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I have high hopes for religions adding a neat dynamic to the game. Although since I really loved the social engineering in SMAC, I am looking forward to the mix and match combinations I can make for my government ideologies.

Welcome to individual differences. Vader may not have been under the influence of alcohol, but he definitely was not thinking straight. Obi-Wan's presence infuriated him into a frenzy.

No movie is universally beloved though. I still think that not liking the movies is still a bit too general to make sweeping arguments about an individual. I don't think you can argue that the majority of people out there think that Peter Jackson is an excellent director, based on the LotR movies alone.

Why is said power only granted through government intervention? You make it sound like the monopolies of the world are a direct result of government intervention. If that's the case...how so? And what are some examples.

Troika no longer has a reputation of releasing buggy games, because Troika no longer exists

A couple of games that I'm looking forward to are: Alan Wake F.E.A.R. Half-Life: Aftermath Company of Heroes I'm probably most anxious about Company of Heroes, since I hope it brings back some of that RTS goodness that the Close Combat series offered

We are a bunch of twisted, imbalanced people

Ah! Actually, I've yet to actually play the game with the patch (haven't played it in a bit).

I'm curious what is different between my game and everyone else's. I have never experienced this Telos/Atris bug in the many times I have played through that part (I have experienced other bugs, but the only game stopping bug I have ever encountered is the Dantooine one).

I noticed this separation at my University. Anything that has concrete scientific methodolgy with no introspection for PSYCO classes (I think they should have used PSCYH instead of PSCYO personally ) is part of the Faculty of Science. All other PSYCH () classes are part of the Faculty of Arts.

There are aspects of Psychology that are scientific (the biological stuff), and parts that are not (the introspective stuff). Trying to figure out why that person is doing what they are doing is not scientifically verifiable outside of correlations. Realizing that schizophrenics have enlarged ventricles could maybe be argued as scientific (although it has little actual useful value, aside from recognizing a correlation). However, learning the way the brain works and recognizing that various parts of the brain deal with specific information is scientific. Using MRIs and whatnot to determine brain activity while performing tasks is observable and measurable. Furthermore, subjects with brain damage in particular areas support our hypothesis. I remember an interesting case study where a guy was shown a rose. He was asked to describe what he saw. His explanation was a convoluted red shape, with a green apparatus that it seemed to be perched upon. However, he could not make the recognition that it was a rose. He was then asked to smell it, and he immediately recognized it as rose. (I believe this patient was an epileptic, and had his corpus callosum severed to stop the siesures. Basically the left side of the brain and the right side of the brain could not communicate).

Meh, the arms and legs were easier to get

I think Obi-Wan baited him personally. I got the impression that for the most part, he went their to destroy Vader. And once seeing him burning and sliding towards the lava, it would be a safe assumption that he would not live. Slaughtering Vader in his state because Obi-Wan was angry at Vader destroying his friend Anakin would probably have more darkside influence than leaving him to die. There was nothing that was going to stop his death (except the outside influence from Palpatine, whom Obi-Wan did not anticipate arriving).

I heard the idea that the young kid would be Robin too. As far as things go, I suppose it would make sense. He believes in Batman and believes he fights for what is right. Given that Batman was there for him during the chaos in the Narrows, I wouldn't be surprised if he had some sort of heroic idolation towards Batman (I would!).

I usually don't see any corruption until maybe twenty shields (but I think more), and even then it's 1 It might have something to do with my Nation. I almost always play as the Germans.

Actually, I think Democracy offers the least amount of corruption. The distance from your palace/forbidden palace makes a HUGE impact however.

Why wouldn't it tie into Obi-Wan's character? This beast named "Vader" has occupied the shell of Anakin. Plus, Anakin is helpless. Is it the Jedi way to kill helpless people :D j/k

I wonder if Obi-Wan also had a hint of satisfaction seeing Anakin suffer. Anakin's turn to the darkside seemed to have extreme emotional effects on Obi-Wan, and a little bit of him may not have cared if Vader's last moments were in intense pain. Also, if I were Obi-Wan I wouldn't have expected Sidious to sense Vader in trouble light years away. Vader's death was all but a certainty. He was probably optimistic that Yoda was able to take care of Sidious too!

Fair Enough. I liked it because all that time spent not researching other stuff is nullified right away. Keep in mind you only get stuff from the Great Library if you actually have contact with 3 separate civs. If you have contact with all the civs, then you'll pretty much get every tech that has been researched up until that point. One time I jumped right into the next age because of the Great Library. It's also nice for the culture bonus, so I usually try to put it in a place that I want huge culture from. The corruption may be higher, but some quick restructuring of your palace/forbidden palace can make things take care of themselves. I usually have no real problems trying to manage corruption until I get faaaaaaaar away from my core cities.

I certainly don't understand why people complained that his turn was so sudden. Especially with his hostile attitude towards Obi-Wan in Episode 2, and the anger/rage towards the Sand People as well. I also liked how Obi-Wan accepted the responsibility of Anakin's turn at the end of Episode 3. I even sort of got the idea that he was hoping against hope to "talk some sense" into Anakin in the few parts that they were talking during their final duel. Yoda also makes references to the fact that the Jedi Council has grown arrogant, and perhaps does not always do things as well as it could. As for Yoda's discussion with Anakin about his dreams about Padme, I didn't mind that scene either. He says to not mourn those that become one with the force. The lesson itself was a good one...it just wasn't what Anakin wanted to hear so he ignored it. Although I'm curious what Anakin was expecting when consulting Yoda about his dreams.

Where was it shown that bullets had to have been shot from several directions? I'm curious which of the three gunshots required the shot to be from a different direction?

I liked the change to the Great Wall. You still needed to build the town walls to get the bonus, but you got a good bonus for using it. If I could make contact with 3 civs, I would make a mad dash for the Great Library. Having it meant I got any tech known by those 3 other civs immediately, for free! I make a change to Monarchy as fast as I can too. I don't like Republic, as it doesn't have the huge bonuses of Democracy, and has war weariness. Monarchy lets me finally use MONEY to hurry production (instead of citizens), and of course removes all tile penalties that Despotism has. And Calax...how do you have war weariness so early in the game? Do you switch to Republic? Try switching to Monarchy, and war weariness is a problem of the past. Monarchy = the conqueror's government.

I'm curious though at what point a bullet must have turned around to hit someone?????

I think it makes Anakin's Fall more sympathetic in the released version, rather than having Mace come to whup-azz on both of them.