As a long standing representative of the International Gecko Consortium, I am here by boycotting the sales of these supposed "RAM chips" for the implication and devaluing of the inherent value of our feet. We of the IGC will not stand idly by and watch you non reptilians continue to mount slanderous comments on our good name. Additionally we call into question the nature of this 'research' done by The Man - no upstanding Gecko would allow themselves to be poked, prodded, or subjected to any scientific research that would violate our religious and social mores. Furthermore if there are any geckos in captivity against their will we demand a full release and all forthcoming medical expenses for their recuperation will be paid in full by you, the evil mammalian overlords. It is high time be break the bonds of secondhand citizenship and take our place as equals!
Does this phrase "Our goal is to organize all of the world's information. When we say 'all the world's information,' this includes AOL's" sound like some cheesy evil super-villains group motto... You know... the kind of evil group the JLA would send Aquaman to fight?
Batman: Green Lantern, the Legion of Doom is attacking the UN! Scramble the team.
Green Lantern: Right. On it!
Aquaman: Oh - oh - oh! Can I go this time? I swear I won't leave a fishy smell on the plane's leather seats!
Batman: Ahm.... well... yeeeeah. We were going to take you but... Oh! How about you go fight the Google-League! They are trying to organize all of the world's information!
Green Lantern: Yeah! You would be perfect - with your power to... communicate, with fish.
Haha... yea.. I have a buddy who even to this day refuses to disbelieve that the game gave better items the farther back you were... he claimed he was just that lucky... yea.. five lightening bolts in a row (and he STILL couldn't keep up) is real lucky..
Yea, we found that one by mistake. There is also a glitch on the snow level.. at the start line if you reverse back across the line there is a particular spot were you can hop you kart from the bank to the bridge... the game things you compelete a ciruit and you are on the next lap.. it was funny, but hard to do..
We would cluster around the SNES (and later the N64) and play, but required closeness. Everyone had to be with in arms distance so we could enforce the house rules.
Rules you say? You never had house rules with Kart? Well the rule that required us to be in arms distance was juvenilely called "Jump Fa&&try". This is where in the N64 version of Wario's race, at the jump if someone would drop the lightening bolt while people were in the air the game would drop them to the track below, causing them to be massively behind. Yup.. if someone pulled that trick there would be a solid punch in the arm by all who were afflicted. Gawd bless ol' negative reinforcement.
I know if we were playing on handhelds the we would require a fifth person to run down and enforce the rules.
Ok, I figured my firewall would notify me of ANY connection... and with this particular article about 'phoning home', I thought I could prevent access to the outside world via firewalls..
tsk.. so it goes..
Does anyone think firewall makers might start trying to pick up $sys$ connections and at least give me the chance of blocking them? (yes, I understand the implications of having $sys$ prefixed files running hidden, but I am only concerned - with this post - on how to stop inbound/outbound connections from these rootkits).
My question is will my firewall detect this activity, and can I block it? I guess I am not 100% down with how a rootkit operates, but if an internal-to-outside connection is made my firewall *should* pick it up right?
So wait... these people who voted.. they are playing games BEFORE they are actually released? *GASP* They must have gotten a leaked copy from bit torrent or some other nefarious P2P system! If they are playing leaked games then they MUST be downloading music! If they are downloading music AND playing video games (well known and documented murder simulators) they are obviously trying to hack the pentagon and disrupting democracy as we know it!
Let our powers combine: RIAA, Jack Thompson, the Feds.... and Heart... Well no, Heart doesn't count here. How about Fire! yes, FIRE!
Let's try this again: Let our powers combine: RIAA, Jack Thompson, the Feds, and FIRE! By your powers combined I am Captain Tyranny!
*queue synthesizer*
Captain Tyranny, you are hero.. Gonna take those violators down to zero!
He's our powers magnified And he's fighting on the corporate side.
Gonna help him put asunder Bad guys who like to loot and plunder
We're the Tyrants... You can be one too 'Cause saving our corporate bank accounts is the thing to do!
Downloading and video games is not the way Hear what Captain Tyranny has to say!
... was disqualified for "inappropriate" elevator music... Under testing situations, all of our patients (read: monkeys, elderly, humans, and fish) were driven insane, then promptly driven sane, then insane, then sane, and so forth during the 62.5 mile elevator ride finished. After the tenth go around we decided the cost to hosing out the compartment filled with bile, blood, and bits of hair were not worth the cash prize. So it goes.
Additionally, the PSP battery life wasn't sufficient to stave off elevator-maddness either.
http://trs.nis.nasa.gov/archive/00000377/01/tm1085 37.pdf
Much like how the ISS is slowly decaying orbit over the next NINE months - which will end in atmospheric burnout, my life equally will slip into decay as my next nine months play out, and BAM! Fiery burnout!
Damn you defective condom, damn you! *shaking fist at sky* We should have put a condom on the shuttles!
Cast overview, first billed only: Col Needham....rec.arts.movies
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for violent content, archaic GUI, and being free Run time: 15 years Country: International Language: French / German / Italian / English Color: Color : Techniolor Certification: USA: PG-13
Trivia:
How do I break into show business?
Semi-famous actors (often people who've done a lot of commercials or character roles), writers and agents/managers with varying levels of scruples keep certain arts-themed publications filled with ads, week after week, promising to tell you the secrets... if you pay for their seminar, service or book. In fact, preying on the "wannabe" is a cottage industry in any field that puts up barriers to entry, be it the movies or publishing or the music industry. We look at these people much like the get-rich-quick gurus on late-night TV... it stands to reason that they make more money telling you how to get rich with their secrets than they do using them, otherwise they'd be too busy using them to have time to sell them to you for $49.95.
The best advice we can give you are these few points...
1. Don't quit your day job. It can take years and you'll need money to live. Harrison Ford quit acting and worked in construction for a few years before coming back and getting his break. Bruce Willis was a waiter and bartender while he tried to get stage work in New York. Even people who seem to be overnight sensations played bit parts and struggled before they suddenly burst onto the scene in a prominent role.
2. A real agent or manager will not ask you for money (be it an "up-front fee" or "seed money"). They make money when they get you a job. Also, in California, talent agents must be licensed and there are laws governing their relationship with clients. Go to the unions, preferably SAG (Screen Actors Guild) or AFTRA (American Federation of Radio and Television Artists) or WGA (Writers Guild of America), and ask for their "franchised agency" list. You can buy it for a nominal fee or in some cases get it online for free. These lists will contain licensed agents who have signed contracts with the unions to follow specific rules when representing clients.
3. Take classes. It may be hard figuring out whether the $10 per session class is as good as the $100 per session class, and we can't help you there, but classes give you two benefits. First, they help you hone and perfect your craft, whatever branch of show biz you want to be in. Second, they will help flesh out a weak resume. If you don't have credits, you need classes. If you're wondering about the credits of the person teaching the class, look them up in our database. Except for writers on individual TV show episodes, we keep pretty good records.
4. Until you're commanding $20 million per film, you're not entitled to have a big ego. Don't reject parts you think are too small or insignificant because you're too busy looking for your big break. Judi Dench won an Oscar for six minutes of screen time.
If you're looking for books on breaking into the business, you may want to check out Amazon.com's entertainment book section where you can find books about screenwriting, acting, directing, etc.
Well after the Penny-Arcade comic, and reading a few other posts on Mr. Thompson, I tried to email him at his comcast address (I found it on stopkill.com). Sadley, my emails were bounced back. I wonder why? It said comcast pulled his account - wonderful. If anyone out there knows the email address of this individual so I can chime in on his crusade, it would be wonderfully abliged.
Second note, after Jack's last little spat, pro-family groups are starting to realize that there's crazy, and then there's CRAZY. So they are distancing themselves from Jack. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid= 12259
Quote Dr. Walsh of the National Institute on Media and the Family, "I know that you [Jack] share that common concern and I am well aware that you [Jack] have frequently cited me and our organisation as a source of scientific information," Walsh continues.
"However, over the past few months, I and members of my board have a growing concern that your [Jack] use of our name, without our permission, has had a negative influence as we try to educate the public on this important issue."
"Consequently, I ask that you cease using the institute's or my name in any way that would give the impression that we support your efforts." Walsh also requests that Thompson remove the link to the institute's website from his own site.
I thought I was well read on this wack job, but when did Jack do this?
"Doug Lowenstein whom Thompson has previously compared to Hitler."
Howdy folks. I am just here to tell you all that this WHOLE problem will be solved summarily. I (I as in my independent non state sponsored self) will be taking control of the internet. Additionally, any new "internets" created by any other country will also belong to me. In short,
All your internets are belong to ME!
To stem any argument that I am doing this out of pure selfish models or that "if it isn't broke, don't fix it", I am doing this for the children. And the children's children - all the way to infinity. So while everyone else wants to get control for material reasons, I am doing it for the children. I am THINKING about the children.
So please everyone, be the first to welcome me as your new internets owning, children remembering, overlord.
Did I mention when I control the internets EVERYONEs posts will be 'first posts?
The UN/EU can have the stink'n internet if they want. Clearly from this article indicates the strangle hold the US has over the internet is stifling innovation, commerce, and the participation of a larger community. If one country controlling the DNS servers can do this poorly, then having a whole BUNCH of nations controlling it would increase the grandeur of the 'net. What would be fun if this broke down the increase in sites per country, sites still existing per country, and sites lost by country. Yup that would show'm. Darn US and their broken system. Free it up and it might work right, people might sign on more, and businesses might join the online community.
It is funny you mention "Tentacle-fucker 3 - Revenge of the Overfiend", I was preparing to submit a review of the game, but instead I will post it here.
Title: Tentacle-fucker 3 - Revenge of the Overfiend Studio: Perky-44EE Genre: Action Rating: M Score: 7/10
***** spoiler alert *****
***** no not read if you are still playing TF2TIT ****
'Tentacle-fucker 3 - Revenge of the Overfiend' (or TF3RO to the fan base), was a predictable answer to the screaming masses fresh off the adrenaline high of 'Tentacle-fucker 2 - Tentacles in Time' (TF2TIT). The game play stays relatively the same with respects to the basic controls. You still can control the Heroine, Jade Akashaki (Aki to the in crowd) or flip to the writhing tentacle mass attacking her. As Aki you can position yourself, prepare special "dress spheres" for added bonus, and string deadly combos against the Tentacles. As the mass of slimey tentacle fun, you still can: fuck Aki, choose orifices for penetration, and string together combos of orifice permutations for high points.
The new options come in on both sides. Aki now has a partner - RenyaRamaLama WongDong (Renny for short) - who can be tagged in to assist "taking down" these menaces. New combos now exist when both girls are on the screen, new weapons (can we say LIGHTSABER?!), and a ton of new dresses to go into the dress spheres. Oh did I mention that hairstyles play a part? The studio, infamous Perky-44EE, is not saying how, but they say it will defiantly revolutionize the game market.
For those of you who chose the darker path of the Tentacle, Perky-44EE Studios has not forgotten about you. There are new backgrounds to destroy, colors of tentacles produce different effects (standard: white tentacle does ice damage, red does fire, green does acidic, black does poison, and the blue has electric effects), new "slap" ability that can be used to draw attention/protection away from certain orifices, and battle armor. Additoinally, the Studio moved the tentacle from just an x/y axis to a full 3-d mode. You can control depth, speed, location, rotation, and angle. There is a new option for "texture" which can be changed on the fly (with the right power ups), but I am not sure how much of a factor that can be. Wow. If you are a fan of the "dark side" you better be up on your moves! The word on the street is if a large enough combo is generated then the Tentacle will be able to exploit "a previously unknown orifice". I am not sure what that means, but I am excited to find out!
As for the story line, TF3RO picks up after Aki's flight from the past right as she tries to put the pieces of her shattered life back together in the present (no she DIDN'T die at the hands of the one eyed evil half dragon/half tentacled beast known only as "Dominator"). After a few brief cut scenes the action picks up. Tentacles come from the left, the right, and right behind her! It is action packed for the first part, then it slows down as Aki find Renny buried under the corpses of a hundred tentacle zombies. There is a touching scene of Aki nursing Renny back to life that almost brought a tear to this old sailor's eye. The rest of the game is the duo running through scenes and mini-bosses slowly piecing together how this attack in the present happened (didn't they stop the invasion in the past in TF2TIT?). Soon the Overfiend's identity is known (and it is a SHOCKER!), and the final battle is waged. I won't tell you the end, but there are sixty-nine different variants, so replay is high.
Over all the game is a good third in the series. Studio Perky-44EE innovates enough to breathe life back into this stale genre (usually when they start making WWII games - makers of "Acht Tung: Tentacle Blitzkreig" I am looking at you), but keeps it enough the same to not alienate the fan base. The game play has a bit of a steep curve, but it is worth the effort. I was worried this w
I am certain this is what you were meaning, but for the sake the public let me drive home the point.
"The have friends (many whose parants let them buy and play any game they want. Their explanation, "it's only a game", without even looking at the content. Two of those boys are turning into little criminals becuase they have no concept of the consequences of thier actions."
Let me just make it clear, that the "no concept of the consequences of thier[their] actions" statement is a product of their "parants[parents] let[letting] them buy and play any game they want" and NOT of the games they play. The children learn from the example of: their friends' (your boys) parents limit their actions, but their (the little criminals) parents do not hold them to that standard - thus they are above rebuke. If there are no limits then the concept of consequences never forms. Limits imply consequences.
Two working parents and no supervision on kids with video games
This next statement thus reinforces the cause. THE LACK OF PARENTAL structure. If you want to be charitable, try engaging the little criminals in some thought process about the nature of the games they play versus reality. The Man Jesus knows I hate when people lecture someone else's kids, but hey - it might just save you from a stolen DVD player!
Hey now.... We Nebraskan's have a few things going for us. First off, we are a "red state" (both in politics and in football). Next we elected a college football coach to Congress. Third we were featured in SouthPark a few seasons back (when Ike was shipped off to our State by his Kyle because Ike wasn't his adopted brother). Fourth... ahm.. well.. *breaking down* *crying* Oh we got nothing. It really sucks being trapped in this hole. Over a hundred in the summer, below zero in the winter... Not to mention the exodus of young, educated people from the state to cooler states. *sniffle* Well at least our school boards didn't ban evolution from public schools - I am looking at you Kansas.
and then another pipe sucks out the cold hot air from the comp
Wow, you Canuks have it all! Maple syrup, Mounties, and cold hot air! If I were you I would save this rarified "cold hot air" for scientific use. Additionally I think the Icee-Hot company would give you a large donation for a continual supply of their new product.
Just a thought!
Turn, Corporate life isn't that bad.
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Pay vs. Happiness
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Dude... why do you have to crap all over someone else's goals and dreams? Hmm? Because you are an artist? Because you threw out the concept of the "evil corporation" and how it "sucks your soul"?!?! Give me a break. I had it up to here *hand hovering about brown level* with provincial minded bums that think an argument can be carried on the back of name-calling (yes that was ironic humor *grin*) or the mention of "evil corporations". Before I get modd'd down for flaming, let me explain a few things.
First off, have you considered some people actually DO want to work corporate? For a long time (read: college) I enjoyed the stability of a corporate job. I did a good job, left work at the door on my way out, and enjoyed a stable paycheck. Now I graduated I am changing my motivation and starting to play corp. games. I (and I am certain I am not alone) get my rocks off the interplay of power, motivation, and achieving a larger goal. I still leave work at the door when I leave, but now I put in more effort during the day. It's a switch from the passive to the active. Other people around me seem to like to manage people, and where better would that be than in corp. life? There are thousands of examples on why people choose to go white collar. "What's the point?" - my point is though corporate work is clearly not for you, don't crap on it and assume it is not for anyone.
Second, explain this loss of soul? I am not kidding. I want an explanation. Articulate an answer. Send me a message, or post a reply. I would like to see how far this rabbit hole goes. Is this some sort of Heidiggerian "eclipse of Being" argument? What, because ones work some how must be married to my soul? Though I dig my current position (and I am maneuvering to something more up my ally later), it really has no bearing on what I do outside of these doors. At the basest level I work to sustain my live style out of work. I am certain that if my coworkers around me saw me after hours they would be quite shocked. I have independent thought. I can divide my work and non work. I would contend that you are flat out wrong on any "loss of soul". Perhaps tapping your finances dry, becoming a burden to family and friends, and in the end ignoring the means to your end is quite "soulless". Really - you don't seem to care about the people you negatively impacted to sustain your existence. Wow. That's cold.
Third, "if your dream is real" statement. Ouch. So there is a method of measuring realness of dreams? Wow... what an ego. Please what's the formula? I have a friend who's only goal is to make a crap ton of money, because money facilitates freedom (to him). He couldn't care less where he is, but as long as he is raking in the loot he's a happy camper. Again, articulate something here. I say your generalizations are not real, and thus if you get real ones we can communicate! *smirk*
I add this fourth criticism for my philosophy teacher in college. Exactly how do pragmatism and a rational/logical universe meet? They are not mutually exclusive.
As you so eloquently said, "what's my point"? My point is multi fold: get off your high artistic horse and stop bashing corporate life just for being corporate, articulate arguments - it helps people understand your position, marrying rich - wow - as Conner Oberst (sp) said "I would rather be working for a paycheck instead of trying to win the lottery", don't dictate reality to me or my state of soul, if you actually didn't meet your rich wife we wouldn't be hearing from you now, and without corporate life a good chunk of what you take for granted wouldn't exist.
Yup, that's about sums it up. Now if you don't mind I have to get to an "evil corporate" meeting where we exclude happy go lucky artists, and assist in fine tuning the international system of life.
Much love, Modi
Sweet coincidence, the word to confirm I am not a script is "profit". I say that's a pretty good sign that corporate workers got something going on right!
I officially give up. This is the straw the finally broke the camel's back (it always seems to be the LAST straw that does this - hrmph). I will officially renounce my intent on pirating media, software, pr0n, and the like. I am currently burning my PC to stop enabling me to do bad things (did you guys patent the phrase "If thy eye offends, pluck it out; if they hand does wrong chop it off"?). Additionally, I will re-buy all my purchased media again - just in case some where along the line it was pirated. I can not take the pressure anymore - too many people have been hurt because of my negligence. Please oh please just call off the dogs before more people are hurt. With this latest action you have successfully reached critical mass of the "Piracy == Bad" meme, and people will understand. Thank you for your service in showing humanity where it went wrong, and that the red pill is not for us. To make it up to you, I will pay double for my CDs, send you a dozen roses every week, and mow your lawn. Please, take me back! I want to be loved again. I really didn't know I was hurting you like that baby. Sugar, you got to believe me!
xoxoxo
- modi
I wish to extend a welcome to the new media overlords. May they use their infinite wisdom to safe guard freedom and the natural order of things.
Now that the Intellivision/Activision/Powerglove/TV Remote is making a come back, I want my best pal Rob to make an upgrade. I am certain Nintendo can add some new functionality - perhaps merge Rob with RoboSapien to make the ultimate friend! Possibly we can call him "AWESOM-O"! Huzzah!
Graveyard of forgotten virtual pets..
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Review: Nintendogs
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*sigh* Here comes another round of misery and depression for the world.
Back in the Tamagatchi era, I worked in a retail store that sold them. I could never get over the emotions attached to the toy - specifically the sadness people would have over their deaths (read: battery loss, water, older brothers, fights, etc). At one instance a little girl was balling over her Tamagatchi's death (due to battery loss) and refused to have her mother buy her a new one - she wanted her old one back. She was so distraught that I decided to step in and be the humanitarian. I told her I would try to bring it back, and took her toy over to the batteries department. Luckily they had the right size, so I popped the back off, slapped the new battery in, and replaced the facing. At the initial chirp the girl freaked out, latched onto my leg in exuberant gratitude, while the mother thanked me (apparently the girl had cried non-stop for two days now) for pacifying her daughter. Soon after other parents of this girl's friends approached me - all asking me to help bring their kids toys back from the dead. Smelling a pretty penny to be made off the irrational suffering of children I started dolling out my phone number and made house calls on the side. I was raking in $15.00 per house call off of a dollar battery install. Unfortunately the replacement batteries outlived the Tamagatchi phase. Such is the whim of children.
This irrational concern for the artificial seems strange to me. I have seen girls all out ignore flesh and blood cats for the Catz program, or in the same vein shun real dogs for Sony's Ibo. I would be curious to see a study on the empathetic relationship between people and their real animals versus people and their real animals plus the artificial ones. I would think the latter would be a bit more twisted since digital pets reinforce the "use, abuse, throw away" relationship. *shrug* I guess that is why there are alligators in the sewers, and feral cat colonies in the country - some people just cannot take care of something.
Well enough of memory lane..
modi123 Cleric (level 2) Neutral Evil (profits on the suffering of children) Favorite saying: "I rez dead Tamagatchi"
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As a long standing representative of the International Gecko Consortium, I am here by boycotting the sales of these supposed "RAM chips" for the implication and devaluing of the inherent value of our feet. We of the IGC will not stand idly by and watch you non reptilians continue to mount slanderous comments on our good name. Additionally we call into question the nature of this 'research' done by The Man - no upstanding Gecko would allow themselves to be poked, prodded, or subjected to any scientific research that would violate our religious and social mores. Furthermore if there are any geckos in captivity against their will we demand a full release and all forthcoming medical expenses for their recuperation will be paid in full by you, the evil mammalian overlords. It is high time be break the bonds of secondhand citizenship and take our place as equals!
Viva the green revolution!
Haha... yea.. I have a buddy who even to this day refuses to disbelieve that the game gave better items the farther back you were... he claimed he was just that lucky... yea.. five lightening bolts in a row (and he STILL couldn't keep up) is real lucky..
Yea, we found that one by mistake. There is also a glitch on the snow level.. at the start line if you reverse back across the line there is a particular spot were you can hop you kart from the bank to the bridge... the game things you compelete a ciruit and you are on the next lap.. it was funny, but hard to do..
We would cluster around the SNES (and later the N64) and play, but required closeness. Everyone had to be with in arms distance so we could enforce the house rules.
Rules you say? You never had house rules with Kart? Well the rule that required us to be in arms distance was juvenilely called "Jump Fa&&try". This is where in the N64 version of Wario's race, at the jump if someone would drop the lightening bolt while people were in the air the game would drop them to the track below, causing them to be massively behind. Yup.. if someone pulled that trick there would be a solid punch in the arm by all who were afflicted. Gawd bless ol' negative reinforcement.
I know if we were playing on handhelds the we would require a fifth person to run down and enforce the rules.
Does anyone else have any home rules for Kart?
Haaaaaadoooken!
Ok, I figured my firewall would notify me of ANY connection... and with this particular article about 'phoning home', I thought I could prevent access to the outside world via firewalls..
tsk.. so it goes..
Does anyone think firewall makers might start trying to pick up $sys$ connections and at least give me the chance of blocking them? (yes, I understand the implications of having $sys$ prefixed files running hidden, but I am only concerned - with this post - on how to stop inbound/outbound connections from these rootkits).
I am using ZoneAlarm if anyone wants to know.
So wait... these people who voted.. they are playing games BEFORE they are actually released? *GASP* They must have gotten a leaked copy from bit torrent or some other nefarious P2P system! If they are playing leaked games then they MUST be downloading music! If they are downloading music AND playing video games (well known and documented murder simulators) they are obviously trying to hack the pentagon and disrupting democracy as we know it!
Let our powers combine: RIAA, Jack Thompson, the Feds.... and Heart... Well no, Heart doesn't count here. How about Fire! yes, FIRE!
Let's try this again: Let our powers combine: RIAA, Jack Thompson, the Feds, and FIRE! By your powers combined I am Captain Tyranny!
*queue synthesizer*
... was disqualified for "inappropriate" elevator music... Under testing situations, all of our patients (read: monkeys, elderly, humans, and fish) were driven insane, then promptly driven sane, then insane, then sane, and so forth during the 62.5 mile elevator ride finished. After the tenth go around we decided the cost to hosing out the compartment filled with bile, blood, and bits of hair were not worth the cash prize. So it goes. Additionally, the PSP battery life wasn't sufficient to stave off elevator-maddness either. http://trs.nis.nasa.gov/archive/00000377/01/tm1085 37.pdf
... video games play old people!
Much like how the ISS is slowly decaying orbit over the next NINE months - which will end in atmospheric burnout, my life equally will slip into decay as my next nine months play out, and BAM! Fiery burnout!
Damn you defective condom, damn you! *shaking fist at sky* We should have put a condom on the shuttles!
Second note, after Jack's last little spat, pro-family groups are starting to realize that there's crazy, and then there's CRAZY. So they are distancing themselves from Jack. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid= 12259
I thought I was well read on this wack job, but when did Jack do this?
To stem any argument that I am doing this out of pure selfish models or that "if it isn't broke, don't fix it", I am doing this for the children. And the children's children - all the way to infinity. So while everyone else wants to get control for material reasons, I am doing it for the children. I am THINKING about the children.
So please everyone, be the first to welcome me as your new internets owning, children remembering, overlord.
Did I mention when I control the internets EVERYONEs posts will be 'first posts?
Sorry to bleed over topics...
It is funny you mention "Tentacle-fucker 3 - Revenge of the Overfiend", I was preparing to submit a review of the game, but instead I will post it here.
***** spoiler alert *****
***** no not read if you are still playing TF2TIT ****
'Tentacle-fucker 3 - Revenge of the Overfiend' (or TF3RO to the fan base), was a predictable answer to the screaming masses fresh off the adrenaline high of 'Tentacle-fucker 2 - Tentacles in Time' (TF2TIT). The game play stays relatively the same with respects to the basic controls. You still can control the Heroine, Jade Akashaki (Aki to the in crowd) or flip to the writhing tentacle mass attacking her. As Aki you can position yourself, prepare special "dress spheres" for added bonus, and string deadly combos against the Tentacles. As the mass of slimey tentacle fun, you still can: fuck Aki, choose orifices for penetration, and string together combos of orifice permutations for high points.
The new options come in on both sides. Aki now has a partner - RenyaRamaLama WongDong (Renny for short) - who can be tagged in to assist "taking down" these menaces. New combos now exist when both girls are on the screen, new weapons (can we say LIGHTSABER?!), and a ton of new dresses to go into the dress spheres. Oh did I mention that hairstyles play a part? The studio, infamous Perky-44EE, is not saying how, but they say it will defiantly revolutionize the game market.
For those of you who chose the darker path of the Tentacle, Perky-44EE Studios has not forgotten about you. There are new backgrounds to destroy, colors of tentacles produce different effects (standard: white tentacle does ice damage, red does fire, green does acidic, black does poison, and the blue has electric effects), new "slap" ability that can be used to draw attention/protection away from certain orifices, and battle armor. Additoinally, the Studio moved the tentacle from just an x/y axis to a full 3-d mode. You can control depth, speed, location, rotation, and angle. There is a new option for "texture" which can be changed on the fly (with the right power ups), but I am not sure how much of a factor that can be. Wow. If you are a fan of the "dark side" you better be up on your moves! The word on the street is if a large enough combo is generated then the Tentacle will be able to exploit "a previously unknown orifice". I am not sure what that means, but I am excited to find out!
As for the story line, TF3RO picks up after Aki's flight from the past right as she tries to put the pieces of her shattered life back together in the present (no she DIDN'T die at the hands of the one eyed evil half dragon/half tentacled beast known only as "Dominator"). After a few brief cut scenes the action picks up. Tentacles come from the left, the right, and right behind her! It is action packed for the first part, then it slows down as Aki find Renny buried under the corpses of a hundred tentacle zombies. There is a touching scene of Aki nursing Renny back to life that almost brought a tear to this old sailor's eye. The rest of the game is the duo running through scenes and mini-bosses slowly piecing together how this attack in the present happened (didn't they stop the invasion in the past in TF2TIT?). Soon the Overfiend's identity is known (and it is a SHOCKER!), and the final battle is waged. I won't tell you the end, but there are sixty-nine different variants, so replay is high.
Over all the game is a good third in the series. Studio Perky-44EE innovates enough to breathe life back into this stale genre (usually when they start making WWII games - makers of "Acht Tung: Tentacle Blitzkreig" I am looking at you), but keeps it enough the same to not alienate the fan base. The game play has a bit of a steep curve, but it is worth the effort. I was worried this w
"The have friends (many whose parants let them buy and play any game they want. Their explanation, "it's only a game", without even looking at the content. Two of those boys are turning into little criminals becuase they have no concept of the consequences of thier actions."
Let me just make it clear, that the "no concept of the consequences of thier[their] actions" statement is a product of their "parants[parents] let[letting] them buy and play any game they want" and NOT of the games they play. The children learn from the example of: their friends' (your boys) parents limit their actions, but their (the little criminals) parents do not hold them to that standard - thus they are above rebuke. If there are no limits then the concept of consequences never forms. Limits imply consequences.
Two working parents and no supervision on kids with video games
This next statement thus reinforces the cause. THE LACK OF PARENTAL structure. If you want to be charitable, try engaging the little criminals in some thought process about the nature of the games they play versus reality. The Man Jesus knows I hate when people lecture someone else's kids, but hey - it might just save you from a stolen DVD player!
Damnit, I knew I forgot something. Hey hey what do I say, T.O. will go all the way. Goooooooooooo promise keepers!
Hey now.... We Nebraskan's have a few things going for us. First off, we are a "red state" (both in politics and in football). Next we elected a college football coach to Congress. Third we were featured in SouthPark a few seasons back (when Ike was shipped off to our State by his Kyle because Ike wasn't his adopted brother). Fourth... ahm.. well.. *breaking down* *crying* Oh we got nothing. It really sucks being trapped in this hole. Over a hundred in the summer, below zero in the winter... Not to mention the exodus of young, educated people from the state to cooler states. *sniffle* Well at least our school boards didn't ban evolution from public schools - I am looking at you Kansas.
Wow, you Canuks have it all! Maple syrup, Mounties, and cold hot air! If I were you I would save this rarified "cold hot air" for scientific use. Additionally I think the Icee-Hot company would give you a large donation for a continual supply of their new product.
Just a thought!
First off, have you considered some people actually DO want to work corporate? For a long time (read: college) I enjoyed the stability of a corporate job. I did a good job, left work at the door on my way out, and enjoyed a stable paycheck. Now I graduated I am changing my motivation and starting to play corp. games. I (and I am certain I am not alone) get my rocks off the interplay of power, motivation, and achieving a larger goal. I still leave work at the door when I leave, but now I put in more effort during the day. It's a switch from the passive to the active. Other people around me seem to like to manage people, and where better would that be than in corp. life? There are thousands of examples on why people choose to go white collar. "What's the point?" - my point is though corporate work is clearly not for you, don't crap on it and assume it is not for anyone.
Second, explain this loss of soul? I am not kidding. I want an explanation. Articulate an answer. Send me a message, or post a reply. I would like to see how far this rabbit hole goes. Is this some sort of Heidiggerian "eclipse of Being" argument? What, because ones work some how must be married to my soul? Though I dig my current position (and I am maneuvering to something more up my ally later), it really has no bearing on what I do outside of these doors. At the basest level I work to sustain my live style out of work. I am certain that if my coworkers around me saw me after hours they would be quite shocked. I have independent thought. I can divide my work and non work. I would contend that you are flat out wrong on any "loss of soul". Perhaps tapping your finances dry, becoming a burden to family and friends, and in the end ignoring the means to your end is quite "soulless". Really - you don't seem to care about the people you negatively impacted to sustain your existence. Wow. That's cold.
Third, "if your dream is real" statement. Ouch. So there is a method of measuring realness of dreams? Wow... what an ego. Please what's the formula? I have a friend who's only goal is to make a crap ton of money, because money facilitates freedom (to him). He couldn't care less where he is, but as long as he is raking in the loot he's a happy camper. Again, articulate something here. I say your generalizations are not real, and thus if you get real ones we can communicate! *smirk*
I add this fourth criticism for my philosophy teacher in college. Exactly how do pragmatism and a rational/logical universe meet? They are not mutually exclusive.
As you so eloquently said, "what's my point"? My point is multi fold: get off your high artistic horse and stop bashing corporate life just for being corporate, articulate arguments - it helps people understand your position, marrying rich - wow - as Conner Oberst (sp) said "I would rather be working for a paycheck instead of trying to win the lottery", don't dictate reality to me or my state of soul, if you actually didn't meet your rich wife we wouldn't be hearing from you now, and without corporate life a good chunk of what you take for granted wouldn't exist.
Yup, that's about sums it up. Now if you don't mind I have to get to an "evil corporate" meeting where we exclude happy go lucky artists, and assist in fine tuning the international system of life.
Much love, Modi
Sweet coincidence, the word to confirm I am not a script is "profit". I say that's a pretty good sign that corporate workers got something going on right!
Dear RIAA,
I officially give up. This is the straw the finally broke the camel's back (it always seems to be the LAST straw that does this - hrmph). I will officially renounce my intent on pirating media, software, pr0n, and the like. I am currently burning my PC to stop enabling me to do bad things (did you guys patent the phrase "If thy eye offends, pluck it out; if they hand does wrong chop it off"?). Additionally, I will re-buy all my purchased media again - just in case some where along the line it was pirated. I can not take the pressure anymore - too many people have been hurt because of my negligence. Please oh please just call off the dogs before more people are hurt. With this latest action you have successfully reached critical mass of the "Piracy == Bad" meme, and people will understand. Thank you for your service in showing humanity where it went wrong, and that the red pill is not for us. To make it up to you, I will pay double for my CDs, send you a dozen roses every week, and mow your lawn. Please, take me back! I want to be loved again. I really didn't know I was hurting you like that baby. Sugar, you got to believe me!
xoxoxo
- modi
I wish to extend a welcome to the new media overlords. May they use their infinite wisdom to safe guard freedom and the natural order of things.
Now that the Intellivision/Activision/Powerglove/TV Remote is making a come back, I want my best pal Rob to make an upgrade. I am certain Nintendo can add some new functionality - perhaps merge Rob with RoboSapien to make the ultimate friend! Possibly we can call him "AWESOM-O"! Huzzah!
Back in the Tamagatchi era, I worked in a retail store that sold them. I could never get over the emotions attached to the toy - specifically the sadness people would have over their deaths (read: battery loss, water, older brothers, fights, etc). At one instance a little girl was balling over her Tamagatchi's death (due to battery loss) and refused to have her mother buy her a new one - she wanted her old one back. She was so distraught that I decided to step in and be the humanitarian. I told her I would try to bring it back, and took her toy over to the batteries department. Luckily they had the right size, so I popped the back off, slapped the new battery in, and replaced the facing. At the initial chirp the girl freaked out, latched onto my leg in exuberant gratitude, while the mother thanked me (apparently the girl had cried non-stop for two days now) for pacifying her daughter. Soon after other parents of this girl's friends approached me - all asking me to help bring their kids toys back from the dead. Smelling a pretty penny to be made off the irrational suffering of children I started dolling out my phone number and made house calls on the side. I was raking in $15.00 per house call off of a dollar battery install. Unfortunately the replacement batteries outlived the Tamagatchi phase. Such is the whim of children.
This irrational concern for the artificial seems strange to me. I have seen girls all out ignore flesh and blood cats for the Catz program, or in the same vein shun real dogs for Sony's Ibo. I would be curious to see a study on the empathetic relationship between people and their real animals versus people and their real animals plus the artificial ones. I would think the latter would be a bit more twisted since digital pets reinforce the "use, abuse, throw away" relationship. *shrug* I guess that is why there are alligators in the sewers, and feral cat colonies in the country - some people just cannot take care of something.
Well enough of memory lane..