These are usually fun for a few days. All you have to do is kill, maim, injure, or otherwise inflict discomfort on another member. We all remember this!

*Picks up crossbow and points it menacingly*

So who wants some?

It's that time again. When we exchange long hours spent sleeping in because you can and tons of free time for 7 hours of sleep because you have to get up early and tons of free work. School. That dreaded six letter word that causes [almost] grown men to weep openly, but you still have to go because if you don't you become a cancer to society who has no money for fun stuff.

Anyway, this year I'm still technically a Senior in high school but since my the school's schedule of classes is sucks majorly I've decided to start my college run a year early. I'm taking a total of four classes these two semesters and, combined with the AP History class I passes last year, a total of 15 credit hours or about one semester. Another upside is that I get to trade three high school classes for only two college course and, since they're only being taught on M-W-F, on Tuesday and Thursday I can stay at home until 11 pm.

So now I'm well on my way to the fabled Triple Major [Business Information Management, Economics, and Finance]. I can see it now! Great Rumbler: Multi-millionaire businessman! Oh yeah!!

Quote:"Publishers worldwide have taken the unique creative tools of our dual-screened Nintendo DS and used them to invent completely new ways to play," says Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales and marketing. "Just imagine the possibilities that a touch screen, voice recognition and wireless multiplayer action bring to video games."

"EA's studio teams are working on a lot of great titles for the Nintendo DS," says Steve Chiang, General Manager of EA's Tiburon Studio. "With the wireless feature, Madden players will be able to battle one another head-to-head like never before on a portable system."

"THQ will be a big supporter of the hand-held Nintendo DS," says Brian Farrell, THQ's president and CEO. "The untapped capabilities demonstrate an exciting leap in hand-held video game technology."

Quote:Atari, Inc.
Atari Classics

Atlus USA
Caduceus
Snowboard Kids DS Plus three additional titles in development

Bandai Entertainment Inc.
Meteos
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
Plus one additional title in development

Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
Mega Man Battle Network
Viewtiful Joe
Plus one additional title in development

Electronic Arts
GoldenEye
Madden NFL
Need For Speed Underground
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf
The URBZ: Sims in the City

Hudson Soft Co., Ltd.
Bomberman

Koei Co., Ltd.
Dynasty Warriors (working title)
Plus two additional titles in development

Konami Digital Entertainment
Boktai (working title)
Castlevania (working title)
Dragon Booster (working title)
Frogger 2005 (working title)
Survival Kids (working title)
World Soccer Winning Eleven series (working title)
Vandal Hearts (working titles)
WINX (working title)
Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour

Majesco
Moonlight Fables
Nanostray
Plus at least three additional titles in development

Namco Hometek Inc.
New Mr. Driller (working title)
Pac 'n Roll (working title)
Pac-Pix (working title)
Orbital Media
Four titles in development, including the genres of action platformer, strategy role-playing, combat racing and family.

SEGA of America, Inc.
Project Rub (working title)
Sonic DS (working title)

Square Enix Co., Ltd.
A new story of Secret of Mana
A new story of Slime Morimori Dragon Quest
Dragon Quest Monsters series
Egg Monster Heroes
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series

Summitsoft Corporation
Air Assault 2
Organizer Plus

Tecmo, Inc.
Monster Rancher
Plus one additional title in development

Telegames, Inc.
Ultimate Brain Games
Ultimate Card Games
Ultimate Pocket Games

THQ
SpongeBob SquarePants
Plus five additional titles in development

Ubisoft Entertainment
Asphalt GT
Rayman
Plus additional titles in development, including a major movie license for early 2005

Vivendi Universal Games
Robots

I had my wisdom teeth removed today. (all four). Not fun. Now my mouth hurts, I feel funny, and I have to take painkillers... I hate taking drugs, especially pills...

?

*drool*


Haha, an SP!












Damn, I can't believe this is supposed to be in-game.




Holy CRAP.



Just wow.

I recently started watching several Stephen Chow movies and I just realized [again] that he is one of the funniest actors, quite possibly, in the world. The sad thing is most people at TC haven't heard of him, with the exception of OB1, which begs the question of why I'm making a thread about him. The answer to that is simple: Right now I'm bored and I can't think of anything else to make a thread about.

Anyway, probably my favorite Stephen Chow movie is Forbidden City Cop, which also happens to be one of the funniest movies ever. Stephen Chow's kind of like Jackie Chan, except with an emphasis on crazy situations and dialog instead of action and kung-fulery, although there is some.

If Disney ever releases an un-edited version of Shaolin Soccer on DVD [if they're smart they will] then you should all go out and buy because it's a great and hilarious movie.

Cel-shading...






The best damn flashlight ever...




Haha... this one might actually be very useful in the game since the beam is so much larger than the regular one:



Hehe




Friggin' awesome:



This looks even better than id's stuff (though that's not saying much):

http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~polycount/ub...html?00067

Quote:DENVER (CNN) -- Nearly six months after a jury found him guilty for his part in the 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City, Terry Nichols was sentenced by a federal judge to spend the rest of his life in prison. The bombing killed 168 people and injured more than 500 others.

U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch imposed the sentence of life without parole -- as called for in federal sentencing guidelines -- for Nichols' conviction in December on charges of conspiring, along with Timothy McVeigh, to blow up the building with a truck bomb.

"What he did was participate with others in a conspiracy that would seek to destroy all the things that the Constitution protects," Matsch said. "He has been proven to be an enemy of the Constitution."

In addition, Nichols, 43, was given a 48-year sentence for his convictions on eight counts of involuntary manslaughter, to be served concurrently. He was also ordered to pay the government $14 million for the damage caused to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

Nichols declines to make statement
Given the opportunity to make a statement before sentencing, Nichols declined. He shook hands with some of his attorneys and hugged others before being led from the courtroom.

Matsch had said previously he would be inclined to impose a lesser sentence if Nichols disclosed new information about the April 19, 1995, bombing. But defense attorneys said they were reluctant to have Nichols make any statements because he still faces state murder charges in Oklahoma, where prosecutors have vowed to seek the death penalty.

Lead prosecutor Larry Mackey said he was "grateful" for the sentence.

"Tim McVeigh and Terry Nichols were wrong about America. They could launch a violent, ugly, horrifically horrible act against innocent people, but their plot would fail," Mackey said. "They have been defeated."

McVeigh, an Army buddy of Nichols' whom prosecutors say was the mastermind behind the bombing, was convicted on murder and conspiracy charges by a different jury and sentenced to death.

Defense vows to appeal
Defense attorney Michael Tigar said that "just as we have disagreed with many of the judge's rulings, we disagreed with what happened today." He vowed to appeal.

"We are prepared to be in this case all the way to the vindication of Terry Nichols," he said.

At the start of Thursday's sentencing hearing, the defense filed a request for a new trial, contending that jury deliberations were tainted because jurors worked in small groups, rather than discussing the case en masse. The motion was based on interviews with jurors that were published Sunday in a Denver newspaper, the Rocky Mountain News.

Matsch gave prosecutors a week to respond to the motion but refused to delay sentencing.

Survivors, victims' relatives make appeals
Before the sentence was passed, survivors of the worst terrorist attack ever on U.S. soil and relatives of those who died were allowed to make statements to the court. Nichols sat still with his hands clasped in front of his face and appeared to be dry-eyed throughout.

"I'm here to pray the court will not show leniency, please, and assess the greatest sentence that can be given by law," said survivor Patti Hall.

Rudy Guzman, whose brother, Randy, was killed, said, "Your honor, please give Terry Nichols the stiffest punishment you can impose. ... Please keep him locked up so he'll never hurt anyone again."

"This bombing not only has affected my family but hundreds of thousands of people. Our family alone has received 600,000 sympathy cards," said Sandy Battreall, whose brother, 46-year-old Harley Cottingham Jr., died in the bombing.

Marsha Kight, whose 23-year-old daughter, Frankie Merrell, was killed in the blast, did not specify what penalty she thought Nichols deserved. But she told Matsch, "Our sentence from this tragedy is life."

"There's no time off for good behavior for all the sorrow we have been through," she said.

"It's the hardest thing a mother will ever have to do is bury a child," Kight said. "If I had one wish in the world, it would be that no one would ever again have to go through what I have endured."

Defense had asked for 7-year sentence
Nichols was convicted in December of conspiracy and eight counts of involuntary manslaughter. The jury acquitted him of murder and weapons-related charges. The panel failed to agree on a sentence, which is why the task fell to Matsch.

Prosecutors had asked Matsch to abide by the guidelines and sentence Nichols to life in prison. Under federal law, Matsch could not impose the death penalty. Nichols' attorneys recommended a maximum term of seven years, insisting their client was building "a life, not a bomb."

Nichols has said nothing publicly since his arrest shortly after the bombing. He expressed remorse in a letter written to Matsch after the trial ended last year.

Brother: Nichols 'upset'
Nichols' brother, James, from his farm in Michigan, said he had talked to Terry Nichols before the sentencing hearing.

"He's mad. He's upset," James Nichols said. "Because he's innocent. He's been convicted of a crime he didn't commit."

Nichols' ex-wife, Lana Padilla, and their teen-age son, Josh, were in the Denver courtroom Thursday and wept after the life sentence was pronounced. His current wife, Marife, and their two children were not there. They have moved to the Philippines.

Nichols' life sentence came a week after another Army colleague, Michael Fortier, who gave crucial testimony for the prosecution in both trials, was given a 12-year prison sentence. He admitted knowing about the bombing plot but did not alert authorities.