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the groutch

urbanledge wrote: »

wtf is it!

I've never seen one before, no one has, but I'm guessing it's a white hole.

CiDeRmAn

A White Hole?

Atavan-Halen

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

A White Hole?

I genuinely don't want to know!

the groutch

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

A White Hole?

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. A black hole sucks time and matter out of the Universe; a white hole returns it.

CosmicSmash

Just open the bloody box:mad: The last lad that started mystery gets was banished to Jamma+

MrVestek

So what is it?

the groutch

I think we've experienced this period of time before sir.

MrVestek

Only joking...

the groutch

And that one.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Optimus Prime

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I'm in the know on this one as I'm in the middle of reading The Dark Tower at the moment, and very very good it is too.

I think i read the first 2 and half the third, but i just found it too confusing to be honest, i didnt know what the hell was going on, I wont spoil anything here, but some of the stuff was just way out there from one page to the next i just got lost. maybe i just didnt give it enough attention or something.

Nerdkiller1991

Ordered the disc version of Okami HD today. Bargain at only €32.

Hank Scorpio

Love this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhAQfpbsymU

CiDeRmAn

I found it relatively straight forward, The Dark Tower that is.
Wiki is a great resource for filling in the things that don't make sense yet, and the second book is very nearly the introduction to the whole thing, setting the ball rolling.
There is a lovely excursion to the world of The Stand later on too.
I get the distinct impression that Rolands world is, in fact, in our deep future, or at least a parallel that is ahead of ours by a thousand years, even though most commentators say otherwise.
Still, a good read, and all the better when I got the whole series, plus another 5 books or so, from a guy for €25!

OwaynOTT

keithgeo wrote: »

Loved the Mist, im not up on Stephen kings books, but is it related to the dark tower series in some way? wasnt he painting the gunslinger at the start?

A lot of his books from the 90's onwards have nods to the Dark Tower series but do not really have any real influence on the series.
He revised a lot of his older material to put in nods to the Tower, like the man in black/walter being Flagg from the stand.
The

priest from salem lot

showing up is the main intertwining of this of the two streams of his work and the book that really is the poster boy example of this is Insomnia.
I do recommend the series but King's main fault in his work is magnified tenfold in the last few books, his ineptitude to finish a box.

His collaborative work with Peter Straub also has strong links to the Tower.

OwaynOTT

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

The ending was changed, much more upbeat in the original story.
The mist itself, was as a result of "Project Arrowhead" where an american military project opens up a thinny into our world, resulting in a path into Todash Space and releasing the various beasties therein contained.
The Mist universe has not been formally connnected though, not in the same way a lot of Kings other fiction has been linked together with Rolands quest for The Dark Tower.
But the connection is implicit in the form of creatures spilling into our universe.
Certainly, a movie about Project Arrowhead would be welcome, and quite different from Half Life imho, a lot more horrific for starters, no one remember what happens to Norm, the bag packer?

I'm in the know on this one as I'm in the middle of reading The Dark Tower at the moment, and very very good it is too.

A thinny, last seen in Wizard and Glass.

How far along are you Ciderman?

CiDeRmAn

I'm halfway through Wizard & Glass, thought it'd be a waste of time, needless rambling into a side story, but so far it's excellent.
I normally don't like King, Under the Dome was complete tripe. I did aquire a nice original hardback of IT though, so I'll grow a pair and read that once I'm done with the Ka'tet!

OwaynOTT

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I'm halfway through Wizard & Glass, thought it'd be a waste of time, needless rambling into a side story, but so far it's excellent.
I normally don't like King, Under the Dome was complete tripe. I did aquire a nice original hardback of IT though, so I'll grow a pair and read that once I'm done with the Ka'tet!

Yeah it was surprisingly enjoyable considering it didn't move the plot along.
Dark Half is a good one too and most of his new stuff is tripe.

Retr0gamer

Stephen King is no Stephanie Meyer.

deathrider

Have any of you guys ever been to one of these Pokémon leagues in Dublin? If so, what are they like?

Atavan-Halen

deathrider wrote: »

Have any of you guys ever been to one of these Pokémon leagues in Dublin? If so, what are they like?

It's good fun for a couple of hours. You'll have to be up to speed on the current cards though!

deathrider

atavan-halen wrote: »

It's good fun for a couple of hours. You'll have to be up to speed on the current cards though!

Ah, so it's all cards? I was hoping it would be some kind of tournaments with the video games

o1s1n

Anyone see the price Metroid Prime Trilogy PAL is going for these days? :eek:

Worth looking out for during the whole Wii -> WiiU console transition phase.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

deathrider wrote: »

Ah, so it's all cards? I was hoping it would be some kind of tournaments with the video games

at cons it's with the video games and cards but I'm sure there's some outside cons using the game as well

deathrider

Sera wrote: »

at cons it's with the video games and cards but I'm sure there's some outside cons using the game as well

Cool. I'll keep an eye out then. Wouldn't mind checking one out. I'd say it would be a different ballgame to the fighting tournaments.

Retr0gamer

They're pretty much the same except with me running around cressed as Usagi from Sailor Moon.

CiDeRmAn

Don't forget your Mammys tomorrow!

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

deathrider wrote: »

Cool. I'll keep an eye out then. Wouldn't mind checking one out. I'd say it would be a different ballgame to the fighting tournaments.

you could check out the Pokemon forum on boards, probally be better than here even though Atavan is a Pokemaniac

johnny_ultimate

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Don't forget your Mammys tomorrow!

deathrider

Sera wrote: »

you could check out the Pokemon forum on boards, probally be better than here even though Atavan is a Pokemaniac

That's where I spotted it. Thought I'd ask around here for the inside scoop though.