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ZOMG LOL. Since most people attribute Deus Ex's (is that the proper grammar?) excellence to the specific personalities behind it, can we really be excited about this?

The resemblance is uncanny. If it's not the Oriskany in the game it's at least the conceptual inspiration.

When you turn on the really impressive real time lighting, the performance goes to ****. Otherwise it's fine.

I've been visited by very disturbing visions of a STALKER RTS.

Hehe, as far as I've found, the hardc0re fans, that is, the guys who think Fallout 2 was a professional assassination of Fallout 1, think that New Reno was the only good part of the sequel. But I believe that was mostly about MCA's design choices in regards to roleplaying. I certainly didn't think New Reno was out of setting. I can't remember if New Reno was hit by a nuke, but I'd imagine that if LA hadn't it would have turned out much in the same way, or at least much better than it did. Anyway, we'll have to wait and see.

I don't entirely get what you're saying here. Seemed to me like some of the urban environs, like the Den and New Reno and the Boneyard, consisted of standing prewar building being repurposed by the inhabitants. Denver in Van Buren was going to consist of communities amongst tall buildings. That seems pretty logical to me. Besides, part of the advantage for Bethesda regarding switching coasts is that they have greater freedom to define the environments and the finer points of the physical setting without directly contradicting 1 and 2. Hell, they've practically got Carte Blanche. Isn't that the point? I'm wondering about how it is they're going to fit all the environs in the concept art (if they are) into the game. They've got an obvious enthusiasm for wide open spaces. I mean, if put to scale, DC should be bigger than the entire Oblivion map. Hell, the capital city wasn't bigger than a few city blocks put together. Are they going to cut out large parts of the city and make only certain, smaller parts accessible? If the concept art is any indication, it's going to be hard to wall off the city. I'm thinking maybe they'll feature the Northeastern part of DC and the southwestern part of Baltimore, and throw wilderness in-between. Or maybe it'll just be DC and some surrounding bergs. Fallout just featured the Northern part of LA. *edit- See! See! Heh, wouldn't it be **** we get to visit Bethesda town at some point?

Do you know anything about Virginia Tech? The shooter wasn't bullied, he was a kid with a history of sexual abuse and a mental problem. The oppression he felt was imaginary. If you had the wits you'd cite Columbine, which would be the appropriate example of actual bullying pushing a person to violence.

IIRC, that url has always led to the Blizzard site.

when the child is obviously a nerd.

20 internet dollars says that if the carrier makes it into the game, it will be a dungeon.

So we can reasonably assume it takes place in DC, at least in part.

Settlers of Catan, 360 style. Aw yeah, mother****ers. It's on. The question is, WHO'S GONNA TRAIN ME?!

Toughen the **** up, Murfreesboro, Tennessee schoolchildren.

It's also the worst of the few games that I like that combines technology with magic and swords.

Warcraft 3 was terribly, terribly boring. But I was into it for a bit. Back when I got it, my name for all my in-game accounts and such was "Thrall", so when I started the game and my character's actual given name was Thrall it threw me for a loop. So I had fun with it until it started to suck. Up until Warcraft 3 I considered Blizzard to be a creator of genre masterpieces par excellence.

You should see Seraphim Falls, if you like Westerns.

hey, you know where this thread would really work? The gaming forum.

Emil was a level designer, right? Wouldn't putting him in charge be like getting an electrician to write a novel? *edit - Actually, that analogy makes no sense. What I meant to say is, wouldn't putting him in charge be like hiring a makeup artist to direct a movie?

Thankee all. See, I'd be all for purism and realism and all of that jazz, but I worry too easily about things like degrading equipment, to the point where it detracts from the fun of the game. I'm a defensive player in general. When I play Starcraft I just build turrets and research facilities and stockpile units until I'm absolutely sure I can make win in one hit. I've never won a war in a Civ game. It's just the way I is.

If somebody could clue me in to how to mod out the item degradation I'd appreciate it. I rather liked it when it was prepatched and I could take a bit once in awhile to admire the gameworld without constantly worrying about how I'm going to keep my awesome armor from crapping out on me halfway into a deep expedition. I'd like to have those moments back without the bugs.

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So wait, isn't Funcom the same company that made the lukewarm and clunky Anarchy Online? Or am I mistaken? *edit - It appears I am not mistaken. What's true for Bethesda must also be true for Funcom. This game is going to suck.

What? Kirsten Dunst is physically incapable of acting. Watch Marie Antoinette in all its putrid glory. James Franco was eerily reminiscent of Hayden Christiansen. I actually thought Tobey conveyed himself very well, at least during the bridge scene.

If you don't make money off of it, it had better be either a religious experience or a hobby. -- Lance Cooper To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kind of scary. I've wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad. -- Jack Handey Mr. Spock succumbs to a powerful mating urge and nearly kills Captain Kirk. -- TV Guide, describing the Star Trek episode "Amok Time" If you've heard one Andrew Lloyd Webber song, you've heard them both. -- David Wiegand He's a star and a pimp. No way is he not getting ass, mad ass. -- Morgan Phillips, claiming that STAR WARS character Boba Fett is very successful with the ladies in his essay "Boba Fett is The Mack" All my favorite quotes are here in this magic box. Oh, don't worry, it's Walsingham-approved . *Link approved by Walsingham, with some adult themes* *By which I mean the link has some adult themes, not... you know... I was like striking poses at the time*