Recent content by Alex The Rat

We'll see how he feels once he contracts scurvy.

No, state-enforced curfews are by no means ethical. Fascist is how I would describe them. The police officer did his duty without thought. He's neither ethical nor unethical. Just barely human.

Handstands. And surprisingly good decision making.

We can choose!?!? I guess that probably means I just have the 4 most recent... maybe I'll get around to changing that someday.

I think here you're going to reveal the CHASM between North Americans and Europeans. That is, in one area even speaking a second language at a decent level is uncommon, whereas in the other it's expected that one speak their native language, english, and then a couple others... My English and...

¡¡LA MUERTE PELUDA!! Anyway, I didn't realize that Microsoft was taking after Oprah now ;) To be honest, I was just rather annoyed that all the games on the list were sequels to games that had come out in the past 3 years... I do hope that Fable 3 is excellent. Maybe then my faith will be...

Glad to see some innovation on that list. (/sarcasm) And I hate to sound like a troll, but I wasn't aware that Microsoft's presentation blew anyone away... I guess this is what I get for being an old, cynical PC gamer :S

Whatever the last Metal Gear Solid game was... I'd say it took me about 5 minutes of play time, which probably amounted to about 45 minutes when you include the cutscenes and dialogue... :S Plus I spent a good amount of that 5 minutes trying repeated, and failing, to drop a grenade on an enemy...

You realize this "state" which you speak of is actually just a collection of individuals, each working for his/her own benefit? The more power these individuals receive, the more important it becomes to them to protect that advantage by any means necessary. Your government may seem fun and...

Sex. It can absolutely destroy depression (at least minor depression). Unfortunately that's not always an easy proposition... And I know that it's not something one can just "get over", but I do think it helps to force yourself to be active and keep with the activities you enjoy, even if they...

I'd say I'm 100 percent probably 80 percent of the time. I'll usually get some relatively minor illness that lasts for a week but only has a couple really bad days maybe once a season, a few injuries here and there, and a couple days lost to hangovers, but other than that I often feel in top...

Occasionally at university when I have a ton of schoolwork AND have to go to my job... Also, I've spent the last 5 months separated by 8,000 km from my girlfriend, so you'll be fine for a weekend ;)

Historically Spain is the perennial underachiever, but I still believe they now have what it takes to win. Their victory over Italy during Euro 2008 was something of a psychological turning point for the team and the nation. Defeating a strong German side in the final was perhaps an even greater...

Not much love for the Spanish team here... They easily have the best squad in the competition, are european champions (which I can guarantee you means more than the victory 4 years ago of an aging Italian side), a solid coach, and total support from the nation and unity as a team. I think...

There is no logic behind the question you're asking. You're attempting to logically justify emotions, as pride and shame mostly certainly are. This is impossible. Psychologically many feel the need to be a part of something greater than themselves as an individual, be that family, city, nation...