"I was otherwise very normal before I became 4 years old"

He's an otaku. In Japan they've become fashionable and sexy to girls following a hit manga, novel, TV series and feature film called Densha Otoko: Train Man. He sounds like the kind of guy who should move to Japan -- for the games, the trains, and the girls. His cockpit-style living space is also very Japanese.

"The purpose of the nose is to smell, right? My nose doesn't seem to be able to pick up most anything besides smoke where I'm extremely sensitive to. My parents once bought chicken from KFC. They can smell the chicken from even ten feet away. I, who was holding it, couldn't smell it from even a foot away! If a dog's sense of smell was 10,000,000 units, as an example to compare, the average human would get about 2000 units (smell masters would get more around 4000 units). My nose seems to output more around 80 units, a tiny fraction that of normal. My nose, to conclude, has almost no use, but has a lot of strong negatives to simply having it."

Err, he's autistic. There is a huge difference. He's not just some socially inept nerd who keeps to himself. He is biologically lacking the ability to empathise with other human beings.

I'm just picturing you in a surgeon's gown, rummaging through his brain with a scapel and saying "Nope, there's definitely no empathy here."

http://www.ulillillia.us/gamedesign/supernaturalolympics/download.shtml

marmot otm

He needs ILM!

1.4 Food and drink tips 'n' tricks
1.4.1 Bottled soda trick - Do you keep spilling your soda because the bubbles churned up? This trick will nearly, if not always prevent it from happening again.
1.4.2 Fat Removal trick - This trick will teach you how to eliminate your meat and pizza fat content by up to 98%.
1.4.3 Meat trick - Want juicy meats? This trick will help you get the juiciest meat possible with a special cost though.

1.5 General tips 'n' tricks
1.5.1 Bug trick - Have bugs like moths and flies buzzin' around your house? Don't have a fly swatter to get them with? This trick will help you understand their weaknesses so you can fight them better.
1.5.2 Days in month trick - Can't tell which months have 30 or 31 days without looking at a calendar? This trick will help with that.
1.5.3 Minesweeper game guide - Can't figure out Minesweeper on Windows? This guide will help you win with a high chance [includes a tutorial game!]!
1.5.4 Mowing speed-up - Does mowing that tall grass or your yard take too long? I have a way to reduce the need for it and still keep those engine RPMs high.
1.5.5 Creating custom jigsaw puzzles - Would you like a custom jigsaw puzzle with your own image? This trick tells you how.
1.5.6 Determining jigsaw puzzle difficulty - Did you know that the number of pieces in a puzzle isn't the primary factor in determining difficulty? This tip explains why.

After reading "My Annoying Nose," which Momus posted, I e-mailed him about my similar problem & let him know it was called anosmia. That was really important to me when I found out. I would be reluctant to diagnose him with anything else, however.

Nick pwns Bubsy 3D:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pYQGASnFWg

skillz.

i know this guy.

oh snap he narrated this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25bjSoyXlw0

xpost! I just came here to say that. He has a wonderful accent which doesn't sound at all like I expected. If he'd just enunciate a little more he could make good money reading kids' stories (uh, until one of the dreaded words came up).

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Hey, you've got a great voice for gaming-tips narration -- reminds me of William Burroughs, but much younger sounding.

OTM, especially like where he says "bad graphics"

Ha, I didn't see that. I nearly mentioned Burroughs myself but thought better of it in case I showed great ignorance of American accents, not being from over there.

Nah, definite similarity, and I've listened to tons of Burroughs readings. I don't think there are any recordings of WSB from before he was already in his 40s, so if you subtract age and add a touch of nasal tone, there you go.

I would totally listen to video game podcasts from this dude.

i know this guy.

-- andi, Monday, 6 August 2007 08:27 (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

So what's the deal?

What's with the youtube people and their "get a life" remarks? After all, THEY are watching the damn thing.

i love his 1-10 scale

This is the most bittersweet website.

His meat juiciness tip is surprising:

First off, this trick can ONLY be applied when you're shopping for meat. This particularly applied to a pot roast. When you go out to buy meat, look for the white stuff in the packages and feel it. When there's a lot of it and it's rather hard, the juicier it can be. There's one catch though you should be aware of [but it's rare]: it could have very little in the center, thus taking out the juice. This has worked 22 out of 23 times so far. The catch of this trick got to me, but looking at the chances of failure, it almost-always works.

I like his description of an accountant's job.

jesus, i just got lost in that site.

it was bad news for me this afternoon.

Love this site. It's addictive. Reminds me of my video-game-obsessed OCD childhood.

By "the white stuff" does he mean the fat? Cause thats a well known one, fat-marbeled meat being more tender.