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I was surprised because I had not heard of such a thing. It was basically a 3DS with a headstrap. You could play VR games or use it like a normal 3DS. The dream felt so real I actually googled for it when I woke up.

I think it was a Zelda game called Dark Light

* love for helvetica font

* avid apple customer

* generally unkempt

* flannel shirts

francis it's ok, shadoo will help you. that's what he's here for

like you didn't already know

Very sorry to hear about your recent DWI Francis. We hope you can muster the strength to triumph over your addiction. All of us here at Digibutter have your back.

Absent: Vid, everyone else

Since everything is user-generated, you create the world and the quests.  The basic structure of the game world is like this:

• There is an overhead map view of the world.  The map has different kinds of spaces on it.  Grass, water, buildings, etc.
• When you click on a space, the view zooms in to a 2D side view of that area.
• If the area has a building, you can enter it.  Inside the building is a room.  A room can have doors to other rooms.
• A room can also have objects in it.  An object can be anything: a chair, magical orb, wizard, etc...
• The player can carry some objects, these are called items
• The player can talk to other players in the same space and exchange items

When a player interacts with an object, one or more of these things can happen:

• Display text/dialog.
• Give the player an item.
• Disappear (die)
• Turn into a different object.
• Do the above things based on the player having interacted with some other object.

So given the ability to create buildings, objects, define what they do, and chain them all together to build a quest, what would you create?

I mentioned in the State of Digibutter post that I would not have much access to a computer or internet for a while.  That's because I'm walking from Georgia to Maine along the Appalachian Trail.  I've gone over 50 miles so far!

As a true geek, I have two cell phones and a netbook.  So I will be able to connect every now and then.  I just want you all to know that I haven't died or something (unless I do get eaten by a bear, but my dog is with me, so that won't happen).

Registered most of my old Wii games at the last minute for Club Nintendo coins. Here's hoping for some decent schwag.  

Update: meh https://club.nintendo.com/elite-status-gifts.do

Today I've noticed that whenever I load a page on Digi, Avast reports that it has blocked a suspicious connection to chats.lulzsec.com (although the website itself still loads). The issue doesn't seem to be browser-specific (having tested it in both IE and Firefox) and I have yet to see this occur on any other websites. I had my brother test it on his PC and the alert still registered (albeit only after I logged my account in on his computer), but I am running a scan on my PC just in case there is something going on locally.

Is this something I should be concerned about? To anyone reading this topic, have you also recieved any alerts?

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I think it's awesome that there is a American Helicopter Society Future Vertical Lift Conference

I tend to avoid Apple products, but work got me this hunk of shiny. Any mac users here? Have any suggestions as to what to install or configure?