Malcador

Well, at least they can depend on a sense of duty of sorts. This is random, not news - but maybe some might appreciate it ? First part of a series on the development of Warcraft from a developer - http://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/the-making-of-warcraft-part-1

Maybe some speech by Hitler about the economy or something along those lines ?

Aw, that sucks.

Well, I suppose treason is marginally better than incompetence - http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/1999/11/12/csis991112.html Ahhh CSIS.

Easy to say, for sure (Adams' is annoying to read with the snark) but I'm not a fan of enforced politeness all that much. But as Gorgon stated, you'll be trying to make a place where people are both anonymous and relatively safe from any retribution to be a civil space. Rather uphill challenge, it'll probably happen eventually though. I'm not sold on it being anonymous. I have no problems with my name being visible, or at least available in some way. RealID hasn't impacted me in the slightest. I use my real name on social media like Facebook and it doesn't matter to me. As for "forced politeness", I'm not saying everyone has to be polite, I don't care if someone calls me a **** in a game, but discrimination and harrassment are another thing entirely. Well is anonymous now, and on most online games you're just a handle (not sure how things are on the console side). The article by Adams seemed to have that aura of enforced civility where you have to 'earn' a right to speak or get fined for 'bad' (defined by who..) behaviour. Hm, yeah kind of. Some people on the internet seem to have crappy parents or weren't beaten enough as children, heh.

I'll wait and see how the game is then I'll buy it.

Easy to say, for sure (Adams' is annoying to read with the snark) but I'm not a fan of enforced politeness all that much. But as Gorgon stated, you'll be trying to make a place where people are both anonymous and relatively safe from any retribution to be a civil space. Rather uphill challenge, it'll probably happen eventually though.

That's one big windmill to tilt at.

It's a Rockstar game. Pretty much. Hard Reset is good mindless fun, I do have to laugh at the writing in the comic book cutscenes though, protagonist's words and cursing seem so out of place sometimes.

I try not to think about it, myself, might push me to suicide.

Heh, this is going places.

Wonder how many have returned their medals, article's not clear on that.

Decided to give Hard Reset a go, forgot I really suck at FPS games of this sort, but is nice to just blast stuff for a while. Also playing Civ 4, giving 5 a break, did play one map where the AI was a lot more aggressive than I recall - I guess they were all non-vanilla Civs and got some improvement to that. But about to unleash my SoDs on the Germans, huzzah.

Hardly Waffen SS style - most of them are still breathing. I doubt the US would have the most brutal police force in the world, anyway.

Well, didn't get much this sale. Bought Hard Reset, Hitman series, Runaway 3, Space Marine and Raven Shield and just got Saints Row 3. Friends have been talking that one up.

Well never knew rice was a method to dry out a wet cellphone, another thing for the useful knowledge file. Back to work tomorrow after a week off, not looking forward to the adjustment, heh.

Interesting bit about one of the dead, she narrowly missed being involved in a shootout at a mall here in Toronto a couple of weeks ago.

Huzzah TLJ won the community vote, although I guess those here that would play it already have.

Could be far worse, could be people whining about ones that got away, or breaking up (one of our RPGs got delayed due to GM emo-ness for that, bah!).

Now we need Max Payne reading it

For the next day and some change the Witcher and Witcher 2 are on sale Roughly $4 and $14 respectively. http://www.gog.com/en/promo/the_witcher_series__gem__promo/

Company of Heroes is a steal at that price. Heh, all these games and I have to schedule the downloads carefully.

Dungeon Siege 3 for $5. Worth it ?

Finished a playthrough of CK2, went well as King of Bohemia, due to fluking out I ended up nabbing the Duchies of Saxony, Franconia and Brunswick - still not sure how that happened, I guess I married a Duchess somehow. Getting the hang of the game now though.

Pendulo pack is on a flash sale, lucky I spotted that this early, nabbed Runaway 3. Course I overpaid for 1 and 2 from GOG, but that's life. So far a pretty ho-hum sale for me.