let's see you carry a carpetbag with no fingers, blueboy
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UnbrokenEvaHIGH ON THE WIREBUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered Userregular
I tend to carry a swiss army knife just because it's damn handy to have around. I'd never even consider pulling it in a fight, mostly because the thought of cutting another living thing makes me ill.
A knife is a fantastic multipurpose tool, but as a weapon of self-defense its not great. Pulling a knife when someone is beating you up is a good way to escalate the situation and get the other person or yourself killed.
Basically pepper spray is far and away a better choice for defending yourself.
Broke as fuck in the style of the times. Gratitude is all that can return on your generosity.
A knife is a fantastic multipurpose tool, but as a weapon of self-defense its not great. Pulling a knife when someone is beating you up is a good way to escalate the situation and get the other person or yourself killed.
Basically pepper spray is far and away a better choice for defending yourself.
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as someone who was threatened with a knife via mugging I can tell you that if I can dodge a knife while intoxicated and hit someone in the face, a regular person should be able to avoid a knife
minus the pepper spray bit
the far and away better choice is to punch people in the face
That's true, the best possible method of self-defense is to never be in a situation where you need to defend yourself. It seems a bit simple when you just say it like that.
Broke as fuck in the style of the times. Gratitude is all that can return on your generosity.
That's true, the best possible method of self-defense is to never be in a situation where you need to defend yourself. It seems a bit simple when you just say it like that.
So you're saying carry ninja smoke bombs?
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ButtlordFornicusLord of Bondage and PainRegistered Userregular
the best method of self defense is to be with someone that's bigger and stronger
this is why i befriended the football team as a freshman in high school
That's true, the best possible method of self-defense is to never be in a situation where you need to defend yourself. It seems a bit simple when you just say it like that.
So you're saying carry ninja smoke bombs?
Ninja smoke bombs, gas operated grappling hooks, the ability to duck out of a window onto a fire escape and be suddenly gone without clambering noisily down said fire escape, these are all premium self defense methods
Broke as fuck in the style of the times. Gratitude is all that can return on your generosity.
Oh I forgot that was out. Ought to grab it when I get the chance!
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UnbrokenEvaHIGH ON THE WIREBUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered Userregular
Yeah, when they reviewed it (glowingly) last week, they said they'd bring it up again on release day to remind people. I remember reading something a while ago where indie devs requested reviews for their games not go up early, even positive ones because sales tend to be much higher if the person reading the review can immediately go buy the game. If they have to wait a week or so for the game to come out, a lot forget as indie games don't typically have the marketing required to stay fresh in someone's mind.
There is also a 3rd party progrma you can install that lets you add in a bunch of spruced-up textures that make it look much nicer and let you alter Garret's outfit.
I understood Thief 3 was the bastard child of the series, that 2 was the best one. This is not the case?
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Yeah, the game is definitely very flawed. I have my share of complaints about it, but I really love its atmosphere. It's one of the most fun stealth games I've ever played. I just hope that Thief 4 actually comes out in the near future, and adds something to the mix.
There is also a 3rd party progrma you can install that lets you add in a bunch of spruced-up textures that make it look much nicer and let you alter Garret's outfit.
I understood Thief 3 was the bastard child of the series, that 2 was the best one. This is not the case?
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Yeah, the game is definitely very flawed. I have my share of complaints about it, but I really love its atmosphere. It's one of the most fun stealth games I've ever played. I just hope that Thief 4 actually comes out in the near future, and adds something to the mix.
I quite enjoyed Thief 3 despite itself. It's a bit like Alpha Protocol in that regard, except Thief 3 didn't constantly crash at a closing boss fight
Penny Arcade tried, but the app crashed 3 times for every 1 time you tried to use it
Hmm, that sucks. The idea is sound, though no idea why it would need to be an app.
Question for everyone:
What would be categories you could classify games by?
Maybe examples:
Violence: None, Loony Tunes, Adult cartoonish, Bloody
Dexterity difficulty: Simple, Medium, Difficult, You must have 4 hands
Puzzle difficulty: Classic, Logic Based, Roberta Williams, Inexplicable
Penny Arcade tried, but the app crashed 3 times for every 1 time you tried to use it
Hmm, that sucks. The idea is sound, though no idea why it would need to be an app.
Question for everyone:
What would be categories you could classify games by?
Maybe examples:
Violence: None, Loony Tunes, Adult cartoonish, Bloody
Dexterity difficulty: Simple, Medium, Difficult, You must have 4 hands
Puzzle difficulty: Classic, Logic Based, Roberta Williams, Inexplicable
I had to write this assignment for one of my classes at school, intro to Video Games or something, I took it for an easy grade
the assignment was 'the genre system of video games is inherently flawed, come up with a new one'
I had like these five criteria that were scientific and esoteric as shit
like, 'mechanization' was one, that was the measure of how much direct agency you had over your avatar
most RTSes would rate a 1 on that scale because of how high level your interactions are, one right click to do everything and your control over your units is indirect
Steel Battalion rated a 10 because none of the processes for movement or action in that game were automated
it was insaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane how crazy I got with it
Over forty hours into Xenoblade now. I doubt I'm even halfway done.
Pretty sure if I manage to write a review it's going to focus on how single player games take MMO design philosophies and the ways they succeed and fail in doing so.
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well, yeah, the dude was high pretty much all the time.
I was a jock through highschool until the last year of it
then I started posting on forums and became a secret nerd
the best kind of nerd
just in case
if someone has a gun
you'd better believe that knife is staying where it is
if they have a knife it's probably staying where it is
but if it's just somebody with nothing? then it might be frightening enough
also a sharp knife is just a good tool to have in arms reach; might have to cut through a seatbelt or even just some rope or something
who knows!
let's see you carry a carpetbag with no fingers, blueboy
these are the pliers damn it wait this is a toothpick
But yeah, I'm still not looking to use it for self defense.
it's a tool.
Basically pepper spray is far and away a better choice for defending yourself.
https://www.paypal.me/hobnailtaylor
this
as someone who was threatened with a knife via mugging I can tell you that if I can dodge a knife while intoxicated and hit someone in the face, a regular person should be able to avoid a knife
minus the pepper spray bit
the far and away better choice is to punch people in the face
or not get in fights
https://www.paypal.me/hobnailtaylor
So you're saying carry ninja smoke bombs?
this is why i befriended the football team as a freshman in high school
Ninja smoke bombs, gas operated grappling hooks, the ability to duck out of a window onto a fire escape and be suddenly gone without clambering noisily down said fire escape, these are all premium self defense methods
https://www.paypal.me/hobnailtaylor
Yeah, the game is definitely very flawed. I have my share of complaints about it, but I really love its atmosphere. It's one of the most fun stealth games I've ever played. I just hope that Thief 4 actually comes out in the near future, and adds something to the mix.
I quite enjoyed Thief 3 despite itself. It's a bit like Alpha Protocol in that regard, except Thief 3 didn't constantly crash at a closing boss fight
Huh, I didn't think that level was super terrifying. That was my favorite level though.
you're thinking pagers
normal people have jobs that require a knife
or just want something to protect themselves with and don't want a CCP
THE DECIDOTRON
or something.
I thought it was kind of a silly thing
Hmm, that sucks. The idea is sound, though no idea why it would need to be an app.
Question for everyone:
What would be categories you could classify games by?
Maybe examples:
Violence: None, Loony Tunes, Adult cartoonish, Bloody
Dexterity difficulty: Simple, Medium, Difficult, You must have 4 hands
Puzzle difficulty: Classic, Logic Based, Roberta Williams, Inexplicable
I had to write this assignment for one of my classes at school, intro to Video Games or something, I took it for an easy grade
the assignment was 'the genre system of video games is inherently flawed, come up with a new one'
I had like these five criteria that were scientific and esoteric as shit
like, 'mechanization' was one, that was the measure of how much direct agency you had over your avatar
most RTSes would rate a 1 on that scale because of how high level your interactions are, one right click to do everything and your control over your units is indirect
Steel Battalion rated a 10 because none of the processes for movement or action in that game were automated
it was insaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane how crazy I got with it
I should dig that up
Pretty sure if I manage to write a review it's going to focus on how single player games take MMO design philosophies and the ways they succeed and fail in doing so.
My Let's Play Channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UC2go70QLfwGq-hW4nvUqmog
Was it a drug knife?
A drug knife you can have sex with?
Why I fear the ocean.
also the game library it referenced was shitty
and the barcode scanner would frequently not work, even with a-list titles
no, it was a standard stainless steel hunting knife, like what you might use to cut a deer.
fuck, i'm glad you're playing this because it sounds like the worst shit ever to me
ugh lost planet 2 uuuuugggghhhhhh