Over on this City of Heroes LiveJournal post, there's a
really cute and funny pic that was taken and then photoshopped at a CoH/CoV get-together/convention in Britain.

In the post, they also linked an archive of photos from that event as well as the homepage of the girl portraying Ghost Widow (warning, some stuff
there NSFW). The overall effect is INCREDIBLE with her, the costume and the makeup.

The gal playing Ms. Liberty isn't quite as good, I think. She looks great and has a FANTASTIC smile when she was having a fun time and joking around, but
looks too stiff when she's trying to do a "serious" pose. And I think of Ms. Liberty as a bit more willowy, but that's a bit of nit-picking.
Overall she was fine.

But Ghost Widow was AMAZING.

I followed up and went to her website where she had a bunch more photos put up. Anyway, if you like, you can go and check out those links and such. But
here's what I thought were some of the best photos available.

Link to CoH Boards guide to changing in-game
fonts.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

Ryoko is dying from a "dead hand" punishment from Kagato. Ayeka allows her to marry Tenchi for the few months left in her life. After Ryoko dies, the
story jumps to a point years later, when Tenchi and Ayeka bring their teenaged daughter to Earth to see Ryoko's grave; said daughter turns out to be a
reincarnation of Ryoko engineered by Washuu.

Can anyone point me at this?

Thanks!
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

No more Crey billboards, if you like..
Official Forum thread here
press release here
CoH statement here
I believe I will be setting this option to 'on'.

Quote:


Today we announced our partnership with Double Fusion to provide
optional in-game advertising for City of Heroes. I wanted take some
time to share some details beyond those in the press release.


In-game
advertising is something that we have carefully considered ever since
the initial release of City of Heroes in 2004. From our perspective it
always came down to a few fundamental questions: Will this technology
make our game experience more immersive or less immersive? In other
words, is City of Heroes an appropriate environment for it? In-game
advertising in other MMOs has sometimes been received as an unwelcome
addition, so could we actually find ways to make this a significant win
for our customers? And with the plan of reinvesting all the revenue
that we make from this, how much will this single (optional in-game
advertising) initiative actually allow us to grow our development team?



These are complex questions that can’t necessarily be answered with
100% certainty, but after discussing this for a number of years we
believe we’ve found the right partner to bring ads to the game while
being sensitive to our community’s needs. I want to make it very clear
that we are not “forcing” in-game ads upon our players. Thus, the word
“optional” is of key importance. None of our players have to change
their game experience in any way if that’s what they prefer. All that
you need to do is opt-out via the Options menu in the game.

Having said that, I should make it clear that we are extremely
protective of our City of Heroes game experience. Only contextually
relevant ads or branding that the development team approves will go
into the game. We will be very careful not to break the immersion and
feel of Paragon City or the Rogue Isles. Additionally, we are a Teen
rated game by the ESRB (Entertainment Software Ratings Board) and we
will not be displaying any "mature" ad content like alcohol, tobacco,
etc.



So, how far do we plan to take these optional in-game ads?
Initially, we are limiting ads to the exact same fictitious billboard
placements that are already in the game. To get a better idea of this,
check out these screenshot examples.

We estimate that this will go live some time this summer. After
that, what are our plans? We are definitely looking at how this feature
is received by you, the community. If it makes sense, and keeps the
same level of quality and immersion we believe the initial
implementation does, we may look at other avenues in the realm of
optional advertising. There are a whole lot of really fun ideas to
consider, but the core game development of City of Heroes is by far our
highest priority. Another interesting opportunity that the optional
in-game advertising technology presents us is dynamically displaying
other billboard content. We can swap in new signs that we create much
more easily, and we can even display player-created content! This
provides a cool new area for community contests, recognizing great
player art, etc. In fact, we are inviting any interested players to
submit their own advertising materials in our defined horizontal,
vertical and square sizes (see all of the specific requirements here). We will use some of these to test the new optional ads on the Training Room (test servers).



So beyond all of this, what benefit does leaving optional in-game
advertising “on” bring to the players? Why should you not opt-out? All
ad revenue dollars go directly to the further development of the game,
which means more great content than ever before! As we have made it
pretty clear lately, with the acquisition of City of Heroes from
Cryptic Studios last November, we are entering a major phase of
reinvestment for the game (and brand). Our development costs are
ramping up in a major way as we look to literally double the team this
year to accommodate big plans for the short, medium and long term.
Optional in-game advertising is another revenue stream that helps us to
accomplish all of this at no additional expense to our players.
Ultimately, we leave it up to you, the players, to decide which
experience you prefer.

The Leningrad Cowboys and the Red Army Choir cover "Sweet Home Alabama". kid you not.

Pretty good, too.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

No, not me - somebody on Usenet. He's looking for the best Ranma 1/2 fanfiction from before 2002, and preferably from the '90s.

So far, the suggestion list includes:

• Waters Under Earth
  
• Ranma and Akane: A Love Story
  
• Genma's Daughter and its sequels
  
• Girl Days
  
• The Replacement Ranmas
  
• the majority of June "KaraOhki" Geraci's short-shorts
  

It's the Muppet Show! With our very special guest: Colonel Douglas Sangnoir! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!"

*Cue music*
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

LJ user

in this LJ post, advertises 'Mini-sketches' for
11$ a shot, digital work, digital delivery.



Awww yeah.Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979

I don't know why I was surprised at all, and most of you have probably seen it long since, but a friend recently sent me the link below: a recording of
"We Didn't Start the Fire" with associated pictures. No moving images, and of course no Sensurround such as Lisa got, but you can get the feeling
of being a bargain-basement version of Doug.

http://yeli.us/Flash/Fire.html
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Big Brother is watching you.  And damn, you are so bloody BORING.

threw this together in like five minutes as an off-the-cuff reply to Bob in another thread, but here goes.
2000$ "SRS MONEYS, SRS LAPTOP, SRSLY" edition:

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