Weekend Discussion

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If you're in the mood for a console game, make sure to finish off Alan Wake this weekend. The first DLC (free if you bought the game new) launches in ten days. That is if you're not busy playing Red Dead Redemption, like everyone else ever!

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Here's what the Shack staff will be spending time with this weekend. Hey, Shack Army, what are you playing this weekend?
  • Alice O'Connor: Between playing Disciples III for review, playing at having a proper job by writing up more from the Develop conference and playing the part of Angry Mob Leader at a Shackmeet on Sunday, I hope to find a little time for sleep.
  • Brian Leahy: This weekend I'll be playing more BlazBlue: Continuum Shift for my review, League of Legends, StarCraft II, and Helsing's Fire on my iPhone. It'll be a busy gaming weekend, but that's fine by me.
  • Garnett Lee: I started DeathSpank but got pulled away on a few other games; this weekend I'll be back at it full tilt. I also want to check out Singularity some. And there's always wildcards like maybe Crossfire or Lumi on Xbox Live Indie games...or, or, or.
  • Jeff Mattas: This weekend, I'll be plugging away at DeathSpank, Limbo, and the Xbox Live Indie, Lumi. Very much looking forward to all three.
  • Xav de Matos: It's all about Limbo, rolling my new Necromancer in Guild Wars (pre-searing grind) and pushing through Cryostasis this weekend. I also picked up a copy of Sins of a Solar Empire. It's been on my "pile of shame" for far too long.

Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

From The Chatty
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    July 17, 2010 8:01 AM

    Here is my video from last night's shackbattle in GTA4.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndz0R5utkEs

    My youtube account currently has all the other GTA4 Shackbattles I've produced as well.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/fadetofunk

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      July 17, 2010 8:06 AM

      haha, more like destruction derby

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      July 17, 2010 8:10 AM

      Good times. My favorite part was how I was the boss and started shooting at the big gas tank and everybody started panicking.

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        July 17, 2010 8:14 AM

        Ya, I'm sorry I didn't get that, but then again without the teamspeak chatter of "Holy shit run!!!!" the effect is lessened.

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      July 17, 2010 8:10 AM

      This is awesome!

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      July 17, 2010 8:21 AM

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      July 17, 2010 8:24 AM

      i'll definately get in on this next time,. the firetrucks bit was great

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      July 17, 2010 8:26 AM

      That last one was amazing

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      July 17, 2010 8:31 AM

      Haha it was fun to see that fire truck pile-up from another angle!

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        July 17, 2010 8:32 AM

        Also, apologies to ieGod. I wasn't trying to focus on anyone in particular, the game just seemed to keep putting you right in front of me.

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        July 17, 2010 9:22 AM

        how did you get so many firetrucks? and were you all just following the leader or what was going on there

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          July 17, 2010 10:01 AM

          You have to follow a set path (seen by visible markers that show up at intersections or whatever). If you miss a marker, you continue to lose your rank until you go over the marker.

          In other words, everybody follows the same path to race. You can also configure the race to have a set number of laps.

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          July 17, 2010 10:14 AM

          We were in a race mode so everyone selected firetrucks before the race starts, but if your car blows up you re-spawn on a faggio.

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      July 17, 2010 9:23 AM

      I really need to start getting in on this. :)

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      July 17, 2010 9:57 AM

      Best looking game IMO

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        July 17, 2010 10:02 AM

        Yeah, just wish this game had a dedicated server... network performance is horrible once you get more shackers to play.

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          July 17, 2010 10:05 AM

          The host needs to be the guy with the best pc

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            July 17, 2010 10:25 AM

            Yes, I suppose. Just really, really wish Rockstar had made a dedicated server for this game.

            Short of somebody reverse-engineering how the client communication works enough to create a dedicated server of it, there will never be one.

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              July 17, 2010 11:45 AM

              didnt people do that for GTA 3? or vice city

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                July 17, 2010 12:27 PM

                I don't know. Did they? If they did, I'd like to see them do it for GTA IV.

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      July 17, 2010 10:20 AM

      Looks like fun. Is everything racing and free-for-all?

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      July 17, 2010 10:21 AM

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      July 17, 2010 10:30 AM

      good stuff... i need to sort through my clips too

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      July 17, 2010 10:41 AM

      these are great. i just watched the chopper of glory, that was pretty cinematic stuff lol

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      July 17, 2010 10:50 AM

      I was so mad all those rpgs missed that chopper pick up

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      July 17, 2010 11:11 AM

      I really need to edit some of my clips!

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      July 17, 2010 12:23 PM

      Holy shit. This is AWESOME! Are you guys on Xbox live or PC for this?

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      July 17, 2010 12:48 PM

      Ahahahaha so awesome. I'm gonna have to render a couple of these from last night.

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      July 17, 2010 1:08 PM

      My new one:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc1PPFw3gFI

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        July 17, 2010 1:28 PM

        and one more from last night:

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggWFGCPZWss

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        July 17, 2010 1:35 PM

        How the hell did you get those cars in the air like that? Man, I gotta play this with you guys!

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          July 17, 2010 1:39 PM

          use the trainer to set up ramps and speed up your car artificially

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            July 17, 2010 1:44 PM

            Ah, ok. Which trainer are you using? I would like to give this a try.

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              July 17, 2010 1:50 PM

              http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22886536#itemanchor_22886536

              Go down a couple posts for instructions on how to install. (It's an old version in my dropbox, you probably want to just grab the newest one from that forum post)

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                July 17, 2010 1:53 PM

                Made it a little easier for ya :)

                http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1938786/yaasil.zip

                http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1938786/trainerv60.rar

                Let me know if you want to try it out ingame.

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                  July 17, 2010 1:56 PM

                  Instructions:

                  1. Unrar all files into your GTAIV folder.

                  2. Open up trainer.ini**, find KeybindingsDisabled and set to 1 (the menu will still work - you want ONLY the menu to work. Otherwise, every movement key you use will start spawning shit and changing toggles.)

                  3. Launch GTAIV. Ingame, F3 will open the menu, while the Numpad will navigate through them. Num5 selects an option, Num0 goes back a menu, and Backspace exits the trainer menu. (If it's not working, try toggling NumLock.)

                  Enjoy!

                  **there is a different trainer.ini for each of the Episodes as well. all the "tlad" and "tbogt" files go in the EFLC folder.

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                  July 17, 2010 1:57 PM

                  Thanks! Hell yes I want to try this! Are you up for playing in a little bit?

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                    July 17, 2010 2:02 PM

                    yep. i'm gonna go into Episodes and see if I have any more clips. just msg me when you're ready

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                      July 17, 2010 2:03 PM

                      I'll be on Teamspeak too

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                        July 17, 2010 2:24 PM

                        if anyone wants to join up, me and ConsFEARacy are playing some Free Mode in TBOGT

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        July 18, 2010 4:33 PM

        That's awesome.

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      July 17, 2010 1:15 PM

      hahah nice! And who was saying it wasn't worth $5 on the steam sale??

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        July 17, 2010 3:15 PM

        my most played game i bought from the sale so far!

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      July 17, 2010 1:27 PM

      Wow that was really cool.

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      July 17, 2010 3:41 PM

      Watching GTA4 in slow motion really shows that the game is a true technical marvel. Between the NaturalMotion stuff, the glass, car suspension, etc. Really amazing.

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      July 17, 2010 9:10 PM

      I suck so much at the modes that involve shooting :( which is why I request racing modes haha

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      July 18, 2010 4:29 PM

      That was such a fun shackbattle. We should really play GTA4 more.

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      July 18, 2010 4:38 PM

      i missed last night's shackbattle but you guys are all a lot of fun to play with.

      here's a cheesy little render I did of a few experiences in my 1st GTA IV shackbattle recently - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6D5l93dpo0

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        July 18, 2010 5:01 PM

        I love how over the top everything is. Terrific.

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        July 18, 2010 5:11 PM

        epic

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        July 18, 2010 7:06 PM

        Haha that was awesome, the chopper was like out of a movie, inches from fuckin that cop car up.

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      July 18, 2010 7:14 PM

      repost of my video from last week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRYum-Ca3Vw

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