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Okay, I guess I'm down with that. I just don't see the word 'immature' as being so negative - to me it's more a statement of a factual lack of relative maturity. But hey, as long as we both agree that Alyx is awesome exactly as she is, I see no problem here :D Although you think Eli wouldn't...

What does anyone actually rely on Alyx to do, though? She did fix/work on both of the teleporters, and it's implied that she was helping run people through the canals to Black Mesa East, but that's just making good use of her talents as a mechanic and a possible practitioner of le parkour. It's...

Oh no, I didn't mean it as a slight on the character or anything - the fact that she is (for lack of a better way to describe it) such a complete sweetheart is what makes her so compelling, and if the whole game was just you going around talking to all of the citizens who sound like they're...

Well, in a book, unless it was written in second person, Alyx would have the advantage of being able to have more of her backstory/motivations/etc. explained in a way that didn't feel forced or like some kind of random infodump. I don't think the problem is necessarily that the characters in...

Yeah, it seems to be working wonderfully for Canada, with their...what is it, like eight MRI machines in the entire country? To the point where Canadians needing to be scanned and/or treated for cancer, or even have simple operations, come here because there aren't ridiculous waiting lists...

But at what cost? I mean, good for your stepfather and all, but the money for his medication doesn't come out of nowhere. It's taken out of taxes; his and everyone else's. And while I know socialists love the 'tax the rich, they can afford it' refrain, eventually that supply of money is going to...

No, he spends half his time on the golf course. -rimshot- And Adam and Jamie blowing shit up with alarming regularity isn't enough to interest kids in science already? What can the President do that packing a cement mixer full of dynamite and lighting the fuse hasn't done already?

Maybe that's it; Gordon is just so amazingly superhuman that it's hard to insert myself into any of the situations he faces. Now that I think of it, I was able to put myself in Chell's shoes (or...knee-implants) much more easily, because she's a fairly normal human being who just wants some damn...

"So this girl has been following me around for like three days now...is it appropriate for me to make a move, or should I wait until she gets over her dead father?" In all seriousness, I've never really gotten into actually being Gordon Freeman...I'm a person playing a video game as somebody...

Ugh. I can't imagine having something like this happen, especially in the wake of saying goodbye to the dog in the first place. I'd flip out and start crying all over again. How do you even DO this? When my mom had her cat put down, they had a vet tech with his fingers on the cat's pulse the...

I found it frustrating the first time just because there's a lot of OH SHIT THAT GUY TOTALLY WAS NOT THERE BEFORE *BLAM BLAM BLAM*, which tends to set the nerves on edge, although I can't fault it too much since that's all part of the atmosphere. Also, manhacks; HELL IS THAT NOISE. It was...

Vehicle size is inversely proportional to responsible driving, I'm finding. When I see a dumb bitch in an Escalade (or the equivalent - you can always tell by the "my brat is an honor student at ____" or "I <3 my Golden Retriever" stickers) I either stay well back or try to pass as quickly as...

My brother had this problem on our laptop, which is not exactly built for gaming, so I'm assuming it is indeed a video card thing. Uninstalling and reinstalling the game seemed to fix it for him, though.

Happy Birthday!

Charcoal still life I did as an assignment for Drawing II: I coated the whole paper with charcoal and then just drew with my eraser. It's easier that way. Here's another I did in the same style for Drawing I last semester: I think I like it better, but that might be just because...

To me, this is the entire appeal of the Half-Life series. If I want something I can just play through for a distraction, I go for Age of Empires II or any of the free-to-play MMORPGs I've got lying around; Half-Life I treat more like rewatching a favorite movie or rereading a favorite book...

I use that one far more than I should probably be admitting... >.> (although I'm bi, so I guess it's not a complete lie.)

Just tell her politely to bug off. It's not sounding like a jerk, it's saying "you are being obnoxious, stop it." If she's trying to instigate a relationship with you, she might not even realize just how creepy and annoying she's being. Anyway, it's best to just be up front and tell her to leave...

I'll warn you, I only have a few good pictures; I've been cosplaying since 2007, but I had practically no budget until this year (the end of unemployment, yay!), so the outfits weren't exactly the greatest and I did my best to erase all records of them. Of the ones that I liked, I never really...

The librarian-by-day look is completely intentional -- it makes it all the more impressive when the cosplay comes out at night ^_-