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The enemies didn't get dumbed down at all. I find them taking cover far more often than previous, as well as more useage of grenades. And the camo guys in this one are actually lethal. In FEAR, they were just punching practice. And the ghosts that attack, they're harder to see and there is no more auto slow mo while fighting them. Also, just beat it. ****ed up ending is ****ed up.

FEAR 2. Loving it as much as the first one.

They didn't make it per say, but without them the Portal that we know and love would have probably never happened. Valve did make it. They hired the Narbacular Drop team, but it's not like the Narbacular Drop guys were the only ones who worked on it.

Because she's a incredibly powerful psychic. Her ghost continues to float around.

I'm playing Warcraft III, which I intend to follow up with The Frozen Throne. Makes me want to go back to WoW. I downloaded the Wrath of the Lich King cinematic and that's stirring me up. Oh, Arthas, you've fallen so far. *sniffle*

Crud. Sounds like Bioware Austin filled their QA position that I applied for.

Don't forget the whole Neverwinter Nights lets you transfer over your Baldur's Gate character entire feature was cut.

My precious. Picture's fuzzy, but I don't care. The picture only exists to show off to you guys.

DLC level was the best level in the game.

I hope my unemployment doesn't last long. I have an application in with a company that I'd love to get a shot with.

So, tomorrow's the last day. The office closes down. This has been a rather terrific time and I have to say that I will miss it.

Who were these people? Are you sure you didn't imagine their existance?

STALKER: Clear Sky Still really need to finish Tomb Raider Anniversary and Persona 4. And get started on Arcanum. But I'm stuck at character creation. I want to create something fun, but am afraid the game will kick my butt for not being combat focused. How is it about that kind of thing? And I'm heavily tempted to reinstall Warcraft 3 to replay the campaign.

I remember trying to buy Mario Kart 64. Funcoland wanted $80 for it.

Very little chance of this happening. This is the quickest way to get retail chains to stop stocking your product.

Not really. Considering that consoles have been released previously as standards with various manufacturers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Saturn#Saturn_models A properly standardized console would be no more "closed" than a DVD player.

Thank you, Hurl! I hate console wars so much. It's so senseless. Competing over brand recognition of hardware and tying that to the software instead of just the software competing with other software. Hardware vs hardware is alright, but when the software is tied to it, then it's no longer about the quality of the hardware itself, but about what software companies you can sign with.

Played X3 all day, but I didn't mean to. Found Arcanum for $10 over Amazon recently. Installed it now, and now am installing an unofficial patch.

The only "base building" you have is really a technical interpretation of it. A few leaders can drop structures on the battlefield, but not much. There's plenty of micro. You're using that more on your troops, getting them into position, covering areas. As opposed to the old method of building up a big group and wafflestomping the enemy.

lol. Do you guys keep little sayings like this taped up in the lounge? Nothing like having built in excuses for your failures. There's also nothing like someone buying a toaster then blaming the manufacturer when it doesn't work because they live in a house with no roof and it's raining.

I thought console FPS games invented leaning. To make up for precise look controls when turning corners. And by "I thought" I mean I made that up on the spot.

They caught me by surprise a couple times. One time in the demo, walking down a short hallway, being careful of ambushes and scary stuff and the scary music starts up. I think "oh, Alma's going to pop out from the area on the right behind that thing!" I turn on the flashlight, look and she's not there. Scary music still going on. I look to the left. Not there. "Maybe she's up ahead? Or did I miss her?" I turn around and hit every single button that's assigned an attack. I melee, grenade, fire. Almost all at once. Because there's Alma, right behind me, the entire time.

Leaners are almost as bad as people who invert their Y-axis.

X3: Terran Conflict Oh, this brings back such fond fond memories of X3: Reunion.

Ooh, it's out! glad I'm skipping work today.