The RPG Duelling League
Social Forums => General Chat => Topic started by: Xeroma on December 19, 2007, 12:26:25 AM
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http://kotaku.com/335467/duke-nuke-em-forever-trailer-hits-tomorrow
We'll kick things off with something impossible.
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http://arglebarglin.blogspot.com/2007/12/inside-baxter-building.html
Baxter Building map.
http://kotaku.com/gaming/clip/resident-evil-degeneration-trailer-334527.php
(video) apparently they're making a Resident Evil CG movie now....
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/articles/20071217.aspx
Death ray delayed, replaced with soundwave weapon that can make people think they're hearing the voice of god.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/hortonhearsawho/
(video) Horton Hears a Who trailer.
http://gamecareerguide.com/features/473/playing_to_.php
Very good article about studying a game for its game design.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VideogameTropes
Videogame Tropes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTrm4Yie4ow&eurl=http://www.mega64.com/ico.htm
(video) Mega 64 on ICO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TspXnODc8IQ&NR=1
(video) Mega 64 on Katamari Damacy.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/batman/the-6+minute-dark-knight-bank-heist-trailer-334675.php
(video) Batman Dark Knight 6-minute trailer. Very impressive.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tNn6qOrXkYM&feature=related
(video) Amputee breakdancing.
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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=218384
In case some people haven't heard it in chat, Persona 4 announced for PS2.
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http://kotaku.com/335793/duke-nukem-forever-teaser-trailer?autoplay=true
Here's the teaser trailer. I can't wait!
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-19/free-gurren-lagann-stream-subtitled
ADV actually does something right what the hell.
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http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1790039/
PEGASUS, PEGASUS!
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http://www.howmanyfiveyearoldscouldyoutakeinafight.com/
A valid question for our modern times.
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23 kids.
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Hah, beat you by five kids! <_< >_>
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Damn, only 20 kids for me.
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It gives me 17, which is a blatant lie. I'd be lucky to take down a third of that number. They must overinflate when I admitted that I'd be more that happy to kick in the groin or go for a throat punch.
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Well I would assume that, being in the Navy, you'd be quite used to having several people grabbing at you.
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21.
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24. Lack of morality counts for a ton here, apparently. And given the relative effectiveness of using a five year old as a weapon against other five year olds, I can see why.
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25 kids. Sweet.
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24 kids.
Sad. I think if I took this back in college I'd get a much higher score. (I was in much better shape then)
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33.
Wow, China gave me ten points or so on that, I think. >_>
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23 kids. Mainly due to being willing to use them as weapons, I'd imagine.
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19.
If Tony took this test he'd probably score about 3.
WHY CAN'T I BEAT A BUNCH OF KIDS
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20 kids here. I almost speak from experence.
I worked with a mini-league of about 14 or so kids playing football (older than 5 but still) and seriously don't underestimate some of those 6-7 year olds. They are buff.
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23 kids. Guessing that the lack of trampling/being in fights is what kept me down.
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15. ;_; I'm not evil enough.
Also, that post is creepy as fuck with the avatar Eph.
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Only 23 kids. I need to go to Capoeria more than once a month. Then I could really take down some five year olds.
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27.
What.
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15. I'm too moral for my own good, since I presume I score well in most other categories.
http://www.godmodeonline.com/d/20070924.html
Webcomic on Duke Nukem Forever.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=503419&in_page_id=1770
Boat powered by human fat.
http://www.sonnyradio.com/lindsaylights.html
(video) Christmas lights flashing to music and stuff.
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Managed 27. Is it because I have experience being trampled? Or is it because I can kick over 6 feet in the air?
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20. High scores in most of the other categories were brought down by morality.
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Link too long (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUPzN7tp7bQ&eurl=http://www.joystiq.com/2007/12/22/team-roomba-perfects-the-art-of-team-fortress-2-griefing/)
TF2 Griefing. It's hilarious, especially when he blocks the entrance and forces people to swear to vote for Ron Paul. And the trivia.
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http://www.oxmonline.com/article/xbox-soapbox/sony-doesnt-want-your-money
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I ended up with 36.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw
Mmm, Wii awesomeness.
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http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1790069
WTF.
NSFW. Not safe for childhood memories, either.
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http://www.cracked.com/article_15778_year-in-douchebaggery-10-biggest-d-bags-2007.html
Top ten douchebags. Scar's friend is 8th!
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http://tasvideos.org/380M.html
Somebody plays through Megaman X and X2 at the same time. With the same controller.
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http://tasvideos.org/380M.html
Somebody plays through Megaman X and X2 at the same time. With the same controller.
You can see it here as well: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2509794034861880408
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http://www.howmanyfiveyearoldscouldyoutakeinafight.com/
A valid question for our modern times.
I could take 27 kids, myself.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/11/nflag111.xml
=D
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Britain would be officially 50 times more awesome if they adapted that flag.
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http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/27640
Experiment in Quantum Physics that suggests that reality may not exist without observation.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5430080.html
Brain music, likely new-age retro bullshit, possibly not.
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http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/27640
Experiment in Quantum Physics that suggests that reality may not exist without observation.
Ah yes, heard about that stuff back when I was in undergrad (2000 or 2001 or so). Roughly speaking, there are people who dislike that Quantum Mechanics is fundamentally random, and therefore make the claim that there must be some non-random laws underneath Quantum Mechanics we've never been smart enough to notice that are perfectly ordered and not random (therefore allowing fate to exist in the universe, and blah blah blah bullshit). There isn't. Physicists have proven it.
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Teehee, DeCartes.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,319473,00.html
Japanese snow-clearing robot.
http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/16820
Street Fighter 4 footage and interview.
http://www.cogitamusblog.com/2008/01/the-gop-primary.html
The GOP primary field compared to Buffy the Vampire Slayer villains.
http://www.camyinternational.com/lightsword.php
Wii Light Saber.
http://ifc.com/static/sections/kelly/trapped.html
(video series) "Trapped in the closet" - surprisingly entertaining.
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/mel.html
Amusing story about a programmer (gets kinda technical, though).
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http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1199735134/More_Human_Tetris
Human Tetris: equal parts Annoying and Awesome.
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Talking music with Hal and Tai when I should be asleep I decide to see how popular George Clinton is in pirate circles.
http://www.isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=george+clinton
The outcomes of the search are just amusing.
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http://www.cracked.com/article_15801_5-current-genetic-experiments-most-likely-destroy-humanity.html
Spider-goats!
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http://kotaku.com/341611/bill-gates-last-day-at-microsoft-the-movie
(video) Bill Gates' last day at microsoft.
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=730&NewsID=866588&CategoryID=3511&on=1
Apparently Tony Hawk drives kids to Arson.
http://www.armoredcore.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=8995
Supposedly if you crack Armored Core, then display the text in 256 byte rows, there's all kinds of ASCII art.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3165334
Star Wars characters in Soul Calibur 4. No, really.
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Don't know if this is old or new, but I enjoyed "reading" this:
http://www.gamegirladvance.com/archives/2002/10/26/sex_in_games_rezvibrator.html
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Old but still totally awesome for lots of reasons and probably none of them that you are thinking of.
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Any fans of DC comics or just cool action figures in general might appriciate this.
http://home.insightbb.com/~sillof/customfiguresGASLIGHT.html
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I really like the Flash figure.
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http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/i_got_what_america_needs_right
Funniest thing I've read at the Onion in a pretty long while. Blahblah, NSFW, it's the Onion and you know this.
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http://www.darwinawards.com/newsletter/200801.txt
New Darwin Award winners are out.
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http://www.japanesebugfights.com/
(video) Japanese bug fights.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbkNxYaULBw
(video) "guess the song" -- actually very clever.
http://www.heima.co.uk/video/
(video) Some really cool scenery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlAkOhH9eek
(video) More messed-up Japanese TV.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080111/wl_uk_afp/britainchildrenadoptionmarriage
Twins separated at birth got married, then traced their lineage....
http://www.quirkyjapan.or.tv/nasubi.html
Interesting article about Japanese TV.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3484/revitalizing_the_legacy_an_.php
Pretty good interview with Taito.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZjZQ6KkiUk
(video) Crow and Kitten being friends with each other.
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Awww, crow and kitten! So cute~
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http://www.themaxproject.com/sastuff/battletoads_finalrace.html
Final Battletoads LP video. Psychadelic Eyeball, Guido Anchovies, and Diabetus all race in Battletoads for one hour. One of the many, many awesome things about this video is the eventual change from everybody cracking jokes and owning the early levels to endless yelling and curses followed by yet another game over screen. Also, I won't spoil what happens to PE, but...hehehehe. >_>
If anybody wants a portal into the utter horror that is Battletoads, or understand what my nightmares are like now, this video is a much watch. I will also summarily castrate anyone who suggests I try to get through the game in one go.
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From looking at that, wow the controls on Clinger Winger must be abyssmal for the level to be that hard....
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It's not so much the controls as that you really have to have pinpoint accuracy on the turns, and since there are so many rapid switches it's pure memorization. I think they were using original controllers or something though, maybe it's worse with an NES.
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http://blog.capcom.com/archives/565
Capcom US employee discusses how the Wii port came to be (US side pushed for it, based on gazillion forum requests, etc.)
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That video is more proof that Diabetus is awesome.
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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=226943
Sonic RPG information. More mockworthy crap, or possibly a decent game? You decide.
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Reading that, sounds like they're at least putting effort into the game, so it might actually end up not half bad.
After all, SMRPG ended up decent enough, as did MMXCM, and both aren't much different concepts (well known platforming franchises into traditional RPGs (or something resembling that), and they both turned out decently enough, so yeah, definitly not something I'd instantly put in the 'lol' category until more info on the game comes out.
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Right now it sounds like Sonic RPG will be decent, but not particular good. In any case, it's good to hear that Bioware does realize there's currently a problem with Eggman. I wonder though why they want to make everyone love the cat who sounds as if he's stoned.
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Well, looked at one way, no matter how bad the game is, it'll still be better than any recent Sonic outing we've had in a long time :/ At least Bioware isn't a bad developer these days.
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http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1178123160/The_Impossible_Quiz_
Can you pass the Impossible Quiz?
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Well now I know what I'm doing in lab tomorrow. How many questions are there, anyway? I'm up to like 23 or so so far.
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Late, but heh. Psychadelic Eyeball sounds like someone I play Maple with.
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I stopped at 66, but it felt as if there was still a ways to go.
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I don't know how many questions there are. I got up to 80 or so before I lost my mind.
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Oh fuck, THAT THING. There are 110 questions and 110 is a giant Fuck You o par with 7th Saga's ending.
Here's someone speed-running the damn thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o27UySo8_Ss
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That quiz is fun. I got through it a while back. 110 isn't a big fuck you. 108 is. 109's hardly better.
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On 60 or so, but I'm tired. 40 and 44 raping me so far, had to use skips.
(40 I got no clue on, 44 I can figure out eventually, just tired and lazy.)
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http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/you-decide-08-the-best-of-crapgadget-at-ces/
The crappiest new gadgets at CES.
http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=555
Kart-racing Sandwitch-making dating sim. I think we've finally found the greatest PS1 game of all time.
http://defamer.com/344781/secret-tom-cruise-scientology-indoctrination-video-finally-hits-web-proves-he-is-even-crazier-than-we-ever-imagined
(video) Tom Cruise babbles about Scientology for 10 minutes.
http://tesladownunder.com/
So apparently Grefter isn't the only crazy Australian. These Ausies are Electric-type instead of Fire-type, though.
http://www.lasagnacat.com/
(videos) Attempts to make Garfield funny.
http://stevenpoole.net/blog/trigger-happier/
If you want to read the game design book "trigger happy", it's being offered for free download for a while.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_diO7Of188s&feature=related
(video) Warning: Little Brittan. (Amusing, though).
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http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jan/01/in-case-you-missed-it---2007-50-things-we-know-no1/
List of things we know now that we didn't last year.
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22. Women who enjoyed strong childhood relationships with their fathers prefer to have a male partner who physically resembles him.
BUT FREUD HAS NO BASIS IN REALITY AND IS ONLY TALKING ABOUT COCKS AND SEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Freud's theories read like a bad fetish magazine.
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Human sexuality is a bad fetish magazine. The human psyche is like a bad fetish magazine. Human development is like a bad fetish magazine.
There is just some stuff that Freud was on the ball with.
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I believe everyone will agree with me on this one.
Ahem.
Your mom's a bad fetish magazine.
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http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080118/NEWS/80118011/-1/updates
Meeple is armed. FLEE FOR YOUR LIVES.
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I...wow. You'd THINK I'd have heard about something like that given the article is IN THE TOWN I LIVE IN, but...umm...wow, damn <_<
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http://www.japanesebugfights.com/
Japanese bug fights. My favorite is the rhinoceros beetle.
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http://smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=3750369&postcount=109
Trademark section of the famitsu guidebook for Smash Bros Brawl. Let the frenzied speculation of which 3rd party characters might be indicated commence!
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Seeing Todd McFarlane mentioned scares me.
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In case you can't wait two more days for AW: Days of Ruin, here's some early impressions:
http://www.advancewarsnet.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=32293
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http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/08/13/watercone-ingenious-way-to-turn-salt-water-to-fresh-water/
Cheap, apparently effective method of water desalination.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxo9cVXA3xA&e
Is it just me, or is there something that's just (appropriately) creepy about a player piano programmed to play "Still Alive"?
EDIT: Okay, right after I stumbled on THAT video, I stumble on this:
http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2008/01/aperture_science_rocks_the_top.php
So many Still Alive covers. The last one beats out the Player Piano one (that is also on the list), I think.
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http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=953d08c0-adc8-4842-8b4d-aa6c94648b83
(video) From 1987, how to do "the Cabbage Patch".
http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/05/02/everythings-bigger-in-imax-even-emma-watsons-chest/
Messed up advertizement strategy.
http://www.rockband.com/blog/entry/141709
Article on splitting up into multitrack for Rock Band.
http://www.evolutionthemusical.com/
From the people who brought us the rapping Jelly Doughnut... Evolution: The Musical.
http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/17159
A day in the life of a Portal turret.
http://www.history.com/minisites/life_after_people
(Video preview) History channel special on what would happen to human buildings and such if humans all just left.
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http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/36253/Romero-Sucks-GameCock
John Romero slammed in internet flame war. Epic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4wh_mc8hRE
(video) David Lynch on product placement. (30 seconds).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWF8KV4IW5o
(video) Crazy suicidal wingsuit people.
http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/ssbb/vol1_page1.jsp
SSBB interview (IWata interviews Sakurai). The team they're using is apparently the Grandia III team. Supposedly they have 100 full-time staff, but the credits will be up to 700 people due to all the contractors. I believe that may be a record....
http://www.destructoid.com/best-game-evar-off-road-velociraptor-safari-update-2--66002.phtml
(video) most badass game concept I've seen in a while.
http://www.destructoid.com/rumortoid-another-ps3-price-drop-to-299--66080.phtml
Rumor of a PS3 price drop to $299.
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http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/36253/Romero-Sucks-GameCock
John Romero slammed in internet flame war. Epic.
... the flame wars are raging brightly on Romero's blog, too, by the way. It's impressive, in a rather soulcrushing way.
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http://www.yugiohtheabridgedseries.com/episodes/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9hQ6jGmX54&feature=related
A new episode of Yu-gi-oh the abridged series. Anyone else feeling their feet are getting cold?
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Another evil Mario World mod:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIXRgppi04M (Level 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHx2vM4a-K4 (Level 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsjJYQqUXE (Level 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viREoBn4tTw (Level 4)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxyZaZlaOs
(video) A HL2 fanfiction written by a 6-year old, acted out in-game.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080117125636.htm
Contact lenses with circuits to allow for heads up display.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL1yApbYQW8
(video) electronic eye that follows you and blinks when you blink.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_-1d9OSdk
(video) chicken chicken chicken (EPIC)
http://www.cs.washington.edu/orgs/student-affairs/gsc/offices/old/433/PoCSi43302/papers/dougz.ppt
The powerpoint that goes with the above.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23101654-5006007,00.html
Girl switches blood type.
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The first link? So awesome.
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"but the pants were dead."
That's "and then John was a zombie" level.
Also, Yuna finaly gets to face sum summens
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That was amazing. Also chickens.
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http://members.iinet.net.au/~pontipak/redsquare.html
This is an airforce pilot trainer thing. The goal is to control the red block and keep it from touching any of the blue blocks or the walls. So far, my best time is just shy of 21 seconds. The airforce pilots who this thing is for? They're expected to go 2 minutes or more.
I figured the Touhou crowd here might appriciate another 'don't get hit by rapidly moving objects' game. <_<
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26 seconds is my best so far. Man, I remember playing this in Sophmore year of high school.
I bet I can do better when I go to school and have a non-crappy mouse.
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http://www.ubercharged.net/2008/01/21/gordon-freeman-calls-coast-to-coast-am/
HL related hilarity.
EDIT: Chocolate Rain. The bell curve blames the baby's DNA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA
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78 seconds on my first try, 130 on the second. A bit ironic since I wouldn't be allowed to fly planes in the military (have to have natural 20/20 vision).
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42 seconds on first try after just having gotten out of bed. OMG fast response pilot!
I think I almost got to a minute once about a year ago when someone posted this on GameFAQs
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http://www.shoutfile.com/v/qjgR8ada/Honk_If_You_Hate_Scientology
Honk if you hate Scientology. Quite an impressive turnout, I'd say.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRBsajRrnY8
The intro to SSBB. Officially confirms Ness (who we knew was in because of an accidental leak at Nintendo.com last week) and Marth. And if that means Roy's gone... well, I'm gonna have to do a lot of swinging for the fences as Ness, non?
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I said it before, I'll say it again:
Roy reappearing in SSBB was an unlikely occurrence. Keep in mind that, IIRC, SSBM was released *BEFORE* FE6, so Roy was purely a promotional character with the whole "Hey look, he's going to be the new lord!" thing (similar to Luso in FFTLW, really.)
Given they claimed they are going to try to avoid clones (...which I'm skeptical on given Lucas' style seems very very similar to Ness in the previous two, though its possible they're completely rehashing Ness, and making him a totally new character in esscence), and Roy was essentially just a Marth clone. COMBINE that with how Roy is effectively a Japanese only character, something they also said they are going to try and avoid this time *punts Lucas AGAIN for that*...yeah. No, Marth isn't; given FE:DS is a remake of FE1/3, it means Marth will be localized eventually anyway, and as Elfboy noted, Nintendo stating that basically gave away that Marth returning is a no brainer. And no, Roy appearing for one scene at the end of FE7 doesn't count <.<
Given they revealed Ike a while back, a character who is not only in the US in *2* Games, but also the latest Lord in FE games, further hurts Roy's chances of getting in (they even gave Ike a Fire Attack...which is really random but that's an aside.) Really, Roy has no reason to return at this point, unless Fan Demand was high enough that they put him back in.
Why Ike and Marth? Marth was the original Lord, hence an FE Historic figure, so he has every right to represent the series. Ike the newest Lord, which is my guess for why he's in? Possible he's also popular or something, but I really don't know <_<
...ok, yeah, just had to get that off my chest!
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I'm utterly baffled that anyone thought Ness or Marth would not be returning.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I'm utterly baffled that anyone thought Ness or Marth would not be returning.
Marth was one that was hard to call, though yes, they were slowly getting more and more obvious he was going to reappear as time went on.
Ness though? Quite the opposite. The fact that Lucas was pretty much identical to him, combined with how I believe it was claimed they were "trying to avoid clones" (though, this statement could be frabicated and such), and how the Smash Brother's site said when Lucas' moves were revealed:
"Ness has been in all the Smash Brothers games...until now!"
A line like that very much implies Ness wasn't returning, so you can see why people suddenly figured that was the case.
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I was really hoping Marth wasn't returning. If this is the case, however, I hope that Marth follows the trend that they've set with Fox (and hopefully Sheik) and has been beaten black-and-blue with the nerf bat so the "competitive players" have to learn to play someone new.
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Judging from the stuff I've seen so far, Marth didn't really change from SSBM but a lot of other characters got better so he doesn't seem as good now. If that makes you feel any better.
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Other leaked images have confirmed Game & Watch and Wind Waker Link (basically Young Link) and Jigglypuff.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vgcats/sets/72157603813685808/
So...on the whole I'm not sure who they're leaving out from SSBM. Pichu, Roy, Dr Mario, possibly Mewtwo? Anyhow....
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/29964.html
(video) Tech presentation for Star Wars Force Unleashed. They actually managed to integrate three different physics systems.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7212778.stm
Marijuana vending machines in Californa....
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c4a43aff11
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/516bf11840
(music video) Some awesome rap videos.
http://www.wingmusic.co.nz/listen.html
So...this asian woman with a high voice and a thick accent goes back and sings some classic songs. Some of these work passably well, like Elvis love songs. However there's also her ACDC covers, which are hillarious.
http://www.videogamevoters.org/takeaction/newmexico/
If you live in new mexico, you should write a letter to your congressperson complaining about the proposed videogame tax.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2BG9kMxGAY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPwVaNEnP5E
(music videos) Some kinda creative ideas for a rap video.
http://kotaku.com/349423/jack-thompson-defends-mass-effect
Jack Thompson defends Mass Effect. Yes, you heard that right.
http://www.langorigami.com/art/gallery/gallery.php4?name=goliath_beetle_2
Extremely detailed insect origami.
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Pichu, Roy, Dr Mario, possibly Mewtwo?
Mewtwo's in as a boss, apparently.
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http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/29/super-spoiler-bros-brawl-major-leaked-roster-update-videos-a/
Easy complilation of the flood of information over the past few days.
Of note: Lucario, Wolf. *Shrug.*
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Of some of the new confirmed characters, returning or otherwise...well...
Ganondorf and Falco annoy me for returning characters. Ganondorf had perfect opportunity to be completely revamped into something resembling how he ACTUALLY IS in Zelda games, instead they just went "he's a Captain Falcon clone again!" which is mrf; clones are lame. Falco returning and being just that is also similarly annoying.
What's even worse to Falco is WOLF is basically the same damn thing; a clone. Same character mold, but differences in damage, speed, etc. so he's KIND OF UNIQUE! Which is just "ARGH!" Don't put in a random new character like that just to make him a copy of someone else; that's just not cool, and furthermore, I believe they claimed they were trying to "not bring back clones" (hence why, say, Pichu and Dr. Mario aren't returning.)
Mewtwo not returning as a playable character I don't mind; frankly, he's much better suited as a boss, and his SSBM self was just pitiful and insulting to Mewtwo. Being replaced with Lucario was unexpected, but Lucario fits really well and is kind of neat anyway, so yeah, looking forward to him.
Most of the other things are fine, for the most part.
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They're not exactly clones when the way you play them well is different. Sure, Falco and Fox have similar looking moves, but if you try to play Falco the way you play Fox you're going to get your ass kicked, and vice versa. There's more to not being a clone than not having similar looking moves.
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The real problem is that Wolf in general smacks of cut corners. I mean... did the game need THREE FUCKING LANDMASTERS?
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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/phenom-200801.html?c=y&page=1
Scientists manage to obtain a temperature of 810 trillionths of a degree above Absoulute Zero, making it temporarily the coldest temperature in the universe. Apparently it's so cold it manages to stop light from moving.
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http://raptorsafari.com/play.php
I haven't played this but since recent events have put me in a position to be a complete and total douche to NEB I need to link some awesome. Stolen right from Three Panel Soul. Raptors + Carmageddon essentially from the trailer.
Real reason for link for NEB points, the trailer is done to a song called Schroedinger's Cat Paradox.
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http://www.videogamerecaps.com/?p=10#more-10
A demonstration of how to roleplay in Oblivion. It's none of the "create 'restore stamina' potions and name them 'drinking water'" nonsense.
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http://www.improveverywhere.com/
~200 people just stop moving at Grand Central Station as an impov act. Frikkin' awesome.
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These guys are fantastic. I've read all their stunts and they just keep on getting better and better.
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Damn. Wish I used Grand Central more. I'll have to ask if my friend saw them at all.
The best part is watching the sped up camera and seeing them all just suddenly stop.
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That...wow, yeah, impressive.
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/ChaoOtaku11111/252b7132.png
Random stupidity, but it works.
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Is that a 4chan meme or something? Because I've seen similar photoshops all over the place.
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http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/alttext/2008/01/alttext_0130
Lore article + usual retarded comments at end.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyiktNfn4AA
(video) "Terminus" -- weird short film, kinda interesting.
http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/universe/
(video) CG interpretation of the original Transformers movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9_amg-Aos4
(video) completely ridiculous product.
http://failblog.wordpress.com/
"Fail" images.
http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/morford/
Study shows that studies suck.
http://www.drunkmenworkhere.org/170
self-referencial test. Cute and fun.
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http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/morford/
Study shows that studies suck.
Pretty much exactly what they teach you in Psych Classes and such. Don't trust studies just cause they have Fun Facts and are backed up by numbers of surveys and such!
Like the claim of HIGH SCHOOL VIOLENCE IS ON THE RISE! is complete BS, actually. Its quite the reverse; its been lower than its ever been in 30 years or some odd time like that (its a significantly high number.) Just of course, the Media propels any incident of it happening, and since REPORTS of violence have been made public is on the rise, immediately, OMG VIOLENCE IS ON THE RISE IN HIGH SCHOOL! Naturally, we never hear of all the incidents that DON'T happen cause no one cares about them; they're the norm.
Granted, I just mostly explained why the Media sucks, but the media tends to go off these studies and people base logic of studies off what the Media says and...yeah...
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http://gamereviewsblog.com/?p=88/sony-unleashes-nessy-in-tokyo-bay
Neato. Exactly what the link describes.
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http://www.gamingw.net/forums/index.php?topic=68488.0
RPG of the fucking year.
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http://www.gamingw.net/forums/index.php?topic=68488.0
RPG of the fucking year.
A friend of mine actually just played that and loved it. After beating it the first time you unlock VICTORIAN STEAMPUNK MODE.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mHKHKR8x6A
Crab Battle!
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http://www.gamingw.net/forums/index.php?topic=68488.0
RPG of the fucking year.
A friend of mine actually just played that and loved it. After beating it the first time you unlock VICTORIAN STEAMPUNK MODE.
It's pretty short but the gameplay is pretty sweet. You have timed inputs and various normal attacks. They're even input event sequences where if you fail the game results in a gameover. Good soundtrack for something that was made with RPG maker.
This game reeks of VSM. What game lets you fight ZOMBIE KOBE BRYANT? And MECHA VINCE CARTER.
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*Ahem.*
B-BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLS
EDIT: http://www.wikichan.org/index.php/Examples_of_Play
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Ranking this game would be the first DL-related activity I would participate in in... years.
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We need a stat topic for this.
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http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=944722
Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden now has its own board at GameFAQs.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUDTlvagjJA
(audio) Excellent audio work. Must use headphones for it to work properly (helps to close eyes).
http://www.voidstarcreations.com/Z/Zanthue.html
(video) Rather awesome trailer.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23139620-401,00.html
Female bone marrow used to make sperm.
http://www.talkingsquidsinouterspace.com/
"taking squids into outer space: the pinnacle of Sci-Fi."
http://chainfactor.com/
Cute webgame.
http://istheday.blogspot.com/
Very creepy.
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=17270
Duke Nukem Forever may NOT be released in 2008, after all.
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http://chainfactor.com/
Cute webgame.
It actually had an interesting ARG around it for a while, but the game ended. After finishing rounds you'd get "error messages" that had weird backstory to them, and there were hints toward ads and posters in real life. Unlocking the power-ups took finding those codes, and all built up to a final event.
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http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/06/first-guitar-hero-4-song-revealed/
I didn't think GH4 would be out so soon. Color me surprised.
Also of note is a obviously fake 30 song setlist to get the fanboys riled.
Edit-Actually the link is to another set of forums that loaded really slowly for me so here you go instead.
Here I Go Again, Whitesnake
Back In Black, AC/DC
B.Y.O.B., System Of A Down
Aerials, System Of A Down
Money, Pink Floyd
Little Red Corvette, Prince
Highway Star, Deep Purple
Island in the Sun, Weezer
Walk This Way, Aerosmith
Sweet Emotion, Aerosmith
Dream On, Aerosmith
Jaded, Aerosmith
Voo Doo Child, Jimi Hendrix
Walk, Pantera
Alive, Pearl Jam
Panama, Van Halen
Eruption, Van Halen
Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana
Lithium, Nirvana
Shook Me All Night Long, AC/DC
Hotel California, The Eagles
Wanted Dead or Alive, Bon Jovi
Crazy Train, Ozzy Osbourne
Master of Puppets, Metallica
Scar Tissue, RHCP
Under the Bridge, RHCP
Californication, RHCP
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Iron Butterfly
Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin
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Shook Me All Night Long, AC/DC
Bahaha, pick one AC/DC song and don't make it their best one for the game even? Faaaaiiiillll. If you are going to fake then fake it properly. Thunderstruck bitches.
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Shook Me All Night Long, AC/DC
Bahaha, pick one AC/DC song and don't make it their best one for the game even? Faaaaiiiillll. If you are going to fake then fake it properly. Thunderstruck bitches.
On this, we are agreed.
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Anyone who would disagree with that is a heathen who should burn.
Flashbulb - Dirt Bikes and Street Vendors.
This album is amazing.
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Shook Me All Night Long, AC/DC
Bahaha, pick one AC/DC song and don't make it their best one for the game even? Faaaaiiiillll. If you are going to fake then fake it properly. Thunderstruck bitches.
Shoot to Thrill > Thunderstruck, and any other song that has ever been written, or will be written.
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Ooooh yes Shoot to Thrill is awesome as well.
Stone Temple Pilots - Down.
Edit - This is now officially my own personal What are you listening to thread. My music taste is so good I cannot sully it with your lowly near universal obsession with video game music.
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I'm clearly obsessed with Nightwish music. Ha.
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It's not even titled "Shook Me All Night Long" O_o
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Apocalyptica - Kaamos
EDIT: lol ignore this, Grefter blabbed about music so I thought it was the damn music thread. Stay on topic! Post links!
NWS --> http://crack.prositen.com/audio/loki.mp3 <-- NWS! Blame Pyro!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNvbPzSTpPI
So addictively weird...
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AH the joys of people with too much free time on their hands.
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http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/28/scientology-sac/
An interesting perspective on the Anon phenomenon >.>
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http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/02/06/dance-your-fines-away.html
Play DDR against librarian, cancel out your fine.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8IiJk4Imds
From the genius who brought you "It's over nine thousand!!!" -- here comes "Gutsman's Ass"
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http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1213478_1124.html
Street Fighter 4 screenshots. Several characters I hadn't seen before (Dhalsim looks awesome).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj7f3B1VCYM
(video) Japanese Binocular Soccer.
http://www.youtube.com/v/fpg3xM-niVw&rel=1
(video) More Japanese TV. Elastics. Marshmallows. Priceless facial expressions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eYkc2oQyOQ
(video) Film classics redone with Spongebob voiceovers.
http://funtasticus.com/20080124/the-most-amazing-guns-in-the-world/
Crazy transformer-esque guns.
http://www.seasonshot.com/How.cfm
Why hunt with bullets when you can pack your gun with seasoning and save some time?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=513855&in_page_id=1811
Jesus struck by lightning.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/12/MNT5V0A4P.DTL
Vatican-endorsed Exorcisms are back!
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330460,00.html
<20 pound weightlifter. Looks shopped.
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http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=92630
BioWare officially announces KotOR3.
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Shocking news.
http://indiecorner.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/idm-artist-the-flashbulb-leaks-his-new-album-on-torrent-site/
So this new album I grabbed to check it out and have been kind of blown away by? Figured I would look it up and buy it. This turned up.
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http://www.rewiredmind.com/blogs/kmxretro/guitar-hero-aerosmith-confirmed/
An entire Guitar Hero game based on Aerosmith+some artists that opened during their concerts. What the fuck?
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Not that I don't like Aerosmith, but... of all the bands to do this for, they pick Aerosmith? Really? Not Van Halen? Not Led Zepplen? Not... hell, any number of historic bands with more complex guitar parts? Really? I hope it wasn't their first choice.
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Led Zepplin is pretty notorious for being very stubbon about giving the rights to use their songs/covers, to be fair. No idea why they didn't do Van Halen or whoever. Apparently the guitarist is a big fan of the games, maybe that had something to do with it.
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I believe the proper response to GH:Aerosmith is the following: http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/next_generation_to_take_a
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lvU-DislkI
(video) Let the bodies hit the floor.
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/indianajones.html?showVideo=1
(video) New Indiana Jones trailer.
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/682849/Smash_Bros_Brawl_Tourneys_Sweep_Nation.html#readmore
SSBB prerelease tournament.
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=99079&in_page_id=34
Convertable designed to drive underwater.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xfmJ6m97HqQ
(video) Neat music video.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1801708
(video) Really electric guitar.
http://www.doubleviking.com/videos/page0.html/8034.html
(video) Most spoiled girl in the world?
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/crg/573457773.html
In case the posting gets deleted, the text was
Need Battle Armor For My Kitty Cat (brentwood / oakley)
Need some one to craft light weight battle armor for my cat. He's been getting mugged by some local hood cats.
Need some sort of light steel to protect legs, cranium, and body. It's important he doesn't lose his agility and stealth, and his stamina isn't drained from the weight.
Thank you!
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http://www.wifiwars.com/?q=node/174&page=0%2C0 (http://www.wifiwars.com/?q=node/174&page=0%2C0)
A bunch of Brawl tricks/glitches.
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Man, and I thought wavedashing was bad. Ice Climbers' chain grab and Peach's turnip dash look like they make for annoying fights. Windwanker Link's stall... well, it looks only slightly more annoying than what Fox/Falco can do with their reflectors, so that's not too bad. Infinite jumps... well, just screw that.
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It's not really infinite jumps, since you can't do it over air. More like certain moves giving 0 landing lag. Game's looking to have too many easy infinites, though - that article didn't even mention that you can infinite pin people against any wall with any quick-spamming neutral A.
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http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/feature-disintegrator-the-24-barrel-rubber-band-minigun-video-
Rubber band double barrel gatling gun.
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http://www.jeffdeboer.com/HowTo/MakeaSamuraiCat/tabid/78/Default.aspx
How to make a Samurai cat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4QV4o_Qq2c
(video, DISTURBING) A short section from a Raggedy Anne cartoon. Very messed up.
http://money.canoe.ca/News/Sectors/Technology/2008/01/07/4758165-ap.html
A Taser and an MP3 player all in one!
http://www.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/02/19/toshiba.hdd/index.html
Toshiba no longer manufacturing HD-DVDs. Concedes format war to Blu-Ray.
http://kotaku.com/357741/microsoft-to-buy-out-epic-gamepro-says
Rumor that Microsoft might buy out Epic--this would have a massive impact on the industry if it happened.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Kumho&tireModel=Ecsta+DX+Aroma&vehicleSearch=true&partnum=16VR6KU33AL&fromCompare1=yes&place=2&speed_rating=S&speed_rating=T&speed_rating=U&speed_rating=H&speed_rating=V&speed_rating=Z&speed_rating=W&speed_rating=Y&speed_rating=(Y)&minSpeedRating=S
Lavender Scented Tires.
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It's not really infinite jumps, since you can't do it over air. More like certain moves giving 0 landing lag. Game's looking to have too many easy infinites, though - that article didn't even mention that you can infinite pin people against any wall with any quick-spamming neutral A.
It does show the infinite Falco laser, though, which is similarly worrying (spam B, win).
Does Brawl not have DI or something? Cause that's what it looks like, and DI was honestly what made competitive SSBM work.
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DI? Clarify for those of us who don't know what the hell you're talking about.
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Directional Influence. Where when you get hit, you can control the direction you bounce away from it. I think, anyway.
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http://www.lscheffer.com/CandyLand.htm
Either mc is doing some moonlighting that we do not know about or he has clones.
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It's not really infinite jumps, since you can't do it over air. More like certain moves giving 0 landing lag. Game's looking to have too many easy infinites, though - that article didn't even mention that you can infinite pin people against any wall with any quick-spamming neutral A.
It does show the infinite Falco laser, though, which is similarly worrying (spam B, win).
Does Brawl not have DI or something? Cause that's what it looks like, and DI was honestly what made competitive SSBM work.
I'm pretty sure it was mentioned on the Brawl site that DI is in the game.
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http://www.lscheffer.com/CandyLand.htm
Either mc is doing some moonlighting that we do not know about or he has clones.
I didn't read it all that much, but I skimmed it some and...geez, that's just nuts.
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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117981136.html?categoryid=10&cs=1
That Wolverine movie they're making (cause, you know, they basically killed all the X-Men except Wolverine and Storm) will have GAMBIT!!!!, DEADPOOL!!!!!, and some dude who teleports and could be Nightcrawler but is not Nightcrawler so fuck him in it.
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http://www.gamespot.com/news/6186365.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newsmakerfeatured&tag=featurednewsmaker;title;1
Ken Levine on how he got people to care about BioShock's story. In a few short words...
"Nobody cares about your Dark Elves."
I enjoyed the part where he talked about putting together the story of Rapture as a sort of interactive detective story. Perhaps his line of thinking will catch on and we'll see the mystery/adventure genre catch on more with the beefier hardware we have now.
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Ken Levine on how he got people to care about BioShock's story.
No he didn't...
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Maybe YOU didn't. I will grant it's a bit different than games that vomit the plot directly down your throat like a bird.
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MC!!! Is this true? That Square actually finished White Engine and even makes it compatible with Wii?
I thought wasn't White Engine's project got drop and FF13 would probably be the only game that use it?
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http://fanfictionredux.ytmnd.com/
DooM: Repercussions of Evil, done in the style of a radio play (you know, with sound effects and voice acting and stuff)
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MC!!! Is this true? That Square actually finished White Engine and even makes it compatible with Wii?
I thought wasn't White Engine's project got drop and FF13 would probably be the only game that use it?
Dunno; haven't heard much out of the Squenix camp recently. Well, except Level 5 and their hordes of DS games.
http://www.photobasement.com/41-hilarious-science-fair-experiments/
Hillarious science fair experiments.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQEKgm1yi4M
(video) Marriage proposal gone bad.
http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-ruin-xbox-live-for-everyone-else
(video) how to ruin Xbox live for everyone else.
http://gamepolitics.com/2008/02/24/breaking-take-two-fires-back-at-ea/
EA attemting to hostile takeover Take-2 before GTA4 comes out. T2 fighting back.
http://www.piclens.com/site/firefox/win/
Kinda neat browser addon for Firefox.
http://www.playflipside.com/
Neat indie sidescroller that was made in a month or so; it's a Half Life 2 mod.
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Persona 3: FES is officially coming to the U.S.:
http://www.atlus.com/newsdetail.php?newsID=236
On an completely unrelated note, has anyone seen EvilTom since VtM Mafia ended?
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Oldish news, but I hadn't seen it yet:
http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/satoshi-kon-animating-batman/
Exactly what it says in the link.
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Oldish news, but I hadn't seen it yet:
http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/satoshi-kon-animating-batman/
Exactly what it says in the link.
...
...
So this is what a fangasm feels like.
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Ooh, badass.
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I have images of surreallism taken to whole new levels when he gets his hands on the Joker to play with.
I want this so much.
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http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=617396&forum=125
Mass Effect to be released on PC in May. I am salivating at the thought of mods. Also, playing it with a fucking keyboard and not having to deal with radial menus constantly is rad.
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Also not having to buy another console maybe!
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I won't buy it again, but yeah it will probably play a bit better on PC. And mods would be good, like a mod to completely and totally obliterate the lander things.
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http://content.apa.org/journals/emo/8/1/114
......
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I'm not sure I get what the article entails, but what I can read is somewhat depressing.
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Basically it says you don't get homocidal when playing that game, it actually coold you down instead.
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Ah, then it's not what I thought. Awesome.
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http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=617396&forum=125
Mass Effect to be released on PC in May. I am salivating at the thought of mods. Also, playing it with a fucking keyboard and not having to deal with radial menus constantly is rad.
March, not may, unless you happen to live in a glorified British prison (sorry Grefter)
http://akayuki.com/2008/02/27/mass-effect-pc-gets-dated/
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Even better! But I can't be faulted for believing the official site, so you won't mind if I'm skeptical.
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No need to apologise. The day we get a good not European product before the majority of the rest of the English speaking world is an odd day indeed. The day we are classy enough to not be remembered for criminals is just as odd.
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http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/22/han-solo-in-carbonit.html
Best desk ever.
http://theglobalbible.com/temp/screenclean.swf
(video) "Automated display cleaner"
http://kotaku.com/361260/more-alone-in-the-dark-tech-in-action
(video) Alone in the Dark tech. Shiny.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/27/DDIDV8JI4.DTL
Creepy story.
http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?docid=ddp4zq7n_0cdjsr4fn&skipauth=true&pli=1
Comic about Morgage schemes.
http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/news/show/DreamWorks/Industry_Trends/DreamWorks_Animation:_Still_HD_DVD_Exclusive_(For_Now)/1516
Dreamworks is still contractually HDDVD exclusive, even though Toshiba has conceeded the hi-def race.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8yHguvYYyQ
(video) Half Life: Full Life Consequences 2!!
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http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/22/han-solo-in-carbonit.html
Best desk ever.
On one hand, that is kind of neat.
On the other hand, I'd think it'd get kind of freaky after a while.
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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9820167&postcount=62
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9836417&postcount=83
Summaries of Square's new FF4 fanfic game.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDyuz0zFyv0
Djinn's title made me want to link to this, will edit in explanation later.
Imran Khan was a famous cricketer in the 80's early 90's who was known widely as a womaniser (gom hard to tell). Clip is from the Late Show back when that was topical. Awesome show which was very funny, but loses a bit because it makes fun of pop culture stuff.
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http://www.ripten.com/2008/02/29/sneak-out-mgs4-deluge-continues/
MG4 too big for blue ray?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK3fvKWT-tI
Scientology is gay nice.
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http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/makimakii/loveletter.jpg
Hillarious love letter.
http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.softbankmobile.co.jp/ja/news/press/2008/20080227_01/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.gizmodo.jp/2008/02/815t_pb.html%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
Transformer-phone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF5Kdm4Eu6w
(video) Onion on the American election.
http://media.movies.ign.com/media/034/034317/vid_2304486.html
(video) New Iron Man trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p0Yap5iG6o
(video) first level of Mario recreated in Half Life 2.
http://www.duelinganalogs.com/comics/2008-02-28.png
Excellent Portal/cultural reference.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2008/03/04/national/a103425S84.DTL
D&D creator dies.
http://www.cracked.com/article_15967_awful-truth-behind-5-items-probably-on-your-grocery-list.html
Bad third world practices of some large corporations.
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http://www.duelinganalogs.com/comics/2008-02-28.png
Excellent Portal/cultural reference.
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii271/DiseasedTempest/emot-suicide.gif)
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2008/03/04/national/a103425S84.DTL
D&D creator dies.
Ouch. Rest in peace, dude. Time to put away the +1 Mace.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJYJPgtr6J8
Metal Gear Awesome 1 and 2 (most definitely NSFW)
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American air force is buying a lot of PS3 for cell experiment.
http://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRLRRS/FA8751-08-R-0016/SynopsisP.html
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ca6017de-eba6-11dc-9493-0000779fd2ac,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fca6017de-eba6-11dc-9493-0000779fd2ac.html%3Fnclick_check%3D1&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fbbs.a9vg.com%2Fread.php%3Ftid%3D850965%26fpage%3D1&nclick_check=1
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http://ocrmirror.org/Mega_Man_2_The_Annihilation_of_Monsteropolis_OC_ReMix.mp3
Neat remix song. May be old.
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http://www.packersnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080309/GPG0101/803090760/1989
Good thumbnail sketch on the impact Brett Favre had on the state of Wisconsin.
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http://gamepolitics.com/2008/03/01/what-a-guy-jack-thompson-is-ready-to-help-ea-with-t2-takeover-bid/
Jack Thompson wants to help EA buy T2.
http://gamepolitics.com/2008/03/05/ea-wants-no-help-from-jack-thompson-in-t2-takeover-bid/
EA responds "WTF no".
http://gamepolitics.com/2008/03/06/jack-thompson-fires-back-at-ea-claims-he-has-a-client/
Jack Thompson responds "Ostrich..."
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3563/microsoft_excel_revolutionary_3d_.php
3D graphics development platform...Microsoft Excel???
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/31594.html
From the creators of Guilty Gear....
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/03/09/opinion/09opart2.ready.html
Brilliant diagram.
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http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/pulirula/pulirula.htm
Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.
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I found a ROM of the file, Xer. <_< Wanna try it out!?
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NO. NEVER.
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That reminds me... is that the screen for the arcade version? I don't remember it to be that wretched....
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That is awesome. I should play it sometime.
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Couple has astronomical water bills. Can't figure out what's wrong. Meter says the problem lies in a SHARP rise in water usage while both are out of the house. Husband stays home one day to find out problem. He tapes it because no one will believe him:
http://summitprops.com/WaterLeak.htm
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http://kotaku.com/367437/valkyrie-profile-coming-to-the-ds
New VP game on DS. This almost makes up for Star Ocean being on the CrapSP.
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Because we PSP owners want Star Ocean remakes.
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http://kotaku.com/367437/valkyrie-profile-coming-to-the-ds
New VP game on DS. This almost makes up for Star Ocean being on the CrapSP.
Go read my topic, AAA might be actually developing this, but FF12RW's team instead.
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http://break.com/index/crazy-japanese-cockroach-commercial.html
(video) URL says it all.
http://www.shopncsx.com/zombieshiki-eigoryokusoseijutsuenglishofthedead.aspx
English of the Dead.
http://www.instructables.com/id/8BITches-Whats-Your-Gear---Chip-Hop-created-on-/
(video, NERDY) Ghetto synthesizer solutions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-yldqNkGfo
(video) "An abridged history of American-centric warfare, from WWII to present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDg7kWgs5e0
(video) Dancing Walrus.
http://kotaku.com/367268/korean-comedian-imitates-starcraft
(video) Korean comedian imitates Starcraft.
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Because we PSP owners want Star Ocean remakes.
A Star Ocean 2 remake is the only thing I might buy a PSP for.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwC544Z37qo
Absolutely insane game of Tetris. It goes from impressive to crazy at the three-minute mark, then escalates into O_o mode at around 5:10.
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Because we PSP owners want Star Ocean remakes.
A Star Ocean 2 remake is the only thing I might buy a PSP for..
Yawn.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwC544Z37qo
Absolutely insane game of Tetris. It goes from impressive to crazy at the three-minute mark, then escalates into O_o mode at around 5:10.
I wish I was on Tetris steroids.
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For those who get a kick out of US politics:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/geekend/?p=1210&tag=nl.e138
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwC544Z37qo
Absolutely insane game of Tetris. It goes from impressive to crazy at the three-minute mark, then escalates into O_o mode at around 5:10.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that player's not actually human. Either it's a robot or an alien spearheading an invasion campaign wherein a false messiah arrives in the form of a videogame savant. Wait, wasn't that a movie? ...No, that was The Wizard. Never mind.
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http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=23343
Now this is an interesting piece of marketting by Iron Tower Studios. This is for a game that is being made by Vault Dweller (formerly news poster at the Codex, so it gets hype there) . I am looking forward to it actually. But anyway, to show off the game they have a Let's Play thread for one of the opening vignettes of one of the character proffession types.
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Persona 4 anyone?
http://www.rpgamer.com/games/persona/persona4/propaganda/persona45.jpg
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OH MAN I can't wait for Persona 4. I'm sure it will piss me off just as much as the previous game.
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Maybe it'll be as infuriating as Persona 1! We can only hope.
Edit: http://www.abyssandapex.com/200710-wikihistory.html
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Persona 4 anyone?
http://www.rpgamer.com/games/persona/persona4/propaganda/persona45.jpg
I can only assume from that that the main ability of the characters is to summon No Hotlinking Allowed messages to smite their foes.
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Edit: http://www.abyssandapex.com/200710-wikihistory.html
BWA HA HA!
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Note to self: When time travel exists, go back to 1776 and replace the text of the Declaration of Independence with the lyrics of "Never Gonna Give You Up."
Edit again: http://mustachesofthenineteenthcentury.blogspot.com/
This is why the Internet exists.
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http://gizmodo.com/368651/new-video-of-bigdog-quadruped-robot-is-so-stunning-its-spooky
>_>
The link name speaks for itself.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbvP7dT3Dx0&feature=related
Indian version of Thriller, anyone?
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/21/mayhem-at-fox-news-ancho_n_92743.html
Fox News anchor chastizes people for "Obama bashing". I don't know what the fuck is going on
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They're driving the wedge between the democratic factions further, because they can't bring themselves to actively hype their republican master McCain, off course.
Well, that and because getting the infighting to last after the pick their candidate is the best chance he has anyway.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1rhvFW3Lbo
Very strange game.
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The things people come up with when they use Crack as inspiration?
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I was wondering how the guy knew what to do in the game, it seemed so messed up. Apparently, a 64 page novella came with the game, describing the story and such. Thats pretty sweet.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ-5Mg_12zo
Megaman III +The Wicker Man. Those of you who've played the game and seen the movie should know what's coming.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/games/questionaut/
(Webgame) Questionaut--pretty awesome art style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWBvEJQFGts
(video) Insomniac recruitment video. Funny stuff.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/32058.html
(video) Guitar Hero DS trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ_qK4g6ntM
(video) Subprime morgage situation explained.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDt4mSspe04&eur
(video) Death Metal dog.
http://listverse.com/travel/top-10-interesting-abandoned-places/
top 10 most interesting abandoned villages.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/03/18/dinosaur.mummy.ap/index.html
Mummified Dinosaur.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x2W12A8Qow
(video) Remember that "Chocolate Rain" video that has been an internet meme? The guy was hired by Dr Pepper to do an ad....
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=538609&in_page_id=1811&ito=1490
Russian Rambo.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/03/21/exploding.star.ap/index.html
Star explosion seen at a distance 3000x further than we've seen before.
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http://zip.4chan.org/v/src/1206480340100.jpg
Rant about DC superpowers, specifically the Flash. Warning: this article has been rated 3.5/5 Zenthors for vulgarity.
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What, pray tell, constitutes a 5/5 Zenthor?
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Fucking Fuck if I fucking have a fucking clue, you fucked up fucking fucker of a fuck.
Edit: Fuck.
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Probably someone here will get some amusement out of this: http://www.springhole.net/quizzes/marysue.htm
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What, pray tell, constitutes a 5/5 Zenthor?
My limited talent for profanity does not allow me to even imagine such a thing. I can only assume that I would know it when I saw it.
And likely wish I hadn't soon afterward.
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Direct link to a 4chan image
Don't do this. Images there never stay up for more than a few hours, and the site redirects hotlinks in nastybadevil ways.
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Ah. I did not know that, as I don't hang out there at all. Should I delete the link then?
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Ah. I did not know that, as I don't hang out there at all. Should I delete the link then?
If it's no longer pointing to the article, then there's no harm in deleting it. There's potential harm in leaving the link there, on the other hand. So...yes.
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http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/entries/2008/03/02/
Wrestler with no arms or legs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvxc8S5ybS4
(video) Said wrestler in action.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/229
(video) Neuroscientist talks about a stroke she had; pretty interesting stuff.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1807755
(video) Superb linerider video.
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/03/the_10_most_insane_childwarping_moments_of_80s_car.php
10 most disturbing moments from 80s cartoons.
http://www.break.com/index/more-video-of-lifelike-robotic-dog.html
(video) parrody of BigDog.
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http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1205930034/Honest_Ramp;B_Song
Honest R & B song
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http://zepy.momotato.com/2008/03/31/the-next-key-title/
What the link says. It doesn't *seem* to be an April Fool's Day joke.
Having the writer for the Higurashi games onboard for a Key novel should be uh... interesting, shall we say.
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www.YouTube.com (http://www.YouTube.com)
Click the first featured video. It is quality.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/moltencore/ (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/moltencore/)
World of WarCraft comes to consoles.
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Alright that was awesome. The Diablo 1 sound effects really made it for me.
Edit - So was the you tube video. Win.
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http://www.starcraft2.com/features/terran/taurenmarine.xml
UDDER CHAOS.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmnCJ9RFMqw
This is awesome. Also, I will never understand the people who choose Snake Man first.
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You mean besides the fact that he is one of the easiest Robot Master's to kill with the Buster, and of the Gemini Man/Needle Man/Snake Man trinity split from the usual branch (for all that I think Snake Man has a secondary weakness to Shadow Blade, apparently?), he's by far the easiest?
I mean, only MM3 Boss I can see that's easier to buster offhand would be Top Man.
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Gotta agree with Trips. Snake Man's easy, but the end of his stage is not, and there's no advantage to doing him first since the only thing you gain from him is Search Snake, which is useless unless you want to do Gemini Man as your second stage. Which... yeeaaah. I don't see why you'd want to start with that trio instead of Top and Shadow.
If you really want Rush Jet early, just do Needle Man first, suck it up and buster duel him. He isn't THAT hard, and you get an e-tank or two to help.
</pointless rant>
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Magnet Man takes more damage, his pattern is easier to avoid damage entirely with(whereas Snake Man will occasionally just run straight into you and you have to have fairly good timing, all you have to do with Magnet is just slide out of the way), and his stage simple the entire way through, even with the block puzzles. Top Man would probably be better, though. And everything Alex said.
REAL Men do Needle first anyway.
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Magnet Man's stage is much harder than Snake Man's is the difference (Disappearing Blocks > Oh no cloud platforms!) How you can call Snake Man's stage genuinely hard is odd; no death traps til the very end, and they're some of the easiest to get around. This isn't freaking Ice Man's stage where it goes from "Benign" to "OH DEAR GOD THE HORROR!"
Furthermore? Snake Man's pattern is obvious; he only jumps in the middle or on the edge. As such, the strategy is pretty obvious:
Stand on the edge, when he runs to the dip, jump over him, run to the middle, wait for him to come, jump over, shoot as he runs to the other side, repeat.
Needle Man is a MUCH harder fight, and not an easier level. Yes, you get Rush Jet out of it, but that's about it; you don't need Rush Jet much in the initial 8 stages. Needle Man is not one of the easier fights to Buster, as such, not anything remotely close to a good starting choice as a result, unless you really got bustering him down flat.
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The easiest to me is Top. The boss is just extremely simplistic and the level is not hard at all.
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Magnet Man's stage is much harder than Snake Man's is the difference (Disappearing Blocks > Oh no cloud platforms!) How you can call Snake Man's stage genuinely hard is odd; no death traps til the very end, and they're some of the easiest to get around. This isn't freaking Ice Man's stage where it goes from "Benign" to "OH DEAR GOD THE HORROR!"
Furthermore? Snake Man's pattern is obvious; he only jumps in the middle or on the edge. As such, the strategy is pretty obvious:
Stand on the edge, when he runs to the dip, jump over him, run to the middle, wait for him to come, jump over, shoot as he runs to the other side, repeat.
Needle Man is a MUCH harder fight, and not an easier level. Yes, you get Rush Jet out of it, but that's about it; you don't need Rush Jet much in the initial 8 stages. Needle Man is not one of the easier fights to Buster, as such, not anything remotely close to a good starting choice as a result, unless you really got bustering him down flat.
I disagree with you on the block puzzles being harder. But then again they're both pretty easy, and I just RJ them both anyway. I never said Snake Man's stage was geniunely hard, just that Magnet Man's would be easier for someone just starting out. And Magnet Man takes more damage from a buster. I've always found Snake Man harder to avoid than Magnet Man, even knowing his pattern, but maybe that's just me.
And obviously doing Needle Man with only the P buster is not recommended for someone who's not experienced/good at the game.
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Snake Man is clearly the easiest of the Snake-Needle-Gemini trio and you have to do ONE of them first. The person in the YouTube video was absolutely godawful at fighting Snake and still won because Snake is terrible. The level is decent, but eh.
Magnet and Top are both arguably easier, sure, but they're the start of the other loop. If you choose to do Snake's loop first (because you really want Rush Jet?) then Snake seems a logical starting point. Have to agree with Meeple that Snake Man's stage is way easier than Needle Man the boss.
Of course, I think my optimum order for playing the game might be something like Top -> Shadow -> Gemini -> Needle -> Magnet -> Hard -> Snake -> Spark. But I can see reasonable-ish ones that start with Snake.
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Eh, the point there is that even if you want to do the loop of 3 first, there's still no reason not to start with Top-Shadow to get Shadow Blade (useful for everything) and Rush Marine (negates the hard part of Gemini stage) before going into Snake.
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Again, if you're really trying to get Rush Jet quickly, you can get it faster by cutting out Top/Shadow. And since bustering Gemini or Needle will likely be too much for many newcomers, this makes Snake a logical starting point.
Overall I agree with you, as made clear by my order (more hype for Top Spin than Shadow Blade, but both are two of the better weapons, whereas Search Snake is outscrubbed only by Needle and Spark), but that doesn't make Snake a -bad- choice.
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Bustering Needle is too much for me. :(
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So uh from the sounds of the argument the guy and his level are so unimportant of the grand scheme of things that it doesn't even freaking matter where you do him, it is just something to do sometime whenever because he doesn't slot well into any specific sequence and isn't vital to any of them.
http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=23562
More Vault Dweller on Aged of Decadence.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2yo_r0kj2o
Why didn't this ever happen at libraries where I worked?
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Why is the ghost making the pacman eating noises?
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Because Pac-Man is busy screaming at the top of his lungs.
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http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=23562
More Vault Dweller on Aged of Decadence.
Fuck you. I got curious, followed the link to the devloper's site, looked on the forums, saw some retard armchair designer spouting out of his ass to Vince, and am now registering an account so I can chew him out in what will probably result in shitflinging that I will want to block from my memory.
Might as well throw in a reaction to the game itself.
Vince promises lots of non-combat options, and good ones, ones that actually reward you for building your character around being charismatic and intelligent. That would be great, and I hope he delivers. He's provided examples ( http://www.irontowerstudio.com/forum/index.php?topic=231.0 ); let's hope the game is loaded with stuff like this. Because the "default" option, going rambo on whoever is obstructing you, looks like it will be boring as shit in this game. I didn't really need confirmation that Vince could never design good battle systems and combat encounters. I knew that since reading his general RPGCodex posts. But it's simultaneously vindicating and painful to watch it be thrown into sharp relief by his AoD-related posts and videos.
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I only grabbed a random link really to respond to the Megaman stuff while staying on topic. But yeah the review is pretty blech. I have high hopes for the game, I like Vault Dweller and while I do agree the combat system will likely be underwhelming, I also look forward to finally having another RPG kind of like Torment where the gameplay is actually not the combat.
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Nono, what I'm saying is, that review has links to Iron Tower's site. I went to it.
The site has forums, one of which is an AoD design related one.
That forum has a moron who is making suggestions that appall me.
I registered an account on IT's forums to argue with said moron.
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http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.php/pName/bluetooth-microphone-dental-insert-nano-electronics/
Bluetooth Microphone product with the following warning: "All dental work should be performed by a qualified dentist"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He7Ge7Sogrk
(video) Painting Elephant. Neato.
http://www.getwonder.com/2008/03/to-the-north-polerussian-nuclear-icebreakers/
Pictures of Soviet Nuclear Icebreakers.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/ttv/arts.jhtml?bcpid=1358314062&bclid=1363192294&bctid=1482436596
(video) BBC's april fool's joke.
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http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/04/japanese-creative-barcodes.html
Barcode artwork.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2008/04/04/state/n000323D19.DTL
Wheelchair robbery.
http://www.dailytech.com/Computercontrolled+Skysail+Saves+Money+Cuts+Emissions/article11210.htm
Set sail! Sails on ships are back in style!
http://io9.com/376647/suburb+eating-robots-run-on-fat-reclaimed-from-liposuction
File under WTF.
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2008/04/gallery_DandDStats?slide=9&slideView=7
9 celebrities rolled as D&D characters.
http://www.freakingnews.com/Partial-Face-Transplants-Pictures--1233-0.asp
Photoshopping two faces together.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/08/baby.heads.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText
Two-faced baby worshiped as goddess in India.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWqCNmfJ1hY
(video) Uwe Boll: "I'm the only genius in the entire fucking movie business".
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http://kerberos-productions.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7839&sid=ede2f42ff21d9a2578683489e590de5c (http://kerberos-productions.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7839&sid=ede2f42ff21d9a2578683489e590de5c)
Kerberos Productions, makers of SotS, a 4x game I rather enjoy, apparently announced their next project and I forgot I'd already read about it (at least, that's what the link being purple rather than blue would suggest...)
North Star is... kind of like Privateer, I guess. You get a star freighter and ply the mysterious and dangerous frontiers of space as a trader, running goods between far-flung colonies for cash, putting together a crew, charting planets to find new commodities, and so on.
Oddly enough, in the North Star timeline, Canada is the world's premier superpower. Silly writers, that's usually China's job to replace the US.
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It was China's role in SotS, at that.
It'll probably be next decade when North star is out, anyway, since SotS isn't even done yet.
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I didn't know they were working on a second SotS expansion. I liked Born of Blood a lot (I mean, the lack of stuff like alliances or trade sort of irked me in Vanilla SotS), so I'm all over another expansion.
Though in SotS, for some reason, England seemed to be the top dogs (SolForce speaks English and, inexplicably, Latin). Probably has something to do with the Hivers blasting the shit outta Earth until they got lit up with a few thousand ICBMs.
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http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-litrap0406,0,7022889.story
So a guy in Long Island rigged up his own security system. It involves a knife that stabs intruders in the face. Guess what happens when a guy from the phone company shows up while he's out?
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http://gawker.com/377201/the-dangers-of-being-a-television-news-reporter
(video) Compilation of TV news reporter wipeouts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHcUTNre2oI
(video) Unbelievable horse.
http://laughingsquid.com/ed-force-one-the-iron-maiden-boeing-757/
Ed Force One--Iron Maiden has their own customized Boeing 757.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBzkNchB0p0
(video) quite possibly the crappiest animation I've ever seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YQmkDDCyXQ
(video) Japanese Television, or possibly a spoof "Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA
(video) Actually pretty clever.
http://www.apathyparty08.com/
Apathy party.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-0jNC_w1tSw&fmt=18
(video) Dancing dog.
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http://www.apathyparty08.com/
Apathy party.
... that really exists? Did... was this real BEFORE Futurama, or has Futurama actually created a political party?
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http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8c52/
The lovechild of Smashy and Nitori. A beeping device specifically designed to annoy people~
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http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/ (http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/)
The Daedalus project is an ongoing psychological study in to people who play MMORPGs. I found it to be quite fascinating. Among other things, it contradicts the long-held "Alliance are all kids" argument that has never really held water.
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I don't think anyone smart ever said it was full of kiddies, but more people that are big enough douche bags to only want to look at something "Cool" and lameo LotR rip off.
Horde on the other hand is also full of douche bags.
Both sides are chock full of retards. Trade chat is where bad jokes go to die and where your brain commits suicide.
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I don't think anyone smart ever said it was full of kiddies, but more people that are big enough douche bags to only want to look at something "Cool" and lameo LotR rip off.
Horde on the other hand is also full of douche bags.
Both sides are chock full of retards. Trade chat is where bad jokes go to die and where your brain commits suicide.
I keep /2 turned off.
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So do I.
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http://www.datamancer.net/steampunklaptop/steampunklaptop.htm
The coolest thing I've ever seen.
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I can finally reveal the game I'm working on:
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/spider--man-web-of-shadows/top-five-reasons-to-swing-back-to-nyc/1204746
To be honest, probably ignore everything yahoo writes.
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Here's a question they apparently didn't ask: What system?
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Here's a question they apparently didn't ask: What system?
Because it's Activision: "All of them".
Realistically: X360. PS3 version should be a passable port of the 360 version, maybe. Other versions....x_x.
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http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/245
Don't remember if mc has linked this before. Wii Remote hacks.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rzJRT9TN3Y For the SRW freaks: New Endless Frontier promo video. Fanservice aside[still not as bad as A3 at least, in that area], it's actually looking decent.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed4CHkN-Dkw
So what happens when you give the Japanese a RC car, a bunch of beer bottles, and ungodly amounts of free time? This, apparently.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N30-SKk3APU
In honor of Namagomi's new avatar.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4
(video) An Engineer's Guide to Cats.
http://picasaweb.google.com/michaelrvasilev/GamerArt
Amusing photoshops of sprites and real-life images.
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/wildly_popular_iron_man_trailer
(video) Onion sillyness.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2803281.html
Wolf and Goat.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/15851207/detail.html
Messed up....
http://gizmodo.com/380467/internal-microsoft-vista-video-is-as-painful-as-videos-get
(video) Horrifying Vista ad.
http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/04/simian-super-he.html
Spidermonkey.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN5BRwkdqWw
Venture Bros. season 3 preview watch it now.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/7360871.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/7360871.stm)
Drunk Vader attacks a Jedi Church.
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http://www.badassoftheweek.com/index.html
Badass of the Week
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http://www.2kgames.com/cultofrapture/artbook.html
Bioshock artbook free to download.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/24/nogc124.xml
Apparently nobody thought to rotate the logo 90 degrees....
http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm
The earth is flat!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XTFX64LbLY
(video) Trailer for the spirit. Looks like Sin City.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_citFkSNtk
(video) Flying Jellyfish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es52WQKLumI
(video) Transformer Owl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEiy4zepuVE
(video) Cities as seen from space.
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http://www.pandora.com/
Free internet radio that asks for your favorite band/song and then makes a station for you based on that and music like it. Neat
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http://www.hatrack.com/osc/reviews/everything/2008-04-20.shtml
Another reason to roll my eyes at J.K. Rowling. Also proof that I need to read some of OSC's stuff.
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Oh man. I wish I could have thanked him for that when I met him last week. Awesome.
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http://www.hatrack.com/osc/reviews/everything/2008-04-20.shtml
Another reason to roll my eyes at J.K. Rowling. Also proof that I need to read some of OSC's stuff.
OSC respect just went up.
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http://www.hatrack.com/osc/reviews/everything/2008-04-20.shtml
Another reason to roll my eyes at J.K. Rowling. Also proof that I need to read some of OSC's stuff.
I believe I will need to read more of that guy's stuff for sure. Yes.
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While on the other hand it gave me a reason not to. Respect up for the guy but I don't feel like reading Harry Potter fanfic.
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Um. What? OSC wrote Harry Potter Fanfiction?
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Methinks Grefter left his brain in his other pants.
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Ender's Game came out long before Harry Potter and those are generic comments made just to prove his point that what she was saying was fucking stupid, it's nothing like Harry Potter when you get right down to it.
Too bad the rest of Ender's series is nothing like it either. Ender's Game is a damn good book.
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There was a joke in there that you guys missed, here let me point it out to you and therefore ruin the joke entirely.
While on the other hand it gave me a reason not to. Respect up for the guy but I don't feel like reading Harry Potter fanfic.
It is right there.
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Ender's Game came out long before Harry Potter and those are generic comments made just to prove his point that what she was saying was fucking stupid, it's nothing like Harry Potter when you get right down to it.
Too bad the rest of Ender's series is nothing like it either. Ender's Game is a damn good book.
Seconded. I find nothing spectacular about Card, generally speaking, and wouldn't really advise reading a mess of his books on account of enjoying this editorial here, but Ender's Game itself was excellent. The follow-ups suffer from crippling sequelitis, but the original is a must read.
OSC should also totally be upset at Japan, because clearly we wouldn't have shonen anime if Ender's Game hadn't paved the way.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7370903.stm
"Free Tibet" flags...made in china.
http://www.cracked.com/article_16196_7-commandments-all-video-games-should-obey.html
Good article on game design.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/28/games.censorship
Rather awesome article slamming game censorship.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/01/BUUC10EHQM.DTL
New fundamental circuit disscovered.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=missing-link-of-electronics
More detailed article on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYxu_MQSTTY
(video) Hillarious David Blane parrody.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/30431/Barack-Obama-talks-GTA-IV
Barrack Obama mentions GTA4...and he's not even wielding a pitchfork!
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OSC should also totally be upset at Japan, because clearly we wouldn't have shonen anime if Ender's Game hadn't paved the way.
Japan isn't trying to sue shonen fanfic authors crying that they're degrading the original works.
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Ender's Game came out long before Harry Potter and those are generic comments made just to prove his point that what she was saying was fucking stupid, it's nothing like Harry Potter when you get right down to it.
Too bad the rest of Ender's series is nothing like it either. Ender's Game is a damn good book.
Seconded. I find nothing spectacular about Card, generally speaking, and wouldn't really advise reading a mess of his books on account of enjoying this editorial here, but Ender's Game itself was excellent. The follow-ups suffer from crippling sequelitis, but the original is a must read.
This, with some hype for the second book (but dear God, not the third or fourth) tossed in.
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http://www.eucantina.net/interview-with-writer-chris-avellone (http://www.eucantina.net/interview-with-writer-chris-avellone)
An interview with Chris Avellone about KotOR2. In particular, I liked his encouragement for the Sith Lords Restoration Project (which is now in closed beta!) A pretty interesting read, just because you can kind of get in to his head a little bit and see what his big obstacles were.
Also, he mentions that the Influence system was going to determine your final party.
EDIT: And if he could go back, he'd shorten up Peragus (FUCK YES!) and drop the Disciple and Hanharr.
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http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/video/word
"Word Disassociation" by Lemon Demon, who you may recognize as the guy who made the classic video "The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny." It's actually quite a catchy song.
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http://community.livejournal.com/comicbooklovers/561539.html
http://community.livejournal.com/comicbooklovers/561735.html
Marvel/DC Olympics!
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http://www.famousbirthdays.net/
1972 Selam Blair (actress)
1957 Frances McDormand (actress)
1940 Adam Faith (Terence Nelhams) (singer)
1929 June Carter (country singer)
1927 Bob Fosse (director)
1918 Gill Dodds (track)
1912 Alan Turing (scientist/mathematician)
1910 Edward P. Morgan (news reporter)
1910 Jean Marie Anouilh (playwright)
1894 Duke of Windsor (England's Edward Patrick David)
1894 Edward VIII (King of England)
1894 Alfred Kinsey (sex researcher)
1400 Johannes Gutenberg (inventor - first printing press)
Bunch of guys I don't know, but hey, Morgan, Turing, and fuckin' Gutenberg himself. Not gonna complain. Oh, and the creator of the Kinsey scale that confirmed Strago is a 6.
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Birthdays
# 1983 Lee Ryan (singer)
# 1980 Venus Williams (tennis champ)
# 1951 Joe Piscopo (comedian)
# 1946 Barry Manilow (Barry Alan Pincus) (singer)
# 1943 Newt Gingrich (Republican)
# 1919 Gene De Paul (composer)
# 1917 Dean Martin (Dino Crocetti) (comedian and singer)
# 1910 Red (Clyde) Foley (songwriter and singer)
# 1904 Ralph Bellamy (actor)
# 1902 Sammy Fain (Feinberg)
# 1898 M.C. Escher (graphic artist)
# 1882 Igor Fedorovich Stravinsky (composer
# 1702 John Wesley (religious leader)
..Fail.
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Hillary's odds of winning the election have doubled!
1963 Natalie Merchant (Singer-songwriter)
1963 Marla Maples (actress)
1962 Cary Elwes (actor)
1962 Dylan McDermott (actor)
1954 Lauren Tewes (actress)
1951 Bootsy Collins (Funk singer and bandleader)
1947 Hillary Rodham Clinton (politician)
1947 Jaclyn Smith (actress)
1946 Ivan Reitman (director)
1946 Keith Hopwood (singer, musician)
1946 Hillary Rodham Clinton (attorney; former 1st Lady)
1944 Michael Piano (singer)
1942 Bob Hoskins (actor)
1916 Francois Mitterand (President of France)
1914 Jackie Coogan (actor)
1911 Mahalia Jackson (singer)
1876 H B (Henry Byron) Warner (actor)
1854 Charles Post (cereal mogul)
1834 Joseph Hansom (architect, inventor)
1685 Domenico Scarlatti (composer)
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Birthdays
1965 Charlie Sheen (actor)
1955 Steve Jones (musician)
1943 Valerie Perrine (actress)
1942 Al Jardine (singer)
1935 Eileen Brennan (Actress)
1915 Kitty Carlisle (TV personality)
1913 Alan Ladd (actor)
1875 Ferdinand Porsche (automobile designer)
1856 Louis Sullivan (architect)
1849 Sarah Orne Jewett (author)
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# 1985 Masiela Lusha (actor, author, model and artist)
# 1959 'Weird' Al Yankovic (singer, comedian)
# 1957 Martin Luther King III (equal rights advocator)
# 1954 Dwight Yoakam (songwriter, singer)
# 1949 Nick Tosches (writer)
# 1947 Greg Ridley (musician)
# 1942 Michael (John) Crichton (writer)
# 1940 Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) (Brazil's soccer star)
# 1940 Eleanor (Ellie) Greenwich (Ellie Gay, Ellie Gee) (songwriter)
# 1940 Pelt (music group)
# 1939 Charlie Foxx (singer)
# 1931 Diana Dors (Fluck) (actress)
# 1927 Sonny (William) Criss (musician)
# 1925 Johnny Carson (comedian, TV Host)
# 1923 Ned Rorem (composer)
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# 1973 Daniel Jones (singer - savage garden)
# 1973 Rufus Wainwright (songwriter)
# 1964 David Spade (comedian, actor)
# 1955 Willem Dafoe (actor)
# 1949 Alan Menken (composer)
# 1947 Don Henley (drummer, singer)
# 1947 Danny Glover (actor)
# 1947 Albert Brooks (Einstein) (actor)
# 1944 Bobby Sherman (singer)
# 1941 Thomas Wayne (Perkins) (singer)
# 1940 Alex Trebek (game show host)
# 1939 Terence Stamp (actor)
# 1937 Chuck Jackson (singer)
# 1934 Louise Fletcher (actress)
# 1932 Oscar De La Renta (fashion designer)
# 1930 Marcia Henderson (actress)
# 1928 Orson Bean (Dallas Burroughs) (comedian, actor, author)
# 1924 Margaret Whiting (singer)
# 1923 Robert Dole (US Senate majority leader)
# 1898 Stephen Vincent Benet (poet)
# 1898 Alexander Calder (sculptor)
# 1890 Rose Kennedy (mother of JFK, Robert, edward)
Bob Dole, Alex Trebek, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, and... ... David Spade.
Starts with hard dicks, ends in irritating ones. Great.
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# 1969 Jason Bateman (actor)
# 1968 LL Cool J (rapper, record producer)
# 1944 Graham Marsh (golfer)
# 1941 Faye Dunaway (actress)
# 1938 Jack Jones (singer)
# 1919 Andy Rooney (writer, journalist)
# 1892 Hal Roach (producer, writer and director)
# 1875 Albert Schweitzer (philosopher, musician, physician and humanitarian)
# 1741 Benedict Arnold (American General in Revolutionary War) he later turned coat became a traitor
Only name I really recognize offhand is Benedict Arnold and...I should probably start running...
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# 1981 Jonathan Taylor Thomas (actor)
# 1979 Pink (singer)
# 1971 David Arquette (actor)
# 1946 "Ron ""Pig-Pen"" McKernan (musician)
# 1932 Patsy Cline (country singer)
# 1925 Peter Sellers (actor)
# 1922 Sid Caesar (TV comedian)
# 1900 Claude Pepper (congressman)
# 1841 Anton Dvorak (composer)
... Pink? Arquette? Meeeeeeeh.
At least I got Dvorak, that's pretty cool.
I really love Super's though. Barry Manilow, Venus Williams, M.C. Escher, and Newt Gingrich all on the same day? That must be one awesome day.
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Saving ID the trouble!
# 1987 Robyn Richards (soap actress)
# 1981 Willa Ford (singer)
# 1965 Diane Lane (dramatic actress)
# 1960 Michael Hutchence (singer - INXS))
# 1959 Linda Blair (actress)
# 1949 Steve Perry (singer)
# 1948 George Foreman (boxer)
# 1940 John Hurt (actor)
# 1935 Sam Cooke (singer)
# 1934 Bill Bixby (actor most famous for "My Favorite Martian")
# 1932 Piper Laurie (actress)
# 1924 J.J. (James) Johnson (musician)
# 1909 Ann Sothern (actress)
# 1875 David (D.W. Griffith) (film producer and director)
# 1788 Lord (George) Byron (poet)
# 1561 Francis Bacon (philosopher and writer)
Besides the duo born over two centuries ago, I recognise almost nobody. However, I'm not going to complain about Francis Bacon being on that list.
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Birthdays
# 1962 Jon Bon Jovi (John Bongiovi) (singer, musician, songwriter)
# 1956 John Cowsill (singer)
# 1955 Jay Osmond (singer)
# 1952 Laraine Newman (comedienne, actress)
# 1950 Karen Carpenter (drummer, singer)
# 1944 Lou Reed (Firbank) (singer, songwriter)
# 1939 Paul Dino (singer)
# 1931 Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet statesman)
# 1930 John Cullum (singer, actor)
# 1919 Jennifer Jones (Phyllis Isley) (actress)
# 1917 Desi Arnaz (Desiderio Alberto Arnez y de Acha III) (bandleader, singer, actor)
# 1904 Dr Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) (author)
Dr Seuss, aw yeah.
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Birthdays
# 1983 Lee Ryan (singer)
# 1980 Venus Williams (tennis champ)
# 1951 Joe Piscopo (comedian)
# 1946 Barry Manilow (Barry Alan Pincus) (singer)
# 1943 Newt Gingrich (Republican)
# 1919 Gene De Paul (composer)
# 1917 Dean Martin (Dino Crocetti) (comedian and singer)
# 1910 Red (Clyde) Foley (songwriter and singer)
# 1904 Ralph Bellamy (actor)
# 1902 Sammy Fain (Feinberg)
# 1898 M.C. Escher (graphic artist)
# 1882 Igor Fedorovich Stravinsky (composer
# 1702 John Wesley (religious leader)
..Fail.
Oh, please. You got Escher and Stravinsky. You want fail? Here it i s, August 26th:
1980 Macaulay Culkin (actor)
1961 Jimmy Olander (guitarist)
1960 Branford Marsalis (musician, bandleader)
1949 Bob Cowsill (singer)
1937 Don Bowman (comedian, entertainer)
1920 Georgia Gibbs (Fredda Lipson or Gibson) (singer)
1919 Ronny Graham (singer, actor)
1915 Jim Davis (actor)
1906 Albert Sabin (polio researcher: the Sabin oral polio vaccine)
1904 Christopher Isherwood (author)
1898 (Marguerite) Peggy Guggenheim (Art collector, patron)
1880 Guillaume Apollinaire (Poet and art critic)
1873 Lee DeForest (inventor)
1838 John Wilkes Booth (actor, assassin)
Macauley Culkin and John Wilkes Booth. To make matters worse, Culkin was born the same year as me, too. I already knew this, but: one day later and I'd share a birthday with the guitarist of my favorite band (Alex Lifeson from Rush); one day earlier and it'd be Tim Burton (flipside, also Gene Simmons. Ewww). So yeah, fuck me and my total lack of regard for timing.
And Meep: Jason Bateman is Michael Bluth! Shame on you for not knowing that.
NEB: Dude, glancing at your list, I recognize a lot of those people. Steve Perry is the dude from Journey, for one.
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Just for the record, Ablert Schweitzer is fucking cool, Meep.
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Birthdays
# 1973 Howie Dorough (singer)
# 1967 Layne Staley (singer)
# 1964 Mats Wilander (tennis)
# 1963 Tori Amos (singer, songwriter)
# 1961 Roland Orzabal (singer, musician)
# 1960 Debbi Peterson (musician - bangles)
# 1948 Cindy Williams (actress)
# 1942 Joe Chambers (musician, singer)
# 1940 Valerie Harper (actress)
# 1934 Norman Schwarzkopf (US Army General)
# 1934 Diana Sands (actress)
# 1934 Sylva Koscina (actress)
# 1929 Honor Blackman (actress)
# 1920 Ray Bradbury (writer)
# 1917 John Lee Hooker (singer)
# 1904 Deng Xiaoping (communist leader)
# 1893 Dorothy Parker (Rothschild) (author)
# 1880 George Herriman (cartoonist)
# 1862 Claude Debussy (composer)
Eh~
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NEB: Dude, glancing at your list, I recognize a lot of those people. Steve Perry is the dude from Journey, for one.
You say that like I have any idea what Journey is. <_<
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You don't know Journey? ...you fail at music, Elf. >_>
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1968 Michael Schumacher (motorbike rider)
1951 Mel Gibson (actor)
1950 Bart Johnson (baseball)
1945 Victoria Principal (actress)
1932 Dabney Coleman (actor)
1930 Robert Loggia (actor)
1926 George Martin (Producer - most famous with The Beatles)
1924 Hank Stram (football coach, broadcaster)
1922 Bill Travers (producer, director, actor)
1921 John Russell (actor)
1918 Maxene Andrews (singer)
1909 Victor Borge (Borge Rosenbaum) (pianist, comedian)
1905 Ray Milland (Reginald Truscott-Jones) (actor)
1898 Zasu Pitts (actress)
1892 J.R.R. Tolkien (author, most famous for Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit)
1879 Grace Coolidge (Goodhue) (First Lady, wife of 30th US President, Calvin Coolidge - 1923-29)
107 BC- Cicero (Roman statesman)
Mel Gibson, George Martin, Tolkien, and fucking Cicero. I think is good.
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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/4878-Zero-Punctuation-Mailbag-Showdown
Guy's video response to hate mail from a SSBB review he did. Chock full of awesome british humor.
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Australian humor.
I'm pretty disappointed in him for acknowledging all the butthurt retards who flung shit over his SSBB review. If he were as awesome as I used to think he was, he'd have let that shit pass right under his radar and kept on reviewing as normal. Maybe, MAYBE a quick rude forum comment would have been acceptable.
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Yahtzee is Brittish, he just works here, so it is Brit humor with Australian references I guess since there is like location and product jokes I guess.
He is still cool and ZP is one of the few sources of opinions that interest me.
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Why the hell do retards nag at him to do a review, which all past experience should hint would be similar to the rest of his reviews, and then bitch at him when he doesn't tickle the game's ballsack with his tongue? Blah. Internet.
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And Meep: Jason Bateman is Michael Bluth! Shame on you for not knowing that.
Its worth noting that I suck at remembering who plays what on a regular basis! Though yeah, somehow didn't see Jason Bateman at all, and the name DID sound familiar now that you say it. Well, that makes my list look better at least!
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http://gamepolitics.com/2008/05/02/breaking-activision-and-vivendi-leaving-esa/
Activision and Vivendi are leaving the ESA. o_O
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joefxd/sets/72157604423778692/
Refaced american money.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSob5Fjr-Hw
(video) Spiderman stick figure animation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPyZZ9ZNQ5M
(video) Subaru snowboarding.
http://www.cracked.com/article_16031_5-most-insane-celebrity-comic-book-cameos.html
5 most insane celebrity cameos in comic books.
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/05/02/wii-pole-dancing-game-intended-for-fitness-fun-for-men-and-women/
Wii pole-dancing game....
http://www.katu.com/home/video/11944831.html?video=YHI&t=a
(video) Teen channels Johnny cash.
http://io9.com/387860/when-volcanoes-spew-lightning
When Volcanos spew lightning.
http://www.dreamloregames.com/stalin/eng/
Stalin vs Martians.
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You don't know Journey? ...you fail at music, Elf. >_>
How in the sphincter of hell can you NOT know who Journey is? I mean, even wasians know Journey.
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Elfboy's just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world.
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So, Elfboy's Ciato.
...
Wait, that's not news.
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If only Super were a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit, and took a midnight train going anywhere...
Elfboy will have to look for love elsewhere.
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Listening to him slam the lions? I think he is and this whole Virginia thing is a sham.
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I... what?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N91a2WY4mxA&feature=related Watch this instead Zenny.
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Well, that was an annoying song.
I still want to know what lions have anything to do with anything and why Super would bash them, other than the fact that he is a horrible person.
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Detroit Lions, NFL football team. I constantly mock them just to annoy poor Yakumo.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsZccxsiEUA
Puppy. D:
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Oh. Well that makes sense kind of. CK is still retarded though.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIRCzbBB99E
This is the greatest thing I've ever seen.
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I love how toward the end of the MM2 Dr. Wily 1 remix the coins spell out "Okku sen man", the title of that other remix linked to a while back.
This may indeed be the greatest thing ever.
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That was brilliant.
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Slightly relevant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th1oR8yeBh8
Japanese sing-a-long version.
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That...wow, insane stuff.
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Does anybody have any idea if there's a method to the madness of the songs or if it's just haphazard? Given that the vocal version used Okku sen man as well it makes me wonder if there's a pattern, or if that's just a more popular song than I gave it credit and it's not that surprising that it showed up in some random collection of JPop/JRock?
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The songs are all popular and/or memes from Nico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Nico_Douga), and the singers in the vocal version are more or less random Nico users who got together and recorded it. There's a sequel going around now too, don't have a link offhand.
3:20 is Airman ga Taosenai (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUVdA9ABzpg), 5:00 is The Abomination (http://iosys.cc/mp3/IOSYS_tohootomebayashi_loving.swf), 8:15 is The Other Abomination (http://morinoharihu.hp.infoseek.co.jp/pettann.html)...
Of course a lot of it is just straight clips from popular/noteworthy anime and games.
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Oh man, you had me thinking it was memes about Nico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico) and thought the internet had some fucking taste for once. But no, it is not.
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The Nico users aren't all completely random~ The J guy in the bottom left is the one who sang the "METAL OF" versions of Koi no Mikuru Densetsu and Okkusenman. And Hatsune Miku is certainly not random! >_>
Also, by the sequel do you mean the 7min long one from liek, January? *didn't think it was as gud!*
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Oh man, you had me thinking it was memes about Nico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico) and thought the internet had some fucking taste for once. But no, it is not.
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http://gizmodo.com/388469/mouse-jacket-grown-euthanized-in-museum-lab
Living Jacket grown from mouse embryo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuSwj5ok24k
(video) Batman done in anime.
http://manbabies.com/
Awesome if slightly unsettling photoshops.
http://ultra-awesome.blogspot.com/2008/05/nes-coffee-table-final-post-rah.html
NES coffee table.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/05/08/national/a233512D63.DTL
Crazy and mildly disturbing.
http://kotaku.com/5008666/first-official-dragonball-movie-promo-image
Dragonball the Live Action movie.
http://kotaku.com/5008603/niko-and-vlad-on-saturday-night-live
GTA4 characters on Saturday Night Live.
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I can only hope that Satoshi Kon is doing one of the Scarecrow segments.
Given his specialty, I think it's a lock, but there's always a chance...
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BTW, don't bother with the Nico sequel. It seems to be made up of their B-Squad. Some decent selections/cuts, but mostly trash.
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http://gizmodo.com/388469/mouse-jacket-grown-euthanized-in-museum-lab
Living Jacket grown from mouse embryo.
Now THAT is art.
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http://gizmodo.com/388469/mouse-jacket-grown-euthanized-in-museum-lab
Living Jacket grown from mouse embryo.
Now THAT is art.
On some level, I have to agree.
Seeing that does settle the "Would I ever eat meat if they found a way to culture it?" question, though. That's a little too creepy for my tastes. Not logical, but hey.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5xIJAD-Mec
(video) Spiderman dance.
http://www.money.co.uk/article/1000390-13-year-old-steals-dads-credit-card-to-buy-hookers.htm
"The escort girls who were released without charge, told the arresting officers something was up when the kids said they would rather play Xbox than get down to business."
http://www.vimeo.com/993998
(video) brilliant, if disturbing animation. Definitely worth watching for the artistic value.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewj/sets/72157604988911230/show/with/2482166316/
GTA4 compared side by side with photos of New York.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUuL1vOuxas
(NSFW, video) Joysticks trailer (80s movie).
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/historic_blockbuster_store_offers
(video) Onion on how we might see Blockbuster in the future.
http://www.milienzo.com/2007/07/10/epuron-advert-will-make-you-smile/
(video) Very clever advertizement.
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The creepy factor is the part of the art. Also it is art that has fairly relevant recent science take a large part in it. This is super sexy.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wMoqLupYdI
All of a sudden the movie makes a whole lot more sense
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wMoqLupYdI
All of a sudden the movie makes a whole lot more sense
What's gonorrhea, and why does it... what's the word... buurrrrnnn?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g
Another fun adaptation of that song.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-BcAWCQiMQ
And another one!
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Sega-Genesis-Control-Pad-DEVELOPMENT-SAMPLE-RARE-READ_W0QQitemZ260240904800QQihZ016QQcategoryZ139969QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Apparently Sega did the Wii Nunchuck 20 years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuX5_OWObA0
(video) Extremely weird. Also Double Dash related.
http://www.superdeluxe.com/sd/contentDetail.do?id=D81F2344BF5AC7BB88014F6841DE297470F9AB0FD846728B
(video) "World of Wifecraft" -- mildly amusing.
http://jetpackbrontosaurus.com/alpha/
(webgame) From the people who brought you Velociraptor Safari it's Jetpack Brontosaurus. Good for five minute's amusement.
http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-worst-celebrity-renders-of-all-time/a-2008051512756473018
Worst-rendered celebrities in video games.
http://www.addictinggames.com/rollercoasterrush.html
(webgame) Cute two-button webgame (forward and backwards being the buttons).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0QTar0MEwc
(video) Jenga....
http://www.ep.tc/problems/25/index.html
"Treat your rifle like a lady" -- an assault rifle instruction manual filled with ridiculous innuendo.
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http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-worst-celebrity-renders-of-all-time/a-2008051512756473018
Worst-rendered celebrities in video games.
I'm just waiting for someone to use that horribly pixelated David Bowie as an avatar (memory says the Commodre 64 game managed a passable likeness, but memory hasn't played the game in seventeen years).
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/JAPAN_HELLO_KITTY?SITE=TXCOR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-19-15-11-52
When I first saw it on the news, I made a joke about Doraemon being named Minister of Agriculture. Then I read this article...
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/JAPAN_HELLO_KITTY?SITE=TXCOR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-19-15-11-52
When I first saw it on the news, I made a joke about Doraemon being named Minister of Agriculture. Then I read this article...
That's utterly surreal. Surprisingly badass, but incredibly surreal.
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Hello Kitty...badass...what?
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Those who do not understand the badassitude of Hello Kitty are heathens. </drone>
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/JAPAN_HELLO_KITTY?SITE=TXCOR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-19-15-11-52
When I first saw it on the news, I made a joke about Doraemon being named Minister of Agriculture. Then I read this article...
This... this is just... what.
I don't even know anymore.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080519/ap_on_fe_st/odd_cookie_spill;_ylt=ApKnHxQ.qibeB6f0FmLfEXWs0NUE
Okay, now this is one way to give a reason why you are late to work. This was also on Gamefaqs but not everyone goes there constantly.
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Link too long (http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/pop_records/results.html)
100 worst pop songs of all time.
I can't argue with the first one, if it's the song I'm thinking of (like hell I'm looking for a youtube video), but Barbie Girl should be higher. Also, having not heard the song, I still think number 19 should be off the list, since "Living Next Door to Alice(Who the Fuck is Alice?)" is a great song title.
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http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/05/apples-next-ste.html
Apple patents a Wii-like controller. Possible entry to the portable market?!
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Wow, respect for them giving the nod to Doop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvLDm8821jQ)
Babylon Zoo's Spaceman isn't so bad, just uninspired. Hanson nod is well deserved of course. Dirrty - Cristina Aguilera sooooooooooo vindicating. No U2 though. HOW IS THERE NO U2 ONE OF THE WORST MOST INFINITELY BAD POP SHIT BANDS EVER. FUCK YOU BONO YOU DO NOT SING ABOUT DIGGING HOLES AND TALK ABOUT ELEVATION.
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Because if they included Bono, then he'd HAVE to be #1. He cannot be #2. Ever.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq_-Gf9rXhE
(video) Kasparov Griefed by Flying Penis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoQb8vb4blA
(video) USSR dancers set to modern dance music.
http://kotaku.com/5010068/yes-jake-gyllenhaal-is-the-prince-of-persia
Prince of Persia movie.
http://kotaku.com/5010087/judge-says-jack-thompson-guilty-of-misconduct-during-gta-bully-trials
Jack Thompson found guilty of misconduct.
Link too long (http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/pop_records/results.html)
100 worst pop songs of all time.
I can't argue with the first one, if it's the song I'm thinking of (like hell I'm looking for a youtube video), but Barbie Girl should be higher. Also, having not heard the song, I still think number 19 should be off the list, since "Living Next Door to Alice(Who the Fuck is Alice?)" is a great song title.
I'm honestly not sure what their criteria are, since they have no Backstreet Boys, no N*Sync, no O-Town, no 98-Degrees, no New Kids on the Block (you know, the obnoxious boy bands of the 90s), but they do have several songs I wouldn't really call "pop".
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I noticed that too. I'm not sure why there were no boy bands on it. Maybe just too easy of an target? I dunno.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NT6CElR36M
(video / song) FF4 Fiends theme, vocal version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv-dEz9HW10
(video / song) Super Mario World theme, vocal version.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NT6CElR36M
(video / song) FF4 Fiends theme, vocal version.
Instant classic! Valvalis being a yuri fiend = win.
As for the worst pop songs list...I blame any weirdness on it clearly being compiled by Brits.
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I think you guys need to listen to some of the songs on there. Bye bye bye >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Doop so hard it isn't funny and this is from someone who is pretty harsh on music for being entirely uninspired.
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I think you guys need to listen to some of the songs on there. Bye bye bye >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Doop so hard it isn't funny and this is from someone who is pretty harsh on music for being entirely uninspired.
Oh, there's definitely some stuff on there I can get behind. "Achey Breaky heart" jumps to mind, as does the Macarena and "Cotton Eye Joe". That said, there's also several songs I glance at and have to ask "that one? Really? you couldn't think of anything worse?" Glancing through the list....
Wannabe - Spice Girls
Never really had a problem with this one. (Other than being a pop song).
Lucky - Britney Spears
Lyrics are actually decent (unusual for Britney); tune is unmemorable. She has so much worse stuff.
Believe - Cher
It's like, Cher's one well-known song; at least the only one that jumps to mind when I think of Cher.
Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
For starters, it's rap, not pop. Secondly, nearly everyone I know who actually likes rap (i.e. not me) fondly remembers this song.
Puppy Love - Donny Osmond
Generic 60s song (okay, early 70s, but it's 60s style); don't really see what's wrong with it--I can think of so much stuff from the era that's worse.
We Will Rock You - Five feat. Queen
Okay, I can agree with the complaint that injecting rap into We Will Rock You makes the song worse. Though, again it's rap, not pop, and if they wanted to hate on rap why didn't they pick a pure rap song instead of one that's mixed with a good song?
We Built This City - Starship
It's from an era of music I'm not as familiar with, but if nothing else I do like the harmony in the song.
C'est la Vie - Bewitched
Other than being generic, I really don't see the problem with it.
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Ice, Ice Baby is about as rap as OK dressing in blackface and trying to rhyme. If your friends actually A) like rap and B) remember this song fondly, it's ONLY in an ironic or campy way.
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Lucky - Britney Spears
Lyrics are actually decent (unusual for Britney); tune is unmemorable. She has so much worse stuff.
Plus, Alex is a fan of this one.
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Believe isn't offensively bad I pretty much agree, it isn't what she is famous for, it is just the only thing she released of note 10 years either side of it (the reason it got played so much was because it was Cher). THe majority of that list though? The stuff really is that bad.
And if the song uses elements from other genres while still using the same easy to listen to pop structure (which those all do) then they are pop.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080520-judges-report-in-jack-thompson-case-guilty-on-27-charges.html
This should be, self-explanatory. I suppose.
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THe majority of that list though? The stuff really is that bad.
Hmm, well maybe I don't recognize the bad stuff.
Just clicking on a few songs at random...
"You are the Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler" --oh, I recognize this now. I like that song.
"Hooray Hooray, It's a Holi-Holiday - Boney M" --Yeah, that could get annoying; never heard it before.
"Look At Me - Gerri Halliwells" --I recognize it. The lyrics seem a bit random in places, but otherwise seems fine.
"Y Viva Espania - Sylvia" --Can't find the song.
"Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Bombalurina feat. Timmy Mallett" --Bad remake of an otherwise decent song.
"The Birdie Song - The Tweets" --It's...the Chicken dance. Except two minutes long with random bird calls added. I like the chicken dance and all that, but I don't see the purpose of the bird calls.
"We Are The World - USA for Africa" --Eh, charity songs generally don't bother me, particularly if they have nice harmony.
"Ebeneezer Goode - The Shamen" --Never heard it before. I get the impression that the singer was insane, which gives it bonus points, and otherwise I wasn't left with a strong impression.
"Lucky - Britney Spears" Mentioned this one already--possibly her most tasteful song.
"Save Your Love - Rene and Renato" --First time I'd heard it. I could see complaints that it's overly cheesy, even by love song standards.
"Fog On The Tyne (Revisited) - Gazza and Lindisfarne" --Didn't find the "revisited" version. Original version was pretty damn crappy, though.
"Sacred Trust - One True Voice" --Never heard it before. Standard boy band stuff; better harmony than some.
"So Macho - Sinitta" --Musically standard 80s stuff. Lyrics are eyebrow-raising, but not really offensive.
"Doop - Doop" --MAKE IT STOP @_@.
"Who Let The Dogs Out? - Baha Men" --You know, I actually find this song amusing. I can see how it could grate on people, though.
"MacArthur Park - Richard Harris" --I found it highly entertaining. Parrodies itself with the lyrics. "Someone left the cake out in the rain, and I don't think I can take it cause it took so long to bake it ohhhh nooooo!"
"I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper - Sarah Brightman and Hot Gossip" --Mentioned it before, fine song.
"I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston" --I'm trying to defend this one, and can't really. I'm also struggling to think of an objective reason to bash it (as a rule I don't mind heavy vocal parts, and will happily ignore the words of love songs, so...dunno).
So...roughly 50-50 so far.
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Any list that suggests "Who Let the Dogs Out?" is anything but awesome instantly fails.
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Any list that suggests "Who Let the Dogs Out?" is anything but awesome instantly fails.
I'm inclined to agree for the most part (although I will say that I find the non-chorus part is pretty unmemorable).
Anyhow, decided to make my listening today more "bad" pop music so...
"Every Loser Wins - Nick Berry" --Easy listening. Nice harmony. Didn't leave a strong impression at all.
"Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet" --Generic love song. Nothing really offensive about it that I noticed.
"Shaddap You Face - Joe Dolce Music Theatre" --Surprisingly amusing.
"Orville's Song - Keith Harris and Orville" --Couldn't find the real version. Found a home-sung youtube version, and while it was hard to tell I think the original might have been fine....
"I Should Be So Lucky - Kylie Minogue" --Hey, I actually know this one. Gets overly repetitive, but otherwise decent.
"No Limits - 2 Unlimited" --Oh that song. Good at what it does.
"I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meatloaf" --Repetitive and seven minutes long, but those are the only problems that jumped out to me.
"No Way No Way - Vanilla" --The most significant complaint I can field at this one is that the accent is so Brittish in an almost stiff-upper-lip way that it sounds like there's no emotion in it. Saying "no way" shouldn't sound that robotic.
"My Toot Toot - Denise la Salle" -- couldn't find it.
"American Pie - Madonna" --Never heard the Madonna version before. I actually...really liked it, possibly more than the original. And I rarely like remakes of anything (there's quite a few cases where I prefer NES music compared to the SSBM remakes, for instance).
"C'est la Vie - Bewitched" -- Commented on this before. It's generic, but there's nothing really wrong with it.
"Jenny From The Block - Jennifer Lopez" --For some reason I have a strong disliking for most of the stuff Jennifer Lopez does. Even terrible artists I'll find myself apathetic or even enjoying a piece or two, but 80% of J-Lo's stuff just grates on me.
"I'd Rather Jack - The Reynolds Girls" --Seems like it could be a poster child for 80s music.
"Vindaloo - Fat Les" --Ehhhh. Well it didn't help that it sounded like they were saying "in the loo" not Vindaloo. Still, didn't come away with a positive impression.
"Don't It Make You Feel Good - Stefan Dennis" --80s, but the obnoxious tecnho background is a bit more grating than other 80s examples. Has its moments too, mind.
"Star Trekkin - The Firm" --MADE OF WIN
"Suspicious Minds - Gareth" --Remake that stays relatively true to a solid song. Worse than the original, sure....
"Let's Get Ready To Rhumble - PJ and Duncan" --Feels sort of like the "No Limits" song, except worse. (not necessarily bad, mind).
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My bad pop marathon continues!
"Macarena - Los Del Rio" --Wow, would have been vastly improved if all the bad English lyrics were removed.
"There's No One Quite Like Grandma - St. Winifred's School Choir" --Awwwwwww.
"Anyone Can Fall In Love - Anita Dobson" --Pretty, if generic.
"Mr Blobby - Mr Blobby" --...well at least it wasn't "Barney the Dinosaur"
"Saturday Night - Whigfield" -- Not the best remake. The get a lot of the sounds perfect, but add some extra rhythm elements that don't work that well.
"The Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum) - The Cheeky Girls" --Terrible in every category.
"Dirrty - Cristina Aguilera" --Damn you RNG! Couldn't you give me some kids singing about their grandmother after the last song? Anyhow, turns out I've never actually heard this song, only 10 second clips of it in an "isn't this terrible" special report. Fails in almost as many levels as the last song.
"We Will Rock You - Five feat. Queen" --Worse than just Queen on their own, but that makes it half good, and half mediocre.
"Agadoo - Black Lace" --That's...pretty obnoxious on the annoying level, yeah.
"Earth Song - Michael Jackson" --Not his best work by any stretch. Still ends up in the generic pile for me, though, cause he can perform and has damn good accompaniment.
"Living Next Door To Alice (Who The F**k Is Alice)- Smokie feat. Roy 'Chubby' Brown" --Classic example of taking a decent song and screwing it up. It's "living next door to alice" with random non-sequitor "Alice? Who the fuck is Alice?" added.
"Candle In The Wind 1997 - Elton John" --Have someone who doesn't remember 1997 listen to this, and I doubt they'd see a problem. It's...singing about Princess Diana's death and all the politial taboo around that that makes me not inclined to keep this music around.
"MmmBop - Hanson" --You know, taken out of context I don't really have an issue with this song--if it had come out in the 50s nobody would give it a second glance, and I'll happily listen to music from the 50s. For that matter, if it were not in English, I wouldn't be able to complain that the chorus isn't real words (and I happily listen to music in other languages).
"Barbie Girl - Aqua" --I don't hate this song either, actually, though will certainly admit it has issues (squeak-voice, weird and slightly uncomfortable subject matter). It also has upsides (had some interesting literary discussions about the purpose of this song--I know women who really like it because it describes how they used to play with Barbie, for instance. The ways different audiences react to it is pretty fascinating to me).
"Spaceman - Babylon Zoo" --Jarring sums up this one. Transitions from chipmunk voices to heavy metal and whatnot.
"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - Middle of the Road" --Generic. I've already forgotten it.
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Case in point: Generic is bad. Pop can be an effective genre if used properly (there IS a reason it got so big and popular). Annoying doesn't make a bad some (see Push a Little Daisy by Ween being a decent song in spite of everything about it. It is annoying as hell, because it is meant to be. It is taking the piss so fucking hard).
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Case in point: Generic is bad.
Generic also has thousands of instances of it--that's how it became to be labelled generic in the first place.
Consider:
Critic: "This is one of the worst pop songs ever!"
Skeptic: "Why?"
Critic: "Because it's like all these other thousands of pop songs!"
Skeptic: "But wait, doesn't this mean all of the thousands of other pop songs are also one of the worst pop songs ever?"
Critic: "YESSSS! Burn them! Burn them all to the ground! The fire, it's so beautiful.... *sniff*"
Er...anyway...yeah, generic is bad, generic is the reason most pop music is looked upon with disdain by critics, but in order to be "one of the 100 worst ever" it seems to me you have to go above and beyond being generic.
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Any list that suggests "Who Let the Dogs Out?" is anything but awesome instantly fails.
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Any list that suggests "Who Let the Dogs Out?" is anything but awesome instantly fails.
...What the fuck is wrong with you people? Are you guys trying to see how far my respect for you can fall in one day?
Also, MC is far too forgiving in regards to music. I'm totally with Grefter here. 99% of pop music sucks. Fortunately, I'm pretty attached to the remaining 1%.
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I Youtubed that song. Agreeing with El Cid, that song is just... ugh what. Also explains the kids at my high school that barked instead of speaking vaguely coherent English. Ch.
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Eh, Who Let the Dogs Out wasn't inherently bad, it just got played. to. death.
Didn't get to read the list, but if it didn't have "The Tide is High" by Blondie as the number 1, it fails.
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There is a level of absolute soulless music you can get that only shows up with the truely generic song. Being annoying certainly helps I guess (See Doop, both annoying AND super generic structure to boot!) but most of that crap is just so bland and with no life to it that it isn't even worth the time of day. The stuff that is "covers" of old stuff with random crap tacked on is just the worst.
Edit - Which reminds me of All Saints' cover of Under the Bridge by RHCP. Soooooo baaaaaaaaaad.
Edit 2 - Changed band to correct one, mixed up my bad pop.
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Ice, Ice Baby is about as rap as OK dressing in blackface and trying to rhyme. If your friends actually A) like rap and B) remember this song fondly, it's ONLY in an ironic or campy way.
I am extremely fond of Ice Ice Baby. I in fact consider it the best rap... whatever you call rap, cause it sure as shit isn't song... ever written. Mostly for the rather unflattering light it casts the genre in, but also because Robert van Winkle was smart enough to know that if you're going to steal, you might as well do it from Queen and David Bowie. You know, have some fucking standards.
WORD TO YOUR MOTHER
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http://na.square-enix.com/zenithia/ (http://na.square-enix.com/zenithia/) - Dragon Quest IV, V, VI getting US DS release.
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http://myfreefilehosting.com/f/1dfff00c6b_34.44MB
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i35/EndOfTheWorld_2006/title.jpg)
That's right. The Hillary Clinton RPG. She looks like this:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i35/EndOfTheWorld_2006/announcement-1.jpg)
It's only like 15 minutes long though. Best 15 minutes in videogame history, however. The link above is the download, if you're too lazy to do that there's a Let's Play in Laissez's Faire:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2859865&pagenumber=1
Enjoy!
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It's only like 15 minutes long though.
But the replay value is phenomenal. It's like you never want to quit playing, even if you lose!
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Also, MC is far too forgiving in regards to music.
Oh, I'm tolerant of mediocrity in the background (I had them playing while I was focused on other things). Most of this stuff is better than Lunar 2 music anyway <_< >_>
(Granted, the worst of each is about equal--Doop has one note, sometimes two for most of the song. Same with one of Lunar 2's dungeon themes...).
There is a level of absolute soulless music you can get that only shows up with the truely generic song.
Bah, zombies are people too!
Anyhow....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP9eH2p2PI
(video) Music video where they brilliantly combined various Youtube videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvNLlwkwP64
(video) Italian Spiderman: Episode 1.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_150/4911-The-Myth-of-the-Media-Myth
Escapist article addressing whether the media is really behind anti-videogame sentiment.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3675/the_pursuit_of_games_designing_.php
Interesting psychological article on happiness, pleasure, and game design.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7423184.stm
Monkey brain controls robotic arm.
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http://fallout3.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/fallout-3-the-al-qaeda-connection/
Der Terrorists appear to have uh used Fallout 3 concept art in their propaganda or something. I am still trying to work out if it is for real of if it is just epic fail that is the Australian's balanced news coverage on the whole terrorist thing.
Edit - http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23775429-2,00.html For the news story. It is kind of meh. So just weird aside generic "REMEMBER TO BE MILDLY SCARED" news story.
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http://10minutemail.com/10MinuteMail/index.html
Want to sign up for a site without giving out your real email addy? Then create a temp one here which will expire in 10 minutes, just long enough to sign up for something, and never have to worry about getting spammed for it. Neat idea.
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Bugmenot.com also has a good insta-mail system for stuff like that.
http://www.wireless.is/projects/crows/ (http://www.wireless.is/projects/crows/) A vending machine for Crows. The kicker? It's actually a pretty brilliant idea.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEgHBMjWQE0
http://www.milfordbeacon.com/homepage/x1870878761
Evidence that my morning was more fun than yours.
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Your story linked or your neighbourhood?
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His story.
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Ahhh yeah I see the name there.
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On a generally lighter note:
Beyond Good And Evil 2 (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6190987.html), publication confirmed at Ubidays on Wednesday. Fuck yes.
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http://www.adultswim.com
Holy fuck VB Episode 3001 is up. Holy fuck yes. Fucking awesome.
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Hahaha. Good stuff.
Can Brock kill with words now?
Maybe his name is a killing word...
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ARGH CANNOT WATCH ADULT SWIM OVER INTERNETS WITHOUT PROXY. Damn you internet, demanding effort from me.
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"To this day, he still thinks I'm immune to lasers."
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Since I am not in IRC where I would normally do my Wikipedia mocking I will do it here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielefeld_Conspiracy
An internet meme thing about a joke. Bielefeld is a boring town in Germany which people joke does not exist.
Despite all the efforts, the city still has a solid reputation — for obscurity. This obscurity is at a degree seldom found in a city its size, and had made it the butt of jokes even prior to the rise of this myth[citation needed].
CITATION REQUIRED TO AUTHENTICATE THE NON-NOTABLE STATE OF THE TOWN.
Edit - Actual link.
http://www.lasagnacat.com/
So it looks like the whole Garfield can actually be funny thing if you take it down the surrealist path has been continuing more since the random panel and remove garfield text boxes thing.
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The really strange thing is that I first heard the "Bielefield Conspiracy" gag in an episode of Garfield, except they used Wyoming.
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"No state here."
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Edit - Actual link.
http://www.lasagnacat.com/
So it looks like the whole Garfield can actually be funny thing if you take it down the surrealist path has been continuing more since the random panel and remove garfield text boxes thing.
On that note:
http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/page/1
I love this.
EDIT: Moreso than the more elaborate Lasagnacat stuff, I should say. I'm a sucker for the simplicity, I guess.
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Wait, has Lasagna Cat not been posted yet? Because I swear this is the first time it has and if so then holy shit we really dropped the ball on that one. My favorite is the YEEEE HAWWWW one, on another note.
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I've posted lasagna cat before. Granted, I post too damn many links already, so it's understandable if it passed under the radar.
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Yeah, one of the downsides to being the local depository of information is just that. Also we hate you and ignore you anyway.
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http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Tiger-Woods-ambassador-of-sports-except-for-ho?urn=nhl,85795
Fuck Tiger Woods.
He's like school in summer time. No class.
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http://armorgames.com/play/1613/ignite-people-on-fire
(Webgame) ignite people on fire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYJUywl7CFw
(video) AC/DC spoof.
http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/triple-play-of-new-prince-entertainment/?biz=1
Prince of Persia the movie is getting made. A game based on the prince of persia movie is being made. (Nevermind that there's already a normal PoP game in development).
http://dannyartnotes.blogspot.com/2008/06/flash-game-tutorials-lesson-1-app.html
One of my ex coworkers made a flash game, then made a tutorial on how he put it together. Looks interesting; haven't tried it yet.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Nosy-Cat-Tries-To-Discreetly-Use-Computer-Fails
(video) Cat tries to use computer. Fails.
http://flickr.com/groups/growingupstarwars/pool/
"Growing up with Star Wars"
http://www.doublefine.com/news.php/site/half_tuck_is_the_new_mullett/
Amusing commentary on the Drake's Fortune character design.
http://www.imcooked.com/view_video.php?viewkey=c5a3a5d4d9391f05f3ef
(video) Creating of a Puppy-cake.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5GpRJItqjw
Through the Fire and Flames has been FC'ed.
welp
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http://kotaku.com/393890/magical-segata-sanshiro-mullet-makes-rambo-return
The legend is back from riding a missile into outer space. PLAY. UNTIL YOUR FINGERS BLEED!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5GpRJItqjw
Through the Fire and Flames has been FC'ed.
welp
So now we can shoot all the members of Dragon Force and no one ever needs to listen to that shit again? Yay!
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I still have to listen to it. My kid is obsessed with them and plays their CD constantly.
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Get him onto some good metal rather than that spaz metal junk. Dream Theater CDs, purchase.
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http://kotaku.com/393890/magical-segata-sanshiro-mullet-makes-rambo-return
The legend is back from riding a missile into outer space. PLAY. UNTIL YOUR FINGERS BLEED!
His theme song is going to be stuck in my head all freaking day now.
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http://kotaku.com/393890/magical-segata-sanshiro-mullet-makes-rambo-return
The legend is back from riding a missile into outer space. PLAY. UNTIL YOUR FINGERS BLEED!
YES.
Also, seconding Shale.
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http://portalmaps.wecreatestuff.com/
Portal map pack with maps based off of the flash game version
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For those who haven't gotten a Space Center Deoxys from me yet, Gamestop is giving away a Deoxys on the weekends of June 20th and June 27th. Here's a really hard-to-read picture:
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll280/Godeki/DeoxsysEvent2.jpg
Supposedly has some unique moves, we'll find out.
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I miss a second event this summer due to not being in the US? Sigh.
On a Pokemon related front: http://serebii.net/index2.shtml
Supposed new Shaymin form. There's enough evidence behind it to call it more than mere rumors now.
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http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168166 (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168166)
They finally announced what platform Star Ocean 4 will be on. Here's a hint: the console appeared in Star Ocean 2 as ammunition for Opera despite not technically existing yet.
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http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080604/NEWS/806040334
Former East Coast lighthouse found 3000 miles away.
http://www.infoaddict.com/post/title/iron-man-spider-man-hulk-appear-in-amazing-cgi-battle/
(video) CGI movie of Hulk, Spiderman, and Iron Man.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bd4I-Nd-kSs
(video) Tongue in cheek review of a Fisher Price toy.
http://kotaku.com/5014820/world-of-world-of-warcraft-launch-coverage-from-the-onion-news-network
(video) Onion spoof on WoW.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAtC1SzWSXg
(video) hillariously bad voice acting.
http://www.break.com/index/the-history-of-lol-cats.html
(video) The history of lolcats.
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1273232.ece (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1273232.ece)
A Chinese baby was born yesterday with a second dick on his back. Perhaps combined, they would be almost the size of a Caucasian baby's.
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Awwwww. They removed it. That poor kid could have had the PERFECT excuse for a polyamorous lifestyle. But nooooooooooo. Gee, thanks mom and dad.
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Yeah, because the chicks totally dig people with a penis attached to their ribs.
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Uh, get out and meet more women, Snow.
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No, I am not going out to meet Mars women.
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Huh, that baby looks perfectly normal other than the penis. It's like you see a guy with ripped abs and then he turns around and there's a jetpack growing out of his spine.
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It is a lot like Dr McNinja comics yes.
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All you need to do is find some bitch what loves to ride horses. And then one night, you ask her if she likes to ride ponies. Bologna Ponies.
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http://serebii.net/index2.shtml
Leaked Pokemon Platinum scans.
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http://serebii.net/index2.shtml
Leaked Pokemon Platinum scans.
Yes, because we need a few more Pokemon that are x4 weak to Ice.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_E79glEnj0
Wii Warnings
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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=312399
I assume it's been discussed in chat sometime, but I haven't seen a link anywhere on the forums, so...
Media Vision (Wild arms developer) announces DS RPG based on Wizard of Oz, gives it an unpronouncable title.
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http://www.starwarscrawl.com
MAKE YOUR OWN STAR WARS CRAWL. I already did this one (http://www.starwarscrawl.com/?id=2241) so don't knick my idea.
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Wait, I thought Media Vision was Sony 2nd party? Meaning they could only make games for Sony?
...
:psyduck:
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Nope, Media Vision is third party. Sony themselves own the rights to Wild Arms though, which is Sei should start saving up $400 right now if he hasn't already.
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That makes more sense, but it's still kinda what-inducing.
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Wizard of Oz RPG? Now I really need to get a DS that has two working screens. Hoping for many flying monkeys to ruthlessly slay.
Anyways, much hissing and spitting at Sony owning the rights to Wild ARMs, since I never plan on buying a PS3 unless I hit a lottery jackpot or something.
Funny all the Media Vision hate in that forum...
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http://io9.com/5016092/sarah-connor-has-failed-++-the-british-just-built-skynet Linked in chat.
Speaks for itself.
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Seriously, what the hell? Is it British humor to name something like this Skynet, or bureaucratic idiocy? Might as well get to work on the self-awareness chip and the "really angry at humans" algorithm.
Anyone who thought any system like that upon very conception was not going to be called Skynet is fucking lying to themselves. OH MY GOD IT IS LIEK AMAZING AND SHOCKING THAT THIS ANTI-MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM THAT WAS DESIGNED TO BE PUT INTO ORBIT WAS CALLED STAR WARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ONLY IN AMERICA
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http://www.game.co.uk/greatestgames/
does the DL approve? let's find out!
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Hell if I know, I've only played MGS and FF7. I can't really say whether the other games belong on the list or not, though FF7 sure doesn't.
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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=311794
A bit old, but I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere on these forums, so...
Mega Man 9 confirmed to be in development.
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http://www.game.co.uk/greatestgames/
does the DL approve? let's find out!
GTA and Halo in top ten? Delete, redo from start.
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http://www.game.co.uk/greatestgames/
does the DL approve? let's find out!
What the fuck? Is this a greatest games list or a who can spend the most money on OMG AWESUM GRAFIX cocksucking contest? Sheesh. >_>
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The only game I can say even comes close to deserving being put on that list is Half Life 2. Mario 64 has been improved upon again and again, Goldeneye was good when it first came out but does not stand up to the test of time, and I don't think I need to explain why the rest of that tripe doesn't deserve to be on the list.
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Well, it's a popularity contest, so you have nobody to blame but people in general for once. That said, I wasn't surprised by too much there, although Double Dash being the only console Mario Kart absent is high fail.
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http://subwaycinema.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97&Itemid=80
NY Asian Film Festival showing two episodes of Game Center CX subtitled in English as a special event.
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http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2877659 (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2877659)
Just... fucking amazing. A thread that summarizes a line of trashy romance novels... based on NASCAR.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25209226//wid/11915829?GT1=40006#storyContinued
Japaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!!!!
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Wait, I thought Media Vision was Sony 2nd party? Meaning they could only make games for Sony?
...
:psyduck:
That obviously ended when they stopped being published by Sony and started getting published by XSeed.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1903#more-1903
Makes Duke Nukem Forever look good....
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001314/
Happy Face found on Mars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG4UMxP3HsM
(video) Missing line on the teleprompter?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q-6eDQ8c-A
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/06/15/gutierrez.urban.homesteaders.cnn
(video) Hippies.
http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=5051&cc=GB
(video) Meet the Sniper.
http://dannyartnotes.blogspot.com/2008/06/flash-game-tutorials-lesson-2-draw.html
More flash tutorials from my ex-coworker.
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That obviously ended when they stopped being published by Sony and started getting published by XSeed.
Uh, XSeed is just the American company that localises the games.
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i.e. they're still published by Sony in Japan.
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XSeed published it in America didn't they? That would mean they either payed Sony a chunk for it or there is more flexibility in Media Vision's contract .
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23883983-16947,00.html
AFI's top 100 movies in 10 different categories. The more I look at it the more it strikes me as peculiar. They have a category for "Gangster" and "Courtroom-drama" but no "Horror" or "Comedy"? Really? And where the FUCK is the Shawshank Redemption?
http://www.slate.com/id/2193798/
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AFI has definitely done a more extensive list for comedies (100 years 100 laughs, I believe) and I think they had one that was 100 years 100 thrills that would cover horror.
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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustBugsMe/HotSkittyOnWailordAction
This link is either begging for vandalism as a joke or for Meeple.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article4171160.ece
No! I want the title back!
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Wow, we fail.
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I hate obesity reports regardless, for a number of reasons. Main one being they don't factor in how many people are naturally built that way and are COMPLETELY HEALTHY despite being "obese" (this isn't to say there aren't plenty of people who are actually obese, naturally, but the number gets inflated.)
Either way...heh <_<
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Isn't obesity just a measure of how much you weigh versus your height, and doesn't account for the percentage that's body fat?
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http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/alttext/2008/06/alttext_0618
Lore on D&D 4th Ed. backlash.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak3z2Pm7Iwg
Creepy scene from an old claymation movie.
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Ah yes, the Mysterious Stranger. So warped, so damaging to young minds. MC linked to this a while back, but it still freaks me out.
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http://aidanmoher.com/blog/?p=186
Top 100 SciFi/Fantasy writers, as done by a UK magazine.
No, the top spot is not Tolkein.
Complaints: Dan Simmons is only 63. Also Frank Herbert's son being on the list at all.
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/23/carlin.obit/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/23/carlin.obit/index.html)
Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker and tits.
My inspiration for everything I've done... god damn it.
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Fuck. He was the awesome.
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Yeah, it's pretty sad. His routines always made me laugh.
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Don't even need to click on that link to know who you guys are talking about. And yeah, it's a damn shame.
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The link does say "Carlin.obit," so it's not like that takes psychic powers.
I can't help but think that any TV writer or comic who wants to pay tribute to the guy should say the 7 Words on their show, even if they're bleeped out.
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http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/23/jogging_bra/index.html (http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/23/jogging_bra/index.html)
my favorite is "Bra Gives Support to Lost Hiker"
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Man. Carlin dying's a downer; liked the guy's stuff.
Can't see the list, sadly. Too bad, I'd like to know who they put on there. Remind me to check in three weeks. >_>
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Bringing the quality of the literature discussion back down from the epic highs of Babysitter's Club...
http://www.bookofjoe.com/2005/09/the_kidneyshape_1.html
The Kidney-Shaped Stone that Moves Every Day, by Haruki Murakami. Good introduction to the author. Fnorder hyped, aiel approved.
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Almost forgot: Meeple's new t-shirt has arrived.
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/262/pokemon151ts7.jpg
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/10/08062115102my8.jpg
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http://superrobotwar.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/srwhotnewsz62.jpg
SRWZ release date: September 25.
SRWZ MSRP: 8350 yen. Ouch.
Also, three-robot squads, and the favorite system returns in some form or fashion.
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Almost forgot: Meeple's new t-shirt has arrived.
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/262/pokemon151ts7.jpg
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/10/08062115102my8.jpg
That's actually pretty cool. I like the Hypno one.
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http://www.myspace.com/judjud
Acapella heavy metal, circa 1986.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/06/18/scicanc118.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox
Cancer stopped via masses of white blood cells.
http://www.artofthetitle.com/
(videos) website with opening to a lot of movies, TV, etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-is63goeBgc
(video) Rather awesome amateur lightsaber duel.
http://gizmodo.com/5016550/rfid-robotic-chair-follows-you-around-for-constant-seating
Robot-stalker chair. Awesome.
http://xsketch.com/
http://www.isketch.net/
Pictionary online.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2JChnwv2Ws
(video) Robot band.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=27U6KAOXFYs (http://youtube.com/watch?v=27U6KAOXFYs)
New FF Dissidia trailer. Shows all the Hard Confirmed Characters in some manner thus far, exception of Jecht who has been confirmed but doesn't appear in the video.
(That's 11 out of the supposed 20 total characters if anyone cares!)
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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QK5F0CQY (or http://youtube.com/watch?v=xuCzfCSfQDk)
SRWZ preview. Woo!
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The attacks look really, really shiny.
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Seems... "heavier" in style? Hard to put it, but the style of animations is definitely different from OGs. I like it, though.
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http://gizmodo.com/5019516/classic-clips-bill-gates-chews-out-microsoft-over-xp
Email from Bill Gates slamming some part of Windows usability. Amusing.
http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/
Diablo III revealed.
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http://forum.dvdtalk.com/printthread.php?t=534608
Religious-right news site has an automatic filter that replaces all instances of "gay" with "homosexual." Somebody decides to run an AP wire story about Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay. Or, as he's now known, Tyson Homosexual.
After the race, Homosexual and Dix looked at each other and slapped palms, then hugged.
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That was on purpose.
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I think I'd sue them for slander if I was the sprinter. Not because of me, but because it would hurt them.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpP_BKPa5Oc&feature=rec-fresh#
Good stuff, Mega Man related.
You know some Japanese kid would find a way to beat the game at the end.
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Badass.
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Awesome
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http://www.freewebs.com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm
This lets you drag'n'drop your taskbar items to rearrange them. It's awesome.
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That is awesome. I won't install it at home since I don't need it, but man would I kill to have it at work where I am running at least 2 copies of IE, Excel, a Unix Terminal front end with 4 sessions running in it at bare minimum (chance of having more is huge). When Excel crashes (which it loves to do) and takes down IE with it then my work day goes to shit if I don't close everything and open up stuff in the right order.
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http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2008/07/its_official_fallout_3_refused_classification_in_australia.html
I know Grefter's been ragging on the game since it's inception, but.... ::Insert random Socialism joke here::
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Yeah, grabbed that Taskbar Shuffler myself. It will be a lifesaver when I'm GMing, as I can have anywhere from 4 to 10 character sheets open at once, and that's not even covering notes, the Main Game Sheet full of links I have for each game, and other such.
This will help immensely.
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Yeah I made jokes about it being banned due to being so bad it is horrible. But yeah I can't say I agree with refusing to give it a rating.
Australia not having an R Rating available for games is just another kind of stupid
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http://www.serebii.net/index2.shtml
More Pokemon Platinum stuff, most notably that Giratina Origin Forme gets Levitate to shit on Groudon and Shaymin Sky Forme gets Air Slash and Serene Grace for some incredible hax potential (60% flinch Air Slash, 80% -2 SpD Seed Flare).
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http://en.genzu.net/sokumen/ - Visual word transformer/spinner/easier if you just click this and see what it is.
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http://www.gog.com/en/intro
New company offering older games for 10$ or less that run on modern systems with no DRM attached. Not open yet, but they promise Fallout and Descent Freespace.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_wRDJ_WpsU
Full Metal Alchemist OP/ED redone with FF6 characters. Pretty impressive. Reminds me of the Ouran one.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_wRDJ_WpsU
Full Metal Alchemist OP/ED redone with FF6 characters. Pretty impressive. Reminds me of the Ouran one.
Just saw it this morning! Yeah, its indeed funny enough, especially if you're familiar with both things! (I assume nearly everyone is familiar with at least ONE half of the splicing <.<)
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I had to turn it off immediately when I heard it was Ready, Steady, Go. That song makes my ears bleed.
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I had to turn it off immediately when I heard it was Ready, Steady, Go. That song makes my ears bleed.
Get better ears. Those ones suck.
And yeah, saw that video last night. Good stuff.
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Sorry, L'Arc is a terrible band. I give them props for their GTO opening, but... ugh. Such boring music.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YIis8GbgwM
Megaman 9 trailer. I'm pumped.
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Red Sniper Joes? How random, mostly cause besides MM2, they've always been green!
Still, the trailer does seem to show the game bringing back the charm of the original NES games. Didn't notice any charge shots being shot though <_<;
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http://zoomii.com/#
Turns Amazon into a virtual bookstore.
http://www.thedailytube.com/video/7695/zach-galifianakis-is-the-snuggler
Best superhero ever.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/07/09/financial/f081210D01.DTL&tsp=1
Japanese people work overly long hours.
http://www.truveo.com/Fifa-Street-3-Advert-Capoeira-Soccer/id/1813864911
(video, ad) FIFA street 3 ad--the acrobatics are pretty awesome.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/2277298/President-George-Bush-'Goodbye-from-the-world's-biggest-polluter'.html?funny=not
Bush has a sense of humor....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugzcpnPR4YA
(video) Twisted psychological trick with a videogame.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px9jcA4decA
(video) Dancing liquid; neat stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inA-36YRV0Y
(video) insane wave pool in tokyo.
http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/06/27/paintball-sentry-gun/
(video) Paintball sentry gun.
http://kotaku.com/5024484/in-space-no-one-can-hear-your-cardboard-spartan-armor-crinkle
(video) Hardcore halo nerd; actually kind-of impressive.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/07/09/financial/f081210D01.DTL&tsp=1
Japanese people work overly long hours.
Shock. Awe. Surpise.
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http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/888/888781p1.html
Rock Band 2 full setlist. They got AC/DC! Also, Chinese Democracy may, in fact come out before Duke Nukem Forever.
http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/eMMuRj_N6vntHPDycCJAKWhEO9zBvyPH
Wii-Motion Plus. This is some sort of attachment that gives the Wiimote 1:1 control, by which I mean if you move the Wiimote it tracks your movement exactly instead of just interpreting it into some sort of set move. So like sword-fighting or whatever will depend entirely on your movements. This is supposed to be a E3 thing.
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Beck, Kansas and HOLY SHIT JOURNEY. Also, EYE OF THE MOTHERFUCKING TIGER.
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http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/build-your-own-bluetooth-handgun-handset-or-dont/
Now you too can invoke Persona!
...
Or just listen to music. Either way, it's... uh... fancy? Ionno.
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And four years later, we have confirmation: Dragon Age is not vaporware.
http://dragonage.bioware.com/
inb4 no one cares
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http://www.crazymonkeygames.com/Pandemic-2.html
Has been making the rounds.
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http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/the-tech-observer/2008/07/17/ea-to-play-in-knights-of-the-old-republic (http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/the-tech-observer/2008/07/17/ea-to-play-in-knights-of-the-old-republic)
Speaking of BioWare games, there's a new KotOR game in the works "with an MMO component." What that means, exactly, I do not know.
Here I was kind of hoping Obsidian would get another swing, but this time, LucasArts wouldn't make them cut out the entire goddamn ending of their game.
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http://www.drhorrible.com
Joss Whedon's new series, in three parts. Free until sunday. Featuring Neil Patrick Harris as Doctor Horrible, and Nathan Fillion as Captain Hammer, his nemesis. Stupidly good, go watch it, now, go, do it.
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Heh, I just watched Act I and was about to post the link myself. Off to watch Act II now.
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http://io9.com/5026402/watch-how-faithful-watchmen-will-be
Watchmen trailer. It apparently does exist.
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Well, I was GOING to post a video of Milhouse asking Alan Moore to sign his copy of Watchmen Babies and say it was a Watchmen Babies trailer. But NOOOOO, the internet had to fail me. Way to go, internet.
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http://exiledonline.com/hitchens-gets-waterboarded-withdraws-from-iraq-in-11-seconds/#more-143
Fun times. Apparently some retards need to be tortured to understand why torture is torture.
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Oh yeah since Doctor Horrible has like act 3 up and stuff I figured I would link to Doctor Steel since there is some overlap there.
http://worlddominationtoys.com/drsteel/enter.html
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Does this really require a link? Not so much. I'm just going to stick the photo right in the post. Anyway, Sophitia's 2P costume from Soul Calibur 4. It made me laugh.
(http://images.wikia.com/soulcalibur/images/7/7b/Sc4_pub_ss_sophitia2_080619_003.jpg)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by9Nl-6kTWw
This has got to be the worst joke /ever/.
Or...
:gonk:
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Or, Nobody cares.
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http://www.online-stopwatch.com/
This will be useful for everyone playing FF4 DS.
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Why, exactly?
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There is a minigame you play where you need to hold the stylus on the screen for a set amount of time and you get more points the closer you are to the exact time.
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Ah. That makes sense then.
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Not really... links, but for those of you with Firefox 3, these were vaguely amusing.
about:Robots
and
about:Mozilla.
Moreso the first than the second.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Jo0BRdbO4
Awesome choreography.
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http://cloverproject.net/~razithel/epicrun.html
For Billy vs Snakeman players. Guy in our village did a Sannin run and got 14 million XP. Previous record was ~8 million, and that was back when you could do the Hairpin mission multiple times.
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http://www.the-magicbox.com/0805/game080522a.shtml
Spiritual sequel to Marvel vs Capcom, except that instead of Marvel characters you get the likes of Tekkaman and Gatchaman/G-Force/million other localized names.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7529227.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7529227.stm)
Apparently, the future members of Thailand's leading industry (transsexual prostitutes) are getting an early start nowadays.
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http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=16493
Japanese scientists discover new protein, name it after Pikachu.
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http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=7886faf4-e8e9-4217-ac1d-66563d16ec9f
Greyhound! Decapitation-free since... owait...
I think we can take this as a sure sign of Grefter infecting Canada.
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While I missed my chance to see The Tempest while I was up there, the showing of the King In Yellow was magnificent.
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http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/language-0624.html
Language with no numbers.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36476.html
(video) New Red Faction--kinda interesting from a structural engineering perspective.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7513571.stm
(video) Heavy Metal Priest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPugAcQILRY&eurl=
(video) Bush or Batman. BRILLIANT.
http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/outside.html
Some rather awesome sculptures.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25735046/
San Francisco......
http://kotaku.com/5031301/this-is-how-to-get-us-excited-about-motionplus-nintendo
The Wii motion corrector stuff.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1824771
(video) Bowser's minions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33177-02Oct02.html
Nigerian spammer counter-spammed with Cthulu.
http://superanon.blogs.experienceproject.com/52950.html
(videos) Top 10 most ridiculous Japanese game shows.
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http://www.rpgamer.com/games/valkyrie/valkyrieao/screens/valkyrieaoss080108-1.html
New VP: the Accursed One screenshots. In case you haven't been keeping up with the game, check out this topic which gives a good overview:
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=945462&topic=43281528
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(video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL-mR79GErU
Halo versus Metroid
I don't know what's more impressive - that he manages to have cheesier action sequences than Advent Children, or that he managed to work in lesbians *and* a dance number.
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Woah, that was too awesome.
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/nominate_entry.html (http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/nominate_entry.html)
I would like to state for the record that anyone here who does not nominate Morte Rictusgrin shall feel a suffering heretofore unknown to man.
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/nominate_entry.html (http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/nominate_entry.html)
I would like to state for the record that anyone here who does not nominate Morte Rictusgrin shall feel a suffering heretofore unknown to man.
And this leads me to creating the greatest list ever.
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I entirely agree with Doma, but first I ask myself... how did I never know that Morte had a last name? Or even a longer first name? What devilry is this?!
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/08/georgia.ossetia/index.html#cnnSTCText
So Russia invades Georgia. :V
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IliwQImJrYE
(video) The Final Countdown performed with cellos. Surprisingly awesome to watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2yv8aT0UFc
(video) Dark Knight spoof.
http://kotaku.com/5032004/illinois-law-spurred-by-final-fantasy-xi-cancellation-issues
Illinois vs FFXI....
http://forteantimes.com/features/articles/1302/lost-in-space.html
Neat article about Italian kids who picked up USSR space launch radio signals.
http://www.comedy.com/embed/triumph-at-comic-con
(video) Triumph the dog at Comic-con.
http://finance.comcast.net/www/news.html?x=http://www.origin.comcast.akadns.net/data/news/2008/08/06/1028246.xml
11 people stole 41 million credit/debit card numbers.
http://gizmodo.com/5034458/slow-motion-lightning-video-is-mindblowing-will-sell-a-thousand-slo+mo-cameras
(video) Lightning bolt in slow motion.
http://wolverinedaily.blogspot.com/
(NSFW) messed up Wolverine fanart. o_O
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuIB4jshjO0
Hey, hey, Street Fighter! Keep fighting, make the future brighter!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuIB4jshjO0
Hey, hey, Street Fighter! Keep fighting, make the future brighter!
Hyadain is my hero.
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My one true love is rubber.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYpE5OXbsvo
Also by Hyadain. Awesome FF VI remix.
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http://www.docadamsaudio.com/sarcasticgamer/ringoffire_sarcasticgamer.mp3
360 sarcasm song.
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20080812-81958.html
Olympic ridiculousness.
http://gizmodo.com/5036052/traffic-from-space-videos-blow-our-minds-pants-and-socks
(videos) Air traffic, sea traffic, and telephone traffic satellite videos in Brittain.
http://kotaku.com/5035862/olympic-gold-medalist-trained-with-nintendo-wii
Olympic gold medalist...trained using Nintendo Wii?
http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fblip.tv%2Frss%2Fflash%2F1171570%3Freferrer%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fmeghan.nonsociety.com%252F%26source%3D3&showplayerpath=http%3A%2F%2Fblip.tv%2Fscripts%2Fflash%2Fshowplayer.swf&feedurl=http%3A%2F
(video) City Space tech demo. Holy crap.
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http://kotaku.com/5037342/sega-find-room-containing-every-sega-game-ever-made
.... *facepalm*
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http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/kgb.htm
For TF2 players. Not much is announced, but it is nice to know that the Heavy's new Fists are called the K.G.B. and almost all of his achievements are references to communism.
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http://www.intothelabyrinth.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=508
*gigglesnorts*
(Yeah before I forget this is pretty nsfw.)
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What in the fuck? No. EDIT: Oh yeah, that's NWS.
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What in the fuck? No.
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Gwhahahahahaha.
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Um.
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The responses are bizarre as well, I might add.
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Gwhahahahahaha.
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I don't think Niu can top this level of creepiness.
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Nice job Trance, you got some hermaphrodite sex.
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This is probably old, but it's funny. If you're going to fake it, do it with style.
(video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig6ClFm_yhM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RgL2MKfWTo
(video) That's...quite the mangling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvh-QAR1cY8
(video) More Triumph at comic-con, plus he interviews the spiderman voice actor from the game I'm working on.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4535173.ece
Russia turns on its propaganda machine, using a lot of Cold War clichees.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7563844.stm
A penguin has been knighted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlpyGhABXRA
Carl Sagan vs the Matrix.
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http://www.intothelabyrinth.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=508
*gigglesnorts*
(Yeah before I forget this is pretty nsfw.)
Take five clichees from bad internet writing, add Touhou and stir.
In fairness, I wasn't expecting the vampire part, though in retrospect I really should have--there was more than enough foreshadowing.
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MEET THE SANDWICH. (http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=5073&cc=US)
I love Valve. I may not like any of the games they've ever made, but....wow.
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-20/new-fullmetal-alchemist-tv-anime-series-confirmed
Also, lol Namco: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=332092
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RgL2MKfWTo
(video) That's...quite the mangling.
Better than the original to boot! This one has some humor value at least.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4535173.ece
Russia turns on its propaganda machine, using a lot of Cold War clichees.
Like this is any better than the mind blowing hypocrisy of the American (and Australian) coverage of the invasion. The news surrounding this whole thing is making me sick.
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The news surrounding this whole thing is making me sick.
The News Hour, PBS's marquee news program, just had a great segment detailing the history and current situation of Abkhazia, one of the disputed provinces. It wouldn't make you sick.
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http://www.mazapan.se/games/BurnTheRope.php
You have to burn the rope.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20080819/en_movies_eo/24472
Hope none of you were terribly hoping to watch this.
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Yeah, because it totally won't get leaked onto the Internet if Fox manages to block release.
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I would love to see it get blocked and released as "Totally Not Watchmen" featuring great characters like "Fuck You Fox" and "Firefly Was Awesome You Morons".
Edit - This has nothing to do with the fact that it is Watchmen, I have no hope for the movie.
Edit 2 - http://www.ubersoft.net/
Specifically today's comic and specifically for Hal.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1046255/On-marks-set-Lego-Welcome-Olympics-everyones-quick-blocks.html
Lego olympics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDw4gk5pYl8&feature=rec-fresh
(video) Chemical Party.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4557935.ece
(video) Surpassing the uncanny valley? Note that only her face is animated--the rest is ordinary video.
http://current.com/items/89204971_death_star_over_san_francisco
(video) An amusing take on "Imeprial Fleet Week"
http://www.nimportequi.com/video_popupNEW.php?id_video=7
(video) Vaguely awesome Olympic gymnastics parrody.
http://www.someguywithawebsite.com/blogarchive/week_2008_08_17.html#002614
Parrody--"Obama names Rick Astley as Vice President"
http://www.bamkapow.com/g-i-joe-stop-motion-re-enacting-carpenter-s-the-thing--1644-p.html
(video) Nerdy, and very well put together stop motion animation.
http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=5016.0
Gameboy sprites for modern games.
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Ahaha. I clicked on the Haruhi-related link in the anime topic, scrolled down to glance at the ads, and saw this:
http://www.hobbystock.jp/item/view/HBY-GCF-00002247
For the Pyros.
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http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/nonprofit-distr.html (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/nonprofit-distr.html)
Some kind of comic of how a girl who just finished High School gets arrested for sharing music on the Internet, gets sent to jail, fined $25,000, and loses her college scholarship. To say it's inaccurate is like calling the main character from Persona 3 a little bit emo.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-387680/Lethal-Star-Trek-blade-seized-knives-amnesty.html
Klingon weapon siezed by Brittish police.
http://www.cracked.com/video_16485_journey-at-center-earth.html
(video) Theatrical trailer to "Journey to the Center of the Earth"....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&item=290254442824
Batmobile for sale.
http://geek.thinkunique.org/2008/08/01/legos-perform-metallicas-whiplash/
(video) Lego Metallica.
http://www.adn.com/bearattacks/story/484087.html
man fights bear to a draw.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOpKFPEah3E
(video) Amusing Ad.
http://cbs4denver.com/investigates/assisination.plot.obama.2.802827.html
Obama: 1
Homocidal white supremacists: 0
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=neO3lwWisGI&feature=user
(video) Ken (the top ranked SSBM player) in Survivor (the crappy TV show). Should be interesting.
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www.RedAlert3.com (http://www.RedAlert3.com)
Electronic Arts announces a two-pronged promotion to highlight the history of the Red Alert series and pave the way for this holiday season's release of the third installment of the C&C RTS spin-off. Things begin on Sunday, when to celebrate the 13th anniversary of the launch of the Command & Conquer series they will offer the original Red Alert as a free download from www.RedAlert3.com. Further, those who preorder Red Alert 3 will receive Red Alert 2 for free, making the entire RA series available for the cost of one game. Preorder customers will also receive a Red Alert retrospective, a Premiere Edition sneak peek, desktop wallpapers, and, when Red Alert 3 ships, an exclusive (huh?) multiplayer Red Alert 3 map.
Tomorrow. Starting tomorrow you can download RA1 for free.
NMA-Fallout.com (http://NMA-Fallout.com) has five new FO3 gameplay videos up. I have to say, I was skeptical but they're really selling me. One of the high points is the self-built weapons. There's a hand-made claymore made out of explosives and a lunchbox full of caps, and the Railway Rifle, which is one of the steampunk-est things I've ever seen, shooting railroad spikes and making an honest to god train whistle noise when it fires.
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Haha, one of the guys at the GameCrazy over here is practially a Ken fanboy. When I was over there on Thursday, he would not shut up about Ken being on Survivor. It'll certainly be interesting to hear about how he does on the show. Not so much that it'll get me to watch Survivor to see for myself, though.
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http://www.transmission-x.com/_raising_hell/
Web comic but I am to lazy to find the right thread and I have already linked it there.
Anyway. Zombie comic (more in the lines of Evil Dead or Undead than Romero zombie), act 1 just finished and it is pretty awesome.
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Looks cool, I'll have to read it. It's also NWS, but no shock there.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU7JyZ3mKDw&NR=1
(video) What shocks me most is that these are the actual developers and this game does exist; maybe they were being intentionally over the top for the interview?
http://www.animationoptions.com/blog/2008/08/04/ralph-bakshi/
(video) Ralph Bakshi slams current animators.
http://devicedaily.com/gadgets/deus-ex-machina-the-wearable-motorcycle.html
Wearable motorcycle.
http://fantasticcontraption.com/
Excellent webgame.
http://retrogaming.hazard-city.de/
Connecting old games to newer-style TVs.
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http://www.the-isb.com/?p=20
http://www.the-isb.com/?p=23
THIS IS AWESOME.
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I always wondered if the Superdickery covers actually matched up to the stories in question. You have no idea how happy I am to see that the answer is "yes."
Edit: Also, I used to live near no less than five towns, townships and prominent buildings named for Anthony Wayne, so seeing him turned into the Goddamn Batman is its own special kind of awesome.
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http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/tag/the+doom+that+came+to+gotham
Batman meets Cthulhu mythos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFmQ7RFgDo8
What happened after Haruhi played Megaman 2.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=333699
Um... not that familiar with PSP wireless modes, but if I'm understanding this correctly, you can use a PS3 to connect local wireless mode to other people with a PS3 and PSP. That'd be pretty badass if it works, albeit with a high price tag hardware-wise.
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Trailers are going to change.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/02/obit.lafontaine/index.html
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http://www.the-isb.com/?p=20
http://www.the-isb.com/?p=23
THIS IS AWESOME.
Ahahaha, it has been quite some time since I have last seen the exploits of SUPERDICKERY. And damn, it's actually as true as it shows. That's... beautiful. Seriously.
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This is very very NSFW, but I like to spread the plague that is the Exile and its base disgusting coverage of Russia.
http://exiledonline.com/tyolka-tuesdays-russias-virtual-peep-shows/#more-555
So social networking is getting more popular in Russia at the moment and BAM what is full of emo teens in the West turns into free porn in Russia.
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My new and improved Dwight K. Schrute III avatar comes courtesy of SchruteSpace, and I found a particularly interesting blog post that I felt would tie in with the DL's common interests. Enjoy.
http://blog.nbc.com/DwightsBlog/2008/05/the_curious_rise_of_tentacle_s.php#more (http://blog.nbc.com/DwightsBlog/2008/05/the_curious_rise_of_tentacle_s.php#more)
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So these archaeologists are swimming around and poking at some ruins, when they follow a cave in and surface in a giant air-filled complex of ancient temples and shrines built around the site of the mythical Mayan gateway to Hell.
No, really. They actually do.
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1442474520080815
Remember, kids, the Mayan calender ends in 2012!
Oh, and Ken being on Survivor is awesome and you folks should watch it. It is a horrible reality show and a horrible outdoors show, but a very good Mafiaesque social game. The producers actually have a shockingly decent grasp of game design (as shown in part by their selecting people like Ken) and have gotten very good at concentrating on the competitive aspect rather than "Oh god we are in the wilderness and nobody knows how to make fire."
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[quote author=Sir Alex link=topic=63.msg31517#msg31517 date=1220438426
Oh, and Ken being on Survivor is awesome and you folks should watch it. It is a horrible reality show and a horrible outdoors show, but a very good Mafiaesque social game. The producers actually have a shockingly decent grasp of game design (as shown in part by their selecting people like Ken) and have gotten very good at concentrating on the competitive aspect rather than "Oh god we are in the wilderness and nobody knows how to make fire."
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Yeah. The only season the latter was good for was the first one, where there was no past structure of the show to build on and people invented the playstyles that are used today and things were actually made kinda difficult for the people staying there.
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That IS Pyro fanservice, Cid.
http://www.drhorrible.com/mushortio.html <- Hilarious musical.
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I think Pyro may be the last nerd on Earth to hear about Dr. Horrible (no offense, but it was pretty huge when it went live in mid-July), but it bears mentioning that the soundtrack finally went up on iTunes yesterday. For some reason it costs two and a half times as much as the series itself.
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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2yyg9_nostromo-magic-pad-new-version_creation
Best AMV ever?
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Remember, kids, the Mayan calender ends in 2012!
So does the term of America's next president. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
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http://www.palinfacts.com/
* Sarah Palin is what Willis was talkin bout
* Ben Linus does Sarah Palin’s bidding
* Jesus has a bracelet that says, “WWSPD?”
* Sarah Palin drives a Zamboni to work.
* Sarah Palin is actually Kaiser Sose.
* Sarah Palin can divide by zero.
* Sarah Palin can read EBCDIC.
* Sarah Palin poses more danger of creating world-destroying black holes than the Large Hadron Collidor.
* Sarah Palin got Tom Brady pregnant, and then left him.
* Sarah Palin will give birth to the man who will lead humanity’s war against the machines.
* Sarah Palin is the “other” whom Yoda spoke about.
* If placed into Schroedinger’s experiment, both Sarah Palins remain alive.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/1/113810/3053/686/582073
A slightly more politically slanted set of facts on Sarah Palin.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq4sOM4tpno
(video) Someone forgot to turn off their mic (Sarah Palin related).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/08/31/eaarctic131.xml
The North Pole is now an island.
http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/
Comic for Google's new browser.
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20076
Fallout 3 interview on writing...that...actually sounds fairly competent and sensible.
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Haha, Dailykos? Really, Metroid? Why not just link to the democratic underground instead, that's about as credible.
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Emil always has talked a good talk Met. He talked a good talk about Oblivion before it came out and before there were hints of the reality of its pathetic shallow void of worth as a game.
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Haha, Dailykos? Really, Metroid? Why not just link to the democratic underground instead, that's about as credible.
You act as if I recognize any of the websites my coworkers link me to >_>
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This one's just funny:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/5/4637/55116/272/587548
(Yeah, Kos again, but you can ignore the commentary and not lose any of the humor).
Apparently the picture of a building that McCain used as a backdrop during his speech was Walter Reed Middle School, in North Hollywood. If anybody has an explanation for that other than the McCain campaign trying to find Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Google and failing hilariously, I'm all ears.
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Did Not Do the Research seems like the McCain campaign's running theme, yeah.
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http://exiledonline.com/sarah-palins-big-sleazy-safari/#more-687
Well since it is the done thing, some more stuff on her burning cripples and stuff.
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A rather amusing study. (Look at who sponsored it)
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http://tsumi.wordpress.com/
Well now. I'm impressed.
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News that good deserves like an actuall annoncement of what it is.
So like Persona 2 Innocent Sin getting a full translation release is impressive. Finally another long awaited SMT game that I can play for 2 hours going HOLY FUCKING AWESOME AESTHETICS and remembering why SMT gameplay is always a bottomless pit of fail.
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They'd be much better as... whatever you call those crazy Japanese CYOA-type games, that's for sure.
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They'd be much better as... whatever you call those crazy Japanese CYOA-type games, that's for sure.
Because clearly all visual novels are full of trashy plots.
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What? He was saying SMT gameplay is bad as well, they would be better as purely plot based entities.
Edit - Unless you are saying SMT plot is trashy, which is fine.
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Thank you, Grefter. Perhaps I should began including liner notes so people won't have to infer through context?
SMT gameplay is an exercise in self-flagellation, and would be much improved by removing the combat portion of the game entirely.
...Which is actually an intriguing idea for a console RPG, though it would never sell.
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Oh, definitely.
...Seriously, that was me just being retarded because I care a lot about my visual novels.
Sorry about that :|
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http://serebii.net/index2.shtml
New Rotom forms and Sinnohdex. Pre-aftergame Houndoom, fuck yeah.
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Just in case there was any question about it, a helpful reference.
http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/
EDIT: Check the source code, too.
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*Sets that page to auto-refresh*
You can't be too careful, I say.
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While we're waiting for Hurricane Ike to GREAT AETHER final smash us, please enjoy these pictures of Hurricane Celia in 1970.
http://www.caller.com/photos/galleries/2008/may/30/hurricane-celia---1970/7281/
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http://www.youtube.com/user/WhistleBlowerZero
Some Gamestop employee has made a bunch of (terrible Zero Punctuation ripoff) videos talking about their practices and shit. The guy tries really, really hard to be Yahtzee and fails miserably, mostly because Yahtzee can actually talk fast and still make sense while this guy sounds like he just gargled a jar of peanut butter mixed with marbles. There is some interesting stuff, however, like how apparently Gamestop doesn't give out paychecks, but instead gives you your own personal debit card that the money gets put on (and charges you a bunch of fees) or you have to jump through a bunch of hoops to get it direct deposited into a bank account
Edit-Oh, and I guy I know from high school works at a Gamestop and when I asked him about that he said that also you can only use it once per pay period without getting additional fees. So once every two weeks. Also, apparently you get a better discount at Barnes and Noble instead of Gamestop for some reason.
You can also pretty much just skip the last 5 videos, they're all about working at Gamestop and it's mostly the same 'bitching about customers and bosses' Clerks routine that everybody who has ever worked in retail has given at one point or another.
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That debit card thing is actually pretty common in large companies now. They try to discourage paper checks to save costs - they want to just do electronic transactions (either direct deposit or the debit card).
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The fuck? That kind of shit is common? Fuck you. Direct deposit I can understand and am pretty fine with (what with it being the only legal way to pay people in Australia), while you have to put up with bullshit bank charges, it at least is not you being constantly owned by your company. Society is fucked if you have to pay to buy things with your company owned specific currency.
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It's not really designed to be used as currency. The one transaction thing is for you to either A) take it all out in cash, or B) put it all in your bank as a deposit.
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Ahhh I see, so it is a way for the company to save money and waste more of your time without having to pay you for it. While you work a regular work day. Like the times that banks are open.
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http://serebii.net/index2.shtml
New Rotom forms and Sinnohdex. Pre-aftergame Houndoom, fuck yeah.
I'll be picking up Platinum very soon, so, yeah. I'll let you know how that goes unless you're also getting it around this time.
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http://www.siliconera.com/2008/09/09/imagine-a-shin-megami-tensei-mmorpg-getting-licensed-to-aeria-games/
Megaten MMO coming to US? Hax.
EDIT: Update to the Anti-spore website:
http://antispore.com/2008/09/11/understand-my-beliefs-please/
Read the post carefully. ^^
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I was just Rickrolled again. In text.
Damn you, Fnorder.
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Rickrolls are part of reality. It is not the rickroll itself that is for good or ill- it is merely an eternal coda in the memetic song of life.
Also Ha Ha.
It's more interesting 1) that the entire site was indeed a troll 2) the perpetrator did it just for the Rickroll and 3) People still do nothing but post random screed in the comments without even reading the post. That last one is kinda scary.
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Well, it's another corollary.
Something Awful's catchphrase is right.
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I think it's more shocking that someone put in all that effort for such a terrible joke.
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People hijacked a stadium for a Rickroll on the Mets. This scores pretty low in the effort for terrible joke scale.
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Rickrolls are part of reality. It is not the rickroll itself that is for good or ill- it is merely an eternal coda in the memetic song of life.
Also A-Ha (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMWXyEHoN88).
It's more interesting 1) that the entire site was indeed a troll 2) the perpetrator did it just for the Rickroll and 3) People still do nothing but post random screed in the comments without even reading the post. That last one is kinda scary.
That wasn't a terrible joke, it was a brilliant one.
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Rickrolls are part of reality. It is not the rickroll itself that is for good or ill- it is merely an eternal coda in the memetic song of life.
Also Ha Ha.
It's more interesting 1) that the entire site was indeed a troll 2) the perpetrator did it just for the Rickroll and 3) People still do nothing but post random screed in the comments without even reading the post. That last one is kinda scary.
That last one is what makes the entire thing so hilarious. It's pathetic that there are only a small amount of people who got it.
I myself thought it was brilliant. I chuckled.
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Speaking of Rickrolls, I'm starting a rumor that Barack Obama is the bartender in Astley's video. Pass it on.
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Note: Despite Grefter's representations and best efforts, I do not, and have never, endorsed charcoal-pencil race car drivers hitting people with wrenches. Thank you.
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Because LHC jokes amuse me.
http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVOMoZnEzfQ
More proof why Stephen Colbert is a god among men.
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http://aga.qusqus.com/agahari/ag/buri/buri.html
I found... good Brigandine fanart. This qualifies as miscellaneous, right?
-Djinn
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Fanart of fucking Helrato to boot.
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Click on the link in the bottom-right corner to see the rest of the gallery. This girl is pretty talented.
Looks vaguely Suikoden 1- esque.
-Djinn
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Click on the link in the bottom-right corner to see the rest of the gallery. This girl is pretty talented.
Looks vaguely Suikoden 1- esque.
Complementing her art, and then comparing it to S1's! Does not compute!
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Eh S1 art seems techincally competent. Just like all of the designs are what the fuck?
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I'm pretty sure all of S1's art was done in watercolor. Just saying.
Anyway, epic LP thread. Or I guess it's a Let's Read.
Anyway... Nintendo Adventure Books. I had totally forgotten about these, but I think I had Dinosaur Dilemma, which if I recall was 95 cents at the local drug store back in 1992.
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2958370 (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2958370)
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Oh dear Lord, I think I actually have those. Probably suffering the effects of age and poor storage conditions, but still. Proof that kids really will buy just about anything.
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I know I have one of those somewhere. Read the hell out of it when I was a kid. <_<
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I remember reading the Mega Man 2 book cover to cover. Man, those were the days.
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I had one of the zelda ones, myself. Only the one, though.
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All I know was that I had a Mega Man 2 and a Blaster Master book, but I don't think either of them were those kinds of book.
Blaster Master: FUCKING CREEPY. ;_;
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They weren't. I have a bunch of those too, shameless Nintendo fanboy that I was back then.
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There was a Blaster Master book? Why didn't I have this? All I had was a lame old Mario Brothers book. ;_;
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The ones that I can remember were... uhhh... Blaster Master, Metal Gear, Wizards and Warriors, Shadowgate, Mega Man 2... Might have been more, but that's all I can think of off the top of my head.
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I only remember the Blaster Master one, personally. I didn't read it, but I recall my brother crying because the kid in it has to fight his (mutated) pet frog or something.
...Man, I so need to remind him of that at some inopportune moment.
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I think I read and enjoyed the Castlevania one.
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Man, I had the Blaster Master one when I was a kid. Good times, and mostly readable. Wouldn't want to touch it again even if it wasn't sold off ages ago, though.
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http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/09/world-of-warcra.html (http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/09/world-of-warcra.html)
So you remember the whole thing about the Pentagon thinking terrorists could be playing WoW, or something? Well, they just put together a hypothetical presentation.
The funniest part isn't how dumb an idea this is, it's that THIS IS HOW THE PENTAGON THINKS PEOPLE WHO PLAY WOW TALK.
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Really, I think it's just an excuse to create more jobs where people get to play WoW all day.
-Djinn
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Not if you have to hang around Stone Talon fucking Mountain. Hanging around there is the kind of thing that makes someone prepared to nuke the White House.
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FACT: I mapped out the entire world.
FACT: Until I decided to do that, I had never set foot in Stonetalon.
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Wow, people actually go to Stonetalon on your server? I went there primarily because I'm one of three people I ever see there, and one of them is usually after the enchanting patterns. <_<
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I have no idea if people go there on Aman'thul, I haven't looked at it since my first real character I was levelling mostly under my own steam. I got the shits with it after 2 quests. Not sure if it is worse than Barrens to be honest, but after the Barrens, to get that is just wow.
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http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/17/you_ve_got_the_fed/index.html (http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/17/you_ve_got_the_fed/index.html)
a little ditty for those with the economic jitters.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDwGatB_TuI
The acid test of the principle that Yakety Sax makes anything funny.
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http://store.steampowered.com/sub/964/
ALL THE X-COM GAMES FOR $15. BUY THIS NOW.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7mn4mo-QYE
For all that I think Anonymous is full of retards, they do have their moments.
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http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/09/skunk-attack.html
We have come a long way from Rubber Truncheons baby. Bring on the punishing your own population with chemical weapons *Salute*
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http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/1351648.woman_tricked_into_sex_by_penis_cream_treatment/ (http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/1351648.woman_tricked_into_sex_by_penis_cream_treatment/)
A man tricks a woman in to having sex with him. It's not a new idea by any means, but this guy did it for nine consecutive months.
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Link too long (http://www.cracked.com/article_16656_6-brainwashing-techniques-theyre-using-on-you-right-now.html)
6 Brainwashing techniques they're using on you right now. Interesting read.
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You'd think I'd read Cracked more often, because, damn it, every time someone links to it, I enjoy it.
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Absolutely fascinating. And useful. More and more information for when I start my cult/dictatorship/chain of restaurants/whatever people will blindly follow me at some point, I'll make sure of that.
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http://www.youtube.com/experiencewii
Really clever ad for the new Warioland game.
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http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1831461
(video) Sarah Palin, the Disney movie Trailer.
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http://kotaku.com/5054772/jack-thompson-disbarred
Link says it all, really.
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I would rather he be disemboweled.
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http://insidethedigitalfoundry.blogspot.com/2008/09/wipeout-hds-1080p-sleight-of-hand.html
Interesting article about Wipeout HD. Apparantly it uses some awesome tricks to keep it moving at 60fps all the time.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4
Not sure if it's been seen yet, but hilarious.
"Snape, Snape, Severus Snape..."
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1063198/PETER-HITCHENS-How-China-created-new-slave-empire-Africa.html
China fails per the usual.
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And just like every other world superpower since the Dutch, China abuses the fuck out of Africa. Surprrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiise.
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Indeed. Granted, the gold mining industry is still worse. Nothin' like kids handling mercury with their bare hands!
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http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=42654&id=752873236&ref=nf
One of my friends/former coworkers was assigned to escort Yoshitaka Amano and Hideyuki Kikuchi around the New York Anime Fest... there are upsides! My personal favorite is the moogle on the back of the NES cart.
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Can't see it, Soppy. Requires a login.
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This first one is something I suspect only MC might not find amusing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUeN6LZNPVQ
And the second may have been posted before, but is good stuff so I'll post it regardless. A rant by a comedian about Pachebel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM
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And the second may have been posted before, but is good stuff so I'll post it regardless. A rant by a comedian about Pachebel.
Hate that so much.
The canon, not the skit.
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And the second may have been posted before, but is good stuff so I'll post it regardless. A rant by a comedian about Pachebel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM
Hahaha. So much win.
I actually like Canon in D but that's still awesome.
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Yeah, Cannon in D is distinctly mediocre to me. Not fast enough or interesting enough in harmony for me to really take interest. Wouldn't bother me if it wasn't so horribly overplayed.
http://vimeo.com/1641952
(video) Take an old black and white video about assembling a telephone. Add music. Neato.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/86415/1?slideshow=0
Barrack Obama's inbox.
http://therewillbebrawl.com/episodesEpisode1.php
(video) Live action Brawl. Actually pretty awesome.
http://www.softimage.com/products/xsi/customer_stories/metal_gear_4/default.aspx
Making of MGS4.
http://www.funnyordie.com/drunkhistory
(videos) History as told by drunks. Hilarious stuff if you can overlook the retching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhRCVm-1r2k&feature=related
(video) Heavy Metal parking lot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vtHwWReGU0
(video) Humorous motivation to register to vote.
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And the second may have been posted before, but is good stuff so I'll post it regardless. A rant by a comedian about Pachebel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM
Hahaha. So much win.
I actually like Canon in D but that's still awesome.
This.
(Canon in D rules.)
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Canon in D is awesome. The skit? Not so much.
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Canon in D is the Final Fantasy of classical music. Every once in a while it comes back as something cool (Japanese guy playing a sped-up remix on guitar, for instance) but most of the time it's just dull and overhyped to hell, generally by people who don't actually know enough about music to tell that it's not that interesting.
EDIT: Wow. That comparison was scarily accurate now that I think about it. I am awesome.
EDIT 2: I AM AWESOME.
EDIT 3: ...please like me...
Ok, that's quite enough of that.
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The skit was hilarious, yes. Not a fan of the Canon though.
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http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170305
RAAAAAAAGE at the lack of a GBA slot.
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I don't use the GBA slot much myself; not like I'll be upgrading anyway since I prefer my DS to be larger thanks to my large hands.
Canon in D is the Final Fantasy of classical music. Every once in a while it comes back as something cool (Japanese guy playing a sped-up remix on guitar, for instance) but most of the time it's just dull and overhyped to hell, generally by people who don't actually know enough about music to tell that it's not that interesting.
EDIT: Wow. That comparison was scarily accurate now that I think about it. I am awesome.
EDIT 2: I AM AWESOME.
EDIT 3: ...please like me...
Ok, that's quite enough of that.
I don't really like the analogy, actually. FF is usually the series that tries crazy stuff (whether it fails like Junctions or succeeds like sphere grids), has 40 status effects instead of 10 for most JRPGs, and similarly higher numbers of skillsets, etc.
Cannon in D is just really simple and doesn't take any risks. It's like...Twilight Princess or something.
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Entirely accurate from a storytelling perspective. The last time they tried to step out of their standard collection of tropes that basement virgins and kids without pubes think are so amazing, they gave us FF12, which didn't have a story for most of the game. Besides, all their ability systems? Coatracks. Coatracks are overplayed and uninteresting.
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As with most things, I was going off the storytelling perspective, yes.
If you want to go into the gameplay, then Canon is Dragon Quest pre-8, only replace the American fanbase with the Japanese fanbase.
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I don't use the GBA slot much myself; not like I'll be upgrading anyway since I prefer my DS to be larger thanks to my large hands.
The specs sheet on the JP website talks about DSi games separate from DS games - so there's at least going to be some in the future that don't work on DS/DS Lite (hopefully just stuff that uses the camera, or downloadable ones). Stealth platform introduction ahoy.
So if you want both the future DSi games and any games that rely on the GBA slot like Pokemon, you'll need two systems. Ugh.
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Which means I treat the DSi like a new system and don't even consider buying one until it's worked up a servicable library of its own. M'kay.
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The fact that they may be offering GBA games for purchase via download like they do with the present Virtual Console seems like a fair trade. If you want to play your GBA library, old GBAs and DS's are likely not being magically turned into pumpkins, and this means that we have a realistic chance to see some GBA games that were never released over here given an official translation like they've done for the VC. FE6 seems like the best candidate for this.
Entirely accurate from a storytelling perspective. The last time they tried to step out of their standard collection of tropes that basement virgins and kids without pubes think are so amazing, they gave us FF12, which didn't have a story for most of the game. Besides, all their ability systems? Coatracks. Coatracks are overplayed and uninteresting.
I find this vaguely amusing given that your example of the "last time" they experimented with storytelling is their most recent game.
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Since FFXII, they've made RW and FFTA2. So no, not their most recent game.
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Punch fucking Out.
http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/10/02/punch-out-coming-in-first-half-of-2009/ (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/10/02/punch-out-coming-in-first-half-of-2009/)
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http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/10/new_wiiware_games_cave_story_and_boingz
Cave Story on WiiWare? Surprising, but welcome.
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Sweet. Maybe now I can convince other people to play it. For some reason nobody I knows wants to suck it up and play on a keyboard. Nevermind that they play other emulated games like that.
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Everyone sucks and won't play good PC Games.
I fucking know hey.
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That isn't a commentary on me not having played X-Com is it.
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We all know who should REALLY be the president
http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=357563&altf=Hsfbu&altl=Duivmv
(apologies if this has already been linked here)
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General people don't play good PC games statement Zenny. But yes anyway.
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http://improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2008
And the Ig Nobel Prize for Economics goes to... 3 twats from my university who found out that a stripper's ovulatory cycle affects her earnings.
Great.
http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v105/__show_article/_a000105-000002.htm
Interesting article on how a small town in Austria managed to thrive for a time during the 1930s due to the introduction of a hoarding-taxed secondary currency.
http://ovablastic.blogspot.com/2008/10/land-slide.html
Landslide.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/10/05/scisun104.xml
Scientists in the UK believe that nuclear fusion for the puposes of creating electricity will be viable soon. How so? As with all things that are awesome and sciency, it involves lasers.
EDIT: Nazi porn!
http://weirdnews4u.blogspot.com/2008/05/holocaust-and-pornography-in-israel.html
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10057472-36.html
A bank heist nearly out of Lupin the III or some other gimmicky robbery show.
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http://improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2008
And the Ig Nobel Prize for Economics goes to... 3 twats from my university who found out that a stripper's ovulatory cycle affects her earnings.
Great.
Heh, I remember reading about that study. Think it was in The Economist, of all places.
Also, the double recipients of the chemistry prize on that page are amusing.
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http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/consumerist/2008/09/sepmad.jpg
Having fun with imminent financial disaster.
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http://mother3.fobby.net/ (http://mother3.fobby.net/)
Mother 3: So close. Hopefully this beta test won't take ten years like KotOR2's seems to be.
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http://controversy.wearscience.com/design/turtle/
Best shirt ever?
Best shirt ever.
(Even if they did get the turtle wrong)
Edit: http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/07/hal-robotic-suit-rental-is-ready-for-tony-stark-wannabes-the-el/
Cybernetic, brain-interface suits made by a company called Cyberdyne. This will obviously not end in the downfall of humanity.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bBF4k_x4pU
(video) Rapping Jelly Doughnut raps about McCain being old.
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=sR9xV2weM-w
(video) Insanely thin TV.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/earth_from_above_comes_to_nyc.html
(not 56k friendly) Photographs taken from the air.
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Those photos were breathtaking.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRmey2WvWnw
John McCain and his Vegetable Friends. It really has no statement at all other than "John McCain says 'My Friends' a lot"
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John McCain to Barack Obama, in response to talking about attacking Pakistan: "You don't say that!!!!"
MEANWHILE!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg
*Headdeskheaddeskheaddeskheaddeskheaddeskheaddesk*
And afterwards!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=r2v8cuQTVO8
Hatehatehatehatehatehatehatehatehate...
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HE WON THE INTERNET ARGUMENT. I BET HE IS TO BUSY WITH REAL LIFE TO TAKE PART IN POLITICAL DEBATES BECAUSE HE HAS TO HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF SEX WITH HIS HOT GIRLFRIEND.
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I WUD TOTALLY KIK UR ASS IF U SED THAT 2 MY FACE U WANNA CUM 2 JERSY & SAY THAT?
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PLANE TICKETS BITCH.
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*flexes*
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My game of the year for Fiscal Year 2007 (which is to say, March 2007- March 2008) gets a sequel.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41032.html
[Being as it came out in 2008, and GotY 2008 is... probably going to end up being WotLK, I had to come up with an award to give it.]
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Link too long (http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/senecavirus_structure_revealed_oh_and_it_still_kills_cancer_cells_10_000_times_better_than_traditional_chemotherap?)
Not only have they found a virus that attacks cancer cells while leaving normal human cells alone, but they have mapped out its structure. A little bit of good news I guess.
EDIT: In the same vein, http://www.phenomenica.com/2008/10/aids-vaccine-within-four-years.html
Possible "Theraputic" AIDs vaccine soon, which does not prevent the disease but instead stops it from flourishing in its host. Additionally, IotD for the first comment.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/3158287/Worlds-first-double-arm-transplant-patient-delighted.html
Arm transplants.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v455/n7213/abs/nature07246.html
Correllation between unlearned number sense and achievement in academic math shown.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_of_despair
Monkey torture. No, literally.
http://www.miller-mccune.com/article/704
Neurologists find that Meditation might actually do something other than make you look silly.
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A library containing the most amazing collection ever.
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-10/ff_walker?currentPage=all
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Additionally, IotD for the first comment.
If only they had some kind of disease that was killing them that we could exploit!
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http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/55267
Um... what the hell, Blizzard?
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Population of Korea x MSRP x 3 = $$$
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I fully expect it to be announced as episodic content ala Halflife 2. They released WC3:TFT with only one of the three levels of the Orc campaign (was more Gauntlet...ish than real campaigns) and that worked fairly successfully for them. Lets them approach the whole thing with the ups and downs that comes with episodic content which if handled well (like with backing as ridiculously good as they do they will be able to) so that it would come out mostly entirely positively.
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I guess the Orc comparison is kind of nice, since it was easily the best thing in that whole game. Still not going to pick it up, since SupCom has ruined all other RTSes for me, and I hate Koreans.
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You had to wait for Sup Com for that? Dude. TA has and always will be the best there is and ever was.
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I guess the Orc comparison is kind of nice, since it was easily the best thing in that whole game. Still not going to pick it up, since SupCom has ruined all other RTSes for me, and I hate Koreans.
Hey, WorldEdit was a hell of a lot better too.
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I hold WorldEdit responsible for many of the abortions they dared to call scenario maps, so... no.
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Normally I assume that everyone who's interested in Magic reads the mtg articles, but...oh my god this article is epic (and only barely related to magic, actually):
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/mm/8
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I am interested in Magic a lot but find it to much trouble to keep up to date, so really exceptional articles like that I really appreciate being linked to. Mark Rosewater is usually a very interesting read anyway, but yeah. Thanks for that.
Edit - also D-Gun trumps World Edit.
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http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=56642954C53CB79D
Gaming in the Clinton Years. This has come up a couple times in chat, but this shit's too hysterical to not be linked for posterity.
Resident Evil 1 is impossible to beat. Also, WHERE'S MY DIALOGUE AND PLOT IN MARIO GAMES?????? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f8ht4AZ7sg)
Dude really, really likes Donkey Kong (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIvSmFpkmMU&feature=PlayList&p=56642954C53CB79D&index=164)
Worst Videogame Idea ever (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQUws4pNhNE&feature=PlayList&p=56642954C53CB79D&index=34)
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=r71syHc_-Z0
Good enough to deserve its own post
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http://current.com/items/76411762_campaign_ad
I got a laugh out of this one
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We followed the Ronpaul’s trail for fifteen days, from Joplin to Springfield to Peoria, until we were down to our last drum of corn-whisky, and Abigail’s turbines were smoking hot. We passed the days with tales of the Beltway Lords, and their incessant warring. Barrister was our navigator, and kept the ship’s logs, and he knew every Fed-yarn there ever was. He sang of Lord Gore: how he gained the power to speak the language of beasts by killing the god of werewolves, and how he called the last seven living griffins to him, and harnessed them to a chariot, and flew to the moon. I have been assured that he lives their still, in a city of silver and marble, and that all that dwell there are immortal, but cursed never to know laughter or joy, and there is no music allowed but Air Supply. He sang of Romney Three-faced, the Great Salt Pope, who wields the spiked and golden miter of Moroni and has twelve thousand brides, all fashioned, through surgery and sorcery, to look like Jessica Alba. He sang of fey Kucinich, who loved the queen of Faerie so much that he ceded her the great redwoods of California in which to make her court, and went to dwell there with her, and put up a girdle around the forest so that no man who enters can ever leave. He sang of Dame Hillary, and how she summoned up Old Man Coyote, and tricked him into wearing a manacle on his paw, and refused to release him until he taught her the secret of Skinchanging. The trickster-god denied her until she killed all his seven and seventy mistresses, and cut off his tail, and starved him for forty seven years.
http://randomactsofshark.blogspot.com/2008/01/barack-obama-vs-pirates-of-wichita.html
I...I have no words
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As sick as I am of the cult of personality surrounding Obama (god damn it he's just another politician only he's saying lies we want to hear and is the better of the two choices this election)? That was hilarous.
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Doublepost but fuck you.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cartoonlounge/2008/10/cartoonoff-xkcd.html
New Yorker vs. XKCD: XKCD, fatality. Also amusing interview.
EDIT: Also holy crap they actually implimented speech preview for comments on Youtube what the fuck. Can he sue for some royalties on that or something?
EDIT 2: Awesome, but not awesome enough to deserve a triplepost.
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-do-50-impressions-in-50-seconds-57553607
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http://www.ilovesketch.com/
(video) 3D sketching program; interesting.
http://graphjam.com/
Amusing graphs people made.
http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/vidplayer.pl?IDLink=3938179
(video) Extremely skilled Yo-Yoing.
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/690100/Nugget_From_The_Net.html
(video) Frightening 70s television from England.
http://punditkitchen.com/
Collection of captioned political images. (Scroll down etc).
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/690136/New_Dead_Space_First_15_DirectFeed_Gameplay_Footage_Xbox_360.html
(video) First 15 minutes of "Dead Space". Looks like this game actually has a number of interesting ideas.
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http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1224156755/Beat_Boxer
Incredible beat boxer with a playback machine.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ7o3jClL5g
Now that's professionalism.
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http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=v5SWQJWm6Tg
(video) Obama comedy act. Awesome.
EDIT, and McCain response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90KbbB9CvsE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhGBI2Y3HBQ
(video)
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http://www.infoworld.com/news/feeds/08/10/13/No-opt-out-of-filtered-Internet.html?source=gs
If the Australians suddenly stop posting, we'll know why.
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Man, fuck the Australian government.
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Oh hey it's like a little slice of China.
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According to preliminary trials, the best Internet content filters would incorrectly block about 10,0000 Web pages from one million.
I hope that is a type, because 1/10 chance of blocking a webpage for no reason would be truely epic fail.
Online libertarians claim the blacklists could be expanded to censor material such as euthanasia, drugs and protest.
There is no need to call us names, just because someone believes in the freedom of information and freedom of speech doesn't make them a Libertarian.
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http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=v5SWQJWm6Tg
(video) Obama comedy act. Awesome.
EDIT, and McCain response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irXS4Q7mUKQ
(video)
McCain actually went first. It was a fun thing to watch, they were both a fair bit more entertaining than I expected. I'd say that McCain was funnier overall, but I liked that a few of Obama's jokes were punchier and sort of deliberately designed to discomfit that particular crowd.
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Ding! It's done!
http://mother3.fobby.net/
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For the Emperor! Ding!
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http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/news/2008/09/19/new-red-dwarf-specials-confirmed/
Hopefully they'll be better than Series 8.
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http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=tcghos.2.1
So yeah. Looks like Bandai can't resist bouncing KOS-MOS cut-ins.
EDIT: Since links to the patent/trademark office website don't persist apparantly, here's the article I got it from: http://www.siliconera.com/2008/09/25/will-endless-frontier-super-robot-taisen-og-saga-generate-raunchy-jokes-overseas/
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So it's true, adding XS to anything makes it worse.
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EF is actually a pretty good game, even if it doesn't look like one. Helps that the XS plot in it is very minor.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5iFD6LmKi4&NR=1
A must for fans of Snatch and/or Baccano.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu_fHWTofcs&eurl
I can't think of a comment that doesn't spoil the joke. Just watch it, it's short.
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http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=-M6-xv87O2s
U.N Owen was... ZETTA SLOW?
You stupid zetta sons of garbage! etc.
Also: SIN ad infinitum
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http://gizmodo.com/5056228/new-paris-building-casts-no-shadows-generates-electricity
H-uh. It's stuff like this that gives me some encouragement, though that may just be the architecture geek in me.
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Was wondering what Sailor Bacon meant with "He's so Pringles". Found it:
(video, NSFW language) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZZUMjoxfZA&feature=related
Haagen Daz, indeed.
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I wand 60 seconds of my life back.
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http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=-M6-xv87O2s
U.N Owen was... ZETTA SLOW?
You stupid zetta sons of garbage! etc.
Also: SIN ad infinitum
Bah, I've seen better U.N. Owen mix videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q16KpquGsIc
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I wand 60 seconds of my life back.
That would imply that you had a life to start with.
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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=339513
The following came from Nintendo Power, apparantly:
* Its design is comparable to previous Suikoden titles.
* Battle System controlled by d-pad or stylus.
* Co-op attacks still exist.
* Short, medium, and long-ranged attacks.
* Game progression mission based.
* Potch gained from completed missions, not dropped from enemies.
* Weapons bought instead of upgraded.
* No True Runes
* No one-on-one duels
* No strategic battles
* No re-occurring characters confirmed yet.
* Set in parallel world. ???
Some person later in the thread clarified the last point; apparantly the game's about people from parallel worlds travelling through gateways. Still poses the question of how it qualifies as a Suikoden game if they're seemingly dropping most Suikoden traditions.
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I see they're subscribing to FFTA's newsletter on gamebuilding.
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It's got the 108 stars (in a refreshingly different variation, might I add) and seems to have all the non-suck core gameplay intact (multi-line TB combat, rune system for magic unless "no True Runes" means more than it seems, unite attacks). It seems more like stripping out extraneous crap that wouldn't fit with the story or portable-friendly gameplay. The mission thing does seem very weird, I'll give you that.
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Gah, I want another True Rune *whines endlessly*
Apart from that and no Jeane/Viki, it doesn't seem to be missing anything too important. Though, I liked the weapon-upgrading system and I felt they had just started improving that.
Mission-based gameplay -can- work. I especially felt TotW:RM had it right. (I think CC:FF7 has the same mission system, but I haven't played it.)
At any rate, SuikoDS and VPDS both look like they'll sell a few DS systems. DS is looking to be the next gen system of the DL. Though WAXF, FFT:LW and Crisis Core probably moved a few PSPs. Still only 1 or 2 okay-ish titles from Wii and 360 (FE10 and ToV, I guess) and nothing on the PS3 inspires ranking (even an N1 fan like me doesn't see Dis3 getting ranked if it stays a PS3 exclusive - luckily for Dis3, N1 loves to port, port, port!).
-Djinn
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2BBl7_-4JA
For those who haven't been reading and clicking every single link at Three Panel Soul (what the fuck is wrong with you).
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I was more joking about the PARALLEL WORLD! part of the list.
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At any rate, SuikoDS and VPDS both look like they'll sell a few DS systems. DS is looking to be the next gen system of the DL. Though WAXF, FFT:LW and Crisis Core probably moved a few PSPs. Still only 1 or 2 okay-ish titles from Wii and 360 (FE10 and ToV, I guess) and nothing on the PS3 inspires ranking (even an N1 fan like me doesn't see Dis3 getting ranked if it stays a PS3 exclusive - luckily for Dis3, N1 loves to port, port, port!).
-Djinn
Wii also seems to have non-RPG incentives (remember SSBM was the second most popular game in the DL when Trips summed up people's scores; a dozen odd DLers seem to have gotten a Wii for Brawl. Megaman 9 is probably a big deal for a lot of people, too, given how many people here play Megaman. Mario games may be relevant too; I recall Ciato saying she was interested in Wii for a mixture of Mario Galaxy, FE10, and Virtual Console).
Granted, it doesn't have much to actually rank right now (I know how eager the DL is to rank MORE FE!!!1) But RPGs on the Wii seem unlikely to suffer from lack of a DL install-base.
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http://www.gamespot.com/news/6199726.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1 (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6199726.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1)
Gamespot got the first look at BioWare's new MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic. I guess other places should be getting stuff out soon, but it's likely to be the same stuff.
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http://www.comedy.com/blog/2008/10/21/little-bill-oreilly-is-back-and-hes-interviewing-barney-frank/
SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP! YOU'RE A DEMOCRAT, YOU'RE GAY, YOU'RE JEWISH. GAY GAY GAY GAAAAAAAY! ...GAY!
Uh, in other words, NSFW.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZOxqVl5oP4
(video) Obama says Pie a lot.
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/690168/Obama_Talks_Games_In_Debates.html
Commentary on Obama's videogame comment in one of the debates.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/n/a/2008/10/16/national/a135744D21.DTL&o=0
I...wow...ew.
http://www.theplaycoalition.net/projects/project_8/project-8.html
Plant table that will walk towards the sunlight.
http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/10/20/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits/
Photoshopped book covers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl2EndLZv7w
(video) In stark contrast to the other videos circulating the net, this has a bunch of McCain supporters standing up against racism/religious discrimination. Very nice.
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http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/690168/Obama_Talks_Games_In_Debates.html
Commentary on Obama's videogame comment in one of the debates.
You know, I should've expected fail when I clicked on g4.
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OMG HE'S ADVOCATING THAT WE DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN MINDLESSLY ENGAGING IN HEDONISM BURN HIM
Speaking of Mindless hedonism, that burger thing is impressive but not so much if you know the secret to doing it, which he seems to, since he ate the meat first. Anyway, eat the meat and toppings then soak the bun in water and drink it. Still not an easy feat nor is it recommendable to anybody but it's not that bad when you consider how much of the filling part is actually the bread.
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It's also how the record eating champs eat hog dogs and the like.
That burger might actually be pretty good if it didn't have all that crap on it.
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http://kotaku.com/5067536/totoro-reproduced-in-bread-and-chocolate
SNOW DID NOT NEED MORE ENCOURAGEMENT.
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Mmmmm, edible Taitoro.
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Ah, it's Totoro-pan. I love that stuff.
It's been around roughly 20 years or so... pretty much a staple of Japanese bakeries. I'd forgotten that Totoro-pan wasn't common knowledge in the West.
Still, it's not only cute - it's quite tasty. Think 'Eclair with cream frosting topping and a slightly thicker, flakier crust'. Of course, the whipped cream filling is the best part.
Or the best part could be the fact that it's like drinking the sucrose-laden blood of Taitoro... your choice.
-Djinn
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http://somehedgehog.livejournal.com/245807.html
Presidential D&D campaign.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081023/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_avatar_murder
Woman jailed after killing MMORPG character.
http://www.gog.com/en/frontpage/
Reasonably priced classic PC games (around $6 or so).
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/10/22/a-very-special-message-from-david-hasselhoff/
David Haselhoff in the game Pain. o_O
http://www.palinaspresident.us/
Palin spoof site.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/10/barack-obama-to.html
Obama's fundraising is...how much???
http://www.cracked.com/article_16704_9-foreign-rip-offs-cooler-than-hollywood-originals.html
(videos) "9 Foreign ripoffs coller than the originals"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mY2JR2_0QI
(video) Campy 1974 trailer involving Chuck Norris.
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http://www.captaincapitalism.com/
My new personal superhero. A must see for Hals and Grefters alike!
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I'm pretty sure neither Hal nor Grefter votes for elected officials based on how much they can bench press >_>
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081022-study-squashes-myth-of-gamer-as-antisocial-comic-book-guy.html
In other news, gamers are cooler than non-gamers. Objectively.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/opinion/26kristof.html?em
John McCain's latest endorsement... wait, the Times? What the fuck, this ISN'T the Onion?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7692153.stm
...Fuck.
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...Fuck.
This is all that can really be said. Wow.
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http://japanator.com/elephant/post.phtml?pk=8803
y halo thar Japan
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http://www.brainygamer.com/the_brainy_gamer/2008/10/fallout-3.html
So, this blog is apparently cool and does cool things that I didn't know about. A guy got a bunch of people who just came off the tale end of playing Planetfall (Old text based adventure game, think Zorkish) and were going to play FO3 when it came out, but first had to play Fallout 1 and 2. They started off hating it, plenty came out of it sounding like Fallout vets (Fallout 3 is going to be nothing at all like Fallout style thing and less errr NMA)
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Since we're often prone to discussions about bad writing, I suddenly remembered the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulwer-Lytton_Fiction_Contest
The point of the contest is "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels".
I particularly like 2005's winner.
I'm sure a few people are already familiar with this...
-Djinn
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http://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2008/10/sf-all-time-sales-list.html
An attempt at making an all-time SF/F sales list by author. It's very rough, but still interesting for a rough idea where the major modern authors stand. Also features Neil Gaiman himself (!) making a comment to give a more accurate estimate of his sales.
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9eSJuWgZGYo
T... th...
This is remarkable. An... an anchor for Fox News... shows... something resembling sense.
I'm speechless.
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9eSJuWgZGYo
T... th...
This is remarkable. An... an anchor for Fox News... shows... something resembling sense.
I'm speechless.
Yeah. This was on Colbert Report last night. They tied it in with the whole Palin "going rogue" story. Good times.
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"Could you tell us why you said that?" "I think it would be good if people could go read things and try to understand why I would agree to that".
Is like inability to answer a direct fucking question that is only to your benefit to answer some kind of disease or is it just a mental disorder people that go into politics get? I would say politicians, but this guy isn't (before this campaign) a politician. I would say is it something wrong with Republicans but I don't think you would have to dig hard in other parties that you could find the same thing.
Edit - This idiot will never own a business, He's lucky he can hang onto he job!!
Either this is a joke or the whole Joe the Plumber is an "average" American (who owns a business that is worried about tax increases should he earn more than a quarter of a million dollars) part of this guy hasn't sunk into the population like it should have and everyone still has managed to take the party line.
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Is like inability to answer a direct fucking question that is only to your benefit to answer some kind of disease or is it just a mental disorder people that go into politics get? I would say politicians, but this guy isn't (before this campaign) a politician. I would say is it something wrong with Republicans but I don't think you would have to dig hard in other parties that you could find the same thing.
than a quarter of a million dollars) part of this guy hasn't sunk into the population like it should have and everyone still has managed to take the party line.
It's pretty much endemic. Unfortunately, dogged persistence in the face of inconvenient facts and questions long ago overtook intellectual coherence as a political asset. Politicians will say what they want to say and if they do answer a question it's probably by accident. In an age dominated by attack ads (which everyone claims to hate even though they pay attention to them anyway just because we're wired to listen to gossip), anything remotely controversial is bound to be used against you at some point. If you express an actual opinion on something, it's going to piss off some single-issue voter, somewhere, some time, and cause them to choose whichever other candidate will fulfill their monomaniacal obsession. So the trick is to avoid stating your actual position on anything until you're in office and can actually do something (and even then it's a hard habit to break). Be vague while giving the impression with physical and vocal cues that you actually know what you're talking about, because often people are impressed far more by attitudes than by words. If anyone tries to point out that you're full of shit, talk over their objections into they're numbed into submission. Raising your voice helps if things get really hairy.
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http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/10/20/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits/
Amusing photoshopped book covers
EDIT: And part 2.
http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/10/21/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits-part-two/
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Wow, those are funny. Lots of decent soft targets there (worthy reading, but mockable anyway). No Weiss and Hickman though? Or is that just far to easy?
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Thomas Covenant's the best of the lot. Coverwise, not bookwise. I couldn't finish the book, for reasons the 'shopped cover make obvious.
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I admit, despite liking a number of those, I laughed.
Also, I only heard about the Thomas Covenant books. I concluded I would never read them unless I decided to indulge in masochism.
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Lemme put it this way. I managed to choke down through book 4 of Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. I couldn't finish the first Thomas Covenant book.
Also, dunno why there's no W&H in there. The dude took a shot at Salvatore in the second batch, so I can't imagine it's because it's "too easy".
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You guys are making me want to reread Covenant.
For that matter, I haven't read any of the new ones yet now I think about it ._.
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"Characters Show Up" is so damned true.
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Awesome link. The Covenant and Goodkind covers are more generous than the books deserve.
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Awesome. "Hey what if Vikings had Jet Plane Fleets?"
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...Man. There's a lot of good stuff on that site. The Magic cards (under the Stab at Relevance links) are great. Then there's this: http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/06/23/bad-habits/
Sixth one down for champ.
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...Yes.
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Comics fans who haven't read his Civil War photoshops (http://mightygodking.com/index.php/i-dont-need-your-civil-war/)...well, what the hell is wrong with you?
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Yeah, MGK is a pretty funny guy. Has a bad habit of just going off on completely serious political tangents sometimes though.
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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=340769
Photoshopping warning images from the Japanese DSi manual, like this one:
(http://i36.tinypic.com/6p2mpg.jpg)
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Fuck, hinode. I can't breathe...
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hinode: Dude, my sides hurt.
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The good ones are downright hysterical.
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http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/a-scientific-at.html
"Most unwanted music" -- contains Opera-rap over the background of Tubas and Bagpipes.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=wzyT9-9lUyE
(video) McCain vs Obama - dance-off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W_oPVMrx5g
(video) Paper Mega Man 9.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=video&show_id=29749
(video) Mortal Kombat vs DC trailer--so ridiculous it's awesome.
http://kotaku.com/5069406/drawn-to-life-devs-punk-vacationing-staffer
Prank on vacationing worker.
http://www.radio3net.ro/1001/#72
"1001 albums you need to listen to before you die."
http://www.myspace.com/vgmetal
Metal VG music.
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/30/the-unfinished-swan.html
Really cool tech demo for a game (Unfinished Swan).
http://www.geekologie.com/2008/10/knife_skills_champion_pumpkin.php
Amazing pumpkin carvings.
http://www.vimeo.com/1952036
(video) French Thriller. Takes some liberties, but all done in one impressive shot.
http://www.maxim.com/Entertainment/RejectedGuitarHeros/slideshow/4364.aspx
Rejected Guitar Heroes.
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All the character portraits from VP:DS. Spoilers for some old friends that join you in the Seraphic Gate.
http://spritefun.oddigytitanium.com/sprites/ripped/nds/vpds/portraits/
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http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/11/03/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits-part-the-last/
More photoshops for book covers.
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Haha Princess Bride one is pure win.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh9BmNuqeiQ
(video) Hockey Mom singing for Obama.
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/voting_machines_elect_one_of
(video) Onion on the election.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/04/AR2008110401899.html
Places like Starbucks offer free coffee to people who voted. Turns out this might be illegal >_>
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/a863be2b6f/vote-for-lando-calrissian-w-billy-dee-williams-from-fod-team
Star Wars election humor.
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http://www.siliconera.com/2008/11/04/breath-of-fire-franchise-gets-a-breath-of-life-from-a-cell-phone-game/
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http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/10/20/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits/
Amusing photoshopped book covers
EDIT: And part 2.
http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/10/21/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits-part-two/
And part 3:
http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/11/03/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits-part-the-last/
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http://www.milfordbeacon.com/news/x1588608234/Dodge-named-Local-Hero-by-Bank-of-America
Some people in chat said they wanted to see this article after I got it posted, so here it is.
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Subtext: Shale gets piece of the ad revenue on every person who reads an article he wrote online.
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Fuck, I wish.
Also, if the DL regulars all read that article it will double our daily Web traffic.
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http://cdn1.ustream.tv/swf/4/viewer.45.swf?cid=317016
Puppies!
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Wrong thread. That belongs in IotD. That entire story was bitter, high handed ranting about an ideal that never existed in the the first place. Hey, guess what: If you go back to a classic US arcade, it's filled with shitty sports shovelware titles (wrestling games were bad for that), countless knockoff games of the latest popular series, and the usual splattering of shooters/racers/etc.
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Super's post doesn't make any sense because the one it's a response to got deleted, so here:
http://insomnia.ac/commentary/arcade_culture/
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Glad you posted it. That thing is comedy gold. I mean, controls are spot on and responsive? Heh, wonder where he plays. Yeah, Super pegged where that thing should be perfectly.
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Some excerpts from the same guy's rant on JRPGs. http://insomnia.ac/commentary/on_role-playing_games/
But joking aside (and I beg your pardon, dear reader, for sarcasm is the only tolerable way I can bear to approach this absolutely ridiculous subject), there are some very good reasons why JRPGs suck even as strategy games, and they are well worth looking into.
You may think I am judging them too harshly, perhaps? And yet consider: how could these battle systems possibly be anything other than pathetic? In the three-decade history of real-life role-playing there have been less than two dozen major systems published, yet Japan regularly churns out more than that in a single year! Is it any wonder that they all (no exceptions here, sorry) fucking suck? Even the most die-hard wargaming expert -- a Steve Jackson or a David Cook -- would give up if forced to come up with a brand-new battle system every six fucking months -- he'd turn to dart boards before long -- what can one expect from the Japanese, whose ignorance of wargaming is only rivaled by their ignorance of role-playing?
While I don't necessarily disagree with his point... his logic is so flawed here it hurts. All JRPG battle systems suck because there's so many of them! Of course! Why didn't we all see this before?!
What's really infuriating about this argument coming from him is that in his rant on video game sequels, he states:
Indeed, it would not be too far-fetched to claim that every game which belongs to a clearly-defined genre or sub-genre is effectively a different version of the same game as all other games belonging to the same genre or sub-genre. This explanation accounts for the fact that people who don't like specific genres or sub-genres view all games that belong to those genres or sub-genres as extremely similar, and are therefore unable to distinguish their differences. What are the differences between Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, The King of Fighters XI, Samurai Spirits: Tenkaichi Kenkakuden, Vampire: The Night Warriors, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core, Melty Blood: Act Cadenza, Hokuto no Ken and Arcana Heart? Apart from obvious stuff like the graphics, no one who doesn't play 2D fighters on a regular basis can tell you. What are the differences between all those soccer games that line up the shelves of every game store in Europe? I've no idea. Far as I am concerned they are all one and the same game in different packages. What about all those bemani games I see in Japan's arcades? Apart from the obvious differences (guitars, drums, etc.) they all look the same to me. FPSes? A dude with a gun running down a corridor. RTS games? Little boys playing with toy soldiers. Racing games? Little boys playing with cars (or motorcycles, hovercars, etc. -- same difference to someone who doesn't give a fuck about racing in a virtual environment).
As we have seen, the vast majority of videogame sequels are not really brand-new games, but merely incremental updates to the original game. Therefore, it is just as stupid to say that basketball in 2007 is a bad game whereas basketball in 1993 was a good game, as it is to say that The King of Fighters XI is a bad game whereas The King of Fighters '94 was a good game. This is because in each of these two cases we are practically talking about a single game. Therefore, the vast majority of videogame sequels should automatically inherit the rating of the previous installment, which should then be adjusted accordingly depending on whether the changes introduced improve or worsen the experience. Street Fighter II, for example, was an awesomely excellent game, a five-star, triple-A masterpiece of epic proportions, therefore Street Fighter II': Champion Edition starts out with the same rating, and only loses one or maybe two stars if it seriously fucks up. The same goes for Street Fighter II': Hyper Fighting, Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition, and even the forthcoming Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. To go even further, all these updates do not even deserve brand-new reviews, but rather one-minute reviews, as I have explained here. If a publication really wants to review one of these updates at length, the only tenable approach is to have an expert player list the changes, and simply evaluate their effect in great detail. In view of the above, trashing the latest Guilty Gear just because it is still Guilty Gear is a sure sign that the reviewer is dumb as a rock, and that you are wasting your time reading his nonsense.
Interesting... >.>;;
-Djinn
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He prefaces the entire thing with something on RPGs, and how the point of an RPG is to assume the role of a character and make choices to develop your character in ways outside combat, and how battle was not the point. The movement away from wargaming roots in an RPG is a Very Good Thing, emphasizing character choice rather than dice rolls. However, by taking all that out of jRPGs, they're no longer Role Playing Games, they're Powergaming Simulators, where the entire purpose is to smash the enemy with whatever you have at your disposal. Therefore, you judge their battle system design versus a wargame, which they have more in common with. And as a general rule, they suck.
The scenarios are all either Monty Hall cakewalks or Revenge of the Asshole DM where they decide to cornhole you for not playing the game with a FAQ. Your entire objective is to Make Numbers Go Up, and with the player divested of any need to concern himself with actual Role Playing, you are relieved of all responsibilities except to build your characters to win as efficiently as possible. Much like in wargaming, where you use your units to win as effectively as possible.
The main difference, though, is that rules for wargaming systems are usually polished far more than jRPG battle systems, allowing for much more interactivity. I'll use CBT as an example, because that's what I'm most familiar with: CBT is on its third set of master rules in 25 years. That's like if Square was just releasing FF3, having spent a decade polishing and refining each game, making tweaks on the rules to ensure balance and writing new rules because they hadn't though of the random scenario some fan came up with. If you're churning out games at a rate that jRPGs are, you don't get that kind of parity that you achieve in a well-polished game setting where the mechanics have been vetted by players to find the weird, game-breaking combinations devs never though of, and likewise, the playerbase as a whole never develops an attachment to a system like they do in pen and paper RPGs (though some do, but they're what I like to call an outlier).
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Glad you posted it. That thing is comedy gold. I mean, controls are spot on and responsive? Heh, wonder where he plays. Yeah, Super pegged where that thing should be perfectly.
Jesus, I could only read a couple sentences of that. Nostalgia run amok. Guy's pretentious as hell, too.
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Because pointless hard things purely to make you waste coins = good game design. Unbeatable games should be the pillar of gaming acheivement that all things strive for.
I want to see ADOM arcade machines.
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Oh god the pretentiousness of that article, it burns. It just reeks of the author going "See I a have a bigger e-penis than you, let me lord my non-existent superiority over you now. Bow before my invisible cock, you bitches!"
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Rob has a point, but it's kinda of immaterial at this juncture. Using the term RPG, even for wRPGs, has always been sort of a misnomer since the video-game medium, until recently, has usually been limited in what it can allow you to do. I would say there are a few actual video RPGs out there, mostly wRPGs. But at this point it's just what the genre has come to be identified as.
It's why I never really got into wRPGs in the first place. I recognize you're not doing much actual roleplaying in jRPGs, but I play it to cut my workload, enjoy a story and get some gameplay out of it. If I want actual, meaty roleplaying, I play an actual P&P RPG. wRPGs just seemed to me to be a lukewarm halfway point between those two things that I never really enjoyed when I played them.
I've always found complaining about "THERE'S NO ROLEPLAYING IN JRPGS OMG" to be pretty dumb, myself. I thought people knew that?
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Yeah no RP in JRPGs is not such a huge deal, it is only really offensive when you get stupid on the other end of the spectrum where you get people that claim SMT has tons of RP because it has no plot at all.
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I missed this when it first came out, but anyway, Tom Waits doing his weird humor thing, not a song.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=EOrG1r3S6ZA
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Rob has a point, but it's kinda of immaterial at this juncture. Using the term RPG, even for wRPGs, has always been sort of a misnomer since the video-game medium, until recently, has usually been limited in what it can allow you to do. I would say there are a few actual video RPGs out there, mostly wRPGs. But at this point it's just what the genre has come to be identified as.
It's why I never really got into wRPGs in the first place. I recognize you're not doing much actual roleplaying in jRPGs, but I play it to cut my workload, enjoy a story and get some gameplay out of it. If I want actual, meaty roleplaying, I play an actual P&P RPG. wRPGs just seemed to me to be a lukewarm halfway point between those two things that I never really enjoyed when I played them.
I've always found complaining about "THERE'S NO ROLEPLAYING IN JRPGS OMG" to be pretty dumb, myself. I thought people knew that?
Eh, I've kind of realized that I've outgrown jRPGs, for lack of a better term. I require more than being told where to go while I watch cut scenes. Hence, wRPGs. I get plenty of RP from them, but it's the kind you invent yourself. Nobody else is there to tell you "hey, your character just did a complete and total 180," the internal consistency is your responsibility.
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"Plenty of RP" in wRPGs?
How exactly is this "RP" being expressed in-game?
I mean, I could claim I'm getting 'plenty of RP' in JRPGs by writing fanfiction to fanwank an explanation about their plotholes...
But I don't think even wRPGs have caught up 'technologically' to a point where they can do anything that resembles a tabletop RP experience...
I think the closest thing here is still going to be an RP server on an MMO.
But admittedly, I haven't played -every- wRPG. Perhaps you could give a few examples of RP experiences in these wRPGs that are RP-heavy?
-Djinn
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Like I said, it's the kind you invent yourself. Instead of your character being a min-maxing number machine, you decide to do things a certain way because it fits in to your character's concept. For example, in my new game of FO3, my character's first experience with ghouls was being swarmed by ten of them in a sewer tunnel, so she now shoots first and asks questions later. Having to limp her way to Megaton from the east side of the river without any Radiation meds left her opportunistic and somewhat paranoid, so she refuses to do anything without being payed, and always haggles up the price. Yadda yadda. Roleplaying. I've concieved a character and am attempting to play as them in a realistic fashion rather than a metagaming number factory ala jRPG. Much as I said, the trick is to maintain internal consistency, because there's nobody who's going to say "hey that's totally a 180 for your character and makes no sense."
It is much like an RP server from WoW, except without all the guys who are playing as the half-Dragon lesbian sister of Illidan.
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I get what you're saying, Rob (and totally agree with the commie for once >.>). Different folks, different strokes. (Or stress induced heart attacks if you're Hanse Davion)
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/05/national/main3017683.shtml
5-year-old pins a fox to the ground, defending 6 other children.
http://picasaweb.google.com/zurich.office.images/ZurichOfficePhotos#
Google Zurich's office; pretty awesome.
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/obama_win_causes_obsessive
Onion on Obama supporters >_>
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1083842/The-moment-surfer-takes-41-foot-monster-wave--lives-tell-tale.html
Record broken for largest wave surfed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPzNl6NKAG0
(video) cute cat.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/3401168/Barack-Obama-The-50-facts-you-might-not-know.html
50 obscure facts about Obama
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http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Quest-IV-Chapters-Nintendo-DS/dp/B001AF1NVY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1226357653&sr=1-1
$20 DQ4DS. I think the offer runs out later today, so you'll want to hurry.
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http://www.amazon.com/RustySyringes-49455/dp/B001AF1NVY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1226357653&sr=1-1 (http://citationmachine.net/)
Free rusty syringes forever. Take your time.
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http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/11/square-enix-dates-full-q1-09-lineup/
VPDS in English this March. Captain Ks of the world rejoice.
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I'm rejoicing because people are generally agreeing that it's better than 2. Not as good as 1, but that's a tough act to follow.
And Covenant of the Plume it is. Go go random name change.
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It is better than 2. It is damned hard though, as a warning.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/technology/internet/12flu.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/technology/internet/12flu.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin)
tracking flu outbreaks via google. fascinating.
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http://www.gamespot.com/news/6200952.html?tag=recent_news;title;1 (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6200952.html?tag=recent_news;title;1)
I knew Square-Enix was going to go back out on the prowl for fresh franchises to ruin sooner or later.
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http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1886349
(video) The matrix...running on Windows.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/call-of-duty-director-attacks-activision-producer
I can relate to this. When Web of Shadows interviews were coming out, sometimes I was scratching my head wondering who the hell they were interviewing and why the person seemed to know so little about the game.
http://video.kenblockracing.com/flash/small_player/preloader.swf?vendor_id=204&media_id=9183&bgcolor=FFFFFF&autoplay=0
(video) Very impressive driving.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av0VsTxJd78
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDi0MZJZ-w0
(videos) more from the same driver - Ken Block.
http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=1962
Graphic techniques in Left 4 Dead.
http://www.rocksolidarcade.com/games/robokill/
(webgame) Surprisingly fun robotron-style game.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/11/10/cb.seven.signs.work.spouse/index.html
"work spouse", interesting concept.
http://www.vbs.tv/shows.php?show=1830065032
(videos) A video series on the current state of Afghanistan.
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http://www.theonion.com/content/node/89940
...Damn it. We are suckers.
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South Park did it better.
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Simpsons did it simpsons did it?
Also, haven't seen SP for a couple months. What'd they do?
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Simpsons did it simpsons did it?
Also, haven't seen SP for a couple months. What'd they do?
The election was a con put on by Obama, his wife, McCain, Palin and a few extras in an Ocean's 11 type plan to steal the Hope Diamond from the Smithsonian. Featuring dumbassery of all kinds on the part of the townspeople and McCain in silly costumes.
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http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1226316953/Eye_Of_The_Needle_Sculptures
Miniscule artwork. (You've probably heard of this guy before.)
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http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/11/hbo-orders-fant.html
One step closer to that HBO A Song of Ice and Fire series becoming reality.
http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/11/09/batman-sues-christopher-nolan/
This might belong in IotD instead, but eh.
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http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/11/hbo-orders-fant.html
One step closer to that HBO A Song of Ice and Fire series becoming reality.
No no no! Wait to cast the show until I'm old enough to play Davos!
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And just noticed this:
http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?showtopic=32206
First, a word from David Benioff, passed on to us by GRRM:One other thing we wanted to run by you. There have been numerous "casting threads" on various of your fan sites, and given the size of the cast, we'd be curious to read the opinions of the ASoIaF faithful. Most of these threads are a bit dated at this point, and some are geared towards potential features (great as Nicole Kidman would be as Cersei, we're not going to get Nicole Kidman). So if your readers wanted to post their choices, we promise to read them over and with luck discover some new names we hadn't considered.
Because the casting fan speculation wasn't going to be frenzied enough as-is!
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http://superobamaworld.com/
[insert obligatory joke about the jumping ability of black men here]
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And just noticed this:
http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?showtopic=32206
First, a word from David Benioff, passed on to us by GRRM:One other thing we wanted to run by you. There have been numerous "casting threads" on various of your fan sites, and given the size of the cast, we'd be curious to read the opinions of the ASoIaF faithful. Most of these threads are a bit dated at this point, and some are geared towards potential features (great as Nicole Kidman would be as Cersei, we're not going to get Nicole Kidman). So if your readers wanted to post their choices, we promise to read them over and with luck discover some new names we hadn't considered.
Because the casting fan speculation wasn't going to be frenzied enough as-is!
Heh. That both makes me giggle and makes me wonder how I can use it to get myself eventually cast as, say, Dolorous Edd. Help me scheme, people.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/13/BUUK1439IF.DTL
Most powerful man in the country.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/24161972/page/1
100 greatest vocalists of all time (according to Rolling Stones).
http://www.joblo.com/video/joblo/player.php?video=watchmentrlr2
(video) New watchmen trailer.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/14/second.life.divorce/index.html
MMO whores...literally >_>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7729085.stm
International space station to use urin recycling.
http://www.animalcoffee.com/faq.php
Speaking of such stuff....
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=C64ZYuR7PuQ
(video) Ellen dictates everything Dennis Quaid says in a Starbucks; amusing.
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/14/second.life.divorce/index.html
MMO whores...literally >_> (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/14/second.life.divorce/index.html
MMO whores...literally >_>)
Do you one better:
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/lax/878989144.html (http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/lax/878989144.html)
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And just noticed this:
http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?showtopic=32206
First, a word from David Benioff, passed on to us by GRRM:One other thing we wanted to run by you. There have been numerous "casting threads" on various of your fan sites, and given the size of the cast, we'd be curious to read the opinions of the ASoIaF faithful. Most of these threads are a bit dated at this point, and some are geared towards potential features (great as Nicole Kidman would be as Cersei, we're not going to get Nicole Kidman). So if your readers wanted to post their choices, we promise to read them over and with luck discover some new names we hadn't considered.
Because the casting fan speculation wasn't going to be frenzied enough as-is!
Heh. That both makes me giggle and makes me wonder how I can use it to get myself eventually cast as, say, Dolorous Edd. Help me scheme, people.
You're assuming that this adaptation will be good and not utter crap that you wouldn't want to be associated with, which is what I'm betting it will be.
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Eh, Martin's already signed off on the pilot script and said it was both really good and really faithful, he's going to be writing at least one episode per season himself, and HBO consistently turns out really impressive products with their series'. I see no reason not to be optimistic.
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After Rome, I would trust HBO with this. I know the difference in production houses makes a huge difference, but I don't think HBO would let an inferior product on the air.
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Mostly, if I'm pessimistic I can't be disappointed.
Suckers.
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http://elitistjerks.com/f15/t36869-game_over_-_blizz_s_failure_triumph/
Top 2 elite guilds in WoW joined together and totally have crushed the current raid content. Call Blizzard out on making content to easy. Community response, no one gives a flying fuck and say they are just being dramatic wankers. I am so proud.
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They cleared it in several months, not 2 days, since they've been playing it since the day non-blizzard people could get their hands on the beta.
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Yeah, that is one of the many woooooooooooooo who gives a fuck components to the whole thing.
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I think my personal response continues to be "Super Mario World is too easy. I beat Super Mario Brothers 3 and when I played Super Mario Brothers 3, I beat level 1-1 AND level 1-2 without dying EVEN ONCE. And now I'm at the yellow switch palace already wtf."
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/3475913/Das-Kapital-turned-into-a-manga-comic.html
...
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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=665847
Beats mailing a picture of a check.
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I meant to link to that the other day. It is awesome. Thanks for finding it Andy.
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http://denofgeek.com/movies/147293/75_comics_being_made_into_films.html
There are apparently 75 movies currently being made from Comics. O_O
http://www.jupitercolour.co.uk/dvdf/throwpaper.swf
(webgame) dumb but slightly amusing webgame.
http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/307087/moviemain.jhtml
(videos) HP6 movie trailers.
http://images.google.com/hosted/life
Google has an archive of Life Magazine photos dating back to 1860.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7730287.stm
Japanese gambling to contribute to society? Not quite what it sounds like.
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http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/11/14/the-worlds-most-super-designed-data-center-fit-for-a-james-bond-villain/
We shall call it The Alan Parsons Project.
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Badass. Also seconding the name.
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http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1227285624/Bicycle_Hero
Bicycle Hero. Brilliant!
EDIT: Which apparently isn't real. Damn. Oh well, I still thought it was neat.
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http://newteevee.com/2008/11/20/19-year-old-commits-suicide-on-justintv/
I... I dunno.
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I read the forum pages about it. It's terrible. For a page or two they were all going LOLLLL HE"S DEAD HAHAHAHA LOLL and then it dawned on them.
I raged so hard. It's not even funny. This is why I take people serious on the interblag.
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http://kotaku.com/5096186/bike-hero-on-expert-is-viral-marketing+free
(video) response to "bicycle hero"
http://jayisgames.com/games/ifiction/game/violet
(webgame) very endearing text adventure. Granted, I did give up at some point and start spamming hint. Still, highly recommended, won various awards, etc.
http://wire.jacksonville.com/pstories/entertainment/20081121/358274775.shtml
Free Dr Pepper.
http://www.myspace.com/gunsnroses
Related to the above, Chinese Democracy (new Guns N Roses album) streaming on their myspace page.
http://www.officedepot.com/catalog/catalogSku.do?id=519380&pr=
$200 for Xbox 360, 20 GB with Bioshock and extra controller. (Estimated $260 savings). Was out of stock in my area, though.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mT8maUTzE48
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Df5cP9e5IEo&feature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HNg5ysYd0zc
(videos) More World of Warcraft celebrity videos (Ozzy Osbourne, Verne Troyer, Jean Cleaude Van Damme).
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Interesting article for hockey and basketball fans. Looks like hockey's getting resurgance. Some interesting things too. Like the Stanley Cup getting higher ratings than the NBA Finals last year...
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/NHL-vs-NBA-Hockey-winning-in-attendance-fan-e;_ylt=AuzdEJm4roH7Ira8GRb7xLt7vLYF?urn=nhl,123904
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That's actually very surprising, because last year's finals were awesome.
Of course, the Stanley Cup finals put the most popular player in the NHL (Sid Crosby) up against the greatest franchise in Hockey (my Red Wings, natch).
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http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1227285624/Bicycle_Hero
Bicycle Hero. Brilliant!
EDIT: Which apparently isn't real. Damn. Oh well, I still thought it was neat.
My question: Who gives a shit. It is still awesome to watch.
http://kotaku.com/5096186/bike-hero-on-expert-is-viral-marketing+free
(video) response to "bicycle hero"
OK, I'm not sure what's more impressive. The feat itself or just how much of a douchebag that guy is.
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The fact that he is a douchebag is what makes it great.
Edit - I mean like if you are bored like I was and check some of his other stuff he wears metal foil shirts other times. In different colours.
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Interesting article for hockey and basketball fans. Looks like hockey's getting resurgance. Some interesting things too. Like the Stanley Cup getting higher ratings than the NBA Finals last year...
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/NHL-vs-NBA-Hockey-winning-in-attendance-fan-e;_ylt=AuzdEJm4roH7Ira8GRb7xLt7vLYF?urn=nhl,123904
Hockey's certainly picking up in Boston, though that has more to do with the local team being fun to watch and resurgent than a more national trend (unless the national trend also includes more hard hits and fights).
I'm basing this on enthusiasm and prominence of Bruins coverage in the Boston Globe, mostly. Just the fact that the Bruins are competing for front-of-the-sports-section space is impressive given the success of the Celtics and drama of the Patriots.
EDIT: and just in time to prove my point:
http://bostondirtdogs.boston.com/2008/11/there_will_be_blood_2.html
Incidentally, the Celtics played the Timberwolves last night, first time Garnett has played against his old team since he sat last year's out with an injury, so it's him vs. the players they traded him for, who before the trade were hyped in Boston as the future of the franchise (Jefferson in particular). And what's the top story today in the sports section online, you ask? Bruins vs. Canadiens preview for tonight. That says something.
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The NHL really needs a real TV contract if it seriously wants to make inroads with the US market. I'd like to watch more Hockey but the coverage of games varies from bad to appalling.
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Since people seem relatively excited about Laggy's FFT Hack, I thought I'd link another hack I found that seems to do things along the lines of what he's planning: http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/465/
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Neph: Yeah, Laggy's hack is a bit in response to that, since some of what they did is... um... um... kinda silly bizarre bad.
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I thought the coincidence was odd!
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The mentality of that hack seems to be, "What do people who know FFT Mechanics use? NERF IT INTO THE GROUND. Orlandu too. " I guess that's CHALLENGE. >_>
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Yeah, I remember looking over that hack before and thinking they basically went out of their way to nerf anything a casual player would use, while making only token improvements to a few odds and ends. Because, of course, improving enemies while nerfing random intuitive broken is the best way to achieve balance.
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Apart from the horrible imbalance of that FFT romhack...
That site is one I hadn't ever seen before. I did some exploring and found a few games that I didn't know had full translations that I wanted to try (Treasure of Rudra, Live A Live, Persona 2:IS). Also, some of the cheesy FF4 and Chrono Trigger hacks look like fun time-wasters.
-Djinn
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Interesting article for hockey and basketball fans. Looks like hockey's getting resurgance. Some interesting things too. Like the Stanley Cup getting higher ratings than the NBA Finals last year...
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/NHL-vs-NBA-Hockey-winning-in-attendance-fan-e;_ylt=AuzdEJm4roH7Ira8GRb7xLt7vLYF?urn=nhl,123904
That's not quite right. What the article said was that the Stanley Cup finals got higher ratings than the Eastern Conference Finals in Detroit, which is much less surprising.
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http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1227285624/Bicycle_Hero
Bicycle Hero. Brilliant!
EDIT: Which apparently isn't real. Damn. Oh well, I still thought it was neat.
My question: Who gives a shit. It is still awesome to watch.
http://kotaku.com/5096186/bike-hero-on-expert-is-viral-marketing+free
(video) response to "bicycle hero"
OK, I'm not sure what's more impressive. The feat itself or just how much of a douchebag that guy is.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua3hZXfNZOE
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UFVyQSmf_RY
OK. I take back what I said. This guy is awesome. Awesomely douchebaggy, still awesome.
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Yeah that was what I was trying to say. It is great.
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http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/linda_vista_hospital.htm
Take a trip through an old abandoned hospital.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVoWD7ARe9s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVoWD7ARe9s)
Ever wanted to see your favorite Pokey Mans on ice? Too bad, you will anyway!
EDIT: They're not on ice, apparently. Just stage.
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http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2008/11/dubai-creates-elite-all-woman.html#more
All-female military biker squad in Dubai.
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/691233/Sonic_Unleashed_CGI_Short_Film_Night_of_the_Werehog.html
(video) Cute 10-minute Sonic animation.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=96xRToUdzD0
(video) Really twisted--watch until end.
http://bacontoday.com/turbaconducken-turducken-wrapped-in-bacon/
This may be taking bacon love a little far.
http://www.pomegranatephone.com/
(videos, etc) I have to admit, this is amusing.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7747815.stm
China doesn't like GnR's album "Chinese Democracy"; shocking >_>
http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html
(webgame) an excellent demonstration of how physics and realisim doesn't make a game better >_>
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7747815.stm
China doesn't like GnR's album "Chinese Democracy"; shocking >_>
"They claim it's too much Use Your Illusion, not enough Appetite for Destruction."
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http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/691260/Sony_Announces_New_PlayStation_Credit_Card_150_Off_A_New_PlayStation_3.html
Sony branded credit card takes $150 off of PS3 purchase.
http://nails.hoogerbrugge.com/
(flash) file under WTF. Some NSFW here, but mustly just highly unusual and weird.
http://cmart.design.ru/
(flash) more WTF. Not sure how to describe this other than it seems to be modern art from Russia. Interesting, though.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JzOPVe7Usms&feature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UwZxUGmqSOo
http://inventory.getlamp.com/
(videos) Trailer for the documentary on text adventures: Get Lamp.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ7WTIg0vX8
Haha, oh wow...
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jcDRFId68
EXPERIMENT: Does adding the Benny Hill theme to everything make it funny?
CONCLUSION: I'm going to hell.
http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/
Have I linked to this before? Anyway, self explanitory.
http://fun.ql4.org/fynny/bizarre-creations.html
Well, that's disturbing on several levels.
An eye for an eye... (http://"http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Iran-Acid-To-Be-Dripped-Into-Spurned-Mans-Eyes-For-Disfiguring-Woman/Article/200811415164231?lpos=World_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15164231_Iran%3A_Acid_To_Be_Dripped_Into_Spurned_Mans_Eyes_For_Disfiguring_Woman")
Context for the above. (http://"http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Motorbikers-Throw-Acid-At-Schoolgirls-In-Kandahar-Afghanistan/Article/200811215149805?lpos=World_News_Article_Related_Content_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15149805_Motorbikers_Throw_Acid_At_Schoolgirls_In_Kandahar%2C_Afghanistan")
Honestly, I can't say the fucker doesn't deserve it.
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http://www.serebii.net/pokearth/
Serebii does something cool for once. Try clicking on one of the cities in Kanto.
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http://giapet.net/2008/11/05/wanna-work-for-squenix-just-write-fanfiction/ (http://giapet.net/2008/11/05/wanna-work-for-squenix-just-write-fanfiction/)
Write fanfiction, will hire.
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http://vimeo.com/2345579
Holy crap this is awesome
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdDGbPY2RA0
CN crushes the world.
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That was quite possibly the most awesome thing I've seen in my 35 years of existence.
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The best part is the announcer, who seems utterly confused by what's going on, but tries to act savvy (after one of his assistants probably quickly tried to explain what the hell a "Rick Roll" was).
-Djinn
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdDGbPY2RA0
CN crushes the world.
That was quite possibly the most awesome thing I've seen in my [21] years of existence.
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Avatar for Mai-Hime Mafia!
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I think Soppy got his threads mixed up.
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Maybe YOU got the threads mixed up.
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In Soviet DL, threads mix up you!
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http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1267 - random webcomic strip that made me chuckle. Points for the term 'cashmeredynamics'.
-Djinn
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http://newslite.tv/2008/11/21/canada-meteor-crash-caught-on.html
(vido) Meteor landing caught on video.
http://gizmodo.com/5052314/la-train-victim-makes-35-phone-calls-from-beyond-the-grave
Phone calls from beyond the grave.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muLIPWjks_M
(video) Ninja Cat.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/12/01/bayonets-are-so-2007/
Someone likes Gears of War too much.
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21298
Midway (the game company) sold for $100,000. ...What? (That's about 1% of the average cost of developing a game).
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr5ZWYRaAyw&eurl=
(video) BBC Sport's ad for the Olympic games.
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/nominate_entry (http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/nominate_entry)
Best Game Ever 2K9 nomination form.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obIGsb-IZMo
Funny song about math (sort of).
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obIGsb-IZMo
Funny song about math (sort of).
Hahah, yeah, I heard this at the beginning of the semester. A good song :)
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24. Lack of morality counts for a ton here, apparently. And given the relative effectiveness of using a five year old as a weapon against other five year olds, I can see why.
Yep >_>. Deadweight KO! (Also, 25)
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/nominate_entry (http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/nominate_entry)
Best Game Ever 2K9 nomination form.
Everybody spam nominate Fantasy World Dizzy for the Commodore 64.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdDGbPY2RA0
CN crushes the world.
That was quite possibly the most awesome thing I've seen in my [21] [19.75] years of existence.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/28/AR2008112802242.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
From the "fucking duh" school: Use of torture and harsh interrogation methods just make things worse.
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Innuendo to the max! My god, I hope they did this intentionally...
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/288112.html?playlist=featured (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/288112.html?playlist=featured)
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http://files.filefront.com/Shin+Megami+Tensei+Imagine+Online+Client/;12521810;/fileinfo.html Closed beta for the Megaten MMO. Get yer beta keys while they last.
I have an extra key, so here:
N3KW-2KMG-GKW1-0360
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Snagged one, I'm installing the client now :D
The name is Ryogo in the game, if anyone happens to be looking :)
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Ryogo, yeah it was and that is a whole ton of why Ar Tonlelico is horrible. It isn't even fucking innuendo. They just copied and pasted the dialogue from whatever porn they had lying around the office and most of it was extreme bondage porn, rape fantasy and pedo stuff.
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I.. er... I don't know where to put this one. No idea whatsoever. It's not... not IotD, really. It's... just really, really fucking weird.
NSFW.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/cas/941491075.html
I have no idea what to say.
ALTERNATELY! Hey, Strago, I hear they're looking for someone to play Dobby.
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I don't have enough ellipses to adequately express my horror.
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Oh man, I just laughed so hard at that link -- and Zenny's accompanying zinger, which: well played -- that my co-workers looked at me like I was a bit of a crazy person. Awesome.
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... Well then. That was an entertaining one.
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http://www.cracked.com/article_16824_6-most-retarded-gaming-consoles-ever-released.html
Featuring the Aiel's forbidden love, the Sega Nomad.
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The 3D0 so belongs on that list.
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http://www.cracked.com/article_16824_6-most-retarded-gaming-consoles-ever-released.html
Featuring the Aiel's forbidden love, the Sega Nomad.
Most of those don't really belong there. Okay, the Odyssey 100/200 do "Let's re-release a 1972 console that used 1968 technology, except remove the ability to switch games, all so we can compete with the 1975 PONG!" It sounded like they were ragging on the original 1972 Odyssey too, though, which is o_O (that thing is probably #1 for biggest genius leap forward--had stuff that wasn't even copied for a decade like a Light Gun).
As for others....Channel F? Predated 2600 by a year. Wow, so they were one-upped; guess they should have seen into the future.... Vectorex? Awesome system, doesn't work well with ports, but actually lends itself to a very unique style of gameplay that other systems didn't offer. Nomad? Yakumo was using one when we picked him up from the airport for DL con (can't remember if it was 06 or 07)--clearly it's not that unusable, and the games are Genesis games therefore fine.
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Yeah, when stuff like the 3D0 isn't on the list there's something up in general.
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My guess would be that the original list was like "3D0, CDi, Virtual Boy, Sega 32X..." and the editor responded with "we've seen that list a thousand times before."
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I.. er... I don't know where to put this one. No idea whatsoever. It's not... not IotD, really. It's... just really, really fucking weird.
NSFW.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/cas/941491075.html
I have no idea what to say.
ALTERNATELY! Hey, Strago, I hear they're looking for someone to play Dobby.
Listing's gone now. Someone care to summarize what was there? Or do I just assume it involves Strago polishing Harry Potter's wand?
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because the 3D0 at least had a game or two worth playing?
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A woman roleplaying Filch, asking for five people: Harry (must bring primed Firebolt), Ron (must be red-headed w/ freckles, brings firewhisky) Malfoy (cry like a bitch on command), Remus Lupin (furry), and Dumbledore (haarudo gay; must be ready to penetrate the other four at a moment's notice).
The second part was a general list of how the evening would go down.
The final part said that if there was interest, they could draft as short stumpy person as Dobby.
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http://www.bathsheba.com/
Sculpures based on math. Figured this might interest a person or two here.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jafd97yJFOI&feature=channel
(video) American Akira. o_O awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDBpQVhCMb8
(video) Mario Kart love song. Amusing. (Sung by one of my coworkers friends...)
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=JJYf91El9qo&fmt=18
(video) trailer for EVO 2008 (fighting game tournament).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87258185@N00/
Robocop/Unicorn 08. AWESOME.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD0UMFHhanc
(video) Neat projector tricks.
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http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Apparently-the-Big-12-South-will-be-decided-by-a?urn=ncaaf,126902#comments
Posting this here because I think Ciato might find it amusing.
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http://chrisdaneowens.com/video/shine_flash.html
(video) I...I'm not sure if I just watched a romance novel music video, or a live action anime.
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/691525/XPlay_Presents_Grains_of_War.html
(video) Grains of War.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi-ODZ3ING0
(video) Sesame Street mad painter (recently passed away)
http://www.offworld.com/2008/12/video-reallife-mario-kart.html
(video) real life Mario Kart.
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3171569
"Top 10 things we've learned from our xbox live headset."
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http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article4332635.ece
...Wow. Pretty touchy subject to dwell on, but... Just wow... Didn't think it could actually happen.
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http://exiledonline.com/national-geographics-anti-drug-propaganda-special/#more-2161
Old, but I haven't been up to date on my Exile. More extreme version of a similar argument I posited to a few people at DL Con.
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Glad to see you're a Libertarian at heart, Gref.
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www.freakangels.com
Warren Ellis's webcomic.
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It isn't Libertarian if you think the government should be the one in charge of drugs Super. The whole argument being based on personal freedoms is where it is more extreme than mine. I just think the Government controlling it (for a nominal fee with signatory disclaimer for any effects the drugs have on the person and their life) the drug market is the only truely effective way to control them and cut down on the associated criminal activities.
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www.freakangels.com
Warren Ellis's webcomic.
Read the first few episodes. Seems like a lot of fun. Immense love for KK already. *glomps*
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http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/3123563.html
This is old, but you know what? I don't care. This shit is fucked up.
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http://6or7popes.com/
FEATURING: THE TWO TINY POPES.
EDIT:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cas/948469752.html
NSFW. I... er... ...What.
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http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16207-company-tries-to-get-gun-classed-as-medical-device.html
potential IOTD material, but...far too intersting and creative to qualify, in my opinion. 'sides, they do have a point.
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Constitutional Arms informed a medical technology blog that the FDA had approved the Palm Pistol as a medical device, classifying it as a "Daily Activity Assist Device".
Yes, because the elderly should be shooting someone every day.
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makes sense to me!
as for 'day-to-day' the gun might not often be discharged, but you could argue that that devices like fire extinguishers that must always be available for use might also fall in that category.
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Emergency easy to use suicide kit. I support this line of thought.
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http://www.amazon.com/New-Gold-Standard-Charlie-Notre/dp/1933060204/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228857338&sr=8-1
The perfect gift to taunt any obnoxious Notre Dame bandwagoners you might know with.
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There are still Notre Dame bandwagoners? Outside of psychiatric hospitals?
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/10/aiko-the-female-robot-inv_n_149860.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/10/aiko-the-female-robot-inv_n_149860.html)
... eesh.
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THAT is pathetic.
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I saw that thing! They had a booth at the New York Anime Fest. Kinda creepy, but pretty neat.
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THAT is pathetic.
I think you mean impressive. The technology behind it is, anyway. Sure, the breast thing was a little sad but it's not like they're building a sex bot.
Wait, Japanese. Yeah, they're building a sex bot. Sad.
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http://kotaku.com/5104188/atlus-makes-light-of-esrb-leaks
Atlus proves their membership in the Snarky Bastard club wasn't a fluke.
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http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/eye-spy-filmmak.html
Happier prosthetic news.
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Speaking of weird Japanese things!
http://nigoro.jp/game/mekuri/index.php?lang=en
Strangely addictive flash game. (Warning: it's from Japan.)
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http://kotaku.com/5104188/atlus-makes-light-of-esrb-leaks
Atlus proves their membership in the Snarky Bastard club wasn't a fluke.
The comments on the web page summarize my feelings pretty well, but this little newsclip really brightened my otherwise bland day.
-Djinn
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Speaking of weird Japanese things!
http://nigoro.jp/game/mekuri/index.php?lang=en
Strangely addictive flash game. (Warning: it's from Japan.)
nigoro has a lot of addictive flash games. Like Rose and Camellia.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlq2LInVyys
...Yeah.
On a related note - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ifUKomZJFA
That second video is what got me into the MMBN series (and Mega Man as a whole, really)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4
The Lonely Island is basically the only thing SNL has going for it nowadays.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4iiyRv_NrQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4iiyRv_NrQ)
This is a better piece of work from them. It's also before they were famous, and since this has been my ringtone for a year now, proves that I am cooler than you. Cause that's how this works.
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http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/sketches/2950-the-joker-practicing-the-scar-story
The Joker practices his scar story.
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http://playauditorium.com/
Neat music-based webgame.
http://www.rorrimkcalb.com/arcadefire.html
(video) lets you toggle on/off each track of the music; interesting.
For anyone who likes Nightmare Before Christmas, a bunch of artists did some covers of the songs from that movie. For instance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-kS46ZiVW8
(video) Marilyn Manson covering “This Is Halloween”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5jzRyWaFew
(audio) Korn “Kidnap the Sandy Claws”
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=51216
(video) Trailer for live action Dragon Ball. No, really.
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http://frogsite.org/ (http://frogsite.org/)
Best site in the world.
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http://james.nerdiphythesoul.com/bennyhillifier
I beg to differ.
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My rebuttal comes in the form of a citation:
Frogs are innocent beings. Innocent meaning: Expecting no evil. As soon as the frog has figured out that you are not going to eat him, he coorperates naturally with you, gives your fingers a gentle squeeze to get to a more comfortable position, climbs a bit higher up to sit more comfortably, sits patiently while you study him or talks about him. Just like an innocent child, the frog coorporates without doing any harm. Q.E.D.
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What about poisonous frogs?
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Can't most of them also urinate through their skin as a defense mechanism? I'd hardly call that 'giving your fingers a gentle squeeze'.
Don't get me wrong, I like frogs as much as the next 9-year-old kid, but if that website isn't being intentionally effusive for the sake of humor... that's just kind of creepy.
-DJ
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrJ47f-uIJU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrJ47f-uIJU)
Some kid gets owned at soccer.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7784908.stm
I know most of us probably already don't use Internet Explorer anyway, but there's apparently a nasty hole in it that can let people steal your passwords out of your browser. Might want to use Firefox or something else for a while even if you do like IE.
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I don't have to worry about Internet Explorer on my PowerBook because it's no longer available for Macs.
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I haven't been able to confirm this from any website other than Pokemon-related ones, so consider it a rumor for now.
Adam "Maddie" Blaustein, the voice actor/actress, died last week of an unidentified illness at the age of 48.
Best known as the voice of Meowth from Pokemon, but we also know her as Margarete from Shadow Hearts and Arngrim, Lezard, and Lawfer from Valkyrie Profile.
RIP
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"She"? Arngrim?
*Wikipedia*
...oh. She was transgendered. Damn, that's a hell of a vocal range.
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http://www.firemeetsdesire.com/ (http://www.firemeetsdesire.com/)
Burger King releases Meat-scented cologne in time for Christmas.
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http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=51310
(video) X-Men Origins: Wolverine trailer.
http://vimeo.com/1854745
(video) The original Prince of Persia animations were based off a home video reference, apparently.
http://www.shrekthemusical.com/
o_O
http://www.culture-buzz.com/blog/Burger-King-Where-no-Whopper-has-been-Before-1961.html
(video) Burger King's other new marketing--having people who've never tasted hamburgers before try a whopper.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/health/18297954/detail.html#-
Foot in brain.
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-164378
(video) Cars sliding down icy hill to Benny Hill music.
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http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/video/translatedfreestyle
Freestyle Rap Battle translated into a formal-diction debate. Good times.
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MsZV4soWM7c&eurl=
(video) 80s UFO show from England o_O
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Las-Vegas-Covered-In-Snow-Winter-Storms-Coat-Sin-City-In-Record-Snowfall/Article/200812315185666?lpos=World_News_News_Your_Way_Region_7&lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15185666_Las_Vegas_Covered_In_Snow%3A_Winter_Storms_Coat_Sin_City_In_Record_Snowfall
Snow in Vegas.
http://www.zenoclash.com/
PC game with an interesting art style.
http://www.cracked.com/article_16871_6-insane-discoveries-that-science-cant-explain.html
6 unsolved archaeological mysteries.
http://www.videosift.com/video/PSA-Never-lick-the-photocopier
(video, NSFW) "never lick the photocopier"
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081222/en_music_eo/74477
George Lucas has signed off on Star Wars: A Musical Journey, a two-hour live musical event featuring a Stormtrooper kick line and singing Wookiees John Williams' Oscar-winning score.
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That sounds both sad and hillarious.
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That woud be funnier if Robot Chicken hadn't done it first.
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That woud be funnier if Robot Chicken hadn't done it first.
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http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4663809/1/Gears_of_Love (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4663809/1/Gears_of_Love)
Someone wrote Gears of War yaoi.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water
Water is wet.
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Water is wet.
Sweet Jesus on a Velociraptor, I'll have to get the boys in the lab to confirm this!
Also, the top 10 beards in video gaming.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/43785.html
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Parodies of crappy 80s songs where the lyrics simply describe what's going on in the music video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0TYun-Nq1Q&feature=related
"Head Over Heels"
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1832838
"Take on Me"
There are others but these are the only two that put any effort into it; the rest are all offkey and not very funny.
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Both are of Take On Me. >_>
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Copied the wrong Youtube link. >_> Fixed.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z16f6aSKHc8&feature=related
Just a surprisingly well-drawn fan video for Tales of the Abyss.
-Djinn
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http://exiledonline.com/how-to-screw-up-a-war-story-the-new-york-times-at-work/#more-3050
More Exile on why our media fails at objectivity. Stuff regarding coverage of the Georgia/Russia conflict and the bullshit that arose from that.
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http://www.collegeotr.com/college_otr/every_30gb_zune_frozen_at_the_exact_same_moment_last_night_17509
Like the link says. Every single first-generation Zune froze at 2AM this morning. Way to go, Microsoft. (and yes, I'm looking at my locked-up 30GB player right now. Fuuuuuun.)
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Why would you ever buy a Zune, though?
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Because it cost $100 less than an iPod would have, is way better for video, and has actual legacy support?
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From what I can tell it's a calendar issue; 30-gig Zunes have 365-day calendars, and no date/time modification function (which means they run on Redmond/West Coast time).
Guess what day of the year this is!
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They certainly seem to have a time modification function, at least, since mine displayed East Coast time just fine.
Somebody's getting fired for the 365-day thing, though.
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Hm. Then Iunno! Maybe it's just the time mod and not the day mod. I'm mainly going off one guy saying he set his to tomorrow's date and got it to work.
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From what I can tell it's a calendar issue; 30-gig Zunes have 365-day calendars, and no date/time modification function (which means they run on Redmond/West Coast time).
Guess what day of the year this is!
....HEAD
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....DESK
Seriously: "build a calendar that works with leap years" is something that was taught to first year computer science students...10 years ago...as one of our beginner labs. Handling leap years wasn't even the hard part; the hard part was handling all the freaking months being different lengths.
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http://kotaku.com/5120568/ah-the-delicious-taste-of-tentacle-rape
A new soda coming out. I about fell out of my chair laughing at this.
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Yeah. Linked the press release in chat yesterday. Nitori made a wholly inappropriate comment that was totally awesome.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9124638&intsrc=news_ts_head
Verification that it was a leap year error.
Might belong in IotD except eh, the initial part's here.
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24858964-12377,00.html
Terry Pratchett knighted.
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24858964-12377,00.html
Terry Pratchett knighted.
bitchin'
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http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=26591
Mod released for Torment to run it in higher Res than 640x480. This is pretty win.
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http://www.zuneboards.com/forums/zune-news/38143-cause-zune-30-leapyear-problem-isolated.html
The code that caused the Zune bug. No, the programmers didn't ignore leap years entirely. Yes, they are still really, really stupid.
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http://www.zuneboards.com/forums/zune-news/38143-cause-zune-30-leapyear-problem-isolated.html
The code that caused the Zune bug. No, the programmers didn't ignore leap years entirely. Yes, they are still really, really stupid.
Epic. Yay for untested code~
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Because checking the last day of a leap year is the most obviously necessary test to run.
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When you're two years away from one and you expect your product's lifetime to see at least one of them, yeah, I'd consider that important to run considering how badly they crashed.
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Unless you plan on checking every single date in the next X time, you only check the ones that appear relevant and potentially a random scatter. And the only relevant dates as far as leap years are concerned are February 29 and March 1.
This should have been caught in review, not testing.
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Unless you plan on checking every single date in the next X time, you only check the ones that appear relevant and potentially a random scatter. And the only relevant dates as far as leap years are concerned are February 29 and March 1.
This should have been caught in review, not testing.
And December 31. Especially if you look at that function.
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A logic error in that particular function does not make December 31st in and of itself any more testworthy specifically in leap years.
On review, I guess that ensuring December 31st doesn't roll over to the next year could be potentially beneficial to have tested. IF the date format allows for that to happen in the first place, which we can't see in the code provided. But that doesn't change that the error should have been caught in review, and that you have no way of knowing whether they did any testing or not.
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On review, I guess that ensuring December 31st doesn't roll over to the next year could be potentially beneficial to have tested. IF the date format allows for that to happen in the first place, which we can't see in the code provided.
It does allow for that - the post clearly states that the Zune calendar works by calculating the number of seconds since a baseline day (Jan. 1, 1980), and then chopping the seconds into minutes, hours, days, months and years. Make a mistake in the functions that calculate the varying number of days in a month or year, and you'd get a calendar that rolls over at the wrong time. The other side of that would be that you'd think an error in leap year handling would cause the dates to be wrong no matter when you checked - seeing that the function correctly accounted for the leap years in previous years would seem to clear it.
Review still should have caught the mistake, though.
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And with that, *closes thread for new one*
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Eh, even though this topic is closed, may as well keep the zune reply in this one as opposed to being a reply-to-nothing in the new topic.
Unless you plan on checking every single date in the next X time, you only check the ones that appear relevant and potentially a random scatter. And the only relevant dates as far as leap years are concerned are February 29 and March 1.
This should have been caught in review, not testing.
Umm...I think you underestimate the budget of QA testing. It's fairly standard to test every relevant date within a certain range. Assuming it takes a tester 1 minute to change dates, checking every date for the next two years is approximately 12 hours of work (which is to say, one day's work in the life of a tester, so probably costs Microsoft about $100). Seriously, we had a tester collect 2160 collectible spider tokens in Spiderman: Web of Shadows--testing 750 dates is comparatively tame.
What I do wonder, however, is that from the description it sounds like the bug kicks in when you boot up the Zune; would the tester have missed the bug if he didn't turn the Zune on and off after every date switch?
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That varied, for some reason - some of them hit an error when the date changed, rebooted immediately and got caught in the infinite loop, others continued as if nothing was wrong, but would hit the loop if turned off and back on. Mine was off overnight, so I don't know what would have happened to it.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4kswfVgoLU&feature=rec-r2
Insert generic rage filled diatribe here and assume you all posted something retarded in response for the next 15 posts until Jim came in and was right.
(Monkey Magic theme song played on Piano, Cello and 2 Violins (too lazy to check if it is Viola in there or not), so it is cool)
Edit - My hopes are dashed, I was dreaming of them doing an Axel F cover.
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Can a mod like OK come in here and actually close the thread properly?
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Nevar!
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Uh I thought you could close your own threads.
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Closed.