I'm sorry you had to go through that, bro. As someone who considers spoilers akin to heresy during the high times of the Holy Roman Empire, I not only feel your pain but also feel happiness at your vow to never spoil again. People sometimes don't understand how shitty spoilers can feel.

Yeah, sometimes I really do wish I could go on a blackout. Sometimes it still seems unavoidable though, like the time I was in blackout-mode for the third season's ending of Game of Thrones. That one day I didn't have my music player with me on the bus, two people next to me started (loudly) discussing it. I guess I'm…

I feel you, and to be honest this happens with a lot of media nowadays. This literally get talked to death sometimes, the more popular they are the worse it gets. Before I even got to watch the new Game of Thrones episode, people starting talking about it everywhere and interviews appeared that... relate... to a…

Your unnecessarily snide comment can be put aside: technological advancement is miniaturization, both in physical tech as in digital tech (e.g., data). Games really do not have to be this big - just because you can, doesn't mean you should. That, and data compression technology really needs a boost, the hell is up…

Manufactured Issue #12395234. Seriously, the guy has clearly Asian features, quite obviously stemming from the same region as where the game plays. Are people nowadays so lacking in knowledge of geography to recognize this? He's also, clearly, a dickhead, which is kind of the point of an antagonist.

The fact that the fine print is even required for clarification is ridiculous, if you ask me. Just say the goods and bads clear and up front, instead of leaving it in the sidelines to be overlooked. MS already has the reputation of screwing over people in that way, just clear it up already.

Interesting and... strange, I guess? We adopted a black, stray dog from the streets of my girlfriend's hometown in Hungary (she's a native, I'm Dutch; we don't even have stray dogs where I'm from). He was being chased by another dog and in bad shape, so we shooed the attacking dog away and took the little black fella…

Sad panda :'(

So was everything pre-MK3, but opinions and such. The only fighter which has gore and is really decent is Samurai Shodown, at least the ones that have some gore and even then it's minor and stylish. Except for Samsho Sen, that one sucked.

Yes you do, considering you cannot know for sure if this is artistic liberty (and thus a mistake or reinterpretation of the laws of physics) or an element of future technology that makes it possible. There really is no way to know, none at all. Thus you can tell when the laws of physics are being defied, but you…

Is there anything you DO like, and do you form those opinions based on personal taste or what other people say?

Am I? Please point out where / how I'm doing that, then I can admit or comment on it.

In parts of book(s) yes, but that doesn't mean all of Christianity trusts in that, believes that or uses it as a base of beliefs and practices - they are just books, after all, influenced by writers, translators and the times they were written in and thus not necessarily truthful. I'm not a Christian and not even…

In what way? I'm not a Christian, so there's no 'moral high-ground' for me to take in this discussion. However, I was raised Christian (protestant, new-reformed stream) and nowhere in the stories or teachings I grew up is there any focus on punishment or apocalypse. Not that it's not there; it's just not regarded as…

Nah, it really is hard to detect sarcasm online - voice is a big part of what makes sarcasm succesful and makes it infinitely easier to spot. If I didn't see your follow-up post, I wouldn't have known. Now that I do know: good show, chuckled.

Yeah, no. This only applies to parts of / sects of Christianity, not the whole. Hell, the negatives you mentioned are almost exclusive to Catholicism. If you want to make jokes like this, at least know your shit.

Care Factor? Yeah, I could get behind this, although story is probably the weakest part of the MGS series.

Your calenders are the right way up, more like. Never understood this month-day-year seperation, no logic.

Argmageddon said it a bit too rough for my tastes, but I have to agree: these ads did nothing for 'us' Europeans. I'm Dutch myself but I know a lot of French, German, British, Belgian, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, etc. people - I get around. At the time of this ad-campaign I was in the prime targeted age, as were my…

While theoretically this works more often than not, advertising theory and psychology also has a lot to say when it comes to complete disconnection of the target audience and the product the ads are trying to sell. In this case the disconnect is such that it alienates sooner than it will sell, also because it's only…