All bundles for Gamecube, PS2, and Xbox I ever saw around launch time jacked up the price from a bare console to cover the two games and all the accessories they might include.
"It's also great that they try to tell you that they're doing this in order to "maintain" a "consistent quality of product." Oh right. And yet, "Camarilla membership does not mean Camarilla oversight or management." But, you know, as long as White Wolf has more of your money, I'm sure your gaming experience will be better."
Considering the attitudes and behavior of Camarilla in the games (computer, books, etc) it it at all a surprise?
I think they should rate the content the user will experiance in normal gameplay. This eman no gameshark codes or 3rd party modifications to enable developer modes or isolated content (like the sex minigame). Easter eggs (things intended to be found but well hidden and cheat codes should be part of the evaluation/rating. I agree with another poster they could cover their asses with a disclaimer about gameplay changing do to end user modification.
Whats really sad about America is it all depends on the viewpoint of the group. I'm white and my wife is black. We both get looks of disgust from people of seemingly every nationality. Blacks will complain I have "taken a good black woman" and I've heard worse things from white people. Reverse our racial roles and you will hear a different set of blacks complain about a shortage of black men, and pretty much the same set of white people saying almost the same exact worse things.
I find other white people to be especially funny. My wife and I were once waiting fro a taxi after returning a U-HAUL we rented. We both got drinks from a soda machine and when done we both went to a nearby trashcan and thew the empty container out. When my wife did it some white woman totally freaked out, rolled her window up as fast as she could and locked all her car doors. My wife is about 5'4", and not a menacing person at all.
I've never had black people react in any way like that to my presence, nor has she. I wonder what would happen if we were all gray?
Nerd factor has nothing to do with having sex (as in intercourse) or not. Plenty of people chose to abstain until they marry even when they are engaged or going out. I'm not saying it's the norm, just that it happens and it seems to be on the upswing.
Why wouldn't they? It's fantasy escapism and frankly GTA:SA actually has a plot and a story. Much more of one then GTA3 and improved over what you got in GTA:VC. Each games story has a unique (from the others) viewpoint and setting. While I doubt real life in a run down neighborhood or life in gangs is exactly like GTA:SA some of it is inspired by real life.
I don't know about that, but I do know that puritans were not adverse to wild rumpy pumpy. Once they were married they would gleefully fuck and give it the best they could. They were doing God's work as commanded. People seem to think now a days that puritan means not sexual. They were quite the opposite, they just were strict about fidelity and marriage.
You mean time lost to giving special interests and lobbyists blow jobs.
The day a politician actually does something based on what the people he is supposed to represent, and it isn't only because thats in line with the bribes he accepts we know the end in neigh.
If you read about the hack you will find there is absolutely no way to experiance the content in question during the game in any way shope or form without hacking the game (on the PC) or having a bunch of computer hardware and going through a much more complex hack (for the PS2).
Please explain how a 3 year old would find this content in GTA3:SA, and explain why the parents of said 3 year old should not be locked up for the stupidity of getting this game for the kid.
So Christians could not make games and obey the law, they had to break the law and engage in piracy and IP violation? Is this still going on? Either they were not christians and were only in it for the money, or they really need to re-evaluate the whole thing about mans law on earth.
The music for Tetrisphere was composed by Neil D. Voss. In the demoscene he was known as sequencer, but most of his tracks seem to be lost to the mists of time.
However he has been actively doing music for games for a long time now. He did the music for the New Tetris as well. I asked him in e-mail for info about works, but he jsut has a strange interactive website at alinear.net
"If you become iron deficient you will crave meat, even to the point of very rare meat."
This is utter BS. Got any science to go with those good feelings?
So if I suddenly crave salted peanuts, that means I have a salt deficiency? Then I get thirsty, so I obviously have a water deficiency, but then I crave a whole bag of chips, means I got stoned or am depressed.
Here is what science has said about iron deficiency and cravings: "Some people with an iron deficiency also have an odd tendency to crave ice or dirt! This is known as pica (pronounced pie-ka) the craving of nonfoods like ice, clay or starch.."
Nothing in any of the pages on low iron about the body automatically craving meat. Using thirst to try to establish a correlation in other unrelated things is bad logic.
I have been unable to find any study or research showing a 100% link between a craving for a particular food and a vitamin deficiency. Or are you saying that all people who crave chocolate are low in magnesium (a crave that sometimes does mean that)?
All I can find is some less then reliable web sites that claim there may be an association between our craves and vitamin levels that we supposedly learn in childhood, but what if you never were significantly low in anything?
I forgot to add these gems from the national institute of health:
"The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences did not establish a Tolerable Upper Intake Level for this vitamin because Vitamin B12 has a very low potential for toxicity. The Institute of Medicine states that "no adverse effects have been associated with excess vitamin B12 intake from food and supplements in healthy individuals". In fact, the Institute recommends that adults over 50 years of age get most of their vitamin B12 from vitamin supplements or fortified food because of the high incidence of impaired absorption of B12 from animal foods in this age group.
Gastric acid helps release vitamin B12 from the protein in food. This must occur before B12 binds with intrinsic factor and is absorbed in your intestines. Atrophic gastritis, which is an inflammation of the stomach, decreases gastric secretion. Less gastric acid decreases the amount of B12 separated from proteins in foods and can result in poor absorption of vitamin B12. Decreased gastric secretion also results in overgrowth of normal bacterial flora in the small intestines. The bacteria may take up vitamin B12 for their own use, further contributing to a vitamin B12 deficiency.
Up to 30 percent of adults 50 years and older may have atrophic gastritis, an overgrowth of intestinal flora, and be unable to normally absorb vitamin B12 in food. They are, however, able to absorb the synthetic B12 added to fortified foods and dietary supplements. Vitamin supplements and fortified foods may be the best sources of vitamin B12 for adults over the age of 50.
When adults adopt a strict vegetarian diet, deficiency symptoms can be slow to appear. It may take years to deplete normal body stores of B12."
Strict means no fish, eggs, dairy, meat. Even avoiding all of that all a person (meat eater or not) has to do is eat a bowl of 100% fortified cereal each day. Or 4 cups yogurt, or 6 oz salmon (assuming farm raised). If you are avoiding all animal products eat that cereal with soy milk or whatever you want that fits with your diet.
"Lastly, for anyone who wants to cut out all meat from their diet, please, please research B vitamins from a non-vegetarian source. B12 is something that can not be replicated by plants, and the various 'vegan' forms of B12 out there are incapable of being absorbed by the human digestive system. Side effects of B12 deficiency are: mental illness, paralysis, continual chronic pain syndromes, and virtually every other nervous disorder in the book."
I'm sorry but you are so full of shit in this. I know hundreds of people who suffer no more or less health issues then meat eaters (some do suffer less because they avoid a lot of excess fats and cholesterol).
Here is some truth about B12 and vegetarianism.
"The requirement for vitamin B12 is very low. Non-animal sources include Red Star nutritional yeast T6635 also known as Vegetarian Support Formula (around 2 teaspoons supplies the adult RDA). It is especially important for pregnant and lactating women, infants, and children to have reliable sources of vitamin B12 in their diets. Numerous foods are fortified with B12, but sometimes companies change what they do. So always read labels carefully or write the companies.
Tempeh, miso, and seaweed are often labeled as having large amounts of vitamin B12. However, these products are not reliable sources of the vitamin because the amount of vitamin B12 present depends on the type of processing the food undergoes. Other sources of vitamin B12 are fortified soy milk (check the label as this is rarely available in the U.S.), vitamin B12-fortified meat analogues, and vitamin B12 supplements. There are supplements which do not contain animal products. Vegetarians who are not vegan can also obtain vitamin B12 from dairy products and eggs."
Note that hard core vegans who don't eat dairy (and obviously don't eat eggs or fish) have a much greater need to supplement diet. Just cutting meat, but leaving dairy (a lot of vegetarians are this type) will provide you with sufficient B12.
A fact you are also missing is that B12 problems would arise in any anime that was never exposed to the bacteria that make it. Thats right B12 only exists in both plants or animals due to a bacteria. How do the animals get exposed to the bacteria? By eating plants. Then we eat them and the bacteria. So if the plant based B12 is incompatible with our systems, how do we get it from meat, dairy, and eggs?
Before you spout off more about B12 deficiencies maybe you should read up how long it takes to develop it and it's symptoms as well as what can be done about it, because you above post is sadly lacking any indication of understanding.
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All bundles for Gamecube, PS2, and Xbox I ever saw around launch time jacked up the price from a bare console to cover the two games and all the accessories they might include.
"It's also great that they try to tell you that they're doing this in order to "maintain" a "consistent quality of product." Oh right. And yet, "Camarilla membership does not mean Camarilla oversight or management." But, you know, as long as White Wolf has more of your money, I'm sure your gaming experience will be better."
Considering the attitudes and behavior of Camarilla in the games (computer, books, etc) it it at all a surprise?
I think they should rate the content the user will experiance in normal gameplay. This eman no gameshark codes or 3rd party modifications to enable developer modes or isolated content (like the sex minigame). Easter eggs (things intended to be found but well hidden and cheat codes should be part of the evaluation/rating. I agree with another poster they could cover their asses with a disclaimer about gameplay changing do to end user modification.
LOLROF, I kill me, great typo. I meant real men.
Nah, ream men play F.U.D.G.E.
Get it used, I managed to pick one up for $24 due to a sale, it had everything in it (map, manual, game disc) and in good condition.
Whats really sad about America is it all depends on the viewpoint of the group.
I'm white and my wife is black. We both get looks of disgust from people of seemingly every nationality. Blacks will complain I have "taken a good black woman" and I've heard worse things from white people.
Reverse our racial roles and you will hear a different set of blacks complain about a shortage of black men, and pretty much the same set of white people saying almost the same exact worse things.
I find other white people to be especially funny. My wife and I were once waiting fro a taxi after returning a U-HAUL we rented. We both got drinks from a soda machine and when done we both went to a nearby trashcan and thew the empty container out. When my wife did it some white woman totally freaked out, rolled her window up as fast as she could and locked all her car doors. My wife is about 5'4", and not a menacing person at all.
I've never had black people react in any way like that to my presence, nor has she.
I wonder what would happen if we were all gray?
There used to be a mod for DOOM that did that. Dont know about any other games.
Nerd factor has nothing to do with having sex (as in intercourse) or not.
Plenty of people chose to abstain until they marry even when they are engaged or going out. I'm not saying it's the norm, just that it happens and it seems to be on the upswing.
Why wouldn't they?
It's fantasy escapism and frankly GTA:SA actually has a plot and a story. Much more of one then GTA3 and improved over what you got in GTA:VC.
Each games story has a unique (from the others) viewpoint and setting.
While I doubt real life in a run down neighborhood or life in gangs is exactly like GTA:SA some of it is inspired by real life.
" what type of condom?"
You should have logged in for that.
I wish I had not posted and lost my ability to moderate as this is a awesome referance to the game. If you dont get it, go play LSL1.
I don't know about that, but I do know that puritans were not adverse to wild rumpy pumpy. Once they were married they would gleefully fuck and give it the best they could. They were doing God's work as commanded.
People seem to think now a days that puritan means not sexual. They were quite the opposite, they just were strict about fidelity and marriage.
"No I don't think watching video sex leads to kids becoming an AIDS infested porn stars anymore than playing Doom leads to mass murder."
Of course, as we all know AIDS comes from naughty cheer leading. A politician was on TV talking about it.
You mean time lost to giving special interests and lobbyists blow jobs.
The day a politician actually does something based on what the people he is supposed to represent, and it isn't only because thats in line with the bribes he accepts we know the end in neigh.
If you read about the hack you will find there is absolutely no way to experiance the content in question during the game in any way shope or form without hacking the game (on the PC) or having a bunch of computer hardware and going through a much more complex hack (for the PS2).
Please explain how a 3 year old would find this content in GTA3:SA, and explain why the parents of said 3 year old should not be locked up for the stupidity of getting this game for the kid.
So Christians could not make games and obey the law, they had to break the law and engage in piracy and IP violation? Is this still going on?
Either they were not christians and were only in it for the money, or they really need to re-evaluate the whole thing about mans law on earth.
You left out the one that IMO has the strongest treatment of religion Grandia II.
You will need an eye toy for the whip action part.
The music for Tetrisphere was composed by Neil D. Voss. In the demoscene he was known as sequencer, but most of his tracks seem to be lost to the mists of time.
However he has been actively doing music for games for a long time now. He did the music for the New Tetris as well.
I asked him in e-mail for info about works, but he jsut has a strange interactive website at alinear.net
There is an explosion due to terrorists at the Real Meat(TM) factory and your team is sent in to investigate.
"If you become iron deficient you will crave meat, even to the point of very rare meat."
."
This is utter BS. Got any science to go with those good feelings?
So if I suddenly crave salted peanuts, that means I have a salt deficiency? Then I get thirsty, so I obviously have a water deficiency, but then I crave a whole bag of chips, means I got stoned or am depressed.
Here is what science has said about iron deficiency and cravings:
"Some people with an iron deficiency also have an odd tendency to crave ice or dirt! This is known as pica (pronounced pie-ka) the craving of nonfoods like ice, clay or starch.
Nothing in any of the pages on low iron about the body automatically craving meat. Using thirst to try to establish a correlation in other unrelated things is bad logic.
I have been unable to find any study or research showing a 100% link between a craving for a particular food and a vitamin deficiency. Or are you saying that all people who crave chocolate are low in magnesium (a crave that sometimes does mean that)?
All I can find is some less then reliable web sites that claim there may be an association between our craves and vitamin levels that we supposedly learn in childhood, but what if you never were significantly low in anything?
Humans are made out of meat as well.
"We wear armor and carry howitzers."
You are either the Hulk or Henry Pym.
I forgot to add these gems from the national institute of health:
"The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences did not establish a Tolerable Upper Intake Level for this vitamin because Vitamin B12 has a very low potential for toxicity. The Institute of Medicine states that "no adverse effects have been associated with excess vitamin B12 intake from food and supplements in healthy individuals". In fact, the Institute recommends that adults over 50 years of age get most of their vitamin B12 from vitamin supplements or fortified food because of the high incidence of impaired absorption of B12 from animal foods in this age group.
Gastric acid helps release vitamin B12 from the protein in food. This must occur before B12 binds with intrinsic factor and is absorbed in your intestines. Atrophic gastritis, which is an inflammation of the stomach, decreases gastric secretion. Less gastric acid decreases the amount of B12 separated from proteins in foods and can result in poor absorption of vitamin B12. Decreased gastric secretion also results in overgrowth of normal bacterial flora in the small intestines. The bacteria may take up vitamin B12 for their own use, further contributing to a vitamin B12 deficiency.
Up to 30 percent of adults 50 years and older may have atrophic gastritis, an overgrowth of intestinal flora, and be unable to normally absorb vitamin B12 in food. They are, however, able to absorb the synthetic B12 added to fortified foods and dietary supplements. Vitamin supplements and fortified foods may be the best sources of vitamin B12 for adults over the age of 50.
When adults adopt a strict vegetarian diet, deficiency symptoms can be slow to appear. It may take years to deplete normal body stores of B12."
Strict means no fish, eggs, dairy, meat. Even avoiding all of that all a person (meat eater or not) has to do is eat a bowl of 100% fortified cereal each day. Or 4 cups yogurt, or 6 oz salmon (assuming farm raised). If you are avoiding all animal products eat that cereal with soy milk or whatever you want that fits with your diet.
"Lastly, for anyone who wants to cut out all meat from their diet, please, please research B vitamins from a non-vegetarian source. B12 is something that can not be replicated by plants, and the various 'vegan' forms of B12 out there are incapable of being absorbed by the human digestive system. Side effects of B12 deficiency are: mental illness, paralysis, continual chronic pain syndromes, and virtually every other nervous disorder in the book."
I'm sorry but you are so full of shit in this.
I know hundreds of people who suffer no more or less health issues then meat eaters (some do suffer less because they avoid a lot of excess fats and cholesterol).
Here is some truth about B12 and vegetarianism.
"The requirement for vitamin B12 is very low. Non-animal sources include Red Star nutritional yeast T6635 also known as Vegetarian Support Formula (around 2 teaspoons supplies the adult RDA). It is especially important for pregnant and lactating women, infants, and children to have reliable sources of vitamin B12 in their diets. Numerous foods are fortified with B12, but sometimes companies change what they do. So always read labels carefully or write the companies.
Tempeh, miso, and seaweed are often labeled as having large amounts of vitamin B12. However, these products are not reliable sources of the vitamin because the amount of vitamin B12 present depends on the type of processing the food undergoes. Other sources of vitamin B12 are fortified soy milk (check the label as this is rarely available in the U.S.), vitamin B12-fortified meat analogues, and vitamin B12 supplements. There are supplements which do not contain animal products. Vegetarians who are not vegan can also obtain vitamin B12 from dairy products and eggs."
Note that hard core vegans who don't eat dairy (and obviously don't eat eggs or fish) have a much greater need to supplement diet. Just cutting meat, but leaving dairy (a lot of vegetarians are this type) will provide you with sufficient B12.
A fact you are also missing is that B12 problems would arise in any anime that was never exposed to the bacteria that make it. Thats right B12 only exists in both plants or animals due to a bacteria. How do the animals get exposed to the bacteria? By eating plants. Then we eat them and the bacteria. So if the plant based B12 is incompatible with our systems, how do we get it from meat, dairy, and eggs?
Before you spout off more about B12 deficiencies maybe you should read up how long it takes to develop it and it's symptoms as well as what can be done about it, because you above post is sadly lacking any indication of understanding.