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As an animation, Bakemonogatari has a simple, clean art style. But the guest illustrations for the series are anything but simple! So, it's great to see that °Tens took on a more complex illustration and made it his own with vector gradients so fine at points it more resembles painting that vectoring. Do have a look at this beautiful wallpaper!

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~Lekwid 1 minute ago
Vote Lekwid for president! Yes he can!

`Ali3n 5 minutes ago
VectaDesu in Artist Alley

~eagle09 7 minutes ago
Wat voting?

`Ali3n 7 minutes ago
Voting is going slowly

~Loleta 31 minutes ago
All right :). My actual name Alessa (I know, kind of odd). Cerberus's real name is Walter. (He doesn't really like his name).

~Mysticmom2 59 minutes ago
It doesnt matter. If youd like to tell.

~Loleta 1 hour 1 minute ago
Awsome! Michelle, I'm just asking you this, do you want to know actual name ?(out of fairness). I also might tell you Cerberus's name as well.

~Mysticmom2 1 hour 10 minutes ago
Yeah its my real name. =)

~Loleta 1 hour 24 minutes ago
Okay, Michelle. ..Wait, I'mguessing that's your real name ? ...Sweet. One of my friends have the same name.

~Mysticmom2 1 hour 47 minutes ago
Lol sure. You can call me michelle.

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Spudsy2061's Comments

So I keep getting called a pervert

1 year 6 months ago

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Noubliez
and this is why they freak out and call out for a pervert chase!


Known as legging it in my old high school days. Ah those were fun times. Pop into club, piss of the girls + get the men going, leg it."
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MONEY = everything???

1 year 6 months ago

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gogo
It is not that 1 man's belief that sets the value of money, but the general publics or the international communities belief in that money.


Completely agree here actually.


gogo
And everything is acceptable, just depends who you are. If you are Christian you accept a Christian god, if you are Muslim you accept Muslim god. And the fact is that people don't really care. So what if people are dying, my life is wonderful. Thats how we see the world, thats how we live it.


I actually have to applaud you here, I don't think I can come up with anything to counter this argument. Very well put there my sir, I tip my hat to this.

In conclusion, I want to wrap up all my quarreling into a point. That point being that, although it is somewhat true that money is not everything, and certainly I will not think so in terms of say, marriage, it is such a nice commodity. I am a man who loves power, and please don't take this as a bad thing, for power is not evil. People who obtain power choose how to use it, so those who let it corrupt them make themselves evil, because something intangible can hardly be evil. Anyway, power is something I strive for, it is why I am VP of the anime club, and why I will run for cabinet of student government in the fall after being a senator for 3 semesters. The power to serve the public and improve the standard of living is a wonderful thing, and so I will strive for it. Outside the university though, one obtains power through money, so if I want to continue to strive for the power I love to have so much, then I will need money. This is why I argue that if it isn't everything, then it's certainly 95% of everything. Also, good topic, lot of good discussion."
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Console or PC?

1 year 6 months ago

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Crimson
and to be able to crank everything up to the max settings is always a pleasant experience


OH is it. Good graphics for all my anime-related UT2k4 model give me so much pleasure in playing the game. Not many people online can say they got owned by a VERY sexy looking Kasumi from Dead or Alive.


Long
Then that made me think of another question: is one of the biggest reasons why people prefer consoles over PC's because of the graphics and reliability issues?


Not for me no. I mean graphics are HUGE for me BUT, I will buy a game like UT 3 (when I build my own comp in a year's time) in anticipation and knowledge that it's going to have some great custom maps and a fantastic selection of mods. This is something that tends to cripple the console industry too in multi-platformers, is the fact that community based maps which can range from pure shit to solid, jewel-crested GOLD (some maps for UT2k4 I played were unbelievable) will never be available for the console versions. Modding is also a HUGE bitch on consoles, even despite the 360's XNA attempts, and absolutely brilliant brilliant mods, like the Jailbreak mod (a mod that was so good it's been made for Quake 2, Quake 3 Arena, UT, UT2k3, UT2k4, and soon to be UT 3) are going to be made for the PC version and will not find its way to console either. This is a point I really want to put emphasis on, because now that I'm 20 and cannot nag my parents to death for games, I have a very limited income on what to buy, so a game has to have a crap-load of play-back capabilities, and buying a game, like say Crysis, which will only be played once by me won't cut it compared to UT 3 (despite the single playing being a chunky pile of crap), because the mapping/modding community is SO strong that the game won't lose it's appeal until two years after it's release as UT2k4 did (I play only rarely now since the online community has shifted over to UT 3 and CoD 4).


Crimson
PC is a bit more spendy, but the experience is going to be a much more beautiful one than console,


Agreed. In the end it's all about picking your battles."
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MONEY = everything???

1 year 6 months ago

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gogo
The money in America used to fund the War is not our own


Does 9 trillion in debt sound familiar?


gogo
Money is only as much as we believe it to be.


While this statement does have some meaning I could argue this:

If a man believes money to be nothing that he gives away all of it, he becomes homeless and poor, and will certainly die before the age of 40. Is this acceptable?"
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Console or PC?

1 year 6 months ago

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yoho
In my opinion there are less illegal copies of console games then of pc games;P


You are soooooo mis-guided there. 1 Chip + Console + .iso (find on any torrent site) + blank CD = illegal console game. The only problem is companies like Microsoft that have a tough standard to get your console to run on X-Box Live if you chip it, and will personally ban you without refund if you do go online with a chipped 360. This means if you want online play you have to buy 2 360s, so people with limited income won't do this.

On Noir's Thoughts: I agree with mostly what you have said. I think the problem is the fact that the PC's capabilities are expanding way too fast, like you said, the life of a video card is 12-18 months. Once we get to a standard in 3-5 years where there's no point in trying to upgrade PCs because everyone has a terrabyte memory and 3 GB video cards and 8 GB RAM and 12 Ghz processors stock, PC gaming will explode again. As for now the problem is the developers are not given enough time to work on their engines as they'd like and so a lot of stuff is hurried to production. I remember following the development of the Unreal Engine 3 with it's announcement in late 2004, the pre-test of some of its features in Pariah, it's trail in Gears of War, and the beta demo for UT3. It took almost 3 years to make that engine, and now after 4 months of it's final implementation with the release of UT 3, which of course contains Maya 6.0 and UEd 3, we're talking about Unreal Engine 4? This hardly gives any other developers modding time, and so a lot of teams going commercial from the mod making scene, say like the Red Orchestra team, are not getting the chance to because the engines are become too outdated too fast. Once everything settles, PC gaming will take off again, but as for now it's just expanding too fast. The PC market just needs a little collapse in order to build the stack upwards, just like a game of Tetris."
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So I keep getting called a pervert

1 year 6 months ago

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arthur
...Adults only will call you pervert if you really are one.


I don't know, a lot of adults will mis-judge and are very presumptuous when it comes to things they are uneducated about, hence the huge black-on-black crime in the city we have."
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MONEY = everything???

1 year 6 months ago

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irove
The best medical team is not everything, not even concerning health.


While this maybe somewhat true, I will agree, but there's some things that people think are not curable unless you have a wad of money.


irove
Enough nonsense Spuds, you're only doing pointless posts.


I'm arguing point by point here. I tell you what, let's not resort to personal attacks and keep to the topic at hand shall we?


deer
You said state a war that was started over money. I gave you two, not quite sure what you're talking about here.


My bad I thought I asked you to state and instance that is not fueled by money. Taking this new point on the two Gulf Wars, I'm going to have to disagree. Now I'm not going to push the points, because they're politics, and politics is one of the two major things you don't argue with on a forum, but I will say that (please take no offense to this) your view might be heavily bias based on the fact that you are from a country that did not start those wars (although you did participate in this second one (not sure on the first) so your word has merit none-the-less, I won't discredit you there).


I Said
There's a reason that there's the saying: Time is money, and money is time.

deer
I haven't really got a clue what you're talking about there, it doesn't really seem connected at all to my post. Unless you were agreeing with it with that quote or something?


Just sit on that and think about it then. I think you might get the point I was trying to make."
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What Makes A Good Video Game

1 year 6 months ago

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defiance
. For example, advance wars doesn't really have good graphics and a very lame predictable storyline but the gameplay is so fun.


That and Painkiller, as Yahtzee has reminded me last Wednesday, are probably two great examples of games that can get away with no story because the gameplay is so awesome."
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Console or PC?

1 year 6 months ago

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moto
Well, you see, it depends, its often the noobs who will buy consoles since their reflexes aren't good enough to handle a keyboard and a mouse at the same time, hence the console fanboys, sigh at them.......... BLAH BLAH BLAH UNEDUCATED VIEWS BLAH BLAH BLAH


Maybe you don't understand why people want consoles, hmm probably because some games are console exclusive. Guess that one passed you by. Then there's people like me who don't have a high-powered PC and cannot run games like CoD 4, so I have to buy it for the 360 to play it.


Chrys
Some games are meant for pc. Some are meant for consoles.


Gears of War is a good example of this actually. The controls for that game were pretty solid for the 360 controller, and when it came over to PC there was no point. Everyone already had CRAP-O 3 and the PC didn't really make the controls that better. Also, Metroid Prime anyone? That had a pretty solid control system, and Nintendo tends to shiver at the mentioning of PC.


Long
...if making gmaes for the PC is so hard, then why has EA succeeded in making their last several Need for Speed titles multi-platform? They have that series on just about every console imaginable, on both the 6th and 7th generation. Either EA is just that kick ass of a company or others are just too lazy, or actually both.


They are not a kick-ass company. EA tends to not really care about the games it releases, just keeps releasing the same game over and over again on all-platforms, please see the Need For Speed, Burnout, Medal of Honor, and ALL their sports games. Releasing games on multiple consoles is only a ploy to maximize profits, and for BIG BIG companies like EA, it works. Once the consumer wakes up and realizes what crap they clunk out every year, then maybe they'll care again.


Long
I don't see why companies shouldn't split their games over all the consoles and PC's (unless they're really, REALLY anal about using the Wii's controllers which I've embarrassed myself on).


It's really a company-by-company policy. I mean, the PS 3 is not FPS heavy, so of course a lot of FPSes will not find their way to the console. Also, there's the fact that production costs vary in between consoles. The 360 production costs are decent, and the games are not a bitch to program like the motion sensor Wii. The PS 3 is VERY cost heavy though, and it normally takes more time to make a game for it, which is why it is title-lacking at the moment. The PC is easily the easiest thing to make a game for, as it's all C++ and what not. This is also why there's a lot of PC-to-360 and vise versa games because both consoles are running the same hardware/programming.


Long
I guess companies aren't willing to make games for the PC because they think it'll be too much for the hardware to handle and they think consoles will always be better and they're too lazy to make a PC version of the game.


This is because the PCs that can run things like CoD 4 require a completely different and completely complex engine. The problem lies in the fact that the casual PC gamer has passed onto the consoles now, since they are generally cheaper and do not require any extraneous installs or manual patches. This leaves us hardcore tech followers, who are going to demand HD monitors and a Crysis-like engine, which only drives up the cost and time it takes to make the game.


Long
In the end, the wide capabilities of a PC, for me, is way more than enough and to me the console is something totally unnecessary.


Well I only spent $400 on my PC and I play some casual games and music and do work on it and what not. However, now that most companies are multi-platforming, it essentially kills the PC market because the console is cheaper and more user friendly. Call of Duty 4 is a great example. My $400 PC cannot play it, it just can't handle it, but for the same $400 I can get a 360. This makes it much much most cost-effective to buy the 360 and the game and play it on there."
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Animal Crossing Wii?

1 year 6 months ago

"I wonder what would happen if I reset the Wii."
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MONEY = everything???

1 year 6 months ago

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arthur
Health is everything. Without it, you cannot have money or pursuit your wishes.


Money can buy you the best medical team out there... Ted Kennedy anyone?"
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Electronica, Dance, and Trance

1 year 6 months ago

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Lady
I'm a huge fan of Armin Van Buuren especially.


He's good but I honestly think he's a little over-rated. You can argue the point but I will not deny that man his skill. No Tiesto, HE's over-rated. Tiesto = good in the studio, terrible live"
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Console or PC?

1 year 6 months ago

"PC > Consoles <------ Always True

BUT! There are people like me whose computer cannot take many games because they're bargin bin computers, so to make up for that, you buy a console."
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Crisis Core

1 year 6 months ago

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jackass
I'm with X-Play the game sucks.


Lol haven't seen that show in ages but mmmmmmmm, I love over-played out and shaken-down-for-sequels-to-the-point-where-they're-all-fan-driven-fanfictions-for-story-games."
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What Makes A Good Video Game

1 year 6 months ago

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irove
You haven't completed the game for god's sake.


I'm still allowed to pass a verdict on it.


Deer
I understand that with some people the philosophy is the whole 'play the game halfway through then judge it' but you can't do that with a Metal Gear Solid game. You cannot jump in, jump out halfway through and wave the 'This is crap' banner. It's like jumping into the first Lord of the Rings movie and then jumping out just before the movie started to pick up and going "Wow, that was awful.". That philosophy with most games but MGS must be counted as a cinematic game and should be given the respect it deserves of the work put into it for at least a full play especially if you enjoyed the first one.


No no no no no. I'm not the one to jump in and out and waive the "crap" banner, but I do not own a PS2, so most of the games I've played have been at friends' houses pulling all-nighters or just ripping through it at my time there. Now I think I can judge the game after playing pretty far deep into it. I think I'll quote Yahtzee on this one when he says: "While declaring a game shitty because of the first few hours is perfectly ok and completely professional..." The only difference is it's not a first few hours as opposed to about 1/2-3/4s the game."
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MONEY = everything???

1 year 6 months ago

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Deer
Both Gulf Wars. Even if the reason was that they supposedly went to war was officially 'weapons of mass destruction', I think the whole world recognizes that it was over oil that Saddam had.


Someone has to pay the troops, for the weapons, the vehicles, the rations, etc.


Deer
But it isn't a false truth. It's a cliche, yes but it's not false at all. If a millionaire came up to me right now and said "Hey buddy, here's $1000, want to come over to my house so I can get some stuff off my chest about my day." then sure, I'd go and listen to him. Does it mean I'm going to care and respond from the heart? God no, I'm waiting for him to wind down whilst thinking about what I'm going to buy from his money which he's basically giving away. Same with love, you're not buying their care, loyalty or devotion, you're buying their time until something better comes along.


There's a reason that there's the saying: Time is money, and money is time."
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What Makes A Good Video Game

1 year 6 months ago

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kasu
Good gameplay helps you from being bored but a great story will hook you in for months and really effect you. Prime example: metal gear solid 3, if you have completed it you know just how heart-breakingly sad the story is, to a level much higher than most movies.


While you make a good point and I agree with the story element, I disagree with MGS3 being a good example of it.


kasu
the gta series, the halo series


I would argue these are also poor examples of story.


kasu
call of duty 4, bioshock


These are good examples. Also, if you've played Bioshock, then I highly recommend it's predecessor: System Shock 2."
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MONEY = everything???

1 year 6 months ago

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irove
You don't care for Art? Then what exactly are you doing on an anime site?


I don't need to like or care for art to like anime, that's like saying I have to care for journalism to watch the news.

Let's get back on topic shall we:

Name me one transaction that doesn't involve goods, services, or money."
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Which Career Path would you Follow?

1 year 6 months ago

"I was born to teach, and History is just what I'll teach as well. College professorship here I come. Besides the college professor can make decent money. Ok so maybe I can't buy a Porsche 911 GT3, but I'll settle for a Pontiac Solistce GXP instead."
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McAfee help

1 year 6 months ago

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solex
Well you can upgrade to the $ version but free works.


Yes AND on the 31st they're coming out with AVG Free 8.0, so I'd highly recommend checking it out."
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Guitar Hero III

1 year 6 months ago

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SirKnight
On another subject, I would like to see Master Of Puppets by Metallica on the next Guitar Hero Game.


Since "Enter Sandman" was in Rock Band, you'll probably see a Metallica pack for that game in the future."
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