Evening Reading
by Brian Leahy, Jan 07, 2011 5:00pm PSTAnother weekend is upon us and that means it is time for gaming and relaxing. What will you be playing this weekend? How are you all progressing through your inevitable gaming backlog, which most certainly grew in number after the holidays and the Steam sale?
You'll find out what the Shack staff is playing in Xav's Weekend Discussion post.
Gaming News of the Day
- Weekend Confirmed Episode 42.
- Million dollar contest returning for MLB2K11.
- Lord of the Rings Online continues to find success in free-to-play.
- Civilization Worlds (Facebook game) seeking alpha testers.
Links from Morning Discussion
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag for PC to come after consoles
DTS Headphone:X brings 11.1 channel surround sound to headsets
Xbox One policy change means loss of family sharing, disc-free gaming
Crytek working on The Collectibles for iOS
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Preview: http://www.shackpics.com/files/IMG_0635_iukcmvt9oekqojada6jw.jpg
Higher quality (you know, readable) pics available at your local newsstand (Barnes and Noble reportedly has copies in stock).
http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/storelocator/stores.aspx?x=y&
Oh, and guess what game just got a 9/10 on GamesRadar!
- http://bit.ly/hTcAsZ
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WE 2010 POST!
Got my WE last week, finally got a camera to post!
Lets start with the box
http://yermothah.pixa.us/albums/79359/19177933/tn-100-0334
Apparently I ordered an Albino Pachyderm... whatever the hell that is!
http://yermothah.pixa.us/albums/79359/19177933/tn-100-0334
Its full of stars crap!
http://yermothah.pixa.us/albums/79359/19177933/tn-100-0334
The note! Of course its blurry and I noticed after I got rid of the camera.
Have Some Crap! - Cotte Cid
ps. Dont eat the delicious, delicious expired mayo
http://yermothah.pixa.us/albums/79359/19177936/tn-100-0337
Giant shirt made for a hippo!
http://yermothah.pixa.us/albums/79359/19177937/tn-100-0338
Coins! Looks like arcade monies jingling around in the front pocket!
http://yermothah.pixa.us/albums/79359/19177938/tn-100-0339
I am scared to look at whats on it (came with TWO disks)
http://yermothah.pixa.us/albums/79359/19177939/tn-100-0340
http://yermothah.pixa.us/albums/79359/19177941/tn-100-0342
Black and White! Making more rounds than a fruitcake!
http://yermothah.pixa.us/albums/79359/19177942/tn-100-0343
Sweet! An awesome xbox game to play with the pals! I've been needing a good coop game!
http://yermothah.pixa.us/albums/79359/19177943/tn-100-0344
Old school cartoons, and a sweet copy of National Lampoons Vacation! I have never seen this movie!
http://yermothah.pixa.us/albums/79359/19177944/tn-100-0345
Old school mega man for the game boy, some nice, an unopened magic booster pack, and some battle pogs or whatever the hell they are!
Finally...
http://yermothah.pixa.us/albums/79359/19177944/tn-100-0345
Delicious, Delicious Expired Mayo! In a sweet mini glass jar!
Thanks Cotte Cid!
Album Link: http://yermothah.pixa.us/albums/79359/WE2010
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Anybody know the song in this?
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In some of my games I have very tiny lines on each side of my LCD monitor. I have tried to adjust the vertical/horizontal size via the monitor controls but these options are grayed out. How can I stretch the viewable area on my screen to hide these very small lines that edge the screen. I am connected via DVI cable.
This was never a problem with older CRT's...
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New update, come play!
IP: tf2.shackbattles.com
Pass: maarten
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1) It's the 21st fucking century. Reserve online. Get in, get out. Don't stand there for 5-10 minutes, talking on your cellphone, pissing me off.
2) If you are before me, waiting in your car, don't give me dirty looks if I happen to actually get to the Redbox before you.
3) If you are a panhandler, don't stand near the Redbox.
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Original call to arms post: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24941114#itemanchor_24941114
Download game here: http://www.warsow.net/
Join this Steam group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/shackwarsow
Game on. We're joining some random server TBD.
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What I don't understand is, don't we already have this? Web companies pay for bandwidth, as do consumers. Isn't this a further extortion of both parties by the middle man, indicating that they don't charge enough know and thus the market has failed?
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Eclipse is lagging sometimes while I'm learning Android Development :(
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For all you mac freaks, what are the odds that new iMacs gett announced soon and have the Sandy Bridge in on it. I want a new iMac.
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I have a code for Starcraft 2. In order to win it, you must give me a great nature photo. I think I will end the contest at 10PM PST tomorrow night. This gives the chance to get some sunlight and whatnot. I'll repost in the weekend discussion.
Original photos only, no touch ups. Now get to it!
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watched it for the 1st time last night. WOW. One of the better crime dramas i've seen in the past 5 years... maybe longer. What a huge fucking moral dilemma. I was fucking blown away at that part. What would you have done?
I would have done exactly what he did, but that's such a painful fucking decision. wow
good movie. you should watch it... it has 94% with 164 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Great fucking movie. Ben Afflack? are you serious?
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Going with a 135i. Found a 2009, <17k miles, premium and M sport packages, heated seats (everything but nav). Test drove last week, but it is three hours away so I'm just paying $199 for them to ship it over rather than have to have a friend drive me out, so it won't be here until next week.
nded up also looking at a brand new Genesis coupe and really nice 335i with only 22k and also loaded (except Nav) but it was 2007 thusalready out of warranty. Also looked at a brand new 370Z which was quite fucking awesome. I think I still want one some day, but it has zero practicality. Dealer even said they could do $3k below MSRP, which is ~$200 over invoice. So tempted but I think I decided I need slightly more practicality than that.
Already started scoping a bunch of aftermarket parts. Cobb AP, wheel/tire package for spring, downpipes, etc. :D
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WE 2010
Well, I got back in town after the holidays only to find a frightening and mysterious package sitting on my front door!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coloradocnc/5332886341/in/set-72157625769160990/
Obviously, I could only assume that one of my many stalkers had finally caught up with me, so I opened the box cautiously only to find this note.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coloradocnc/5333501350/in/set-72157625769160990/
Ah, so not a stalker, just a shacker. Not sure which is better tbh. Obviously, I began to tear through the package without hesitation and came upon quite the stash.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coloradocnc/5333500716/in/set-72157625769160990/
Electronic goodies! I am eagerly awaiting attending CES next year and LARPing as a Gizmodo editor
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coloradocnc/5333500822/in/set-72157625769160990/
Coolest bandages ever! I'm ashamed to admit the Best of Hip-Hop CD is already in my car's disc changer (there's some good tunes on there!). Also, the annoy-a-tron is fantastic. I had my roommates going crazy trying to find what was making so much noise.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coloradocnc/5333501222/in/set-72157625769160990/
Books and posters and guides, oh my! I am already planning my trip to the Blue Ridge parkway, I hear it's lovely this time of year. I'm not sure what the New Girl Order book is, I can only assume it's a guide to bagging chicks.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coloradocnc/5332885619/in/set-72157625769160990/
Homies! Now I can re-enact the crazy drama that goes on in my neighborhood through the use of plastic figures. They even have little dogs that go with them!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coloradocnc/5332886113/in/set-72157625769160990/
Quite possibly the coolest, most manly MP3 player evah!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coloradocnc/5333502126/in/set-72157625769160990/
Video Games! I am totally gonna be getting some snowboarding and whip-cracking going on this weekend. Pretty good haul!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coloradocnc/5332887005/in/set-72157625769160990/
Tiny, tiny shoes. I think I'm going to need to start binding my feet again if I ever want to fit into these!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coloradocnc/5332886899/in/set-72157625769160990/
Pretty nice haul of movies, plus I will finally have use for the VHS player I still have hooked up to my display. The He-Man video made me want to listen to Lady Gaga for some reason, though.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coloradocnc/5333501900/in/set-72157625769160990/
I have no idea.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coloradocnc/5333501438/in/set-72157625769160990/
Go Trojans!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coloradocnc/5333501690/in/set-72157625769160990/
I'm not sure what all is in this photo. I think the thing on the top must me some sort of two-person roach clip, so you can share an intimate moment with a fellow smoker! As far as the purple thing, the note said it was a scalp massager but it doesn't seem to work too well. Kinda tingles, though!
Thanks for the awesome White Elephant box jasonpowell, it was so cool to come back home after vacation and find all of this waiting there for me!
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I'm thinking DM for now but I'd love to try the class based CTF tactics gametype as well.
Get the game here: http://www.warsow.net/
Respond here if so. Please, more people than Omnova, he's very good and makes my butt hurt with the rapings.
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2 weeks until Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
Here's the new trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntSHknxy3Vc
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/07/audiovox-to-buy-klipsch-we-cant-help-but-worry/
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I'm getting excited for it, thinking about playing through 1 & 2 again before 3's out.
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I heard that it was made into a movie, so I wanted to check it out. but I guess its only been released in Australia so far. Then I was reading the wiki page and it talked about it being a "young readers series", which I found a bit disappointing because the plot sounded pretty wild, like an Australian version of Red Dawn.
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The first one is leveling. I know the "world leveling with you" mechanic could get really annoying in Oblivion. One minute you were sending bandits flying with a single sword smack, and the next you couldn't dent a rat. But the problem is that if the world doesn't level with you, it forces you to do things in a strict order and they have to change up the foes in an unnatural fashion. I'm not sure what the best answer is here. What do you think?
The second part is the ability to carry your character through to sequels or DLC. I think developers should stop allowing this. I know it's attractive because you get attached to little Funkasaurus Cousland with his handlebar mustache and great loot. But the problem is that it breaks the growth aspect of the game.
The natural progression of a 50-100 hour RPG is that you start off weak and mewling, with only a leather hat and a shiv made out of a sharp leaf. Then you slog through countless dungeons and towers and lost caves and smugglin' coves, and finally achieve godlike status. You're wearing golden armor with sparks flying out it, and on your back you proudly bear a flaming sword that's bigger than you. You've maxed out all your skills, can spring open any lock with a snap of your mighty fingers, and every socket has a top tier rune or gem shoved in it. Enchantment? No thanks little man, I'm all enchanted up!
Carrying this powerful monster character through to another game means they either have to gimp all of your powerful skills and equipment, or put you in a situation where you get killed and are stitched back together by a mysterious well-funded black ops organization with questionable motives. This seems more jarring than playing as a new dude. So I'm glad they're not doing this for Dragon Age 2. I'm really wondering how they'll handle it in ME3.
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http://armorgames.com/play/10158/mining-truck-2
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LOL, Vivid doesn't use color because he doesn't give a fuck Edition
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZiaXTK_h6M&feature=player_embedded#!
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http://www.theage.com.au/national/web-millionaire-bankrolled-greens-20110107-19iw9.html
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What do the colours mean?
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