Comments on: New York https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/ We're back on a default theme because comments broke on my custom one and I don't have the energy to figure out why Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:15:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Pod https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126201 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:15:32 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126201 “This is where you start in Deus Ex.”

That’s exactly what I thought, too.
APT.

]]> By: Jazmeister https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126176 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:45:13 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126176 Just began laughing at the shark a few minutes ago. I’ll let you guys know when I stop.

]]> By: TooNu https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126175 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:56:07 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126175 Did you get to Battery park aswell? I’m just asking. If it were my trip I would be damn sure to go to Battery park.

]]> By: Pentadact https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126171 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:29:06 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126171 The first pic is a ricotta and pear polenta waffle from Locanda Verde, but I guess you mean the big one? That’s The Rivington’s french toast with fresh fruit and maple and vanilla syrup.

]]> By: Walternat0r https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126170 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:12:12 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126170 Nice pics, especially the Manatee that’s so hungry its gorging on itself.

Quick Q, what is that first pic in your NY Food group? It has banana and strawberries on so i’d have though its a pancake type thing, only its massive, like an oversized slice of bread.

]]> By: skizelo https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126167 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:05:04 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126167 Bret! I can’t tell if you know this already, but since the syntax threw me the first pass at it, I’ll err on the side of caution: the caption can be rephrased as “Turtles are ok with many things, even death, as demonstrated by how happy this skeletal turtle appears.”
Also, I was wondering why the site went down but now I know. Don’t put hats on beds Tom, haven’t you seen Drugstore Cowboy?

]]> By: Nano https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126158 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:45:39 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126158 @Rei_Onryou Aw, thanks! I’m not sure what exactly I’m a legend of…anyway, next time, I get to choose the game to roleplay. And I’m a BIG fan of J-RPGs…

]]> By: J-Man https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126157 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:09:39 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126157 I remember last time I was in Manhattan I visited Battery Park. Not like Deus Ex at all :(

]]> By: Rei Onryou https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126156 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:55:35 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126156 @Nano: At last, we finally meet the brains behind the legend. Keep doing whatever it is that you do. And at least he didn’t ask you to be Gunther.

]]> By: Bret https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126155 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:33:48 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126155 What is the death turtle okay with?

Inquiring minds want to know!

Also:
When due process fails us, we really do live in a world of terror.

]]> By: Dr. Nerfball https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126154 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:31:28 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126154 Those hats are awesome. However they certainly cannot be described as foppish. Therefore they plae in comparison to the mighty: http://z.about.com/d/gouk/1/0/I/U/-/-/tallfeathers.jpg

Tremble in fear! Because as we all now, hat awesomeitude shows status. Also if you look up feathered hats in google you get some really trippy responses.
(gee I hope that link posted properly)

]]> By: ZomBuster https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126153 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:27:18 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126153 I’ll trade my Ushanka for that Tyrolean!

And did you had to take pictures of all your food? Makes me hungry..

]]> By: Ludo https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126152 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:49:20 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126152 Great pics, especially excellent hats.

]]> By: Jazmeister https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126151 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:06:03 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126151 AlexW: It’s actually only half as tall as the PCG office.

]]> By: Nicomallo https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126150 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:51:10 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126150 I like a man who never goes sightseeing without a mouse. Who wants to be stuck up Mount Everest playing an FPS with a touchpad?

]]> By: AlexW https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126149 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:47:51 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126149 When I saw the Deus Ex pic I laughed.
When I saw the ‘chocolate’ (butyric acid added to make it as rubbish as Hershey’s is naturally), I wasn’t so amused any more.
And when I saw the last few comments I laughed again.

Congrats on the trip. Did you get vertigo from the top of the Empire State Building? It’s really, really tall. And also the elevator doesn’t go all the way up, which seems inconsiderate to me.

]]> By: Nano https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126148 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:29:42 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126148 @Little Green Man It was mostly pretty funny. Until he asked me if I could act like Jaime and teach him how to pick locks.

]]> By: Little Green Man https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126147 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:24:58 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126147 @Lack_26/Nano
That sounds like the best thing EVER. I do feel sorry for you to have to actually be with him at the time though…

]]> By: Nano https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126146 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:12:20 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126146 @Lack_26 Believe me, he pretty much tried to do this when we were there. I tried to look as though I wasn’t with him. Wasn’t helped by him going ‘Kim, this is where I meet Jaime. Hey, come back!’

]]> By: Lack_26 https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126145 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:51:29 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126145 I demand you fly back, and recreate Deus Ex by having to walk, laptop in hand, and recreate every step possible as you play.

Also, aww, I want to go to New York. I hope you had fun.

]]> By: Jazmeister https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126144 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:11:40 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126144 Ed, remember that we’re police. Stick with the prod.

Under my marital vows, I am contractually obliged to assert whenever appropriate that Liberty Island is in New Jersey, although the wikipedia article clears it up a little bit – it’s still owned by New York, NJ provide all the utilities, and interestingly, NJ actually own the “submerged mass” of the island. Sure, until they try to remove it.

]]> By: EGTF https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126143 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:38:12 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126143 Did you see if they had a GEP gun at the Liberty Island gift shop?

]]> By: cixelsyD https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126142 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:53:26 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126142 The “progress” at Ground Zero is appalling. I’ve been following it for awhile, and they’ve really pretty much just started construction around a year and a half ago, 6 years after 9/11. Good news is that they’re starting to look like they’re making progress.

It will be interesting to see whether Tower 4 managed by private contracters will go up before 1 world trade center, built by the port authority.

PS, Bank of America tower on left side in picture of things north of empire state. Apparently the “greenest” or one of the greenest buildings in the world.

]]> By: bbot https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126141 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:20:59 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126141 That Times Square photo reminds me of some turn of the century polemic where it was direly predicted that this whole skyscaper fad that the kids were so fond of would result in the street level being reduced to grim, lightless canyons.

Tah dah!

]]> By: The_B https://www.pentadact.com/2009-10-20-new-york/#comment-126140 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:02:16 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1106#comment-126140 How many guards around the Statue of Liberty did you kill?

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