Evening Reading

by Brian Leahy, Oct 11, 2010 5:00pm PDT

Unfortunately, I've been away from StarCraft II for far too long and now I've lost all of my skills. At some point, I'll just have to give it another go, bomb my ladder rank, and work my way back up.

I'm super-excited for GSL 2, which is currently finishing up its offline qualifiers and should begin streamed matches in a little over a week. Some StarCraft: Brood War pros have begun making the switch to SC2, including BoxeR--the most famous SC:BW pro--and NaDa. Non-Korean players Greg "IdrA" Fields and Dario "TLO" Wunsch, both of whom played in GSL1, have qualified for GSL2.

The quality of games should get better and better as the GSL seasons continue.

Gaming News o'the Day

Magneto, MODOK, Sir Arthur, and the new Bionic Commando join Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

Classic X-Men arcade game coming to XBLA and PSN.

Raven hit by layoffs. Possibly put on Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC.

IndieCade 2010 award winners.

Links from Morning Discussion

Minecraft mine-cart interstate and music video.

Gearbox surveying players on multiplayer options.

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So, with Fallout: New Vegas coming out next week, I was wondering which platform the Shack would be purchasing the game for.

I asked this a couple of months ago, everyone was pretty much going with the PC. I was too, I have a more than competent rig for gaming right now....but still. Kinda thinking I might buy the XBox 360 version. I really enjoyed FO3 on the XBox and with VATS, aiming didn't really feel console gimped.

I did get FO 3 for the PC when it was on an absurdo sale on Steam, but I just couldn't get into it on the PC after playing it on the XBox. Menus were kind of fucked up, UI stuff was all scaled wrong, etc. I know these things can be fixed with mods, but I didn't really feel like messing with it. There really wasn't much of a graphical advantage on the PC due to the age of the engine, so nothing was really lost there.

Still not sure which way I am going to go. Maybe get it on the 360 and then again on the PC when Steam runs it at a huge discount in a year or so.

Oct 11, 2010 7:29pm PDT

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- mods is usually the dealbreaker : spiderfill
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  PC. I still can't get used to aiming with a gamepad. Only downside of RDR for me. : TShandy
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    But... RDR did all the aiming for you? : rudds
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      Not my experience on normal. I still did a lot of flailing around until I had enough dead eye to make up... : TShandy
      
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      huh? on normal the game locks on to enemies when you aim. : pyide
      
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      You at least have to be in the ballpark, though. And you can't cycle targets. : TShandy
      
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      You must be really bad with a controller... :( : derelict515
      
      I am. That doesn't mean it does all your aiming for you. : TShandy
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  Hook your PC up to your TV and play with a 360 controller! Mods + higher resolution : Modulus
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    Srsly, higher rez, mods, why the fuck not???? NO REASON THAT'S WHY NOT : locater16
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      Many people have a pc monitor with a same or higher res than a 1080p these days, so it is less of a facto... : jimmy_legs
      
      Couch + big screen is nice, though. : famine101
- If you didn't use any mods during your Fallout 3 playthrough then go console. Yeah the graphics will be b... : Dr_Cube
- PC all the way. 1920x1200 + mouse + keyboard = win : Freon
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  How hard is it to get Darnified UI working in Fallout 3? I assume it's as basic as unzipping some shit to... : pyide
  - Easy- the only mod I ever installed. : TShandy
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  PEECEE : Dschinghis Khan
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  360 first, PC second.
  
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  360 first, PC second. : Rooster Cockburn
  - Err, because the PC version promises to be buggy compared to the console one if FO3 is am indication, but... : Rooster Cockburn
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  PC when the GOTY edition drops : .Jayson
  - Sounds like a plan to me! I still haven't started my GOTY Fallout 3. Soon, I hope. I've already played... : pyide
- 360. My PC just isn't as powerful. : not work safe
- PC. A game like this is going to be all about the mods. Even if you don't use mods it's still nice to hav... : The Grolar Bear
- I enjoyed my second playthrough of fallout3 much better with mods. Only a month or so after release too.... : twifosp
- Probably 360 but I'm still a little torn on deciding. : snot3353
- PC for mods and the 360 controller should be supported. Best of both worlds, added with higher resolutio... : mastermike569
- I don't think you know what you are talking about. The graphics on the PC are a million times better tha... : kill9
- is this a steamworks title? : gibbo
- I want to get it on PS3, but will probably get it on PC. its like a new game! : radula
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  Easily the 360. I don't want to run in to any bullshit like some people did with FO3 on the PC. Plus, m... : jingletard
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    I don't know what bullshit you're talking about. I had zero issues with the game from day one. Yeah the U... : sanchez
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      Well, i did have some crashing issues, but i updated my shit and that was that. : Dschinghis Khan
      
      Plus if there are bullshit bugs on the 360, it's not like you can fix it via the in-game console like you... : kill9
  - i5 + 8800gt is vastly superior hardware compared to the xbox 360. : famine101
- PC through Steam. : ShoCon
- http://www.duelinganalogs.com/comics/2010-10-07.png : AgentPothead
- Probably PC. I'll miss the XBL achievements though. : pigvomit
- PC, through steam, for sure. : stygian_whisper
- PS3. Played the original that way. No 360, and only a ATI 5770 in the PC. : pgharavi
- Next week? WTF. Sweet. : filthysock
- PC for mods. Oh god mods are so good : Trips
- PC : pixelat3d
- Doesn't the game have iron sights now? Meaning they improved non-vats real-time combat to be closer to a... : deadhorse

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