Evening Reading
by Garnett Lee, Jan 24, 2011 5:00pm PSTWe started a 'Video Games of 2011 We Can't Wait to Play' series today with Xav's picks. Over the rest of the week each of us--Jeff, Alice, Steve, and I--will share with you some of the games we're chomping at the bit to play this year. We didn't set a list of games that had to be covered or anything like that for this. Each of us wrote about what we wanted to. So there's sure to be a game or two that you might think we're crazy for including or leaving out. That ought to make for some good comments at the very least.
Here's today's video game news from the Shack:
- Atom Zombie Smasher Launches With Demo
- DC Universe Online Shows Strong Early Sales
- Magicka Release Date Set for Tomorrow
- Zynga Issues Cease and Desist to Protect "Ville" Trademark
And only one strange thing I saw today on a very busy Monday:
- Sea Captain Date "Find your first mate."
Dragon's Prophet preview: how to catch your dragon
Report: Respawn Entertainment co-founder left due to personal conflict
Oculus Rift secures $16 million in venture capital
Max Payne 3 slowly dives onto Mac this week
Report: Frostbite 3 games to be 'optimized exclusively' for AMD cards
My HTC Magic is slowly dying on me, and I really need to replace it sometime soon. I figure why not do it now.
I like Android, and have played around with Winphone 7 stuff, but I'm not so hot on the iphone 4.
I'm still open to suggestion though. Convince me!
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I used "QQ more" in a corporate E-mail today.
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If any of you got got one, do you still play it? What do you use it for the most?
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Here are some made in real life.... perspective shifts.
http://gcoe.mims.meiji.ac.jp/jpn/movie/impossible_motions2/index.html
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/15539352@N02/5385959209/lightbox/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15539352@N02/5385958827/lightbox/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15539352@N02/5385959559/lightbox/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15539352@N02/5385959953/lightbox/
Nice scenic view: http://www.flickr.com/photos/15539352@N02/5385958355/lightbox/
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I'm just about ready to submit my Xbox 360 XNA game for review. I figured I'd do one more playtest before going for the big final submission, so if you're an XNA Creator's Club (premium) member then please check it out and let me know what you think! Also please let me know if you hit any bugs!
Non-Creator's-Club people should hopefully have a chance to play soon, after the game gets peer-reviewed and released. Does anyone know how long the review process takes? Feb 8 is the deadline for XNA 3.1 games, and I'd prefer to not port, so I'm hoping no bugs reset the review process and kick me out past the deadline.
http://forums.create.msdn.com/forums/t/66685.aspx
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MD Magicka Thread
The game is $9,99.
15 hours left! Purchase before the 31st of January and get a DLC for free.
Its an action RPG where you play a wizard. The fun thing is there are no classes and instead you combine spells, for example fire and water makes you throw steam. The story seems to have some humor in it as its parodying other generic fantasy games.
It also has 4 player co-op and will be priced at $9,99.
Media:
A video interview that explains the spell system and explains why wizards can't swim.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FEd8I3BKE4&feature=player_embedded
Gamespot preview that has some more detailed infos
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/magicka/news.html?sid=6285474&part=rss&tag=gs_previews&subj=6285474&mode=previews
A 24 minute video that shows off the combat about 5 minutes in. (Thanks to genericuser and AgentPothead)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAWnnpPINRk
Rockpapershotun Article on 5 mistakes to avoid in magicka. Sealed the deal for quite a few people.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/01/24/spell-check-5-mistakes-to-avoid-in-magicka/
Preview video in Swedish that has some more footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Trr5PRmQ10
The game on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/42910/
DEMO IS UP!
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Hey Pittsburgh, PA, and some OH folks, i will be visiting my brother for the first week of March and jimmy_legs is accompanying me. And we are gonna get our shackmeet on. The place we will be going is the good old Pittsburgh Haufbrau Haus. We don't have a time yet, but the date is March 5th, 2011. That's a Saturday.
Sign up Here!
http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=7449
And for some reason the shackmeet events page hasn't been updated for the new year so it still says 2010
Watch this and get stoked!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F72fx2znBQ0
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I'm playing Crysis for the first time (ya I know but never had a capable PC until now) and enjoying it. Is Warhead more of the same or vastly superior/inferior? I guess what I'm asking is should I dive right in to it after I finish Crysis or play something else and put Crysis on cooldown?
My steam backlog is sick...
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you guys see this kinect kid smack video yet?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OOrH5tfWorg
Beyond Black Mesa
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Well I bought most of the recommendations and my son enjoyed them. He is looking for some new rap music that would be appropriate for a 10 year old. Any suggestions?
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(Single player campaign is 8 hours or longer apparently)
Minimum Specification
Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7
Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 2.8GHz.
2 GB RAM
Shader Model 3.0 graphics card with 256MB of memory
NVIDIA GeForce 7900GS or ATI Radeon 1900XT
10GB of free hard drive space
Recommended
Windows Vista or Windows 7
Quad Core 2 GHz+ CPU
2 GB RAM
NVidia GeForce 260 or ATI Radeon 4850
10 GB of free hard drive space
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/285037/news/homefront-campaign-is-8-plus-hours-long-wears-half-life-on-its-sleeve/
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The files imported through the program that came with the camera with an extension I don't recognize (.mts)...are there any free video-editing programs I can open and edit these with? Windows Movie Maker refuses to touch them, and the program that came with the camera is a piece of shit and doesn't work at all.
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My newb was definitely showing though. What are some great resources online to help get up to speed? I am currently learning Terran by trying out different upgrades and units to see what works... this is taking a long time. There's gotta be something else out there.
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http://io9.com/5742034/a-detailed-map-of-battlestar-galacticas-twelve-colonies
Of course, the thing no one talks about is, it was all clearly terra-formed by some ancient predecessor race, no way it could be natural...
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I want to try bulletstorm and crysis2 RIGHT NOW.
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I think this is one of, if not the first time I have deleted a series that I liked a lot before it was over or cancelled.
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/63200/
TF2 gear in MNC! MNC hates in TF2! Penny-Arcade "Juice Bot" (we are rated T afterall) as a new non-playable character! New kickass trailer viewable on the steam page (youtube link coming). TF2 blog post about it here http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4909&p=1
Wheeeeee!!!
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Is this old?
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2011/01/holyscreens_01.png
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http://gizmodo.com/5742413/this-is-what-really-hides-in-taco-bells-beef
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Steam should introduce a gamepad/couch friendly UI that exposes only the games in your library that can be played with a gamepad.
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2. Green tea is my new thing - it's especially nice when it's cold, and I like the mellow taste. Plus, antioxidants FTW.
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Also, the first 560 shows up on Newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162074&cm_re=gtx_560-_-14-162-074-_-Product
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