Social Tentropy/Forumcamp 2013: Date Decided! July 19-22

October 11, 2012, 9:57 am

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THE MOST PEOPLE ARE AVAILABLE ON THE LAST THREE WEEKENDS OF JULY. PLAYING IT LOOSE FROM HERE UNTIL I HEAR FROM CAMPGROUNDS.

Do you enjoy nature?



Scary stories?

Spoiler:

The glorious region known as Cascadia?




A lot of Cool People on this forum live in the Pacific Northwest, and a lot of Cool People also enjoy the aforementioned, so here is what I propose to you, SE++:




It is a travesty that we have not had an SE++ camping trip. Granted, pasty nerds aren’t generally all about roughing it in the wilderness for multiple days with no wifi or microwave in sight, but I offer the following reasons to come camping for those of you who are scared of nature:

Spoiler:

Don’t be a fucking baby, step outside of your comfort zone and come hang out with people who are only cooler than you because they enjoy camping

FORUMCAMP2013 is an event for those of you nerds who are up to the task of getting your party on in the middle of the forest (read: a state campground with reasonably well-maintained facilities).
FORUMCAMP2013 will take place in Oregon, because fuck you that’s why.
FORUMCAMP2013 is going to happen some time during the months of June and July. We need the weather on our side for this.
FORUMCAMP2013 is open to Pro-Posters and Lurkers alike. No creepers or bigots though.

If we’re gonna do this, we need to do it up big. We’ve got interests to check, decisions to make, and pallets of PBR to acquire*

DEADLINE SCHEDULE:
Sign the fuck up**: December 31
Decide on a location: February 28
Decide on dates: April 30
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I was debating waiting until January to even post a thread for FORUMCAMP2013 but then I remembered how much fools like to debate things on “teh internetz.” FORUMCAMP will be decided the one true way: a lot of bickering and then a popular vote wherein at least one third of the group will be unhappy with the decision. Democracy, ya’ll.

Any questions? Ask awway! This is still in the preliminary stages of being planned, so I’d like as much input as possible to make this awesome.


*note that no substitute “shit tier” beers will be allowed on the premises of FORUMCAMP2013. Rainier is the only exception to this rule.

**I don’t give a fuck if you’re “not sure” whether you can make it or not, if you’re interested then sign up so we can get an idea of how many camping spots we might need and so we can take your opinions seriously. If you end up backing out at a later date that’s fine, but I want the planning stages to account for the maximum number of people possible.

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June 9, 2013, 11:31 pm

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[Giant Bomb]: THERE ARE GANGSHOWERS IN THE MURDERHOUSE

June 12, 2013, 11:20 pm

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Webcomics and Facial Hair

May 17, 2013, 3:40 am

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As we all know, the quality of a webcomic can be easily and objectively determined by whether it contains beards or not.

For example. This comic? Good shit



This one? Amazing



This one right here? You shouldn't even have to ask.



Feel free to discuss other webcomics and also why beards are the absolute best.

On Towers and Their Defensive Potential

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Since the begin of time, humanity has pondered the relationship of towers and defense. A stationary object intermittently lobbing projectiles at incoming waves of aggressors has proven an effective military strategy throughout history. Leonidas I of Sparta is famous for positioning towers for maximum attack radius exposure, causing the Persian military to take heavy losses before achieving victory. The American Revolutionary War was a rebel victory due to a clever strategy of selling towers as they become less effective, and in turn using the funds to build more towers more suited for the current wave. British Generals, with their conservative view on selling towers, were taken off-guard by the tactic.


Early man's towers were crude and not suited for stopping the speedy kobold waves.

When interactive electronic entertainment was invented by Professor Vídeo Gamen in 1968, it was only a matter of time before the excitement of tower-based strategy could be at last be safely simulated for the family. Sadly, these dreams were shattered with the pong craze of the 70s, followed by an outbreak of Pac-Man Fever in the 80s that left millions dead and lead to the North American market collapse of 1983. While Nintendo picked up the slack in the late 80s with its home console, developers played it safe with plumber-based platformers and duck torture simulators. While there is evidence of tower games on older consoles, these have largely been lost to the winds of time (wind erosion being a common enemy of older, stone-based towers). For the most part, however, the landscape of 80s and 90s was not dotted with various defensive structures. It seemed like the dream of digital tower defense would stay in the slumbering heads of players forever, protecting our dream fantasies from nightmares, but leaving our digital realities unguarded.

It is a little-known fact that General "Stonewall" Jackson, of the infamous Confederate States of America, was a tower.

The advent of the millennium sprung the real start to the tower revolution. Several strategy games tried their hand at the tower gig, what with towers being a crucial part of any real tactics game. This opened a small window of opportunity, and all we had to do was wait for an enterprising developer to dive in. Blizzard Entertainment, fresh off mild successes such as the adequately tower-filled Starcraft and questionably tower-deficient Diablo 2, released Warcraft 3 in 2002 in a quiet launch. While intending to usher in an era of tower-based gaming, a risk-averse parent company was having none of it, so Blizzard hatched a plan. Warcraft 3, in appearance, would be a fairly generic real-time strategy game, but underneath was a powerful tool for unleashing towers upon the world. Players soon discovered this tool, and the dam had that been around for so long had at last burst. The tower rush was on.

Finished in 1889, the Effel Tower was built to help the French government defeat flying enemies.

The great genre of tower-based defensive simulation was initially slow to catch on, but a few things fell into place to help it along. One was a number of digital distributors lowering the barrier of entry for cheap games, thus eliminating the big publishers and their decades of tower discrimination. Steam in particular has allowed hundreds of tower-filled games to fill the market. It was developed by Gabe Newell after he fled Nazi Germany, helping us win World War II by training our troops in proper tower-based combat. Indeed, without Steam, we'd be speaking German and considerably more vulnerable to alien invasion on account of weak tower-management skills. After Steam, similar companies followed foot such as XBLA, PSN, and other acronym-titled programs.

A failure to upgrade was one reason Nazi Germany failed to stop the Normandy invasion.

And that leads us to the present. We are in a golden age of tower gaming, where developers experiment with defense simulators in numerous ways. Military of countries such as the USA have used these games to help win the War on Enemies That Move in Predetermined Paths. In some darkened corners of the war, there are even faint whisper of the black science known as tower offense, but the technology could be years away. For now, use this thread to enjoy a genre that has taken 40 years to arrive in the glorious artform we have today. Discuss old favorites, and hype the upcoming releases. Chat about the various career paths in defensive tower technology (personally, I'm majoring in towerology, and can always offer some help for those interested in the field). And, as always, enjoy yourselves.


These are Tower Defense games I recommend.

Orcs Must Die 1 and 2
Type: Fixed placement with character avatar. Mild grinding for unlocks.
The Gist: Use traps and weaponry to fight orcs who are trying to get to rifts that lead to your world.
Rorus Comment: Really satisfying combat that focuses on thinking up nasty combos like using springboards to flip orcs into acid spray. The sequel has co-op, but many have complained that the maps in the sequel are on the large side, so you may have to do lots of running if you go single. I'd start with the first game if you're going it alone, as it is cheaper and has DLC to last you for a while. Then grab the sequel if you are hunger for more (you will be).

Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten
Type: Fixed placement with leveling "towers." Experience/Money gains can be adjusted to ease grinding.
The Gist: You place as a woman who has POWERS that places your party into a "half-way world" which is another way of saying "tower defense." Your towers are characters you hire and can level, and these characters kill mobs before they can get to your player character (who is mostly defenseless). Player character has spells, but is immobile.
Rorus Comment: The game is built for everyone. It has four difficulty levels, so you can crank it down for just the basic story, or crank it up for a challenge and some extra money/loot for your troubles. You can tweak cash/exp gains to your liking, so it isn't a huge grind. There's a LOT of content here for 15 dollars, including a New Game+ that adds new twists to enemies and opens side quests that weren't in the original playthrough. I find the story charming in a goofy kind of way, but I know it might turn off some people. Art is a mixed bag.

Defense Grid: The Awakening
Type: Fixed placement.
The Gist: You have to protect the land from bad dudes. There's an AI that has a mysterious backstory or something. It's very basic tower defense here.[/b]
Rorus Comment: This game is very traditional tower defense, but does it really damn well with polished gameplay and a pretty engaging story as you go through it. There is also a metric ton of DLC that you buy if you enjoyed yourself, and there's even a free Portal map that will kick your ass.

Plants vs. Zombies
Type: Laned placement
The Gist: Zombies are attacking your house, and all you have is a bag of seeds and a green thumb. Utilize different plant types to hold off the undead in multiple enviroments.
Rorus Comment: I'm surprised more games didn't rip this one off. Basically you have five lanes and zombies want to get to the end. They will eat your towers (plants) to get to the end, so well-placed defenses can be easily lost to a well-timed horde. Since you get ONE mistake to make per lane, the pressure is generally on at all times. The game twists things up by changing the map to, say, night (your plants are all asleep, so you have to rely more on cheaper-yet-weaker mushrooms) or your backyard (the pools forces you to plant lilypads or use aquatic plants). I know zombies are played out, but this is pretty charming.

Lock's Quest
Type: Free placement with character avatar.
The Gist: You're some kind of technowizard trying to protect people from evil robots. Build up defenses, plop down towers, and uh...defense.
Rorus Comment: This is from 5th Cell before they decided to do nothing but Scribblenauts and Drawn to Life sequels. It's just for the DS, but I found it pretty engaging even if the story was pretty eye-rollingly bad. I think the neat part is that you set up a fort and then arm it with towers, so it's not a "create-a-maze" like other tower defense games tend to be when your placement is freer.

Dungeon Defenders
Type: Free-ish placement with character avatar. World of Warcraft has less grinding.
The Gist: The heroes are away when the castle is under attack. As an apprentice of these heroes, you have to do your best to protect the place.
Rorus Comment: I'm actually not a huge fan of this game. Combat is floaty and doesn't feel very good, leveling characters can be uneven so your party is like three level 10s and a level 20 in spite of playing together since the start, and balance is fucked up. If you relax, however, and stick to the easier difficulties with three friends, it's a decent time. There's also a metric ton of DLC, including new characters to keep things fresh. The classes also offer a ton of variety in gameplay. Try to tackle the hard stuff or (god help you), 100% the game, and this game will be your worst enemy.

Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Type: Reverse Tower Defense with player character
The Gist: Aliens have invaded, and your squad of men with poor British accents have to stop them. But they've taken over local buildings and turned them into nasty towers, so suit up.
Rorus Comment: You are the bad guys this time, leading a squad of men into the heart of enemy territory. You pick the routes, buy and upgrade units, and use special skills to help protect your troops as they demolish towers and make their way to the end. Definitely a unique experience, though admittedly NOT really tower defense.


LET'S GET EXCITED.

May 15th

• Sanctum 2: Free placement with first-person player avatars. Basically an FPS spliced with tower defense. Sequel focuses more on multiplayer, with four character classes, a bit easier difficulty, and some light leveling features.
• Anomaly 2: Death to towers! The sequel boasts the ability to customize your units with guns and gear, alternate "mech modes" for units, alternate endings, and a competitive multiplayer that has one player as the aliens building towers to stop the humans.

May 21st

• Prime World: Defenders: Fixed placement that features CARD COLLECTING. You spend IN GAME CURRENCY (no microtransactions) on booster packs to get towers, spells, and whatever. You can fuse cards, level them up, and all that good stuff. Though not out yet, you get into the open beta when you preorder.

2014

• Defense Grid 2: Had a weird Kickstarter where they needed a million but only set a goal of $250,000 (which they barely made). Kinda seedy, but it attracted an investor and is set to release. Will have multiplayer, new towers, better graphics, and all that good stuff.

That's it, but remember...

What is Dying? The Swapper

June 12, 2013, 4:01 pm

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The Swapper is a cool indie puzzle game published by Facepalm games.

It's a really interesting game, and you can finish it in five hours. It's 15 bucks on steam.

Why should you buy it?



You use a device called The Swapper (hence the name) that allows you to create clones and swap places with said clones in order to solve numerous puzzles as you traverse a space station in search of what happened.

It's pretty cool, and if you like puzzle games then definitely pick it up.

Six Weeks To A Sick [Strength Training] Thread

December 7, 2012, 9:28 am

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Be the best powerlifter.



Be the best weightlifter.



Be the best strongman.



Be the best bodybuilder.



Be the best at Crossfit?



Pick things up. Put them down. Be half as boss as this kid and you can rule the world.

Required reading:

11 November 2007 - Alright faggots let's hump this shit up
26 January 2008 - BIG MAN! BIG MAN! LET'S HUMP THIS SHIT UP!
23 April 2008 - I AM A BIG MAN. WE WILL HUMP SHIT UP
24 November 2008 - PUMP THAT SHIT UP, WEAKLING!
3 February 2009 - I love being strong
24 Februry 2009 - I am a BIG MAN, Yes I am, and I've got TWO Big Guns!
13 January 2009 - ATTN: Weaklings! Pump that shit up!
12 April 2009 - Bulgy like moose
14 June 2009 - Strong like bull
5 August 2009 - The strength of a bear that has the strength of two bears
4 October 2009 - Everybody wanna be a bigman (don't nobody wanna lift this bigass weight)
23 December 2009 - Post yer quads!
2 March 2010 - My ass is a quivering mess
20 April 2010 - GIANT BIGMAN CLUB
31 May 2010 - Squats are a part of a balanced BIGMAN diet
20 July 2010 - Got 99 problems but a bench ain't one
21 September 2010 - Bigmanification
5 December 2010 - Weight training thread
8 April 2011 - Of might and men
June 2011 - Don't Forget: Slider Is A Moron
December 2011 - When the bar comes off your chest... don't stop
12 July 2012 We're gonna need a bigger bar [FAGASSMAXX Weightlifting thread]

For the first time, white deaths outnumber births in the US

June 14, 2013, 1:17 pm

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/us/census-benchmark-for-white-americans-more-deaths-than-births.html?_r=0

If you think this is a bad thing, you're racist, plain and simple. This is a progressive step towards a better society.

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Sam will kill him if he tries anything [Consenting Hobbits Again]

January 11, 2013, 6:31 pm

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First thread is here

http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/140497/consenting-hobbits/p1

Discussion was pretty interesting when the whole thing reached 100 pages, so I thought I'd open a new one. Forgive me if I'm stepping on someone's toes or if it's already done and I missed it.

Anyway, found this today. It's pretty funny although a little repetitive.

http://www.ealasaid.com/misc/vsd/

Fish are friends too! [Fish/Tank Thread]

May 22, 2013, 3:16 pm

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So I bought a new Betta Fish last weekend and I noticed that he's super picky and refuses to his pellets and just eat the blood worm treats. I've been giving him 3 or 4 pellets a day too but he ignores the pellets. So my question is, is it ok for him to just eat blood worms or should I stop giving them to him untill he starts eatting the pellets and then adding a few worms later on to his diet?

[Man of Steel] & Iron Man 3 & The Wolverine &...

May 20, 2013, 2:43 pm

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New thread superhero exploooooooosion!

Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe started with Iron Man 3 and continues with Thor: The Dark World in November. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is out next year, and Avengers 2: The Avengening is currently rumored to include Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. In non-MCU Marvel stuff, The Wolverine is out this summer, and Amazing Spider-Man 2 is currently shooting.

On the DC front, Man of Steel launches in June with a concerted push to create a similarly cohesive film universe. Rumors of a Justice League movie still get swatted back and forth, but nothing concrete has emerged.

All in all, it's a good time to like superheroes and the movies they're in. Lets talk about them.

Play Strip Search at home

June 15, 2013, 9:51 am

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For those of you who just can't wait for the epic finale, I have created a quick web version that you can play at home.

http://lit-cliffs-4914.herokuapp.com/

Play by yourself, or invite some friends to a lobby to play with you!

This is a very rough cut app, so play at your own risk. It will definitely crash randomly and so forth, but try to have fun nonetheless.

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For any developers out there, the code can be found on my Github.

Jay T. Dawgzone Says: Why Haven't We Been Eating Babies This Whole (Adventure) Time?

May 17, 2012, 2:37 am

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Yes, Adventure Time is rad.

The music is also rad.

Let us appreciate its mathematical radness together, while we discuss this awesome TV show, which airs 7:30 on Monday nights (check your local listings).

Oh, yeah, and you should go follow Natasha Allegri on Tumblr because she's super rad and does good arts.

Go Subscribe to Rob Sugar too, because he puts all of Rebecca Sugar's music there!

And here are some other good AT arts by a bunch of other people on Flickr!

Here's crwth's old OP, which has a bunch of other super cool stuff in it.

(You can also talk about Regular Show in here, if you want, I guess, because that's pretty good too, and comes on right after Adventure Time on Monday nights.)

Destiny (2014): It Looks Pretty Neat

February 17, 2013, 12:41 am

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Destiny Revealed

Destiny is an action game from the creators of Halo, set in a mysterious future. Create a unique and powerful character, customize the way you look and fight, and explore what remains of our solar system.
Destiny features a compelling storyline, competitive multiplayer, cooperative gameplay choices, wide open public combat destinations, and third-person community spaces where you can repair and rearm before going out on your next adventure.

Guild Wars + Borderlands + Halo

Back to the boring old thread title of [Weight Loss & Fitness]

February 20, 2013, 2:16 pm

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Every time Sassori and I go to her parents' house, we always get sent home with food.

And it's so delicious.

And none of it is healthy.

But I've been working out more regularly lately how about you guys?

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[Arrested Development] - Season 4 is here! As I live and breathe

May 18, 2013, 8:51 pm

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That tagline really says it all, doesn't it?

Arrested Development is finally making its return on Sunday, May 26th.

Check your local list- wait fuck that noise, you're living in the past, man. Contemporize!

Check your local smartphone, tablet, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U, Vita, 3DS or toaster to see if you have the Netflix app installed and ready to stream this when it hits. No commercials, no waiting between episodes. The way Arrested Development is meant to be experienced.

What's it about?

According to the (wonderful) narration done by Ron Howard in the series intro, it is "the story of a wealthy family who lost everything and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together." Now that's a clear-cut situation with a promise of comedy! Tell your friends.

Anyways, let's get to the central players, shall we?

The Main Cast


Michael Bluth
The show's main character. A hard worker at his father's company, the Bluth Company, and the straight man of the series. Believes that family always comes first, although he later switches out "family" for "breakfast." He was at one time happily married to his high school sweetheart Tracy, until she passed away from ovarian cancer, two years prior to the events of the series. He has the (very) odd romantic entanglement here and there, but circumstances surrounding his family always put him in a tough spot, and as a single father, he always wants to do right by his son first and foremost.


George Oscar Bluth, Jr. (Gob)
Michael's older brother. Naturally competitive with Michael, due to their father repeatedly pitting them against each other since childhood, for fun and profit (through selling tapes of their fights in the burgeoning home video market). He's also an active magician looking for the next big illusion to thrust him into the spotlight, and although he technically does achieve a prison escape and making a yacht disappear, the means by which he does so are less-than-mesmerizing. He temporarily serves as President of the Bluth Company (which Michael doesn't have a problem with).


Lindsay Bluth Fünke
Michael's twin sister. Her rebellious spirit as a child manifested in the form of throwing fundraisers for various causes during her adult years, although she often appears to be clueless or apathetic to said causes, even believing one to be a fundraiser to "dry the wetlands." It was also this spirit that moved her to marry her husband, Tobias, although she does appear to harbor some genuine affection for him, and they have raised a child together, Maeby. She can also put her legs behind her head, and has always wanted to make love on a horse.


Buster Bluth
Michael's younger brother. Known as "Baby Buster" in the popular Boyfights series. Due to severe coddling, he is completely dependent on his mother despite being in his early 30s. The show features him slowly breaking out of his shell and doing things he never got the chance to do before, such as pursuing a relationship with someone that isn't his mother, swimming in the ocean and getting punched in the face. He is also learned in 18th-century agrarian business and cartography, the mapping of uncharted territories.


George Michael Bluth
Michael's only child, he shares many of the same personality traits, a hard work ethic being at the forefront. When he's not at school, he's usually found working at the Bluth family's frozen banana stand. Despite knowing it's wrong, he harbors strong feelings for his cousin, Maeby, though he does his best to succeed in a "normal" relationship with the ultra-religious Annabelle Veal. Not to be confused with singer/songwriter George Michael.


Maeby Fünke
Michael's niece. Due to being raised on the east coast, she doesn't know her extended family as well as everyone else does. Upon meeting George Michael, she decides to play a practical joke by kissing him at a party in full view of her mother. The joke doesn't land, but George Michael remains infatuated with her. She's an underachiever, a result of growing up outside of the confines standard schooling, with her parents electing to instead send her to new-age feel-gooderies. She is responsible for the films The Young Man and the Beach, Snowboarding School 2, Gangy, and the critical and commercial flop Love, Indubitably. Her project The Ocean Walker remains tied up in development hell.


Tobias Fünke
Michael's brother-in-law, the world's first analrapist and referred to unaffectionately as "the Glitter Queen" among Hollywood water coolers. After attempting to perform on CPR on a man that just turned out to be sleeping, Tobias loses his medical license, but the universe reveals a path for him and he decides to pursue a career in acting. Equipped with acting skills bestowed upon him by Carl Weathers (Predator, Rocky), he sets out to make his dream a reality. Portrayed his father-in-law, George, in the poorly-narrated series Scandalmakers.


George Oscar Bluth, Sr.
Michael's father, arrested as the series begins for dipping into the kitty, among (numerous) other charges. Founder of the Bluth Company and Bluth's Frozen Bananas. While in prison, he turns to leisurely activities and eventually religion to help lighten the reality of his situation. Has a twin brother, Oscar, and is envious of Oscar's full head of hair, maintaining that if Oscar had ever had any actual stress in his life, he'd be bald too. Has a tendency to hide valuable objects in walls. Loves his honey.


Lucille Bluth
Michael's mother. Comprised almost entirely of alcohol. Allegedly linked to the disappearance of a middle school algebra teacher. Almost unnervingly mean-spirited to most of her family, but especially her daughter, Lindsay. Was featured on Fox's World's Worst Drivers. Due to her pampered lifestyle, it would appear that she has never set foot inside a grocery store, and common food (like curly fries) wreaks havoc on her system.

The Supporting Characters

The following people are just a taste of some of the great supporting cast the show has had. Some of them will be coming back for season four, some will not, some...who knows? There are some spoilers in here.

Spoiler:

Barry Zuckerkorn
This is a lawyer. Has a bit of a kinky side to him. He is returning.


Oscar George Bluth
George's twin brother. He...could be returning? I guess. They certainly have the means!


Steve Holt
Gob's illegitimate son and local triathlon champion. I've heard he sadly won't be returning.


Ann Veal
Her? She's George Michael's on-and-off girlfriend. Probably really funny or something. It would seem she's returning.


Kitty Sanchez
George's fiercely loyal assistant, hoping to one day carry his child SPRING BREAK WOOOOO!


Gob's Wife
They got married in a series of escalating dares. She's a seal trainer.


Gene Parmesan
Private eye. Lucille seems really impressed by his espionage work.


Wayne Jarvis
He's a professional. Was once called the worst audience participant Cirque du Soleil ever had.


Bob Loblaw
Barry's eventual replacement (it's not the first time he's had to replace him). Regularly updates the Bob Loblaw Law Blog.


Annyong Bluth
Hello.


Franklin Delano Bluth
His first album, Franklin Comes Alive, never made it out of the front seat of the stair car.

Here is a trailer for Season 4 in case you missed it



Lastly, in case there are any people new to the series, I'd just like to ask people to please mark spoilers if they can. I've tried to keep the big spoilers out of the main cast descriptions.

New viewers will be happy to note that all three existing seasons are currently streaming!

I'll put this here, even though it's the sort of thing that should be evident, but series creator Mitchell Hurwitz has said to make sure to watch the season four episodes of Arrested Development in order. Anyone that's seen the show knows that's how you watch it anyways, but hey.

That aside, let us rejoice that, seven years later, we are finally getting a continuation of Arrested Development!

Pray it doesn't suck!

UPDATE: It doesn't suck! It's pretty great!

Good job Netflix!

I don't wanna work, I just wanna Browser Games all day

May 22, 2013, 5:00 pm

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so I happen to be at a job that allows me to sit on the internet most of the day in between, you know, working

and Candy Box most recently saved me from a few days of mind-numbing tedium through its own brand of mind numbing tedium

but I need more

more

more

so, can you dudes recommend some browser games? preferably the sort of thing that isn't action-oriented or too flash-heavy, but definitely the sort of thing that'll occupy you for hours on end

alternatively, let's talk flash games

how about Nanaca Crash huh

you guys remember that right

right?

Little Plastic Blocks: The Movie

November 12, 2011, 8:20 pm

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A LEGO movie is being made.

Normally I would be eeeeh but it is written and directed by the guys who did Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs which was fucking fantastic. It is supposed to be "80% CGI" so there will be some live action dudes in there somehow. One of the dudes who isn't Seth Green from Robot Chicken is also involved.

So talk about dis and also LEGOs I guess because they are pretty rad

The Kid Thread: Congratulations! Mom2Kat has evolved into Mom2Robert!

May 17, 2012, 2:39 pm

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So. My kid walked on Monday, but it was only a couple of steps so I was hesitant to say anything. He did it again on Tuesday and still, I waited to see if it was more than a fluke.

Lo, he has done it three times, and so it begins.

Also he has 8 teeth already. What the heck.

How did he go from this:



To this:




Tell me about your children, Wubble Woo, present and future.

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Let's talk about the great things that have come out of this conference



Microsoft Bullet Points:

499 US Dollars
Needs to Connect to Internet every 24 Hours
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain coming to Xbox One.
Worlds of Tanks goes free-to-play on Xbox 360.
Microsoft showed and launches a new super slim Xbox 360 releasing as of today.
Killer Instinct reboot launching exclusively on Xbox One.
Ryse: Son of Rome by Crytek heading exclusively to Xbox One.
Minecraft: Xbox One edition announced.
Sunset Overdrive by Insomniac Games announced for Xbox One.
Dead Rising 3 by Capcom Vancouver heading exclusively to Xbox One.
Titanfall by Respawn Entertainment heading exclusively to Xbox One, Xbox 360 & PC.
Crimson Dragon announced for Xbox One.
New Halo game announced for Xbox One.
Battlefield 4: Second Assault DLC coming first to Xbox One.

Microsoft Highlight Video: MGSV



Sony Bullet Points:

PlayStation 4 will support used games.
There is no need to connect to the internet to play single player PS4 games.
Price of PlayStation 4 is $399 ($100 cheaper than Xbox One)
PlayStation Plus membership carries over to PS4. PlayStation Plus is now required to play online multiplayer, though.
PS Plus members will get access to Driveclub: PS Plus Edition on day one via instant game collection.
PS Plus members get one free game per month. Examples of games were Don't Starve, Outlast, and Secret Ponchos.
Elder Scrolls Online coming to PlayStation 4 in Spring 2014 (as well as Xbox One).
Final Fantasy Versus renamed to Final Fantasy XV. Still exclusive.
Flixster coming to PSN.
Redbox instant coming to Vita, PS3, and PS4.
More than 85 PSVita titles coming out by end of the year including God of War, God of War 2, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2, Flower, and Dead Nation.
Exclusive DLC for Batman: Arkham Origins.
PlayStation gamers will get an hour of exclusive gameplay in Watch Dogs.
Knack, Killzone: Shadow Fall, and Driveclub confirmed as PS4 launch titles.

Game Demos / Trailers

Gran Turismo 6 trailer
The Last of Us trailer
Beyond: Two Souls trailer
Batman: Arkham Origins trailer
Infamous: Second Son trailer
Final Fantasy XV trailer
Killzone: Shadow Fall trailer
Driveclub trailer
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag demo (which froze)
Watch Dogs demo
Destiny demo
New Games

The Order: 1886
Kingdom Hearts 3
Transistor
Mad Max (multiplatform but exlusive DLC for PlayStation)
Lots of new indie games

Sony Video Highlight: KINGDOM HEARTS 3



Nintendo Direct Bullet Points:

Super Mario 3D World announced for Wii U and will release in December 2013.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was announced for Wii U and will release in November 2013.
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD was shown and will release in October 2013.
Mario Kart 8 was announced and will launch in Spring 2014.
The Wonderful 101 will launch on September 15, 2013 in NA.
Bayonetta 2 was shown and will release in 2014.
Monolith Soft's game "X" was shown and will release in 2014.
Wii Party U will launch sometime in October 2013.
Wii Fit U is scheduled to release in December 2013.
Bayonetta 2 trailer was shown and the game is scheduled to release in 2014.

3DS

Pokemon X and Pokemon Y will release worldwide on October 12th, 2013.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds will release holiday 2013.
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team will release August 11th, 2013.
Yoshi's New Island is scheduled to release this holiday 2013.


And finally Nintendo officially announced and showed a trailer for Smash Bros for both 3DS & Wii U. They also closed out the Nintendo Direct by announcing Capcom's Mega Man to be playable in Smash Bros. The title is scheduled to release sometime in 2014.

Nintendo Highlight Video: Wii Fit Trainer