Morning Discussion

Last night, Canadian actor Leslie Nielsen passed away. He was 84 years young. If you're a young reader, you might have only seen Nielsen in flicks like Scary Movie 3, Superhero Movie, and Stan Helsing. I cannot express how unfortunate that is.

If you haven't already, pull some of Nielsen's back catalog of work. Airplane is a classic, he was brilliant in the Naked Gun series, and the show Police Squad! is a personal favorite. Surely, he'll be missed.

Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    November 29, 2010 5:00 AM

    How was everyone's weekend?

    Myself, i did my usual gaming, got a minimal amount of shopping down, and spent the rest of it downing leftovers and pie!

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      November 29, 2010 5:02 AM

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      November 29, 2010 5:03 AM

      sort of a mixed bag for me. first big family holiday solo for us.. since I'm the last of my immediate family around. So we had close friends over, got smashed and had fun anyhow. then we had a cathartic moment and cleaned out our attic of a TON of old shit yesterday and good christ did it feel good to purge. Trashmen won't be happy with me, but our local steel pickers will.. had 4 bedframes we were hanging on to for no apparant reason.

      on a simiar note, any boston area shackers want a dell 32" 1080i capable flatscreen TV? it's 3 years old but works fine.

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      November 29, 2010 5:03 AM

      I got me a bunch of blu-rays from the amazon sale, plus a drive to play them on. Played a bit of Arham Asylum.

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      November 29, 2010 5:03 AM

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      November 29, 2010 5:04 AM

      I spent my entire weekend packing stuff up to go to the post office, I've lost all feeling in my fingers.

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      November 29, 2010 5:05 AM

      It was pretty good. Got a good acrobatics practice in on Saturday. Ran the routine i'm performing on the 17th three times through, minus some of the more painful drops. Felt pretty good.
      Also watched Secret of the Kells. Very pretty movie, but felt pretty disjointed. I enjoyed it though.

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      November 29, 2010 5:05 AM

      I was on call for a Victorian election (and still am) - when the new team takes offices all hell is going to break loose for BlackBerry wipes, Killdisking machines, re-imaging machines, re-configuring BlackBerries and creating accounts etc - it's a giant clusterfuck.

      In theory the new guys could disband our entire group too, although we don't think they will.

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      November 29, 2010 5:06 AM

      Played some Castlevania LoS. Loving this game.

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      November 29, 2010 5:09 AM

      I played and beat Comic Jumper, Costume Quest, Pacman CE DX, and most of Super Meat boy.

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      November 29, 2010 5:10 AM

      Really good. Hung out with mrsgeedeck a bunch, watched the Samurai 7 series and it was really good, really depressing... Played some WoW (ohnoes), did a tiny bit of art and the whole thanksgiving thing. Oh and saw my buddy's band Rustmoth play, which was cool.

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      November 29, 2010 5:11 AM

      I did nothing on Saturday and Sunday but play Minecraft. seriously. nothing.

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      November 29, 2010 5:38 AM

      Same like most days, shit.

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      November 29, 2010 6:07 AM

      Got super drunk Friday, watched some Dreamhack SC2 games on Saturday, played a few Chaos rising missions, watched some bad sci-fi. All round pretty sweet.

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      November 29, 2010 6:27 AM

      Loafed around the house and played a shitload of the World of Tanks Beta.

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      November 29, 2010 6:42 AM

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      November 29, 2010 6:47 AM

      Lots of food! I finally got to finish preparing my deep-fried braised pork belly caesar salad for guests on saturday evening, main was a ribeye and mashed potatoes and asparagus.. the day before we had some other friends and I made chana masala and saag paneer alongside a pilaf and some roti (but I cheated because I prepared the two main dishes the night before)

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        November 29, 2010 6:49 AM

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          November 29, 2010 6:52 AM

          its too early for me to parse your triple negatives kgargs

          but I'm all for making shit from scratch. I made my own paneer cheese on thursday and it owned.
          I understand that people dont always have time to make their own croutons and shit like they have kids and theres laundry and stuff to do but if you have time and you love food then indulge

          it drives me nuts that at the grocery store they sell a plastic box with chopped onions in it. like, seriously.

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            November 29, 2010 7:02 AM

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              November 29, 2010 7:08 AM

              I'm with you on the bread crumbs but if you're complaining about the prep for pecan chopping or cheese grating, to me that work's totally reasonable.

              food stays fresher in big clumps than when its torn into little pieces, and you're talking about a few minutes of prep in exchange for fresher food (and the satisfaction of transforming raw materials into a delicious dish) I'll personally take those minutes

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        November 29, 2010 6:51 AM

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      November 29, 2010 6:48 AM

      I have finished Batman: Arkham Asylum and started Borderlands.

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      November 29, 2010 6:48 AM

      worked and sweated a lot

      fucking weather

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      November 29, 2010 6:56 AM

      finished ASSBRO. Assassin's Creed is one of the best franchises going these days.

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      November 29, 2010 7:00 AM

      I had super delicious curry for lunch and authentic Mexican food for dinner on Sat, and played Minecraft and Peggle on Sunday.

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      November 29, 2010 7:05 AM

      I gamed from wednesday to sunday and it was glorious. Almost lvl 1 prestige in COD: Black ops, played some SC2, MGS4, and enjoyed some amazing turkey meals on thursday and sunday. Had fried turkey for the first time and holy shit was it good.

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      November 29, 2010 7:10 AM

      I played some Gears2 and rode around inside a giant worm.

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      November 29, 2010 7:15 AM

      I played the Mustang Rock Band 3 Pro Guitar. It's all I can think about now. It's amazing.

      Also I joined an Out of the Park league because I do not value my time.

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      November 29, 2010 7:32 AM

      Awesome. Spent way too much money on new toys, games, and various other things with a travel\tuition reimbursement check. Played a lot of Kinect with family.

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      November 29, 2010 7:37 AM

      Was an amazing 4 day weekend. Lots of family, friends, shopping, drinking, eating, and Rapstar.

      Back to the real world now. : (

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      November 29, 2010 7:53 AM

      Beat VVVVVV, bought a 360 and started RDR. Health is getting shitty.

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      November 29, 2010 7:57 AM

      Super Mario RPG.

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      November 29, 2010 8:02 AM

      Got accused of a murder i commit in Candlekeep, fled the dungeon and Cleared Durlag's Tower and killed a Demonknight, before heading back to meet my accusers.

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      November 29, 2010 8:10 AM

      Myself, I

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