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Given that they eventually decided to release Jade Empire for PC, I'd be surprised if Mass Effect wasn't eventually coming over as well. Unless you just have to play the game once it comes it, it hopefully won't be a problem.

They shoot a projectile. The only way to be hit from 3 rooms away is to not move after it shoots.

I don't care much for the music from a personal preference either, but I thought it fit the setting perfectly

Like the car though, obsolesence != useless.

The high texture pack that I used before seemed to work okay. Though for some reason the guy that made it opted for making the midwives topless.

Okay, you know I have to ask you for some sort of evidence to substantiate a claim like this. I'm not sure where anti-death-penalty people have no problems with murderers getting released and killing people. In fact, this is just a bull**** strawman argument, and borderline inflammatory statement, while at the same time just being just downright insulting. I highly doubt that the people against the death penalty are A-OK with just letting people out simply because they can, or because they need to "make room." The thing is, I'm not sure there's much merit to your claims about them all getting released "to make room" (or otherwise) anyways. I'm sorry if your country's penal system doesn't have a life sentence or anything similar, but that's your own country's fault. Yes you'll always be able to find an example to support a claim that "Oh look, this murder got out and killed again." On the other hand, I'll bet you'll never find a news story about a murderer that got released on parole and never killed another person (this is part of the main criticism of the media, in that it's sensationalist nature leads people to believe that the events being described are more common than they actually are). Or about a guy that molested a child and never did it again after prison. As for prisons just up and letting serial killers out after serving only part of their prison sentence, tell that to someone like Charles Manson. Still in prison and still no sign of parole (mostly because he cannot be granted parole). But hey, if the media comments on something, it's probably a fairly accurate representation of what reality is like. EDIT: @Krookie Couldn't you apply this same logic to the executor as well? Why should the executor be able to take life from someone, and still keep his? Is it just because of a(n arbitrary) Law?

The nitpicker in me feels that I should point out that it was the Unreal Engine, hence the Glide support. As for the game, Deus Ex is probably the best game experience I have ever had. There are many games that I have loved, from the BG games, to the Half-Life games, to the Fallouts, Civs, etc. If I was allowed to somehow delete my memories of a game so that I could play through it "for the first time" again, I would pick Deus Ex. And I disagree that the music sucked as well. I thought the music was very well done.

Print magazines have a "natural" delay to them. Attributing it to the time of burning a CD for them is not the reason.

Actually it is still piracy. In developed countries, the term of a software license is 75 years. Despite the fact that a software product may no longer be purchased, it is still technically illegal to acquire it without paying for it. The thing is, because there's little financial stake to worry about it, no one really cares. A place like Underdogs rationalizes it this way, in effect coming to the conclusion that it truly is a victimless crime, as the game is no longer for sale. As for the games list, I love Deus Ex. I prefer it over both System Shock 2 and definitely over Bloodlines. The game was of excellent quality, and was also a substantial length. There were many times I figured I was coming up to the end of the game (and I wouldn't have been disappointed), but then the story would continue and I'd get more JD awesomeness. I felt it was more refined than System Shock 2 as well, and just enjoyed the story and setting much more than System Shock 2's. Being part of a more living and breathing world, with more than just hostiles running around made things more interesting. The setting of System Shock 2 is pretty cool, but the fact that you're essentially all alone is a bit of a turnoff for me. It's also a knock against Bioshock, though I still think it'll be an excellent game. For a long time Deus Ex and Half-Life were essentially a tie for #1 on my favourite game list. Looking back now, Half-Life inclusion seems to be a bit more nostalgia based when I last played through it, so I ended up officially considering Deus Ex my favourite game, as even today I can still get engaged in the game almost unlike no other.

What, no Roli? Where's Jussi? And did you rally to beat the dreaded Flames, Alan? Or ia that like a post game summary? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's the full play-by-play of the entire game. It was a preseason game, which is why both Jussi and Roli weren't in net, as well as why Stortini was actually playing. That actually wasn't the best one. There was one where it essentially said "Stortini told the ref that that call sucked" or something to that effect. I laughed.

I'm not so sure. I imagine your mileage may vary, but I don't find it very hard to get a refund, or at the very least store credit (which might as well be a refund, because I'm just going to use it to get another game), even for computer games. I have actually been able to successfully return a computer game a few hours later simply because I told them I thought the game was crap (the store was Future Shop).

and the killers of the elderly? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Same thing. If you brutally murder an old woman, say hello to the horses who like running in opposite ways with parts of you attached. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> And what about the killers of 20 year old males? Sucks to be one of the people that don't qualify under "almost."

No, I got that. You're being stuck on semantics. I'm talking about what if all the actions that would typically be considered murder today, were no longer illegal. In other words, what would your opinion be if murder essentially didn't exist. The reason why I provided the context of "murder," was because we know what type of situations where those crimes don't exist. Case in point was when I didn't use the term murder, you started talking about "lawful killings" like executions, which were not the types of killings I was talking about. I figured it was obvious, but I guess it wasn't.

Stop dodging the question. I don't honestly believe you are daft enough to not know what I meant. As I said in the previous post, we can take a different point at semantics. We know what type of actions constitute murder. Hence, if we take all those actions, and no longer make them illegal (which after the fact would abolish murder from the legal system), you seem to be okay with all those actions. Since they'd no longer be against the Law. It turns out it was necessary, because when I mention if it wasn't against the law to kill someone, you somehow figured I was talking specifically about the what we now consider "lawful killing" i.e. executions.

Semantics, and dodging the point entirely. You are talking about obeying the Law. So if it wasn't against the law to kill someone, you'd have no problems with it? Besides, if you wanted to play the semantic game, look at my statement: When I say murder, I mean all current actions that we declare to be murder. If we were to talk all the actions that we consider, now, to be murder, and make it no longer illegal.

Seriously, has Darque hacked into Hades account? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If that's the case, the post would have just been a single :darque:

Not sure why this would take any longer than a game going Gold, and then shipping within a month. Especially considering the inherent delays that exist with a print magazine anyways.

So if murder wasn't illegal you'd have no problems with it?

I remember adamantly following Halo back in 2000. My friends and I were very excited about the game. Then it went XBOX exclusive and we all cried (okay just me). When I finally got a chance to play it on the PC, it was a neat game, but ultimately left me unimpressed.

I'm not sure how long inmates typically stay on Death Row. Timothy McVeigh lasted 4 years, but he only made one appeal. Is it the people serving life sentences that get their sentences reduced to make room for a new inmate?

I'm not so sure how significant of an impact on prison populations the death penalty would have. They aren't exactly handed out like candy, and even then inmates still spend a fair share of time on death row (rightfully so) before they are finally executed. And the ones that would typically get the death penalty probably aren't usually the ones that frequently get released shortly after their stay and get back into crime.

I wouldn't be surprised if they were annoyed with Jack Johnson. IIRC Carolina was under the impression each of the last two years that he was willing to sign a contract, but both years he opted for school.

I think the Canes were interested in acquiring a defensemen that will play now.

"Ion Cannon ready"

I assumed psycho was that hotel, but apparently not.