The latest Naruto episodes were so full of flowers and every time that boy mentions camellias the caption in this image keeps popping up in my mind.
I can't stop laughing at the idea of a radioactive florist. XDAnd the way the artist expresses the homosexuality by that gesture of this guy's right hand is so simple, yet apt. If that hand was omitted, this person wouldn't look quite gay.
With F@h running constantly on my comp, my Rainmeter tells me that CPU usage has been staying at 70% while I was watching Naruto and Bleach. When I close all the players, CPU usage goes down to 50%. If I hadn't change the settings to lower its maximum resource limit, my comp would have been running at 100% and making everything lag, like it did yesterday.
I think I can see the difference between an old school western RPG and a modern western RPG, and why the old games feel relatively less interesting.
It lies in the purpose of the game. Newer RPGs like Neverwinter Nights and Fallout are meant to take you on a short trip to imaginary lands, an escapist trip. You are supposed to play with the constant knowledge that you are playing a game, which explains the achievements system, awards and special Easter Eggs.
In older RPGs, players are supposed to make full use of their imagination to "hear" the conversations and "see" the people. These games are meant to be long journeys in which you are to get lost in it and live an imaginary life. You aren't supposed to be reminded that it is a game.
In the best RPGs of the 2D era like BG2, the myriad of side quests accomplishes just that. There are few Easter Eggs and "real" things. How well you play is only reflected by how 1337 your items are, how good your stats are and such, instead of getting badges like the way Mass Effect works.
Which means the developers had different things in mind when they tried to make their games "fun". It all boils down to what you mean by "fun". In older games, fun means living in someplace that isn't real. In new games, fun refers to killing monsters and enjoying a good story told in 3D.
Sure, a good story is important in old RPGs, but how many players praised Baldur's Gate 2 because of its epic plot? No, the most popular reasons for its fame are its amazingly detailed world and the freedom to do anything in it.
It seems that details are the most important element in 2D games. Background stories, different traits in different races and such stuff are necessary for 2D games to be good. In contrast, a good modern RPG must have good 3D graphics, an exciting storyline and a good battle system. Background stories are good but not exactly necessary.
Christian salt. It's a brand new salt that is basically the same sodium chloride as normal salt except it has been blessed by a priest. This great invention was made because some guy wasn't happy about how the Jews have their kosher salt and Christians don't have their special salt. Omg those Christians are stupid.
Kosher salt is kosher not because it's been blessed by a rabbi, just like halal food isn't halal because they have imams who bless salt.
How the heck do you bless salt anyway? Is there some sort of ritual or do they just wave their hands above a mound of the white stuff and mumble a few holy words?
Kosher and halal foods are necessary because of the religous restrictions, but Christian salt is made because of an unjustifiable whim. Feel the difference?
And if this becomes a success, there are plans for more Christian foods to be created. Maybe Christian milk, Christian spam and Christian carrots? Then Christians will have to eat Christian food or risk going to hell, just like the way Muslims can't eat pork and drink alcohol.
Why stop there? They should also release a commerical version of the Popemobile! I imagine it would be great for sightseeing. Or for public displays of people (stripshows or criminals?).
Or maybe, that guy who made this salt was really mocking Judaism. Because it really does feel that way.
Either way, their investors are really profiting through the use of the name of Christ, proving Hubbard right when he founded his Church of Scientology, that the best way to make money is to create a religion.
Taoist sugar, anyone?
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