Recent content by Aslyn

Thanks everyone! I really like the portal cupcakes idea, and the level 1 banner idea. Any games ideas? Most of the kids will be older, 4 or five-ish. Only thing I can think of is a chocobo race.

My daughters first birthday is approaching, and the theme of her party is "future gamer". Unfortunately, I'm drawing a blank on ways to tie the theme together without spending a ton of money on licensed crap. Any gamers out there with ideas for games, food, decorations, funny puns? For my...

My husband bought me Persona 3 four years ago and I still haven't played it.... If I know a game is really long, and/or is difficult to save (45 min plus between save points), then I tend to put it off. When I first got it, I was in grad school working a crazy amount every week, and now I have...

To parrot everyone else, you should be fine. My university had clubs for Japanese culture, anime, Magic:The Gathering, Halo, on and on and on. And this is when Halo 2 was new, geek culture is bigger now.

I don't have a problem with the concept in general, but the thought of someone else being the first one to have that talk with my children makes me unhappy. However, I fully intend on being honest from the start about the "where do babies come from?" question, and what good and bad touches are...

The first hour is the tutorial.... so yeah, it is just smash and survive. I personally LOVE the new Tomb Raider. I don't think games in general are getting crappier. I think the industry is just spreading out to new markets. Some games are getting confused about what they want to offer.

I'm probably restating, since I didn't read m/any of the comments. But, I agree. This is an industry that exists to make money. Like in movies, there are some that push boundaries and are extremely artistic, but as whole, it's all about the benjamins. I do hate how sneaky they try to be...

Prostitution and pornography support human trafficking. Tell someone (man, woman, or child) that you will *insert horrifying act here* if they don't prostitute themselves, they will most likely prostitute themselves. And if you ask "Hey, are you being trafficked?" they will most likely lie...

This. I will buy new if I like the developer/publisher/whatever and wish for them to have my monetary support. For instance, if there's ever a Psychonauts 2, I will buy new. I buy all Activision games used. I can still enjoy it, and they don't get my money.

"Why can't you give me more money for this?!?" said by everyone who has ever traded games at GameStop. Because I make per hour about what your game is worth, Gamestop is an evil corporation, and they don't let me arbitrarily change prices. Also, "Are you closed?" When the open sign is...

You don't need books. Being yourself is good. If you are depressed or neurotic or any of the other things that might drive people away, then you may want to work on that before getting into a relationship. Girls just want guys to be normal. I do hate that modern culture seems to be saying...

Please don't think you need to blame having opinions on crazy hormones. Own your opinion. Be confident. And don't propagate the lie that all women have crazy hormones that make them irrational. The rest of us don't appreciate it. Thanks. :) OT, I voted confront it head on. Regardless of...

I talk to myself at the grocery store. Like "oh, good, this one's cheaper!" or "no, we don't need that right now." Fortunately, I have a baby, so I pretend I'm talking to him. But I'd do it even if he weren't there. Also, I read books in the shower. Without getting them wet. I'm sure I...

I worked at a burn clinic in Haiti after the earthquake. I'm just gonna leave it at that.

It's already legal in Louisiana for a parent to buy their teen alcohol in public. We are much more conservative than CO, but it's a big drinking state. I think that if you can vote and join the army, you should be able to drink. What the age is doesn't really matter to me, I just think they...