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fuck_that_noise
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 Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:08 am Post subject: Moratorium on Reviews of Classic Games |
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hilarious stuff
...and to think, I used to hate these guys...
DISCUSS!!  ! |
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Sardius
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:22 am Post subject: |
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| Penny Arcade draws really good backgrounds. |
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ProgrammingAce
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:37 am Post subject: |
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They really have a point though, especially when it comes to xbl arcade games.
Every XBLA game has a demo. If you don't have the means to download the demo THEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO BUY THE GAME!
The sad thing is, he's right... Solitaire did get a 5.2. The reason for the low score? The reviewer was angry because you can't always win. Um... Solitaire is NP-Complete by design (which means there is no algorithm to compute a winnable game aside from brute forcing it). |
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kap
Minister of Paranoia
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That dumbass reviewer also spelled "gypped" wrong. Jesus CHRIST people. DON'T YOU FUCKING GET THAT THE FUCKING GYPSIES ARE FUCKING GYPPING US? WHAT THE FUCK?
Also noteworthy, "gypped" and "gypping" are both in firefox's dictionary. Interesting. |
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Getz
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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how about a moratorium on bad webcomics?
EDIT: I mean all webcomics |
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Wonderbutt
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:41 am Post subject: |
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| kap wrote: | That dumbass reviewer also spelled "gypped" wrong. Jesus CHRIST people. DON'T YOU FUCKING GET THAT THE FUCKING GYPSIES ARE FUCKING GYPPING US? WHAT THE FUCK?
Also noteworthy, "gypped" and "gypping" are both in firefox's dictionary. Interesting. |
You mean, when typed stuff like "John Wayne Gacy wuz gyped", I had it all wrong?
Thanks, Strother Martin. |
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Deadguy2322
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Getz wrote: | how about a moratorium on bad webcomics?
EDIT: I mean all webcomics |
Isn't the phrase "Bad Webcomic" redundant? |
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Sardius
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Deadguy2322 wrote: | | Getz wrote: | how about a moratorium on bad webcomics?
EDIT: I mean all webcomics |
Isn't the phrase "Bad Webcomic" redundant? |
Isn't this reply redundant? |
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rbudrick
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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No, but this one is. +1
Hey, I like some webcomics. Tell me how awesome the ones in the newspaper are. 
-Rob |
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kap
Minister of Paranoia
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Wonderbutt wrote: | | kap wrote: | That dumbass reviewer also spelled "gypped" wrong. Jesus CHRIST people. DON'T YOU FUCKING GET THAT THE FUCKING GYPSIES ARE FUCKING GYPPING US? WHAT THE FUCK?
Also noteworthy, "gypped" and "gypping" are both in firefox's dictionary. Interesting. |
You mean, when typed stuff like "John Wayne Gacy wuz gyped", I had it all wrong?
Thanks, Strother Martin. |
I don't mind gyped, you still have the root of the original word in there. It's people who are utterly clueless as to what the word really means that get me. Because I'm anal. |
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Wonderbutt
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:30 am Post subject: |
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True, Kap, I dig ya.
Did you know the origin of term "gypsy" is from Europeans mistaking these dark skinned people (originally from India) as coming from Egypt?
I think the gypsies prefer the term "Romany". |
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BMF54123
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:33 am Post subject: |
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| I've never understood all the hate towards PA. Is it just the "cool" thing to do, kinda like hating FF7 even though you enjoyed every minute of it back in the day? |
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handofg0d
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Wonderbutt wrote: | | I think the gypsies prefer the term "Romany". |
Well that's just too bad. They shouldn't be gypsies if they want people to care what they prefer. |
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I am Christina Aguilera
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| Wonderbutt wrote: | | I think the gypsies prefer the term "Romany". |
Yeah, it's Roma. "Gypped" and Gypsy is almost kind of ethnic slur territory, but it's pretty widespread. It would be more politically correct to use "Roma," as in, "Joey Roma'ed me out of $50," or "Some Roma stole my baby while we were asleep." |
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kap
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| I am Christina Aguilera wrote: | | Wonderbutt wrote: | | I think the gypsies prefer the term "Romany". |
Yeah, it's Roma. "Gypped" and Gypsy is almost kind of ethnic slur territory, but it's pretty widespread. |
Exactly. It would be nice if people understood what they were saying.
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handofg0d
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| Funny story on a similar topic - the term Paddy Wagon originated from the ethnic slur for Irish Imigrants "Paddy" - in that they would get arrested in droves for being drunk in the streets and would be taken away in these multi criminal vehicles. |
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kap
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| America, fuck yeah! A melting pot where the colors insist on staying separated. |
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I am Christina Aguilera
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kap
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That's what everybody always harps on, but it kind of sort of happened by mistake. They created two characters, they started writing the characters, the voices of the characters eventually became their own. They didn't start off going "lets create idealized version of ourselves!", but it ended up that way.
I don't read their posts (TOO wordy), and I only read their strip on occasion at the moment, but I like their comics just fine, and they're also pretty nice guys in person.
What I don't like is, one of them is very anti-emulation. Sometimes, as I think Lost Levels has proven over time, emulation is a necessity. |
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ProgrammingAce
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They're funny enough to hit their website once in a while, plus their charity is pretty cool. I really don't have any idea how they make the amount of money they claim they do though.
Besides, you can't tell me this isn't funny:
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