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Monthly Archives: October 2004
Nasa Beats Duke Nukem Forever
I ran across an interesting quote in the upcoming December 2004 issue of Computer Gaming World concerning the amount of time it has taken to develop Duke Nukeem Forever. You will recall that Duke Nukem Forever started out in January 1997 on the Quake II engine. Word has it we may have the game in our hands around late 2005. The quote:
“Rovers Spirit and Opportunity were proposed, authorized, designed, launched, and successfully landed on Mars in less time.”
Can you say pwnd! Sorry, It was too funny and I had to share with the rest of the class. 🙂
Rockn The News – October 18, 2004
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A Perfect Circle Tracks
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The PRP reports: The track listing has been finalized for A Perfect Circles forthcoming CD/DVD package “aMOTION”, heres how it shapes up:
DVD:
01 – “Judith” (Unedited) (Video)
02 – “3 Libras” (Video)
03 – “Weak & Powerless” (Video)
04 – “Outsider” (Edited) (Video)
05 – “Thinking Of You” (Video)
06 – “Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums” (Video)
07 – “Imagine” (Video)
08 – “Noose” (Live) (Video)
09 – “Blue” (Contest Winner) (Video)
10 – “Outsider” (Directors Cut) (Video)
11 – “Blue” (A Runner-up) (Video)
12 – “Blue” (B Runner-up) (Video)
13 – “Blue” (C Runner-up) (Video)
14 – “Bikini Bandits Experience”
15 – “Bikini Bandits Save Christmas”
16 – “Bikini Bandits Sauvent Le Monde”
17 – “Photo Gallery Stills”
18 – “Easter Egg (Link To Special Website)”
19 – “Video Commentary”
[see full story for more, including CD tracklisting]
Full Story – http://www.theprp.com/
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Slipknot TV Special
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Blabbermouth reports: On the last Friday of this month (Oct. 29), Fuse will be televising a one-hour SLIPKNOT live special. It will air at 9pm, right after their “Uranium Viewers Poll” Special.
The live footage was filmed at the Astoria Ballroom in the U.K. back on May 23, right before the release of “Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)”. [see full story for more]
Full Story – http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=28033
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Chino Delay
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Blabbermouth reports: According to ABC ePrep, DEFTONES singer Chino Moreno says the folks at Maverick Records are so impressed with his side project TEAM SLEEPs new record that he expects the label to push the release of the CD back until next year. The disc was supposed to come out November 2, and was then pushed back to November 9. But Moreno says that after hearing the finished product, the label decided, “they really want to promote it,” and will most likely wait until next year to release it so theyll be able to give it more attention. [see full story for more]
Full Story – http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=28047
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Ozzy Box
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Reuters reports: Ozzy Osbourne has returned to his satanic roots by recording a version of the Rolling Stones “Sympathy for the Devil” for an upcoming covers CD.
The disc, one of four to be featured in a boxed set due next February, also includes fresh takes on the Beatles “In My Life,” King Crimsons “21st Century Schizoid Man” and Arthur Brown (news)s “Fire,” Osbourne told Reuters in an interview at his Beverly Hills home on Thursday.
The three other discs will include demos, rarities and outtakes from Osbournes solo career, which began after he was kicked out of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath in 1978. [see full story for a lot more]
Full Story – http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=769&ncid=768&e=11&u=/nm/20041016/music_nm/music_osbourne_dc
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Metal Auction
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AP reports: Headbangers, get out your checkbooks. Your chance to own a piece of heavy metal history is finally here. An auction of items from the genres biggest names, including Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, KISS and Van Halen, is scheduled for Nov. 6 at the Hard Rock Cafe in midtown Manhattan, organizers said Friday.
Online bidding for whats billed as the first metal auction will also occur at www.julienentertainment.com.
More than 100 lots are up for sale, including the original album cover artwork from Metallicas “Master of Puppets,” expected to bring up to $7,000; the 1989 MTV Music Award given to Guns N Roses for the “Sweet Child O Mine” video ($3,000-$5,000); and an electric bass played by late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton ($7,000-$9,000). [see full story for more]
Full Story – http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=495&ncid=495&e=8&u=/ap/20041015/ap_en_mu/heavy_metal_auction
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Tommy Lee Band Nerd
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AP reports: Drummer Tommy Lee has played plenty of stadium shows with his band Motley Crue. But none was quite like his performance with the University of Nebraska marching band before 77,881 red-clad football fans.
“Oh yeah, its real different,” Lee said of Saturdays halftime show at the Baylor-Nebraska game in Memorial Stadium. “That was awesome, absolutely great.” [see full story for more]
Full Story – http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=495&ncid=495&e=2&u=/ap/20041017/ap_en_mu/people_tommy_lee
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U2 Rocks Parking Lot
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liveDaily reports: U2 performed its new single, “Vertigo,” and two other new songs–“All Because of You” and “City of Blinding Lights”–live in a BBC parking lot in West London on Friday night (10/15).
According to the bands website, hundreds of fans who turned up at the BBCs Wood Lane studios watched the performance from the street for free.
Full Story – http://www.livedaily.com/news/7203.html
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Incubus Live DVD/CD
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press release (Epic) reports: Rock band INCUBUS is still enjoying the success of its last platinum plus album A Crow Left Of The Murder, which landed the band a coveted American Music Award nomination for Favorite Alternative Artist, among many other accolades. But based on fan demand, Epic Records will release a new DVD/CD entitled Alive at Red Rocks on November 23. Recorded in Colorado this summer, the DVD will be packed with a bonus audio CD featuring previously unreleased studio tracks including “Pantomime” and “Follow,” which also appears in the highly anticipated XBOX game “Halo 2”. [see full story for more]
Full Story – http://www.enjoyincubus.com
Official! Half-Life 2 has gone Gold!
It would appear that all of the assumptions of Half-Life 2 going gold were accurate and we even have a release date.
November 16th 2004
Gamespot has posted a news article with all of the information. The big bonus to this is that people that go out and purchase the game at local stores will be able to get the Half-Life 2 Collectors Edition, which includes “Half-Life 2 in DVD-ROM format, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life: Source, a free limited edition T-shirt, and a Half-Life 2 strategy guide from Prima”
Check out the full article: Half-Life 2 guns for November 16 release date
Ford to offer Sirius radio in more cars
DETROIT–Ford Motor plans to announce on Monday that it will offer Sirius Satellite Radio in more of its cars and trucks and that it will begin installing the satellite radio systems at its factories for the first time.
Read More Here:
http://news.com.com/Ford+to+offer+Sirius+radio+in+more+cars/2100-1027_3-5414942.html?tag=st_lh
Has Howard Stern started the end of terrestrial radio as he claims?
I know Ill be there on the debut of his 1st satellite broadcast!
Music publishers sign mega-deal on Web radio
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers announced Monday that it has reached a $1.7 billion deal with the Radio Music License Committee to give stations the ability to legally stream their on-air content over the Internet. Continue reading Music publishers sign mega-deal on Web radio
New ATI Catalyst Drivers:
Released Oct. 14th the newest ATI Catalyst driver 4.10
One of the 3 new feature:
CATALYSTâ„¢ A.I. allows the driver to intelligently analyze applications and textures to maximize graphics performance and enhance stability while delivering the absolute highest visual quality.
As with most CATALYSTâ„¢ releases performance has increased in various situations. The following performance gains are noticed in the game Doom3
Performance improves 5 to 8% on the ATI RADEONâ„¢ 9500 PRO product
Performance improves approximately 5% on the ATI RADEONâ„¢ 9600 XT
Performance improves 5 to 9% on the ATI RADEONâ„¢ 9700 PRO
Performance improves 4 to 6% on the ATI RADEONâ„¢ 9800 PRO
Performance improves approximately 4% on the ATI RADEONâ„¢ 9800 XT when using higher resolutions
Performance improves 3 to 14% on the ATI RADEON X800 PRO
Performance improves 5 to 8% on the ATI RADEONâ„¢ X800 XT
Performance improves approximately 3% on the ATI RADEONâ„¢ X300 product
Performance improves approximately 4.4% on the ATI RADEONâ„¢ X600 product
Click here to view details of this new driver:
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/Catalyst_410_release_notes.html#180985
ATI Driver page for download:
http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
Desert Combat Final Reviewed
The people over at Amped Gaming News have posted a very good review of the recently released Desert Combat Final.
“The Desert Combat community has finally received the release they have been waiting for. The release of Desert Combat Final is the first release of Desert Combat since the DC 0.7 release on February 7th. The name Desert Combat Final lets everyone know that the developer team wanted to finish the mod, and make it perfect. If I was to list all the changes in the update you would be reading for days. In short just about everything has changed, and for the good. There is lots of new maps, vehicles and weapons. Also the lighting and sound of the game has changed drastically. Below we take a look at all the new things that were added, as well as the graphics and sound of the latest and last release of Desert Combat.”
Go read the full review!
Amped Gaming News DC_Final Review
NDA Lifted on Everquest II Beta
As reported on the Everquest II Players web site, the NDA forcing the beta testers to not talk much about the game has been lifted.
“As of now, the NDA for the EverQuest II Beta is officially lifted. We encourage our beta testers to share the experiences theyve had in beta with the rest of the EverQuest II community. Many more people who enrolled in the EverQuest II beta program can expect beta keys in their inboxes in the very near future. In addition, in the past few weeks weve let the Legends and Lords of EverQuest players and we would like to thank them for their support. We now have 4 Beta servers up and running including 1 French and 1 German server and weve let in over 30,000 players since July. In the near future that number will grow far past that. Keep an eye on your inbox!”
We are looking forward to seeing much more information posted by the testers to give us a better idea on how the game is going.
Desert Combat Final Release!
Well people, it is finally out. We have all waited for what seems to be “ever”, and now it is available to download.
This release is a mini-mod and requires Desert Combat .7 to install.
Click Read More for the update information!
Go grab your copy now!
Fileplanet Downloads 369mb Download Continue reading Desert Combat Final Release!
Half-Life 2 getting its rating!
Thats right people, it has been reported that Half-Life 2 has been submitted to the BBFC to have the age rating applied to it.
So with that, it appears that the highly anticipated game is ready to ship. [About time!]
This report comes from Computer and Video Games but they keep requiring people to register to read their news.
So there is another article on IGN
Check it out here: Voodoo Extreme IGN
Point of Existence 1.5 Released
Point of Existence .1.5 Released
The POE team has released their newest patch to the ever so popular Point of Existence modification for Battlefield Vietnam.
This update tweaks a few thing and adds quite a few weapons suggested by you, the fan.
Click read more for the updates and head over to their web site to grab the download.
Official PoE Web Site
PlanetBattlefield PoE Mod Web Site Continue reading Point of Existence 1.5 Released
BF42 Friday Night Fights – Custom Map Night
We need your help. Gamers Radio and The BF Conversion Team have joined forces to test BF42 map candidates for inclusion in the Official BFV WWII Mod (Extended). This mod is currently converting all, yes all, the standard maps from Battlefield 1942 to the Battlefield Vietnam game engine.
The goal is to include 10 custom maps in the official release. Custom maps are a big part of the BF experience and we want to show our appreciation by including some of the best custom maps BF42 has to offer. Before deciding which 10 maps to use, we want to play them. After all, the most important factor is how much fun is it to play the map online.
This is your chance to frag the Gang at Gamers Radio and meet the Developers of the Official BFV WWII Mod (Extended) for BFV. Not to mention, play the best of the best in custom maps for Battlefield 1942 before they are converted to Battlefield Vietnam.
Here is your map line up.
Corsica | Battle for Rome | China Sea | Midway 2000
Date: October 15th
Time: 7pm CST until we get tired of playing.
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Most Importantly, Spread The Word and We will see you this Friday Night.