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I've started my first serious run at Mysteries of Westgate and I'm really enjoying it so far, hats off to Ossian. I like how skill checks come up in almost every conversation (and aren't just limited to things like bluff, diplomacy and taunt) and that sometimes they will throw in red herring options to keep you on your toes.

It is frightning how quickly it all mounts up.

Auntie Monte, the heatwave combined with heavy hay fever is unbearable. If I leave the windows open the pollen will get me, my eyes will itch and I'll be constantly sneezing. If I leave them closed then even with a fan I'm uncomfortably hot. What should I do?

Edit: Nevermind, I really need to type faster.

Still seems silly to me. If she has time for a photoshoot then surely she can improvise her way to the mall.

What's going on with leg of her pants?

I thought Sienna Guillory and Oded Fehr made a good Jill and Carlos, neither were really like their videogame counterparts but they fit the movie and were fun to watch. I think if RE3 had followed on directly from the ending of the second film it would have turned out a lot better, but oh well. The series is truly doomed now that Wesker is in it.

You forgot to mention how hot Canadian women are, get your priorities in order man.

It should also be noted that Anna Torv is gorgeous with brown hair. Just wow.

To be fair Leonard did a good job on Fringe, it's a shame to lose the character so early if for no other reason than he's such an imortant part of Walter's past.

Fringe is one of my favorite shows. It doesn't look like the main plot will be starting until season 3 though, I guess this is what LOST fans went through.

I spent the last couple of hours playing a browser game called Transformice. It's like a cross between Lemmings and a social commentary. It's also one of the funniest games I've played in years.

If it were me I'd make sure that Chain Shot was limit to the kind of distance that regular pistol shots are. I think I'd also lose the pinpoint accuracy and require that players aim as normal with the advantage of the world moving at slow speed. I'd have Chain Shot use a different damage table for grunts, bosses and vehicles, bosses only taking a slight increase in damage for head shots so you can still do a noticable amount but never enough to destroy him in a couple of vollys. I think Stealth Operative would be probably be just fine though if you couldn't judo throw a guard in front of his buddies without revealing yourself.

That could be such a long conversation. I think AI improvements would go a long way, as would making boss encounters possible to deal with by non-violent methods. Toning down certain abilities like stealth and chainshot would also be a good idea. That said, I think the game on whole is more balanced than people give it credit for, it's just that some of the things that are broken are so common that you're always noticing them

I really enjoyed the non-combat parts of the marine campaign that often felt just like being in the movies, Rebellion nailed the asthetics and capturing the mood. I think it's the multiplayer (which had some unbelievable issues) and the support for the game being dropped so quickly afterwards that gets most people's goat. I don't want to go into a rant or anything but I think overall AvP really did deserve the bad things said about it, the things it got right (and there were things it did really well) were just outweighed by lots of niggling issues.

Right, because that would be womens volleyball. Fun to watch, fun to play apparently and fun to think about. It's brilliant.

I suggest pretending to be Alan Shore for a year or two.

I had linked an article that explored that but removed it because I didn't think it would be relevant In response to your question though, there are so many sad songs out there that it's obvious that there's a market for that kind of music. I also thought that a lot of musicians (like many other types of artists) poured their emotions into their work and that it wasn't uncommon for them to be more creative during their emotional highs and lows and turn out some of their best work. I completely agree that a poor quality song isn't likely to provoke much of a reaction out of anyone, but surely there are reasons why and how a high quality piece of music can effect us emotionally that go beyond "Because it's good" and that seemed to be where Walsh was navigating the thread.

This is also worth a read; http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/200...ion-moira-farr/

http://www.exploratorium.edu/music/questions/sadMusic.html

Good for them

One of the reasons given in an interview (with rock, paper, shotgun I think) was that they had originally included a skills system but found that the skills and augs were always in conflict with each other, so they decided to merge them and justify it in-game as Jensen getting used to how his cybernetic bits work.

He's right, Bloodlines was amazing, just make sure you download the fan patch as Troika went out of business before they could fix some of the more game breaking glitches. The game costs

Sorry if this is too obvious but if you liked the dialog and shooting but aren't too concerned about the stealth then you'd probably love the Mass Effect games. They are probably the most similar thing to AP in terms of how the game actually works, but they're all about fighting (which ME does better) and talking, with the occasional mini-game for hacking and lockpicking. There's no stealth what-so-ever or gadgets, although you basically get magic powers instead. I'm sure you've heard of them so I'll just say one last thing and be done. Both Mass Effect games are much more linear and cinematic experiences, Alpha Protol on the other hand had less hollywood moments but the characters and the world were much more reactive to your actions. Like a lot of other people I also think that would be a good fit for you, it's not new but it's one of the all time classics that games are still being compared to to this day. It's a compelling conspiracy story set in the near future and has multiple ways of dealing with every mission, a lot of interesting gadgets, area-specific damage (so for example if you get shot in both legs you will be crawling until you heal them) ect. It will only cost you