soyperson Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 50 minutes ago, Edgedancer said: Great, we can all do science together. I'll bring the oak if you bring the giant Glow Cloud. ALL HAIL! I'll bring the Subversive Radio Host! Me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyperson Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 50 minutes ago, Edgedancer said: Great, we can all do science together. I'll bring the oak if you bring the giant Glow Cloud. ALL HAIL! I'll bring the Subversive Radio Host! Me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 5 minutes ago, bleeder said: I'll bring the Subversive Radio Host! Me! 4 minutes ago, bleeder said: I'll bring the Subversive Radio Host! Me! Night Vale episode 19 Spoiler Great, who let the sandstorm in? Anyway, I don't want blood all over my snow, because of your double buisness, so I'm taking only one of you and I'm taking the one that's not smiling. Got it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadoxicalZen Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 I have a tendency to wander off in group without people realising and having odd adventures on the way before reappearing randomly and making people jump (I'd be fun to have in a horror movie) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PantsForSquares Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 16 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: I am fascinated by Antarctica and want to visit. Fun fact: Antarctica is being used as the world's largest neutrino detector. Basically, how it works is that when a neutrino hits an electron just right, that electron starts moving through the water/ice. But, since it's moving through water at a speed faster than the speed of light in water, it creates the equivalent of a sonic boom (known as Cherenkov radiation), but for light. There's a research station in Antarctica that's just dedicated to the detection of neutrinos and muons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eccentric Hero Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 16 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said: Yes I realised most of that, and I think you forget I'm muslim, so....no alcohol. I realize that. The reason I mentioned it was the hidden joke. The orange wine on Roshar is the weakest, but it would get you drunk because of how many mistakes there are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistbornwithakitty Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 OOOHH!! I just thought of a proper one. XD I'd love to be a tornado chaser (those who live in the Midwest know what I'm talking about). I'm abnormally obsessed with that particular weather phenomenon. I'd actually get giddy whenever a weather warning was broadcasted. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 17 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said: Tour guide-Aaaaaaaaaand here we have some ice, oh look, a glacier. Me- Isn't that just floating ice? Tour guide- OH LOOK A PENGUIN, WAVE AT THE PENGUINS PEOPLE. Actually, glaciers are on land. It's icebergs that float. /pedanticnerd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 @Kaymyth I turn into a pedantic nerd when someone refers to a "poisonous" bite or sting. Bites and stings are venomous, not poisonous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 8 hours ago, Kaymyth said: Actually, glaciers are on land. It's icebergs that float. /pedanticnerd What? I thought glaciers were slow moving, frozen rivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 38 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said: What? I thought glaciers were slow moving, frozen rivers. No, they're big chunks of ice that are constantly moving (slowly) under their own weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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soyperson Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) I may have slept from midnight 'til about 11 AM. Oops? Now I have Elton John's "Your Song" stuck in my head. EDIT: I found my "Elton John's Greatest Hits" album. I am now listening to "Your Song" on my record player. Edited October 1, 2016 by bleeder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 4 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: No, they're big chunks of ice that are constantly moving (slowly) under their own weight. I thought they were frozen lakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eccentric Hero Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 18 hours ago, Sunbird said: @Kaymyth I turn into a pedantic nerd when someone refers to a "poisonous" bite or sting. Bites and stings are venomous, not poisonous. Such poisonous words. Also the joke could make sense if we imagine that the guide was pointing at icebergs and calling them glaciers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattig89ch Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 Has anyone else fired up an old game, and realized how much soul it had compared to a newer game? I'm playing freelancer atm and its just astounding to me, how much time, effort, energy, and creativity that game has. Then compare it to another game of modern make, and the newer game seems to homogenous and/or bland by comparison. The newer game isn't bad, but it doesn't take as many risks, or have to overcome as many challenges in creative ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claincy Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, mattig89ch said: Has anyone else fired up an old game, and realized how much soul it had compared to a newer game? I'm playing freelancer atm and its just astounding to me, how much time, effort, energy, and creativity that game has. Then compare it to another game of modern make, and the newer game seems to homogenous and/or bland by comparison. The newer game isn't bad, but it doesn't take as many risks, or have to overcome as many challenges in creative ways. I know what you mean, a fairly large number of AAA games feel pretty shallow or formulaic. But with that said I think there were always a lot of bland/formulaic games, we just don't remember them much. I think there are considerably more interesting, deep and wildly diverse games coming out now than any time in the past. (Though there is certainly a lot of garbage coming out too of course ) I do wish there was more innovation and risk-taking amongst AAA studios (though I understand why there isn't) but there is a wealth of it amongst AA and Indie devs. Edit: I can recommend a pile of games from the past few years that are particularly good (or interesting) if you'd like? Edited October 2, 2016 by Claincy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyperson Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 I feel like I want to go to UVA for music, mainly because I love Charlottesville... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattig89ch Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 1 hour ago, Claincy said: I know what you mean, a fairly large number of AAA games feel pretty shallow or formulaic. But with that said I think there were always a lot of bland/formulaic games, we just don't remember them much. I think there are considerably more interesting, deep and wildly diverse games coming out now than any time in the past. (Though there is certainly a lot of garbage coming out too of course ) I do wish there was more innovation and risk-taking amongst AAA studios (though I understand why there isn't) but there is a wealth of it amongst AA and Indie devs. Edit: I can recommend a pile of games from the past few years that are particularly good (or interesting) if you'd like? Always willing to listen to game recommendations. I can't make any promises to actually buy them ofc, but I'll give them a look. And what deep games are coming out now? I must be missing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claincy Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, mattig89ch said: Always willing to listen to game recommendations. I can't make any promises to actually buy them ofc, but I'll give them a look. And what deep games are coming out now? I must be missing them. Sure, I'll list a bunch of games that from my experience and/or knowledge are good, or at least interesting and worth looking into. This'll be (at least largely) games that came out sometime in the past 4-5 years, I'm sure you'll know a bunch of them but maybe not all. I'll start with the bigger brand games and then do a list of Indie/smaller devs. I'm not going to go into detail about each cos I don't have that much free time right now But I'm happy to go into detail about any specific ones you want me to. Spoiler Dishonored - One of my favourite games. Dishonored 2 comes out soon. Forza Horizon 3 The Witcher 3 Deus Ex Human Revolution & Mankind Divided XCOM Enemy Unknown & XCOM 2 Spec Ops: The Line Assassins Creed: Black Flag Bioshock Infinite, Burial at sea part 2 - The main game and Burial at Sea part 1 are both good but part 2 is substantially better Telltale games, basically anything they made recently Overwatch Hearthstone Titanfall Warframe Borderlands 2 Far Cry 3 or 4 Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Civilization V Middle Earth: Shadows of Mordor Mass Effect 3 Evolve Fallout 4 Tomb Raider Dark Souls & Bloodborne The Last of Us Uncharted 4 Mirror's Edge Dying Light Halo 5 Forge Spoiler Bastion Transistor Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Thomas Was Alone This War of Mine Ark: Survival Evolved Rust Moirai - It's free and takes 10 minutes to play, try not to read anything about it to avoid spoiling it FTL One Finger Death Punch Pillars of Eternity Shadowrun Dragonfall Stardew Valley Perspective SUPERHOT A Dark Room Don't Starve Trine Terraria Super Meat Boy Bit.Trip Runner Antichamber The Witness Guns of Icarus Online Frozen Synapse Gunpoint Legend of Grimrock Mark of the Ninja Invisible Inc Magicka One Way Heroics Papers Please Race the Sun Risk of Rain Space Engineers SpeedRunners Spelunky Super Hexagon Surgeon Simulator Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes The Jackbox Party Pack To the Moon Rogue Legacy Valley Firewatch Ori and the Blind Forest Exanima That Dragon, Cancer Darkest Dungeon Hyper Light Drifter The Talos Principle Armello CodeSpells Fallen London Sunless Sea Hand of Fate Her Story This is certainly not an extensive list, but hopefully there is something in there that you'll like. I'd also recommend watching the youtube series James Recommends by Extra Credits, there's some overlap with the list above but there are plenty that I didn't put on that list. Not all of the games are "good" but they are all at least interesting in some way You could also try the Games You Might Not Have Tried Extra Credits videos. Edited October 2, 2016 by Claincy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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