GDC: Magicka: Vietnam expansion announced

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  These guys rock I'm buying every game they release. : Cashh
  • They certainly have a lot to offer this year http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/01/24/the-paradox-conv... : doctorbfunk
  • This. I even love they are making fun of the bad company stuff. Insta buy, JUST BECAUSE. : icedcool
• Well that definitely came way out of left field and onto my must play list. : OutlawSundown
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  Is this now the 4th Magicka: Vietnam thread? : Volatus32x
  • yes but this is the official one, all imposters will be nuked to cover up the news-stealing conspiracy! : Hemtroll
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  I am totally offended by the fact that their promotional material features F-22 jets which were not prese : pantsburgh
  • Count me as one of the offended. *Monocle* : funnynamehere
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    Yea, I saw that... if anything that promo shot appears to be mimicking BFBC2's cover art / main menu. Re... : dedgecko
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      I really really want a hires version of that last shot mocking the BC2 main menu. It's just beautiful. : gnomish
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        There's this poster: http://cf.shacknews.com/images/20110301/magicka_vietnam_poster_17140.jpg I'm afra... : Alice O'Connor
        • I loved the dragon fighting the chopper in the background : Hemtroll
        • Perfect. Thank you! : gnomish
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          this image?? http://cf.shacknews.com/images/20110301/magicka_nam_topstory_17140.nphd.jpg : TroZ
          • It's okay! But I thought gnomish was look more for wallpaper fodder, and 720p is small for wallpapers. : Alice O'Connor
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          Anyone else bothered by the mirror image of the sorcerer in the background? copy, paste, flip horizont... : dedgecko
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            Well they're supposed to look similar and are ever so slightly different. : one random winner
            • Of course, but it's an eye-catching annoyance. : dedgecko
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            I guess you didn't notice that the staff and the arm holding it are at different angles, not just in 2 di... : Herman Toothrot
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              Noticed all of that, but it's not nearly as jarring as the initial copy and paste of the full figure less... : dedgecko
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                So your problem is that it's not similar enough to the foreground guy? : Herman Toothrot
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                  There -- I fixed it. Looks better already. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bellyitch/5490217704/#/photos... : dedgecko
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                    It really doesn't bother me either way. : Herman Toothrot
                    • To each their own. : dedgecko
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      Nope, definitely F-22. You can see the angled thrust vectors on the back. : ArcKnight
      • Yep, the silhouette was at a goofy angle, but thats a great way of telling the planes apart. : Discrete
      • Jesus christ, this sub thread. : MeestaNob
  • frankly I am disgusted. : Hemtroll
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    But magicians were there, right? : Regim
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      My uncle was a magician in 'Nam. It was in the +1 Armored division. : mrblarg
      • +1 to this : pantsburgh
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  Nushack is great. : trove
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    Very much. This thread delivers. : zebosausamite
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      I'm surprised it took this long for a serious conflict between chatty and front page after redesign. I t... : spazzium
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        We're all one shack now, brother. : Dave-A
        • Word. : spazzium
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          Oh come on Dave, you nuked that didn't you? : spazzium
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            Nothing to see here folks. Move along. *vaguely waving* : Dave-A
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              We should totally have the option to at least read posts nuked for being stupid. I was enjoying it quite ... : Herman Toothrot
              • I can see why they would want to moderate craziness like that in the frontpage stuff a bit more strongly ... : Arctic Fox
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                I got your back bro http://www.thomwetzel.com/greasemonkey/shacklol/user.php?authoredby=Xulu : veras
                • Well that is a veritable goldmine of quotes. : OutlawSundown
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                  Wow, this guy is a super troll. : spazzium
                  • I'm looking forward to his upcoming monster threads. : Herman Toothrot
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                What would be the point of nuking posts if you could read them? : Dave-A
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                  It still stops the back and forth bickering, but allows posts to remain in the annals of Shack WTF histor... : MaxPete82
                  • pretty sure shaming people in the stocks went out of fashion a few centuries ago : Arctic Fox
                  • I really liked it when you could still read the nuked posts. It stopped the trainwreck and controversy, b... : mindmann
                • It could prevent you from posting to them and also prevent them from showing up for those who don't want ... : Herman Toothrot
                • MOST forums lock threads instead of deleting them : OverloadUT
              • my popcorn had just finished popping. =( : mindmann
            • Awww. =( : Senate5000
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            Hey, what the hell, what did I miss?? : Kub666
            • Maybe we should have a place for nuked threads somewhere. Dungeon of shame. : Kub666
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    I keep reading this as nutsack : Dave-A
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      And that differs how...? : agcrouton
      • coarse hairs with an oblong cross-section, vs finer hairs with a softer texture. at a guess. : radio_babylon
    • I am so glad that I am not the only one. : Arcath
    • me too : ass-street
  • Yup. This is a fantastic example of how having front page threads in the chatty is a great idea. : Senate5000
  • This one thread has pretty much single-handedly justified its existence : ColoradoCNC
  • I like any change that leads to stupid posts getting more exposure : Hemtroll
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    oldshack is no nushack, even my goddamned toenail knows that : maulla
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      It is not possible for your toenail to know that. : zebosausamite
      • Sentient toes are the future man. I studied it. : Nerdsbeware
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    God I hope someone saved the phrasing of that 'personally studied' bit. : AlexW1203
    • I don't know how all of you unwashed simpletons do it, but I hire people to study things for me. : singlespace
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      http://www.lmnopc.com/greasemonkey/shacklol/user.php?authoredby=Xulu : Arctic Fox
      • Wow - that guy founded DOTA! I'm impressed : Dessicator82
• No Creedence no Buy : JMro
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  you would think (hope) the shack overlords would link to any of the 4 or 5 existing threads. : watcherxp
  • I wouldn't count on that at all. Sure the Chatty can one-up the front page on breaking news, but they ar... : zebosausamite
  • Maybe there should be a feature to merge threads and tack the existing ones on to the official thread wit... : Hemtroll
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    That's not how the system works. These news posts are automatically generated : OverloadUT
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      If it's the way it works then it can't be changed or improved? : watcherxp
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        what is your plan for having an automatic script figure out which chatty threads to link to instead of the actual official shacknews article?

        Mar 01, 2011 2:08pm PST
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        what is your plan for having an automatic script figure out which chatty threads to link to instead of th... : electroly
        • maybe this isn't obvious but these threads aren't posted manually. it's automatic : electroly
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          they do go back and link existing threads to the news article. : dirge23
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            No, we don't. : Alice O'Connor
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              huh, i saw at least one news story that had two threads in it, and i thought that was a good thing. : dirge23
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                http://www.shacknews.com/article/67655/steam-big-picture-mode-announced : dirge23
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                  i see now that second thread came after the news story, but same idea. : dirge23
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                    that's just sikander fucking around : electroly
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                      true but the content's not important, the important thing is they took some other quasi-related thread an... : dirge23
                      • ..or are you saying that sikander did that on his own? i have no idea. nushack makes my head hurt. : dirge23
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                        you misunderstand. they didn't put it there. sikander did. if you know what you're doing (or have my b... : electroly
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                          well, uh, i propose that the mods have that ability and that sikander not have it : dirge23
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                            He doesn't have it. He modified some javascript so he could start new threads under stories. : spazzium
                            • that counts as having it in my book : dirge23
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  This is awesome. Magicka rocked and I know they can take this game *anywhere*. Magicka in space anyone?... : ColonBlow1
  • I would buy Magicka In Space right this very moment. : ninj0rc
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    Good point. I know I'd buy every goofy expansion, and space/scifi lends itself to lots of shenanigans. : gnomish
    • Also, Magicka in a gritty crime setting (think Max Payne) would get my vote. : gnomish
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    They should release Magicka in Space as free DLC, a single mission where everyone instantly chokes : Hemtroll
    • What about radius shield + air? Survive FOREVER : nevlos
  • Call it "Magicka vs. Aliens" : one random winner
  • I would like to see the following add-ons: Serious Magika - mostly just for the guys who run around go : MeestaNob
  • I want Magicka in the intestines. You know, they shrink you like in that movie Innerspace! You win the ga... : Crabs Jarrard
• Fucking score, will buy. : atom519
• I want some of what Arrowhead Studios is smoking. : Link.
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  there better be prone in this. : radio_babylon
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    There should be a "Prone" magicka that makes you duck under all incoming projectiles. : Herman Toothrot
    • or even better, a dolphin diving spell that makes you look so ridiculous and distracting that your teamma... : radio_babylon
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  Magicka runs like crap on my computer, and I can play all other games just fine. Hope they fix that. : Zero Hoki
  • Their bug team is still working on it. : one random winner
• I read this on Twitter and didn't believe it... I just read it here and I still don't believe it. : Zips
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  I do hope we get a Magika gibberish version of Fortunate Son in this! : MeestaNob
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    Come jokes har blorp to wank the flu, Ooh, gorpen fred, kyle, and jew. Unt whap the hand flays "shake d... : Bean
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      I'm sorry to say I just sang the whole thing in my head. And it kind of worked. : MeestaNob
      • you're damn right it works! : Bean
• WTF?! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Next up, Magicka: Alive Space. : Frozen Pixel
• That is rad. Count me in. : VictoriouSecret
• "you didn't see this one coming eh?" : jrsX
• Sensational. : MarcusCalil