Hudson released Battle Lode Runner for the VC, a previously Japan-only game. No text to translate in it, but still, great news.
The other two games, though... Gradius III and Wonder Boy in Monster World are true 16-bit classics and games everybody should own (Dragon's Curse from a few weeks ago too, that's a reskinned Monster World game.)...
I've been hearing a lot about this book from lazy people lately.
As far as I can tell, the secret is if you speak well and tell people what they want to hear, you can get a lot of money.
So basically people seem to come up to me (because apparently I seem the sort of person who needs this amazing and completely true information) that the secret to realizing dreams is to wish really hard.
To be more accurate, positive thinking makes dreams come true, and it works, as they often say "100% of the time, no exceptions". I like those numbers, as it makes it so easy to test it. So, I ask how many of their dreams came true. Well fantastic, here's some fun results. After thinking positive, the results aren't always instant, like riches, you may still be in debt for several months, but maybe one day you find like a $20 on the ground or get a raise, and bam, that's PROOF that it was the positive thinking that did it...
Ever wonder if these people are really as open minded as they think they are? I always seem to think farther and more expansively than these people do about their OWN crazy ideas. Here's a fun example. Apparently "proof" comes in the form of an unsourced short story about an unnamed man in some random city. Aside from sounding like something you read in a chain letter about those people who didn't forward it, basically here's the thing. "A man" who was constantly worried about being late for work hit every single red light, but another man who had a much more positive outlook got a green light all the way through. Let's ignore things like the fact that this is totally unsourced and could, when it's just a SINGLE sample, easily be explained by coincidence (apparentely concepts like "mass statistics gathering and proper probability analysis" are beyond these people). What strikes me as completely narrow minded and self absorbed about this story is the complete lack of any consideration for all the OTHER people on the road. I'm not talking about being rude to others for controlling the lights. I mean, am I to understand this ONE guy's positive mindset overrides the mind sets of every single other person on the road at the same time? Why that guy? And what of the other guy? That ONE guy's negative thoughts overrides everyone else's thoughts?
Anyway, I am shocked anyone is even paying any attention to this nonsense. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Here's a little enlightenment. If you really want to accomplish anything, instead of sitting around wishing for it to drop into your lap, try actually working to achieve said goals. That has a statistically significant chance of success.
As a final aside, I'm sick of the "well it couldn't hurt to try right?" sorts. Yes, it COULD hurt, I'd be living a lie by doing it and depriving myself of full appreciation of the world for what it is. THAT is a harm.
So there's this movie right? So anyway I learned many things from it. Apparently copyright infringment is frowned upon. Also, did you know they put a zip lock on bags of skittles now? Totally caught me off guard. I mean I could stare at that thing for hours.
Finally a well reasoned response with actual STATISTICAL DATA for Jack Thompson's insane rantings from the mainstream media.
How long before Jack sues these guys while decrying them as just "making the problem worse". Because of course, challenging the idea that the problem even exists by pointing to evidence means we just want more dead kids!
Ah funny dancing Mega Man. The song is neat, though it tapers off pretty badly at the end. Still think that other mega video with the other song was funnier...
Posted by: etoven - 23rd April 2007, 4:49 PM - Forum: Ramble City
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Everyone else can fear me.....
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Gues Who's In the Second Pic....
These are 2 photo manipulations I did currently making the ranks at deviant art.com. Remember before you criticize that "art is anything that brings out emotion." ~ devinci
Yes ryan, i now I'm a sick little monkey, you don't have to buy prints! Everyone else loved it!
Okay so I was basically reading in on some conversation elsewhere on the high interseas (gathering a crew at the pub for a voyage you see) when they are talking about some bizarre arcade custom I never experienced in all the time I've been to arcades.
The idea is simple yet makes no sense. Apparently amongst this tribe, instead of doing something barbaric like "waiting in a line", they would put up a quarter on the machine to indicate they had "next".
How did this work exactly? How COULD it work? Are you telling me they actually would trust that stranger to not just assume it was a gift and TAKE the thing for when they hit a game over? Further, since when are MASS PRODUCED LEGAL TENDER a method of personal identification? Here's how it plays out in my mind.
Someone: I got next, I put that coin up there.
Someone else: No, that's my coin, you are a liar.
First person: No, you are the liar, and I can prove it because.... oh fantastic...
