Evening Reading
by Garnett Lee, Jan 21, 2011 5:00pm PSTThis week's 3DS press event finally offered a chance to get some time playing with the machine and some of the games. But even with the price and release date now confirmed, a number of questions linger. Looming largest among them, how much will the games cost?
3DS might not be the handheld topic of next week, though. Sony looks poised to finally make the PSP2 official at a special meeting in Tokyo on Thursday. From what we hear it will be much as expected packing dual sticks, a lot of processing power, and a digital only media distribution model. It's also a combination that sounds like it will be expensive.
So, 3DS? PSP2? Both? Neither?
Oh, and Steve, that Duke 'Gone Gold' thread has to happen, right?
Here's what made video game news today on the Shack:
- Duke Nukem Forever Will Be Released on May 3, Honestly
- Duke Nukem Trailer and Screens Released
- Call of Duty: Black Ops PC Patch Targets Stuttering Sound
- Activision Reportedly Using Multiple Teams to Develop Modern Warfare 3
- Homefront Interview: SKUs, Learning from Old Wars and More with Kaos' Brian Holinka
- Crysis 2 Getting 360-Exclusive Multiplayer Demo
Valve forms Overwatch for CS:GO community to police itself
Joe Danger racing to PC this year
Splinter Cell Blacklist co-op modes partially detailed
FIFA 14 on PC won't use Ignite engine
Ace Attorney Trilogy coming to iOS next week



I finished Bayonetta, it was fucking insane, really really insane, ridiculous and great. It's a fucked up game and I recommend it. Not just for the insane, the gameplay is actually quite good, the graphics too. Also the old stuff about the PS3 is no longer applicable, I guess all the patches are good, because it ran fine on mine.
Between Bayonetta and Darksiders, I'm sad I probably won't ever see a sequel to either of those 2 games.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/41201922#41201922
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Why the hell does Steam sell games to Windows 7 owners that don't work? They know full well that I use Win7 and they also know their games don't work out of the box for me. How hard is it for them to give me a warning before I purchase? They essentially just ripped me off. What kind of business is that?
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Come join us as we fight and die to those pesky Russians in some of the densest goddamn forests on earth!
Server: Set your filter to 'Shack" and look for Shack Co-op.
Password: What does a hobo live in?
TS3 is absolutely fucking mandatory. We're on the Dallas TS3 shack server. Info in my profile.
We're running Chernarus Force South, followed by North, then maybe on to Takistan Force Zargabad (lol like we'll get past the first map).
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I can't stand console ports but damn me if the original playstaion DooM isn't one of the coolest looking and sounding DooM's out there! So atmospheric...like a whole different vibe when playing that port.
I usually rock the original w/zDoom mods to rock the Bobby Prince music as I tear through hell. /shades
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Reminder
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena premieres TONIGHT 10pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRtdJi8hEYg
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Playing some 7 wonders tonight. Is anyone interested? If you don't know how to play, be not afraid. It's quite easy to learn.
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no need for more than 720p.
alternatively, is that WD media disk any good or am I better with XBMC?
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DAWN OF SATURDAY'S WAR SHACKBATTLE WAAARGH!!
Xav's nice interview yesterday ( http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/67204 ) got a lot of us kind of psyched to play some Dawn of War 2. So, why don't we try an plan some of that for tomorrow? I think both standard multiplayer and Last Stand will be played, so if you haven't tried one of those but want to, then here's a great opportunity.
When: Starts at 11am Eastern Saturday 22nd Jan
Where: Hop in TeamSpeak server to arrange
TS3 server: ts.shackbattles.com:9987
Password: boxcar
Or spam geedeck if you want to play:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/geedeck
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I'm ashamed to say that I've NEVER played Last Stand, or any of the multiplayer before, until tonight. Just ifred up some Last Stand and the game decided to (eventually, after 3 minutes searching for games) group me up with a guy who was possibly playing on a 386 judging by the loading screen and with a ping 400+. When we finally got into the game, it was a slideshow. I asked him where he was, and he said the fucking Netherlands.
THE FUCKING NETHERLANDS
How the fuck does GFWL think I'm going to be able to play an action RTS with pings north of 300 against some dude in the fucking Netherlands from Australia. Fuck off, just say THERE ARE NO GAMES AVAILABLE and save me the fucking disappointment. And why cant I tell the game what an acceptable lag level is, or at least tell it not to look for games outside of my country/region? Jesus fuck.
Not a good first experience. :(
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Decisions have been made. Tears have been shed, blood has been spilled, and we've tested every single collaborative technology ever made. And today, we need you.
In the link below, you will find quite a bit of information, and only a handful of questions. Our previous survey narrowed down a lot of things, and a lot of work went on behind the scenes to determine the possibility of all of your opinions. But now that we're getting a lot more specific, we need a DATE.
PLEASE READ all of the information first. It includes the price for registration as well as the price for the hotel room and the name of the venue. If you are pretty sure you will not be able to make any of the dates or will not be able to go for cost reasons, please don't fill out this survey. We want to get a more accurate representation of how many people are genuinely interested now that we know more about our specifics. AND, of course, we want to know what dates you would prefer.
If you have any questions, you can either ask when you fill out the survey or ask here and I will make every effort to respond.
XOXO,
ALWAYSBETONDUKE,
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It's gonna own.
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http://gawker.com/5740083/iceland-celebrates-husbands-by-eating-testicles
I went easy on the testicles. BUT I SURE DID I CHUG DICK
It was a work event, which usually are pretty lame, but it was actually kinda fun. Each floor had to do an entertainment performance, and our floor won the most entertaining, with impersonations of some of the partners. It was hilarious.
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