Everything posted by Hurlshort
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Awesome/interesting games no one has heard of
I think everyone has heard of the Myth series
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How would the ideal multi-cultural society work?
There are a lot of different levels of assimilation. Also, I'm not sure if the Jewish population of the US really considers itself outcasts.
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Awesome/interesting games no one has heard of
Uh.. I guess we've gone from "awesome/interesting" to "obscure/random name-dropping". Play it for yourself and see what I mean: http://www.gamershell.com/download_20322.shtml I bought it as well. It had some good turn-based combat and I found it enjoyable enough.
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How would the ideal multi-cultural society work?
Other than the court issue, this is basically the Northern California Bay Area in a nutshell. The key is that each culture works as a community to help others in the culture, but they still take part in the politics and larger area development. Actually the larger the cultural presence, the less support there seems to be. For example, the hispanic community is so large that the support network is unable to keep up, as opposed to the smaller Russian community. So really, the larger communities face more erosion than the smaller ones.
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What you did today
I'm really quite tired all of the time lately. Having two kids is way tougher than just the one. They rotate waking up throughout the night, and my 3-year old requires numerous threats to get her to go to sleep.
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What you did today
Oh god, I'm only a day behind you. If I feel even worse tomorrow I'm gonna blame you! Starting to regret that tryst, I see.
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Fun With Republicans
Does this take into account which party controls congress during those times as well? I'm a moderate. Party lines are lame.
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The Thick of It
Big Bang had an entire episode on Age of Conan and MMORPG addiction. I still don't get how that is formulaic.
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The Thick of It
Do you mean there are too many shows about theoretical physicists?
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The Thick of It
Big Bang Theory is fantastic, Kaftan just has a broken sense of humor. Chuck Lorre has done work on a series of very good sitcoms. Not all of them are going to appeal to everyone, I don't really get 2 and a Half Men, but Roseanne, Dharma and Greg and Grace Under Fire are all very good uses of the sitcom format. Bazinga.
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RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS THREAD!, just a dumping ground
I was planning on waiting 6 months to a year on Two Worlds 2 anyways, so that all the bugs could be fixed.
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SW:TOR
Dang, this is really going to ruin that record the Star Wars universe has had for avoiding plot holes!
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The Thick of It
Arrested Development and Better Off Ted are also good. The real shame is that many of the solid new comedies are getting axed rather quickly, despite good reviews. Networks need to adjust to the new market, where many viewers are using non-traditional means to get their shows.
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Awesome/interesting games no one has heard of
We probably got more from the release of Alpha Protocol than the DS3 announcement.
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Calling guard dog and others
Why, do you resent his success? Actually, I feel sorry for him. Over the years he has become more and more bitter about the taxes he pays. He complains about money and the government almost constantly, and I've avoided hanging out with him for the last while. Money has become a central focus of his life and that seems fairly sad. I know he works hard for his money, I appreciate that, but I wouldn't trade places with him. A couple years ago, my wife and I went to dinner with him and his spouse. I go out to dinner about once a month, given our family budget as teachers with young kids. We went to Indian food and the bill was about $60 for the four of us. We split the bill, but he felt it was necessary to complain about how expensive it was. It put a damper on the evening. It just seems a tacky thing to do. That is the way I feel about a lot of the complaints of the rich. Try to enjoy what you have!
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Teen Banned from US
It could happen, but it would be HIS fault. I'm pretty sure if he grows up to become an important scientist (he seems like he's on that path ) he can petition to have himself dropped from the list easily enough. And hey, there is always EuroDisney...or did that close?
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Calling guard dog and others
His argument seems more that taxes shouldn't be at 35-50%, which they are for the wealthy in the US. I get the argument, but then I also have trouble sympathizing too much for my buddy who drives a ferrari and lives on a lake. We need to spend smarter, for sure, but I don't believe that just because the government spends money ill-advisedly, they should be cut off.
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Movies you have seen recently
Yes, I saw it in theaters, and that might have made a big difference. Not all movies look good under the HD microscope.
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Movies you have seen recently
I liked GI Joe. I thought the special effects were top notch and the acting was serviceable.
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Teen Banned from US
I'm not sure how it is excessive. He wasn't living in the US and deported.
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New Rpgs game settings
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney does the whole lawyer genre pretty great. It's more of an adventure game, but really, it works very well.
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What are you playing now
I'm playing ME2 also, but I decided to finish exploring all the solar systems before starting the Broker DLC. There are some pretty good anomaly missions out there that I missed, the big ship on a cliff is pretty awesome.
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NFL Thread
The 49ers season ended a bit earlier than expected. There go my moderately high hopes of a winning season.
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Teen Banned from US
Wait, there are repercussions for doing something stupid online? Shocking! It is a privilege to enter another country that you are not a resident of, not a right.
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Mother obsessed with computer game let her children live in squalor and left her dogs to starve to death
Seconded. I've been playing MMO's since The Realm by Sierra. I play almost all of them that come out. I typically put in a few hours a week with them. I've got a pretty high level character in LotRO, and I get to take part in the end game stuff on occasion. MMO's are actually better when you do play casually, grinding hours every day just means you run out of content faster.