Websites that make you cheer, do a backflip, or both

Judging__Eagle · Post by **Judging__Eagle** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:49 pm

I want a d20.

Made out of this.

[img]http://www.yankeesiege.com/image/mace800x600.jpg[/img]

This is also very damned good. Being a star trek watcher helps, but the sound bites strung together are hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReOw_2f4 ... annel_page

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:04 am

http://www.youtube.com/user/MrWhitman

What's this?

Why, nothing much, other than the fact that Mr Whitman has recorded EVERY SINGLE POSSIBLE WAY TO DIE in a ton of Sierra-era games, including:

Space Quest 1-6
Quest for Glory 1-4, including the VGA remake
King's Quest 1-7, but not Mask of Eternity
Laura Bow 1 and 2.
Quest for Camelot

And more!

I mean, really, how can you not enjoy such graphic Space Quest deaths such as:

Warning: Graphic 16-bit Violence.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:12 am

Lago, that is beyond all awesome.

When I was about 10, I loved the Sierra games. Especially Quest For Glory.

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:21 am

I think that Quest for Glory 4 proves that, if nothing else, nothing destroys creepiness and nightmare fuel like a well-timed pun.

There are some genuinely frightening elements and plot points in the game, but the snarky voice of John Rhys Davies completely defuses whatever horror you normally would've gotten out of it. Awesome.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:47 am

Lago PARANOIA wrote:Warning: Graphic 16-bit Violence.

Geez. I had every one of those deaths in figuring out the game, too. The first one multiple times because it was a timing puzzle which wasn't clear if you could stop the dripping acid or not...

-Crissa

Judging__Eagle · Post by **Judging__Eagle** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:50 am

In the latest (march 15) Erfworld comic, The metal golem that helps Lord Hamster//(...forgot his real name) beat an enemy that charges their line looks like The Comedian from the watchmen comic series.

It's kind of funny. Erfworld is full of little subtle internet and pop-culture references (like a Poo Golem that has the shape of Schlock, from Schlok Mercenary).

And.... those SQ3 deaths.... -_-; I fell over edges and fell into metal shredders so many times.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:54 am

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/stmoses.html

CatharzGodfoot · Post by **CatharzGodfoot** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:40 pm

http://cadiesingularity.blogspot.com/

[Edit] Don't forget to try Chrome in 3D. Arrgh, my eyes![/Edit]

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:15 am

http://www.thefuckingweather.com/

Very simple, very easy to navigate.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 5:46 am

That is the perfect website for us. I should bookmark it for my phone...

-Crissa

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:57 am

http://trafficcones.com... Sammi says they must be aligned against Kibo. And on that thought, she'll never be able to be permanent friends with Frank, for he's orange. Like a traffic cone. For which Kibo is afraid.

-Crissa

PS - you'll have to know about the dread depths of the internet to get this, I'm guessing.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:53 pm

We Chose the Moon is pretty awesome. It's a virtual real-time replay of the first moon landing, 40 years (to the minute) after it happened. In one hour is the module separation for landing...

-Crissa

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:11 pm

Click the button for all your drama needs

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:11 pm

Scientific American details an academic who is researching the definition of evil. I doubt he'll come up with Frank's version, somehow.

-Crissa

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 4:57 am

Hehe. "Injured creature detected. Coup de grace or heal?"

-Crissa

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:24 am

Crissa wrote:Scientific American details an academic who is researching the definition of evil. I doubt he'll come up with Frank's version, somehow.

-Crissa

Fascinating. The best class I've ever taken anywhere was Evergreen's course on Evil. It was a combination of psychology and the philisophy and was absolutely awesome.

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:07 pm

Crissa wrote:Scientific American details an academic who is researching the definition of evil. I doubt he'll come up with Frank's version, somehow.

-Crissa

I would like to point out that the person is a department chairperson from my Alma Mata (RPI).

I like the end where they are worried about introducing “E” into second life. We need to worry more about real evil people in the world; we can deal with artificial evil people in the same way. It’s the evil self sentient artificial people we need to worry about.

Starmaker · Post by **Starmaker** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:18 pm

Crissa wrote:I doubt he'll come up with Frank's version, somehow.

Where is Frank's version?

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:30 am

RAIR design criteria wrote:To be truly evil, someone must have sought to do harm by planning to commit some morally wrong action with no prompting from others

What a waste of time. The only way for your actions to be uninfluenced by others is to not have any social or even physical contact with others. And at that point, I don't think anything you do is morally relevant. Let alone morally wrong.

It's a priori fail. Their working definitions are incoherent, and nothing they produce is going to have any real value.

-Username17

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:44 am

Well, I think they mean without direct prompting.

There's all kinds of influences, but I have seen people talk other people into doing shit.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:24 am

I'm going to save Dr. Bringsjord a whole fuck tonne of work. Here's his final and "most important" criteria for determining evil:

Bringsjord wrote:if this evil person were willing to analyze his or her reasons for wanting to commit this morally wrong action, these reasons would either prove to be incoherent, or they would reveal that the evil person knew he or she was doing something wrong and regarded the harm caused as a good thing.

People are "evil" if they have "goals" that are "different" from "yours."

Waste. Of. Time. Yes, if a dude cuts in line in front of you because he regards fobbing his wait time off on you as a god thing, he is evil. If a guy paints his house a color you don't like, he is evil too. Schadenfreude? Evil! Dirty jokes? Evil!

It's a completely fruitless direction. If you don't nail down what you consider unacceptable actions and goals, you're never going to be able to define Evil by actions and goals. And if you have nailed down unacceptable actions and goals, you already have defined Evil. That is what having unacceptable goals means.

-Username17

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:22 am

tzor wrote: I like the end where they are worried about introducing “E” into second life. We need to worry more about real evil people in the world; we can deal with artificial evil people in the same way. It’s the evil self sentient artificial people we need to worry about.

If he's really that evil, I approve of unleashing him onto SL to troll them with his malice. Maybe they'll find the perfect solution to this incredible evil, and that can be used in the real world.

Wait, real life doesn't have an /ignore function.

Not that he could be more destructive than the flying cock blitz or the "Let's create giant floating objects that spawn noises and also spawn more of themselves!" and other ED weapons.

erik · Post by **erik** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:11 pm

http://shibuya246.com/2009/08/22/gundam-wedding/

Wowza. Is there any culture zanier than the Japanese? I don't even care for Gundam or that genre but that is still some admirable devotion to entertainment.

Heath Robinson · Post by **Heath Robinson** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:21 pm

BZZZT, clikml.

Draco_Argentum · Post by **Draco_Argentum** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:38 am

This site tracks donations made to politicians compared to what bill was being voted on at the time and how they voted. Its not loading for me at the moment but it seems like just the sort of thing that would interest you guys.