Archive for January, 2010
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
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January 2010 ended with the release of one of the best games of the year in Mass Effect 2. How odd is that? However PC gamers have even more goodness in store for February. Before we enter a new month let’s look back at the events of the last seven days in January.
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January 2010 ended with the release of one of the best games of the year in
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Filed under: Meta BD
January 2010 ended with the release of one of the best games of the year in Mass Effect 2. How odd is that? However PC gamers have even more goodness in store for February. Before we enter a new month let’s look back at the events of the last seven days in January.
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Continue reading The Best of Big Download: January 25-31
The Best of Big Download: January 25-31 originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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January 2010 ended with the release of one of the best games of the year in
Mass Effect 2. How odd is that? However PC gamers have even more goodness in store for February. Before we enter a new month let's look back at the events of the last seven days in January.
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Continue reading The Best of Big Download: January 25-31
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010
To: Luke
From: Owen
My friends here invited me to their 6-year-old daughter’s basketball game on Saturday. Her team is in fact coached by Bev Smith, the former head coach of the University of Oregon’s women’s team, who carries one hell of a resume for anyone who’s ever coached in a middle school gym. Smith was also a two-time all-American as a player at Oregon, a two-time medalist on Canada’s Olympic team, and in 2004 was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn. With that kind of pedigree, an overwhelming victory was not unexpected. Her team, the Greyhounds, breezed.
Then again, you’re talking about first graders, so it’s not like Smith has to coach the finer points of a dribble-drive motion offense. Traveling and double-dribble aren’t called, so the kids run up and down the court at will and passing is often accomplished by missing a shot. Still, getting five children at that age to think of others, share the ball, and try to work as a team is a sizeable enough task.
The mother of another girl on this team lamented her daughter’s shyness and anxiety about shooting the ball and promised her a quarter for every shot the little girl took and a dollar for every one she made. She paid a $1.75 bounty for a 1-for-4 afternoon.
Some other highlights of the weekend:
Woman Loses 112 lbs., Thanks Wii Fit
Kojima Apologizes, Says ‘No Greater Crime’ Than a Delay
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: iSlate iPad Edition Winners
Bungie Definitively Shuts Down Halo: Reach/Natal Speculation
System Shock 2’s Surprise Ending – for Ken Levine, Anyway
Stick Jockey: The Replacements, Still Replaced in Video Games
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To: Luke
From: Owen
My friends here invited me to their 6-year-old daughter's basketball game on Saturday. Her team is in fact coached by Bev Smith, the former head coach of the University of Oregon's women's team, who carries one hell of a resume for anyone who's ever coached in a middle school gym. Smith was also a two-time all-American as a player at Oregon, a two-time medalist on Canada's Olympic team, and in 2004 was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn. With that kind of pedigree, an overwhelming victory was not unexpected. Her team, the Greyhounds, breezed.
Then again, you're talking about first graders, so it's not like Smith has to coach the finer points of a dribble-drive motion offense. Traveling and double-dribble aren't called, so the kids run up and down the court at will and passing is often accomplished by missing a shot. Still, getting five children at that age to think of others, share the ball, and try to work as a team is a sizeable enough task.
The mother of another girl on this team lamented her daughter's shyness and anxiety about shooting the ball and promised her a quarter for every shot the little girl took and a dollar for every one she made. She paid a $1.75 bounty for a 1-for-4 afternoon.
Some other highlights of the weekend:
Woman Loses 112 lbs., Thanks Wii Fit
Kojima Apologizes, Says 'No Greater Crime' Than a Delay
Kotaku 'Shop Contest: iSlate iPad Edition Winners
Bungie Definitively Shuts Down Halo: Reach/Natal Speculation
System Shock 2's Surprise Ending - for Ken Levine, Anyway
Stick Jockey: The Replacements, Still Replaced in Video Games
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010
To: Luke
From: Owen
My friends here invited me to their 6-year-old daughter’s basketball game on Saturday. Her team is in fact coached by Bev Smith, the former head coach of the University of Oregon’s women’s team, who carries one hell of a resume for anyone who’s ever coached in a middle school gym. Smith was also a two-time all-American as a player at Oregon, a two-time medalist on Canada’s Olympic team, and in 2004 was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn. With that kind of pedigree, an overwhelming victory was not unexpected. Her team, the Greyhounds, breezed.
Then again, you’re talking about first graders, so it’s not like Smith has to coach the finer points of a dribble-drive motion offense. Traveling and double-dribble aren’t called, so the kids run up and down the court at will and passing is often accomplished by missing a shot. Still, getting five children at that age to think of others, share the ball, and try to work as a team is a sizeable enough task.
The mother of another girl on this team lamented her daughter’s shyness and anxiety about shooting the ball and promised her a quarter for every shot the little girl took and a dollar for every one she made. She paid a $1.75 bounty for a 1-for-4 afternoon.
Some other highlights of the weekend:
Woman Loses 112 lbs., Thanks Wii Fit
Kojima Apologizes, Says ‘No Greater Crime’ Than a Delay
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: iSlate iPad Edition Winners
Bungie Definitively Shuts Down Halo: Reach/Natal Speculation
System Shock 2’s Surprise Ending – for Ken Levine, Anyway
Stick Jockey: The Replacements, Still Replaced in Video Games
Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.
To: Luke
From: Owen
My friends here invited me to their 6-year-old daughter's basketball game on Saturday. Her team is in fact coached by Bev Smith, the former head coach of the University of Oregon's women's team, who carries one hell of a resume for anyone who's ever coached in a middle school gym. Smith was also a two-time all-American as a player at Oregon, a two-time medalist on Canada's Olympic team, and in 2004 was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn. With that kind of pedigree, an overwhelming victory was not unexpected. Her team, the Greyhounds, breezed.
Then again, you're talking about first graders, so it's not like Smith has to coach the finer points of a dribble-drive motion offense. Traveling and double-dribble aren't called, so the kids run up and down the court at will and passing is often accomplished by missing a shot. Still, getting five children at that age to think of others, share the ball, and try to work as a team is a sizeable enough task.
The mother of another girl on this team lamented her daughter's shyness and anxiety about shooting the ball and promised her a quarter for every shot the little girl took and a dollar for every one she made. She paid a $1.75 bounty for a 1-for-4 afternoon.
Some other highlights of the weekend:
Woman Loses 112 lbs., Thanks Wii Fit
Kojima Apologizes, Says 'No Greater Crime' Than a Delay
Kotaku 'Shop Contest: iSlate iPad Edition Winners
Bungie Definitively Shuts Down Halo: Reach/Natal Speculation
System Shock 2's Surprise Ending - for Ken Levine, Anyway
Stick Jockey: The Replacements, Still Replaced in Video Games
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Filed under: FPS, Multiplayer, Team Fortress 2
The recent Soldier-Demoman War in Team Fortress 2 resulted in the Soldier class getting an extra cool item to use in Valve’s recent content update to their multiplayer shooter. But was there some shenanigans in the final war results? In a tongue-in-cheek style, the game’s official web site seems to suggest the answer is “Yes”.
While they are quick to say they have no proof cheating took place, the web site produced numbers that show the Soldier class was killing a Demoman every 2.5 seconds for a week during the war. As they state, “In other words, he is either cheating, or he is a hallucinating sleep-deprived psychotic with severe constipation and unerringly good aim. In either event, I am confident he is ashamed of himself.” Indeed.
[Via Blue's News]
Did cheating tip the balance in the Team Fortress 2 Soldier-Demoman War? originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The recent
Soldier-Demoman War in
Team Fortress 2 resulted in the Soldier class getting an extra cool item to use in
Valve's recent content update to their multiplayer shooter. But was there some shenanigans in the final war results? In a tongue-in-cheek style, the game's official web site seems to suggest the answer is "Yes".
While they are quick to say they have no proof cheating took place, the web site produced numbers that show the Soldier class was killing a Demoman every 2.5 seconds for a week during the war. As they state, "In other words, he is either cheating, or he is a hallucinating sleep-deprived psychotic with severe constipation and unerringly good aim. In either event, I am confident he is ashamed of himself." Indeed.
[Via
Blue's News]
Did cheating tip the balance in the Team Fortress 2 Soldier-Demoman War? originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Filed under: FPS, Multiplayer, Team Fortress 2
The recent Soldier-Demoman War in Team Fortress 2 resulted in the Soldier class getting an extra cool item to use in Valve’s recent content update to their multiplayer shooter. But was there some shenanigans in the final war results? In a tongue-in-cheek style, the game’s official web site seems to suggest the answer is “Yes”.
While they are quick to say they have no proof cheating took place, the web site produced numbers that show the Soldier class was killing a Demoman every 2.5 seconds for a week during the war. As they state, “In other words, he is either cheating, or he is a hallucinating sleep-deprived psychotic with severe constipation and unerringly good aim. In either event, I am confident he is ashamed of himself.” Indeed.
[Via Blue's News]
Did cheating tip the balance in the Team Fortress 2 Soldier-Demoman War? originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: FPS, Multiplayer, Team Fortress 2
The recent
Soldier-Demoman War in
Team Fortress 2 resulted in the Soldier class getting an extra cool item to use in
Valve's recent content update to their multiplayer shooter. But was there some shenanigans in the final war results? In a tongue-in-cheek style, the game's official web site seems to suggest the answer is "Yes".
While they are quick to say they have no proof cheating took place, the web site produced numbers that show the Soldier class was killing a Demoman every 2.5 seconds for a week during the war. As they state, "In other words, he is either cheating, or he is a hallucinating sleep-deprived psychotic with severe constipation and unerringly good aim. In either event, I am confident he is ashamed of himself." Indeed.
[Via
Blue's News]
Did cheating tip the balance in the Team Fortress 2 Soldier-Demoman War? originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010
A 38-year-old British woman, once so large she was afraid to have sex with her husband, now parades about her home in sexy lingerie after losing 112 pounds, a dramatic change in physique she credits to a Wii Fit regimen.
Lara Roberts specifically thanked the Wii for allowing her to work out in her home, because she was very self-conscious about visiting a gym or jogging in public. As a result, she went from 252 to 140 pounds in a year.
Note: There absolutely was a dietary component to this change. British tab News of the World says she “ditched the comfort eating,” which had surged to nearly 4,000 calories a day until a friend pointed out her nonstop consumption.
“I knew if I didn’t do something, chances are I wouldn’t live to see my girls grow up,” she said.
But while this sounds like the textbook definition of “results may vary,” I find it believable. First, it took a full year of getting up at 5 a.m. to work out. That’s not a quick-fix miracle program. Second, she recognized fully how her eating habits required a very disciplined change in behavior. And third, she was motivated by concern for her children and she had the support of her family. Shame or embarrassment are powerful feelings, but they can’t motivate you without a support network, you’ll just give in to defeatism. I also buy the fact Wii Fit appealed to her because it allowed her to work out in private.
The benefits? Lara’s become quite the cougar. She says her daughter’s male friends have eyes for her, and an appearance on BBC 3’s “I’m Hotter Than My Daughter” backs it up.
I’m a Wii Bit Thinner [News of the World via Go Nintendo. Image by News of the World]
A 38-year-old British woman, once so large she was afraid to have sex with her husband, now parades about her home in sexy lingerie after losing 112 pounds, a dramatic change in physique she credits to a Wii Fit regimen.
Lara Roberts specifically thanked the Wii for allowing her to work out in her home, because she was very self-conscious about visiting a gym or jogging in public. As a result, she went from 252 to 140 pounds in a year.
Note: There absolutely was a dietary component to this change. British tab News of the World says she "ditched the comfort eating," which had surged to nearly 4,000 calories a day until a friend pointed out her nonstop consumption.
"I knew if I didn't do something, chances are I wouldn't live to see my girls grow up," she said.
But while this sounds like the textbook definition of "results may vary," I find it believable. First, it took a full year of getting up at 5 a.m. to work out. That's not a quick-fix miracle program. Second, she recognized fully how her eating habits required a very disciplined change in behavior. And third, she was motivated by concern for her children and she had the support of her family. Shame or embarrassment are powerful feelings, but they can't motivate you without a support network, you'll just give in to defeatism. I also buy the fact Wii Fit appealed to her because it allowed her to work out in private.
The benefits? Lara's become quite the cougar. She says her daughter's male friends have eyes for her, and an appearance on BBC 3's "I'm Hotter Than My Daughter" backs it up.
I'm a Wii Bit Thinner [News of the World via Go Nintendo. Image by News of the World]
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