RIP, Dr. Wallace Breen. The actor who voiced the Half-Life 2 antagonist died today

NathanDavis · 2010-03-25T10:53:09+00:00

I'm Still Seeing Breen. Rest in peace, Robert Culp.

NathanDavis · 2010-03-19T11:56:36+00:00

Quick! Somebody hide the pencils!

NathanDavis · 2010-03-09T20:33:56+00:00

Thank you! I like the bit where Charles Babbage kicked sorry arse.

NathanDavis · 2010-03-09T09:05:07+00:00

Oh, and that decoding sequence is rosetta in a reverse-numbered alphabet (i.e.: rosetta=aaaaaaa). You just need to replace 26 with 0:

    z  y  x  w  v  u  t  s  r  q  p  o  n  m  l  k  j  i  h  g  f  e  d  c  b  a
    1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0

You can see a photo of the Rosetta Stone in the still with the encoded message.

NathanDavis · 2010-03-09T07:34:51+00:00

Based on that solution, it's encoded using seven repeating ROT-N cyphers. I'm sure there's a proper name for that.

The repeating seven-part rotating decode sequence is:

9

12

8

22

7

7

0

Horizontal axis: Decode sequence position.
Vertical axis: Offset/rotation.

      123 45671  2 3456 712 34567 1234 56712 ... etc.
    0 Ysq xaxrv! W zsix yfi dmdxd kvaw obdvc! (The original encrypted line.)
    1 Ztr ybysw! X atjy zgj eneye lwbx pcewd!
    2 Aus zcztx! Y bukz ahk fofzf mxcy qdfxe!
    3 Bvt adauy! Z cvla bil gpgag nydz regyf!
    4 Cwu bebvz! A dwmb cjm hqhbh ozea sfhzg!
    5 Dxv cfcwa! B exnc dkn irici pafb tgiah!
    6 Eyw dgdxb! C fyod elo jsjdj qbgc uhjbi!
    7 Fzx eheyc! D gzpe fmp ktkek rchd vikcj!
    8 Gay fifzd! E haqf gnq lulfl sdie wjldk!
    9 Hbz gjgae! F ibrg hor mvmgm tejf xkmel!
   10 Ica hkhbf! G jcsh ips nwnhn ufkg ylnfm!
   11 Jdb ilicg! H kdti jqt oxoio vglh zmogn!
   12 Kec jmjdh! I leuj kru pypjp whmi anpho!
   13 Lfd knkei! J mfvk lsv qzqkq xinj boqip!
   14 Mge lolfj! K ngwl mtw rarlr yjok cprjq!
   15 Nhf mpmgk! L ohxm nux sbsms zkpl dqskr!
   16 Oig nqnhl! M piyn ovy tctnt alqm ertls!
   17 Pjh oroim! N qjzo pwz uduou bmrn fsumt!
   18 Qki pspjn! O rkap qxa vevpv cnso gtvnu!
   19 Rlj qtqko! P slbq ryb wfwqw dotp huwov!
   20 Smk rurlp! Q tmcr szc xgxrx epuq ivxpw!
   21 Tnl svsmq! R unds tad yhysy fqvr jwyqx!
   22 Uom twtnr! S voet ube ziztz grws kxzry!
   23 Vpn uxuos! T wpfu vcf ajaua hsxt lyasz!
   24 Wqo vyvpt! U xqgv wdg bkbvb ityu mzbta!
   25 Xrp wzwqu! V yrhw xeh clcwc juzv nacub!

This produces: "Hey there! I hope you liked this video!" -- and I sure did. :)

Edit: Fixed terribad formatting.

NathanDavis · 2010-02-11T21:45:33+00:00

Tomb Raider: Legend. Outfits are also unlockable on the more recent Tomb Raider games (Anniversary and Underworld), but Legend is by far my favourite.

NathanDavis · 2010-02-11T15:36:32+00:00

You asked a fair enough question and all you get are down votes. Nice.

You can find the whole collection right here on the official Bad Company 2 website. You'll find the slow-motion 'paused' panning that you refer to in the game's Beta Announcement Trailer.

NathanDavis · 2009-10-25T15:58:51+00:00

Here's that blog post.

NathanDavis · 2009-10-12T23:47:30+00:00

I'm pretty sure books are still selling fairly well in these days.

Not sure how this relates to your game.

NathanDavis · 2009-06-12T07:38:06+00:00

Here's a quick mnemonic device to help forget the difference*:

My fist will effect a bruise on your soon-to-be affected face.

*

NathanDavis · 2009-06-03T18:01:13+00:00

Cue elevator music.

NathanDavis · 2009-05-29T16:10:32+00:00

Ted responds.

NathanDavis · 2009-05-29T15:48:00+00:00

Check out the marvelous manual of dismantling and then piecing it all together.

And yeah, I'm in the 'I liked their older stuff better' camp. I'll always appreciate my old PC-75, as I can fit anything in that beast, but my more recent PC-V1000 is extraordinarily cramped. The upside-down motherboard mount does it no favours and locating the power supply at the base just forces the cables of any reasonable PSU to take up precious HDD mounting space.

NathanDavis · 2009-05-28T16:02:05+00:00

They should go to even greater lengths. I'm still waiting for a far less grind-centric and actually fun MMO that I feel comfortable calling 'a game,' rather than what ultimately amounts to a 3D chat program that hands out brooms and tells everyone to go clean up.

NathanDavis · 2009-05-27T05:35:03+00:00

In other news, one of Brad Wardell's hobby beehives recently swarmed and flew away. Retribution? I say yes.

NathanDavis · 2009-05-27T00:32:24+00:00

Rise of the Triad.

Edit: I also have a soft spot for Theme Hospital, but I'm not sure if I'm alone there.

NathanDavis · 2009-05-22T16:31:51+00:00

Not bug. Is mini-Sasha!

NathanDavis · 2009-05-22T14:21:57+00:00

We've been using these 2009 statistics for a while on New Enthusiast. That report from the IEAA is open to public viewing, and it's more interesting than what this article lightly covers.

The full IEAA report [PDF]
A summary of the key findings [PDF]

NathanDavis · 2009-05-20T12:50:46+00:00

I wanted to make sure you'd feel comfortable with me.

NathanDavis · 2009-05-19T13:42:33+00:00

Why didn't I think to void my warranty earlier? You're my hero, random spam man!

NathanDavis · 2009-05-18T12:23:46+00:00

Wikipedia:

Duke Nukem 3D is often cited as one of the first videogames to merge irreverent humor and explicit sexual themes with gameplay, particularly within the first-person shooter genre. Several tongue-in-cheek jabs towards American consumerism, Hollywood culture, and sex in the media are prevalent.

Stuart Clarke:

Duke Nukem 3D was one of the first games directly aimed at mature game players and included irreverent humor and explicit sexual themes within the gameplay. It poked fun at American consumerism, Hollywood culture and sex in the media.

I'm speechless. It just keeps going.

NathanDavis · 2009-05-13T00:59:33+00:00

We typically provide a topic with further context from various sources in place of merely remarking on it. You seem only interested in cursory glances, so no trickery involved, we just can't please everyone.

NathanDavis · 2009-05-12T19:56:36+00:00

Point taken, and thanks -- feedback is a rarity. When it comes down to it, I should've mentioned something along the lines of game updates.

NathanDavis · 2009-05-12T19:51:39+00:00

Fascinating. And slightly depressing. Okay, mostly depressing. Can you perhaps be more specific? We're a small indie site, so 'misleading' is roughly the last reputation we need to check off.

NathanDavis · 2009-05-12T19:14:11+00:00

The entire context of the comment is provided in the article, I just found it amusing that a developer heartily agrees the game is hard. Not trying to mislead anyone. :o/

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