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by I need clarification 11/20/2004, 4:28pm PST

Erik (1:28:33 PM): man, no offense if you wrote it, but the new review on caltrops is godawful
INC (1:28:48 PM): not only did I not write it, I didn't even know it existed
Erik (1:28:52 PM): It does
Erik (1:28:56 PM): burnout 3
Erik (1:29:10 PM): it's all fruity sounding like the penny arcade guy wrote it
INC (1:29:12 PM): wow, this looks terrible
INC (1:29:21 PM): the guy named himself Pinback
Erik (1:29:29 PM): you know who that is?
INC (1:29:30 PM): which was Dan O'Bannon's character in Dark Star
Erik (1:29:34 PM): oh man
Erik (1:29:38 PM): good call
Erik (1:29:43 PM): good recall
INC (1:29:49 PM): which was John Carpenter's student film at USC
INC (1:29:53 PM): then became a feature
Erik (1:29:56 PM): right
INC (1:29:59 PM): and O'Bannon went on to write Alien
Erik (1:30:08 PM): and direct return of the living dead
INC (1:30:11 PM): yeah
Erik (1:30:13 PM): and maybe write it
INC (1:30:19 PM): well, anyway, he was pretty funny as Pinback
INC (1:30:32 PM): but it's sort of like naming yourself "The Knights Who Say Ni!"
Erik (1:30:37 PM): ouch
INC (1:30:43 PM): as soon as you know the source material, the joke is over

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Some discussion about PCs, laptops, girlfriends, etc., and then this stuff, below :(
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INC (1:36:13 PM): here's a bug I just got from Dave:
INC (1:36:20 PM): "Change text for when you try to freeze a medusa, needs to be text that fits more with vibe of game"
INC (1:36:34 PM): Why doesn't he change the vibe of the game to fit the text?
INC (1:36:38 PM): no one here thinks outside the box
Erik (1:37:23 PM): what is the text currently?
Erik (1:37:49 PM): my motto is "respect the box". It's probably there for a reason
INC (1:37:56 PM): "Can't freeze medusas"
INC (1:38:10 PM): I don't see what's wrong with that
INC (1:38:17 PM): maybe I'll add a "You" at the beginning
INC (1:38:18 PM): and end
Erik (1:38:19 PM): is the vibe of the game that you *can* freeze medusas?
Erik (1:38:25 PM): because then that'd be a problem
INC (1:38:34 PM): no, technically the text is correct
INC (1:38:43 PM): well, in that the reader is presumably the player
Erik (1:38:46 PM): old timey talking doesn't have contractions
Erik (1:38:56 PM): rule #1 of old timey talking
INC (1:39:06 PM): yeah, maybe I'll add a thou at the beginning
INC (1:39:11 PM): instead of you
Erik (1:39:16 PM): Thou cannot freeze medusas
Erik (1:39:54 PM): Zukes! Didst thou attempt to freeze a medusa? T'is impossible.
Erik (1:39:58 PM): Guvnor.
Erik (1:40:40 PM): Also, find in some way to mention the weight of the medusa, and convert it to stones
INC (1:40:56 PM): and maybe something about "I've not seen..."
Erik (1:41:13 PM): I've not seen a 15 stone medusa tha can be frozen
INC (1:41:20 PM): matey
Erik (1:41:22 PM): Guvnor
Erik (1:41:25 PM): of matey
Erik (1:41:28 PM): or matey
INC (1:41:30 PM): done
INC (1:41:31 PM): bug, closed
Erik (1:41:35 PM): exactly
Erik (1:41:43 PM): nothing better than closing bugs
INC (1:41:55 PM): with extreme prejudice