July 9, 2010
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I attack the darkness
I've spent the last few days returning to my nerd roots. And by "return" I really mean "watering them until they encompass my world." Many, many Kobolds have exploded and/or been turned into squirrels - usually in the reverse order if the two were combined. It seems both morbid and wasteful to turn Kobold bits into squirrel bits. There was one particular dungeon where the little freaks kept respawning. Imagine my annoyance when I carefully cleared a set of tunnels only to find them teaming with Kobolds. It was like "Trouble with Tribbles" only with more bows and flaming arrows and less Kirk. There were still plenty of pointy ears.
Nothing like braining a three-feet tall dog-lizard to make a man feel like an unwashed, basement-dwelling nerd.
NERD.
Shariah Law, aka "hardcore Islam", has not left the Afghan government. We chased the Taliban out but the crooks we left in charge are just as anti-"anything but Islam." You can be jailed and/or executed for a) being gay, b) saying anything negative about Islam, or c) converting to any religion other than Islam. The United States is giving millions of dollars of aid, spending billions fighting a war, and sacrificing the lives of its soldiers to support a regime that does not believe in freedom or justice. Have we learned nothing from our past mistakes? Even if this doesn't come back to bite us in the ass, the people of Afghanistan will suffer under backward and corrupt leadership.
We are doing the heavy lifting - our "allies" need to shape-up or we need to use some muscle to indicate that we will not tolerate such abuses. Our men and money have bought a right to make some demands. Despite some diplomatic missteps, we treat our allies well and Afghanistan should be reminded of this. Work with us and prosper. Act against us and enjoy getting bombed back into the middle ages!
Whelp, back to casting Magic Missile into the darkness. Then I'll roll to see if I'm getting drunk.
Comments (15)
But, but, but, they're already in the middle ages!
Do you have a mountain dew?
Where are the Cheetos?
They're right next to you!
Best skit ever.
I'm curious... (can't believe I'm asking this) but...are you talking about DSL (Dark and Shattered Lands)? Or are you playing some other MMORPG?
Afghanistan annoys me a great deal, especially since my husband will be deploying there if he re-ups in the National Guard this coming Spring. I don't really know what the point is of fighting there still if the very guys we're trying to get rid of are running the country. Seems like a waste.
@dropsofjupiterihh - Then we'll bomb them into the stone age!
@Viewtiful_Justin - all we've got are funions!
@TheGiantSlayer - it's in the fridge
@firetyger - I've been playing through Balder's Gate I and II and Planescape: Torment which are based on Advanced D&D 2nd Ed. I've already played through Neverwinter Nights I & II (3rd edition) and done some actual dice rolling with friends.
I played Mass effect 2 for about 6 hours strait today.
@TheGiantSlayer - awesome. Have you beaten it yet? It seemed shorter than the first to me. The combat was much better in 2.
@JJ_Ames -
I just God the Asari Commando lady. I haven't beaten it yet, I just got the game last sunday... but I am on disc 2. I was glad that they fixed the combat, made it more like gears of war. I still don't like the fact that I can't jump. I just finished the first one about 3 weeks ago and was glad that I could just import my save file.
Well, you know, even then, Fred Flintstone is more advanced than some, but it will do.
in comparison, you make me look like some popular bitch, i swear.
That skit is so awesome.
I obviously don't get around enough. I had no idea you were such an entertaining writer. I'll have to stop by here more often. ~_*
@FKIProfessor - Aw shucks, thanks!