*RIPS SHIRT OFF* TALK TO ME ABOUT VIDEO GAMES
1: Do you try to stay away from walkthroughs?2: Company you're always loyal to?
3: Best game you've ever played?
4: Worst game you've ever played?
5: A popular series/game you just can't get into no matter how much you try?
6: A game that's changed you the most?
7: A game you'll never forget?
8: Best soundtrack?
9: A game you turn your volume off every time you play it?
10: A game you've completely given up on?
11: Hardest game you've played?
12: Shortest time you've beaten a game in?
13: A game you were the most excited for when it wasn't released yet?
14: A game you think would be cool if it had voice acting?
15: Which two games do you think would make an awesome crossover?
16: Character you've hated most? From what game?
17: What game do you never tell people you play?
18: A game you wish your friends knew about?
19: Which game do you think deserves a revival?
20: What was the first video game you ever played?
21: How old were you when you first played a video game?
22: If you could immerse yourself in any game for one day, which game would it be? What would you do?
23: Biggest disappointment you've had in gaming?
24: Casual, Hardcore, or in the middle?
25: Be honest; have you ever used cheats (like ActionReplay or Gameshark)?
26: Handheld or console?
27: Has there ever been a moment that has made you cry?
28: Which character's clothes do you wish you owned the most?
29: Which is more important, gameplay or story?
30: A game that hasn't been localized in your country that you think should be localized?
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barkentin: That's some pretty awesome timing lance
That's some pretty awesome timing lance
joramun: #i could watch this movie 20 times a day
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aristgd: IMG_7135-exp on Flickr. In line for our cast photo...
IMG_7135-exp on Flickr.
In line for our cast photo Saturday morning!
Oh my god I need/want to know how the Delenn cosplayer did the bone crest because it's perfect *_*
interspacing: npr: (via 22 Maps That Show The Deepest...
npr:
(via 22 Maps That Show The Deepest Linguistic Conflicts In America)
Joshua Katz, a Ph. D student in statistics at North Carolina State University, just published a group of awesome visualizations of a linguistic survey that looked at how Americans pronounce words.
Among the words he maps are crawfish, syrup, caramel, lawyer, mayonnaise and pecan. He also maps regions by how they refer to a carbonated beverage (the age-old soda or pop question) and how people address groups of two or more people — though as someone who spent time in Pittsburgh, yinz seems to be conspicuously absent. — heidi…Holy shit why is the way I pronounce crayon so different from my other pronunciations?
I also pronounce it "cran".
frodofeels: Please back off Evangeline Lilly for not having an all-encompassing knowledge of...
Please back off Evangeline Lilly for not having an all-encompassing knowledge of Tolkien's works. Very few actors know everything about the source material. When the male actors for the Hobbit made mistakes or couldn't remember all the dwarves' names, everyone thought it was adorable and cute. Now when Lilly makes a trivial mistake in an interview, people are jumping down her throat, calling her "stupid". It's very upsetting and the double standard is glaring.
seananmcguire: lizznotliz: Tumblr. Tumblr. We need to talk...
Tumblr. Tumblr.
We need to talk about Claudia Donovan.
Claudia Donovan is one of the characters on Warehouse 13. The whole show is pretty solid - a lot goofy, a little wacky, surprising adept at slapping you in the face with ~feels~ more often than not - but Claudia Donovan. Dear reader, she is the best.
How does Claudia introduce herself? By hacking into the government's (nay, the world's) biggest secret complex, kidnapping the proprietor who has worked there for something like forty years, and then saving her brother from an interdimensional rift (which said proprietor-who-theoretically-knows-everything said didn't exist). All of that? Happens in her FIRST EPISODE. Hacks, kidnaps, saves. What does she do from then on? She completely upgrades the secret complex's system, invents a bunch of awesome shit, sasses everyone, and generally keeps the proprietor on his toes.
Oh, and then there was that time she played Hendrix's guitar.
Oh, and the time she brought her dead best friend back to life.
Oh, and the time that H.G. Freaking Wells told her she had a "glorious destiny."
Now I'm not saying Claudia is perfect. A) Perfect characters don't exist, and B) when they do, they are hideously boring. No, Claudia's flaws come in these two lovely flavors: a severe lack of self-worth and some mondo abandonment issues. Of course, you would, too, if your parents died when you were a child, your brother who was raising you disappeared (the aforementioned interdimensional rift), and then you got committed to an asylum because everyone thought you were crazy for thinking your brother was still alive. Oh yeah, and they gave you electroshock therapy when you were in the institution. Issues, this girl has them. Now, Claudia likes to play tough and she covers up a lot of it with bravado and jokes, but they like to rear their ugly heads every now and again, as issues tend to do. But they make her who she is and thank God she found the Warehouse, this place filled with people who love her and appreciate her and show her how valued and brilliant and awesome she is. She is constantly fighting to believe that her team won't abandon her like everyone else in her life has and to accept the compliments that they give her. (If she brings up her talents as an inventor/hacker, she's all confidence; someone else asks her to save the day and she's suddenly fighting against those self-worth issues. It's an interesting, realistic dichotomy.) That being said, she's definitely made progress since the beginning of the series. Hell, in the last episode, she actually cracked a joke about her therapy:
Abigail: You haven't had much positive experience with therapy, have you?
Claudia: When I got electroshock therapy, one of the gator clips was marked positive. Does that count?This is a kid who basically grew up with no family, no positive reinforcement, only people telling her that she was crazy and alone. Now she's all grown up and she realizes that she's A) not crazy, and B) [thanks to the Warehouse] not alone.
Did I mentioned she is literally fated to be the next Caretaker (aka Big Boss) of this super secret complex?
Did I mention the sass? Oh golly, so much sass.
How many shows do you watch where the resident technological genius / hacker / inventor is a woman? Warehouse 13 is one of my WHY AREN'T MORE PEOPLE WATCHING THIS SHOW shows for many reasons. All I'm saying is that Claudia Donovan should be really high (read: first) on your list of reasons. 'Cause, damn, y'all. If you don't immediately fall in love with this ginger fireball, I don't know what is wrong with you.
(Also, Allison Scagliotti has a face that will frakking BREAK YOUR HEART when the occasion calls for it. Just warning you know. Scags = the best face.)
P.S. THIS SHOW PASSES THE BECHDEL TEST WITH CRAZY FLYING COLORS.
I want her for Georgia Mason so bad.
meier2k8: Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel from The Hobbit: The...
Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
karethdreams: amatara: lenniershairlessballs: imagine-your-fav-character: Imagine a tiny version...
Imagine a tiny version of your favorite character riding in your pocket and on your shoulder and making comments to you as you go about your day
"Bah - what is this thing they call meetings? Is there supposed to be intelligent life in this room, or are we simply engaging in the verbal equivalent of aiming blunt objects at each other until some sort of victory can be proclaimed? And why are there no refreshments on offer, except for this thing called 'coffee' which merely tastes like warm water with dirt in it? Great Maker, I need a drink."
Of course, if you take Pocket Londo with you then Pocket G'Kar has to come along as well.
But if you had them both, you’d never be able to take them anywhere…
so today I called customer support for my mac
Me: The disk won't eject I've tried ejecting it like twelve hundred times.Customer-support-guy: Okay have you tried ejecting it from the desktop?
Me: I can't- the computer's frozen.
CSG: Uhm, okay- uh- Jeez this is so not my division.
Me: . . .
Me: What did you just say?
CSG: Have you tried turning it-
Me: Did you just quote Sherlock?
CSG: . . .
CSG: . . .
CSG: You watch-
Me: FUCK YEAH I WATCH. THAT'S THE DISK THAT'S STUCK IN MY COMPUTER.
CSG: OH MY GOD. LEMME HELP YOU- THIS IS A LEGITIMATE EMERGENCY CHRIST ALMIGHTY.
Me: YOU BET IT IS.
*two minutes later the disk is running smoothly*
CSG: So which episode are you watching?
Me: The Great Game.
CSG: Oh my god I'd sell my sister to sleep with Andrew Scott.
Me: Is there some way I can tip you or something?
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requested by llainas
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→ requested by rewindplay
iconuk01: The moment I knew that the scary looking lizard bloke...
The moment I knew that the scary looking lizard bloke was going to be a favourite of mine.
black-megallica-shirt: This is not YYH related, but I just felt...
This is not YYH related, but I just felt like you guys need to be aware.
I received a call today from a blocked number, who claimed they were from Windows Security Center. The person on the phone - who had a very heavy accent - said that they had noticed that my computer had been downloading malicious content while I was browsing the internet (which how could they even fucking know in the first place). He then asked me to turn on my computer (which it already was, but that's besides the point) and told me to click and hold the Windows key and the 'R; key, which opens up the Run window. He then wanted me to enter the following: eventvwr (this stands for "event viewer" which lets you see info about hard/software, system problems, and security on your OS).
This is where I hung up.
Because, you see, what this asshole didn't know is that my dad is and IT guy, so I know a few tricks. What he was trying to do was gain remote access to my computer, but do I look like a bitch? Don't answer that.
Unfortunately, some people are - that's why I'm making this post, so you don't end up being anybody's bitch. And it's not like these assholes just sprang up yesterday; according to my extensive Google research (it wasn't that extensive, I just like being dramatic) they've been around at least since 2009.
If you want to know what they sound like, click here for a YouTube video of an actual phone conversation between some dude and a would-be hacker (there is profanity).
Microsoft has confirmed that they are a hacker group, and have some preventative tips, though really - it's 2013, y'all should already know. If you have been scammed or know someone who's been scammed by these douche bags, click here or here.
Signal boost, or don't. Don't let me run your life; I just felt you should be aware.
Signal boosting because I got a similar call a few months or so ago about securing our computers or something, but I tore into them before they could even get me to do anything on my computer, so I'm not entirely sure if they were the same people. However, people need to be made aware of them if they haven't been already.
Baking with JJ Abrams
Person: JJ, I want you to make some chocolate chip cookies.
JJ: [Returns several hours later with an apple pie mashed into a cookie box]
Person: … this is an apple pie mashed into a cookie box.
JJ: No, it's chocolate chip cookies. Made for people like me, who hate chocolate!
ruem: wunderscheisse: blaien: so this commercial is being...
ruem:
so this commercial is being taken down and off of tv after Cheerios got complaints from people about how this commercial is promoting bi-racial families. as a child coming from a bi-racial family i'm actually astonished and disgusted. it's 20 fucking 13 people, get a grip.
Wait what
What then can we all just spread this around online cause it's pretty damn cute
When was the last time you ate a cupcake? The last time I had a...
When was the last time you ate a cupcake?
The last time I had a cupcake was back in April around my mom's birthday. One of her coworkers made her cupcakes and Mom brought the remainder home. They were mostly vanilla cake, but the frostings varied, and the sprinkles were adorable. They were minicupcakes, so I don't know if they count, but they were quite delicious.
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