http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/ A games writer in the UK who also sometimes tries to make things. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:40:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46392 Roadrunner Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:43:36 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46392 You know, You should change the name of "Trust me with your ears" to "lend me your ears." It sounds more intellectual. Friends, Romans, Countrymen! Lend me your ears! I hate shakespeare, but Julius Caesar could be the only thing he's ever written which I like. And Hamlet. It sounds more intellectual.
Friends, Romans, Countrymen! Lend me your ears!

I hate shakespeare, but Julius Caesar could be the only thing he's ever written which I like. And Hamlet.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46343 CloakRaider Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:28:54 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46343 Heh, immediately thought bloop when I heard the water sounds, and the fact you said it was short. http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46341 Jazmeister Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:07:52 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46341 @ Bret You must be... <i>mad.</i> Oh, excuse me. The offering is awake.
You must be... mad.

Oh, excuse me. The offering is awake.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46340 Bret Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:57:48 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46340 Well, maybe. On the other hand, Tom may be preparing us for the return of the dreaded old ones, whose waking will lead mankind into madness and death. I think I prefer you being right.
On the other hand, Tom may be preparing us for the return of the dreaded old ones, whose waking will lead mankind into madness and death.

I think I prefer you being right.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46334 Iain "DDude" Dawson Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:51:36 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46334 I JUST GOT IT! This made no sense... why would Tom give us to the Bloop? Why NOW? I just watched Lost. Hurley said it, about 50mins in. "The Island disappeared, we all saw it. It's gone... Bloop!" Someone, Please tell me I am right...
This made no sense... why would Tom give us to the Bloop? Why NOW?

I just watched Lost. Hurley said it, about 50mins in. "The Island disappeared, we all saw it. It's gone... Bloop!"

Someone, Please tell me I am right...]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46289 HyperKUltra Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:34:40 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46289 Bioshock intro? http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46278 Random science posts… « Temple of the Clouded Mind Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:33:50 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46278 [...] lot of speculation. My favorite is the Bloop, for this little tidbit of speculation I found on the Tom Francis blog: The Bloop is an unidentified noise picked up twelve years ago by several sets of military [...] http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46267 ab Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:15:34 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46267 All it shows is that, where preconditioned, the symbolic stimulus can be either gamey or real. So I dunno, if you love/hate something already, you'll probably lovehate it in a game too? As you said, more interesting would be an experiment to see if you could use a game to do the conditioning.
As you said, more interesting would be an experiment to see if you could use a game to do the conditioning.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46238 Bret Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:19:38 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46238 Ah. Well, here's hoping Mexican wrestlers, natural enemies of supernatural evil, can save us all. If not, well, anyone speak the tounges of the unholy deep and or old ones, that man was not meant to speak of?
Well, here's hoping Mexican wrestlers, natural enemies of supernatural evil, can save us all.

If not, well, anyone speak the tounges of the unholy deep and or old ones, that man was not meant to speak of?]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46237 Pentadact Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:00:13 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46237 Yeah, the addition of tastes seems to render the experiment wildly unscientific with respect to the effects of ordinary gaming. Why didn't they just make the bad-jersey guys punch you in the game, reducing your speed? http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46234 ab Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:27:16 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46234 @Lack_26 No, I think that article is about how nasty tastes might affect how we respond to stimulus. I don't recall ever playing a videogame that tasted of anything, unless it was S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and licking the collectors edition tin-box counts. No, I think that article is about how nasty tastes might affect how we respond to stimulus.

I don't recall ever playing a videogame that tasted of anything, unless it was S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and licking the collectors edition tin-box counts.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46233 Opusau Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:59:43 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46233 @Bret: R'lyeh is actually near that point on the map according to its wikipedia article. Knew it the moment I heard it. Cthulu snores a lot.
Knew it the moment I heard it. Cthulu snores a lot.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46199 Alexander Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:05:12 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46199 Could it be the sound of that ship flying by in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2? http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46198 Lack_26 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:21:50 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46198 Not really related to this, but an interesting article on NewScientist about how video games might affect how we respond to stimulus. The link is in the website thing (click my name). http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46197 Roadrunner Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:33:41 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46197 Can I ask what relevence the bloop has to anything apart from being an awesome conspiracy? How come it's washed up here O.o I like conspiracies, but not the stupid ones like 9/11. Infact, I have a big book o' conspiracies. How come it's washed up here O.o
I like conspiracies, but not the stupid ones like 9/11. Infact, I have a big book o' conspiracies.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46195 Denton Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:32:47 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46195 @Redhawk: In addition to the Bloop and the Slow Down, there are four other instances of Cthulhu being very loud here: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics/sounds_mystery.html I love how they're all named for how they sound apart from one called 'Julia'. http://www.pmel.noaa... ...stery.html

I love how they're all named for how they sound apart from one called 'Julia'.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46193 Jason L Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:05:04 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46193 Pins on a map don't communicate that the estimated 'location' of The Bloop is a huge approximation, based on fuzzy bearings for a low-frequency sound on decades-old sonar arrays. Hush now, hush now O High Priest. I don't remember it, but Wiki says Cloverfield actually ties the monster to The Bloop.
I don't remember it, but Wiki says Cloverfield actually ties the monster to The Bloop.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46192 Bret Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:47:22 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46192 Ah, the Bloop. Looks like it couldn't be big C though, unless he has a summer home. Maybe it's his clone from Rex Libris.
Looks like it couldn't be big C though, unless he has a summer home.

Maybe it's his clone from Rex Libris.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46191 J-Man Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:43:55 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46191 Hot dog, having 2 monitors is fun. I really feel like a weirdo secret agent with google earth on one screen and code on the other. http://www.pentadact.com/2009-01-27-trust-me-with-your-ears-volume-four/#comment-46190 J-Man Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:42:32 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=402#comment-46190 Or its this fella: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clover_(creature)
http://en.wikipedia.... ...(creature)]]>