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	<title>Nakor's Rucksack</title>
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	<description>Random Thoughts From a Madman</description>
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		<title>Mercenaries 2, R.I.P.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 15th, 2010, a scant 16 months after release, EA pulled the plug on the Mercenaries 2 multiplayer match-making servers. Because this was the only method to create a multiplayer game (the game does not support LAN or direct IP connections), the game now has no functioning multiplayer component.
In my opinion, EA might as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shodanproductions.com/blog/?p=195</link>
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		<title>Steam Holiday Sale Binge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent a total of $70.91 on Steam for the following games:

Braid
Company of Heroes Gold
Ghost Master
King&#8217;s Bounty: Armored Princess (x2)
Mass Effect
Max Panye
Torchlight (x2)
Tropico Reloaded (Tropico 1 &#038; 2)

Not a bad haul for the money, especially considering that $20 of that $70 was for gifts.
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		<link>http://www.shodanproductions.com/blog/?p=189</link>
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		<title>L4D2 Primer Added</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve added a short beginners&#8217; guide for L4D and L4D2. I will likely add more stuff as time goes on. I&#8217;ll post here when updates have been added.
L4D2 Primer
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		<link>http://www.shodanproductions.com/blog/?p=185</link>
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		<title>A Close Call in (Far Cry 2&#8217;s) Africa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The AI in Far Cry 2 seems like some of the best I&#8217;ve seen in a what is primarily an action game. Perhaps examined on an individual NPC level, the AI isn&#8217;t actually that good; however at a higher level, especially with multiple NPCs interacting with each other, they (usually) give the appearance of being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shodanproductions.com/blog/?p=167</link>
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		<title>Mercenaries 2 First Impressions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A boat. Why did this game have to start with a boat? It brought back better forgotten memories of all the terrible missions in the GTA series that involved boats. The water here sure is a lot more shiny, though.
The next thing that springs into my mind is that this is very obviously a shoddy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shodanproductions.com/blog/?p=165</link>
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		<title>Finished Titan Quest Act I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I finished Act I in Titan Quest. I didn&#8217;t have much trouble with the Telkine; just used my usual boss &#8220;technique&#8221; of Battle Standard and whale away, occasionally quaffing a potion. The loot I received wasn&#8217;t that great. I recently went from sword &#038; shield style to dual-wielding axes. The skill point buy-back feature in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shodanproductions.com/blog/?p=162</link>
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		<title>Video Card Upgrade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently started to play Far Cry 2. Unfortunately, my computer was not up to the task of running it very well. It ran OK with severely reduced graphics options, but part of the charm of the game is the immersive, photorealistic graphics. Since I also had some framerate issues with other games I enjoy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shodanproductions.com/blog/?p=151</link>
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		<title>My HDTV Workflow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a description of the steps I use to prepare recorded HDTV (using mythTV and HDHomeRun) for viewing. The end product is a HD resolution, commercial-free video file suitable for streaming by the Sony Playstation 3. Stripping commercials is important, as the PS3 has rather poor playback controls for streamed video. Generally these video [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shodanproductions.com/blog/?p=126</link>
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		<title>Abolish the &#8220;consolation&#8221; point.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I personally feel that the point &#8220;awarded&#8221; for an overtime loss in the NHL should be abolished. Originally awarded when teams played to a tie, it feels like a oversight that this was not removed now that ties cannot happen. In my experience, it seems to suck the life out of a game when teams [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shodanproductions.com/blog/?p=121</link>
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		<title>Left 4 Dead &#8211; Versus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Left 4 Dead features a versus mode for up to 8 players. Four players play the normal team of 4 Survivors, while 4 other players take the role of the &#8220;special&#8221; Infected. These are the &#8220;Smoker&#8221;, &#8220;Hunter&#8221;, &#8220;Boomer&#8221; and &#8220;Tank&#8221;. The &#8220;Witch&#8221; is not playable. The teams take turns on each map segment; each time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shodanproductions.com/blog/?p=118</link>
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