"It's been 17 years since the debut of the original Twisted Metal on the PlayStation" - Thank you for making me feel incredibly old.
Too good to be true story + "According to The Sun" = fake.
Even some of the Nazis knew their stuff was evil-looking.
I've got some Vertical Epics aging in the closet, and will on occasion pick up an Arrogant or Double (never been able to find any Luckys). Right now I'm inhabiting the Pacific Northwest, so I'm living primarily on Deschutes, Alaskan, Widmer Bros. and Rogue if there's nothing better available.
I'll keep an eye out for Dragon's Milk though.
But money aside, I'm wondering where I'l get the better experience. I've realized that as much as I'm a keyboard and mouse guy, I'm also just as likely to play a shooter on a console in front of the big screen. right now, I'm just debating differences in the experience I'd be getting on the two systems.
Yeah, I totally hear you. And while I do claim to put the "fun" in functional alcoholism, I'm not looking to crawl into a bottle at the moment. A little toasty and some PvP on TOR? Sure, but nothing on a Bukowski-esque level. Everything else in my life's going pretty great at the moment and force-drowning my sorrows won't help me in those areas. I appreciate the guidance though.
Oh and don't worry, no cheap hooch for me - tonight is Iron Horse Brewery's Mocha Death.
Found out today the ex-wife recently got engaged, while I'm currently single. Thank goodness for booze and video games. Debating between getting The Darkness II on either the 360 or PC, having played the first game on the 360, but having recently purchased a beefy new gaming laptop.
This guy.
Anyone else think it was weird that there wasn't a single mention or shot of Padme/Natalie Portman in that trailer?
I'm 31, and want to an all-ages Black Star a few months back, because their album blew my mind back in college in the late 90's and the fact that they were touring again made it a must see show. Totally forgot that most kids these days know them from Chappelle's Show and the endless re-runs over the past eight years or so. I was twice the age of some of the people in attendance. Literally, there were kids in fucking braces. I even overheard one say he was so excited that this was his first concert ever.
Slink away as well, only to a bar a bar to get drunk, to spite the young fuckers.
Yes it was. Ray Stevenson is playing him. He's also all over the first trailer (unmasked, fighting Roadblock, etc.)
But in this case he kind of has a point. I mean, VW was literally founded by a Nazi trade union. Heck, Hitler helped design the Beetle. Evil empire is not the type of image I would want to channel if I was VW these days.
Sonofa- I do now. If you'll excuse me, I'll be turning in early.
"I don't need'm 'round nohow."
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To your first point - totally on track, I agree 100%.
Second point: not so much. You're close but miss by a little.
I don't know how long you've been in but I can tell you in my nearly ten year in so far, getting rid of DADT is a good thing. And here's why.
Basically all the policy did was change to "don't ask", as in the military no longer cares if you're gay, straight or whatever when you're joining up, and they can't kick you out for it either.
Example (speaking only on my own personal experience): Currently one of my troops is openly gay, no big deal, like you said in your comment, we always expected they batted for the other team. Prior to Sept. 20 of last year, as a leader I couldn't ask them if our suspicions were true, however if for some reason or another I found out the were true, I would have had to chapter them. This is one of my best soldiers, so kicking them out because of their sexual orientation is bullshit, in my opinion.
After Sept. 20 guess what happened? Nothing. No explosion of glitter, no heartfelt coming out talk, nothing. I actually only found out a few weeks ago accidentally in conversation with them. Turns out most of the other junior enlisted already knew for years and just kept it to themselves. I still don't think our officer knows, and I'm not going to say anything to them, because like you said, it's their business only.
My whole thing with DADT is it was kicking soldiers out that were good at their jobs and didn't need to leave the service. Heck, even now there are probably tons of gays still in the closet in their units, because they don't want to out themselves (just like in the civilian world). However now, if they do want to, we don't have to kick them out.
And is he starred?
Words can't adequately the complete and utter disappointment in this opinion piece. You miss the point on so many levels, chase false assumptions and somehow manage to overgeneralize all at the same time.
First off, the leap you made from the in-game comments to "unquestioned homophobia" is kind of, well, excessive and grasping.
"It's assumed that his male squadmate will interpret a reference to anal sex as a negative statement because the squadmate would find anal sex repulsive by default. The homophobia is implied." - Is it that, or possibly the implication of unwanted sexual contact? I'm no expert, but I don't know any man, gay or straight, who would would view the idea of being anally raped as positive.
But more importantly to your point on the military, DADT and the apparent rampant homophobia/bigotry you perceive as being par for the course in the military. Now this matter I can speak to. I'm an enlisted man, been in about ten years, serving in an infantry unit (not infantry myself) and even have a second-in-command who's openly gay.
Plain and simple, you're wrong. Sure there are problems out there, particularly in the realm of sexual assault reporting, but you state that "Rape operates in the military along the same lines that it operates in prisons." No, factually not true, and I would love to know where you came up with that little factoid from. True, sexual assaults occur in the military, but they occur in the civilian world as well. Hell one of the rape victims in the Newsweek story you linked to said, "I have nothing bad to say about the military. There’s sick bastards in all walks of life."
Your ignorance of the military is reflected throughout this piece, and as a freelance journalist, I'd encourage you to educate yourself a little more on the topic.
The reality is stories like this reflect the growing rift between the military and civilian populace. Less than one half of one percent actually serves, so most people just plainly don't have a close tie to the military. Many civilians assume (incorrectly) that those in uniform are all uneducated, low-income criminals from either the inner city or the hills of Appalachia. I won't bog you down with too many facts to the contrary but here's one: roughly 98% of servicemembers have their high school diploma while the recent national high school graduation rate is only around 68 to 70%. Heck, 75% of Americans between ages 18-24 aren't even able to join.
Bottom line, I'm totally down with equal right for everyone and elimination of all bigotry, but not by getting talked down to by someone who lead into the second graf of their story with "I try to be very sensitive about homosexual prejudice in culture" and then indicts another segment of the population as a bunch of institutionalized rapists in the same story.
Everyone, everyone, let's tone the hyperbole down a tad. Sorry I mentioned politics in the first place.
Look, the bottom line is there are liberal idiots and conservative idiots, and they each have their own wacky fringe groups and respective media outlets.
But we all still have to get along at the end of the day, especially if we want to make sure that laws like SOPA and PIPA don't pass and that future anti-piracy measures are at least vetted and those voting on them know a little about what they're actually voting on.
Yeah, I should know better than to mention politics on the Internet, especially topics like the mandate. It's just always the one that first springs to mind when it comes to things that seemed like a good idea to the GOP, but only if they're the ones doing it.
True, but the President has a way of polarizing things just by his very presence.
