Bloomy - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:Whats the big deal? (Score 1) 688

by Bloomy on Friday January 13, @04:37AM (#38683502) Attached to: "Learn To Code, Get a Job" According To CNN

Exactly. A lame little site with twenty little lessons on Javascript and they have had two slashdot articles already plus a shedload of legacy media coverage just because they snuck Bloomy some preIPO stock or something. Meh.

The opportunity to be a 133t h4x0r in 20 lessons was too good to pass up.

Comment: Re:I wonder how long until it "accidentally" leaks (Score 1) 1224

by Bloomy on Friday April 23 2010, @03:45PM (#31959578) Attached to: <em>South Park</em>'s Episode 201 — the Expurgated Version

Son of God or not, Christ came to speak to us and share his message. It follows that this would have been most carefully recorded.

And even then there are problems. Matthew 19:9 and Mark 10:11 both quote Jesus discussing divorce. Both verses say marrying another person after divorce is adultery, though Matthew's quote includes an exception for fornication, sexual immorality or unfaithfulness, depending on the version. Which one is correct?

Comment: Re:Why bother? (Score 1) 126

by Bloomy on Tuesday February 16 2010, @06:08PM (#31161012) Attached to: Measuring the Speed of Light With Valentine's Day Chocolate

Does that make maxwell demon a Sith?

EA Shutting Down Video Game Servers Prematurely 341

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday January 06 2010, @07:42AM
from the sixty-dollar-yearly-fee dept.

Spacezilla writes "EA is dropping the bomb on a number of their video game servers, shutting down the online fun for many of their Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3 games. Not only is the inclusion of PS3 and Xbox 360 titles odd, the date the games were released is even more surprising. Yes, Madden 07 and 08 are included in the shutdown... but Madden 09 on all consoles as well?"

NYT's "Games To Avoid" an Ironic, Perfect Gamer Wish List 189

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 11 2009, @07:48AM
from the more-or-less dept.

MojoKid writes "From October to December, the advertising departments of a thousand companies exhort children to beg, cajole, and guilt-trip their parents for all manner of inappropriate digital entertainment. As supposedly informed gatekeepers, we sadly earthbound Santas are reduced to scouring the back pages of gaming review sites and magazines, trying to evaluate whether the tot at home is ready for Big Bird's Egg Hunt or Bayonetta. Luckily, The New York Times is here to help. In a recent article provokingly titled 'Ten Games to Cross off Your Child's Gift List,' the NYT names its list of big bads — the video games so foul, so gruesome, so perverse that we'd recommend you buy them immediately — for yourself. Alternatively, if you need gift ideas for the surly, pale teenager in your home whose body contains more plastic then your average d20, this is the newspaper clipping to stuff in your pocket. In other words, if you need a list like this to understand what games to not stuff little Johnny's stocking with this holiday season, you've got larger issues you should concern yourself with. We'd suggest picking up an auto-shotty and taking a few rounds against the horde — it's a wonderful stress relief and you're probably going to need it."

Comment: Re:Resident Evil 4 and Animal Crossing (Score 1) 290

by Bloomy on Thursday October 02 2008, @01:36PM (#25235413) Attached to: New Nintendo DSi Announced

I usually use AC GC, or call it the GC version. Though I've rarely referred to the series as a whole. And which community is having a problem with the sequel numbering? I've just seen people refer to the DS and Wii sequels by their subtitle, usually abbreviated ([AC:]WW, [AC:]CF).