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There name bounced around like a hot potato for quite a while between Infrogrames' acquistion and Atari closing down it's doors. It's quite the dramatic soap opera actually

But Vader is called Dark Lord of the Sith at starwars.com, but he's still the apprentice of Darth Sidious. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Vader Kills Sidious At the end of the movie series thus, technically he does becom the dark lord of the sith, although this could also be debated because by killing his master Vader is actually straying from the dark side. But still in the tradition of the sith, since he killed his master, he would become the dark lord of the Sith. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If that was the case, then I would doubt that starwars.com would refer to Vader as The Dark Lord of the Sith. They're not going to give him the title for killing the Emperor, although as you said his killing of the emperor was part of his redemption, not claiming the mantle of Dark Lord.

But Vader is called Dark Lord of the Sith at starwars.com, but he's still the apprentice of Darth Sidious.

Activision was indeed started by unhappy development studios that didn't like working directly for Atari.

The shooting I was able to get down pretty good with some slider manipulation, so I didn't have a problem with that. With some creative tweaking I was able to get the game running pretty good, with average scores of 90-100 pts and realistic shooting percentages. It still sucks to hit a speedy slasher with a pass (which often isn't a lead pass, which gets annoying) and watch ANY CPU defender catch up to you and cut you off. They came from behind.

I'm most familiar with the basketball games, since I love basketball. the AI in Live 2005 is quite a bit better, but I still find my teammates to be a bunch of doorknobs that don't understand keeping the floor balanced, or like to cut across for a post up while I drive to the lane. My biggest beef with 2005 is that the computer controlled teams have a speed boost. It's virtually impossible to score on the break in that game, even with speedy little guys like Steve Nash. But give the CPU Nash, and watch out! Another big beef is the defense. The CPU teams stick with their man like crazy, whereas my own team defenders have their feet glued to the floor, and trying to anticipate defense while controlling can be difficult. I'm not processing all the input and know what the computer is doing the instant he starts doing it, whereas the nanosecond I push left on my controller, the CPU defender immediately reacts. It's led to some bizarre times when I couldn't even cross the half-court line without whipping out some crazy freestyle moves to get free. Trying to just dribble the ball across the line was literally impossible. It's not my fault.

Agreed. It is easier to play those games multiplayer on consoles. Here's hoping they improve the AI in the near future rather than the graphics though. The robotic nature of the AI (especially your teammates) is frustrating. Nobody ever worries about upsetting a droid.

Haha, ironically, I have a game controller for the driving parts hahaha I also use it for the sports games. It made more sense for me to buy a $20 controller than to go and buy a new console just to play the odd sports game :D I will admit that trying to play sports games with a keyboard just pisses me off. It's not wise to upset a wookie.

Score one for 2K Games. I guess they got the rights to ALL of Firaxis games, as they advertise Pirates on their webpage. They have some pretty big titles on their list (i.e. Elder Scrolls 4 and Civ 4), which should net them some decent capital for funding future games. Although they have had some busts too I see (Close Combat: First to Fight...ugh...I loved the old Atomic Close Combat games, especially A Bridge Too Far and its dynamic campaign...the name has been tainted!)

Awww...no more Star Wars quotes??? I'll try to remedy that. I haven't owned a console since my N64/Playstation. There have been a few times I may have wanted a game and considered buying one, but I've always come to my senses before hand :D The big games like GTA and Halo and whatnot I don't like too much, because I prefer to play those types of games on the PC. The keyboard/mouse combo is a weapon from a more civilized time. Although lately I've moved away from the FPS style games...I still got Half-Life 2 (admittedly always will be a Half-Life junkie) and Doom 3 (for nostalgic reasons), but I have been playing a lot more strategy games and RPGs. They're not as clumsy or random as a blaster.

You'd care monetarily if their financial woes mean the games don't get released.

You'd be surprised how few 20 year olds actually have an idea of what they want to be. Many of them may *think* they know what they want to do....but many (I'd wager *most*) run into the same "problem" as you when they get further into their academic career.

Hey, it's Ender! Long time no see :D

I've always been fascinated that many people find "The Universe just exists" as being completely unacceptable...but "God just exists" is perfectly ok. My main reason for "removing" God from the equation is based purely on reading up about all the messed up explanations people had for stuff that they didn't understand. Unfortuately, it's human nature to need reasons for something. We can't just be on this planet to procreate and pass on our genes...there must be something else, otherwise what's the point? Right? I feel God was created simply as a means to explain the unknown. Oblivion is impossible to conceive. For the universe to just exist seems "silly" so we create abstract notions to satisfy our desires. Ah yes, an all knowing God created us.....what's that? Who created God? Blasphemy! He's always existed! It was funny to know that initially the Big Bang theory was criticized because it reeked too much of divine intervention.

Let's play spot the Paradox!

According to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, reaching the speed of light is not possible, since as our speed increases, it's functionally equivalent to our mass increasing (good ol' E=mc^2). Since for all intents and purposes our mass is increasing (and it increases at a higher rate the faster we go), you essentially need an infinite amount of energy to achieve the speed of light. Also, I don't think Red Giant's are very massive. Our sun will become a Red Giant at one point, but I suppose I'm just being picky. :D As for hyperspace....I'm not sure. I have vaguely heard of bending space-time to create wormholes.....but the classes I have taken just glanced over the issue.

Fair enough. I considered this under the "ease of use" however. I have no problems patching a game if it's simple and was released in a timely matter. But I do know that many do not share my opinion. It probably helps that I don't actually own any consoles as an alternative. The problem is you post stupidly because you seem to only read what you want. I never said that 'crappy games' is the downfall of the PC. Heck, I like the PC. All I gacve was MULTIPLE reasons why consoles are doing better than PC. You took a whiny fit; because facts are stated about your precious DS. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You said: You did NOT give "MULTIPLE reasons why consoles are doing better than PC." When I then point out the "multiple" reasons that you somehow think you mentioned (at no point during our discussion did YOU mention "multiple" reasons), you r00fled me and assumed I was associating consoles as being "kiddie" things or whatnot, which was not the case. You also "defended" yourself by using my points to support your "PC is not as good" argument, when I was never arguing that PC gaming wasn't "losing." You clearly state that "the games aren't all that." You then state that "if they were" then they'd be winning the 'wars.' What I did was point out that you are wrong. The ironic thing was you accused the other guy of being blind. Nor is it "undisputable fact" that "Sports games on console = awesome." Unless "awesome sports games" are the unrealistic arcady pooch-screws they make. I mean, I'm sure when Tiger gets a perfect shot he decides to step back and Happy Gilmore it and can dynamically change the spin of the ball in the air! r00fles! (Although having actually played most EA Sports games on both console and PC, they are remarkably identical...shocking!) Hey...I wasn't the one that thought my comments about the social acceptance of video game consoles meant I was talking about consoles only being for kiddies like you did. I don't even like Dungeon Siege.

The Final Fantasy game play themselves just as much. It's like playing a movie. As for settling my "lack of taste," I wasn't aware it was what we were talking about. It sure seemed like it was about your bogus claim that the PC is "losing" because of it's games. Ironic that you lecture me about lack of knowledge, when there's other, more significant reasons, that I already stated (which you didn't comment on). Doesn't change the fact that the PC version of the game will be more complete than the rushed out the door console version. But I guess all that extra content makes the game suck even more, and further contribute to the "crap games that are the cause of PC gaming's death." r00fles! The problem comes in when you start saying stupid stuff like the decline in PC gaming is a direct result of it's "crappier" games. Sure you may not like the games and I may not care for the same console ones you mention....but don't say stupid incorrect stuff like that.

Hmmm...aren't geometric and exponential interchangeable here? I mean, geometric is just a discrete from of exponential.

It's been a while since I had played Throne of Bhaal.....could you remind me? And I cannot think of many games (not even KOTOR 2) where you actually have an impact on the NPCs. They stay static...and even in KOTOR 2, they may be darkside but they still responded like their old selves. The ability to make influences on the NPCs is a great idea, since it provides a more plausible and dynamic experience. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There is "reputation" in BG2, without the ToB. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh? I still don't remember. I played SoA even earlier I don't consider the "reputation" attribute to be influence though. Just your reputation. As far as I know, you couldn't convince anyone to be good or bad. I know so many people complained that you should be able to convince Viconia to be good, since she seemed more good than evil.

The sports controls configure very nicely to my Saitek controller, and smooth gameplay? Hmmm....sounds like rubbish. Runs fine on my system, and is vertainly not choppy. My computer plays sports games better than most of the recent games. Although playing them with a keyboard is not as good as a controller. All that shows is some good games are PC only, and some are console only. As for the FF games...I'd rather play Dungeon Siege than Final Fantasy. And it's neat that the PC version of Fable is going to have roughly 50% more game (they are opening up an area that was never finished for the XBOX version), and it's equivalent to about half the game now (so there'll be 3 parts essentially). And what about the people owning a PS2? They aren't playing Jade Empire anytime soon. I never said that the consoles aren't winning. You said that consoles were winning because of the games (or rather, PCs were losing because they don't have as good of games), which is not the case. Consoles are winning because they have two VERY attractive advantages with their price and ease of use. And if they can't afford all three, they certainly cannot afford a PC. Which is why the consoles are winning...not because of "better" games. There will always be great games that are PC only, and great games that are console only. (and crap games for both) I never said consoles are for kiddies. I said that because of the widespread distribution of consoles in the 80s (which is why I mentioned people aged under 25), video game consoles are much more mainstream. People can play a console for hours and not face the social stigma that a PC gamer would have. This also has to do with the ease of their distribution. I was just talking about social acceptance...never about maturity. So have I, and not since the NBA Lives in the late 90s have I seen the consoles have better games than the PC. I prefer my sports games to be more realistic, not arcadey shoot fests where hole in ones are a dime a dozen, or having fights after the race in NASCAR.

It's not that it's "hard" to implement...it just has a more exponential effect on time. It becomes "hard" because you get a larger amount of scripting and whatnot.

It's been a while since I had played Throne of Bhaal.....could you remind me? And I cannot think of many games (not even KOTOR 2) where you actually have an impact on the NPCs. They stay static...and even in KOTOR 2, they may be darkside but they still responded like their old selves. The ability to make influences on the NPCs is a great idea, since it provides a more plausible and dynamic experience.

Not that it truly matters. The game isn't too tough.

Most of the automatic memory managers are slower however. But it is nice to have a garbage collector take care of everything for you.