Evening Reading

August 22, 2008 6:00 PM

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Pineapple Express is perhaps entertaining if you are drunk or high or really like extended pointless dialogue that isnt particularly funny. Go see Dark Knight again or check out Tropic Thunder. My advice for your weekend!

Wireless chargers getting closer
Obama has a VP, announcing soon
Biofuel vehicle on skis of course
Dude, lasers!

As for the the videogame news around these parts for today:

The Harmony of Harmonix
Duke3D XBLA details
Age of Conan DX10 screenshots
STALKER screenshots
Left 4 Dead trailer and screenshots
Valve forced to charge for TF2 updates on 360
LittleBigPlanet screenshots and trailer
Motorstorm 2 trailer
PSP 3000 has a fancy screen
Warhawk Jetpack trailer
Lots of Dragon Age footage
Soul Calibur 4 demo is now available
Space Invaders + WTC = ?
Silent Hill: PC only on Steam in America
Project Origin meets the delay tag
Mercenaries 2 screenshots and video
Mythic only credits people around for finish of game

Lastly, please share this classic with me. Too bad about the goofy remixing.

Steve Gibson

Steve Gibson is the cofounder of Shacknews.com. Originally known as sCary's Quakeholio back in 1996, Steve is now President of Gearbox Publishing after selling Shacknews to GameFly in 2009.

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mechanicalgrape

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August 22, 2008 6:02 PM

Just finished Prey for the first time. Gotta say Jeremy Soule's soundtrack was easily the best part of the game, dude knows what he's doing.
- baron calamity
  
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  August 22, 2008 6:10 PM
  
  It was a good game but yeah, the soundtrack rocked.
- FormerHPB
  
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  August 22, 2008 6:14 PM
  
  I thought that was a fun game. Especially for the $12 I paid for it. :)
  - coyoterys
    
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    August 22, 2008 6:26 PM
    
    I got it for $5 off Steam, and felt guilty for getting it so cheap. I really enjoyed it.
    - grabbie
      
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      August 22, 2008 10:10 PM
      
      same here. It was a great game and the OST did indeed kickass
- Borzoi
  
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  August 22, 2008 6:19 PM
  
  I don't understand why people were so underwhelmed when it came out. Thought it was fine, old-school quality.
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    August 22, 2008 6:24 PM
    
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    August 22, 2008 6:42 PM
    
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  - Begawkiness
    
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    August 22, 2008 7:15 PM
    
    I loved it
  - nudel
    
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    August 22, 2008 7:30 PM
    
    I thought it was great, too. My only wish would have been for more as I didn't come close to being bored of the portal/gravity puzzles.
  - Schnapple
    
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    August 22, 2008 8:10 PM
    
    I think it all boils down to the fact that the game was short, both by design and artificially so because of the "death has no consequence" feature. People played it, liked it, then moved on.
  - godm0de
    
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    August 22, 2008 10:34 PM
    
    I wanted more once its over..
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    August 23, 2008 5:56 AM
    
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- thewindcriesmary
  
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  August 22, 2008 6:27 PM
  
  Cuz about 3/4 through it got so insanely repetitive. They just kept throwing the same enemies at you and it totally broke the immersion of the story.
  - Borzoi
    
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    August 22, 2008 6:36 PM
    
    Yeah the final boss was not so great, but the final fights leading up to it were really well staged.
    - sigpro
      
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      August 22, 2008 10:22 PM
      
      Hell yes. The last 2 or so levels did a great job of making you really feel like you were kicking ass and fucking shit up.
  - IHATEDUST
    
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    August 22, 2008 10:07 PM
    
    Yeah I'm stuck here, can't bring myself to go back. It was so....pre-1998.
- SpaecKow
  
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  August 22, 2008 6:30 PM
  
  For a real place where aliens lived, there was hardly any variety, apparently all the sphere is the same metal dungeons. That could have been addressed. Hope it will in Prey 2.
- phil_mckraken
  
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  August 22, 2008 7:08 PM
  
  Whee I bought it at Gamestop for $4 bucks this week. That's nuts.
- five_percent
  
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  August 22, 2008 7:09 PM
  
  Definitely a good game, worth a play.
- zehh
  
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  August 22, 2008 7:11 PM
  
  Great game.
- [deleted] 1737240303
  
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  August 22, 2008 7:28 PM
  
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  - mechanicalgrape
    
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    August 22, 2008 7:53 PM
    
    Didn't 3D Realms just publish it? I thought Human Head was the developer.
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- dognose
  
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  August 22, 2008 8:12 PM
  
  I think Jeremy Soule is doing music for DNF. Correct me if I am wrong of course.
- [deleted] 1686759630
  
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  August 22, 2008 10:11 PM
  
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- shirif
  
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  August 22, 2008 10:19 PM
  
  Nice sountrack indeed.
- Serpico74
  
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  August 22, 2008 10:29 PM
  
  The soundtrack was great. I really enjoyed the game, fun and short.
- bitter ego
  
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  August 22, 2008 10:31 PM
  
  I agree the soundtrack is top notch.
- MisterClaw
  
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  August 23, 2008 5:48 AM
  
  I only got about 2-3 hours into it before I became extremely nauseated and almost sick. The only game beside Portal that's done that to me.
- dael
  
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  August 23, 2008 5:58 AM
  
  Soule's Morrowind and Oblivion sound tracks are top of my list for gaming sound tracks.