No one would remember Rodney King if someone had not caught the police beating him on video
Which shows how tricky a video can be. What you saw on TV was just snippets. The full one is what the jury saw -- and that made them acquit the policemen.
RODNEY KING FACTS: he was high on drugs, possibly PCP, speeding down the road; the police had to chase him; he resisted arrest, and tried to punch a policeman; he was so high that even a taser didn't bring him down, so the policemen had no choice but use their clubs; they repeatedly told him to surrender, but he tried again and again to get up, so they had to keep striking until he was not a threat.
And since then he has been arrested several times -- wifebeating, drugs, trying to run over a cop. A victim of racism and police brutality? Fuck that bullshit. Rodney King is nothing but a junkie scumbag.
As a political candidate, I would advocate some sort of tax rebate to subsidize Internet porn and Kleenex for single men between the ages of 18 and 35. That way all the potential rapists can more easily afford to exhaust themselves at home.
Buying and using a game machine does not make one a gamer; just as one who listens to Ozzy because of that crappy MTV show is not a rocker, unless he takes the time to actually learn about rock. Anyone who thinks videogame == PlayStation 2 (and there are tons of people like that) is not a true gamer. One has to know about the history of the gaming industry, and the main currently available systems. Otherwise we're talking about a "weekend gamer", at most.
Sure I didn't own "stock" in Sega when I was 10 - but I had a Master System. To a 10 year old, that's the equivalent of owning a lot of stock, because it's not like you're going to get two consoles. And the value of that stock is very apparent to you when your friends are playing Mario 3 and you're playing some incomprehensible turd (though Shinobi was good..).
Phantasy Star. R-Type. Alex Kidd in Miracle World. Sonic. Castle of Illusion. Ghouls 'N Ghosts. Golden Axe. Tri-Formation. Streets of Rage. F-16 Fighting Falcon. Master of Darkness. Sagaia. Really, the Master System had some awesome games that could kick the ass of any NES equivalent.
Well there's news, propaganda and news, news news ads and propaganda, propaganda news ads and propaganda, news news ads ads and propaganda, and propaganda news and ads...
Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam; spam spam spam egg and spam; spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam; or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam.
If you can read The Escapist and The Gamer's Quarter, and get cheats and strategies at GameFAQs, all of that for free... what's the point? Printed mags cost money, usually lack depth, and may suffer an influence of ad-buyers in their ratings.
At least with Diehard Gamefan you knew what was their bias -- they were also an import store, of course they'd praise some Japan-only stuff... too bad they were usually right, I still wonder who's the idiot at Sega who thought a masterpiece like Monster World IV wasn't worth localizing!
"The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil." (1 Timothy 6:10)
"To love a thing is to know and love its nature. To love money is to know and love the fact that money is the creation of the best power within you, and your passkey to trade your effort for the effort of the best among men. It's the person who would sell his soul for a nickel, who is loudest in proclaiming his hatred of money -- and he has good reason to hate it. The lovers of money are willing to work for it. They know they are able to deserve it. --- AYN RAND
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Which shows how tricky a video can be. What you saw on TV was just snippets. The full one is what the jury saw -- and that made them acquit the policemen.
RODNEY KING FACTS: he was high on drugs, possibly PCP, speeding down the road; the police had to chase him; he resisted arrest, and tried to punch a policeman; he was so high that even a taser didn't bring him down, so the policemen had no choice but use their clubs; they repeatedly told him to surrender, but he tried again and again to get up, so they had to keep striking until he was not a threat.
And since then he has been arrested several times -- wifebeating, drugs, trying to run over a cop. A victim of racism and police brutality? Fuck that bullshit. Rodney King is nothing but a junkie scumbag.
Yeah... it's not paranoia if you're right.
1996? Although there were non-beige computers at that time, it was the original iMac (announced in 7 May 1998) that started the non-beige craze.
How about, instead, an israeli about to get killed by a palestinian suicide bomber?
Carol Shaw, the creator of River Raid.
It's not "fuck", you fool... it's "fsck".
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* PS3 Devkit
Buying and using a game machine does not make one a gamer; just as one who listens to Ozzy because of that crappy MTV show is not a rocker, unless he takes the time to actually learn about rock. Anyone who thinks videogame == PlayStation 2 (and there are tons of people like that) is not a true gamer. One has to know about the history of the gaming industry, and the main currently available systems. Otherwise we're talking about a "weekend gamer", at most.
Now get off my lawn!
Actually, Judas is said to have commited suicide soon after... hmm.
Let's do the time warp agaaaaaainnn!!!
Oh, wait...
I want to squirt superglue into Steve Ballmer's mouth, so he won't go "developers! developers! developers!" again.
If you can read The Escapist and The Gamer's Quarter , and get cheats and strategies at GameFAQs , all of that for free... what's the point? Printed mags cost money, usually lack depth, and may suffer an influence of ad-buyers in their ratings.
At least with Diehard Gamefan you knew what was their bias -- they were also an import store, of course they'd praise some Japan-only stuff... too bad they were usually right, I still wonder who's the idiot at Sega who thought a masterpiece like Monster World IV wasn't worth localizing!
That's the beauty of Wikipedia. You can edit it and write "Suxx0rz" correctly.
What the hell?! This is frickin' electronic voting, not a single vote should ever be lost. If it does, the system is flawed or rigged.
See that boldened part in the end? The number of the message? Just click it.
"To love a thing is to know and love its nature. To love money is to know and love the fact that money is the creation of the best power within you, and your passkey to trade your effort for the effort of the best among men. It's the person who would sell his soul for a nickel, who is loudest in proclaiming his hatred of money -- and he has good reason to hate it. The lovers of money are willing to work for it. They know they are able to deserve it. --- AYN RAND
It comes bundled with a pony.