Recent content by Valandar

Not to mention that there are people out there that just aren't 'wired' to self-govern. Some through stupidity, others through sociopathic tendencies. And interesting as this is, it does show why a lot of people don't like PVP online gaming. No true leaders, or leaders with no real...

Nihilism is what you said, yes. "Cool" nihilism is hating everything and wanting to destroy it all. No offense intended to any 'real' Nihilists out there. The word is developing a second meaning based on how the average person percieves and understands it. That's how a living language works...

As for Push, I just watched that "telekinetic gunfight"... Telekinesis enough to parry bullets with 'shields', and the best they can come up with is using it to fire guns? Come on, a teeny tiny bubble of TK field could stop blood flow to the brain... a small amount of force could blow up...

I get weirdly philosophical. I wrote this while waiting on a render in 3DS Max:

Being incarnated as a Koopa Troopa... spending eternity with fat, mustachioed plumbers jumping on your head and throwing you into pits or at other koopas.

One thing I've noticed in various places around the Internet is a growing trend of nihilism. And while I understand the concept intellectually, I don't understand it emotionally. Things like, if you hate everyone, then why the heck are you involved in a forum at all? Then it hit me - it's "cool"...

It sounds trite, but five years in the USMC changed me. I managed to not fall for the brainwashing, and the end result was I became the same me, but stronger inside and out.

The best part about most of Lovecraft's work is that he never really 'reveals' the monster until the very end. By the time he lets you know what you're dealing with, it's too late for the protagonist (I would not deign to call most of them 'heroes' - they rarely succeed) to do anything but...

I'd also include "The Dunwich Horror" among his 'best known works', possibly ahead of "The Mountains of Madness". It was made into a movie or two, but, to date, NO Lovecraft-based movie has come even close to what he actually wrote, with the POSSIBLE exception of "The Reanimator"

Well... my best friend is actually an ex-girlfriend. So I guess I could answer that with "Not anymore". Besides, she's dating another of my best friends, and they're perfect for each other.

The core of what they're saying is that the sum total of entropy information of an object can be encoded (they don't say how) on the surface of said three dimensional object as opposed to its volume. Mathematically, that is more mind-blowing than scientifically. Here's the thing - if the...

I pay for all the programs I use. Then again, I make my living doing this stuff. I can NOT afford to be using pirated software lest I spend every day worrying about whether or not I would be found out. And $900 for Photoshop is NOTHING. 3DStudio Max is about four times that, and if I chose to...

Maybe... but the monk suddenly being a master archer was a BLATANT Deus Ex Machina, whereas the dragon was part of the plot.

Figgered I might as well post couple of mine... That one (like, unfortunately, most of my recent renderings) was actually done for work - it was intended to show off the armor and sword I had recently finished. This is an oooold sculpt I had done (ignore the dirty fingernails, I...

Eugenics is the concept of only allowing the intelligent, healthy, etc people to breed. It is also considered horribly unethical to use on humans. After all, the last significant group to attempt this is now so vilified you can't bring them up in a debate, even if they are the perfect...