By Tim Stone on June 1st, 2008 at 10:53 am.
From summer 04.
Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Strafe Left: The Formative Years #32
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- nootpingu86 : “For my part, I think it's ridiculous to find the sublime in most games because of the content on display. The medium can do whatever ...” on The Sunday Papers
- Consumatopia : “@sinister agent, your original argument was "Demanding status updates is just a waste of their time that they could spend making the goddamn game." Kadayi ...” on The Sunday Papers
- Sinderlin : “@jaheira Gabe Newell made several statements and anouncements regarding the planned trilogy of "episodes". I can understand your reluctancy to call those "promises" as a ...” on The Sunday Papers
- Hoaxfish : “there's always that opposite example of player/character intelligence... a player (or DM) using a character that is supposed to be a genius by their stats, ...” on The Sunday Papers
That made me laugh, very well done :)
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I… I don’t even know what game this is referencing. For once, I am actually at a loss.
I guess this means you win by default, Tim.
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I didn’t think it was referencing any game in particular – many games have health bars!
I remember when this was first published, and lo; I chuckled. Love it :)
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Haha, very good. I was about to compare it to 65,000,001 BC’s HUD joke, but realised that this came far beforehand.
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It was a good laugh, well done Tim.
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J as in J game? As in probably eroge?
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This was one of the best. Excellent stuff.
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Nice Tim, good stuff.
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I think Timmy (can I call him that?) should give some Commentary on these pieces — his motivation at the time and all that..
..or just tell us what he’s riffing off.
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Fantastic one.
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@Pod
Indeed. And, I suspect, he’s laughing at the thought of it.
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