People have often asked me, "what do you want to do with this site?", and to
be perfectly honest; I'm not sure. Sort of an anticlimactic answer, that's
...
#2 6/27/2002
by ramus
Hey it's me again... wait this is my first article. OK, let's try Jerry...
No! Ramus, yeah Ramus is more mysterious. So from now on you can all call
me Ramus. Or, I'll be starting all posts with something like "Hey it's me."
Or some dumb shit like that.
...
#3 6/28/2002
by Ramus
It's me again... Hey, I can actually do that this time! Anyway, I was playing
Marvel Hero Clix,
the newest game from
WizKids, against my DM (District Manager, anyone that imm...
#4 7/1/2002
by Ramus
Once again, me here. I just downloaded the new
Kazaa
Lite English 1.7.1, and wow. I was using Morpheus for a while, but then
...
#5 7/2/2002
by fishstyx
Man, good lookin' people have it rough. While attractive people
themselves don't often compain of it, those with keen detectivatorial skills
will notice that being dead sexy has it's drawbacks. They're not the sort of
problems that attractive people complain about, they're the sort of problems
...
#6 7/11/2002
by fishstyx
The following is a guest article submitted by dabura667.
So Fishstyx, Thor & I went to see the new Austin Powers movie: "Austin Powers in Goldmember" Yes, it's fucking epic, go see it, multiply times. But I digress, like all other movies, it had trailer...
#8 8/2/2002
by Ramus
It was raining last night, and I felt the need to write something. Here it is...
Thor & I went to see "Austin Powers in Goldmember" again, for the second last night. And let me tell you, it's way better the second time.
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#10 8/18/2002
by fishstyx
People like to complain. In particular, they like to complain about how
the world doesn't care about them, or how everyone's out to get them. People
say things that make no sense, but are said so often that we assign them
sense. How many clichés do you hear every day that have no literal
...
They say that if you're married, you should never go to bed angry. By analogy; I should not be writing this review now. You know how it seems like every game has one boss who's too bloody hard? I'm at that boss right now. And spoilers be damned; the Omega Pirate is that boss. It's one of those boss types that has a "recharge stati...
(repost from before I lost some files)
It's become apparent to me that lately, a certain genre of writing has been woefully absent: Gothic Comedy.
Part the first:
Aaron drummed his fingers on the table. He rested his head in his hands and looked across at at Lindsay, who absentmidedly swirled her drink. To her left, Amon strained to scratch an itch in the small of his bac...
I remeber how it started quite distinctly. It is commonplace for someone in my situation - which I will soon make clear - to forget where a recent curious series of events began, but I remember it as clearly as can be. For many weeks previously, a dismal stillness hung in the air about the city, and it rained incessantly. The drone of the rain - oh how I tired of it! One would think that havin...
Part 2 - the beginning of the prequel (read part 1)
Nicodemus Morgan shifted uncomfortably in his chair. His desire for a sense of classic styling resulted in spacious, inefficently heated stone rooms and uncomfortable chairs. From the outiside, his home resembled just another identical home in a suburbia of identical homes - but there...
(repost from before I snarfed a bunch of articles)
Game Review: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City [PS2]
Everyone's aware of what Vice City has to offer - we've all played or seen Grand Theft Auto 3. The differences between the games are a well-executeed few. Inconsistancies with the vehicle physics, the addition of easily pilotable aircraft (and motorcycles, which spend a great dea...
Within the bounds of the law, I'll try pretty much anything. I'm not afraid to try new things, and I'll often volunteer to do a new thing first. If it doesn't hurt too much or cost too much, I'll give it a go. Occasionally, this attitude has gotten me into trouble - and this is one such occasion. I had read the back of the Cubivore box many times, ...
Much talk has been made as of late regarding the possible use of engineered weapons by Iraq in the upcoming war. Chemical and biological weapons are terribly deadly even with a relatively small payload, and the effects can contaminiate the people and the land for years after the initial event. To illustrate this point, consider the example of the Depleted Uranium Shell.
Hunting Season
(Warning: Gratuitous Commas and Parentheses Ahead)
This, unlike everything else right now, isn't about the war. Anyone who took a high school psychology class knows about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. It's the little pyramid of, basically, what we're worried about. Y...
I'm trying to figure out exactly when the internet lost it's magic for me.
I was talking to swarding about his recently-posted BrassBrass comic, and he was so jazzed to see his work on the ACTUAL INTERNET - he likened it to seeing...
"Good night, daddy."
"Good night Erika."
Steven Henry kissed his 10-year-old daughter on the forehead, then quietly crept out of the room and closed the door. He leaned back against the closed door and stared thoughtfully at the hallway ceiling.
"What are you thinking about, dear?"
Steven turned and smiled at his wife.
"Oh... nothing, dear. Just thinking those fatherly thou...
The history of the Internet is a tangled web of myth and obscurity. Nobody knows for sure exactly when or whom invented the internet, but due to recently-unearthed .docs we may hve a little more insight into the humble, enigmatic beginning of humanity's largest library of pornographic content. Join us today as we probe the deepest recesses of fact and expunge the hidden mystery of... The Inter...
John had come to accept the fantastic: this guy really was from the future. At this point, after all he had experienced, that was undeniable. Still, John could not belive rest of the "future" told by this enigmatic "Martin". He told epic stories of armed conflict, international espionage and eventually cataclysmic destruction. Supposedly, John was going to take a trip to some place in Indiana ...
Part 3 - the continuation of the prequel (part 1 || part 2)
Lindsay rifled through her closet. She quickly realized that she hadn't bought any "nice" clothing in years. Several hundred, to be accurate - like herself, the clothing never seemed to age. Tonight would be the first time she ...
The vanity of humanity knows no bounds. It was once exciting to get a loved one's name tattooed upon oneself then, after that, more elaborate tattoos were desired. Eventually, piercing entered the realm of accepted body alteration, beginning with "mundane" locations such as the nipples or eyebrow and moving on to the tongue or genetalia. Just when it seem...
My name is Clive Metrano. You may recognize my surname as the latter portion of Smith, Anderton and Metrano and indeed, I was once the younger partner in this illustrious firm. For those of you who don't run in the business circles, the firm to which I belonged is one of the most recommended, non-retained civil representation firms on the eastern seaboard. Sadly, it is far more likely that you...
To commemerate the leaking of the (almost) full release of Half-Life 2, we at microsponge.org decided to "leak" a bit of our proprietary code as well. Share and Enjoy!
It all started on Sunday the 26th of October, due to a bout of insomnia. I was in my room trying to fall asleep, and I found myself trying to picture the room around me, not just remember but feel where every item in the darkened room was.
I was trying to put my whole mind to the task as a k...
Nobody can truly understand the inner workings of the mind of the transmundane. The world of the sane is solid, absolute and unchanging; quantities are well-defined and almost universally accepted. We can all agree on what a slice of pizza is, what a pine forest smells like, and what the color orange is. We all know that we grow up, get jobs, move out on our own, pay taxes and eventually die. ...
((Special guest article by the every-popular Somnium))
I only know some of the background for the Project, but I know that it started with a little girl who was being killed by her own brain. I might get the details wrong; I'm not a doctor or a scientist. I'm also not human. Not anymore.
Special guest article by Somnium, who's a really cool guy for writing these when I've got a billion other things to keep me busy.
There are a lot of people who hate the big corporations for corrupting our government, for caring more about profit than human lives, or for crushing the life out of small businesses.
Well I'm a bloddy idiot. Clank is always telling me I need to write more articles. Oh there's a problem nothing ever happens to me. But like Som so very well pointed out, shit does happen to me. I moved to South Dakota. All of my friends were telling me it was dumb. Fucking South Dakota.
"Yeah, I gotta go to school." I say.
"In South Dakota? Go to school here." They say.
...
I'm not sure how long it was before I woke up. The fire was already out, and I remember that for a second I thought I was camping. I haven't been camping since I was twelve, but that feeling of waking up cold and slightly sore to the smell of rain and burnt logs brought it all back to me....
((and now the stunning conclusion to Som's earlier story))
Part Two (of Two)
"How is everything, Mike?"
Get a grip. Hold on. I look around the room, focus on the white walls and the contrast between them and the computers, between the white and the cords that spread out like the roots of a plant, between the white and...
We, as a global society, have lost our minds. The latest fashion is to put METAL in your EYE. I know this is the internet, so I can't really say it any slower, but I'll try.
I, Ramus, watch very little. If it's not Star Trek or hockey, I'm generally not interested. But every once in a great while, I will come across a show, that is utterly fantabulous. Tripping the Rift is just that show. (36& Star T...
"Now Linda, tell us about the course of events that led up to this hearing."
She sat formal and upright in her chair, alone in the room except for the four doctors sitting opposite her at the table, doing her best to look professional despite her black eye. Reflecting on the question, she wondered how it had come to pass that she should be here, in an asylum. She remembered her child...
This is a pity article. I'm not writing because I have something terribly important to say - this isn't a call to arms or a humorous anecdote. I just feel bad for Microsponge's front page, which has had the same article up for roughly twelve years. Don't get me wrong - it was a great article. A very clever story, and well written. But, seriously,...
Here's a short story courtesy of Dark_Father: Phade to Black
My wife and I couldn’t leave the city with the rest of the evacuees.
We both tested positive for the PHADE virus. That gave us two years to live - three tops. Shit, we probably would have been killed on the spot if not for the Presidents insistence on...
