Ron Bleac
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There a lot of really memorable soundtracks out there from old and new videogames. Put them here.
I'll start.
This is probably from my favourite game ever, no contest. The original Operation Flashpoint (Cold War Crisis) was a life changing and horrifying experience for its time: It was the first videogame to depict real time combat on a tactical and grand strategic scale in full 3D with players able to participate over the internet to shape the face of the virtual geo-political globe. It had an entirely fictional conflict, entirely fictional story and characters, but it felt so real. It was believable and at the time represented the cutting edge in videogame innovation, technology and development. Cold War Crisis was a giant leap forward for simulation combat and several militaries from around the world picked it up to manufacture training tools for their troops. It was "as close to real war as you would want to get." It was the game that made Codemasters big on the international market and opened the door for the ArmA series, which now dominates combat simulation.
While my copy of the game no longer functions, a couple of tracks have stuck with me. Here are a few of those.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n4VdpQfGtQ
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YunE-yvn-JE&feature=relmfu
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuVwOuAmz0A&feature=related
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Table sounds better.
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that's the joke
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Russian game studios really seem to be kicking ass lately.
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Sons of Takistan: Zombie Edition.
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Dude, I never noticed that. You're right, Intus. Lmao.
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Otherwise known as "just orange."
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Just had an alarming realization. Over the course of 4 years, I've spent over £4000 keeping my Ffffing POS bike road-legal/worthy/running/somewhat safe. Don't ever buy one. It's not even one set brand anymore, there's like bits from 16+ different bikes in it.
You know, I don't mean to make you have another alarming realization, but could it be because you crash it or hurt yourself with it all the time?
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It was a pretty interesting night.
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"Dearest United Airlines,
Your terminal is very beautiful, even if the seats made my bottom somewhat sore.
Best regards, Keller."
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I have infinite respect to those who fight for a cause, whatever it might be. For some it might be money, the adventure, seeking new experiences, patriotism, will to serve to the best of their ability, their religion, political stance or will to help. All admirable reasoning.
I have lost a friend to Afghanistan. When he entered service, he swore an oath to his own country, not to anyone elses. He volunteered to deploy to Afghanistan out of solidarity with people who didn't speak his language, whose culture he didn't initially understand and who didn't worship the same god as he did. But he did it anyway, not because of the money or the adventure, but because he thought very strongly that he is bound by his personal beliefs to help those who are the most in need. It may sound naive, even stupid.
But he was a man of extraordinary caliber with competence and will to overcome the toughest of obstacles.
He believed that in order to achieve peace in a land torn by thousands of years of nothing but war, all you need to do is show some loving care to those who needed it. I'm not talking kissing babies or anything like that. Building schools, wells, passing out food, providing medical assistance, protection duty, foot patrols and hikes through the Afghan countryside were all things he did on a daily basis. Soon after his deployment, he became one of two Finnish peacekeepers killed on deployment to Afghanistan. His convoy was hit by a roadside bomb while on the way to a shooting range and he died instantly. Two is an infantissimally small number, but even one dead boy is too much. It hits really close to home when the flag draped coffin finally arrives. He was a hero, not because of how or where he died, but because of how he lived.
Afghanistan is a beautiful country with a long history, but it hosts an extremely unforgiving environment and at some parts, an increasingly hostile population. It has been largely dehumanized by the media. When you think of Afghanistan now, you think of suicide bombings, the Taleban, dead Westerners and Islam. It's a noxious concoction that has developed through more than a decade of a war that never seems to really have come to an end. The process is slow and bloody, but I am confident that the sacrifices of men and women will not be in vain. It is a sacrifice that the Afghan people will appreciate one day. Or learn to hate. Whatever it might be, only time will tell.
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Princess Celestia? More like Mancess Celestia.
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CDG is a clusterFfff of an airport.
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108. You cant get a ticket if the cops cant cache you
Also known as the Rodney King rule.
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@Tsume what happened?
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This whitechapelmurderer guy reeks of extreme autism and prostitute blood.
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What George said.
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51. If I give my headset to someone, they don't have a pulse.
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Zombies can't swim, but when a human body decomposes gasses accumulate in the intestine, leading to bloating of the stomach. They will float.
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I do not use Altairi because I find the interface to be excessively clumsy and I can do the same work, in the same time by hitting print screen and paste. On top of that, I was hit by 5 or so friend requests from Altairi within the first minute of my arrival on Titan. I felt my jimmies move a little bit.
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Man, that's some nasty stuff innit.
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