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Will Wright's still a bigwig who seems content with where he's at and is given as much time and cash as he wants, so I'd say Maxis is dead in the same sense that Black Isle is dead - arguably in name only.

It's advisable to hold off on the lower levels until you've gained a few levels and abilities.

Having played NWN2 with the 1.10 patch, I'd already had the camera beaten into submission by the time I started up MotB.

Gann's there, and I have the hag's eye, and I've spoken to her and determined the Gann in her dreams is of her own design, and spoken to her father about it, and the girl keeps walking in a triangular pattern. I'd swear it was a throwback to PS:T.

Yeah, I got that. I went there before I ever went to the Well of Lurue. So I went in and they told me to wait until she goes to bed to enter her dream, but she never goes to bed.

I'd rather know things about the game. Why does it have the look of a Nicktoons version of Metalocalypse?

Is there something notable about this game?

I'm about 8 hours in, and I haven't a single complaint so far (although there are some weird camera issues, but hey, I played NWN2) Any reviews in yet?

Eh, Herve Caen killed Westwood. You're a little confused. Like, details-don't-matter confused. Osama-reads-the-Koran confused.

It's also worth asking, how do you get the girl in the Well of Lurue to go to sleep, so that you can enter her dreams? I try waiting and sleeping until all different parts of the day, but she's always in there, pacing. Do I have to cast a sleep spell on her, or something?

So far I'm going to have to say that the CNPCs in this one are a lot better than the OC's. There isn't one that grates on the nerves even slightly.

BLARGH

I'm more than willing to overlook Jade Empire. Never happened. And I'm excited for ME.

I suppose it's better than the rumored MS buyout. I wouldn't be surprised if this was an attempt by EA to improve their image. They've been trying lately to dispel the whole "make the same game over and over again" stigma. Besides, there are bigger and uglier things. Like Activision. Or Nintendo. It's actually a good thing concerning exclusivity, as has been mentioned. EA has never seen a platform it didn't want to expand to (although I have some reservations about the end product of a team that's working over multiple platforms at the same time as opposed to a single platform development) So the wailing children are at least likely to get ME and its sequels on the PC. They put ****in' C&C3 on the 360, for God's sake (although I hear it wasn't a terrible port)

So how do you get the furnace dude to talk to you? Do you have to fight Okku the Bear first, or what?

There's actually been some research done into MMO economies. There was a study out of some university in California that put Everquest's economy above Russia's in terms of strength and value, which makes you think. Then again, this was before WoW hit the scene.

Well, that's certainly no good.

OBSIDIAN IS DIRTY LIARS THEY LIE ABOUT THEIR GAMES

LIARS

Wait, so if release is the 9th, why do all the retailers around not have the game? Gamestop says tomorrow, Best Buy says the 11th. YOU PROMISED ME 9TH OBSIDIAN

How much is MotB going to cost? $20? $30?

Meh on MMOs. And just how much input does he have on design? He's lead programmer. This has been known for the last 3 days at least, btw. It was a headline at NMA, at least.

Those album covers are always discomforting. And the good Iggy solo albums.

With horse-armor, your horse is elevated from inanimate vehicle to vital and important non-player character.