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  2. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction

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    Being a Splinter Cellaholic, I've been looking forward to this since it was first announced. Sure it doesn't look like Sam Fisher anymore, but Splinter Cell is at a critical point in the franchise. They can keep making games with different stories using the same formula they used for 4 games (5 if you count Essentials on PSP) and risk everyone complaining that they are just milking the franchise, or they can try something new and risk everyone complaining that they're ruining a proven formula (I shall dub this the "Yahtzee Paradox")

    Personally I can go either way with this, but in terms of the changes they've made, I like the idea of seeing Sam Fisher in a Jason Bourne/Assassin's Creed style setting. I think it will add so much more to the character. In SC 1 and 2, we didn't really get to see much of the Sam Fisher character. Sure we saw the family-man side of him with Sara, but it was still a little dry. Then Chaos Theory came along and we got to see the humor and learn more about the morality of Fisher. Double Agent pushed the bar even further when it started playing with his emotions. I think what they're doing with Conviction will allow us to see more of the true Sam Fisher. Plus all the added combat stuff and more Assassin's Creed they're making it is a welcome addition in my book because Assassin's Creed was fucking awesome (although I'm sure some of you will jest at that comment).

    This is just my two cents and can be taken with a grain of salt. I just wish they would release the damn game already!

    Edit: Oh damn it!I just now read skdr's link. Now I'm pissed.

    Edit Edit: Oh good: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=141197

  9. Safari web browser

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    Negative, Safari doesn't pass the Acid3 test yet (no browser does). Safari was the closest to passing, but a few days ago the latest Opera beta out-beat Safari in Acid3 at 98% pass. Safari passes Acid2, but so does Opera and IE 8 beta (Firefox 3 is supposed to).

    The only reason I have safari installed is because I need to see how web apps I develop render properly. Safari is one of the most standards compliant browsers out there, but if you have a windows machine, just stick with firefox. At least firefox knows how to send credentials to webservers that don't allow anonymous browsing (a concept Safari seems to be oblivious to...)

  11. Dream office

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    The dream office to me would be similar to the Shreveport house id had when they were first starting out making Keen and Wolf. A small house where your small dev team lives, and everybody's computer/workstation is in the living room. Basically a frat house for game developers :)

  12. Cloverfield

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    honestly, the estimated budget of the movie is only 25 million, which compared to modern day apocalyptic/monster/doomsday movies is pretty tame. It was just shot to make it look like it was a 125 million dollar movie.

  15. Cloverfield

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    I initially gave it a B-, but after thinking about it that might be a little low. Sure, I almost fell asleep at times and the characters are so unbelievably one-dimensional that there is nothing progressing you through the story because you sure as hell don't care what happens to these characters, but the style and concept are pulled off quite well. I would have easily given it an A, but the complete lack of character development makes you not care at all about what happens. Also, the CGI effects of the monster are pretty bad, except for the some shots near the end (but all of the non-monster cgi was excellent).

    Twenty bucks says when I see it again in the comfort of my own home, I'll raise it up to an A-. Or maybe it's a thing where after I watch it a few times and get the feel of the characters, I start to care more. It's still worth seeing in theaters, because there's not going to be anything quite like it for awhile. I'm sure a bunch of people will try, but it's going to be mighty hard to pull off.

  20. Christmas Presents

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    Katamari Damacy, Dead to Rights II, Kingdom Hearts II, ammunition, a serial breadboard that I can use to make programmable logic circuits (I'm gonna try and build a guitar hero bot with it :D ), and a bit of cash that I'm either going to buy an HDTV or guitar with.

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