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By being where he was when some asshole hooligans decided to kill the next random person they saw.

I guess it's like how a sponge can be lighter than water, but once the spaces in it get filled with water it sinks.

I think it's just because the guy was Australian in the States on a baseball scholarship. It adds a new layer to the "wrong place, wrong time" ghoulishness of such random crimes.

What do those left alive have to "deal with"? We're all going to have to "deal with" the deaths of everyone we know who dies before we do. It's never easy. Never. At least under these circumstances it was controlled and explained. If you're just gonna keep coming back with "Yeah, but it's still...

Of course! But with Martin's web page, he has the greatest amount of influence possible over their "vantage points". In any case, he has a far greater degree of control over how people view his death than he would have if he had just waited for it to happen. He didn't just abandon those close to...

Absolutely. No. That's murder. you can make decisions about your own death, not someone else's. I guess we established "murder"?

Nope. Those 3 are the scum of the Earth and deserve far worse than anything society could ever punish them with. I just find it amusing that every time something like this happens we get a bunch of white guys playing the victim card again.

That wasn't his logic at all. And the negative consequence would be...? Nobody's "stamping an age on it". The reason 60 worked for Martin was explained on his site (under the 'Why 60?" section if I'm not mistaken).

Enlighten me.

I addressed this too. It's almost as though I actually thought about what I was saying before I said it. I said suicide is usually "worse" because of what we associate it with (pain, suffering, hopelessness and despair). None of these were the case for Martin. That doesn't mean friends and...

Ha ha! See, I actually do have people who depend on me, and I have yet much to live for. I haven't finished a Final Fantasy since VII for Christ's sake.

Sorry, I forgot to include "...that would have been hurt anyway". I did actually mention that deathalwaysinvolves pain and sufferingfor all involved.

My Little Pony fanfics? On theinternet? (scurries away excitedly)

I keep checking this thread in hopes of some kind of closure, for an "I got the title, guys!" statement, but it never comes. It never comes.

Black people committed a crime? Let's not forget who the real victims are here, folks: white guys worried about being labelled "racists".

When do we reach the point where we have spent "enough" time with family and friends? Isn't that just one of those things that, no matter how long we live, we would always want more of? It's the same as wanting to see the next technological breakthrough, or the next great movie, or the next...

Never mind "owing something to society". He was 60, he paid his dues. Death is terrifying, messy, ugly, and causes pain and suffering for all involved regardless of how it occurs. Why the fuck not choose to take control over when and how it takes place? Why look at it as an act of cowardice or...

Thanks for the heads up.

Doesn't sound like anyone's actually played Rogue Legacy. I think it's a ton of fun. I didn't think cheap hits were much of a problem at all, and the random traits combined with the customizable and always-improving stats make for a game that likes to mix it up while always providing a sense of...

Probably too early to ask, but can you still become an invincible god two thirds of the way through the game by focusing on all the side missions?

As long as there's some way to identify collectible locations without having to manually scour every inch of land (or search for a map online) I'll be happy.

Monster in my Pocket, by Konami for the NES!

Were where you in the 90s? Where you were you where before then, or where you were you always where?

Never mind stereotyping people you'd like to see less of, wouldn't the world be a better place if more people decided to take control of their own deaths instead of fighting it to the bitter end and letting everyone else take care of it? The guy prepaid his own cremation and did everything he...

It kind of sucks that new characters won't be available to those who don't buy the expansion, but I guess that's the nature of the beast. At least everyone will get twin-stick support. I don't know why it wasn't in there from the beginning. It always drove me crazy that I needed a mouse to aim...

I like Grey's Law: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.

Well, he kind of did. Used a lot more words, though.

Sounds pretty natural to me. Heck, I don't even think the "getting old" part is a prerequisite for thinking about suicide. It's very likely everybody thinks about it at some point or another, even if most of us don't act on it. Death is the last great mystery of life, and sheer curiosity if...

Why perverse? Who decided we are all obliged to live the maximum number of days possible? Why isn't it shallow to pretend death doesn't exist until you're forced to deal with it? As for friends and family, Manley didn't leave behind any children or people who needed him. Those who knew him are...

I still can't figure out how the actual game works. Is it like Little Big Planet, Disney style? How do you make "limitless possibilities" accessible to children without really dumbing things down? What can you do with the "sets" you create? Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of a "toybox" style...

Of course. Generally it's the family and friends of someone who commits suicide who suffer the most (and it can be especially traumatizing for children). That's probably the single most important factor in convincing an otherwise suicidal person not to commit suicide. In Martin's case it wasn't...

Looks like a lot of fun, but I can't imagine it being worth 15$. I'd rather either wait for a Steam sale or just wait for it to inevitably be free for Playstation Plus members. The IGN review told me pretty much everything I needed to know. Looks great, sounds great, plays great, action is...

Me too. I posted the samevideoon page 38! It's one thing to know intuitively that you're playing a well-designed game because it feels good and you're having fun. It's another to be able to break down individual elements and explain how to lead and teach a player through gameplay. And to do...

Needs more exclamation points.

Boogerman & Killer Instinct

Correct. Correct. Correct. Nope. Nope. Thanks for sharing.

Just in case anyone was curious: Here's a new batch, all for PC (you should have significantly less trouble with these): 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)

I could not disagree more. If anything, we are nowhere near casual enough about death. At least our own deaths. Death used to be accepted as a natural and inevitable part of life. When someone died, the family would lay the body on his/her bed for 1-2 days to allow friends and family to pay...

Jesus fucking Christ. Everyone's allowed to believe whatever they want to believe. That's fine and dandy. But since when does the rest of society have to bend over backwards to accommodate those beliefs?Especiallyafter you've committed a crime and are being punished for it? The guy had three...