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Probably an automated, keyword-based search system. When I log into my email I get all sorts of ads about soda. Same deal.

STOOOOOOGES LIIIIIIIIIVEE I HAVE BEEN OBLITERATED STOOGES STOOGES STOOGES

This is a fantastic idea. Lapdances have killed the art of the striptease, and this is the first step in reclaiming this noble way of life.

The only things funnier than Doonesbury are the New Yorker cartoons. I don't laugh, but inside, I smile.

I have 2 already. Stupid animals.

My cat ran away 72 hours ago. He has not come back. Cold with rain tonight. So I can only assume that he's out there, cold, either starving or dead. This ****ing sucks, I'll tell you. At least I have exactly 1,000 posts. Hooray me. Give me a medal. *edit - I miss my cat.

Your answer is "psycho". Now go. Psycho eh? Go on. Tell me more of this "psycho." What does it do and more importantly, where can I find it? Son, let me tell you, psycho is a rare and precious commodity. Nobody knows where it comes from, but by chance, anybody who sells drugs on the corner is bound to have some. It makes you fast, but it also makes you stupid. And all those arbitrary measurements of damage you take every time you get hit? Well, psycho makes it even more arbitrary. Save your game before you take it, cause you might get junkie disease, which is bad. Nevertheless, one dose of the stuff will make you just about impervious to bullets of the 10mm variety, you'll take 0, 1 or 2 points of damage each hit, and it'll allow you to take more of any other kind of damage, but you won't be invincible. For example, in the Den there's a bar next to the Slaver's Guild. Punch the barman in the face until he is dead. On his body, you will find a syringe full of precious, precious psycho. Then walk into the Guild, take the psycho, and become their daddy. Take them to school in a van full of pain. Be forewarned that unless you hook up whoever it is you're with, they'll be vulnerable to all the bullets bouncing off of you. Repeat where and when necessary. It don't pack quite as much power later on in the game, but once you get your power armor it becomes obsolete anyhow.

Your answer is "psycho". Now go.

I disagree with all these agreements. Fallout is not a mormon girl, Fallout is a game. Fallout does not need to be protected from the big bad world. Fallout does not have an "honor" that needs to be protected. If Fallout wants to shack up with bland, dim Bethesda and pop out a few middling sequels, that does not make Fallout any less of a great game, or a great franchise. We shouldn't hate on Fallout for that just as we shouldn't hate on Fallout for converting to judaism, or dating a black man. *edit - <3

You was explored them, did you? WMP is poison. Do not use it, for anything. Just replace the songs with better songs.

Ugh, God, I hated Arcanum's manual, simply because it didn't have a table of contents. Who leaves that out? Seriously.

Yarr. And RP - If you get the Astrolite without killing anybody, Mercurio will recover and then go out and kill them instead - he tells you this when he drops in on you on your way to the Elizabeth Dane.

If you're not averse to user-made modules, you may want to keep an eye on Mysteries of the Moonsea: Melvaunt. It's one of the modules I'm most keeping my eyes on, as his screenshots are perhaps the most visually stunning I've seen come from NWN2, and he sounds like just a plain smart guy, who enjoys what he's doing. Some images: Thar 01 02 City of Melvaunt 01 02 Damn, that is pretty. But I wonder if the city will suffer from the same small-itis that Neverwinter suffered from.

I used to think so too, then I replayed F1, and I firmly believe that it is the best of the two. Fallout 2 is more refined, it's true. The party system, while still lacking in some respects, is much better. The inventory is streamlined. Fallout 2 seems fuller, but even with all of that, I still prefer the first game. I can't really explain it. It's not nostalgia. I think that Fallout nails down a feeling of non-linearity while still remaining focused that I honestly don't think F2 captured. Also, the villains are much creepier, which for me personally is a big plus. In all honesty, I believe that if Black Isle had gone with its original plan and not revealed the Enclave in the ****ing intro movie, I would have considered Fallout 2 to be a superior game in all respects. Truly. That having been said, F2 has all the replay value, and the opportunity to be a fast-talker, which is my favorite character type. That's missing in the original. I will say that it's definitely worth playing through. It's a lot shorter than F2, and you'll make it to 12th level tops. 12 hours or so of gameplay. Having played Fallout 2 first you'll probably find yourself wanting a few things, like new items in the inventory showing up on the top of the list instead of the bottom, but you won't regret sinking your time into it. You might not love it, but you'll be glad you got through it.

Also, Twilight Princess.

Word. I'm kinda hoping for a second expansion, maybe set in the Moonsea, or the Shining South. Dunno what the chances of that are.

More aggro than emo. They're equally stunted, but emo is more Bright Eyes and Dashboard Confessional. Saddo stuff.

Dungeon Siege 2.

Psssh, that's Xbox quality, maybe.

Buh? All the system sound files are mp3s. It's then simply a matter of taking whatever mp3 you want to play, finding the song you want to replace, renaming the wanted song as the song it's replacing, renaming the unwanted song (I usually just add 1 to it) and the game will play the new song as if it was originally meant for the area. Example: Let's say I am annoyed by the Genitorturers track played in the Anarch bar. I want to replace it with Windowlicker, a ripping Aphex Twin track. I go to Bloodlines' data directory, into the sound subdirectory, into the music subsubdirectory, into the "licensed" folder. There is "Genitorturers - Lecher Bitch.mp3". I go to my Aphex Twin folder, copy "Windowlicker.mp3", and paste it into the licensed folder. I rename "Genitorturers - Lecher Bitch.mp3" to "Genitorturers - Lecher Bitch1.mp3". Adding the 1 to the filename allows the game to pass over it, but allows you to easily revert to default if the song doesn't work (sometimes it doesn't). Then I take "Windowlicker.mp3" and rename it to "Genitorturers - Lecher Bitch.mp3" and, Lord willing, next time I enter the Anarch bar, I will hear Windowlicker. Be aware that sometimes doing this will, instead of play the music, cause the game to crash to desktop. It's not a sometimes thing, if it happens, switch out the song for something else, and that should fix it (unless you're unlucky and get several bad songs in a row) I highly recommend doing it, half the fun of playing Bloodlines for me now is experimenting with the soundtrack. I usually replace the area themes ('cept for Hollywood's, which I love for some unknown reason) with Autechre instrumental soundscapes, and it vastly improves the mood of the game. But dude, if you consider the soundtrack to be emo, I don't think you can be helped I'll hand you Chiasm, maybe Daniel Ash but Ministry? The Genitorturers? They're going for a goth-industrial feel, not emo.

So you expect it to be better than you expect? How does that work?

Where is Darque, anyway? I'm going to stage a coup if she doesn't show up right quick. I'll do it.

But all your gnomes are lucid, right? Right? No gnomes. What about... Spriggans?

Intent or no, it's awfully insensitive. I've no doubt that Fox is capable and willing to employ mouth-breathers who wouldn't know or care what taste is, but chances there's somebody who knew better, and they let this 'un go.

Closest I can get is Benjamin Franklin: "Well done is better than well said." I thought elves were goodies? In my world everything is all turned upside down. Dwarves are a seafaring race, Elves violent and vengeful, "drow" (though they're really just elves with a skin pigment problem brought on by magical corruption) tend to favor the arts and most of the worlds great plays, epics, and famout bards come from Darkling(my world's name for them) stock. Halflings are crazy mechanics, Goblins aren't evil (just disfigured to the point that people just assume they are) But all your gnomes are lucid, right? Right?