Winged Anomaly

For both writing and drawing, I put on a song that matches the atmosphere I'm going for. If I'm not feeling inspired or motivated, it helps ease the process along, and if I'm lucky, something in the music will reignite my desire to art, or even better, give me an idea. But that's just me. Music is of abnormal importance to my life XD

I love music - it permeates every aspect of my life, but as a writer (mostly original, some fan fiction) it gains an extra layer of importance. If I'm suffering from writer's block, a good, fitting song can get me over the hump, but even better, listening to the right song while writing a scene can improve my word choice, flow, writing speed, and general creativity. It's like creativity steroids. Past that, if I'm listening to a really, really good song, it gets me feeling almost... euphoric, I suppose. Not just happy, but beyond happy - happy in a way that nothing else can come close to emulating. So yeah, music is pretty big for me XD

I LIKE NICKELBACK. SHUT UP. But yeah, their music is very solid. Strong rhythm, excellent melody and use of instruments in composition - the lyrics aren't the most innovative, but they're still quite solid - generally, good music. It's not earth-shattering, but it's a hell of a lot better than a lot of the stuff that's out there.

I don't believe there should be anything of the sort. The internet is sort of the last great bastion of free speech, where nothing you say will bring down the mighty hammer of god. But in terms of posting someone else's personal information, that should not be legal. That's not a matter of free speech, it's a matter of compromising someone's personal security.

Lol, sure. Cute how you say this in hindsight, once your points have been shot to pieces and the arguments supporting your statements have been invalidated.

Whoa whoa whoa. Let me address this point by point. One: Computers are much less expensive than most people would think. If you do your research and use your brain, you can build a computer that will run games for the next two console generations for a thousand bucks. Two: Downright incorrect. Thumbsticks are slow, clunky, and imprecise. You can have either precision (low sensitivity) or speed (high sensitivity). With a mouse, you have both precision and speed, unlimited by hardware, and defined only by skill. Some fighters, shmups, and platformers are better with a controller (Street Fighter, Super Meat Boy, Castle Crashers) but for shooters, action RPG's, puzzle games, strategy games, and most specifically RTS games and simulators, mouse and keyboard is much more efficient, and actually has enough buttons to allow you to play the game without hamstringing the game's interactivity. Three: Having the largest library of indie games and the best of high-fidelity graphics and bonus content is worth several seconds of number-checking. Four: Installing the game means that A: your have very, very small loading times, B: you don't have to worry about buying a new copy if you damage or lose your disk, and C: on PS3, you have to install games anyway and still suffer through the first two problems. 'Nuff said. Five: Come on, man. If you have antivirus and a brain you can run a computer virus free. Six: Actually, sitting at a desk close to a screen rather than on a couch far from a screen fills more of your vision with said screen, even if it is physically smaller. And resolution? Dude. You can crank the resolution, you can download mods, user patches, and enable upgraded graphics settings that consoles can't handle because they're eight year old hardware. You can mod the game yourself. You can buy the game for a fraction of the price that you would spend on a console game due to Steam. Not only that, but there's the indie market I mentioned earlier - hundreds and hundreds games more unique and interesting than any console exclusive, which will never, ever come to console. I can't tell if you're trolling or just know nothing about PC gaming. Edit: Oh, one last thing. Are you browsing this forum on a console, or on a PC? I'll let you think about that one.

I could see why somebody would like a Mac. Mac OS has always been very sleek and very easy to use, but for an advanced user, it's incredibly restrictive. Windows (excepting the horrendous Windows 8) is incredibly customizable and lies wide open for tweaking and modification by users who know what they're doing. Beyond that, the hardware is much, much, MUCH less expensive. You can literally get a PC that's twice as powerful as a Mac for the same price. I have a heavy duty gaming rig that ran me ~900 dollars - this thing can handle Crysis 2 at 1080p and 60 flat FPS. Similar power in a Mac would run me 1.5 - 2,000 dollars. As a gamer and a programmer, PC is my poison of choice, but for an artist or lightweight user who doesn't want to manage the finer points of the system, I could see the appeal of a Mac. But in the end, Linux FTW. I'd be running Ubuntu if it could game.