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Late Shift : We're just clowning around

 
  

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Jake, Colossus of Clout
01:20 / 11.05.06
You have a washing machine in your mouth!?

I don't know who you are anymore.
 
 
Bed Head
01:22 / 11.05.06
Teeth bleaching is rubbish. I like it best when someone you know has wonky teeth fixed or crowned or whatever it is they do - those teeth are suddenly all straight and that person totally *beams* for the first time when they smile, like years of accumulated low-level anxiety have been lifted away.

Er, it’s not a common thing. But I know two people who’ve had this done, and it’s been really lovely and generally happy-making. And they didn’t even have particularly crooked teeth. I didn't even realise they were bothered about it or that there was anything there to be bothered about. But I noticed when they suddenly weren't bothered any more.

Jake - yeah, I have been watching 24, for my sins, but y’know the only thing I could say I’m really digging about it is Chloe, actually. I’d more enjoy watching 24 if it was only about *her* instead of Jack. Just sat at her desk for 24 hours and scowling at people and muttering sarky asides while they’re still in earshot.
 
 
iamus
01:22 / 11.05.06
No no no! That's guaranteed to rob you of any rougishness you posess!

I suggest growing a mullet like the aforementioned baseball player, wearing a sleevless white T-shirt, chewing on a toothpick and starring in a film opposite Wil Wheaton and River Phoenix.

Fucking certain to clinch it.
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
01:25 / 11.05.06
Tranton, PA?

Is that kewl kid speak for Scranton? 'Cause I've been there. I had a girlfriend from central PA once, and that was a terrifying place. Right in the hills with a bunch of wild-eyed lunatics.

Err...That wasn't Tranton, was it?
 
 
semioticrobotic
01:26 / 11.05.06
That reminds me, iamus. I'm writing chunks of my Master's thesis this summer. What's it about? The long answer is: It's an attempt to augment current academic approaches to videogames by re-centering analysis on the body as a key to understanding the practice of videogaming. The short answer is: It's about Animal Crossing. I hope to play lots more with you in coming months, if you don't mind.
 
 
iamus
01:28 / 11.05.06
Ooohhh, that sounds really interesting Bryan.

I'd love you to PM me with more on exactly where you're going with that. Love to help out in any other ways I could.
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
01:29 / 11.05.06
Bryan: That. Is. So. Fucking. Cool.

If I'd had teachers like you in college, I might not have fucked off so much.
 
 
semioticrobotic
01:29 / 11.05.06
Jake- You're right about Scranton, but iamus is cryptically referring to my town in Animal Crossing, a videogame with which we're both slightly obsessed.
 
 
semioticrobotic
01:33 / 11.05.06
Why thanks to both of you!

I've just submitted the first revision of my thesis prospectus, and I'm fairly certain my committee will approve the project.

More specfically, I'm going focus on a thematic thread -- touch -- and weave it through three phenomenological reflections. My "theory base" is one part Peircean semiotics, one part exitential phenomenology, one part Jakobsonian communication theory and one part philosophy of interobjectivity.
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
01:34 / 11.05.06
I missed out on all the various Animal Crossing games(Wild World is the third, correct?), and I feel like I shouldn't have, now. I suppose I should get a DS and join in, but I'm not sure what else I would buy to make it worth the purchase. Having moved just recently, money is tight, and buying a DS and Animal Crossing is something like $120, very expensive if I don't use the DS too much.

What other games are must-haves?
 
 
semioticrobotic
01:44 / 11.05.06
AC:WW is the second AC game to be released in the States, if I'm not mistaken. It's, well, godly.

If you're going to buy a Nintendo DS, I'd recommend waiting until June, when the DS lite debuts. It'll cost the same as a DS (phat), and Nintendo might even release an AC:WW bundle.

Other great games for the DS: Trauma Center, Phoenix Wright, Advance Wars, and Mario Kart DS. More and more great games are being released each month.
 
 
semioticrobotic
01:47 / 11.05.06
And I've just realized how tired I've become. It's about that time, I think. 'Night all!
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
01:57 / 11.05.06
'Night, Bryan.

All my Lateshift homies throw ya hands in the air!!!

Seriously, is anybody out there?
 
 
c0nstant
01:59 / 11.05.06
bah! four in ther morning...should probably sleep soon
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
02:00 / 11.05.06
You tease.
 
 
iamus
02:01 / 11.05.06
Sorry, getting caught up in an MSN conversation with my sister who's in Canada at the mo.

Seriously though, there's tonnes and tonnes of games for the DS that make it worth getting. If you really want one, then you won't be short of software for it.
 
 
c0nstant
02:02 / 11.05.06
indeed. The ds is a fantastic toy, and quite cheap as well.
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
02:12 / 11.05.06
well, I love my GBA, so I've nothing against handhelds. I've been a Nintendo junkie since 1986, so playing games like Zelda: Minish Cap and Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission, as well as all of the quality 2D RPGs, has set my handheld plate for the past few years.

The question I have about the DS is whether or not it has a decent library of the games I like. I mentioned Metroid, Zelda and RPGs because I specifically like big, exploratory games on handhelds.

I hate racing games with a passion, so Mario Kart holds no appeal. I've heard that Meteos is great, but, as with racers, puzzle games don't thrill me. I'd just as soon do the crossword, honestly.

I suppose I would need a solid Action/Adventure/RPG/Sidescroller/Shooter library to wow me. Games like Animal Crossing (I thought there was an Animal Crossing for the 64 as well as the GC, that's why I said the DS version was the third- Is this false?) intrigue me because they seem to transcend genre. However, for every AC, I would need several other games to make the purchase worth it. Does the DS pack a respectable library of the above games?
 
 
iamus
02:25 / 11.05.06
DS AC is indeed the third.

Animal Forest was released for the N64 but was Japan-only. Then came GC Animal Crossing, and DS Animal Crossing. All three are essentially the same game updated. Holding out for a proper Wii reimagining.

Metroid Hunters is out now, I think. I've not played it yet, but from what I hear it's not quite the exploration-fest that you'd be accustomed to for a Metroid game. A bit more actiony, but still recognisably Metroid. There's a new Zelda on its way to the system as well.

A few RPG's lined up I think. At least one or two out already. Can't really comment though. Much as I love the genre, it's not been my focus with the DS. If there's one thing I can recommend it for it's the games that you can't really find on any other system. Like Brain Age and the like.
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
02:29 / 11.05.06
Ooh, yes, I've heard good things about Brain Age.

As for Metroid Prime: Hunters, isn't basically a head-to-head shooter? I've been turned off of both fighting games and PvP shooters over the past five or so years. I had my glory days in the late 90's with Tekken 3 and Soul Calibur for fighters, and Goldeneye and Perfect Dark for shooters. I was so obsessed with those games, and I got so insanely good, that I have had no interest at all in any competitive games of their ilk. I love 1-player FPS games, but that's about it (ys, halo, I'm talking to you, you overrated pile. Marathon was better).
 
 
c0nstant
02:35 / 11.05.06
perfect dark...my oh my, I have such good memories of that game! Me and my friends racked up a ridiculous amount of hours on that game. 3,000 easily. Glory days indeed they were
 
 
iamus
02:38 / 11.05.06
Marathon was better

Where have you been all my life?
 
 
Saint Keggers
02:41 / 11.05.06
Hellooo
 
 
iamus
02:43 / 11.05.06
Awwww fuck. Keggers pops in just as I have to bow out.


Sorry K. We shall shift again soon. Yay, like the days of yore. But not tonight, my friend. Not tonight.


Night all.
 
 
Saint Keggers
02:45 / 11.05.06
G'night Iamus!
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
02:49 / 11.05.06
Hey, Keggers!

iamus- Marathon was so much better. Halo is like Marathon, but without those pesky "smart" parts. I own and treasure the Marathon Trilogy Collector's Box Set (for Mac... With stickers!). I am Geekzilla.
 
 
The Return Of Rothkoid
04:04 / 11.05.06
I think there's some weird barbe-rainfall thing happening. It's about to hammer down here.
 
 
Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero
06:31 / 11.05.06
I had a girlfriend from central PA once, and that was a terrifying place. Right in the hills with a bunch of wild-eyed lunatics.

Do not trifle with PA mountain hillbillys. A large part of my extended family on my dad's side is made up of these sort of folks, and they are a crazy albeit hardy breed. True story: one of my cousins (once or twice removed) came to my brother's graduation party with a nasty scar on his neck a few years ago. We asked him what happened, to which he replied "oh, some jackass cut my throat as I was leaving my bar the other week."

Cut his throat. Like, with a knife. And he still managed to make to a distant relative's graduation party a couple weeks later. Totally acted like it was just one of those things that happens to everybody.
 
 
Gendudehashadenough
07:14 / 11.05.06
Who wants to write the rest of my paper on Wavelength?

More importantly, why does this moth insist on attempting to fly up my sleeve?

I gather alcholing and final taking aren't conducive...but, but it was the only way to make the walk speedy. Please keep me up.
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
00:10 / 13.05.06
LET US BEGIN!
 
 
iamus
00:12 / 13.05.06
-THRUST-
 
 
Mourne Kransky
00:13 / 13.05.06
You call that foreplay?
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
00:14 / 13.05.06
Oh, it was just a dry hump.
 
 
iamus
00:15 / 13.05.06
Is that dry like wit, or dry like a desert?
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
00:17 / 13.05.06
As long as there's nothing sandy, we're good.
 
  

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