Recent content by jrubal1462

As far as evoking emotion I'd have to go with Metal Gear Solid 3. The over-arching story of the whole series would require a series of novels, not an essay, but the way they treat The Boss is so stirring. I think it's easy for games to make a big epic story about one man.....alone....fighting...

Oh yes, I suppose, ideally, the red flag would come sometime before you strapped in to the 3,000 lb attention machine. Also, I don't rule out people with low self-worth, I just take a little extra time for introspection. Ask myself, what exactly am I drawn to?

Umm...yeah. If someone deliberately crashed you into a wall, I think that would qualify as a red flag, as much as any other form of attempted assault/murder. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near somebody who would even consider doing me that much harm. As for my own red flags, I don't know, I...

Nothing new here, just falling through the ground, and not being able to shoulder my weapon. I would try switching to the pistol, but usually if I'm shouldering my weapon I'm not doing it for shits, it's because I need to shoot somebody, so I don't last long enough to try anything else. I had...

Shortly after launch they changed black ops so the person that "downs" a guy gets the kill, and the person that finishes him gets an assist. I think that system has some merit.

My friend and I are mediocre Black ops players, with good team-oriented attitudes. Proudest moment came in a landslide loss of ground war domination, I think on Havanna. Before the match some snot with 42 days of gametime was saying, "hey, I have a friend who works at sony....so if you shoot my...

I'm not a gun not by any stretch, but I am familiar with firearms, and I die a little inside when in cheesy action movies somebody uses the pump-action shotgun as an exclamation point, as if they have a sidekick whose only job is to follow them around and pick up all the unused shotgun rounds...

I was working stage crew for a ballet recital. I started when my sister danced there, and have been helping out for about 15 years now. Strangely enough that countdown rather accurately predicted the moment when our lighting board would shit the bed. It refused to turn on when we showed up at...

I went for a short run, my buddy came over for some split screen portal 2, did some laundry (SHIT! I left my laundry in the washer). Took a sweet sweet nap, then took my motorcycle to the bowling ally. Met my friend's new girlfriend, and his sister's friend for the first time. They're both very...

The environment is taking a little bit of a hit due to the PSN being down. Usually I spend a few nights out of the week playing some black ops with a good friend, but since the psn is down I've had to drive over to Scranton (about 8 miles) to make up for it with a little bit of dynasty warriors...

I KNOOOOW! I always take home the "most sliding" award. Partially because I do way more sliding than I should, also because any other award would have to be condescending...like: most times reloading the LMG after only firing 15 rounds because you're in idiot, or most times accidentally...

I read something about looking back at classic rock, and I think it applies here. When you turn on a classic rock station, if you're into classic rock, you might think, "wow, all the songs in the late 70's-80's were phenomenal, not repetitive mundane crap like what's on the radio now." The...

You're not usually peeing straight down into the bowl, so velocity is a factor. This is troublesome 'cause many urinations start with what would be described musically as something akin to a sforzando piano crescendo. That's a lot of compensation when alcohol is involved. Seriously though, if...

My favorites are the commercials for some diet pill which promise great weight loss, and specifically instructs you to make no changes to your diet and exercise. There you go, don't lift a finger, just take a pill if you don't want to be fat anymore....It's the (new) American way.

I saw an interview where Harold Raimus was talking about writing for comedy. He said they did a survey and found out that Fresca is the most inherently funny soft drink, so, if you're going for a laugh, use Fresca as your punchline. That just reinforced my view that Fresca and 50/50 are the...