Rant 474 / Nipple Armour? What The Heck?

Cao Cao's tomb has been found. That's definitely big news for historians. Wonder if they can recreate his face using his skull.












Extreme civil engineering. I know this is old, but still it's a nice pic =P













So while I bought the Brie cheese for Christmas I also bought a piece of Camembert. For half the price of Brie, it looks no different from its more expensive cousin. Both have edible rinds and both are young cheeses (ie taste like butter/milk), so they're pretty convenient.

Turns out Camembert tastes like a more mature version of Brie. It's harder, stronger and doesn't suit my tastes. I still prefer the gentler Brie.

Also feels strange to eat these incredibly mouldy stuff. The closest thing to this in Chinese cuisine is probably stinky beancurd, but even that isn't covered by a solid layer of bacteria. As I was eating the rind I was thinking," I'm chewing on penicillin... and it doesn't taste bad at all!"













After more than a week on FoM, I find that a major part of the game lies in the forums. That's where much of the drama is at.

Anyway VI still has our 2 colonies, Kepler's Dome (KD) and Tokyo. I'm still surprised that the GD Senate gave Tokyo to us permanently and no one has tried to take it away. Best of all, the LED and FDC (government police and military) is going to maintain the peace in that city, ie provide patrols and sentries while we rake in the profits.

We still do create patrol groups once in a while for Tokyo but it's mostly to hunt down the occasional gankers. Best of all, Tokyo has Organic Materials which is required to make food. In the futuristic world of FoM, all foods are modified to provide instant physical benefits in addition to supplying nutrition. Basically they're used together with drugs to enable maximum performance during combat.












The Japanese anime artists are so creative, they can come up with concepts that are out of this world. I mean like, nipple armour. That just blew my mind. What exactly is the purpose of such a strategically placed bit of armour on an otherwise unclothed chest? What does it protect the wearer from? Hungry babies?


Speaking of amazing ideas, Iron Chef is totally full of those. Cabbage-wrapped siu mai, bell peppers as main ingredient and etc. Those chefs were incredible.