Author Topic: Miscellaneous Links 2009 - The Re-Vengeance (Read 141855 times)

Captain K. · « **Reply #750 on:** August 19, 2009, 10:01:43 PM »

Quote from: metroid composite on August 19, 2009, 07:31:49 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU&eurl
(video) dot dot dot. (MMO pop music)

I don't remember if I linked these guys before or not, but their episodes are pretty damn funny. http://www.watchtheguild.com/

metroid composite · « **Reply #751 on:** August 23, 2009, 04:06:42 AM »

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=50596218
Highly amusing phenomenon on a poker site.

Veryslightlymad · « **Reply #752 on:** August 23, 2009, 12:45:02 PM »

http://www.elementsthegame.com/

A pretty darn fun online card game in the vein of Magic the Gathering. Takes just a few minutes to really learn the ins and outs of.

There aren't a whole lot of cards just yet, and they seem to be being added slowly and methodically. I have high hopes for this game.

metroid composite · « **Reply #753 on:** August 23, 2009, 05:28:43 PM »

Well it's...magic, but with no blocking, and no concept of mixed mana (i.e. cards cost RRRRR or cards cost BBBBB; nothing like 3WW). The HP of creatures seems to not fill a role except when there's a spell that says "deal X damage to target", which in classic magic tradition only a few colours even get. All spells are effectively Sorceries.

I mean, it's obvious why they made the decisions they did. All of the above Magic mechanics slow down online games a lot (waiting for an opponent to respond with instants, waiting for an opponent to choose what mana they're spending, waiting for an opponent to choose blockers). On the other hand, they can also be some of the more interesting decisions so...dunno.

Lance · « **Reply #754 on:** August 25, 2009, 05:51:35 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnNsBz0tTjk

The mustache contest.

AAA · « **Reply #755 on:** August 28, 2009, 03:25:38 PM »

Persona 5 information REVEALED!

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- you summon personas in this game by drinking STUFF (I dont know what it is some guy just hands it to you) out of huge plastic red cups then shoot yourself in the crotch and symbolically releasing your ego because you're sooo not thinking straight
- the shadow world takes place inside your best friend's mom's vag
- it's a murder mystery about dudes that want to stop having sex and getting laid when they text themselves their cumulative number of sex partners
- the plot takes a stunning twist when you realize you had the power all along
- every s.link level you get laid
- you can get a job hosting some russian transfer students (all female, all hot, you s.link with all of them -- at once)
- your persona is named steve or something, it doesnt matter, there's none of that boring combat in the game at all
- there is a llama
- the velvet room is just your bedroom where you fuse your cock into vaginas (igor's a little creepy being there but he totally rolls with it)
- the whole game is one giant cutscene that can't be skipped or fast-forwarded, only slowed down (during all the s.links, word)
- this all takes place in the middle of shibuya, harumi-cho, tokyo-kun, japan
- you beat the game by going to japan in real life and re-enacting it all; that's the game's final twist, it was all just a simulation to train you to achieve your dreams

Shale · « **Reply #756 on:** August 28, 2009, 03:32:51 PM »

A Persona game that doesn't have any gameplay? And a llama? They've fixed my biggest complaint with the series! Score.

* Shale preorders.

Taishyr · « **Reply #757 on:** August 28, 2009, 03:33:58 PM »

A Persona game with realistic Persona names? And a llama? Sounds better than P2, even.

* Taitoro preorders.

...*cough*

metroid composite · « **Reply #758 on:** August 29, 2009, 01:59:33 AM »

http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/22/video-robot-hand-shows-off-amazing-dexterity-speed/
(video) Superfast robot.

http://www.vimeo.com/6270333
(video) Creative short.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d2f_1251164989
(video) More random cat videos.

http://armorgames.com/play/4309/this-is-the-only-level
(webgame) Amusing take on a puzzle platformer.

Sierra · « **Reply #759 on:** August 29, 2009, 03:02:28 AM »

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/blood_blood_everywhere

Random Onion article. I assume everyone here knows of the Onion already. Merely thought this article was more amusing than usual.

metroid composite · « **Reply #760 on:** August 29, 2009, 03:37:00 AM »

http://www.longestpoemintheworld.com/

So...an automated program takes two rhyming lines from twitter and puts them together. Then repeats this ad-nauseum. The results are often highly entertaining.

So sore and so tired this morning... c'mon quitting time!
At night I dress up like a spider and fight crime

Yoshiken · « **Reply #761 on:** August 29, 2009, 03:46:09 AM »

Quote from: metroid composite on August 29, 2009, 03:37:00 AM

http://www.longestpoemintheworld.com/

Haha, that's pretty awesome.

Crashing after a long stretch of buyers, grads and dads.
crazy bitch at walmart screaming tampons and pads
I am going to cook dinner steak yellow rice and corn with red wine
All alone in space and time, there's nothing here but what here's mine
Nice day on the beach. Heading in for showers, dinner and the boardwalk.
I need to get a huge backpack for Europe. That and a Mohawk.

Captain K. · « **Reply #762 on:** August 29, 2009, 04:10:53 AM »

http://www.partiallyclips.com/index.php?id=1323&c=1

Elvis Costello and his penis are here tonight.

AAA · « **Reply #763 on:** August 30, 2009, 03:42:02 AM »

So some historians have been translating the graffiti found in the city of Pompeii. The results may surprise you.

http://www.pompeiana.org/Resources/Ancient/Graffiti%20from%20Pompeii.htm

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #764 on:** August 30, 2009, 04:17:54 AM »

Sobering.

Taishyr · « **Reply #765 on:** August 30, 2009, 05:13:26 AM »

So does Twitter pay royalty fees to all the ancient countries, now, or are they just taking advantage of a lapsed patent?

NotMiki · « **Reply #766 on:** August 30, 2009, 05:30:23 AM »

Quote from: Jo'ou Ranbu on August 30, 2009, 04:17:54 AM

Sobering.

No, I think it's a virtual guarantee that a lot of them were still drunk.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #767 on:** August 30, 2009, 05:35:19 AM »

Yes, and that's a sobering thought for me. I'll keep those walls in mind every time I try to ensnare myself into thinking that there might have been a time where mankind didn't fail at base during civilization.

NotMiki · « **Reply #768 on:** August 30, 2009, 05:59:53 AM »

Oh I don't know, I find them rather comforting. Graffiti is people bragging, lying, and generally giving each other a hard time (about giving each other hard something elses, for the most part). But look at the precise balance you need for graffiti to work: a society stable enough to have durable walls, and lax enough that people can write on them without fear of being, say, thrown in jail for 5 years. In my opinion, that's a damn good balance.

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #769 on:** August 30, 2009, 06:08:03 AM »

The cynical might say that this just draws another parallel between modern western civilization and the Roman empire, in turn suggesting that collapse is imminent.

But that involves being really cynical. Any takers?

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #770 on:** August 30, 2009, 06:10:28 AM »

I did that a couple posts ago.

Dhyerwolf · « **Reply #771 on:** August 30, 2009, 06:11:31 AM »

Would require more than cynicism given that the Roman Empire was pretty strong for a few centuries after Pompeii...and Pompeii fell to a volcano.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #772 on:** August 30, 2009, 06:13:59 AM »

The volcano was powered by snark.

metroid composite · « **Reply #773 on:** August 30, 2009, 09:42:53 AM »

Quote from: Cmdr_King on August 30, 2009, 06:08:03 AM

The cynical might say that this just draws another parallel between modern western civilization and the Roman empire, in turn suggesting that collapse is imminent.

But that involves being really cynical. Any takers?

I'd say it's foolish to attribute graffiti to the Romans.

Writing on walls predates writing* and predates walls**.

*written language, that is.
**caves rather than man-made walls

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #774 on:** August 30, 2009, 10:19:46 AM »

"Ah, but go home is an invective! How many Romans should go home?"

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