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I think...
I know...
how raccoons feel now.
oooooooo.... shineeeeee....
(drowns in own drool)

Oooooooh....

Okay. Wherefor the token machine?

heh. You do realize "wherefore" means "for what reason"....

When Juliet said "wherefore art thou Romeo?" She wasn't asking where he was--- she was asking "Why did it have to be YOU (that I fell in love with), Romeo?"

RHJunior wrote:heh. You do realize "wherefore" means "for what reason"....

When Juliet said "wherefore art thou Romeo?" She wasn't asking where he was--- she was asking "Why did it have to be YOU (that I fell in love with), Romeo?"

Wow. You learn new things everyday, I guess.

Mmm. The pages are all... dark 'n spooky.
Dark. Yeah.

[...unWARP!!!]

Good evening.


Glad to see you here again, Kitty (I'm at my office)

Token machine? How about those credit-card type machines? There's an arcade down here like that.

RHJunior wrote:heh. You do realize "wherefore" means "for what reason"....

When Juliet said "wherefore art thou Romeo?" She wasn't asking where he was--- she was asking "Why did it have to be YOU (that I fell in love with), Romeo?"

"Wherefor" means "for what reason"?

Strange, that doesn't exactly vibe with my console RPG learned knowlege of "Thee and thou", my friend.

If I recall correctly, "art" is the word for "are". Like: "How art thou, this fair eve?" So, litterally, she's asking: "For what reason are you Romeo?" ?

Kitty's curious.

Token machine? How about those credit-card type machines? There's an arcade down here like that.

Oh yeah.....riiight! THIS is good!!

Me 'n video arcades don't mix too well....sorta like rednecks 'n gun & knife shows! Come ta think of it, I AM that proverbial redneck at the gun show!!!

However, I digress.

I can just see me tryin' to explain to the little lady a $200+ charge on the old M/C for "video games" when there ain't an "X-Box" or PS-2 to be found anywhere in the house!!

Shaaruuk

People enjoy arcade games, I've learned to accept that.
I don't understand it, but I accept it.

UncleMonty wrote:People enjoy arcade games, I've learned to accept that.
I don't understand it, but I accept it.

Oh Hell.....I LOVE arcade games!!! I'm not addicted to them by any means but that's not to say that I haven't spent a C-note or two in one week-end playin' them. On more than one occasion I've found out that I got "lost" in a flight sim shoot-'em-up for a couple of hours and had lost all concept of time passage.


A few years ago a very close friend and I were at a rather "energetic" party in Las Vegas and around 0300 decided to go hit the all night arcade. There was this really incredible 2 player, full motion, multi-screen first person outer space combat simulator that Herb and I climbed into. After laying waste to several alien firebases, a couple of worlds and countless alien attack craft, as well as getting blown to atom dust a few times ourselves, we climbed out of our "cockpits" to be confronted by a crowd of about 40 people that had watching our epic battle on 60" repeater screens. There were cameras in the cockpits that allowed the audience to see our faces as well as what we were seeing on our screens.

It was only after the applause died down that we learned we'd been engaged with the "enemy" for nearly 4 hours and had spent about $350 on this one game between us!!!!

Naaaah.....I'm not addicted....if I were, I'd be homeless by now.

Actually, I find it quite theraputic in that I can vent anger and aggression without risking a prison term, although I have been asked to lower my voice on a few occasions as I sometimes get so wrapped up in the action that I start yelling at my "opponent" taunting and egging him on.

'Sides......tis MUCH FUN!!!!!!


Shaaruuk

Sharuuk wrote:Oh Hell.....I LOVE arcade games!!! I'm not addicted to them by any means but that's not to say that I haven't spent a C-note or two in one week-end playin' them. On more than one occasion I've found out that I got "lost" in a flight sim shoot-'em-up for a couple of hours and had lost all concept of time passage.


A few years ago a very close friend and I were at a rather "energetic" party in Las Vegas and around 0300 decided to go hit the all night arcade. There was this really incredible 2 player, full motion, multi-screen first person outer space combat simulator that Herb and I climbed into. After laying waste to several alien firebases, a couple of worlds and countless alien attack craft, as well as getting blown to atom dust a few times ourselves, we climbed out of our "cockpits" to be confronted by a crowd of about 40 people that had watching our epic battle on 60" repeater screens. There were cameras in the cockpits that allowed the audience to see our faces as well as what we were seeing on our screens.

It was only after the applause died down that we learned we'd been engaged with the "enemy" for nearly 4 hours and had spent about $350 on this one game between us!!!!

Naaaah.....I'm not addicted....if I were, I'd be homeless by now.

Actually, I find it quite theraputic in that I can vent anger and aggression without risking a prison term, although I have been asked to lower my voice on a few occasions as I sometimes get so wrapped up in the action that I start yelling at my "opponent" taunting and egging him on.

'Sides......tis MUCH FUN!!!!!!


Shaaruuk

Friend, I know what you mean. I never got into an arcade game as deeply as you, but I come from the same stature. Once, while playing Civilization II, it began at 9pm. I started playing and I didn't even notice the time, and when I looked at the clock, it was already 7am. -.-

But for my favorite style of games, I go a little darker. FPSs are my kind of games. And for the most darkest bloody game you ever did see, Postal 2 is the game to vent stress and anger. It's ruddy fantastic, which I'm somewhat ashamed to admit

Friend, I know what you mean. I never got into an arcade game as deeply as you, but I come from the same stature.

IRL I'm ex-USAF and get into the actual commercial arcade games solely because that's the closest thing I can find "out here" to the real life flight/combat simulators I got to play with when I was active. Trust me, if I had (1) the money, and (2) the space to set up a couple of multi-role, full motion fly-by-wire simulators here at my house......to quote the bard..."in a heartbeat"!!

What really cracks me up is that the graphics in todays over the counter games are so incredibly superior to what was state of the art "U.S. Gummint" military training systems.


Shaaruuk

Werekitty wrote:

RHJunior wrote:heh. You do realize "wherefore" means "for what reason"....

When Juliet said "wherefore art thou Romeo?" She wasn't asking where he was--- she was asking "Why did it have to be YOU (that I fell in love with), Romeo?"

"Wherefor" means "for what reason"?

Strange, that doesn't exactly vibe with my console RPG learned knowlege of "Thee and thou", my friend.

If I recall correctly, "art" is the word for "are". Like: "How art thou, this fair eve?" So, litterally, she's asking: "For what reason are you Romeo?" ?

Kitty's curious.

That's exactly what she's asking. See, Romeo and Juliet are from two warring families. She's asking Romeo why he has to be Romeo. If he was anyone else, she could freely marry him without repercussions. Consider the next lines: "Deny thy father and refuse thy name." And then something to the effect of, "Or I'll no longer be a Capulet." The entire paragraph is about names, essentially.

Hey, Morty!
Fun's fun, but Jack wants his clothes back!
Running around in his undies is putting a severe crimp in his work schedule.
Plus, the angels Farrago and Central keep giggling at him.
(it was a bad day to decide to wear his teddy bears in space boxers)




refer to the comic strip Jack, about the grim reaper. Warning: adult by just about every definition of the word and not for the squemish or easily offended.