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Well we basically have a thread on all the games we beat so why not have one on the books/comics we read.
I just picked up the Astounding Wolf-Man trade by Robert Kirkman and Jason Howard. Its an Image book and it loosely ties into Invincible (another of Kirkman's characters). This trade collects issues 1-7 of the new title and tells the tale of Gary Hampton who becomes the Wolf-Man after a bad camping incident. He quickly finds out that he becomes a werewolf when the moon becomes full. The first night of the full moon he can't control the beast within. Kirkman wanted to do a take on the classic wolfman and make him a superhero. Kirkman loves to bring misery to the cast of characters he writes. I mean just take a look at the Walking Dead and you can't get too comfortable with a character because they die often.

If anyone is thinking about getting into something not too crazy and kinda fun The Astounding Wolf-Man is a very fun read. I enjoyed it very much.

I'm in the process of reading "I'm A Lebowski, You're A Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You." which is written by the dudes that created Lebowski Fest. Its really entertaining so far.

I also got "The Chris Farley Show" written by his brother and "Cesar's Way" by the Dog Whisperer for Christmas.

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Once I finish Lord of the Flies for my English class I'm going on a big Chuck Palahniuk rampage. I'm going to read Fight Club, Choke, Survivor and Invisible Monsters.

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Stuff I've read all together, or in '09.

I'm reading right now The Krzyzewskiville Tales, a book about the line up of tents outside Cameron Indoor at Duke U for BBall games.

I have more books to read then video games to play, and that says something.

I just figured its a thread for everyone to see what your reading and if you recommend it.

About 2 weeks ago I finished reading The Magician's Nephew. Its the first book in the Chronicles of Narnia series. I'm reading the second book now but not as quick as the first since its the Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. I already know the story and just didn't skip it. I have about 20 pages left and then I'm onto the next book.

Here is a picture of what I'll be reading for the next few days. I just blow through comic stuff and the Narnia is very easy read.

Game development for Zune huh? I want to develop something for Andriod or iPhone. But since I don't have a MAC, I might have to look into Android. I have no idea what the Gphone can do though.

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"If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. "

Well I'm more interested in it from the PC/360 standpoint

How would you program for the 360 though?

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"If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. "

The XNA Game studio is a free download along with C# Studio Express. It has all the tools to deploy a game on the 360, it even lets you use a 360 on your network to test and debug.

That's cool. Can you sell your product over xbox Live?

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"If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. "

Dont want to hijack the thread too badly, but yeah if you upgrade to a different tier of the XNA Creator's club you can sell your games through the Community Games area. My main motivation is getting my C# skills up to snuff using this as motivation to learn more.

Well I'm already done reading the two Batman trades and both Y: The Last Man. The Walking Dead will be done within the next hour or so.

I only read when I'm on the shitter at home and most of the time I shit at work so since my vacation is over, my reading time is going to go down drastically.

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1-10-09 - The Krzyzewskiville Tales

What was it about Jim?

Its modeled after the Canterbury Tales, 12 people waiting in a tent outside of Cameron before the UNC game at Duke telling stories of past K-Ville.

It was pretty good, an easy read to start of the year, I read it in about 4 hours.

I just finished Choke by Chuck Palahniuk. It was pretty good, really odd but good.

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Gonna start Watchmen soon! Just bought it.

great book...I own it and Love it...ill probably reread it next month before the movie comes out.

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Last Month i read Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential." It was really good, and i'll probably read it again in a few months. Right now i'm reading Chris Turner's "Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Defined a Generation." It's also very good.

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Military-Industrial Complex, by Sidney Lens

Military-Industrial Complex, by Caroll Pursell

The Military-Industrial Complex and United States Foreign Policy, edited by Omer Carey

Corporations and the cold war . Edited by David Horowitz.

Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904- Defense sector and the American economy / by Jacob K. Javits, Charles J. Hitch [and] Arthur F. Burns.

America A Narrative History, by George Tindall

Locke, John, 1632-1704. Essay concerning human understanding. Collated and annotated, with prolegomena, biographical, critical, and historical by Alexander Campbell Fraser. v.1

Interpreting Canada's Past: A Post-Confederation Reader, edited by J.M. Bumstead, and Len Kuffert

The Peoples of Canada: A Post-Confederation History by J.M. Bumsted

Treatise of Human Nature, by David Hume

Treatise Concerning The Principles Of Human Knowledge, by George Berkeley

On Poetry and Style, by Aristotle

Introductory Reading, by Aristotle

Dune, by Frank Herbert

and several dozen other assorted articles as they crop up for my classes.

... word of warning don't go into University for History and Philosophy unless you thoroughly enjoy reading.

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All at once? What are you Johnny 5?

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I used that Johnny 5 joke on colleen before, she didn't get it and I immediately got mad.

hahahahaha INPUT INPUT INPUT!!!

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