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moki · Dec 25, 2004, 12:29 PM

Happy holidays to everyone at MacNN.com from Ambrosia Software!

forkies · Dec 25, 2004, 12:31 PM

ner

Scifience · Dec 25, 2004, 12:34 PM

Do I hear Tooki coming?

Also: Happy holidays to you guys also!

awcopus · Dec 25, 2004, 01:36 PM

Originally posted by moki:
Happy holidays to everyone at MacNN.com from Ambrosia Software!

Moki, please deliver as soon as possible a 3D version of Bubble Trouble that is so intense that it requires the latest graphics cards, 4 GB of RAM, and no less than dual 2 GHz G5s.

THAT would be one helluvalotta bubble trouble!

Mafia · Dec 25, 2004, 02:08 PM

how many happy holidays threads can we have.. for real?

Ghoser777 · Dec 25, 2004, 04:10 PM

Yeah, it's almost like its the holidays or something.

Mafia · Dec 25, 2004, 04:13 PM

doesn't mean u need this many. this could have been posted in either of the other two.

Peter · Dec 25, 2004, 04:17 PM

Originally posted by Mafia:
how many happy holidays threads can we have.. for real?

Lateralus · Dec 25, 2004, 04:22 PM

Originally posted by Mafia:
doesn't mean u need this many. this could have been posted in either of the other two.

How cute. You're like a little angry ball of Christmas joy.

Cubeoid · Dec 25, 2004, 06:10 PM

That owl-rabbit thing is givin me the creepz0rs!

Amorya · Dec 25, 2004, 06:17 PM

Originally posted by Cubeoid:
That owl-rabbit thing is givin me the creepz0rs!

It's not a rabbit, it's Hector! (An African grey parrot)

Mafia · Dec 25, 2004, 06:39 PM

Originally posted by Lateralus:
How cute. You're like a little angry ball of Christmas joy.

i <3 christmas, but i don't like reading a bunch of threads that all just say "happy holidays/merry christmas"

either way

Cubeoid · Dec 25, 2004, 06:43 PM

Originally posted by Amorya:
It's not a rabbit, it's Hector! (An African grey parrot)

Ahaa.. those are the little guys that can talk and solve simple puzzles, they have the intelect of a child, i saw one on television once. Totally great.

Lateralus · Dec 25, 2004, 06:45 PM

Originally posted by Mafia:
i <3 christmas, but i don't like reading a bunch of threads that all just say "happy holidays/merry christmas"

either way

Then why are you browsing an internet forum today?

Mafia · Dec 25, 2004, 07:07 PM

Originally posted by Lateralus:
Then why are you browsing an internet forum today?

cause everyone is asleep and its boring here. it takes me five minutes to get on and check, i do it as i watch tv, and eat. -_- i really don't understsand your point.

CD Hanks · Dec 25, 2004, 07:13 PM

Originally posted by Amorya:
It's not a rabbit, it's Hector! (An African grey parrot)

Didn't I blow him up back in EV1?

Lateralus · Dec 25, 2004, 07:39 PM

Originally posted by Mafia:
i really don't understsand your point.

Apparently.

Mafia · Dec 25, 2004, 08:04 PM

Originally posted by Lateralus:
Apparently.

Kitschy · Dec 26, 2004, 12:33 AM

Bah humbug.

Geez.

Rev-O · Dec 26, 2004, 02:53 AM

Originally posted by Cubeoid:
Ahaa.. those are the little guys that can talk and solve simple puzzles, they have the intelect of a child, i saw one on television once. Totally great.

Hey! Hector and I have something in common! I have the intellect of a child as well!

Lancer409 · Dec 26, 2004, 03:11 AM

Originally posted by Mafia:
i <3 christmas, but i don't like reading a bunch of threads that all just say "happy holidays/merry christmas"

either way

resist clicking on the thread

Gankdawg · Dec 26, 2004, 09:04 AM

All I wanted for Christmas is a version of Aki that plays full screen in something higher than 800X600. And a timer that lets me keep track of my best times on each puzzle.

But I guess it wasn't in the cards. And yes, I did download the update.

olePigeon · Dec 27, 2004, 05:01 PM

If Ambrosia really wanted to make my Christmas, they'd finally rlease a networked adaptation of Escape Velocity.

To get my fix, I have to turn on my PC and play Subspace.

ambush · Dec 27, 2004, 05:10 PM

Wow thanks a lot moki.

I hear the sales are going down?

MacGorilla · Dec 27, 2004, 05:29 PM

Originally posted by Lateralus:
How cute. You're like a little angry ball of Christmas joy.

BRussell · Dec 27, 2004, 05:40 PM

Originally posted by moki:
Happy holidays to everyone at MacNN.com from Ambrosia Software!

"Happy Holidays?" What are you some kind of PC leftist company. Put the Christ back in Christmas!

MacGorilla · Dec 28, 2004, 11:16 AM

Originally posted by BRussell:
"Happy Holidays?" What are you some kind of PC leftist company. Put the Christ back in Christmas!

There are other Holidays besides christmas going on, you know there sparky.

Mafia · Dec 28, 2004, 12:49 PM

Originally posted by Lancer409:
resist clicking on the thread

but its so hard...

olePigeon · Dec 28, 2004, 03:42 PM

Originally posted by BRussell:
"Happy Holidays?" What are you some kind of PC leftist company. Put the Christ back in Christmas!

How how about you get your own damn holiday instead of stealing ours.

BRussell · Dec 28, 2004, 05:06 PM

Originally posted by MacGorilla:
There are other Holidays besides christmas going on, you know there sparky.

Originally posted by olePigeon:
How how about you get your own damn holiday instead of stealing ours.

Am I the only one defending Christmas here? All I'm doing is sticking up for the baby Jesus. Somewhere Jesus is weeping.

Zimphire · Dec 28, 2004, 05:12 PM

Originally posted by ambush:
Wow thanks a lot moki.

I hear the sales are going down?

I am sure Ambrosia makes more than cliche.

Zimphire · Dec 28, 2004, 05:13 PM

Originally posted by olePigeon:
How how about you get your own damn holiday instead of stealing ours.

What holiday did you celebrate that Christmas stole?

That's what I thought.

TheBadgerHunter · Dec 28, 2004, 05:28 PM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
What holiday did you celebrate that Christmas stole?

That's what I thought.

The holiday that christmas was placed over I'd think. Not that christmas ever had that much to do with jesus really.

TheBadgerHunter · Dec 28, 2004, 05:30 PM

Originally posted by BRussell:
Am I the only one defending Christmas here? All I'm doing is sticking up for the baby Jesus. Somewhere Jesus is weeping.

I highly doubt Jesus gives a crap or that christmas has anything to do with christ.

Zimphire · Dec 28, 2004, 05:38 PM

Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:
The holiday that christmas was placed over I'd think.

There was no one Holiday Christmas was "placed over". There was many holidays at the time. Rome though it would be more convenient to place Christmas during this time.

This would like saying Quansica or however it's spelled needs to find a different month to celebrate in!!11 its sill.

My point was, Christmas never stole any holiday. Esp not one he was celebrating.

Christmas was around a lot longer than he.

Not that christmas ever had that much to do with jesus really.

Christmas? It sure does. There are some who celebrate Christmas however that don't care. Which is amusing.

Zimphire · Dec 28, 2004, 05:40 PM

Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:
I highly doubt Jesus gives a crap or that christmas has anything to do with christ.

So Jesus doesn't want anything to do with Christ? You sure about that?

MacNStein · Dec 28, 2004, 06:35 PM

Originally posted by olePigeon:
How how about you get your own damn holiday instead of stealing ours.

and just who is "ours"? Da Wiccas?

olePigeon · Dec 28, 2004, 06:38 PM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
What holiday did you celebrate that Christmas stole?

Saturnalia.

That's what I thought.

Glad you agree. I thought you were an ignorant Christian, too.

olePigeon · Dec 28, 2004, 06:43 PM

Originally posted by MacNStein:
and just who is "ours"? Da Wiccas?

No, Christians stole Easter from Celts, who's varied mythology has a large part in Wicca. Wicca is a fairly recent religion, a more formalized adaptation of many different mythos.

Christians stole "Christmas" from the Romans, who stole it from the Greeks.

MacNStein · Dec 28, 2004, 06:51 PM

Originally posted by olePigeon:
No, Christians stole Easter from Celts, who's mythology has a large part in Wicca. Wicca is a fairly recent religion, a more formalized adaptation of many different mythos.

Christians stole "Christmas" from the Romans, who stole it from the Greeks.

I'm aware of that. Wicca came into being through the efforts of Charles Leland, and was further refined (and some say exploited) by Gerald Gardner, A. Crowley's best friend.

As for the holiday, Saturnalia is on the 17th (sometimes the 17th through the 23rd), not the 25th. We celebrate both in this house, without causing any problems. What's the big deal?

olePigeon · Dec 28, 2004, 07:03 PM

Originally posted by MacNStein:
I'm aware of that. Wicca came into being through the efforts of Charles Leland, and was further refined (and some say exploited) by Gerald Gardner, A. Crowley's best friend.

As for the holiday, Saturnalia is on the 17th (sometimes the 17th through the 23rd), not the 25th. We celebrate both in this house, without causing any problems. What's the big deal?

The Christians established Christmas around the same time as Saturnalia to "Chrtianize" it and remove a popular pagan holiday. Constantine eventually made it "official."

ambush · Dec 28, 2004, 07:20 PM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
I am sure Ambrosia makes more than cliche.

Well they do that for a living. So I sincerely hope they do.

Zimphire · Dec 28, 2004, 07:20 PM

Originally posted by olePigeon:
Glad you agree.

Originally posted by olePigeon:
No, Christians stole Easter from Celts, who's varied mythology has a large part in Wicca. Wicca is a fairly recent religion, a more formalized adaptation of many different mythos.

Christians stole "Christmas" from the Romans, who stole it from the Greeks.

No. No one "stole" anything.

That is like you saying Quansica stole Christmas. And Christmas stole Hannaku.

100% silly. No one STOLE anything.

Just more pagan elitist wanna be silliness.

Zimphire · Dec 28, 2004, 07:24 PM

Originally posted by ambush:
Well they do that for a living. So I sincerely hope they do.

Yes they do. Because they CAN.

Link · Dec 28, 2004, 08:11 PM

If you don't like christmas, why don't you ignore it instead of whining about how offensive it is to you and your precious ego?

I play the world's tiniest violin for you.

Eriamjh · Dec 28, 2004, 08:17 PM

Thanks for the Holiday Wishes, moki.

PS: I saw the egg pics on your forums. You should make sure that Hector's diet has extra calcium if she is laying eggs. Egg laying can drain the nutrients from a bird. As a fellow African Grey owner, I owe it to you to tell you this.

ambush · Dec 28, 2004, 08:24 PM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
Yes they do. Because they CAN.

Yeah they can because they don't study

Zimphire · Dec 28, 2004, 08:40 PM

Originally posted by ambush:
Yeah they can because they don't study

That made no sense. What-so-ever.

Cause you know, people can code full games with no studying.

TheBadgerHunter · Dec 28, 2004, 09:16 PM

Originally posted by Zimphire:

There was no one Holiday Christmas was "placed over". There was many holidays at the time. Rome though it would be more convenient to place Christmas during this time.

This would like saying Quansica or however it's spelled needs to find a different month to celebrate in!!11 its sill.

My point was, Christmas never stole any holiday. Esp not one he was celebrating.

Christmas was around a lot longer than he.

Christmas? It sure does. There are some who celebrate Christmas however that don't care. Which is amusing. [/B]

Yes, Saturnalia as said many times here. The church was all for white-washing over "pagan" holidays and such and making them christian.

I'm not even going to try to read that sentence.

It wasn't "stolen". It was used to replace another holiday and further convert the population.

No, it doesn't. It didn't at its conception because the bishop presumed responsible knew very well that Christ was probably not born that day. Then Santa, a mixture of Christian belief/legend and paganisim, comes along and your American Christmas truly becomes amusing. Christ never celebrated his birthday, never suggest or condoned the doing of such. It is a purely catholic invention that has since lost all meaning. Maybe some evangelicals pretend to celebrate his birth, a mostly unimportant event, but I'll bet they still exchange gifts.

TheBadgerHunter · Dec 28, 2004, 09:18 PM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
That made no sense. What-so-ever.

Cause you know, people can code full games with no studying.

Ambush is in college. He needs to spend time studying therefore he doesn't have time to code full games.

An I believe ambrosia has been doing ports mostly.