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"Unenjoyably Difficult!" - Gamepro
Countess Elena- There's something like it over here. (Scroll down to "Lock and Key".) You pretty much play the guy that designs the dungeon the hero has to get through, and then actively try to unleash the traps on him. It's all text-based (like Return to Zork or Planetfall). It's made by Adam Cadre who doesn't fail to sweep Interactive Fiction awards, and hella fun.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 10:49 AM on July 2, 2008
Addendum to above: There's also a PS2 game where you set traps. The name escapes me and my google-fu is failing. Maybe someone else remembers? It's Japanese and the character design is anime-style. And the case design is purplish.
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 10:53 AM on July 2, 2008
MeFi post:
Gospel On Sundays
I grew up on/around Coney Island. I even spent a few summers living with my grandmother in the projects on the boardwalk, hanging out on the beach and in Astroland, etc.
Fuck this guy.
But hey, at least we've got this one summer left.
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 12:06 PM on May 28, 2008
A bit more: The projects around Coney Island can be shut down with a fucking glance from a building inspector. They're not all terrible, but I'm more than sure there's enough building code violations in every single one to appease Thor and guys like this with complete building shutdowns. Artist gentrification might be a shitty situation, but corporate gentrification like this is a fucking plague.
As you can tell, I'm a little pissed about my... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 12:13 PM on May 28, 2008
I wouldn't go to out to Coney Island if you paid me. I can make shitty funnel cake at home. But if someone can come in and restore a little luster to the place, I'd go, and bring my wallet with me, which is kind of the point of development in the first place.
I don't give a damn about the lost grandeur of Coney Island; honestly, I love it the way it is (although nostalgia doesn't play a small role in that.)
The problem with... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 1:13 PM on May 28, 2008
MeFi post:
Last.fm beta. Again.
I have a Nano 3G. It only scrobbles tracks one time per ... scrobble. I believe that's part of the way it's built. Are you guys having problems with the big iPods? Because if not and there's a goddamn fix for this, I'd love to know.
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 1:35 PM on May 21, 2008
MeFi post:
New Yorkers and their quirks
Fuck you, we're as polite as anyone else.
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 10:30 AM on May 20, 2008
Okay, for a real response: I just recently started working in a tourist-heavy area (right near the UN), coming from a not-so-heavy tourist area.
Going to work/coming back from work, having to walk fifteen minutes to the train, I can see myself as having been perceived as rude. There's all sorts of unspoken rules as far as walking down the streets goes (never, ever full-stop on the sidewalk during rush hour, etc.) and I honestly don't give a shit if... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 10:38 AM on May 20, 2008
MeFi post:
Who's on first? YOGURT IS!
Not to be a dick, davejay, but "adult clothes"? He's wearing the going-to-an-indie-rock-show uniform there.
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 9:43 PM on May 9, 2008
MeFi post:
Breath in / breath out.
Talk about misleading FPPs. I was expecting to find a padded wall covered in Bugs Bunny drawings.
I guess this is about as cool. I guess.
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 9:13 AM on April 12, 2008
MeFi post:
We should all live in Manhattan
As it is, I would rather live nearly anywhere else in the country than in your enormous urban hell...
Were I still living away from NYC, that statement would have made me homesick beyond belief.
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 8:29 PM on April 6, 2008
MeFi post:
Kings of Power 4 Billion%
Pirate Baby's is one of my favorite video...art...film...pieces. And coincidentally, I've been listening to In Case We Die a whole lot this last week. Thanks!
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 8:02 PM on March 23, 2008
MeFi post:
the gray train
nasreddin - Living in Bensonhurst, I can commiserate with the "no one cares about this part of Brooklyn, thank god" mentality.
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 2:28 PM on March 1, 2008
jscalzi - do my favorite bands happen to play your acreage on a near-daily basis?
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 2:31 PM on March 1, 2008
MeFi post:
The Marvel Assistant Editors' Month
Wow! I have never even heard of this. Awesome post!
...and smackfu, as I can't tell if this is snark or not, these are major comics in the middle of major arcs. they have been scanned previously, you can be assured.
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 8:45 PM on February 23, 2008
MeFi post:
Succeed Socially
Starting smoking has done wonders for my social life.
I wish I could run a block without getting winded, though.
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 10:56 PM on February 16, 2008
MeFi post:
Coney Island Playground
I went to the first Silver Mt. Zion show in the states and while the band was repairing an instrument, they took questions:
Some Guy: "When is Godspeed You! Black Emperor coming back?"
Ephraim: "Godspeed You! Black Emperor ... has turned into a band called the Arcade Fire. Come see us play Fashion Week!"
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 4:47 PM on February 12, 2008
MeFi post:
SF squids
Funny enough, I'm right in the middle of Baxter's Manifold: Time right now.
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 9:04 PM on February 4, 2008
MeFi post:
FCC, I have a complaint!
"My wife and I were apalled when watching ‘Sex and the City’ on TBS on Tues June 29th at 10pm and the word ‘dick’ was used numerous times."
There's way too much I can say about this, but couldn't the complaint have been boiled down to a period after "TBS"?
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 7:12 PM on January 31, 2008
MeFi post:
I don't read
Why am I not surprised that Zane (NSFW, kinda, sorta) ended up on the low end. It's kindling with a glossy cover.
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 1:19 PM on January 25, 2008
MeFi post:
A fine whine
I was about to complain about the subway map and then I got it.
Well played, White Whine, well played.
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 10:41 AM on January 23, 2008
MeFi post:
Rant Of The Century
"Is that a nest of tables?"
Reading the FPP I thought this was some sort of reference to malformed HTML.
But why is the <> rum <> gone?
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 10:57 AM on January 9, 2008
those were supposed to be blink tags. dammit.
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 10:57 AM on January 9, 2008
lonefrontranger - was that an also-requisite
/bash.org reference ?
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 12:56 PM on January 9, 2008
MeFi post:
Boop. Uh Oh. Ha Ha.
When are we going to see something like this from American Apparel, except with constantly-dividing spandex-clad asses?
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 8:16 PM on January 7, 2008
MeFi post:
Too Much Caffeine
I think what a lot of people don't realize about the proliferation of Starbucks in New York City is the fact that it goes hand-in-hand with the proliferation of public bathrooms.
Try to find one before they broke out like acne in, for instance, the East Village, where, if you get up high enough around Astor Place, you can spot about eight, and about four from ground level.
Fuck whatever your miff is with corporate culture, I've got a place to... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by griphus
at 11:21 PM on July 19, 2007
