Mrs. C, you never fail to make my morning when you post. I'm a little disappointed at the lack of eye candy pics, but consider yourself forgiven. ;)
If you're lucky, maybe he'll read this and whip around thinking a zombie just hollered "You're it!" and shambled off. *giggle* At any rate, I'm with Avatox. It's quite clearly Coyote's fault. /nod
Working a couple holiday seasons in a mall retail store as a teenager cured me for life of any thought that holiday shopping and their related sales are fun. I also feel terrible for any poor slob with a name tag on their shirt from Black Friday until Jan 1. They get used and abused for 2 months then laid off as soon as the hangover from New Years is gone.
As for the queue thing... I think rational thought is negated by sale signs on this side of the pond. The sad thing is, had someone stopped to help the poor guy that got killed during the stampede, there would have been more than one death. Allowing that many people to mob a place is bad news.
*shiver*
Ok, so who's working on the goat-spider repellent? I still remember a movie from waaaay long ago where there were giant tarantulas that webbed up a jungle, or a city or something. Some horrible B-movie flick perfect for MST3K. Even camel spiders send me shrieking and they're apparently not even "real" spiders. Just .... eew!
Then there's the thought that if this is government research it is also being done by the lowest bidder. I'm sure they'd never cut corners and forget to tie up the loose end that would make the goats mutate a few extra limbs and some mandibles. Aw geez, why'd I think of that? *cringe*
I actually would like to see a slightly detailed explanation of the reason for the rating on some games. It needn't be more detailed than "obscene language, gore, physical violence, sexual situations" or some such. No need to spell out the plot, yeesh. Just have a few check boxes marked for categories of content. If Mommy doesn't want little Jimmy to learn cuss words, don't buy the ones with that marked. If she cares more about making sure he doesn't see boobies, worry about that part only. *lol* Once the game is properly rated then it should be up to the parents to control what gets brought home. Of course, a concerned parent could just take 30 sec to google the title and get a pretty thorough rundown of what their kid is asking for.
Even carding purchasers can't stop a kid from getting it from some other adult (stranger, uncle, cousin, older sibling, etc), no matter how thorough you are. Unless games go "download only" with parental controls on the PC/console restricting what ratings can be downloaded or password protecting them by title there's only so much you can do. Then there's always the ability to go to someone else's house to get your fix. There's always some lucky brat with lax parents and all the cool toys. *lol*
Mrs. C, you never fail to make my morning when you post. I'm a little disappointed at the lack of eye candy pics, but consider yourself forgiven. ;)
If you're lucky, maybe he'll read this and whip around thinking a zombie just hollered "You're it!" and shambled off. *giggle* At any rate, I'm with Avatox. It's quite clearly Coyote's fault. /nod
Working a couple holiday seasons in a mall retail store as a teenager cured me for life of any thought that holiday shopping and their related sales are fun. I also feel terrible for any poor slob with a name tag on their shirt from Black Friday until Jan 1. They get used and abused for 2 months then laid off as soon as the hangover from New Years is gone.
As for the queue thing... I think rational thought is negated by sale signs on this side of the pond. The sad thing is, had someone stopped to help the poor guy that got killed during the stampede, there would have been more than one death. Allowing that many people to mob a place is bad news.
*blink*
Wow, would it be wierd if I was inclined to possibly agree with the whole post today? Yikes!
If you ever need to sabotage someone they can borrow my dice. They're cursed, I tell you! /cry
For the geekalicious food... http://www.whatgeekseat.com/wordpress/2008/10/30/bacon-doughnuts/. Alternately you could get a bacon, egg & cheese McGriddle. *lol*
Now I'm off to trick my hubby into a game I can win so I can totally pull that "Say it!" routine.
*shiver*
Ok, so who's working on the goat-spider repellent? I still remember a movie from waaaay long ago where there were giant tarantulas that webbed up a jungle, or a city or something. Some horrible B-movie flick perfect for MST3K. Even camel spiders send me shrieking and they're apparently not even "real" spiders. Just .... eew!
Then there's the thought that if this is government research it is also being done by the lowest bidder. I'm sure they'd never cut corners and forget to tie up the loose end that would make the goats mutate a few extra limbs and some mandibles. Aw geez, why'd I think of that? *cringe*
"!"
*giggle*
I actually would like to see a slightly detailed explanation of the reason for the rating on some games. It needn't be more detailed than "obscene language, gore, physical violence, sexual situations" or some such. No need to spell out the plot, yeesh. Just have a few check boxes marked for categories of content. If Mommy doesn't want little Jimmy to learn cuss words, don't buy the ones with that marked. If she cares more about making sure he doesn't see boobies, worry about that part only. *lol* Once the game is properly rated then it should be up to the parents to control what gets brought home. Of course, a concerned parent could just take 30 sec to google the title and get a pretty thorough rundown of what their kid is asking for.
Even carding purchasers can't stop a kid from getting it from some other adult (stranger, uncle, cousin, older sibling, etc), no matter how thorough you are. Unless games go "download only" with parental controls on the PC/console restricting what ratings can be downloaded or password protecting them by title there's only so much you can do. Then there's always the ability to go to someone else's house to get your fix. There's always some lucky brat with lax parents and all the cool toys. *lol*