Evening Reading: I Don't Care About 3D
Maybe Nintendo has a big surprise up its sleeve, but I think we could be looking at the next Virtual Boy here. Either way, we'll know more at E3.
You know what I am excited about? LOST!
Gaming News o'the Day
- Blizzard continues to patch Diablo 2.
- Left 4 Dead 2 DLC will have multiple new modes.
- 250GB hard drives for Xbox 360 now on sale separately.
- The first trailer for The Witcher 2 was released.
- This Crysis (mod) video is amazing.
- Opera tries to get its iPhone browser approved by Apple.
- HTC and Verizon team up with 4G super phone.
Tribes: "Mastered combat in 3 dimensions more than a decade before today's games could master combat in 2." (MercFox1)
Remember to submit your choices for Game of the Evening in this comments thread.
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ER'd. I think it's about time I start organizing another Northern California Shackmeet. The one in November was fucking awesome.
We got together for Paintball in the morning. We had a large enough crowd that we were a completely private party and hired a private ref so that we could play on the big fields with only us. We went to my house to shower (no gay stuff) and then met up with the rest of the Shackmeet people at a brewery where we ate and drank. Finally we went back to my house where much drinking and gaming took place.
I think the Paintball was so successful that I am going to do it again for the next one. We'll hire a private ref from the very beginning this time, as the split cost was more than worth it. I will also buy a ton of paint in advance which should cut down costs significantly.
I am thinking June or July. Now is your chance to tell me dates that you definitely don't want it to be, and then I will either avoid that date or pick that date depending on if I hate you or not.-
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Hijack: What's some good paintball accessories for my Tippman A-5 marker?
Mine is real standard and I mainly only upgraded it with a bigger feed tube thing. I'm mainly looking for a good longer barrel and a sighting system.
Also I think a detached air tank with hose is something else I'm considering too. -
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Better one: http://www.seattlebeerweek.com/
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Also I plan on going through the Shackmeet page and sending a Shackmessage to every Shacker that has ever signed up for a California Shackmeet. I really want everyone that might be interested to know about it this time. Every single time I do one of these there are several people who find out about it afterwards and are disappointed they didn't hear about it despite me posting a billion threads.
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Also I just wrecked the fuck out of my knee playing paintball on Sunday but it was AWESOME.
There were two guys in a bunker trading shots with me behind a barrel from across 30m of open space that was covered in mud. I caught one of the guys looking away to talk to a teammate and nailed him in the head, leaving one guy inside the bunker. He poked out to shoot as I checked my ammo and realized I was completely out, save maybe two dozen shots.
So with eugthinks covering me, we unloaded at the bunker, making the guy inside duck back down - the instant he did, I hopped up from behind the cover and took off at a dead sprint towards the bunker, crossing the open area with zero cover and shooting to keep his head down. I covered the distance in a few seconds, dove to my knees without slowing down and slid past the left side of the bunker in the mud, shooting to my right one-handed as I skidded past the opening and nailing the guy inside with my last few shots.
Then I couldn't really walk immediately afterward and I'm still in a knee brace two days later. Totally fucking worth it though.-
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We played at Los Gatos Pursuit Paintball in the Santa Cruz mountains. Way smaller than the place we went for the Shackmeet, and oriented toward beginner/intermediate players. It was well-run though, and quite fun! Even my female came out and enjoyed herself. Maybe we can get her to come to the Shackmeet this time! :D
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DOODLE POLL
http://www.doodle.com/9aepvs3d9tf7v844
PLEASE ONLY ANSWER THIS POLL IF YOU ARE REASONABLY CONFIDENT YOU WILL COME! It would be awful to have people that would have come get left out because it was scheduled on a day that no-shows said they would come. -
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