Posts by mabufo

  • America's Youth...

    Going to a public highschool in america is a joke. I do, and I can tell you, the amount of shit I have to wade through to get from class to class is almost unbearable. We have fights, drug busts, sexually harrassment, anything and everything. It only gets worse with the kids who get wasted and have the urge to tell everyone how great it was... some of them even claim to have consumed 14 beers, which would almost undoubtably result in passing out - it's a wonder hat they remember the whole night (which leads me to believe they were non alcoholic).

    Me personally, I do my best to distance myself from all of it. I don't hate school, I don't hate the other kids, I'm just dissapointed. I'm dissapointed because I have to wade through all the bullshit. Bullshit from kids who wear nothing but black and think that everyone hates them - but grow up rich with more oppourtunities then I will ever have. Same goes with all the other kids like that. It makes me sick to my stomach.

    You'd understand exactly how I feel if you sat through my sophomore English class. It feels like sitting in a room full of 5 year olds who can't read any word with more than 6 letters in it. It's not only pathetic - but torture when our teacher decides to give Shakespeare a try. It only makes it worse. that the kids I go to school with would lose to a rock in an IQ test.

    So in my random ranting - I suppose there's a point to be found. From what I can see the point is that a majority of children in America are getting increasingly stupid. I grew up reading books, watching the discovery channel, and the history channel in the stead of mtv (which seems to be the only topic of conversation). I was never aloud to go see R rated films when I was 12, or listen to dirty music, Hell - I didn't have the internet until I was in 5th grade. The kids that make highschool a dissapointment for me obviously, have been brought up differently. Maybe that's the problem, the parents. I wouldn't doubt it. Could television be to blame? Maybe. My deduction however, is that kids are getting worse because no one reads any books outside of what's required in school. It's a shame. I could ask damn near anyone in my damned highschool if they enjoy reading and they would respond 'fuck that shit, it sucks.' Articulate aren't they? So they grow up with that mentality, without an imagination, or any concrete learning skills.

    What a shame.

    EDIT: if you see any typos - disregard, as I am not that adept at typing.

  • What was your E3 2006 highlight?

    to clarify: e3 makes games about flare, graphics, who has the best pr, half naked booth girls, beating the living snot out of the smaller developer houses with a lead pipe, and making a buck off joe gamer... That's not what games are about.

    if that's what games have become, it's a sad day on earth.

  • What was your E3 2006 highlight?

    I'll sum it up... What I hate about e3:

    -way overhyped

    -pre rendered 'gameplay footage'

    -teasers for games that will be released in more than a year's time

    -CG game trailers

    -is it ever held in a different city?

    -did I mention it's overhyped?

    -crappy games with no imagination get the limelight

    That's all for now.

  • What was your E3 2006 highlight?

    Quote from Polaris

    Well other than MGS4 I didn't see too many pre-rendered stuff.

    Even the Halo 3 trailer used the in-game engine.

    I'm not specifically talking about this year - but in general, at e3, the pre rendered trailers should have no place there. It makes me think twice about buying/renting the game when it sees a release. Honestly, how can I trust a game to be good that showed up at e3 with a 'gameplay' trailer that wasn't even in the damned game.

    Shit.

  • Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

    The thing with me and RTS games is that I can never seem to do anything while something else is going on. For example, building units while being attacked... and other things of that nature. So there must be a trick to it.

    It's like playing baldur's gate and casting a healing spell while your people are being attacked - it takes to long. So, you pause the game, set up the spell, and unpause.

    I guess I'm no good at RTS games.

  • NDAs...

    Quote from Steppenwolf

    I'm sure you as american wouldn't agree if someone says private persons don't need guns to protect their property.

    Just give me a baseball bat, and I'll do fine.