Recent content by robakerson

I don't see it as a huge mystery that the genre gravitates towards n-th gen Tolkien derivative: 1) It's a common and popular motif for RPG fans (and has been for decades) 2) What I see as the three roots of modern MMORPG games: MUDs proved people could produce, inhabit, and enjoy...

Apparently the GM in question reduced the ban to 2 days. *However*, in Riot's apology/explanation post, they said they lifted the ban completely. (good on them, too) Also, he probably didn't record just for the sake of this argument, most streamers leave their streams on for several...

The basic principle of using magnets to move things is currently used in *every* electrical motor and generator on the power grid... So, yes, you're right, it's an efficient system for -converting- energy. However, I entreat you to think of your original question in a new way. Take a large...

I fell for the Pen 15 club joke back in grade school. :\ I'm surprised more of these people didn't get the pleasure of having "PEN 15" written on your arm all day.

It was pretty irritating that he was pretty much whining about *all* of the other characters throughout the game, but he was a good tank so i kept him through it :\

Would you kindly? Build me an underwater city for only you and I.

Intelligent people in our media & political circuits all identify themselves with either one of the two main parties or a third, smaller, minority. They then use their media powers to do whatever they can to undermine their opponents. The whole "Obama is a _____" started waaay back before he...

Of course I finished the game; it took somewhere between 2-3 hours, and I loved every minute of it. But I still consider .. erm, "it" to be a lie, since you didn't exactly get the "going away" party that GLADOS promised, and you didn't actually find the cake in-game, it was more of a 4th wall...

I'm glad to hear they're axing it. I wouldn't have cared much except for the fact that this joke has been overused in culture and...well, generally everywhere. The joke itself seems to be a one-off joke anyway. As Simalacrum said, we already know there's no cake. Also- +1 for...

Wow... I played through the whole game and didn't realize there was a 'healer'. I must have lost her for RP reasons. Either way, I found the game pretty simple. I played a sword/shield tank, also had Alistair specc'd the same way, with Morrigan & (forgot the names) one of the two rogues for...

First I would S*it brix, since I'm an atheist and don't believe I'll ever 'see' saint peter or the gates. Then I would request to be a Welwitschia (hey, it's alive), since it's the longest living organism I can/could think of, and I sure as hell don't want to speed my trip to, erm, hell (which...

Very cool video. I've always envied good musical artists. Not much else to say :\ This was fantastic! ^.^

Way back on SNES Earthbound was chock full of ooc fourth-wall-breaking comments. From "I wonder if Earthbound is released yet." to the ever classic "The x button is the button on top, whatever that means" all the way to a section or two talks directly to the screen "You, that's right, the...

Facility. License. Slappers. No Oddjob. Man, this sounds like the first 2 minutes of discussion for every 007 party I had back in middle school. I'm glad me and my friends weren't the *only* ones to informally "ban" that short little cheapskate Oddjob, or to play a License/Slappers combo...

I can make a "four" with my hands by pushing my pinky to my palm and keeping my other fingers outstretched completely. I did this naturally when I was younger (still do) until I discovered that it's the 'wrong' way to do it, since most people cant. I can wiggle my ears, cross one eye (and not...