Agiel

Quite obviously it is Shai-Hulud, the Great Maker, the Grandfather of the Desert, the Worm Who Is God.

Steven Wright is great too: But Mitch's "Saved by the Buoyancy of Citrus" is a classic: http://youtu.be/ZC-4tWx5Gv4

For once oby says something almost sensible. People can think *their* side to be in the right all they like. That shouldn't give *their* side license to indulge in unnecessary barbarity.

Same. I met Alex Grey once, long ago at the MCA La Jolla, hosting an exhibition. During a brief speech to those gathered, Alex acknowledged a beneficial influence to his work from LSD. I clapped appreciatively until I realized I was the only one. To the original topic. If how realistic a game looked really mattered to me, then one of my most played games of recent times wouldn't be one that looked like a Google Maps app. Hell. I put a ton of hours into Mount and Blade, which has looks only a mother could love on payday. At the time Battlefield 3 came out, I said I didn't care if the best looking game for the next five years looked as good as it did (and could still run well on the same hardware). But all in all, yes, for most games (that aren't high-fidelity simulators) *artistic vision* matters infinitely more than graphical fidelity. I mean, this... ...evokes more pathos out of me than this:

One's skull must be as thick as an Ogryn's if he hasn't stopped to think what the Imperium's attitudes towards Xenos and mutants was inspired by. Why do you think the Imperium has been called "Catholic Space Nazis"?

Yeah, absolutely nothing in that word choice that does not in any way, shape, or form evokes a sense of racial superiority over a group of supposed subhumans. In other news: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31067977 This has Ryugyong Hotel written all over it.

I think in my playthrough I made Artyom out to be the Metro's most prolific mugger rather than badass Ranger of Sparta, knocking out every single commie, fascist, and bandit with the brass knuckles of the trench knife. I hope they managed to save enough MRI machines from the nuclear apocalypse because those poor f***ers are going to need them.

Visitin' Nellis and goin' down the "Long 15" of the Mojave... ...in an F-15C Eagle: Pre-release footage showcasing the new Nevada Test and Training Range environment and EDGE 2.0 terrain rendering for Digital Combat Simulator.

Having come from a Chinese household, you begin to tire of the cuisine and even local takes on it wear on you, to the point that for me what seems completely banal to my friends (meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and peas) seems totally exotic to my palette. Thankfully sushi, teppanyaki, and Korean barbecue are still foreign enough for me that it's a joy to go out and eat.

Playing a C: MANO scenario modeled after the brawl in the Indian Ocean from "The War that Never Was". A dastardly regiment of Tu-16 Badgers lobbed a boatload of AS-6 Kingfishes at my Surface Action Group centered on the USS Hue City (CG-66) in the Gulf of Aden. "Vampires inbound! Birds affirm and away!" "Good hits! Engage for second round!" "Cutting it close! All hands, brace for impact!" EASY! Unfortunately, the Hue City is down to a mere 40 missiles with a dangerous Soviet SAG still out there. Though more exciting stuff was going on in the Persian Gulf, with 2 Tu-95 Bear MPAs and four Tu-16s from the Caucasus ABs bearing down on a FFG-7 with a mechanically scanned array radar and arthritic SM-1s as compared to the Hue City's SPY-1 phased arrays and SM-2MRs and an LPH carrier escorting a convoy of tankers. Thinking that the convoy was f***ed, I lifted off the LPH's complement of Harriers to ferry them to the Nimitz battle group in the Indian Ocean, but that FFG-7 crew earned its pay. Four Kingfishes intercepted by the SM-1s, two of them spoofed by the SRBOC chaff salvos, and the remaining two vampires nailed by the Phalanx. That crew is getting the Navy Cross!

The real "Master Interrogator".

Going back to The Witcher 3's announced system requirements, there was this comic from Penny Arcade: Maybe it's Gromnir's new avatar, but I can't help but imagine Cevat Yarli channeling General Buck Turgidson in EA's war-room: "Mr Probst! We must not alloooooww... a system requirements gap!"

There was a "50 NAKED FIGHTING MEN! SKYRIM" video on Youtube I hesitated to post here. I guess I still kind of do. But put the phrase in quotes into the search bar and you'll find it just fine.

Obviously he didn't. http://youtu.be/JqDE76JjK7o

Required reading for Falcon BMS. https://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/docs/16v5.pdf "Come on, Mav! Learn some of that pilot s***!"

Not me eating it, but the most relevant place for this: <<Une armée marche à son estomac.>> ("An army marches on its stomach.") -Napoleon Bonaparte.

Agiel in the 104th Phoenix Squadron server of Digital Combat Simulator.

WARNING - Contents of video include: Sick New Wave Retro beats, Christian Right jingoism, political incorrectness, cut-rate Schwarzeneggers/Kurt Russels hailing from Sweden, squibs, child squibs, and more squibs. Contains 1% or less of the following: Class, subtlety, good judgement, concern for the feelings of non-monotheistic faiths. http://youtu.be/kepM786FU54

Impressive work, Oru.