Heh. I was gonna say System Shock 2 as well. Hell, System Shock 1 or 2 or even Deus Ex would all make a better movie than Halo....well, so long as they dropped this bullshit "Hey! Let's make it PG-13 to make it widely available and strip it of all the shock, horror, gore, philisophical dialogue, and, you know, all that stuff that'd make it a good movie and not just some piece of shit action flick filled with one liners."
But for the love of god, they'd have to change the ending of System Shock 2. I mean, ugh....
Shodan: J-j-join me, human, and we can rrrrrr- we can rule together. Goggles: Nah.
A Deus Ex movie would probably be easier and better to make since you, as the main character, have much more interaction with people. It would have to be condensed an awful lot but with all these damned trilogies nowadays, they could probably pull it off and include the story of Invisible War as well (don't know how good it is compared to the first but I've heard... ok things about it; much more so than the gameplay changes).
It's in another country? We got lots of guns and shootings? Mainstream Media is currently in the election story arc (and with this Foley guy, well, it's all sweet cash for them)?
Anyway, we're getting a deluge of death reports from Iraq so... you know, back of the line and all that.:-/
Look, you stupid twit, terrorism is a tactic. It's not an ideal. It's not a people. It's not defeatable.
Besides, as far as I'm concerned, they already won. Look at you, quaking in your piss soaked boots. OMG TERRORISTS ARE IN THE SHRUBS OUT FRONT! Oh, wait. That's the neightbor's cat. I HOPE IT'S NOT PLOTTING AGAINST AMERICA.
It's people like you who are freaking out over NOTHING. 3,000(ish) died on 9/11? How many other's died that same day from preventable accidents going to work, at work, and coming home? Heart attacks? Cancer? Various illnesses?
Quit fucking freaking out and thinking that being on camera and recorded 24/7 will keep you safe, that being tracked 24/7 everywhere you go and everyone you meet will keep you safe. That's power in the hands of people who may be worse than terrorists, who, if not now, could become that and there's no legal recourse to stop them. Think all you want about that line and what an "appeaser" that makes me but I'd sooner live my life free than at the mercy of those who proclaim to protect us.
But it is in a tiny box, so we won't know until real people actually use it
Waitaminute, who are these fake people who have used it? Are they them?
Kidding aside, Nintendo makes their consoles out of pixy dust and Wolverine's bones. I can't say the same for the their controllers but the consoles practically tanks. My N64 has fallen about 1.5 feet while playing and continued on just fine. My Gamecube has been kicked and had controllers thrown at it (thank YOU, F-Zero GX >:| ), been hauled around by bike in my backpack many times, and survived marathons of Phantasy Star Online on my floor (we have two cats and a dog).
I'd post the link to some video of a Mexican show where they test the durability of all three consoles (PS2, Xbox, GC) but I didn't save it. Surely someone here knows what I'm talking about.
Or just overall piss-poor ideas being pushed out. $500-600 videoga- I mean, Linux supercomputer. Rootkits on CDs. Assploding batteries. So-so Blu-Ray. So-so PSP performance (not doing terribly bad but it's not exactly printing money)....
Then there's Krazy Kenny's PR talking that's just kinda... oooooOOOOOOoooooooooooooo~
No, THEY are governmental agencies empowered by "anti-terrorism" laws who can pick you up, lock you away without due process, without notifying your family or friends or a lawyer, without showing you your accuser or evidence against you. All because the president identified you as an enemy combatant.
Yes, THEY are suppose to be us but THEY are not and have not been for a long time.
The thing with the card, they take our liberty and freedom, and then they give back on a piece-meal basis however little is enough to pacify us.
But that's the whole point. What happens if you're not carrying it? What if you don't got time to stand around and chitchat with the local PD? What if, for whatever reason, you don't want to tell them?
You'll tell them or else. You'll carry your ID card or else.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Forgot your ID? Lost your wallet?
Don't worry. I'm sure they'll give you a ride down to the station to figure out exactly who you are. In the meantime, they'll get your prints and maybe leave you waiting with some unsavory types.
Yes, sir! It is from Deus Ex. It's from the first time you're in the UNATCO base on Liberty Island. In the break room, there's a little kiosk next to the vending machines and the ATM that has several articles (one of which I posted). Anna Navarre is an agent at UNATCO and quite ruthless at that.
You're walking down the street, just heading to the nearest Quik-E Mart. A cop car rolls by, turns around, and pulls up next to you. They ask you to stop. If you got your hands in your pockets, you can be sure they'll want you to pull 'em out slowly. Afterall, people have been shot pulling out wallets.
They ask who are you and what are you doing here. It's just a regular street. Sure, there's a few crummy neighbors around here but it's not like there's drive-bys every other day. Oh, you'll do as they say in a calm and orderly fashion. It could be cold and rainy or you were in a hurry. It doesn't matter. They got questions and they'll get answers. I mean, you're not a criminal, are you?
It's about keeping enough people scared long enough to completely change what it means to be "free" in America.
Just as creepy as 1984 seems, get a load of this.
When one maniac can wipe out a city of twenty million with a microbe developed in his basement, a new approach to law enforcement becomes necessary. Every citizen of the world must be placed under surveillance. That means sky-cams at every intersection, computer-mediated analysis of every phone call, e-mail, and snail-mail, and a purely electronic economy in which every transaction is recorded and data-mined for suspicious activity.
We are close to achieving this goal. Some would say that human liberty has been compromised, but the reality is just the opposite. As surveillance expands, people become free from danger, free to walk alone at night, free to work in a safe place, and free to buy any legal product or service without the threat of fraud. One day every man and woman will quietly earn credits, purchase items for quiet homes on quiet streets, have cook-outs with neighbors and strangers alike, and sleep with doors and windows wide open. If that isn't the tranquil dream of every free civilization throughout history, what is?
-- Anna Navarre, Agent, UNATCO
I played this game as a teenager. It was cool then. It's still cool now....but it's getting fucking scarier all the time.
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I'm half way there. When they bark, they shoot bees.
Yeah, but soon it'll be "wiimote."
God bless America!
Is it time to get out my gun?
(I don't really have one but I got two dogs at my disposal and I can get a stick and some rocks.)
But for the love of god, they'd have to change the ending of System Shock 2. I mean, ugh....
A Deus Ex movie would probably be easier and better to make since you, as the main character, have much more interaction with people. It would have to be condensed an awful lot but with all these damned trilogies nowadays, they could probably pull it off and include the story of Invisible War as well (don't know how good it is compared to the first but I've heard... ok things about it; much more so than the gameplay changes).
Well, since I'm not down with the midgets, I guess I'll take the rough-sex with the morlocks.
Good thing they keep to the shadows though.
Oh, that's good and well nowadays but what about terrists from THE FUTURE? Eh?!
Yeah. It's just nuts.
They say the explosion registered something like a 3-3.5 earthquake?
So did PEPCON. (But then that wasn't underground.)
That's just horrible. I mean, it's like the start of a whole new meme....
In Soviet New Zealand....
Yeah... about tha....
Wait, what?
It's in another country?
:-/
We got lots of guns and shootings?
Mainstream Media is currently in the election story arc (and with this Foley guy, well, it's all sweet cash for them)?
Anyway, we're getting a deluge of death reports from Iraq so... you know, back of the line and all that.
Look, you stupid twit, terrorism is a tactic. It's not an ideal. It's not a people. It's not defeatable.
Besides, as far as I'm concerned, they already won. Look at you, quaking in your piss soaked boots. OMG TERRORISTS ARE IN THE SHRUBS OUT FRONT! Oh, wait. That's the neightbor's cat. I HOPE IT'S NOT PLOTTING AGAINST AMERICA.
It's people like you who are freaking out over NOTHING. 3,000(ish) died on 9/11? How many other's died that same day from preventable accidents going to work, at work, and coming home? Heart attacks? Cancer? Various illnesses?
Quit fucking freaking out and thinking that being on camera and recorded 24/7 will keep you safe, that being tracked 24/7 everywhere you go and everyone you meet will keep you safe. That's power in the hands of people who may be worse than terrorists, who, if not now, could become that and there's no legal recourse to stop them. Think all you want about that line and what an "appeaser" that makes me but I'd sooner live my life free than at the mercy of those who proclaim to protect us.
Waitaminute, who are these fake people who have used it? Are they them?
Kidding aside, Nintendo makes their consoles out of pixy dust and Wolverine's bones. I can't say the same for the their controllers but the consoles practically tanks. My N64 has fallen about 1.5 feet while playing and continued on just fine. My Gamecube has been kicked and had controllers thrown at it (thank YOU, F-Zero GX >:| ), been hauled around by bike in my backpack many times, and survived marathons of Phantasy Star Online on my floor (we have two cats and a dog).
I'd post the link to some video of a Mexican show where they test the durability of all three consoles (PS2, Xbox, GC) but I didn't save it. Surely someone here knows what I'm talking about.
Or just overall piss-poor ideas being pushed out. $500-600 videoga- I mean, Linux supercomputer. Rootkits on CDs. Assploding batteries. So-so Blu-Ray. So-so PSP performance (not doing terribly bad but it's not exactly printing money)....
Then there's Krazy Kenny's PR talking that's just kinda... oooooOOOOOOoooooooooooooo~
No, THEY are governmental agencies empowered by "anti-terrorism" laws who can pick you up, lock you away without due process, without notifying your family or friends or a lawyer, without showing you your accuser or evidence against you. All because the president identified you as an enemy combatant.
Yes, THEY are suppose to be us but THEY are not and have not been for a long time.
The thing with the card, they take our liberty and freedom, and then they give back on a piece-meal basis however little is enough to pacify us.
Sweet zombie jesus, it's already happening.
Do read what I posted elsewhere here.
Changing what it means to be free....
You're not free. They issue the cards and they make the laws. You don't get a card or it gets taken away, how free is that?
You'll tell them or else.
You'll carry your ID card or else.
Doesn't anyone remember the 4th Amendment?
Forgot your ID? Lost your wallet?
Don't worry. I'm sure they'll give you a ride down to the station to figure out exactly who you are. In the meantime, they'll get your prints and maybe leave you waiting with some unsavory types.
Gah, I suck. While the quotes are good and reveal the depth of the story, the wikipedia entry is more apt.
Yes, sir! It is from Deus Ex. It's from the first time you're in the UNATCO base on Liberty Island. In the break room, there's a little kiosk next to the vending machines and the ATM that has several articles (one of which I posted). Anna Navarre is an agent at UNATCO and quite ruthless at that.
Convient, then, that Bush lead us to war with Iraq.
Oh?
You're walking down the street, just heading to the nearest Quik-E Mart. A cop car rolls by, turns around, and pulls up next to you. They ask you to stop. If you got your hands in your pockets, you can be sure they'll want you to pull 'em out slowly. Afterall, people have been shot pulling out wallets.
They ask who are you and what are you doing here. It's just a regular street. Sure, there's a few crummy neighbors around here but it's not like there's drive-bys every other day. Oh, you'll do as they say in a calm and orderly fashion. It could be cold and rainy or you were in a hurry. It doesn't matter. They got questions and they'll get answers. I mean, you're not a criminal, are you?
Just as creepy as 1984 seems, get a load of this.
I played this game as a teenager. It was cool then. It's still cool now.
Along those lines... what are they going to do if you say you don't have one?
You know, besides pull you out of line, stick you in room 101....
You should prepare ahead of time.
Can you touch your toes?
Papers please.