Deadspace

I just saw this trailer for the new game Dead Space, coming out later this year. Its been described as a mixture of Silent Hill and Event Horizon. Definitely looks amazing and immersive.  The gameplay movie is NSFW, but you should still check it out!

World of Team Fortress

I had pretty much stopped playing Team Fortress until the Medic achievements came out. A lot of them were kind of stupid and I ended up farming 5-10 on one of the achievement servers to get the Kritzkrieg, but they definitely got me playing again. A lot.

This weekend was the Pyro's turn, adding tons of cool weapons / achievements to get. Valve learned a lot from their first attempt at achievements, and the achievements this time are much more reasonable. On top of that, you need far less to actually get the new weapons. I definitely plan to stay away from the achievement servers and earn the achievements, since it's a lot of fun.

But one of the biggest complaints about the new achievements is that players want to have the achievements unlocked by default. While I can understand the argument, I actually enjoy earning the achievements (except the ridiculous Medic ones). I think the achievement system is very popular among those that enjoy MMORPG games -- games like World of Warcraft -- where grinding is just something you do. And compared to the WoW grind, the 'grind' (if you can call it that) in TF2 is so minor that it's hardly noticeable.

It still amazes me that Valve puts so much time and effort into a game that I believe costs like $20 (but I'm not complaining!)

Battlefield Bad Company: Initial Thoughts

I finally got around to #1 updating my PS3..thnx sony...and downloading and playing the Battlefield BC demo. Graphics were pretty good and the physics were pretty good as well. Like many of us I'm sure the destructible environment was a double edged sword. I'm not sure there is anything more satisfying than plowing down trees with a tank...what good fun. Multiplayer was enjoyable as well so in short the game looks like a good fps. I would have liked to switch back and forth between 3rd and 1st person view though. Comming from the PC fps world, I found the controls a bit more difficult than say a keyboard and mouse..drool. What annoyed me the most was the sprint button on L3...I'm not sure sony really intended the stick to be used in this manner and it feels awkward at best. Hopefully controls will be configurable...I'll check that out now... oh yeah...This image is property of the cool pplz that made Battlefield Bad Company.

Top Gear Returns!

The new top gear is awesome as expected. Fast cars, stupid tasks, and utter comedy for a finale. I won't give any spoilers. But they do go for a world record, show the gas milage of supercars and attempt to help the British Police build a better car.

Everyone should watch! 

Suds N Such

Here's a blast from the past...

tehJT says: ok so you need to create a soap envelope
tehJT says: and send ur RPC call using the wsdl linked
tehKY says: but wouldn't that dissolve in the rain?
tehJT says: haha lets hope it doesnt rain
tehOC says: not to be used in the shower either
tehEF says: Okay cool -- that's about what I thought but I guess I need to read a bit about Perl specifics
tehEF says: I got back a response but it's quite strange :P
tehKY says: don't drop the envelope?
tehEF says: hahahhaa
tehOC says: lol
tehJT says: uhh well it looks like its all soap...so
tehOC says: does the envelope contain perls?
tehJT says: no enevelope no love
tehEF says: I think it does :D
tehJT says: its like chineese new year
tehKY says: i really don't wanna know what you're doing to your soap
tehOC says: definately don't drop them, otherwise you'll be slipping on the soapy perls in the shower
tehJT says: no evelope w/ perls...n itll hate on you

Golf Sucks

People complain about cricket being longwinded, but damn! Why do I want to get dressed up and then wonder around a field with some holes in it, hitting a ball then following it?

only exception is mini-golf and only when drunk.

Los Lagos Golf FTW

Golf is one of the few sports where less is more and its pretty darn fun to play. If you suxz0r get some cheap clubs and hit up the twilight hours. ~$20 for 18 holes. The course is not great I'm guessing because its run by the city of SJ. But the price is darn cheap, no dress code and It's close.
Location after the jump

Skype 4.0 : The rise of UberChat!

Skype 4.0 Beta is available. New UI is being called Uberchat and its awesome!

Get it Here!

For those who may not know, this is what uberchat looks like.

BF Heros vs BF Bad Company

Its time to sound off about BFH vs BFBC...one is free*, the other is not. One is pretty darn realistic looking, one looks like Bugs Bunny should arrive to pwn me. So based on what you've all seen...what's better?

*Free as in we can play for free and likely get charged for extras :p

Battlefield Bad Company = Awesome

Call of Duty 4 mixed with GTA/Mercenaries style sandbox play, in single and multiplayer format, its a big pile of awesomeness.

And I'm also very partial to totally destructible scenery.

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Apple sucks

Yeah, you heard me.

tehSV day 1

Welcome to the first ever post of tehSV...before we get under way, I'll just do a posting to see if all this stuff works ;)

-jt