Recent content by WarmasterPopey

I'd have thought that anyone with any legit intelligence would realise that gaming teaches you just enough about firearms for you to know just how little you know about them, and that's about it. But I suppose the problem there is assuming that people have some form of intelligence. Oh well...

I have studied mental conditioning to such an absurd degree that I have been able to entirely rid myself of three emotions that serve no purpose for me (fear, anger, and regret). I have a pathological hatred of false-depressionists that has earned me the title 'Bastard Psychologist From Hell'.

http://www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen.html Not the greatest possibilities, perhaps, but still there.

Playing Crash Team Racing with some mates (yes, the ancient PS1 game, it still kicks the crap out of any Crash Bandicoot games released since). We set up some battles in which the only weapons available were TNT crates and turbo boosts. Those battles go on for bloody ever and are no end of fun...

Went to check my account balance yesterday and it was about $180 short of what it should have been... Needless to say, it was a huge, "Oh, SHIT!" moment for me. Still need to find out how it happened...

I think Stephen Donaldson can relate all too well to this.. When he was first trying to get his novels, the Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, published, waaaaaaay back in the early 80s or so, he got repeatedly turned down because people automatically assumed nobody would want to read another series...

Completely forgot to quote you in my reply, sorry about that. See my above post for answer, I'll be off facepalming somewhere.

That depends what country you're in. Unfortunately they're not generally cheap things to buy... To start with, I'd suggest getting a second-hand one - that way, if you decide you don't enjoy it, you haven't blown as much money. Here in New Zealand you can get a decent second hand kit for about...

From New Zealand, Hell Pizza. Best damn pizza you'll ever have. Also, don't know how well known it is around the world (I do know it exists in Australia at least), but we invented a delicious dessert named pavlova. I'm pretty sure it's scientifically impossible to dislike it.

As a drummer of many years, I feel quite safe saying that drums are among the easiest instruments to learn. You can pretty much improv your way through it all if need be.

If you want to learn guitar, then I say go for it. Playing any instrument tends to feel quite rewarding. Just bear in mind that you will need to devote a fair bit of time to practicing. One tip I have, is to do a few finger-stretching exercises, it makes some of the chords a little easier if...

A reasonable variation. Doom Metal in the vein of Candlemass/Solitude Aeturnus/etc is a big one for me, I consider it an art form. Classical music in the vein of Beehoven, Bach, Chopin, etc is another one. Bluesy-rock like UK band Thunder is a third fantastic kind of music. I guess those would...

My clothes and boots set off the metal detectors at the local airports anyway, so I already have to deal with overzealous security measures every time I catch a plane. The only thing that might cause issue for me were I to travel to the US would be if they made a problem about my diabetes...

Solitude Aeturnus. Any album is good, but if you haven't listened to them before, the best album to start with is 'Alone'. They are quite simply the greatest band of all time. Another album worth checking out is Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth. I normally have no time for power...

No lean, no dev console, no dedicated servers, and the campaign was too short and too uninspired. Based purely on it's own merits it's probably a perfectly functional FPS that is neither above nor below average, but I find it impossible to not compare it to MW1.