Bartimaeus

I think they look pretty similar, but different enough that it's very possibly coincidence.

Happy birthday, MCA! To your health and making many more games to come,

Won't they be impressed, I am a genius, See how I transform this old rat, Into a most delightful hat. Hm, my compliments from me to you, On this your most intriguing hat, Consider, though, this substitute, A bat in place of this old rat.

Is it just me, or is he smiling?

Excuse me, but it seemed to me that you were implying that you weren't even going to look at them because they might contradict your stance. That's not exactly what you stated, but then again, it's not exactly clear what you were stating and I thought it was what it was, . But know now that what you really meant was that you weren't going to read or properly argue against them because you already magically knew what was contained within them, which, for some reason, makes it so you don't actually have to address what they say... And I agree with you on not accepting articles as proof - I was just rather perturbed by the previously mentioned implication combined with both you being the one to initially pick out and contradict his post as well as forthcoming "rebuttal" of what seemed to me to consist of "I'm right, you're wrong, here's no counterargument, logical proof, or even anecdotal evidence", I'm not sure what you mean. I was just saying that it's not really your responsibility to have to read and go through articles BruceVC is sourcing, and roughly construct his position for him that you can you can *then* argue. I feel like it should be Bruce's responsibility to make his own, clearly stated argument for you to reply to, and *then* perhaps use those articles as backup. But he just posted articles in of themselves, which I thought was pretty lame if he was actually interested in trying to...erm..."educate" (ew) you, or even properly refute what you were saying. Which is why I thought you would've been better off just ignoring him, unless you were very interested in making him see things your way. But instead, you implied that the articles weren't worth reading, said he was wrong and now additionally deluded, and then only offered the same thing you said to begin with - after which, all in all, I was a bit intellectually insulted, which is why I commented to begin with. But maybe, like I said before, this is all just on my side. There's reasons why I normally don't get into arguments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpuaKICh4lM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aCeY8i3Fto

Good for you. Contempt? Insulated thinking? So because I'm not strolling across the flower fields happily embracing anyone who talks to me from above like I'm some uneducated child, I'm "insulated"? Because I don't immediately agree with someones theories, I'm "refusing to even cosider it"? Must be nice in strawman land. Heveans forbid anyone even dares to contemplate different possibilities. You don't have to agree - I don't necessarily agree with either of you or anyone else in this topic, as I don't really have an opinion on the actual topic at hand either way, but merely find it interesting to read the opposing arguments. However, if I were going to attempt to take a stance here and state an opinion in direct contradiction to someone else's position - and you were the one that initially picked out Bruce's post and stated it to be wrong, without backing it up at all besides *opinion* - you can sure as heck bet I wouldn't be "refuting" their forthcoming arguments by replying with them not being worth reading because I already "know" I'm right...because I'm pretty sure that's a stance anyone can take regarding virtually anything at all. Should he have actually made some points himself instead of attempting to make you do (most of) his work for him? Absolutely - unless you're super interested in trying to make him see your point of view and perhaps agree with you, I don't think you had an obligation to respond to him at all, as he didn't actually do anything himself for his argument, and I think it's pretty poor etiquette to just post links and make the opponent construct their position for them. But maybe it's just me, but saying something along the lines of "neener neener, I don't need to read what you're posting, and I feel obligated to tell you not just that that, but also the fact you're still wrong *and* now additionally deluded, based on *opinion*!" seems a bit worse in comparison. But hey, the good news is that my posts are based mostly on opinion and/or a disturbing amount of subjective ethics, too, so I guess I'm hardly one to talk, eh?

Most of the gameplay mechanics mentioned have disappointed me - or at least the sounds of them has, which, I admit, isn't really giving them the full benefit of the doubt, but nonetheless - ...and honestly, while I'm still glad this is being made, I can't really say I'm actually too interested anymore...at least not for the gameplay mechanics already mentioned. On the other hand, the more character/story related stuff, I am still fairly excited about. Hopefully, it'll be enough to pull me in and still give it a try.

Wow. I'd never seen or even heard of a capybara before now. They look a little bit goofy, but completely adorable! (P.S: Chinchilla picture doesn't work for me. ) Ack, why are you so mean, :<

I don't need a lesson. You can keep your opinion, TrashMan, I'm not interested. Arguing against people who show complete contempt of what you're saying and refuse to even *consider* your point of view seems like a total waste of time on everyone's end to me, but maybe that's just me. What kind of crappy discussion/argument involves people just ignoring the opposition's supporting details/arguments? What's the point of even saying your piece when they could retort with the same exact cop out thing you just said? Hurray for insulated thinking.

Same here. I feel cheated. P.S. Much better than the other "attractive" threads,

I was kinda stunned by the 10% of men countries...but 50%? Good golly, that's seems actually really scary to me... (edit) Are there any similar statistics on Western countries? I'm kinda curious...

Have you considered any theories for the event "Project" is actually a verb, Osvir?

I adopted this name about 6 years ago after I read the Bartimaeus trilogy, (now the Bartimaeus Sequence, since another book was added). Still love the books, but...I mostly use the name nowadays because all the people I know know me by it, and it's too much of a hassle to change. Alternatively, BartyMae, which was semi-silly derivative on Bartimaeus a friend made up on the spot for me that I started to use because it was completely unique and I didn't mind it. Avatar: a friend made it at my request...though, admittedly, they would've made it eventually anyways, as it was part of an awesome project they were doing at the time called Banjo-Cutie, which was basically to take all the characters of the games Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie, (and maybe Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts...it's been a while), and render them in their "cutie" artstyle. Nowadays, they're making an awesome (PG!) webcomic called "The Fourth"...

I will say "Neverwinter Nights" had "good" companions, and Torment had the best. But really, Neverwinter Nights only gets good because of Mask of the Betrayer - okay, maybe the OC a little, too - but actually, if it was on its own, it would make it hard to vote between it and Torment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPsuvFo-cvo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1haiDBdm9c Haven't listened to this guy in forever...heard the following song...five years(?) ago. Not quite as good as I remembered, but still enjoyable. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DcfXVL0mh0

I never thought there would be a time to post this, but the title makes it necessary... Sorry if this is juvenile. :D

My sister had me watch this, because she found it creepy/horrible...and I have to agree: even for crappy pop music video standards, this video is pretty gosh darned weird/stupid. And also awful, (particularly the actual music), but that's just me. Tsk, tsk. Oneiroid Psychosis - I Am the Totality