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Angry Video Game Nerd reviews Nintendo Bible games !

So, how many Super Nintendo games came out not licensed by Nintendo? Well, just one, and it found a way […] and you can play it. The question is would you want to? Well, actually, yeah you would. What other first person shooter game you get to play as Noah?!

Listen to how cheerful the music is. … Wow, that’s great, just what you need is some really upbeat music to go along with Noah getting murdered by a bunch of fucking goats.

Angry Video Game Nerd

I’m missing my green whiskey.

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And now for something completely different. Omnia’s Alive! is a perfect example of how albums should be released: great music and the package is so wonderful one just has to own it (as opposed to just getting the music one way or another). The thick booklet contains not only the lyrics in a decorative yet legible font and some atmospheric citations from famous poets, but also fabulous scetchy art by none other than Alan Lee, the renowned Tolkien artist! The whole album is like a little gift from the Faerie, so faithful the whole design is to the theme. I can’t remember when I’ve last been this impressed by an album release*. Check out the album’s page in Omnia homepage (Discography -> Alive!) for a few sample images and two songs in mp3.

*) Actually I do, it was Qntal’s previous release (limited edition) Silver Swan with fabulous and haunting booklet art by Brian Froud and the gorgeous music video to Von den Elben by Brian and Toby Froud.

(I bought my copy of Alive! from Amazon.de along with Qntal’s limited edition Translucida and Corvus Corax’s Venus Vina Musica. Man those mid-Europeans know their neofolk!)

I had a moderate cold and in fear of (again!) having it evolve into a sinusitis, I was on sick leave for Mon and Tue. I’m happy to say it seems to be paying off since I’m feeling almost healthy today. Have I meantioned that being ill while pregnant sucks small rocks? Or that two sinusitises during it are two too many? Anyway, I managed to play through the excellent Neverwinter Nights 2 module Harp & Chrysanthemum twice (one somewhat incomplete and one full run) during the weekend and the rest of ill-time. Now I’m in the middle of a second (hopefully) full run with a female bard protagonist this time (the first full run was with a male ranger).

I love the module so much I just have to get around to commenting it in the Vault. I’ve played several NWN1 modules that seriously would’ve deserved a comment (and one of these days I will comment on my favourite, the erotic and brilliant A Dance with Rogues, I really will) but H&C is such a well thought and made mod to the smallest detail that if I can’t manage one comment for the creator’s hours and hours of creative work, I’m a true loser. I’m so happy there already are modules like this to NWN2 since I’m in a rut with the original campaign.

The Thelemite
You scored 40 Materialism and 90 Phenomenology!

“For there are no Gods but Man”-Aleister Crowley

That sure doesn’t stop you from communing with them. You are the Thelemite, committed to the Western occult tradition of Spare, the Golden Dawn, Crowley etc. Though you lead a life of elaborate ritual, you realize that truth and falsehood in this ritual are irrelevant distinctions: the only thing that matters is what works.

Now if you just loosen up a bit, you could cross the Chasm of Choronzon.

Thinkers you may agree with: Osman Spare, Aleister Crowley, Robert Anton Wilson. Thinkers that may challenge you: Phil Hine, Peter Carroll.

Link: The Metaphysician Test written by Jaylhomme on OkCupid.

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Edit: Hemmetti, nyt vasta huomasin että kuvan yhdennäköisyys edellisen merkinnän Nyarlathotepiin on häkellyttävä. Pitäisköhän mennä shoppaamaan egyptikuosia?

I am Nyarlathotep!

The 999 forms of Nyarlathotep are a point of meditation for the true initiate. It is through these manifold faces that the secrets of the universe are made known. Called “The Crawling Chaos”, Nyarlathotep is the disembodied ego of Azathoth and thus the universal “I” of known reality. Some of the many documented forms are; Father of Knives, Nephren-Ka, the Black Man, the Beast of the Lashing Tongue to name a few.

Which Great Old One are you?

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Your Score: House Stark

45% Dominant, 45% Extroverted, 72% Trustworthy

Responsible. Respectable. Dour. That’s not shit coming out of your ass–it’s honor. You are clearly of House Stark.

You are a submissive personality, meaning that you are more than willing to relinquish control to someone more qualified; you will unflinchingly accept any responsibility that is thrust upon you, including servitude. Unfortunately for you, your unending patience and accommodating nature often make people look to you for a leader. In essence, you are the perfect leader: someone who has no desire to lead, yet is substantially well-qualified to do it.

You are also introverted, which means that people sometimes have difficulty understanding your thought process. Your dependable nature makes you predictable, but you’ve probably got all sorts of emotional dysfunctions when it comes to more intimate relationships. There are very few people whom you trust unwaveringly, and you’re not the type to confide in other people. So cold, so aloof–so Stark.

Finally, you are trustworthy–the very definition of the word. All secrets are safe with you. All of your vows are unbreakable. True to your name, you world is a stark place; there is black, and there is white. Your rigidity tends to undercut your overall value as a friend and ally. Honesty such as yours is hard to come by, which is easy to understand when you consider how easily manipulated you are by less decent individuals. Essentially, you’re the nice guy, and you’ll always finish last.

Representative characters include: Eddard Stark, Jon Snow, and Sansa Stark

Similar Houses: Frey, Lannister and Tully

Opposite House: Baratheon

When playing the game of thrones, you play it with one sword in your hand and another up your ass.

(Via Ankka)

Hesari kertoo Anna Keski-Rahkosen kiinnostavalta vaikuttavasta anoreksiatutkimuksesta. Otsikko korostaa “kasvanutta” paranemisprosenttia (entisestä viidestäkymmenestä seitsemäänkymmeneen prosenttiin sairastavista), mutta tekstistä käy ilmi myös sairastavien määrän “kasvu” (yhdestä 2,2 prosenttiin tai jopa viiteen prosenttiin suomalaisnaisista). Kuten työttömyysluvut, nämäkin “muutokset” liittyvät kriteereiden muuttamiseen. Aiempiin tutkimuksiin kun on otettu mukaan vain sairaalahoidossa olevat potilaat. Jälleen kerran olisi ollut kiva, jos lehti olisi vaivautunut mainitsemaan tutkimuksesta jotain tarkempaa kuin tekijän. Tietokulma sentään kertoo, että “vastavalmistunut tutkimus tehtiin Helsingin yliopiston kansanterveystieteen laitoksella kaksostutkimusyksikössä, ja se julkaistaan arvostetussa American Journal of Psychiatry -lehdessä.”

Runaways on turvassa. Joss Whedonin rupeaman jälkeen tämän Marvelin ihastuttavan teinipoppoon kirjoittamiseen tarttuu Strangers in Paradisesta tuttu Terry Moore! Kuultu suoraan sedältä itseltään.

Joidenkin asioiden ei uskoisi koskaan tapahtuvan, mutta niin ne vaan etenee kun tarpeeksi kauan odottaa. Punakhmerien kidutuskeskuksen johtajalle luettiin syytteet 70-luvulla tehdyistä hirmuteoista. Kang Kek Leu on odotellut oikeudenkäyntiä vankeudessa vuodesta 1999. Toisaalla Britannian armeijan 38-vuotinen operaatio Pohjois-Irlannissa päättyi. Viikoiksi mentiin mutta sitten kävi niin kuin kävi.

Britanniasta puheen ollen, Edinburgh International Festival järjestetään tänä vuonna kuudennenkymmenennen kerran, mutta ei-yllättävästi suurin kohunaiheuttaja löytyy The Edinburgh Festival Fringen puolelta. Jihad the Musicalin ei tarvinne pelätä mainostuksen vähyyttä. Hittibiisit I Wanna Be Like Osama (myös videona!) ja Turned and Run ovat tarjolla kotisivun mediaosiossa. Voisi luulla, että Silk Circle Productions on perehtynyt spekseihin (ja saattaisipa “Omstart!” istua aiheeseen eri hyvin).

Boing Boing välitti minulle tiedon Jeremy Blaken maallisen tomumajan löytymisestä. Synkkä juttu.

Loppuviimeeks tervehdin satavuotiasta partiotoimintaa ja palaan Innerfacen ytimeen.

Your Score: RAVENCLAW!
56% Ravenclaw
40% Gryffindor
24% Hufflepuff
12% Slytherin

Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you’ve a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind.

Ravenclaws are known for their intelligence, ingenuity, and lifelong thirst for knowledge.

Link: The Sorting Hat Test written by leeannslytherin on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test.

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Your Score: Older Futhark

You scored

Language of the Norse, Older Futhark! Thirty symbols, all told. And no hardier, more warrior-like tongue has ever graced the longships of the Viki or left the Celts and Saxons in such quivering fear. There’s only one drawback, that being you died 800 years ago.

Link: The Which Ancient Language Are You Test written by imipak on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test

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Must say not what I expected (not that I knew what to expect).