Evening Reading
by Garnett Lee, Feb 18, 2011 5:00pm PSTThis is one of those three-day holiday weekends with signature sporting events here in the United Stated. The NBA makes a weekend out of the midseason break with the Rookie Challenge tonight, 3-pt and Slam Dunk Contests tomorrow night, and then the All-Star game Sunday. NASCAR starts the season with its "The Great American Race", the Daytona 500.
Seems to me a couple of games missed out on their chance be part of the weekend's festivities. Bulletstorm and Killzone 3 both come out next week, but plenty of people would have enjoyed making their weekend out of either of them. Granted, it's not an issue outside the US, but if either had released this past week...well, it's hard to beat a three-day weekend and a new game. Eh, maybe it's for the best; it just means more time for Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and catching up on all the other games I want to play.
Here are the top video game news stories from today on the Shack:
Wargame: Airland Battle trailer details dynamic campaign
Halo 'Bootcamp' confirmed by Microsoft
Weekend PC download deals: Tomb Raider for $14
Game Dev Tycoon studio outlines future plans
Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced already has 350,000 words of new content
Contrast casts shadows on vaudevillian Paris
EA puts Fight Night on hold in favor of UFC
Sanctum 2 review: friendly fire
Grid 2 sets world record for most expensive Special Edition
ITC rules Xbox did not infringe on Motorola patent



10 bucks cheaper than steam's weekend sale price .
http://www.greenmangaming.com/games/sid-meiers-civilization-v/
(and yes, you can/do register the game key with steam)
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I started out liking RPG's, have had trouble actually being good with RTS's, and really loved FPS's for their camaradarie and exciting gameplay (there's nothing like playing against an actual human in a team full of humans).
Just watched a Day 9 commentary which really brought into perspective how much prediction and thoughtful strategy is involved in StarCraft 2. I believe that there exists a lot of strategy in an FPS as well, but the execution (aiming, clicking and positioning) is more important than the overall strategy.
Do you think your favorite game type says anything about your personality?
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But I wanted something more, so I picked up Champions Online from Steam. Now I'm wishing there was a return policy of some kind. Yikes.
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EMCYTZT309 - PC
EMCYTZT303 - 360
EMCYTZT312 - PS3
Deals end at 11:59 PST (2/19/2011)
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And DOTA 2 out by end of year.
No ep3 announcement from Gabe, I am disappoint
http://www.gamerzines.com/ps3/news/portal-2-finished-says-valve.html
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Here's mine.
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3178818/silentbobuk
Looks about right.
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I tried something cool tonight for my photo of the day. I thought it came out awesome so I wanted to share it with you guys.
http://flic.kr/p/9jgP8q
Is anyone else doing the 365 photo thing?
I am enjoying it so far. I find myself thinking about what I will take a photo of and how I could pull it off way more often.
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I'm starting to think we need to reconsider our PC using relationship with them. Do they really prevent anything anymore? I just don't think that most hostile people won't bother trying anything so old. It's really only training that can prevent such things. And frankly between licensing and CPU cycle costs, it seems like if we're being adults about this, then we should be seriously considering if they're a worthwhile value.
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http://mrgan.tumblr.com/post/3330188156/pixelfari
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I remember last year there was considerable controversy about 2 things, firstly IceFrog being a dick to work with and that it wasn't working well (supposedly from internal employees).
Secondly, the trademarking, which may have been sorted.
I didn't see any Shack reports but maybe there was info elsewhere.
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Reposting this from earlier:
I don't know any places around Magic Mountain, but if folks want to come back into L.A. proper, here are some spots that are good for a crowd (meaning good seating options, not needing pre-arranging, etc), not super $$$ and are lively:
Fake pirate bar: http://www.yelp.com/biz/crazy-hook-los-angeles
Olde timey German: http://www.yelp.com/biz/red-lion-tavern-los-angeles
Hybrid Korean brew pub: http://www.yelp.com/biz/biergarten-los-angeles
This place has an all drinks 2 for 1 happy hour till 8pm on the weekends and is a great place to whoop it up, but if we have more than 8 people, we'd probably have to sit at a couple of tables. Definitely a winner normally, though:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/mazinga-z-los-angeles
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And the best part... as I was about to pay, the ATT lady told me that some note was in the computer system about my account, and that I get the phone for free! My lucky day. My iPhone 3g was way too slow....
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I'm completely addicted to this game and have been playing non-stop on the way to and from work. First iOS game I have actually done this with. I want a full fledged game on my computer with 20x more detail, options and Sim City like tact.
A very sad rant for a Friday night.
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I really really really like my brothers full frame XD .45, a lot. I'm almost tempted to buy one of those, but I want something for CC and a full size .45 isn't even remotely close to that. I'd almost trade my Glock 17 for the XD and get a Glock 19 or 26 for CC. But I own the 17 already and don't really want to screw with selling it and all that..
Thoughts, comments, suggestions?
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http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/94297
Robocop statue in Detroit
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anyways. live drum and bass starting soon.
http://www.kockradio.com:8000/listen.pls
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glacially slow but a pretty good movie. also i'm glad the mpaa is doing its part to shield young people from the horrors of profanity. what, it couldn't have been rated PG for "parental guidance" due to language?
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