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#1 Posted by HerbieBug (2606 posts) - 22 hours, 6 minutes ago

@mystyr_e said:

apparently Dave leaving was kept so low-key I find out a half a month later :|

Oh, there was much ballyhoo about that on the forums at the time. Dave taking off to be full-time dad for a while, Rorie welcomed back into the fold all announced on the same day. :)

#2 Posted by HerbieBug (2606 posts) - 1 day, 31 minutes ago

Vinny is the Randy Rhoads to Jeff and Ryan's Ozzy Osbourne. Things will carry on but it will never, ever, be the same again. :(

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#4 Posted by HerbieBug (2606 posts) - 1 day, 38 minutes ago

Rules of Prey by John Sandford. Was alright. Not amazing in any way but I enjoyed it.

Currently reading: Blindsight by Peter Watts. Now this book. This book has potential to be incredible. It's early going for me right now, only about 50 pages in, but all signs point to top quality storytelling in the works.

#5 Edited by HerbieBug (2606 posts) - 1 day, 55 minutes ago

Ikaruga. Shmups in general give me problems. I get sensory overload very quickly and my brain grinds to a standstill.

#6 Edited by HerbieBug (2606 posts) - 4 days, 6 minutes ago

Hanging off cliff/ledge/some rope or structure just about to fall. Maybe being helped up by a friend. Maybe having fingers stepped on by an enemy.

Most action movies have multiple instances of this. And it's every movie that ever had any inclination towards any sort of action scene whatsoever. All movies. All the time.

edit --- 'Trope' largely gained internet popularity as a term with the popularity surge of tvtropes website.

#7 Edited by HerbieBug (2606 posts) - 5 days, 6 hours ago

Yeah, this is mostly an annoyance for me with old jrpg's. For a while there, the lose all your stuff and complete level to get it back aka you're stuck in jail for some reason and need to find your equipment and escape sequence, was an apparently ubiquitous addition to all rpg's. It was almost as common as the ever so beloved water level in action games.

#8 Posted by HerbieBug (2606 posts) - 9 days, 55 minutes ago

Just finishing Leviathan Wakes. It's been simply fantastic.

The third book in this series, Abaddon's Gate, is due out in June. I am very excited. ( ◠‿◠)

#9 Posted by HerbieBug (2606 posts) - 11 days, 41 minutes ago

@sweep said:

@joeyravn said:

I guess nobody likes the name "Matthew". Just look at Kessler. I mean, Matthew. Kessler.

You mean Bodega?

Damnit, I was going to reply exactly that! :D

#10 Edited by HerbieBug (2606 posts) - 11 days, 1 hour ago

your poll options are a little... peculiar. The third option seems to imply that options one and two cannot be, or are not, interesting and engaging.

Patrick "Scoops" Klepek, age 11

Patrick writes things about video games. He also writes newsie news when the newsiest of newsie news is on the haps. When you see him, he may prompt you to read all about it.

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