Evening Reading

by Garnett Lee, Feb 02, 2011 5:00pm PST

Good Wednesday to you. Mine started out great with some hands-on time with the Witcher 2 over at Atari's offices. Wish I could share that with you sooner but the embargo on coverage is the 24th. It's worth the wait, though. Along with Reach, I finally started the Witcher over the weekend (it was a glorious weekend of gaming for me). It's impressive what they were able to do with Bioware's aurora engine--technology created for 2002's Neverwinter Nights. Granted, the Witcher packs its own rendering engine, but what really stands out to me--from a mere six hours of play--is how well they're able to use relatively dated tools to make interesting characters in a pretty detailed world and then tell good stories. For as quick as we are to get excited about tech, there's a helluva lot more that makes a great game.

LOL, after that stunning revelation, here's the top video game news of the day on the Shack:

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This awesome Volkswagen commercial deserves a repost for the evening crowd. Kid pretends to be Darth Vader:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55e-uHQna0

Feb 02, 2011 5:03pm PST

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- Heh that is a good advert. : trelain
- that was awesome! : Yabrodan
- =D good ad : Gapyro
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  : ) William's will always be the greatest movie compose in history, if just for "The Imperial March" : locater16
  - You should go listen to some Holst and Dvorak, Williams draws pretty heavily from them : Arctic Fox
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  My mom would freak out about a child standing in front of a running vehicle. : owly
  - One that is not moving? : royalally
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  Did they fire every designer at VW that could make a somewhat non-generic looking car? : Blackdawgg
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    hey now! Honda worked for hard on this car. : devpaul
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      Passats have always been somewhat generic I owned one myself for awhile. But this design is by far the mo... : Blackdawgg
      
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      They're the Apple of the automotive industry! : hussdelrio
      
      That would be SAAB. : GreatGooglyMoogly
  - It is, so terrible. Jetta isn't any better. My A5 Jetta looks so much better. : Warlock
  - looks like a Honda Accord to me. And generic-looking isn't all bad, if you're going for volume, camry/acc... : TPSReport
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  The commercial is funny and heartwarming. What percentage of young star wars fans pick Darth as the chara... : TemporalParadox
  - Less than 1%? You're insane. : MaxPete82
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    Pff. Vader (post mask) is the only character I EVER gave a damn about in the Star Wars universe. : Lucien Irenicus
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      The prequels must have hit you hard. I'm so sorry for your loss.
      
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      The prequels must have hit you hard. I'm so sorry for your loss. : Herman Toothrot
  - http://www.shackpics.com/files/KidsEmpireStrikesBack_8igpeinaqkzai62dn75f.jpg : grabbie
  - Less than 1%? You crazy. : fishbone
  - My kids favorite person out of them all at around 3min he has all his DV set up http://www.youtube.com/w... : oneshot
  - Haha it's probably dead opposite of that. The summer camp I worked at, Darth was the only Star Wars cost... : gnomish
  - Kids love Vader. : Evil Benius
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    My 3 year old was Darth for Halloween without having even seen the movies. Picked it off the wall at the ... : sixfoot6
    - http://wimp.com/vaderdance/ : sixfoot6
  - My 5 year old thinks loves Vader above all. : Pettytheft
  - My little cousin loved Vader. I loved Vader as a chile too. : disposition
  - Clone Wars cartoon is keeping the Vader alive. : [7]kami
  - This is my son from October. I LOVE that commercial. http://picasaweb.google.com/aeromom/BonnieSHalloween... : mrwolf710
  - You're wrong bro. There is nothing cool about being anyone but Vador or Jar Jar : ateam311
  - Boba Fett! : jdcope
- haha that was cute : prime8
- That's adorable : ColoradoCNC
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  that's cute and the dad is hot! : babtong
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    DILF just doesn't sound right. : Vividvoid
    - Or even FILF. : Vividvoid
  - i agree : -=kodiak=-
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    Seconded! : Malku
    - wish I had that kinda husband. ;) : babtong
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  No, sir! I didn't see you playing with your dolls again! : thetangent
  - My second favorite moment of that movie! The first favorite being AH BUCKLE THIS! : Lucien Irenicus
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  white people problems : not work safe
  - lol : Godhatesfatpeople
  - This is the best post in this thread hahaha : Jackass1233
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  Funny thing is, there really are people who can start cars with they minds : dognose
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    I can start cars with my mind. In fact, I use my mind to control people's* limbs, using their limbs to s : Vantage
    - You are a fifth level paraverbalist : dognose
- nice thanks for posting : bolneze
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  The only thing I could think of the whole time is whether it was a kid or a midget. I bet it was a midge... : bipolar
  - lol same here. The comical way it was moving/emoting points to midget. : moneyshot
  - The hands at least are a kids, I think. : jcupitt
  - I was thinking the same :P : Snipergen
- I hate 99% of ads, but that was brilliant. :) : node
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  We hired a car with electric windows. I told my 4yr old the ones in the back were voice operated and he j... : jcupitt
  - haha thats awesome : nodebug
  - aw cute!! : babtong

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