Recent content by BitterLemon

I believe I was 8yo and my best friend's sister got a 486 because she was studying what used to be called here "data processing" (a technical course to learn programming). We instantly dropped the NES he had and the PC became our videogame. I guess the first games we've played were Prince of...

I used to wear briefs not too long ago. Where I live, briefs don't have this association of beign kids underware, but it's becoming "the old man underware". Unfortunately for me, I discovered this fact when I was fooling around with a girl in her early twenties and later she said "why the fuck...

Electric ovens are kinda of a luxury item here. You can buy a cheap gas stove for less than U$200 and there's gas company trucks that pass on the street once a week selling gas cylinders. They cost about U$25 and they last for 3-4 months. Electric ovens, on the other hand, costs U$800. It's a...

I'm brazilian, never seen an eletric kettle before, but I used to have a coffee machine. When we boil water, we use a regular kettle on the stove and just... wait. We drink tea, but people drink it once a day, mostly at breakfast, so there's not much need to be tea efficient, I guess. There's...

This is not completely off, Brazil and Africa share a lot of culture because of slavery. Modern capoeira was formed in Brazil, but it's origins are from Africa. I don't know if it's from Kenya, though... brazilian slaves usually came from regions that today are Angola, Mozambique and Congo. But...

In the first game, I was enjoying the story much more before the Reapers were introduced, to be honest. I thought it would be a more political story, full of intrigue and tensions, humans struggling to be accepted, navigating the politics of the council... When the Reapers were introduced, it...

My last hulk out moment was 2 years ago, when I was working on a game dev studio. I was modeling a 3D level section for a racing game and our schedule was very tight. I was sleeping very little, working long hours everyday and suddenly, the modeling software froze. When I started it again, my...

I'll probably install SteamOS on my PC, which is getting dust since I bought a laptop for working. It has very good specs, since I've built it to work with video/hi-res image editing. The only reason I've abandoned it is that I'm constantly traveling between two cities and it's freaking huge and...

I'm a Explorer, I used to study cinema in college and I've worked in some short-movies as a cinematographer. I don't watch movies as much as I used to, but still is a big part of my life. These days I'm more into classics and "foreign", my favourite genre is drama.

I feel okay communicating with other people. I'm a introvert and I'm shy, but nothing out of ordinary. I'm a little slow talking to strangers, but soon I loosen up. I don't hide my emotions but I hold my opinions until I know the person better, to avoid unnecessary conflict. With friends, I'm...

Portal & Portal 2 I used to be a big fan of Half-Life and Team Fortress Classic and I was waiting for Orange Box like it was God descending from heaven and coming to my PC. And then there was Portal in the bundle. I was unaware of the hype back then and I've played it like it was some kind of...

Dirt2 has the best licensed music selection I've seen so far, love it. I discovered Yeah Yeah Yeahs through it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcjPFAV1foU

The ps4 official price here is U$1750. The minimum wage is U$295, so it's a luxury item, most people would have to work half a year to buy one. PS4 price is near my monthly salary and I work 40+ hours per week, so I'm not much excited about it, probably I'll stick to installing steamOS on...

There's no way of knowing how people will react if they realize that you like them, you can't be so deterministic. There's lots of people who feel at least a bit flattered when they discover that someone likes them, even if they don't feel the same. Sometimes people may act weirdly not because...

Have you ever heard the term "spotlight effect"? It's a term for the feeling of beign the center of attention when surrounded by people, we always have this feeling. It's stronger for some and can cause a lot of stress, but the truth is that most of the time, no one is paying attention to us...