Radek Smektala

I loved the part about Red Dead Redemption:

I'm pretty sure there's no chance for any D&D re-releases until Wizards of the Coast settles their differences with Atari. EDIT: Try pressing alt+enter.

Oh, it's the guy from the screenshot in the latest blog entry! EDIT: Lots of cool stuff in Menze's gallery, including character designs for Aliens: Crucible.

He did work on The Black Hound and Fallout 3 at Black Isle. I'm not aware of any other video game projects he was involved in. Stand by, I'll use my ninja google skills. EDIT: He was also a designer on Dark Alliance 3. Terrible, terrible luck.

Keep reading In a nutshell, at some point in the thread, Davis replaces the term "stealth" with "recon", which makes a bit more sense. Besides, I believe Aliens weren't the only kind of enemy.

For those that missed it, this thread on the Codex has some good info on Aliens RPG. Anthony Davis chimes in on page two. Unfrotunately, Roshambo hijacks the discussion later on. Oh, but be careful - the link is very much not safe for work, including a picture of, uh, masturbating xenomorph. Tread lightly.

I've quoted the message just so everyone can give your funny diversion a second look. It's well worth it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AiZ5fUtDjA Lurking at NeoGaf pays off once more!

The demo is really fun, isn't it? I usually avoid fighting like a plague in RPGs, playing diplomats in the three or so games that allow it, so the amount of enjoyment I got out of the combat demo comes as a surprise. That only goes to show how varied the character builds can be. I wasn't able to get past the barbari for the longest time, but took down the next guy in the first try, with plenty of health to spare. I believe I was attacking his hands, lowering his AP in the following round, and also keeping close to him the whole time. That way, he couldn't hit me with his trident, and whenever he tried to disengage, I got an opportunity attack.

Per man or in overall? Let's calculate!

To materialize

To be fair, the combat in any game ever created is better than the combat in Arcanum. It's still amazing, though.

There's a lot on Resource Wars in Fallout Bible. It's written by Avellone and was supposed to be canon back when it was first published.

Hm? What argument? I'm not arguing anything.

Oh man, I would love a polished, 10-15 hour RPG with lots of reactivity. Personally, I don't have time for 50 hour epics anymore.