@yourcitylovesyou: ATW?

@yanipheonu: Yeah, I'm with you on that one, and I confess hadn't even thought that far until I hit the end of the letter and then your comment. "Oh god, I'd have to watch them...crap." People would be up in arms about it. Now, if they could cook up some sort of animation...minimizing the blood, say, and having…

@Chinpokomon: Ah, THAT was the name you kept saying. I couldn't hear. Well, good to meet you, man!

So much fun was had! My public drinking chances occur more rarely than I would like, and they're always conducted in the company of those who expect you to spend your free time hefting thick tomes on the meaning of life or lack thereof. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I drink happily rather than…

@FarmboyinJapan: Yeah, I'll be there! It was the third time I had someone come out so I had learned not to try and pack too much into one day...and also to plan more conservatively for 59-year-old knees, as opposed to those of my sister and then my friend.

@FarmboyinJapan: hey thanks for the tips re: food at the Shinjuku Park Hyatt btw. My mom enjoyed herself muchly.

Vocabulary, sure. On Everquest 1, Saryrn server, a girl named Nitrate whom I'd never seen before in my life handed me, at level five, a Blade of Fiery Lamentations. I was nine years old. I probably already knew what "lamentation" was, but the bard song Kelin's Lububrious Lament, as well as Chords of Dissonance and…

@Korey: Indeed, it was done by McVaffe, and had I been smart enough to search for "remix" instead of "mcvaffe" or "ocremix" I'd've saved myself the foolishness of being redundant...ah well, it's good to see another fan of ocr on here! Too many gamers give me a boggle-eyed emoticon when I mention it.

Er, hello, that's McVaffe's remix of the Okami theme as posted on OCRemix! Congrats McVaffe! I listen to that mix all the time! ...He IS getting credit, right? If not, maybe you could give it to him? It's a truly wonderful mix and he was gone for some time; to have that upon his return was epic. EDIT: Oh bah,…

@(zombie) buddhathing: I'm not entirely sure what's going on in this comment, but anything with slashfic and Morgan Freeman in the same sentence has to be good...

@TearsandScreams: Fun is relative, though. Also consider how many fairly boring games are out there but which games still manage to make a point. The one that springs to mind was linked on kotaku a few months ago, and involved looking at interesting items on people riding the Stockholm metro without making eye…

@EolirinX: Articulate and (more or less, save "senselessly") restrained. All the buttons I could push to praise you appear to have been pushed, so I'll just say it. Nice comment.

I'm very leery of employing terms like "brainwashing" and "mindless," since as soon as you do, you exonerate on some level the parties being brainwashed, the parties acting mindlessly, when we know quite well they are not automatons being controlled by some outside force. Barring controlled circumstances and…

@okenny : ) ...building bridges (to hide under): Wow. Who ARE you? You're awesome is who you are. Articulate, seemingly honest, no flaming despite a response which could have been taken badly, and...that JFK quote was on my dad's retirement plaque from the military. I shall avoid calling you out on cheese for that…

@Trogdor: The Burninator: On my mom's marriage certificate she's listed as The Rapist, because the glorious state of California couldn't be bothered to put the whole word on a new line. Way to go, CA!

@Vorpal: "You'd laaaaaike that, vouuuldn't you?" Best dry goods salesman ever. (edit: so good, I can't even quote him correctly -_-)

While the colors and animation remind me of Kings Quest VII (a not wholly enjoyable game, loathsome as I am of Halloweentown-type themes, but that troll chapter was to die for), there will only ever be room for one Dust in my heart...

@willparry79: Hey, you're right. I'm unfamiliar with the SW soundtrack but I love me my Howard Shore and...huh. Thar she blows. Did he accept the tribute in good spirit, or were there grumblings?

@willparry79: I see where you're coming from but the flOw bit comes off as less chained to its timing. Also the vocals seem to support the instruments in the flOw score, versus Elfman where the instruments kind of depend on the choral bits. I'm a musical laywoman though so I don't have more technical analysis to…

@Tanneseph: I sympathize with you on petering out. I only stuck through it because I was reading it at the same time as a friend, and talking about it as we went along. At least you read the fourth book though. Best one hands down.