Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20180827202615/@comment-1496755-20190204215416

You know, while I certainly enjoy peace and quiet, I also enjoy having the opportunity to make jokes when students come in. They usually don't expect it (since I put on my most serious appearance) and are caught off-guard... but then they laugh when they realize my trickery. I like to think of this as a sort of balance - most of my other colleagues are very stern and even a bit rude at times, while I try to focus on the fun side of things. Alas, working with the database offers no room for joking. So I guess fun will have to wait.

Heh, soem guy was recently arguing how the modern Battlefront II remake has started to become better than the original BF2 after a whole year's worth of updates and fixes. And someone came up with a brilliant response - "it took them a whole year of fixing to make a 2017 game as good as a 2005 game was at the time of launch"? Ouch :P

To me, Japanese songs all sound like they are being sung by 7-year-old kids. Those squeaky voices... And that surely evokes associations with anime as well. And we don't want that!

Based on what I've seen in some maps and mods, particle effects are pretty versatile in the Quake engine. It's a pity they weren't used in the original game. The rain is jsut one example of their application - there's also the force fields in Armagon, or some teleporter variations in other packs.

It's been pretty warm around here too - I abandoned the couch and moved back to the bedroom. It's a trick, of course - February wants to lull us into a false sense of safety before March drops something nasty again.