Morning Discussion
by Alice O'Connor, Jun 09, 2010 5:00am PDTI have it on good authority that a certain well-known developer is going to announce something related to a popular franchise at E3. I don't, you must understand, but when one inevitably does I'll look like an ace industry insider. Even if nothing is announced and E3 is all original properties, I have already whipped excitable readers into a frenzy, speculating wildly and imagining its the sequel they've already dreamed off--yes, James Pond is being rebooted in the God of War mould--and they'll be telling all their friends how brilliant I am. After E3, I can pretend it never happened or play for keeps and say that the announcement is being saved for a later date, extending my amazingness.
By now you have deduced that I dislike the tedious torrent of rumours flooding the Shacknews Newsdesk. Yes, some are no doubt from actual leaked insider info but the deluge of pointlessness renders those essentially worthless until they're announced.
And then there's "Company X will make an announcement at E3" pieces...
Honestly though, a certain well-known developer is going to announce something related to a popular franchise at E3. Mark my words.
To draw us back to reality, where actual things happen that actually matter, I bring word that crows are terrorising South London. Don't let your guard down. Watch the skies.
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This game isn't very good :(
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http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/64185
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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001C7617Q/
If you've been wanting this for a while but didn't want to pay the hefty price for it, now's the time to pull the trigger! :D
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http://bethblog.com/index.php/2010/06/09/insane-oblivion-mod-nehrim-finally-coming-out-tomorrow/
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http://austin.craigslist.org/ele/1773299425.html
what say you on the polk audio rt55i's? i have read awesome reviews, but not sure if this is a fair price or not.
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So I pre-registered for Onlive and they offered me a free year of the service and a free game once the service is launched. They took my credit card info but didn't actually charge anything to it. It wasn't really an offer I could turn down. I do have to admit I'm pretty curious about the service... but also extremely skeptical. Have any other Shackers taken this offer or going to sing up when it's released? Supposedly I will find out how good it is next Thursday when it's launched... but somehow I'm expecting the launch to be very messy. I'm assuming there are two reasons they offered the service free for the first year: (1) So they can walk into E3 and say "Look.. we already have 200,000 users pre-registered for the first year of service!!" (2) The first year will probably be reasonably rocky while they work through the kinks and this way they have an installed user base who wont run away after the first hitch (they have nothing to loose... they haven't paid anything). Maybe I'm off base but I'm expecting down-times and glitches and poor performance etc. But who know... maybe they will pull it off without a hitch?
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"Big things are happening RIGHT NOW at Valve. Things involving cultivated tree-fruit. BIG things. Things that rhyme with "grapple." Things that rhyme with "Speem Gortress zmavailable on the Babac."
http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3923
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For comics that are available in both stores, should I buy comics in Comixology or the Marvel app?
Also, when is Marvel going to put the rest of the Marvel Zombies series up for sale? What about The Ultimates Vol 1 and 2, and Vol3 just for the lols (because I only read the first issue)? And Punisher kills The Marvel Universe and Punisher The End? They're all awesome comics and should be in the store :(
what's the best media-centric (videos etc) website for the World Cup? Coverage, interviews, tactics etc.
gracias
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Don't forget that we have an assignment due this coming Monday.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/shackassignments/discuss/72157624182390804/
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Can't wait to leave this island tomorrow!!!?!!
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In reply.
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http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/09/dont-buy-the-android-evo-it-is-a-seriously-flawed-device/
Looks like I'll be buying the ancient Nexus One instead, then. Hopefully it will have 2.2 pre-installed.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuf61OjvoPQ&hd=1
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I don't remember signing up for any giveaways or how I'd get a whole copy of a game over an xbox live code, is this legit? If so yay shack!
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http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=5356
They seem to love this stuff. Something Awful comes through again.
I haven't posted pictures lately. Here are some shitty iPhone pictures from a few minutes ago :(
http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=5357
http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=5358
http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=5359
http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=5360
http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=5361 - Only time Wrex sat still. He's been tearing around the apartment.
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Appears to start sometime on Thursday, June 10, 2010. Although I only played 11 for a bit and haven't played WoW in 4 years or so, I'm pretty excited to get in.
Anyone else get in?
My other post failed because I failed to realize it was er :/
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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/square-enix-brings-an-unrivaled-lineup-of-franchises-to-e3-2010-95964634.html
To be honest I am not feeling SE lately their games are blah and yes FF13 was pretty good but it could of been better. SE almost seems to be becoming just a publisher when you look at this E3 list weird? What else do they dev anymore other than psp titles?
- The 3rd Birthday - psp
- DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION
- DUNGEON SIEGE 3
- FINAL FANTASY XIV
- FINAL FANTASY: THE 4 HEROES OF LIGHT
- FRONT MISSION EVOLVED
- KANE & LYNCH 2: DOG DAYS
- KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep
- KINGDOM HEARTS Re:coded
- LARA CROFT AND THE GUARDIAN OF LIGHT
- The Tales of Bearsworth Manor: Chaotic Conflicts
- The Tales of Bearsworth Manor: Puzzling Pages
I don't know about you but I was expecting some killer title by SE not the other companies :( , now don't get me wrong the games they are publishing I am interested in 100% but I was hoping for a real cool announcement fro 360, ps3, pc not just a new PS title The 3rd Birthday
Thoughts...
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Billy Corgan - TheFutureEmbrace.
It's not for everyone but I really love this album. Unfortunately, it also coincided with one of the worst periods of my life. Maybe the worst period in my life, I'm unsure about that still.
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I'm serving squidies tonight (see link) but i think it needs a tastey sauce to go along with it. Mustard doesn't seem like it would taste very good with the spaghetti and tomato sauce sounds nasty with the hot dog.
http://boingboing.net/2009/04/21/freaky-food-fun-inse.html
Recomrndations?
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My lock is 69 : )
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16GB or 32GB? Black or white? Bumper?
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What is the sure fire way to reset your character language back to US english?
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http://www.imdb.com/news/ni2760658/
John Carpenter is bringing Dracula back from the dead - the famed horror moviemaker has signed up to direct Hilary Swank in a modern-day adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic vampire tale.
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