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Obligatory Comical YouTube Thread II: The Fall of YouTube
Roderick replied to pabosher's topic in Idle Banter
Now wait, just, just listen to me. -
Idle Thumbs 103: A Person-Shaped Thing is a Person
Roderick replied to Jake's topic in Idle Thumbs Episodes & Streams
Isn't it nice to just swing around with a big, nice, hammer? Haven't you ever wanted to do that? Well, now the Wii can bring you exactly that in Project H.A.M.M.E.R., coming to the Americas in Spring 2007. -
Idle Thumbs 103: A Person-Shaped Thing is a Person
Roderick replied to Jake's topic in Idle Thumbs Episodes & Streams
When is Project H.A.M.M.E.R. coming out? -
Here Rockstar go again, making a fantastic trailer with cool music, but we'll have to wait to see if the game won't be another 'mission-cutscene-mission-cutscene' thing. That structure was already losing credibility in GTA4 and was downright annoying in Red Dead Redemption. The city will be tons of fun to drive around in, but... well, you know how it is.
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Frenetic Pony, I dispute that it doesn't matter what you eat as long as you limit the amount you eat. There are huge nutritional differences between various foods. One protein isn't the other! Foodstuffs have real, actual effects on your body, look no further than the experience Zeus had. Beyond the notion that I don't even want to know how much salad you would have to eat to get to the calories of a Pepsi, that's not the only thing in play. A salad usually consists of relatively unrefined foods directly from nature. A Pepsi is a highly refined product bursting with sugar and salt, things that should be taken in moderation. As a rule, food that comes from nature (whole foods) are very balanced in nutrition and thousands of years of evolution have primed us to consume those properly. Processed foods (foodstuffs taken apart and combined to form new things with a new, often highly distorted composition) don't have that balance. They are too sugary, too salty, lack fibres, are pumped up with additives to improve shelf life, color, smell, taste, to keep the texture right, etc. It makes a difference what you eat, as much as the amount you eat.
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I would say Donkey Kong and Portal are violent games. Their context is one of the threat of violence being done to either you or someone else, even if you don't specifically harm anyone in the process of escaping/rescuing/whatever. There are tons of non-violent games, simulations are by far not the only ones. Animal Crossing, Rhythm games, lots of adventure games (where the context is not a violent one and the gameplay most certainly isn't), puzzle games (even ones with characters and stories, such as Layton, Pullblox), Katamari Damacy...
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That indeed changes the whole context of your post! DUDE. In other news, I really enjoyed the crowning festivities of our new king, today. Call me a romantic, but I think our monarchy is pretty great. King Willem-Alexander, I can dig it.
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Elmuerte, what a terribly negative view you have on self-constraint. It's a preposterous assumption that when you apply constraint and censorship on yourself and your behavior, you are automatically 'unhappier' than a person who indulges in his every whim. In fact, I would say the opposite is true. The more you make an effort to carefully determine who you want to be, the more specific you will be as a person (less lead by impulses and external forces). There's a huge amount of self-worth and strength to be found in self-control and moderation, more so than ever in a society in which we have the freedom to do and eat whatever we want. There is also the science that says that people who eat healthy / in moderation are generally of a happier state of mind than someone who eats poorly and has no discipline in the matter. Blargh, this is all way too black-and-white, and the odds are you're not half as bad as I make you out to be now, but you shouldn't post populistic nonsense like this The rest of what you said, about eating slowly, is totally true.
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Idle Thumbs 103: A Person-Shaped Thing is a Person
Roderick replied to Jake's topic in Idle Thumbs Episodes & Streams
I can tell you that I know a ton of people who are going to buy a Wii U in a year or two. Once the real system seller games are here and the price has gone down a notch, the sales will come. I do not expect the Wii U to tank at all. Neither will it become a huge success. It'll do just fine in the long run. It'll be a Gamecube, and maybe even become an audience favorite too, when all is said and done. -
They think I'm a man who never double-posts... but I'm double-posting right now.
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They crossed the line, and for that... I'll make them pay. Honestly. You can't write that anymore. [ADDED] Haha, 'They think I'm a man out of control... but I've never had so much control.' This is great. The magic phone could be nice, but it could also be the equivalent of blowing up well covers in AC:Revelations. Just some scenery interaction here and there. With open world games like these, it's so hard to live up to the wild imaginations of the audience. I wouldn't be surprised if this turned out to be another Sleeping Dogs: competently made, but nothing special. Then again, this is Ubisoft, and they did do the paradigm shift thing with Assassin's Creed back in the day. Who knows. They think I don't know anything... but I've never known so much.
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Shmups are not exactly my cup of tea, but I am interested in downloading Nano Assault Ex. You happen to play that, Sno?
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I don't drink either, but I've hung around with drunk friends that turned into really mellow, fun people. But, no, apart from a wine here and there, I have zero interest in alcohol. As for sweet drinks, I generally avoid them (milk and water for me too), but I will occasionally drink cola if I feel like it. In everything, it's not bad to sin now and again Just take all in moderation and you'll be fine. Also, if you're concerned about foodstuffs, just look at ingredients for the additives and make an effort to eat only things that sound like they might actually be food. I mean, 80% of the goods in supermarkets is concocted from stuff I would barely consider food. Most kinds of dessert, almost all candy and cookies; they're Frankenstein mishmashes of artificial sugar (high fructose corn syrup), partially hardened fat (transfat) and dozens of other additives. Fun fact: a lot of products deliberately extract valuable fibres to enhance shelf life, thus further decreasing nutrional value. It's not 'diet propaganda' to make an effort to eat natural: fruit, vegetables, nuts, bread, milk/yoghurt and moderate amounts of fish or meat replacement products constitute a very healthy and balanced, regular diet. And again, don't worry about eating M&M's or chocolate or 7-up or a tub of ice cream or alcohol once in a while, that will not have adverse effects. Food doesn't work in direct, immediate ways; it's a holistic thing that pushes you towards a state of health/wellbeing over many decades. But in that, it is worth making an effort to eat well, and you'll also feel better on a day to day basis. Sorry for ranting!
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Patrick, that story about Satsuma is amazing and horrifying. A special kind of hell, having an appendectomy while wearing a Cthulhu-like suit, oh, and you can feel everything. What the hell.
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Idle Thumbs 103: A Person-Shaped Thing is a Person
Roderick replied to Jake's topic in Idle Thumbs Episodes & Streams
There was, of course, the spectacularly failed Wii Music. But yes, I feel much the same: the excitement of yet another Mario or Zelda has long since diminished. -
Interesting slopes on those WipeOut racers. Your EVAs have really stepped up in quality too.
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Donkey Konga is a game in which you pounce on plastic drums, and then the Hungarian Dance No. 4 comes out. It's brilliant.
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Could all those dull profiles be the result of people trying to appeal to as broad a spectrum as possible? Hedging their bets, in a way. Perhaps they're afraid of being specific, because specific things can be found weird by others. It seems counterproductive not to be specific, though. The whole idea is find a match for you, is it not?
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Impressive Lego EVA, Tegan! Nice to see more Lego fans here. Do you have other MOCs worth posting?
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It's kinda a big job to explain everything, because the whole game consists of a dripfeed of non-linear hints and information, and then it ends with approx. three hours of wall-to-wall exposition.
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Donkey Konga is massively entertaining!
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Recommend me some good two-player co-ops! (Please!)
Roderick replied to Wrestlevania's topic in Video Gaming
If you're up for a golden oldie, how about Jazz Jackrabbit 2? Lots of fun with a buddy, though you might have to work to get connected: http://www.jazz2online.com/7/multiplayer-faq/node.php?title=multiplayerFaq#qa1 -
Twig, you might not be drunk anymore (and possibly regretting everything you wrote here) (actually, now that I see your post, it was half an hour ago, but it's Saturday morning in Holland so I couldn't imagine drunken adventures at this time), but it seems like those are not insurmountable problems to solve. You clearly have what it takes to make new friends, so when you say you're lonely, doesn't that mean you're not putting as much effort into maintaining those friends? Having relationships with anyone, friend or romantic interest, requires effort. Constant effort. Not of the crushing, hard kind, but a sort of deliberate consideration - making sure you arrange time to hang out, investing in other people. That seems a surefire way to build lasting relationships. And the same holds true for romantic interests. Making a profile for OKCupid is a good way to meet someone. Take the next step, meet someone, hang out. Don't make another desperate move to another city where the good life is bound to happen, as you've been on this road before and it didn't alleviate the real issue. Sorry, I am not drunk right now, and this might all be way too rational/helpful/Captain Awkward for this situation.