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Comment on Concerning Opiates by Reb

Reb — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:39:35 +0000

So, not to go all touchy-feely on the topic of video games, but there’s an aspect of this whole phenomena that’s being overlooked here.

As a gamer girl who remains highly entertained when her teenage nephew’s friends get boners for her when she picks up a controller and says, “Let’s play some Halo.” there’s a social utility.

I am a semi-casual player. I raid one night a week with friends whom I know from Real Life(TM) and live too far away for me to actually see in person. I get SOME of the same satisfaction from it as I would from grabbing a beer with those same people.

When WoW first came out, there was a wave of addiction, divorces, and job-loss linked to it. Fair enough. But now, there’s a new wave of people who will tell you: I play because my friends play.

I play because my friends play. It provides a useful function in that sense. That said, I need to fucking get out of the house more.

Reb

Comment on Contemplations on Death by Safety Monkey

Safety Monkey — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:51:09 +0000

I use “Twitter for WordPress”, which is located here: http://rick.jinlabs.com/code/twitter

Comment on Contemplations on Death by pee

pee — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:47:45 +0000

may I ask what widget you used to display your twitter updates?

Comment on Contemplations on Death by Matt

Matt — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:17:44 +0000

world at war is indeed a fine game

Comment on Surrender by Safety Monkey

Safety Monkey — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:23:21 +0000

Sorry Nerje, I didn’t even see this post until just now. I still have your blog on RSS, assuming you haven’t changed it. I’ll check out the Man Bytes Blog thing, though.

Jordan: I didn’t realize anyone was still using the forums and deleted them. Unfortunately they can’t be retrieved; I asked most of the people who were still using them if they really wanted them back and the answer was a resounding “meh.” So that puts it low on my priority list, sadly.

Comment on Surrender by Nerje

Nerje — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:07:57 +0000

Good to see you back again (again, again?) Monkey. You leave and return more often than that strange man who comes to fix my mum’s bed each week. I sure hope you don’t charge by the hour like he does.

Somebody asked me if “I had GTA IV for the PS3 yet” yesterday, I said “No, actually I’m not a cashed up moron so I have a 360 plus thirty games instead.” I suspect your desire for Killzone 2 stems from your desire to validate yor purchase of a PS3. Owning one I believe is a bit like flagellation – sometimes they use a feather duster, but for the most part it’s that damned cat’o'nine tails.

Now that you are back on the blog scene, check out mine, and also take part in the Blogs of the Round Table at Man Bytes Blog. It would certainly be a positive use of your time.

Comment on Surrender by Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:07:18 +0000

This question is almost entirely unrelated to the post.
Are we getting forums back any time in the near future?

Comment on Surrender by Shoehorn

Shoehorn — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:05:52 +0000

Sorry about that, I didn’t notice the prancing pony logo. We were lagging and jumping quite a bit. I imagine it’s easier for us to hit with the unlimited splatter of the warthog gun then it is for you to hit us as we jump across the map.

Comment on Surrender by Safety Monkey

Safety Monkey — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:42:45 +0000

Well, yes. If you look at the link below, you may notice that I presently have 1,288 lifetime driver assist awards in Halo 3. Some people play for the small arms combat, I play for the Warthog.

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/CareerStats.aspx?player=Safety%20Monkey%20%20&social=False

Anyway, if it makes you feel any better, the next round was the same gametype on the same map and we were horribly, savagely brutalized.

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=923106477

Comment on Surrender by King of Gulps

King of Gulps — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:57:26 +0000

“It gets better, of course. In many areas of the game there are enemies who not only wield the Warthog of Instant Death, but they are invisible and will appear out of nowhere five yards away from you, charging like a bull at our clueless pubbie team.”

Yeah that was you in http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=923084070

Unicorn crewz forever,
King of Gulps