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General Chat / Re: Relationdukars

« on: August 19, 2011, 07:11:38 PM »

Scrolling down, the ending of that comic took me completely by surprise and turned my growing sappiness-induced annoyed frown into a giant grin.

Yup.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Favorite Video Game Song

« on: August 16, 2011, 07:06:42 PM »

Everything sounds better on a Commodore 64

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Video Game Chat / Re: Frozen Synapse

« on: August 16, 2011, 06:51:12 PM »

I'm on a netbook right now.

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General Chat / Re: Relationdukars

« on: August 16, 2011, 02:04:02 PM »

My wife wouldn't let me.

This is the only valid excuse anyone is going to have.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Bleedthrough

« on: August 16, 2011, 02:01:39 PM »

That only counts as video game bleedthrough if you are an unread swine.

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General Chat / Re: The ANGST thread: Complain here!

« on: August 14, 2011, 10:25:43 AM »

Buy Honest Hearts expansion for Fallout: New Vegas. Everyone in my group immediately killed. Named NPCs shooting at me and trying to kill me, no one to talk to, seems odd, shoot back and kill them in self defense. Walk to opposite end of map and get a map. Fast travel back to beginning location. Honest Hearts is over. $10 for 5 minutes of completely plotless gameplay.

I'm aware that it probably bugged out or something, but that, uh, doesn't make it okay.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Frozen Synapse

« on: August 13, 2011, 08:00:36 PM »

You should gift it to me because I play video games and would actually play this game (at least once) with you.

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Friend Codes / Re: 3DS friend codes

« on: August 12, 2011, 05:10:47 PM »

3480-2717-7949

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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: Predictions

« on: August 12, 2011, 09:29:46 AM »

ATTENTION RETARDS:

Machines and computers are replacing humans in jobs that are capable of being performed by machines and computers.

The job titles of "Drive Thru Operator" and "Cash Register Monkey" not being available for the people of the future is a GOOD thing. Humanity should aspire to greater purpose.

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Video Game Chat / Re: It's the 3DS!

« on: August 12, 2011, 09:16:07 AM »

So far my mind is blown by the AR Card games. But I'm not sure, does the 3DS have any games?

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Video Game Chat / Re: It's the 3DS!

« on: August 12, 2011, 08:52:18 AM »

(I didn't even think of the swearing in the comic, my bad)

3480-2717-7949

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Video Game Chat / Re: It's the 3DS!

« on: August 11, 2011, 09:17:53 PM »

Wal-mart selling 3DS for $170 a day early.

Get into Ambassador Club despite only paying $170.

Deal with it.

[Language warning for attached image]

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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: Predictions

« on: August 10, 2011, 06:14:13 PM »

I predict that the idea of your book has already been featured in many science fiction novels. (I predict that one notable example of this prediction is 1984)

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Forum Games / Re: The REAL Astronaut Story 3: Defiled Inheritence

« on: August 09, 2011, 08:42:53 AM »

I check the local news website on my computer.

Local news, national news, world news, they all have similar headlines, with small variations:
"INACCESSIBLE DESERT HIDEAWAY DISCOVERED; CLUES HINT TOWARDS EARTH TRAITOR,"
"AWOL ASTRONAUT MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR KRIKK INVASION OF EARTH,"
"SINGLE LIVING RELATIVE OF HUMANITY-BETRAYING ASTRONAUT FOUND,"
"DESCENDANTS OF EARTH'S SURVIVORS SCREAM FOR BLOOD OF ASTRONAUT PROGENY."

All of these results flood the search engine in seconds. The oldest report seems to be an hour old; the report claiming to find the descendent is only 20 minutes old. It includes a fuzzy picture of you in Chess Club from your senior year in high school, and mentions you by name. Employees still all stare at you, saying nothing, and the crowd many stories below is still gathered and unruly.

What do you do?

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Forum Games / The REAL Astronaut Story 3: Defiled Inheritence

« on: August 08, 2011, 06:36:16 PM »

Your father has just died. On his deathbed he had started to tell you something about your grandfather that you never met. It seemed important, something to do with the Krikk invasion from before you were born; he also seemed to mention something about gold. However, in his dying breaths his words became incomprehensible, and he died muttering about fortune, regret, and dereliction of duty.

Several months later you are in your dull office building, typing reports about other reports about desk chair durability tests. You not only failed to live up to your grandfather's wild legacy as a brave, brilliant astronaut, but your life devoid of love, meaning, or spectacle even pales in comparison to your father's modest life as a loving husband and father. Your inherent greyness has blended in to the grey world around you.

A coworker watching the Noon news in the break room suddenly exits and begins whispering to other employees in all the cubicles around you. You find that everyone on the massive floor is now looking in your direction; shock, disgust, and horror on their faces. Through the window behind your cubicle, 20 floors below, you see a small, but unruly (hard to tell from so high up) gathering of people at the entrance of the building.

What do you do?