Arkan

It could happen. Hopefully it won't. Second time I watched the series I saw that part and thought, "huh, they never answered this..." If there's not an explanation by the end of the season, could that drop the series down a notch, or does it matter? I'd like to see what they do with it.

It really doesn't. It's an arbitrary scale and as such, the definitions of whoever makes the scale needs to be used. That definition (in this case) is: "A 10 doesn't mean a game is perfect -- it means a game is pushing boundaries, expanding a genre, and doing many things to a level so far above and beyond its competitors that they overshadows any flaws." Note the first few words. Is GTA4 "pushing boundaries, expanding a genre, and doing many things to a level so far above and beyond its competitors?"

His guardian angel

Maybe, but 10 or 100% aren't 'grades' per se. An 'A' is the highest grade you can get in school, but between 'A' and 'B' there are a wide range of possible scores. 100 is the highest score possible, and to get that, your work has to be perfect, otherwise points are deducted. Maybe it's the limited aspect of a *10* scale. 9 and 10 are both As, but 10 denotes perfection.

Are you saying a student needs to get all the answers 100% correct on a math test to deserve an A on that test? And that the same student needs to have 100% on all math tests to get an A in math? No, but that doesn't make them perfect (10) either.

Well...yeah.

Yeah, but only due to the natural laws of the multiverse.

You can cheese the hell out of him pretty easily...but are you counting that?

I never said GTA4 didn't deserve a 10, and I probably won't play it (never played any of them). I said a true 10 simply doesn't exist, much like with women (at least that's the theory ).

Couldn't you just buy a folder with sleeves to keep all your games and discard the boxes? Real space saver. Sell them, give them away if you have to, but don't trash

Lee doesn't belong in a suit! He belongs in a VIPER, dammit! Something tells me he'll find his way back into one.

No such thing as a ten.

His point has plenty of merit. Some of our parents probably enjoy 50 Cent, Rihanna, or Fallout Boy, just as much as they like the Stones, Beatles, Zep, etc. 'course...exception/rule and all that. BTW, is STALKER really that good?

Haha! Good point! It's a myriad of things, though, really. What you said, Pop is largely a part of it, on point. Another aspect is that I believe video games ARE evolving, which has been mentioned. Right now, they're being made bigger and badder, with not much room left over for rich content. Could this be a result of economics? Sure, why not? The same point again can be made about movies and music. Hopefully with video games, however, the various genre characteristics (to an extent) will culminate into the next true form of entertainment, where you do get to play in a living, breathing, realistic world with a rich, deep narrative that the player truly gets to be a part of. The third thing goes along the lines with the nostalgia factor. Whenever all these great games came out in the 90s, the internets hadn't exploded yet, and the only way I could learn about a game was to buy it and try it. This is how I got Fallout, Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, Command and Conquer, etc. You really had to learn the game, and as you started playing it, the game opened itself up to you the way the developers intended (bugs notwithstanding), with no expectations. Today, instant access to nearly any and all information regarding every game being made - all but the last half of the story, at least - often with a year before release. Players' expectations simply aren't met. No longer do we go out and buy a game based on what the box sells us. We hit the net where we are met with an overabundance of info/hype about said game. (As an aside, there is nothing wrong with researching products you'll buy beforehand, but the difference between now and ten years ago in what detailed information you can find out is staggering). Learning the game is no longer required, in a sense, and marketing campaigns raise expectations to levels that can't be met. The more you know beforehand, the less you learn on the journey. Or I could have no idea what I'm talking about. Hell, I haven't bought a game since Bioshock...before that? Hell, probably KotOR 2. I'd say 95% of my game collection is from the 90s, a time when time was plentiful, but money was not. Now money is less of a concern, but time is limited. Perhaps we're just getting old

Well, using Azureus I can open up FLV player and it plays all partially downloaded movies. No idea about sound, though.

So, what platform is this going to be on?

I'd say all bets are off now.

Do all four of the eyes work though?

I'll probably just have to get a new PSU. It's quiet for a while, then it starts up again. Not sure what else to do but plunk down the dough. Ah, well...

a little reminder just for you then : quake 2 engine. Really...I mean how old is the game now? I really liked Anachronox. It was fun and different and once I really got used to the 'intricacies' of the combat I had a blast. The plot and characters kept me interested. I never did all the collectible things, though. I hate the way it ended...well, hate is a strong word...I wish the game continued on for a bit more in like an 'epilogue' form or something...or a sequel

Thanks guys. I hadn't actually planned on opening it up or anything like that. Suggestions like using the air duster was more along the lines of what I was thinking, and I happen to have a can of that stuff, so I'll give that a try.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=4598145 Get your filthy paws off me you damned dirty APE!!

The raiders, while organic like the humanoid Cylons, are really just the arms, legs and eyes of the basestar hybrids. Basically what probably happened is the raider detected something odd and scanned Anders, or Anders accidentally sent a signal, and the raider in turn sent this signal to the hybrid of the basestar, which for once made a decision independently of the humanoid Cylons (or perhaps told the humanoid Cylons and they made a decision in record time); the decision being to withdraw, as the final five as alive and active on the fleet. We'll just have to wait and see

Well shoot... I think my PSU fan is giving up the ghost. I was watching a movie and suddenly I hear this noise like a rattle almost, Not sure else how to describe it, coming from the power supply. I power down and it goes away, (of course) and when I turn it back on, it's gone for a few minutes, but ultimately comes back even if I'm not doing anything with the PC. Is this a sign of a bad PSU, PSU fan, or something else that would be easily remedied? I'm guessing is a ball bearing gone wrong. I don't want to have to peal off some more cabbage just to fix the computer, especially after I FINALLY got it set up the way I wanted....