Search found 1193 matches

by Tetrad
Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:45 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: GROW RPG
Replies: 6
Views: 538

[spoiler]1 - house
2 - trees
3 - castle
4 - water
5 - tower
6 - rocks
7 - treasure
8 - dungeon[/spoiler]
by Tetrad
Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:01 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: expand someone's vocabulary
Replies: 31
Views: 2227

The two words I always use are ostensibly and esoteric. They're quite handy and apply to a lot of situations. Ostensibly Function: adverb 1 : in an ostensible manner 2 : to all outward appearances This is a great substitution to "sorta" or sometimes "essentially" as a reply to a ...
by Tetrad
Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:55 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: porn hidden in GTA game
Replies: 41
Views: 2740

Ferno wrote:then write a letter to him. take the initiative instead of sitting there and calling foul.
Don't think that'll do much good http://keepyourkillingclean.blogspot.co ... e-bag.html
by Tetrad
Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:43 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: porn hidden in GTA game
Replies: 41
Views: 2740

Here's an excellent example of how out of touch some of the people spearheading this "zomg games are porn" business: http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/07/22/news_6129609.html In the statement, Thompson says, "Sims 2, the latest version of the Sims video game franchise ... contains, ac...
by Tetrad
Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:10 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: GTA:SA loses lawsuite against ESRB.
Replies: 1
Views: 364

by Tetrad
Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:53 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: porn hidden in GTA game
Replies: 41
Views: 2740

1) This isn't the first time something like this has happened. I doubt any of you remember this, but the ending of SimCopter had all the sim-denizens of your city turn flesh colored, grow huge phalluses and hump each other. Granted each of these characters was probably 50 polys so it wasn't like it ...
by Tetrad
Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:44 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: sweet Zelda (Link) Tattoo
Replies: 8
Views: 546

CDN_Merlin wrote:dumb dumb dumb. next we'll see people gettnig tatoos of Doom3, HL2, and even Descent.
I've seen a lot of Quake 2 and lamda (HL logo) tats.
by Tetrad
Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:52 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Cool golf game
Replies: 5
Views: 386

You get to DRIVE the CART.
by Tetrad
Thu Jul 14, 2005 4:31 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Cool golf game
Replies: 5
Views: 386

Cool golf game

http://www.golfquestionmark.com/

I'll let the screenshots speak for themselves, but I've been having a lot of fun playing this. If you put it on hard it feels quite realistic.

And you get to drive the golf cart.
by Tetrad
Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:56 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Mobius gets his own TLD
Replies: 13
Views: 766

Mobius gets his own TLD

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/07/11/phones.web.reut/index.html Oh snap. AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) -- Consumers will soon be able to recognize Web sites specially designed for use by mobile phones by the new ".mobi" suffix, which will be introduced alongside the popular "...
by Tetrad
Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:33 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: The game we're working on gets announced (sorta)
Replies: 20
Views: 1512

by Tetrad
Sun Jul 10, 2005 1:59 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: milk the cows!
Replies: 11
Views: 903

3785, and the bars are too small.
by Tetrad
Sun Jul 10, 2005 1:55 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sugar industry threatens World Health Organisation
Replies: 2
Views: 487

While we're on the topic of the sugar industry : In many industrialized countries, sugar is among the most heavily subsidized agricultural products. The European Union, the United States, and Japan all maintain elevated price floors for sugar through subsidizing domestic production and imposing high...
by Tetrad
Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:47 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Toke no more
Replies: 26
Views: 1513

Re: Toke no more

woodchip wrote: So wtf is going on here?
It'll be a cold day in hell before a politician concerned at all with reelection will be seen as "soft on drugs".
by Tetrad
Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:09 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: The game we're working on gets announced (sorta)
Replies: 20
Views: 1512

by Tetrad
Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:14 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: The game we're working on gets announced (sorta)
Replies: 20
Views: 1512

The shameful thing about the HL2 Steam version is the price - you need a fraction of the distribution cost of the boxed version for it, so Valve really milked the cow here. Valve is contractually obligated to Vivendi (their [former] B&M publisher) to not undercut them. The price on Steam is the...
by Tetrad
Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:31 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: The game we're working on gets announced (sorta)
Replies: 20
Views: 1512

BigSlideHimself wrote:Tetrad what's your position on this game?
Moral support. (I'm a level designer, but working on a seperate project.)
by Tetrad
Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:33 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: The game we're working on gets announced (sorta)
Replies: 20
Views: 1512

That's the [August] UK edition. There are 6 editions total: UK, US, France, Malaysia, Australia, Italy, Sweden.

(Interesting note, Valve broke the news of HL2 to PC Gamer UK.)
by Tetrad
Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:14 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Man fired for writing anit-gay article
Replies: 62
Views: 4312

Dedman wrote:It depends on the state. A person can be fired for no cause in Florida and Georgia. Probably other states too.
Texas is also a Work-For-Hire state. I think most are.
by Tetrad
Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:18 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: The game we're working on gets announced (sorta)
Replies: 20
Views: 1512

The game we're working on gets announced (sorta)

Not the project I'm working on specifically, but I work side-by-side with the guys that are making this game, so it's cool to see what people are saying. http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=59893 Ritual Entertainment's long-awaited Sin 2 is to be released episodically over Valve's Steam ...
by Tetrad
Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:53 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Unlawful restraint of a minor = sex offense?
Replies: 22
Views: 1745

Unlawful restraint of a minor = sex offense?

Normally I don't care enough about the news to post stuff here but this I have to share: http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-molest01.html Fitzroy Barnaby said he had to swerve to avoid hitting the 14-year-old Des Plaines girl who walked in front of his car. She said he yelled, "Come he...
by Tetrad
Fri Jul 01, 2005 12:39 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: 2007 Camaro
Replies: 11
Views: 751

Scratch wrote:After whaat they did to the Holden...I'd hate to see how they could screw this up...
Fixed for me.
by Tetrad
Fri Jun 24, 2005 3:43 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: yo Didn't Battlefield 2 come out yesterday?
Replies: 30
Views: 1919

Well besides the fact that it's a pain in the ass to change control settings, it's also a bit buggy. For me, at least, I have my crouch button set to "a", but I won't duck when I'm in a vehicle turret unless I press "ctrl". And looking through the menus I don't even have anything...
by Tetrad
Thu Jun 23, 2005 6:41 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: yo Didn't Battlefield 2 come out yesterday?
Replies: 30
Views: 1919

From the demo it looks like they avoided some of the pitfalls of BF:Vietnam. BF: Vietnam was done by a different team than BF1942 and BF2, just FYI. Haven't had a chance to play it online yet, but from all accounts (small LAN games and singleplayer) it looks like a worthy sequel. I only wish the UI...
by Tetrad
Wed Jun 22, 2005 5:58 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Burn a flag, go to jail.... that's the law.
Replies: 72
Views: 4709

Just another partisan bill. Republicans will point out to other Republicans how the evil Democrats want to piss all over the flag and for what it stands, and Democrats will point to other Democrats how Republicans want to trample all over our rights.
by Tetrad
Tue Jun 21, 2005 6:40 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: UT 2007 !!!
Replies: 55
Views: 2988

I read in an article in a gaming magazine that said they demo'ed the engine and some maps to the press completely devoid of artwork. They claimed that they were focusing on gameplay until they had it where they wanted it. Once they had a game that was fun to play, they would introduce the artwork. ...
by Tetrad
Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:07 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I hate moving!
Replies: 10
Views: 778

The worst part about moving is the waiting for the internet connection to get back up and running. Especially since I live alone and work so I can't be there except on weekends. I do like that I can use moving as an excuse to throw out a bunch of junk that I don't really want and just takes up space...
by Tetrad
Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:53 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Trying to clear my name
Replies: 3
Views: 440

It's not offensive, it's just not supposed to be in this forum. Don't worry about it, we don't moderate because we take offense to certain things.
by Tetrad
Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:35 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Headlines
Replies: 7
Views: 578

Excruciatingly lame.
by Tetrad
Wed Jun 08, 2005 5:01 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Stupidity + Tazer = BIG Pain
Replies: 57
Views: 2208

Speaking of a big pain, has anybody tried reading this thread recently?
by Tetrad
Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:40 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: D3 Ball Cap
Replies: 11
Views: 890

Came with the pre-order version.
by Tetrad
Fri May 27, 2005 9:11 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Anybody here into photography
Replies: 35
Views: 1482

For all intents and purposes ISO and ASA are the same thing.
by Tetrad
Sat May 21, 2005 10:47 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: LOL World of Warcraft movie
Replies: 3
Views: 541

If this 115 meg download sucks I'm personally going to ban you. I don't care that I don't have banning privs, I will find a way.
by Tetrad
Thu May 19, 2005 11:48 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Console Wars V - The Xbox Strikes Back!
Replies: 31
Views: 1704

There are the PC/Xbox/PS2 games and then there's Gamecube games. I'm sure the next incarnations will be the same way. I'll probably pick up a revolution, and maybe an xbox 360 further down the road. It looks like the power differences between the xbox 360 and ps3 aren't going to be nearly as differe...
by Tetrad
Wed May 18, 2005 10:44 pm
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: Topic Trashing
Replies: 28
Views: 3024

Ace the only way you're going to not get topics trashed is, get this, not posting them. So in order to properly enforce your rule I'm sorry to say we're going to have to ban you.

I hope you understand.
by Tetrad
Sun May 15, 2005 11:22 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Well it's over
Replies: 32
Views: 1500

roid wrote:the eager beaver who edited my post better well send me a private message and explain themselves.

that **** doesn't fly here.
I'm sorry, this is obviously your bulletin board.
by Tetrad
Sat May 14, 2005 7:05 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Moross
Replies: 5
Views: 514

Re: Moross

I told her that if for any reason she needed a ride home I'd come and get her. So I have to stay sober. Just another reason to be moross this night. Sigh Why do parents always believe that their kids will call them? All I know is that whenever people I know get shitfaced at parties or whatever they...
by Tetrad
Wed May 11, 2005 2:02 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Are private schools the answer?
Replies: 21
Views: 1590

I was a day student (lived at home) at private school, but many students there were boarding students. This is mostly a gut feeling, but I believe those kids could have used more parental involvment in their lives. I don't know about that. I went to a residental magnet (public) school for my last t...
by Tetrad
Mon May 02, 2005 8:56 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Graduation Cometh
Replies: 6
Views: 452

Well aren't you witty.

Look at the witty wittle boy.