RealFolkBlues
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I liked this video. Good examples and well-edited. I thought her "lecture" diction worked well in the context of her providing some introduction and analysis. Overall, I think her point was solid; the damsel in distress trope is ubiquitous in games and objectifies/dis-empowers women. I think she could easily compare how using the old "end of the world" trope would probably have worked as well in any of these game plots, and often if paired with the damsel in distress. I would like to see her talk more about how games have (sadly) been almost entirely the domain of men and boys, with men making and marketing them for boys and young men to play. As the industry has grown, this has changed somewhat, with more and more women involved and sexism (extremely) slowly losing some of its hold on the art form. I believe this trend will continue in games, just as it has in other media. That having been said, I'm sure she will at least touch on all that, if not go into depths. I am really looking forward to the rest of her series. I'm also really interested to see where she goes with Samus, though I'm sure she will make hay out of her portrayal in Other M. I hope she remembers that that game was made by a developer (Team Ninja) well-known for objectifying women.
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I've been married for two years as of last October!
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Larry would win after about 25 Minutes of air time.
Yeah, this is true actually. Liontamer has the sickest vendetta. Ask him about it.
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Bumping this up from way back.
I just beat the main story last night, though, so I wanted to see what everyone thought. I don't want to start a flame war, but I am very disappointed with this game. I LOVED AC2, Brotherhood, and Revelations, and even liked AC1 a lot better than it seems most did. I had some real issues with this one, though. For starters, the game is just way too damned buggy. I'm sorry, it's horseshit to release a hugely anticipated game that bugs out all of the frickin' time, yearly/holiday release dates be damned. In the words of Miyamoto, a delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever. I'll grant it's a little different now that they can release patches, but I'm still watching horses get stuck in fences. WTF, Ubisoft?
That having been said, there were many things this game did very well. The frontier is beautiful and fun, there is copious amounts of stuff to do, and the naval battles are terrific. I'm just a sucker for polish, and this game is sorely lacking in that area.
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Oh man, nice one, ocre. I'm loving this show's first season. I sort of wish I could be on the next season, but my nerdiness is very broad, but not especially deep. Seriously, I've done a ton of nerdy stuff (except for cosplay and larping, I don't think I've heard of much I haven't done in terms of nerd activities,) and I love all manner of nerd material, but I don't know if they would be interested in a nerd of all trades. Meh, I really don't think I could do it with my schedule/general lack of funds.
All that having been said, someone on here should totes do it. DJP? Zircon? BGC? There are some real nerd's nerds here, and of course I mean that in the best possible way.
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did you ever unlock all the maps in the combat simulator, i always wanted to but i always got stuck on challenge 22
Ugh, somewhere around there I stopped the simulator challenges. There were what, like 26, 28 challenges? I think I three-starred up until 24 or 25, when they started just making the challenges lame, with multiple PerfectSims (cheating bastards, those guys) against you. Stupid. As it was, I got up to rank 5 or 6. Multi was fun on that game, but I was really about the campaign.
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Seconding this. The book is just so rich, filled with so many little plot lines and little details that weave together so well. I think I was still finding new things and going, "Oh, wow," on my fourth read-through.
Yuuuuppppp. The stuff in between the chapters is proof enough to me as well that the man could do prose if he wanted just as easily, and that the book could work almost as well as a novel.
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if a game starts becoming a chore rather than fun that's usually the point when I stop playing it completely. who gives a fuck about collecting all of the stars or getting a certain time in a race unless there's an actual reward or it's fun to do.
Pretty much my philosophy. Rare ruined me for collectathon's back on the 64. I got 105% or whatever it was on DKC64, and now any collectable without a really nice reward I ignore.
Other than that, I beat Perfect Dark on Perfect mode. I've talked to a handful of other people who have done that. Was mostly a lot of fun doing it at the time, but now I really feel no need to play most games, especially FPS's, on the harder or hardest difficulties.
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Not a big fan of either Ennis or Moore, tbh. To each his own I suppose.
While surprising (especially Moore,) 'tis like you say. To each his own. I, for one, can't stand Grant Morrison, even though everyone in the industry and most comic fans have like the biggest hard-on ever for him.
Oh, BTW, The Derrit, one more for ya; Neil Gaiman, especially Sandman. The last few story arcs are kind of weak but that series starts out great.
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I still knew Bioware as "that company that makes those really boring RPGs with the really good stories" around the time that Mass Effect came out.
Sweet Jesus. This. So this. I am a Mass Effect fanatic (stupid ending and all.) I'm reading all of the side material they have put out now, actually. I didn't even start playing until ME3 was almost out. A friend made me borrow the first one because I mentioned that I hadn't played it, and it was game over from there, natch. Too be honest, I thought I would like it okay, but I thought I would be bored and have to drag myself through it. I had watched friends play other Bioware games and just wasn't too pumped. Boy howdy, I'm glad I was wrong.
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DarkeSword has a bunch of good recommendations thus far, but I gotta throw some in here.
Garth Ennis, especially Preacher and The Boys. Preacher is narrowly my third favorite comic.
Y: The Last Man. Amazing. Narrowly, but still decidedly my second favorite comic.
And great Caesar's ghost, Alan Moore. Anything by him will slap you across the face with its awesomeness. Especially Watchmen, though, if you haven't read it. I liked the movie pretty well (many people did not and I can see why and also don't really want to start a flame war here,) but the book is still better. And by better, I mean one of my favorite books. Period.
I'll grant, most of that is not necessarily under-appreciated, but still. Good stuff.
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I just learned about this one today.
Bass balalaika. Looks like a dorito.
HA! That's sweet. My dad had a balalaika on the wall of our house when I was growing up. I like this thing. Makes me think of the Guitarron from mariachi music. Pretty sweet, and totally silly looking.
BTW, I guess it's not too odd for us OCR nerds, but I still think the Theremin deserves a nod. Pretty weird by most measures, I'd say.
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I found this a few days ago, and figured you music people would love to take a look at it. There are some things here I have never seen before, or heard - some of them have sound samples too.
My favorites?
Bamboo Sax: http://www.oddmusic.com/gallery/om04000.html
sounds like a fusion between a saxophone and a clarinet
Here's another one: http://www.oddmusic.com/gallery/om06825.html
More stuff to use in OCReMix tracks? heh
Nice find on the webpage in general! That bamboo sax is sweet. I would love to hear a jazz band/tracks based on its tone.
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I love my smartphone. I didn't think they were so awesome until I had one. Now the thought of not having one pretty much amounts to barbarism in my mind.
Utilities:
Agreed with all the Google utilities; Google's road view (part of their Maps) is crazy awesome for directions.
Dictionary app - helps if you are into precision with language.
Flashlight app is pretty damned useful for obvious reasons.
Yellowpages - you could just Google everything, but this is pretty handy.
ColorNotes - very useful for scribbling down rando stuff, as you might expect.
Zedge - the mad hookup for ringtones and such. I usually do a whole theme for whatever game I'm playing at the time. At the moment I have an Assassin's Creed thing going on with background, notification sound, ringtones, etc.
Weather channel app. 'Nuff said.
Shazam - it's surprisingly sweet to be able to press a button and see the pertinent song information.
Pandora - pretty nice having all kinds of music on your phone without even using space on an SD card.
As for games, I haven't played too many, really, but the Angry Birds series is a must have. These games are seriously incredible. Fantastic for casual gamers but surprisingly in-depth for hardcore peeps. Seriously. Dragon, Fly is also fun, though not of course of the same caliber.
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Bump for it being this coming weekend. I have to try. Sigh. No love for Asheville or me.
Seriously, though, I suppose most of you are gearing up for MAGFest, and I can't blame you. Traveling however many hours to go to some rando city to a comic expo to see 3 vg bands is perhaps a bit extravagant. Nonetheless, since I can like never go to MAGFest again, this was kind of a godsend. I will post pics and let you know if these guys continue to rock. My guess? Yes they do.
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Good god, Buckeyes, where the hell did that come from? That was amazing. Just amazing.
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Slight possibility I could make it to this, as I may be visiting family near there on the 13th.
Sweet! How near?
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So last year my beloved Asheville, North Carolina played host to a comic convention (Fanaticon,) and it was pretty sweet. Unfortunately, Fanaticon is no longer, so our local awesome comic shop Comic Envy picked up the slack and organized a new con for this year. It's called the Asheville Comic Expo (ACE,) and will take place October 13th, 11am - 7pm. It should be fun in general, but for all you video game metal fans, ACE has a real treat in the form of some fantastic nerd metal groups;
, friend of the site Danimal Cannon, and (mostly) AVL natives Metroid Metal.It should be awesome. Come on, OCR! Come to my city and rock! Some of you guys even live relatively nearby. BGC? DJP? You know me. (Sorry.)
Seriously, though, it should be badass.
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Anybody notice this bit of nerd gold?
Yet another fantastic Easter egg. I'm super excited about this movie. A comedy based in the video game universe sounds pretty great by itself, but then you throw in some great voice acting (John C. Reilly, Jane Lynch, Sarah Silverman, etc.,) and this should be very solid.
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Congrats again, 'dude! Remember now, your whole job the next eighteen years is to keep her off the pole. As much as you may be into working on a remix, if she asks if you can talk, drop it! Nobody wants their daughter in clear heels!
Seriously, though, that's awesome. Best of luck!
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Happy birthday to you Jose! I've been listening to your track off of Heroes Vs. Villains a lot lately and it is amazing! Hope your celebrations are the same!
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Hey man, congratulations!!! Being a dad is frickin' sweet (including the stinky parts; good diaper-changing is an art to be appreciated and cultivated.) My son is certainly my favorite thing in the whole world. Speaking of, I'm not sure what you guys are hoping for, but I'm hoping you have a boy, as Alexander Wolfgang Getman is a SERIOUSLY sweet name 'dude. Like damn. The world needs more people who sound like they could be SNK bosses.
Three points of advice:
1) Pregnancies and labors vary in the extreme, but my humble opinion was that pregnancy was nine pretty lame months followed by a terrible day and a half followed immediately by the most beautiful, awe-inspiring ten minutes of my life. Well worth it, of course, but hang in there man, it could be a bumpy ride. The absolute worst part for the dude (or Mazedude in that case) is just how damned useless you feel. Horribly frustrating. There's nothing you can do except to do everything you can. You'll understand what I mean soon enough.
2) There's lots of good books out there. Probably you've already got What to Expect When You're Expecting. I don't know how you guys have been using/reading it, but I would suggest treating it more like a reference book than anything else. That is, if you have random questions about stuff you guys are or are not experiencing, What to Expect will probably have a pretty good answer. It also has a bunch of scary stuff in it, so if either of you are the type to become a hypochondriac as soon as you see a medical dictionary, scan, don't pour over the pages.
Also, Fatherhood by Bill Cosby. Awesome.
3) If nobody has told you about meconium yet (and they tend to neglect this bit until you're already having the baby,) do yourself a favor and look it up. It's really not that big a deal in real life, but it's good to be mentally prepared. Others reading this post, look it up at your own peril, because yes, it's nasty.
Enough new father pontificating from me. Once more, congrats and the best of luck to the both of you!!!
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From one sexy lady to another, happy birthday, Jimmy!
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Such things were both possible and commonplace before 9/11.
He actually gets out with about 21 days to go. He gets back to Gotham with about 18 hours left until kaboom time. Not quite 19 days sounds entirely plausible.. He doesn't need resources, he's the goddamn Batman.
Chrono Jigga
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This is pretty sweet. You guys should check out the Chrono Trigger Mixtape and Team Teamwork, if you haven't already.