Recent content by jimtheviking

Thus my suggestion of getting him into workplace-provided counselling. His dad's a cop. Cops have shrinks on hand for shit like this - I say this as the relative of both cops and shrinks, telling him to say "Dad, you have to deal with this on your own" is terrible advice. Telling him to call...

Dude, that is possibly the worst piece of advice you can give someone who's dealing with a suicidally depressed individual. Increasing their feelings of isolation is a sure-fire way to push them closer to the brink, and I'm fair sure that's not what TitanAtlas wants here.

It sucks, and I'm not going to lie about that. Most of the folks here have encouraged you, that's good, and it's what you need. I'm not going to do that, though, and I acknowledge that I'm going to sound like a dick here, so skip to the last paragraph if you want the feel-good bit. Your...

Magnificent troll is magnificent. <spoiler=My reaction to this thread> http://i.imgur.com/xgcBF.gif

This was my favourite fighting game of all time; I've still got a copy of it, in fact, and break it out every now and again. Thanks for reminding me how awesome it is!

I much prefer JRPG and JRPG-style Western RPGs (e.g: Fallout 1&2, the majority of Bioware games) to the sandboxy RPGs that typify WRPGs (Elder Scrolls, Fallout 3, &c.). I also tend to play the game for the story and characters rather than anything else, so that could explain my preference for...

There were a bunch of them at Brock, a couple of whom have moved on to bigger and better (and more lucrative) universities, including (but not limited to): Calvin Hayes (Great Books/Liberal Studies and Business) Sally Hickson (GBLS/Art) Anton Janson (GBLS/Classics) Angus Somerville...

I wasn't aware she was still relevant, musically. ALTERNATELY Who the **** still cares about Avril Lavigne?

For a myriad of reasons, I had to break up with a girl several years ago and I still feel for her even now. I mean, it's not a searing emptiness anymore, but it's certainly still a dull ache. On the other hand, my buddy just broke it off with a long term girlfriend, and he's right back in...

Thus the "ostensibly" part :P

And yet, here you are, posting on a video game forum and, ostensibly, a member of a community wherein you are less than human (or, at the very least, below notice) if you don't conform to the standard of the "Hardcore." :P EDIT: OT: I enjoy 40k on the tabletop immensely, and the games are...

Greek: Telemonian Aias/Ajax. Dude was the most noble and bravest of all the Greeks at Troy; his death symbolized the descent of man from the Heroic (resolving issues with honour and force) to the Modern (resolving issues with cunning and guile), and was meant as a commentary on how man has...

I second both Erikson and Cook. These men craft the finest fantasy novels that have been written in the last fifty years. Also, look for Ian Cameron Esselmont's Malazan stuff, he's not as good as either Cook or Erikson, but a damn site better author than Brent Weeks.

Love is a funny thing. The way that I see it, there are two types of love: First, there's the sort of love you feel for friends and people who you're comfortable and happy around. A sort of platonic love that could blossom into romantic love if nurtured and, if not, still keeps everyone...

Bernard Cornwell writes awesome Historical Fiction, Glen Cook's Black Company series is grim and gritty low fantasy, and Steven Erikson's Malazan series is frankly the finest work of fantasy to start being published in the last decade.