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Everyone is entitled to their irrational behaviors. She has an irrational hatred of consoles. I have an irrational hatred for organized religions. I am sure you have at least one irrational hatred, NightandtheShape. We all do.

ROUND AND ROUND IT GOES!

I played Gothic 2, and hated it. There was no way I would get or play Gothic 3.

They should have shipped it out on DVD when the PS2 hit the shelves.

Which is why we need to stop taking and giving loans. Pay up what we owe and make those who owe us pay up.

I would think he is talking about the FPS genre since it is a FPS game.

Thank the Gods of Olympia for that!

Politics is fine. Over-extending our resources in a useless two front war is not.

I advocate such policies toward foreign nations, not for our own citizens Walsh, or haven't you notice. We need to take care of our own people instead of foriegn nationals. You just don't get or you just don't give a damn. As long as we are footing the bills on parasites such as Israel, iraq, Afganistan we will be weak. Hell, right now China has more resources and more economically stable than the US. Hell, we owe them money. There is something terribly wrong with that. Of course you either don't get it that it is wrong or just don't give a crap, Walsh. We are not the most powerful nation in the world. To think that we are is to be delusional.

I might need to see if the game has a demo and give it a try.

I would say "Oh... Good." Anyway, I wouldn't really bother with either system till the prices go way down. So far the best console that gives the best bang for the buck is the Wii.

The game sounds very involved for an FPS. I might have to give it a try. How does it compare to Deus Ex. Deus Ex is my favorite FPS game of all time.

As long it is character driven story line, I wouldn't mind a bit more open in exploration.

They should use NWN2 as a base for an Icewind Dale game. have it be a stand alone title, with the NWN2 toolset but if you have both games you can draw fromt he resources of both to make your modules. :D If Obsidian can make a story driven CRPG with lots of different areas to explore, more like Fallout and a lot less like Oblivion, then I am all for it.

The only sensible intervention strategy is not to intervene unless the citizenry, on US soil, and sovereignty of the United States of America are directly threatened by another nation. That means we do not interfere militarily or humanitarily with that nation. We conduct trade to get goods we need from them, and to sell goods that nation needs or wants. We can give favored trade status to nations who are poor and have developing markets but no money for nothing. For those who are our allies we will give logistic support, but not military support unless the threat they face has proven themselves a threat to the US as stated above. Those who have proven to be a threat needs to be neutralized so they can never be a threat to the US again, period. We protect our own first and foremost. Also we should create a legitmized guest worker program for foreigners who simply wish to work in the US but not live within it on a permanent basis. This program would be fully taxable for basis of income taxes and must abide by all current wage laws. I am not saying we should become hermits, but be responsible to our own people first. All that money going into Iraq should be used to help the states affected by Katrina or other disasters here in the US.

Well, this is between Great Britain and Iran. If Bush decides to do a military action against Iran he is even more stupid than he looks. Its bad enough he got us in a two front war.

Well, they were in contested borders and on Iran's side without permission.

Just to recap, in the last few weeks you[ve argued in favour of: 1) The treatment of defeated enemies according to the principles of the Treaty of Versailles. 2) Ignoring crimes against humanity. 3) Opposition to the principles of the Marshall plan 4) A general stance of isolationism Is that a fair summary? And if so, can we assume that you therefore would like to see the United States wither to an appendix, her friends desert her, and her enemies be encouraged? No, not isolation. I say we keep trade relations open and commerce. Also what friends? The only "friend" that is left is Great Britain in case you haven't noticed thanks to Bush. As for our enemies being encouraged, have you seen Iraq and Afganistan lately? Al Qaeda is making a major comeback, the civil war in Iraq is getting worse, and Iran are now taking soldiers from other nations. I think our enemies are quite encouraged, thank you very much. If we just focused on the nation that actually attacked us, Afganistan, and focused on Al Qaeda and not invade Iraq, you know... "staying the course" we wouldn't be in the shape we are now.

I don't see it is our right to interfere the workings of another nation regardless if it is good or ill, just as much that other nations have no right to interfere with us.

Yes. I do agree that the holocaust was evil and that killing millions is wrong, but non-interference is a two way street. Lets say a nation is giving free healthcare to its citizens, equal rights to all, and freedom to allow great diversity, yet it is culturally and politically oppose to us. Do we have the right to interfere with that nation? No. As long as they don't interfere with us and what goes on within our borders then we should not interfere what goes on within their borders. That goes with a nation who is ruled by a tyrant who treats his people as slaves and fodder. Of course if someone did decide to interfere with us I have no problem in recipricating the interference a thousand fold til that country is no longer capable to interfere with us.

I am in the process of simplification.

The reason that argument failed is because Germany went outside its borders and started to attack people.

As long as they make fun games on my platform of choice, the PC, I am not disappointed. So far Obsidian has made 2 fun games. A game is either fun or not fun. KotOR2 and NWN2 are both fun.

Would it really be worse? We wouldn't have wars, the environment wouldn't be collapsing, and we wouldn't have innane material object to obsess over and clutter our lives.