Zeusthecat

Dude, I'm like right where you are. Club LOL just opened last night, I got the shoe store last week, second floor of the museum a couple days ago, and Able Sisters store is under construction again (for Gracie I assume?). Also just started getting silver tools and they are pretty sweet.

Twig, I think it's worth giving some more thought to what Thrik and dibs have both been getting at. It sounds like you're already where you need to be on the technical side of things and it could be how you are selling yourself that is falling short. You need to be like a used car salesman where you are both the used car and the salesman. As an example, the job I got out of college (and where I still work today) was only the second job I interviewed for and there were over 100 other applications full of people more qualified than me. I had no internship experience and the job was in power design which was not what I focused on in college. The only things I really had going for me was a high GPA and some decent people skills that I had developed over the years working at Applebee's. That and I did some research on the company before interviewing so I could talk intelligently about what they do. During the interview I focused mostly on my GPA and my Applebee's experience. I even straight up told them I had very limited knowledge of certain things they were looking for but by the end of the interview I was able to convince them that I was the type of person that could learn what needed to be learned and that could interface well with coworkers and clients. Whenever they threw something at me I didn't know I also made sure to bring up something else I was knowledgeable in to show that I at least had the skills they were looking for in a tangentially related area. But more than anything it was my Applebee's experience that got me the job. People skills are much more highly desired in technical fields than you would think. Also, I took a valium before the interview.

Let's not forget the brilliance that was Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

They should really switch the eagle to a parrot in this game. I want me some parrot vision.

This was secretly one of the best handhelds. Gave me lots of entertainment during the early years of my sheltered childhood.

All we need is lightning.

You're right, I do need to turn it up a notch.

The biggest ho of them all.

It's an evil ploy to increase hot dog sales. By doing this they ensure that we will buy 2 packs of hot dogs and 3 packs of hot dog buns to put our brains at ease. I think the real question we should be asking is why are they called "hot dogs"? I believe it is so whenever we hear "BigDog" we think "hot dog" and start thinking about the mismatch between packs of hot dogs and hot dog buns. Then, when BigDog becomes self aware we will be too distracted to notice.

I just learned today that a coconut is a tree nut. That is one big ass nut.

Don't worry too much Sean, when your leg is fully healed the bone will be much stronger than it was before. And at least you know your bones are already stronger than Obama's old ass bones. Also, thanks for backing me up on my nosebleed theory. I've definitely had cases in the past where I've gotten a massive nosebleed and not noticed until someone pointed it out. Something about the warmth and viscosity of blood makes it easy to sneak by if there isn't any pain associated with the bleeding.

I think they should do a stream where they all watch Jurassic Park. Between Jeff Goldblum and Samuel Jackson's arm I think it might be the best thing ever.

I still haven't seen that movie. I was more picturing a certain scene in The Departed but with a big trampoline on the ground.

Any idea what your total playtime is at this point? Maybe there are some fun ways to extend the life of this game by exploring more of the multiplayer aspects. I've sent a ton of letters to all of my townsfolk in the hope that some of them eventually move away to my friend's town and show him the letters. That and trying to give them weird catch phrases that will maybe catch on in other towns. Also, I think you can use the stopwatch to set up little competitions when multiple people are in town since it tracks the total bugs and fish caught for each player. Throw in some pitfall seeds for each player and it could be pretty fun.

I might just buy this game twice. Once on 360 and possibly once on PC or next gen if the graphical/performance improvements are noticeable enough. I figure by the time it comes out for other platforms it will have been long enough that I'll be ready to give the game a second play. Having achieved 100% on all of the GTA's since GTA 3 and still wanting more I think it will be worth it.

Day of the Tentacle. And I'm really excited for it. This is the game I've been looking forward to most besides Grim Fandango just because of all the things I've heard about it from the cast and people here. I already obtained the game and loaded it into Scummvm so I'll be starting it by Friday most likely (hopefully sooner).

Everything else you said was really interesting but the imagery of this part is quite awesome. I just imagine a bunch of scientists in lab coats convincing a random guy on the street to come up to the roof of a nearby building. He sees a giant trampoline on the side of the building and asks what it's for and they just tell him not to worry about it. Then, when he gets to the roof they tell him to put on this really cool watch and as soon as he does, three of the scientists pick him up and toss him off the building. Couldn't they have just done the test with a dude riding a rollercoaster or something? All joking aside, that is some really cool stuff. It is amazing how finely tuned our brains are and how slight changes in our brain chemistry can wildly alter our perceptions.

Thanks Udvarnoky, that's some really interesting stuff. A part of me is sad that none of that stuff came to fruition but in the end maybe it was for the best that they ended on such a high note with FOA.

As far as work goes, I have a pretty decent schedule. Monday - Thursday 830ish AM to 630ish PM and Fridays 830ish AM to Noonish (I can come in earlier or later and leave earlier or later and nobody really minds as long as the work gets done). Work also stays at work and nobody pushes us too hard since we kind of set our own deadlines with clients and push them when necessary. We're lucky to be a small software development group doing the kind of work we do. However, I am still at a point where I have very little free time because I have to take over with the kids when I get home so my wife can get a break. Having a crying baby and a 4 year old that insists on testing every boundary there is can be quite taxing after awhile. But still, it's all good. Even though it's not free time, it is still time well spent and is rewarding in its own way.

This is something I've thought a lot about as well and it always seemed to make sense that we perceive time differently depending on our age (especially since almost anyone you talk to will say that time seems to go faster as you get older). So rather than one second being perceived as a constant time interval, we perceive it differently as we age. For instance, when you are 2 seconds old that last second you lived was 50% of your life. Whereas when you are much older, one second is a tiny fraction of your life. So maybe as you get older you really do perceive time going faster because the brain processes time relative to how long it has been in existence. I've heard other people talk about this idea before and I think Sean even mentioned it on the cast once so I'm sure there is some school of thought behind it.

When I see the letters "cl" my brain sometimes makes me think I'm seeing a "d". It's not really too big of a deal but when I'm writing test cases or doing help documentation I often write the word "click". So I pretty much see dicks everywhere.

On top of the great atmosphere, they did such a good job of capturing all of the small little details of Indiana Jones' personality. I think that is one of the things that impressed me the most about this game. From beginning to end everything he said and did was just so consistent and true to character. This was especially noticeable at the end for me. I just absolutely loved that he continued to be snarky and sarcastic through the romance scenes, the segment with Sophia being possessed, and right up until he was about to be turned into a "god". I'm so used to most games turning the main character into some kind of cheeseball during these kinds of sequences and getting super self serious but in this game they just nailed it. And I really liked the voice actor for Indy. He was the perfect complement to the excellent writing in this game.

Did they ever specify when the PC version would be coming out?

THANK YOU!!! That was one of my favorite forum exchanges ever.

So are you telling me that bullets only exist in my head? And that a bullet would only make me dead because my mind makes it real? (Big setup here) Does that mean that I could dodge bullets?