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I can accept banning burqas for a few reasons. But this reason is just a transparent lie. You don't uplift those forced into indignity by fining the indignant. You don't free slaves by making being a slave illegal. You don't resolve homelessness by fining people who don't shower. You're penalizing a victim for being victimized. It's idiotic.

How are the loading times on PC? I really enjoyed the game, but the loading times on PS3 were >_ I haven't seen reason to complain about them.

Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes It's been around a while on consoles, but the PC launched today. Pretty fun puzzle RPG. Champions and Elites cost money to replace after they die and that makes me sad.

It was probably the janitor playing a trick by setting all the clocks back a minute.

Yeah, Alpha Protocol makes today's haul. 11 games 6 expansion packs 2 adventure packs 1 DLC Any wagers on how long it'll be until I finish even a third of that?

I'll queue up everything I haven't already downloaded tonight. The consolation prize is something I already own, though.

Today is a good day for us around here, it seems. GOG has their D&D sale. Steam has Alpha Protocol for $2. http://store.steampowered.com/sale/SEGAWEE...?snr=1_4_4__118

I was this close to buying both BGs, both Icewind Dales, and Planescape on monday. Dodged that bullet.

Glorious day! All D&D titles are up to 60% off. They're using a variable pricing structure, it starts at 20% off, then every game you add to your cart, get an additional 5% off. http://www.gog.com/en/page/dnd_promo It would have only saved me $5 to take 4 games off, so I got them all.

I think this would be as good a place to discuss it as any. Am I the only one who seems to think indie RPGs are incredibly stagnant? Frayed Knights, mentioned by WorstUsernameEver, seems interesting simply for being a comedy. But it doesn't strike me as all that intriguing in any other sense. It's still dealing with fighters, mages, priests, and thieves. Swords, daggers, traps, fireballs, and heal spells in a roughly medieval setting. So the question here is, is my attention too selective, or do indie RPGs lean towards that tradition perhaps a bit too much? I guess, assuming I'm not completely off here, the reason this seems to bother me is that I'm a fan of RPGs, and the indie game scene has otherwise produced some very original and creative works. Just not any original and creative RPGs. It seems so strange that for a genre that is so diverse elsewhere, with Vampire RPGs, grim dark RPGs, play-as-a-monster RPGs, superhero RPGs, clock punk, steampunk, futuristic, post-apocalyptic, the indie computer game area is oddly limited. We got Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death, yeah. But what else? I would like to be wrong here.

My understanding is that spiders can FIRE their web. So they'll shoot the web itself that distance and hope it catches where they want. Then they may pull it in a little to make it taut. Edit: I'm searching, but I'm not finding support that they can shoot web quite that far, however. So I don't know. Edit2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_web According to this

My only complaint is the scripting is too heavy. I got to one area, and once I moved to a particular spot, a guy spawned in and started shooting at me. The thing is he couldn't see me. He was still shooting me. I was hidden. Then he stopped and went idle. The ambush deathclaw from nowhere. The tunnelers. It's everywhere. Cross a trigger and guys spawn in around you. If you play stealth, the only saving grace is that sometimes they still don't see you. Sometimes.

Wired has decided to gift me with yet more reasons to hate cutscenes. 5 Film-School Violations in Videogame Cut-Scenes

38 here, but I am glad I brought my AMR.

I thought it seemed clear that he was warning about losing the original versions. Whosoever does it, it is the rewriting of our cultural history. He says more than just this. This site has the full speach:http://www.savestarwars.com/resources.html So you're right that he's against others than the creators altering the work. But he's still for maintaining the originals and the cultural history. Analysis on other points in it can be found here: http://savestarwars.com/lucasspeechagainst...ialedition.html Bits include

It's not like we like her in those roles or anything!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/72760/ It's up.

When would THAT happen? When looking at job requirements, while also being afraid that your degree is worthless. Thinking people require an even more advanced degree than they actually do doesn't help.

I had a short panic attack due to mistaking the phrase "graduate degree" for "doctorate." I can't help but think this reflects poorly on my self esteem.

That may well be, but at least it allows you to stab Morrigan in the gut, while in Origins your character is forced to stand around like a retard in a cutscene while the bitch slowly walks out of the room. Don't make me send John Crichton after you! Assaulting poor Aeryn like that.

I'm mainly against that stupid musical number.

I can literally count the pixels that make up Sabin's face. And you'd be easily forgiven for not realizing that Kefka is still wearing his makeup, since the number of pixels that comprises that detail could be counted without taking off your shoes. Kefka's also the only one to have a nose.

How could you lose detail? There barely was any. You'd have to move to stick figures to have any less.

Not last I heard. The original negatives degraded. And the restoration process was solely done to create the Special Edition, so they didn't restore it unaltered. This is why the last release of the originals, on DVD, were from the laserdisc masters. They're the only copy of the originals in any worthwhile condition. The idea of a "unified whole" is merely an excuse for rewriting our cultural history. It does not deny the accusation.