Evening Reading: Evolving a Genre
by Brian Leahy, Apr 13, 2010 5:00pm PDTToday's release of Splinter Cell: Conviction is an interesting one. The game is vastly different from previous entries in the franchise, with fast-paced stealth and new game mechanics like "Mark and Execute" and "Last Known Position" that make the player deadlier than ever.
As I discussed in my review, the game is very fun. The Sam Fisher of Conviction feels like the ultimate badass, but it doesn't feel like Splinter Cell. The game isn't much of a challenge and even on the highest difficulty, the AI isn't all that capable.
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If so, could you please recommend me something similar...
Specifically, I'm looking for an anime that's not about fighting, shooting, mechs, wars, superpowers, magic, supernatural, etc. etc. I want something about normal real life, preferrably including school/college life, friends, and such.
Anything will do, as long as it's interesting. I prefer for it to be happy and not too long also.
Ty! If such a thing exists. =(
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:*(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GroDErHIM_0
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Yeeeees.... Yeeeeeeees.
Here's to hoping they have the balls to make it something else than some fucking FPS / 3rd person POS that has nothing to do with the original concept.
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Example: Take the Last Known Position and extend it in later levels, where Sam would have to deal with Third Echelon agents. Imagine getting detected by them for the first time. You think "Oh that's okay, I can use LKP to flank-" But no dice. Multiple LKP silhouettes pop up; the 3E agents are systematically searching the room you're in with proper cover and movement techniques, and are prepared to respond to Sam's potential avenues of escape.
But no.
Someone hire me to put the substance behind the marketers' dribble.
I stumbled across this really cool EP.
http://shop.svetlanaindustries.com/album/svet002-the-tropics-ep
"a stew of hyper chopped strings and synth stabs, intriguingly awkward stutters and rhythms that confuse as much as they make your neck work. "
I typically despise promotional "information" but this one is a nail on the head. Highly recommended if you're into dubstep, glitch, IDM, hip-hop or anything in between.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqB1uoDTdKM
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XCOM by 2K Marin
http://www.xcom.com/xcom.html
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Holy crap.......
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In COD it seems like the amount of deviation in the bullet path due to using auto fire is random, within the parameters specified for the gun, so for each shot the spread is a randomly chosen amount between zero and the maximum possible, so there is still a small chance the bullet will go where you are pointing. But in BC2 it seems like every bullet always takes on the maximum possible spread once you hold down auto, so there is much less chance of killing with auto fire than there is in COD. In COD you still have at least some possibility of your bullet going where you are pointing, purely through chance, while using auto fire, or at least that is how it seems to me. In BC2 it seems like there is no chance it will go where you are pointing, even by accident, it always has the maximum deviation away from where you point once you hold down the trigger for long enough.
Anyway to celebrate my newfound ability and enjoyment of the game I made a gameplay video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMBJLL3Hdjo
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/14/2872573.htm
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So I took it home and thought, I might try it, I'll customise it and make it more healthy with self raising flour, low fat cream and so on.
No, just no - this is why I'm not a shef, anyone want some small circular bricks? lol
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http://www.break.com/index/psycho-dog-man-reenacts-dog-attack.html
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Gave notice on my flat and the new place I was supposed to move into just fell through. Awesome!!
2 weeks to find a new flat.
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I already own the 360 hd vga cable and have tons of spare hdmi/dvi/vga cables sitting around.
What's my best option?
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Are there any good sites out there for musicians that want to just post their music and have a decent web design, but don't know anything about the web really?
I was thinking SquareSpace might be good for him, but it doesn't look like they support MP3s for music playback very easily.
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you get all four for 5 bucks
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ive been out of the loop on cpus for a while. whats the main difference (part from being 2 more) between the core i7 and i5?
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It would be a huge favour to me if you guys (with girlfriends) took a pic and uploaded it. The taking of the pic is integrated into the site if you have a webcam.
http://www.getcloseup.com
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Has anyone tried this one? Logitech Comfort Wave 450 http://www.logitech.com/en-roeu/for_business/products/keyboards/devices/5310
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Newly leaked ATI BETA drivers (10.5/10.6) apparently fixes the long loading issue with ATI cards with using DX10/DX11 modes!!!! I have not tried these myself but folks over at [H], guru3d and rage3d reports of fixed load times. You may want to try these but note that these are beta drivers, so wait for official driver release if you do not know what you're doing!
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Guru3d forum link to drivers and user posts:
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=319691
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