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Exactly----had corporations been capable of responsibility or respect towards anything but profit, I would have said that it's their responsibility to properly conclude that story. Yet as long as the publisher really doesn't care, the opinion neither of caring gamers, nor of self-respecting game developers count for anything. (Heck, Obsidian did say they'd be willing to do the sequel....)

This instigates that I re-post my humble opinion on the topic, which had gone completely ignored: So: Plano Skywalker, I think, is right that ME will set the new standard for space RPGs. A Kotor that will fall short of that new standard will be shunned by all gamers. If however Kotor adopts the ME-style, then it will no longer 'feel like' part of that 'Revan Trilogy'. (Imagine ANH and TESB being shot way back when they were shot, and ROTJ coming out in 2006.) I'm almost completely convinced that a Kotor 3 will never be coming forth.

Just curious: (One of you people would have some insight into this) I'll most likely be moving abroad next year, where I'll need to get myself a new portable computer. I won't be going for the highest-end technology, but then I'm curious what the chances are for a decent new notebook to come with Vista pre-installed....

Exact same assessment here.

I thought I was deciphering the first two sentences on that chat screen, well.......I ended up being stupid. Gotta think twice before you go "I recognize that word! Aha!" (and Xard, I'll get you at your first blunder in Turkish.)

So 'kikkeli' means, Pen1s? What does Lare mean?

I know the point is moot, but the game (well at least Kotor) wouldn't let you make any choices that would render itself permanently unplayable; unless it's a glitch, of course.

This may not exactly be 'funny' yet it'll make you chuckle a few seconds into the video.

I guess I'll have to say the Sarlacc, then.

Not to contradict you or anything, but Mace Windu is supposed to have slight intimations to the dark side, and to be able to use certain dark side powers while staying perfectly in the light. (I must have read this on Wookiepedia.)

You have been to a game here in Turkey?

New Rome

Yea, I'm proud of my avatar as well. Interviewer: You're a very silly man and I'm not going to interview you. Raymond: Ah, anti-semitism! Interviewer: Not at all. It's not even a proper nose. (takes it off) It's polystyrene.

There's also the possibility that you were tricked into buying what was nevertheless a pirated version; my humble recommendation therefore is that you check your system for viruses, spyware, etc.

Those aren't tattoos; painted images most likely.

Are there major tariffs on the consoles that cause them to be so expensive? It seems odd that they'd be so much more than they are in the US/Europe/Japan. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm just guessing right now, though the reason has to be that there's a ridicilously high "luxury tax" on entertainment-related (?!) items in general (I remember paying TRIPLE the US-price for a Fender Stratocaster). Here's the catch: Since the government, by their own admission, are unable to get so many 'respectable' businesses to pay any tax, they gouge instead the unsuspecting public in ways such as this.

You must have sought this one out, no doubt; but I'll post it for general reference: Rahan - Intro with lyrics As for 'educational', I completely agree: I think many European cartoons of the 80's [i know Rahan has a much longer history as a comic book] were culturally responsible, featuring anthropological, historical, etc. themes in ways that would be appealing to kids. I have such 'themes' in mind, as adventures taking place in places as diverse as Native American or Viking tribes, the Swiss countryside, in early Stone Age communities, or the Spanish conquest of the Americas. Today's cartoons by contrast seem to care for nothing but selling more toys and video games!

Anyone remember "Rahan, fils des ages farouches"? Apparently a new version is in preparation, and there are news of a movie under way; though the cartoon will likely be broadcast in France alone.

Turkish television mid-80's to mid-90's. These are the ones I used to like most; in no particular order: Voltron He-Man and the Masters of the Universe The Smurfs Clementine Les Mondes Engloutis Rahan La Linea Bravestarr The Real Ghostbusters Ninja Turtles Robotech Richie Rich Marco Harlem Globetrotters Transformers Yakari A whole bunch of soccer-themed Japanese cartoons of which the names completely elude me. Abner the Baseball (No there's no baseball played in Turkey: Yet every person between the ages 20-30 should know this little flick by heart, as it was filler material between shows on the only existing tv channel.) Alvin and the Chipmunks Denver Several French cartoons with 'didactic' purposes as to introducing to kids historical, scientific etc. themes. Roadrunner The whole WB enterprise Disney likewise ditto, for Hanna-Barbara Woody Woodpecker Thundercats Popeye Inspector Gadget Hong-Kong Phooey Red-Kid (which is the alias for Lucky Luke here) Asterix Casper Heidi Viki the Viking The Pink Panther Calimero Nils and the Flying Goose Maja the bee

I don't know if any of you remember that several weeks (?) before it was officially announced that K2 was in development, there had appeared a spoof-like newsflash, announcing that "Kotor 2: The Sith Lord" (no 's') was on the way----back then few people had taken it seriously, and the thing did look *quite* fake. I hope this piece of news will turn out likewise!

Mario keeps being remade almost daily; and 3d versions do exist. for C64/amiga fans out there: A remake, 2D yet *very* good looking (despite being a spare-time freeware project) of TURRICAN is on the way. Check this out: Hurrican - The Turrican Remake

One thing that has been worrying me, is this: Now it seems the SW saga develops in 'trilogies'----I know the novels and the comics are the big exception to this formula, but so far, with its ANH-like first episode, and the TESB-like gloominess and cliffhanger ending of its second installation, Kotor appears to obey GL's trilogy-format. Fine, so the fans have a lot of reason to expect a third episode. One thing about trilogies, though, is that they are supposed to constitute a unity, not only of plot and characters, etc. but I guess in the case of a video game, in terms of graphic representation and gameplay as well. So the next installation of Kotor would likely feature the same 'looks', 'feel', and 'playability'----otherwise the coherence, the unity expected in a trilogy would be disrupted. Games like GTA that unfold, more or less, a 'universe' of their own have no pretensions as to being grouped in 'Epic Trilogies'; hence in every episode, they can tinker with the game as much as they like, introducing novel features, completely new gameplay and graphics, etc. Kotor wouldn't admit of that, I belive: And the bad news is that the 'original look and feel of the game' is getting (perhaps already has got) obsolete. If a Kotor 3 comes out that won't 'look and feel' like K1 and K2, fans will likely complain that it's something totally different, and not of the spirit of the Kotor-trilogy. On the other hand, if the next Kotor ends up being exactly like its predecessors, it will be considered backward, and surely won't attract new gamers----cool lightsaber hilts, flowing robes and badass fighting stances won't impress those who will have seen that crazy new Vader (?) game (of the u-tube fame....) I know next to nothing about the gaming industry so do excuse my inane speculations on problems pertaining to the publishing of a new Kotor. I'm just bothered by the idea that a 3rd episode far too removed from the first two in terms of development would bring with itself plenty of oddities, as to the 'look and feel of the thing'.

GTA IV

There was a bit of a controversy at the youtube website, over whether this new title will be Wii-exclusive or not. If all those movements are dynamic, and not part of static fp animations, then maybe they really do need something like the 'wii remote' in order to be performed. On the other hand, you could perhaps manage to do them by an intricate combination of mouse and keyboard? So anyhow, this means, that if a K3 will ever come out, and if in case it looks like this, then that's great news for me, because I won't be able to waste a week on it.

Whoa! What game is this???