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Yes. Triss1 isn't very revealing.

You guys know what The Witcher has that Mask of the Betrayer hasn't? I mean beyond nudity and foul language. Something very important that all games should have. Official wallpaper. I want you Obsidian guys to think that over. Real hard.

Is it the one with the brunette who happens to be holding a chicken?

Poor Townswoman card is gotten thus:

I knew about the lesbians in Witcher, but Vampire sex? Hot damn!

I find myself tempted to make a quick conversion mod combining Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life 2. I could almost certainly do it, especially if I took some shortcuts and didn't bother balancing it. The idea is to make it possible to play through Half-Life 2 using Team Fortress weapons or classes. I may look at how to do this over the weekend and try to find a compromise between ease of creation and features.

I just want to go ahead and say thanks to Obsidian for the game. I don't think I have. Most specifically, the Spirit Eater mechanic. We see lots of people complain about games being dumbed down nowadays. Mask is not dumbed down, despite the fact that so many people seem to wish it was. The Spirit Eater mechanic requires attention and care, it adds strategy to gameplay outside of the encounters. And kudos for that.

I've been necroed!

I want to give an impression of the game. When the game claims to be "mature fantasy" it's not referring to sex and cussing. It's referring to the "decisions and consequences." My Geralt recently found himself making a choice between a group of rapists, slavers, and murderers and someone who's been profiting off them (names withheld to avoid spoilers). All of their hands are dirty, but I chose the profiteer. For two reasons: 1) She's hot. 2) They're jerks. Also! Last Wish is coming to the US. Too bad it looks like it's coming May '08.

I think the US version probably still has the sex. In fact, the sex isn't very racy. It's an FMV that occurs each time it happens that doesn't show much. What I imagine was censored are the cards you get for special "conquests." I don't know if they were simply censored or if the cards were removed entirely.

So, apparently the editing of the english script has been confirmed multiple places: http://kotaku.com/gaming/censorship/no-pri...cher-320696.php http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?...7648&page=8 http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=21134 http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?...mp;topic=3855.0 http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/the-witc...s-93581-p2.html Reading the excerpts, it's nothing meaningful that's been cut. However, in some cases it is the maturity of the dialogue that has been cut. A lot of flavoring dissapeared. And it appears to have been done because of agreements with Atari, not necessarilly censorship. My wager would be that it relates to voice acting costs.

http://www.vpi.net/ ?

New and original!

I would also like to point out that 50 million Nintendo DS's have been sold, to be compared to 13 million Xbox 360s. So, there's ready potential for more people to care about Sonic RPG than Mass Effect.

Where is Atari losing all their money?

It's fascinating to learn that the antagonist of the film: Truth is stranger than fiction.

American Gangster was phenomenal!

Its a console game, and a hand held at that. Who gives a crap about that? If they do someone's elses IP for the PC then you have ground to stand on, Volourn. What ground do you have to stand on? Their last two games and their most recent upcoming game are all console games.

I've read that there are supposedly new witnesses? Jesus Super Mario Christmas, they can't honestly be this stupid.

The installation gave me two options. Easy Installation - Quick installation with default options. Custom Installation - You can customize all available options. Being the self-empowered daredevil I am, I risked the custom installation. The sheer list of options was immense. I could set the install path under Program Files, I could set the install path to another directory, I could set the install path wherever I wanted. I truly am in charge of this installation. MAD WITH POWER!

Day 12: It arrived. I once again find myself jealous that Euros get sturdy DVD cases while us yanks only get crappy paper boxes.

In Wind Waker/Phantom Hourglass, the hero isn't Link. He's just, y'know... taking after Link.

Chrono Cross, Xenogears, and Xenosaga: Episode I. I love Yasunori Mitsuda. They moved to a different composer for Episode II and III. He had his moments, but was not as good in general.

I think we should all call him Pidy.