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ok, glad I'm not alone
why is it called Euromaidan though?
edit: nvm
+ Show Spoiler +The 2013 Ukraine pro-European Union protests or Euromaidan (Ukrainian: Євромайдан) protests in Ukraine began on the night of 21 November 2013, when Ukrainian citizens started spontaneous protests in the capital of Kiev. On the previous day, 21 November 2013, the Ukrainian government suspended preparations for signing an Association Agreement and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with the European Union. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence, and an increasing number of university students are joining the protests. Law enforcement agencies, namely Berkut (a special unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs), violently and without provocation attacked peacefully protesting students and journalists in the early morning of 30 November. The escalating violence from government forces has caused the level of protests to rise, with 350,000–1,600,000 protesters demonstrating in Kiev at the movement's peak on December 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Ukraine_pro-European_Union_protests
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On March 26 2014 02:17 jcarlsoniv wrote:ok, glad I'm not alone why is it called Euromaidan though? edit: nvm + Show Spoiler +The 2013 Ukraine pro-European Union protests or Euromaidan (Ukrainian: Євромайдан) protests in Ukraine began on the night of 21 November 2013, when Ukrainian citizens started spontaneous protests in the capital of Kiev. On the previous day, 21 November 2013, the Ukrainian government suspended preparations for signing an Association Agreement and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with the European Union. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence, and an increasing number of university students are joining the protests. Law enforcement agencies, namely Berkut (a special unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs), violently and without provocation attacked peacefully protesting students and journalists in the early morning of 30 November. The escalating violence from government forces has caused the level of protests to rise, with 350,000–1,600,000 protesters demonstrating in Kiev at the movement's peak on December 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Ukraine_pro-European_Union_protests
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromaidan#Name_history
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On March 26 2014 02:16 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:Show nested quote +On March 26 2014 02:14 ComaDose wrote:
+1 for a scanner darkly. read the book too. read all phillip k dick books and watch all the movies they made about them. Paycheck (the movie) was pretty awful.
I kinda liked it like 10 years ago when i saw it. the idea is cool anyway.
but the idea is always cool in phillip k dick stuff.
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On March 26 2014 02:19 ComaDose wrote:Show nested quote +On March 26 2014 02:16 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:On March 26 2014 02:14 ComaDose wrote:
+1 for a scanner darkly. read the book too. read all phillip k dick books and watch all the movies they made about them. Paycheck (the movie) was pretty awful. I kinda liked it like 10 years ago when i saw it. the idea is cool anyway. but the idea is always cool in phillip k dick stuff.
The short story was cool I liked it. The adaptation Hollywood-ified it a lot.
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Anyone here ever play Boozecube? I've played a couple times with my friends, and Boozecube 2.0 recently came out. Gonna be playing this weekend, so pumped.
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On March 26 2014 02:28 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:Show nested quote +On March 26 2014 02:19 ComaDose wrote:On March 26 2014 02:16 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:On March 26 2014 02:14 ComaDose wrote:
+1 for a scanner darkly. read the book too. read all phillip k dick books and watch all the movies they made about them. Paycheck (the movie) was pretty awful. I kinda liked it like 10 years ago when i saw it. the idea is cool anyway. but the idea is always cool in phillip k dick stuff. The short story was cool I liked it. The adaptation Hollywood-ified it a lot.
tragically common case  my memories are probably all rosy due to my teen crush on Uma Thurman. reminds me of this funny picture+ Show Spoiler +
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On March 26 2014 02:10 Duvon wrote:
Any Ursula K leGuin.
I read the Dispossessed last year, was pretty cool.
On March 26 2014 02:12 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Depends on what you like it's kind of hard to give recommendations with nothing to go on.
I'm not looking for something I necessarily like.
If I were to put limitations I would want fiction, released in the last 20 years, originally written in English (not a translated work), preferably not young adult, less than 400 pages, and self-contained (not part of a series).
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memoirs of a geisha for a tl weeaboo
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I'd recommend Guy Kay. Historical fiction, he has lots of stand-alone books, though probably they're mostly slightly longer than 400 pages.
Also he's a friendly man with a lisp and he was a co-editor of The Silmarillion.
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On March 26 2014 02:48 kainzero wrote:I read the Dispossessed last year, was pretty cool. Show nested quote +On March 26 2014 02:12 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Depends on what you like it's kind of hard to give recommendations with nothing to go on. I'm not looking for something I necessarily like. If I were to put limitations I would want fiction, released in the last 20 years, originally written in English (not a translated work), preferably not young adult, less than 400 pages, and self-contained (not part of a series).
Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richard, it's like ever so slightly over 400. Not sure what young adult encompasses as a genre though
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I'm reading Americana by Don DeLillo at the moment. A little older than what you were looking for (originally 1971 reedited in 1981) but i think it makes reading the 70s setting that much better. its the right amount of pages tho!
Its got a great capitalist and hereditary wealth /values criticism narrative as well as getting you super deep into the main characters head.
On another note don't you pirate literature?
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On March 26 2014 02:48 kainzero wrote:I read the Dispossessed last year, was pretty cool. Show nested quote +On March 26 2014 02:12 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Depends on what you like it's kind of hard to give recommendations with nothing to go on. I'm not looking for something I necessarily like. If I were to put limitations I would want fiction, released in the last 20 years, originally written in English (not a translated work), preferably not young adult, less than 400 pages, and self-contained (not part of a series).
Just about anything by Philip K Dick! Except for the last 20 years part. But it's all so good.
My favorites are Solar Lottery, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.
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On March 26 2014 03:28 Tooplark wrote:Show nested quote +On March 26 2014 02:48 kainzero wrote:On March 26 2014 02:10 Duvon wrote:
Any Ursula K leGuin. I read the Dispossessed last year, was pretty cool. On March 26 2014 02:12 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Depends on what you like it's kind of hard to give recommendations with nothing to go on. I'm not looking for something I necessarily like. If I were to put limitations I would want fiction, released in the last 20 years, originally written in English (not a translated work), preferably not young adult, less than 400 pages, and self-contained (not part of a series). Just about anything by Philip K Dick! Except for the last 20 years part. But it's all so good. My favorites are Solar Lottery, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.
I finished Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep recently. Soooo gooood. I never saw Blade Runner tho, think its worth it?
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On March 26 2014 03:31 ComaDose wrote:Show nested quote +On March 26 2014 03:28 Tooplark wrote:On March 26 2014 02:48 kainzero wrote:On March 26 2014 02:10 Duvon wrote:
Any Ursula K leGuin. I read the Dispossessed last year, was pretty cool. On March 26 2014 02:12 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Depends on what you like it's kind of hard to give recommendations with nothing to go on. I'm not looking for something I necessarily like. If I were to put limitations I would want fiction, released in the last 20 years, originally written in English (not a translated work), preferably not young adult, less than 400 pages, and self-contained (not part of a series). Just about anything by Philip K Dick! Except for the last 20 years part. But it's all so good. My favorites are Solar Lottery, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. I finished Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep recently. Soooo gooood. I never saw Blade Runner tho, think its worth it?
I saw it about a year or so ago, I really enjoyed it. To me, it really felt like it aged pretty well, with good performances on all sides. Obviously the effects and what not are a bit dated (never bothers me, but something to point out for others), but it's a pretty good noir sci-fi.
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On March 26 2014 03:31 ComaDose wrote:Show nested quote +On March 26 2014 03:28 Tooplark wrote:On March 26 2014 02:48 kainzero wrote:On March 26 2014 02:10 Duvon wrote:
Any Ursula K leGuin. I read the Dispossessed last year, was pretty cool. On March 26 2014 02:12 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Depends on what you like it's kind of hard to give recommendations with nothing to go on. I'm not looking for something I necessarily like. If I were to put limitations I would want fiction, released in the last 20 years, originally written in English (not a translated work), preferably not young adult, less than 400 pages, and self-contained (not part of a series). Just about anything by Philip K Dick! Except for the last 20 years part. But it's all so good. My favorites are Solar Lottery, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. I finished Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep recently. Soooo gooood. I never saw Blade Runner tho, think its worth it?
I will not tolerate people who do not see blade runner. Get to it.
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So Smite went live today, a short while ago Hearthstone as well, both in open beta beforehand. Heroes of the Storm is in a fairly confined but publicly viewable Alpha phase, and a lot of games on Steam are going for these "early access" models where people pay nearly full price to play games before release. Heck, LoL and DotA2 were open or near-open beta for a long time prior as well.
Does this bother anyone else? I mean sure, it's nice to see and play things early, but doesn't it kind of take the fun out of Launch Day? Doesn't it kind of tarnish the magic of new games a bit?
I mean, it doesn't ruin the games, but what's the point of having a "Launch" if everyone's been able to play it for a while beforehand? Especially in games where there's patches very often and the game is going to change drastically from the launch version anyway.
On one hand, I know it's a way to get a lot of testers, but then, it's not really testing if everyone can see it anyway, no? I guess it gives them an excuse for bugs ("It's in Beta!" cried all the Smite players), but then in games like this you still have bugs post-release anyway and then you no longer have that excuse.
I dunno, I was just thinking about it a bit and it was irking me.
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I think it's been a few years now since game companies realized they can release a game, call it an "open beta" but it's really just the released game, but use the open beta label as an excuse for the first years worth of bugs.
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I'll probably check out Solar Lottery and Americana. Mercy Among the Children isn't on Kindle, Guy Kay stuff is a little bit too long for what I like on Kindle, and I'm also reading Japanese novels in native Japanese to work on my language skill so I'm not particularly interested in more Japanese stuff with Memoirs of a Geisha. (I tried Natsume Soseki's Kokoro but it was just too much for now.)
I don't pirate literature, it's cheap enough and I like supporting authors that do good work.
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Alright blade runner is added to must watch list.
I think open beta completely kills launch day hype because everyone who is excited to play it is already playing it. And no one is lining up at stores anymore to grab from that big display near the door, its all online.
Edit: ^ if you like Japanese literature i read Kafka on the Shore and it was immediately in my top 10 of all time. I read it in English but i bet its an even better trip in Japanese.
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Brother-in-law gave me BladeRunner for xmas a couple years ago, haven't watched it yet. Might do that tonight.
On March 26 2014 03:44 Requizen wrote:
So Smite went live today, a short while ago Hearthstone as well, both in open beta beforehand. Heroes of the Storm is in a fairly confined but publicly viewable Alpha phase, and a lot of games on Steam are going for these "early access" models where people pay nearly full price to play games before release. Heck, LoL and DotA2 were open or near-open beta for a long time prior as well.
Does this bother anyone else? I mean sure, it's nice to see and play things early, but doesn't it kind of take the fun out of Launch Day? Doesn't it kind of tarnish the magic of new games a bit?
I mean, it doesn't ruin the games, but what's the point of having a "Launch" if everyone's been able to play it for a while beforehand? Especially in games where there's patches very often and the game is going to change drastically from the launch version anyway.
On one hand, I know it's a way to get a lot of testers, but then, it's not really testing if everyone can see it anyway, no? I guess it gives them an excuse for bugs ("It's in Beta!" cried all the Smite players), but then in games like this you still have bugs post-release anyway and then you no longer have that excuse.
I dunno, I was just thinking about it a bit and it was irking me.
Honestly, I'd prefer open betas to D3 release day.
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