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Joined: Feb 24 2006 Posts: 2578

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They serve no real purpose except to preempt better shows that I rather watch.

...that I [would] rather watch.

Posted: Jul 12 2006 03:04 pm

Thanks guys.

Joined: Jun 21 2006 Posts: 43

There's an issue in the latest newspost wherein the italics don't stop until the end. I suspect Syd has forgotten to include the tag.

Posted: Aug 08 2006 08:36 pm

Fixed.

Posted: Aug 18 2006 11:11 pm

"the scorpion is used to drop a poison mushroom on of ten specially designated squares"

I think you meant on one of ten? Not sure.

"These pieces have great abilities, but they are hard to use effectively because either they take two turns to complete a task."

Might want to re-work that sentence, it seems to read wrong. Maybe I'm wrong. I dunno.

Joined: Feb 24 2006 Posts: 2578

From "Centipede":

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Milton Bradley's Centipede game is one strategy and cunning.

one [of] strategy

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However, there are a few differences in the way work.

the way [they] work

Posted: Aug 21 2006 05:04 am

Done and done.

Posted: Aug 22 2006 05:34 am

FWSE 79

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I’m too lazy to type up the whole list, but in the Mexican version of Mega Man 2 is totally different from the one that people in Canada and the United States played.

You might have changed thought in midsentence there...

Posted: Aug 25 2006 12:47 am

FLASHBACK TYPOS

The Mortal Kombat Fatality Article:

(All page 1)

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That's three times the amount of decapitation that is physically possible.

I think it should be: "... than is physically possible".

Not so much a typo as it is one "still" too many:

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Toy Island's Mortal Kombat Trilogy line was somewhat better, but still it was still crap.

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Marvel Super Heroes VS< Street Fighter

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The Kombat Tomb is fatality is rather mediocre...

Posted: Aug 25 2006 05:03 am

I'm pretty sure the first one is grammatically correct. The other three are fixed.

Posted: Aug 26 2006 10:01 pm

Time once again for: RETRO TYPOS!

Streets of Rage Article (page 1):

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Thus, always your special attack if you're about to die.

Missing a word.

That's it. Rolling Eyes

Posted: Aug 31 2006 10:53 pm

FWSE 81

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Instead, why we don’t we take this time to quietly reflect on problem of child abuse.

On the problem of child abuse?

Posted: Sep 01 2006 05:53 am

Thanks.

Joined: Jun 21 2006 Posts: 43

Finally! Having gone through the Centipede article again, at last I can join this thread!

In case you're some sort of complete fucking retard who is unawares that video games existed before Final Fantasy VII and Madden NFL 2000

In the Milton Bradley game, the regular mushrooms act as indestructible barriers that prevent protect the centipedes from gunfire.

Luckily, there are two ways to reactive centipede segments.

So yeah, those three.

Posted: Sep 01 2006 02:17 pm

unawares was on purpose, the other two shall be fixed posthaste.

Joined: Jun 21 2006 Posts: 43

Okay then. And because I'm a nitpicky ass, I'm gonna go look up the rules for using the word "unawares." Although at this point me being a nitpicky ass only accounts for about 60% of it, the remaining being that I'm really bored.

EDIT: Found it!
un‧a‧wares /ˌʌnəˈwɛərz/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[uhn-uh-wairz] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adverb
1. while not aware or conscious of a thing oneself; unknowingly or inadvertently.
2. without warning; by surprise; suddenly; unexpectedly: to come upon someone unawares.

So really, it would be "in case the fact that X caught you unawares" or something like that. Being a nitpicky ass is fun!

Posted: Sep 03 2006 02:29 pm

you leave syd alone! don't make me come up there.
go to bed!

Posted: Sep 07 2006 05:48 pm

Hey Syd, in the latest FWSE, did you mean "I thinking" with the Bomberman search? Kind of hard to tell, because you could be making fun of the searcher's intelligence, but they did spell "bomberman nude" correctly, which shows a tiny hint of brain activity.

EDIT: Ho-ho, "I'm" indeed.

Joined: Feb 24 2006 Posts: 2578

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But without limited continues, there’d be incentive for you to devise new strategies and learn to play better.

Do you mean "there'd be [no] incentive..."? Or maybe "less"?

Posted: Sep 08 2006 10:03 am

DarkMaze wrote:

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But without limited continues, there’d be incentive for you to devise new strategies and learn to play better.

Do you mean "there'd be [no] incentive..."? Or maybe "less"?

Dammit! Indeed I do.

Posted: Oct 06 2006 09:21 am

"it's been done so many goddam times "

Goddamn?

The links to everyone's sites give a 404 and try to go to a subdomain of sydlexia.com, by the way.

Joined: Feb 24 2006 Posts: 2578

Syd Lexia in the Adventures of Lolo 3 article wrote:

If Lala really wanted to contribute something useful to the game, she'd get herself into the kitchen and bake me a sandwich.

I'm willing to bet that this is not actually a typo, but I love that you specify a baked sandwich. Any kind in particular?

EDIT: Wait... who bakes a sandwich anyway?! I'm changing my mind on this and guessing that you were originally intending something along the lines of "bake me a cake".

Posted: Oct 06 2006 12:25 pm

Is syd's quote for metroid supposed to be "I hope"? I don't get it.

Joined: Feb 24 2006 Posts: 2578

A Boy and His Blob wrote:

A friendly little [alien?] named Blobert comes to Earth

Willow wrote:

What Capcom did the best it can...

Extraneous "what"

Paperboy wrote:

...and increasing absurb cast of obstacles...

increasingly absurd

Castlevania II wrote:

You can even make it [to?] Dracula WHILE INVINCIBLE.

Super Mario Bros. 2 wrote:

The recent [something] of Mario RPGs have reused many classic enemies

Castlevania III wrote:

but the game improves up the Castlevania engine

Extraneous "up"

Conclusion wrote:

So I am.

"So am I"? Also, many of the external links on this page and intro page don't have an "http://", so they go to, for example, http://www.sydlexia.com/nes100/www.2d-sprites.com

But again, bravo for such a massive and entertaining undertaking! A few typos are to be expected. Wink

Posted: Oct 06 2006 03:52 pm

DarkMaze wrote:

Syd Lexia in the Adventures of Lolo 3 article wrote:

If Lala really wanted to contribute something useful to the game, she'd get herself into the kitchen and bake me a sandwich.

I'm willing to bet that this is not actually a typo, but I love that you specify a baked sandwich. Any kind in particular?

EDIT: Wait... who bakes a sandwich anyway?! I'm changing my mind on this and guessing that you were originally intending something along the lines of "bake me a cake".

Bake me a sandwich is not a typo, though it is grammatically unusual. It's a phrase I use from time to time and it comes from an incident in high school when I was hanging out at my friend's work talking to him on a particularly slow day and one of his female coworkers sassed him for talking to me instead of actually working (although there wasn't much to be done). So I randomly yelled:

"Hey! Why don't you get into the kitchen and bake me a sandwich!"

I had meant to say 'make', but for some reason I said 'bake'. The phrase apparently caught on at his work and for a few straight weeks, people were yelling that at this poor girl.