Evening Reading

by Jeff Mattas, Jan 31, 2011 5:00pm PST

Well, that was quick, January. We barely knew ye.

I'm off to Namco Bandai's Ignite event in San Francisco tomorrow evening to see what they have in store for 2011. And then I'm back up there again at the end of the month for the 2011 Game Developers Conference. As anyone who has been to San Fran will tell you, there are certainly worse cities in which to to spend some time. Being a bay-area native that hasn't been back in a while, I'm really looking forward to it.

And on that note, let's all welcome the last chatty of January with open arms, while casting suspicious sideways glances at February.

Also, here's what's been happening today at the Shack:

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Hey Shacknews .

What was your top 3 games of the last DECADE !

Jan 31, 2011 8:53pm PST

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Hey Shacknews . What was your top 3 games of the last DECADE ! : CoRDS
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- gaylo, tears of war, and modern brofare what you got a problem with it wanna fight about it? : EvilDolemite
- Hey CoRDS, What are yours? : The Grolar Bear
- im going to say (in no order) Rez Half life 2 Mario kart DS : CoRDS
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  HL2, Max Payne, NOLF : K1Bond007
  - Huh, Max Payne. I played through it 4 times. I mostly don't even finish games. Even though it's "only" a ... : code-e255
- TF2, BF2, D2 : watcherxp
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  Deus Ex, Doom 3, Half-Life 2 : the archvile
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    Of all the choices, why Doom 3? Your opinion is your opinion, but I personally don't recall any features... : PenicillinX57
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      He enjoyed the flashlight swapping mechanics
      
      Jan 31, 2011 10:23pm PST
      
      He enjoyed the flashlight swapping mechanics : rodneystubbs
  - Portal/penumbra share a spot for redefining adventure games. Then a spot goes to the Witcher for being t... : SpaecKow
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  Do you mean games released in the last decade, or ones we enjoyed most in the past decade? Big difference... : Ambient80
  - In order of time played this past decade (God, I would hate to see the actual time spent here....) on all... : Ambient80
- Fallout 3 / Oblivion / Civilization IV. : mastermike569
- BF1942, UT2004, TF2. : dmason
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  Baldurs Gate 2, Deus Ex, Half Life 2 come to mind immediately. : NastyJack
  - This is a solid list, I'm going to go with this answer too. : The Grolar Bear
- THPS 2, Morrowind and remake of Resident Evil on GC. : RuffasBluetain
- Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Battlefield 2, Team Fortress 2 : Mansmells
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  DEMON'S SOULS : David Craddock
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    i know you're just as pumped as I am about their new game coming out right? AH YEA : happynoodle
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      I'm super interested in what they are cooking up. I haven't checked on any news about it or info. : mastermike569
      
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      Yeah, same here. There hasn't been any new info since last September, and it's supposed to be out this sp... : David Craddock
      
      Whatever it is I have renewed faith in the company. : mastermike569
    - It's already my 2011 GOTY. : David Craddock
    - I'm scared that the PS3 security exploits are going to ruin it :( (via online mode cheatergriefers) : veras
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    ~3.5 hours in. it's awesome. i need to learn what all the stat symbols mean tho. : mwasher
    - Yeah I wish those were easier to distinguish : rodneystubbs
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  It's really hard picking just three, but I'd have to say: 1. Deus Ex - The ultimate cross-genre game. ... : PenicillinX57
  - yeh i should have said TOP 10 : CoRDS
  - Nice list, but I have to disagree on your BF2 / BC2. More like BF2 >>>>>> BC2. This is from someone wh... : zardoz555
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  Metroid Prime, Wind Waker, and BF1942. : pyide
  - Actually, I can't choose Wind Waker when I enjoyed Okami even more. It's too hard to choose just 20, let ... : pyide
- Deus Ex, System Shock 2, Battlefield 2 : Link.
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  Bf1942, tf2 and guitar hero/ rock band series : rosewood
  - Lots of 1942 votes, I wonder if DICE has kept that in mind for BF3... Prob not, just me dreaming of a fu... : zardoz555
- Deus Ex, Deus Ex, Deus Ex : Anir
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  WoW, NHL10, FFX : lpearl
  - I liked NHL11 a lot more, also way less lockups than 10. In fact I havent had a single one and I'm throug... : vov1n
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  So this date 2002 until today? L4D2, DA:O, Age of Mythology If a patch can be counted as a game, then d... : bipolar
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    no Jan 1 2001until dec31 2010 : CoRDS
    - Same answer then since D2:LoD came out in 2000 : bipolar
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  Shadow of the Colossus, Half-Life 2, Knights of the Old Republic probably...but there is lots of room to ... : VictoriouSecret
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    Beyond Good and Evil, Battlefield 2, Half-Life 2 : riptyde
    - Meant for OP : riptyde
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  Deus Ex, STALKER: Shadows of Cherynobyl, Planetside : MercFox1
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    WHY DO WE ALWAYS KEEP DOING THESE THREADS? YOU CAN'T NARROW IT DOWN TO 3! YOU CAN'T EVEN NARROW IT DOWN T... : MercFox1
    - Easy now. : Cliffzorz
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      I'm not even going to try, but I'll go ahead and mention System Shock 2 so everyone can be mad that they ... : dfay
      
      Luckily, you don't have to add it to this list. As it was released in late '99. : swimteampie
- Gta3 : PixelPie
- BF1942, KOTOR, CoH : Donborvio
- Battlefield 1942, Oblivion, Demon's Souls : justwr!ght
- BGII, Deux Ex, BF2. : Navy Spitfire
- DMC4, BioShock and Heavy Rain : akirabob
- HL2, BF1942, Shadow of the Colossus : Halen
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  The last ten years or the decade starting in 2010? : Lightzout
  - are you high? : CoRDS
  - i lol'd this : royalally
  - laughed my ass off! : Xencer
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    Decades start in the 1 year, not the 0 year. : Conan
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      technically they start in the 0 year, Jesus was born in 0 AD yo : grandmasterlee
      
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      I think he was born in 3759 on the hebrew calender. Not sure where JC arrived in the hindu, muslim or bh... : Lightzout
      
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      sure, but 10 is still the tenth year, 11 being the first year of the next decade, just like 1 is the firs... : grandmasterlee
      
      yeah great I just proved myself wrong lol : grandmasterlee
      
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      Technically a new decade starts every second! : Hemtroll
      
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      well TECHNICALLY a 4 square rotating cube is 4 24-hour days but lets not go there : grandmasterlee
      
      You are EDUCATED STUPID : master_disaster_17
      
      This. A decade is simply a metric of time. So your decade could start at any time of your choosing. The c... : patters666
  - I DON'T WANNA BE THAT GUY... : Halen
  - http://images.4chan.org/b/src/1296546914973.jpg : burning eye
- Ninja Gaiden Black, Portal, Shadow of the Colossus : kallanta
- Company of Heroes Hitman: Blood Money Battlefield 2 : dedgecko
- RtCW, FFXI, WoW : royalally
- Blizzard.* : surround
- Max Payne BF1942 Homeworld 2 : Sailor of Fortune
- WAIT NO MERCFOX1 IS RIGHT THIS IS TOO HARD! I know the Mass Effect series has to be there, so does Gra... : Cliffzorz
- Devil May Cry 3, Metal Gear Solid 3, Pokemon: Sapphire. Or maybe Mass Effect 2, Final Fantasy 7, Burnout... : TheVietSpecial
- kotor, bf1942, startopia : AMikaboshi
- Baldur's Gate 2, Demon's Souls, Shadow of the Colossus. : Arceihn
- Battlefield 2, Mass Effect, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic : deject
- Jedi Knight 2, Demon's Souls, Counterstrike : grandmasterlee
- Oblivion, The Sims and probably the Battlefield or Total War series in general : Hemtroll
- Vice City, STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl, Freelancer : OhMyHip
- Half Life 2 and Battlefield 2 for sure. I never played it but WoW would have to be a landmark game. : Dr_Cube
- Unreal Tournament 2004, X3: Terran Conflict, and Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga. A close runner up wa... : Epsilon Sector
- I kind of want to put in Hellgate: London just to see the comments roll in xD : Epsilon Sector
- Ico, Shadow of the Collosus, The Last Guardian : fsck
- ICO, BF1942, God of War : Mael'Koth
- Deus Ex, Mass Effect, StarCraft 2. System Shock 2 was '99 btw. for 90s, it would be that, Ultima 7 & ... : razorblade79
- Diablo 2. Counterstrike. World of Warcraft. : milgram976
- unreal 2k3, SSX, F1 2001 (sony). 3 game list is not enough :( : thewindcriesmary
- HL2, Trackmania United and Fallout 3. : jasonepowell
- Deus Ex and two others I guess. Plenty of games I loved, but Deus Ex is the only one that really stands h... : peanut-
- Dylan, Dylan, and Dylan : hoov1185
- Halo: Combat Evolved (Nov 2001) GTA: San Andreas (June 2005, XBOX version) Half-Life 2 (Nov 2004) : MatthewPhillips

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