Mr. T
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So I visited Yangshuo, China. This is where the E1 mountains come from.
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Anyone read this? While a thickass book (like a lot of Stephen King) it is definitely a page turner. I really enjoyed it, he did a good job of threading all the different ideas in the story together.
The time travel aspect itself he pulled off very well. The only thing that stuck in my mind was that if everything resets itself, why not save-scum cash instead of pissing the mob off thru illegal gambling?Probably the funniest line in the book was a joke with the "grandfather paradox" as it's punchline. The main character asked something like, "what if you went back in time and killed your grandfather?" to which the reply was, "Why on earth would you do that?". Lol.
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Rage and Rage HD for iOS are free for the next week. The goal is to make your way through each of these levels and earning as much in-game cash as possible. RAGE for the iPhone is entirely on rails, and it plays a lot like other arcade-style rails shooters like Time Crisis. The game runs you through each level and you control your field of view, aiming at things with a crosshair in the center of the screen.
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OK the last FPS I actively played when it was "new" was HL2. I finally ponyed up and got an OK system (2x2core Xeon, Radeon HD5770) so decided to play Black Ops to test it out.
TL;DR thoughts:
Good:
-The graphics! WOW
-Regenerating health actually makes sense in a game like this. It beats getting down to 1hp then save scumming your way to the next medkit. Online it is fucking retarded, being down to 1hp and winning is actually more exciting :-)
Bad:
-Waaaay too linear. Your actions caused your team mates to die? You're not supposed to go that way? WTF! At least let me have an awesome fight to the death against infinite guards or something. This kind of thing kills the immersion.
An example of this kind of thing done the right way is Goldeneye. You can't finish the mission / progress to the next objective if you "fail" but are free to f### around in parts of the map you have "unlocked" to your heart's content.
-Weapons are lame. I honestly can't tell the difference between any of the main weapons, they are all spam cannons. Boring.
Interesting:
The RPG-perks etc are really stupid in an online FPS. I guess they are just there so that noobs / people with no skill and too much time can pwn someone and feel good about themselves (and buy the next COD game whenever it comes out)- Show previous comments 10 more
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Some of the Wager Match modes online are good fun; I have a lot of fun with Sticks and Stones (all players have ballistic knives, explosive crossbow bolts, and a single tomahawk which will set a killed player's score back to zero if it hits). That said, the community online seems to fall into the same ruts as many online shooters: the same boring maps (everybody ALWAYS votes Radiation and Firing Range), the same elitist attitude (at least it's easy to mute everyone that has a mic), and the same retarded-accurate camping snipers (thankfully they rarely show up on the lower-ranked game modes, since you need to be a somewhat high level to get any of the sniper rifles that are any good).
I like that most of the guns have similar effects, because I'm something of a gun nut and occasionally prefer to pick a favorite over what I'm "supposed" to be using. My "winning" combination so far is a Stakeout shotgun and a Python revolver, or else an RPK and an M72 to deal with the flying killstreak rewards. -
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Only a few hours left of 2010!
Things that happened in the last ten years:
Torrents
Broadband
Social media
War on terrorism
MP3
Youtube
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Hi, I have a 2006 Mac Pro (lol.) are the specs on this OK to play games if I dual boot to Wind0ze and erm... acquire them?
2x double-core Xeon woodcrest @ 2.66ghz
7gb FBRAM @ 667mhz (2gb x 2, 512mb x 6)
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Drunken email from a former customer (a bar owner)
K....im gonna let the rest of the list go..most are invalid anyways..those of you on this by accident..just deal....WE DID NOT havea stabbing at misfits..some stupid fuck got hit in the face........then they went downstairs and called the cops cause thers been an accident. I have to hide in my bar for two hours before i deal with CSI japan till just now......those of you I called who are suppossed to answer in this case...it was noticed....next time you need to get out of jail.......call me.....oops...its late...im drunk..and not typing well....those of you in the bad know who you are....or trust me..........Ill let you know this week.
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Wish her luck! Im gonna be a daddy hehe
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One of my flatmates didn't flush after taking a dump. Even worse, there was no toilet paper in the bowl... which means one my flatmates now has an unwiped ass.
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one of the cool things about living in NZ :)
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I popped the cartridge of DOOM 64 that I spent $30 on a couple of years ago into the black box today. Not your mothers box, but my aging Nintendo 64. I loaded it up on UV and shot some stuff (mainly guys with green hair and skinhead racists.) "Something's missing" I thought.
Deciding that this game didn't hold enough sentimental value, I packed the N64 and booted up E1M1 on the computer. Listening to the rocking guitar riffs, I realized what was wrong with DOOM 64. IT DIDN'T HAVE COOL MUSIC!
I'll admit that the ambient stuff is quite scary, especially if you are eight and scared of the dark (or like ambient music, duh) but the "inspired" (cough) metal tracks from the PC games get me in the mood for killing stuff so much more than the buzzes and hums of the console ports of the games.
I guess it really boils down to whether or not you want to be scared, or be the guy who puts Arnold Schwarzenegger to shame for a few hours.
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Damn, I can't wait for this game! It looks ultra seks!
I can't remember how long I have being waiting patiently for a DOOM III. Way back in '96 or something like that when I was a little nipper, I rememeber asking my smelly classmates if they had played DOOM III. One said "HELL YEAH!" and I went around to his home, only to find Ultimate DOOM (I was fooled at the time, of course.)
I think that id were kinda lazy to just make a remake of DOOM with their new engine (which looks cumtastic), but DOOM II kinda shut out the possibility of any sequels.
I sincerely hope that id do a good job on the game and keep true to DOOM's roots; lots of killing stuff, killing stuff, and more killing stuff. It would make me mad if they try to do an RE-style scary game instead of one thats actually fun to play. Of course, it could still be a fun game to play but I don't think it would be worthy of the "DOOM" title.
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Mr. T said:Damn, I can't wait for this game! It looks ultra seks!
I can't remember how long I have being waiting patiently for a DOOM III. Way back in '96 or something like that when I was a little nipper, I rememeber asking my smelly classmates if they had played DOOM III. One said "HELL YEAH!" and I went around to his home, only to find Ultimate DOOM (I was fooled at the time, of course.)
I think that id were kinda lazy to just make a remake of DOOM with their new engine (which looks cumtastic), but DOOM II kinda shut out the possibility of any sequels.
I sincerely hope that id do a good job on the game and keep true to DOOM's roots; lots of killing stuff, killing stuff, and more killing stuff. It would make me mad if they try to do an RE-style scary game instead of one thats actually fun to play. Of course, it could still be a fun game to play but I don't think it would be worthy of the "DOOM" title.
That's my rant for today.Oh really?
