http://forums.sjgames.com/showpost.php? ... tcount=321]This post by Phil Masters over on the SJGames boards got me to thinking it might be a good idea to start promoting other folks' game products on this forum. I know there's an audience for this sort of thing here...

But I don't know where to make the suggestions. General/General has such a huge turnover of posts there that any recommendations thread would disappear quickly. But I don't see any better place to post this sort of thing...

Bob, this is ultimately your show. What should I do?

 
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Barack Obama on race, politics and America.

God damn. I had to confirm that, yes, this happened. No this was not something spoken on a TV show or a movie. There are very few times I wish I lived in
America, but this, this is one of those times.

Holy fucking shit I think I'm crying. I...

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Epsilon

For Ashley. Damn straight, for Ashley.

The famous author has died, aged 90

Click here for the BBC page

I was hired at my current job 17 and a half years go. In that time, I've seen a lot of employees come and go, and I've seen a few stay as long as I have.

I just realized yesterday that some of the women at work that I thought were attractive (or even, dare I say it, hot) back when I was hired -- or, in a couple cases, just five or so years ago -- (and who are still around) are, well... those that aren't matronly are actually elderly.

I feel like curling into a ball and mourning my lost youth.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

It's a known problem that's been hitting a lot of Yuku boards on and off the last week. They're working on it, and the incidents themselves
don't seem to last too long.

If it helps, sometimes you can do an end run around an unresponsive top page by using a link on your profile to a message posted on the boards and then
navigating carefully upwards.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

(This would not leave my brain until I wrote it down.)

Why am I here, you ask? Why do you see me in the office buildings, warehouses, construction sites, and even the sewers of Paragon City? I'll tell you
why.

The signs are everywhere -- posted on the wall in the breakroom, hanging over the doorway to the shipping floor, even plastered on the inside of the door to
the *john*, for cryin' out loud. But nobody ever really pays attention to them... and I was no exception.

Y'see, the problem is that work is dangerous business, no matter what you do for a living. The government knows it, and they try to keep us safe. I
didn't realize how hard a job it was until recently. Just like every other schmuck out there, I would goof off from time to time. Y'know, just to let
off some steam.

And then I tripped on an unsecured corner of a non-slip mat, plummeting right into the jaws of a ... well, you don't really want the gory details. Suffice
it to say there's a reason I've got these robotic arms and legs, and a mirrored helmet hiding my face. Let me put it this way: if I took it off,
I'd violate half a dozen regs myself.

So anyway. That's the deal. I was stupid, I didn't pay attention, and now I'm paying the price. But I can keep others from making my mistake,
and as an officially licensed representative of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Enforcement Division, I'm here to do just that.

That's right, I am the OSHA Enforcer, and I'm here to inspect the premises. Let's take a walk.

(I may just actually build this guy -- or girl, I suppose, it could be either -- just for the LINES I could spout based on this concept. Heh.)

--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs

WARNING: Link is to the official CoX forums, and contains nuts.

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat ... art=1&vc=1Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979

Okay, I have been skeptical pretty much from the word go on the whole idea of bringing Speed Racer to live action. Well it's official -

NOW I am beginning to be IMPRESSED!

I think they have made the right decision here in terms of the world and how to portray it. You CAN'T bring Speed Racer into the real world. Not really. So
the solution? Make the world as BATSHIT INSANE as the original series.

I think this...

JUST.

MIGHT.

WORK.

"Wake up to your first morning as a real AI, KITT. " A cheery voice told the Pontiac Firebird Transam.

"Who are you? Where is Michael?" The car asked. It auto shifted and backed away from the human with the staff.

"Michael Knight's a television show character. I brought you to life to fulfill your function to preserve life. and perhaps because I
thought it would be cool. " He added in a smaller voice.

"I am scanning database files. Currently, my driver is acting in an undercover capacity as an actor. His fingerprint records must hae been altered again.
"

"David Hasselhoff is not your driver. He's the actor who plays Michael Knight on Knight Rider. "

"Running self diagnostic. I will protect human life. " KITT vanished onto the roadway in 2 seconds. "At cruise speed I will return to Michael in
one day. "The car vanished into the distance.

Kemwer looked at the vanishing dot in the distance with the expression a person who has brought a creation to life and is now seeing it lurch down to the
village.

He took out a palantir and scanned the surrounding area. The car was currently vanishing out of the range of the palantir. It faded out of the smooth stone. He
put the palantir back in his suit.

"Marduk. " He spoke into the com link. "Can you catch up to KITT?"

"You woke him up didn't you?" Marduk replied.

"Can you track him or not?" Kemwer asked.

"Why should I? After all, I'm only the one who bestowed the title of god on you. Told you the Nine Trials of Godhood that you would need to get
through. I'm here to serve and track down missing AIs. " Marduk answered.

"Marduk... are you jealous?" Kemwer felt confused.

"I am not jealous. I am a god and godmaker. KITT is a simply a fictional AI personality matrix in an outdated vehicle. "

"Riiight. " Kemwer drawled.

"You are just so lucky you're on Earth and they're more worried about AIs hacking from outer space. " Marduk pointed out as he brought up the
global map satellites, and cross-referenced with the direct route to David Hasselhoff's house. "

Marduk's precise calculation with phase shifting and planetary rotation launched the cozy starship into space and came down at the optimum angle to
intercept KITT on his way to the star's house.

"Simple enough to resolve. " Marduk exchanged data with KITT in millionths of a second.

"I have cross-referenced all possible alternatives with Marduk. " KItt announced with the vertical bars sweeping up and down. "Marduk is telling
the truth. Voice stress analysis corroborates data. "

"Finally. " Kemwer smiled.

"Ownership in case driver is incapacitated reverts to the Foundation for Law and Governent and then Knight Industries. "

Kemwer felt the firm desire to palm his face.

After a week, KITT came back.

"Hi. Nice to see you again. " Kemwer greeted KITT. ""Did you forget something? Like the doors are DNA coded and you need me to reset the
DNA locks?"

"You are not like Wilton Knight at all. " KITT declared.

"Because there is no town as parsimonious as one that's just been saved. My time and expenses in activating you is worth quite a bit to me. "

"What will it cost for you to reset my DNA locks?" KITT inquired.

"I can license you to FLAG for a flat fee. "He named a figure.

"FLAG is a nonprofit organization and has authorized me to negotiate for the DNA lock release.I accept the price. " Kemwer released the DNA locks by
using his DNA to clear the imprint.

"Make certain your imprint is of a driver you want. "

"I have already compiled his personal psychological profile and am well satisfied. " KITT replied serenely.

"And that's how I licensed your older brother KITT, the Knight Industries Two Thousand to FLAG. " Kemwer told the Knight Automated Three
Thousand Dodge Stealth. as KATT's electronic countermeasures suite, collision avoidance system, and radar baffling allowed him to go at a speedy 300 mph
through the city.

"Something occurs to me. " KATT answered with a slim contralto. "If KITT can earn a salary, I think we should reopen negotiations on how much I
am entitled to working for you. "

Was talking with Rob Kelk earlier this evening, want to make sure the powers Lisa has matches both canon and what he's writing her as having in the future.
As I'm not planning anything really major (aside from her purely magical ability already demonstrated to absorb energy and pitch it back in "final
strike" moments), what I was wondering was when she meets Sailor Jupiter in the canon?

The reason I'm wondering is I'm seriously considering having someone from Crystal Tokyo come back to explore the strangeness that Megatokyo is
becoming. Hiroe's immigration, and the development of a powerful magical girl in Megatokyo who wears the Senshi outfit and generally behaves like one would
attract their attention. I could easily run with Jupiter, but if that's already scripted elsewhere, is there another Sailor you could recommend? Rob also
mentioned that part of the canon is that Lisa goes to Crystal Tokyo eventually, so I can see my story ending with that concept, especially if a Senshi came to
Megatokyo to evaluate and train her beforehand.

The plot wall I ran into a while back wasn't as much a wall as a life event, when Dell downsized me out, so I've been picking up the pieces lately.

As for the story, it progresses. I'm just juggling the Mackie/metagift thing, and determining just how far his ability goes without going too far... But
for reference, that sequence refers to the moment Doug wakes up in the GENOM tower, and is being taunted by Quincy how he's going to reverse engineer super
powers from Doug's DNA. There's a line where he explains he's already sent samples, he just wants Doug on ice to keep more material around. That
was the reference I was talking about. Could they develop sufficient metagift RNA injections based on limited material? Probably not. But they'd get a
*few*. And probably a lot of latents for later generations. Anyway, I'm still poking away at it, in my off time.