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I played for awhile last night and am stuck again. After getting my crab raft I found a room with a cabinet containing some kind of metal piece. I also looked at the cabinet and saw that it had a weird design on it. There wasn't much else besides that until I made my way to the other side of the circular canal and found a room with a door being held shut by a big robot. I was able to prop the ladder against the robot, climb up, and pull its chestplate off so that I could access his innards but it appears that I am missing one last piece to get it running again (I have the wheel, the gear, the weird metal piece from the cabinet, and the orichalcum bead). I tried interacting with everything else in the room in every way possible (the rings hanging off of the robot's arm, the chestplate debris, and the chain attached to a pillar in the room) but it looks like I am stuck. I also haven't found a way to rescue Sophia yet so I continue to be stuck on that front too. After hitting these dead ends I wandered back through all the rooms and after some pondering I think I settled on what needs to happen for me to get through the door that the robot is holding shut. I re-examined the cabinet door in that room I found and it seems to vaguely show the necessary placement of the items in the robot's innards. I see symbols that seem to represent some of the robot items I have and I noticed that one of the other symbols shown in the center of the picture and on top of the wheel looks to be the necklace that Sophia has. That would make sense since there doesn't seem to be any place to put the bead right now, just a bunch of pegs to fit the other items. So under this assumption I believe I need to free Sophia and use her necklace and the other items I have in a configuration similar to that shown on the cabinet door. Then when I have everything placed properly in the robot's chest I'm betting the final step will be to put the bead into the necklace's mouth to open the door. The only problem with all of this is that I still have no idea how to free Sophia. I find it suspicious that there are so many things you can say to her when lifting the gate but I've gone through every dialog option and there doesn't seem to be any way to convince her. I've also tried giving her every item I have, I've tried using every item I have on the gate, and I've tried interacting with the broken robot in that room in every way possible. I've also combed through every room multiple times and I'm just not seeing any other options. I plan to toil a while longer so if you give any hints, continue leaving them in spoiler tags. I just need some emotional support right now. Please tell me I'm not crazy and that I'm not missing something painfully obvious. Edit: Jesus, right after posting all that I find a statue part right by the broken down robot that I can pick up. Fuck yeah and I'm stupid.

I assume you can pull up flowers and re-plant them like in Wild World (I haven't tried yet)? If so I think I have some purple and blue flowers that you can yank from my town.

Oh my god! Brilliant! I can't believe I forgot about that.

I saw an exchange in another thread about who was nerdier and it was inspiring. So I am starting a dedicated nerd cred thread (damn, I feel like Dr. Seuss). Why I'm the biggest nerd: I have the whole DragonBall Z collection and have watched it through several times I have a sweet ass video game collection I'm good at math and enjoy solving math problems I'm an electrical engineer I've had lengthy discussions with co-workers and people here on which is the best/worst Pixar movie. I've also had lengthy discussions about why Dash Rendar is a douchebag followed by a ping pong match to ultimately settle the debate Whenever I browse Netflix I almost always put on documentaries The few times I've worn a watch it's been a calculator watch I still like reading Where's Waldo books I created a thread where people can boast about their nerdiness

Twig, do you realize our avatars are polar opposites? It's pretty cool. Tip #7.1: All meals must consist of tortilla chips covered in shredded cheese and microwaved for 55 seconds. For gourmet meals add jalapenos.

Tip #7: When requesting something from your significant other, always start with the words "would you kindly".

Ah, that was a couple years after I ended my subscription. I think I subscribed from issue 91 through 220ish. I used to go back through my old issues (because I kept all of them) and re-read them. It was kind of cool hearing about the upcoming Legend of Zelda for N64 while playing Mario Sunshine years later. To add to my nerd cred, every issue of Nintendo power came with a poster and I put every single one on my wall. I eventually filled up every inch of every wall in my room with their posters and had my entire ceiling covered before I ran out of room. I think the first couple posters I got were for The Lost Vikings and Goldeneye 007. And their 100th issue poster was pretty badass too.

It is the attitude of a man-baby. Where's Nick Breckon when you need him?

Which issue of Nintendo Power was that? When I used to scour pawn shops for old games I once came across issue number 2 (I think it had Simon Belmont on it) and stupidly didn't buy it. That was truly a great publication for a long time and I subscribed for over a decade. +100 nerd points for you.

Chris, I always enjoy hearing your opinion on AAA games (and any other game for that matter) whether it is negative or positive and I imagine the majority of people that listen to the podcast feel the same way. That is one of the things I enjoy so much about Idle Thumbs. You guys call out some universally loved games on bullshit that everybody else ignores while highlighting awesome things about other games that nobody else seems to notice. If people can't handle a perspective different than their own then they can eat a giant 8-bit cock.

I can't wait for scientists to discover the satan particle. The thing that takes mass away from matter.

The only games I haven't finished in the last 10 years or so were some Wii games. I think Trauma Center, Sonic and the Secret Rings, Mario Galaxy, and New Super Mario Bros. I really should finish those Mario games. They were fun but for some reason I got sidetracked with other games. Other than that I always finish every game I start. I think it all started with Cyborg Justice on Sega Genesis. Ever since beating that game as a kid I figured anything was possible.

So I've continued listening to the Giant Bombcast and I think I've completely changed my mind from my initial impressions. It is a really good podcast and those guys have grown on me quite a bit. I started from the beginning of the run (April-ish 2008) and I've made it to September 2008 so far. It looks like it will take a very long time before I catch up to current episodes and I couldn't be happier. I'm definitely glad I stuck with this one.

A true nerd would never be able to agree on any set of rules or scores and they would constantly be up for debate. And if they ever did agree on a set of rules they wouldn't be true nerds. That being said, you definitely qualify as a nerd for challenging the validity of this thread.

Yes, it totally was you. That gives you some good nerd cred. Edit: and elmuerte, Revenge of the Nerds is one of my all time favorites. I've seen that no less than 30 times.

Then maybe I am utterly retarded. I think I was on the right side of the screen and was trying to hit 7,4, and 1 to punch but nothing was happening. Then again I was caught off guard and wasn't expecting the fight since it let me run away the first time.

I still fully expect that in two years we'll have flying cars, hoverboards, jackets that automatically re-size and dry themselves, shoes that tie themselves, hydrators, giant shark holograms, cars that use trash as fuel, masks that remove years of aging, sunglasses made of pure aluminum and no glass that we can still somehow see through, devices that carry us around upside down when we're old, and that the fax machine will have made a comeback. If Moore's Law has taught me anything it is that a lot can happen in two years. Edit: Oh yeah, and 80's cafe's where Michael Jackson is your waiter. This is one I actually do expect.

Life is a crazy awesome whirlwind right now. Our baby boy is now 7 weeks old and our daughter started preschool last month. Between work, helping my wife as much as I can with him, and spending the rest of my time doing things with my daughter, there hasn't been much time for anything else. To add even more, we decided two weeks ago that we would check with our lender to see if it would be worth it to refinance our house. After running the numbers she was confident that home prices have gone up enough for us to get out of our FHA loan and refinance into a conventional loan. Unfortunately that meant we needed an appraisal so last week I spent every moment I could afford sprucing things up and getting a bunch of yardwork done just to make sure we had every possible advantage. We hope to hear the results today and I am nervous as hell. Either it comes in high enough and our mortgage payments drop substantially or it doesn't and we are out another $500. I suppose either way it is a gamble that was worth taking. Despite the nonstop barrage of stuff going on and never having a break, I am actually really happy with where I am in life. Sure it would be nice to get some of that free time back to play video games and do other things I enjoy but it really is rewarding being a parent and I'm trying to enjoy and reflect on how special all of these moments are. I've spent so much of my life up to this point looking towards the future and what needs to happen next to get me where I want to be and I feel like the things I look forward to now are much less significant than the things that have already happened and are right in front of me. It is pretty fucking surreal and I feel incredibly fortunate. Now I just need to realize my lifelong dream of retiring by the age of 32. 4 more years.

Ah, I tried to avoid them because I got in one fight and realized I had no idea what the fighting controls were and died. I assumed it would be the same as Last Crusade so I kept trying to hit the number keys.

And everyone has to be dressed as a wizard so there won't be any sexes, only wizards.

If that space was created by the Idle Thumbs community then yes, it's totally possible.

So it turns out those crabs love Atlantis sandwiches. And that giant octopus just wanted a crab. After figuring that out (thanks toblix for the nudge in the right direction) I got on my crab raft and went into the room on the left and quit playing since I only had a few spare minutes last night to try that stuff out. I still have no idea how to free Sophia but I'm hoping my crab raft will take me to a room that has what I need. As far as the sandwich goes, I don't seem to recall any place where the game would have ensured that I picked up the bread and cold cuts on the submarine. It seems like I could have done that whole segment and never picked those items up thus leaving myself hopelessly stuck in the maze. Is there a point during the submarine sequence where the game forces you to pick that up before you get to the airlock?

Thanks! I did actually forget to grab it when I first headed into the maze but as soon as I got to the room with the gap I knew I needed to run back and grab it... that is, after I looked everywhere for a spot to use my whip.

So I'm curious, how many people here have changed at least one of their villager's catchphrases to be "Wizaaaaaaaard"? I just haven't been able to bring myself to do it for some reason. (Although I do have one of them saying Goldblum)

It's little comments like this that get my mind racing. Either you are just making an innocent observation or you are hinting at something greater. Maybe I need to open the rib cage. Maybe I need to put my magical Atlantis sandwich in the rib cage to lure in sandwich-hungry crabs. Or maybe, just maybe, you are fucking with me.