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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"IT'S GAPING!!!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxN6uv-72gk
It's a urban dead-ish game where you create a super hero or a super villain and try to take over Metro City. You can build lairs, get clues and go on cases, rob places, build gadgets, capture skills, participate in events, find Elite skills and much more.
If you haven't already check it out, and if you have we have made some improvements to the game so it's a bit easier to get into such as a pointer to the nearest crime (for heroes), lowering reqs for lairs and hideouts and lots more small tweaks.
Our first event is also in full swing now, which you can read about on Metro One News: http://www.metro1news.com
Thanks mods. I won't shill about it again until next big event.
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These guys are really supporting the SHIT out of this computer game. Im hoping they add in something to let us change graphics options. Word on the street is that the game has Vsync and AA on pretty high settings by default, and it cannot be changed. If they would let us adjust those things it would improve choppiness greatly.
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Remember Flash Element TD, and Desktop Tower Defense? The creators of those Flash games teamed up and made a website, the 'Casual Collective'. Supposed to be a community of casual gamers that want to play these Flash games. They have some multiplayer games that at times have up to 150 people playing.
Awhile ago the devs stopped working on their own website and started making exclusively Facebook games. As you can imagine the community was very divided over this decision. The devs abandoned their somewhat popular yet somewhat buggy games to work almost exclusively on Facebook games.
After a year or two of 'cruise control' we finally got a post explaining why they only work on Facebook now. The company has ~30 employees, and a Board of Directors/CEO. Seems like they should have just stayed as a 2-man operation, building small yet fun Flash games. :(
http://www.casualcollective.com/#clubs/General_Discussion/forum/Anything_goes!/77621
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We have a bunch of openings in Jacksonville, FL - I wanted to extend the offers to my fellow shackers in need of work.
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SM me if you want more info or whatever.
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WE WANT DRUGS! WE WANT DRUGS!
Lol.
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Starts 5pm Tonight and ends Sun 5pm..
Teams have 48 hrs to make an awesome game!
Good luck to all contestants :D
just installed this on my Droid
http://www.technipages.com/motorola-droid-disable-lock-screen.html
it was getting really annoying to wake up the phone AND unlock the screen every time.
http://www.syfy.com/movies/originals/index.php?pageid=145
Who is going to watch this masterpiece tomorrow night? The effects look horrible of course.
It does have Tiffany and Debbie Gibson in it though!
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http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/01/owc-launches-turn-key-mac-mini-based-htpc-configuration.ars
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This is by far the most atrocious movie I have ever seen. It's terrible and yet I cannot look away. No wonder the druids died off; they foresaw this movie and committed suicide.
Keep digging that whole, Christopher Lambert.
Nothing else could be this bad.
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http://www.destructoid.com/new-kirby-game-coming-to-wii-and-he-s-not-made-of-string-192687.phtml
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Tonight!
CW has rescheduled Supernatural so that Fringe isn't competing against anything else significantly new. So if the numbers from last week hold up tonight...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1tg46ScP8w&feature=player_embedded
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http://www.microsoft.com/express/Database/InstallOptions.aspx
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Whoever did that, I bite my thumb at you.
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Counter-Strike:
Group A
TyLoo
compLexity
TCM-Gaming
Meet Your Makers
Frag eXecutors
mTw
Group B
Evil Geniuses
SK Gaming
Lions
Na'Vi
FnaticMSI
Canada TBD
Starcraft 2
Group A
ROOT.qxc
Mouz.MorroW
Millenium.Tarson
White-Ra
Canada TBD
Canada TBD
Group B
Canada FnaticMSI.Fenix
mOOn-glAde
EG.DeMusliM
dignitas.SjoW
Canada TBD
Canada TBD
Quake Live
Group A
Austria ESC.k1llsen
FnaticMSI.strenx
coL.Vo0
EG.DaHanG
reason.fazz
srs.av3k
Group B
EG.czm
Mouz.Cooller
srs.Cypher
FnaticMSI.Spart1e
SK.rapha
ArchaicMSI.DanDaKing
i cant wait! it will be such an awesome tournament!
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Are your basement walls insulated? I've never lived in a place where they are, but it seems like it would be a good idea.
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Report: Arizona fugitive planned suicide by bear
http://www.nileguide.com/blog/2011/01/20/7-abandoned-breweries-open-for-exploration/
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The more i read the more i'm looking forward to it.
But i really want to see some proper video footage and not some more camera footage of a projection from another camera.
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http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/super-bowl-veterans-much-more-prepared-for-big-gam,18985/
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