Morning Discussion
by Alice O'Connor, Mar 29, 2010 5:00am PDTI almost finished Deus Ex once again over the weekend. Almost a decade after release, it's still a brilliant video game. 1,873 saves now, by the way--I'll stop after this, I promise.
I hereby declare today Riot Grrrl Monday, because it has to be something. Get down with your bad self and watch for the auto-starting music.
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
Minecraft for Xbox 360 dev working on 'Adventure' update
Demon's Souls servers extended again
Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection coming in June
Sony patent would interrupt gameplay to display ad
Weekend Confirmed 114 - Diablo 3, Max Payne 3, Lost Planet 3
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Anybody found anything cool while exploring?
i found a few things on the island at the top left of the map including the hatch from lost and a massive tower that strikes any vehicle you go to the island in with lightning!
im having loads of fun just travellin around, occasionally blowing stuff up.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etV02k2Rym0
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Doom 64
I'm a big fan of all things Doom (except the movie, fuck that abomination) and I remember being blown away by this game when I first played it as a kid. It's classic Doom with a fresh coat of (blood) paint and all-new levels. See my thoughts in reply.
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http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/403/nummi
In the early 1980's, GM and Toyota formed a cooperative manufacturing agreement where Toyota taught GM how to make reliable cars using Toyota's assembly line methods in a plant in Fremont, CA. The cars out of that plant had high initial quality and reliability ratings. The story is about the beginning of that plant, and how&why GM failed to implement those manufacturing changes in their other plants.
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http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2214
All hail riptyde, Rodak of the Hutaree, defender of the testimony of Jesus Christ!
Deus Ex IW doesn't have an option to run in a window though.
Anyone know how to fix this?
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The device looks cool, but fucking hell, it's a MACHINE. Sometimes I loathe Apple's marketing team.
/monday's rage
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Any of you shot down a helicopter with a erm... mortar strike?
I'm pretty sure that's what I just did, got tons of points too
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I haven't synced my iPhone with another computer yet, because I don't want to blow away those photos. What's the best way for me to recover them? There's some music and stuff there I'd like to recover too, but the photos are the only irreplaceable thing. Thanks in advance, Shack!
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AKS-74U has better stats!
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Right now, it's down to the Great Eight. They are:
Square-Enix vs. Zyngar (Farmville, Mafia Wars)
Valve vs. Bethesda
Blizzard vs. Nintendo
BioWare vs. Relic
The two most shocking ones right now are Square-Enix just barely losing to Zyngar and Blizzard trouncing Nintendo. The Blizzard - Nintendo one just started voting today, so that could change, but I think Square-Enix will probably lose out to Zyngar, since voting closes soon.
Voting was held in the forums, and you can click on a bracket to see that individual round. If a vote is still open, you can also vote with a registered forums account or through your Facebook account.
Not a shill; I'm in no way associated with The Escapist, but we were talking about it a bunch at work and thought you guys might be interested.
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Servers are down so I watched this EPIC match. The teamplay is so good most of the game. Lots of Team Battles and clutch finish.
http://hon.esportmedia.com/video/2010/03/28/gamereplays-tournament-8-season-1-load-vs-tsm
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http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/03/new-godzilla-movie/
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/29/boy.homicide/index.html?hpt=T2
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According to an indictment unsealed Monday, nine members of the militia had planned to kill a member of law enforcement and then plant an improvised explosive device to attack the subsequent funeral procession. Other possible acts included killing a law enforcement official and his or her family at home or luring a member of law enforcement with a false 911 emergency call and then killing him or her.
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"It is believed by the Hutaree that this engagement would then serve as a catalyst for a more wide-spread uprising against the Government," the indictment continued.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/03/29/michigan-militia-group-preparing-anti-christ-web-site-says/?test=latestnews
That's pretty much the definition of it.
Oh yeah they're preparing for war against the antichrist. So I guess it's not too much of a difficult task to put 2+2 together on that one.
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http://wonderwall.msn.com/movies/ricky-martin-i-am-a-fortunate-homosexual-man-1545037.story?gt1=28135
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Monday Night CS:S??
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http://www.apple.com/ipad/guided-tours/
Most of them are nothing super crazy, but the Keynote, Pages, and Numbers videos I thought were pretty cool. I've said it before, and I will say it again: The software will make (or break) this thing. A 10 inch multi touch display has some serious potential here and Apple's productivity apps are an awesome start.
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I'm looking to buy a new mouse (air mouse in particular) for my home theater setup. So I was thinking about buying this thing here: http://www.amazon.com/Wavit-3D-PC-remote-Internet/dp/B000WMWIAQ/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1269874206&sr=8-24
Problem being, I can't really find any reviews. Apparently it can learn ir commands so I could use it to replace my tv/amp remotes as well as the convenience of using an air mouse.
so Shackers, is this an awesome new mouse or would I be better off spending my $70 on a different air mouse?
Thanks!
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