Hell Kitty

^ What mission is it?

That's pretty much the kind of thing I'm expecting. Kids aren't an issue though, they as Beth has made them unkillable anyway.

There's that you're responding to what you've decided they mean, not what they've actually said thing again. Exaggerated realism, the type of stuff you might find in 24 or the Bourne films or Bond, isn't the same as fantasy stuff like Hellboy or Riddick.

Sure, they are absurd on their own, but they can feel more or less okay depending on the rest of the game. In Mass Effect infinite ammo doesn't feel wrong because the majority of the audience can accept such a thing in a sci-fi game with laser guns and space travel, but in a modern day real world setting like AP, it might feel wrong, which is why people freaked out about it. In neither the modern day or the future sci-fi setting would a bee-filled bullet feel anything but ridiculous. Which is why is just silly. Deus Ex was a near future real world setting, but it featured "absurdities" like experimental sci-fi weapons and superpowers in the form of augmentations, so there is no reason they couldn't have thrown in a gun that shoots out dragons and have JC shoot lasers out his fingertips, right? Because they are all as equally as absurd as each other right?

The original comment you laughed at: There are a bunch of us however that follow weapons tech a lot, and will do our best to make sure nothing absurd gets into the game in terms of fire arms and ammo. I took to mean that the types of firearms and ammunition found in the game, will be similar to the type of firearms and ammunition, and no fantasy weapons like laser guns will be included. So while the game will have an infinite supply of clips for our weapons, the ammo in those clips and the weapons we use them in will be based on, but not exact copies of real world weaponry. Your comment: Having bee-filled bullets is no more or less absurd than infinite ammo. Again, there is nothing wrong with absurdity. It can be quite compelling and entertaining. But you would be better off embracing the absurdity rather than tryign to make some weird differentiation between 2 impossiblities as being less or more absurd. suggests you agree with my saying that a character with unlimited ammo is no more absurd or cartoonish than a character carrying a dozen guns and hundreds of rounds of ammo, because there is no point differentiating between these 2 impossibilities are being more or less absurd. So how have great strides... been made to reducing the whole thing to a cartoon when you now admit infinite ammo is just as absurd as the alternative?

Oh, well in that case the issue is Amazon not shipping certain items to certain countries.

See my earlier edited post. Anyway, while I'm against all this censorship nonsense, I also find it hard to really care, because so far it hasn't affected my gaming in any way. Most of what gets banned is crap anyway, and the changes made to games are minor (like the camera moving so you don't see the prostitute working on Niko in GTA4). It'd be nice if Fallout3 was the game that brought about a change to the law, but most likely it'll receive a minor change and no one will care. What are you talking about, ME came out here at the same time as everywhere else in the world.

From a kotaku comment: I knew there were plans recently to use the R 18+ rating for games but it didn't happen, but I didn't realise it was just one man who stopped it going ahead.

You're kidding, right? Yes, I am kidding, you got me. checking wiki it would seem the answer is yes: Classification is mandatory, and films* that are refused classification by the OFLC are banned for sale, hire, public exhibition or importation into Australia, carrying a maximum fine of $275,000 and/or 10 years jail. *And game I 'spose.

Oh come on... Proof that OFLC needs a shake up, what in F3 could seriously be that bad? based on earlier rumors it seems to be drug use. It has to be more then that, otherwise we wouldn't of got Dues Ex. Not really, there is all sorts of crap in older games that would have been banned by the current crop of oflc jerks have they been made today. The problem is just as newc0253 described, that games are seen as inherently kids stuff, so WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

so where's my DA information it's like two mintues to the 10th stop living in the past you stupid jerks.

Oh come on... Proof that OFLC needs a shake up, what in F3 could seriously be that bad? based on earlier rumors it seems to be drug use.

I love inventory tetris, it's fab. Resident Evil 4 has the best inventory ever. Have I pimped that lately, because it's awesome. You can even rotate items, which is an extra level of complexity than that seen in most inventory tetris. Everybody wins!

I'll backwards you... Anyway, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Fil...eo_game_ratings A number of games have been "refused classification" here, but the offending content gets edited out and the game is released, Dark Sector and GTAIV being recent examples. GTAIV was modified and released at the same time as the rest of the world,, but Dark Sector took months.

When it comes to incapacitating enemies, I prefer something like the MGS series where unconscious enemies would eventually be revived (by time or allies), rather than something like Thief where unconscious enemies were considered dead by all NPCs. Also hiding bodies in containers of some kind like in MGS or Hitman. Also destroying communication devices like in MGS. Of course I don't expect any of this, but it'd be nice.

Oh I didn't think you were. I think that certain types of games are most likely not being made today because they don't make the amount of money as other types of games, and whether or not they are complex isn't as important. I also agree with Krezack, that some types of games were never frequently made.

Those are all on console. Too complicated for the PC crowd.

Except he wasn't talking about realism. A character with unlimited ammo is no more absurd or cartoonish than a character carrying a dozen guns and hundreds of rounds of ammo. What's wrong with being interested in or excited about a game in development? Honestly, your comments are as "empty" as theirs. "This game looks great!" "But it might end up being terrible." "This game looks terrible!" "But it might end up being great." The problem is you aren't responding to what people are actually saying, you're responding to what you've decided they mean.

^I read somewhere that they no longer send boxes. Either way, a $2 dollar box from the post office did the trick.

I don't remember how the quick save worked in BP, what was so clever about it? I enjoyed BP well enough, but I'd gladly take polish over ambition when ambition gives me stuff like copy/pasted environments and constantly changing accents. Boiling Point could have been as big as STALKER. Okay, maybe that's pushing it, I guess we'll see when White Gold comes out.

A number of articles about this collected here: http://anti-racistcanada.blogspot.com/2008...zi-parents.html

The thing about "freedom of speech" is that it doesn't mean the freedom to say whatever I want, wherever and whenever I damn well please. The thing about "white pride" is that it's never just about being proud to be white, it's being proud because you're better than all those other races who should probably go back to their own countries. Since when does the swastika mean only "I'm proud to be white"? I'd say the mother redrawing the swastika before sending her kid to school has something to do with it, like sending your children out to preach hate or some such, rather than simply being neo-nazi. You're going to have to give some examples for this to make any sort of sense. Why would something be considered "unique and interesting" based solely on it refusing to do business with those outside certain groups?

Nope.

I sent my 360 in for repairs last Friday, was told to expect in back in 3 to 4 weeks, but I got it back all nice and fixed today, with a month of gold. Yay!

Surely a human male would be a better comparison?