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Title: Idle Thumbs (now with E3 content!)
Post by: remixor on Fri 14/05/2004 01:36:48
Update: the first two rounds of E3 preview are up, hooray!  A hardware round-up and our first batch of game previews are now available for your perusal...

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Sorry for the shameless plug, but several guys from various internety areas with which you may be familiar launched a new general gaming site called Idle Thumbs (http://www.idlethumbs.net/).Ã,  It's more editorial and opinion-based than sites like Gamespot, and our reviews carry no numerical or symbolic ratings--essentially, we're all about subjectivity.Ã,  We don't have TONS of content at the moment, but we really wanted to launch by E3, so bear with us.Ã,  Our E3 content is going to be a little more off the wall than most sites', as we figure any super crazy exclusives are already going to be on Gamespot, IGN, etc.Ã, 

Anyway, go visit Idle Thumbs (http://www.idlethumbs.net/) - We're probably all about video games!!

Also, post on the forums.Ã,  Make yourself at home.
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: BOYD1981 on Fri 14/05/2004 01:50:13
if you want lots of stuff for the site you should get in touch with Satanic Software...
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: MrColossal on Fri 14/05/2004 01:56:40
can you do me a favour? it's really simple and it will differentiate you from all the other exclusives at E3...

Don't... Talk about the booth girls...

That's the only request I make... Good luck
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: LordHart on Fri 14/05/2004 01:58:11
Looks good so far. I'd probably only check it for the retro section of the site though...

<off-topic> I almost threw up just then, but it stopped in my throat... :(</off-topic>

Anyway, me equals registering now...
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: Layabout on Fri 14/05/2004 12:43:48
Most excellent!
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: piraatlife4me on Fri 14/05/2004 14:21:21
Nice!!!
Looks really good ;)
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: on Fri 14/05/2004 17:18:56
Quote from: MrColossal on Fri 14/05/2004 01:56:40
can you do me a favour? it's really simple and it will differentiate you from all the other exclusives at E3...

Don't... Talk about the booth girls...

That's the only request I make... Good luck

Believe me, Eric, that's the last thing we're going to talk about...
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: shbaz on Fri 14/05/2004 17:23:15
Quote from: remix E3 on Fri 14/05/2004 17:18:56
Quote from: MrColossal on Fri 14/05/2004 01:56:40
can you do me a favour? it's really simple and it will differentiate you from all the other exclusives at E3...

Don't... Talk about the booth girls...

That's the only request I make... Good luck

Believe me, Eric, that's the last thing we're going to talk about...

Because you're all flaming heterosexuals!

Really nice site man, lots of good writers and amusing reviews.
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: Meowster on Fri 14/05/2004 20:15:26
Yeah right. We all that that the reason Double Fine haven't turned up is because it was actually a cover for a secret wedding between Chris and Tim that only close family and friends, and a few sneaky reporters knew about. I'm on to you bastards.
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: Babar on Fri 14/05/2004 20:42:39
Hmph! The review on Another world got me all excited that they made a sequel or a remake. Then I saw that one has already been made!
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: on Fri 14/05/2004 21:16:41
Er... hi there.  I'm Doug, and I'm the webmaster over at Idle Thumbs (as well as at Adventure Gamers).  I just felt the need to state that the booth girls annoy the hell out of me :)
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: Ghormak on Fri 14/05/2004 21:24:10
Whoa. Marek's Deus Ex 2 review is as if I had written it myself. Except it had a rich vocabulary and good grammar.

/me gives an idle thumb up
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: Meowster on Fri 14/05/2004 22:16:20
Hey, asshole!!!!

(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/timandREMO.JPG)

I crashed your goddamn wedding!!

...What?! The lighting was kinda funny.
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: evenwolf on Fri 14/05/2004 22:33:01
I managed to read the GTA violence article (the first bit anyways) and was really amused.  Other stuff like the flying goose thing confused me-I couldn't tell if that was some weird game being reviewed or what.
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: Barcik on Sat 15/05/2004 00:04:51
Lovely! Absolutely lovely!
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: MrColossal on Sat 15/05/2004 00:23:59
Quote from: remix E3 on Fri 14/05/2004 17:18:56
Believe me, Eric, that's the last thing we're going to talk about...
Quote from: tabacco E3 on Fri 14/05/2004 21:16:41
Er... hi there.Ã,  I'm Doug, and I'm the webmaster over at Idle Thumbs (as well as at Adventure Gamers).Ã,  I just felt the need to state that the booth girls annoy the hell out of me :)

You've made a Colossal Man very happy...

also:

LOLOLOLLLLLL!L!!!11! YFSTER LYKES DOOBLE FINE!!! GET IT YET?~!? DOES ANYONE GET THE JOKE?!?! IS IT FUNNY YEET? ARE YOU ALL LAUGHING AT THE JKOKE THAT SHE IS MAKING CONSTANTLY CONSTANTLY CONSTANTLY?!?!! I DON"T KNOW IF YOU GET THE JOKE YETI!! MAYBE AFTER 400 MORE POSTES LIKE THIS WILL HELP YOU BEETER GET TEH JORK!!!!!!!!1!! etc...

in other words: we get it... can you tone down on the over the top fangirl mode a little, please. It's all I ask.
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: TheDude on Sat 15/05/2004 00:46:30
Cool site, very nice design! The reviews i've read so far have been pretty enjoyable :)
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: Meowster on Sat 15/05/2004 19:24:23
Joke?

Kingz art is very stylized. I like. What is his obsession with drawing hands?
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: Wormsie on Sun 16/05/2004 09:12:52
Thumbs are difficult to draw.

We hear.
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: remixor on Mon 17/05/2004 09:23:53
Quote from: Yufster on Sat 15/05/2004 19:24:23
Joke?

Kingz art is very stylized. I like. What is his obsession with drawing hands?

In this case, because we told him to.
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: remixor on Mon 17/05/2004 09:26:43
Thanks for the positive responses, people.Ã,  It's absurd that we still don't have E3 content, but E3 was an absolutely insane week of getting lost, getting into car accidents, things being stolen, computers not working properly, etc., etc.Ã,  Don't worry, we have stuff to write.Ã,  It will be written.Ã,  You will read it.Ã,  Please.

Quote from: kingsized on Fri 14/05/2004 22:33:01
I managed to read the GTA violence article (the first bit anyways) and was really amused.Ã,  Other stuff like the flying goose thing confused me-I couldn't tell if that was some weird game being reviewed or what.

Yeah, Spaff is slightly out of his mind.Ã,  That article is just a general "welcome to the site" sort of thing, believe it or not.
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs
Post by: Barcik on Mon 17/05/2004 10:36:23
Seems like you have plenty to write about...  ;D
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs (now with E3 content!)
Post by: remixor on Thu 20/05/2004 21:51:54
Update: the first two rounds of E3 preview are up, hooray!  A hardware round-up and our first batch of game previews are now available for your perusal...
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs (now with E3 content!)
Post by: Meowster on Thu 20/05/2004 21:56:33
You should have a link to Idle Thumbs in your signature :)
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs (now with E3 content!)
Post by: on Thu 20/05/2004 22:28:29
Thanks for all the kind words about the site. I'm glad someone is reading it... I wonder if I have an account here...
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs (now with E3 content!)
Post by: remixor on Fri 21/05/2004 09:09:44
Quote from: Yufster on Thu 20/05/2004 21:56:33
You should have a link to Idle Thumbs in your signature :)

Done.
Title: Re: Idle Thumbs (now with E3 content!)
Post by: on Sat 29/05/2004 23:32:15
Sorry for the continued pimpage, but we finally have some more new content (http://www.idlethumbs.net) over at Idle Thumbs (dot net).  Check it out for more E3 impressions, a feature on a game you've almost certainly never heard of until now (Uncle Roy is All Around You), and a bizarre picture gallery of me demonstrating just how hardcore and extreme the new N-Gage is.

idlethumbs.net (http://www.idlethumbs.net)