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I just loaded up the DVD! And it's most obvious in the uniforms. The dude on the stairs that kills Private Mellish with the knife is wearing a Waffen-SS uniform (as indicated by his uniform), whereas the "Steamboat Willie" guy is clearly in the standard gray uniform.

Yeah, you can do that in Civ 3. The original Civilization was harder because the enemy could use your railline. That's the silly part I was talking about. I could just power to the other end of your country unmolested and start attacking

Meh, I shouldn't need to worry about having a huge garrison in my inner cities IMO.

Hehe, I was going to say BioShock, but I thought that the "Shock" was just some inteference in my memory due to it being the successor to System -Shock-

It wasn't the same German that spared him. That same German is shown a little bit later, after Upham has left the staircase, and when Upham gets brave and cuts them off from running away, he pulls the gun down from his face and gives him an evil glare. The soldier, who had just shot Captain Miller, looks at him and says "Upham!" at which point Upham (rightfully?) puts a shot into his chest, and tells the other German soldiers to move along. The German that spared Upham was absolutely not the same guy....he had a uniform with more green on it than gray, and more hair.

I can't put a tune to it.....

Haha, the winnar again! Although it's likely more because I couldn't put a tune to Flatus' rendition.

I suppose that will do. It certainly shows loyalty to the cause.

I had heard of a spiritual successor to System Shock 2, but the name escapes me at the moment. Like "Biozone" or something like that....I'm sure it had "bio" in the title.

Pfft...only level 4? n00b

Wowzers!

Schindler's List was a great movie. I actually "missed" an English class one day, and I found out we were watching Schindler's List (which I hadn't seen at the time), and was disappointed. Fortunately, there was questions we needed to answer, so I was motivated into renting it and watching it for myself. Apparently people "laughed" when the one lady was shot in the head and blood squirted everywhere, because apparently my classmates "knew" that it should only be a bit of blood. Apparently the ignore the fact that there's a giant artery flowing up to our head so that we can live and all that fun stuff. By this time I was already pretty disenfrachised with high school, so it was just the icing on the cake. I really, really enjoyed the movie though...and is one that definitely gets me choked up as well. Although almost anything with a somewhat decent representation of World War 2 usually does. Band of Brothers brings out the emotion in me, whether it be watching the guys go AWOL from their hospital to be with their unit, to watching poor Eugene lose a rare bright spot in the nurse at the Bastogne aid station. . When wade gets shot in Saving Private Ryan, and starts crying out "Momma" is pretty emotional for me too....and I was one of the few people that felt sorry for Cpl. Upham when he froze on the staircase....and I like the fact that the German soldier that saw him there realized he wasn't a threat, and just let him be. I liked the whole opening scene as well, as it didn't seem to pull any punches, and it showed that the American's weren't all heroic and all, in that they shot unarmed soldiers that were surrendering as well, and made fun of him in the process.

Did you just take a picture of yourself????

Ditto! A truly non-linear game (in that I could do different parts of the quest in different orders....none of this "oh look I have a ton of sidequests, despite the fact that the main plot must be played through in exactly the same way no matter what" crap that is passed off as non-linear today). Not only that, but it let you bake bread, and apparently you could craft your own sword too. (I never got the hang of it, but there were books that told you how to do it!). I loved shooting the breeze with people, and when you audition to be the Avatar (where the audition was basically picking the most appropriate line, from "-I- am the Avatar" to "I -AM- the Avatar" and so on ) was good fun too. Not to mention I found the game to be genuinely difficult. If I went running into Destard, the Dragons were gonna have my way with me. I should see if I can find my old copy of the game. I think I saw it when I picked up my close combat games from my parent's.....but I was too on a quest to find CC, and didn't think to grab it.

The most accurate representation Evah!

His innocence is what makes the film. His limited intelligence prevents him from having any bad thoughts, and loves completely unconditionally. It's one of the few movies that gets me choked up.

I never cared for the Ultima Underworld games. It was probably because I was so madly in love (like Furries are with animals) with Ultima VII at the time that anything Ultima that wasn't like it was just teh suxx0r.

Muahahahaa

Hmmm...I've never been at one of those huge LAN parties...but I'm pretty sure I would never pull my pants down....at least not my underwear too. Unless that guy was so sure of his l33t quaking skills that he played Strip Quake 3 or something.

I'm pretty sure that's what he just said... Yup :cool:

There were sequel offers? I agree that I don't think they'd be able to recapture the charm and beauty of the original. Now that I think about it, I really like Forrest Gump

Hmmm...those people must be "furries" or whatever. You know...those ones that love animals.....not just "love" but love animals....as in IN LOVE

LOL! Murphy's Law at the very least

Did I correct him? I was actually commenting about Ender's......props in the bedroom. Meh, score for me if I did!

The ping-pong scene was neat! And all the "old" footage with famous people like JFK in it.