alanschu

Me too.

Meh, when used with JRPG, I think CRPG is clear enough, seeing as JRPGs are almost a synonym for console RPGs.

Quality I'd say. I can spam my flirting skillz all I want, but it still doesn't change the fact that I am the suxx0r at it.

I'd be much more willing to attribute the mini-games to JRPG than character interaction. I also think that cinematic movie cutscenes would be a stretch, but who knows. And as for PS:T being inspired by FF7, I had heard that the inspiration that FF7 gave for the game was for spell effects. My original concern was still the point regarding RPGs becoming merely "JRPGs" This for one thing places a negative connotation towards the term "JRPG" even if you had no idea what it stood for. It was also a slippery slope term, and was most definitely not used in a positive way. You also completely underestimate the market. Someone else mentioned this, but as long as there are some people interested in playing "CRPGs" then there will be some developer that will make it. It'd be stupid not to. No business is going to completely ignore a sect of the market, especially if there's virtually no competition for it. It's why you still have adventure games coming out despite Adventure gaming being dead for years. On a final note, I don't consider CRPGs to be hitting the same stage of Adventure gaming.

I have a feeling it would have happened regardless of whether or not JRPGs even existed.

I say bring it on! I have a crack team of commandos EDIT: I imagine this is the place to post the action reports and whatnot? I was thinking on doing some newspaper articles for the state of affairs in Austria

I miss Sir-Tech too. Was really looking forward to it.

I think the Ninja is talented at doing the patented 404 manouver.

Hmmm, I'm Austria eh.... I wasn't around, and I guess that's the price to pay (oooh, rhymes!) And my email address is alanschu at gmail dot com

I agree about searing a steak (although I disagree about it "trapping" the juices....I think that the "trapping of juices" is more of a myth). I'm a big fan of the Montreal Steak Spice.

I've always called the demons.....demons. And I never found the game to be overly difficult....even when I had to follow that light source (in fact I ran ahead to fight imps to make things interesting).

Did you actually inquire as to where they get their steaks from? I have never actually checked to see where any of my steaks come from, although the local restaurants assure us of having Alberta beef, and those are the ones I've enjoyed the most. My brother's exchange student from Quebec also agreed

Hehehe. On the topic of Alberta, depending on who you ask, Alberta has the best beef in the world. I think that if most people were to compare beef, few would really be able to tell the difference however.

Silent Storm was sweet.

My source was the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The link was http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/bse/bse-overview.html but I can't seem to get it to work anymore. I'm not sure if they retracted the statement or if it's just because many of the links on their website seem FUBAR'd at the moment (clicking on About APHIS from their homepage works, but not from their Search page). I found a link to a George A Venters article here as well as here. I also base my conclusions on a stunning lack of increase of vCJD that was predicted by the CDC, particularly in proportion to the outbreak of BSE in England. Doubly so in places that consider cow brains to be a delicacy (which would result in maximal exposure to BSE). I found one article here that was an interesting read, but many of its reference links are now dead. It was an early 2004 article, so perhaps things have changed in the past year. Which would also explain my ignorance since I don't follow on the BSE hoopla much anymore. In fact, given what I've learned of BSE and its suspected transmittability, I'd probably still eat a steak from a cow in spite of knowledge that it had BSE, since even the CDC comments that muscle has never been reproducibly shown to contain the infectious agent in any form of spongiform encephalopathy, whatever the affected species. Having said that, it's possible new research has changed things, and even then, you could still argue through semantics that vCJD isn't exactly the same as BSE, so you don't get BSE

I agree Ender This I think is actually a latent bonus to the game......I find Arcanum to be a whole lot easier as a Tech Specialist.

Flyers just signed Gagne, which isn't too surprising.

People don't get Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease). There's been discussion about people eating meat from a cow infected by BSE to possibly develop Creutzfeld-Jacobs Disease, and people have labelled it as human madcow. However there's minimal evidence that actually indicates that people can get vCJD from eating cows with BSE. The big question mark is that places that consider cow brains a delicacy (where it's supposed to be most likely for the disease to "transfer" to a human) have not reported an increase in vCJD outbreaks. And even still, vCJD has still been found in patients that have been vegetarians. How many people have been killed by "mad cow disease?" I think that most of the hype is large enough, that it's just that...hype.

TSN is commenting on a bid by Comcast to televise NHL games and it's said to be in excess of $100 million US for two years. For reference, ESPN opted out of its $70 million option for the next two seasons. I'm not sure if it's $100 million per year or over the next two years.

Unfortunately, EA didn't do a whole lot of justice to the franchise (or to Origin) with Ultima 8 and Ultima 9

This place has an 80 minute interview with Jacko. I actually do agree with him that Take Two is a bit...uh...."ballsy" for releasing a game like Bully.

Ultima VII for teh win. A game that got a semi-sequel (Serpent Isle), as well as two expansion packs. Not bad at all!

I really enjoyed Garden State....and I don't blame the way he wrote the role...I would have I really enjoyed Garden State too, further proving I am an alternate account of you.

Agreed. No offense to Zach Braff, but there's no way I couldn't keep my eyes on Natalie Portman. Maybe if I get lucky I'll get a job with Obsidian one day, and conveniently set up an encounter with her in a non-stalkerish way and magic will happen "

I'm not saying that Bertuzzi should not have been suspended. I'm just commenting on the reactionary nature of punishment in the NHL (and arguably society).