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Because she takes skill and I'm a scrub.
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My ideal world is a world where Sonic's arms aren't blue
Also brought Scanty back, yay?
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Broken
By Scanty Demon,
I bought overwatch. RIP Computer
Also name change, I like snipers.
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*See posts about people loving Overwatch*
*Remember I can't get it because I use a toaster for a computer*
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Source
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I'm a fan of urban legends, something about them is just really appealing can't explain why. I just find that stuff really cool. Now that doesn't mean I believe them 100% but I still find them fascinating. I did briefly talk about my interest in number stations so I'm gonna talk about a gaymin legend.
Polybius or the Cursed game
BRIEF OVERVIEW:
Polybius was a supposed arcade game made in the 1980s that was quite popular. Except it had some...adverse affects on players like causing headaches and other symptoms. There is some conflicting theories about what the gameplay of Polybius actually entailed. Even more eerie was the fact that BZP Lovers would then download the data from the game. It was quite addictive (though to be fair a lot of games are like that) and had very long lines just to play it. This went on for a month until all traces of the game were removed from the arcade.
Sounds fishy right? Well there may be some truth to it. For one thing in the 80s federal agents did investigate quite a few arcades (because of gambling not aliens). And there are actually reports of gamers getting sick from playing video games though due to playing them for a really long time. However please keep in mind that this does not confirm that the legend is true. Instead it just gives us some precedent or whatever.
MY VERDICT:
To be totally honest I'm skeptically of this actually existing but I'm optimistic. I have a thing for straight up weird things so it would be cool. However I will only change my stance if someone brings me an actual working cabinet and after playing it I do experience said side effects.
Please note that the reason for the data collection was for army training and to test the player's mental capacities. This is very similar to the plot of the 1984 moive The Last Starfighter in which a human is recruited to join the starfighters because of his mlg mad skillz at vidya gaemz. So the legend might just be someone liking the Last Starfighter too much.
Real or not it has left an impact on culture as it most famously appeared in an episode of the Simpsons and the Goldbergs as a background gag. If you'd like to see more of this weird stuff let me know in the comments or pm or smoke signal or morse code or whatever. I'm going include some more (read better links) so you can do your own research.
Remember I am only stating the information about the urban legend. I do not support or deny their existence, I only seek to post what is known.
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Skeptoid's article
Wikipedia article
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Got me hands on skullgirls today, really disappointed at the lack of cute skeleton girls. For shame. Though I don't think anyone will care about that.
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This concern over whether the fan base is happy/positive or not. I never understood this. Maybe I'm just not deeply involved fandoms but I don't see why I should care. Why does it really matter if a fan base is happy or not?
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Meanwhile...
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Been here six years, quite an achievement. Let's ask the esteemed Dr. Pavel what my contributions have amounted to on BZP:
Oh...
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PS: Not dissing on Toa Imrukii, just using him as an example. He's probably a cool person irl.
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FIVE
IV = four
geddit
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I've denied it for too long, but after some enlightenment from a fellow BZPer I understand the truth now. I want to make a formal apology. You know who you are fellow BZPer. I used to think negatively of you. I thought you were a passive aggressive jerk. I used to believe you were so full of it. You always talked about how much more civilized you were compared to others how you "matured" as you said. I believed you were wrong, so very wrong but kept silent. But now I understand why. Knowing this has changed my worldview. What is this vital piece of knowledge I denied for so long you ask? Well I will share it with you...
Lizard men do run the world
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Noragami
By Scanty Demon,
Gonna give this anime a recommendation. It's pretty good plus it's made by Bones. Fun show about Gods and spirits. Check out.
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Aren't baby Russian Orloffs adorable? I love these little guys!
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Not like I needed sleep anyway, walking to and from the bathroom in the middle of the night is fine by me! Thanks stomach!
Also go watch Little Witch Academia. Good movie/anime
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And that problem is overthinking things. Overthinking little things that you really shouldn't overthink. I need help y'all.
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Screw it
By Scanty Demon,
Just ask me questions that I may or not answer. Fire away.
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if(truth == true){ //look no wasted line System.out.println("Look at the bracket"); } This is how.
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Didn't actually do it, spent time working on me "art".
September
November
What do y'all think?
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Please stop trying to make video games be more like movies. Video games aren't movies thank you.
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We still have to tell people not to fall for "delete system32". One of the oldest jokes on the internet and people still don't know it's a joke.
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