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    Worms For iPhone: Same Game, Worse Controls

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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    07/13/09

    In reply to Worms For iPhone: Same Game, Worse Controls
    Oooooooooh. This is about as eviscerating a review as I've ever seen the Giz lay down.....Sucks to be the 'Worms' developers.
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    Image of GlenTen GlenTen
    07/13/09

    In reply to Worms For iPhone: Same Game, Worse Controls
    Have you played Worms 2 Armaggedon for XBLA? It, too, is horrible.



    Gripes:



    1. "are you still playin'?" the question posed to you exactly .000003 seconds after your turn starts in an annoying cartoon voice.



    2. really bad sound quality. I know, im not expecting Mozart here but the game sounds like 1-bit audio.



    3. AI grenade throwing will make you yell at your monitor. Play with friends. The AI is a mix of stupidity and jaw-dropping expertise.



    So i would say: Skip Worms for any platform but good ol' PC.
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    Image of farcedude farcedude
    07/13/09

    In reply to Worms For iPhone: Same Game, Worse Controls
    I can't imagine trying to control worms with a touchscreen. Hell, I can barely do it with the full keyboard, and can't imagine doing it with an xbox controller. Ahh, the good old days of ninja rope stands...*runs off to reinstall and play worms armageddon*
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    Image of infmom infmom
    07/01/09

    In reply to Disgusting Sewer Creature Update: IT'S F#$%ING REAL!
    And here I thought those things were only good for goldfish food.
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    Image of Falsoman Falsoman
    07/01/09

    In reply to Disgusting Sewer Creature Update: IT'S F#$%ING REAL!
    I find myself suddenly wanting a hamburguer.
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    Image of A Pimp Named DaveR A Pimp Named DaveR
    07/01/09

    In reply to Disgusting Sewer Creature Update: IT'S F#$%ING REAL!
    .... except that even in the still frame for the video link, you can see that there is a membrane around the "clump". Tubifex worms -- which are very familiar to anyone who is relatively serious about their aquarium -- don't collectively encase themselves in a common membrane as far as I know.


    I still call "viral video".

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/01/09

    In reply to Disgusting Sewer Creature Update: IT'S F#$%ING REAL!
    This isn't much different from the bloodworms that pet shops sell to feed fish. I used to have to put my hand in their little container to scoop em. Even pretended to eat them to freak out the customers.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Yeah...pretend.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    07/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: it's amazing how gullible customers are when you put one in your mouth and pretend to chew. They actually think you're eating the damn thing. Suckers!!!
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    Image of frigg frigg
    07/01/09

    @frigg: *put one of the worms in your mouth, not put one of the customers in your mouth... (sorry Strunk & White)
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: So why are those things called blood worms? They don't seem to live in or feed on our blood (at least as far as I know).
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/01/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Blood worm is fairly ambiguous, and is often used to refer to a few things, one of which is larvae. The ones sold in pet shops are actually blackworms, but are often called bloodworms.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Oh as for the name, they're often called so because of their reddish color.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I see. Thank you worm master.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    07/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:
    That and possibly also the fact that when you drop frozen or thawed bloodworms in, a cloud of what appears to be blood starts to form around them. I used to have a caecilian worm that loved those things, but I learned the first time that I needed to wait for the cube to thaw before dropping it in the tank. That crazy not-so-little guy (~20" long at the point that I switched to bloodworms) started gnawing away at the still-frozen cube, and I couldn't imagine that it was really good for him to be doing that.
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    Image of colorme colorme
    07/01/09

    @Purple Dave: Our family had a caecilian worm when I was a child. I've been trying, for years now, to remember what the terrifying little bastards were called! One night, they successfully maneuvered the lid of their tank out of the way, and the mother (and all eight or so of her babies) escaped.


    We found dried-up caecilian worms around the house for a couple weeks. Why would anyone WANT these things as pets?

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    07/02/09

    @colorme:
    They're commonly known as black rubber eels (though they're amphibians, and not fish, which is why it's no longer legal to import them). And the reason people like me want them as pets is that they're amusingly stupid and cute as a button in a really weird way. Unfortunately, that first part poses issues if there's any way they can possibly get out of the tank. My 20"er escaped on three different occassions, and the third time I didn't notice it was out for at least a day or two (they like to burrow into the substrate, so the first clue I had that it wasn't in the tank was when it didn't come out to feed, and since I had clipped every loose corner of the lid down and filled in every gap I foolishly thought that it wouldn't be able to muscle it's way out through the first hole it could find).
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/01/09

    In reply to Disgusting Sewer Creature Update: IT'S F#$%ING REAL!
    God damn, Frucci. I almost threw up on my keyboard. Thanks a lot man.
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    Image of Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus
    07/01/09

    In reply to Disgusting Sewer Creature Update: IT'S F#$%ING REAL!
    Isn't biology fun.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    07/01/09

    @Die Fledermaus: no, it's actually rather disgusting.
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    Image of Stephen N. Stephen N.
    07/01/09

    In reply to Disgusting Sewer Creature Update: IT'S F#$%ING REAL!
    It doesn't look like Tubiflex, or if it is, then it's a different form of it.


    It's looks like an alien life form (we know it's not...).

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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    07/01/09

    @Stephen N.: It almost looks like a human heart.
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    Image of Stephen N. Stephen N.
    07/01/09

    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: Yeh, it's just weird. They need some DNA samples to confirm what this is!
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    07/01/09

    @Stephen N.: they went back for DNA samples but found that the creatures had mysteriously disappeared...
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    07/01/09

    In reply to Disgusting Sewer Creature Update: IT'S F#$%ING REAL!
    Seriously, is there any good that comes out of N.C.? I only drive through it to get to S.C.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/01/09

    @BergenCountyJC: The traffic barrel monster is from NC.
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    Image of SuprabhaHorse SuprabhaHorse
    07/01/09

    In reply to Disgusting Sewer Creature Update: IT'S F#$%ING REAL!
    Holy beejeses, and I thought that the blobfish was the ugliest thing you could find on Earth...
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    Image of korybing korybing
    07/01/09

    @SuprabhaHorse: Aw, no love for blobfish. This is why it is always so sad.


    Honestly though, you could go down a mile in the ocean and pick out basically anything and be terrified for life. Go look up the bigfin squid sometime. And then never sleep again.

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    07/01/09

    @korybing:
    What's wrong with the bigfin squid? Looks pretty squidlike to me. You want to see some crazy undersea lifeforms, go watch James Cameron's Aliens of the Deep, where they actually captured footage of a couple never-before-seen lifeforms. My favorite was one that looked like a ribbon that formed a circle, with a bulbous growth at one point on the ribbon. The idea of a creature that you can literally swim through (without actually being inside of) is just too crazy for words.
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    07/01/09

    In reply to Disgusting Sewer Creature Update: IT'S F#$%ING REAL!
    KILL. IT. WITH. FIRE. NOW.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    07/01/09

    @nonpareil: MURDER IT WITH LAVA!!!
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    Image of echo off echo off
    07/01/09

    @nonpareil: fire makes it worse! use head and shoulders!!
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    07/01/09

    @masbo99: There's a fly in my suit!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/30/09

    In reply to Conficker Worm Hits U.S. Hospitals, Infecting Computers and Equipment
    Well, luckily the NWO has installed devices so they can shut down the internet under the guise of the Emergency Broadcast System. That's why Barack Obama is the tip of the spear! It's in revalations people!
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    Image of MINI Driver MINI Driver
    05/01/09

    @H1N1_GitEmSteveDave: What the hell are you spouting on about?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/01/09

    @MINI Driver: Oh c'mon. It's funny!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/30/09

    In reply to Conficker Worm Hits U.S. Hospitals, Infecting Computers and Equipment
    Send Dustin Hoffman and Cuba Gooding Jr.. They'll know what to do.
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    04/30/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: We can kill the virus without killing these Windows boxes. I swear on my soul... that the President does not have the Macs.
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