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Comment on Boston IFF: Invisible Girlfriend by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:09:48 +0000

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Comment on Stage Review: “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” at the A.R.T. by Fernando

Fernando — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:34:31 +0000

Hi Caroline,I was lieisntng to the radio this morning to Tom Joyners syndicated Morning Show.He features a black history segment every day. Today he spoke on Anne Brown. I became intrigues with learning more about her so I searched the web, all the while wondering, what did this woman look like, only to find that she was absolutely beautiful. I wish I had been under her influences as well. When I read your words, the way you decribe your feelings for her, my eyes became tearful. How proud you must have felt to know her. She reminds me quite a bit of my Grandmother. Who was my mentor and a wonderful woman as well.I am sure that it saddened you greatly at her passing. But what a gift from God it was to actually know her. May God continue to bless you.Crystal Avent

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michael arevalo — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:22:28 +0000

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Comment on “Once Upon A Time” – What Happened to Frederick episode review by Once Upon A Time "What Happened To Frederick" Review 1x13 | My Kind Of TV

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Comment on PlayStation Vita: The Blast Review by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:08:54 +0000

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Comment on Looking at disease clusters by James I. Moss

James I. Moss — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:54:27 +0000

I think you should include Gulf War Illnesses (or the several well documented conditions contained therein) in your disease cluster list.

This is the one where the exposures are documented, and the population is well defined.

This is the low hanging fruit you should be grabbing for, for she sake of all of us.

Give it some thought, please.

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Florida

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Comment on PlayStation Vita: The Blast Review by Steve

Steve — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:28:10 +0000

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Comment on “Once Upon A Time” — Skin Deep episode review by Christopher Peck

Christopher Peck — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:57:22 +0000

Sorry, this is the author ^^. I guess it logged me out.

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Comment on “Once Upon A Time” — Skin Deep episode review by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:53:39 +0000

Hey everyone! Erica, to defend you a bit that MM shouldn’t be there. I tried out M&M, and decided it was unnecessary and not funny upon re-read and I just didn’t fill in the full name on that one. I suppose my editor either didn’t catch it either or didn’t feel the need to change it.

With EQ, I have used that since the beginning. i considered “the queen,” but with so much royalty in this show at times, I felt this was more efficient and I would use it in full once with the full name then the abbreviation immediately after or in parentheses. I do the same for FTL which I have used since the beginning.

Besides the show itself (which got super tedious) I don’t use any other consistently. So that makes…three (I see SBPD too, but that would be used sparingly, not consistently)? I agree 5+ would be excessive and, again, MM, wasn’t supposed to stay.

Thanks for your suggestion though. Any and all constructive feedback is appreciated.

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Comment on “Parks and Recreation” — Dave Returns episode review by Joshua Aicher

Joshua Aicher — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:57:58 +0000

So you’re saying that some people may not have time to watch a 22 minute episode of television, but they do have time to read an excruciatingly lengthy synopsis? Here’s the answer to this “conundrum”:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/329159/parks-and-recreation-dave-returns

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Comment on “Once Upon A Time” — Skin Deep episode review by Erica

Erica — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:24:15 +0000

It interferes with the flow of the writing when you have to decipher and keep track of 5+ different abbreviations. He only uses MM for Mary Margaret ONCE and types out her name for the rest of the post. Why stop and spend time defining the acronym when you get so little use out of it? I’m okay with abbreviations for lengthy episode names or phrases you use over and over. But abbreviating more than one character name is a bit much.

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Comment on “Once Upon A Time” — Skin Deep episode review by Julisa

Julisa — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:08:14 +0000

I think abbreviations work. The whole point of them is so the writer doesn’t have to continuously write/type out the word. If it’s legible then its fine. I mean it makes sense, you still understand what he is referring to, so what is the problem?

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Comment on “Parks and Recreation” — Dave Returns episode review by Julisa

Julisa — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:01:12 +0000

I disagree, its not extensive. Its a fair about. Sometimes people don’t have time to watch the episode, so reading a review like this can help them catch up. If you don’t feel like reading all of it, then don’t.

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Comment on “Once Upon A Time” — Skin Deep episode review by Erica

Erica — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:59:40 +0000

Wow that was a lot of unnecessary abbreviations. MM for Mary Margaret? Really? And you could have called EQ “the queen.”

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Adele Fan — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:08:15 +0000

Well she certainly came back better than ever after that op!

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Comment on “Parks and Recreation” — Dave Returns episode review by Parks and Recreation "Dave Returns" Review 4x15 | My Kind Of TV

Parks and Recreation "Dave Returns" Review 4x15 | My Kind Of TV — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:53:59 +0000

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Comment on “Parks and Recreation” — Dave Returns episode review by Joshua Aicher

Joshua Aicher — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:09:39 +0000

I feel like people read reviews of television shows because they’ve seen the episode, and are then interested in reading the thoughts of others. Brief summation is fine, but this seems a tad extensive.

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Ryan — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:16:39 +0000

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Comment on “Parks and Recreation” — Dave Returns episode review by Steve Harris Jr.

Steve Harris Jr. — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:53:14 +0000

Am I supposed to read all of this? So much summary…

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Comment on “Parks and Recreation” — Dave Returns episode review by Parks and Recreation: Who Made the Comedy Grade Last Night? – Television Without Pity « Free Comedy Video

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:53:40 +0000

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Comment on MP4 Love #7: When to have sex for the first time? by Angie

Angie — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:53:06 +0000

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Comment on Kingdoms of Amalur: The Reckoning — The Blast review by Jobs

Jobs — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:26:39 +0000

Nope,i didnt play much main quest,but i play faction quests and most of them span two orthree regions.For example traveler quest.Aslo i find the faction quest pretty interesting.Some side quest are generic but the same can be said for skyrim also.

I agree with the point that its not a complete open world RPG but it never claims to be.
It is like dragon age in that respect.

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Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:20:11 +0000

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Comment on “New Girl” — Valentine’s Day episode review by Julisa Deleon

Julisa Deleon — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:18:22 +0000

This episode had me on the edge laughing so hard. One of my favorites! Cliff to Nick, on his hot boss and Nick’s girlfriend, Julia: “I would take that to Pound Town, make her visit the boneyard that part had me laughing the most! I agree this is like how our generation sees Valentine’s day. What an amazing review! Well said! I also agree that this was most definetely the best episode so far.

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Comment on “Parks and Recreation” — Operation Ann episode review by Parks & Rec

Parks & Rec — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:40:07 +0000

It looks like you enjoyed this episode as much as I did! I know I’m a little behind but I missed a couple of episodes in a row. Now I am finally catching up thanks to some help from my employer, DISH, and their almost-new website, DISH Online. I watched this episode last night through that site and was able to just log in and instantly stream it. I agree with you that Parks and Recreation did a great job staying true to their characters. I think that’s the best way to go because everything seems natural and they’re all pretty quirky without any help.

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Comment on Kingdoms of Amalur: The Reckoning — The Blast review by Anwarunya

Anwarunya — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:52:48 +0000

I have a tough time considering KoA to even be an open-world RPG.You have to go through the main quest in order to explore all of the world, there are loading screens dividing up the five biomes, there’s very little level-scaling in the game so have to wait until you’re a high enough level to go to different areas.Did I mention that the entire world is divided up by corridors and tunnels and there are invisible walls on every ledge no matter how big that ledge is?Yep, not very open-ended at all.It’s like playing an MMO where you’re the only person playing and there’s no one to group up with, trade with, or pvp with.

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Comment on Ico and Shadow of the Colossus review: A powerful blast of nostalgia by Link

Link — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:58:01 +0000

I cannot disagree more with your annoyance at Yorda. People seem to hate on escort missions as if no good can come from them… I have never played a game with an escort mission (aside from Ico), and thus I am not tainted with any pre conceived notion that an escort mission is bad; I am able to judge Ico on its own merits alone. (I have never heard anyone praise an escort mission except in the case of Ico, so I assume for the most part that all other examples were poorly implemented and now it’s just something no one wants to deal with).
Ico is built around the concept of developing a relationship by “holding hands” as opposed to verbal communication, as such the ideal way to play the game is to be holding her hand most of the time. If you abandon her or are annoyed with her inability to defend herself, then you have missed out on a large portion of the author’s artistic intent (though you may still appreciate gameplay, I think the story’s impact as a whole almost entirely relies on the player’s in-game interaction with her). When you don’t hold her hand, she often will run about, looking for a way to continue, which is why she might not always follow you like a pet. She has more individuality than that. If you don’t touch the controller for a while (or maybe if you just don’t call her for a while) she will call you, and when you go to her, she will point out to you (with a questioning word) a lever or box or place you can climb: she helps you solve the next puzzle if you take too long to do it. When shadows come to take her away, she actually responds somewhat intelligently. If she is near you, she will go to you. If she is not, she will run away. If she is surrounded, she will, as you said, stay put (and her running away almost always results in her being surrounded, which explains your experiences). Sometimes she will not run away because, as I interpret it, she doesn’t want to leave your side, or to leave you behind. This is most notable when she gets ferried back and forth between two holes: you pull her out, get hit in the process, and she is taken to the next hole while you recover from being hit.
She actually can climb ledges by herself, but after careful observation I think that she actually has a quantifiable amount of energy that gets depleted the more she does things by herself. If this energy is depleted, she cannot climb without your aid. This is to be expected; how would you fair if you were locked away in a cage for an extended period of time? Muscle deteriorates without exercise; she likely has atrophied muscles all over her body.
To really experience this game, you must see her as a girl that needs your help, not as annoying baggage to your otherwise awesome adventures in an old castle. You must feel fear for her safety and well-being when she gets taken away, not annoyance that she is about to make you get a game over. You must lift her up ledges to help her preserve her strength so she may carry on, not complain and treat it like a chore. Pay attention to the subtle aspects of her character: she is, as I mentioned before, a well programmed AI, not a wagon that you drag around the castle. Feel the vibration of the controller as you tug her around, sit on a couch with her a while and watch them fall asleep together. I very much enjoy the interactions between Ico and Yorda, while they don’t understand each other’s language, they do talk to each other at times: sometimes when you’re climbing a precarious ledge, she will watch you with a concerned expression, and sometimes even call out to you, as if to say “be careful!” or “come back!” And when you call out to her, if you hold down the button long enough (repeatedly calling to her), she will respond if she cannot get to you, perhaps saying, “I can’t”. Really, this game is beautifully crafted with a number of minute details… and while I think the game does an excellent job of characterizing Yorda, sometimes you half to meet the game halfway. What I mean by that is: when playing a game, I immerse myself into the world and try to experience it as if I were the character, or I try to understand the character’s plight, motivation, thoughts and reasons behind actions, as opposed to just dismissing the story and merely play for the combat or puzzles. This involves forgiving any shortcomings due to the hardware limitations, or sometimes design flaws (and sometimes story flaws… I generally can enjoy a bad game by looking past its faults and seeing the spirit of what it was trying to accomplish). If a game isn’t drawing you in on its own for whatever reason, you might miss a lot of content and dismiss it as a bad experience; if you try to immerse yourself into the game might start noticing the finer details or elegant aspects that manifest themselves in the game/story whether or not the creators intended for it to be there. A lack of proper immersion does not inherently imply a lack of a good story. This is not a skill many people employ; in fact, to my infinite annoyance a friend of mine refuses to play Mass Effect because, I quote, “the way he runs looks funny, I can’t play through this entire game watching him run like that”. All. My. Hate.
While you seemed to enjoy Ico, as I mentioned before, I do not feel you have appreciated it in full. A story is supposed to move you; it’s supposed to make you feel. If a story isn’t affecting you, then you’re going to lose interest unless you find some way to relate to what is happening, and you’re definitely going to miss out on much of what the story was trying to convey. OK, I’ll stop saying that, I must have said that at least 5 times in different ways; I just hope I got my point across.
Funnily enough, I’m working my way through SotC and I’m having a lot of trouble immersing myself into the story and otherwise appreciating the game; I’m underwhelmed both because it doesn’t compare to Ico in story (and it doesn’t help that the game doesn’t feel quite as polished as Ico), and NieR presented more colossal boss fights than any of the 8 colossi I have tackled so far. SotC just feels so empty and devoid of plot, your horse being the most relatable and appreciably human character in the game. Wander might as well be a robot; he is wholly unilateral and rather unfazed by any of his experiences. Hopefully the end redeems itself or offers some further insight on the game’s characters so that I might play it again with newfound respect.

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