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Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:24:48 -0800 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:24:48 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxyZaZlaOs">Half life: Full Life Consequences!</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZrkOTzPUC4">Cartoon version!</a> Based on the <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2945837/1/Halflife_Fulllife_Consequences">first piece</a> of fan fiction to ever be critically acclaimed. <br /><br />Now, to recover <a href="http://discovermagazine.com/twominutesorless">some lost brain cells</a>, how about <a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid716091875/bclid686943766/bctid687029421">Yellow Ducky String Theory</a>? Danger, weird accents abound! Thanks ants. Thants. post:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:02:15 -0800 oxford blue half life full tife john freeman yellow ducky youtube gary'smod games video arrgh garry'smod howmanyrs thants goasts http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001416 i liked the garry's mod version better.. where's the critical acclaim though? was the original youtube video based off real (terrible) fan fiction or was it a parody from the get go? also, where did i put my pants? comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001416 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:24:48 -0800 Dillonlikescookies http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001419 I lied! There was no critical acclaim; just mocking at how bad the fan fiction was. I believe it was based off the fan fiction. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001419 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:38:29 -0800 oxford blue http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001426 This is the greatest thing I have ever seen today. I LOLed. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001426 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:06:48 -0800 Henry C. Mabuse http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001441 I just wanted to pop in to say that I am terrified of zombie goasts. Now I've got to walk real fast out . comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001441 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:42:20 -0800 Elmore http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001452 Administrator, please hope babby formed are belong to us. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001452 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:00:40 -0800 JHarris http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001457 See also: <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2946082/1/Halflife_FullLife_Consequences_2_WhatHasTobeDone">Half life:Full Life Consequences 2:What Has To be Done</a> comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001457 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:08:49 -0800 CheshireCat http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001465 If you enjoyed that, you may also enjoy <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/836450/1/DOOM_Repercussions_of_Evil">DOOM: Repercussions of Evil</a> and other works by <a href="http://www.peterchimaera.com/">Peter Chimaera</a>. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001465 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:12:32 -0800 brownpau http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001471 Peter correctly classifies his Doom story as a work of horror. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001471 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:21:22 -0800 oxford blue http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001472 Hahahah at ChesireCat's link: "Dear John Freeman, how are you? I miss you at home come home safe and soon with Gordon Freeman for thanksgiving dinner. Love mom." I wish my mum addressed me and any other family members by their full name. But she's too busy wetting platforms. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001472 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:24:08 -0800 oxford blue http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001476 <em>If you enjoyed that, you may also enjoy DOOM: Repercussions of Evil and other works by Peter Chimaera.</em> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEKdkhN5WaQ"> Related</a> comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001476 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:33:21 -0800 Benjy http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001477 Scratch that, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBQIx5jiTsg">this one</a> is better. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001477 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:34:35 -0800 Benjy http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001480 <em>"you will be one of us!" yelled the dead zombie goasts. John Freeman laughed and shot a rocket at them.</em> Sublime. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001480 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:36:34 -0800 slimepuppy http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001490 Jonh Freeman, Gordon Freeman's brother said, "No Gordon. You are the headcrabs!" And then Gordon was a goast. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001490 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:53:22 -0800 CheshireCat http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001521 This was FUNNE!! comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001521 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:51:49 -0800 brain_drain http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001547 Is there a word to describe this goofy English dialect that's half "All Your Base Are Belong to Us" and half "I Can Have Cheezburger?" Also, this is excellent. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001547 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:11:41 -0800 Pastabagel http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001555 Damn it. I'm at work in a very small, shared office and that motorcycle has me giggling like an idiot! comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001555 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:16:01 -0800 Drexen http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001580 Oh come on, John Freeman couldn't have shot the "headcrab oficer" because "he ddint have weapon" until later on when he "looked on the ground and found wepon so he pickd it up and fired fast at zombie goasts in front of a house." Tsk. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001580 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:38:15 -0800 Elmore http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001592 That's hilarious, and I have never even played Half Life. I agree with Pastabagel, there needs to be a word for the type of Pidgin gamespeak that was there where it was. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001592 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:44:10 -0800 misha http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001595 Squirrelking: truly you are king of all squirrels. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001595 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:45:51 -0800 Brocktoon http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001686 <i>...there needs to be a word for the type of Pidgin gamespeak that was there where it was.</i> AYBABeranto? ICanHasDialect? KTHXBAI-anese? comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001686 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:31:37 -0800 Pecinpah http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001817 It's no<a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FaEFektYhb4"> Eye Of Argon</a> comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001817 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:39:03 -0800 fearfulsymmetry http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001829 Oh and String Ducky should have had a post of it's own... that was great comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001829 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:43:09 -0800 fearfulsymmetry http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001904 Can't. Stop. Giggling... comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001904 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:28:09 -0800 Jofus http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2001994 What's the big mystery about this dialect? I wrote just like this -- <blockquote><em>When I was seven years old</em>.</blockquote> comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2001994 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:19:44 -0800 tspae http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2002032 Hold on. Must find brain. Fell out of nose. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2002032 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:48:43 -0800 tehloki http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2002205 Absolutely perfectly done. Hope there will be more. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2002205 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:42:11 -0800 notmydesk http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2002210 I'm surprised no one has noticed yet that it's this way because English isn't the guy's native language. (And, um, maybe logic is not the guy's first system of thought.) comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2002210 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:46:10 -0800 JHarris http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2002459 oh, wow. i thought this was just a parody but after reading some more of this guys fan fiction.. wow. just wow. some people should not be allowed near a keyboard, typewriter or pen and ink. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2002459 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:16:23 -0800 Dillonlikescookies http://www.metafilter.com/68803/The-contrysides-were-nice-and-the-plants-were-singing-and-the-birds-and-the-sun-was-almost-down-from-the-top-of-the-sky#2003257 Hi-larious. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.68803-2003257 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:30:24 -0800 EndsOfInvention