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Oh, and I've been listening to lots of early Prince in my car, which has been a funky experience.

Honestly, try Frank Sinatra, it's surreal but kinda groovy... Player: My Death Angels unleash their heavy bolters at the Ork skirmishers! [Fly me to the moon / Let me sing among those stars / Let me see what spring is like / On jupiter and mars / In other words, hold my hand / In other words, baby kiss me / Fill my heart with song / Let me sing for ever more / You are all I long for / All I worship and adore / In other words, please be true / In other words, I love you] Player: Er, OK.

In real life... like you have a time machine and went back to take that photo of Joan of Arc? Whoah!

Maybe you tee-totallers should start your own thread where you can enjoy your sobriety / superior taste in waccy baccy / etc and leave us drunks to it.

Actually I didn't realise that what what you meant. I do think it's delightful they you want an apology because you were actually insulting a more diverse group of people. Fail. El Oh El. You respond with an insult to a question asking about sexuality, and I'm at fault for not realising your insult had nothing to do with sexuality. You ask for an apology in the same post you call me a half-wit. You're a fool. We should stop arguing in this thread, suffice it to say I'm a fool and you're snide, snarky and disingenous. OK?

I find it hypocritical that you people are perfectly will to ignore any health advice about alcohol and pretend it is completely safe whilst simultaneously willing to judge and lecture those of us who partake in what are in fact healthier drugs such as psychedelics or marijuana. I was wondering when the Morale Vampire would show up.

I find the sex in The Witcher tiresome and borderline puerile. Then again, it's sort of a break from the Bioware-as-Joss-Wheedon nonsense too. TW is an Eastern European game, so it's sensibilities are different from politically-correct kuddly Kanada. I understand that. For me, personally, I'd prefer there to be no sexualised romances in games. Whatsoever. Why? 1. Personal preference, obviously 2. Whoever writes them appears to have had limited experience of R/L 'romance' 3. Wouldn't it be refreshing to have a meaningful yet platonic relationship in a CRPG? They did it in DA:O with Sten to a certain extent. 4. You are pandering to a customer base who will always want MOAR. Needy, squee-mongers. Deny that Bioware haven't been completely misdirected by romances - their games are now predicated on romanceable NPCs and yes their omni-sexuality is more about assets re-use than about characterization (just like the environments) which makes it doubly lame. Make character 'A' straight, make character 'B' gay and make character 'C' bi... I couldn't care less but at least make the freaking characters consistent. All Gaider is saying is that he has to satisfy the voracious romance-hungry fanbase and is thus forced to make all characters romanceable. It's a corner he's painted himself into. 5. As per my point above the romance-beast eats up asset time that could be put into something else, accessible to everybody. That's my main beef with them, but hey as we can see Bio have made themselves the romance-simulator purveyors of choice which is why I'll never buy any of their games again. So I can see why some gamers peversely support the antediluvian position The Witcher takes apropos sexualit. I don't personally, but at least it provides an asset-lite alternative to the button-mash / Twilight / button-mash of the Bio experience.

Realistic, non-boob enhancing armour? It'll never catch on.

Actually I didn't realise that what what you meant. I do think it's delightful they you want an apology because you were actually insulting a more diverse group of people. Fail.

Don't misquote me, please find one example of anything remotely homophobic I've ever posted. Half-wit. The whole emo-romance Bio thing, with people devoting hundreds of pages of fan-slobbering over imaginary NPCs is creepy. That's what I meant, you know that's what I meant so that was a cheap slur. An apology would be helpful.

About that, are they all really bisexual, or do they just have some sort of Schr

Why not pack the claymore mine with candy, sort of turn it into a dynamic pinata?

I am up to 10 UK units of alcohol, which is obviously a mere bagatelle. Needless to say, this is a marathon, not a sprint. :: eyes the cotes du rhone happily ::

Those "girlie" nations are the smart ones, as they don't waste tax payers money on playing a bit ol' Imperialism. Soon the US and UK will be bancrupt, and nobody will shed a tear. Good riddance. What short memories you have.

^ A bit unfair on the Brits, dontchya think? We're always there. The girlie nations, like the low countries, Germany, Italy, Spain etc who spend nothing on defence and shelter under the Anglo-US umbrella... this one should be down to them.

Dumped BT internet about four years ago, never looked back.

I'm free next weekend, honestly I think I could turn this situation around if I were supplied with enough gold, alcohol and cigars. I've decided guns aren't necessary, there are already loads there to choose from.

Obviously, if I agreed any more with you on this important subject Wals I would probably explode. To that end I will post my alcohol unit consumption on this board for the weekend, which I shall endeavour to double in honour of that ridiculous article. I laugh in the face of death (and light up another Bolivar). I am 30 minutes away from my first ludicrously strong Belgian trappist beer of the weekend and am planning on giving my liver a proper kicking. Slainte!

I agree that the character / inventory screens look like something you might find in a sci-fi game or shooter, not in keeping with the setting. Am currently playing the first Witcher game, I like the feel of the GUI it sort of reminds me of Planescape for some reason. :: shrugs :: it's an early build, it might get changed.

Hey now, dont look at us. This is France and the UK jumping up and down for war. Funny, when the US is jumping up and down for war everybody else is expected to ask Uncle Sam nicely "how high?" Situation reverses....

Playing on a laptop? If you have an awesome Alienware lappie like moi it really is no problem

The SA80-A2, surely?

I like Texas. But were I a Texan I wouldn't choose a Belgian rifle, I'd probably be looking at a modular M4 weapons package with a shotgun, pistol, knife, compound bow and an aircraft carrier as back-up.

Nostalgia. I tend to think that this is correct. BG2 was new and different and, to the best of my knowledge, really signaled the focus on NPCs and party interaction. It was new and fresh in those early days. Today, I think the main thing that has changed is my exposure to it. I've played Bioware's games, I know their tendencies, and have seen what they like to do with characters. Because I know their games so well I constantly remember back to BG2 and wonder why everything isn't as awesome. Is Wynne any better realized than Jaheira? I really don't think so. Nostalgia is part of it, but also the alchemy of gameplay, characters, story, exploration and... stuff was better aligned. Now it's predominantly emo-NPC romance-sex-look how great our utterly linear story is overkill with some twitchy combat BS bolted on. So, no, really, BG1 & 2 were better games. It's the tyranny of plot, hack-wannabe novelists and cutscenes.

Give me a case of beer, some cigars and a 7.62 FN-FAL rifle and I could sort this out by next Tuesday.