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They really value maps. But if you trade your map with one person, you better do it with all of them on that same turn. They also really value resources. I can get huge gold per turn trades, and technologies, for trade goods.

Give them their first shipment on an ICBM.

And will be playing PC games for a very very very very long time.

Play.com told me that they only ship to Europe when I inquired.

I know that Civ 3, in addition to games like SMAC, make the number 1 nation a target, and they receive penalties when dealing with the AI.

The colour used for Wizard of Oz was Technicolor's 3-strip process, developed in 1929. Disney acquired a two year exclusive license for it, meaning everyone else was stuck with the two-strip process (i.e. colour still existed prior to 1929, it just wasn't very good). The 1932 cartoon Flowers and Trees was the debut of the 3-strip process. The first live action film to use the 3-strip process was The Cat and the Fiddle in 1934 (which was an MGM production...the same studio that made Wizard of Oz), and the first movie to use it throughout the entire production was Becky Sharp. Wizard of Oz came out in 1939, 5 years after the colour technology it used was first scene by audiences, 10 years after the technology had been developed. Somehow I can't see Wizard of Oz being in development for 10 years (the script was completed in 1938, the same year the Snow White, another colour movie, came out). To reiterate, the colour technology used in Wizard of Oz did NOT come out during the production of the movie.

Heh, in Jr. High our best marathon runner was a heavy smoker

Although seriously, when has it not been all about the money?

That would explain the EA official replacement CD that contained all the patches that I received, complete with a formal apology from the developers and the publisher. Odd.

I suspect their next reason will be NWN2.

He needs more sensationalism then: NWN2 WILL MAKE YOU ITS BIATCH!

Don't underestimate Fox's influence. They single handedly made EVERY other TV station change the winner from Gore to Bush simply because it's the FOX NETWORK!!!:!@ OMFGZORS!@!!! At least Fox News is upfront about their bias :D

Try and fail of course.

I also fail to see how Fallout, a game Rhomal used as support for good RPG games, are a reflection of the evolution that he wants in RPGs like Baldur's Gate. I fail to see the RTS/FPS influences in Fallout.

www.gameplay.co.uk told me that they do ship to Canada (and I assume the US), but it's a 4.95 pound delivery charge. I told them I didn't care :D

Considering the assload of songs you can still fit on 4 GB. You could do a full install of Baldur's Gate on that thing!

Reminds me of the Madness series. Very entertaining.

Ok, I just read your entire article (enjoy the free hit), and you still contradict yourself. You cry out for game developers to adapt and chastize those that don't. But then criticize those that adapt.

Linky linky?

Its called fostering discussion and perhaps some interesting/productive debate. [sarcasm] I can see by the recent threads on these forums that such really isnt needed, what was I thinking? Certainly Obsidian was foolish to want to shut these forums down with all the high brow and reasoned discussion. [/sarcasm] I will refrain from posting such in the future, as apparently you people perfer posting comical images and laughing like oblivious teenagers and hurling insults over anything else. My bad. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Still curious what the verdict is on all those Gold Box games that were D&D hackfests prior to all the RTS/FPS games becoming legendary? I think you've deluded yourself into thinking things are different. The old school Sir Tech games were combat heavy as well.

A favourite of mine: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=15849

Editted. Sorry.

Only if you get the Hintbook bundle though. Each game on its own is only $25 however.

Your loss then. It's THE CRPG experience you have been waiting for. And it's a long game to boot. Riiiiiiiiiiight. How's the "1 hour of gameplay for every dollar" idea of game value holding up?

There was no point to read your article because the stuff spouted in the abstract that you presented didn't make any sense. What fantasy world are you living in where games like the Gold Box games didn't exist? Earlier Sir Tech games (and Ultima games and so on) were all heavily combat based. The Gold Box games were power gamer's dreams. I don't recall Eye of the Beholder really being that quality in terms of the storyline. EDIT: My bad.