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MaxDragon7 - In Memory of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett
03/27/09

In reply to There's Nothing Cuter Than Kids Singing About Internet Manners
Next up:
A song sung by schoolchildren for blasphemic, kiddish 360 owners, who very much curse out the meaning of gameplay! For those who wonder who it may be, you know who you are...
(Dang kids! Get off my Cyber-lawn!)
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John_Norad
03/27/09

In reply to There's Nothing Cuter Than Kids Singing About Internet Manners
I may die happy : we've reached the Science Fiction point. Always wanted to live in this kind of world. It just doesn't get much cyberpunk than that.
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KenseiKitsune
03/27/09

In reply to There's Nothing Cuter Than Kids Singing About Internet Manners
Why do we not teach this song in our schools?

I mean, I had to make up my own song about internet etiquette. Thats a monstrously ineffient method.

We'll be behind in jaunty tunes about everday stuuf for decades if we don't catch up soon!
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KenseiKitsune
03/27/09

@KenseiKitsune:

Stop commenting when you haven't slept in days, you dolt. You spell things badly when you do that.
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Komrade Kayce
03/27/09

@KenseiKitsune:

GTFO KOTAKU YOU HOBAG

@KenseiKitsune:

Yeah! That jerk won't be coming 'round here anymore! High five!
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Jippon
03/27/09

In reply to There's Nothing Cuter Than Kids Singing About Internet Manners
ehm... I am getting a bit sick allright, but not from the cuteness. All cool to teach these kids how to behave on the internetz. But shouldn't they also teach them to beware, not all precious internet friends are 'friends' you know.
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ThursdayNext
03/27/09

@Jippon: The next verse of the song is "My worthless internet fiends."
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lazylark
03/27/09

@Jippon: Sexual predators aren't too big in Korea, but those types of things are taught. Just not in the song. In fact, although it might sound really geeky/nerdy? There are a lot of message boards or really successful websites in Korea just for dating. None of these websites like match.com or eharmony.com. It's more user based? I suppose. And much less awkward since its commonplace. Hell, my cousin put me up on one of those sites when I visited Korea and I met three girls out of it.

It's a culture thing I suppose, but I'm getting offtopic. :)
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lazylark
03/27/09

@lazylark: And just so me bringing up the 'dating subject' doesn't seem to random, I was just trying to convey that it's VERY common to meet people over the internet there. And I mean complete strangers. Why? I suppose the population and how small the country has to do with it.

Estimated population of South Korea: 48 mil

Estimated population of Seoul (capital of s. korea): 10 mil (23 mil if you count the outlying areas)

So considering half the population lives in roughly the same area...
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Jippon
03/27/09

@lazylark: Ok, I understand... But still, these are kids, the don't need dating sites. And internet games are not made for dating, just for gaming with each other. I meet people over the internet, but I'm a grown man, so I can figure out when a conversation is getting to awkward. If you teach kids that everybody on the internet is their friend, your sending a wrong message. It's a good thing they teach about netiquette (word of the year), but only if they also inform about the 'dangers of internet'(dun dun dunnn)
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rainofwalrus
03/27/09

@Jippon: we need to stop worrying so much. trucks and buses still kill more people annually than Internet Predators.
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Gossy... Fortune and Glory
03/27/09

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Should be required viewing for opening a Live account.
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Jippon
03/27/09

@Gossy loves yo' mamma's flapjacks: Agreed.
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Komrade Kayce
03/27/09

@Gossy loves yo' mamma's flapjacks:

Or a Kotaku account...
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Gossy... Fortune and Glory
03/27/09

@Komrade Kayce: For a Prinny-Free Kotaku.: Indeed! BTW I just read what you got up to in the SOFA comp thread... where was my invite?
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Grisaille: Flip it, Ninja!
03/27/09

@Gossy loves yo' mamma's flapjacks: You missed the party.
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Gossy... Fortune and Glory
03/27/09

@Grisaille: Turkey Smackin Those That Say |First|: I did :( Sounds like a good time was had by all.
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Komrade Kayce
03/27/09

@Gossy loves yo' mamma's flapjacks:

It was a pretty 'open' party, if you get my meaning. You could have just stolled on in. There was punch, pie and oh yeah, some sort of pile of naked contest failed tear stained men.

Some jackass even brought his kids along, which was highly inappropriate, but at least he had the courtesy to show up.
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excel_excel
03/27/09

@Komrade Kayce: For a Prinny-Free Kotaku.: A good time was had by all!
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Quipp
12/10/08

In reply to Funny Band: The Best Guitar-Drum-Keyboard Controller & Press Release Ever
As a middle area user I cannot wait for the Funny Band system to grant me band space because no game like performing on on-line such as Funny Band.

Exciting times.
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TRT-X
12/10/08

In reply to Funny Band: The Best Guitar-Drum-Keyboard Controller & Press Release Ever
Is it me, or does that press release read like that last email I got from my "Dearest friend in Nigeria"?
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Quipp
12/10/08

@TRT-X: It has a similar feel but if I fell for this pitch the 'funny friend' may actually give me something for my investment. Even as a conversation piece the Keydrumtar seems worth the cash.
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adocious
12/10/08

In reply to Funny Band: The Best Guitar-Drum-Keyboard Controller & Press Release Ever
It truly is the age of the rhythm game. I wonder how many years will pass before the last knockoff games have made it to market.
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scotty
12/10/08

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No one does rhythm better than Korea.

Actually, that curved note highway blows my mind too....
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NoBullet
12/10/08

@scotty: Really? How many copies did Guitar Hero/Rock Band sell?
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Bialia
12/10/08

In reply to Funny Band: The Best Guitar-Drum-Keyboard Controller & Press Release Ever
word.
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Andrew Freedman
12/10/08

In reply to Funny Band: The Best Guitar-Drum-Keyboard Controller & Press Release Ever
Person from 3D-OZ Corp. said "we are going to listen various voices from users through G star experience session so the game is going to be innovated more high quality music game. Also, it is going to be a real music game that users can be participated and making together."

I'm sure Person from 3D-OZ Corp. is a reputable source. They couldn't come up with a name? This is by far the worst press release I've seen in a long, long time (if not ever!).
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rich8606
12/10/08

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Looks hedious...
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