Get 20% off the Novint Falcon!

January 8th, 2010 luaduck Comments

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IT’S RAINING MONEY: A rant against paid downloadable content

February 25th, 2010 luaduck Comments

FOREWORD: I’ve been meaning to write about this for quite some time, and only got the motivation to do it today. Here goes.

dlc_xboxPaid DLC. Some people don’t have a problem with it at all, and buy it up by the boat-load. I do, and I’ve pretty much boycotted it since the whole idea came about with my 360 nearly 2 years ago. What annoys me is that, in today’s day and age, companies feel the need to hike the price up on the actual retail product in the first place with content that, honestly, should have been on the disc / download in the first place. Piracy isn’t an excuse for this (DRM is another issue I’ll moan about at a later date).

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The new SteamUI Beta – If you don’t have it, commit suicide

February 24th, 2010 luaduck Comments

I mean, look at it.

 

steamui1

That’s far, far better from the old one. The old UI did it’s job but you always had a dry dick afterward. Now you can do the job AND have wet pants when you’re done.

 

Don’t have it yet? Go get it, tiger. Have some more screenies to masturbate over while you wait:

 

Steamui3

featureisafaggot

  steamui2

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It is a DISQUS Analogy

February 23rd, 2010 luaduck Comments

0ae71e0fff5ce21bc357ca3e14e8b390dd3bcd36luaduck.co.uk is now using DISQUS for comments (all previous comments have been preserved, don’t worry!). If you aren’t already using DISQUS, you’ve got 4 options for posting:

  1. Sign up for a DISQUS account.
  2. Use OAUTH to sign in with your Twitter username.
  3. Use OpenID to sign in.
  4. Comment as a guest.

Any way works, and it’ll get a comment straight onto the site. The other benefit is that I don’t have to manually approve each comment, it’s all hooked in much better to Akismet.

 

Have fun!

 

P.S: I’ll make a blog post about the LAN I went to in a few days.

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Drunken impulse buying hurts your pockets

January 23rd, 2010 luaduck Comments
03:30 – |H|H| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: im so fucking drunk
03:31 – [FP] luaduck.co.uk [Falcon]: play L4D2 while stoned
03:31 – |H|H| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: my bday drinks tonight
03:31 – [FP] luaduck.co.uk [Falcon]: best experience ever
03:31 – |H|H| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: 2B of champagne, 6 pints and god knows how many shots
03:31 – |H|H| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: im too far gone man
03:31 – [FP] luaduck.co.uk [Falcon]: that’s perfect
03:32 – |H|H| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: i dont own l4d2
03:32 – [FP] luaduck.co.uk [Falcon]: in that case impulse buy while drunk
03:32 – |H|H| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: ok
03:32 – [FP] luaduck.co.uk [Falcon]: drunken impulse buying is the best kind
03:33 – |H|H| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: yeh but you know i gota ban you in the morning
03:34 – |H|H| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: cheers i just spent 54 quid!
03:34 – [FP] luaduck.co.uk [Falcon]: hooray
03:34 – |H|H| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: had to get  avp 2 as well
03:35 – |H|H| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: i fucking hate you
03:35 – [FP] luaduck.co.uk [Falcon]: that’s the spirit
03:35 – |H|H| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: you just did what gimoy has been trying to do for 3 months
03:37 – |H|H| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: sigh
03:37 – |H|H| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: DL now
03:38 – [FP] luaduck.co.uk [Falcon]: you might be the greatest winner ever to roam the planet
03:38 – |H|H| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: fuck off
03:38 – |H|H| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: you played me
03:38 – [FP] luaduck.co.uk [Falcon]: tru
03:39 – |H|H| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: and my drunken mind
03:39 – |H|H| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: bastard
Tip of the week: Get someone completely stoned, then state games they don’t have. Their pockets will be sore for weeks
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The Novint Falcon

January 21st, 2010 luaduck Comments

So I’ve had my falcon for a couple of days now, probably enough to make a review.

pmuk-blog-novint-falcon

The Falcon is a Haptic-Feedback device designed to replace the mouse in gameplay (the idea being that you can feel your games). The control scheme can be a little wierd at times (you use the central area for precise aiming, and the edges to pan around like a joystick) but you get used to it after about ~15h playtime.

To be honest? I love the thing. You’re going to get dreadful KD ratios for the first few hours, but you’ll gradually improve as time goes on.

The Falcon retails for $199 (plus P&P + customs), but you can get a falcon with 20% off (ex. P&P + customs) with the code featured at the top of the homepage!

The bundle includes:

    · 1 Novint Falcon Game Controller (Black or white)

    · 1 Standard Novint Falcon Grip

    · 1 Pistol Grip

    · 1 USB cable

    · The Orange Box Game Key (downloadable from Steam)

    · Newton’s Monkey Business™ Game Pack

    · Feelin’ It™: Sports Pack Game Pack

    · Installation driver CD

    · Download link for Penumbra Overture

    · Free downloads for drivers (full game required) for Quake 4, Quake Wars, FEAR, FEAR Combat, Crysis, Prey, and DOOM 3

    · 1 Power Supply

    · Novint Falcon User Manual

    · Novint Games Manual

    So, what are you waiting for! Go buy one NOW DAMNIT

Novint Falcon - 20% Off!
Enter code "luaduck" at checkout.
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Sweet jesus, a blog post!

December 26th, 2009 luaduck Comments

First off, happy christmas to all. My personal list this year:

  • Ton of Blu-Ray’s & DVDs (Star Trek, Night At The Museum 2, Futurama 3)
  • Loads of books (NewScientist ones & Hitchhiker’s Guide 6)
  • The Beatles: Rock Band (360)
  • DiRT 2 Retail PC (yay online play)
  • Some other stuff, including  a LAVA LAMP (trippy)

Quite a lot has changed since I last made a proper blog post. First of all, because weekly updates were getting pretty much out of control, tweet digests are now disabled, but you can still keep up-to-date with it on the widget to your right. If you want more updates than that, go follow me: http://twitter.com/luaduck

Second, I’ve been getting trackbacks quite a lot recently – the main one has been braden.black’s blog where I get lovingly mentioned. Thanks, braden!

Lastly, I’ve banned about 500 attempted spammers over the last 2 months, and they were all caught by akismet (so if you think about spamming, think again) – however, akismet has also been spam queuing legit users. If you need unblocking, throw an email my way.

Thanks!

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This week’s Tweets for 2009-12-20

December 20th, 2009 luaduck Comments
  • Demonoid is back online! #
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwJbnMbv0lU via 5secondfilms #
  • Switched to Chromed Bird from Brizzly mainly because I love having a little "unread tweets" notification – sorry brizzly! :( #
  • This is the first night I'm going to go to bed early, wish me luck! #
  • Guess what! I've given up. #
  • Convince me not to buy a Palm Pre over a iPh3GS (from 3g) on Friday, and suggest an alternaltive THAT IS ON O2 #
  • @cosmicduck And pay £500 for the phone in reply to cosmicduck #
  • @cosmicduck I still like the Pre's development options (free open source javascript, only £80 to submit to app store IF YOU CHOOSE) in reply to cosmicduck #
  • I feel I'm asking the impossible here, but is it possible to get a windows7 LOGIN wallpaper to span 2 monitors? Can only find Vista only :( #
  • I can't remember the last time I had a hot chocolate. #
  • @alexgrist Has it been pushed to cydia.appulous.com? in reply to alexgrist #
  • @alexgrist hackulo.us even in reply to alexgrist #
  • @alexgrist leak pl0x in reply to alexgrist #
  • @alexgrist goddamnit. I don't really feel like donating $10 either in reply to alexgrist #
  • @alexgrist that's quite an issue for a cracking app in reply to alexgrist #
  • Going to sleep at 8:30AM. Ughh #
  • Appulous is SLOOWWWWW #
  • @alexgrist NEVAR in reply to alexgrist #
  • @alexgrist Plam Pre in reply to alexgrist #
  • @djjack12 psshhfffff in reply to djjack12 #
  • Does anyone have experience with setting up SAM Broadcaster's Requests function? #
  • @Hexxeh Dangit, I setup with the local DB in reply to Hexxeh #
  • @Hexxeh setting up MySQL now in reply to Hexxeh #
  • Currently tracking my dads flight back to London, he left Abu Dhabi an hour back, he's got 10h total flying to do #
  • Oh shit, I made a VNC app open a connection to Veency, causing an infinite loop D: #
  • Dad's flight stats: 5h11m to go #
  • It's pretty cool being able to glance down to my iPhone and check where he is :V #
  • Haha, just changed my router FROM the temporary Tiscali one I was using to the bork Belkin one and it works fine. Go Tiscali! #
  • Because my iPhone failed: Internet cut out, DSL wasn't connecting #
  • I swear 5 of my Chrome tabs are depressed, they keep sadtabbing every 30 minutes #
  • http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/ Ironman 2 TRAILER OH CHRIST I'M JIZZING #
  • @alexgrist good job, you can make photos in reply to alexgrist #
  • Via facepunch: Soldier's final weapon hidden in newspaper?: http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=862275 #
  • Preparing to go pick dad up – his current location is CROATIA #
  • Another tab has converted to being depressed – this time sourceforge #
  • Leaving in the next thirty minutes #
  • Standing outside Arrivals in T5 (not me) http://yfrog.com/3nuxcej #
  • I am currently sitting at my desk in front of my very own Palm Pre. This is going to be a good relationship. #
  • @OogalaBoogala yeah sure if you want it locked to o2-UK on an un-unlockable baseband in reply to OogalaBoogala #
  • Finally going to sleep, been on the trot for 23h #
  • Google Talk me: me@luaduck.co.uk #
  • Twitter client is GO http://twitpic.com/ty0fo #
  • Solly won! #tf2 #
  • It's not snowing outside, just really fucking cold #
  • My TF2 says it's updated, but there's no item smelting. Don't really want to have to redownload the GCF's #
  • Just woke up, had a terrible sleep (ended up over 12h) #
  • Oh jeez I'm apparently a Fanatic on Wakoopa, I use my PC too much #
  • Currently doing another desk timelapse: Awesomelapse2 #
  • Hooray, Ares for Palm Pre just went live! :V #
  • Won £20 on a scratchcard #
  • Downloading ESXi 4.0 to play around with virtualization servers – might move my NAS into a virtual enviroment! #
  • Currently installing ESXi #
  • Setting up FreeNAS on ESX from a backup is pretty difficult #
  • Medal of Moth: Hairborne #
  • What can I run on my ESXi system? Already got FreeNAS working #
  • http://stewdio.org/pong/ It's beautiful #
  • @ashens Are you going to be going down the Retail route or pre-patched? in reply to ashens #
  • @ashens Snow Leopard or Leopard? Also yes video please in reply to ashens #
  • WHERE IS MY COPY OF RCT2/3, I DON'T WANT TO DOWNLOAD IT BECAUSE I HAVE LEGIT COPIES #
  • @ashens Such a shame that there's no configs for Snow Leopard in VMWare, just leopard ones :( in reply to ashens #
  • @compwhizii Inspiron 530 w/ Q6600 & 4GB RAM in reply to compwhizii #
  • @compwhizii If I had enough money to buy a rack and 5 blades I would in reply to compwhizii #
  • @compwhizii That isn't different, you're still using boring old LOREM IPSUM in reply to compwhizii #
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This week’s Tweets for 2009-12-13

December 13th, 2009 luaduck Comments
  • @Systematik YARR in reply to Systematik #
  • Wow, I never knew you could fit Ross Kemp in the boot of a Renault Twingo Sport – Thanks Top Gear! #
  • Server of the week: CombineDanceParty.com – http://www.combinedanceparty.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=112&p=1376#p1376 #
  • @cosmicduck Do you do the internetting too? How about the ubuntuly installering? in reply to cosmicduck #
  • Just set up a one-day timelapse on my 350D, chances of the battery actually making it that far are 1/9001, but we'll see how far it gets #
  • @Hexxeh link me to one that works on AC and I'll buy it in reply to Hexxeh #
  • @RedMummy The weather in Ringwood has slowed down, it's not raining anymore at least (although it's very Grey and depressing) in reply to RedMummy #
  • @RedMummy Depends where you are, the wind is going east in reply to RedMummy #
  • @Hexxeh what the fuck £70 in reply to Hexxeh #
  • @Hexxeh far cheaper is http://www.astronomiser.co.uk/canonpower.htm + http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=231 in reply to Hexxeh #
  • @Hexxeh that isn't even canon branded in reply to Hexxeh #
  • @RedMummy If it's raining there it's going to start raining here soon :( in reply to RedMummy #
  • I've been given the GH Jail Gamemode by a source whom wishes to remain anonymous, should I leak it? #
  • @Hexxeh the ACK-DC20 is for the PowerShot in reply to Hexxeh #
  • @Hexxeh rated myself box in reply to Hexxeh #
  • http://twitpic.com/sjr2n – Playing around with my BIOS #
  • @shadiku and what do you think you're doing searching "breast padding" in the first place in reply to shadiku #
  • I'll make custom BIOS screens for you if you ask politely now: make sure you've got the tools to flash it before asking! (e.g FaceWizard) #
  • @birkett26 Where did you buy them from, and how much monies did they cost you? in reply to birkett26 #
  • @Overv Got a screen of what it looked like? in reply to Overv #
  • Got a problem with Win7 7600, fullscreen apps minimize the instant they do anything, and every time I try to maxmize they just remin. 4870 #
  • You know you've joined a polish server when Banana Phone (or a derivative) plays when you join #
  • Just got back from the dentist, no plaque but I have gingivitis :( #
  • @hexxeh What's the program you use for BEBoxes and other Thompson Boxes for direct diagnostics from a PC? #
  • Just recorded some PIP DiRT2 footage, seeing if it's upload worthy #
  • Editing complete, should I upload in F4V 1080p (lower file size, not sure if YT supports 1080p F4V) or MPEG2 1080p (much higher)? #
  • @nothinginhere WMV sucks in reply to nothinginhere #
  • Uploading the DiRT 2 footage I took earlier, let's hope 1080p works! #
  • @_stoned oh well, it's uploading now, might upload a higher quality version later in reply to _stoned #
  • VIDEO STILL RENDERING #
  • Jesus YouTube's rendering is incredibly slow (either that or I fucked something up) #
  • Gunna switch to the Google Chrome Dev channel for a few days to se if I like it over Firefox #
  • I'm sold. #
  • Just realised that there's no Greasemonkey support for Chrome. Oh well, will have to wait :( #
  • What the fuck, I just logged in to YouTube and got a red error bar saying "I call shenanigans" when I'm logged in normally #
  • http://bit.ly/8faDUu
    (apologies for the watermark, just wanted to try a chrome screenshotter) #
  • Apparently it's just a general error message, but still made me cry #
  • Going to bed, going to let a H264 varient render overnight for upload tomorrow night. #
  • @alexgrist iPot, not iPhone (where's the earpiece) in reply to alexgrist #
  • My flash version finished uploading, but it's only in 720p :( Looks like it's going to have to be the 2gb file instead #
  • Thunderbird's reaction to all emails: OH CHRIST IT'S A SCAM OH SHIT EVERYTHING IN YOUR INBOX IS SPAM FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF #
  • Have been playing DiRT 2 for HOURS, loving every minute #
  • OH THANK GOD TWITTER NOW WORKS ON XBOXLIVE FOR CHILD ACCOUNTS MY LIFE IS SAVED #
  • brb need to change trousers #
  • Whoopsy, forgot to upload the FullHD video last night, oh well. Going to go out and MIGHT do some SKIING now #
  • Any tips for skiing, apart from not falling over? #
  • No skiing today, not qualified. Lesson booked for tommorow #
  • Returning home. Was in a McD's, when the manager asked about my hair. Sat down then had an attendant apologize and offer me a free McFlurry #
  • RT @AndrewTindall One in six people in the UK now have a Nintendo DS, overtaking the PS2 as the best selling games console of all time. #
  • RT @waze RT @iPhoneAlley: Droid Beats iPhone 3GS For Time Magazine's Top Gadget Of 2009: http://bit.ly/7dCsfu #
  • Anyone else getting flash troubles with YouTube on Chrome2.0Beta? #
  • The countdown begins: FRIENDSHIP ENDS IN 9 HOURS OR SO VALVE TIME #
  • Need some help with my Freezer64Pro – I've got it mounted fan facing the front of case, but the FAN blocks two RAM slots: possible to avoid? #
  • @hexxeh I didn't notice that your ChromiumOS build got mentioned on LifeHacker #
  • THUNDERBIRD 3 THUNDERBIRD 3 THUNDIRBIRD 3 UPDATE GO GO GO #
  • @JasonBradbury "Recover Gamertag" on your Elite. A tag can only reside on one console at a time FYI. in reply to JasonBradbury #
  • OH GOD THUNDERBIRD 3 IS SO AWESOME #
  • I give up, the 720p version of the DiRT 2 G25 gameplay is now available publically: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9hiqFh3Ioo&hd=1 #
  • @DenzoNL Stress, I must get around to shaving it all down again so I don't look like a faggot in reply to DenzoNL #
  • @JasonBradbury Leaving your gaming room is in DIRECT CONTRAVENTION of the Gamer's Code sect. 3.5. Redeem yourself sir or SERVE YOUR SENTENCE in reply to JasonBradbury #
  • Because I get asked all the time: RT @luaduck @DenzoNL Stress, I must get around to shaving it all down again so I don't look like a faggot #
  • Is it possible to subscribe to VALVe's Newsgroups via NNTP (the newsgroup protocol) or will I have to stick to having emails sent? #
  • @AndrewTindall UNITED STATES OF BURGERIA in reply to AndrewTindall #
  • Oh fuck. Via HLDSMailingList: A required Team Fortress 2 will be arriving later today.

    Jason #

  • OH SHIT THUNDERBIRD 3 HAS CONVERSATION VIEW I LOVE YOU MOZILLA #
  • Why do I have a pile of 6 socks on my desk #
  • luaduck.co.uk is paid for another year, there goes £17 of my money which could have gone towards christmas :( #
  • I keep getting #chrome sadtabs, it's making me want to slit my wrists #
  • HLDSMailingList: dear vavle: i want to ask how long we need to wait for update? :)

    sory for that spam but i must to ask:) #

  • @benbrooks92 hosting in reply to benbrooks92 #
  • "You have successfully resolved the low disk space condition." Great! Thanks, Windo- http://i45.tinypic.com/5yat4x.png #
  • Going to bed. Kill loads of Sollies please. #
  • Goddamnit @garrynewman why did you enable autogold #
  • @Overv Post in the thread "If you don't want to be a GOLD MEMBER anymore – POST HERE" to keep it after New Year's Day-OG's are getting bans in reply to Overv #
  • skiing GO #
  • Skiing was fun. Currently waiting for Mum to get her grub, but here's mine #
  • http://yfrog.com/au6wej #
  • Why does Diet Coke make me bloated, whereas full-fat Coca Cola doesn't? #
  • DiRT2 1080p is currently processing #
  • Want to keep tabs on all of Facepunch's Gold Members? Follow the Goldmembers list! http://twitter.com/luaduck/facepunch-goldmembers #
  • Christmas lights! http://yfrog.com/6mz7vj #
  • Anyone fancy some Modern Warfare 2 XBox 360 SpecOps? Add me on XBL (Duck3ator) and message me and we'll PLAY #
  • @andersonmat how in reply to andersonmat #
  • Money to burn? Buy Build No. 999 of the GTX 295, it'll only set you back £999.99! http://bit.ly/5ZyX0Q #
  • What the fuck, I uploaded the full-blown version of the DiRT 2 footage in MPEG4 1080p and it's still only in 720p. Damnit youtube #
  • Just booked up for TheBigGame 26 (http://thebiggame.org), if you're in South England and you want to come it's £25 for 3 nights #
  • If you want to sit next to me I'm in Seat F5 (no rape please) #
  • @garrynewman If I still had all my coke cans I'd make something similar in reply to garrynewman #
  • @ThornyFP Congrats, you have a follower #
  • @LeachesWeAre Hey guys! Sitting in South England as a 15 year old. in reply to LeachesWeAre #
  • I'm running out of space on my 80GB Boot drive (3.43GB free) and I can't delete anything to make room. Fuck. #
  • I've joined 5 games in a row now where I've been nuked. Ughh. #
  • 1080p now available on the DiRT 2 Gameplay video!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g11tn3MGpxE&hd=1 – THIS IS A DIFFERENT LINK #

  • Oh shit, Item smelting is coming to TF2! http://www.teamfortress.com/crafting/ #
  • Why isn't it raining #
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This week’s Tweets for 2009-12-06

December 6th, 2009 luaduck Comments
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