Bartimaeus

Okay, so after hearing "isometric Dragon Age 2", this is about the SECOND harshest way I think you could describe the game. However, just because Oblivion completely sucked at using this kind of system, doesn't mean it has to, too.

I totally misread your post the first time around, whoops. How about we just call the two prospects roughly even?

Which is funny, because they do the opposite for me: on reddit, I can get straight into the details of any post or thread, no advertisements, no gimmicks, no BS. If it's a link to something off-site, like one of your so-called "articles", there are people that automatically transcribe said articles into posts which get voted to the top of the thread so you don't have to go off-site - which is good, because I don't want to give any of these terrible "journalism" websites page-clicks, anyhow. On the garbage "journalism" websites like Lifehacker and Cracked and such, everything is formatted to be loads of long-winded bullcrap with useless fluff everywhere, there are advertisements everywhere, they use garbage formatting techniques like splitting up things into different pages and into slideshows or randomly repeating bits already said but in a bigger font - it's awful, and I hate it. It's also pretty safe to say that I will never go back to willingly using that sort of media except when I have to, or when it's deserving. Web "journalism" like Gawker and Lifehacker? Heh, no. Outlets who actually put out quality and original work without the fluff? Yeah, sure.

I'm getting terrible flashbacks to Oblivion...

It's some sort of variant of it is, yes. "Terra" is Latin for Earth. (e): "tus" translates to Frankincense in Latin. Probably isn't what's meant, though,

Yeah, so is Vox Media, so that's not really saying much. (e): Gawker Media, not Vox Media, but Vox Media is, too

Given that the only sections I basically ever check are Way Off Topic and Computer and Console (...and I guess Skeeter's Junkyard and Obsidian General, but hardly anything there is ever posted to either so it's irrelevant), I can't really comment. Personally? Though there are virtually infinite things I disagree with people on here, there are only 2, maybe 3 people whose posts I feel are categorically, systematically, and universally useless, awful, and a waste of time to read and who shouldn't be allowed to even be here. You can probably guess one of them. Everyone else? Disagreements aplenty, but they're respectful disagreements and I'm not really fazed by such. ...Now how everybody thinks of me is an entirely different matter.

I mean...to be fair, I can do the same to you and myself and anyone else, and all of ours posts without any context all look pretty worthless and pointless.

...which the vast majority of they steal from reddit and other places.

To pull a Raithe: (posted on Mr. Hogan's Twitter)

https://puu.sh/mphHU/bcdf7c4ce5.jpg y my images no work

The fact that Gawker has been held liable for damages that may or may not run them out of business and consequently indirectly punish their employees (both those guilty and not guilty of the wrongdoing that's causing Gawker to be held for damages) is, by my own estimation, primarily Gawker's (and their guilty employees') fault, not anybody else's. I feel bad for those who haven't done anything who may lose their jobs as a result, but I blame solely Gawker and their fellow employees who did wrong for it. If Gawker doesn't have the money to get away with doing illegal stuff...then maybe they shouldn't have done that illegal stuff. You won't see me saying, "But I don't have the means to withstand the results of a murder trial!" after I decide to murder somebody and get arrested for it, even if it hurts the rest of my family and friends in the process. ...P.S. I prefer just being openly aggressive rather than passive-aggressive, personally...but that's just me.

Yeah, it's a good thing I didn't like, you know, mention other things being included in those safety precautions that I've stressed multiple times, like lights on his vehicle that he was driving on the road at night or anything, otherwise your argument would've totally fallen apart!

Are you...replying to yourself?

Why is every image link in your post broken? (e): Oh, because they're all hosted on that garbage* Russian Facebook clone. Hmm, yes. (e): *Not that it's any worse than the real Facebook, mind you. I did say "clone", after all - the garbage is inherited.

I'm caught up on Better Call Saul now. I honestly like it better than Breaking Bad so far - hope that continues.

Yeah, seriously: the camera and the floaty controls were like the worst part of that game. PoE's Unity Engine as well as the Infinity Engine literally any and every day over it, thank you.

No, but lights on his vehicle that he was driving on a road with other other vehicles during the night that without evidently made him invisible to others would've - or simply not driving on the road with a vehicle that has no lights would've also prevented his death in this situation. I'm not sure if it's illegal to be doing what he did, but clearly, legality doesn't match up with reality even if it's not, since he's now dead as a result of a horrific accident that could've been prevented had proper safety precautions been exercised, as I said (and if everyone involved hadn't been additionally horribly unlucky). No, a helmet wouldn't have prevented the accident, but it may have prevented his death. I am sorry, but if somebody jumps in front of my vehicle while I am driving, and gives me little to no opportunity to prevent the oncoming horrific accident because they didn't exercise proper safety precautions that would've let me seen that they were there before I was already running them over, and I end up ending their life as a result of this situation, well, it's suffice to say that I don't think there's any way you're going to convince me that the results of the situation are not perfectly explainable by that person's actions (or lack thereof) in addition to simple awful luck. In addition, I would absolutely see myself (as well as him) as the victim of bad luck AND bad decision making. That's...simple reality, my friend: there's damage for all parties involved. Your words, not mine. You'll note that I said "either" in that sentence, the implication being that both are victims of bad luck and bad decision-making.

That seems just about the harshest way you could possibly describe a game.

Do we know if Sawyer is the lead designer (or the lead systems designer)? I can entertain notions of this game actually being enjoyable to play when we figure out that.

Uh...except this wasn't a crime purposely committed by one person against another person, it was a completely preventable accident. What, the person who ran over and killed Tray because Tray wasn't exercising proper safety precautions (and common sense) isn't a victim, either? They're probably traumatized for life because of the guy's foolishness. I feel terrible for all parties involved, and nobody deserved anything to happen to them...but something did happen, and there are fairly obvious reasons as to how that something did happen to occur. That's reality...and it's not "blaming the victim", either - blaming the victim would be saying Tray deserved to die, or that he deserved to be run over. I don't think anyone deserved anything to happen to them - just like I don't believe you deserve to be robbed because you left your doors unlocked. It was a horrible accident...but that doesn't mean there aren't reasons as to how it managed to occur.

I didn't have full details of the incident when I said "not his fault". That sounds like a very significant part of his fault. Still horrible, though.

With all the utter garbage they continue to put out in "the live action movie game", the only thing that surprises me is that they're still not losing here. Hmph.

Tray Walker, CB for the Ravens, passed away today due to a horrific motorcycle accident from a day or two ago, may he rest in peace. From what I heard, the accident was in no way his fault, but he was not wearing a helmet at the time, which may or may not have saved his life if he had been. Regardless, still very unfortunate.

Yep, same here.