EnderAndrew

What about declaring the move, "Russia's secret Death-Ninja battalion suprises everyone from behind and totally flips out and kills everyone because that's as cool as crap, and by that I mean totally awesome wicked!" Is that valid? And that was just a theoretical example. Russia is friendly.

Cobra Katana woulda been cooler.

In the last English census, enough people put Jedi down as a religion that the English government recognized it as an official religion. I'm not kidding.

It's the flannel that keeps him looking young. I mistook him for a random Pearl Jam fan.

Milla Jovovich sadly didn't appear half-naked to start busting caps in people, but we can always hope and hold out.

I'm still waiting for Starcraft 2, but luckily Blizzard doesn't just milk sequels. They wait and try to do something to improve on the previous game. I don't think we'll see Starcraft 2 until they think they can do that. What about a MMO Starcraft? Keep the basic gameplay of Starcraft the same, but you choose a faction and fight in a completely dynamic huge world where factions fight back and forth to control portions of said world? It would be like Starcraft meets Planetside.

Lucas is what, 60?

They were specifically celebrating the release of Episode III, where good doesn't really triumph over evil.

Real friends don't like friends drink and derive.

Superman is largely a boring character. There have been a few interesting takes on him. For instance, one guy wrote about a Supes who grew up in Russia instead of the States, and became a hero of truth, justice and the communist way. My main interest in a Superman movie right now is Singer's involvement.

I liked She-Ra.

Ender Wiggin = "Your code name for this mission will be Infrared Beaver" That's tough to beat.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3511678.stm Possible 10th planet found. Actually Sedna and Quaoar are both canidates for being the 10th planet, though a few astronomers are now saying that perhaps Pluto isn't even really a planet.

Ultima 7 was one of the wordiest games I have ever played. There was tons of dialogue. Most RPGs only have dialogue that pertains to the plot, and backstories of major characters. Random farmers had tons of dialogue just to discuss their lives and view on the world in Ultima 7. Ultima 8 had a great concept. Instead of being a powerful Avatar with powerful items, magic, tons of friends, and resources available, now you're a weak peon dropped in an unfriendly world. You had to master four very different magical systems, and find your way back home. It was too linear and too short for an Ultima, but it wasn't horrible.

ATI puts out good hardware, but their drives seem to be causing all kinds of problems with games these days. I've been an ATI person my whole life, and I recently switched to NVidia happily.

There was an expansion for Serpent's Isle called the Silver Seed. It was a much larger expansion, but it had a very large bug that I don't believe ever got patched. Maybe it's patched with Exult. There is a column you click on very late in Serpent's Isle when you are being tested in a Temple of Chaos. They reused that very same column a few times in one room in the Silver Seed area. Clicking on said column jumps you forward to the end of the game, and is very jarring. I had no idea what happened.

Yep, they are sidequests with extra areas. They can be started at any time. The Blackrock sword is *interesting*.

Exult is even better than Dosbox, since Dosbox often can't handle the sound properly, and you may also need to adjust for sound. Exult even adds some new features, such as changing resolution, using the nicer paper dolls in Ultima VII, etc. Exult is a new engine that will run both UVII and SI, with both add-ons. The Forge of Virtue is very cool.

What do you do in pen-and-paper campaigns when there are really powerful NPCs in a campaign? You find a place for them, and a place for the PC as well.

I'd like to see a new X-Wing vs Tie game with ships from all 6 movies now. Too bad we won't see it.

I've also seen roaches in an XBox.

I've also seen a snake foolishly climb into a PC power supply to keep warm. I'm guessing you guys don't want to see that pic.

Give the average budget for a major console game is in the $25 million dollar mark these days, I'm not sure 10,000 signatures is enough.

Empire at War skips the 40 minutes of mining for gold portion and gets right into the action. There is something to be said for that.