Hell Kitty

The texture pop-in happens frequently - when loading new areas, after fast travelling in Citadel, when switching armour in the inventory, when switching characters in the squad screen. I've seen it happy in other UE3 games, but probably not to this extent.

The x button is used to skip dialogue, but it can also be used to select dialogue options. The annoying thing is that the dialogue circle thingamyjig can pop up at any time, at the end of a characters line or half way through. A number of times now I've pressed x to skip at the exact moment the circle comes up. Thankfully, it's also on the default option, but it still annoys me, I could be missing out on wonderful paragon points. I think I'll just have to turn off subtitles and listen instead. Oh, and female Shepard is voiced by Jennifer Hale. Oh baby.

I bet Lance Henriksen could beat Alan Rickman in a fight.

Attempted suicide is a cry for help, a sign that the person still has some level of hope, which is a Good Thing. Of course, maybe it just means that stupid women can't even kill themselves properly! lololol!!!1!!1!8

The reason more men commit suicide than women is that men are less likely to seek help. Suicidal thoughts are an emotional problem, society expects men to be "masculine", and being emotional is considered "feminine". Men are more likely to bottle their problems for fear of being judged as weak. Men don't feel any greater burden than women, they simply believe they do, that a woman couldn't possibly feel the same burden. This is part of the reason people commit suicide, they think they are the only one who feels this way, that no one could possibly understand them. A man who believes he has greater burdens than a woman is like a white man who believes they are more discriminated against than a black man. Believing it doesn't make it so.

I'm currently playing an Earthborn, sole surviving soldier in Mass Effect. I had no idea Lance "I have the best voice in the world" Henriksen, was in it. Yay!

The difference there is that the drunk drivers actions were the cause of death. Fake MySpace kid was likely a contributing factor to the girls decision to end her life, but not the cause. I think this kind of stuff is really the straw that broke the camels back, and it would be impossible to find every little thing that lead to the choice she made. I think it's wrong to assume that if she killed herself over this she would have killed herself over anything, because we really don't know what this is. It's a really defeatist attitude. If someone is sad, why bother trying to make them happy, because they're only going to get sad again. Counseling? Nah, it might stop them from killing themselves this time, but they'll do it eventually, right? It's also condescending to assume that if something isn't a big deal to you then it shouldn't be a big deal to other people as well. It's not surprising a depressed teenager isn't going to want to discuss their problems with others if they fear being dismissed.

Apparently this went on sale today in Aus, a week earlier than expected.

Definitely. It makes sense that they'd rather think of the good stuff over the bad. It's also unlikely the girl shared all her thoughts and problems with them, or even anyone else. I've never understood why people can be so hostile when talking about those who've committed suicide. Labeling someone so scared to face life they want to die a coward is like calling a rape victim a huge **** or telling an anorexic they ought to lose some weight.

Lara without triangle breasts is Lara in name only.

How many school massacres have there been where the perpetrator killed with knives or some kind of melee weapons, and how many have had similar body counts to school massacres involving guns?

Damn friggin' straight we're nice. Oh, and CoD4 is out, AC comes out Friday and ME will be out next week. Dunno about Mario.

The Witcher\System\witcher.ini Change Language=FinalEnglish_Short to Language=FinalEnglish_Long. Haven't tried it myself.

This is what my Google skills have come up with. Now use your google skillz to find a way to enable teh b00br0x0rz!1 No boobies = game breaking experience. Actually to me it is. Well only partially, I've decided that I will not buy this game. The script changes and lack of the full original experience is the final straw. Maybe after mass effect if they have a patch with updated lost content I'll consider buying the game but until then they should be ashamed. A simple ini edit will restore the original script.

There is a mod called Shifter, which adds to the game, rather than being an all new set of missions. I don't recall exactly what it does, but it changes the rule system somewhat, throws in some news unique weapons to find. Because I'm so nice I've decided to add a link: http://mods.moddb.com/8002/shifter/

Silver is free,which allows you to download demos, videos and XBLA games. Multiplayer requires Gold.

I have 14 games saved on my hd, that includes a couple xbla games, and saves from both 360 and xbox games. All up it takes 392 mb. I suppose then the arcade version would be fine as long as you don't want to play demos (or videos), which are often over 1 gig.

I actually managed to get rescue all the survivors in Dead Rising, only to realise I had completely forgotten about Kindell, and he took off with a whole room full of them. Damn it. I would be trying the Hellgate demo, but it cut out at 98%. God damn it.

Space-Wardog seems way too chilled for something with "war" in its name.

^What's depressing about it?

Same. There was a particular boss I could never get past. Under the cathedral or some such.

Yep. It was a long time ago though, and all I remember was that it was better than I expected, being one of those FMV games with Real Actors. Have you played KGB?

I believe that's US only.

So I have two artists, both have created a work based on war, one pro and one anti, as well as two former soldiers, both have written a book about their experiences in combat, one anti war and one pro war. The views of those on one side contradict the views of those on the other. Who should I believe, who should I take as an authority? Help me Walsing-ham, you're my only hope. I'd suggest you evaluate each on the merits of their reasoning. If the pro-war ones are pro-war because they like hurting people for example that would reflect negatively, just as it ould if the anti-war ones find taking pictures of animals injurious to their dignity. Of course I'd also suggest you read more and view more artistic work, expand the sample size. But what if none of them display any obvious bias? How will I know which one to take as an authority*? I don't want my credulity in question. *The ones I agree with, obviously.

So I have two artists, both have created a work based on war, one pro and one anti, as well as two former soldiers, both have written a book about their experiences in combat, one anti war and one pro war. The views of those on one side contradict the views of those on the other. Who should I believe, who should I take as an authority? Help me Walsing-ham, you're my only hope.