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Heh, I didn't realize that the Belial fight was what they were copying. I knew they were copying SOMETHING from D3 with that, just not exactly what. And yeah, they did a pretty serious retcon on both the Zerg origins, and Kerrigans relationship with Raynor. I was willing to let the Kerrigan/Raynor thing go in WoL because it seemed more like one of those "Character has a crush so he embarks on a crusade to save the crush". But in HotS they make it into pretty much "these two were passionate lovers prior to her infestation". Yeah, the plotholes and retcons are a bit infuriating, really. The most annoying part is where Narud turns out to have control over the Tal'Darim, whereas he spent a significant part of WoL paying Raynor to steal artifacts from them. He was paying him to steal stuff he already owns.

You guys do realize that the pre-StarCraft Tyranids were a lot more "technicolor Xenomorph" and GW basically admitted that they changed the design aesthetic to look more like Zerg right? I mean, I'm the first to admit that both ...arCraft franchises liberally ripoff the Warhammer franchises, but this isn't one. Also Calax, that was the way Zerg worked from the start. It's in the manual for StarCraft that the Zerg evolve by collection other species' genetic traits.

Ah, so it's infamous *here*.

Yep, I love Extra Credits. Been following them since before they left The Escapist.

To see the label "Australian" as offensive is offensive by itself. Seeing "Australian" as a race is downright retarded. Oh no, now I'm ableist! Damn those women, always forcing me to be politically correct just for the sake of their porchmonkeys (don't worry, I'm taking it back).

Thanks guys. Not really doing anything, had a night of drinking and debauchery (and Jenga) about a week ago with my friends. Someone got me a Ukulele for some reason.

It's my birthday. Yay for me.

It's a visual masterpiece but the movie itself is a bit dull. Which is all the more sad that the oscar winning production drove the special effects studio in the ground (bankruptcy) while the director was wailing that he wanted special effects to be cheaper. He barely even made the movie, the only thing that was really made by him was the framing device where the story is told by the old guy. Special effects creators are terribly undervalued.

You can't free the Ithorian after the Luxa and Slusk fight iirc. That quest is gone. You can still leave and go on with the game.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/briderider/fps-man Pacman in first person.

Avoiding a backstab isn't going to do much good if you're level drained to the point that everyone gets one-hit KO'd. Then again I don't know how it works in SCS so I may be wrong about that!

Planar Sphere + Siding with Bodhi.

Wow, people need to get with the times. This PC gaming is dead idea is so 7 years ago. How many notable console exclusives have there been lately? Consoles can't support longtime sales due to renting and resale and when those issues are removed they can't support longtime sales due to their prices being too damn high - combined with all the good developers abandoning them en masse due to the added development costs and horrible treatment consoles have effectively deadlocked themselves. They are going to die in a slow decline of terribly generic shooters played only by racist twelve year olds. In five years you'll have PC for gaming and some people who don't understand how to make good decisions will have a seperate machine so their dumb, inbred cousin can play COD.

If you replace the term cigarrettes with death sticks people would still buy them. Then shopkeepers can pretend to be Obi Wan so I call it a win!

True. I think what they mean is that John McClane bleeds, he gets hurt. He is a tough guy, but he's still just a guy. In number four he was almost untouchable and made of steel and it doesn't look like he'll be any more vulnerable in the new one.

Because Steam sells games.

No, it was Ice Age used as a positive. Dumb kids here clamp on to Ice Age because they don't have anything dumber to clamp on to, hence the ridiculous success of the Ice Age franchise over here. 'Overseas' lowest common denominator beats 'domestic' lowest common denominator by a longshot.

Haha, fair enough. Down with WftO!

They are disliked by adult audiences overseas as well, kids however eat that **** up. They eat it up because there is no equivelant to say, High School Musical here.

I've actually somewhat reconsidered my position based on the strength of the material they've been showing. Dropping the DK IP and making their own as a spiritual successor instead of a fan sequel has done that unfocused project a world of good - and replacing half the team seems to have done the same. They readjusted their design philosophy and crowdfunding made them a lot more accepting of feedback, so unless disaster strikes I'll probably buy it and give it a try once they finish it. I can't shake the feeling that it's still just an unreliable mod team at heart, however, and I think giving money up front might not be the best idea.

This is a fan ripoff ("spiritual successor") and it has no real ties to Dungeon Keeper other than they managed to hire the guy who voiced the mentor. Seriously, none at all.

Thank the lord for that reload - that first battle was just sad for poor old me - ten levels drained within seconds! I much prefer dying in battle in wolf mode even if it meant my death and it looked like I might have survived the first - that would have been a survival filled with shame! Congratz on your hard won dragon kill, Tig. Who's getting thrown into the meatgrinder next? Throwing myself back unto the bottom of the list as a Half Orc Cleric / Thief. That one's possible in BG2 right?

They never let Uwe Boll in in the first place.

Fighting the dragon seems like a horrible idea so obviously you should do it!

Vet trip confirmed that my cat has bronchitis. Interesting.