Meshugger

**** YES

To be fair, the last time i was in New York, some of the locals wondered if "Finland" was a suburb in Paris, France. Maybe i just look french.

Neutral Good Human Sorcerer (4th Level) Ability Scores: Strength- 13 Dexterity- 12 Constitution- 14 Intelligence- 13 Wisdom- 12 Charisma- 12 A pretty bad one as well Only 12 Charisma? Where's the "office worker"-class?

Well, Tito atleast tried to make a coherent state to work. But as history shows, it worked as good as a parent trying to have a little boy and girl kiss just because it looks so "cute". And as globalisation has showed, it hasn't change the national identity. On the contrary, it is quite ironic that more nations have been created during the last 20 years.

Baa baa, said the sheep. Jesus christ. I agree on most of the things that you say, but it baffles me on how you can be a ****poster of such enormous magnitude sometimes. Witty dialogue? nope. Clever retort? none. Condensating? quite a lot. If we would be discussing world peace i would still have to fight the urge to make you bite curb even if i agreed with you.

Alright, time for some "Goddamn i want to get drunk NAO!"-music: One of the best live-bands that i ever saw back in the 90's. I mean, is there a front-man like Phil nowadays that actually starts a concert with a speech like this?

I'm not sure cruelty is the word, as much as I loath it. the phenomenon of the Lone Fethwit has surely revealed these dogbiscuits are just generically angry rather than cruel. Note to self: I'm really getting the hang of not swearing. Edit: This does not apply when gaming. Without forethought I actually used the following exclamation last week: "Oh, so it's a fight you want, is it, lizard t*ts? Well let's see how you like this, you pathetic c**kbasket!" (edited by witness) What Gorgon said. There's something very sinister with trying to create as much pain as possible while having death as a secondary objective. The wish to cause death can be false righteousness, hatred or even cynical political motives. But causing only pain is from enjoying suffering and the images of carnage, probably the worst form of cruelty that i know of. Also, are you drunk right now? :D i somehow get the vibe of it by your posting.

I remember when one of the Ultimas was considered a smashing success when it sold over 250 000.

Ukranians? Maybe they confused them with the Polish.

Yup, Moon is one of the greater sci-fi movies in recent years.

My guess is a wannabe, either an Al-Qaeda or a Ted Kaczynski one. Still, the cruelty of the attack is despicable.

Or Torment 2: Tormenter

Well, spoilers smoilers, it didn't stop me from enjoying PS:T to the fullest Anyhoo, i always get iffy when i hear about some game designer being heralded as gaming's answer to Tarkovsky or his or her creation is the next Citizen Kane.

I haven't played the game yet, but judging from comments in this thread, it seems that the story is pretty prententious.

Anyone who wanders around with videogame t-shirt combined with the attitude of "Nu-uh, you probably haven't played it" deserve utter humiliation. The only difference in gender would be that one of them would've been a c*** and the other would've been d***.

Came for the boobs. Stayed for the violence.

So she closed a couple of mines and was a **** about it? Does that warrant such happiness of her death and hatred for her in general? Oh well.

Communist-Industrial-Socialists? From urban dictionary Short for "cisgender" (opposite of "transgender"), used to describe someone whose gender identity matches their anatomical gender at birth. How does that equal being a scum? Have I missed a subculture somewhere?

Communist-Industrial-Socialists?

I believe this is the thread you want - http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/135-location-no-age-or-sex-required-yet/ - albeit a decade out of date, apparently. Time for a new one? Thats is interesting. I only found Majek, Mkreku and Volourn who actively post nowadays Oi!

I think it is time settle down and teach the trolls som proper 'net-etiquette:

Exactly.

3 day week?

Yeah, me too. Has anyone written an eulogy of sorts on what would've happened if she wouldn't been prime minister?

Someone complaining on the internet doesn't make it representative nor guarantee that their taking offence is justified. And of course there's the issue that I could tell you anything within reason and you wouldn't doubt me. Now this is a bit of a dangerous line of thought, but in reality unless I give you information that you could independently verify, you really have no way of know who I am beside me. I could tell you I'm a 30 year old man, or a 20 year old woman, or a 50 year old Scandinavian and you really only have my word that any of that is true. So I think that the inherent "you are the image you create" nature of the internet makes many people take them less seriously in regards to anything "serious". As a side note, this is why I've thought boards that insisted on you using your "real" name to be a bit silly. Just because I posted that my name is Roy McCarry and that sounds like a real name doesn't make it my real name. The argument usually goes that while everything is playing out on the level of fantasy as you say, the fantasy is defined by the male gaze. While there are women who want to be sexy, their definition of *why* Lara Croft is sexy might vary wildly from men, and thus when Lara is presented in ways that might support the male fantasy but not the female fantasy there is a disconnect created within the viewer. i know a few fans of the character who felt the swimwear / skimpy sexy clothing poster images of Lara really deflated the things that they liked about the character being strong and independent and - yes sexy - but clearly in control of those things. But then she's parading about like an SI model and she's not owning those aspects anymore, they're serving non-character related interests. If its true that we identify with characters either because we won't to be them or because we want to be with them, it'd be very easy to take a character whose initial appearance creates a wide appeal and then through poorly thought out choices weed out male, female or all players from remaining interested in the character. Yes, but there is no way to cater to everyone's fantasies, or indeed to even attempt to do so. Its naturally impossible for men to agree in what constitutes "sexy", why should it be any easier for women to define it either. The odd person might get turned off but most people don't even think so much into this. Besides videogames do not have sufficient depth by and large for clear lines to be drawn, they rely on imagination to fill the gaps. Lara Croft is so shallow a character that you can basically project whatever you want onto her. I'd wager that anyone complaining of sexism in games is really complaining about their cookie cutter nature and immaturity. Every woman is a babe, every guy a space marine. That is an argument I can relate to, but that's to be expected in an industry that targets primarily teenagers and their interests, and that has no moral oversight or ethical boundaries. In this respect, its just like every other aspect of modern media, be it newspapers, tv or films. Its not really about deliberate discrimination, its about selling a product to the absolute lowest common denominator so as to ensure that "everyone" buys it. And like in TV or film, even the slightly intellectual or sensitive sorts will always feel left out. If those who feel cheap playing a "babe" think I for example feel great playing some dumb **** gung-ho soldier type who can't string together a complete sentence to save his life they're sorely mistaken. Is that supposed to be my ideal? Some illiterate ass without a single meaningful thing to say? Hell, in history there are plenty of extremely educated and intelligent officers and soldiers in every army in the world. Real men, not plastic GI Joe's. Why can't I play as one of them? But I don't cry discrimination!, I just stop playing. They're not catering to my tastes not because they hate me, but because I don't matter enough. Sad but true. That's more like it, even though i would like to ponder more on what is really considered empowering, fantasy or degrading? Is there a feedback-loop that can be changed? Or can you create a new one without creating a new set of problems instead? I wish that someone on a major internet/TV/newspaper/media would write about those questions instead.