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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #400 on: October 20, 2013, 10:55:33 PM »
Dear Square: do something smart for once.  The best quote that doesn't involve Toriyama whining about how he wanted to play a game with his waifu in it.

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When asked about the Final Fantasy series as a whole, Yoshida responded, “I am just part of a committee overseeing the longevity of the franchise. It is probably better that I play less of the Final Fantasy series so that I can bring something new to the table. I think I can be more inspired if I keep playing Xenoblade.”

And linked from that was this: http://www.p4rgaming.com/square-enix-forces-all-staff-to-play-super-mario-rpg-in-order-to-learn-how-to-make-good-rpgs-again/

Maybe they should just consider hiring more workers who actually seem to be competent? (Random snipe: Their second "good" game was Secret Mana. Plan was bound to fail.)

That article is fake. 

P4rgaming is basically the Gaming Equivalent of the Onion.  They make exaggerated, silly articles like this all the damn time, and people keep thinking they're serious when they're not.  Someone posted this in chat a while back and many of us were skeptical, but I can safely say now it's flat out bogus. 

So yeah, that entire article is false.  No one got fired for highlighting that point of SMRPG's game design.  They never planned on having people play Secret of Mana.  They never planned had such a project.
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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #401 on: October 20, 2013, 11:27:44 PM »
Good thing Meep is here to tell us that joke articles are fake as part of his greater quest to defend Square-Enix as he clings to its rotting cock.

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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #402 on: October 21, 2013, 01:33:59 AM »
Stop being an ass, dude.
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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #403 on: October 21, 2013, 01:57:17 AM »
I can't help it, dat ass so fine.
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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #404 on: October 21, 2013, 03:20:49 AM »
http://zacharyernst.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/why-i-jumped-out-of-ivory-tower.html?m=1

Interesting read from a tenured professor at a US college.


Edit - http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/powerful-ads-use-real-google-searches-show-scope-sexism-worldwide-153235

Siigghhhh not that I want to link to articles on a news site dedicate to advertising, but this is actually a pretty neat campaign even if it is using an old concept (it is nice design).
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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #406 on: October 21, 2013, 04:39:43 PM »
That's a fascinating and unsettling read.
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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #407 on: October 21, 2013, 06:41:59 PM »
It's true in many animal species including humans: large, secure populations feel less desire to reproduce. Within human population this is easily observed in a few ways, such as which societies have lower birth rates and which ones are more tolerant of non-reproducing folk. This is just another aspect of that. It's less "yay sunshine!" than increased gay rights, and I understand some of the misgivings one might have about some people missing out on what is often seen as a key part of the human experience, but it is still part of an overall good thing.

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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #408 on: October 21, 2013, 06:44:24 PM »
Less good is the part where seemingly it's becoming conflated with an avoidance of human contact altogether.
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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #409 on: October 22, 2013, 01:12:18 AM »
It's true in many animal species including humans: large, secure populations feel less desire to reproduce.

Can I get a source for this?

Also if anyone's interested in reading more about the problems the youth of Japan are facing Shutting Out the Sun by Michael Zielenziger is a good explanation of things like the hikkomori phenomenon.
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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #410 on: October 22, 2013, 05:32:27 AM »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_breeding

Unfortunately I haven't been able to find the stuff I read about how some bird species (crows in particular) will engage in this practice when their population is stable and will start breeding like mad if the population is threatened. So I dunno how common it is. I got the impression it was a fair bit more common than the Wikipedia article suggests buuut there are a huge number of species whose behaviour we haven't extensively studied so *shrug*.

The parallels to human behaviour are fairly obvious regardless.

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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #412 on: October 22, 2013, 11:54:17 PM »
Neat.
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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #413 on: October 23, 2013, 01:25:45 AM »
http://the-toast.net/2013/10/22/sunday-sauce-jessica-valenti/

This article is why I am pretty firmly pro-choice. Sniff...
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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #414 on: October 23, 2013, 06:05:16 AM »
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2013/10/22/making-sense-of-the-jp-morgan-settlement/

Rhetoric has been flying about the giant-size JPM settlement.  Two days after it made headlines, someone has calmed down enough to bother explaining what it's all about.
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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #415 on: October 23, 2013, 11:52:24 PM »
Odds are someone has seen this before, but...

PBS Idea Channel

Fun little bits of pop academia from PBS. Worth a watch, and the host is reasonably entertaining.

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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #416 on: October 24, 2013, 04:05:07 PM »
http://kotaku.com/wrong-about-japan-and-sex-1450567428

Counterpoint to my last link, Kotaku though so mileage may vary.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303902404579149542886151358.html

Far more interesting article for me though while I try to understand humans and why they do interpersonal relationships.  Why people fuck.
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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #417 on: October 25, 2013, 08:55:31 AM »
Candy Box 2.
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http://candybox2.net/

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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #418 on: October 25, 2013, 08:49:51 PM »
Have you eaten a burrito before? You may experience sympathy pangs. It's normal.

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« Reply #420 on: October 29, 2013, 01:55:55 AM »
Good stuff.
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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #422 on: October 31, 2013, 06:00:30 AM »
For Halloween, the 10 most gruesome injuries in sports.  Not for the weak of stomach.

http://www.rr.com/articles/2013/10/29/t/the-10-most-gruesome-sports-injuries

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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #423 on: October 31, 2013, 01:57:20 PM »
http://www.boston.com/news/source/2013/10/gif_jacoby_ellsbury_rundown_escape_mashed_up_with_benny_hill.html

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Re: Miscellaneous Links from 2013
« Reply #424 on: October 31, 2013, 09:57:46 PM »
http://www.knoword.org/

Fun little word game where you have the guess the word based on its dictionary definition and the first letter. More challenging than you'd think. Oh, and you're timed. Good luck.

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