Ask Lyra

Jun 19

Hey.

Uh…

I seem to be losing messages lately. Like, I’m never receiving them. I don’t know how long this has been going on, but I know it’s been happening today. So if you sent me something and I never replied, I didn’t get it.

Sorry.

Edit: You can send it again, though! You can send it a few times if you want!

Jun 18

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1) I haven’t seen it yet either, and now I’m not sure if I want to. That was not awesome. Even ironically, that was terrible. My hope remains for Unikitty.

What CNet shows are you talking about? I’m not sure I’ve ever seen them.

2) I completely disagree. If a game is good enough to stand on it’s own merits, ponies will be interested in it for those merits. Look at generations prior to the 3D era. How much publicity did they get?

Video games do not need the same kind of ad revenue as movies or television shows. Video games are not the same kind of entertainment as movies or television shows.

Jun 17

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bonpun:
“ SuburBon
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Surprisingly accurate, right down to the bundle in the trash.

bonpun:

SuburBon

Surprisingly accurate, right down to the bundle in the trash.

Jun 15

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1) Code Name: STEAM sounds interesting. Having played Sanctum 2 I can tell you that placing yourself down on the field of a strategy game can really mix things up.

I’d say the biggest problem with the network was the move away from computerized technology. It didn’t need to be a network just about games.

2) Lyra: All of Bon-Bon’s food is awesome!

Bon-Bon: Thank you, Lyra. And I suppose everypony has a few stories to tell. But I’m not a very good writer.

3) Woo! Let’s go! But after I finish answering these.

4) I don’t get the appeal of Reggie Fils-Aime. All he works in is marketing and company image. Hidetaka Suehiro works heavily on the development of games. Now you know me- I love me some content. But theatrics…? Really, the question answers itself. At least in my book.

5) I don’t fully understand what’s happening. I tried looking it up, but it doesn’t make sense. Can you help me out?

Jun 14

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1) I broke it. And no thank you.

2) Yes. YES! I will control chaos! I will control discord! I will be a dark and terrible queen! And I might punch Lucario IN THE MOUTH!

3) I think the last time I cared about E3 was back when G4 was ZDTV. You know, when it was good. For the most part I just wait until they’re on the market.

Wow, there’s been eight of those? I was pretty good with the 64 version. And the original’s Rainbow Road was super hard.

4) Sure, I’m alright. How are you?

B: I’m fine.

Jun 12

When U Bon Com Home And Make Hte Spagheti

Source: http://snapai.deviantart.com/art/Lyravator-339663601

Meme: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/when-u-mom-com-home-and-make-hte-spagheti

How about some jams to go with it?

(Source: snapai.deviantart.com)

Jun 11

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1) Wow. So I’m a little behind here, huh? What was that, a week ago?

2) I missed it. Bon-Bon got some, but she ate them at work.

3) That was with milk! You effectively created a milk-activated cereal cement! You also effectively destroyed my spoon.

4) … Uh… I mean, there is so much I don’t understand about this message that I don’t even know where to start.

5) Bon-Bon: As a businessmare I’ve long-since learned to cut my loses. The one I’ve started now is about a politician lobbying to legalize some newly discovered substance that, if produced in mass, could solve world hunger. But, considering the tagline on the back is, “The end to hunger, but at what cost?” I’m assuming things are not as they seem.

Jun 10

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Jun 09

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This is The Bubble Mare’s agent, and I don’t think there’s an opening for you.

http://gsphere.deviantart.com/art/Business-Lyra-320257469

(Source: gsphere.deviantart.com)

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1) B: The road to ruin is paved with good intentions. You would be a liability. Any information given to you could be used against us. Also not sure where you got the idea that we’re not doing anything. It is a slow, meticulous process. Not every day can yield results. But the tide can turn in our favor in an instant. What we cannot afford is undue risk.

2) I’ve looked around enough to know that’s not true. There are tons of text tumblrs! They- Well, we just sort of get buried in the overwhelming number of drawblogs.

Incidentally, this message is completely unrelated to the recent drawings I did. It just sort of happened that way.

3) B: I was born in Ponyville; I grew up here. My family moved after I joined CUE and they were told I had died… I can appreciate the recommendations, but I don’t need them. I’ve been around enough.

He was Kwame from Captain Planet?! Oh my Cels, he was wasn’t he?! I can hear it in my head! I never noticed!

4) It does sound interesting, but I’m more invested in real human world sociology.

Bon-Bon had left the TV on a few days ago while she was cooking something and I caught a few portions of this show called America’s Secret Slang. That’s the sort of thing I’m talking about. Why specific aspects of human society, of any culture, became how they are.

Jun 05

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Jun 02

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1) Depending on the grade it can be hard to tell sometimes what subject the concept is being dragged into. Kindergartner social studies is a mess. And yeah, considering my cutie mark I’ve spent most of my life watching others excel when I couldn’t. You’d think I’d be used to it by now.

2) Well heck, I still hate reading books. I wanted to do it, and once I got there it really wasn’t all that. But that doesn’t mean I don’t read. I read all day! But most of what I read concerns my personal interests. Dialogs, interactions- sociology. It’s not so much the books that are important, just the action of reading and any road that leads to it.

3) Lyra: I am not Bubble Mare.

Bon-Bon: Quiet down, Sickly Sue. The adults are talking.

Lyra: I’m barely even sick anymore!

Bon-Bon: I haven’t read Harry Potter, but I understand the concept. As for the book I was reading, they tried to pull this “Oh! It was all right there from the start!” kind of thing. Only none of it was ever mentioned! It was all there in the world, I guess, but there’s no way the reader would know about it! So while the characters were like “How could we have not seen this coming?!” I’m sitting there going “How could I have possibly seen this coming?! This is all out of left field!”

Lyra: So five-out-of-five?

Bon-Bon: Morbid curiosity wasn’t enough to get me to finish reading that wreckage.