Morning Discussion

After a hellish morning yesterday, I've made my way to Vancouver, Canada. Sadly, that's about as much as I can say about it, for the time being.

It's no secret that news in the industry has been slow--this time of year things tend to reach a level of calm. The next few weeks, however, are going to really pick up.

Next week Irrational Games is revealing its new project and, alongside that, QuakeCon begins. There's also GamesCom coming soon, which usually brings some announcements. On the horizon we've got Tokyo Game Show coming up and Microsoft traditionally holds an annual mini-X0 event in Toronto; both events will give us a ton of interviews and previews to sift through.

We've got to a point where we're almost done pushing this "news car" up the hill. Now it's time to get in and race to the bottom.

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

From The Chatty
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    August 6, 2010 5:02 AM

    It's a brand new day, but better than that, it's Friday. How much StarCraft 2 this weekend, folks?

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      August 6, 2010 5:03 AM

      I work tomorrow, however I foresee several hours in multiplayer and singleplayer.

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      August 6, 2010 5:04 AM

      Almost none, my monitor is busted. :(

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        August 6, 2010 5:04 AM

        Maybe some at work today though!

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        August 6, 2010 5:54 AM

        Just buy one from Best Buy and return it within 14 days! It's like a loaner.

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      August 6, 2010 5:08 AM

      A ton, because I have no TV to play 360 with :( Hopefully golding the remaining challenges and losing my way out of Plat 1v1

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      August 6, 2010 5:16 AM

      I had a dream last night I was playing sc2 and my arrow keys broke and i was forced to scroll with the mouse. Worse than teeth falling out

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      August 6, 2010 5:30 AM

      a lot. Lexicon also has a cast up of a quick match submitted to shack replays by Brian Leahy:


      P1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCKoPZqcdiw
      P2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkoQb3zsLig

      Hes also working on a pretty long game submitted by flagg209 that should be good tip/tutorial material

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        August 6, 2010 6:30 AM

        Yeah, I apologize for the small video length, Youtube is being a bitch and thinks the video is 17 minutes long. The Flagg game should be up in an hour or two. For those that don't know, I will be updating the comments of matches on the gamereplays.org Shacksc2 account with links to any games I cast as well, to maximize integration there.

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      August 6, 2010 5:31 AM

      None yet.... I will get it soon, I swear!

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      August 6, 2010 5:39 AM

      I thought it was Saturday morning for like a full minute after getting out of bed this morning. =(

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      August 6, 2010 6:07 AM

      Looks like your spell checker is busted. It's called MINE Craft.

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      August 6, 2010 6:08 AM

      None. Boy, are you listening to the interview right now? That guy hit the jackpot.

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      August 6, 2010 6:30 AM

      Hopefully lots. Man, I'm glad it's Friday!

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