^I don't enjoy games, I'm a reviewer.
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Does anyone know how to do a down arrow?

I gots me a 2 yr old and a 4 mo. old. The DS is my best friend. I can only play games like Dragon Age when Miles (2 yr old) is not around/sleeping. That being said, Miles really doesn't care too much about games. He's a TV fiend, though, so we limit him to an hour a day.

Yeah, most of the things you liked to do will have to be put on the back burner until your daughter is older. It made me sad for a while, but when you accept it, things get better.

Also, GR: I wonder myself, sometimes. But I really like having two kids. I could certainly go without the crying, but they'll get older and be able to play with each other and take care of me when I'm old and I have to wear the stinky diapers :)

Bottom line is, if you can be eligible for selective service, you get a vote, end of story.

Post your best:

Conversation between my friend and I:

Me: Would a game featuring and named after Link's horse be considered eponymous?
Him: Only if it had a cameo by Mickey Mouse
Me: That's ebony-mouse
Him: That sounds like the worst dessert ever!
Me: That would be wight chocolate.
Him: Eyes cream is pretty bad.
Me: Not as bad as creme boole.
Him: Point.

BBC is a far sight better than most American news outlets, with the exception of its coverage of the UK. I took part in a study once where I had to rate a variety of news sources based on a number of factors, and one thing that consistently came through was that, with almost no exceptions, major news reporting sources are incredibly biased when it comes to their own country.

Ironically, Xinhua is actually pretty good at reporting anything that isn't directly related to China or its interests pretty fairly. And if you get your news from one source, it should probably be the Christian Science Monitor. Yeah, you heard me. Their reporting is ridiculously even-handed, which makes me wonder what they have to do with Christian Science at all.

Big losers were NYTimes and the Guardian, actually. They are incredibly biased in their news reporting.

Different people probably play against different things. I play against the game's programmers, I figure, at least until computers are truly artificially intelligent.

Big Trouble in Little China
That's the only movie I think I could never get sick of.

Sad that that's my list, eh?

It's such irony that a series that was so completely inspired by Western RPGs (both computer and pen&paper) got such limited play in the US.

Retraction; SMB RPG OSV is going for $150!

Thanks Pat and Dennis and WA. There are a lot of people out there who are getting some VERY nice Christmas deals. Some highlights are:

Super Mario RPG OSV: $75
Dragon Quest Box with Slimes: $150

You Canadians and your ruby-encrusted sex toys!

In all seriousness, though, I'm all for finding what works, and then finding why it works. If using crystals or gems or acupuncture produce results, it would be foolish to discount their efficacy. It would also be foolish to assume that, because they've arisen as tools of a spiritual method, that there can't be any scientific rationale behind them. Not that you're likely saying that, Mark, just putting that out there.

Hey folks,

Got a http://vgmdb.net/db/marketplace.php?do=saleview&userid=7022 huge soundtrack sale going on at VGMDB: rock-bottom prices, everything must go! Gotta make money so I can get some present for Christine and Miles!

And for added effect, here are pictures of my wife and son:

Buy somethin', will ya?

Wikileaks is one of the best examples we have to debate the merits of information secrecy vs. information freedom. That being said, if peoples' lives were put in danger due to leaked documents, and some people did actually die due to the information, would it be worth it? Many people in this country place the 1st amendment on a pedestal, and many have said they'd die for it.

Then I think you missed my point with that post. This whole threat has been about the premise that religion is based on sentimentality and emotion. Atheism can be too.

I'm an athiest for a lot of reasons, but I wasn't always so. I used to believe, quite devoutly, in Christian teachings, afterlife, etc. In fact, I was probably a lot like Alexander, getting a white-washed, Methodist version of the religion that was basically, "Jesus loves you, be happy". Eventually, however, I really examined religion in general, and the monotheistic ones in particular, and gleaned the exact opposite viewpoint. I realized that if there was a God in the sense that the Bible/Torah/Koran lays Him out (created mankind, wants our praise and subservience) than I wouldn't want to live in a world where that was true. I wouldn't want an afterlife of eternal peace and tranquility, and I certainly wouldn't want to live via the grace of anyone, let alone an omnipotent, omnipresent being. I want to carve out my own life with my own hands, to the best of my ability. I'll be kind because I want to be kind, and because it benefits me and those I care about. I'll make my fortune or sow the seeds of my downfall by my own hands, not by the will of a benevolent or vengeful deity. And if, when I die, there's someone or something waiting to pass judgment on me, then I have one thing to say:

Melius est in inferno quam regulam in coelo servire