Out of the Blue [Feb 26, 2002, 08:57 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Seems like a good time for a rummage through the news archive to see what turns
up: As was noted at the time in our ever-informative date bar, it was six years
ago Sunday that Qtest was released. It was five years ago today that John Cash
(then of id Software) tossed down the Girl Scout Cookies gauntlet, spurring our
epic debate over the merits of his favorites (Somoas) and mine (Thin Mints) that
has now spanned half a decade. It was four years ago today a GameSpot article quoted John Romero saying that Human Head Studios had begun preliminary
work with ION Storm on Daikatana II (though apparently this plan had already
changed by year's end), and that Daikatana was due September of that year
(1998). Speaking of things that didn't quite come to pass, it was three years
ago today that Metabyte revealed their plans to revolutionize the graphics
marketplace by creating drivers that would allow the use of a pair of video
cards "in a parallel configuration using any existing chip on the market,"
something that doesn't seem to have happened. It was two years ago today
that Zoid departed id Software to join on at Retro Studios, which was the day
after it was announced that Myscha the sled dog had departed The Collective to
join on at Cyan. Finally it was one year ago today that first hints surfaced
about the cancellation of TWINE, the planned PC/PS2 Quake-engine James Bond
game, rumors that were later confirmed (though some of PS2 TWINE ended up in
Agent Under Fire).
Play Time: SURFACE.YUGOP.COM.
Flash required. Thanks Matt McInnis.
Link of the Day: Ed The Polar Bear Says: Save the Arctic from Drilling.
Thanks LoonyBomber. First they drink Coca-Cola, and now they're talking.
Bonus Link: The Alphabet Synthesis Machine.
Thanks burn2shine.
Weird Science: Never-ending
ski slope planned for Wales. Thanks Jesh.
Wild Science: IBM
creates world's fastest semiconductor circuit. Thanks Firewallfortress.
No, I don't hate all snowboarders. I've snowboarded myself a few times. I only hate the inconsiderate ones who sit in the middle of the slopes right below a mogul, where they're a lethal hazard to anyone above them. (You can tell I've almost ran over a few of these morons before.)
...at least it'd take care of all those idiot snowboarders who bail and sit right in the middle of the slope (in a spot where the people above can't see them). I'm all for anything that helps with snowboarder population control!
Ah, another jealous skier who realises the inferiority of his sport!
At least when we bail, there isn't the subsequent obstacle course of skis and poles strewn across the slope! And BTW, not all snowboarders are as inconsiderate as to sit in the middle of the slope. I sit off to the side every time. So please don't hate me just because snowboarders are way cooler than skiers. 
Ah, another jealous skier who realises the inferiority of his sport!
At least when we bail, there isn't the subsequent obstacle course of skis and poles strewn across the slope! And BTW, not all snowboarders are as inconsiderate as to sit in the middle of the slope. I sit off to the side every time. So please don't hate me just because snowboarders are way cooler than skiers.
I agree- gibbage looks like it'd be a major hazard. And what about those people who bail up at the top and get sucked into the ramp, like a giant, evil escalator? Hmmm- well at least it'd take care of all those idiot snowboarders who bail and sit right in the middle of the slope (in a spot where the people above can't see them). I'm all for anything that helps with snowboarder population control! 
I am certainly the odd-man out. My true love in Girl Scout cookies are Trefoils. Plain cookie, I know. but give me a pile of em, and a wide-mouthed cup of milk, and I'm in dunking heaven.
I wonder what they'll do the first time somebody gets gibbed between the rotating snowy disk part and one of the little raised shopping platforms on the side 
Explain why you think it would never work. I think If it did work people would be restricted to about a 5 degree arc on it and it would be the most boring slope imaginable, but I think I might be feasible. But dumb.
Am I the only one who sees why the never ending ski-slope does not work? Kevin Feriss should go back to the drawing board.
MINT GIRLGUIDES ALL THE WAY... :Der i meant mint cookies.
This comment was edited on Feb 26, 22:59.
MINT GIRLGUIDES ALL THE WAY... :Der i meant mint cookies.
This comment was edited on Feb 26, 22:59.
Yes, Samoas rule... and here I am on a diet.
You guys are killing me!
Welp, time to make my salad and slap a chicken breast on the George Forman Grill (marinated in Yoshida's sauce, of course).
You guys are killing me!
Welp, time to make my salad and slap a chicken breast on the George Forman Grill (marinated in Yoshida's sauce, of course).
The Girl Scout Cookies gauntlet remains tossed, Blue. I just got in my first order of cookies yesterday:
2 Do-Si-Dos
mmmmmmmm do-si-do's..... I once bought a case of those bad boys.... thank god i found nutter butters, almost the same thing! ;p
2 Do-Si-Dos
mmmmmmmm do-si-do's..... I once bought a case of those bad boys.... thank god i found nutter butters, almost the same thing! ;p
This update makes me think that the game industry is oft-times like collecting baseball cards. "Oh, I'll trade you a Myscha the sled dog for your Zoid." "No way man, this is a foil Zoid."
Instead of telling us what game developers were in the news years ago, tell us which games were in the news years ago. I already feel old when I think about when some of my favorites came out.
Instead of telling us what game developers were in the news years ago, tell us which games were in the news years ago. I already feel old when I think about when some of my favorites came out.
Here we were having a meaningful and civilized argument over the superiority of Thin Mints and you have to bring up this eco crap??? C'mon, is that really anywhere near the level of importance that is held by those little morsels being handed out by eight year olds everywhere across the whole US of A? I mean at the rate we are all eating these horridly fat-filled delicacies, we won't live another 20 years. That would be barely enough time to see the destruction of the chain that holds the ecosystem in balance. Geez
ok, im gonna have nightmares about that polar bear for awhile. and why does he have a british (or some other fake smart type) accent when this is an american bill? i for one have no problem drilling in the artic. as much as i hate the smog in LA, i must admit that without all the industry that produces it i wouldnt have any of the nicities i enjoy so much. industry is not a natural resource either.
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dave snider
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I'm at Blizzard doing World of Warcraft
Whatever happened to HellRot anyway?
The Girl Scout Cookies gauntlet remains tossed, Blue. I just got in my first order of cookies yesterday:
3 Samoas
2 Thin Mints
2 Do-Si-Dos
1 Tagalongs
Samoas still rule for me; the Thin Mints are for the little lady.
3 Samoas
2 Thin Mints
2 Do-Si-Dos
1 Tagalongs
Samoas still rule for me; the Thin Mints are for the little lady.
In the current issue of National Geographic World Magazine, a kids mag that my son gets, the note that 1/4 of all Girl Scout cookies sold are Thin Mints.
Heeeeell yes. Tagalongs 0wN j00. I had to quit after my 16th box this year...
~Jedi
~Jedi
Have you ever taken two nips out of either side of a thin mint and then used it as a straw for milk? What you end up with is a hollow shell of chocolate. Try it. You know you want to.
when will the rest of the snacking world learn that you cannot go wrong with Peanut-butter and Chocolate?
You got chocolate in my peanut butter... You got peanut butter on my chocolate!
But I do prefer the thin mints myself.They're perfect when chilled in the freeze for a little bit. But this year, that little urchin who goes door to door hasn't returned with any of my cookies. I fear this are going to get very bloody if I don't get my cookies.
Well shiat. If Qtest came out 6 years ago sunday, then I have been officially gaming online for just over 6 years now. I did wolfy and doom before that, but Quake was the first real online shooter IMO.
6 years of gaming, starting my seventh. There's no stopping me now.
BRING ON QUAKE4!
6 years of gaming, starting my seventh. There's no stopping me now.
BRING ON QUAKE4!
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He cut the possum's face off then cut around the eye socket. In the center of the belt buckle, where the possum's eye would be, he has placed a small piece of wood from his old '52 Ford's home made railroad tie bumper. Damn, he misses that truck.
He cut the possum's face off then cut around the eye socket. In the center of the belt buckle, where the possum's eye would be, he has placed a small piece of wood from his old '52 Ford's home made railroad tie bumper. Damn, he misses that truck.
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