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QuakeCon is coming up! Yes, it's an even year, but that doesn't mean Shackers won't be in attendance. I also have a year of Quake Live Pro to giveaway to one lucky Shacker that attends. Keep an eye on chatty this weekend if you're there for details on how to win.Gaming News o'the Day
- Double Fine's new game is full of Halloween charm.
- Guild Wars 2 is playable at PAX and Gamescom and this trailer looks mighty snazzy.
- Madden NFL 11 is out today and we've got our review.
- Fallout: New Vegas full of celebrity voice talent.
I still don't understand how Cobb entered the Limbo of Saito. After Mal died he had to go up one level and rewire himself to Saito? And why did Cobb have problems with his memory while talking to Saito?.
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Do you WANT there to be an Inception 2?
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Anyone interested in doing this? Looks like 2 said they were in earlier, any one else want in?
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Loaded up the demo on steam and I am quite impressed. Voice acting and animations are top notch. The city feels alive with traffic and pedestrians. Sound is really good too and not overbearing.
I set the car to simulation mode and normal mode and as far as I can tell the sim mode the car feels "heavier" like a steel body car from the 60's does. So I left it on sim mode. In the final getaway my car was a bit tricky to handle so I ended up crashing twice.
LCTRL to use as cover felt a bit awkward on KB+M so I changed it to Mouse button 4 which is one of my thumb buttons. You will stay in cover until you hit the button again. I tried it again with the 360 wired controller and first off it works and second I kind of like it better. Gun play works well enough in either control scheme since you are accurate enough but not super accurate.
My one main gripe was with the world so detailed that has cars with bumpers about to fall off, the streets were way too clean. I noticed this when my car was the only one making any skidmarks on the road and driving past intersections you'd figure there'd be a whole bunch of them. It made me think about how perhaps an artist could have studied images of street surfaces and see where they can add skid marks.
I played this at 1920x1200 with max settings on an ATi 5850 and a Q9550. I didn't get to test out PhysX since I don't have an nVidia card but the game looks great enough as it is. The extra eye candy would be gravy.
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So witness the Shacknews clan in action in our first Team Deathmatch Scrim:
part 1: http://bit.ly/9Ahncj
part 2: http://bit.ly/dCKtjH
Be sure to watch it in 1080hd. For the non quake educated, the basic premise in TDM is to control the Armors, Rocket Launcher, and Rail. The most important goal is to get that Quad Damage powerup that spawns every two minutes (first spawn is random from 5-60 seconds). So you get this mosh pit around the Quad area whenever it's about to spawn- quite crazy and hilarious at times.
But more should join in on our team games. We're playing a few nights a week, getting some TDM and Clan Arena games in and hopefully some CTF soon. There's at least two people who are learning the game, so don't worry if you're not m4d l33t. Few of us practicing dueling as well, so we're usually on for that nightly if we can't get a team game going. If you're down, send a friend request to monty in quakelive.
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Do I have to parasite a probe to build me a gateway?
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Let's have a LAN party Shackmeet. September 11th and 12th, eh? I picked that date since a decent number of people said it was their optimal day. Depending on the number of people, we can either do it at my place, or I can look around for alternatives if there's a crazy strong response. A minor downside is that its a Buckeyes gameday, but if you let me know where you're coming from, I can direct you around the worst.
What will we play? Whatever people want to. I'll try to get people a list ahead of time so we can pre-install and skip the first third of the party where people just install stuff. Some DotA clone. Some FPS. Some... well Starcraft 2. Some L4D2. Some music based console game. Also, we'll do a big order of chinese food from Moys, the best american chinese food restaurant on planet Earf. Oh and play Earf Defense Force 2017, definitely that.
http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=7211
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Watching Fog of War right now. Am on a Cold War, Vietnam, Watergate kick at the moment. ITT we name some other docs that maybe I missed.
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he was the only actor who did the whole hotel floaty sequence in body by himself start to finish, everyone else was a stunt double for the majority of the time cause they couldn't put up with the strain of the wire work.
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Welp, cox cancelled the newsgroup access. What's the best provider out there?
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It might actually come out. However, Gearbox is possibly finishing up, and some of you seem to heavily dislike them.
http://kotaku.com/5609770/rumor-borderlands-studio-reviving-duke-nukem-forever
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No this isn't an iltc, but I am listening to kraftwerk, autobahn. Take that as you may.
Ps. Fuck odoyle. ArB rules!
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What's yours?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DptqlP9PYXc
Billie Jean by Aloe Blacc and The Grand Scheme.
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Today will be my second day in a row with 15+ hours and tomorrow looks to be turning out the same way. How do you deal with being tired? Coffee? Soda? Sugar? Pron?
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http://www.co-optimus.com/article/4387/modern-warfare-2-glitch-grants-free-snk-games-including-metal-slug.html
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Ive searched for many terminologys to describe my ordeal with Multiplatform games on PS3, and the best terminology I can come up with is Battered Wife Syndrome. You constantly tell yourself that itll get better and it wont happen again, but it doesent and does. and will probaly continue to do so.
Now, let me lay something on you. PS3 undoutably has some great Exclusvies, some of the best this gen in manys opinon. But when multiplatform, the area which PS3 suffers at, makes up 80 percent or more of our gaming these days, what does that matter? Sure, you get 5 games that are great and look good because their exclusvie, but then you get 20 games that arent as great on it that are multiplatform. Last time I checked, 20 is more then 5. The majority means more IMO then the minority, and Exclusives are in the minority this gen.
Buying a multiplatform game on PS3 has been like spinning the cylinder of a revolver and palying russian roulette. and most of the times, I take a bullet.
Mafia 2 and 90 percent of Multipalts being better on 360 is why I lol when peopel like to convince us that the versions are finaly about the same. because once you start believing that, this happens and totaly makes you question that idea. I hear constantly from Podcasts like Giantbombcast that the PS3 versions and 360 versions are Closer and closer to Parity Well, explain mafia 2 to me guys. And explain to me 90 percent of Multiplats still today that are still better on 360. tahts why I call Bullshit on you.
One could argue it might be a better deal to get the better multiplatform because those are most of our games these days. And if your on the console that recieves the better ones all the time (360) then you never have to worry about getting a bunk version and you can take some solice in knowing you probaly got the better version. that comfort is actualy quite great IMO.
I am on the verge of finaly saying forget it to assuming that the PS3 version is going to be as good as the 360 version. As much as I would love to play my games on PS3 that are multiplatform, I cant take it anymore. I have the choice between to two, and I cant blindly keep my head in the sand anymore.
I will still keep my PS3 for Exclusives, as I still like it for that alot. But I will no longer have blind faith that the upcoming new release I want that is multiplatform is going to be great on PS3. I will see if it is really the same or better, and if it is, itll be a pleasent surprise.
So in conclusion, no, I will not be buying Mafia 2 for PS3, Exclusive DLC be damned. All that is is a cover for its failings as a port.
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We are now voting for the winner of Assignment #52: Alien! Please get your vote in by tomorrow night at midnight.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/shackassignments/discuss/72157624571034311/
We have also begun our next assignment, Assignment #53: Hollywood Head Shot.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/shackassignments/discuss/72157624695601474/
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Diamond D - Check One, Two
I loves me some Gucci Mane but it doesn't grab me for the same reasons. Mainstream rap is a soundtrack to getting drunk, as far as I'm concerned. Oldschool hip hop is shit you can feel, no matter what level you're on.
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Life is good.
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Enchantment?
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i{yes I'm trying to be like Dong because he didn't want to do this?}i
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