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    Electronic Dance Music

    I rarely say "damn that keyboard solo was badass", but if you like synths sent through a time warp from 1984 this is for you. Fred Falke, Daft Punk, and Michael Cassette have retro synths ... but not this retro. Can check more samples on theirSoundCloudandBandCamp.
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    Breaking Game World into Cells

    I used the stuff inthis spatial hashing paperfor my game. Basically shows how to break up world into a grid, easily determine which grid cell any object is in, and use that to optimize collision detection, AI, picking, sound effects, etc. It is a short paper with lots of diagrams and isn't...
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    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    ^ also Max Payne 1&2 for $3.74 and Bioshock 1&2 for $9.99. Haven't played Max Payne in forever, definitely worth picking up for less than a cafe mocha.
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    This is how battered wives justify staying with 'him'.
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    WarFace - FTP Crysis - in a browser!

    FTP FPS in a browser by CryTech is in open beta now. Now if only someone would put EQ in a browser. WARFACE - Free-to-play online first person shooter
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    My new game, Space Impossible

    Couple more points: - music: wasn't a fan either. A lot of retro space games use chiptunes or spacey stuff because it Just Works. You could easily find a bunch of chiptunes guys that would give you their stuff free. - weapon arcs: I assume there will be multiple places to slot weapons in...
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    My new game, Space Impossible

    Hehe yeah I got into a death loop with a ship spawn killing me too. Pretty cool demo though. I think you guys might have a decent selling game with a lot of work into it.
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    The Elder Scrolls Online

    How is he 'provoking' you? This forum isn't in the target demo of those vids obviously. Who really cares if they make some corny RP vids using some old school D&D guy targeted to that type of crowd? Basically the type that posts in the suggestions forum threads like "game shouldn't have damage...
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    The Elder Scrolls Online

    The primary author of AD&D 2nd edition,Dave Cook, also works at Zenimax. I guess that Todd Howard guy likes hiring old school PnP guys. Anyway, I think those vids are cheesy too, but there's probably a bunch of RP fanatics that love that kind of stuff.
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    Awesome kids toys that you play with

    Maybe $1000 total? He didn't really haggle and the only real money for vintage toys is if they are in box and unopened.
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    The Elder Scrolls Online

    Cool. So how many millions of people played it and/or were influenced by it?
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    The Elder Scrolls Online

    Good to see that Colonel Sanders got a job after that Kentucky Fried Chicken thing ... But seriously, that guy is Lawrence Schick. He made some of the best Dungeons & Dragons modules in history. Maybe that stuff doesn't hold up today, but you gotta cut him a little slack for the RP stuff...
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    Awesome kids toys that you play with

    Yeah we never mixed Gi Joe with Star Wars either. Only thing we did do was make Lincoln Log bunkers for the Gi Joes to take cover. We were almost always Cobra because let's face it, they looked way cooler. Also I seem to remember Lady Jaye and Scarlett getting raped fairly often.
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    Awesome kids toys that you play with

    More pics. Damn gotta admit I was kinda sad to see this stuff go. But I guess a few collectors are probably very happy with it now and dad made some extra well-deserved bucks for retirement.
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    Awesome kids toys that you play with

    My dad kept all these toys in the attic since my brother and I were kids. Parents are retired now so he cleaned them up and auctioned it all off on ebay. Took some pics to preserve the memories but I did keep the Generation 1 DinoBots which sit on shelf at work currently.
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    Shadowbane Emulator opening this weekend for a week

    Back in the day I downloaded the free trial. Within 10 minutes got an SB.exe crash, then logged back in and fell under the world. Uninstalled.
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    Punk Music

    Damn that is well done. Def worth watching.
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    Electronic Dance Music

    ^ definitely one of the toptrancetracks ever imho along withUniversal Nation. I always liked the darker non-vocal stuff. Those two tracks still hold up today, unlike a lot of stuff I go back and listen and seem kinda meh now.
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    Congressional Shutdown

    Hehe exactly. My girlfriend (a DoD contract specialist) might go with no pay if this lasts another few weeks. I'm a software engineer on a DoD funded project, and we cannot take Paid Time Off until this works out (just a minor inconvenience really). So fuck everyone who says "let's keep it...
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    Sports writer kills himself, leaves behind website describing how and why

    I'd like to think that socialism can exist without authoritarianism. However, every other numb nuts commenter on The Blaze, Breitbart, Free Republic, etc. says that "socialists = authoritarian power trippers". Dumar, the biggest proponent of Socialism on this board, now confirms their fears with...
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    That already exists - it is called WoW Arena. It has tanks, it has healers, it has DPS, it has CC, but real players aren't dumb enough (usually) to stand there and beat on the tank getting continuously healed. You could have that in PVE, but it requires group AI smart enough to sort of...
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    Tool might eventually release a new album someday

    Speaking of Tool covers, here's a pretty sweet cello cover of Lateralus. And here's a Mandolin cover of The Pot. These guys also cover other stuff like System of a Down. Both bands are pretty talented imho, but nowhere near a level of being able to play the 46&2 Intro PALM MUTED.
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    Punk Music

    Damn, can't remember being this impressed with a punk band in many years. It sounds like it was recorded in 1978 but released in 2011. It has elements of Ramones, Misfits, Buzzcocks, Wire, The Kids, The Germs, Angry Samoans, etc. and the vocals are like Joey Ramone after he smoked a pound of...
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    Tool might eventually release a new album someday

    God forbid Melvin has a child and the kid ever picks up an instrument ...
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    Tool might eventually release a new album someday

    Can those kids cover Prison Sex for next vid?
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    Is the MMO Market imploding?

    Lore : MMOGs Plot : Porn But yeah, there's a niche market for both.
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    The Beer Thread

    Been doing a lot of corn hole at bars, so bought a custom set for home BBQs and stuff. Put a couple of my favorite labels on it. Turned out nicely I think.
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    ^ yeah the dream team just needs a PR guy and Game Balance guy...
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Heard it from some insider sources that a veritable MMOG Dream Team has been assembled for this game, including: - Lead Engine Programmer from Vanguard - Lead Netcode Programmer from Warhammer Online - Lead Character Modeler for original EQ2 models - Lead QA from Shadowbane - Lead UI...
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    Neo's Land

    The first community roundtable needs to be a vote for a real game name. Neo's Land is pretty bad.
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    Elysium

    Finally got around to seeing this right before it goes out of the theater. I don't know about you guys, but I for one, was highly offended by the Conservative Propaganda in this movie. A man rises from the poor masses and must sacrifice himself so that humanity may have everlasting life... Why...
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    D.C. Naval Yard Shooting

    Hmm wow G.H.Bush was actually a progressive gun-grabber in sheeps clothing. Who knew?
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    D.C. Naval Yard Shooting

    Some of the more partisan sites were trying to indirectly blame Bill Clinton for this shooting. Unfortunately, it turns out the original directive to disarm military members on non-war-zone bases was passed under the George H Bush administration. Gonna have to assume that is correct if even The...
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    Wow this is unexpected.
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    D.C. Naval Yard Shooting

    Daaamn, sick burn son:
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    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

    Beiber cast as Robin in an actual Batman movie would finally give militant atheists incontrovertible proof there is no God.
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    War with Syria

    Better Plan: according to thePresidential Line of Succession, we could impeach 13 people in a row. Then we will have the nation's first 'Independent' President, Eric Shinseki who is currently head of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs.
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    The Zionists are whining thread

    Yeah seems like there is a significant faction of folks, mainly on right-leaning sites, that labels any criticism of Israeli government actions as "anti-Semitic". Then ironically they get mad when Al Sharpton and the MSNBC crowd plays the race card in the exact same way on critics of black...
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    Sports writer kills himself, leaves behind website describing how and why

    I never read a word of anything by Marx, or really care to, but I have a hard time believing that an influential philosopher has a chapter that reads something like "under my philosophy, you can just rape and kill anyone and it totally isn't your fault!". Care to point out what book/chapter that...