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Finished Hotel Dusk. Now I'm not sure. I should finish Portable Ops but don't feel like it. I'll give Jeanne D'Arc a go.

This is why I never did drugs or hung out at Starbucks.

That's the version I have!

Hotel Dusk again/still. Hoping to finish it, then finish Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. Then read some books. ARGH!

I saw Cloverfield. I really enjoyed it. However, if you're the type that's sensitive to the handcam style (like was in Blair Witch), then you'll probably experience what you experienced there.

Little known fact: I am a next-next-generation AI.

I'm not "of the opinion." I don't know. But I'm not satisfied taking your word for it. I'd like to know the details about the actual T. Rex fossils with protofeathers you said had been found.

That's the same link I showed you. Which makes an exception for it as an early ancestor. Where have you read about the finding of Tyrannosaurus with feathers?

How are you so certain that the Tyrannosaurus had feathers? I'm looking that up quickly and the main support for your side is the Dilong paradoxus that was found preserved with indications of protofeathers. However, tyrannosaurids in Canada and Mongolia were preserved with actual scales. This National Geographic article seems to put forth the opinion that Paradoxus is different because it was an early ancestor. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/20...thery_dino.html Along with every other article I can find online.

I tried to watch Transformers yesterday. Watching HD shows and such on my PC monitor has spoiled me. Watching a SD movie on my TV, I'm just not sure if it can cut it anymore. I still have details from seeing the movie at theatres in my head, so watching it at home on my TV makes it just seem bland.

edit: Nevermind, after reading both your posts, I think I agree with you on your description. Although not the opinion.

Played the Turok demo yesterday. The short: SUCKS The long: Control is pretty terrible. There's not even slight auto-aim, but that's not always necessary in console FPS games. However, when your enemies are fast, constantly moving, and use ambush tactics it is indeed necessary. You can't snap to a target with an analog stick. Against relatively fast and moving targets, you're just shooting around them most of the time. So, I spent 2/3rd of my combat time in that demo on my back tossed down by the raptors. The humanoid enemies are almost as bad, once they see you anyway. On an SD screen (I don't know if it's also true of HD screens), you will miss important area details, suck as vines you can climb or paths you can follow. I was stuck in one area running in circles for 30 minutes because I couldn't see a vine I could climb until I looked straight at it.

Wait, so you thought the movie's was good compared to the book? No. My research pertained to the book and I (wrongly) extrapolated that onto the movie.

Good game, although I have no idea what happened to my copy :digs around and finally gives up:... Good game. Commercial failure. We'll never get to see a sequel. :'(

Damn you Gromnir, I find your reasoning entirely agreeable. That's not so common.

I finally made time to beat Katamari Damacy. Yeah, I don't think I'll be getting any of the sequels. Way too kitsch.

Ahh, Raven Shield. If only my computer hadn't started freezing whenever I entered planning mode...

I've heard the lack of that option specifically mentioned by players.

Krauts? What are you talking about? Invisible War was made by the same developers. In Texas.

I wasn't a big fan of the second Soul Reaver, either. But the first Soul Reaver and Defiance are still among my favorite games. Edit: Ouch at that wiki article. Easier?! I remember a section of the game where you were fighting demons in the spectral realm nonstop with nothing to regain health yet the enemies could only be hurt if you were at full health! God, I hated that section.

Legacy of Kain (with a K). Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen (the original) Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 Legacy of Kain: Defiance None of which featured people with spiky hair. And the first one of the sequels received "universal acclaim." http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/...q=soul%20reaver So, I'm at a loss about this "poor" game with a spiky haired descendant. Are you even talking about the right franchise?

They've had 4 sequels. And the team that did those (minus a few key players regrettably) are the same ones who made the surprisingly good Tomb Raider Legend.

I hadn't read the book, but I did some quick research on why he's a legend courtesy of wikipedia and it made the movie seem like it had an interesting premise.

Vibroblades were inserted in the first Kotor game to be used to fight with swords as an alternative or prelude to lightsabers. Carth's explanation was just an in-setting justification for the fact that military tech developed essentially backwards. Personal shields are also out of place in Star Wars. And it's easy to create an in-setting justification for their removal too. New blasters ignored them or they're trivial compared to new blasters, so they become discarded as useless. I'm with Starwars. Here's to hoping a KOTOR III looks more like Star Wars and less like D&D.

There's always a possibility of that down the line. "A slight graphics upgrade" could mean as little as higher res sources for textures.