Diogo Ribeiro

It exists endlessly in space, a sentient cosmic cloud of nothingness that also works part-time at the Obsidian forums. Or something.

Dark Wizard I've been meaning to play for a time now but haven't found the chance yet. Snatcher was awesome but at the same time lost itself too much in a search for its own identity; you can never tell what the game is trying to be. Best memories of Sega consoles came from many Konami and Tresure games. Nothing beats Gunstar Heroes and Alien Soldier. Contra Hard Cops was also wicked cool. And Rocket Knight Adventures? Damn fun action title. Sometimes I still hum the tunes of the games, specially Gunstar and RKA's boss themes.

I wish I knew how to quit that.

Interface fighting or ingame fighting? Haven't heard about that many positive experiences regarding the game, either. Wonder if they're including something like Omikron: The Nomad Soul's combat system...

The Cure - Friday I'm In Love

Have I damaged our wonderful relationship, fair Llyranor? Say it isn't so

Uwe, Uwe, UWE!!

Sorry. Since you were saying that after having mentioned both and made no distinction, I assumed you were talking of both.

Not necessarily. The mod that disables the loading message is entirely justified, and it's just mind boggling why something so obvious couldn't have been handled better by Bethesda. Even a small hourglass at one of the screen's corners would have sufficed.

Not sure this has been mentioned here before but I just stumbled on this. It's slated for an April release, the 21st to be exact. Thoughts? Will it be going the Uwe Boll way?

I'll have to try that. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I had a friend that used to do that and sometimes at the less convenient moments to boot. I usually don't sing unless I'm alone. It's not like I shatter glass, although I'm sure I make others around feel like shattering it on me.

Do you mean Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake for MSX or Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty for PS2 and PC?

The Chosen Hedgehog Must Choose!

So you're stressed all the time?

I see. Well, I'd suggest trying to channel your energy in those moments into other things, if possible. If you can't control that sudden anger and block it, then best thing would be to guide it somewhere else or harness it for other things. If you're going to punch someone in the face, though, at least make sure they deserve it.

Don't worry your secret is safe with us. And by safe I mean I'm going to get paid as a mole to leak this into every tabloid I can.

Bit extreme, no? Your aggression under the context of stress relief doesn't have to be aimed at others as a single alternative to aggression to yourself. It's not an 'this or that' issue. I'm sure you could find other ways of putting it to some other use, like various kinds of sports or activities; specially competitive ones.

Self-aggression is a terrible thing, nonetheless. I know from experience, both personal and with others. I suggest you should try something different, or at least to not harm yourself directly.

Isn't that what children sometimes do? I'm not saying you are, but I've dealt with several children in the past who had anger management problems and that seemed to be one of their recurring things, misdirected aggression. Often at themselves. Do you have anger management problems? Being stress free doesn't exclude it...

Split from Missy's Lair. I'm curious and I thought it could be a nice topic of discussion; perhaps even a couple of suggestions could spring up on how to handle stress, worries or just letting off steam. Something I've done for years, then quit for a while then started again, is writing. I don't have any aspirations or delusions I'll ever be a writer; I think what I write is pretty mediocre, even if I post it all on a blog (how hypocritical of me, perhaps). But I just write because it gives me pleasure to do so and also because it helps me handle much of what happens around me. Problems, sorrows, stress - I usually filter most of that trough writing and sometimes find myself in writing frenzies, even, when I want to let many things out and dialogue or relaxation aren't viable alternatives. This weekend alone I went from fifteen small texts to beginning work on a screenplay (something which I've never written before) to advancing with story elements for the NWN2 project I'm working on. It may all be for naught but it helps me greatly. Another thing I also do is to listen to music which lately has replaced playing videogames. I still play them but not for stress relief; just pure fun. I can end up picking up all the albums around the house and playing them in random order and spend an entire day like that. Strangely I found even some music which could be considered aggressive does sooth me as well. Of course last but certainly not the least, spending time with my girlfriend is also a great way of doing this. Whenever we're together there's this chemistry where we feel we're almost totally alone and are only there for ourselves; problems temporarily stop existing. We're not only lovers, we're also great friends and this helps us and our relationship tremendously; we're proud of how we communicate all the time and share experiences, worries and perspectives on things and it does help both of us to handle many situation better. What do you people do?

Or so they would like everyone to think!

...Maybe he is writing a report!

Maybe it's just in BIG LETTERS that don't fit the screen?

Maybe the parts he was assembled with didn't include fast typing fingers? Just look at Frankenstein's monster, all brawn and no brain.

Yesterday I finally managed to see Munich. I enjoyed it very much; Spielberg's way of dealing with multiple themes other than the main motive of the film shine trough, and the solid performance helped a lot. Even situations which may be considered pass