Wrath of Dagon

I tried the demo but couldn't get the hang of the flight controls. It's neither like a plane or TPS, I don't know what it is. It would be better if they just had jumping between levels and may be hovering a bit, instead of actual flight.

I'm not against discovering extra content, but the main plot should make sense to everybody, and as of now it doesn't. Of the games I played, and I'll throw NWN2 in here, KOTOR>JE>NWN2>>DAO>ME

They certainly did not know exactly where the WMD's were, certainly not to the point where they could bomb them. Bombing chemical weapons is not necessarily a good idea either. I do know that during the invasion US troops were constantly told to put their chemical gear on, they were always expecting a chemical attack which never came. Saddam wanted people to think he had WMD for his own political purposes, and when he denied it it was just like the boy who cried wolf.

CIA also missed the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Indian nuclear program, and was just recently claiming Iran is not trying to develop nuclear weapons. CIA is occassionally right, but I wouldn't bet a house on their conclusions.

My point is he's portrayed as all bad.

Wasn't there a reference in the game about Loghain knowing something? At least there was a rumour about it, but a lot of the rumours weren't credible. Anyway, that should've been known to every player as it would've made a lot more sense, and also the portrayal of Loghaine should've been a lot different, like why is he when in The Stolen Throne he was a great friend of the elves? Damn the DLC, they're just sectioning games off into segments, like everyone was afraid of.

So that's an excuse? Everyone else is doing it? I think I just proved the claim was not bogus, but I agree the main reason for the invasion of Iraq was to remake the Middle East, it wasn't just about Saddam and his malfeasance.

Yes, lol at trying to make any sense out of ME plot. Saturday morning cartoons make more sense.

One of the links has this quote from 2008 Pentagon study of captured Iraqi documents:

It's pretty damn embarrassing that she did, since it was pretty damn obvious to anyone with half a brain that Iraq had nothing to do with it. I don't think Iraq was behind 9/11, but it's not so obvious Saddam had nothing to do with Al Qaeda http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/new-evidence-...errorism-links/

What I was saying she probably did think Iraq could be behind 9/11 back then, but she doesn't think that now. As far as Biden's mistakes during the debate, they're documented here: http://iusbvision.wordpress.com/2008/10/03...inbiden-debate/ As far as Obama, he's said things like there are 47 states, but I'll be generous and assume he misspoke. How is that relevant? It just goes to show that her opponents are as gaffe prone as she is, Biden much more so, but of course only her missteps are widely publicisized. And again, she didn't make an ass of herself on Fox, she simply admitted (indirectly) she wasn't well informed during the debate prep.

My point was she wasn't saying she now thinks Iraq is behind 9/11, like the previous post made it look. I already said she was ignorant, that doesn't mean she's stupid and can't learn. Edit: Obama and Biden, especially Biden, even in that debate, said plenty of ignorant things as well.

That's misleading, what she said was in preparation for the VP debates she asked questions about who was responsible for 9/11.

Would be a rare stand on principle. Let's see if it happens.

how does that make them any better exactly? they're pretty obviously just the republicans pr channel, of course they'll report news that might harm their opponents. just because left wing media self censors doesn't make fox news reliable or good. At least you get the whole story, I always take political reporting with a grain of salt and don't jump to conclusions until I see multiple sources. I don't think she's an idiot, just typically ignorant and provincial. Besides if Glenn Beck hasn't embarassed them, no one can. And Beck has been both very good for ratings, and bagged a couple of Obama's sacred cows. Certain segment of the population adores Palin.

Yes, Fox News can be biased, but it's pretty obvious when they are, and it's still better than other news outlets trying to ignore news stories unfavorable to Obama/liberal agenda. But I agree the whole Mass Effect episode was disgraceful. Edit: I guess this is a good place to link the article about the past presidential campaign I saw yesterday: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31302.html

For me, the main "innovation" of the wheel is that you only had to pick the intent, and then the PC response would be voiced. This actually changes (I won't say improves, as that's debatable) dialog quite a bit. It was very noticeable when I took Morrigan into the Veil in DAO. To have her put things her own way was quite a contrast to selecting PC lines as usual.

Halo: ODST. Surprisingly good, the best Halo since the original. I've regained my respect for Bungie, of course I'm not finished yet.

Yes, should be quite a unique experience in the story department. I think this year is quite reasonable, but with their history of overshooting targets I don't think they'll ever comment on a release date again. The main thing now is to encorporate all the combat changes which resulted from the demo feedback. Once all the back and forth over the combat rules is done, they just have the balancing and the polishing left, the content is all done already. But all of them working in spare time and not willing to release something unfinished makes it hard to predict the release date. To give you an example, they thought they might release the demo last spring, but had to rush to do it by Christmas.

AOD wallpapers: http://www.irontowerstudio.com/media.htm

It's the new and improved Cerberus, now ready for prime time.

Btw, by "every kind of media" I didn't just mean news media, it would include movies, TV, magazines, music, what have you.

In the demo I did nothing but run around and mind read everyone. Unfortunately no one was thinking anything dirty.

Canada doesn't have the same social problems US has. Compare yourself to Minnesota. US does not have a culture of fear. There should be fear of going to certain areas, but that's based on fact, not culture. if we don't have a culture of fear why is every message we get "Don't do this because X Y or Z happens!" Like our "don't have sex because you'll get an STD" or "don't talk to strangers because they'll kidnap you, do horrible things then kill you" or "If we don't act now we'll all die in the fires of a nuclear explosion/horribly of weaponized influenza" etc etc. When your motivations for your people and the way you teach them lessons is based around fear, you're culture is based on fear. There's a difference between living in fear and using common sense. And yes, that's totally every message we get, we don't get a message "You should have sex every minute of the day" from just about every kind of media, talk about selective observation.

Yes, Saren was laughable more than scary.