Post by Akbar Le Grey on Feb 19, 2007 15:27:53 GMT -5
February 19th – February 25th.
Editor-in-Chief: Akbar Le Grey.
Sub-editor: Linda*.
Contributors: Libitina, BSam, Jemima.
Published by 667er Publications, ltd.
A subsidiary of the 667er Group.
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Someone somewhere is dying right now. Everywhere, someone is doing something he or she shouldn't be that will hurt someone else. Perhaps we are not the people committing crimes, but every day, we pass up opportunities to help people who need a hand, or volunteer for a good cause. The world is dying, 667. We are self-absorbed and unconcerned with the well-being and happiness of others.
Let's take a look at Caroline B. Cooney, for instance. She wrote a series of about four books about a young woman named Annie traveling through time. Annie fell in love with a young man named Strat when she went back in time. A woman named Harriett was engaged to marry this Strat. Now, Ms. Cooney, desperate for an exciting romantic plot, used poor Harriett to dump all the problems upon. Harriett ended up dying alone in the mountains of consumption. That is an awful thing to do to a character. But that is a bad example because it isn't real.
A woman was shopping at a supermarket on Christmas Eve at 6:10 P.M. The store was supposed to close at 6:00. Employees were eager to return home to see their families and celebrate Christmas. The woman wasn't moving particularly quickly, and when she checked out at the cash register, she was shocked to learn that the supermarket would not be open the next day on Christmas. "Don't you have any Jewish people working here? You've got to have some employees with no lives," she said.
A class of computer literacy students sat idly at their computers with no given assignment. The teacher was ignoring them. "Ms. Smith, may I go to the band room to hand in an assignment?" a student asked. "I said you can never leave this room to go to band," the teacher replied. "But we aren't doing anything," the student pointed out. It didn't make a difference to the teacher. After a while, she gave them a mindless assignment. One student didn't hear the directions properly and asked her to repeat them, as she had encouraged questions. "I'm not answering that question!" the teacher shouted in reply. "And don't you dare ask anyone else."
This columnist does not understand the inspiration for such unkind behaviour as in the examples above. What does one achieve through being selfish and making up rules for no reason other than to make people miserable? With every self-centered action, insulting statement, and display of disrespect, what does one possibly contribute to the world? I ask you, good members of 667, to think before you act and ask yourself if what you are doing is going to benefit anyone or only make things more difficult. In this world, some people will never care about anyone else. Most of you here are wonderful people who have the ability to greatly influence the people around you. This power, when wisely used, could change society as we know it.
-Libitina.
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Has anyone ever played Golden Axe?
i've decided to write an article about it, half from expe4riance and half from wiki
According to the Killer List of Videogames, Golden Axe is the most important arcade game of the year 1989. it is a fantastic game
he game places the player in control of one of three warriors each bent on revenge against the vile dictator Death Adder. Death Adder has taken over the once peaceful land of Yuria and murdered their friend and partner, Alex.
The game focuses on three heroes. One of them is a battle axe-wielding dwarf, Gilius Thunderhead, from the mines of Wolud whose twin brother was killed by the soldiers of Death Adder. Another is a male barbarian, Ax Battler, wielding a two handed broadsword looking for revenge for the murder of his mother. The last is a long-sword wielding Tyris Flare, a female amazon, whose parents were killed by Death Adder.
ok, so what you do in this game is walk to the right the whole time, dispite the twists and turns on the map you always walk in a straight line (wth small up and down variations, but nothing major) , and then battle people, people on dragons and "bizarrians" and skeletons,
the best bit is when you hit someone on a dragon thing and they fall off, then you get on the dragon and can control the dragons fire breath and stuff.
you also have magic powers
The male warrior Ax is able to cast Earth spells. The dwarf Gilius casts lightning spells and the female warrior Tyris can cast devastating fire magic. the power for this magic is gained by kicking midgets who sneak about your campsite.
sometimes they steal magic off you but if you kick them enough then you can get more than you lost back off them.
we found this game in an emulator in our recently modded XBOX, i remembered it fondly and watched chris the housemate finish the whole game in about half an hour.
my current save of Elder Scrolls IV, Oblivion is at least 70 hours of gameplay, which shows you just how games have changed in the last 16 years.
also oblivion is shinier, more expansive, and etc
but golden axe is crazy fun, you get to walk through a village which is on the back of a giant turtle.
-BSam.
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Welcome to Jem's Random Article! The column where Jemima talks about anything that happens to be on her mind. This week, the topic is:
COOKIES.
OMG COOKIES. Who doesn't like cookies? Cookies are delicious. My favourite kind of cookies are cardamom, sugar, snicker doodle, the really fluffy kind, and then the biscuit cookies that come with tea or something...?
I also love the holiday, festive cookies. You know, the ones that are all decorated with frosting, and are shaped like Christmas trees or Saint Nicholas. The gingerbread people cookies are really good too.
TYPES OF COOKIES[/u]
Alright. You got your bar cookies, your drop cookies, your brownies, your cut out cookies, and then the sliced ones, and then the ones you just mould. That's a lot of cookies. And then they vary in recipe and taste. WHO KNEW THE LAND OF COOKIES WAS SO DIVERSE?!?!?? Either way, they normally taste good, unless some type of repulsive poison was placed into the dough while being refrigerated. Who would do that? Maybe a crazy person who wants to murder cookie lovers... MEENIEHED. But otherwise, I think you're safe eating cookies. Bake sales sell tons of cookies because basically everyone likes cookies. I even took a poll.
What is your opinion on cookies?
Kimia says: What sane person doesn't like cookies?
Pandora says: that theyre good? depending on the kind
[then asked what her favourite kind was] Chocolate chip
Robert says: pretty damn delicius
[then asked if he likes the huge cookies that can fill up a whole cooking pan, or the little cookies that are really petite] ...idk, I like cookies
Brownie says: yum?
[then also asked what his favourite kind was] choco chip
Mr. Anonymous says: I don't normally invest in commercially-produced cookies.
[then asked if he likes the taste or not] Well, they're really a multitude of tastes, depending on whether - wait, are cookies drastically different in America? I forget. In any case, I like them.
See?! People LOVE cookies. Especially chocolate chip ones. For some reason, I don't prefer the taste of chocolate chip cookies. Maybe it's because the ones I've had have been burnt, and I don't like the burnt taste. If I were given a choice of the chocolate chip cookie, and a fudge brownie, I would pick the brownie. Sorry, chocolate chip. You're just not my soulmate.
Cookies come in a multitude of sizes, as told to Robert. I like the huge ones that you can buy at a random coffee shop* and drink cappuccino with. I love the chewy big ones. At our hockey games, they sell enormous ones that normally take two or three people to consume. Then there are the tiny ones that are for people who are diet-committed, or for petit fours, or whatever those are called. Goodness, those are good.
Cookies are so good my cat loves them. Of course, he basically loves any type of people food, like peanut butter or crackers. He's a regular Garfield, yuppers there. Really fat, but cute. I think his favourite kind of cookie is raisin-bran. Hehehh.
Burnt cookies are terrible. Just had to say that. Whoever burns a cookie will never ever have a taker for it. Unless, that's just me. Whatever.
Cookies have powers. Oh yes, they do. You can give people cookies as a bribe, or as a way of feeling sorry. Or for forgiveness. They also help people get money, and a good reputation. Think about it. I give my mother cookies when I want the TV; I send my sister cookies after a fight on the phone. I give people my food (meaning cookies) when I forgive them for a nasty deed they may have put me through. Cookies are for bake sales, and you can bring them in to school on your birthday and make you look like a cute, little, sweet girl when in reality they may want to brag about their cooking skillz to the class.
In closing, cookies are very, very, very yummy, and are a huge contribution to society. I thank the man/woman who invented cookies.
-Jemima
*Dave Navarro stinks.
-Jemima.
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Hi all.
Ugh, so tired. I got back from Lahore yesterday and, like, imploded.
Or, you know, not.
Suffice it to say I was very tired, and still am. Thanks a bunch, everyone who sent in articles for this issue, because very few people bothered to.
Lahore was beautiful. We should meet up there, c’est magnifique.
I haven’t been active for AGES, which saddens me (and hopefully some other people). I did, however, notice J’s ‘reform’. I think it’s quite justified, really; as we love to point out every opportunity we get, we’re a bunch of well-read, informed people, who can express themselves better than just typing some poor word which has had its meaning twisted and corrupted so much that’s it’s called a ‘swear word’. I am not, however, optimistic enough to believe that the reform will work. The intentions are good, but I doubt it can be imposed. If it is, however, I shall eat crow and take my hat off to J and the administrative staff.
Democracy is doomed in Pakistan. An MNA (Member of the National Assembly) friend of my parents was stabbed at a political rally on Wednesday. This makes me sad. ):
Alright, sleep has come to steal my tattered sanity away now, so buh-bye. Stay alive.
Peace out,
Akbar.
PS: I’m really sorry this issue is a day late, but I was really tired yesterday when I got back and it was midnight. *yawn*
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-BSam.
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