Recent content by Aetmos

A nearby burger joint grills all its burgers with peanut oil. However, some people are allergic to peanuts (especially kids, and there is a kids amusement park closeby), and are thus warned that everything has peanut oil at the door and at a couple points inside. All of the ingredients the...

_Can_ Jack Thompson practice law in Thailand?

See, here in the west we just blame violent video games and ignore personal responsibility. In the east, they appoint government officials to take away any personal responsibility before it ever comes up.

Halo/Metroid crossover. Oh, wait... Seriously, Halo _is_ FPS. Its arguably the reason why they started making FPS games for consoles. Its not just the character that's iconic, its also the gameplay. Anything else will feel like generic scifi game #6813. Unless it has mecha-ponies...

MMOs are social games by definition. And many people will play MMOs long past their prime for their social aspects. So make social networking tools a priority. A game doesn't include any social networking tools beyond friend list and text chat? AutoFail.

Phantasy Star Universe. Such a collosal waste of money that was hard as hell to cancel.

Jamie Kennedy was funnier.

Halo is popular for two big reasons. The first is because it was a well-designed FPS game for consoles. That was an astonishingly rare breed at the time. Never mind the game features: just having a decent FPS on a console is rare enough. The second was the multiplayer. FPS games all...

Probably. AFAIK, this is how the LAN centers do it. Or at least the ones that respect software licenses.

It's hard to find a game completely free of violence, so let's instead say 'no blood' or 'abstract violence'. Civ 4 (http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/home.htm) would be my first choice. Its violence is as abstract as chess. It also can be played both cooperatively and competitively. It also has...

Ahh, Futurama. "Is he stupid, or just ugly?" "That's impossible." "Nothing's impossible if you can imagine it. That's what being a scientist is all about." "No, that's what being a magical elf is all about." "From now on, you'll be in charge of coordinating the Professor's bodily...

I love the implication that engineers, mathematicians, and computer scientists are somehow 'less normal', and closer to being autistic.

Finally, an opportunity to make my idea for sattelite-based chicago-style-pizza delivery chain a reality!

For real evil, you gotta go with someone totally unrepentant and amoral, someone who doesn't waste time trying to explain their problems away with cheesy justifications. I got five favorites. Kefka - Not only was he cartoonishly evil, but he got results when he actually took out most of...