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| 05:56pm 02/07/2008 |
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Who the hell, besides me obviously, is responsible for me not watching Spooks before now? God damn! GOD DAMN. |
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| Next time anyone says that PVE is 'easy mode' gets hit. |
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| 05:47pm 24/06/2008 |
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Moon Guard. A PVE realm. Defense of the flame at Midsummer Fire Festival? Massive. Alliance had unbelievable difficulty getting close, even in Undercity, where it's right at the gates. Venture Co. A PVP realm. Despite 13 level 70s in town, not one came to defend Ironforge's flame. Either it's a Horde vs. Alliance thing (doubt it) or the whole "PVErs don't defend against attacks" thing is BS.
Actually, on second thought, maybe it is Horde vs. Alliance. What do people, whom know what the hell I'm talking about, think? |
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| Bad pun |
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| 06:19pm 13/06/2008 |
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Me: Baby, I love you, but I'm leaving you. I think I love the Vanish ability more. I'm leaving you for a spell. But then I'll come back. Duckay: I think I stopped loving you. |
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| Posted using LJ Talk... |
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| 07:15pm 10/06/2008 |
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As a side note, Wii Fit is surprisingly awesome. I feel I could actually keep this exercise program up. |
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| MySnark: You Had Me and You Lost Me: PVP |
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| 06:40pm 16/05/2008 |
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PVP is one of the grand-daddies of webcomics. I'm not proud enough to say I followed it since before the 2.0 reboot, which upgraded a lot of the art and in many ways turned it into the powerhouse it is today. But I do remember when it was presented as a 2 x 2 four panel comic instead of a 1 x 4. I can tell you who Devilfish is. (Actually, she's always been my favorite character, which is an odd and important fact that I will come back to.) The strip was a fun pop culture filled romp, which was usually characterised as a gamer comic, but really was more of a general geekery strip. Scott Kurtz's love of games, '80s pop culture, comics and film made the strip sing, and his excellent humor made it worth reading.
As with all columns under this title, it's sad to be writing it. But the irony is, it's Scott Kurtz's love of film, comics and above all, '80s pop culture that have finally sunk it. That, and the sheer level of laziness his writing has reached. ( We need a new term besides Cerberus Syndrome ) |
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| Movie Meme Answers |
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| 03:13pm 19/03/2008 |
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Surprisingly (to me) only four of these were guessed and only two people guessed at all. Did I aim too hard, or were people uninterested, or ...?
( Read more... ) |
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| Movie Meme |
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| 10:10am 13/03/2008 |
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1. Pick 15 of your favourite moviesrandom movies you think of. 2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie. 3. Post them here for everyone to guess. 4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie. 5. No Googling/using IMDb search functions. ( Read more... ) |
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| And I make my peace with Obama. |
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| 12:38pm 27/02/2008 |
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Not that he minds too much, but the inexcusable actions of the Clinton campaign and his very sensible discussion of terrorism have finally swung me. I'm unhappy about his open appeals to religion, but I can live with them. Obama has fairly emerged as the best candidate. I'd have preferred Edwards. And I think it would be a bigger achievement to have a woman in the presidency than a black man. But Barrack Obama will be the Democratic candidate, and probably the president. And I can support him. |
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| Headline of the Day: Engadget |
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| 08:30am 21/02/2008 |
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Two thirds of Americans think nanotechnology is morally unacceptable -- wait, what?
OK, so we have no way of knowing where the two thirds of Americans who think nanotech is morally unacceptable come from. But if it comes from religious groups (as Engadget speculate) or just plain ignorance, this is kind of astounding and shows just how anti-progress America really has become. No advance, no matter how clear-cut, will be accepted. |
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| Internet speak kills english. |
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| 09:31am 19/02/2008 |
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Graduates 'sms' in job letters
Please note that I do not copy the ridiculous title as is. No-one would type l3tt3rs on a mobile phone. They would, at worst, type lttrs. SMS speak is all about condensing words.
None the less, the hypothetical decrease in English skills as a result of SMS and netspeak is quite real. The education system needs to respond, and furthermore, we need to get people using the damn language on the internet. |
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| The speech I would have given had I been Opposition Leader. |
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| 10:18am 13/02/2008 |
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"We agree." |
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| "Involuntary Sacrifices" |
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| 09:58am 13/02/2008 |
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"Involuntary sacrifice."
Don't get me wrong, Brendan Nelson's entire speech was abhorrent beyond belief, a smacking piece of partisan ranting and political tainting specifically designed to limit, belittle, and otherwise degrade Rudd's almost perfect apology. But those words, in particular, deserve to be brought out and spat in his face at every opportunity as an example of loathsome doublespeak at the highest levels, a bitter stinging rebuke to the aboriginal people and their pain.
As for Rudd, as I said, almost perfect. It needed to have the words "In the spirit it is offered" removed, both times, and should have probably hinted at destroying the NT Intervention policies, but otherwise, it was excellent and far better than I considered.
But it's so good to Brendan Nelson destroy the liberal party a little bit more each time. |
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| Well done, NSW State Libs. |
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| 08:53am 05/02/2008 |
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Libs vow to introduce single authority in transport revolution
Congratulations, state libs. You've gotten my vote. Labor, you can still win it back. Just match their proposal, or do better.
But damn, it's nice to finally see either party make a serious effort at revamping public transport in this state, because it's woeful. |
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| God, I hate the insurance industry |
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| 10:48am 29/01/2008 |
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If it weren't for tobacco, I think they'd genuinely be my least favorite industry on the planet. Why the heck is it that lawyers get so much hatred, when insurance companies are, in nearly all cases, far more bloodsucking and parasitic, with far less actual worth? |
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| On Blood Elves, evil, and the relationship between appearance and character on MMORPG roleplay |
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| 07:40pm 21/01/2008 |
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I have a theory. OK, I have lots, but here's my current one: Blood Elves in World of Warcraft rarely get played as nasty evil things, even though the Lore is absolute on that subject. (Which isn't to say that every Blood Elf is a horrible evil sadist, just to say that, overall, most are according to the WoW lore. Being magical junkies will do that to you.) I've seen exactly two played this way, and I played one of them, and Duckay played the other. And we collaborated on those two characters. Meanwhile, there are undead nasties everywhere, and orc or troll nasties aren't too rare. I suspect that even though Blizzard tried to make the Blood Elves beautiful but evil, it just hasn't worked: The ingrained belief of most people that pretty = good and ugly = twisted remains, and most people, even most roleplayers, just aren't believing Blizzard when they say otherwise. Now, Duckay argues it's a matter of Lore rather than appearance: She claims it's a Lore thing -- The undead lore is better set up, with more convincing evil and motives underneath. OK, fair enough. I disagree, but that's opinion. And it's not universal at all, Silvermoon University's Blood Elves are cheerfully nasty, so it would seem. But still -- Is it really impossible for an MMORPG to successfully drive home a counter-intuitive concept, like beautiful evil? Should they deliberately play to stereotype, to keep play working well for RP? |
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| Newspaper Headline |
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| 02:48pm 16/01/2008 |
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Gun, samurai, taser seized in car search
Surry Hills is where the police confiscated a gun, a katana and a taser from a car, and it's not that far from where I work. But still, the over-riding image I have here is of the police pulling a complaining, vocal samurai from a car in Surry Hills. |
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