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They don't tend to put weed in your food in the Netherlands...


On a completely unrelated note, Islamabad tomorrow. Also, first PIA flight. From what I gather, they're lots better than European airlines (but worse than Emirates, like everyone), so... I'll see.

It's gotta be either that, sleep or food...

Last I heard, coffee shops in Amsterdam weren't allowed to sell anything to tourists. Read something about coffee shops boycotting tourists in protest or whatever.

Okay, wat, I am supposed to write a 30-40 page thesis on my research and then try and get it published in a journal. I'd be very very happy to get published, obviously, but to spring this on me like that...

Edit: saying hi to the prime minister while wearing a metallica shirt, a leather jacket, pants with too many zippers and combat boots and getting a positive response would be cool.

I'm drinking Berliner Ginger Beer.


Yeah, that just sounds wrong, doesn't it? It's pretty good but a little light on the actual ginger which is a shame.

Edited, Jul 13th 2012 8:44pm by Aethien

Just stopping by to say hello all

Sometimes I think I'm really retarded.
I was cutting an onion and some chilis for dinner, cut the onion first before cutting the chili, my eye was still a little watery from the onion cutting so I rubbed my eyes. Not fun.

*pats Aeth on the head* It's okay, we all have our moments. Did I ever tell you about the time when I was 12 that I lifted a half cooked frozen dinner over my head to finish reading the instructions, spilled some on myself and got a second degree burn? That was fun.

Okay, how about the time John and I were being intimate after we ate Buffalo chicken pizza? Let's just say that buffalo sauce does not go "down there!" That hurt so bad lol.

In other news, my friend was mentioned in the news again.

Wish You Were Here is one of my favorite songs.

Within Temptation's "new" (2011) album is growing on me. They're moving away from symphonic metal and into dance rock, but graciously, in my opinion. It's also a pleasure to finally hear Sharon den Adel using the entire range of her voice instead of just the high notes (a song like Ice Queen gives me throat sores just listening to).



Also, I'm sort of in love with DC Universe Online. Free-to-play and I'm a badass superhero in the DC Comics universe. How awesome is that? And yes, I made a Marvel Thor character because even though it's the wrong publisher, he's still a badass viking god-hero.

I played Champions Online and, yeah, the best part about that game was the character creator. Character creation in DC Universe Online isn't as big as in Champions Online, but the gameplay is much more exciting. It's built for consoles, so you can't really click anything, except when menus are open and such. This makes it sort of a third person shooter game, but with superheroes and stuff.

It also has voice acting, but not the cinematic style used in SWTOR (the cinematics are usually short "look at this guy while he's talking" cinematics). All the characters you interact with in the game have voices, though some of the "filler mission NPCs" recycle lines. All the major characters, like Lex Luthor, Joker, Batman, Superman, etc. have voice acting. I just love the gameplay. You choose your powers (or gadgets/sorcery if you're not into mutant superheroes) and your weapons (everything from bow to dual pistols to fists), design your hero and then go to town. Your powers can chain for additional damage and you can do combo attacks with your weapons to regenerate powers.

It also helps that the graphics are awesome for an MMO and the game runs smooth even on max settings. Probably because it was built for consoles, but it's been ported nicely to the PC. It has a Batman: Arkham Asylum/City feel to it. Except it's an MMO and you aren't limited to Batman/Robin/Catwoman.

And seriously, the game features flight from level 1 (assuming you choose it as your superhero movement method). Supersonic flight at level 9. Shut up and take my money!

Edited, Jul 16th 2012 3:20pm by Mazra

I wanted to play it just for Mark Hamill, but I can't get into the DC stories enough to want to play in their universe.

Which is a shame, because I'd totally make a dual pistoling acrobatic evil clown just for that.

Edit: That's cool, at least there is an endgame. Let me know if it's any fun/good when you get there.

I don't give a rats ass about DC stories or Marvel stories but playing around with the character creator in CO was fun.


Also, you could make very skimpy outfits with some slight abusing of the character creator.


Edited, Jul 16th 2012 4:32pm by Aethien

So much cel shading in that game...

Here's 30 minutes of DCUO character creation:

The games are kind of similar to Assassin's Creed, except more focused on avoiding detection and less on acrobatics.

My favorite part about the Hitman games was the planning process. Checking out the area, learning guard paths, planning the chain of events that would lead to someone dying and me being awesome. When I got bored with that, I'd take my silenced gun and just kill random people, drag their corpses to a restroom stall and put on their clothes for, um... fun.

The gameplay in the first ones might seem a little bland if you're used to other, more modern, stealth games. The first one is from 2001, so it's 11 years old. Didn't have them fancy graphics and multi-core processors back then, but if you don't mind outdated graphics and enjoy gameplay that encourages planning ahead then I think you'll enjoy the Hitman games.

Maybe I'm from an olde generation, but as awesome as the character creator looks if it's more of a selling point than the story line and game mechanics then I can't really get behind it. Now, this is DC we're talking about so I'm more than willing to give them the benefit of the doubt after the (relatively) recent Batman: Arkham games that the game mechanics are fairly solid, and obviously the CC is good, but after reading 1,200 pages worth of Batman: Knightfall I simply dread anything story related.

I'm sure it's a good game. It'd have to be to pull in money after going free-to-play, but it just isn't for me.

@#%^ you Kali. I wish I could afford to go to Lahore

Also, Jon Lord died today

In general, DC doesn't impress me with their stories. Their only character I give a @#$% about is Batman.

Not that I'm in love with Marvel or anything. I just find their general stories and themes more interesting.

And thanks Maz.

NGO = Non-government organisation. Charity or something.

Rabtt = http://www.rabtt.org
I'mma teach English and Maths to Christian teenagers.

Executive suite = fancy hotel type thing, it's more of a fancy faculty conference hostel at the university.

Rs. 1,500 = like 12 Euros maybe.

$60 a night isn't so bad for a hotel room.

That's really funny Maz, I just started playing DC last night myself. My only complaint thus far is that your role and power are so closely connected. I wish there were a bit more options to choose from. Like my favorite DC character of all time is Poison Ivy, so I wanted to make a hero with plant super powers that can DPS. Nope, can't do that. If you pick the nature power, you're a healer. I like that they still give you DD abilities, but I wish each power had two options instead of just the one. I don't like healing, so I'm probably going to go and make a new character that is a DPS, or "controller" as they call them.

Totally unrelated, but why do you put an "s" on the end of math? Math is an abbreviation for mathematics, which doesn't have a plural form in English. I've seen a lot of people use "maths" and I can't for the life of me figure out why.

Oh, okay. Thanks for the deets Maz. That makes me feel better.