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[Solifuge]

Ouch! When you're trying to dress up your Ramen in the future, take a lesson from the street stalls; try adding a sliced up boiled egg, some greens (bok choy is great, but in a pinch spinach will do), or even some dried fish/squid jerky. Tasty stuff!

[MaximumZero]

Follow it up with buffalo wings! Best sore throat cure ever.

[Sirus]

Yeah I really didn't play Iji all the way through, I don't know why, it's not like I wasn't enjoying myself. Maybe I'll give it another look.

Be sure to get the newest/final version if you do. I played the penultimate release and got annoyed by the spoilered section below:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I was going for a pacifistic run, and after the truce with the Tasen and discovering that some had survived in a bunker, I wanted to meet them. However, in that version, Iosa killed them all regardless of how you played. In the new one, a pacifistic Iji will actually beat Iosa there and the Tasen will let her in.

There's a problem with the new Pacifist mode, though.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Killing an enemy with their own bullets using the shooty-reflecting-shield thing no longer counts as a kill.  That ruined pacifist mode for me, though the obvious solution is "don't use it".  See, it's true that they shot at you first, so you can argue that it's their fault.  But if YOU armed your reflection shield, then jumped in the pit and provoked them to shoot you with full knowledge that it would kill them instead, and then you stole their nano charge stuff... well, then you still killed someone for their loot.  True pacifism lies in avoiding those who would do you harm, instead of giving them death at their own hands.

Man, the music in that game is the best ever.  But if you didn't get there legitimately, some of the impact is lost.  The endboss music is amazing, and the credits music is heartwrenchingly beautiful (given the events).

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

This is true. I do usually keep the reflector on though, if only because there are some situations that are very difficult to get out of (like the time when you must wait a few minutes for a door to unlock while more and more enemies show up. In such a confined space, I feel that Iji is justified in defending herself the only way she can.

I always thought it was ironic that in order to get a pacifistic ending, you must get every weapon in the game

Just for fun, I fired up the final boss' music in Audiosurf once. It was pretty much solid downhill red the whole way. Amazing ride.

[kaenneth]

If someone asks you if you'd like to punch Justin Bieber in the face, the answer is yes.

(unrelated)

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[Duke 2.0]

 Spent the whole day fishin' off the coast of NY. Absolutely fantastic weather and plenty of fish. No Striped Bass we were huntin' for, but still plenty of other decent-sized fish. Had a little barbecue at a nearby park with one of the fish until sunset. The worst part of my day was returning to Manhattan, which I am increasingly developing a hate for.

[Aqizzar]

So, I got in a nearly two hour argument with my boss today.  Over labor policy.  I've been officially working for the guy seven weeks tomorrow, and not a week has gone by where we don't get into a political argument heated enough that I can feel the adrenalin.  This was the only one where I had to straight up tell him, dude I'm not comfortable having an argument about labor policy with the guy who signs my paycheck.

Then at the end of the day, after I've been going over his absolutist morality arguments and staunch belief that a scientific view of the world discards necessary "metaphysical realities" and fearing that he probably doesn't trust me an inch and is probably ready to fire me, he asked if I wanted to earn some cash watching his house and dog for a week when he takes his family on vacation.  Welp.

And y'know, I've been feeling for a little while now as the political threads here trudge on zombielike, that I actually miss having people like Nikov around.  Now that I'm regularly having Internet Kombat level debates in person with a grown adult who pays me to be in his house, I can feel my past education retaining its edge.

[kaijyuu]

Then at the end of the day, after I've been going over his absolutist morality arguments and staunch belief that a scientific view of the world discards necessary "metaphysical realities" and fearing that he probably doesn't trust me an inch and is probably ready to fire me, he asked if I wanted to earn some cash watching his house and dog for a week when he takes his family on vacation.  Welp.

Heh, I've got this weird sort of respect for people who can have very passionate opinions about controversial stuff, but not let it get in the way of their relations with those who disagree. Sounds to me like this guy is really into his politics but respects you enough to be in charge of his stuff for a week, despite the political differences.


Or he's setting up a trap to get you arrested for home invasion.

And y'know, I've been feeling for a little while now as the political threads here trudge on zombielike, that I actually miss having people like Nikov around.

Yeah, I always liked it when people with contrary opinions (for this forum) showed up. It's dull arguing with people you agree with, since the arguments are almost always going to be over nitpicky small details. Too bad such people were often scared away (or banned).

[Leafsnail]

Nikov was completely insufferable on certain topics, but it was nice having a dissenting view on the ones where he wouldn't "neener neener".  I guess most of the political discussions that still potentially have the power to divide don't come up so much really due to general weariness of the topic.

[RedWarrior0]

Baccalaureate Mass and Dinner were tonight, as well as an end to finals/AP tests. Now all I need is to live through graduation.

Also, my classmates voted me most likely to win a Nobel Prize, and other people most likely to do other stuff (be elected President, become a pro athlete, get kicked out of college, etc.)

[Itnetlolor]

Yeah I really didn't play Iji all the way through, I don't know why, it's not like I wasn't enjoying myself. Maybe I'll give it another look.

Be sure to get the newest/final version if you do. I played the penultimate release and got annoyed by the spoilered section below:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I was going for a pacifistic run, and after the truce with the Tasen and discovering that some had survived in a bunker, I wanted to meet them. However, in that version, Iosa killed them all regardless of how you played. In the new one, a pacifistic Iji will actually beat Iosa there and the Tasen will let her in.

There's a problem with the new Pacifist mode, though.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Killing an enemy with their own bullets using the shooty-reflecting-shield thing no longer counts as a kill.  That ruined pacifist mode for me, though the obvious solution is "don't use it".  See, it's true that they shot at you first, so you can argue that it's their fault.  But if YOU armed your reflection shield, then jumped in the pit and provoked them to shoot you with full knowledge that it would kill them instead, and then you stole their nano charge stuff... well, then you still killed someone for their loot.  True pacifism lies in avoiding those who would do you harm, instead of giving them death at their own hands.

Man, the music in that game is the best ever.  But if you didn't get there legitimately, some of the impact is lost.  The endboss music is amazing, and the credits music is heartwrenchingly beautiful (given the events).

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

This is true. I do usually keep the reflector on though, if only because there are some situations that are very difficult to get out of (like the time when you must wait a few minutes for a door to unlock while more and more enemies show up. In such a confined space, I feel that Iji is justified in defending herself the only way she can.

I always thought it was ironic that in order to get a pacifistic ending, you must get every weapon in the game

Just for fun, I fired up the final boss' music in Audiosurf once. It was pretty much solid downhill red the whole way. Amazing ride.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I usually invested a ton of my levels in life and shield so that I can take an explosive impact while an enemy is nearby, and get them killed by non-reflected crossfire. Sure it hurt, but I was able to level up much quicker, and it didn't count towards my kill counter since I technically didn't pull any trigger (that includes deflector).

And that bonus weapon lives up to it's name. It's a shame that it's only an endgame weapon though. Would have been awesome to have for a new game +.

[Scelly9]

This guy is good.

[penguinofhonor]

And y'know, I've been feeling for a little while now as the political threads here trudge on zombielike, that I actually miss having people like Nikov around.

Yeah, I always liked it when people with contrary opinions (for this forum) showed up.

We've got a couple now, but they're not really fully contrary. Just people who are like 50% in agreement with the forum's general political views instead of 100%, so they only spark discussion on some topics.

It's dull arguing with people you agree with, since the arguments are almost always going to be over nitpicky small details.

Yeah, being one of the people who tends to be in these arguments, they're on all the nitpickiest and niche topics I know of. I feel like we've at least shied away from semantics after the great gypsy disaster.

[armeggedonCounselor]

Been playing a lot of Quest for Glory lately. GoG is a good site.

[JoshuaFH]

Going back to my hunt for the ideal frantic and desperation fueled game, I decided to load up my saves of Half-Life 2 to relive the fun of the survival gauntlets at Nova Prospekt or however it's spelled.

Wow, I remember these being alot harder than how I'm just walking right over them. Kind of a disappointment, but the game is still fun. Might finish the game for my third time so I can refresh myself on the story, and then go on to the sequel episodes that I've never played.

[Tellemurius]

i found a new friend and its a girl, what am i gonna do tomorrow i have no clue, probably go shopping for her new apartment.