Recent content by Thurston

Had a few, never liked 'em. The consequences seemed arbitrary and the outcomes were not linked to your information, or good decision making. "You reach a fork in the road, and both paths seeem identical. Turn left: turn to page 20: YOU DIED!; TUrn right: Turn to page 21: COntinue on!"

Hat in Time makes me think of Commander Keen!

I've really enjoyed the Borderlands series. I'd figure I'd demo it for a co-worker. He died SIX TIMES in the tutorial, like even before meeting Dr. Zed. I then realized I'd been playing FPS's on and off, for 20 years. He had never played one before.

Myself and my friend agreed that Duke showing up in the BL series would have been enjoyable.

Why would a good god wait to destroy Satan? On the same schedule as Tyre? Is this the same "plan" where everything is going to be okay, despite thousands of years of atrocity? And, I'd like to converse with the creator of the universe, but the Bible is patently obvious as a human creation...

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New villain? Doomfist, Omnic Supremacist, enforcer for the Null Sector! "Humanity is obsolete!"

The fight with the Gamma Hounds was my favourite part. I remember it being an ugly, desperate struggle, and it imprinted on me. It may not have aged well, but it sure made an impression on me at the time. One of it's issues, similar to many other superhero movies is, "Too Many Villains!"...

Any being worthy of the title of a "god" should be able to speak for themselves. Tell your god if he wants to speak to me, it should be within his power. I mean, shit, I can't stop CouponCentre from sending me email, how could I avoid a conversation with a cosmic power? At least The...

When watching Hackers for the first time, and they show the Michaelangelo Virus, with all it's sound files and funky graphics, "I don't think my computer is powerful enough to run this virus."

I read the book. "If your kid gets raped and killed, it's okay, because it's part of My plan. It'll turn out okay, at some unspecified point in the future. Never mind that atrocities have been occurring for thousands of years." Fuck your plan, fuck your book, and fuck you.

People look for efficiency. Most gain of something they want (xp->Loot boxes), with the least expenditure of valued resources (time). Did Blizzard think farming would not happen? Of course it would! Custom games are a great idea, but xp farming is inevitable. Thinking otherwise strikes me...

Kinda like showing a car, but saying it won't have a radio/CD/Aux. "Our car's performance will sell it." Customers expect certain common features on their purchases. Sound systems on cars. Snooze buttons on clock radios. Netflix on mobile devices.

As my father taught, and later as I read in Machiavelli, "Virtue is no defense against lack of virtue." The honest can be cheated. The peaceful can be assaulted. The faithful can be cuckolded. Be nice. Also, don't be stupid. Lock your doors. It's not a weak man's fault if he is...