Nepenthe

"said Nightshape, sending his best wishes from the stalker department".

Did you get any bonus out of pre-ordering it vs. getting post-release? AFAIK all DX:HR preorders in the Nordic countries get the augmented edition/CE bonus in-game content.

How can you tell? It's Morgoth's way to say "I like it so despite the fact that it has everything I criticized in a ton of other games, I can still like it". "soul" is the new "art direction"!

I approve of your kind of craziness, sir.

Wow, you really are more crabbie than usual... The PMS thing may well hold some truth. I hear chocolate helps! I've been stuffing white chocolate & macadamia cookies all week, now I feel like everybody else should start eating them too, to be as mellow as I am.

Really ? Sure are scraping the barrel for media items here Sometimes folks get interested in the strangest things... I thought was pretty cool!

So you have 1200 posts at the developer's forum, and still didn't feel like their product was worth trying? I didn't know I was obliged to buy every game from obsidian for full price, even if it looks uninteresting and gets hammered by reviews, just because I happen to like these forums. Clearly, you didn't read the fine print.

I have been defeated - fish soup is my kryptonite!

So you have 1200 posts at the developer's forum, and still didn't feel like their product was worth trying? My mom cooked spaghetti (which I love) probably over a thousand times, doesn't mean I eat her fish soup too (which I don't like). But you at least tried the soup before you decided you didn't like it, instead of asking a bunch of strangers what they think about it?

So you have 1200 posts at the developer's forum, and still didn't feel like their product was worth trying?

In a lot of Western European criminal justice systems, people will be shocked when they first find that. Generally when a half-dozen suspended sentences suddenly get activated at once.

Yes, what do I care about a bunch of commies, I'm ENTITLED to get a good game every month, dammit! But it's increasingly the gaming business, and I have no idea why. I think games like LA Noire and the last Red Faction game did so well mostly because they were released into a near-complete void. But some people are starting to clue in, with Mass Effect 3 getting it's release in March. Of course, this would be a bit more poignant if it hadn't been moved from the holiday season simply to not go against another Bioware game

I think that's pretty much a given, but *shrug*, bandwagon jumping is normal for the herds. Also, I want this game so bad. Well, I want a game really bad, and this is the only one I'm buying for a couple of months...

Yeah, ain't it fun that nearly all 2nd half games are released in november. And all get crushed by two FPS Ridicilous. Did anyone release anything even remotely intresting in July? In the next 3 months there's like 8 games coming out that I would like to get... I don't think they actually released anything, interesting or not. But yes, I agree it's ridiculous, if nothing gets released, nothing gets sold. A bit surprised nobody's even trying, considering even Deus Ex is coming out almost in September, I wouldn't be surprised if August was a pretty big hole, too. Are the game companies still operating under some suburban dream, where kids and young adults go do wholesome things for the summer, instead of staying in and playing games with AC during the day, and getting drunk in the evening?

Vol isn't a troll, he's a force of nature.

It's inevitable that you will be branded a "whiner" now, too. Also read the prequel novel. Not going to take a place in the shelf with the greatest literary classics of all time, but has a lot of fun stuff for a deus ex fan, like introducing .

I concur. Also, why is there no release date on Deus Ex yet.. or did I miss something? 26th in Europe, including Scandinavia (for those not following the Scandinavian game scene actively, we often get Thursday releases) Or are we talking about the movie?

Diclofenac is another one of those that has never really worked on me properly. Ibuprofen's really popular around here, and it has always done the trick for me. I got some Arcoxia when my back was carved open and still keep some around - but I think it's banned in the US, at least...

Paracetamol's generally not that good for headaches, at least if they are muscle-based. Anti-inflammatory stuff, generally ibuprofen around here, tends to work a lot better. Of course, if it's a migraine, then you're buggered.

Via Modulate, Scooter from before they were Scooter.

I've always considered not accepting the status quo to be my main strength, in addition to being my main weakness. And I consider myself at my best, intellectually, when I'm awake. It doesn't mean I should stay awake all the time. That's funny, I probably get most ideas when I'm either in bed or in the shower. I suspect it's some kind of rebellion, originating from all the young ladies who've told me to not get any ideas in either of those places...

Nah, the studio will just get closed down and everybody gets fired. Can anyone point to a failed game release that lead to anything good?

The yearly CODs essentially guarantee that every Q4 is backed up these days .

I've always considered not accepting the status quo to be my main strength, in addition to being my main weakness. I've read some of the books back in the day. An annoying side effect of this job is that I'm completely unable to read for fun most of the time, but I'm running through the Deus Ex prequel novel right now. Also have the third book in the Millennium trilogy waiting to be finished. But trying to do some "fun" reading is probably a really good idea. Will do that. And go eat some cookies at my mother's place.

Why are we assuming that they are going to be idiots about it? Oh hang on, this is the Internet, we always leap to the conclusion that people are idiots, without giving them the benefit of the doubt or even spending a second to think about the possible causes. And yes, I admit, that mini-rant is only partially related to this topic. Now, if they incorporate stupid, clashing ads into their gameworld after spending an exceptional amount of energy on the visual style of their game, they are ****tards. I haven't seen any signs of them being ****tards, so for the moment, I'm going to assume that the ads stylistically match the game. There, there, calm yourself. We're all just here talking about stuff weve seen/heard. I swear, you go out of your way to find slights to whine about. Meh, either I have male PMS or it's the "let's collectively misunderstand all Nepenthe's points, he's a whiny little **** anyway" festival. Don't say it, I know.