Comments on: Temptation

By: Brady Russell

Brady Russell — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:36:16 +0000

Make your own groovy coffee.

http://www.toddycoffee.com

Love this thingee. Make coffee once a week and it is better than anyone else’s.

By: Brady Russell

Brady Russell — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:34:46 +0000

Every now and then I open my Civilization file and it pretty much wrecks the next week or two of my life.
Good thing I have totally gotten out of sync with the game so I suck and my computer is pretty crappy, so it’s frustratingly slow.
There’s a Civ 4? That’s pretty wrong.
Remember when there was just like one version from about 1480 and they didn’t update it for years and years and years???

By: Jamie Coville

Jamie Coville — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:32:53 +0000

Whenever I try to play a video game, I feel like I’m wasting valueable time. I could be reading comics, watching movies, watching wrestling, reading The Beat, researching comic history, doing household chores I’ve been putting off, etc..

Which is why I don’t play them, except for solitaire when I *feel* like being brainless and non-productive.

By: Rivkah

Rivkah — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:09:44 +0000

Civilization . . . my one greatest weakness . . .

If it makes you feel better, I found Civ IV not much different from Civ III. However . . . the world building tools and the desire to build that perfect utopia is quite addictive. Yesterday, I discovered the wheel. Two minutes later I’m nuking my enemies. :D

By: Lyle

Lyle — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:15:00 +0000

You have a source for instant Vietnamese Coffee? I think I hate you.

By: The Dane

The Dane — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:36:01 +0000

You should try replacing your addictions with harmless substitutes. For Civ IV, I recommend world of Warcraft. I have it on good authority that the game is not addictive at all. For the Vietnamese coffee, I think we can safely say it together now: You. Are. Doomed.

Doomed unto your doomilnation, even.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:46:37 +0000

I must confess, I am fascinated by the Vietnamese instant coffee. Is it more caffeinated than our American instant coffee? Is it just that much more delicious?

I just googled it and got lots of confusing links, but if there’s a brand I should be finding, please post! I would be the envy of my office if I were to whip out some exotic instant coffee instead of settling for the pod system available in our kitchen.

By: Cheryl Lynn

Cheryl Lynn — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:24:54 +0000

As someone who now needs The Sims 2 like Bubbles needs crack, I would advise you to stay away from all simulation/strategy games. They are evil. Evil!

I really don’t see how anyone could ever be addicted to coffee though. The stuff smells incredible but tastes vile.

By: go on

go on — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:49:05 +0000

Yes but how do know its horrible until you take a little taste.
Come just a nibble wont hurt…

By: The Beat

The Beat — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:34:36 +0000

Great. Locusts and agent orange. Good aversion therapy!

By: Edward Liu

Edward Liu — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:28:17 +0000

Would it help if I said that the Mac version of Civ IV is a pretty serious resource hog and may not run very well by mid/end game even on your shiny new Intel iMac? Later patches have greatly sped up gameplay, but it’s still pretty hard on the hardware.

Plus, it’s UGLY and it SMELLS FUNNY and it will call down a plague of LOCUSTS on your apartment. And the LOCUSTS will all be carrying FLESH EATING BACTERIA. And then PARIS HILTON will arrive to sing you a song. Really, is the sweet embrace of turn-based Sid Meier goodness worth all that?

(Hey, you didn’t say we had to be HONEST about trying to help in the avoiding temptation thing.)

As for the Vietnamese coffee, all I got is that mom’s told me that she’s hesitant to buy anything agricultural from Vietnam since who knows how much Agent Orange is left over in the ground from the war.