I Had A Random Thought...

[Merus]

I love to watch video game "review" shows online. Things like AVGN, Spoony, JonTron, PBG, Continue?, I eat it all up. I devour these shows. 

But it was today as I was watching one about Red Dead Redemption, that I thought about something... How weird is it going to be in a like, a decade, when the games being reviewed will look like shit (in theory), but everyone has old videos talking about how everything looks "fantastic" and "beautiful" and "some of the best graphics I've ever seen". 

On the other hand maybe its not that big of a deal, and I guess something like this can be seen by reading old gaming magazines....

 

Somewhat related to this, I like linking to the Metacritic/Gamerankings for Donkey Kong 64. Reviewers fuckin' loved Donkey Kong 64 at the time. It was huge, and technically excellent (coloured lights!) and had so much to do!

 

It took just a little while for people to realise it wasn't actually any fun and that putting lots of things to collect in a level did not in fact promote exploration.

[Frenetic Pony]

The other one is stupidity?

 

We're going to cure death, but if we cure stupidity and limited resources what will we have left? With no death and no taxes Bruce Willis won't have anything to save us from!

[elmuerte]

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

-- Andrew Ryan

[subbes]

I'm intoxicated but can't find the intoxicated thread.  My random thought is that I am drinking too much water because I'm worried I'm not drinking enough water.

[clyde]

I'm intoxicated but can't find the intoxicated thread.  My random thought is that I am drinking too much water because I'm worried I'm not drinking enough water.

From my understanding, if your pee is clear, you are doing it right.

[dibs]

When I was young I though the, "if it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down" advice applied only for pee. I always wondered how you got brown pee.

[SecretAsianMan]

When I was young I though the, "if it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down" advice applied only for pee. I always wondered how you got brown pee.

 

"We got a little rule back home.  If it's brown, drink it down.  If it's black, send it back"

[clyde]

We got one here too: "If it's red, you'll soon be dead; if it's orange... fuck if I know, nothing rhymes with 'orange'."

[Roswell47]

Butts Aldrin.

[Ucantalas]

"If it's clear and yella, you got juice there fella! If it's tangy and brown, you're in cider town! Now, there are two exceptions to that... and in Canada, the whole thing's flip-flopped!"

[Zeusthecat]

I have a video game dilemma right now. I recently started GTAV which is awesome and a ton of fun. Then I joined Squid Division's Minecraft server which sucked me back into that amazing game. And then last night I started Full Throttle which is also pretty damn cool.

 

So now when I have time to play I am faced with a gut wrenching decision. I want to play them all but fucking Minecraft, which has already devoured hundreds of hours of my time, keeps winning out. It's to the point where I feel guilty whenever I play it because I am neglecting other awesome games. And then I feel even guiltier that this is the kind of shit I stress about when there are starving children all over the world.

[SecretAsianMan]

So now when I have time to play I am faced with a gut wrenching decision. I want to play them all but fucking Minecraft, which has already devoured hundreds of hours of my time, keeps winning out. It's to the point where I feel guilty whenever I play it because I am neglecting other awesome games. And then I feel even guiltier that this is the kind of shit I stress about when there are starving children all over the world.

Replace Minecraft with TF2 and this describes my life.

[Ucantalas]

...I've been doing the same. Except not for Minecraft. For the last little while I've just been playing Steam games to get the card drops so I can sell them on the marketplace so I have some money in my Steam Wallet to buy something come the next big sale. Meanwhile I have yet to finish playing GTAV, or XCOM: Enemy Unknown (which I only got last month), and Skyrim. All of which I have on my XBox and yet I never play because I'm making money playing games on Steam!

[elmuerte]

Replace Minecraft with TF2 and this describes my life.

Silly human. You cannot replace minecraft.

[Merus]

Someone invented the sarcasm font.

 

This will not be useful at all.

[clyde]

Someone invented the sarcasm font.

This will not be useful at all.

HA! Let's make this happen! Just because it's so stupid.

[clyde]

Someone invented the sarcasm font.

This will not be useful at all.

HA! Let's make this happen! Just because it's so stupid. Actually, my copy of Pride and Prejudice does this, but it's just the emphasized word that is italicized. I wonder if the undulation of the entire sentence is a recent development.

[tegan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMr8yCbGqN8

[BadHat]

Ever since I put this wallpaper in my rotation it makes my day every time I see it come up. http://i.imgur.com/WFE3WDm.jpg

 

(Based on a real Jaden Tweet.)

[TychoCelchuuu]

Even as just a hypothetical question it still makes no sense. Like, even given that our eyes aren't real, mirrors would totally still exist. That dude's twitter is hilarious though.

"We Need To Stop Teaching The Youth About The Past And Encourage Them To Change The Future."

"There Is No Nutrients In Our Food Anymore Or In Our Soil OR IN OUR WATER."

"I Should Just Stop Tweeting, The Human Consciousness Must Raise Before I Speak My Juvenile Philosophy.

Shouts Out To @TIME"

"Trees Are Never Sad Look At Them Every Once In Awhile They're Quite Beautiful."

"If Newborn Babies Could Speak They Would Be The Most Intelligent Beings On Planet Earth."

""It's Your Birthday" Mateo Said. I Didn't Respond. "Are You Not Excited To Be 15" He Asked. Reading My Book I Uttered "I Turned 15 Long Ago""

[tegan]

The weirdest thing about that kid is that he always looks miserable.

[Ucantalas]

That and the wifi signal his forehead is apparently always picking up.

[tegan]

Hideo Kojima is fifty years old and looks like he's in his twenties.

 

[Frenetic Pony]

[Twig]

 

I'm only just now reading http://www.teamfortress.com/tf01_ring_of_fired/'>the TF2 comic (well, this one, anyway). It's so great. Now I'm reading http://www.teamfortress.com/tf02_unhappy_returns/#f=2'>the second TF2 comic (well, this one, anyway).