Weekend Discussion: The Aftermath
by Chris Faylor, Jun 19, 2010 5:00am PDTThanks to magic of technology and the Internet, this post was written (relatively) long in the past--it's only now coming to you as I'm (hopefully) somewhere in the air.
And though E3 2010 is over, our coverage isn't--there's still more to come from your friendly neighborhood Shack Staff, so stay tuned and be sure to watch the skies.
Blacklight: Retribution open beta begins Feb 27
Super Stardust Delta free with Vita 3G activation
Chronovolt announced for PS Vita
Ms. Splosion Man challenge to give away steaks
The Last of Us avoids regen health
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i understand the concept, but the actual pixel refresh rate isn't great enough to fully switch for left eye/right eye, is it?
does that mean it's slightly blurry?
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any ideas? 4.0 isn't available for my gen AFAIK.
I was headed out to Chorral when I spotted the ruined tower along the road, beckoning with the promise of gold and supplies. Since I had just been sent on my way without much in the way of supplies, I figured that I could quickly look around and scavenge a few trinkets to sell. Wandering around the structure, I find the door and wander in.
It doesn't take me long to figure out that I'm not the only one here. I hear clashing steel and the ring of magic, with voices crying out. Sensing the size of the battle, I creep into an alcove above the killing floor and watch the skirmish unfold. It appears that a group of deserters have tried displacing the local bandits, with very little success, and as I watched, both sides disengaged and retreated.
Being an enterprising nightblade, I figured I could take advantage of the opportunity. Noticing that both bandit archers were bloody and stumbling, I figured I could remove them from the fight fairly quickly and still stay hidden. 3 fire blasts later and I was proved correct, however, that only marked the start of my fight.
Circling around to the left and down to where the bandits were, I manage to get the jump on a Mage and kill him before anyone notices what's going on..but before I can sneak away, another archer notices me, draws his sword and comes at me. We trade blows for a while, but then he makes a critical mistake; he tries rushing me with a killing blow. Despite my fatigue and dwindling health, I find my reserves and bash him with my shield before he can connect. From there, a swing to the legs sent him to the ground where I lept on top of him and rammed my sword clean through his chest.
I barely manage to staunch my wounds before the man's death cry gets the attention of another Mage, this one a conjurer. Sensing the opportunity, I fade back to heal, while he summons an army of pests to hold me off. However, once fully healed, the creatures fall before my blade and I slowly work my way towards him. Once I get close enough, he pulls a dagger and tries the more direct approach of killing me. The man was, fast, I'll give him that, but I'm a Khajit and built for speed. So, while he managed to avoid three attempts to cleave him in two, when he broke and ran, instinct took over and the fight was essentially over.
Looting the bodies, I went back into the room where the battle was fought and was nearly killed right there. A deserter, unharmed by battle, had been hiding in the shadows and nearly killed me with her opening move. However, as the fight went on, I saw my advantage. She pressed her attack hard, too hard, and I could take advantage of it. So, on one of her charges, I bashed her face in. Using the opening, I ran my sword through her chest and finished it by separating her head from her neck and her from her mortal coil.
I don't know how many times I almost died that day, but I know that something is decidedly different in Cyrodiil.
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I just bought a house and I want to replace the 65w regular bulbs with an LED or CFL, I figured I'd start in the basement area where my TV, Xbox 360 and Blu-Ray player are. There are 4 of those flood lights in there currently and I was thinking of rather than going white, I'd go with a cool blue tint.
Worse case scenario I'll just get 4 of these:
http://www.amazon.com/47478-equivalent-Energy-Smart-Floodlight/dp/B000QD5Y3O/ref=dp_cp_ob_hi_title_1
But I figured it'd look cool with a blue tint or am I going down a path I shouldn't be?
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Kaz Hirai: "In in-house research, naked eye 3D for portable machines is not high and there are presently limits for it."
Well, let's see what the world thinks of the 3DS in the next year or so. Personally I'd rather get a 3DS than have to buy a whole new $9000 TV plus multiple sets of $150 shutter glasses.
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So I've listened to a couple of Idle Thumbs podcasts about this, and I joined a couple free games. I just started, but was wondering if any other shackers played? Perhaps we could get a shackgame going? I wouldn't mind buying like 200 points and setting up a couple games.
Neptune's Pride is basically a very simple rts game that lasts days. I guess you could compare it to a pitboss game?
http://np.ironhelmet.com/ is the website. I'll bump this in the morning when more people are awake. :).
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http://www.ohgizmo.com/2010/06/21/iballz-shock-absorbing-harness/
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Lenovo G550-2958RU
Intel Dual Core T4400
15.6 WXGA Wide LCD
DVDRW Drive
Intel GMA4500 Graphics
4GB DDR3 Memory
250GB Hard Drive
Integrated Webcam
802.11B/G Wireless
6-Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Windows 7 Home Premium
1 year Lenovo warranty
$529
and this one
Acer Aspire 5517
AMD TF-20
15.6 WXGA Wide LCD
DVDRW Drive
Radeon HD3200 Graphics
3GB DDR3 Memory
160GB Hard Drive
Integrated Webcam
802.11B/G Wireless
6-Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Windows 7 Home Premium
1 year Acer warranty
$499
Other choices are from HP and Toshiba, IIRC neither has good quality any more? Anyone mind helping me out a little here?
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Has anyone had an LCD TV die on them?
Recently my TV has been having problems. After turning it on, it will look like this for about 5 min: http://nighteyes.shackspace.com/My%20Stuff/broken.JPG
And now occasionally the same area will have a temporary flickering discoloration. My TV is over 2 years old so I doubt it is covered by any warranty. Is this kind of problem repairable by a repair shop?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK4gKc9OuTk&feature=fvst
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/44000/44348/ISS023-E-58455_lrg.jpg
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before i look locally, where i'll most likely gouge the price i figure i'd try to hook a shacker up.
16gb. wifi. never been opened, i literally just opened the shipping box it was sent in from apple to verify that it was what i ordered.
selling it because i already have one. there's a waiting line in this entire northern va area so i ordered one online. went to nyc to visit some people and apple shipped it early just after i had picked one up on 5th ave.
i paid 523.95 shipped from apple (499.00 unit price). so that's what i'm looking for - shipped to whoever wants it. i'll ship it from the ups store across from work, and get a tracking #. ground shipping.
first come first serve, but just to be up front if a regular chatty shacker that i know or recognize asks then i'll probably opt to send to them over a lurker or somebody who i don't recognize.
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http://www.kxlh.com/news/tornado-strikes-billings-severe-weather-across-montana/
Our street was half flooded with rain water, there was hail and everything! Really cool and pretty scary, not sure if anybody was hurt, I sure hope not!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCgbYnNAbSM
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Granted this thread will soon be buried under morning discussion, yet:
one of the grand new features is :
"Home screen wallpaper
Change the background wallpaper on your Home screen"
lol apple
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I really hope 3D doesn't get much more pervasive than it already is.. but I'm pretty sure it will.
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Pick your poison: http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&cf=all&ncl=dXrx4TFX6FiRlrMacemt00VclXwsM
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/19/apple-randomly-canceling-some-iphone-pre-orders/
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1073507/
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Amazing game! I am now getting Episode 1 off steam. About 70% done downloading. Is it as long as HL2?
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http://screwattack.com/videos/Behind-Closed-Doors-Deus-Ex-Human-Revolution-pt1
http://screwattack.com/videos/Behind-Closed-Doors-Deus-Ex-Human-Revolution-pt2
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