Morning Discussion
by Alice O'Connor, Sep 03, 2010 5:00am PDTThe weekend is almost upon us so "huzzah" and all that jazz. What do you, dear Shacknews reader, intend to play this weekend? Myself, I have no video game plans but am off to watch The Room tonight then I'll be catching up on my reading. I keep meaning to write more, too, so maybe I'll finally get around to that.
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
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0955443/
Excellent, thanks for making your website harder to use!
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My buddies otoh got it done. Look at these guys.
http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=droidUpload_fgozsq2ox2gpm46btkf5.jpg
http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=droidUpload_1ggtkw5lf5imiyzali51.jpg (worst pic every of manny pac but he's there)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5476601/jkk.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5476601/ro.jpg
Last time I'll post this
If you have a facebook, do me a huge favor and click like on all our photos.
http://bit.ly/cUOa7p
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http://kotaku.com/5628741/gamestop-pulls-video-game-from-military-stores-over-taliban-inclusion
Aren't those very same military folks the ones risking the most to ensure that this type of freedom is available for all Americans??
Not that I am a gamestop fan to start with, but now it's the principal of the thing.
I will never step foot in one of their stores again or do anything to promote their business in any way..
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I don't know why, just a sudden itch to do this again. Let's get some games going, because D3D multiplayer is fun as hell!
Suggest a day and time!
Let's get these together for both the Xbox 360 and PC versions of this game. For you PC guys, if you have any suggestions on how exactly we should pull this off, I'm open to them. I say we just use the GOG release with the handy DOSBox shortcuts, and I'll see if I can adapt those for people who don't own it through GOG. It worked perfectly fine for our Blood shackbattle with minimal troubles.
If there's a way to use the more modern ports without being a MASSIVE PAIN IN THE ASS, please let me know. I'll be looking into this today.
Lastly, try not to forget to ALWAYS BET ON DUKE!!
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A few weeks ago, there was weird website that gave out a free iphone app. It was Civilization Revolution, for the iPhone. My wife is in charge of the iPad and her iPhone, when it comes to syncing and whatnot, so more weeks passed before I actually saw it show up on the device.
Last night. I decided.. "what the hell, let's give it a try.".... (9:40pm)
At 12:30. I finished my first game, half shaking. Oh my God. I am so thankful I just found this game now, and not 5 years earlier. There is no question I wouldn't be married, and would be lying in a gutter curled up in a ball whimpering.. "just ooonnne more turn..."
So, should I install Civ4, or should I just play CivRev for now and wait for Civ5?
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http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_8ixm82pjrop7k31vhdxe.jpg
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On Stardock's Elemental Launch Fail
A forum post by Brad Wardell offers the Stardock CEO's perspective on what he calls "the completeness of Stardock's fail" on the launch of Elemental, commenting on their "sheer blindness," and saying: "There will be massive consequences for Stardock's game studio. I'll be talking more about this when I get back. But the game wasn't released early. The game was released poorly." Here's more:
Head in the sand syndrome imo. I've read the reviews as much as possible given my hideous internet access up here and I agree with them. We just didn't see what they were talking about. We thought any complaints would be about polish points or something.
The point is, the issue here is far far worse than many of you think it is. I wish it was an issue of the game being released too early. That's an easy thing for a company to "fix". Elemental's launch is the result of catastrophic poor judgment on my part.
http://forums.elementalgame.com/394855/page/2/#2753014
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeXZpVaV_xw
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Would you ever take a paycut or similar salary to take a new job in a location with a cheaper cost of living? A potential job opportunity came up in San Antonio, but I'm in DC right now; based on online job sites, the average pay for that area for this company seems about $10k lower than what I make now.
I was hoping to find a more stable job to better develop some skills that my current job isn't satisfying, and also maybe a change of scenery.
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This week we've got schwag, schwag, schwag! What schwag, you ask? Random schwag, I say. It might be some Shack stuff, it might be some Dead Rising 2 tee shirts, it might even be a random game ( I do have an unopened copy of Asheron's Call that's been sitting in my desk for quite some time - you know you want that).
So enter below by posting your awesome Labor Day weekend plans.
Also, don't forget you can still win a $200 Best Buy gift card thanks to Star Trek Online and Intel - http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/65386
Good luck!
-Sean with GameFly
Open to US residents only. Must be 18 or older to enter.
Sorry foreign Shackers.
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orgcaptainnemo and I are going to be at Gameworks at 7:30 on Saturday. We can all meet up there and play games, drink beer, eat mediocre food, etc. Afterward if people want we can either hit up a bar or catch a late showing at Pacific Place.
http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=7272
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Some Valve opinions on going public (in the newly released issue of PC Gamer UK):
"All [companies that float] end up getting their customers changed. Any bad decision I ever see out there is because somebody created this different customer that was whoever funds them, and not the consumer of the product." -- Erik Johnson
"You end up with a totally different set of decisions, and the person who's trying to design the experience is like' Okay, I guess we'll put Christopher Walken in our game." -- Gabe Newell
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It's a really laid back type of thing, we're all pretty average or below except maybe eeeealmo and ramen, so if you're terrible then you'll fit right in. We'll probably have some sort of training session for a couple, perhaps a king of the hill, or something to get people playing.
Also it's all but confirmed that those twin faggots from 3rd Strike will be in the game as DLC. mechanicalgrape, I hope you are happy
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2010/sep/02/yun-and-yang-debut-ssf4-test-site/
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Whats the shacks final opinion on this game? I've never played a DQ game, does this matter?
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Anyone want to celebrate the low-70's degree weather tonight with a couple gallons of beer??? :D
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Dahanese Photoshop!
The Original Picture
http://www.shackpics.com/files/dahanese_0qbrkue5xcn79779dd8f.jpg
The results so far.........
http://www.shackpics.com/files/dahaneseedgewise_0nuxssmu4d3ajjs520qf.jpg by EricZBA
http://www.shackpics.com/files/dahanese_8sq800q1au8uqc1il6yk.jpeg by myself
http://www.shackpics.com/files/dahanese_88mfvxs1qmdzgw6p4fqu.jpg by OrkO
http://www.shackpics.com/files/dahanukem_bq5sr9mu52zw8pusoeli.jpeg by Danny5225
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the studio my friend works at released the first videos and screenshots of their game at PAX today. by signing up for the forum you are also signing up for a beta, or so ive read on the forum.
http://www.firefallthegame.com/
I'm locking down the server (Dallas EFF YEAH) tonight starting at 9PM Eastern and want to try out some organized squad v sqaud action. I understand its GTA IV Shackbattle night but would like to get an hour or so in to see how it goes.
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Multiplayer Alpha Servers!
MercFox1 : 75.186.55.158:25566
Haxim : fuckagentpothead.mine.nu
zuff : 75.178.46.57
AgentPothead : shackcraft.sytes.net
Teamspeak : ts.shackbattles.com : 9987
Read & help edit the MineCraft ShackWiki Page
http://shackwiki.com/wiki/Minecraft
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So this probably won't get any attention (thanks DNF) but every so often you read about the threat of cyber attacks and it makes you think. Wouldn't it be possible to compensate for the threat of cyber attacks on a government body (like the CIA) by creating a programming language specific to the department and creating an operating system and necessary applications based on that programming language? I mean, this might be terribly inconvenient if they want to use acrobat reader or something but, ideally, a government institution should be able to produce their own operating system that would be completely foreign to sniffers, bots, and whatever programs they write to search out sensitive information.
Am I totally wrong and don't understand how it works? I think I am. Or do they already do this and I just don't know about it? I mean, I know they use outer defensive measures like firewalls but wouldn't it be much more secure if your operating system was practically indecipherable to outside programs? Would it just cost too much and be too difficult to implement?
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Both versions are $0.99 in the AppStore.
Shame about them gross controls.
You really should get into the FF14 Open Beta right now so you can enjoy that experience while it is fresh.
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Here is a quick link I made that should get you the key asap:
https://secure.square-enix.com/account/app/svc/login?cont=ffxiv_beta_ap&ret=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.square-enix.com%2Fenqt%2Fe%2FFF14OBTENTRYJP%2Fhtml&retl=ffxiv&retu=http%3A%2F%2Fentry.ffxiv.com%2F&lng=en&rgn=na
I just got my link this morning minutes ago, good luck Shack \m/
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I can't believe it took us this long to get Lohan's tits on the big screen. Also, the movie was pretty fucking awesome.
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http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=1600
This will be happening, yes?
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Tie Fighter (I don't think a generic space sim would grab me... it needs to be set in the Star Wars universe)
Myth (I still have resentment against Oni and Halo because they were non-Myth Bungie games)
Battletoads (only if it's as difficult and punishing as it was on the NES).
I know that this desire probably won't come about, though, so I'll just hold on and wait for Diablo 3.
What do you guys want to see get remade?
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I saw this little blurb in the notes for the Aion: Assault on Balaurea release party at PAX:
"Aion has a rich connection with the Korean pop sensation, the Wonder Girls. Costumes featured in a Wonder Girls video will be available in Aion: Assault on Balaurea as in-game fashions. In addition to the live performance, we are also delighted to present an in-game Aion concert featuring the Wonder Girls at the state-of-the-art Experience Music Project as part of the evening's entertainment."
Incredible news!!! These are, of course, just some game assets that NCsoft Korea created a year ago, but as a customer of NCsoft West, my expectations are pretty low. I guess there is some other stuff announced at PAX today but this is the big announcement that everyone will be talking about!!!
So we will be getting the Wonder Girls event in some form, and at least the dresses will be available in Aion 2.0 for sure. I'm hoping the dance emotes will make it, too. I don't see why they wouldn't, but they only specifically mentioned the costumes.
Dresses:
http://www.aionsource.com/topic/112405-aion-20-wonder-girls-on-korean-pts/
Dances:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tqirg1kN-U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6-LuORdZC4
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http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/09/03/new-portal-2-screens-show-off-co-op.aspx
And with one single grab, Valve has endeared me to these characters.
http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/screenshots/Portal_5F00_2/Portal_5F00_2_5F00_Media/Hug.jpg
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/shill
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