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by Niffoni
April 27, 2009, 5:28 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Swine Flu - Pandemic of dooooom?
Replies: 158
Views: 17657

Re: Swine Flu - Pandemic of dooooom?

I've switched to wearing colors that pop well to increase the likelihood of remaining a protagonist in the zombie apocalypse.
by Niffoni
April 7, 2009, 7:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Weird commercials
Replies: 25
Views: 4712

Re: Weird commercials

When you posted about the razor ad, I just assumed you were linking to This one. So wrong.
by Niffoni
April 3, 2009, 8:30 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: left 4 dead - single player demo if you preorder on steam
Replies: 60
Views: 9191

Re: left 4 dead - single player demo if you preorder on steam

I'm still enjoying L4D on Steam as "siln". I got the game the weekend it was half price. I've actually been playing with my wife's father, and his buddy who is in his 70s. It makes for a hilarious dynamic, but we only play on Normal difficulty. I only play Versus about once a week. It's on...
by Niffoni
February 3, 2009, 3:48 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: What is wrong with Democrats paying their taxes?
Replies: 51
Views: 3624

Re: What is wrong with Democrats paying their taxes?

Obama is a fucking genius. All he has to do is keep nominating random members of congress for positions in his cabinet, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes and "forgotten" penalties will continue to flow into the system every week. Shit, if he calls in a few of Cheney's old ...
by Niffoni
January 8, 2009, 6:12 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: 1Up Podcast Gone
Replies: 12
Views: 2575

Re: 1Up Podcast Gone

That was fast...

Anthony Gallegos, Nick Suttner, Philip Kollar, Matt Chandronait, Ryan O’Donnell, and others:
Rebel.FM

I'm guessing Garnet will continue 1UP Yours, but it'll have to be with a whole new crew.

I guess I've ignored Giant Bomb podcast long enough.

RIP 1up
by Niffoni
November 19, 2008, 11:21 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: So what are your impressions of the new 360 dash?
Replies: 18
Views: 3321

Re: So what are your impressions of the new 360 dash?

I turned it on, downloaded, saw the absurd video, made my Mii-too, and started navigating.

It froze and needed to be shut down.

I haven't bothered since.
by Niffoni
November 12, 2008, 6:19 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Economy bailout funds being used to pay wall street bonuses
Replies: 18
Views: 1958

Re: Economy bailout funds being used to pay wall street bonuses

This is one of those Princess Bride moments where you just have to shake your head and assume that these people keep using the word "bonus", but it doesn't mean what they seem to think it means.
by Niffoni
November 8, 2008, 1:58 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rahm Emanuel
Replies: 24
Views: 2680

Re: Rahm Emanuel

Xouqoa wrote:Out of curiosity, what makes Israel so great? I've never understood why we tolerate so much of the bullshit they pull while condemning the "other side" for similar actions.
Amusing quick capsule review by the Real Time panel on why.
by Niffoni
November 8, 2008, 1:49 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Prop 8 California
Replies: 63
Views: 7751

Re: Prop 8 California

I don't give a shit about gay marriage.

But it does worry me to see minority rights being put to a majority vote.

Isn't that, by definition, unconstitutional? Unless of course you want to put it to a vote to change the constitution so that minority-- O SHIT IT'S A CIRCLE, HALP!
by Niffoni
November 6, 2008, 8:00 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obama WILL be the next president
Replies: 1919
Views: 196374

Re: Obama WILL be the next president

Fantastic post, Sueven. If anyone's been poking around the more pro-Palin of the right-wing blogs, perhaps you've realized, as I have, that if she becomes the face of the Republicans as an effort to energize (agitate?) the "base", then I have this awful feeling that the party would shrink,...
by Niffoni
November 6, 2008, 7:19 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rahm Emanuel
Replies: 24
Views: 2680

Re: Rahm Emanuel

This must be part of that whole "Death to Israel" agenda that Joe was talking about.
by Niffoni
November 1, 2008, 11:29 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: October surprise
Replies: 7
Views: 1076

Re: October surprise

The October surprise was the mysterious video tape that no one has actually seen of Obama attending the same dinner as another American professor. A professor who was born... *scary music* A Palestinian! Unless you were listening to talk radio, you probably missed it. Even Fox barely bothered trying...
by Niffoni
October 30, 2008, 8:02 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Give me a tinfoil hat
Replies: 2
Views: 591

Re: Give me a tinfoil hat

Joe would be what the internet refers to as a "forced meme"
by Niffoni
October 28, 2008, 7:35 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Prison...
Replies: 8
Views: 1192

Re: Prison...

Uh, John McCain was calling for him to resign.

And Palin's not?

That.. doesn't bode very well.
by Niffoni
October 24, 2008, 6:20 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: This chick is a liar
Replies: 6
Views: 940

Re: This chick is a liar

What a fucking piece of work. Was their first clue that the B was FUCKING BACKWARDS?! As if maybe it was done in, say, a mirror? I wish I were an editorial cartoonist. I would so dearly love to draw a swashbuckling, dyslexic, 6'4" ZORROBAMA threatening to leave his mark on innocent white christ...
by Niffoni
October 23, 2008, 5:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bunch of crap thread
Replies: 471
Views: 200103

Re: Bunch of crap thread

* 9. "I am the Love Angel, I am Wedding Peach, and I am very angry with you!" —Wedding Peach Really? Someone actually thought that belonged on a list of the top ten battle cries? Holy shit. Really? Reminds me how confused I was when I first found out that just about the worst thing you ca...
by Niffoni
October 20, 2008, 5:36 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: McCain will be the next U.S. President (IMO)
Replies: 1107
Views: 92479

Re: McCain will be the next U.S. President (IMO)

That's some fucking powerful stupid right there.
by Niffoni
October 16, 2008, 7:55 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obama WILL be the next president
Replies: 1919
Views: 196374

Re: Obama WILL be the next president

The turn-around time on that ad is fucking amazing. It was running less than 12 hours after the debate. Whatever you think of either candidate, this has been a riveting for seeing how far campaigning has come in this age of technology, and networking. Obama's team in particular has been terrifyingly...
by Niffoni
October 13, 2008, 6:20 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Canadian Elections tomorrow..
Replies: 16
Views: 1331

Re: Canadian Elections tomorrow..

The Conservatives lost a massive amount of credibility when they called the early election against their own policies. Harper wagered that if he sped the election along that he could keep the shit to shoe level until at least election day, and it backfired. None of the other parties have any signifi...
by Niffoni
October 13, 2008, 1:08 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: McCain will be the next U.S. President (IMO)
Replies: 1107
Views: 92479

Re: McCain will be the next U.S. President (IMO)

Your assignment for today is to find me just one Republican supporter who had ever even HEARD of ACORN before McCain's campaign started feverishly looking to invent an excuse for losing.
by Niffoni
October 11, 2008, 11:44 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Starcraft 2 to be 3 seperate games...
Replies: 12
Views: 1830

Re: Starcraft 2 to be 3 seperate games...

So it's be what..? One part released every 15-20 years?
by Niffoni
October 7, 2008, 5:43 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: EverQuest, Mass Effect, more movies
Replies: 26
Views: 2526

Re: EverQuest, Mass Effect, more movies

EQ and EQ2 are fantastic games with fantastic mythologies that would make for an absolutely wretched feature film, I'm afraid.
by Niffoni
October 6, 2008, 5:26 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Little Big Planet
Replies: 15
Views: 2470

Re: Little Big Planet

LBP would be a total system-seller to me if I had that kind of money this close to the holidays. I'd say that this should be THE pack-in with PS3 by Q2 2009 if that didn't mean ANOTHER goddamn console sku. I've never wanted a PS3 so bad. Some good in-game footage of the beta here if you can bear to ...
by Niffoni
October 2, 2008, 5:11 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Does this remind you of someone that used to post here?
Replies: 13
Views: 1357

Re: Does this remind you of someone that used to post here?

I love how the link reads like an Onion article. The best part is that they didn't bother trying to edit the guy's grammatically incorrect blithering in any of his statements.
by Niffoni
September 26, 2008, 6:59 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Jack Thompson finally disbarred
Replies: 13
Views: 1371

Re: Jack Thompson finally disbarred

I'm going to miss him. He unintentionally brought more sympathy to the video game industry than anyone could have dreamed.
by Niffoni
September 19, 2008, 11:33 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: The Witcher
Replies: 39
Views: 10517

Re: The Witcher

The Enhanced Edition is out now, and downloadable free of charge for anyone who has already purchased and registered the original version. You'll need both the updater, and language pack for your region downloaded and saved to the same directory (about 1.5 gig between the two files) before you can r...
by Niffoni
August 22, 2008, 5:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Post something good from youtube!
Replies: 454
Views: 149405

Re: Post something good from youtube!

This waterfall is more talented than me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HeUixe_Lpg&e
by Niffoni
August 16, 2008, 9:25 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Single thread forum: Star Trek Online
Replies: 32
Views: 6355

Re: Single thread forum: Star Trek Online

"Captain, this entire planet is made of widdlee-wee"
by Niffoni
August 10, 2008, 10:39 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obama WILL be the next president
Replies: 1919
Views: 196374

Re: Obama WILL be the next president

Obama Barackrolls YouTube.

Worth sticking around to hear his sultry crooning. Finally, the internet is good for something.
by Niffoni
August 9, 2008, 11:25 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Charges continue piling up against Detroit mayor
Replies: 12
Views: 995

Re: Charges continue piling up against Detroit mayor

My wife's from Michigan. They're actually appealing to have him thrown out. It's only taking so long because he's refusing to resign.
by Niffoni
August 4, 2008, 12:47 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Canadians Among Us!
Replies: 26
Views: 2395

Re: Canadians Among Us!

The closest I've ever heard a Canadian come to saying "aboot" is here in the Maritimes where people sometimes pronounce it as "Aboat" (as in "a boat"). I seriously have no idea where the "Aboot" thing comes from. It must be west of Ontario, because I've spent ...
by Niffoni
July 14, 2008, 11:40 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: E3 '08 - 360: New Dash, Final Fantasy 13, Avatars.. Wow/
Replies: 115
Views: 18209

Re: E3 '08 - 360: New Dash, Final Fantasy 13, Avatars.. Wow/

None of the bundles I see include 2 games. Maybe if I saw a deal like that locally I'd change my mind :)
by Niffoni
July 14, 2008, 8:47 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: E3 '08 - 360: New Dash, Final Fantasy 13, Avatars.. Wow/
Replies: 115
Views: 18209

Re: E3 '08 - 360: New Dash, Final Fantasy 13, Avatars.. Wow/

Black is awesome, but it's not 100 dollars extra awesome ;p
by Niffoni
July 14, 2008, 6:50 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: E3 '08 - 360: New Dash, Final Fantasy 13, Avatars.. Wow/
Replies: 115
Views: 18209

Re: E3 '08 - 360: New Dash, Final Fantasy 13, Avatars.. Wow/

I have changed my mind for the 4th time today. I will wait for the 60 gig and pick it up when I'm back from vacation. Looks like it comes out in early August according to Xbox.com.
by Niffoni
July 14, 2008, 6:33 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: E3 '08 - 360: New Dash, Final Fantasy 13, Avatars.. Wow/
Replies: 115
Views: 18209

Re: E3 '08 - 360: New Dash, Final Fantasy 13, Avatars.. Wow/

And with that, I will be picking up my own 360 next week. As much as I'd love a PS3 (to this day nothing feels better in my hand than a dual-shock) I can no longer even think of justifying the cost til it comes down at least $100.

They may even have upsold me on the Elite.
by Niffoni
July 13, 2008, 6:08 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: 20GB 360 fire sale.. 60GB HDD coming
Replies: 8
Views: 1348

Re: 20GB 360 fire sale.. 60GB HDD coming

Sounds like it's time to finally pick one up!

Be honest with me... Am I going to miss the HD space? Since I'm mostly going to have it just for save games and demos that I won't keep forever?
by Niffoni
July 4, 2008, 10:42 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: I think it might finally be time to buy a DS
Replies: 2
Views: 768

Re: I think it might finally be time to buy a DS

I can has?

This is one of those fucking games that Square releases specifically for drooling idiots like me. See also: FF4. No matter how many god forsaken times they release it, on however many platforms, I absolutely cannot stop myself from buying.
by Niffoni
June 29, 2008, 10:05 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Blizzard.com Splash Screen - Diablo III Announced
Replies: 22
Views: 3981

Re: Blizzard.com Splash Screen

Titan Quest was a fucking fantastic (if completely forgettable) way to pass the time. Diablo 2 was fine, but Titan Quest seemed to improve upon it.
by Niffoni
June 10, 2008, 6:30 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Something needs to be done about poverty!!!
Replies: 39
Views: 2875

Re: Something needs to be done about poverty!!!

Looks like the coffee was extra strong today :D
by Niffoni
May 27, 2008, 5:36 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: (DS) The World Ends with You
Replies: 2
Views: 675

Re: (DS) The World Ends with You

This is one of those games I'm going to get around to "some day". Heard almost entirely positive things about it.
by Niffoni
May 27, 2008, 5:32 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: I see dead people!
Replies: 12
Views: 1313

Re: I see dead people!

That's awesome.. :lol: He's already talking like a president!
by Niffoni
May 27, 2008, 5:24 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: The Witcher
Replies: 39
Views: 10517

Re: The Witcher

I had some shitty crashing issues during Act IV, usually when coming out of a house and into the main areas. About every 30-90 mins I'd get a Stopped Working crash to desktop. I think I wore the quicksave key down pretty bad. Didn't have any CTDs before Act IV, and they stopped as soon as I moved on...
by Niffoni
May 24, 2008, 10:02 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: The Witcher
Replies: 39
Views: 10517

Re: The Witcher

I bought this game on Wednesday.

Help me.

I cannot put it down.

SEND FOOD
by Niffoni
May 16, 2008, 7:14 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obama WILL be the next president
Replies: 1919
Views: 196374

Re: Obama WILL be the next president

That's some kickass drama right there. I LOL'd
by Niffoni
May 16, 2008, 5:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: American Beer - Best Beer
Replies: 45
Views: 7691

Re: American Beer - Best Beer

Best whiskey in the world currently comes from Japan according to the news. What exactly does geography have to do with anything? I wasn't aware that deliciousness needed a passport. According to which news? I've had Santori and a few other japanese brands, and none of them hold a candle to the goo...
by Niffoni
May 15, 2008, 9:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: American Beer - Best Beer
Replies: 45
Views: 7691

Re: American Beer - Best Beer

Best whiskey in the world currently comes from Japan according to the news. What exactly does geography have to do with anything? I wasn't aware that deliciousness needed a passport.
by Niffoni
April 25, 2008, 9:39 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Shrinking Penis'
Replies: 8
Views: 882

Re: Shrinking Penis'

This thread never had a hope in hell.

/mourn
by Niffoni
April 25, 2008, 9:37 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: MGS4 Too Big for 50GB Blu Ray Disk
Replies: 44
Views: 7235

Re: MGS4 Too Big for 50GB Blu Ray Disk

I don't buy it. I think Kojima is just living out the Japanese dream of being able to say "It's so big it won't even fit" about something.
by Niffoni
April 8, 2008, 4:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Cheapest ever quest 2 For You
Replies: 24
Views: 3334

Re: The Cheapest ever quest 2 For You

At least he's staying on topic.

The fact that the links do not lead to duck porn yet shows that the mods are slacking though :)
by Niffoni
April 2, 2008, 5:41 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Blizzard's 2008 April Fool's Joke!
Replies: 4
Views: 1073

Re: Blizzard's 2008 April Fool's Joke!

I think we finally know why it takes Blizzard so fucking long to release games ;)