Evening Reading

by Brian Leahy, Aug 23, 2010 5:00pm PDT

Over the weekend, I posted that I had "cheesed" my first opponent in StarCraft II. I had been on a losing streak and needed a win for my precious self-esteem. I had been the victim of the very build I used a week earlier and put it into action against an unsuspecting opponent. It felt dirty... but glorious at the same time.

Is this a slippery slope I find myself on? You can grab the replay here.

I'm off tomorrow and Wednesday on assignment, while Alice is on holiday. Be nice to Xav!

Gaming News o'the Day

DeathSpank gets a super-fast sequel with guns.

GDC Online lists its awards nominees.

3D, single-player MotorStorm hits PSN tomorrow.

Runic hoping to release Torchlight on XBLA and PSN this year.

Links from Morning Discussion

Quick, somebody mobilize the Shacknews Minecraft crew to help!

Just doing a 100mph on the freeway! What could possibly go wrong?

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OP: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23796636#itemanchor_23796636

Craziest dragon I've seen in a game thus far: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUVLclPDCBE

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- That Guild Wars 2 looks nuts! : abrasion
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  I cannot wait for more GW2 media/ the game itself. From everything they've been writing/showing, this gam... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    LET THE SHACK HYPE BEGIN! ...and then die 1 month later. : Skoal^Fyfan
    - Played GW1 for more than a year straight after launch. Then had to take a rest. Millions still play it no... : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Another massive thing about GW2 no matter what everyone gets the same loot no more bullshit. The game : valcan_s
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    how is that a good thing? : wurt
    - Replaying the same dungeon 50000x is boring? : nevlos
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      Do you like raiding for 4 hours and find out there is nothing for your class, or no one wants to give you... : valcan_s
      
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      Well, I just don't like the idea of everyone having the same gear at max level. Never played the first on... : wurt
      
      In all the mmos there is always an ultimate loot depending on what you are and what you are aiming for, t... : razlebol
  - I love that too : Godhatesfatpeople
- I could have sworn that this had 1080p a second ago. I also saw some really bad streaming... did youtube ... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
- A buddy of mine's son is one of the artists working on GW2 (as well as the first game). They've done com... : MacemanInTW
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  Holy shit. This makes me wonder why I'm even remotely excited for Cataclysm. : Wombat Woo
  - probably because it's coming out a few months before guild wars 2 : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  - Well once it does come out you won't care about Cataclysm that is for sure. : valcan_s
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    name a NCSoft title that was ever anymore than pre-launch hype? : mwasher
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      Guild Wars 1? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
      
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      really? after the first 6-12 months I didn't know anyone still playing it. you would think if it was ... : mwasher
      
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      (of course GW2 supposedly gets rid of the insane amount of instancing right? that was my major complaint.)
      
      Aug 23, 2010 6:02pm PDT
      
      (of course GW2 supposedly gets rid of the insane amount of instancing right? that was my major complaint... : mwasher
      
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      I believe the game sold 6 million copies by 2009. It did keep up in popularity throughout the whole time ... : The Grolar Bear
      
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      how many active accounts? regardless, my point is that Wombat Woo should not question why he should be... : mwasher
      
      I don't know how many active accounts there were, probably a whole lot less than that, but you would be s... : The Grolar Bear
      
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      you said pre-launch hype. 6-12 months is more than pre-launch hype. Granted NCSofts publishing record suc... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
      
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      2-6 months, whatever. i meant that it was a game that was bought, enjoyed quite a bit for awhile, but fo... : mwasher
      
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      Guild Wars did not die after a couple months. It maintained a very healthy community for a year or so aft... : Wisp!
      
      but Nightfall and EotN are my favs 8-( I still play frequently, 5 years on.. : biofrog
      
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      I'm still logging in countless hours in GW1. : shyguy74
      
      oh you're that guy : mwasher
    - While NCSoft along with others love their pre-launch hype, I've never succumbed to NCSoft hype in any of ... : Wombat Woo
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      i'll kill you : electroly
      
      ncsoft gave me a free set of gear that literally sets on fire when i'm in combat : electroly
- The modeler is Donald Phan, if you care. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
- Wow that looks really really good : DonarUDL
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  Holy crap. Watch this one. http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/30947 : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  - part 2 http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/30949 : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
- Part 1 of 9 part walk through on gametrailers :O http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-10-guild-wars-2/703... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
- Monster Hunter???? : Majuju
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  Why is everyone in there a Charr? : Rotten Deadite
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    Everyone at furnation.com got a beta invite : bipolar
    - we did not :( : GloriousCow
  - You could either play a level 1 human or a level 47 charr. Who knows why they made that decision. Charr m... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
- I've watched that video like 10 times now. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  I've never played Guild Wars. Is this a raid or a FFA world boss? No raid bars? No tank? No healers? : DooBall
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    It's an outdoor event. There are no dedicated healers in the game. Watch the 9 Gametrailer videos here... : zigaroo
    - excellent : nevlos
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    it's not your regular mmo. : Fredrik S
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      You have to understand that there are MMO standards and if you want to make an MMO, you must follow those... : LilCrypto
      
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      Enchantment? : nevlos
      
      Enchantment! : LilCrypto
  - it's what they're calling a "dynamic event"...it's supposed to scale up in difficulty as more players joi... : CecilPhilpot
- I'm still not sold on this game yet. Other than moving/dodging while attacking, it seems the same. : Rag and Bone Man
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  yeah, that video is super impressive, although the combat does seem a bit of a free-for-all : CecilPhilpot
  - great series of videos here that give you a better look at more typical gameplay: http://www.youtube.com... : CecilPhilpot
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  Is this going to be a monthly fee MMO? : Aperturion
  - No monthly fee's at all. :) : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Everything looks great, except for the UI. I think they need to ...I dunno, desaturate it some more or s... : cetra00
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    You were able to make it as transparent as you wanted in the first game. So that could help. : Godhatesfatpeople
    - Yeah, hopefully. The other thing is the big green selection cloud is really annoying. That's the bigges... : cetra00
  - There is no way that's the final UI. You are right. I am sure there will be a bunch of polishing between ... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
- I have a feeling I'm going to get sick of this fight before I even play the game. : Lionel2b
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  Any crafting info? (Or is there any...? The wife likes mining) : nevlos
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    Nothing mentioned yet. Considering the first game had none, I wouldn't hold your breath for a player cra... : cetra00
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      They confirmed a crafting system ages ago. : Modica Sol Solis
      
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      Guild Wars style 'crafting system?' I mean you could craft stuff in the first game, but I really wouldn'... : cetra00
      
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      What do you define as a crafting system? They have already stated it's going to be more robust than the o : Modica Sol Solis
      
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      A crafting system would mean creating end products that could be traded, generally made through some kind... : cetra00
      
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      WoW doesn't have an interactive minigame. Unless you call clicking a single button interactive. I think t... : Modica Sol Solis
      
      god, WOW's crafting system is one of the weakest in any MMO ever. I'm not a huge fan of crafting to begi... : valael
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  If you want to see how neat some of the gameplay is watch 1-5 of the game trailer's 9 parter http://www.... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  - Also, part 8 and 9 have a much better quality version of the dragon fight. I can't imagine how they are r... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
- This looks cool. It's like someone asked "what if mmorpgs were real games instead of gurgling mounds of h... : ArB
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  to be fair, part of the reason that dragon looks so amazing (and it does look amazing compared to blizzar... : johnny rotten
  - DAMN IPHONE : johnny rotten
  - you can move the camera... the demo'er just had it there for effect i'm sure : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  - That's was mainly for demo purposes. You can move the camera around in GW2. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Damn that's awesome. But let's be realistic here... nothing could actually beat that other than a fuckin'... : phipple
  - I think the Quakeworld soldier could take it. But it has to be the same low-poly dude. : Godhatesfatpeople
  - They do have a number of artillery canons (how many depends on previous successful quests) on the mountai... : biofrog
- and what kind of setup would I need to run this at such a nice pretty look and high frame-rate I wonder? : VictoriouSecret
- I HIGHLY recommend watching the Gametrailers run through the demo: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/g... : biofrog
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  - haha, I went so far as to look it up on steam : nevlos

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