Whenever I'm sad, I watch this, then I'm not sad anymore.

Unicycles, bicycles, trampolines, beards, pointy moustaches and shiny velvet shirts. Need I say more?

Last edited by BigDamnArtist (2012-02-20 03:31:10)

Oldschool theater projectionist explaining an 'alarm' system that was common back in the day to warn projectionists that they were about to need a reel change. According to him, systems like this are the reason there are often long, sustained vertical scratches on all those old film prints.

I just thought it was kinda neat.

If it were a game, they'd advertise it that way. This - like most of the things parading around as games lately - is not a game. It is a movie with a limited amount of interactive busywork you have to do to unlock the next movie clip. This is "Interactive Entertainment", which sounds like one of those alternative phrases for something, like how "Graphic Novel" is a fancy way of saying "Comic Book", but IE is something else entirely. Modern games are more like interactive movies than games, and they spend a lot of effort removing unwanted things like challenge, complex interaction and AI so they can focus on scripted sequences and graphics.

When I discovered that they had done a full version of this, I nearly squealed in joy. And I was at work...it was awkward.

Why would you skip the first one? It's the best. They pretty much neutered the RPG elements in the second and it became a story heavy shooter more then an RPG.

Last edited by ShadowDuelist (2012-02-22 08:00:13)

don't get me wrong.. i love every single  tidbit of mass effect's story, but i just really didn't care for the gameplay of the first one.

I felt that most of the game took a looooong time to get somewhere. Riding in the slow ass Mako, and the slow ass elevators...
also the combat felt a little wonky.

When the 2nd one came out, I felt like it didn't bullshit around 1/2 the time. And that if you were to introduce someone to the series, they could start with the 2nd one and be brought up to speed quickly with the story.

.... but i haven't played it in a while, so i might be proven wrong when i do my massive playthrough of all 3 in a couple weeks.

Edit
Oh shit, forgot to put this video in:

Enjoy:)

Last edited by MadBadCoyote (2012-02-24 02:31:43)

Not so much cool as funny, and possibly informative, if you're thinking of signing up with a record label.

Last edited by fcw (2012-02-27 22:23:53)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl … aHdpmkIvHM

This is either the first clip from Ridley Scott's "Prometheus", or the beginning of a viral marketing campaign for it. Either way, it's very cool and it has Guy Pearce.

Last edited by Doctor Submarine (2012-02-28 20:14:17)

The website is also real.

https://www.weylandindustries.com/

That was so epic. I am so ridiculously psyched for this thing now. If the whole thing is that good, we're in for something special.

Beetlejuice for kids? Fuck yeah

*hugs movie*

Oh stop-mo, I've missed you.