Rant 579 / Only One Campaign That Has Seven Maps

Bookmarks. Why do we need anything fancy for bookmarks? Personally I use a strip of scrap paper and in the past, even toilet paper. Anything sheet of paper at hand can become a bookmark as long as it marks the page and does not deform/stain the book.













Alien Swarm is pretty darn good for a free game. Hell, if they made more maps they could sell it for money. It's completely free with no strings attached at the moment, so I suspect they will someday charge fees for maps like what Blizzard plans to do for SC2.

This game is a multiplayer co-op real-time tactical shooter where you play with 3 other guys in co-op maps to kill aliens and accomplish objectives. Think Diablo, except with guns and without the random loot. You look down from above and click to fire at the direction where you're pointing at.

Playing online gives experience to players which eventually allows them to gain better weapons like the Tesla gun or flamethrower.

If you're interested, I recommend downloading it now and starting while everyone is still new. Nobody would scream, "NOOB! GTFO!!" if you make any mistakes now. Even I just jumped in after finishing the single-player "Offline Practice", which doesn't cover everything, something I found out in the first online game I joined.

Steam is free and only takes a short registration, if you don't have it already.













This article is ridiculous.

IMF challenges Asia to change its economic habits

LOL! Go away, IMF. This whole thing can probably be summarised and concluded by this paragraph:

The problem, to put it bluntly, is that Asia does not need the IMF or like the IMF, whose invasive policy prescriptions are blamed in the region for having exacerbated the 1997/98 meltdown.

Seriously.

The most striking imbalance in Asia is that it saves too much... But policymakers could do much more to promote more balanced growth, for example by building social safety nets to lessen the need to save for a rainy day, allowing currency appreciation and reducing corporate savings.

This idea is so absurd, I don't know why he even bothered to say this. I mean, it's supposed to be normal to spend everything we earn like the Americans? Because relying on national welfare is the way to go during recessions, right?

It stinks so much of bullshit, I'm surprised I don't see hoof prints blanketing my screen.

While we Asians are feeling disgusted by the amount of tax money Western countries waste through welfare policies, he's trying to tell us that we should have them too? What are these people planning to accomplish here?

I say if Asia ever needs such an organization to regulate monetary policies, we should set up our own. After what we've seen so far, I don't believe we should make another America out of Asia.