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Note that apart from the Risks and Challenges bit those don't affect games.
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I think it'd make a terrific one-room play.
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Nah, just a poor choice of words. And anyway, that post wasn't about what her reasons could have been (I don't need that spelled out for me), just me spilling my guts for a bit because I felt silly.
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Man, I'm such a teenager. So about three months ago my previous relationship failed and I've been dealing with that, but by now I feel like I'm safe to start thinking about a new relationship. Or [EDIT]something casual. The thing is, because of a Finnish peculiarity, I have to leave my home town for a year to do civilian (as opposed to armed) service, so even if something came up, a proper relationship is not the greatest idea. My two previous ones turned into long distance relationships and both failed after about a month and a half. So, I managed to convince myself that I'd be okay with just an affair with no commitment. This is silly: I seem to be one of those people who have monogamy in their blood. I really don't have room for more than one woman in my head (or the other place). But I forgot that long enough to actually have a one night stand, which turned into two nights... After the first, I said I wasn't about to start anything serious since I had recently broken up, after the second I couldn't think about much else than her She had her own reasons for not wanting anything serious and she called it quits after I suggested a third meetup. It could be any one of many good reasons, but it doesn't really matter. And now I'm that guy, contacting her at least once or twice after I should have backed off. Can't help it, because, you know, maybe it was a misunderstanding. Pfft. I have a ton of conflicting emotions about this. It feels good to have a proper crush and some new memories after my previous relationship. Weirdly, it also feels kind of good to feel confused. After all, it's how I've felt about these things most of my life ;D And now it's so very obvious that I should have known circumstances won't change how I am with women. What makes sense or not has never made a difference before. One time I started a relationship the day before I left the country for good! I know this is how I am, how could I forget? Thanks for listening
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The Idle Book Club 1: The Sense of an Ending
brkl replied to Chris's topic in Idle Book Club Episodes
Hah, I would say that if it's just a story there's no reason for it to be a novel. -
Easy is easy: However: Man, those drones in the second phase. It seemed like they had made the drone room impossible to harm as well, because no matter how many volleys from those four lasers I shot at it, they would just miss. I'm still not getting any of the special quests that give you more ships and I've played 9 hours of it.
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The Idle Book Club 1: The Sense of an Ending
brkl replied to Chris's topic in Idle Book Club Episodes
So how is that interpretation not what you criticized in the first paragraph? -
These assholes are basically collaborating with the most radical elements in the Islamic world to create unrest. Even if they consider each other enemies, they're engaged in this unholy alliance where Western radical idiots mock Islam to prove their point that Muslims are barbarians, and the radicals in the Islamic world pick up every possibility to claim the Western world hates Islam because it gives them power. Everybody else loses.
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We just don't remember who it was we argued with.
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I wonder where Thomson disappeared to.
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Huh. Their website says you get the shows "straight after the US premiere." But I guess it's okay to lie in advertising.
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Well, paraphrasing. Yeah, he was great. It's odd to see that dude in Boardwalk Empire.
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Man, I don't get it. Did I get the version of the game where special events that give you new ships never happen?
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I have another comment, and I could well be off here. I felt that for the subject matter, the film relies surprisingly little on effects. Obviously there are a ton of them, but I never felt like they were showcasing technology. Especially in comparison with something like The Avengers, which bored me with its massive CGI action sequences. The CGI seemed to be there to serve the plot and characterization, not to show off. Defending the movie in multiple posts makes it look like it's my favourite in years, but I was just surprised by how much I enjoyed it and how little in it annoyed me for a blockbuster sci-fi action movie.
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I used to play ADOM way back. I wasn't any better, but the possibility space felt huge and it was fun to try different things. I'll have to try the new version that got Kickstarted when it's done, although I tried an early version and didn't like the huge dungeon levels.
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I have maybe two or three goes left in me before this goes in the thread about quitting games. EDIT: Okay, I'm done. I don't get how you guys get farther than me, but I've sated my curiosity about the game. For me, it's just the same every time. My best go was my third game.
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The Idle Book Club 1: The Sense of an Ending
brkl replied to Chris's topic in Idle Book Club Episodes
I just don't get why she engages with him at all, some guy who was a bastard to her 40 years ago. I don't see how Tony knowing would share her pain at all, and if that's what she wanted, she could have achieved it with far less discomfort to herself. I would understand her wanting Tony to know nothing about what actually happened. Most people hide their weak spots from people they don't like. I just felt like she was a storytelling device to put this drip feed of information about what happened back then into the story. It's not a judgment regarding the morality of her character. -
I thought that voice was familiar! I forgot to check; I was betting Tim Curry. Do you mean that he did a bad job or that it was just weird to have that familiar actor as the villain?
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Well, I haven't seen the first one in years and years. It has these pretty traditional fish-out-of-water and rags-to-riches narrative mechanics. It's that whole origin story thing. Mostly I thought this one just had a really tight script and direction, great one liners delivered just right and I really loved that bad guy. I liked Will Smith in it, how weird is that?
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I just watched MIB 3 and I thought it was easily the best of the three.
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I'm partial to Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. Oh, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is good. When Steve Martin is at his best, he's just terrific. But it's a rare occasion.
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Playing on Easy was boring and easy until the boss killed me.
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The Great Dictator would be a pretty good choice actually.
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I can't even figure out how to start it up...