osmosisch

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  1. Life

    I dunno, do children?
  2. Planetside 2: When trees attack!

    I've had queues on Miller at almost every peak hour I tried to get it. It seems to be a big hit so far.
  3. Planetside 2: When trees attack!

    There's already a thread in 'networking as well : http://www.idlethumbs.net/forums/topic/8259-planetside-2/ Love the game so far. I try to get in a couple of hours a week at least.
  4. I'll say there are some widely-hailed classics I just absolutely could not find the value of when I tried cracking them on my own. The most shameful are Finnegan's Wake and Gravity's Rainbow, neither of which I could get through. Reading the words on each page just became such an unutterable chore that I eventually gave up. That's hardly the type of enlightened criticism you appear to be looking for, but there it is.
  5. In that case the title and concept would appear to be misleading. Do I understand correctly that your intent is to ask 'what masterpiece/classic do you believe has sides to it that should be discussed more but aren't?'
  6. Attempting to reduce people's enjoyment of a particular thing is not something I can get behind.
  7. Life

    It is really conceptually dangerous to talk about genes in terms of being agents rather than carriers. It's a great mental shortcut in some cases but in general the much more accurate and safe way to say this sort of thing is that behaviour X will result in the propagation of gene Y. Not saying you don't understand this but I feel this sort of thing needs to be emphasised now and then.
  8. Are you sure you're not just in the low-priority queue?
  9. Why you so bad: Dialogue in Video Games

    Oh my, what a fine contribution to this Video game forum!
  10. My point was that you're under NDA and should not be blabbing in here. For the record I agree there's plenty of issues but this is not the place to air them until beta is open and the NDA is lifted.
  11. Nobody even has the option to play it except those in the beta. Further, this is a real beta in the sense that it's not supposed to be fun yet. I think it's very bad form to break an NDA just to say that a very unfinished piece of software that nobody is pretending is ready for release isn't up to snuff. No shit. If you have constructive feedback post it in the beta forums, and if not then shut up.
  12. How do I contribute to this forum?

    Is there a rule against image macros here? *mouse hovers over 'this thread is going places' folder*
  13. How do I contribute to this forum?

    Hahaha, I love this. "God, can't you do anything? Well at least you can post on forums I guess. It's the least you can do!" "But howwwwwww?"
  14. The Idle Book Club 2: Cloud Atlas

    I'm not sure whether this is the appropriate place but starting a new thread seems a bit much: I just saw the film last night and was extremely pleasantly surprised. The negatives: All the subtlety of the book is gone. Some of the makeup was pretty bad. Having the same actors all the time is a bit distracting but is also just fun to watch, especially at the end when during the credits they show who played which roles. almost guaranteed to be some surprises in there. The positives: Changing the narrative structure from the russian doll model to a layer cake makes the themes resonate much more through reinforcement. A huge amount of subplots and characters got axed but it didn't really affect much. David Mitchell is on record as saying that the film (like any book-to-movie project) is an interpretation, and I would say that as such it succeeds. A lot of the acting and visuals are good. Overall I went in expecting the worst so that may colour my impressions, but after hearing the directors being so passionate about it I had to go see it and I'm glad I did. Recommended, if only because it makes for interesting discussion fodder. This is probably my favourite book adaptation since The Descendants.
  15. A Song Of Ice And Fire

    It didn't, but the combo with your post now does. What a mess, I'll just spoil the whole thing.
  16. A Song Of Ice And Fire

    Oops, sorry!
  17. A Song Of Ice And Fire

    (end-of-book spoiler)
  18. Mass Effect 3

    Assuming Direct Contro-BWAAAAAAAAAa
  19. Mass Effect 3

    I'd be okay with it if these conversations would then end with "I will play you the song of my people" and BAM space vuvuzelas.
  20. Haha, I'm halfway through again
  21. Relaxing Strategy Game Suggestions

    Sins of a Solar Empire is by far the most relaxing RTS I'm aware of. The scale makes it so that twitch micro is almost completely irrelevant, and watching gigantic space armadas smash into each other just never gets old.
  22. Plug your shit

    This thread title always makes me feel to constipated.
  23. Life

    thank god I read the following posts before hitting submit!