Recent content by Vladimir Stamenov

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    Readers! what are you reading?

    Reading Great Expectations by the great Dickens and trying to simultaneously read Books of Blood by Clive Barker and Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.
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    Where can I get Dark Souls for PC?

    I want to ask, will this work for me http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Souls-Prepare-Online-Game/dp/B00917DBUE/ref=sr_1_2?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1388250001&sr=1-2&keywords=dark+souls ? I have a valid US address that I use as a billing address, though I do not live in the US and I have bought game...
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    Update: Left 4 Dead 2 Is Free On Steam, Merry Christmas!

    I don't really care about L4D vs. L4D2. What I want to ask is, since Valve's statement is ambiguous, do I keep it if I click Install in the Store Page and add it to my library or if I download it? Cause my download speed at the moment is 200 kb/s.
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    Confessions of the Soul

    This is my observation too. Most people who've seen more mature titles are put off by its puerile melodrama. Well, there's your problem right there. :D Depends on what you expect from Cowboy Bebop. Anyways, I hate all juvenile bullshit (books, movies, animes, games) that people think are...
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    Is The Lord of the Rings still relevant?

    I like slow books too, a lot of classics are slow (Pride and Prejudice, Heart of Darkness, Great Expectations), but the last time I tried reading it, it was slow just because nothing happened for large stretches of the book and the language didn't do it enough for me to motivate me. What I...
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    Is The Lord of the Rings still relevant?

    I'm not trolling, I'm genuinely asking - is there anyone here, who, after reading and re-reading LotR when he was 12/13/14 but has since read diverse fantasy, sci-fi, classics and contemporary literature ACTUALLY enjoy the books when they've tried reading them recently? Especially the stale...
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    Is The Lord of the Rings still relevant?

    Dark elves, elves and trolls, even orcs, on the other hand are take from Celtic or Scandinavian folklore, so no props to Tolkien for subtly reimagining the elves and not at all the trolls and orcs. What I think the worst thing with all the unconditional Tolkien love since LotR came out, is...
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    Is The Lord of the Rings still relevant?

    It is sort of a "gateway book" but after a certain age, it just lost its appeal to me. Silmarillion and The Hobbit I still like though, the first for being a mythology book and the second for being a great kid story. That said, I want to take a drill to the head of all the people I call...
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    Spoilers That Can/Can't Be Spoiled (given the circumstances)

    Spoilers don't really matter. Despite what most people on the Internet think, most normal people don't object to spoilers that much. http://io9.com/5302376/why-we-love-spoilers For me, they don't matter. I knew the ending of Cowboy Bebop and still cried for example, again with Bioshock...
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    Do you read classic literature?

    Well, I'm one of the people with a main focus in SF and Fantasy, but I do occasionally read classics to see what the fuss is about, in most cases I can appreicate and like them. Not that many, maybe 30 among which Lolita, All Quiet On The Western Front, The Road, some Murakami, Chekhov...
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    What was the most satisfying weapon you've used in a game?

    For me, the Scythe of the Celt in Clive Barker's Undying. When you use the Haste spell you just fly around, hacking enemies in two, snipping away arms, legs and heads... And when you use the the lifesteal ability it makes this cool slurping sound. Another would be the Drill from Bioshock 2...
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    Where can I get Dark Souls for PC?

    I have a question. The region lock applies to me since I can't even see the game on steam, but I wonder, if I get this version http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Souls-Prepare-Edition-Online/dp/B00917DBUE/ref=pd_sim_vg_7, will I be able to play it? There really isn't any other option, though it will be...
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    Games that will always look good to you

    BloodRayne and American McGee's Alice. Especeially the latter. Actually the whole jagged and old look makes Alice look creepier than the one from the 2011 game as well the overall aesthetic of the buidlings and landscape.
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    Modern cartoons - I was wrong

    Speaking of realtively new, weird cartoons, any fans of The Marvellous Misadventures of Flapjack? Now THAT's some weird artstyle.
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    What is your Fetish?

    Girls with red hair and pale skin, Like ANY red hair - dyed or natural. It instantly makes them more attractive. Weird hair colors, piercings and tattoos too. Slightly unusual haircuts, like this - http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vNh2uPw0GTY/TqygebutsfI/AAAAAAAABsw/CjIEMQDtbP0/s1600/hair+3.jpg...