Evening Reading: My Friends Are Game Dev Story Obsessed

by Garnett Lee, Oct 18, 2010 5:00pm PDT

Well the games of fall are really pouring in now. Fallout: New Vegas this week, Fable 3 and Rock Band 3 next, and the Kinect launch and Black Ops right around the corner. Add in all the assorted others and it's easy to get completely inundated. Yet over the weekend it seemed like all I heard people talking about was Game Dev Story for the iPhone/iPod.

Here's what we've been talking about on the Shack today:

And a few random things to wrap up Monday with:

If you haven't yet, watch our very own Del Rio make his debut in Steph and Lance Go To Compton. Seriously, it's funny.
Why does it not surprise me Justin Bieber pitched a fit when he flunked his driver's license test
Part of that ridiculous sum of money Microsoft plans to spend marketing Kinect will be paying to get Kinect on 'Oprah' and 'Ellen'

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fallout nv in 30 minutes... am i right? :)

Oct 18, 2010 8:33pm PDT

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fallout nv in 30 minutes... am i right? :) : sanewave
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- I find that smiley to be most lascivious :( but yea I am excited for new Vegas as well. : SpaecKow
- thought it was midnight PST? : hamachi
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  No? Pretty sure it's 12am PST, not EST. : Vincent Grayson
  - any truth to dead rising 2 being released earlier than the unlock time? : sanewave
- you forgot a 3 hours : shirif
- 197 minutes to go! : watcherxp
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  Any reviews yet? It doesn't even show up when I search on gamerankings. : BlackCat9
  - I wonder if the embargo lifts at midnight eastern. : trOmblyj
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    i think the giantbomb one is about to go up : pandastrong
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      4/5 stars http://www.giantbomb.com/fallout-new-vegas/61-25933/reviews/ : trOmblyj
      
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      Obisidan and bugs. Who would have guessed. Still interested, though. : pandastrong
      
      Considering how buggy FO3 is/was, I'm going to pass on this for at least a few months. : Yanks
      
      Yeah, do you even need to mention bugs in an Obsidian game anymore? Just say is it more or less playable ... : BlackCat9
      
      He said it suffered from framerate issues on the 360. Thank god I got it for PC : Strid3rtheGreat
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    Joystiq review: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/19/fallout-new-vegas-review/#continued : grendel
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      Ruh roh.
      
      Oct 18, 2010 10:14pm PDT
      
      Ruh roh. : Happy Doodle Muffin
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  Hijack What're you guys looking for in a FNV review? I'm going through my notes now and writing up a fir... : warcrow
  - Dedicated servers? : watcherxp
  - I already have it pre-loaded, but I'm kinda curious how the writing is. I wasn't terribly impressed with ... : Vincent Grayson
  - excuse me sir, id like to know about the bugs... do the bug HIJACK THREADS! OH YEAH ITS ON BEOTCH! jk. :D... : sanewave
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    PC version review. Don't care about xbox impressions. (nothing against xbox, I have one) : loppsided
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      ^^this. One of giantbombs biggest complaints was that framerates got worse as the game went on. I can onl... : Strid3rtheGreat
      
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      It's true. I had to clear the cache on my X360 and reboot 2-3 times throughout the game. The framerate go... : warcrow
      
      man, that's not good. :( : loppsided
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      ^^^this. I could care less about 360's framerate issues. : Strid3rtheGreat
      
      Oops, double post. Didn't think the first one saved. : Strid3rtheGreat
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  GAMETRAILERS REVIEW: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/hack-fallout-new/706323 HD link not working yet : kill9
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    oh wait its just gameplay haha wtf : kill9
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      i love the ending : megarust32
      
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      Thanks mister! : pixelat3d
      
      Thanks mister! : trOmblyj
    - Damn you're looking tasty. : Dr_Cube
  - Close Range http://www.theonion.com/video/hot-new-video-game-consists-solely-of-shooting-peo,14325/ : gyokuro
- Watching the intro video now, just got home from retail midnight release! : Nerdsbeware
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  Serious non-smartass question: Is New Vegas basically just Fallout 3 with new content (i.e. new quests, n... : veras
  - What else would it be? I mean, it's the same engine with the same limits and nothing major has changed... : Vincent Grayson
  - Yes. Same basic engine and underlying tech. Same basic gameplay with some few nice additions and tweaks. : Dr_Cube
  - To answer a question ad nauseum - yes. It's more Fallout 3. : The Wilhelm Scream
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  Due to the issues with the game, I'd strongly recommend you do the following : If you have it on the 3 : jingletard
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    * I N F ' D * : royalally
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      inf'd??? you need someone else to make common sense decisions for you? sad.. just sad. :P : -=kodiak=-
      
      The NPC bit is good advice, and IMO, not common sense. If an NPC seems boring to me I don't pay much atte... : noxiousgg
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  Lovely. My heard twirls thinking of all the possibilities come Fallout 4 but New Vegas will do nicely in ... : Dr_Cube
  - FO4: More Guns? : sanchez
- while we wait, we play this awesome game http://armorgames.com/play/6623/freeway-fury reminds me of Spy H... : devpaul
- Reviews a-plenty: http://www.nma-fallout.com/ : loppsided
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  Hahaha Obsidian. Those guys must work for really cheap, why else would you shit up your franchise by le... : Beady
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    Well it looks like you've got the market cornered on threadshitting : shavenewok
    - $2 a post! Buy now and I'll throw in a free hat. : Beady
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    I love Obsidian games. : Rice-Rocketeer
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      which? Kotor 2, NWN 2 ? : gyokuro
      
      I've enjoyed KotOR II, NWN 2 (game had fucking co-op!), and Alpha Protocol. Fuck yeah! : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Get out of here, Beady. Obsidian will probably get bought and brought into the Zenimax fold if New Vegas ... : Dr_Cube
  - you're stupid : JINKY
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  I hope the low intelligence dialog is hilariously entertaining, brute forcing through FO2 as a retard was... : shortbuscaptain
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yA8IMXOsDQ : shortbuscaptain
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      Haha, that is awesome. Did they keep up dialog like that in the whole game? : SqueegyTBS
      
      Yep, the entire game. It sort of screws you up on some side quests but when people are offensive you just... : shortbuscaptain
- ok NOW it is 30 minutes : watcherxp
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  my friends unlocked already, mine didiididnt :( : sanewave
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    Don;t believe your friend : watcherxp
    - i saw he was playing it with my own two ojos : sanewave
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  I just refreshed the steam page and it says it's going to unlock in 10 hours now : valael
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    and now 1 hour again : valael
    - and now unlocked : valael
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  Just restarted Steam, mine is unlocked and decrypting now... verrrrrrrry sloooooooowly. Been sitting at 6... : rudds
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    Took a few minutes for it to show up here. On my way in, see you in the morning! : rolecks
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      mine refuses to unlock. annoyed. : genocidalrobot
      
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      Started steam a few times. Didn't show up for me for 10 minutes or so. Kept saying unreleased. : rolecks
      
      yeah i had to restart steam a few times, too. finally worked. : genocidalrobot
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      Mine finished validating and now it's back to "unreleased." :( : rudds
      
      Oh, one more restart and it's ready. IGI : rudds
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  so x360 or PC? I played Fallout 3 on the 360 but I didn't have a decent enough PC at the time.. tough dec... : even4
  - PC, the Mod's for the original are great can't wait to see what happens with this a few months down ... : sasquatchxing
- War....War never changes. : watcherxp
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  defraging.... looks like 65% done... says 0% : sanewave
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    Yeah, mine took a few minutes. : ShoCon
    - and now its downloading more stuff.... uuuugh : sanewave
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  For you guys that pre-ordered on Steam, don't forget to click data files in the launcher and enable the c... : ShoCon
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    a bit buggy, hit percentages flicker on/off in vats, and I just tried launching the game again and the la... : sanchez
    - oh also, caravan pack items were given to me...I'm not able to check if the data files were enabled in th... : sanchez
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  when will the reviews show up? : matthaeus
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    someone posted a boataload of them ITT : sanewave
    - Yesterday I saw a summary of some short statements but no reviews. : matthaeus
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  Is there a way to get mouse acceleration working with the aiming? It feels way too jumpy and erratic to m... : rudds
  - tried turning vsync off, rudds? sometimes that helps : Nitrium
  - Turn it off completely, mouse acceleration is awful. If it works like Fallout 3 you should be able to mo... : Sapiens
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  weird, I thought I could enable hardcore mode from the start, but it's greyed out : Nitrium
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    It prompts you once you get through character creation. After that point you can turn it on at your leisu... : Frozen Pixel
    - thanks pixel! : Nitrium
    - fucking LOL the questions : Nitrium
  - havent launched it yet, but if you figure it out post! : extrahappyturtle
  - It prompted us before leaving the Doc's house and was available. : BlackCat9
- such an amazing intro : PixelPie
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  So it's 1:40 and I have a midterm tomorrow but I'm launching FONV right now. : noxiousgg
  - You have chosen wisely, grasshopper. : TShandy
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  Been over an hour and haven't seen any bugs or framerate issues on the 360. : BlackCat9
  - Ok, got a lockup on a loading screen. : BlackCat9
- i outsmarted steam and was able to purchase it for the US price, but they outsmarted me by not letting it... : erotic sock
- Fallout NV is detecting your hardware settings: Graphics have been set to ULTRA HIGH mode. AWWWW YEEAA : LoioshDwaggie
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  some npc got stuck in a wall for me and the game just crashed on me... im hit the sack. liking it a lot s... : sanewave
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    Pc or 360? : Nitrium
    - PC, i hope its not a major glitch, the npc was supposed to reward nme, ope its not a missing quest now :D : sanewave
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  Reading the gamepro review, and holy fuck did i just get the ending spoiled for me!? " Even if the climat : Reeves
  - Ok pretty sure this isn't a spoiler in any way considering he didn't even finish the game. But damn, he s... : Reeves
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  Seems pretty solid so far. Had a few enemies get stuck in the ground, but some repetitive attempts to use... : Vincent Grayson
  - Yea, down one of the main roads I ran into a scorpion and promptly spent a lot of bullets to kill it, cam... : Strid3rtheGreat
  - I had it lock up twice in less than 2 hours of playing. I haven't updated drivers recently, though. I'l... : Arcanum

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