Oh snap, Xero is still here too!

Wrong thread (OMG DON"T BAN ME M0DS!1) but on the off chance anyone cares...

PSN ID: Context_Matters
Friend Code: SW-3331-0456-3335

I miss you all.

I was migrating some of my old archived files between RAIDs when I rediscovered the Ask Doctor Wiley comics I hung on to from... however-many years ago.

It filled me with a warm nostalgia, and I thought to myself "I wonder whatever happened to The MMM"

Lo and behold it's still here, though it looks as though Rez and Speedy are pretty much the last men standing. (Makes sense that it'd be a couple MMM OGs)


I don't know that I have anything worthwhile to contribute to what remains of this place, but I want you guys to know that I miss you all and the community we shared here.

I hope you are all happy and well, wherever life has taken you.

Rez's tale of the fate of DZX9 is truer to his spirit here than the reality of the situation, so I think we can go ahead and call it canon.

Amen.

Now /that's/ boredom.

It's awfully quiet in here.

Ferngully + Halo = Avatar?

[spoiler]The time jump had occurred to me as well. While it's not the most likely scenario, it IS the one I'm the most interested in.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]One of my friends figured it would end up being Cody, but because they hadn't really developed his personality, the viewer was likely projecting onto him, which means it would be like killing a kid the viewer knew (as odd as that sounds).
I have to say though, I figured they were gonna cover the first two steps and Rita was gonna be one of the jumpers, since they went so far out of their way to establish that the jumper always had to be a mother.

Here's hoping they use the Grandparents they introduced (or acknowledged the existence of) as a way to dump Cody and Astor. The baby will stay, given that the whole "baptism of blood" concept is obviously in play, but the last thing I want to watch is a season of Dexter babysitting.

I also assume Deb will step in to help out, for pretty obvious reasons, but here's hoping that doesn't last too long either.

I'm getting Season 2 vibes from where the show is going. Especially since Trinity vanished with Rita as his last kill, WHILE the feds are hunting for him.

Also, I appreciate that they warmed Quinn into Doakes' role. He was always an obvious replacement character, but the fact that they eased him into antagonism made it seem A BIT less obvious.

Also, I hate what they've done to Harry. Every scene where he acts as Dexter's internalized doubt induces an eye-roll. Easily the only part of the show I consistently dislike. I can deal with their pissing on his memory, but the needlessly heavy-handed exposition is just annoying.[/spoiler]

So, Dexter.
[spoiler]
Yes, it was very good, but you can't tell me you didn't see that coming from a mile away.[/spoiler]

Until now.

That seems to be the consensus.

I wish I wasn't so buried in schoolwork. I'm dying to watch it.

Also, if the demo is any indication, Dante's Inferno should be an acceptable stopgap for those who can't pick up God of War III.

FINALLY! ALL MY FINANCIAL PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED!

For those with the means to do so, pick up Pixeljunk Shooter. It's well worth the sticker price.

Thanks Nintendo Power. Yay for 8-bit goodness.

Sheep Man though?

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LOL Fail. I completely missed the topic in the classic section.

18 inches of snow (not counting drifts), and only one shovel to work with.

It's been a long time since I've felt this physically broken.

Get the store up and running.

I want to buy things.

...sexting... riiight.

Who the hell makes a kid sign a contract promising not to hurt themselves? What did he plan to do in this scenario, sue for breach of contract?

I'd hate to say it, but I'm not convinced (by this interview, anyway) that her mother followed a wise course of action. Punishing your child for something that haunts them everywhere they go seems like overkill, and the fact that she likened breaking the "house rule" of no nude photos with not taking out the trash would lead me to believe she never actually SPOKE with her daughter about the incident.
I'm not talking about lecturing, because I'm sure she did plenty of that, I'm talking about actually sitting down with her and exploring the reasons that she sent the text, and how the aftermath made her feel.

Also, where the hell was the school faculty? When I was in middle school, if a staff member heard you call another student anything nearly as derogatory as "slut" they would have tossed your ass in detention at the very least. This whole thing smacks of poor adult supervision on pretty much every front.

Ultimately, this just goes to show the harm that shame (particularly needless shame) can do.

*rolls eyes*

I was fifteen years old when the first Pokemon game game out in the US, so I slipped the initial net that seemed to have caught everyone else and dragged you all along through various iterations of the exact same game.

Sorry, I was posting before I left for class and really didn't pay close enough attention. (clearly)

And no, I haven't played any Pokemon game for more than a few minutes. It has just never appealed to me.

The only person who's done a quality version of Poker Face is Christopher Walken.

That said, I really don't know enough about Pokemon to appreciate your video PW, though I assume if I did, I would.

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but isn't that the chick that did the "He knows I'm cheating, and I know it breaks his heart, but I can't close my legs" song?

Sounds like it was just a matter of time before someone kicked that bitches ass.

Who got beat up by whom?

The difference is really marginal though.

I actually regret buying the component cables for my Wii, though I suspect that is due to the combination of what I consider to be a negligible difference, and the fact that I almost never play the damn thing.

I liked Rise of the Sinistrals better than the first, personally.

Inversion doesn't have to be about a specific axis, and doesn't imply anything beyond a reversal.

I realized shortly after posting that "inversed" in the context I used it was redundant, but I assumed what I meant was clear enough, so I left (and will leave) it.

If flipped about a horizontal axis.

I was thinking more in terms of rotation by 180°, which would then require a flip about the vertical axis.

You have five upside-down and inverted testicles?

Wait...

That's not an upside-down and inversed five?

You don't get classic controller support because they want to shove the motion sensor feature down your throat.

That's why so many elements utilize it.

It's ironic that the Wii's main attempt at innovation is the primary flaw in all its top tier titles.

Here and I would have assumed he meant "lick"

How can this conversation still be so serious after a GIF of a jump-kicking squirrel?

History is boring.

You're doomed to repeat it if you know what it is or not.

And JC, if it's any consolation, I've spent the last few years studying international history for school, and I've learned all sorts of stuff. That said: having gone from uneducated to relatively informed, I don't feel as though my life as really been enriched in any significant way. It's good stuff to know in terms of culture, but it has absolutely zero practical value to the average person.

Stupidity may not be a jailable offense, but plenty of laws were written with it in mind.

Edge was on drugs. Cut him some slack.

It had great intentions, and the premise is solid enough, but the execution was weak.

Kristen Bell carries the show, but her strength alone is insufficient.

The show got even more corporate-ized in the third season, when episodes became bite-sized plots with little cohesion between them.

Kristen Bell is #####ing hot though.

GameStop employees get %40 at Barnes & Noble.

I use that discount WAY more often than the one I get from my store.

I wonder if those deals would stack...

Ah, ha. Hush that fuss.
Everybody move to the back of the bus.

The plots are transparent.

Which is extra tragic, given that they've been touching on what could have been some really good topics.

He's also less interesting this season.

It's more of a factor in the fourth book.
[spoiler]
They kind of insinuate that she's been in denial about it for awhile, and is only now starting to discuss it, usually with disdainful accusations.

Though it does feel a bit awkward, after how casually they interacted in the last few books.
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EDIT: Added spoiler tags. Without ASRs post it really doesn't tell you much, but I figured I'd err on the side of caution.

I just really wish some elements of the books would leak into the show.

The relationship between Cody, Astor, and Dexter is significantly more enthralling in the books, for example, and gives the sense of Dexter as a father far better than anything the show has been able to muster.

Thank god the show does a better job with closure.

Though that third season finale was a bit sketchy...

John Lithgow sells this season.

Yeah, actually, he did.

I had a roommate like that once. People always stole his beer, and he would always leave passive aggressive notes on the fridge, demanding the beer be replaced, and then going on to list acceptable types.