What books did you use learning Japanese, Kino? My college textbook was The Japanese Times-published "Genki" series: http://www.amazon.com/Genki-Integrated-Course-Elementary-Japanese/dp/4789009637 With workbook: http://www.amazon.com/Genki-Integrated-Elementary-Japanese-Workbook/dp/478901...

I agree that our political system has, for the last decade, looked as an "intellectual" as being a BAD thing. Now with the aging and multiplying "geek" population and the emergence of IT and other skills in huge demand, we're definitely seeing a shift towards embracing a smarter,...

Speaking of learning Japanese, if any of you learners would like any of my old materials they are in the pile of "Stuff to Sell" -- Maxine, there's a great book that can help you with basic comprehension without needing to learn the writing system. It's "better" to do it without ...

I think the GB is so hard to pin down because, like I said, you either have to judge it by chronology (4th generation) or technology (really more 3rd gen) I lean 3rd gen for the reasons given, but I'm hardly a video game historian here. XD So far everyone got into gaming early on, it seems. Interest...

The GameBoy is 8 bit gaming, yes? NES-style graphics and games? But I would consider the SNES-era hand-held to be the GameBoy Color, perhaps even the GameBoy Advanced (although you can make an argument that the GBA should be in 5th generation), where as the DS and Wii are clearly of the same generat...

The first poll option combines generations one and two. I included the Sega Master System, released 1986, with the NES according to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console Whereas the Sega "Genesis" released in the US in 1989 to compete with the SNES, so it's in the seco...

Maxine: You'll either vote for 1st Generation (Atari) or 3rd generation (GameBoy. Whichever era you think really "Introduced" you into gaming.

How is it that you broke into the gaming world? Let's compare and discuss! We had an Atari first. I remember playing Space Invaders and Mountain Climber, which was my favorite. We had other games. The Atari worked until I accidentally spilled chocolate milk on it, and thus ruining it forever. After ...

Trauma Center: New Blood -- coop mode is awesomely fun!
Elebits -- great for little 20 minute spurts of shooter-lite gameplay
Etrian Odyssey II

I doubt the validity of this adorable image,

She actually hates you.

True story.

The Bedlam game.

Judging by the last huge cheer, though, we just scored. I think we're 34 against their 37.

ETA:

We lost, 61 to 41. Damn. -___-; Not that I really care that much about a football game, but everyone in Oklahoma keeps track of the Bedlam game.