EnderAndrew

I could get off my butt and run a Dragon-Blooded Exalted game online.

My Prince character was a 12th Gen Gangrel who took Praxis from an 8th Gen Tremere Lord. My Gangrel had about 9,000 lives it seemed.

A lot of games put in a side-quest specifically to include an unarmed combat. Perhaps KOTOR:TSL will as well.

I can't wait for over-hyped game for my PlayCubeBox!

Tribes 1 and 2 are being given away for free currently.

So when is Princess Maker being released on the X-Box? Same time as Fashion Rancher 2? (nickel if you get that reference)

The problem is that many people don't read the novels. I do, but people take the movies as they stand. Lucas should have showed the Tusken slaughter. The storyline for Ep3 could be great. But how will Lucas handle it?

I think people will be going in with a negative mindset, looking to tear it apart. So many people have become cynics. I have high-hopes for Ep3, however, I fear Lucas isn't willing to do the movie justice. Ep2 was good, but he made a rather weak call. He refused to show the Tusken slaughter. Instead we saw Anakin whine about it. Filmmaking 101 - show, don't tell.

The last person slept on the job and looked up pornography. It took them a year or so to catch them, and fire them. I was recommended for the job by a good friend/ex-girlfriend. I get up and walk the floor every two hours or so. Right now I'm working on a problem with our SDS/RS6000 server. I still switch windows and type messages over here.

I think they get overly criticized. I think they have their merits and flaws. Episode 2 was considerably better than 1. As an aspiring indie-filmmaker, I'd love to take a crack at editting Episode 1. I think with a few tweaks, it could be a great film. Go back and watch trailer B for Episode 1 over again. Watch the Duel of the Fates music video. Listen to Williams' masterful score. There is great potential squandered in bad directing and writing there.

The Camarilla is a spanish word, for behind-closed-door politics I believe, or something like that. The Camarilla within White Wolf's game world is a collection of Vampire Clans. The Camarilla is also White Wolf's official global fan club, with a huge LARP. Van Buren was the project name for the now canceled Fallout 3, and Jefferson was Baldur's Gate 3. Just like Delaware was the project name for KOTOR:TSL before annoucement. SSE = Silver Side Entertainment. They are a group working on a game very much like Fallout, called The Fall. They seem to be a good group of guys, and cater strongly to the fan community. Flagship Studios is a new team founded by some of the Blizzard crew (Starcraft, Diablo, Warcraft).

I'm sure Obsidian is itching to prove their own identity after starting off with a hand-off sequel. That can be a good and a bad thing. They may reinvent the wheel. Then again, the wheel is pretty good to begin with.

I was a member of the Camarilla, which is the huge LARP organization. It's geeky, but, hey. I met a guy out in OC at a game who was working on Arcanum, with this start-up called Troika. I said, "whatever". Stupid me. I should have found out more, tried suggesting NPCs, beta-tested, etc.

I'm with you. Maybe it's to avoid Jefferson/Van Buren incidents. I really like how SSE is making such a strong effort to include fan suggestions in their game. They've even gone so far as to say people on the forums will be listed in the credits for adding NPCs, weapons, dialogue, etc.

Half-Life 2 is largely being kept under wraps after the big hacker incident. A pure DirectX9 engine is the way to go, given. However, I'm a big fan of a strong scripting language, and good mod support. Half-Life 2 is supposed to be build around that precept. Valve's first engine wasn't the best in the universe, but it still has legs today. That's saying something.

The pay isn't phenomenal, but the benefits are. I'm getting two weeks paid vacation my first year here, free life insurance, really cheap medical, and free meals in an employee buffet. It's rough. And I don't really do any work 85% of the time.

"Genius is 10% inspiration, and 90% perspiration." - Albert Einstein "Being an idiot is no sweat." - Dan Quayle

On the subject of a next game, FU has suggested they have an idea, but are looking for a publisher. That would suggest a new IP. Theorhetically, if the game required a license (like Star Wars), the publisher would have to be in line first. Many publishers are going to be wary of a start-up, even with this crew. It's silly, but true. The second KOTOR:2 preorders start going like mad, publishers will be knocking down Obsidian's door. Obsidian could put some resources to start pre-production on the title, such as concept art, etc. Heck, if the game will have it's own engine, then developing models, etc. could also be done.

I work a graveyard shift in an IT department for a casino. I have little to no work to do most days. I'm like the fire-department. I sit around and wait for emergencies. When the floor goes down, or something goes wrong, I have to fix it immediately. In the mean time, I sit around with a T1 connection waiting to be used.

Who is this mysterious Feargus anyway? Isn't he the coffee-fetcher?

I can't say. I haven't played it. The screenshots and gameplay sure looked like a FPS, though.

I'm beginning to wonder if it's "safe" to surf this site at work.

I've seen people try to convince me that Deus Ex was not only a RPG, but one of the greatest RPGs.

Since Shaq hit one of those two, LA's up to 40% FT shooting. Isn't that impressive?

Damn you for injecting logic and common-sense into my thread! I am so easily thwarted!