- 3/31/01 4:36:03 AM

I've gone sort of dry on PC games for a bit now, other than Mechwarrior 4 of course (nothing like laying waste to big bases with a custom mech). The deal is that I'm trying to finish off those damn console RPGs I've started about a year ago. Right now, I'm trying to get Xenogears out of the way. Readers of the site may not know my feelings on this game, because I've kept most of my ranting on it to Usenet, where I can really build a full attack on this horrible game. Other than pointing you to ToastyFrog and looking for the History of Religion in Video Games article, I really don't want to say anything more about Xenogears. Although I do hate the game, I feel that it's so bad, you have to really play it to believe it. That's why I wish Jsoh would have the time to play it through--even though it would be totally unnecessary since he did play through a few hours of the game and watch me endlessly button mash through a straight hour of lame story exposition (and when it comes to lame story exposition, Xenogears is king). After that, though, I want to also finish Final Fantasy 8. I got all gooey playing it for the first time, because it reminded me of when I was 13, playing FF2/4. The stories start out the same way, a bit: you're in some elite super dee duper group, and you go on assignment. That's always fun, because it's some crazy elemental creature you can beat up. And then things start getting weird. Mainly, the good parts in FF8 are the writing, since the characters actually!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! have more than one lame dimension to them, as opposed to the rest of the games in the series, or the rest of the Square games, where say in FF6 the character with most depth was Shadow, just because he was endlessly enigmatic, and had no ties to anything. And that's it. This Squall guy looks like a loser of a hero, but there's enough apathy there to make you believe that he doesn't want to be caught up in any hero shit, because he's a lonely loser. That's something you don't see in any RPG for any console. FUCK CONSOLE GAMGEHGSB After I finish that crap, I also want to totally finish off Diablo 2. Which might be impossible, unless I can actually find someone to play with who's on the Hell difficulties who I know, doesn't suck, isn't retarded, and speaks English. So far, I haven't found any random person on Battle.net who fits those requirements. I mean aside from the part where I have to know them. Oh yeah. Apparently, some people do read our site. On an afternote, I hope I can one day write a paragraph that doesn't have "really" or "actually" every other sentence. REALLY. Actually, I don't care.

- 3/30/01 12:41:44 PM

Just reading TMB about death_to_women (because yes), and getting ill that she claimed there was a law or legislatsiodsn pushed by some moron (female) students at Columbia University in NYC that restricts an accused human being at the campus accused of rape or sexual harassment from having an attorney present during proceedings or even being able to cross examine a witness, standard rights that everyone in America has everywhere, no matter what the crime, EVEN TREASON. These dumb bims are so busy trying to eliminate the rights of men on campus, they aren't learning anything. I guess that makes sense. I couldn't stand the fact that I didn't actually know anything about this, so I went to Yahoo to look up "Columbia University New York." Nothing. I add the word rape and I get the website for one of the dumbest college sites ever, SAFER. Students Active For Ending Rape. Ending? Is there really someone on this planet, in college no less, who thinks that they can end a crime by limiting a human being's rights granted in the United States Holiest of Holy pieces of paper? Do they even think that some law will actually get rid of a crime, at all, ever? They had a page that had pictures of them, and they're all ugly. Yea, I'm sure rape is such a massive problem over there. It's an epidemic. And it's all the men's fault, women are the targets of all this incredible and unexplained abuse. They were asking for it. Women love rape, that's why they are showering so much attention. I scanned the site looking for where they mention the "restrictions of rights" stuff, not finding anything at all except a lot of meeting and talks to students about how sexual abuse is so wrong and stuff. It all looked fairly ok, since we all know that guys think college is about smoking pot, driving drunk, and date rape. Alright, that is certainly all well and good, but where's what I was looking for? I went to the page dedicated to listing what this new law thing was supposed to do, and just found a sea of THERFOR TO ADDITIONALLY shit. I did a word search on "cross" as in cross examine and found this near the bottom of the page: "The hearing is not an adversarial courtroom-type proceeding; the student does not necessarily have the right to be present to hear other witnesses and does not have the right to cross-examine witnesses or prevent the consideration of relevant evidence. In addition, although students are always free to consult with an attorney, they are not permitted to have an attorney present during a disciplinary hearing or at any appeal." http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/resolutions/99-00/TF022500.html Ugh. "Not necessarily?" And guess what, they're saying that more schools are pushing for something like this to happen at schools everywhere. "Confidentiality about identifying information regarding the participants in the hearing must be maintained by all individuals involved." In other words, any information about the case is to be kept secret from the accused, so he can go to prison quietly and quickly. No interference. Is rape really that important? "Breaches of the confidentiality of the proceedings, or retaliation against any person bringing a complaint will constitute separate violations of the Sexual Misconduct Policy." So if the person actually goes up to the accusor and says "what's with these bullshit charges," they get punished. That last sentence was placed under a few paragraphs pretty much telling you what happens when a trial occurs, things that just so happened to be totally contradictory to the stuff I quoted above from the very same page. Ok, I am fucking done now. I get money today, so I will soon be engorged on pizza and video games while fucking totally flying out of my mind high. Mp3 of the this: The Who - Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand.mp3 What they done to her man.

- 3/29/01 1:27:05 PM

From the "No one likes to bash 4 year old game projects" files: I played Holy-Wars Half Life. It was fun. Sorta. For about 15 minutes. Granted, it's the first beta release, but that's exactly how it plays, LIKE A FUCKING SHITTY MOD. This is not a release that is very intensive to make or play, but more like a mod that takes 2 months to make by yourself inside a closet starting from scratch. However actually it just so happens to be, it's a mod released by some friends of the Counter Strike team (a mod that is totally fucking boring and old now, but at least looks professional). I read the site and they mention how the next release (slated for 2010) is gonna have another new game mode of some type, and a few more 2-6 person maps. Ok then. Most of the reviews are glowing though, which just goes to prove that children should not bother trying to actually write reviews, it should be left up to the professional critics. And yea, the sounds are not bad, but who cares? "Oh wow that ping sound is in 16 bit, this mod is excellent." Fuck that bullshit. In this country, being a critic is supposed to be like being an enemy of everything, but that's simply because a critic isn't supposed to give everything ever released a good review. That's why Gamefan died, because they gave every game ever made (DIAKATANA) a 9 or 10 out of 10. And that is not how an objective critic makes a living.

- 3/27/01 11:14:36 PM

FUCK YOU MEGAN YOU THOUGHT CANDY WAS GOING TO COME OUT, YOU FUCKING DUMB GASH FUCK YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOWAH

- 3/27/01 11:02:01 PM

E L I M I N A T I O N I S C O M P L E T E

- 3/27/01 6:41:52 AM

Alexander the Overlong History Lesson. That song is excellent, but not because of fast as fuck solos.

- 3/26/01 10:52:08 PM

http://www.majingohan.com/editorials16.html If you're writing stuff like the above, it's time you seriously reevaluate your life. However, I'm glad. Whenever some overstuffed anime fan has to write a big rambling poorly-worded missive about how their entire beautiful world of homosexual cartooning is crumbling around them, I can only say HORAY. Bonus points for implying that not only do people send hate mail to DBZ sites to make the site owners happy, but also backing that statement up by saying "it's true." Also, extra extra points for the sentence: "The human race...is pathetic." Now THAT is comedy.

- 3/26/01 10:06:12 PM

Perhaps Alexander Teh Grape's name struck candy into the hearts of men. But then again, perhaps not! It is something we all have to find out for ourselves. Personally, I think Aelxandre Teeh Garpe's name struck a fast-as-fuck solo into the hearts of men.

- 3/26/01 5:51:04 PM

http://redmoonstudios.com/tnu/dedication.htm This is why our site is better than everyone else's.

- 3/26/01 9:40:10 AM

Gladiator?

- 3/24/01 8:57:37 AM

Minimum wage/menial corporate task jobs (i.e. fast food places, grocery stores, stock work) are all lies formulated along with Ritalin and Prozac to keep American kids under control and programmable by the government, school, and parents. These are not real jobs, they are just fake distractions from real life, just like school. These jobs are meant for people who ALREADY don't have a free will of their own. The free will meant to be taken by their baby boomer parents already, due to the jealousy of another generation getting a chance at all the freedom that their generation had. THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE PROFESSED THE FORMULA - posted to the Living in Greytown message board (by ME!!!!!!)

- 3/23/01 9:10:17 PM

Some people think that the meaning of life is about entertainment. Having a good time before they dissapear off the planet. But they're wrong. The meaning of life (if you are really ready for this) is simply to collect and share knowledge. To go out into the world and pick up and store as much information as you can. And then, share it with as many people as possible. This sets off a chain reaction making sure that human thought is constantly moving forward. Scientists keep studying and learning, and then going on to share their information with their fellow scientists (and then I blast them with the shotgun and quick load). Sharing all their information before their life is extinguished and they dissapear, and the comets and meteors fall down and the tidal waves sweep the land and all of humanity becomes soulless compost, rotting through the night in blood laced misery. This is why I don't do anything but play video games, watch TV, smoke weed and drink pop. If I told you what it takes to reach the highest high, you'd laugh and say nothing's that simple.

- 3/23/01 3:55:58 PM

MP3 of the TEH: Bruce Springsteen - Pink Cadillac.mp3 Crust on the seats?

- 3/22/01 8:17:38 PM

Will I whu? Will I whu? You knoooooooow what I like.

- 3/21/01 8:36:53 AM

We quit school because we're lazy as hell. I don't know who I'm trying to kid with this "not meant for school" crap.

- 3/20/01 6:36:11 PM

As promised, a brand new Adventures of Kitty and Flowwa.

- 3/20/01 12:05:21 AM

"Minds like theirs are wasted in bodies that don't shoot 75 bullets a minute." - Robert "Cyphreey" Lowe, on the subject of Teh Eivl Caebl Bros.

- 3/19/01 3:09:24 AM

>|( It's angry Robocop! Expect to see him in The All New Adventures of Kitty and Flower, coming this spring!

- 3/18/01 8:51:01 PM

http://www.geocities.com/roflgames/zero-life/index.html Overkill alert.

- 3/18/01 7:11:19 PM

By the way, I was banned from the Something Awful IRC channel, which is a part of one of the uncoolest communities on the web (aside from perhaps teen mothers or Pokemon fans). Here is how it all happened.

- 3/18/01 6:57:07 PM

Tonight on VH1: The Top 20 Greatest "Top 100 Greatest" Shows of VH1. Also, tonight on The History Channel: The History of The History Channel's History of The History Channel's Shows of World War 2. And on TBS: 20 straight hours of Cliffhanger.

- 3/16/01 11:39:41 PM

Sometimes I actually forget why Jsoh and I quit school. Then, on few occasions, I get flashes of memory about specific stuff that happened in school, or I get things that trigger memories. For example, Jsoh's "high school/retard school" days, where he'd go to the high school for the first hour of the day, and then go to the retard school for the rest of the school day. The problem was that the school had a deal called "quality time" every Wednesday, where school would start an hour later than normal (apparently because of kids burning out and missing school so often). The retard school didn't have this, so on Wednesdays he would just go to the retard school. Here's where things get pathetic and made us realize that school wasn't worth our time: Jsoh failed the class because of this quality time shit. It was the only high school class he went to, and since he couldn't go there every Wednesday, it would count as an absence, and all he needed was 8 absences to get a failing grade. In other words, he was going to the class FOR ABSOLUTELY NO FUCKING GODDAMN REASON other than to get a failing grade and waste time. That was more of a finishing moment. We really knew we should've stopped going to school when they started giving us homework. We knew we weren't going to do it, and we knew we shouldn't have to, since we were already going to school for 7 hours a day just to get home to freedom but instead have to work another couple hours on homework for 5 different classes and then pretend we want to practice for band afterwards. Plus burnout teachers who were more emotionally unstable than all of the students combined. I also think that our huge egos had something to do with it--I know I wouldn't want to even be in the same building as someone who seems like they didn't finish being given birth to, and I was offended that I had to. I didn't really resented them, I just resented having to do the same "prove you understand the work" shit that everyone else did. Extra pointless work just to make sure that even the morons who were only half raised by their parents know that in order to do the work, they have to first know how to READ. They always said that if we cheat on tests or whatever, we're only really cheating ourselves. But they won't let anyone really learn that lesson the hard way and have the kids face a screaming death by starvation because they wanted to happi chat with their emotionless carbon unit peers. It's so much better doing nothing all day, I can't even describe it. We certainly cherished it more when we actually skipped school to do nothing all day, but now we don't even have to skip the school to do the nothing. The only thing I miss about school: being able to spot the crazy loner who doesn't have any friends because they're mysterious goths. I never saw any. But I bet THE EVIL JOCKS saw enough, because they're always making fun of them. I've gone completely off track. NEVER MIND. MY BLACK MYSTERIOUS SOUL IS TOO MYSTERIOUS AND DARK AND SCARY FOR THIS UPDATE TO CONTINUE.

- 3/16/01 11:08:10 PM

You know, the music industry just does not have enough money. POOR MUSIC INDUSTRY, HOW WILL IT SURVIVE? How about, they start inventing bands out of thin air. Just the most homogenized middle of the road swill ever. Sure, it'll degrade the state of music, but it will make billions. Then, take bands that are already signed, and just totally fuck them over by trumping up the costs of being in a major label contract, indebting them to the industry. Then twist them and their sound so that they become a boring and predictable cash cow like all the other faceless shit that's signed. Then, take one of the most pathetic suburban bands from a dipshit state like Florida or Cali and promote them to VP status. You'll make all that money back that you lost from Napster. Yea, all those trillions that you undoubtedly lost. Anyone check the "Napster money stealing" ticker? It's in the giga$'s. J-pop will be the next big thing over here. And by the way, anime sucks a big faggoty cock.

- 3/13/01 10:37:44 AM

Saddest moment playing Mech Warrior 4: I had entered a mission where I was to break into an enemy base and rescue a bunch of imprisoned mech pilots. I had entered the base with my squad and knocked down one or more enemy mechs. I was feeling pretty badass and someone comes over the radio and makes a comment that we should blow up their fuel reserves. Well I saw those big fuel tanks right in front of my face, and shot at them instantly. Perhaps some of my shots went wild or something, but then the mission ended in failure. Apparently I blew up the prison barracks. Next damn thing you know, my whole squad is blabbing about how they can't believe that all those people just died, and it was so awful oh my god how will I ever get over this. Naturally, that took the wind right out of my sails for the rest of my life. Rolling Stones - Shake Your Hips.mp3 Minus the mp3 part. I forgot I owned this album.

- 3/12/01 9:11:58 PM

Two new reviews in the reviews section: Mechwarrior 4, and our long overdue and massive Half-Life review. HORAX!!!!!

- 3/12/01 3:23:38 AM

It's funny what ignorance does to people. http://www.wastelandhalflife.com Go there and read the forums. You might just notice that the smart players have won, and the shitty bots that drove people away from playing WHL are no longer considered a functioning part of the mod. So what's funny? You see more posts from people whining about the bot haters and making excuses about why no one plays WHL anymore or why the bots suck, or even outright praising some of the worst bots ever released for a mod ever, than you actually see posts from people who hate the bots. It's really quite funny. And sad. These morons infect every corner of the mod community. They make the mod they enjoy look bad. And yes, the mod is dying/dead. When the new beta 2 was released, there was a massive flood of new players who loved the mod. 50 dedicated servers always ran. That was a few months ago. Now you look for servers, and there's one that actually has people playing it. Or at least, that's what it seemed like the last 20 times I played. I must admit, I haven't even bothered playing the mod since Vampire Slayers was released.

- 3/9/01 10:40:54 AM

TBS, "the Superstation," has all these new ads with very short clips from comedies or whatever, then fade to white and fade in the tagline, "It's a guy thing." Now I'm all for insulting wymyn, but this is just kinda dumb. However, I think that the perfect "It's a guy thing" movie clip commercial has yet to be made. The scene from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, where Steve Martin and Jhoh Candy wake up in bed together, and Steve asks "where's your other hand," and Candy says "it's between two pillows." And then Steve says "THOSE AREN'T PILLOWS!!!!!!!!!!" It's a guy thing. TBS™ And later tonight on TEH History Channel: The History of The History Channel's Shows About World War 2.

- 3/9/01 9:58:39 AM

We appeal to a need. Where one never used to be. Because what it takes to rock is to suck some corporate cock. So hey everybody we'll be the girls next door. The Who - Live at Leeds - Summertime Blues (full version).mp3

- 3/8/01 5:51:04 PM

JTJhohcablegetskilledinrobocop50.htm My grim future.

- 3/5/01 8:27:58 AM

I've broken down most misunderstandings over the internet to five missing factors. 1: Logic (if you can't think, then you can't understand) 2: Spelling (if you can't speak your native language very well, after already learning it, then you probably can't think very well either) 3: Caps (no caps means they're self-depreciating, all caps means they're retarded) 4: Morals (if you judge everything by what SHOULD be good or bad, then you'll end up wrong most of the time) 5: Math (is it REALLY that fair that the more talented bands are poor?) My brother and I have understood these factors for a long long time now. That is why we are never ever wrong. EVER.

- 3/2/01 6:18:38 PM

Crouching Tiger, Overrated Movie.

- 3/1/01 11:46:55 AM

Dave Kelly says he needs help getting more readers. So everyone go to www.livingingreytown.com and just read the whole thing. That means YOU, Megan.