Evilshy

Well I had a nice long post explaining a lot of reasoning for things, and then my browser crashed, so here's the short version. Spore - they hyped the shit out of it, corporate came along, told the devs to dumb it down so they could target it at younger kids. Cell and creature phase are fun, tribe and civilization are shitty RTSs, space is a shitty sandbox. Skyrim - Take Morrowind, dumb it down a shitton so casual gamers can understand it, stick it in a shitty physics engine and an admittedly much improved combat system and ship it. Mods are the only reason this game is playable, though I will admit it can be pretty damn fun then. Diablo 3 - See Torchlight 2 for what it should've been. Also, just play Torchlight 2 because it's super fun. Zelda series - I didn't play it back when I was a kid and it was the coolest shit ever, and it's just not fun now. Most of my friends who love it agree that it's mostly nostalgia. Kingdom Hearts series - Mediocre hack'n'slash that rides on the backs of famous characters from other IPs. 358/2 Days was pretty damn fun, though. I liked how customizable the tile system was. Civilization: Beyond Earth - I wanted a true Alpha Centauri sequel, but being pessimistic, I pretty much knew it wouldn't be that. I would've settled for Civ 5 in space, but apparently even that was too much to ask. This game was like, Beta Civ 5 in space. Of course, it is a civ game so it'll probably be super kickass after a few expansions, but I definitely regret buying it at $50.

Belinda Belinda was trying to figure out why Rosewood might not like this Gemma and Lapis. Her body language and phrasing seemed to indicate that they weren't just riding royal coattails to seem important. "uh... I take it they're not just sucking up to him to gain favor?" She asked. "I mean, not to sound paranoid, but this town is a bit creepy and seem just the place to carry out some sort of-" Belinda was cut off by the ringing of a large, doleful bell. She hesitated for a moment before getting up. "I assume that's to signal the start of the dinner thingy. Perhaps we'll talk again." She turned and left without another word. (OOC: can't remember if Belinda actually knows Rose's name :/)

Jungle Taric too fabulous

I've probably posted in this thread before, but here's an update: First off, a thick crust. Top that with some garlic alfredo sauce and with a little pesto mixed in. Add on mozzarella. Then extra pepperoni, with some sausage (I like it spicy, but mild is fine, too). Next, black olives, and some asiago and motamore cheese to melt over the top and hold all the toppings on. Last, fresh ground black pepper (I'm talking peppercorns in a mortar and pestle fresh) and crushed dried cilantro (preferably in the same mortar and pestle). One should listen to Stevie Wonder or something equally funky while preparing all of this. Don't ask me why, it just helps when cooking. Bake that shit until the crust is perfect bread texture. Enjoy furious mouthgasms.

i7 @ ~3.8GHz complete with copper heatsinks GTX 870 (i.e. laptop equivalent of a 770) 8 GB DDR3 1TB HDD All in a laptop for ~$1400, so not too bad. inb4 should've built a desktop. I know, but I take this thing all over the place, the portability is totally worth it.

Pfft. Back in my day, new mod threads had REAL titles with REAL humor. The forum has died.

Sillic Ignoring his fatigue, Sillic jumped up. Everypony had started moving so fast, after all this time spent doing nothing he wasn't sure how far adrenaline would take him. Best to get somewhere safe quickly. The two stallions who had run off seemed the warrior type and could probably handle themselves. And anyway, they're likely to get into trouble, running ahead blindly like that. The green mare had also run off ahead, though in fear instead of confidence. She had seemed... odd. Something about her wings. He'd heard traveling merchants speak of Pegasi with bat wings, who could ruin an entire harvest in a few nights. Sillic didn't trust pegasi much when they were the normal brutes, and apparently their leathery winged cousins were even worse. Mistrust aside, the real pegasus was young and seemed scared. Sillic spoke softly but sternly. "Hey, Pegasus. Calm down, we'll be fine. Just stick with me, the last thing we want to do right now is split up even more." He turned to Silver. "Can you lead us out of here? Do you know of anywhere safe?"

Used to be a Royal Guard, now I'm just a Crystal

What the actual fuck, guys.

(Sorry for lack of color) Sillic Sillic's normally white coat was far dirtier than he liked. As a craftspony, he was too concerned with cleanliness, but he still like to be presentable. His mane was ragged a badly needed a trim, and his tail had a few tangles that would be such a pain to get out later. He smirked to himself. I must be going insane, caring this much about appearances. Not like I have any customers to leave a good impression on. His horn glowed as he absentmindedly levitated a pebble a few inches off the ground, but fell as his head started aching. It had been awhile since he had been able to sleep well, and magic would be accompanied by headaches until he got some quality rest. He sighed and closed his eyes. Not for long, though. He sat upright when he heard a clicking sound coming from his cell door. He was shocked to see the mare standing there, or rather, the condition of the mare. What happened to her? They wouldn't send a near-dead pony to replace the hay, guess I'll have to wait for... His thought trailed off as she freed the other prisoners and spoke to them all. Sillic hesitantly peeked out and saw nopony except the wounded mare and the others. He cautiously stepped forward. "Wait." He said as the mare began to walk away. "Why free us? What's going on?"

Belinda Belinda was slightly taken aback, but didn't let it show. Nopony had ever really enjoyed speaking with her, or at least, nopony had ever said as much. Tartarus, I have a reputation to uphold... wow, am I really that shallow? Belinda didn't want to make decisions based solely on reputation; that's what idiots did, those so insecure with themselves that they were more preoccupied with others' thoughts than their own. But all the same, she didn't want to get too friendly. "Prince Blueblood... I mean, I don't really keep up with the lives of royals, only idiots really care about that kind of stuff... but you never really hear much about him." She paused, intentionally putting on an uneasy face. "He seems... odd. Do the ponies here see much of him?"

Posted by Spoon? I was under the impression that there was no spoon. Also, would this count as off-topic, had I not made it on-topic by asking this question?

Belinda Belinda thought it odd that Rose didn't want to talk in earshot of others. Perhaps there was a rule against it; Rose was right, attacks WOULD be terrible for resort business. And her comment did bring up other thoughts, like how anypony could make even a meager living in a resort with no guests for so long. Sure, the farmers and such would be fine, but what about all the service workers? Everything about this town just kept getting weirder. "So you don't even have guards? That certainly doesn't seem like a good idea if you're concerned with appearances." She thought about Rose's last words again. "Wait, so this place wasn't always a resort? What was it before? I mean, you obviously have royalty living here so it can't have been just some remote village."

lolnoob dont even have doritos and mt dew bet you game on a 360 too cant even 360 noscope while sprinting real talk tho i eat and drink that shit while gaming on PC and all you console peasants cant even dream of my graphics and mods and free multiplayer so get rekt oh damn im overflowing with swag and bitches over here you peasants cant even touch this also im like diamond 2 on league you noobs cant even play any MOBA on your potato boxes M+KB masterrace represent also 420 characters blaze it smoke weed everyday

So I just finished book 4, and I am loving the absolute shit out of this series. Got them all on audio from my friend, and should be all caught up in a few months. I've always loved mythology and supernatural stuff, and my friend just kept telling me all this awesome stuff that happens, eventually I just couldn't stay away.

I still have my PS2, GBA and original DS. Don't use them much as I'm almost entirely a PC gamer these days, but I still bring one of them out every now and then. At some point I really need to start playing my PS2 again, because the only reason I kept it is because of a bunch of random exclusive RPGs, like Odin Sphere, Soul Nomad, and bunch of SMT. Never got that far in any of them :/

Belinda Belinda blinked, now genuinely interested rather than simply trying to pass some time, and utterly ignoring Rosewood's obvious desire to change the subject. "Have ponies actually died here from animal attacks?" That seemed odd, most animals commonly found in Equestria weren't all that dangerous. Sure, they might rough you up, but that was usually a defensive or intimidation thing. If they were coming into the town and hurting any pony who was outside, then something abnormal was probably going on. "Are these attacks common?"

I've never really watched much pro magic, but I'll occasionally watch the really interesting games after the fact. I'm just too busy with work.