Recent content by Absinthe

This is a month late, but I had to address this. You do know that the hard modes were available on public servers, yes? Mann Up mode only gives you the drops. All the achievements that reference MU mode can be completed on a regular server running advanced difficulty. I don't think Valve was...

Ey, Canada seems like a nice place 'n all. Ain't makin' digs at it. I'm just shocked by the people who threaten to do this (but never do) the day after election as if the country had been flipped into a dystopian hellhole overnight. "WE'RE GONNA TAKE AMERICA BACK, HELL YEAH. Wait, we lost...

I'd like to think I'm better than mocking voters of the defeated party. I remember how it felt when John Kerry lost to Bush and the entire conservative media basically went "Nyah nyah nyah, liberals! Suck it up! WE GOT A MANDATE, BITCH". But the amount of whining I've heard from conservatives...

CliffyB said a good bit of dumb shit over the years, but he wasn't so bad. Being one of those "figures" I've grown up with in my gaming life, I'm kinda sad to see him go. Good luck with his beer show-err, sorry. Wrong guy.

I like Bethesda's games. Heck, I play enough of them. But I also think they have flaws that are infuriatingly persistent. Bethesda always gets knocked for their lifeless worlds, shitty voice acting, robot characters, and the lack of a compelling main storyline experience. Skyrim improved a...

I disagree with Rakurai just as much as anybody, but a six-month ban? I'm pretty sure I've seen a certain other religion called things that are wildly offensive. /retract nose from business

I have listened to otherwise thoughtful, intelligent people say the damndest shit like "Surely there's some way to make stuff like this prohibited in the future in order to protect lives!" in response to this incident. I don't understand how some people are so eager to share and distribute the...

Still can't bring myself to move on from Apprehension. Because I ****ing hate ichthyosaurs. I am a pussy.

MP5 does seem kind of weak in the game. I mean, some enemies in HL could suck up a good clip before going down in the original, but it seems even more pronounced now. But maybe my memory is coloring my perspective, and maybe I suck a little more at FPS games after being conditioned to play with...

Can we not pretend that CS:GO is a rude surprise at this point, please.

Mann Up mode is pretty savage on some waves. Managed to just finish my first mission thirty seconds before Valve took the servers down.

Yes. Challenge me.

I liked "On A Rail". :(

I guess his remarks on the VO rubbed me the wrong way because I never considered the HECU to be "over the top" movie villains. I also don't like the implication of remaking Half-Life into a more cinematic experience, but I won't get too far into that. Did the HECU borrow qualities from the...

Actually, I think the whole video looks pretty neat.... except the audio. I know they said they were trying to go for a different feel, but that track really misses the mark and seems terribly out place for Half-Life. Also, the HECU voices need to be drenched in radio static because they...