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deb_U_taunt · 08-06-2013, 04:16 PM

HAHAHA

http://www.buzzfeed.com/justinesharr...dy-been-hacked

UofMfan · 08-07-2013, 06:34 PM

MsBluem · 08-14-2013, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by UofMfan

story of my life

today's song is the "trogdor" theme from strongbad.

thedivahrrrself · 08-16-2013, 09:23 AM

Hollylane · 08-18-2013, 01:09 PM

This made my geek heart happy...

Allison W · 08-19-2013, 10:05 PM

So a visual novel/video game called Hate Plus just got released today. (Heads-up: I bought and downloaded it already, but have not yet played it.)

In order to tell you what Hate Plus is, I first have to tell you about a game called Analogue: A Hate Story (which I did play, and completed). Analogue was/is a visual novel/video game by Christine Love, released on Steam on April 27 of last year. In it, you are an investigator, in space, investigating an ancient space ship, built to house a reproduction-capable-sized population for several generations, that went missing some time after its launch and has only now been found, uninhabited. You do so by interacting with the two artificial intelligences--who can definitely be called people, complete with personalities and emotions and such baggage--still active on the ship's computers: one named *Hyun-ae, and the security AI, named *Mute (the asterisks are silent), who can tell you what they know and help you retrieve data stored on the ship's computers. The story turns out to be that of a bizarrely, terrifyingly patriarchal neo-Confucian society based upon the real-world-historical Joseon Dynasty of Korea, and a young woman who was put in suspended animation due to chronic illness before the ship's fall to patriarchy in Year 0, only to be brought out of it between Year 0 and the mysterious disappearance of life aboard the ship.

To keep spoilers to a minimum, in Analogue, you do learn how the Mugungwha--the ship in question--ended. But you do not learn what happened between the ship's launch and Year 0 or how that neo-Confucian patriarchy came to be, which was the burning question left after learning how it all came to an end.

That is where Hate Plus comes in. Christine Love was overwhelmed by the positive response to Analogue, and so began work on a DLC expansion pack for the game--which was intended to answer those questions about what happened between the Mugungwha's launch and its fall to patriarchy in Year 0. It ended up becoming even bigger than the original game, to the point that she scratched plans to make it DLC, and upgraded it to a full-blown sequel/prequel, named Hate Plus, in which the records from prior to Year 0 are found and explored.

Considering what it's a prequel to, though, I'm going to ask you folks to send me your Prozac. Please and thank you.

thedivahrrrself · 08-20-2013, 09:10 AM

It took me a second to get this, and then I was rolling!

MsBluem · 08-20-2013, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by thedivahrrrself

It took me a second to get this, and then I was rolling!

Saw this on the I fucking love science Facebook page earlier. Golden

thedivahrrrself · 08-21-2013, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by MsBluem

Saw this on the I fucking love science Facebook page earlier. Golden

IFLS is possibly the best reason for Facebook's existence. (IMHO)

MsBluem · 08-21-2013, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by thedivahrrrself

IFLS is possibly the best reason for Facebook's existence. (IMHO)

Are you a fan of podcasts? You'd probably really dig "Science...sort of"

It's in my top five favorite things to listen to while cleaning. Haha

Kelt · 08-21-2013, 06:46 PM

Leela's sunglass(es)

thedivahrrrself · 08-21-2013, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Kelt

Leela's sunglass(es)

OMG I love this!!

First, Leela rocks.

And I want to get these for a few members of my family!

weatherboi · 08-23-2013, 06:02 AM

thedivahrrrself · 08-23-2013, 02:01 PM

For Community fans

Danny Pudi would have actually made a kick-ass Batman!

Hollylane · 08-25-2013, 11:36 AM

Who else remembers this??

thedivahrrrself · 08-26-2013, 04:05 PM

Allison W · 08-26-2013, 07:32 PM

Just played To the Moon today. The game almost made me cry. Almost. Not quite. It was a good story, though.

Also, I finished *Mute's route in Hate Plus. It was excellent, but very intense; if you've got triggers, it may not be your game. Strange how the game makes me laugh out loud one day and then knocks me on my ass the next, but I'll chalk that up to Christine Love being a good writer. Right now I'm semi-stalled-out, because I'm doing *Hyun-ae's route now, and she has demanded that I actually get up from my computer and bake her a cake. Yes, a video game character is demanding I get up from my computer and bake her a cake. I'm not even fucking with you people, though Christine Love may be fucking with me here. Apparently she's already gotten several hundred e-mails of cake (I swear up and down, one of the game's achievements requires you to actually take a picture of the cake you made *Hyun-ae and mail it to Christine; she even set up an e-mail address for it, that's what we're dealing with here).

Also, Brütal Legend is on sale on Steam for $4.99. I'm just sharing this wonderful news everywhere because I totally want a Brütal Legend 2.

thedivahrrrself · 08-28-2013, 11:02 AM

thedivahrrrself · 08-28-2013, 08:07 PM

thedivahrrrself · 08-30-2013, 01:50 PM

For those geeks who are both music and Star Wars geeks, I give you the following.

Beethoven + Darth Vader =

08-07-2013, 06:34 PM	#302
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08-16-2013, 09:23 AM	#304
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08-20-2013, 09:10 AM	#307
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08-23-2013, 06:02 AM	#313
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08-23-2013, 02:01 PM	#314
thedivahrrrself Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Sapiosexual Femme Relationship Status: Mrs. Grumpy Cat Tournaments Won: 4 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: 8,660 feet high in the Andes Posts: 2,640 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 10,519 Thanked 11,662 Times in 2,292 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	For Community fans Danny Pudi would have actually made a kick-ass Batman! __________________ Small business owners around the world use microfinance to help expand their businesses and provide for their families. You can help! Click here to learn about Kiva.

08-06-2013, 04:16 PM	#301
deb_U_taunt Senior Member How Do You Identify?: ........ Join Date: May 2011 Location: ....... Posts: 1,748 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,324 Thanked 5,260 Times in 1,363 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	HAHAHA http://www.buzzfeed.com/justinesharr...dy-been-hacked

08-18-2013, 01:09 PM	#305
Hollylane Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: . Posts: 11,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,694 Thanked 26,373 Times in 5,877 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	This made my geek heart happy...

08-19-2013, 10:05 PM	#306
Allison W Member How Do You Identify?: TG Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Loner Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 366 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,414 Thanked 1,198 Times in 320 Posts Rep Power: 12203814	So a visual novel/video game called Hate Plus just got released today. (Heads-up: I bought and downloaded it already, but have not yet played it.) In order to tell you what Hate Plus is, I first have to tell you about a game called Analogue: A Hate Story (which I did play, and completed). Analogue was/is a visual novel/video game by Christine Love, released on Steam on April 27 of last year. In it, you are an investigator, in space, investigating an ancient space ship, built to house a reproduction-capable-sized population for several generations, that went missing some time after its launch and has only now been found, uninhabited. You do so by interacting with the two artificial intelligences--who can definitely be called people, complete with personalities and emotions and such baggage--still active on the ship's computers: one named Hyun-ae, and the security AI, named Mute (the asterisks are silent), who can tell you what they know and help you retrieve data stored on the ship's computers. The story turns out to be that of a bizarrely, terrifyingly patriarchal neo-Confucian society based upon the real-world-historical Joseon Dynasty of Korea, and a young woman who was put in suspended animation due to chronic illness before the ship's fall to patriarchy in Year 0, only to be brought out of it between Year 0 and the mysterious disappearance of life aboard the ship. To keep spoilers to a minimum, in Analogue, you do learn how the Mugungwha--the ship in question--ended. But you do not learn what happened between the ship's launch and Year 0 or how that neo-Confucian patriarchy came to be, which was the burning question left after learning how it all came to an end. That is where Hate Plus comes in. Christine Love was overwhelmed by the positive response to Analogue, and so began work on a DLC expansion pack for the game--which was intended to answer those questions about what happened between the Mugungwha's launch and its fall to patriarchy in Year 0. It ended up becoming even bigger than the original game, to the point that she scratched plans to make it DLC, and upgraded it to a full-blown sequel/prequel, named Hate Plus, in which the records from prior to Year 0 are found and explored. Considering what it's a prequel to, though, I'm going to ask you folks to send me your Prozac. Please and thank you.

08-21-2013, 06:46 PM	#311
Kelt Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Beach Butch Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 2,751 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 19,765 Thanked 15,379 Times in 2,541 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Leela's sunglass(es)

08-25-2013, 11:36 AM	#315
Hollylane Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: . Posts: 11,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,694 Thanked 26,373 Times in 5,877 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	Who else remembers this??

08-26-2013, 04:05 PM	#316
thedivahrrrself Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Sapiosexual Femme Relationship Status: Mrs. Grumpy Cat Tournaments Won: 4 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: 8,660 feet high in the Andes Posts: 2,640 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 10,519 Thanked 11,662 Times in 2,292 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	♥♥♥ __________________ Small business owners around the world use microfinance to help expand their businesses and provide for their families. You can help! Click here to learn about Kiva.

08-26-2013, 07:32 PM	#317
Allison W Member How Do You Identify?: TG Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Loner Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 366 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,414 Thanked 1,198 Times in 320 Posts Rep Power: 12203814	Just played To the Moon today. The game almost made me cry. Almost. Not quite. It was a good story, though. Also, I finished Mute's route in Hate Plus.* It was excellent, but very intense; if you've got triggers, it may not be your game. Strange how the game makes me laugh out loud one day and then knocks me on my ass the next, but I'll chalk that up to Christine Love being a good writer. Right now I'm semi-stalled-out, because I'm doing Hyun-ae's route now, and she has demanded that I actually get up from my computer and bake her a cake. Yes, a video game character is demanding I get up from my computer and bake her a cake. I'm not even fucking with you people, though Christine Love may be fucking with me here. Apparently she's already gotten several hundred e-mails of cake (I swear up and down, one of the game's achievements requires you to actually take a picture of the cake you made Hyun-ae and mail it to Christine; she even set up an e-mail address for it, that's what we're dealing with here). Also, Brütal Legend is on sale on Steam for $4.99. I'm just sharing this wonderful news everywhere because I totally want a Brütal Legend 2.

08-28-2013, 11:02 AM	#318
thedivahrrrself Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Sapiosexual Femme Relationship Status: Mrs. Grumpy Cat Tournaments Won: 4 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: 8,660 feet high in the Andes Posts: 2,640 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 10,519 Thanked 11,662 Times in 2,292 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	__________________ Small business owners around the world use microfinance to help expand their businesses and provide for their families. You can help! Click here to learn about Kiva.

08-28-2013, 08:07 PM	#319
thedivahrrrself Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Sapiosexual Femme Relationship Status: Mrs. Grumpy Cat Tournaments Won: 4 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: 8,660 feet high in the Andes Posts: 2,640 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 10,519 Thanked 11,662 Times in 2,292 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	GORGEOUS Wonder Woman CosPlay __________________ Small business owners around the world use microfinance to help expand their businesses and provide for their families. You can help! Click here to learn about Kiva.

08-30-2013, 01:50 PM	#320
thedivahrrrself Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Sapiosexual Femme Relationship Status: Mrs. Grumpy Cat Tournaments Won: 4 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: 8,660 feet high in the Andes Posts: 2,640 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 10,519 Thanked 11,662 Times in 2,292 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	For those geeks who are both music and Star Wars geeks, I give you the following. Beethoven + Darth Vader = __________________ Small business owners around the world use microfinance to help expand their businesses and provide for their families. You can help! Click here to learn about Kiva.