Recent content by Tyrannowalefish_Rex

What I sometimes wonder about is relating to the massive time-sink the internet has become. Has the internet increased laziness or just diverted it? Or can some of its many incitements even be regarded as a valid use of time?

This is all nice, but it's not universal. Subjective experiences may vary. There is good reason to say that immersing in a different role is more playing a role than just adapting to an open ruleset while basically keeping the same personality. Also what SW:TOR is basically doing is more like...

"You might think this sounds pretty vulgar, but all I want is to ask " Never a good introduction to a thread. Oh, and the thing about the testicles too.

I'm really bad at coming up with names, it's either a generic attempt at a fantasy name, or something from somewhere else. This is an unspectacular name for a creature created by novelist (cartoonist etc.) Walter Moers who has hundreds of such names in each novel. It's not how original and...

Actually, I think I retract my recommendation of Primordial. That was more a special thing of the moment. If you are just getting to know different genres there are probably better bands to start with. In addition, I would recommend Porcupine Tree to any fan of rock music. In Absentia is a...

'tis true. I count myself among them. Never played much of Fallout although I like all Infinity-Engine games. Learning to play it feels to me more like learning a handwork than immersing oneself in a fictional world. Whatever stats you choose, you'll probably make some mistake the first dozen...

Primordial - To The Nameless Dead Very intense, epic album and more mature and varied than most pure extreme metal bands. In terms of progressive/romantic metal anyone should also know Opeth. Devin Townsend - Terria, Ocean Machine, Ziltoid the Omniscient, and anything else Not...

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"Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" by Haruki Murakami (sort of sounds like "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" doesn't it) and some science fiction novel by Richard Morgan. Was thinking about buying these myself. I would also recommend China Miéville's 'The Scar'. I know nothing quite...

But these colours are associated with certain contexts, and they harmonize in special ways, so there is sometimes already automatically a "characterisation" of colours that may then be picked up and further moulded by convention. I think in a society shaped by military, there is a tendency to...

It's flowery and mild and tender. Feminine ideals in western culture for several centuries. [Edit: ok perhaps that's wrong]

Bioware is trying something new and unfathomable with Dragon Age 2. I'm looking forward to how I will react to the "surprising" end result.

They feel a little unstructured, pretentious and narcissistic compared to the first movie. There is little sense of authenticity left, it's pompous, it never feels really serious, the fights are just for show and all rules can be broken (even the rule that all rules can be broken so that Neo...

These religious people seem to think that "science" is some magical, self-contained field. But it's open for every argument. They have a good argument? Scientists, philosophers and some such might lend an ear. Chances are they have better arguments.

Even if there suddenly appeared real UFOs with real Aliens, I'd suggest to ignore them until they come up with something more original and plausbile.