The General Chat thread

[LogicSword]

Woohoo! Machinarium! When it works that is. Most of the time I just get the background and sounds but no characters or objects. This gives me a sad.

Professor Layton on the other hand, now that's a boss game!

I suck at Machinarium

But Layton IS awesome

[The Jester]

I just had something occur to me that I want to share.

Strictly speaking, this is for Terry Pratchett fans only, since only they would get what I'm talking about.

So. The Elves in Terry Pratchett are kind of a big deal. They're tough to fight, and virtually impossible without magic and/or lots of iron. But. They also like music. They love it, in fact, and are entranced by it.

I realised you could deal with Elves by playing Music with Rocks In at them. The benefit is twofold, in fact; they would be entranced by the initial performance (much moreso than more traditional kinds of music, since the inherent spectacle of Music with Rocks In is even greater), and then would be rendered relatively harmless by the transformation the music engenders in people.

Either that, or they'd turn into even more terrifying versions, perhaps some kind of Death Metal Elf. Still, an amusing image nonetheless.

[Gap Filler]

Death Metal Elf sounds like the kind of thing that a band fronted by Susan Sto Helit would play.

[Geoff_B]

I dunno, don't forget people thought that Imp y Celyn was Elvish.

[gcninja]

MEIN HAIR! IST GONE

[plummeting_sloth]

Death Metal Elf sounds like the kind of thing that a band fronted by Susan Sto Helit would play.

Nothing better than music with rocks in it.

[plummeting_sloth]

Death Metal Elf sounds like the kind of thing that a band fronted by Susan Sto Helit would play.

Nothing better than music with rocks in it.

[Gap Filler]

Double the music, double the rocks, eh?

[Geoff_B]

I would love to see that - Susan, Death, Death of Rats and Albert in a band

[Gap Filler]

Put it that way, I'm thinking less death metal more Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees, with Susan as Siouxsie, Death as Budgie, Death of Rats as Steve Severin and Albert as Robert Smith.

[Master Gunner]

So this year my city's big concert is Nickelback, and they're playing right now (I'm close enough to the concert site that I can hear some of the bass). After yesterday's storm, the concert grounds were apparently turned into pure mud, and it's raining again today. Anybody who went to that concert is REALLY getting punished tonight.

[Metcarfre]

Shouldn't... this be in the thread of win, maybe?

[plummeting_sloth]

As lightening bolts strike left and right, the crowd and band still ignore the heavenly warnings.

[Master Gunner]

Well, a power surge DID knock out the TV earlier today...

[Darkobra]

I was telling my friend that my stomach was churning and if I drink a load of milk, I could make amatta.

"What's amatta?"
"Nothing! What's amatta with you?"

It's the little things in life.

[Geoff_B]

You have earned this:

[Lord Hosk]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/575109064/penny-arcade-sells-out

Seriously, these are expensive but so worth it, for only $2500 you can support PA AND get:

"Jerry Holkins will do a Beta Read of your work (novel or otherwise), providing notes and opinions throughout."

or

"Robert Khoo will do a full analysis of your business plan, how it fits in the marketplace, what you're doing right and what opportunities you might be missing."

I dont mean to diminish Mikes 2500 tier that he will look at your art, but getting getting one of the most successful geek writers to be an unofficial editor on your novel or the guy who is responsible for arguably the most influential geek empire to do an analysis of your business plan is HUGE. Both those things could easily return that in strait value possibly 10 fold.

[Master Gunner]

Now I'm tempted to donate $2500 to get Jerry to read one of the Desert Bus slashfics.

[Lord Hosk]

If you are going to troll him you might as well make it a penny-arcade/Desert bus cross over homoerotic slashfic, involving Gabe, Tyco, Jerry, Mike, Graham, Paul, Matt, James, Kathleen... CH Graham, CH Paul, CH Matt, CH James, CH Kathleen...

Get your moneys worth.

[JustAName]

Would you like me to write it?

[Lord Hosk]

I may be wasting money on bump in the nights but im not wasting THAT kind of money.

[Lord Hosk]

So we had a rental all worked out, but when we got into the home yesterday and we were unloading our stuff we saw a strange looking wire coming out of the floor. It was a 220 line running on 14 gauge wire, I also found two hidden junction boxes and several spliced wires and two wires that just ended resting in the drop ceiling, and the clincher, one was live when I flipped on a light switch, it was resting against the paper backing of the insulation which had a black charred spot on it.

We are staring our search again today to find a place by roughly yesterday and could use your well wishes.

I wasn't going to move my family into that house but my question isnt so much how did it pass a building inspection as how has it not burned down yet?

[TheRocket]

Unfortunately, it's about who you know and how much money you have to pay off inspectors a lot of the time

Good vibes are to you and yours!

[Metcarfre]

That's one reason I'm glad I have friends that are electricians. Youch. Hope you can find something good, quick.

[Dutch guy]

Just be glad you found it before you settled in!

Best wishes to you and your family.