Okay. I just have to add a plug for the OTHER fun game in the Orange box that isn't Half-Life 2.
Team Fortress 2.
This game is hellaciously fun, incredibly well balanced and sometimes very -very- funny.
Art style makes the world look like you're in the world of The Incredibles. All I can think of when trying to describe the concept and reason for the two groups fighting is that you have two supervillain minion teams going at it hammer and tongs. ^_^
Especially when they give you cool intros to the characters like the following -
Team Fortress 2 Teaser trailer
Watch this gameplay trailer for an overall idea of the various character types weaknesses and strengths.
In addition to which, there are 4 (so far) individual character intros that I have found that are laugh out loud funny!
The Heavy - Big Heavy Russian (Austrian?) Dude. "People think they can outsmart me. Maybe. Maybe. Yet to see one can outsmart BULLET. HAHAHA!! Cry some more!"
The Soldier Doing his best Patton impersonation.
The Demoman One-eyed Black Scotsman - "Och laddie they'll have to glue you back together noo! IN HELL!!"
And my personal FAVORITE of the ones that have come out so far -
The Engineer Soft spoken Texan with a penchant for low key humor.
"I solve practical problems."
"The answer: Use a gun. And if that don't work, use more gun." (pause)(smile)...(BOOM) "AAAH!! My arm!"
Extra special credit goes to that last one for LIBERAL use of "The Wilhelm Scream" (or something that sounds VERY much like it. ^_^)
-Logan
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"Wake up! Time for SCIENCE!"
-Adam Savage
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Last time I was on, (thursday?) there was some chatter about doing the Shadow Shard TF. Given that:
A) I've heard it's really long (and FUN in all the ways that Posi isn't)
B) I want to avoid a repeat of the last TF/SF attempt I had.
I vote we set aside a block of time well ahead of time that people can agree to.
So what time next weekend will work for people? (and if not next weekend what times are open?)-Terry
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"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." - Antoine de Saint Exupery
The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy

On rec.arts.anime.misc, at least...
Bill Martin's put together three new posters - the first for the guys, the secondfor the gals, and finally one for the cosplayers.
May be NSFW, depending on how conservative work is...

-Rob Kelk
"Read Or Die: not so much a title as a way of life." - Justin Palmer, 6 June 2007
--
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

Paper automata
Including a paper combination lock...

-Rob Kelk
"Read Or Die: not so much a title as a way of life." - Justin Palmer, 6 June 2007
--
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

Kevin Smith recounts how he protested his own movie Dogma. Bonus link on the page to the TV news coverage of the protest, for which he was interviewed.-- Bob
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One of the primary differences between the Left and the Right is their attitude toward the Future. The Radical wants the Future to have gotten here yesterday. The Reactionary wants the Future quietly shot and the corpse buried where no one can find it.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Taken from space. Check'em out.-- Bob
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One of the primary differences between the Left and the Right is their attitude toward the Future. The Radical wants the Future to have gotten here yesterday. The Reactionary wants the Future quietly shot and the corpse buried where no one can find it.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

I see them singing the following songs:

1. Do You Hear The People Sing?
2. Empty Chairs and and Empty Tables
3. Suicide is Painless
4. Amazing Grace
5. G.I Joe Theme Song
6. One Day More
7. Geki !Teikoku Kageki-dan!
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Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

X-Files movie sequel is go
-Rob Kelk
"Read Or Die: not so much a title as a way of life." - Justin Palmer, 6 June 2007
--
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

GREASE
I solve my problems and I see the light.
We got a lovin' thing.
We gotta feed it right.
There ain't no danger we can go too far.
We start believin' now that we can be who we are.
Grease is the word.
They think our love is just a growin' pain.
Why don't they understand
it's just a crying shame?
Their lips are lying.
Only real is real.
We stop the fight right now.
We got to be what we feel.
Grease is the word.
(grease is the word, is the word,that you heard)
It's got groove.
It's got meaning.
Grease is the time,
is the place,
is the motion.
Grease is the way we are feeling.
We take the pressure and we throw away.
Conventionality belongs to yesterday.
There is a chance that we can make it so far.
We start believing now
that we can be who we are.
Grease is the word.
(grease is the word, is the word,that you heard)
It's got groove.
It's got meaning.
Grease is the time,
is the place,
is the motion.
Grease is the way we are feeling.
This is a life of illusion,
a life in troubles,
mixed with confusion.
What are we doing here?
We take the pressure and we throw away.
Conventionality belongs to yesterday.
There is a chance that we can make it so far.
We start believing now
that we can be who we are.
Grease is the word.
(grease is the word, is the word,that you heard)
It's got groove.
It's got meaning(its got a meaning)
Grease is the time,
is the place,
is the motion.
Grease is the way we are feeling.
(grease is the word , is the word, is the word...)

My post on the 'Hand Jive' has left me thinking about other songs from the movie. The lyrics for 'Grease' could grant confidence and a mental bond between teenagers who are in love with each other. As a side effect the song alters the body language of affected teens so that their movements seem slick and impressive.
Used in a Potter step you could get an amusing take on Dumbledore's assertion that "The Power He Knows Not" is Love. Outnumbered by Death Eaters Harry and friends could get a big morale boost while Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermoine start fighting side by side with perfect timing."Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM ofthe Rings XXXV
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV

Anime News Network is giving away some anime DVDs. They aren't saying which, but it's almost $1000 worth of Funimation titles. Details here. Deadline is November 6.
Good luck!

-Rob Kelk
"Read Or Die: not so much a title as a way of life." - Justin Palmer, 6 June 2007
--
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