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Thinking Outside the Box

Thinking Outside the Box
Name:Tom Bampton
Date Posted:Nov 18, 2006
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The Problem



This is the box. Within the box are all your preconceived ideas. Unfortunately, the box is also used by dog owners to clean up after their dogs. Since it has infinite storage capacity, nobody ever empties it. That's why dog owners use it ... nobody likes emptying boxes full of crap, and since it's infinite nobody has to.

The Bomb



I don't like boxes full of preconceived ideas and dog crap. The only thing they are good for is containing infinite amounts of dog crap and useless ideas. Some people have trouble thinking outside of the box. They are forever stuck in there, doomed to churn out crap ideas that smell of the box's contents.

The Solution



I lied. There is one other thing the box is good for. Blowing up.

The Stragglers



If you stay in the box, this is you. Sure, you might get something done. You may even ship it. But it will smell of the contents of the box.

If you have read this far, you may be wondering what the point of this blog is. You're not the only one, I don't know either.

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Jay Barnson   (Nov 18, 2006 at 18:56 GMT)
I think I just snorted soda out my nose. Ow!
Edited on Nov 18, 2006 18:56 GMT

Thak   (Nov 18, 2006 at 18:57 GMT)
Mwahaha - You area silly but funny man. ;)

Sam Redfern   (Nov 18, 2006 at 19:34 GMT)
And absolutely correct, especially for indie devs. Let the big players produce expensive boxes of crap and fool the public into buying them through the strength of their graphics. We can't do that...

Tom Bentz   (Nov 18, 2006 at 21:16 GMT)
hahahah! thats great

Mincetro   (Nov 18, 2006 at 22:30 GMT)
Best metaphor ever ;-)

Mike Rowley   (Nov 18, 2006 at 22:50 GMT)
I have to agree with "all the above". :-D
That's great.

Mark McCoy   (Nov 19, 2006 at 00:09 GMT)
Judging by the screenshots, I see you've kept the beard but gained some weight since !IGC. Too many Jaffa cakes?

Kevin Rogers   (Nov 19, 2006 at 08:47 GMT)
Holy awesome! =)

Vashner   (Nov 20, 2006 at 03:21 GMT)
Nice...

Insert my random anti SOE mmog / vanguard / wow rant...

Gina-Marie \"Netjera\" Hammer   (Nov 21, 2006 at 19:09 GMT)
I love the new Tom Bampton avatar! Did everyone notice how close he was to the box? It was his +10 Shield of Anti-Conformity Hookah Haze that saved him, I'm sure!

Justin DuJardin   (Dec 28, 2006 at 20:40 GMT)
This is my kind of .plan

I love A&T, especially the use of phallic shaped levels...

Remote Det x3 trap in the left side of the sack for the win.

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