LadyCrimson

Oh I get that. My parents were the same way. I "owned" nothing, they did - I could go on and on. They meant well but they had control issues re:debt/guilt. In my case I learned fast to never ask/accept any financial aid from the parents, both from my own experiences and watching my siblings experiences. More stress than it would be worth. Some families are fine/great about such things, some aren't. It's difficult when current/past financial aid is used as some kind of controlling or guilt aspect. Much of the time it's not a malicious or intentional thing either, I think. Calax's parents just may not know of another way to express their fear/concern for a loved one then criticism and if there's any debt, that ends up being tossed into the mix. I can't speak for what might or might not work in Calax's case to alleviate it, but if he hasn't already, perhaps being more firm about his own boundaries ... otherwise one can get stuck in a loop of constant enabling.

Never played the original Fallouts. Loved FO:NV. Tried FO:3, couldn't get into it. If FO:4 is made by Bethesda (not just published by) then it's likely I won't be very interested...maybe at a sale price. But it will be interesting to hear any news of what will be going on with the game, because y'never know.

Sprinting zombies are visually cool in a movie and up the suspense factor. But my problem with them is that then they are just regular enemies with regular speed issues. May as well just be hungry cheetahs or something. I've never really understood the fascination for the "undead" in entertainment, outside of humorous value. The most interesting thing about them is how they become undead/how they can exist when undead, and outside of Liches in some games (especially if one can play a Lich), this is never explored (outside of "it's magic!")....zombies/skeletons are just fodder in most games, not much above rats. Same thing with skeletons. I actually don't mind that they're in a game (that is, I have no burning hatred for them) ... something has to be a common, frequent enemy ... I just get bored of them being such a fixture in almost every single fantasy game I've ever played. Every cave and dungeon or swamp field, there they are. Yawn.

I like familiars because: it's cool to have a constant "pet" that gives you some kind of bonus or help. I don't like familiars because: more often than not, the familiar I like best (looks/personality wise etc) isn't the one that gives the game/combat bonus/help that I want. I always thought of familiars as a bond with a permanent creature, not a summon, however (probably because of some novels I've read - like the cat familiar). So P.E.'s way of doing it seems a little odd to me. But I'm not some expert on fantasy lore. heh

You can reach/walk to the spot as soon as you get to the Highlands. It was Claptrap for my lvl 19ish Commando. I think it's only Handsome Jack if you've done the Opportunity quest and then haven't finished the main quest that comes after that.

Neither did I. My parents attitude was the only person who can lock a door in the house was them since they owned it and if you had a guest in the house, you didn't close the door to the room. I can't say that it was unreasonable. Lock on the door in my parents house? Never had one. My mom would just walk into the room without knocking, no apologies. There was a lock on the bathroom door, however. Which I accidentally locked myself into when I was around 5 or something. Lock broke I guess, don't remember. lol My parents weren't as protective as it sounds Calax's are/were however (altho I had a friend whose parents were like that). That would've have driven me nuts. But I was rebellious/a handful as a teen...I broke every rule and they gave up trying to enforce them when I was 16, so my 'freedom' was high at that point.

Average size foot: 3? Hahaha.....yeah, I doubt it. Maybe in Hollywood, kinda like how most Hollywood males are all 6 feet. Hahaha.

I caught some of the original Red Dawn on TV last night, and as bad as that has aged (and it was never a great film, even tho I'm still fond of it for some strange reason), it's still 100x better than that recent remake my friend made me see.

It was 28F last night here. Make fun all you want about how that's wussy weather, but I was cold. I mean, geez, I had to toss another blanket on the bed.

I think looking for too much logic/consistency in a movie like Dredd is a futile exercise.

Is this thread still going?

It's not a story spoiler ... just an easter egg based on a viral 'net video from a while back. If you don't know the reference it probably won't be as funny. You can search YT for "double rainbow" and the original video will be first in the results (the "double rainbow song" vid is hilarious too).

Tonight was the 1st time I encountered the double-rainbow claptrap easter egg in BL2...I was laughing so hard. Went on YouTube looking for it and it's even better when Handsome Jack voices it. ... ( Handsome Jack is first, Claptrap is at 1:25 )

For some reason this makes me think of Piers Anthony's "Source of Magic" (Xanth series) where Bink and his party travel through some hallucinogenic region of madness..too much magic dust in the air or something.

Forget the two hobbits at the beginning and go to about the one minute mark. You haven't lived until you see Boromir doing the Brady Bunch Kids dance.

@Calax - all reasonable things. I guess for me it's just like how some get tired of "medieval fantasy" RPG's. It's nice to have something different once in a while, even if the difference is mostly visual world. I was looking at Steam's bestsellers "action" category earlier and it was military after military game. lol.

Dredd. Mixed feelings. One hand, better than that first one. On other hand, it had no "it's so bad it's funny" aspect. So I was mostly unmoved. Someone above said it was well crafted, and I'll give it that. The 2nd half was also better than the first half. But something about the closed-in, one-spot scenario didn't work for me in this instance. Still...watchable fare. P.S. I kept thinking... "Die Hard: Die Dredder."

Isn't it possible FO4 would be made using the same "new" Gamebryo engine as Skyrim? I'd consider that fairly likely. I think the Three Dog voice actor recently stated (this month) there might be more of his chr. which would indicate the wait for FO4 won't be 5 more years or something. My old fart 1st gen i7 rig built a few years ago could/can still run Skyrim max (and pretty much anything else I've tossed at it) with no issues so I'm having a hard time imagining any high-end rig built today having trouble with a game that (might be) out in 2-3 years.

I was thinking more along the lines of ... why can't I be shooting a dragon or mutated slugworm with my sniper instead of some stereotyped commie insurgent or whatever. Or why can't I be on a planet made of sanddunes, or 80% water, with both human spacefarers and oddball aliens, instead of some dull jungle or real-world location. It's not the "military combat" I mind (kinda goes with guns and shooting) but the setting it's put into. eg, I want more escapism/variety in the shooter, not army reality.

I love this kind of stuff...even if it's only one guy doing all the parts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lckZhkQEss

Chosen One. Basic skeletons. I mean, it's still kinda funny when one jumps out of a barrel or a closet (get it? haha) or something, but if I never see another one in the dark corridors of a fantasy game I won't be sad.

Feeling a little sad and lonely ... then a cat came and put a paw on my face and gave me a head-butt, and I suddenly felt a little better. They always know.

Why are so many FPS shooters military oriented? By that I mean the look/setting, the army looking clothes, uniforms, jeeps. I don't mind military archetype characters (in fact I quite like them), but the semi-realistic military setting is so boring, outside of a strategy game. And zombies are no better.

I felt the same way about Gimp, ages past when I tried it. I wish Paint Shop Pro was still making new versions, altho Corel was sorta ruining it anyway. But for the cheaper image/graphic editor, it was a decent product back then, imo. For photo editing/RAW converting I just use the Canon software, since I only do minor photo tweaking, none of the fancy digital stuff. I tried Photoshop once a long time ago, I don't remember what version...hubby had it from work once. But I generally felt the things it could do that PSP couldn't weren't things I needed. But if it was cheaper ($300 say), I'd certainly buy a copy. Just can't justify buying it at their current prices for the very occasional reasons I'd want to use it. Edit: I guess Corel is still putting PSP out, actually...for some reason I thought they had eliminated it and were just putting out a simpler photo-editing package ... but I don't like what I'm seeing.