Evening Reading
by Brian Leahy, Jul 21, 2010 5:00pm PDTI was at Electronic Arts Redwood Shores yesterday for their studio showcase event and got a brief look at some of the new games announced at the event. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see anything additional on Alice: Madness Returns beyond what we covered here on the site, but I did get a behind-closed-doors demo of Darkspore, which is looking promising. Expect my preview tomorrow.
Also, Shank is ridiculously fun.
Gaming News o'the Day
- Four new characters for Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
- Mafia 2 on PC gets Steamworks.
- An NPD report estimates that 48% of PC games sold in 2009 were digital.
- The Medal of Honor beta finally launched on Xbox 360.
All the rest
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
Dwarf Fortress Weekly challenge 2 results and challenge 3 issued in reply.
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I posted yesterday about a VAC account in this thread: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23522412#itemanchor_23522412
So today I decided to try a few games with VAC and investigate. First one a jump into MW2. Crashes out and says cheat detected.
Now my computer is as clean as a whistle. No one is allowed to use it and there is no funny apps running on it. I'm wondering if anyone has heard of any applications that could be misleading. The only new application I have is LogMeIn backup. That is all.
Pretty annoyed to be honest. I'm innocent. Feel like MJ.
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As a lot of you already know, a full-on shack guide has been reformed on Mal'Ganis (horde, of course). Guild name "shugashack".
I'll be on for a while, as "reev", taking invites for anyone who isn't in yet. Or send me a SM if i'm not in game, and I'll come in to get you invited.
BTW, I still need to find someone who can run the WoWerball.
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What is the general consensus / what are we doing about poor performance?
Downgrade ? Jailbreak? Voodoo ?
I just don't think I can take how slow my phone is anymore. I'm missing calls because it wont wake up and answer them quick enough and all my apps load so slow now. It takes about 8 shitloads of time to run anything.
AITOO, brutis? AITOO?
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While I thought it was a very entertaining movie I think Nolan did a disservice to himself and the movie by having so much needless action. This movie is as bad as any cheesy 80's action movie for having people shooting at other people but never hitting anything. It was like I was watching a bad Chuck Norris movie during those parts. Stuff like that works in Batman movies because the concept is inherently silly but he put so much effort and thought into this movies story that I thought the stereotypical action movie stuff seriously detracted from it. After awhile I couldn't keep up with how many demolition charges were planted.
If it seems like I'm focusing too much on the negative that's only because the movie was so incredibly original and unique that I thought it deserved better. It's still a very good movie but I wouldn't call it a great movie.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASKEDRELIC!
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I may as well bite the bullet and finally buy one of those BabbyBoxStations everyone is always talking about and I think the Suxbox 360 is the one for me.
Who does a decent bundle? Bonus wireless controllers, decent games or general bargains would be nice. I have not owned a console in well over a decade so I don't know which horrible, awful, dreadful high street retailer I want pretending to be my friend as they punch me in the kidneys.
Thanks, Internet!
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I'm having an awesome time with the game and could easily spend hours daydreaming on what I want to do when I'm not playing it.
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http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/
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http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1372475
http://i.imgur.com/45eZ3.jpg
Right now it looks like a lot of stuff for AI for something in Episode 3 and a little possible something in there for Portal 2 as well.
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i've been playing blue almost every night but i see nobody else playing it. it didn't get less fun than it was a month ago, faggots. you can still play it.
oh, on shadow complex should i select normal or hardcore for the campaign? i don't like retarded handholding in games (i turned off auto-aim in RDR) but i don't want it to be hard just for the sake of being hard, either. apparently you can get more xp in higher difficulties?
that just made me realize i should hate trials hd but oh my god that game is badass. the addon is awesome, too. god it's so hard. LA is honestly rainman or something because no normal person can just casually be really good at that game like him. i bet you that guy can count a pile of matches the second it hits the floor.
normal or hardcore?
so normal or hardcore?
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http://fukung.net/v/25690/323c170d8d9f8e714495267ae199a499.png
Luckily my parents never did that.
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Not often I will pre-order any game, but I did love Mafia so. Coupled with a new-release title at $50 USD for us Aussies (which I truly believe 2k Games will again say this price is 'in error' and bump it up to $90 ala Bioshock 2) I could not resist,
Downloading Mafia, looking forward to the fun, but I do fear this game may not have stood the test of time. Anyone tried it yet? Does it look a bit.. fugly?
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Now I just need to learn how to effectively type. Stupid future anyway.
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/20/verizon-switching-to-atandt-style-limited-data-plans-later-this-mo/
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Pic from my new (first) apartment. Not a lot in the place yet. Still have to furnish the mofo. Literally only posting this out of boredom and vanity.
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It's a little late in coming, but life for me has been insanely busy. Anyway, my Peter Molyneux interview about Fable 3 is now up. We talk about the new crafting system, how to marry well and it's benefits, how Fable 2 was like DOS and how you can get mobbed as a king:
A quote:
"I hate it when quest givers say 'Go to the woods! Go to the woods!' Shut the FUCK UP! I know where the woods are!"
http://j.mp/bFEiSl
Hope ya like. It was fun to do!
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http://www.fukung.net/v/24140/38cd773d5b46bb04943c3ae9dee448ad.jpg
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a while back when the BioShock 2 Unboxing Video came out, some of you asked how it was made. today, i posted an article about just that, so now, you get your answer.
http://www.2kgames.com/blog/how-we-made-the-unboxing-video
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http://www.destructoid.com/amaterasu-and-thor-join-marvel-vs-capcom-3-179564.phtml
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http://www.prweekus.com/the-cycle/section/1254/
People were wondering if it worked ;)
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I just did the backup save games, install Windows updates, reboot routine on the server. Everything should be up and running now. As always, feel free to nag me if stuff is misbehaving.
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I always get excited when the "you found a thing" music plays for a chest but then I remember it's just going to a be a map or compass and those are boring and useless items
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They are extending the server's life until at least March next year (I didn't know they were considering shutting them down so soon) and to celebrate, the next few weeks will be a Pure White Tendency World Event.
So if you want to stay Black Tendency, play offline.
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http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2010/07/coca-cola_pulls_porn-laced_fac.php
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Shacknews Starcraft 2 Retail Tournament #1 signups coming shortly. Sponsorships are currently being worked out.
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