Thyroid

Congrats, dude. It's nice that you seem to be at least settling in, happy.

It got shot down "Get used to it." I've been exercising to work out any stress, so I can study for tomorrow's exam, but I'd be lying if I said this wasn't the biggest "fuck you" I have ever gotten. I'm going to try again after my exam tomorrow. I stuck this up on my bedroom wall to keep myself motivated: "Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm" - Winston Churchill And fuck it, I will not be beaten. Good luck to us all, every single one of us who's posted about their troubles in this thread. I raise my glass to ye. Edit: Fuckkkkkkkkkkkkk. Now my boss just told me I have to work at 10 am tomorrow. My exam's at 12! And then I'm gonna work the weekend! And visit my old high school! Fuck fuck fuck. FUCK. This month is not turning out well. I need a comedy and/or crying outlet.

The last game I finished was the new Sam and Max episode. And before that, Monkey Island chapter 5. I played Braid for a bit, but never finished it (it doesn't help that I only get to play on the PC once a month or so). Fahrenheit was okay, but just got lamer and lamer as the game went on and I finally quit around the time . I'm getting a new PC now, though, so I'll finally be able to shoot/get shot by TF2 characters. I have at least 15 games I can't even play. Hell, I'm finally gonna play Far Cry.

I'm usually okay with Schafer and Ron Gilbert because neither of them make ridiculous claims. As opposed to Molyneux, or David Cage comparing himself to Orson Welles. But you're right, and even if it doesn't stop bothering me, I'll at least try and stop bringing it up. Cheers, Thrik.

Yeah, I know. Ego, large or not, doesn't really affect me. I just dislike that attitude that says "Even though I co-directed MGS4, I'm going to include my name only in the opening credits, and then, at the end credits, say 'directed by me' and later, co-directed by the other guy."

Deathspank hasn't been episodic for at least a year. And Gilbert only left Vancouver a few days ago. The game itself is finished, and is now just going through certification. Aka, if it got leaked, you get the whole thing. I think Gilbert joined Hothead specifically to make Deathspank, but joined on as 'creative director' for all the other projects they were making (Penny Arcade and, I think, Swarm). There's no doubt that there's been some shake-ups at that company (Deirdra Kiai seems to have lost her job, and the guy who was CEO at the time PAA got released is now in PR or something), but Gilbert's departure doesn't seem directly related to that.

Oh yeah. I'd forgotten about those. Heh. Too bad I'm skipping on this game. I'm tired of the Metal Gear series. I'd have liked to shoot down a bunch of dinosaurs, provided I didn't get a 2 minute cutscene stretched into a 40 minute pseudo-philosophy lesson. But the bits I saw of the game put me off, so...*shrug* Edit: I also don't want to give Kojima any self-satisfaction, as I'm a little wary of the guy. For example, and this might be satirical or intentionally ironic, but his brief 1 second cameo in MGS4 is credited as "Voice of God". Similarly, in Peace Walker, and according to Wikipedia, . I just can't stand that kind of ego, and I don't think Kojima has a particularly good handle on irony.

Man, I really like those credits to the end of Lair of the Leviathan.

Not to turn this into a Peace Walker thread, but why is - okay, spoilers, but this quite frankly is ridiculous even for Kojima - why is ? . That can't possibly be part of the story, can it?

It's a joke. Murray says it in Lair of the Leviathan's end credits: "Jake, go talk to someone who cares." I thought the line fit here. I'm not actually dissing or trying to insult Jake.

I tried today. They said they'd "look into it". I'll just have to wait and see. Crazy world, I swear. I was so upset I went to bed at 7pm last night.

Dude does game design counseling. He also codes stuff, apparently. And sold a plane in the last few years.

Jake, go talk to someone who cares. Kk, will not echo the thread. It's all pretty pointless anyways.

I think Soundgarden are OK. I haven't actually listened to an album back-to-back. Hell, it's been a while since I've listened to music. But this guy should give your claim about Cornell's a voice some competition: Rs3mj1E8LSU iuNciPZlw8M

Probably. From the way you describe the show, it seems like it's a Nothing Ever Happens kind of deal. I'm usually okay with that, if the characters and dialogue are particularly good. ("Particularly good" for characters means "more like real human beings than bad literary archetypes", at least in this kind of show.) My interest in this basically stemmed from the realization that I couldn't write anything about New Orleans, by which I mean that I can usually think of some idea for a story, no matter how unfully realized, when I'm given a set of rules ("Make it about Paris", "Set it in Lebanon and make it about a young man struggling with the idea of blowing himself up", etc), but can't think of anything when it comes to New Orleans. From the reviews, it seems that it's specifically about the music of New Orleans. It's also set post-Katrina. That seems more like the basis for a large novel, not a TV show. And that's why it's so darn interesting. But it doesn't sound like a particularly fast-moving story. Maybe a second season's needed for things to pick up? Thunderpeel and my friend Ahmed have both mentioned that The Wire never really picks up until the second half of its overall run. (Man, am I excited to watch the first season this June or what.) Or maybe they just decided to distance themselves as much as they could from The Wire? You make something that beloved, you probably want to try a different approach next time.

Snippeth, for Jake's sake.

Meh, he said Peace Walker was MGS5. Those crazy "auteurs" will say a lot of weird things, especially for recognition and/or sales. Whatever.

Ughhhh...today I had a programming exam. I *know* the material. I always ace the tutorials. But...goddamn it. This is exactly what happened. 3:30: exam begins 3:35: I'm asked to change my place 3:37: I'm asked to move again. My train of thought is destroyed. I restart the first question. 3:40: Professor walks in to read us the third question. 3:42: A drill is being used right outside the door. I am getting very frustrated. 3:45: Professor walks in to read us fourth question. I am still on question one. 3:50: Some asshole from outside goes to the exam proctor and fucking talks as loud as he fucking can about how he hasn't seen him "since 2009". I start to wonder if I'm in an exam or a fucking coffeeshop. 3:55: The asshole is stilll there 4:00: The asshole leaves 4:05: The drilling continues. It is extremely loud. I am incredibly frustrated, and am shaking with anger. 4:10: Proctor takes pity on us and closes the door. 4:15: Professor walks back in, leaves door open, watches us, leaves. 4:20: Drilling finally stops. 4:25: I finally get to the second question. 4:30: Exam ends. Needless to say I was both angry and, well, crushed. I know this material, but we were never given a chance. Then some kid tells me they "learned to ignore it", to which I wanted to scream and say I didn't want to fail ten fucking years before I "learned" to be able to "ignore" the fact that your professor was allowed to keep moving you in an exam, that there's a fucking drill outside the fucking door and that they keep fucking talking to you when you're supposed to be figuring out how the fuck this convoluted, unusable, piece-of-shit code that could only have come from the bowels of a particularly Jordanian hell and that they threw up on the fucking paper was supposed to work. I have just had one of the shittiest days of my fucking life. I wouldn't be surprised if I got a zero. And now I have to do the whole thing again in 12 hours, but this time in a subject I don't know half as well.

Anyone read this yet? It's what I'd guess you'd call Onion-style games journalism, and it works. I laughed quite a bit reading it and, well...here's a favorite.

I don't particularly trust Eurogamer's opinion when it comes to adventure games. They raise up some good points in that review (keeping in mind, I haven't actually touched the game), but I find myself disagreeing with a lot of things they say. They gave "Chariots of the Dogs" a 6 and just missed the point of that whole game. I get that it was a different reviewer, but "Chariots" may have been one of the best of its year, second only to Portal. A lot of times, they just don't get it. I'm aware that sounds like a fanboy's rant, and maybe it is, sort of. But I'd be lying if I said that Eurogamer seemed to *get* adventure games.

The game is actually finished. It now just needs to be certified.

I'd say "eventually".

2-2.5 years. Also yeah, Jake, it'd be nice if you could put up that snippet.

Oh my fuck. I was wondering where I'd picked up that expression. "The best!" and "The worst!" Ugh, I should go kick my past self in the butt.

I read those this morning. It's all looking very promising so far. I like how environments range from teddy bear, fluffy land pink to Diablo-level dark. The gameplay is supposedly loads of fun too. I just want to pre-order and get it over with because motherfucker I am *stoked*.