alanschu

No. The gaming industry as a whole is to blame. Especially when it comes to excessively voluptuous women.

I'm really looking forward to the new espionage model. Stealing Technologies, inciting partisans, creating smear campaigns and so on.

I thought Oblivion was 16 square miles (as in 4x4)

I'd suggest waiting too.

You can hardly blame JE alone for that.

I probably cannot comment on its learning curve. It was pretty easy for me, but I was used to their style from EU2. IMO it is waaaaaaaaay easier than EU2 though. Finland and World Domination? Sounds interesting. You'll need to take advantage of Barbarossa to soften up the Soviets for you most likely. A successful campaign in the Winter War would probably help too.

Piracy is the theft of copyrighted Intellectual Property.

It's a pretty combat intensive game. Once the world goes to war, it pretty much doesn't stop until one side is defeated. Though it's not 100% combat all the time. Not much fighting happens up north during the winter (because attackers get huge penalties). A huge bulk of the management is managing your industry, as well as research.

Perhaps Malkin and Ovechkin are really fast It does seem wierd that he'd go from being a premier defensemen to getting skated circles around though. Maybe it was all just part of the chemistry (or lack thereof) and it made him hesitant or something :\ Oh, and Allison IS slow

No, I just thought it was bizarre that you quoted a post, that was a mimic of yours and you criticized him for his post.

Interesting strategy. You have ensured France's survival by effectively stopping time

Yes. This is definitely a strategy game. EDIT: How goes the defense of France?

Maybe I'm confused here, but did you not just do the exact same thing in the post immediately preceding his?

It's an interesting game that literally lets you take control of any country that exists at the time of the scenario (1936, 1938, 1939, 1941, and 1944 scenarios exist). Though you might have limited fun playing as Tibet You control research and production of your country, as well as trade and diplomacy. A wide variety of unit types exist, in land, sea, and the air. Doomsday is coming out soon, which includes the original HOI2, as well as some other neat features (spies!). It also includes a new scenario, as if WW3 against the Soviets was sparked shortly afterwards. It also extends the base game from 1947 to 1953.

I didn't see the games so I can't really comment People do go through slumps. I think Pronger looks slower than he actually is because he's so big though. Of course, maybe he actually was dogging it in the Olympics. A lot of people felt that Canada didn't play with much heart at all. He is also playing on a broken foot.

If the antagonist is the focus of the story, then they are no longer the antagonist, but the protagonist! :D

Meta for the win! I'm hoping it creates a new paradigm for software development, to help combat rising costs. It's more work for programmers, but I think it's mroe than offset by not needing millions of content artists.

The sounds and background music was some of the best I have heard. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I loved the music playing in most of the bars. The "you're in a creep place" music for the haunted house was spot on!

I always preferred the PS/Gravis style controller.

I don't fight it...I just give in. It's winter 1941, and much of the Soviet Union has crumbled beneath me, as has the UK. Pretty much all of Europe is mine, just have to whoop-ass on Romania and Vichy France....Portugal still exists...but they have annoying VP, so it'll be a while for them.

I've seen some places speculate late 2006.

Yes. It's much more cinematic too. The combat in GalCiv is "move your unit into the other unit's space, do some math and determine a winner" like most turn-based strategy games.

I have no beef with the ground combat. I think it's pretty straight forward. Though it pales in comparison to the Space Fights, which are fantastic.

If you're talking about Malkavian bizarreness, then yes...it's used in every line. There's also Dementation which is used quite frequently as well. I remember convincing someone that I was their pet turtle that they flushed down the toilet. They were so ashamed and apologetic :D

You can truly create your own character. Probably moreso than any CRPG.