Ever have one of those days where nothing goes right, even though you haven't done anything? Yeah.

I rarely do this, but god, this has pissed me off enough.

What the bleeding fuck is people's problem with gay people? Why is it acceptable or cool to insult people by calling them fags? Why do people not get irritated when people call things 'ghey' (as if changing the spelling makes it any better. You still mean the original derogatory thing, ( Read more... )

I just talked about this in #avalon, but not everyone happens to lurk there, so if you see this twice, too bad.

The American army has attempted a coup, and you, the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, must battle them for JUSTICE in your GIANT ROBOT.
Metal Wolf Chaos is a game coming out for PS2 sometime soon in Japan ( Read more... )

Assume, for a moment, that you are pulled aside on your way somewhere by the anthropomorphic personification of some force with basically limitless powers. Further, assume that it takes the form of Morgan Freeman, or Julia Child, whomever you prefer ( Read more... )

I have this. React with horror or glee, as the mood may strike you.

So, in a fit of boredom this afternoon, with an eye to even more boredom in the coming weeks as half of my friends skip town on me, I purchased a copy of Namco's Tales of Symphonia (Gamecube). I've heard fairly good things about it, so I figured I'd give it a whirl. My thoughts so far:

The Good: The battle system. Like Star Ocean 2's, but ( Read more... )

I'm back. Finally. Heads will roll after I take a nap.

As I'm currently trapped in Baltimore until tomorrow morning courtesy of American canceling ("weather-related issues," which is to say that they refuse to compensate me in any way for fucking me over) my flight (the last plane out of town, which I had not originally booked myself on, but was rescheduled to at some point without so much as a "would ( Read more... )

On the list on amusing importables, Full Metal Alchemist: Dream Carnival (screenshots) seems to be an SSBM-style fighting game for PS2 that will apparently be capable of handling four players. Multitap and bonus controllers, here we come ( Read more... )

Interest check: Meaning of Life is playing at the Brattle next weekend (probably a week from saturday) at midnight. Anyone feel like going?