With all the excitement the Snuggie Sutra generated I’m not surprised by this. My Christmas shopping was complete with a printing of the instructions found here [thesnuggiesutra.com]
and a trip to Wall Mart!
You wanna know how cheap I am ? i work in the same building and same level as these guys and know several of them. I haven't bought my copy yet in hopes that as soon as they come back from promotion and interviews (here and Europe) I can cop me a copy for free.
@Gundem: i would probably do the same thing if i were you lol. if i had friends at a game company and worked on the same floor, i would pretty much expect free video games.
i mean what do you do? could you give them something your company makes? #modernwarfare2
@porcuPINE: I can't really get into details of what i do because do to my job's nature my identity and placement would be all over the internet the moment I mention it.
But no, my company's services would not be any use to them. :) #modernwarfare2
I sat and watched a friend of mine play it for a few minutes. I was very not blown away. The graphics look ok, but I wasn't amazed. I guess it's all about the team play? I'm not into tactical war games, so I couldn't say. In any case, selling 7 million copies in one day is pretty amazing. I suspect it'll be a while before I can tear my friend away from his TV screen. #modernwarfare2
@littleaxtell: @MANCREEP: I don't buy or enjoy games just for the graphics... I just was very underwhelmed by this one graphically. (I think based on the media hype I was expecting "next gen" visuals.)
I have no interest in the military shooter genre (or just about any "shooter" for that matter). I've tried to sit with my friend and play CoD, Modern Warfare, the various Battlefield incarnations, etc, etc. My friend loves them, and tried to get me to join in. I just don't like them, and they all end up feeling the same to me, and there is no joy in it. But, for fans of the genre, it apparently is incredible, because my friends are unreachable now, having been deployed deep into MW2 territory for an unknown length of time, with a communications blackout enacted. /sigh #modernwarfare2
@met2art: that's disapointing! Is it at least as good as COD4 was? I was blown away by COD4's graphics, so if MW2's are even close to as good as COD4's I'll be very happy (because, as you said, the gameplay is amazing).
And btw, crysis is not my idea of next gen graphics - doesn't even look that good to me. #modernwarfare2
@TheNimboo: You're asking the wrong guy... I really couldn't say. Ask one of the enthusiastic people such as MANCREEP, or littleaxtell, in the thread. :) I didn't like Crysis either, but then I only played the demo. The last single-player game I played was Fallout 3. I am addicted to trying MMOs, but rarely invest much time in them. Suffice to say, I'm not really much of a gamer.
I spend most of my work time and free time taking pictures, drawing pictures, or playing music. I consider Photoshop to be my favorite open-ended sandbox game. ;) #modernwarfare2
@met2art: Haha, then you sound alot like me -- at least the photography side of things :)
I also played Fallout 3, it was pretty addicting, I almost played it a second time just to see what would happen if I decided to be an "evil" character (I only stopped myself when I realized all my collegework was going down the drain) #modernwarfare2
If this works, this could be the coolest thing I have ever seen. And for everybody who asks "What happens if kids run across the street?" and "What happens when he hits a pothole at 80 mph?" Shut up. This thing ain't never going to be street legal, and won't go higher than 20 mph. This guy will get high with his buddies, and try to drive this thing down the hallway in the dorms, and hit a wall, and that will be the end of it. If it does work, however, then in 10 years we'll all be working for this guy, or we'll all be dead by his hand. #outrun
Having a bumper car ring filled with vehicles like this (with proper safety harnesses, bumpers, and so forth) might actually be a lot of fun. Bonus points if the other bumper cars would show up "virtually" in the Out Run videogame.
As for use on public roads, I suspect the Department of Licensing might take issue with the CRT air bag. Just a guess. #outrun
@OCEntertainment: It's the corollary, Occam's Raiser: The complexity of the idea, design, or apparatus shall be needlessly multiplied in order to merge as many ridiculous and/or unnecessary steps as possible to achieve somehting which is impractical, yet inherently and unfathomably desirable. Correspondingly, the safety and practicality of the whole shall diminish exponentially with the addition of each needlessly wasteful component.
QED #outrun
@OCEntertainment: Quite similar to the Rube Goldberg principle. I would say the only difference is that the Rube Goldberg principle almost explicitly implies the chain reaction of multiple events intended to perform one simple task, often in a deliberately humorous way. Occam's Raiser implies an unintended escalation of complexity through the merging of two (or more) devices to create a new device that is more dangerous (and less useful) than the sum of its parts.
Perhaps another appropriate term I could coin would be "disconvergence" where two ostensibly useful devices are rendered less than ideally operable (or unsafe) by virtue of being unified into an unstable and incoherent whole. #outrun
The original version looks a lot better for gaming on the go, as it doesn't significantly decrease the pocketability of the phone. This looks like something you'd need to pull out of a bag or briefcase whenever you want to play games. And I can't see it running for less than $100, at which point I'd have to agree with all the people who said you might as well just buy a DS. #icontrolpadnewdesignanalog
"Look, we're giving you less and charging more. You wanna know why? I'll tell you why. For each mouse we got four drawers full of extra frills like buttons and LEDs going to waste because of your damned Spartan aesthetic. So, we gotta charge more to store all these goddamned unused frills. Happy? Now, STFU and enjoy your damned unfrilled mouse."
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If I had a penny for every time I've been playing COD and thought "Damn it! If I could only update my status, or send out a tweet"... #xbox360update
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New tactic -- unfriend your opponent and right before the kill, friend them back.
[pop-up] You have one new friend request. Would you like to see it now?
GAAAAA, kill shot. #xbox360update
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and a trip to Wall Mart!
More here [gizmodo.com] #streetfightersnuggie
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@TheSonOfKrypton: Ice T Approves.
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*sigh*
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i mean what do you do? could you give them something your company makes? #modernwarfare2
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But no, my company's services would not be any use to them. :) #modernwarfare2
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Goddamnit IW could use some of them. NOW! #modernwarfare2
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And no, not me. #modernwarfare2
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That's why i can't tell you. :) #modernwarfare2
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I have no interest in the military shooter genre (or just about any "shooter" for that matter). I've tried to sit with my friend and play CoD, Modern Warfare, the various Battlefield incarnations, etc, etc. My friend loves them, and tried to get me to join in. I just don't like them, and they all end up feeling the same to me, and there is no joy in it. But, for fans of the genre, it apparently is incredible, because my friends are unreachable now, having been deployed deep into MW2 territory for an unknown length of time, with a communications blackout enacted. /sigh #modernwarfare2
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And btw, crysis is not my idea of next gen graphics - doesn't even look that good to me. #modernwarfare2
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I spend most of my work time and free time taking pictures, drawing pictures, or playing music. I consider Photoshop to be my favorite open-ended sandbox game. ;) #modernwarfare2
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I also played Fallout 3, it was pretty addicting, I almost played it a second time just to see what would happen if I decided to be an "evil" character (I only stopped myself when I realized all my collegework was going down the drain) #modernwarfare2
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As for use on public roads, I suspect the Department of Licensing might take issue with the CRT air bag. Just a guess. #outrun
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Example: adding a camera to display video of images that could be directly visible through a window. The complexity is less efficient than the simple.
Little known fact: Occam's Razor does not apply to stupid YouTube-esque stunts. Multiply away! #outrun
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QED #outrun
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Anyway, so this Occam guy must not like Rube-Goldberg machines eh? I don't like him. #outrun
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And, I believe you meant to say "QED, bitches." It's ok, I take your meaning.
Edit: @Geisrud, you punk. Beat me to it by a hair.
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Perhaps another appropriate term I could coin would be "disconvergence" where two ostensibly useful devices are rendered less than ideally operable (or unsafe) by virtue of being unified into an unstable and incoherent whole. #outrun
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That's about how I'd expect it to go. #razerabyssus
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