEaE
Please watch this short trailer, its not in english but it looks great. Kind of has a Dark Crystal feel to it in a way..
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5 ppl in the 100k group 0_o
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i really took my time in a round, paid a lot of attention to the map, where my teammates were. tried to spawn appropriately. escorted vehicles and used my C4. i went 30-33 as recon, and even though my team lost (i didn't get it - we blew up the final control point and it said we lost?), i had a lot of fun and didn't get very frustrated
couple of things:
1 - i need a list of shack servers and password info (or what tag to use to secure a spot if they're not passworded). i wanna play this with you guys!
1 - as recon, i unlocked several "gear" items. the default was a vehicle scanner - some sort of ball that i'd throw. when i selected the vehicle armor or vehicle weapons gear/gadgets, i still could only select this weird ball and throw it. how exactly do i "use" these unlocked gadgets?
also the M60 is still ridiculous. sniper-like accuracy from like 500 yards. i probably died 40% of the time to an M60.
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Ok, so my wife the small business owner is in the market for a new all-in-one printer. And by that I mean printing and scanning. She's on VOIP so faxing is uninportant (they do it through myFax instead). It also needs to be shared wirelessly.
She currently has an HP somethingorother and as you have probably guessed it's a nightmare, between the disk-pegging bullshit programs and the intermittent dropped connections. She's also had zero luck with Epson.
What's a good all-in-one printer or brand other than HP or Epson? I think the criteria is color ink jet, scanner, wireless networking, and PC/Mac compatibility (her one employee is a Mac).
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I don't know when you'll see announcements about it, but I can promise you a Killzone 3. -- Sony Computer Entertainment America President and CEO Jack Tretton
Ah yes, a followup to the game that was named as "Brownest Game" in the Negative Gamer awards ( http://negativegamer.com/2009/12/31/negative-gamer-awards-all-the-results/ ), and declared equivalent in importance to Citizen Kane by PSXExtreme's Ben Dutka ( http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/4586.html ).
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My brother's Gmail account was hacked recently and he's trying to reclaim it but Google is being stubborn about verifying his identity and resetting the password. He account he created it with is an old Hotmail account which he doesn't have access to either. Apparently he has filled out a form that asks questions about the account such as recent contacts, labels, date of creation. But he still can't get ahold of an actual person to talk to who could very quickly verify it was his account. Any ideas? Or any Google folks here that know how to expedite this process? Help, great Shack.
Also, this is the brother that works as a programmer at Naughty Dog. So he's very tech savvy, intelligent, and careful but still baffled at how his account could get hacked. After his WoW account was hacked he changed all his passwords. How does that happen? What is he missing?
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I didn't know it's supposed to be based in Indonesia. I understand all the location names and even the accent they're using is spot on hahaha.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W8yhTlaBww
This is a "trailer" for the game I'm working on right now - Monday Night Combat. I put trailer in quotes as it's less of a trailer and more along the lines of Valve's "Meet a Spy" type videos. Not quite the same, but similar. There are regular trailers to be seen as well. I'll provide direct links if anyone cares. Also, does anyone remember the "Real Life Mirror's Edge" video that went around the internets about a year ago? The guy who made it is a bonafide ninja and he is our animator, which is awesome. Here is a video demonstrating his awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxEAjO8M-Z8&feature=related (animator may find it particularly interesting)
For those of you who are going to PAX East next week there will be a bigass Monday Night Combat booth where it's playable. Tragically I won't be there myself, but any shacker at PAX I highly encourage you to check it out.
So there's my shill, hopefully it's allowed, if people are interested in the game or anything I can answer questions. <3
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Oprah's narration skills are even worse than Sigourney Weaver's in Planet Earth. Why do they always feel the need to replace the original narration.
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Also, i would like to say that this will most certainly be as epic as Band of Brothers, but i don't know if i'll like it better. I mean, i liked the opening song to BoB better. I think The Pacific's is kind of over bearing like The West Wing's :\
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I used to have that folder very well organized, but now it has folders from EVERY GODDAMN game and every goddamn application that I use.
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If not them by brand, as long as they have the proper sizing (1"x1", 2"x2", etc) and are already painted, I can deal. Plastic, pewter, or whatever is fine.
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http://www.shackpics.com/files/avatar_7umsyu9cxmarbp6gzug5.jpg
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http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=239791&site=cvg
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1. Can you heal the MCOM with the repair tool?
2. How accurate is punkbuster when kicking people? I played on a server and it was kicking what seemed like a person a second.
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LCD or Plasma?
120hz, or 240hz?
Brand?
Don't need 3D compatibility, but want PC connectivity. Something in the 46"-56" range. Ignore price for now. Just trying to figure out what is better now-a-days for 360/PS3 gaming, and hooking into a PC.
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http://visir.is/article/20100322/FRETTIR01/542937057
"just press play"
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGbwL8kSpEk
http://www.jpopasia.com/play/17616/super-junior/sorry-sorry.html
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I was in the mood for a military technothriller and was surprised to see he hasn't written a novel since 2003 :(
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