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Is that warranty just for the red ring of death? I've never encountered it in the 2 years I've had my 360, but my brother broke one of the USB ports, so no multiplayer Guitar Hero for us.

That's pretty accurate, actually. This is all at 7-11's expense. Looks like it was a good investment.

There was another thread of this type not too long ago, and JE Sawyer chimed in with a Delta Green idea. That sounded good to me. I voted Vampire, because I like the setting, but BG3 or KOTOR3 are good too. I'd like that a lot, but something tells me Josh isn't exactly chomping at the bit for another IWD. Besides, IWD was always supposed to be the dungeon-hack alternative to BG.

I wouldn't say that David Cage is a "game auteur", just yet. That having been said, a Law-&-Order-with-quirks game like Pheonix Wright isn't quite the future of gaming. Fun, but not something I'd identify as being progressive. What it really needs in Lenny Brisco.

I agree. We should blind the robots.

Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court of the US decided that Victor Rita, a 25-year army veteran convicted of perjury, had recieved a fair sentencing of 30 months in jail, whereas 33 months for Libby was "excessive", according to the President. I wonder who's got a more reasonable approach to the law...

I believe in low prices.

I think he means No-Doz and all the other trucker-tweaker drugs.

Isn't pro-social education just an analogue to censorship in that it encourages people to act according with what those in power in society believe to be in society's best interest? I still don't see what's so defensible about Manhunt 2 that this "education" would be preferable.

Math, english, and science classes are supposed to impart applicable skills on students. Is the implication that as long as we teach "pro-social" skills, "anti-social" elements and media are acceptable? That doesn't really follow.

Didn't you quit gaming?

It's mighty progressive to think of gaming as being beyond mere play, but that's what it is. Play. And as such, obviously the thrust of the industry will go towards young consumers, that's just good business. And to someone like me, who doesn't really recognize games as high art by and large, gratuitous amounts of hyper-realistic violence, or depictions of necrophilia, aren't things worth defending on principle, and the vast majority of the time they don't serve a purpose. So if the gov't wants to stamp it out, fine. Games don't grow on trees, they aren't drugs. If a moratorium on hyperviolence in video games is enacted it's not as if a huge black market on violent video games will arise. Games are expensive to make and are meant for mass consumption. Thus gov't intervention is as effective, if not more, as market forces in regulating the content of video games. So if it's not some warning, what is it then? You're actually suggesting education in the literal sense? Are we going to have sensitivity classes that you can take when you're 18 to earn the right to play games? Are we going to have gaming licenses? If not, what good would these classes do?

Wait Dungeon Siege was critically acclaimed?

We should make them legal and then not tax them. That way, with no oversight and no scrutiny, the drug cartels can finally shape up and be responsible. The free market fixes everything! Also, we must stop Fionavar before he kills again.

I'm perfectly fine with, say, 3 charges of perjury warranting jail time. It's a moot point regardless, as Clinton was acquitted.

Yeah, we went to the one in Denver. It was busy.

Since Libby was convicted of 4 charges and Clinton was accused of 2, no.

Natch. I'll have to upload the last 3 songs. Missed those. *edit - Actually, quite a few more than that. Uploading presently. Arroyo Redding

You've got your head on wrong if you can't tell the difference between lying to cover up an affair and lying to cover up violations of national security, which is exactly what the Plame leak was. That Valerie Plame wasn't in another country and in immediate danger is irrelevant. She was covert (yes, she was undercover. The CIA said this. The CIA referred the leak to the DoJ, there's no sleight of hand to be made over this) and her cover was blown by somebody in the Bush Administration. You don't do that ****. Ever. So to protect the office, Libby tried to shine on the DoJ. He didn't have to, the actual leaker (Armitage) told DoJ the straight story and got off. But Libby tried to obstruct justice, and thus he was put on trouble. Yeah, he was part of an unpopular, delusional administration. But he's not Jesus Christ, and the democrats aren't Pharisees. Libby was prosecuted because he broke. the. ****ing. law. And he should have done his time.

WOOO SOCIAL DARWINISM YEAH HIGH FIVE BURN THE UNDERCLASS I've got a better idea to protect homes from fires: Don't smoke.

I bet the Obsidian developers who peruse this Obsidian board are going to be stunned by the overwhelming popularity of Obsidian on this Obsidian poll. And I voted Bethesda, because it's punk.

Somehow, I don't think tolerance with a healthy dose of fatherly "be careful now" is going to affect whatever impact the games have on children at all. You can have a little thing about how violence is wrong and shouldn't be practiced but it's going to be about as useful and effective as the FBI warning that you can't fast forward through before every movie. You have to have a willing audience to educate, and **** if I'm going to play Manhunt 2 to be educated, I'm going to play it to strangle people with plastic bags and **** corpses. You need to be willing to give complete and utter trust in children's judgement, comprehension and maturity to justify "education over censorship". I know kids, and they're not to be trusted in such a way.

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Maybe not Tarantino, he's far too self-indulgent to use violence for the sake of anything other than style. Roth would be a start. Rape chic is a film trend that should be nipped in the bud. It's hard to say if this really is a coup for Take Two. It all depends on when and if the game is recut to a Mature rating and whether or not the banning will boost sales more than they already would have hit, let alone recoup the money lost through the banning. Manhunt 1 was a pretty pointless game (there was supposed to be some kind of story but it only ever went as far as "move to the next area and execute more people") and whatever thrills it had petered out by the halfway point, when it became a clunky GTA-style 3rd person shooter. Manhunt 2 looks to be more of the same. Postal with extra gloss.

Is this 'un compatible with Unfinished Bizness? THROWBACK Heh, since there was no BG3, I always fit Marophet (my first character to make it through all of BG, NG 30th level Conjurer) into my PnP campaigns. Fun stuff.