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Box Full Of Letters - Wilco How could I have missed out on this band for so long?

Hence why Tigranes worded it with "I would say" and not "everyone would say". He is not implying that everyone should have the same opinion as him. (And personally, I would probably stop playing video games if I started having the same opinions as critics because video game critics generally have no clue what they're talking about.) Anyway, I think what the problem here is that so many people can't seem to distuingish "good" from "entertaining". It's a very common misconception that you cannot enjoy something that is friggin' terrible. I recognize the fact that Planescape: Torment is a better game than Knights of the Old Republic. This does not mean that I have to get more enjoyment out of Planescape: Torment (if it did mean that, I would be a pretentious lugnut). Basically, it's the same as it is with movies: I recognize that American History X is a much better movie than The Mummy. Yet the Mummy's campiness entertains me, whereas American History X depresses the hell out of me. This is why, given the choice, I would much rather watch The Mummy.

I'm getting the urge to reinstall the game just for that.

Actually, Monolith did make AvP 2, but Third Law made the expansion.

The thing is, there is such a system in place. The parents, however, seem to be completely unaware of this because they take zero interest. I call it "old fart syndrome". It's the opinion that still exists almost everywhere outside gaming communities that "only kids play videogames anyway".

It's not exactly the problem that the government is acting as a surrogate parent. It's that they're taking this too far because the parents are shirking their responsibilites themselves (and I don't mean in a passive manner, they screw up in a very active way) Sometimes a kid can get their hands on a game because a store is dumb enough to sell a violent game to them anyway, but this actually doesn't happen often at all, especially since stores, due to all the controversy, have been enforcing the rating system more and more themselves. Most of the times, however, it's not because of the store. Most of the times, these kids will get their hands on these games because their PARENTS know nothing about these games, apparently taking ZERO interest in their child's hobby, and will actually BUY them FOR their kids. Subsequently they will nag at the government because it was possible their pure, innocent children got exposed to this kind of content despite their perfect parenting. So, who is making the biggest mistake here? The parents.

I think you're missing what the issue here is. It's not the impact of violence in videogames. It's whether or not it's neccesary for the government to become surrogate parents by banning violent videogames.

At school right now. We were told to "work on our new project", which we have not yet gotten. Yay for stupidity.

Hm. NOT in order: Dungeon Keeper Overlord Theme Park Pok

That's not fair. I have nose-problems that usually force me to breathe through my mouth.

Thankfully all these claims are based on common sense for which does not require you to be an authority on anything.

I thought it was pretty effective against massed drones, have we played the same game? Well, I don't know about you guys but when I played online, people playing Xenomorphs were smart enough not to bunch up or all attack from the same side to counter that.

Skyclad - The Widdershin's Jig Skyclad is one of the greatest bands ever. Or was, anyway.

The new Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan collaboration, which sounds remarkably like the first Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan collaboration.

Aliens vs Predator 2: The Smart Gun. A gun that automatically aims at your enemies? How can you balance that? You can't. That's why they ended up making it so weak that it was completely useless. I agree with making Worms 3D. A bad descision if there ever was one. The WarWind games were pretty bad offenders. Upgrading every unit individually? A right clicking system ala Windows in an RTS? Also, in WarWind 2 especially, you had to find civillians of your particular race or faction on the map and hire them before you could train them into useful units.

Out of those, I think only Middle-Earth is actually more loved than the Forgotten Realms. Potter too, but that's just set in England, isn't it?

Eddie Vedder - Hard Sun There's a big A big hard sun Beatin' on the big people In a big hard world

Favourite line: "You're a teacher?" "Part-time."

Marion, from Raiders, is back, I suspect as the love interest. The Russian villain is played by Kate Blanchett. Also, I was worried about Fords age, but then I saw the teaser. Seriously, he looks good.

No, it's been stated the badguys here are Russians, not Nazis. Also Marion is back! Also, Thank-God-For-Beef is not playing Indy's son as it was rumoured, he plays a different character, a greaser by the name of Mutt Williams.

Mark Lanegan - Lexington Slow Down I don't mind bein' stoned They say Jesus was

Whoo fertility festival. :D

The lyrics are not as angry and aggressive as they seem. Quite often they're just bad poetry. Kamelot - Karma

The earth is saved!

First, I have to take a 45 minute train ride, then a 15 minute bus-ride. Getting up at 6 am. So yeah, biking that to and fro every day is not something I'd dig. Our busses are darned clean though. The schedules are just ****ed up.