Archive for September, 2004
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30 Sep 2004
Today is the one-year anniversary of the original release date of Half-Life 2. It doesn't look like we have much longer to wait, though.
PC Gamer's Half-Life 2 review (not preview) gave the game a score of 96%. The story is that it tied the highest score that the magazine has ever given a game. And the previous record was set by Half-Life.
Hype is one thing, but this is quite another:
Halflife2.net: Was Half-Life 2 what you expected?
Chuck Osborn (PCGamer Editor): MoreDiscuss -
30 Sep 2004
The Kleptones' new release, A Night at the Hip-Hopera is damn rockin. A lot of Queen and Beastie Boys sampling, and it's free for download! There's also a sample listing reference, courtesy of Andrew Baio (who I get lots of my links from BTW).
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29 Sep 2004
Half-Life Fallout has a list of purchase options for Half-Life 2. Six CDs, three different Steam packages, and Counter-Strike: Source available for play by next week. Does that mean HL2 will be available at the same time, or shortly thereafter?
But it's gonna cost more to get HL2 (through Steam) with CS:S than without it? Ouch, that's gonna be a tough choice.
Update: HLFallout.net is running a bit slow, Halflife2.net has the information on their front page, also.
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29 Sep 2004
This would make a good "This is Broken": some guy was able to order 150 Windows XP SP2 CDs from Microsoft, and they sent them all, and in individual envelopes. Microsoft should put in a little dupe checking in that script of theirs.
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29 Sep 2004
The Nascar Song by Tim Wilson - This song is funny, my dad especially will get a kick out of it. If you haven't had enough experience with Nascar to recognize the names, though, you probably won't find it amusing.
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28 Sep 2004
Not that you see them as often as Yuppie Food Stamps, but the firty-dollar bill got a new design (including color). Here's a comparison with the newest $20 design, just for reference.
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28 Sep 2004
The Incredibles, trailer 2. Hell, yeah. Take that, dilettante Dreamworks dickheads.
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28 Sep 2004
A few weeks ago, Canadian Journalist Scott Taylor was kidnapped by insurgents in northern Iraq. A Google search helped save his life. (Streaming audio)
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27 Sep 2004
Return of the King Extended Edition info:
Release date: December 14 Pre-ordering starts: October 1 (This Friday) Movie length: 4 hours, 10 minutes More information here Update 09-28: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition is 208 minutes. The Two Towers Extended Edition is
208231 minutes. The Return of the King Extended Edition is 250 minutes.208 + 208 + 250 = 666 minutes. Update update: IMDB and Amazon disagree about Two Towers' runtime. I'd be likely to agree with IMDB, though, so that means the symbolism is broken. Oh well! -
27 Sep 2004
Everyone who's a citizen of the United States should be required to read the Voters Information Guide for the 2004 Election. The best part is the link to Just Vote in the absentee section. Those of you who live in New York and are still registered in Connecticut should definitely check that page out. I'm looking at you
Chris andMari.