The Blackangel

Explore a planet, obviously. The opportunity to head out amongst the stars and explore unknown worlds would be the greatest dream come true for me.

I can never remember the answer to this question: Does YouTube count as social media? If so I can give a relevant answer. If not, then I have no more to offer on this thread.

Fidget spinners. I love them. And they actually do work for me. I have a couple dozen, including some that light up.

Anyone with a pulse.

“Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money.” It's a Cree proverb.

Typically, violence.

She, @Patrik. I’m female.

Regardless of what your situation is, take a week or two every now and then and do without gaming. It will keep you from burn out a lot more, and give you a rest as well. For example, I haven't really gamed in over a week. I'm letting myself rest. For a while there, from the moment I woke up I raced to my office and jumped on RDR2. I haven't played for a while now, and I'm enjoying the break. Actually I haven't really played much of anything.

RDR2. I never liked western games as a kid. It was only fantasy, with a rare exception. But never a western.

How many horses I have tamed or how many of a certain gang I have killed in RDR2. It 's the only game I can think of that I play that really tracks stats. If you grab the battle meter in FF8, you can track your stats, but it's nothing truly interesting.

I wish I could see my actual honor rank in RDR2, instead of only a sliding scale.

Hatred. Pure and simple. Well, maybe not pure....

If you were to ask me, I would say the only thing I excel at is getting pissed off. But I just went and asked my girl. She mentioned that I easily master old games (NES/SNES mainly) and I'm a whiz with Zelda games. She also mentioned that I am a master gamer for FF8. So the old stuff is what I excel at. I'm also good with controller repair, and once in a while, system repair.

Hatred kinda sucks with its driving mechanics. The cars you steal, regardless of what it is, are always stiff, and next to impossible to steer. It's like they haven't invented power steering yet.

You've actually played the game? I didn't even know Pepsiman existed until AVGN did a video about it last year. I would say the hardest levels for me would have been the second and third areas in Blaster Master. They are so big, so wide open, and such a maze, that finding the small building that the boss is hiding in is almost impossible if you haven't already done it before. Some of the later levels, while smaller, can be even worse at times.

I revisit areas tons of times for different reasons. But if I have to turn around and go back because I missed something important that I had to have or forgot something then that is where my problem lies.

Yeah, they just park their knees on peoples throats for 9 minutes and listen to them scream and beg for air.

Yeah, but then you would be the notorious asshole that was letting people go for a game not meet expectations within the company. Just because it doesn't do well with the gamers isn't always the fault of the developers. The game could just not be very popular, and flop for that reason. That's no fault of the developers if they busted their asses to make the game.

There's an asshole in every demographic and group, and it doesn't matter what that classification is. Literally everywhere you go, there is a minimum of one asshole in that group.

I never liked green tea, but black tea is where I'm at.

The statement was made by a comedian (I don't remember who) that we should make politicians wear jackets with all the companies that are backing them during elections. I'll add at least once a month to that.

That is mostly due to inflation and simple greed. When it came out a new NES was $150. As the American dollar drops in value year by year, the prices will continue to go up. Other countries and economies see it going for more here, and think "If they can get that much, why shouldn't we be able to?" so they in turn charge more. I remember when a soda was 25¢ in vending machines. You'll be lucky to find one that is below $2 now. And there are a lot of countries that don't even take the American dollar anymore, simply due to how worthless it has gotten. It was proposed a couple years ago that Canada, US, and Mexico adopt a currency modeled after the Euro. But was eventually decided that it would tank the economy or something. I don't remember the actual reason. Personally, I like the idea. But I don't know jack shit about economics, so I don't know if it's a good one. Or even plausible.

You're more advanced than I am. I know a few key phrases, and can identify a few words, but can't converse at all. The funny thing is that I can read Spanish 100 times better than I can speak it. I can normally follow whatever it is when it's written, but not always. For example when Javier is singing in RDR2, even though the words are on the screen, I have no clue what the lyrics are saying.

You got it right. The way it's worded - morning, noon, evening - is what tends to throw people the most. But that's the point of a riddle. Tricky wording to trick your mind. And to lead to an answer that should be completely obvious. The only downside to the sphinx was that the penalty for getting the answer wrong was death.

I've volunteered at raptor rehabilitation in the past, but that's out of my ability now.