Recent content by Little2Raph

I'm really enjoying Injustice: Gods Among Us at the moment, but before that it was Soul Calibur 2 on the Game Cube. Favorite character was Raphael - having done eight years of fencing myself he was the natural choice. Pity that personality-wise he just came across as a Japanese stereotype of an...

I've never been called a Cracker as I live in Australia and I think it's more an American term. I was called a "Gweilo" once by this dodgy old Chinese bloke and his mate outside a takeaway shop in Newcastle. I couldn't help but laugh to myself though - I don't understand any Cantonese (a little...

The world from Arcanum - you've got your classic Tolkien-esque setting that's going through an industrial revolution so as well as sword and sorcery there's technology as well. Slaying Orcs with a Tesla gun never gets old for me. Also the world from Jade Empire - mainly because I'm a fan of...

All these things are pretty horrible, especially what they did to Junko Furuta. Something nobody else has mentioned though is acute radiation poisoning (such as experienced by survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs, as well as the firefighters who first responded to the Chernobyl...

Airwolf for the win: But also: and: and this too: Oh, and how the hell could I have forgotten:

Your English is fine. And I wouldn't worry about the accent - I'm Australian but I used to tell my international student friends that no Australian speaks correct English anyway; the main thing is whether or not you are understandable. And I can understand you just fine.

My personal favorite is the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. In my opinion nothing comes close to the look of the thing - it looks like it's doing Mach 2 just sitting on the tarmac. Originally built in 1953, it would take over twenty years and the introduction of the F-15 before any other fighter...

If you're after novels, I'd recommend anything by Alastair Reynolds. They're mostly set a little further into the future, but the science is pretty grounded - the guy is a physicist who worked for the European Space Agency.

The sad thing is "Warfighter" is an actual term. I'd say it's militarese but it's also used by the companies that manufacture weapons and munitions. Every time I hear it at work I have an overwhelming urge to yell "just call them soldiers you idiot!". An even better example where I work is how...

I voted Daniel Craig, but for me he's only just edged out Sean Connery. I liked Daniel Craig because of his ruthlessness and borderline emotional disorder - which to me describes the Bond character in Ian Flemming's novels pretty accurately. However, whenever I read those novels the physical...

That was an interesting article. I'm no expert on modern Korean culture; I only know what a good Korean friend of mine has told me. But my first reaction to this video was "is he taking the piss out of his own culture?" Which I thought was awesome since he'd have to be the first Korean I've met...

DOA girls not well endowed enough for you? You want a fighting game where half the female characters have ridiculously oversized boobs you say? Soul Calibur 4 or 5 anyone?

For me it's a coin toss between these two: The first time I encountered both these I just about wet myself with unbridled mirth.

I was always quite a fan of Cyclonus: What's not to like about a nuclear-powered bad arse?

I'm Australian, but I only drink in moderation. I do enjoy it though. I'm not that big a fan of beer, although I am quite partial to Tsingtao (an ex got me onto it once and I've liked it ever since). I prefer cider (usually Strongbow Dry) to beer, and I quite like rum (Coruba's my favourite)...