March 07, 2013
— Ace If you haven't been watching -- which I hadn't myself, until last week -- it's actually a well-conceived and well-done show. Let me caveat that: It's well-conceived and well-done in the specific range of possible reality TV elimination shows featuring nerds engaging in nerd-ish games.
It's hosted by Original Nerds Lewis (Robert Carradine) and Booger (Curtis Armstrong), who actually created the show, and are good, likable hosts. Curtis Armstrong does every line reading so Big and with such Thunderous Portent that it's funny; Carradine does a sort of shy nerd commentary. Rather like the Pat Summeral of Nerd Games.
The cast of contestants chosen from the show was pretty good, including, actually, two chicks who were pretty cute and other two who were nerd-doable. Unexpectedly, the last five people on the show consisted of one nerd and four nerdesses. There was a lot of crying, baby-whining, arrested development and nerdly arrogance. The cast was just likable enough to be watchable and just annoying enough to be watchable in that reality-tv show way (where you kind of just want to feel superior to these goons).
It's on TBS tonight. TBS also features the last four shows (shows 4-7) on demand so you could catch up real fast if you wanted to.
Genevieve: The obvious favorite, as she's won three Nerd Offs (often overcoming a strong advantage of her opponent-nerd) and her nerdly abilities are now spoken of with such reverence that you'd think they were talking about An Actual Witch. Her main strength is an ability to quickly study/practice and become semi-decent at nerdly activities. She's also been in three Nerd-Offs, so she's as annealed to the tempering fire of nerdly competition as any Nerd in the house.
Portfolio: Science, fantasy stuff. Adaptability.
Disadvantages: Everyone thinks she's a Witch so everyone wants her out. Then again, they're down to four; so everyone wants everyone out.
Odds: 3:1
By the way these odds aren't going to add up so shut up or help me correct them.
Ivan: The D&D nerd of the remaining contestants and the only remaining Nerd Bull. Beyond that, has no obvious strengths. Also doesn't really have an obvious weaknesses. He's kind of a wildcard because I honestly don't know anything about him.
Advantages: His chief advantage is that I sense he's a reasonably strong competitor, but with Genevieve drawing the fire, he may get a pass into the final round.
Disadvantages: Mutton chops. Also, the editors don't seem to spend much time on him. This could be either that he doesn't cause stress and drama (and hence isn't good for TV) but it could also mean they know he didn't win, so why bother?
Odds: 5:1
Celeste: The pretty hot Asian Gamer Girl, actually a professional Halo player (what?) and holds a record for solving the Rubik's cube, she says. (Well, she can do it in 25 seconds, anyway.) Has benefited from a strong alliance with Genevieve which may or may not persist into the finals due to them both throwing each other under the bus last week.
Advantages: Alliance with Genevieve, maybe; has flown under the radar and attracted little attention because everyone thinks she's dumb and weak.
Disadvantages: She's dumb and weak. No I'm just kidding, I said that for the joke. Back to her advantages: As a professional gamer I assume she'll be good in competition... if she ever enters competition. She's avoided it the whole season. But they haven't done a real videogame challenge yet, like a first-person fast-reflex shooter, and if they do, forget it, she wins.
I see her as second or third place.
Odds: 10: 1
Danielle: The pink-haired Nerdette who does World of Warcraft videos and has taken five World of Warcraft characters to maximum level. Kind of cute, but insanely annoying. Cannot stop talking about her self and bragging, unless she takes a break to talk about how awful everyone else is and how unjust it is that she should have to compete on a competition show.
Advantages: Actually none, but they have featured her a lot in the editing throughout the series, so who knows. Her skills are really non-competitive skills-- World of Warcraft cannot be played one-on-one in any kind of serious contest. I mean, it's just button-mashing. (Please Nerds, do not disagree, I am pontificating.) There is no chance that her video-making skills will be featured in a challenge.
One thing that works in her favor is that her skill-set seems limited-- no one will vote for her to engage in a Nerd Off, because they'd want to put up someone stronger to get rid of Genevieve.
One other advantage: She came up with a surprise out-of-the-box solution for a physics problem she had no ability to solve. I'm not sure if this was just Lucky Guessing, but she beat a NASA engineer on a contest to determine how many plates of glass various objects would break falling from a height of 76 inches. She googled for the answer, and found that 9/11 Truthers run this experiment a lot. She said something like "All these people do is drop water balloons into plates of glass." At any rate, she won that particular contest, thus simultaneously winning immunity and also proving 9/11 was an inside job.
But I don't know how to score that. I think the other competitors over-relied on math and theory whereas she wound up -- smartly -- relying on observation and guesswork, which turned out to be better guides (as they so frequently are).
Disadvantages: Everyone in the house is very annoyed by her. Though I don't know what that counts for in the everyone-for-himself phase of the game.
Odds: 15:1
Bonus: Celste on Conan in a Rubik's Cube contest. The contest starts at 5:43, but you're going to want to see her kickin' little body before then, when she walks out.
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Posted by: pep at March 07, 2013 01:36 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 07, 2013 01:37 PM (xN73L)
Posted by: Grey Fox at March 07, 2013 01:37 PM (VgkUy)
I know the show exists. I'm not sure if I feel better, or worse, that Ace knows more about the actual show than I do, though.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 07, 2013 01:37 PM (xN73L)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 07, 2013 01:38 PM (+lsX1)
A point of clarification: anyone whose favorite show is My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic cannot, by definition, be considered male. So the reality is that you have four girls competing.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 01:40 PM (3D74W)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 07, 2013 01:41 PM (9P+hO)
Posted by: shredded chi at March 07, 2013 01:41 PM (M4Mez)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, the future Pope Ampersand I at March 07, 2013 01:41 PM (fMiHM)
Hey, I love that show. It keeps my daughter occupied almost as long as Thunder Cats.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 07, 2013 01:42 PM (xN73L)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 07, 2013 01:42 PM (HDgX3)
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Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 07, 2013 01:42 PM (+lsX1)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 07, 2013 01:43 PM (BuSM8)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 07, 2013 01:43 PM (9P+hO)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 07, 2013 01:43 PM (xSoLn)
Posted by: dantesed at March 07, 2013 01:43 PM (k16bb)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 07, 2013 01:43 PM (xN73L)
Hey, I love that show. It keeps my daughter occupied almost as long as Thunder Cats.
Parenthood grants an automatic exemption. If it'll keep them sitting still and shutting up for thirty minutes, it's automatically good.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 01:43 PM (3D74W)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 07, 2013 01:44 PM (oY0uI)
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Posted by: toby928© of the No-Fap League at March 07, 2013 01:44 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: homer simpson at March 07, 2013 01:44 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 07, 2013 01:44 PM (9P+hO)
the chick with the pink hair is insufferable
Genevieve is the odds-on favorite
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 07, 2013 01:45 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 07, 2013 01:45 PM (K+mtQ)
Posted by: ace at March 07, 2013 01:45 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 07, 2013 01:45 PM (eJZt2)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 07, 2013 01:45 PM (FC8Yl)
Posted by: Duck Dynasty at March 07, 2013 01:46 PM (wIgpo)
What the fuckity fuck.
Posted by: tcn at March 07, 2013 01:46 PM (VLG62)
Posted by: Clemenza at March 07, 2013 01:46 PM (Snhap)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 07, 2013 05:43 PM (9P+hO)
bingo
Posted by: The Dude at March 07, 2013 01:46 PM (vJdyz)
Naaa. She looks like that girl who dresses up weird and colors her hair just to make her parents mad, not because she's actually some Bad Girl.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 07, 2013 01:46 PM (xN73L)
Posted by: ace at March 07, 2013 01:46 PM (LCRYB)
Now I feel like a nerd in a punchbowl.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 01:47 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: joejm65 at March 07, 2013 01:47 PM (UZuc4)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 07, 2013 01:47 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: John Madden at March 07, 2013 01:47 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 07, 2013 01:47 PM (+lsX1)
Posted by: Clemenza at March 07, 2013 01:47 PM (Snhap)
#5 "Am I the only person on this blog who doesn't watch TV?"
Nah. Plenty of times I'm like "WTH is this Ace character yapping about now?"
This merits comment due to pics. Not great pics, mind you, but pics nonetheless...
Posted by: Jess1 at March 07, 2013 01:47 PM (lbiWb)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 07, 2013 01:48 PM (9P+hO)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 07, 2013 05:46 PM (xN73L)
________________
Take away the hair and tattoos....her face alone screams you're going home with lots of nail damage on your back in the morning.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 07, 2013 01:48 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: ace at March 07, 2013 01:48 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 07, 2013 01:48 PM (eJZt2)
Meh. Watched the first couple of episodes. Decided it was so bad that not even having George Takei as a guest judge could save it. Then, pretty much the only thing Goerge Takei did was turn to the other guest judges and say "well, what did *you* think?" Not even an "Oh, My!" to be found.
Gave up on it after that.
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at March 07, 2013 01:48 PM (NmR1a)
That girl with the Pink hair does not have carpet to match, I hope..
I'm pretty sure that all she has left is a doormat that says "wipe dick before entering".
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 01:49 PM (3D74W)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 07, 2013 01:49 PM (GVxQo)
Posted by: tcn at March 07, 2013 01:49 PM (VLG62)
Posted by: John Madden at March 07, 2013 01:49 PM (QupBk)
Genevieve?
I'd hit it.
I can just see her in various little black outfits of my choosing. And contact lenses.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 07, 2013 01:49 PM (+z4pE)
Signed : Confused, and angry
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 07, 2013 01:49 PM (w+Dvf)
Posted by: ace at March 07, 2013 05:48 PM (LCRYB)
And that, sir, is not at all what was said. Perhaps it would have been more palatable with a /sarc on the end?
Posted by: tcn at March 07, 2013 01:50 PM (VLG62)
Posted by: Bosk at March 07, 2013 01:50 PM (n2K+4)
Were morons. Enough liquor and lack of pron and you would bang any of the 3 chicks remaining.
Oh, I'll admit to being willing to fuck any of the three. Genevieve is the only one I might give my real name.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 01:50 PM (3D74W)
Dude.
Danielle: Portfolio: Science, fantasy stuff. Adaptability.
Ummmm, I think you're missing something obvious. Or maybe two things.
Posted by: pep at March 07, 2013 01:50 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: ace at March 07, 2013 01:50 PM (LCRYB)
13 I've binge watched "Justified" to the point where I'm talking like Shelby Foote's brother.
and have searched out all of Nick Searcy's oevre ... if such a term is allowed to be used in conjunction with Mr. Searcy.
The man can act.
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Yes. Yes he can.
Have you seen the episode where he interrogates that douche-nozzle who ratted out a lady in the witness protection program...interrogates him, alone, at his house?
That was one of Nick Searcy's best scenes, imo.
Nick had a great scene in the most recent episode, too.
Posted by: wheatie at March 07, 2013 01:50 PM (QPnFm)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 07, 2013 01:50 PM (w+Dvf)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at March 07, 2013 01:50 PM (feFL6)
Posted by: John Madden at March 07, 2013 01:51 PM (QupBk)
That's a fair point, and I am as guilty of that attitude as anyone.
I deal with it by looking at every woman in every situation and rate them according to desirability.
It keeps me entertained and also keeps my asshole comments to a minimum.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 01:51 PM (GsoHv)
#56, et al.,
Don't know if it's a big plus or minus that so many here are conversant in a mostly forgotten Summer '84 flick.
Posted by: Jess1 at March 07, 2013 01:51 PM (lbiWb)
Posted by: pep at March 07, 2013 01:51 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: ace at March 07, 2013 01:51 PM (LCRYB)
Genevieve?
I'd hit it.
I can just see her in various little black outfits of my choosing. And contact lenses.
She looks like she has just enough self-esteem issues to compensate for by faux-bisexuality.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 01:51 PM (3D74W)
Posted by: ace at March 07, 2013 01:52 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: True LA Story at March 07, 2013 01:52 PM (wIgpo)
Posted by: Jess1 at March 07, 2013 05:51 PM (lbiWb)
wut? Nerds isn't forgotten film
Posted by: The Dude at March 07, 2013 01:53 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: John Madden at March 07, 2013 01:53 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, the future Pope Ampersand I at March 07, 2013 01:53 PM (fMiHM)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 07, 2013 01:53 PM (xSoLn)
Posted by: teej at March 07, 2013 01:54 PM (PcFsV)
Go on . . . .
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at March 07, 2013 01:54 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Fritz at March 07, 2013 01:54 PM (WM+rJ)
heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Aqualung
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 07, 2013 01:54 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: ace at March 07, 2013 05:51 PM (LCRYB)
yeah, quite a bit of people troll the gaming thread but I do what I do
Posted by: The Dude at March 07, 2013 01:54 PM (vJdyz)
by the way that is a very flattering picture of Genevieve. She's not as attractive as that picture suggests.
She's nerdisly cute but that picture really pushes the Ideal Concept of Genevieve to the limit.
Shh. Don't spoil it.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 07, 2013 01:54 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Grey Fox at March 07, 2013 05:37 PM (VgkUy)
Nah, I don't watch either. Just sports. And Giada.
Posted by: joejm65 at March 07, 2013 01:54 PM (UZuc4)
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at March 07, 2013 01:55 PM (v6GqR)
Posted by: John Madden at March 07, 2013 05:51 PM (QupBk)
********
Hey John- do any of the nerds know how to make a Turducken?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 01:55 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 07, 2013 01:56 PM (eJZt2)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 01:56 PM (GsoHv)
Ah,the Platonic Genevieve.
Posted by: pep at March 07, 2013 01:56 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 07, 2013 01:56 PM (w+Dvf)
She's not as attractive as Bernadette from BBT, but she's got a quality of being both doable and obtainable for those not blessed with large bank accounts or 6 pack abs
Conclusion: I'd Hit It
Same with the Asian Nerd Chick
The Pink Haired Nerd looks like she'd use her intellect to blow up your car by satellite link if you didn't call her back
Posted by: kbdabear at March 07, 2013 01:57 PM (mCvL4)
I don't do anal on a first date.
Posted by: Danielle at March 07, 2013 01:58 PM (z9HTb)
Anyone would be preferable to Danielle (pink hair) winning. I saw one episode and she is very unlikable due attempted manipulation that backfired. She then complained that other people lied to her, after she lied as well. Too much drama.
I am satisfied at this final four, though. Hoping one of the two ladies other than Pink Hair wins, but only because they are the most interesting and I really liked Genevieve from the episode I saw.
Posted by: soulpile at March 07, 2013 01:58 PM (Mk/IQ)
Ah,the Platonic Genevieve.
I don't think that "platonic" is what the morons have in mind for her.
Posted by: Grey Fox at March 07, 2013 01:58 PM (VgkUy)
Go on . . . .
Seriously, she looks like several girls that I've known over the years who claim to be bisexual because it ups their attractiveness about two points. A 6 who claims to like going down on another girl automatically becomes an 8 because guys think there's a better chance of a threesome.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 01:58 PM (3D74W)
Posted by: Cliff In Texas at March 07, 2013 02:00 PM (9ppEA)
85 I've met Nick Searcy - a great guy! Drives a pick- up with a 'NoBama' sticker on the back.
Cool.
In Justified...they've mentioned that his character, Art Mullen, is coming up on retirement.
I hope that doesn't mean he's going to be written out of the show. '
Unless...he gets a spin-off show of his own.
Which would be cool.
He could go off and maybe become a hard-ass private eye.
Posted by: wheatie at March 07, 2013 02:00 PM (QPnFm)
I'd tap that.
Get a haircut.
Put down the XBox remote and read a book.
You really want to be goth, but the goths didn't like you, so you went anime pink. How do you feel about tentacles?
Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at March 07, 2013 02:01 PM (XrGnJ)
Posted by: teej at March 07, 2013 02:01 PM (JCIjD)
the Hot Air button on your computer continues to function.
Posted by: ace at March 07, 2013 05:46 PM
There's plenty of spaces to talk of current events. Only here will you learn the keys to Nerd-dom.
Well, Hot Air has Allah and Ed, but they don't TALK about their nerd tendencies
Posted by: kbdabear at March 07, 2013 02:02 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 07, 2013 02:03 PM (GcwH1)
I don't see where some idiot used 57 o's to spell no.
Posted by: teej at March 07, 2013 06:01 PM (JCIjD)
Might be because ace added a video.
Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 07, 2013 02:03 PM (X6akg)
That is all.
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 07, 2013 05:58 PM (8x/QM)
They. Cannot. Touch. Her.
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 07, 2013 02:03 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: wooga at March 07, 2013 02:04 PM (jf2XR)
No. I'm unable to adjust to how piercing and childish America's media/default accent has become.
This is a "man": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsfH_cyXa1o
This is a fucking baby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPkv9tRuO-c
So I watch old things, again.
I think this is how my grandpa felt when suddenly everybody started talking like Wavy Gravy. In all the pictures of him from the early 70s, he looks so pained.
Posted by: oblig. at March 07, 2013 02:04 PM (cePv8)
She's nerdisly cute but that picture really pushes the Ideal Concept of Genevieve to the limit.
Someone did good work then. Because on second & third look, it appears she has a little naughty librarian thinf going on. Once those glasses come off...
Posted by: rickb223 at March 07, 2013 02:04 PM (d0Dmj)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at March 07, 2013 02:05 PM (feFL6)
*nods sagely*
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 07, 2013 02:05 PM (8x/QM)
Posted by: teej at March 07, 2013 02:06 PM (JCIjD)
Posted by: oblig. at March 07, 2013 06:04 PM (cePv
I have met Wavy Gravy.
Your grandpa was absolutely correct.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 02:06 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Penny [/i] at March 07, 2013 02:07 PM (feFL6)
77 Was Ace #hacked? Cause I'm as nerdy as they get, but never heard of this shit.
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Hint: It's usurped the place of two of the nightly Big Bang Theory reruns on, uh, whatever channel it comes on (all I know is it's 247 on the DirecTV box thingamajigger).
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at March 07, 2013 02:07 PM (xGZ+b)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 07, 2013 02:07 PM (C3R9m)
Posted by: wooga at March 07, 2013 06:04 PM (jf2XR)
you know, you can mail us shit at aoshqgamingATgmail.com
Posted by: The Dude at March 07, 2013 02:08 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 07, 2013 02:11 PM (w+Dvf)
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That's the kind of voice that would make me swim five or ten miles to get away from.
Errr Ahh
I miss the water
And not being in flames all day longPosted by: Ted Kennedy in Hell at March 07, 2013 02:14 PM (0K4Xj)
I take a look at it every week, and sometimes it is so damned arcane that I lose interest. Any chance that you can do one every month or two for people like me? I play games, but not too often, and just need good advice as to which ones are worthwhile.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 02:17 PM (GsoHv)
I wish there were a more fun and cooperative way to approach something like this without requiring narcisists and sociopaths. I LIKED the idea of bringing nerds together to see who's King Nerd, but I can always watch Survivor if I want to see this structure again.
Posted by: Kensington at March 07, 2013 02:22 PM (/AHDz)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at March 07, 2013 02:22 PM (uiI1p)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 06:17 PM (GsoHv)
will do, I just do news since I can cut it down immensely (which probably does make it into a riddled ADD mess) so I don't hear non-stop bitching for it being long. One of the reasons why I've stopped doing eSports stuff as I would need a lot of space to write in a way that people who don't follow will get the gist of it
Posted by: The Dude at March 07, 2013 02:24 PM (vJdyz)
The wife and I watched this show for a while, but then got busy. I suppose we can do a run tonight.
The thing of it is, the people we considered "nerds" (that is to say most like us) were quickly eliminated.
And we all hated the heavy-set (fat) chick who just whined and had 0 marketable skills. (She claimed to know batman but then got every batman question wrong.)
Ace,
I think they photo shopped the Genevieve photo to add some...bustage as it were. But I think she's the cutest personally. But she was far to stubborn on their the Cosplay competition (I'm going to be what I want fuck all of you) and I think it killed them.
Pink hair really isn't my thing (despite my wife's pink wig for her Fluttershy outfit.) and I find the pink hair chick grating in that hipster "I have an internet following" way.
And I'm not a fan of Pro-gaming so..yeah. nothing against her, but meh.
To BumperStickerist the nerdiest of the nerds (besides muttonchop man) was probably the NASA dude who lost because he can't drive an RC golfcart.
Posted by: tsrblke at March 07, 2013 02:24 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: My Sharia Moor at March 07, 2013 02:25 PM (liORJ)
Genevieve is probably the best player at this point, but she doesn't seem to get the concept. Otherwise, why is she breaking down at the Unfairness Of It All every time she has to face another elimination challenge? It's a competition, dummy! What did you think was going to happen?
Ivan was okay right up until the point when he got physically intimidating to Vergil a few weeks ago. It was a total douchebag move, and he lost my support.
It was an okay show, and I'll finish it out tonight, but I'm not sure I'd watch another season unless they try a different approach.
Posted by: Kensington at March 07, 2013 02:26 PM (/AHDz)
Posted by: ace at March 07, 2013 02:27 PM (LCRYB)
@CBD, The Dude,
I think we need to take a brief roundup of the AAA titles every now and then. The lack of hearing much about things like Bioshock Infinite, Halo 4, Assassin's Creed X (they release them so damn quick, I can't keep up.) makes me wonder if I'm the only non-MMO'er at the HQ 
.
Posted by: tsrblke at March 07, 2013 02:28 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: tsrblke at March 07, 2013 06:28 PM (GaqMa)
yeah, outside of news, I write what I like and I really don't have a mainstream taste in games so the big name stuff falls through the cracks
Posted by: The Dude at March 07, 2013 02:30 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: ace at March 07, 2013 02:31 PM (LCRYB)
This.
It's great that some of you are into obscure indie titles that few have ever heard of, played on platforms few use. But for the rest of us, not necessarily all that interesting.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 07, 2013 02:32 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: ace at March 07, 2013 02:33 PM (LCRYB)
Except maybe Vergil. I'll bet Vergil didn't vote for Obama. I'll bet Vergil thinks Obama is a robot. An evil robot.
Posted by: Kensington at March 07, 2013 02:34 PM (/AHDz)
Posted by: ace at March 07, 2013 06:31 PM (LCRYB)
I'm not comicbook expert so I always fuck those up. I think I guess superman as 194X before the answers came up, I know it's pre-WW2, I just never remember it's the 30s.
but then I didn't claim to be a comic book expert either! She had google instead she bitched about how everyone hates her (as they should.)
@The Dude
:sigh: maybe I'll try to throw together some AAA news for the next post. Does the Gang of Gaming morons have an email?
Posted by: tsrblke at March 07, 2013 02:34 PM (GaqMa)
74 I think I could hit Genevieve with Danielle.
Posted by: Dr Spank
comment of the thread
Excellent post on a subject with which I was completely ignorant (blessedly until now), and which otherwise would not have entered into my consciousness. Ace, you have done your duty for the day in filling up my brain with uselessness.
And for whatever it's worth, the pink haired girl is about 100 times hotter than the first chick, and you can't see tats or pink hair in the dark.
Posted by: imp at March 07, 2013 02:35 PM (UaxA0)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 07, 2013 02:38 PM (9P+hO)
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Yeah, I get it. But I'd like to see something fresh. Like maybe they could have put everyone into a Grand Theft Auto multiplayer mode for twelve solid hours and had them compete over who could raise the most money, and then cut back and forth between what they're doing to each other in the game and how they're coping with the fact of being stuck in the game for twelve hours without a break.
I don't know -- something like THAT, maybe. What am I, a reality show writer?
Posted by: Kensington at March 07, 2013 02:38 PM (/AHDz)
If only they were really doing that. *sigh*
Posted by: Kensington at March 07, 2013 02:39 PM (/AHDz)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 07, 2013 06:38 PM (9P+hO)
Sadly I know what those are.
I wouldn't expect to find them in the news section, but in the comments I've seen everything from Pac-Man to Halo.
Posted by: tsrblke at March 07, 2013 02:40 PM (GaqMa)
I'd love to adjust the oven on her set to be just a little lower. Because cleavage. Heck, I'd love to adjust her oven. Or even adjust her set.
WTH is this thread about, where I'm setting the DVR to record stuff on the Cooking Channel?
Posted by: Regular Moron at March 07, 2013 06:05 PM (feFL6)
Yep, Giada is awesome. She's hot, her cleavage is amazing, and she can cook. For me, that's pron. Anyway...
Posted by: Joejm65 at March 07, 2013 02:40 PM (UZuc4)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 07, 2013 02:40 PM (9P+hO)
@The Dude,
I just fired off an email saying I'd do a short AAA roundup this week. (Mostly so I remembered the address.)
Posted by: tsrblke at March 07, 2013 02:41 PM (GaqMa)
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She's really not, though. Are you basing that on the pictures in this thread? They're both pretty meh/unappealing in motion. Celeste is the only genuinely hot one left. Moogega (the hapless, inept NASA engineer) was sexy, too, but she gone.
Posted by: Kensington at March 07, 2013 02:42 PM (/AHDz)
I just fired off an email saying I'd do a short AAA roundup this week. (Mostly so I remembered the address.)
Posted by: tsrblke at March 07, 2013 06:41 PM (GaqMa)
cool and hopefully zakn remembers to give me your writeup or he slots it into the post himself (it's his email)
Posted by: The Dude at March 07, 2013 02:43 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: HoboJerky, profit of DOOM! at March 07, 2013 02:43 PM (FsUAO)
Her boobs are delightful, but that weird, wide smile of hers that seems to be activated by a string pulled by her producer is a bit disturbing.
But the boobs are really nice.
Did I mention that her boobs are nice?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 02:43 PM (GsoHv)
Presumably they'd all die.
Posted by: Kensington at March 07, 2013 02:44 PM (/AHDz)
AAA?
MMO?
See what I mean?
Now, if you want to talk about cooking, I'll wax poetic about my new 6" chef's knife.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 02:46 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 06:43 PM (GsoHv)
her smile is a come hither smile, it's like she is specifically looking at my own soul and saying "I'm gonna suck your dick"
Posted by: The Dude at March 07, 2013 02:46 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 06:46 PM (GsoHv)
AAA are the big budget tentpole videogames
MMO is a multiplayer game with constant state inside of the game
Posted by: The Dude at March 07, 2013 02:48 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 07, 2013 02:48 PM (w+Dvf)
Her boobs are delightful, but that weird, wide smile of hers that seems to be activated by a string pulled by her producer is a bit disturbing.
But the boobs are really nice.
Did I mention that her boobs are nice?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 06:43 PM (GsoHv)
Her smile is only a distraction if you look away from her boobs. So, just stay focused....
Posted by: joejm65 at March 07, 2013 02:49 PM (UZuc4)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 06:46 PM (GsoHv)
AAA title is just a shorthand way of saying "big budget."
If it buys prime time advertising and is cross platform, it's probably an AAA title.
So an AAA title roundup would pretty much cover games that your casual gamer may find interesting (Halo, Call of duty, bioshock games, what have you.)
Posted by: tsrblke at March 07, 2013 02:49 PM (GaqMa)
Ah....it's what we used to call a BJ mouth. But the remote activation is creepy.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 02:52 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 02:52 PM (3D74W)
Posted by: joejm65 at March 07, 2013 06:49 PM (UZuc4)
This may be the best advice I have ever gotten.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 02:53 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 06:52 PM (3D74W)
no, tons of people really dislike Felicia Day
Posted by: The Dude at March 07, 2013 02:53 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: The Dude at March 07, 2013 06:53 PM (vJdyz)
Initially I liked the act, then I realized that it's all she's capable off. EVERY FREAKING THING SHE DOES IS THE SAME ACT.
Then I stopped caring.
I accidently followed her page on face book and want to stop, but I have to admit it's interesting to read the incredibly creepy comments from people who just fucking adore her. (Like stalker level.)
Posted by: tsrblke at March 07, 2013 02:55 PM (GaqMa)
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I still think she's cute and charming, but I heard her being interviewed by Aisha Tyler recently and was disappointed to gain confirmation that she's as rabidly lefty as you'd expect she'd be.
I'd still hit it. That ever-so-slight speech impediment is sexy, and she really knows how to pull off the pasty white skin that most people would normally find unattractive.
Posted by: Kensington at March 07, 2013 02:56 PM (/AHDz)
Posted by: tsrblke at March 07, 2013 06:55 PM (GaqMa)
Amy Okuda, Jeff Lewis and Sandeep Parikh were the only reasons to watch The Guild
Posted by: The Dude at March 07, 2013 02:57 PM (vJdyz)
I had no idea. I've only ever seen adoration before these last few comments.
Posted by: Kensington at March 07, 2013 02:57 PM (/AHDz)
Initially I liked the act, then I realized that it's all she's capable off. EVERY FREAKING THING SHE DOES IS THE SAME ACT.Then I stopped caring.I accidently followed her page on face book and want to stop, but I have to admit it's interesting to read the incredibly creepy comments from people who just fucking adore her. (Like stalker level.)
This. I liked her initially in The Guild, then realized that the character is a fucking loser, then realized that she wasn't acting.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 02:59 PM (3D74W)
I still think she's cute and charming, but I heard her being interviewed by Aisha Tyler recently and was disappointed to gain confirmation that she's as rabidly lefty as you'd expect she'd be.
Not just a rabid lefty, but a "lipstick feminist" (that is one whose all "girl power!" without understanding anything about feminism at all, but runs with it in stupid directions.)
I actually think she's part (not all but part) of the "purging of conservative geeks" that's sooooo fucking big right now.
I can fly my geek flag here (and all places conservative.) I can't fly my conservative flag at say...PAX (or anywhere geek basically.)
I tried once, on a fucking debate forum. They wanted to stone me.
Posted by: tsrblke at March 07, 2013 03:04 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: ace at March 07, 2013 03:05 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Buzzion at March 07, 2013 03:23 PM (f+7Lg)
Posted by: Minuteman at March 07, 2013 03:26 PM (dSE0q)
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No, they're all nerds, even the two hot girls (only one of which is pictured here). Remember that the pictures in this thread are basically glamor shots. They don't convey the inherent...misanthropic twitchiness...that most of them embody when you see them in motion interacting with the world around them.
Posted by: Kensington at March 07, 2013 03:32 PM (/AHDz)
Posted by: rickl at March 07, 2013 03:46 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Gmac - Waiting for the revolution at March 07, 2013 04:10 PM (IanLz)
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at March 07, 2013 07:00 PM (1hekh)
Posted by: Ken s at March 07, 2013 07:11 PM (SgBGg)
Celeste did nothing all season and won.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at March 07, 2013 07:16 PM (jxFq5)
Personally, I liked Celeste the most, but Genevieve had the case and should have won.
Also, Danielle was an astonishingly sore loser. What a waste of space.
Posted by: Kensington at March 07, 2013 08:05 PM (uaEZS)
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