Nadril

Heh, as always steam totally [cabbage]s on everyones "cute" and "quaint" black friday deals. For example: Every LucasArts game on Steam for $50 (down from $127). Every THQ game on Steam for $50 (down from $100) Batman: Arkham Asylum for $24 (from $50) GRID for $7.49 Dragon Age: Origins for $37.49 And this is just the start. Man how do I love steam.

Yeah seconding psy trance or Goa.

I don't think it was the first but it did popularize it.

Can't say I agree with Half life 2 above Half Life. Damn fine game, yes, but it just can't beat the first which is placed at 29th? Final Fantasy 7 at 15th? CoD4 at 13th? Legend at Zelda (the original) at number 1? Were they trying to go for the most [developmentally delayed]ed choice ever? I mean I could almost see OoT in a high up place like that, from a console gamers perspective, but the original is not that great of a game. It's obviously bogged down by a Myriad of ancient [wagon] design issues and the game just does not stand the test of time like other classics (Doom, Tetris, Diablo) have.

The entire point about Lagann is about having such a strong ego that it empowers you. After all the Gurren Lagann is empowered by that :).

So... you don't like thanksgiving and Americans because a terrible MMO does a thanksgiving update instead of something else? Geez.

Yeah doesn't really seem like a great deal. I did see a 28" for $250 but I don't have that kind of money to spend, nor the desk space for a beast like that lol.

It's a time for families to get together and have a great meal. I don't see any issue with that. You're really overlooking this entire thing, you don't need to over-examine and scrutinize every single holiday. I mean just enjoy them for what they are, a time to get around , have some fun and eat all you can. And then the morning after you can act like the good little American you are and go shopping :).

Oh man. I am in goddamned love with the Engineer. First time with him and went 18-2. They were seriously afraid of my solo turret because it, on numerous occasions, just about soloed many of them. I was hiding it in the jungle so they'd be walking and all of the sudden PEWPEWPEWPEWPEW. Guy is just so freaking awesome, such a badass carry. I was so farmed that by the 35-40 min mark I had: Riftshards Power Supply Savage Mace Frostwolf Skull Ghost Marchers I mean, that is a solid 15k gold or so worth of gear, and I barely touched the jungle. You'd be amazed how well you can farm when your turret takes one spot well and you can do other [cabbage] :D.

You only own one pair of pants? :-| Eh I get by with only a few pairs. I mean you can wear the same pair for a long time as long as you aren't rolling around in dirt or anything with them.

Why would a computer slow down because it has a lot of songs on it? If you're going to slam someone for not understanding much about technology at least know some yourself. Sure, he probably could reformat everything but if his laptop is 5 years old it is probably about time for an upgrade... The problem is hes taken it to several "experts" before who have tried to make it faster. What they do is blame it on viruses, download some crap antivirus software, and delete everything except for the bare minimum. I guess I'm just angry about the fact that for 1: He bought it when he didn't need it. and 2: My sister gets the old laptop after my dad is through with it. (The problem with this is that everyone of my other siblings have bought their own computer, now she gets a free one, which used to be fast, and she will barely use it.) So she gets a crappy hand-me-down laptop, whats the big deal? I can't see why you'd be jealous of that.

You got a 9th grader... lulz Freshman are only useful as servants. nomnomnom. Wait.

Why would a computer slow down because it has a lot of songs on it? If you're going to slam someone for not understanding much about technology at least know some yourself. Sure, he probably could reformat everything but if his laptop is 5 years old it is probably about time for an upgrade...

For the record I do understand the jokes in XKCD, I just find them terribly unfunny.

Maybe, yeah.

What? Why. I mean Kamina's attitude (which is later reflected in Simon) is the entire reason to watch Lagann.

Why do you have to buy the game again? Why not just reactivate your account? Sold eet. ;O Sounds interesting. I might come back too, WoW's loosing its grip upon my mind. ;D ^ That. Sold it a few weeks ago.

I'll check and see what newegg has for sure, I would probably buy a new monitor if they have a 23-24" good one up for cheap.

Not be, but I think it's worth a mention anyways because I found it funny and it'll be awesome if it works. My roomate got invited to some thanksgiving thing tonight by this one chick. He said that he would cook something nice for it (in order to impress them). Well over the course of about 5 minutes he takes 2 rotisserie chickens, some microwaved stuffing and then puts them in a dish, puts a lemon in it and it actually looked like a legit thing he cooked. It'll be pretty funny if he can pull it off. Eh I guess the only "awesome" thing I did recently was I only missed a few colors on a color text -- just a shy away from expert proficiency. The idea is the test measures how well you see color under the right conditions, so I was pretty happy I did so well with it on my first time. I should improve the 2nd time around.

For me it was the large lack of quests, the seemingly immobile combat system and lack of decent PvP stuff to do other than forts. From the looks of this it solves the quest issue, it solves the combat issue by making it more action oriented and I'm going to assume that there is more PvP stuff going on as well. At the end there it looked like you could actually siege other players (or clan?) villages. Reading around a bit I've heard that this is all stuff that is currently on the Korean PTS, so none of it would be pre-rendered then. I've heard another claim that they are around ~80% done with it already, which might mean that it'd come out early next year sometime. At any rate I'm going to keep a close eye on this and I'll be sure to keep everyone updated. If they do release a new class I'll probably play that if I return (have to buy the game again, lol) but if not I'll prob do sorc or something =P.

Why is it every vague object is a C4D? Meh, pet peeve of mine. I don't like the colors of this at all. I'd recommend checking out some of Greg Martin's work or something to get a better feel for space art. I used to do it back in the day but I've long since forgotten anything that could be useful to help you out there. Also its too dense looking, and the blur doesn't really help out.

I broke down and bought this a few days ago, it's a great game and very good looking too I think. Playing an alchemist, currently level 19 and really specializing in that aoe tree. Maxed out my crit buff (like 100% + critical damage +10 crit hit) and working on maxing out my Ember (something) spell, which is just a channeled spell that does a ton of damage. Playing on hard although I really should have played on very hard, only died twice (stupid accidents) so far.

even though I've since quit Aion something today popped up that may just get me to resub when it comes out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PAM0wr7cZ8 Essentially the idea is that apparently NCSoft is fully reworking Aion. This is a list of what is currently translated from the Korean forums. I have to say that there is a lot here that, if implemented, would really change my opinion of the game. A combat revamp, more quests and user generated quests would really help the general feel and leveling of the game. Revamped sieges are great, new zones are always great (especially if there is more PvP active zones to go to). So even though I went into the video with some pretty big angst against NCSoft right now this stuff is... promising. If they do this and take care of the bot issue than Aion may have more of a chance here in the west than we originally thought.

She is pretty awful.

That is an ugly as sin UI.