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- 12 Aug 2010, 22:58
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What are you doing right now?
- Replies: 335
- Views: 11651
Re: What are you doing right now?
I'm having a forum conversation about Doctor Who. Damn BBC:AM for not being basic cable... And would you say he's cooler than the previous two? He's about as cool as bowties and Fezs. Seriously. Wait for it and you'll understand the coolness. He takes it up to 11. Cooler is actually precisely the ad...
- 12 Aug 2010, 20:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How do you guys treat ads?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1144
Re: How do you guys treat ads?
I'm quite fond of advertising as a concept, because it allows me to experience for free things that would otherwise cost money. I encourage their use, so long as they are not pop-ups or sound ads. And if there's a pain-free way to provide feedback on which ads interest me more, I generally participa...
- 12 Aug 2010, 16:26
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: New to Steam
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1451
Re: New to Steam
I'm going to offer an alternative bit of advice, that depends on your answer to the following question: Do you care about playing brand new cutting edge games as they come out? If the answer is no, then I don't think you need a new computer yet. As someone new to computer gaming, you will have plent...
- 09 Aug 2010, 07:49
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: Kult games shout out!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 570
Re: Kult games shout out!
Fallout 1 and 2
Civilization 2 (you could try 1, but I haven't gone that far back so I can't personally recommend it)
Commander Keen
Tyrian
Total Annihilation
Those are my "golden oldies".
Civilization 2 (you could try 1, but I haven't gone that far back so I can't personally recommend it)
Commander Keen
Tyrian
Total Annihilation
Those are my "golden oldies".
- 29 Jul 2010, 17:50
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wireless router recomendations
- Replies: 13
- Views: 412
Re: Wireless router recomendations
I had a Linksys back at home with my parents, and it worked quite well. The occasional times something went wrong I was able to puzzle my way through to fixing it by myself, so that was pretty nice. Now in my own apartment I have a Netgear which has also been working out very well. However, nothing ...
- 29 Jul 2010, 11:35
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Loading Ready Records?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 3046
Re: Loading Ready Records?
2004 Holiday Special - the twelve geeky days of Christmas.
- 29 Jul 2010, 00:43
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Phobias
- Replies: 80
- Views: 3493
Re: Phobias
I have a very intense fear of being misunderstood, which manifests in almost everything I do in all kinds of unusual ways but most commonly as a fear of initiating a conversation about something or making a phone call. I'm also scared of things that might be in water I can't see, which even extends ...
- 26 Jul 2010, 12:11
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This thread is so gay
- Replies: 6589
- Views: 317067
Re: This thread is so gay
Question; I have some people, an older couple I tangentially know, who owned a flower farm (growing dahlias). Occasionally, they would have weddings there. A same-sex couple approached them about having their wedding there (same-sex marriage having been legal in BC for a while now), and were refuse...
- 26 Jul 2010, 11:21
- Forum: LRR Video Discussion
- Topic: Ways to use a Vuvuzela
- Replies: 54
- Views: 5877
Re: Ways to use a Vuvuzela
You misspelled "Bestiary" marring an otherwise awesome photoshop. And in a slightly nerdier complaint, the Dire Vuvuzela should have been Gargantuan or Colossal, since it took up 5 squares. Back to the positive. Old-Lady Kathleen with the earhorn and Irritated Tim were hilarious. Referee P...
- 25 Jul 2010, 08:35
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: Video Game Narrative 3 Parts poll, see and list
- Replies: 52
- Views: 1371
Re: Video Game Narrative 3 Parts poll, see and list
Interesting comments but besides the mention of Half Life 2 there hasn't been any substantial lists of games that had good or bad stories to them, I know I might be pulling a Matt asking for some to list me games so I don't go looking but there are a lot of games out there for me to evaluate. Any m...
- 23 Jul 2010, 21:23
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Romantic Comedies
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1453
Re: Romantic Comedies
I personally really like Hitch , primarily because it features a charismatic and manipulative guy who isn't the villain. Too often in movies the guy who actually understands the mechanics of social interaction gets pegged as the bad guy, while someone who does the exact same things but does them jus...
- 22 Jul 2010, 15:37
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: DON'T LOOK AT THIS THREAD, SERIOUSLY!
- Replies: 70
- Views: 2239
Re: DON'T LOOK AT THIS THREAD, SERIOUSLY!
I looked because in the world of the internet, no one ever puts anything they actually don't want people to see behind a "don't look" sign. If you want it hidden, you encode it so no one can see it. Also, everyone who is reading this just lost the game. Hey, you were warned not to look at ...
- 20 Jul 2010, 20:44
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: Kinect to retail for $149.99 USD - Nov. 4th
- Replies: 13
- Views: 611
Re: Kinect to retail for $149.99 USD - Nov. 4th
My choice was not listed: I'll buy it as soon as something, anything , that I would conceivably play comes out for it. I consider motion control to be an incredibly important technology, but gaming is a terrible place to develop it, and the game developers aren't even utilizing it well. If the Kinec...
- 20 Jul 2010, 11:50
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: Video Game Narrative 3 Parts poll, see and list
- Replies: 52
- Views: 1371
Re: Video Game Narrative 3 Parts poll, see and list
In a certain sense, narrative doesn't matter to me at all, because some of my favorite games don't have narrative at all (like the Civilization series), and if a game is fun I'm perfectly willing to overlook even an atrociously written and delivered plot. On the other hand, there are games that, if ...
- 20 Jul 2010, 09:47
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: So I was thinking...
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1283
Re: So I was thinking...
I think it will depend on what the moon gets used for: If it's primarily a mining/manufacturing thing then it will be controlled by corporations. If it's a science outpost, then you'll get what Lyinginbedmon described. If it's an actual colony, as in significant numbers of people live there for reas...
- 18 Jul 2010, 12:29
- Forum: Bonus Video
- Topic: Crapshots
- Replies: 322
- Views: 43273
Re: Crapshots
I actually quite enjoyed the robot, and wouldn't mind seeing many more of them. The little wiggly lines and background noise were enough to make it clear to me that it was meant to be an animation of something standing still rather than just a still picture. I can, however, agree with the point that...
- 16 Jul 2010, 16:15
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Matt's health
- Replies: 11
- Views: 614
Re: Matt's health
I find the behavior (trying to be healthier) admirable, because you don't have to be fat to be out of shape, and moreover you don't have to be out of shape in order to want to be even healthier. I find the Twitter whining (Twhining?) entertaining, and view it as light-hearted sarcasm. If Matt actual...
- 16 Jul 2010, 12:07
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Old Spice Guy
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3001
Re: The Old Spice Guy
aeric90 wrote:Hileict wrote:MONOCLE SMILE
I would love to see Graham do that one... probably 'In England'
There really needs to be a LRR parody of the Old Spice Guy as a T-Shirt ad.
- 15 Jul 2010, 23:27
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The BP oil spill. [Megapost]
- Replies: 229
- Views: 6583
Re: The BP oil spill. [Megapost]
OK, what does this even mean? I mean, I am intimately familiar with centrifuges, but where are you going to get the capacity for (checks) 90.4 to 178.6 million* gallons? From this article : The company recently ordered 32 centrifuge devices made by a company co-founded by Hollywood actor Kevin Cost...
- 15 Jul 2010, 13:09
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The BP oil spill. [Megapost]
- Replies: 229
- Views: 6583
Re: The BP oil spill. [Megapost]
Word on Public Radio just now was that the spill has finally been successfully capped, for the moment at least:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128545316
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128545316
- 15 Jul 2010, 12:59
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: When listening to music
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1400
Re: When listening to music
It's all about the music for me. Lyrics in a song only hold value when they either would be worth listening to by themselves, so I tend to strongly favor humor and stories. When the vocal performance is good enough to be on par with a musical instrument I quite enjoy it, but then it's not really the...
- 11 Jul 2010, 10:14
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: Seeking Multiplayer Games
- Replies: 4
- Views: 357
Re: Seeking Multiplayer Games
There's Super Smash Bros. - I know that's the entire reason I originally bought a Wii.
- 08 Jul 2010, 18:20
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: On promptness online
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1422
Re: On promptness online
Generally I reply to email immediately because me being in front of my computer all the time is no secret. Sometimes I'll leave the tab open for a couple hours though because for some reason I hate sended messages (formal ones, at least) that way as much as I hate using the phone. ...Really I hate ...
- 08 Jul 2010, 15:19
- Forum: LRRcast
- Topic: LRRcast for Conan's Witnesses
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1326
Re: LRRcast for Conan's Witnesses
Chives are definitely a different plant. I used to eat them fresh out of the garden when I was a kid.
- 05 Jul 2010, 13:13
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: now with spoilers!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 981
Re: now with spoilers!
I don't really care about spoilers. I can enjoy a story in different ways whether I know what's coming or don't. All else being equal, I avoid spoilers because I can only enjoy a story without knowing what's coming once, but I'm not the kind of person who gets angry if things are spoiled. The one th...