Evening Reading
by Brian Leahy, Sep 09, 2010 5:00pm PDTMy anticipation for Halo: Reach is nearing an all time high. There are a bunch of people streaming matchmaking; some with legit copies, others with illegal copies. I've also seen Bungie handing out some bans to a few hackers caught playing on Live.
Be sure to read part 2 of my newbie guide for Reach and look forward to more content tomorrow.
Gaming News o'the Day
- Wii and DS firmwares updated to block hacks.
- A demo for Quantum Theory is coming this month.
- Dead Rising 2: Case Zero was super successful.
- The PC version of Assassin's Creed II slips into 2011.
Links from Morning Discussion
Sony spending $50 million on Vita marketing campaign
Minecraft Pocket for Android adds zombies, Survival mode
Nintendo acquires Mobiclip
Steam knocked offline on Sunday by power failure
'No plans at all' for Twisted Metal's future
Is there anything I need to be on the look out for when film dudes want to set up shop in my house?
*Your horrible amateur porn doesn't count.
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Last time I played a lot of Halo was Halo 2. Since then I haven't kept up with the innovations of the new iterations. Didn't ODST just come out? What makes Reach so rad?
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Now they've set up something where you have to get your broadband connection from one of their partners; when you log in with a username and password for your ISP, they'll let you watch streaming games.
Since I don't have a US broadband connection, is there any other option? Some pay package like Insider, or something from another video provider? It causes me physical pain to not be present at a college football game for yet another year; I don't want to find out what it'll be like to go without at least watching a game, either.
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My first impression was that I wasn't a fan of the ending but now that I've had some time to digest it, I think it was pretty darn good. Definitely fits into the whole vibe of the game and it was something that hasn't been done to death (I'm not sure if ever before?)
Also is it silly that I want downloadable content of nothing but hunting tasks? I wanted to kill a Buffalo with my knife!
All in all, I'm sad it's over. I guess that's always a good testament to any game...
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The latest beta of AdriPSX has the exact same issue (among others, but I was surprised to see that one), trusty 'ol SSSPSX has the same problem, PSXeven has the same problem, psx emulator doesn't render the game properly at all, and most heartbreaking: I'm having problems getting Xebra working right now (never tried it since upgrading to Vista until this week).
Hell, just for good measure I tried reripping the disc a couple of different ways (so now I'm sitting on a bin/cue/ccd, a mdf/mds, and an iso) with different programs (CloneCD/CDBurnerXP/ISOProducer (which uses Pete's cdr driver)). No change, no luck. To add insult to injury, I'm having problems with DScaler in Vista since upgrading so I can't even play it on my PS2 if I wanted to.
Does anyone want to try giving it a shot w/ Xebra on their setup to see if they fare any better? I may just need to reboot or something, I really don't know. I've never had this issue with it before and it's always been a fairly reliable reference to use :(
Shame PS1 emulation doesn't have the kind of activity it once did. :(
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Kiwikaki (toss - canuckistan)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSSi45LM3sM
I can not believe how badly HuK fucked that game up, that one is chock full of bad moves, really surprising
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co worker totally missed a reference to Leo Getz was and why you shouldn't go through the drive through.
/sax goes off.
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That dude is NUTS!
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Ima tell you a short story. Ive played WoW off and on from the beta forward. Could never make myself a hardcore raider, but my friends have been. So, Ive been able to step in when they need some mercenary hunter to fill in. Its good times, but haven't been playing as much.
The one thing I love about WoW though is the PvP. I don't know what it is, but every single aspect, from ganking the lowbie to a 5 minute epic fight with some orc DK god, I love it... its gets my blood hot, in some instinctual way. In the last couple of years I swore of BGs because they were worthless(my flawed perception), so I basically just did raids when I could, got the gear I wanted, did my thing entertaining guildies and so forth.
I recently learned they are changing this, and so got back into PvPing, trying to shake the rust off. I have since learned that even pre-expansion, BGs arent completely useless and decided to build up some PvP gear, (I find arenas boring after 2 season, I want massive open warfare). Anyhoo, I just got back from 3 AB and 2 losses, alternating. I have missed this. Its... its just wonderful.
In case anyone cares, I am in all ICC gear, mixed 264 and 251 gear.
Dognose, good sir, if you are around, please flag as stupid this post, it is WoW related. Thank you.
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Congrats jasonepowell
http://www.flickr.com/groups/shackassignments/discuss/72157624900386108/
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That was a really excellent ride. I'll be starting Uncharted 2 tomorrow. That was quite fun.
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I've found a drill bucket! an IED and a spiked bat so far in case 0. What have you guys found?
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Bombay is coming down to our fair city next weekend, and I thought we should take him out and fuck him in the ass get drunk.
On Friday*]
Thinking either little creatures beer hall (fitzroy) or mountain goat brewery (richmond) on saturday night, then maybe go see a band or something.
On Saturday
I will host a dinner at my place, in st kilda east, we can eat, drink and play some xbox or ps3 if someone will bring one.
Shackmsg me / reply if you want to come to either or both.
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Watch it. I was blown away by how funny this movie actually was and look forward to seeing it again, soon. Starts out a little slow on the funny then takes off with a rollercoaster of laughs. Some stuff they took a little too far and it was great.
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