Internet hiccup or something caused my topic to get double-posted:
http://videogames.videosift.com/talk/STEAM-PHISHING-ATTEMPT-VIA-VIDEOSIFT-GROUP
http://videogames.videosift.com/talk/STEAM-PHISHING-ATTEMPT-VIA-VIDEOSIFT-GROUP-1

Also, Randomize posted the same kind of post right before I did, so I'll leave sorting things out (merging or whatever) in your capable moderator hands, lol:
http://videogames.videosift.com/talk/Account-Thief-on-Videosift-s-Steam-group

Sure am glad I came back on the Sift (finally got internet again after a few weeks without), I wouldn't have even heard about that awesome E3 video otherwise, in all likelihood. Looks like it's going to be far better than the first, which is really saying something.

In reply to this comment by Hybrid:
Cheers for the promote!

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
*promote

Internet high five on growing up and escaping Mormonism. I'm the only one of eight kids that has dropped Mormonism so far at age 21 (started questioning it back in Jr. High, was forced to go to church until I went to college). Shit's absurd.

In reply to this comment by peggedbea:
>> ^Winstonfield_Pennypacker:

You guys were all upset at the congressman who shouted out during Obama's speech. Howcome you're all, "This guy has guts to do this..." for the rudeness of Mr. Prop 8, but you're all like, "What a jerk!" for Mr. "Liar!"? Howcome one guy is 'couragous' and the other is 'rude' when they're both doing publically pre-arranged stunts for the purpose of generating controversy?


can you honestly not see the difference between someone interrupting someone elses speech with heckling and someone waiting their turn to give their own speech?

whats going on in this video is something that happens the first sunday of every month. its fast and testimony sunday. members fast and then those who feel compelled take turns and bare their testimonies to the congregation. he waited his turn, felt compelled and bared his testimony.

and of course the camera was present because he knew what he was saying was going to get him kicked out. but he had the courage and strength and felt strongly enough to say it.

and the mormon church was VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED in a perpetuating a fear and smear propaganda campaign to its members during church services. across the nation. what kind of church finances were spent i have no idea, but i do know for a fact that church officials intentionally sent down memos full of lies and hate and political opinions to be shared with the priesthood and relief society. to scare them into to supporting prop 8 initiatives nationwide. one of those lies was that legalized gay marriage would threaten and abolish their ability to get married in the temple. (which is EXTREMELY important) they told members all across the country that if gays were allowed to get married, if the church refused to marry a gay couple in the temple then the law would take away their ability to marry ANYONE in the temple. sounds ridiculous to me. but it sounds terrifying to millions of people who think that god himself guides church appointments and would never ever ever allow someone who would lead his people astray to be appointed into a position of authority.

how do i know this? I WAS FUCKING THERE.

Just sifted a Nirvana mashup that actually works:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Nirvana-vs-Daft-Punk-Smells-Stronger

You might like this one.

In reply to this comment by ForgedReality:
Not a fan of Nirvana, so this is a vast improvement. The tonality is a little off in places, but then Nirvana was never known for harmony. It is interesting to see how well they fit together, though.

I remember you liking the Justin King video, so you should probably check out Owen, I think you'll like him:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Owen-The-Sad-Waltzes-of-Pietro-Crespi

Awesome, added a decent handful of what I'd consider to be a good variety of underrated Pqueued vids.

In reply to this comment by Doc_M:
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In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Let me at 'em, let me at 'em!

It would have made it out on its own eventually, I just helped speed it through.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Thanks Japr! WKUK make it thanks to your effort.

Might this be the game you're referring to? http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml

I never got too far in it, but I did rather enjoy the bit that I did play. Text-based games are both frustrating and amazingly fun at the same time, since you're never quite sure exactly what limitations there are, unlike conventional games.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
that's the stuff. my fav was 'hitchhiker's guide' which still runs out there on the web as an emulator. I found a bunch for palm os that I'm going to check out.

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
I remember playing some Oregon Trail back in early elementary school. My younger brother was the one who inevitably died of something or other every single time I played.

What sort of text games are you thinking of, purely text-based, or stuff like Police Quest back on those actually floppy disks?

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Good times indeed. I go all the way back to atari. I even died of dysentary on the Oregon Trail. I always loved text adventure games and was recently looking to see if there is still anyone writing good ones. perfect to run on phones or pda's you'd think, right?

I remember playing some Oregon Trail back in early elementary school. My younger brother was the one who inevitably died of something or other every single time I played.

What sort of text games are you thinking of, purely text-based, or stuff like Police Quest back on those actually floppy disks?

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Good times indeed. I go all the way back to atari. I even died of dysentary on the Oregon Trail. I always loved text adventure games and was recently looking to see if there is still anyone writing good ones. perfect to run on phones or pda's you'd think, right?

Yeah, I've heard that Katamari is really good. The most fun/interesting casual game I've played in a while has been the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney series for the Nintendo DS. If you happen to have one of those, you should definitely check it out, it's a ton more fun than one would think at first glance.

I grew up on consoles, I barely touched PC gaming until I tried Warcraft 2...before that it was the NES and SNES. I even remember how excited I was when we get a Nintendo 64, lol. Good times.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
I've also always wanted to try Katamari Damarcy but I think that's playstation only. i'm definetley a console guy and my PC proudly boasts how Y2K compiant it is on the bootscreen, so it's not the freshest machine around.

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Never had a Dreamcast, so I'm afraid I didn't.

I showed that Passage game to one of my good buddies and to my girlfriend today, they both loved it as well.

I like a pretty huge range of games, from RPGs to FPSs and some RTSs as well once in a while, but it all just depends on my mood. Usually I'm just into gaming as entertainment, but sometimes there are games that manage to be both massively entertaining and still make you think about things or care about the reality the characters are involved in, and those are probably the games that make me like gaming the most (though they're extremely few and far between).

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
I just recently bought an xbox, and as much as I enjoy violence and reckless driving, it often leaves me wanting. I think there's so much more room for art. I recently heard of a game that was audio only, and you put on your headphones or surround sound and play. how cool is that?

ever played Shenmue?

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
I especially liked that "Passage" video, as I'm sure you could tell by my comments on it. I think sometimes people forget that video games are themselves something we can use as a form of artistic expression.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Hey, Thanks, JAPR! What do you think of this one, i sorta thought you might like it when I saw it...

http://www.videosift.com/video/Egger-Pixels

Check out my pimp hand, eh?

Never had a Dreamcast, so I'm afraid I didn't.

I showed that Passage game to one of my good buddies and to my girlfriend today, they both loved it as well.

I like a pretty huge range of games, from RPGs to FPSs and some RTSs as well once in a while, but it all just depends on my mood. Usually I'm just into gaming as entertainment, but sometimes there are games that manage to be both massively entertaining and still make you think about things or care about the reality the characters are involved in, and those are probably the games that make me like gaming the most (though they're extremely few and far between).

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
I just recently bought an xbox, and as much as I enjoy violence and reckless driving, it often leaves me wanting. I think there's so much more room for art. I recently heard of a game that was audio only, and you put on your headphones or surround sound and play. how cool is that?

ever played Shenmue?

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
I especially liked that "Passage" video, as I'm sure you could tell by my comments on it. I think sometimes people forget that video games are themselves something we can use as a form of artistic expression.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Hey, Thanks, JAPR! What do you think of this one, i sorta thought you might like it when I saw it...

http://www.videosift.com/video/Egger-Pixels

Check out my pimp hand, eh?

I especially liked that "Passage" video, as I'm sure you could tell by my comments on it. I think sometimes people forget that video games are themselves something we can use as a form of artistic expression.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Hey, Thanks, JAPR! What do you think of this one, i sorta thought you might like it when I saw it...

http://www.videosift.com/video/Egger-Pixels

Check out my pimp hand, eh?

I was wondering what your new theme was going to be when I saw the new avatar. Cool stuff.

Wow, I don't know how I missed that (actually I do, hooray all-nighters). lol

In reply to this comment by EDD:
http://jazz.videosift.com/

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
We have hiphop and rocknroll, but not *country or *punk. Or *jazz/*blues for that matter. I'm not sure that we should go around adding a bajillion different types of music channels...all we really need is music and rocknroll.