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According to yon Google Alerts, you should be able to see the dev diary here, but I cannot check as work computers don't have flash installed.

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I made another prefab post for all y'all. There was another developer diary that leaked (came out?) today, but it's not on youtube at the moment as far as I know. Still, some people got some screenshots of character creation (ME-like) / item management (Hitman-like). [url=http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1452/ap1.jpg]1[/url] [url=http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/4979/ap3.jpg]2[/url] [url=http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1027/ap4.jpg]3[/url] [url=http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/4749/ap5.jpg]4[/url] [url=http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/6017/ap6.jpg]5[/url] [url=http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/9757/ap7.jpg]6[/url] [url=http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/2285/ap8.jpg]7[/url] [url=http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/8030/ap9.jpg]8[/url] (this assumes the forum you're using uses php) The thread I started in my other forum has reached 1500 hits, which is pretty okay I would think. I figure at least 500 are unique. Pimp the game already, it could have an impact.

Question for the devs: Do weapon augmentations affect the look of our weapons, ala Hitman (this all looks very reminiscent of Hitman, which is a big positive IMO) ie, if I buy the modified grip and modified stock for my shotgun, are those modifications reflected in the game, as in Hitman? Or are the weapon skins static even with heavy modification, ala STALKER: Clear Sky?

Whoever uploaded it took it down.

Interesting that you can buy multiples of things like armor. That might just be a factor with things like tools & traps that you exhaust, but it's still odd. I wouldn't think they'd include an equipment wear & tear mechanic.

For someone who proclaims such love for BG2 he forgets about it rather easily.

I'm expecting that they've cribbed some concepts from KOTORII, actually. According to GTTV, you'll probably be playing as numerous characters throughout ME2.

I was playing Arcanum and having a good time of it when I got to that point where your cultist friend (the one who you begin the game with) had a BG2-esque "my planet needs me now" revelation and ran off from the party. He did not come back. I looked online for the triggers that would cause him to reappear but no matter how hard I tried I could not cause him to spawn. And so I finished the game without that guy. That's not even getting into the game-breaking bug that was Arcanum's design.

According to the GTTV twitter there will be an update on Baldur's Gate tonight, presumably during their Bioware segment. I wonder. (it might end up just being a "no comment")

That's just... Rainwarrior. He's the PS3 guy. Been around a lot in the AP forum. Sony unveils its new thing (warning - harsh language)

I think they mean the Neverwinter Nights series as an aggregate, ie including NWN1 and its expansions.

When you start it up there should be a prompt asking you if you have a sound card installed. Choose "no".

I'm not sure Wizards still has the rights to those settings. I seem to remember Ravenloft in particular being sold to White Wolf, though that might have been my imagination. I wouldn't bet much money on an official foray into Darksun or Planescape. No sense in creating interest in a setting you're not supporting otherwise.

So, Tim Schafer is hosting the GDC and he made a brand new adventure game about it. Clue: there's way more jokes than you think.

The Escapist Show visits Obsidz (about 3:30 on) Kind of funny that they had footage from Tactics, a game Black Isle didn't really work on. Rights issues with 1 and 2, maybe?

I expect MP3's (hurrr) been in production for a good while. The release date is probably 7 or 8 months away.

You know the first two Max Payne games had console ports, right?

The obvious answer is not to play it if you don't have a console. I don't imagine they'll jettison the noir trappings of the series, but I welcome their going in a new direction to some degree. Max Payne 2 was a self-parody if I've ever played one. And that's not even getting into the movie (is it just me or does the new Payne [the third look for the guy in as many games] look like Mark Wahlberg?)

It's opinions like these which make gaming forums worth it. Something new, something insufferable, every single day.

Hardcore Army of Doom **** yeah

Gamestop has an estimated release date of October 5th. More competition for AP, I guess.

the teaser site ("There's something in the sea") is continually being updated, and you can certainly get a feel for what the background on the story's going to be. Doesn't really jibe with the Alpha Daddy plot point much. Maybe they're ****ing with us. Or maybe you're some sort of Ahnold-in-T2 turned hero.

2010.

My understanding is it's not taking place in an urban center, but in some far-flung mountainous area, probably a place that doesn't really exist. So I would disbelieve the notion that civilians would be involved here. As for killing non-civilian saudis... ah, well that's a choice the developers made. I'm sure they could have made fake countries (madeupwordistan or the like) to avoid this sort of thing but they are probably looking for a smattering of realism or just some flavor that suggests this is all taking place in our world and not an entirely fictional one.