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Alright, thanks. Check your PM first, though, please.

I love Zeno Clash; it's such a cult game. Rough and mean (and I still got my ass kicked, all the way to the end), but also good. The alien, bizarre world is very memorable. One of those rare, brief flashes of brilliance from the industry that stuck with me.

So, based off of a suggestion, I was wondering if anyone had an extra copy of the original Torchlight? I'd appreciate being gifted it. I own it, personally, so this is meant for someone else. If possible. Sorry if this is rude.

I'll start it, since there doesn't seem to be one on IdleThumbs. The AYD's diet.

None of the original writers are working on the show, either. I think it's safe to say I'll skip season 4 onwards. I remember now why I only get into a show after a series has wrapped.

Ugh. I have to deal with the exact same shit, which is unbelievably annoying. How am I supposed to write object-oriented code thinking in a top down way? It's object oriented. The whole point is that you add functionality on the fly. Why do you expect me to write BSTs on pen? There's a reason why my lab grades are consistent A+'s, but my pen and paper exams are vary between A- and D; 9 times out of 10, it's the freaking pen and paper. Good luck, though. I've found that quickly sketching out (in pencil) the general flow of the code on the back of the paper helps. Sorry if I freaked you out with my little rant, too. It's me trying to be sympathetic.

EVE is the only game I can think of that sounds astonishing, but that I'd never want to enter. This coordinates thing is pretty scary. I wonder what those crazy people will come-up with. According to your link, Dust 514 is F2P. I wonder how long-time EVE players - some undoubtedly PC snobs - will take to that. I think I'll watch this from afar, but stay out of it.

How is it? Gameplay videos indicated it was a more fast-paced than the original, which I'm not sure is a good thing.

- Not IGN.com, but man.

Thanks, everyone, for the kind words and birthday wishes. I've thought a lot about what you all said. And I gamed Legend of Grimrock for 15 minutes before I got mauled to death by a mutant mushroom. Me either, and I see where you're coming from. My principal worry last night was that I realized that I wasn't at the point of my life where I wanted to be - working within a certain company and doing wonderful things - because of unforeseen circumstances, and that made me panic a bit. It was an issue of wanting to be somewhere, but being in a different place. Thanks for the advice, though. It's pretty solid.

Thank you!

Thank you for the birthday wishes, everyone. Thanks. That's comforting and encouraging. I'll try. Heh. Nah, I'm not being an attention whore; it's just that I'm 23 now and I feel like my life is going nowhere. I'm wondering if feeling worried about that is fair with all the good stuff happening.

I turn 23 in 35 minutes. I suppose it's not normal to have a mid-life crisis at this age, is it? Anyway, yeah: mid-life crisis. On the other hand, a small selection of my friends threw me a lovely surprise birthday party today, as organized by my girlfriend. Did not see it coming. Cherry chocolate cake was delicious. My friend gave me a monocle and a top-hat, things I half-jokingly wished for a few months ago. I wore them all day and took "funny" pictures with a delighted 5 year old. It was all so consistently wonderful. But still, mid-life crisis. Am I being spoiled here? Or is this not completely unreasonable? Ignoring that, at this moment, I'm technically in the waning minutes of being 22.

I thought a decent chunk of season 2 was better than "Modern Warfare".

From a quick glance at the AVClub scores, it seems on par with season 1. I can't in good conscience watch it illegally, though I'm dying for more of it.

Community is getting renewed for a fourth season. Excellent; I loved the first two seasons, and can't wait to get into the third. There's some worrying things in there, though:

It's become common practice to show "pre-alpha" footage. I'm surprised you haven't noticed this before.

Done.

I've heard good things about it and bad things about it, but I don't have access to it and feel iffy about downloading things I haven't paid for. I wonder if the original Danish series is worth seeing? -- I saw The Other Guys the other day. It's OK. The idea is funnier than the actual execution, but it has its moments. -- The new HBO show Girls looks pretty damn good. My curiosity is peaked; I want to watch it.

That's a funny, haphazard conclusion to draw. Enslavement, 2012: highway repair. I don't know if that excerpt's particularly insightful, at least to me. I had most of those revelations when I looked at a furniture catalog when I was ten. Edit: I'm sorry I came across as an asshole. For some reason, that excerpt jarred with me.

When you're at the beginning of the very first level in the demo, jump to the bubble where Rayman is dancing. That'll let you play as Rayman. I want to buy this. I've finished the demo several times. Alas, no money.

I've listened to this maybe 10 times in this past half hour. RoDPPgWbfXY

Baelish is quite the subtle, manipulative bastard in the books. I'm not liking some of the things you guys are saying. I'm not longer looking forward to the TV series as much as I was a day ago. Actually I just looked-up a scene between him and Cersei that was never in the books and he's so out-of-character - so hot-headed - I'm wondering what the writers are doing. A lot of Ned's character was cut out of season one. Due to the backstory-lenient structure of the novels, which they can't adapt smoothly into a TV series, you get a lot more to him in print than you could on TV. I really, really recommend reading the books. Season one was fine, but pales compared to the novel. Not least for all the little things they understandably couldn't work in. Ah, I hope book six comes out soon. I'm going to re-read all five in anticipation of it.

It's been shown before, so it's not out of left field as you might think. For example, And they're already connected somewhat. You may want to re-read the chapter from Dance.

I don't know about the TV series, but in the book(s) Joffrey's a fairly well-rounded character. Most are. re:the magic: it's mostly going to be very low-key. You're going to get one of the "big" fantasy moments in season 2 (and rather soon, actually); but it'll never hit typical fantasy levels. A lot of it is also very tied to character development. I like how magic is used in this series. It's already starting to. A Dance With Dragons spoiler: