Streetlight Manifesto. They are one of my all time favorite bands because their music is so accessible. I have yet to find a person who hates them after giving at least one of their songs a listen. Sure, some people aren't into their sound, but they're almost impossible to hate :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm1KNiTCa5c

I suffer from Bipolar II Disorder (Bipolar with depression). Or at least I used to. I'm not too sure if it's something that completely goes away or if I was just able to keep it subdued for an extended period of time. In any case, I went through some mega depression a few years back and it was by far the worst feeling I've ever experienced in all my life. Days where I would wake up and nothing in the world could cheer me up in the slightest, not even my gf at the time. It was a drag on my school work and my relationships with my best friends and gf. I attempted suicide numerous times, and ended up in the hospital about 4 or 5 times because of it. All within a 6 month span no less.

I saw a psychiatrist and that did not help one bit. Nothing she told me would help me feel any better. After being examined my doctors I was diagnosed with severe depression and put on a high dose prescription for anti-depressants. The unfortunate thing was that the doctor diagnosed me incorrectly and rather then start me off easy on these new pills he gave me the full doseage and expected me to be okay, when in fact my depression got much, MUCH worse and I ended up crazy and suicidal again and swallowed an entire bottle of Ambien CR. I woke up in the hospital 2 days later :/

So after a while I finally met a doctor who actually knew what he was doing and took the time to really figure out what was wrong with me and got me on some meds that worked spectacularly. And the best part was I only needed to take them for about a year and go off it completely. Needless to say it worked wonders! I haven't had a suicidal breakdown or anything close to it in almost 3 years. In fact, even though life sometimes sucks now way worse than it did when I was deep in my depression, I can easily keep on smiling and feeling good. Looking back it just seems like I was bursting at the seams with teen angst and I sometimes wonder if there was anything ever seriously wrong with me or if I was just really immature. I'm not sure but I'm thankful to be over it and I'm very grateful to be sitting here today feeling so great.

I'm fairly against psychiatrists and that whole area of the medical field because I've encountered way too many doctors who just half ass their job and write up a prescription and send you on your way. Doctors like that can kill someone so easily, and I know first hand of those dangers. But there are a few doctors out there who really can help, and I'm grateful for those few decent doctors who actually worry about their patients more than the money.

Yeah I tried clicking some links to reviews on your main page but I keep getting a 404 error. It also did it to me for your latest headlines

I don't like saying things like this, but I have a hard time believing the game is that good. Everytime a new "great" platformer comes out I'm always skeptical. Because when I do get around to playing it, I end up very disappointed due to them being extremely easy.

Heirren

I'm only on the second world and I'm already getting frustrated. It's hard, really hard, but fun too. And there is TONS to do in the game. Each level has a Dark version, there are warp worlds, unlockable characters, etc. It's far from easy, the hardest platformer I've played in years.

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[QUOTE="mfp16"]I really really enjoyed that contest. The whole bracket thing was really great. I wish they would continue to do more.mfp16

No I don't mean the contest. It was a feature where the writers would pick a game and discuss it. No contests or anything like that.

Linkage for all the youngin's who weren't here back in the glory days to remember :)

LOL, no problem! I used to read them religiously long ago and I found them so interesting and opened my eyes to a lot of games I missed out on. Looking back at them now just reminds me how much fun this site used to be back then. There were a lot of fun articles and features the editors put up that just seem to be missing from the site nowadays. I even remember getting monthly newsletters for every system out at the time, each one covered my a different writer (I remember Greg Kasavin did PC, Jeff Gerstmann did GC, and Brad Shoemaker did PS2).

I really really enjoyed that contest. The whole bracket thing was really great. I wish they would continue to do more.mfp16

No I don't mean the contest. It was a feature where the writers would pick a game and discuss it. No contests or anything like that.

Linkage for all the youngin's who weren't here back in the glory days to remember :)

(Note: I wasn't exactly sure under what forum to place this topic so if this doesn't belong in OT I apologize)

I remember years back Gamespot had a Greatest Games of all time feature where they'd take a game no gamer should pass up and discuss the game and it's impact on the industry. After recalling this I searched it and saw that the last addition to it was back in 2005 (GTA III being the final game featured). Why hasn't there been anymore games added to this list? I'm sure there are plenty more games that could have been written about, so does anyone have an idea as to why this feature was ended?I'd like to see it return.

I've been doing some research to build a good gaming/media rig, something that can play any PC game with little to no problems, but before I can decide what exactly to get I need help deciding on what kind of CPU/motherboard to get. I want to get a quad-core processor and I also want to make sure that the motherboard is able to accept DDR3 RAM as well as being able to run two graphics cards. I'm a complete noob at this stuff so any help or recommendations are greatly appreciated. I don't exactly have a price limit I'm working with, I'm sort of buying everything I need with my upcoming paychecks, but I don't want to spend a ludicrous amount of money on it. So I guess I'm looking to build a rig between $1000 - $1500, possibly more if need be. Right now though I just need some help on deciding what a good CPU/motherboard combo would be to start me off.

I have a PS360 combo and I love it! I use the 360 for the majority of my console gaming and use my PS3 as a media hub pretty much; it holds all my music, movies and pics AND I'm able to play all the PS3 exclusives. Plus the benefit of having a PS3 to hold all of my movies and such makes it very convenient to play everything on my entertainment center and gives me more room on my laptop's hard drive. PC gaming isn't something for everyone and if someone does decide to get into it I'm sure they'll want it to be more powerful than what a $300 computer is capable of. Having a PS360 is cheaper than a PS3/PC combo IMO and gives you access to all of the great blockbusters coming out.