Morning Discussion
by Xav de Matos, Jan 28, 2011 5:00am PSTLast night I finally watched the Coen Brothers adaptation of True Grit. I was a big fan of the flick and, as I suspected it would, by the end I wanted to race home and play some more Red Dead Redemption.
It's a little sad that the wild west has fallen off as a setting for films. When Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven came out, I remember some referring to it as the last great western. Looking back at film history, there's a deluge of movies taking place in the era.
I suppose it falls into the category of American Exceptionalism--what, in story terms, separates America as a nation from others. How men from very little will often rise to the occasion and become a hero in the face of evil. That's what I'm told, at least. I'm Canadian.
What is also does is offer the modern gamer a glance at a time where survival skills, honor, and reputation were the things that defined a man.
Maybe I'm reading too much into it but the western is a fantastic place to show the rise and fall of our favorite characters.
Except that Insane Clown Posse movie "Big Money Rustlas." That doesn't work as an example of anything. Entertainment included.
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I have made a printer friendly sheet for all the Magick spells in the game. The keys are color coded and listed in the order that you need to press them to activate. I made it because I wanted a useful visual aid, and it helps me in memorizing the buttons for the more complicated ones. I hope some of you find it useful.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3246524/Magick%20List%20Colored%20Keys.pdf
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http://community.homefront-game.com/blog-post/homefront-pc
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This week we've got some Splatterhouse schwag. One random winner will receive the Terror Mask statue that was offered as a pre-order bonus with Splatterhouse. This thing will make a great center piece for your living room or gift for your Grandma. See what I'm talking about here: http://www.shackpics.com/files/Splatterhousepreorderstatue01_sbzyv6z1na5mhtwk72wd.jpg
To enter, tell us what you would do with it in the thread below. We'll choose one random winner on Monday and notify them via Shack Message.
Good luck!
-Sean with GameFly
Open to US and Canadian Shackers that are 18 or older
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Now I know Toraz hates OcUK, but look here at this motherfucking deal on a 480:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-222-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1750
Look at it.
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I know the ship has sailed on this one, but I jumped in for the first time in awhile (basically since n{Cataclysm}n) and omg.
Seriously, wtf is with all the "TACTICAL" and CROUCH ONLY servers? Or hell, even the NO SECOND CHANCE or SNIPERS ONLY bullshit?
It's bad enough with all the 25H NUKETOWN!!!! servers, but this other shit just makes me not want to play ever again.
Wasn't the entire fucking point of ranked servers to avoid this? Fucking hell.
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So if I saw a job posted online last night, only to find it not there this morning, would it be too late to apply?
I've done the only thing I know to do: called the corporate office twice already and have left messages on the HR staff's voicemails but nobody is calling me back.
Is there anything else I can do? I was hoping they would accept just one more application before they start weeding people out. Sadly, it's already Friday and they probably already went home.
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http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/01/sony-releases-new-ps3-firmware-hackers-shrug-and-crack-it.ars
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Who is everyone cheering for? Also if you live in Toronto you should come to the finals screening at the movie theatre. I hope it's going to be massively hype and there's apparently a bar right next door.
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Does anyone know Onimar/Kahuro or Pizzeh? It looks like their accounts got hacked, Onimar's characters just left the guild and both Onimar's and Pizzeh's characters are naked on the armory. Hopefully the guild vault didn't get cleaned out :(
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Have any of you experienced slowdown in overall performance? Like exiting apps, browsing emails, typing in addresses on the map, etc. I'm not sure if it's being caused by the number or types of apps I've downloaded (I have 4-5 pages of apps), or that I have hundreds of emails synced, or what. Once I'm in an app it usually performs just fine, but switching between apps and certain app performance just seems laggy or slow. Like I will often miss the zoom-in/zoom-out animation of opening/closing apps. My phone is skipping those frames.
I feel like I need to clear my cache or defrag or something, lol
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http://failblog.org/2011/01/28/epic-fail-photos-probably-bad-news-putting-out-your-house-fire-fail/
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As you may have heard, the CRTC has pushed forth a decree for metered internet usage.
As expected, plans will go up, mine will by about 23$ for less Gbs.
DSL2 is unfortunately not available in my region :(
Are you, or will you switch services, to what?
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Pretty fun game, but QFASA in all variants is just so much better then everything else. I basically beat the whole game relying on just that because all the other options did pretty terrible damage.
Also, the game crashes at the end of the credits (big surprise there!).
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No significantly new mechanics, storytelling, or approach, but yet with a lot more story, characters, and settings to feel more than what could have been just a DLC pack.
Only at Chapter 3 but enough WTF moments already. Eg after the train crash and seeing the elementary school and figuring out soon enough what I may have to face...
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Tonight!! Meet-up at d'Bronx on 39th St @ 7PM!
http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=7478
After the pizza we're going to head in to Westport for beers. We will probably go to Foundry or Beer Kitchen. JOIN US!!!
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Everyone who told me how amazing Uncharted 2 is compared to Uncharted 1: You are all on crack. Uncharted 2 fixes almost none of the problems from the first game. Combat is still shit with waves upon waves of enemies appearing from implausible (if not outright impossible) locations. The story has improved some, but is still pretty mediocre. The "puzzles" have actually gotten worse. Climbing is still flaky.
I think I'm getting close to the end (chapter 23 I think), but I don't know if I care enough to finish. It's a tedious slog at this point.
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Like is 60hz vs 120hz worth the extra 100 bucks or so?
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I'm only finding 'up to date' articles. What started all of this?
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Look at how awkward the audience is.
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/01/two-real-guns-pointed-at-me-how-the-fbi-raided-anonymous.ars
I have zero sympathy for their conduct in Operation Payback.
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Trailer here! http://bit.ly/ezUOqW
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I'm watching Robotech: Macross Saga. I love the general story of SDF-1 and I think Veritechs are so badass. But dear god there is so much stupid shit in this cartoon (a beauty contest? wtf?).
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