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Oh, hey, apparently romanization of some Japanese words does carry accents and

I'm pretty sure there's no accent over the e in anime. No languages involved in the formation of that word use accents.

I always have fun when I do a color spray on Minsc (and the rest of my party) when I meant to hit the lizard he's thwacking with a magic missle. Edit: I can't be the only person who likes Jaheira. She never really seemed to be nagging to me. She also has a very good sidequest. Maybe the best companion quest.

Dang this thread. Dang it to heck. Makes me want to replay Baldur's Gate. And by "want to" I mean "installing now." I also almost bought a new copy of BGII+TOB for $10 from half-price books, just for a backup. Edit: I think I'd actually rather play Neverwinter Nights 2, but this temporary graphics card is terrible.

I defy you to show me a situation where deadly force is not only necessary, but also not wholly appropriate. In either games or life. Just imagine if you had infinite ammo while waiting in line at the DMV!

I watched Shinobi: Heart Under Blade this weekend. Shinobi was good. It was not exceptional, though, and I doubt I'll ever watch it again. But I did enjoy it.

I refuse to sign any petition on principle, unless the petition is funny or relates to excessively long ladder climbs. This does neither. However, I do generally prefer limited ammo and the resultant complexities to unlimited ammo and the relative simplicity as a principle. On the other hand, I fully accept that the aforementioned resultant complexities of a limited ammo design may not add anything of significance in the design of a particular game and may indeed detract from the more core interests of that design. As an example, limited ammo designs may be harder to pace or result in undesireable breaks in pacing where the player has to seek out ammo. And, personally, I've very rarely ever seen ammo used in any serious conservation by a game. It's usually so ridiculously abundant that my only concern is making sure that I use my full weapons so that I don't "waste" the next stash. Many such games would probably be better off with unlimited ammo just so I don't feel so compelled to weapon juggle.

Yes, half-assed comes to mind. But it *is* just an expansion after all... You can't target an improved invisible creature, so you can't remove their immunity, I believe that's the problem? True Sight? Anyway, ToB was originally meant to be BG3, but they seem to have just gave up and did a half-assed Xpack instead. That's why I installed Ascension - hoping it'd add a bit of life. But as it stands I'm struggling to find purpose to continue BG2 normal - it's all just too easy... but more than that, it really is boring. Maybe I've just played chapter 2 way too much. Yea, I'll go to spellhold and sort things out. Wild Mage Wiiiiiillllld.... Mage See how easy a time of it you have when, right in the midst of a battle, your Mage casts fireball x2 on your party.

I came into this thread forgetting that everyone is 2 or 3 weeks ahead of the rest of us. sonofa

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Lightweight.

Wait a second, Warlock's attacks are only once per encounter! That's it, D&D is finished! It would have been so cool to have an entire fight consist of a Warlock yelling dark secrets at his enemy until the enemy lost his mind. "YOU ARE AN INSIGNIFICANT SPEC IN THE UNIVERSE!" "THERE IS NO PLAN, YOUR LIFE IS MEANINGLESS!" "NOBODY LOVES YOU!" "YOU WILL BE FORGETTEN WHEN YOU DIE!" All the while his enemy is screaming "NOOOOO! IT CAN'T BE TRUE!" until his head explodes.

Lovecraftian flavor in my favorite class? nom nom nom nom, delish

I wonder what kind of pact my Neverwinter Nights 3 (or whatever the next D&D CRPG is) Warlock will make. Star or Infernal. Star sounds tempting.

I like quite a bit of what I read. I'd buy the book if I ever PnP'ed. Which I don't.

So, my new list would probably read: Metal Gear Solid 4, naturally. Beyond Good and Evil 2 Red Alert 3 (somewhat) Project Origin Can't think of anything else.

Gotta love ADV. They were the ones bringing Gurren Lagann to the US. Now, well... their future is uncertain.

It weren't no slow zombies we fought in the war.

My DBZ sets came far earlier than expected. Arriving a week earlier than Amazon's original estimation for them to even leave the warehouse. On disc 2 (of 30). Gohan's 6 months in the wilderness is sad.

Hot Fuzz is a sequel to Shaun of the Dead as far as I'm concerned.

BLADE RUNNER!!! Oh good, someone mentioned that. I bought the DVD and Blu-Ray versions of Final Cut less than a month apart. It was actually my first Blu-Ray.

It's funny those two things happened, really. I suspect in the end because both sides fubar'd, it will actually lead to an alliance, whereas if just one side ****ed up, it would be impossible. I dunno. They love character flaws for this show. So, giving them an opportunity to all return to be stubborn seems like something they'd do.

That's a swell idea,... Mr. Secretary of Defense!

It took me a while to even remember what I was arguing in this thread. So you're not alone. For a while I got more caught up in arguing than discussing. The discussion gets disrupted and easy to lose when people take to mocking others or using sarcasm instead of clearly illustrating their stance. Something I'm oft guilty of. Excellent. Wanna make out?

Yes. And movies are made by people, using tools. But let's stick to the topic. This is the topic. But I do! It's the wonderful game of "let's rewrite a perfectly good plot so that it doesn't need to include certain parts so my argument holds water!". This is not the topic. Feel free to argue against a side opinion because you feel that's more interesting than the actual topic. But don't expect me to join in further. Just, y'know, to note. This is a position I am not at all in disagreement with. I never said titilation had no place. Nor have I ever intended to imply that its presence is forbidden by a lack of meaningful context that can only be achieved by masterful writing. The point is largely the opposite. That the existence of sex, violence, insert outrage of the month in games does not require some elitist definition of meaning to fit within a game. Just like it doesn't need it within movies. Movies regularly and consistently fail that same test. But to much less ado.