Wrath of Dagon

So was Karl Marx. Not that I'm accusing Enoch of being a Marxist. Comparing a poster to marx doesn't refute the fact that you were incorrect in your initial post. I only compared him in a positive way, for the sake of the argument. And why don't you show how I was incorrect?

So was Karl Marx. Not that I'm accusing Enoch of being a Marxist.

Yeah, the state government is almost bankrupt because taxes are too low! Do you even understand economics at all? Lower taxes cause economic growth, which causes higher revenues in the long run. When you tax and environmentalize businesses out of the state, of course pretty soon you've got no one to tax. California has been controlled by Democrats for a long time now, and is one of the most liberal states in the country. In addition the Federal government doesn't do anything to control our borders, hence Californina is flooded with illegal aliens, so there's your 20% poverty rate.

Had that been confirmed? Because last I hear no-one was sure that was the case. That's what I recall, can't give you a link though. Sega paid for it in any case.

AP belongs to SEGA, it's up to them to do as they please. Bethesda would probably be a pretty good partner, if Obs doesn't mess up NV.

I thought for Martha it was a year or so.

The stuff they showed before looked promising. After the SZ video I went back to being very pessimistic. They still have a chance to convince me though.

The bad stuff with the PC is that everything gets pirated up the wazoo, which even hurts console sales. That's why a lot of PC ports get released a while after the console game. The same might happen with BL, depending how well it does.

Btw, here's Patrick Weekes explaining why ME1 seemed so disjointed at times (well, he's actually explaining a particular instance related to voice acting but I got the same feeling in lots of places)

Can someone explain to me why the hell people pre-order games, and not just wait until it comes out and then find the lowest price?

You form a theory on the basis of all available evidence. At that point it should predict all new evidence coming in. If it doesn't, it has to be modified or discarded. It's true that in science there's no absolute proof, you must be ready to discard any theory, although some are so established they're unlikely to ever be discarded, like evolution.

Spaghetti code is poorly structured code. It's not necessarily buggy, but difficult to debug or change. See FORTRAN.

If the judge doesn't accept the plea bargain, there has to be a trial though, which I don't think was the case here. In any case, if there were issues they need to be worked out through the legal system.

Yes, you've learned that opinions are not facts, good for you. Now take a short quiz: Betty wears a green dress. Betty is nice. Can you spot the fact? Very good girls and boys. Then you realize that you can't objectively say that the quality of games has gone down and did indeed present your opinion as a fact? An opinion is by definition subjective. Why do you claim I presented my opinion as fact? Anyone who understands the difference between opinions and facts (which is taught in elementary school btw, hence my example) can't possibly think I'm claiming my opinion is fact, unless I explicitly stated that, which I didn't. Unfortunately 90% of the internet seems to have missed that day of school.

Yes, you've learned that opinions are not facts, good for you. Now take a short quiz: Betty wears a green dress. Betty is nice. Can you spot the fact? Very good girls and boys.

Games are much more complex now from a technical point of view. The experiences are more streamlined, the games more formulaic. The innovation seems to come more from smaller indie games with the bigger developers taking less risks. The complexity of gameplay and the importance of story/characters/writing may have declined, but the overall quality of products has undoubtedly gone up. Wow

Yes, I think the publisher usually lets them know when they expect the game to ship. But if given vague guidance, they're not above guessing arbitrarily.

Great to hear they're so responsive. Looks like we have a winner here.

I think there has been a noticeable decline in quality.

I actually have no lack of games to play, more a lack of time, especially PC strategy. I miss great games like Thief, KOTOR, and Shenmue though, there really hasn't been anything great lately.

Here's an interesting interview with the developer: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/02/03...ice-pick-lodge/

How do you figure that?

Hmm, it does sound like they're simply having certification difficulties, not surprising since we're talking about Obs. Perhaps retailers just made up a 2010 date when they found out the game was being delayed by an unspecified amount.

Thanks for proving that you have the reading comprehension level of a second grader. That's OK, since you got the reasoning and writing skills of a first grader.

Bioware has definitely been on the decline, hopefully it'll reverse with DAO. But games in general have been terrible for the last few years, the only great non-sim games I've played are the Orange Box and Braid, and the OB is mostly last gen.