Post by: Panda on December 11, 2006, 02:30:14 pm
So, Keep it clean, have fun and keep the death by sand stories to smaller doses.
Oh oh, and don't forget about the Secret Santa if you are participating!
And anyone claiming 1st post will receive an e-kick in their genitals :y:
Post by: ptoing on December 11, 2006, 02:31:39 pm
Post by: Panda on December 11, 2006, 02:34:20 pm
Maybe I should keep it for IRL, for when you come visit, to keep it balanced as I earned 3 punches, haha.
Post by: ptoing on December 11, 2006, 02:37:54 pm
Post by: Panda on December 11, 2006, 02:40:25 pm
Post by: Helm on December 11, 2006, 02:51:35 pm
Post by: Rox on December 11, 2006, 04:06:36 pm
Post by: Rerg1 on December 11, 2006, 05:25:32 pm
Post by: ptoing on December 11, 2006, 05:26:30 pm
Post by: crab2selout.png on December 11, 2006, 09:18:57 pm
Post by: Ryumaru on December 11, 2006, 09:32:50 pm
anyways, money has been sent to me for my first pixel job. woo!
Post by: Zolthorg on December 12, 2006, 03:45:31 am
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Post by: alkaline on December 12, 2006, 04:18:47 am
Post by: .TakaM on December 12, 2006, 04:19:15 am
Post by: Rydin on December 12, 2006, 05:12:28 am
Post by: Blick on December 12, 2006, 05:35:46 am
Hopefully my creativity returns soon so I can get my Secret Santa entry done.
Post by: crab2selout.png on December 12, 2006, 05:46:55 am
This is my new favourite site. I recommend going near the start for the bowling vid.
Post by: Rydin on December 12, 2006, 06:08:15 am
I'm sorry, I just think it's a little hard to look heroic killing baddies when you've got a "fancy wrist strap" on. >:(...but I guess unless I wanna buy a new TV or two, I better wear the damned thing...:(
Post by: .TakaM on December 12, 2006, 07:39:27 am
(http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4431/sunmovedd6.gif)
got the sun's layer's (30 I think) worked out for Twinsen, it looks great in motion with the clouds, sun rays and tiles moving round in front of it :)
Post by: Blick on December 12, 2006, 09:33:52 am
Post by: Darien on December 12, 2006, 08:42:41 pm
Post by: goat on December 12, 2006, 09:04:53 pm
Quote from: Rox
I refuse to believe you had sex with a goat ONCE, Helm
Yeah, really. Goatlove is far too addictive to succumb to just once.
It's time to end the lies, Helm. We want to help you.
Post by: Rydin on December 12, 2006, 09:17:34 pm
It's not like you're going to look cool swinging a remote around in the air, anyway.
That's actually exactly what I thought after I posted that....:lol:
Post by: pkmays on December 12, 2006, 09:54:18 pm
Post by: Akzidenz on December 12, 2006, 10:01:09 pm
Your avatar.
It's.
It's beautiful.
Post by: Ryumaru on December 13, 2006, 12:19:09 am
Post by: robalan on December 13, 2006, 12:19:49 am
Post by: Blick on December 13, 2006, 01:29:31 am
Post by: Helm on December 13, 2006, 02:13:06 am
Post by: pkmays on December 13, 2006, 02:50:33 am
Post by: Helm on December 13, 2006, 02:52:22 am
Post by: Akzidenz on December 13, 2006, 02:52:46 am
Don't encourage me.
I enourage others to follow in your godlike footsteps. :)
Post by: Zolthorg on December 13, 2006, 04:03:36 am
I enourage others to follow in your godlike footsteps. :)
Done.
(http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4388/okbn7.jpg)
Post by: Darien on December 13, 2006, 04:15:02 am
Post by: Akzidenz on December 13, 2006, 04:20:36 am
So now that I'm using a Mac, I find that using Pixelation's zoom function makes the image slightly blurry. Anyone know how to do something about this?
Ah, shit, that's a Mac thing? I thought it was just a byproduct of the zoom feature.
I don't know, I got used to it. But now that I know it's a Mac problem, I'll see if I can figure out how to fix it.
Post by: robalan on December 13, 2006, 04:22:29 am
Post by: Rydin on December 13, 2006, 04:33:30 am
And pk, as I said earlier, awesome avatar....looking even better now that it's animated.
Meh, better start on my ww2 paper now....
Post by: pkmays on December 13, 2006, 04:37:42 am
So now that I'm using a Mac, I find that using Pixelation's zoom function makes the image slightly blurry. Anyone know how to do something about this?
Opera (http://www.opera.com) has an option to disable image interpolation, plus, it's a kick ass browser.
Post by: Darien on December 13, 2006, 04:59:00 am
Post by: pkmays on December 13, 2006, 05:26:37 am
In the location bar, type opera:config
In the Quick find box type image
You'll see the check box to disable Interpolate image
I also type trans and disable the Activate On New Transfer option so the super annoying download window doesn't pop up constantly.
Shift+F12 opens display options, I disable the skin and use standard, disable special effects, on Toolbars I disable Start bar and enable Status bar, set Progress bar to off. On Buttons tab, I right click all the crap on the address bar and remove, then add a Home button, and add the 3rd thru 8th fields of the status bar.
Then it's just Ctrl+F12 and adjust other options, and I've got a lean mean browsing machine.
(http://img215.imageshack.us/my.php?image=operagrabmu9.png)
Post by: Darien on December 13, 2006, 06:02:22 am
Post by: pkmays on December 13, 2006, 06:07:00 am
Post by: Darien on December 13, 2006, 06:10:50 am
Well, thanks anyway. Good to know that other stuff.
Post by: pkmays on December 13, 2006, 06:57:12 am
Post by: Darien on December 13, 2006, 06:58:59 am
I'll update now, see if that does anything, thanks for reminding me about that. Machine's been broken for the past four months.
Post by: pkmays on December 13, 2006, 07:04:37 am
Post by: Rydin on December 13, 2006, 07:12:16 am
Post by: Rox on December 13, 2006, 11:49:00 am
Post by: Zolthorg on December 13, 2006, 09:25:37 pm
Zolthorg, please tell me the fact that two windows opened when I clicked your bad-ass edit was on purpose.
And pk, as I said earlier, awesome avatar....looking even better now that it's animated.
Meh, better start on my ww2 paper now....
(http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/9959/paperlinkfn4.th.png)
Am i doin it rite????
Post by: Rydin on December 13, 2006, 09:40:42 pm
Post by: pkmays on December 14, 2006, 07:02:31 am
I was able to slay like 9 dragons barehanded who where trying to BURNiNATE my village while listening to this music. Thanks Fair to Midland!
Post by: sharprm on December 14, 2006, 11:48:20 am
Post by: Rydin on December 14, 2006, 10:40:21 pm
Post by: Zolthorg on December 15, 2006, 04:26:42 am
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=64310717
??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Post by: Ryona on December 15, 2006, 06:59:38 am
Just wanted to say something off topic. I'll leave now. *creeps away*
Post by: Akzidenz on December 15, 2006, 10:37:38 am
Does this text make me look fat?
Oh, Ryona. You look.... different.
.......
...
Post by: Helm on December 15, 2006, 03:45:05 pm
hey helm wut do u think fo this mettalz about harey poter
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=64310717
??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
I don't think it's funny for one.
Post by: ptoing on December 15, 2006, 06:26:40 pm
I don't think it's funny for one.
I don't think it's ment to be funny.
Post by: Skull on December 15, 2006, 08:54:57 pm
Oh, Ryona. You look.... different.
Yeah.. nice differnet..
Post by: Ryona on December 15, 2006, 11:51:51 pm
Anyway, what is everyones favorite food and drink? Mine are pizza, spaghetti, natural fruit juice, and chocolate milk.
Damn... now I'm hungry... lol
Post by: Akzidenz on December 15, 2006, 11:58:33 pm
Can never turn away pizza.
Post by: Helm on December 16, 2006, 12:03:23 am
Post by: Akzidenz on December 16, 2006, 12:10:30 am
Post by: Helm on December 16, 2006, 12:14:18 am
Post by: Akzidenz on December 16, 2006, 12:17:09 am
Post by: Ryona on December 16, 2006, 12:20:53 am
Oh my! haha
That totally came out of left feild. You two totally shocked and stunned this poor girl.
Oh, forgot to mention, I also like spicey Korean noodles, cheesecake, and spicey Italian sausages (the hotdog kind from venders).
Oh god... I can really go for a slice of cheesecake right now! >_<
Post by: Blick on December 16, 2006, 12:29:06 am
I'm Italian.
Post by: Akzidenz on December 16, 2006, 12:34:50 am
spicey Korean noodles
(http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/culturecapsules2002/yoo&arakawaweb/images/9.jpg)
:y: ;D
Post by: Ryona on December 16, 2006, 12:48:09 am
I actually have a couple of that exact noodles at home! Same package and everything.
They totally rock my knickers.
Post by: Helm on December 16, 2006, 01:04:52 am
Post by: pkmays on December 16, 2006, 01:07:14 am
And I'm getting sick of all this post LotR blockbuster fantasy movie business. It's a known fact that scifi >>>>> fantasy. Where's my next Serenity or Alien movie?
Post by: Ryona on December 16, 2006, 01:20:23 am
Shocked, stunned, knickers rocked off. What's missing is a length of rope and a grim determination.
Lol! That just gave me a mental image of me in a very sticky situation.
And, pkmays, the whole thing about you having a peanutbutter and jelly sandwich in privacy and it feeling sexual is kinda like me with spicey Korean noodles. When it's laaate at night, and I start feeling a bit hungry, I whip out the noodles and enjoy them. And I'll tell you, something about slurping hot, spicey noodles in the middle of the night, and having that pleasing warmth go down your throat and hit the void of your stomach almost feels orgasmic.
Post by: Akzidenz on December 16, 2006, 01:21:13 am
And I'm getting sick of all this post LotR blockbuster fantasy movie business. It's a known fact that scifi >>>>> fantasy. Where's my next Serenity or Alien movie?
Battlestar Galactica isn't good enough for you? Them's some high standards. :)
Post by: Rox on December 16, 2006, 01:25:17 am
Fantasy is also usually more colorful and less... strict, somehow. But on the other hand, it can be a lot dirtier and too low-tech for my liking as well.
I think I've found my preference somewhere inbetween. I was writing a story on and off for a while last year, that took place in a battred-up post-apocalypse future. But one of the main characters didn't even know that, so they were all living out in a village in the desert with old-school fantasy style going-ons, but some buildings were remains of old spaceships and stuff like that. It was kinda cool to dwelve into such a world, where laser guns and super-x-ray vision modules and cyborgs could exist, but don't HAVE to exist.
Post by: Akzidenz on December 16, 2006, 01:29:00 am
Post by: Ryona on December 16, 2006, 01:32:49 am
Fantasy is also usually more colorful and less... strict, somehow. But on the other hand, it can be a lot dirtier and too low-tech for my liking as well.
What about the world of "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe"? I'd say it has a nice mix of sci-fi and fantasy.
I think I've found my preference somewhere inbetween. I was writing a story on and off for a while last year, that took place in a battred-up post-apocalypse future. But one of the main characters didn't even know that, so they were all living out in a village in the desert with old-school fantasy style going-ons, but some buildings were remains of old spaceships and stuff like that. It was kinda cool to dwelve into such a world, where laser guns and super-x-ray vision modules and cyborgs could exist, but don't HAVE to exist.
Now that is a great idea! Definetly something I'd like to see in a comic, animated series, or even a movie.
Post by: pkmays on December 16, 2006, 02:00:35 am
Battlestar Galactica isn't good enough for you? Them's some high standards. :)
Yeah, I'm pretty much starved for some quality scifi, cause I can only watch reruns of DS9 and Firefly so many times. Star Trek is gone, Farscape is gone, Firefly, Andromeda (though it sucked), Stargate (well okay, Atlatis, but new cast sucks).
I do enjoy some of the scifi with fantasy stuff, like Fist of the North Star, Nausicaa, Warhammer 40,000 etc., but lazers + jumpsuits + spaceship = me_explode. If I didn't have a huge library of scifi novels to choose from, I'd give up on living.
Opps, gotta run. Battlestar Galactica's about to come on.
Post by: Darien on December 16, 2006, 02:05:30 am
I think that the problem with much sci fi and fantasy is that at times they can value cool ideas over characters and literary qualities, becoming more about the ideas than the stories themselves, with authors thinking that they have to make people think "that might be possible."
It's really unfortunate though, that sci fi and fiction get shelved away from the rest of fiction, next to the romance section. And when someone wants to write a story in the future they say "well, it's not REALLY science fiction" because of the way the genres are treated.
Post by: Helm on December 16, 2006, 03:02:41 am
What about the world of "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe"? I'd say it has a nice mix of sci-fi and fantasy.
Now that is a great idea! Definetly something I'd like to see in a comic, animated series, or even a movie.
There's absolutely nothing Sci-Fi about He-Man. Poor asimov is rocking in his grave. Well, that is to say when you see pseudo-scientific guns and stuff in a film or something, it doesn't make it sci-fi. At least not any sort of sci-fi people who like sci-fi would like. Fantasy usually has mystical connotations. Sci-Fi, far, far the opposite.
Post by: Rawsushi on December 16, 2006, 03:07:45 am
Post by: sharprm on December 16, 2006, 07:16:24 am
called "Last Exile", has anyone watched that?
Post by: Darien on December 16, 2006, 07:28:48 am
Asimov is just a great writer all around. He wrote some greats essays on math and science that believe it or not were entertaining at same time as instructive. I wish folks like him were the ones writing the textbooks.
Post by: sharprm on December 16, 2006, 08:07:09 am
even detective stories and ones about a little devil).
The thing that impressed me about I robot was it was really smart, the three laws are a big part. You should check it out Darien. My favourite part of the movie:
When does a perceptual schematic become consciousness? When does a difference engine become the search for truth? When does a personality simulation become the bitter mote... of a soul?
Post by: pkmays on December 16, 2006, 08:33:01 am
Post by: pkmays on December 16, 2006, 08:50:11 am
Either way, I'm pretty sure he won an Emmy just for that line alone.
Post by: Rydin on December 16, 2006, 09:22:06 am
Post by: sharprm on December 16, 2006, 10:11:23 am
Or maybe it was robots on his car, and he said "Get off of my car!"
Either way, I'm pretty sure he won an Emmy just for that line alone.
Dude, did you even watch the film? He was on his Grandmas scooter becuase of the black out (cars didn't work) and he was like
"Get off my motorised scooter" or something like "The three laws can kiss my ass". It wasn't no car or bike.
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e199/sharprm/nike2.gif)
Post by: Rydin on December 16, 2006, 10:17:17 am
Post by: Skull on December 16, 2006, 10:48:41 am
Post by: Rerg1 on December 16, 2006, 11:39:08 am
Post by: sharprm on December 16, 2006, 12:11:59 pm
Post by: Rerg1 on December 16, 2006, 12:29:48 pm
Post by: goat on December 16, 2006, 08:23:54 pm
I live in Florida now but that's gonna be a secret between me and my piece, which I named Shooty
Post by: Ryona on December 16, 2006, 08:37:08 pm
Post by: MoD on December 16, 2006, 08:50:34 pm
Post by: Skull on December 16, 2006, 09:36:50 pm
Post by: Helm on December 16, 2006, 10:42:38 pm
Wasn't The Matrix in the same book as I, Robot?
What- what what?
Post by: Skull on December 16, 2006, 10:55:05 pm
What- what what?
Yarsh. Both moved were based on short stories.. I believe by the same person in one book.
Post by: Helm on December 16, 2006, 10:56:51 pm
Post by: Skull on December 16, 2006, 11:00:11 pm
You are mistaken.
Well, that's just made me very, very sad. :(
Post by: Helm on December 16, 2006, 11:02:47 pm
Post by: Rydin on December 16, 2006, 11:09:20 pm
But its got elements of 1984 here and there.....and the entire story seems to be based on the allegory of the cave...
Just my opinion....no real fact to back any of that...
Post by: Helm on December 16, 2006, 11:17:44 pm
Post by: Blick on December 17, 2006, 12:29:23 am
Post by: Helm on December 17, 2006, 12:36:11 am
Later on his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith,
...also fronted an absurdly bad nu metal band for some entertainment show appearaces as I understand it
Post by: Blick on December 17, 2006, 12:40:30 am
Now, I don't like metal, especially nu metal, but even Wicked Wisdom sounds like it'd be so... embarrassingly bad.
Post by: The B.O.B. on December 17, 2006, 09:31:23 am
I saw I Robot, and thought it was ok. I think Will Smith is an ok actor, just needs to grab a role where he is given a chance to go completely opposite of what he's normally playing(occasional one liners, accompanied by cat vs. mouse action flicks where cops are involved in some way...), like a vulnerable character that more people can relate to, rather than outgoing.As for other movies, I never did like Ali, though. I thought it was boring as hell.
But again, that's just me bieng a tool/hypocrite, since I do like some actors to stay in their type-casted roles, just for the loveability of the roles they play. For example, Christopher Walken. Always wierd as hell, no matter what movie he plays, but is actually no different in real life. He's just...awesome. Gotta love him.
By the by, has anyone else heard that Heath Ledger is playing the Joker? I don't think he's a bad actor, but he might be a little too off and young to replace good ole Jack Nickelson. I personally would have tried to cast Jude Law as the new joker. I mean come on. The guys clean smile says Joker all the way!
I'm gonna hush up now...needs me sleep, and can't wait to wake up tomorrow, to watch my fav' football team( Futbol Americano, that is) get their asses handed to them again. Good bye, play offs...dude, am I still talking? :crazy:...
Post by: Skull on December 17, 2006, 10:52:33 am
You could do worse than read Philip K. Dick, Grant Morisson's "The Invisibles" and yeah, a bit of Plato if you'd like to see where the Matrix came from.
Plato's Allegory of the Cave.. Man, that's grim.
Post by: Rox on December 17, 2006, 02:41:39 pm
Although, strangely enough, Will Smith had the role of Neo pitched to him to be in The Matrix and he didn't understand the idea and thought it would be a ridiculous movie, so he passed it up. Later on his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, joined The Matrix as Niobe.
If Will Smith was in it, it WOULD have been a ridiculous movie.
Post by: pkmays on December 17, 2006, 03:49:07 pm
Post by: Rox on December 17, 2006, 03:53:28 pm
Post by: Feron on December 17, 2006, 04:04:13 pm
Post by: Darien on December 17, 2006, 08:34:42 pm
Post by: Blick on December 18, 2006, 02:19:08 am
B.O.B.: I'm going off of past knowledge of how I don't like the nu metal genre and how actors and actresses don't merge seamlessly into the music scene. First impressions lead me to "Wicked Wisdom is something I don't ever want to listen to." And if I did listen to them, I bet I would prove my prediction true. Please note though, that I did not say they are bad. I said that they sound like they would be embarrassingly bad, since I've never heard them I can't speak in absolutes.
Post by: surt on December 18, 2006, 02:39:01 am
Short shadows:(http://surtspixels.googlepages.com/ironfist_mockup2.png)
Okay I'm working on some gauntlet style graphical assets and would like to get the opinions of some people (such as yourself).
Which of the shadows above do you think looks better (never mind the differing tiles, or the quality of the tiles, they are just structural templates so far)? I preffer the first longer shadows and they are at the same scale as those in gauntlet 2. But I would prefer a higher light source generally, and that would mean shadows for the gate tiles would extend over the tile boundaries (not shown).
Do you think an iso view could work for a gauntlet-style game and would it retain the play feel? I'm generally not fond of iso with directional controls (keyboard, gamepad). Do you know of any iso gauntlet-likes that I could try out?
And a couple other related questions.
Do you know of any free gauntlet-like games? All I know of are the old dos games Myrmidon and Boboli.
A long time ago I played a dos shareware gauntlet-like game and am trying to find out what it was called so I can get it. If I recall correctly it has the following features:
* 320 x 200 EGA graphics.
* Single character a wizard.
* Weapons are fireballs of increasing strength.
Tweak anyone's memory?
Post by: sharprm on December 18, 2006, 03:07:06 am
http://www.lemonamiga.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemonamiga.com/games/list.php%3Ftype%3Dpublisher%26name%3DRainbow%2520Arts
What kind of waepon is he holding? Maybe this game is similar, i'm sure you can find the rom somewhere (need winuae or fellow to run it)
Post by: surt on December 18, 2006, 04:05:54 am
Speaking of amigas...I never used an amiga before, but I tried using WinUAE to try out the free version of Personal Paint to research for my own pixeller, I got PP, WinUAE and various kickstarts, but on booting it always seems to want a disk. The version of PP I've got is just an LHA archive. Do i need to make a disk image? If so how?
EDIT...
And another thing in my research I've also been checking out Deluxe Paint and DP Animate and it put in mind an old piece of soaftware by EA with much the same gui as DP with which you composed simple animations out of premade sprites and backdrops and you could drop in speech bubbles and such. I played with it in primary school. Anyone know what that's called?
Post by: surt on December 18, 2006, 05:13:42 am
If Will Smith was in it, it WOULD have been a ridiculous movie.WOULD have been? ???
Post by: AlexHW on December 18, 2006, 06:12:30 am
http://www.vegsource.com/articles2/robbins_full_06.htm
Post by: Ryona on December 18, 2006, 09:03:10 am
Post by: AlexHW on December 18, 2006, 09:31:57 am
have you ever investigated where the meat came from?
Post by: sharprm on December 18, 2006, 10:07:04 am
Post by: Ryona on December 18, 2006, 10:13:56 am
how inconsiderate :'(
have you ever investigated where the meat came from?
Well, it's not something I really worry about. Like, I eat and drink pretty healthy and I'm in good shape (dispite my procrastinating habbits. lol), so I'm not really concerned with the "evils" of eating meat. Not to mention that having some meat in your diet is healthy for humans (us being the omnivorous creatures we are).
Post by: Helm on December 18, 2006, 02:05:35 pm
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But if your just hatin' cause she's a celebrity, and trying a go at metal
'hatin' where does this terminology come from? I saw her perform one song on the television and it was quite bad. I listen to Heavy Metal, not Nu Metal or the recent mallcore shit, so I could be out of the loop on what flavour of chugga-chugga is considered good this week, but hey, that's my call, and it has nothing to do with 'hatin' anything.
Post by: Larwick on December 18, 2006, 04:26:37 pm
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(http://www.vegsource.com/ssi/mh05_136/mh05_136_01.jpg)
I think that's enough to keep me a meat-eater for the rest of my life.
Post by: Wolverine on December 18, 2006, 04:37:29 pm
Anyways point is, if there's anyone else like st0ven who still has a link button for my old site and wishes to update the link the new address is http://amon.houseofninzha.co.uk/
Currently theres just a place holder right there, which ain't much but it beats a dead link... I guess
I dunno...
Am hungry.
Post by: Sherman Gill on December 18, 2006, 06:00:11 pm
I'm a few days late.
Post by: Feron on December 18, 2006, 06:05:10 pm
Currently theres just a place holder right there, which ain't much but it beats a dead link... I guess
on Mac OS X the image is blurred automatically in safari. perhaps - you can save it as a gif at that size rather than making it big with html.
Post by: Cow on December 18, 2006, 06:44:21 pm
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None which are finished yet, but the current project I'm focusing on which is a NES style shooter (complete with actual NSF format tunes written by a friend of mine) will be available when I launch the new site.That sounds pretty awesome. Care to share any more information? If you were to rush and finish, you could probably enter it in the Autofire contest at Shmup-dev. Providing it has autofire.
Post by: Wolverine on December 18, 2006, 07:27:16 pm
on Mac OS X the image is blurred automatically in safari. perhaps - you can save it as a gif at that size rather than making it big with html.
Ugh, that's a pain in the ass. Felt sorta proud just learning how to resize pics in the html. Does it blur when using zoom in things like on this forum? And does Safari have a zoom function like the Firefox extension and does it blur with that too?
Well, I was gonna say 'who cares about Mac users', but I decided against it. :P
That sounds pretty awesome. Care to share any more information? If you were to rush and finish, you could probably enter it in the Autofire contest at Shmup-dev. Providing it has autofire.
Then it's already unable to be entered, as if I put autofire in it I don't think you'd be able to charge up the weapons anymore and I really like charging up shots.
Post by: junkboy on December 18, 2006, 07:27:57 pm
I don't even think I go a day without putting meat in my mouth.
... :o
Yeah, internet has corrupted my mind.
Post by: Feron on December 18, 2006, 07:36:38 pm
Ugh, that's a pain in the ass. Felt sorta proud just learning how to resize pics in the html. Does it blur when using zoom in things like on this forum? And does Safari have a zoom function like the Firefox extension and does it blur with that too?
yeah it blurs images on this forum - but i dont normally go beyond 2x, 3x max - and the blur doesnt really kick in then.
there is no zoom extension for safari.
Post by: AlexHW on December 18, 2006, 07:44:18 pm
Well, it's not something I really worry about. Like, I eat and drink pretty healthy and I'm in good shape (dispite my procrastinating habbits. lol), so I'm not really concerned with the "evils" of eating meat. Not to mention that having some meat in your diet is healthy for humans (us being the omnivorous creatures we are).
curious, but what is it that you eat and drink? You can think you are in good shape and still be unhealthy..
there's nothing healthy about eating meat, infact, humans aren't meant to eat meat. It digests very slowly as opposed to other forms such as fruit which are both higher in nutrients and water and digests almost instantly..
It also costs less to be vegetarian, because to raise livestock you have to feed them and give them gallons of water, etc.. also it creates more pollution at factory farms and such, not to mention the chemicals and artificial stuff they put in it all.
Post by: junkboy on December 18, 2006, 08:08:01 pm
infact, humans aren't meant to eat meat.
Wasn't it protein in meat that allowed humans to evolve into what we are today?
Post by: pkmays on December 18, 2006, 08:08:59 pm
Post by: AlexHW on December 18, 2006, 08:11:24 pm
If God didn't want me to eat meat, he wouldn't have made it taste so good.you eat raw meat from nature untampered with by humans which are trying to make profits from it?
Post by: goat on December 18, 2006, 08:44:33 pm
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Wasn't it protein in meat that allowed humans to evolve into what we are today?I slept through most of 7th grade science but i'm pretty sure they taught us that as our evolutionary predecessors' diets shifted more towards meaty goodness, it allowed our brains to grow larger, which was a pretty big deal since the intelligence of early man (and primitive man-like fuzzwads) is more or less what we owe our continued survival to. I wouldn't say the same about the intelligence of present-day man though ;p
Plus, meat is delicious, even when it's been stripped from an unwilling animal in the prime of its life, processed, packaged, and exploited for profit. Mmm, profit.
Post by: Larwick on December 18, 2006, 08:46:53 pm
Post by: Darien on December 18, 2006, 08:52:30 pm
And "not being meant to do X" does not necessarily equate with "doing X is bad for you."
Post by: Gunne on December 18, 2006, 08:53:52 pm
haha, sorry couldn't resist ;)
Post by: AlexHW on December 18, 2006, 08:57:49 pm
Post by: Cow on December 18, 2006, 08:59:33 pm
Post by: Helm on December 18, 2006, 09:01:57 pm
Post by: AlexHW on December 18, 2006, 09:18:00 pm
http://www.organicathlete.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=185&Itemid=167
Post by: Cow on December 18, 2006, 09:21:17 pm
http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSounds/2ACV15/06.mp3
Post by: Akzidenz on December 18, 2006, 09:28:31 pm
Post by: AlexHW on December 18, 2006, 09:31:37 pm
oh, and Im aware of the difficulties in people which shrug it off, but I like to share what I hear, and if anyone listens, then thats good enough for me. its when people don't listen which disturbs me.. :P
Post by: Rox on December 18, 2006, 10:32:45 pm
I didn't read any links in this thread so far because my connection is THE MOST BROKEN THING I'VE EVER SEEN, but someone sent me this a long while ago and I remembered it when the meat/not meat thing came up. I recall finding it funny.
Guiltless grill? Is there any other kind? (http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=grill)
Post by: Zolthorg on December 18, 2006, 10:43:18 pm
Trying to convert people to vegitarianism/veganism on a forum is usually about as successful as trying to get them to change religion or political affiliation.
New discussion: Contact
http://static.flickr.com/74/214250715_94a16de50a_o.jpg
I rented this 2 days ago, it's very interesting, though i haven't gotten far into it.
Anyone played it before? What can you do over wifi? Why do the people take off their clothes so much?
Post by: Ryona on December 18, 2006, 10:48:16 pm
curious, but what is it that you eat and drink? You can think you are in good shape and still be unhealthy..
I eat an assortment of things. I try my best to avoid fast food (and I do a pretty damn good job of it). I barely ever drink soda pop and alcohol. I'm not really one for candy. And against popular beliefe, I very rarely touch icecream.
I'm not only in good shape, but pretty healthy too. I get a ton of excersise by walking alone (my main choice of getting around in the city).
I know what you're trying to say. Too much meat isn't good for you. But isn't that safe to say about everything else as well? Everything in moderation, as they say, right?
there's nothing healthy about eating meat, infact, humans aren't meant to eat meat.
I disagree with both assumptions.
First, meat is quite healthy to eat. Can you argue that so many creatures around the globe who eat meat arn't eating healthy?
And second, humans are indeed meant to eat meat. If you examine the structure of our teeth, you'll see that it leans more towards carnivore rather than herbivore.
Post by: gliding on December 18, 2006, 10:59:52 pm
curious, but what is it that you eat and drink? You can think you are in good shape and still be unhealthy..
there's nothing healthy about eating meat, infact, humans aren't meant to eat meat. It digests very slowly as opposed to other forms such as fruit which are both higher in nutrients and water and digests almost instantly..
It also costs less to be vegetarian, because to raise livestock you have to feed them and give them gallons of water, etc.. also it creates more pollution at factory farms and such, not to mention the chemicals and artificial stuff they put in it all.
sorry man but i don't think i'd give up steak, bar-b q ribs and Fried chicken for spinach and cole slaw. yuckity yuck!
although i havent heard of that, i have heard that some chimps hunt other monkeys and share the meat, but it isn't for dietary purposes, rather its a form of defining where they are in their rank among their group..
oh, and Im aware of the difficulties in people which shrug it off, but I like to share what I hear, and if anyone listens, then thats good enough for me. its when people don't listen which disturbs me.. :P
I'm sure that is true, however it points out one of the major flaws in vegan thinking. Vegetarian animals eat meat because its what they were meant to do. There is no such thing as a vegetarian cow or horse. They're that way by default so IMO, there shouldn't be much parallel at all :/
Post by: Cow on December 18, 2006, 11:01:14 pm
Especially this: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=irule
Post by: AlexHW on December 18, 2006, 11:21:31 pm
I'm sure most people when they are kids, never know what they are eating is from an animal when they eat it, and so when they eventually find out, they give it not much thought because they've been doing it for so long and have grown accustomed to it.
If you're parents do it, you do it..
However, if kinds were shown the entire process of how that food which is on their plate came to be, then i'm sure alot of people would choose not to eat it.
Also, if we had not the tools to take advantage of things so easily, we wouldn't be capable of controlling what happens to other animals. Because we have developed survival skills beyond what any other animal could have, we also use it for methods to take advantage of everything and exploit it for ourselves.
It is often not about what you can do, but what you should do, what is best for not only you, but others, including those which may even be capable of hurting you.
Post by: gliding on December 18, 2006, 11:24:25 pm
we only eat meat because we can, and have been.
I'm sure most people when they are kids, never know what they are eating is from an animal when they eat it, and so when they eventually find out, they give it not much thought because they've been doing it for so long and have grown accustomed to it.
If you're parents do it, you do it..
However, if kinds were shown the entire process of how that food which is on their plate came to be, then i'm sure alot of people would choose not to eat it.
Also, if we had not the tools to take advantage of things so easily, we wouldn't be capable of controlling what happens to other animals. Because we have developed survival skills beyond what any other animal could have, we also use it for methods to take advantage of everything and exploit it for ourselves.
It is often not about what you can do, but what you should do, what is best for not only you, but others, including those which may even be capable of hurting you.
Even if that were true its specualtory evidence at best! If you want to use science to explain yourself than be my guest but you can't just pick and choose what you want. Veganism is a choice. Its totally up to you whether you believe in it or not, however you can't just pull evidence or justification out of a hat.
Post by: The B.O.B. on December 18, 2006, 11:33:47 pm
how inconsiderate :'(
have you ever investigated where the meat came from?
I didn't have to investigate where my meat came from. I'm Mexican. We literally kill the animal ourselves, and eat it afterwards. I remember when I was younger, I was outside at my Grandparents home in an old town, in Mexico. Apparently, my uncles, and their cousins decided it best to get drunk and kill a pig. So they dragged it out of it's pen, pulled out a fairly large gun, and BAM! They shot it directly in between the eyes.
The sad part is, it didn't die afterwards. I still remember it struggling to stand up, stumbling on the ground, with blood spurting out it's head. The drunkards tried shooting it again in the head, but to no avail. The poor thing(being a mother, while it's piglets where still in the pen) kept wobbling around. After a couple of shots, the pig finally died.
After watching this, I thought to myself, man, so this is what I shove in my mouth. Some poor animal has to be slaughtered to be forced in my mouth, with a sick smile on my face. After they burned the hair off the animal, and gutted the insides, they made Asado with it.
When they served the meal, I remember my mother staring at me, as if she understood that I didn't want to eat it after watching it suffer the way it did. Soon thereafter, however, I couldn't help myself, and decided to grab a plate, and eat the Asado with some homeade beans and tortillas. Bear in mind, I have seen other animals killed before my innocent eyes before, and afterwards, like goats having their throats cut, after bieng hung upside down, and the children(like myself) having to hold it's guts after they gutted it, so we could make some briskette/carne.(goat meat. "Carne" just means meat in spanish, though.) I finally started to realize that I had nothing to be sickened of, or ashamed of, since in fact, that was my culture, at least where my parents and their ancestors came from. From what my mother and father have told me, they have witnessed worse, from what their poorer relatives had to live off of, and eat.(the whole drunk beaner shooting thing was pretty awful, though, I must admit)
So in short, I will never give up meat, no matter what "better" organic foods there may be. It sounds stubborn, I know, but bear in mind, I eat more fruit than meat, on a daily basis. However, completely giving up meat in my family, would almost make me feel like I'm spitting on their culture/way of living. I can't deny who I am, or where I'm from, and am proud of it.....And I f***ing hate goats. They're creepy looking...
Post by: Helm on December 18, 2006, 11:41:00 pm
Post by: Ryona on December 18, 2006, 11:58:05 pm
we only eat meat because we can, and have been.
I'm sure most people when they are kids, never know what they are eating is from an animal when they eat it, and so when they eventually find out, they give it not much thought because they've been doing it for so long and have grown accustomed to it.
If you're parents do it, you do it..
However, if kinds were shown the entire process of how that food which is on their plate came to be, then i'm sure alot of people would choose not to eat it.
That almost sounds like you're suggesting that eating meat is moraly wrong when infact morality has nothing to do with it.
You need to consider the food chain. Those that are at the top of the food chain are always the best survivors. The fact that humans devour just about anything that gets in their way greatly contributes to why the species has done so well.
Even if in a thousand years from now the whole human race becomes vegetarians, they still have to thank their meat-eating ancestors for being strong and fearsome in the animal kingdom, and through it, becoming the top dogs.
I doubt a herbivore species could ever rise above the rest as the dominant species.
Post by: Akzidenz on December 19, 2006, 12:01:46 am
Post by: Ryona on December 19, 2006, 12:03:55 am
Post by: Darien on December 19, 2006, 12:06:22 am
Post by: AlexHW on December 19, 2006, 12:14:03 am
I would like to see the day when some scientists comes and proves consciousness exists within each animal..
Post by: Helm on December 19, 2006, 12:16:34 am
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when there's morality and right and wrongs.. there aren't any exceptions to killing, either it is right or it is wrong.. killing a person is no more right or wrong than killing an animal. We tend to disconnect and make exceptions in order to believe certain things are ok, when in fact they are not.
Anyone who considers morality in absolute terms hasn't got much to discuss with. I am afraid I don't agree with you and that's that.
Post by: AlexHW on December 19, 2006, 12:24:20 am
Post by: Helm on December 19, 2006, 12:27:38 am
Post by: Feron on December 19, 2006, 12:28:18 am
Post by: goat on December 19, 2006, 12:28:49 am
Post by: AlexHW on December 19, 2006, 12:31:46 am
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Post by: AlexHW on December 19, 2006, 12:38:10 am
with every polarity, you have something which is, and another which is it's reflection.. You can either choose to go with the illusion, or you can go with the reality.. It's up to you since it is in your perception.
Post by: Helm on December 19, 2006, 12:38:36 am
I'd eat my cat if I were hungry. And I love my cat!
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I think right and wrong is a reality of polarity. A mechanism of direction. It is a real thing which is percieved.
I am sorry, I do not understand this concept. 'Reality of polarity' seems a linguistic misuse if anything, and about 'reality' and 'sensory perception' perhaps you should do well to study a bit of epistemology.
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with every polarity, you have something which is, and another which is it's reflection.. You can either choose to go with the illusion, or you can go with the reality.. It's up to you since it is in your perception.
If you're proposing some sort of mutable dualism, well... isn't that convinient? Everything you do is 'reality' and everything else you don't like other people doing is following illusions. I dunno where you get this stuff, but I fear it might be full of holes. But if it works for you, hey.
On a further note, I am no spelling nazi, but if we're going to discuss on this level, " it's " is short for "it is".
Post by: AlexHW on December 19, 2006, 12:44:27 am
an action is real.. i don't understand how you came to the understanding that what other people do is an illusion.
what a person is not doing however is a reflection of what they are doing, and therefor it is a polarity, and in this polarity one is reality, while another is an illusion.
Post by: Helm on December 19, 2006, 12:46:35 am
Post by: AlexHW on December 19, 2006, 12:51:29 am
Post by: pkmays on December 19, 2006, 01:00:58 am
Post by: Helm on December 19, 2006, 01:02:30 am
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when you're lost, you aren't found. The no is the illusion you percieve as you exist within the confusion of the reality you are in.
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I hereby withdraw from this discussion. My tolerance for Kung-Fuisms is pretty low.
Post by: The B.O.B. on December 19, 2006, 01:06:50 am
To switch things around, what exactly are people expecting or wanting for Christmas this year?
Post by: AlexHW on December 19, 2006, 01:08:54 am
Vegans: can't understand 'em, can't kill and eat 'em without going to jail.
understanding and not understanding are polarities, where one is reality and the other exists as a perceptual illusion which can be taken as real, but is actually not. You do not understand because you stop to acknowledge the reality of the illusion which the polarty produces and therefor become entangled within it. It is true that you don't, but the belief that you can't is brought about your stunned state among the disposition it creates.
To switch things around, what exactly are people expecting or wanting for Christmas this year?
what you are wanting is not what you will be getting, because what you get is actual as opposed to the perception which is produced from an altered state of reality, but more a state of creation based upon the past understanding in memory.
heh, this is fun..
Post by: Akzidenz on December 19, 2006, 01:10:42 am
Post by: Cow on December 19, 2006, 01:11:10 am
Post by: MoD on December 19, 2006, 01:21:48 am
Post by: Darien on December 19, 2006, 01:22:32 am
You do not understand because you stop to acknowledge the reality of the illusion which the polarty produces and therefor become entangled within it. It is true that you don't, but the belief that you can't is brought about your stunned state among the disposition it creates.
No. Our inability to understand you is a result of your failure to communicate effectively. You're swinging tautologies about with ambiguous "it"s, so that it is really difficult to make sense of what you're trying to say.
Post by: Akzidenz on December 19, 2006, 01:24:10 am
Post by: MoD on December 19, 2006, 01:25:55 am
@(>_<)@
Post by: Darien on December 19, 2006, 01:26:24 am
Actually, I changed my mind. For Christmas, I want people to stop debating the morality and necessity of veganism.
Well it's not Christmas yet! >:(
Post by: Akzidenz on December 19, 2006, 01:35:08 am
Well it's not Christmas yet! >:(
Oh, I know! I'm just hoping that it ends by then. :)
Post by: The B.O.B. on December 19, 2006, 01:36:35 am
Post by: Cow on December 19, 2006, 01:41:01 am
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My dog just ate the roof off of our second ginger bread house.Eat him?
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I'm wanting an electric guitar and amp for Christmas. Nothing too fancy, just something as a hobby to help when I'm not pixeling. And if not a guitar, then I want the most raddest damn instrument ever known to man. A craft so fine in quality, that even the gods themselves cannot fathom it's greatness: THE KEYTAR!I believe you're mistaken.
(http://www.absurddiari.com/gifs/fotos/escopetarra.jpg)
THAT is the greatest instrument ever made.
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I want money to be a socially acceptable Christmas gift.Aye. Then I could get something useful.
Post by: Akzidenz on December 19, 2006, 01:45:18 am
Post by: Pawige on December 19, 2006, 01:49:28 am
Post by: Ryona on December 19, 2006, 03:33:12 am
Post by: Frychiko on December 19, 2006, 06:02:41 am
I would have bought a sofa but unfortunately none of them will be able to fit through the apartment door D:
Post by: sharprm on December 19, 2006, 07:17:04 am
Post by: Rydin on December 19, 2006, 07:31:22 am
Post by: skw on December 19, 2006, 07:47:51 am
I probably going to buy Wacom 4*5inch tablet. Anyone got this one? Or should i buy a more expensive one?
Do you mean Volito2? Yes, I have it. If you never had a tablet, I can say it isn`t bad for the beginning. For me as for a person who does graphics from time to time and generally for my own pleasure, it`s not even that small and unpractical as it seemed while buying it.
I want the driver license. ;)
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Post by: Rox on December 19, 2006, 08:12:05 am
Post by: ptoing on December 19, 2006, 12:06:07 pm
I have been a vegetarian for 6 years and now I am a pescetarian (as in I eat fish but not meat). I do this for various reasons which I do not need any justification for and no one else should need to justify their eating habits (as long as it's in the legal realm).
I knew where my meat was coming from at a very early age, because I grew up in a small town with many farm. I seen cows and pigs get slaughtered, so what, I still ate them and liked it.
To me it seems that you are thinking what you do is the most righteous thing and others who don't do the same are wrong. If those are your thoughts even remotely, snap out of it, shit like that leads nowhere. If you are happy without eating any meat (are you vegetarian or vegan btw?) then do so but don't try to convince others into it. If someone does not want to eat meat he can come to that conclusion by him or herself.
Post by: .TakaM on December 19, 2006, 12:18:24 pm
well, Ive only ever known a few vegetarians, and they were all very annoying, whenever they come over for dinner or something they insist we all must eat no meat that night and try to convert us as if its some form of enlightenment.
it is something I would consider noble if it weren't for the vegetarians I have known.
"for every animal you don't eat, I'm going to eat three" <3
Post by: ptoing on December 19, 2006, 12:22:15 pm
Post by: Panda on December 19, 2006, 12:34:25 pm
heh, this is fun..
It's not fun, and if what you are trying is to sound intelligent and all philosophical, you are failing.
You are free to expose your opinions, but if anyone has a different one you disagree with, either try to convince cleverly or just accept it, but don't confuse the hell out of people with random posts about polarities and how stuff that does not matter at all is involved.
I have nothing against you as a person, but all those posts like "what you want is not what you will get blah blah" or like "maybe it's something, but maybe it's not" are annoying the hell out of me. Do you still agree with all that random stuff you wrote about after re-reading them? It looks like you have nothing to say but still trying to put a philosophical point to it.
Edit: As for wants, right now I want a wii, but doesn't exacly have to be a thing for christmas (more like BEFORE it).
Post by: Cow on December 19, 2006, 03:17:25 pm
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I probably going to buy Wacom 4*5inch tablet. Anyone got this one? Or should i buy a more expensive one?I've been eyeing the same one, actually. It's really cheap on Amazon and comes with Corel Painter and Photoshop Elements.
link (http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-Graphire4-4x5-Tablet-Silver/dp/B000BBCTHU/sr=8-1/qid=1166541367/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-3458078-0147144?ie=UTF8&s=electronics)
Post by: Helm on December 19, 2006, 03:22:48 pm
It's not fun, and if what you are trying is to sound intelligent and all philosophical, you are failing.
Not to mention that I was taking you seriously. Do you get off diverting a real conversation into the realm of absurdity a lot? Perhaps you should inform people beforehand so they don't bother wasting their time.
Post by: AlienQuark on December 19, 2006, 03:43:30 pm
I think right and wrong is a reality of polarity. A mechanism of direction. It is a real thing which is percieved.
Come on now, any good empiricist could clearly see right and wrong are NOT real things since they can not be percieved by the senses. Yo must use reflection to come upon your own belief of right and wrong. Everyone knows that silly :P.
(I just wrote a philosophy exam, sorry.)
I want a tablet or a new semi-acoustic guitar. My guitar right now is a hand-me-down from my grandpa and it's restrung to be a lefty for me since I'm ass backwards left handed. It has a piece of paper to hold the E string up so it doesn't touch the first fret... and there's a hole in the side with duct tape over it.
Post by: goat on December 19, 2006, 08:02:53 pm
Post by: pkmays on December 19, 2006, 08:44:21 pm
There's a huge price difference between a Graphire and Intuos, but from my experience, it's well worth the wait to save up for a larger Intuos than to get a 4x5 Graphire, which is literally like drawing on a napkin.
Post by: AlexHW on December 19, 2006, 08:45:49 pm
*shrugs*..
I'm aware this is just a forum, and this is an offtopic thread, if something bothers you.. dont read it, lol..
edit: i got a wacom for christmas, and it has served me well, good stuff!
Post by: Helm on December 19, 2006, 09:06:56 pm
Post by: Ryona on December 19, 2006, 10:15:24 pm
"You don't make friends with salad."
lol ;)
Post by: Skull on December 19, 2006, 10:37:51 pm
"You don't make friends with salad."
Ah.. and then everyone else can join in and sing.
Post by: ptoing on December 19, 2006, 11:30:45 pm
Post by: Panda on December 20, 2006, 07:39:09 am
I was just trying to share. I don't understand why people get so offended..
*shrugs*..
I'm aware this is just a forum, and this is an offtopic thread, if something bothers you.. dont read it, lol..
May I ask what were you sharing?
I mean up to the vegetarian thing, alright, but when you started talking about the polarities and random crap, what were you sharing?
How many philosophical terms can you jam in a phrase that a normal person would make in less than 10 words perhaps?
And the thing is that the OT place isn't the only place. You post like that in the Admin forum aswell.
And as a mod/admin, shouldn't you (ideally) be reading practically everything that is going on around the boards to take care/action if necessary?
Now you have a responsibility, and you can't just go "whatever, LOL!!!"
If that is the way you think, I'm dissapointed.
Post by: Rox on December 20, 2006, 08:47:37 am
I ordered my tablet yesterday. Merry christmas, Rox. Oh, and since I'll be leaving for a while starting tomorrow, I guess merry christmas to the rest of you, too. Even if you don't celebrate christmas, enjoy the one going on around you!
Post by: Rerg1 on December 20, 2006, 11:42:13 am
If someone would be so kind to help me.
I have a piece of Pencil led in my back, I always draw before I sleep and well during my little dream I rolled around into a nicely sharpend HB pencil.
Post by: Skull on December 20, 2006, 12:09:50 pm
I blame Argos.
Post by: Indigo on December 20, 2006, 08:36:18 pm
May I ask what were you sharing?
I mean up to the vegetarian thing, alright, but when you started talking about the polarities and random crap, what were you sharing?
How many philosophical terms can you jam in a phrase that a normal person would make in less than 10 words perhaps?
And the thing is that the OT place isn't the only place. You post like that in the Admin forum aswell.
And as a mod/admin, shouldn't you (ideally) be reading practically everything that is going on around the boards to take care/action if necessary?
Now you have a responsibility, and you can't just go "whatever, LOL!!!"
If that is the way you think, I'm dissapointed.
Panda, that post is being very critical. Not to mention his admin responsibilities are in no way connected to this discussion. Lets drop this discussion now and continue it where it should be.
Post by: Panda on December 20, 2006, 10:00:31 pm
Panda, that post is being very critical. Not to mention his admin responsibilities are in no way connected to this discussion. Lets drop this discussion now and continue it where it should be.
I clarified my points, on that thread.
I just want him snap out of his "posting random philosophical talks wherever I can" thing, to keep it out of the boards, at least where it is out of context. At times I won't mind, but he is going overboard.
If I need to be critical to make him realize about it, I will be.
Post by: Indigo on December 20, 2006, 10:38:49 pm
Post by: .TakaM on December 21, 2006, 08:19:30 am
Post by: AlexHW on December 21, 2006, 08:43:00 am
And as a mod/admin, shouldn't you (ideally) be reading practically everything that is going on around the boards to take care/action if necessary?
Now you have a responsibility, and you can't just go "whatever, LOL!!!"
If that is the way you think, I'm dissapointed.
Your frame of mind and mine dont seem to be in-sync currently, and i think you took my words out of context..
I think i have racked up the most hours on pixelation than most moderators, and I read an awful lot..
How you describe how I think is not accurate.
I'm sorry if I offended anyone, it was not my intention to anger you, nor did I realize it would this easy to, if it has..
Post by: .TakaM on December 21, 2006, 04:09:40 pm
I think i have racked up the most hours on pixelation than most moderators, and I read an awful lot..actually, me and panda have a thing going:
Panda 37d 4h 22m
.TakaM 36d 15h 15m
Post by: baccaman21 on December 21, 2006, 04:18:06 pm
ttfn
T minus 30days and counting before I jet off on me travels round the world...
Have a good break... enjoy your pressies... and keep on pushing - see you 2007!!
Pete :)
Post by: Skull on December 21, 2006, 04:56:51 pm
I'm off now to go do some serious holidaying...
That was me today.. waking at 7.30.. not getting out of bed till 11.30.
Now that's living the life.
Post by: Larwick on December 21, 2006, 06:50:00 pm
Post by: Morganne on December 21, 2006, 07:24:35 pm
Living in Colorado is fun.
My poor dad fell down out there. We haven't heard from him sense.
Post by: Blick on December 21, 2006, 08:57:42 pm
Post by: The B.O.B. on December 21, 2006, 09:27:57 pm
@Skull: I agree. Ain't nothing better than being a lazy bastard. guilty, guilty, guilty...
@Morganne: Lucky ass. In Texas, the closest I've gotten to snow is sleet, and it hit about 40. The sad part is, it was enough to take down a whole city block, near downtown. It was completely blacked out for as far as the eyes could see. Shows how much our region isn't made for snow, or cold weather. The nice part was, I finally got to see how purrty' the black sky looked like, without the city lights. Felt just like home.
@Blick: Thats crazy. I was under the impression that Alaska was filled with fluffy white snow all over the place. When it does snow, does it get pretty bad?( I remember you once told me that you guys suffer occasional tornado warnings sometimes...if my memory serves me right)
Post by: Ragnarok on December 21, 2006, 09:52:30 pm
I've been eyeing the same one, actually. It's really cheap on Amazon and comes with Corel Painter and Photoshop Elements.I have one. It's very small though, I just prefer drawing at a scale of 1:1. (Dear God, architecture design classes wind me up)
link (http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-Graphire4-4x5-Tablet-Silver/dp/B000BBCTHU/sr=8-1/qid=1166541367/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-3458078-0147144?ie=UTF8&s=electronics)
Post by: Zolthorg on December 21, 2006, 09:55:13 pm
Post by: Evil-Ville on December 21, 2006, 10:33:57 pm
Post by: Blick on December 21, 2006, 10:43:58 pm
The past few years it's been crazy weather. Late cold winters, little snow. It snowed in June, I think it was, over the summer. For two days. It was strange. Then we get ice days in January and February way more often it seems. When it rains during the day more than usual and then freezes before morning and everyone is afraid to drive. I used to live right off of the busiest road in North Pole, not counting the highway, and on ice days I could go outside during the evening and just slide around with my shoes on in the middle of the road because no one was driving. Sometimes we get those times where it snows down hard, but it's usually at the beginning and end of winter when it's warm enough to snow. Yeah. warm enough to snow. 10 to 20 degrees makes the best snow. Nice rigid snow that'll hold it's shape.
What really sucks is when fog comes in from Fort Wainwright, which is right next to the Richardson Highway, on a bad ice day. Because the cars also make a lot of fog from their exhaust and it doesn't go away until it gets warmer, so people drive like 30 on the highway and you can only see a cars length or two ahead so you don't know if they guy ahead of you is an idiot doing 30 or someone that's actually doing the intelligent thing and just going the usual 5 to 10 miles under the speed limit. I remember last year I almost crashed on my way to school because someone was doing 25 on the highway, and I had about ten feet to either slow down (I was going 45) or swerve, I chose both and I'm lucky I didn't spin out into the ditch.
Post by: Zolthorg on December 21, 2006, 11:03:10 pm
You mean that cybernetic brain thing?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/zolthorg/female.png)
Post by: Rydin on December 22, 2006, 06:45:54 am
(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5848/lookslikethistu8.gif)
'Cept, like in a dress insead of spread apart legs. :-\
Post by: Skull on December 22, 2006, 12:28:04 pm
Living in Colorado is fun.
It's so cold here.. and I haven't even seen sight on one tny snow flake.. just chilling wind.. :(
Post by: Wolverine on December 22, 2006, 12:41:48 pm
It's so cold here.. and I haven't even seen sight on one tny snow flake.. just chilling wind.. :(
I got chips the other night and on the way home from the chippy I found the can of coke I bought there and had been carrying in my hand had sorta got stuck to the skin of my palm and fingers. Had to run hot water over my hand and the can to seperate them easier then put the can in the fridge to cool it again.
I still prefer the winter to summer though
Post by: The B.O.B. on December 22, 2006, 12:46:17 pm
Post by: Larwick on December 22, 2006, 02:45:26 pm
What is a "Chippy"?
It's a (fish and) CHIP SHOP you dumb American.. :P
Post by: Skull on December 22, 2006, 03:01:21 pm
It's a (fish and) CHIP SHOP you dumb American.. :P
Safe.. I went to a Chippy last night aswell.. man.. were they good.
Post by: The B.O.B. on December 22, 2006, 05:41:21 pm
It's a (fish and) CHIP SHOP you dumb American.. :P
Ughh. It's bad enough that I didn't know what a chippy was. But to have Larwick correct me. Man, I'm losing it...
JK of course :lol:
Post by: Ryumaru on December 22, 2006, 09:43:02 pm
Post by: Mirre on December 22, 2006, 10:20:50 pm
Post by: Blick on December 22, 2006, 10:26:57 pm
What the hell... a shop for fish and chips? That seems strange.
Post by: Zolthorg on December 22, 2006, 11:46:51 pm
edit:
i found an unskinned remnant :D
(http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/Themes/dark/images/post/smiley.gif)
Post by: .TakaM on December 23, 2006, 03:46:41 am
Post by: The B.O.B. on December 23, 2006, 05:32:24 am
I'm posting this from my Wii, it's great to lie on the couch and browse pixelation :D
Pshh! Show off.
Hah, I just noticed what it said underneath your avvy. "MS Paint kid"...classic...
Post by: Meta|Fox on December 23, 2006, 07:23:10 am
I'm probably going to buy the full version actually ^_^
Post by: .TakaM on December 23, 2006, 07:45:40 am
Post by: gliding on December 23, 2006, 07:55:03 am
I did mine too but i want more money to buy a wii for ... Mii !
Post by: Meta|Fox on December 23, 2006, 08:02:34 am
Post by: Panda on December 23, 2006, 08:51:15 am
Post by: Ryona on December 23, 2006, 09:46:34 am
Post by: Terley on December 23, 2006, 09:48:32 am
Post by: Ryona on December 23, 2006, 09:51:47 am
Post by: Wolverine on December 23, 2006, 11:15:42 am
I'm posting this from my Wii, it's great to lie on the couch and browse pixelation :D
Bleh, been able to do that for ages. Have a cable running from the PC to the big TV, and have a Dual Shock pad doing mouse functions and a keyboard extension lead. Mainly got the TV cable to play emulated stuff on big screen :)
Post by: Skull on December 23, 2006, 12:16:22 pm
Post by: Ragnarok on December 23, 2006, 12:20:01 pm
Lucky you .TakaM,I've got the cash. I've got the pre-order. My local store won't have it until the new year. :'( :'( :'(
I did mine too but i want more money to buy a wii for ... Mii !
Post by: crab2selout.png on December 23, 2006, 07:54:40 pm
I saw a story about giant squids, did a google to find pics and found this. If you like erotic videos of squids exposing themselves to cameras, then you will like this.
Post by: Rydin on December 24, 2006, 07:12:27 am
Man, that was way back when I had dial up :P...... *drifts into memory*
Post by: Panda on December 24, 2006, 08:37:10 am
I don't go shopping for gifts because material possessions are over-rated. I take my friends out for a big dinner at nice restaurants as gifts.
I would do that, but most of my friends, colleagues, old class mates etc etc, are scattered around the world (varying from Japan, to Spain, to Australia, to the States, Canada, etc etc), so it's rather hard. :0 (and if you are wondering, not all of them are e-friends >:0 , it's just that I moved a lot)
Post by: gliding on December 24, 2006, 09:03:52 am
(and if you are wondering, not all of them are e-friends >:0 , it's just that I moved a lot)
That's a rare, yet wonderful thing :)
Post by: .TakaM on December 24, 2006, 09:05:55 am
Post by: gliding on December 24, 2006, 09:08:51 am
Post by: Filax_666 on December 24, 2006, 11:00:23 am
happy feet turned out to be a much better movie than I was expecting :y:
Actually, I hated it. Very nice in terms of aestethics, but the story was really awful. It felt like some pseudo-religious movie.
Post by: .TakaM on December 24, 2006, 11:00:57 am
merry xmas everyone ;D
Actually, I hated it. Very nice in terms of aestethics, but the story was really awful. It felt like some pseudo-religious movie.yes, it was a pretty cheesy kids movie with some scenes that really made me cringe, but thats all to be expected, it was much more tolerable than i was expecting.
Post by: Sohashu on December 24, 2006, 11:02:05 am
Post by: .TakaM on December 24, 2006, 11:03:56 am
Post by: Sohashu on December 24, 2006, 11:05:25 am
Post by: .TakaM on December 24, 2006, 11:11:53 am
Post by: Feron on December 24, 2006, 11:32:20 am
time for tea and crumpets.
Post by: Ragnarok on December 24, 2006, 12:41:11 pm
Where are you .takam? IM still 2 hours behind you.
*Sigh* I'm in England, meaning that I still have 12 hours to wait.
Post by: Zolthorg on December 24, 2006, 02:21:26 pm
new zealand ;)
Say hi to chookz for me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk9MUfCyCQI
download here:
http://www.total-klik.net/merrygear.html
amazing.
Post by: Skull on December 24, 2006, 02:48:42 pm
what ashes... theres no such thing as the ashes. im afraid you must be mistaken.
time for tea and crumpets.
Quote : Australia never declaired independance.. so technically, we always win.
;)
Post by: Faceless on December 24, 2006, 03:16:41 pm
I wanted England to do better than they did though... this series was pathetic.
Post by: Skull on December 24, 2006, 03:19:48 pm
I have dual citizenship. British and Australian, so I jump ship depending on who won... I guess I just like gloating at the end.
I wanted England to do better than they did though... this series was pathetic.
Main thing is, and this is the truth, England waited till.. perhaps the 3rd test to play Monty Panasar (sp) - who has been said to be the greatest Spin-Bowler in the world.. So what's up with that!??!
Post by: Faceless on December 24, 2006, 06:25:16 pm
Post by: Mirre on December 24, 2006, 08:13:05 pm
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/Mirre/images/godjul06.jpg)
Post by: Ryona on December 24, 2006, 09:30:03 pm
"GOD JUL"? What does that mean?
Post by: Mirre on December 24, 2006, 09:44:42 pm
Post by: Ryona on December 24, 2006, 09:49:50 pm
Btw, I love your avatar. It's so cute. Very nice animation too. :)
Post by: Zolthorg on December 25, 2006, 08:17:07 am
etc. etc.
Post by: Ryona on December 25, 2006, 08:22:22 am
I feel left out. :|
Post by: Skull on December 25, 2006, 11:50:27 am
Dang... Everyone is having so much fun with their wiiwiis.
I feel left out. :|
I have no Wii, either.... only this snazzy new watch..!
Post by: snake on December 25, 2006, 12:12:14 pm
@ Miirre: Nice one. Always get out of sync when I come across scandinavian at random like that. God jul til deg og. :)
Post by: Keops on December 25, 2006, 02:06:10 pm
~K
Post by: Rox on December 25, 2006, 02:23:05 pm
Post by: Godslayer on December 25, 2006, 09:02:32 pm
(http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1866/footru2.png)
Yep.
Post by: Rerg1 on December 25, 2006, 09:20:01 pm
Post by: Terley on December 25, 2006, 11:09:06 pm
(http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4439/bookyh9.jpg)
plus a friend bought me an animating survival book, just what I need. (some people will believe tutorial books are nonsense and you should learn through self-discovery and observing people's movements and wtnot. but I really did need something like this.) Got loads more nice things too, im not rich and im grateful I got anything atall.
happy christmas everyone.
Post by: Evil-Ville on December 25, 2006, 11:19:20 pm
Post by: Mirre on December 25, 2006, 11:32:53 pm
snake: OMG! You're a scandinavian too? :o Danish or Norwegian?!
And Rox is Swedish? I thought you both were Americans or something!!! D: GAH!
Post by: Stwelin on December 26, 2006, 12:42:02 am
I have no Wii, either.... only this snazzy new watch..!
I got a watch too. :P No Wii in sight (not that i was expecting one.) I think i may go and get myself that book, though, i have been meaning to.
Post by: Soup on December 26, 2006, 01:04:48 am
Post by: Feron on December 26, 2006, 01:08:22 am
I got a watch too.
i too got a watch. i think ill put it on ebay though...
Post by: Xion on December 26, 2006, 01:39:10 am
Post by: Larwick on December 26, 2006, 03:12:21 am
Post by: Rawsushi on December 26, 2006, 03:21:01 am
Post by: Meta|Fox on December 26, 2006, 03:39:42 am
As for me, I got some more full metal alchemist dvds and some books, oh and the best of montey python DVD ^_^ woot
Post by: Cow on December 26, 2006, 03:46:26 am
A chunk of my tooth fell out. :'(
Post by: Ryumaru on December 26, 2006, 03:48:11 am
woot godslayer, me too :D
plus a friend bought me an animating survival book, just what I need. (some people will believe tutorial books are nonsense and you should learn through self-discovery and observing people's movements and wtnot. but I really did need something like this.) Got loads more nice things too, im not rich and im grateful I got anything atall.
happy christmas everyone.
woo, i have that book aswell. has definitely helped my traditional animation skills, but its hard for me to translate those skills into my pixelart.
Post by: Zolthorg on December 26, 2006, 04:07:45 am
i had more fun watching my family open their presents from me :|
Post by: Souly on December 26, 2006, 05:33:04 am
(With the reciept >.>;)
And some hand-me down pants from my little brother.
Because they were too big for him.
But I got some cash from the eldest of my elders.
So I could probably buy either an anatomy manikin for practicing my anatomy.
Or a really cheap tablet.
Post by: sharprm on December 26, 2006, 06:20:40 am
it came in still on? It means you can't press the buttons, but you can move your pen faster. I only just started using it, but that seems
like the best way to me.
Post by: AlexHW on December 26, 2006, 06:50:14 am
Post by: Frychiko on December 26, 2006, 06:56:58 am
No, I don't use any packaging on my tablet.. seems odd.
Presents...pfff.. I'd like to know who DIDN'T get presents (like me!)
Post by: Ryona on December 26, 2006, 07:31:57 am
I couldn't really ask for anything more because, well, I'm not big on material posessions. lol
Anyway, I don't really do Christmas. Like, it's a fine holiday and all, but to me, it's just another day like any other.
Oh, and I'm sorry to hear you didn't get any presents, Frychiko. Or maybe it's not a big deal to you. I don't know. heh
Post by: Frychiko on December 26, 2006, 07:53:19 am
Yeah I don't really celebrate Christmas so I doesn't bother me but I bought myself some nice presents anyway hehe. Being a gadget fan, I bought myself a 32 inch tv, a cabinet for it, a media player for it (so I can stream my mp3/movie files from my pc to the big screen!), a 300gb hdd, 5.1 sound system, a sofa and prepared a room for it all (new lights, long wires and stuff). I was gonna get a laptop also but I didn't want to go overboard..
I couldn't believe a mere 3(or maybe it was 2 or 1) metre cable could cost over $300... (when I was shopping for video cables)
Post by: .TakaM on December 26, 2006, 08:00:53 am
and for the last few years Ive never really came up with anything I wanted when people ask, so I usually only get some small things, you know; bad joke books, candy, alcohol, money etc
As long as you put thought into any present, they're always happy, and for me, the time they spend deciding on a present, or even worrying is more than enough
Post by: Helm on December 26, 2006, 08:10:09 am
Post by: Ryona on December 26, 2006, 08:33:47 am
Hmm.. with bathrobe on the mind, I think I'll go take a shower.
Post by: Helm on December 26, 2006, 09:20:08 am
Post by: Rox on December 26, 2006, 11:17:42 am
You shouldn't be surprised, anyhow. Scandinavians are REALLY into retro-style things (C64/Amiga music, demoscene stuff, pixel art, retro gaming).
Post by: Filax_666 on December 26, 2006, 11:58:37 am
EDIT: Oh yeah, almost forgot, I also got a webcam which doesn't work on my computer! YAY!
Post by: snake on December 26, 2006, 01:25:33 pm
snake: OMG! You're a scandinavian too? :o Danish or Norwegian?!
Um... couldn't you just have checked my profile? Meh, no matter. Norwegian. Nothing special about it, but it helps when scandinavians try to make secret remarks. :hehe:
You shouldn't be surprised, anyhow. Scandinavians are REALLY into retro-style things (C64/Amiga music, demoscene stuff, pixel art, retro gaming).
I have yet to meet this majority. Guess I go to the wrong places.
I got a white bathrobe for christmas.
Blue :y:
Post by: Ryona on December 26, 2006, 01:32:03 pm
You are an incessant flirt. I guess if you're looking for nerd love though, you're in the right place.
Agk! Sorry! I don't want to appear rude. :-[
Post by: .TakaM on December 26, 2006, 01:34:51 pm
Agk! Sorry! I don't want to appear rude. :-[lol, I dont think anyone really minds :P
I don't even think I go a day without putting meat in my mouth.that one can't've been a coincidence tho?
Post by: Ryona on December 26, 2006, 01:54:31 pm
that one can't've been a coincidence tho?
I know. It sounds sooo bad. :-[
I didn't even notice it untill I read my post again an hour later. I'm slow like that.
Post by: Helm on December 26, 2006, 08:47:45 pm
Agk! Sorry! I don't want to appear rude. :-[
Don't worry, most other people find implied promiscuity much more a turn-on than a turn-off.
Post by: The B.O.B. on December 27, 2006, 03:13:01 am
Don't worry, most other people find implied promiscuity much more a turn-on than a turn-off.
Example: me, Grr!!
On a sidenote: New Years Resolution anyone?
Post by: pkmays on December 27, 2006, 04:21:23 am
New Year's Resolution: Start taking Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu lessons again so I can kill people effortlessly.
Post by: miascugh on December 27, 2006, 10:48:45 am
New Year's Resolution: Quit smoking? Hahaha, sure.
Post by: Rerg1 on December 27, 2006, 10:52:43 am
I got over a thousand miles on my car and a reindeer that poops jelly beans.
New Year's Resolution: Start taking Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu lessons again so I can kill people effortlessly.
Some person at my Judo does Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, he is like scary. :S lol
Post by: Rox on December 27, 2006, 11:51:31 am
I have yet to meet this majority. Guess I go to the wrong places.Well, there is no majority. I'm just saying, looking at percentage in communities and relative to population and stuff, I've found that Swedes especially are pretty big on retro things. But especially Commodore 64 related stuff. I think, if it wasn't for us, the C64 scene wouldn't have been half the size it is today as both www.c64.com and the best online radio station EVAR, www.slayradio.com were founded by Swedes. Many gaming magazines over here also seem to have a retro section or two where they talk about old games, or even remake modern games into C64/NES/Amiga mock-ups. At least the ones I find in the cafeteria at my school. I'm just assuming we're big on the retro thing as a whole, as it seems logical.
Ryona, don't worry about stuff. There's a ton of lonely nerds on here that let their brains go wild over the idea of a real female making suggestive remarks like that. Play your cards right, and you may end up the queen of geekland!
As for new years stuff... Meh. I've never done that. From the looks of it, I'll spend the countdown alone at home in front of the computer with the TV on in the background, and Animal Crossing: Wild World sitting next to the keyboard. I remember the first time I decided to watch the countdown while online... It was the beginning of the year 2000. I lol'd at all those people who thought my computer would blow up for being on IRC at the same time.
Post by: Blick on December 27, 2006, 12:07:30 pm
Quote
Ryona, don't worry about stuff. There's a ton of lonely nerds on here that let their brains go wild over the idea of a real female making suggestive remarks like that. Play your cards right, and you may end up the queen of geekland!Haha, I think if a girl even expresses interest in a site nerds frequent, she's Queen of Geekland for that moment at least.
I don't make New Years Resolutions. I can't commit. Maybe if I made a New Years Resolution to commit, I'd be stuck in a contradiction so powerful that it sends me spiraling into an infinite loop of half assing everything for the year.
Yeah, so I wouldn't change either way.
Although, I wouldn't mind a haircut, job and girlfriend. Maybe I should work on obtaining those.
Post by: Faceless on December 27, 2006, 01:33:08 pm
I got a laptop, some money, a 3rd Wiimote and a bag to carry the laptop in.
And to add my two cents to the sub-topic, if Ryona's as cute as she depicts herself in her art, she can be my Queen.
Post by: Ryona on December 27, 2006, 10:26:39 pm
Ryona, don't worry about stuff. There's a ton of lonely nerds on here that let their brains go wild over the idea of a real female making suggestive remarks like that. Play your cards right, and you may end up the queen of geekland!
Um... yay? lol
And to add my two cents to the sub-topic, if Ryona's as cute as she depicts herself in her art, she can be my Queen.
I've created a monster... And that monster is me. o_o
Anyway, what are everyones plans for New Year's Eve? I'm still rather uncertain of mine. heh
Post by: The B.O.B. on December 27, 2006, 10:51:38 pm
Post by: Blick on December 27, 2006, 11:06:12 pm
Post by: Frychiko on December 28, 2006, 06:31:59 am
Post by: Akzidenz on December 28, 2006, 07:14:47 am
Because "two birds with one stone" is for pussies.
Post by: MoD on December 28, 2006, 11:30:20 pm
Post by: Faceless on December 29, 2006, 02:19:02 am
:crazy:
Post by: Zolthorg on December 29, 2006, 06:33:54 am
Post by: Akzidenz on December 29, 2006, 08:45:05 am
Post by: AlexHW on December 29, 2006, 09:46:03 am
Holy fuck, so, anyone here seen Children of Men yet?not I, but I want to..
Post by: snake on December 29, 2006, 10:17:54 am
Well, there is no majority. I'm just saying, looking at percentage in communities and relative to population and stuff, I've found that Swedes especially are pretty big on retro things. But especially Commodore 64 related stuff. I think, if it wasn't for us, the C64 scene wouldn't have been half the size it is today as both www.c64.com and the best online radio station EVAR, www.slayradio.com were founded by Swedes. Many gaming magazines over here also seem to have a retro section or two where they talk about old games, or even remake modern games into C64/NES/Amiga mock-ups. At least the ones I find in the cafeteria at my school. I'm just assuming we're big on the retro thing as a whole, as it seems logical.
But then, I don't live in Sweden. :P Most of the people I've met that are into computers or games at all, usually fall into the same anime-watching, comic-con going, closet-nerd types. Most are into old games they played when they were little, but I can't say I've noticed much activity in the really "old school" areas. Everyone is pretty into emulators, but that's about it. I guess you notice more if you hang around such places.
I've found that Norwegians to a surprising degree hang around wannabe-cool places like Break and such (watching videos made by 'em is always a weird experience...) Personally, I don't feel the need to be associated with what country I live in. There's only so many Viking references you can take...
In other news: Where's my snow gone to?There hasn't been a single proper snowfall all year. When I was living further north we used to have two meters of it by this time. I can't get in the Christmas spirit in October weather. It's just depressing. Ugh... I bet the doomsday prophets are going to have a good year.
Post by: Akzidenz on December 29, 2006, 09:09:35 pm
not I, but I want to..
It's in limited release, but it's playing in most metropolitan areas.. if there's a theatre within 3 or 4 hours of you that's showing it, I promise the drive is worth it.
Post by: pixelblink on December 29, 2006, 09:23:21 pm
- be more active (socially, physically, mentally, etc)
- make video game
- upgrade computer or buy a new one (probably cheaper in my case)
- go see Children of Men
- pixel scale model of the earth... no wait... not that
I also want to let everyone know that Istvan has finally released Sydney Finds Employment, an adventure game starring a homeless guy looking for, what else, a job. Check out the news post over at PJ for more details.
Post by: Rox on December 30, 2006, 03:09:59 pm
In other news: Where's my snow gone to?There hasn't been a single proper snowfall all year. When I was living further north we used to have two meters of it by this time. I can't get in the Christmas spirit in October weather. It's just depressing. Ugh... I bet the doomsday prophets are going to have a good year.We had snow in November where I live. Then it went away. Now I'm further north, where I used to live. We have April weather here. Foxes think it's spring, birds peck for leaf buds on trees, bears never went into hibernation. I don't dare imagine how the real spring will look.
Post by: Silver on December 30, 2006, 06:44:14 pm
:y:
BTW, The Ending archive they have in VG museum is like the best thing ever.
Post by: The B.O.B. on December 31, 2006, 09:13:40 pm
I've only had it for about 4 days, and the tips of my fingers are beginning to build callouses. I love metal music, and the technicality of their play. However, I know that to even grasp their level, it would take me years to get the hang of a normal guitar, as well as speed and time changes.
So my question is, seeing as how I'm completely new to this thing, I was wanting to know if anyone here even plays the guitar, and if you do, do you have any tips for beginners like myself to develop their skills?
Post by: MoD on December 31, 2006, 09:50:10 pm
Post by: lonlaz on January 01, 2007, 01:27:15 am
Post by: Akzidenz on January 01, 2007, 01:29:52 am
Post by: Rydin on January 01, 2007, 07:49:18 am
Damn, gotta get back to watching the metalocalypse marathon.
Post by: Helm on January 01, 2007, 09:59:36 am
I taught myself how to play guitar by teaching myself how to play songs that I liked. There's a huge feeling of reward when, after a week of practicing, you're finally able to play a part of the song without screwing up. Never took a class. But that's also the reason that I suck at playing guitar properly.
Even properly trained guitarists should try to learn stuff by bands they like, prefferably by ear, so they may see how other people go about composing things. Even just for breaking out of the habits "your arms" have. I mean, every person learns to play in their own unique way and for the most part, if left on their own, they`ll develop some set hand positions they will very rarely break out from. Therefore, if you learn other people`s stuff sometimes they might not fit your own hand positions, and you will be made to venture in unknown territory. This is good. The goal is to have mastery over the complete fretboard, not just three scales at three positions.
Post by: sharprm on January 01, 2007, 12:46:06 pm
and Windows media player refuses to open on this date. Don't know why. So I had an idea that 2100 AD is the planned 'judgement day', when that Microsoft clipit guy will become self aware and eliminate the human threat.
Post by: snake on January 01, 2007, 05:19:48 pm
We had snow in November where I live. Then it went away. Now I'm further north, where I used to live. We have April weather here. Foxes think it's spring, birds peck for leaf buds on trees, bears never went into hibernation. I don't dare imagine how the real spring will look.
It happens. We've got flowers springing to life right before winter. Farmers harvesting potatoes all year. I don't think it's unusual though. Things like this occur with a gap of a few years. For me at least.
I had some nasty spyware program on my computer, got rid of it yay! One thing it seems to have done is change my date to 2100 AD,
and Windows media player refuses to open on this date. Don't know why. So I had an idea that 2100 AD is the planned 'judgement day', when that Microsoft clipit guy will become self aware and eliminate the human threat.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/SnakemanEXE/Paperclip.png)
The sellout makes him more evil. :hehe:
Post by: MoD on January 01, 2007, 05:58:41 pm
He doesn't look like he has much in the way of legs though.
Post by: Malor on January 01, 2007, 10:58:59 pm
That's genius. I seriously lol'ed there.
He doesn't look like he has much in the way of legs though.
all the more evil no? seriously, wha is more evil than a floating, knife weilding Microsoft Paperclip? :crazy:
Post by: Zolthorg on January 01, 2007, 11:10:35 pm
That's genius. I seriously lol'ed there.
He doesn't look like he has much in the way of legs though.
They're heavily foreshortened.
That's genius. I seriously lol'ed there.
He doesn't look like he has much in the way of legs though.
all the more evil no? seriously, wha is more evil than a floating, knife weilding Microsoft Paperclip? :crazy:
swing and a miss
Post by: Mirre on January 01, 2007, 11:16:31 pm
Rox: actually I had no idea that Swedes were that into "retro-style things". I don't know anyone else from my town that is actually. But that could have something to do with the fact that I live in Umeĺ and that I studied natural and social science (natur- och samhällsvetenskapliga programmet) in high school, not some aesthete program. Only thing that comes close is a local band that I like, called KPIST. They do video game-inspired music. I never spent much time with other artsy kids (from here that is, I have some friends in Stockholm) or anyone really into my interests for that matter either. I guess you find more people with those interests if you live in the south.
snake: uhh... that's my fault for not checking PJ I guess. What's fun is that I have just been living with a Norwegian family for 7 months :D
Post by: Colonel Mustard on January 01, 2007, 11:20:49 pm
(wow, I'm slow at replying)
Rox: actually I had no idea that Swedes were that into "retro-style things". I don't know anyone else from my town that is actually. But that could have something to do with the fact that I live in Umeĺ and that I studied natural and social science (natur- och samhällsvetenskapliga programmet) in high school, not some aesthete program. Only thing that comes close is a local band that I like, called KPIST. They do video game-inspired music. I never spent much time with other artsy kids (from here that is, I have some friends in Stockholm) or anyone really into my interests for that matter either. I guess you find more people with those interests if you live in the south.
There used to be tons of demo parties to go to here in Sweden, but they seem to die out one after one, to make room for more gamer lan's :(
I don't have many friends that are that into demos and other retro things, but the parties used to be packed with people
Post by: sharprm on January 02, 2007, 12:24:41 am
Post by: Rox on January 02, 2007, 12:38:56 pm
But yeah. Just to prove my point about the retro thing, take a look at who founded C64.com (http://www.c64.com), the world's biggest C64 resource site, and also the world's best online radio station, SLAY Radio (http://www.slayradio.com). Both with focus on C64, of course, but there's some Amiga stuff around also. And occationally some NES nights on Slay. I've also heard radio programs about game music at least three times, on Swedish radio. The non-online one. Some channel (P4 probably) even had a program dedicated to NES-and-older music, but I only caught one episode of that...
I obviously have no idea about other countries, but it seems Sweden is rather big on stuff like that. But we're also really big on Japanese pop culture, which disturbs me. Maybe we're big on everything that isn't traditional European...?
Post by: Sohashu on January 02, 2007, 01:08:33 pm
New Years Resolutions:
Learn to play Tears in Heaven, Stairway to Heaven, various songs from video games, specifically Saddest Theme from Chrono Trigger on guitar.
Get a job before the year is out.
Do decently at school.
Become better at art in general.
Quit Drama at School for Art.
Finish a game. Just one is all I ask, and hopefully make a tiny scrap of Money out of it (unlikely).
Go to the Weird Al concert. :D
Become Fitter.
Try and busk up some money. :D
OK. Enough kooky Schemes from the S-man. Who here has Twilight Princess, and if so, Where are you up to?
Post by: Zolthorg on January 02, 2007, 01:15:25 pm
taking it real slow given the fact nintendo tends to draw out good games over a long period of time.
Post by: Sohashu on January 02, 2007, 01:28:52 pm
Post by: Panda on January 02, 2007, 02:04:20 pm
OK. I haven't been doing anything much, because I got a Wii and Zelda, and thats sums up the past few days for me.
New Years Resolutions:
Learn to play Tears in Heaven, Stairway to Heaven, various songs from video games, specifically Saddest Theme from Chrono Trigger on guitar.
Get a job before the year is out.
Do decently at school.
Become better at art in general.
Quit Drama at School for Art.
Finish a game. Just one is all I ask, and hopefully make a tiny scrap of Money out of it (unlikely).
Go to the Weird Al concert. :D
Become Fitter.
Try and busk up some money. :D
OK. Enough kooky Schemes from the S-man. Who here has Twilight Princess, and if so, Where are you up to?
And finish your secret santa ASAP
or else.
Post by: snake on January 02, 2007, 03:39:58 pm
Who here has Twilight Princess, and if so, Where are you up to?
Finished it. Roughly 4 days after opening the box. Took longer because I wanted to get everything.
I'm off collecting all the heart pieces. Got the last armor and I'm going to play through the Great fairy's cavern battle now. (no, that info is not a spoiler)
The ending was great by the way. One of the best games I've played in years.
snake: uhh... that's my fault for not checking PJ I guess. What's fun is that I have just been living with a Norwegian family for 7 months :D
Heh, you can just click my name here. People usually put up what country they're from when they register. I did at least. Where were you staying? Somewhere close to the border or in the "larger" cities?
Scandinavians in general are really heavy on two things, in my little isolated world. Metal, and retro. That's why bands like Machinae Supremacy (http://www.machinaesupremacy.com) sprung into existance. They're a metal band with Commodore 64 roots! But I don't think anyone could miss that Scandinavia is the home of heavy/thrash/death/whatever metal...
But yeah. Just to prove my point about the retro thing, take a look at who founded C64.com (http://www.c64.com), the world's biggest C64 resource site, and also the world's best online radio station, SLAY Radio (http://www.slayradio.com). Both with focus on C64, of course, but there's some Amiga stuff around also. And occationally some NES nights on Slay. I've also heard radio programs about game music at least three times, on Swedish radio. The non-online one. Some channel (P4 probably) even had a program dedicated to NES-and-older music, but I only caught one episode of that...
I obviously have no idea about other countries, but it seems Sweden is rather big on stuff like that. But we're also really big on Japanese pop culture, which disturbs me. Maybe we're big on everything that isn't traditional European...?
Metal and goth is *very* big here. That band sounds like something my friends could be doing. Japaniese pop-stuff hit like a landslide recently because suddenly, publishers discovered that kids were suckers for the stuff and would buy anything even *remotely* Asian. (Seen it first hand. Not a pretty sight...) Come to think of it, I guess it's partly my fault. I was, after all, part of the Pokémon generation. (My school had the largest collection of card traders in the western part of the country.) But then, the term anime didn't exist here at that point. :P While on the subject, I've noticed Swedish mangas here lately. Pretty disturbing really. The ultimate Swedish stereotype (big busted blond...) in some kind of Tokyo hybrid. Hope this won't become a trend. "Norwegian viking girl! In Kyoto! With neko, kawai and baka! ...and maybe some clishé love story if we feel like it!" Ughh... That's why I don't read that stuff...
I can only dream that P4 will start having NES sessions. Right now, all they send is country music...
Post by: Faceless on January 02, 2007, 03:50:13 pm
The ending was great by the way. One of the best games I've played in years.
Really? I thought it (the ending) was one of the few things that let this game down.
I agree on the second point, as it was the same for me, but still not as good as either of the N64 Zeldas.
Post by: Wolverine on January 02, 2007, 04:02:11 pm
Post by: Ragnarok on January 02, 2007, 04:36:19 pm
Played Twilight Princess at my lil cousin's place last week. It's not bad but it's really not great. I really don't much like using the Wiimote either. Game was better than the godawful N64 games but overall it just seemed mediocre with only the odd flash of greatness. I came home and started playing Link's Awakening DX from the start and still enjoy that and LttP way more than any of the 3D Zeldas. That Wiisports he got with his Wii was terrible too.Blasphemer!
Post by: Rerg1 on January 02, 2007, 04:38:22 pm
Post by: Zolthorg on January 02, 2007, 04:45:56 pm
Played Twilight Princess at my lil cousin's place last week. It's not bad but it's really not great. I really don't much like using the Wiimote either. Game was better than the godawful N64 games but overall it just seemed mediocre with only the odd flash of greatness. I came home and started playing Link's Awakening DX from the start and still enjoy that and LttP way more than any of the 3D Zeldas. That Wiisports he got with his Wii was terrible too.
Different strokes.
Though everyone else here is going to hang you for that.
Post by: baccaman21 on January 02, 2007, 05:53:29 pm
- Visit less swinging clubs & fetish parties :-[
- Work less... a lot less... ;D
- Travel more... like trans globally :lol: ;D
Post by: Rydin on January 02, 2007, 09:16:31 pm
Post by: Cow on January 02, 2007, 09:43:29 pm
Post by: .TakaM on January 03, 2007, 08:55:58 am
I enjoyed watching the progress more than looking at the end result, haven't seen anything like this before, pretty cool.
Post by: Colonel Mustard on January 03, 2007, 11:09:54 am
Who here has Twilight Princess, and if so, Where are you up to?
Playing it on my gamecube, finished the main part a few days ago, now I'm collecting bugs and what not :P
At first I thought TP was mediocre, some tacky animations and models, but I changed my mind later on. Some textures still bother me though. And it's waaay too easy :(
Post by: baccaman21 on January 03, 2007, 01:01:31 pm
(http://pete.ptoing.net/FutureGames.bmp)
click here (http://blogs.sun.com/ChrisM/entry/vintage_guide_to_computer_and)for the whole book in all it's 80's glory
:)
Post by: Akzidenz on January 03, 2007, 06:30:24 pm
Post by: Zolthorg on January 04, 2007, 12:33:14 am
Post by: Frychiko on January 04, 2007, 09:09:35 am
Post by: pkmays on January 04, 2007, 04:11:39 pm
I especially like the connection between flight simulators, 911, FPS games, and cop killing.
Post by: Stwelin on January 04, 2007, 11:21:46 pm
Well, he's not going to go kill anyone, mainly because he doesn't have a thousand-year violent history of hate against any of his elementary school classmates. The terrorists didn't play a flight simulator and then decide to attack America, they already had the notion of violence because of their history and ours.
Post by: Ryumaru on January 04, 2007, 11:44:05 pm
Post by: Rydin on January 05, 2007, 12:57:39 am
(1) (http://www.ed.gov/upload/news/pressreleases/2004/11/11292004.html)
(2) (http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/BG1026.cfm)
(3) (http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=5302)
(4) (http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/discipline.html)
(5) (http://www.theesa.com/facts/top_10_facts.php)
Post by: sharprm on January 05, 2007, 01:03:00 am
a documentary on a group that had one of their documents leaked that outlined their 'evil' plans. Which was like, step 1, create
confusion about evolution in media, step 2, keep saying we need to teach the controversy, step 3 ban evolution teachings. I think
its the same kind of thing going on here. They have an evil plan to get rid of violent computer games. Did you know at one stage that
the government paid tv producers to make episodes that had a "drugs are bad" theme. I wonder if all the shitty episodes on shows
like csi Miami where the bad guys are acting out crimes on the computer games have been paid to do so by the religious people. I bet
in 4 years time the only game for sale will be "the Sims - going to church" expansion pack.
Post by: Stwelin on January 05, 2007, 01:12:12 am
Post by: Cow on January 05, 2007, 01:18:37 am
Quote
I wonder if all the shitty episodes on shows like csi Miami where the bad guys are acting out crimes on the computer games have been paid to do so by the religious people.Haha, I saw that episode. It was pretty hilarious, actually.
It would be funny if they were to ban video games. Raids on LAN parties, nerds programming from secret cave locations...
Post by: sharprm on January 05, 2007, 01:19:18 am
I guess you don't have to be religious to be opposed to violence in computer games.
Post by: Stwelin on January 05, 2007, 01:26:03 am
focus on something a little more relevent. blame narrow-mindedness, blame their political views, blame their outlook on the terrorist attacks, but please, please don't blame the fact that they are religious. You don't have to be affiliated with a religion to have morals (even if their morals are skewed.)
edit:
Haha, I saw that episode. It was pretty hilarious, actually.
It would be funny if they were to ban video games. Raids on LAN parties, nerds programming from secret cave locations...
This seems like a familiar scenario... have i heard this plot before?
Post by: Sohashu on January 05, 2007, 01:35:28 am
Anyway, the main problem is desensitizing children to violence. It doesn't make them more violent, it just makes them more used to it. And anyway, if the parents are dumb enough to buy GTA for their 7 year old or whatever, it's there fault if there are repercussions.
Post by: sharprm on January 05, 2007, 01:47:55 am
I think religion is a relevant factor, because people who go to church several times a week will turn out to vote (which isn't compulsory in America), whereas other people can't be stuffed. Also because they listen to their preachers they will probably vote the same. Thats why Politicians will listen to them and thats why they will be able to influence regulations. They are also more willing to donate money (which can fund campaigns etc.).
Post by: Stwelin on January 05, 2007, 01:56:49 am
Edit: and on a different note: i don't know about your personal experience in this matter, but the preachers i know don't share their political views at all. I see just as many Bush Cheney '04 bumper stickers in the church parking lot as Kerry Edwards '04 stickers.
Post by: Zolthorg on January 05, 2007, 02:10:55 am
It would be funny if they were to ban video games. Raids on LAN parties, nerds programming from secret cave locations...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/zolthorg/nerdz.png)
Post by: robalan on January 05, 2007, 04:28:16 am
Post by: Kren on January 05, 2007, 04:39:53 am
XD, cave story best game ever, yeah extremist do suck.It would be funny if they were to ban video games. Raids on LAN parties, nerds programming from secret cave locations...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/zolthorg/nerdz.png)
Post by: Rydin on January 05, 2007, 04:58:25 am
Post by: pkmays on January 05, 2007, 06:44:10 am
"There's going to be a Columbine like incident--maybe by the factor of 10--down the road. Then there's going to be a human cry in the halls of congress and elsewhere to ban these games alltogether."
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."
.....................
I won't even begin to comment on these, but it all comes down to fucktard parents not knowing jackshit about game ratings. Everytime I'm at a GameStop and a new GTA comes out, there's always some 13 year old kid who tries to dupe his grandmother into buying it. GameStop guys are required to warn about the drugs, sex, murder, and language. It's always a Kodak moment when the kid's scheme falls apart and he gets owned.
Post by: Rox on January 05, 2007, 10:15:28 pm
My father bought his first PC the same year I was born. I was raised by computers, almost literally. EGA colored the world and PC speaker beeps were my lullabies. So how has that affected me?
Well... I can only recall actually hurting someone willfully... three times in my entire life. One in self defence (it's not fun to get pushed up against a wall and get a clothes hook between your shoulder blades), the other two were entirely stupidity enduced. I hated having to do it, but apparently some people are too stupid to take threats seriously. I don't like when people piss me off for their own enjoyment! But other than those times, I have never felt the need to take out aggressions on another living being. And in bars around town, at least one drunken person seemed to get beat up every weekend...
The only bad thing I can say about video games is that they're distracting, sometimes addictive, and that too much of them CAN make you lose grip of reality. But so can movies, and even books. Earlier today I told myself to not read Douglas Adams book in bed after I wake up. Only before I go to sleep. Otherwise I get a really random way of phrasing things until after lunch...
Oh, also; Games taught me English. Did I mention I managed to write a four-syllable word in a foreign language at the age of 3 because of some old DOS game? Yep yep. Oh, the video's done loading now...
[edit] By the way... If the world does go terrible and half the population dies because of children becoming murder machines because of video games... You know what? I'm going to accept that as this universe's way of keeping humanity in check. Nature has an uncanny way of restoring balance, and I believe the human race has gone way too far lately. Something's going to happen soon, among the lines of all these terrorist attacks, hurricanes, tsunamis and catastrophic climate changes, but it'll be worse than anything yet. If that's a teenage armageddon, then so be it. I think this world needs it sooner or later. And it's nature's call. [/edit]
Post by: Opacus on January 06, 2007, 03:05:14 am
(I never quit playing it, even if I sleep I let my GC on, hence the 140 hourse :P)
Post by: Gunne on January 07, 2007, 10:37:46 am
Post by: Ragnarok on January 07, 2007, 12:17:19 pm
Post by: snake on January 07, 2007, 04:26:16 pm
"We must me carefull who we pretend to be." ...Like sensible politicians who know what they're talking about... Like it's been stated over and over again, it's lack of parental guidance: parents that let kids play games over their age limit that is the problem, not the games themselves. The porno industry is one of the largest in the world, but for some reason they're not generalising it saying that all movies are bad for you like these guys are about games, especially considering that the largest game category is children's-games. Flight simulators...
The witch hunt on videogames is now a quick way to get votes. It's based on a stereotype created by ignorance and enforced by people taking what a few scientists say out of context. I'm so glad people with some actual knowledge about the game industry is fighting back against this, because it's honestly getting on my nerves.
Columbine times ten? Of course! Playing Doom will make you so violent you'll ensue mass murder. It's got nothing to do with how you're raised or your social life, and you certainly wasn't involved with other kinds of violent content. No sir. It's all that one videogame's fault for warping your mind. I've been playing games my entire life and abide by the age limits. I have yet to bring guns to my school. In fact, I learned the very language I'm writing right now because of 'em.
So what happens if these people get it their way and get into controll? These 10x Columbine slaughter children of theirs will find something else. The really gory games they hate so much are to a very large degree based on shock effect. People don't go to scary movies to "have a good time". They go there to get scared out of their mind, which is why they usually have that extra 'cool'-factor. You dared to see it. The parents could at least the very least say no and not just blame whoever made it. If game companies are forced to stop, something in another industry will start drawing in the crowds. If you raise your kids to be jerks with guns, they probably will be.
I seriously hope these guy's find something better to do with their time and quit forcing their delusions on everyone else.
Post by: Rox on January 07, 2007, 04:55:01 pm
Actually, I think this world needs more pretenders and less people who either don't care at all, or who honestly BELIEVE they are something they're not. Like the people commenting in that trailer!
Hey, anyone up for making a pro-gaming documentary?
Post by: Rydin on January 07, 2007, 06:58:13 pm
Hey, anyone up for making a pro-gaming documentary?
Count me in. :lol:
Post by: sharprm on January 08, 2007, 03:12:51 am
Post by: Xion on January 08, 2007, 04:25:22 am
Hey, anyone up for making a pro-gaming documentary?
Yesh.
It's ridiculous. I mean, really...The things people make scapegoats.
Seriously.
Books? Books are more immersing than video games, if written correctly. And seriously, I've read books riddled with violence and gore and things that would never make it into a game. And in doing so I was transported into that world. No one's blaming Columbine or WTC on books.
Movies? Come on, now, there's some terrible isht in movies.
And life in general. The "War on Terrorism." Kids in my school are like "I'm joining the military as soon as I graduate." "why?" "Cause what else is there? And you get to shoot people." Brainwashed by games? No, by the government. Violent by nature. And rather than letting the need for competition and challenges out in real life, bottling up all that need to be superior because teachers say "everyone is equal" until you feel violence is the only way...Play games, I guess.
Blah, I ramble.
I halt my ramble.
Post by: Akira on January 08, 2007, 04:31:19 am
Post by: Rox on January 08, 2007, 08:32:39 am
Or what about we make a boring pro christian game, where you throw bibles at people to convert them, or maybe match quotes from the gospel with the saints who said it. But then just like GTA there would be shocking hidden content which can be unlocked by editing the game. Something like burning witches bonus games, crusades and protesting at homosexual's funerals. And then... crap, this isn't going anywhere.There's an old NES game where you play as Moses... you run around and collect bibles and stuff... Which, honstly, doesn't make much sense to me, but I only saw a glimpse of it once, so I don't know. But on a more serious note, I'm fairly confident "boring pro-christian" games already exist. Hey, ever been to that ...games for christians site? It scares me! They give games a lower christianity rating because of lack of clothing and too much violence and stuff.
Ohyeah, here it is. (http://www.christiananswers.net/spotlight/games/)
But that's enough religion for now, okay? I'm not trying to spark a debate or anything here, just getting the violence+games+religion thing out of the way.
On books: I just started reading the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Freaking good book!
Post by: sharprm on January 08, 2007, 11:32:53 am
that guy could kill me with his guitar case, what have I got, keys, they could be used as a weapon. Anyways, maybe I'm just crazy.
Post by: Evil-Ville on January 08, 2007, 01:12:43 pm
Or what about we make a boring pro christian game, where you throw bibles at people to convert them, or maybe match quotes from the gospel with the saints who said it.
(http://encyclopedia.quickseek.com/images/thumb/200px-Bible_adventures.jpg)
This game is shockingly violent too because you can throw baby moses in the river!
Post by: TehSilentOne on January 08, 2007, 04:20:50 pm
> also Battle Royale is an awesome movie. Sucks to be the gal w/ the Pot-Lid though. :P and Kiryama is so kick-ass..
Post by: snake on January 08, 2007, 06:45:26 pm
These came to mind. Somewhat new bible game(s). Mario Party ripoff with bible stories taken out of context. :y: In the GBA version you quote gospels to beat "the deceiver". That's the Devil to the rest of us.
@Evil-Ville: From what I recall, that game was only released in the west and never got licenced by Nintendo. Hence the unusual NES cartridge.
@Rox: Those are some weird reviews. Christian rating? "There is mention of other gods in this game. There is also magic. You can choose not to use it, but you will most likely loose. People might also find the shapeshifters insulting." :huh: Regardless of it's message, I find it somewhat humorous that the site's called 'Christian answers', as apposed to regular ones.
(You should have picked up hitchhiker sooner. Loved those books. Highly reccomended.)
Wether or not the 'Mortal Kombat' video has some hidden religious message, I suspect dragging that into the discussion will take away focus from the original subject: 'violence in videogames.' (IMO of course.)
Post by: Rox on January 08, 2007, 06:54:39 pm
Anyhow. I'm joining in on the so-far-inofficial Towel Day the 25th of May this year. I think it's a fitting tribute to an amazing author who went away far too soon. Not to mention it's funny (and also practical!), which he would've liked.
Post by: TehSilentOne on January 08, 2007, 09:11:42 pm
Post by: alkaline on January 09, 2007, 01:49:18 am
(http://encyclopedia.quickseek.com/images/thumb/200px-Bible_adventures.jpg)
This game is shockingly violent too because you can throw baby moses in the river!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkNvQYiM6bw
An angry nintendo nerd review about Bible Adventures, as well as various other crap piles.
Post by: leel on January 09, 2007, 02:11:49 am
wow I just saw the Noah shooter part.. mmm goats.
Post by: Helm on January 09, 2007, 02:26:42 am
Post by: leel on January 09, 2007, 02:51:43 am
Yeah, in conclusion, I think it's incredibly funny that all those religious games are rip offs. Throw that baby Moses!
Post by: robalan on January 09, 2007, 05:48:32 am
Post by: Rox on January 09, 2007, 09:09:07 am
Post by: sharprm on January 09, 2007, 11:12:01 am
Post by: Mirre on January 09, 2007, 12:56:12 pm
...
"I choose you, Sloth!"
Post by: Rox on January 09, 2007, 06:55:21 pm
If a game must be made, make it a game where every major religion is included, and as many stereotypes are being thrown around as possible! Like a King of Fighters clone. Jesus could be in it, trying to make everyone stop fighting, and when they don't he gets himself nailed to a piece of wood! Buddha, who after overpowering his opponent sits under a tree and falls asleep! Mohammed, crawls out of his cave and fights in the name of god before blowing himself to pieces! The Pope could be in it, maybe even some Wiccan witches even though that's not a "real religion". And an atheist who believes himself superior to everyone else, then realizes that EVERYONE'S belief is wrong, including his own, and then... his head.. explodes!
Eh. I'm trying too hard... I don't actually know anything about religion. It's hard to be offensive when you don't know what's offensive and what's not...
But a game like that HAS to have a Trekkie, too.
Post by: Panda on January 09, 2007, 07:18:33 pm
But a game like that HAS to have a Trekkie, too.
And Miyamoto should be there too, for Nintendo fanboys like me :P
Post by: dragonrc on January 09, 2007, 07:41:08 pm
hope i get flamed away right away :D
Post by: snake on January 09, 2007, 11:00:51 pm
We could also make a parody game that is a mix of Pokémon and Noah's Ark. "Gotta catch (2 of) 'em all!"
...
"I choose you, Sloth!"
"Tried to catch Dragon"
"..."
"Dragon got away"
And Miyamoto should be there too, for Nintendo fanboys like me :P
Finishing move: Increase gameplay value +10.
Spiritual Warfare could be an interesting idea for an RTS. Have to say, that Noah's Wolfenstein thing was pretty weird. And who would have thought Jesus spent his time jumping on logs... at a waterfall.
May I ask why all the animals for some reason fall a sleep when you knock them over the head with a boulder and whatnot? Do they intend to make me believe that acorns and rocks make for good sedatives? They could have made them knocked out. Wouldn't break the rules.
On a sidenote. I took some time reading some more on that 'Christian answers' page. There are some somewhat odd articles on gay marriage and the legitimacy of the bible. In one article, they describe how you can 'un-gay' someone, explaining the procedure disguised as an eating disorder and the moving a fridge. In another one, the bible's legitimacy is explained in part on the grounds that: "A book showing the perfect moral system can't be made by lies." Strikes me as a little weird, but a fun read at least. :P
Post by: The B.O.B. on January 09, 2007, 11:24:27 pm
Just wait till I tell Jesus on you...
Post by: Faktablad on January 10, 2007, 01:07:39 am
Post by: The B.O.B. on January 10, 2007, 01:37:47 am
Post by: Cow on January 10, 2007, 01:56:44 am
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As a twenty-one year old I have to say I was freaked out, disturbed, and horrified by Doom III’s content. I can’t imagine what a thirteen year old would feel like.
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And although gambling in the casino is not required, the mere fact that it is present in the game may cause some eyebrows to be raised.
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The game box does seem to say that Ryu also has the motive of revenge as well, and we all know that Vengence belongs to God, but the story is so weak that it never actually makes revenge seem a motive for Ryu.
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She illegally raids ancient tombsYeah, that's a fun website.
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To be honest, Punaji.com always tends to not work(at least with me), especially recently.Aye, I've been having trouble getting on, I thought it was just me, too. :-X
Post by: Xion on January 10, 2007, 02:36:32 am
On movies, has anyone seen "Battle Royale". I swear it changed the way I saw people. When I walked down the street I was thinking,Yeah, awesome movie. When you shoot someone multiple times in the chest and they don't die, just Shoot Them In The HEAD!!!
that guy could kill me with his guitar case, what have I got, keys, they could be used as a weapon. Anyways, maybe I'm just crazy.
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I'm playing Zelda:The Twilight Princess for the GC...140hours, Zora dungeon...that underwater temple thing.I am sooo dissapointed in that game.
(I never quit playing it, even if I sleep I let my GC on, hence the 140 hourse :P)
Sure, it was fun until I got to the last level and was like "please don't let this be the last level." Alas, lo and behold, 'twas the last level. Those sites/magazines that reviewed it overexaggerated just because of the franchise. At best, I'd've given it an 8.7/10.
It also lacks any of the sidequests that gave characters so much depth, like those found in Majora's Mask (Anju and whatnot, as well as a bunch of others).
By the time I finished the story I felt like I'd already seen everything there was to see in the game.
I saw parts in the trailer that I was most hyped up for, but didn't make it to the final game.
Nintendo, you've so let me down.
Wind Waker was better in terms of content.
Though I must say that the story and graphics far surpassed any Zelda game to date and I'ma get the Wii version...as soon as I get a Wii.
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O, Wait, I made a booboo, I beat the game at 37 hours and am currently 1 heartpiece away from 20 at 47hrs.
Way too short.
Post by: Rydin on January 10, 2007, 08:16:17 am
Post by: Rox on January 10, 2007, 08:26:53 am
I wonder if anyone will ever invent a completely frictionless surface?
Post by: ptoing on January 10, 2007, 09:37:27 am
I wonder if anyone will ever invent a completely frictionless surface?
I think with gravity and other stuff like air resistance and such that is pretty much impossible. Lotus leaves are pretty awesome when it comes to just spill dirt off when they get water on them.
Post by: dragonrc on January 10, 2007, 02:03:08 pm
I didnt get flamed away
Post by: Akira on January 10, 2007, 11:25:44 pm
I wonder if anyone will ever invent a completely frictionless surface?Everybody likes a bit of friction.
Lotus leaves are pretty awesome when it comes to just spill dirt off when they get water on them.yeah i saw an architecture program where they were doing what the lotus leaves had to glasses and plastics and stuff. windows that you'd never have to wash and spoons that never got stuff stuck on them. like honey just slipped right off. it was whack.
Post by: Xion on January 11, 2007, 01:48:35 am
Post by: Rox on January 11, 2007, 08:40:30 am
Maybe the goat of plantlife? How does a goat react to getting stuff on it?
Post by: snake on January 11, 2007, 08:33:27 pm
Post by: Stwelin on January 12, 2007, 01:09:41 am
I know there are numerous c64 fans here, so i thought someone might find this interesting. this was also featured at www.hackaday.com
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Post by: The B.O.B. on January 12, 2007, 02:05:20 am
Post by: Rydin on January 12, 2007, 03:30:30 am